1. |
Beyond This Place
04:30
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Where I’m living it don’t feel too safe
Like something bad’ll happen
And it likely will
And if I finally get to the other side
Will I find another anthill
Beyond this place
There be dragons
They’re waiting for you
At the end of the world
Beyond this place
There be dragons
Where I’m going it seems uncertain
Have no idea
How it’ll turn out
Wish I could believe
That things’ll get better
But you see I have my doubt
Beyond this place
Is the great unknown
Where I’m bound well I can’t say
I only hope
I will find you there
You can laugh
And call me crazy
Go right on ahead I don’t care
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2. |
Dirtnap
03:44
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Wanna make the world go away
Wanna sleep for a thousand years
Bury myself in a field of linen
Rid myself of all my waking fears
Please don’t shake me
And please don’t wake me
Leave me where I am
I’m only sleeping
I’m only sleeping
No I can’t face this world no more
It only brings me down, down, down
Had enough of this waking dream
Wanna live my life in my sleeping gown
Please don’t you spoil my day
I’m miles and miles away
You may think I’m a lazy old fool
Because all I want is to stay in bed
But if you come in a little closer
You will see that I’m really dead
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3. |
Big Black Rider
05:47
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Blow blue wind blow
Blow a hella gust
Blow through our brittle homes
Get our hair all mussed
Wake us up out of our sleep
Make us laugh until we weep
Take us out with one big sweep
Here he comes, here he comes
Big black rider, big black rider
Here he comes, here he comes
Big black rider has come to town
Scream thy best scream
Scream on into the night
Spit your guts into the wind
Blow up like gelignite
Turn the world on its head
Push the needle into the red
Go where devils fear to tread
He’s come to take our kids
He’s come to take our homes
He’s come to take our prized belongings
Tear us down like the fall of Rome
Burn baby burn
Burn it to the ground
Burn it down to molten ash
Be the id unbound
The end times are about to arrive
Ain’t no one need survive
Who cares who’s left alive
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4. |
What the Water Gave Me
04:55
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Down, down below
Down where the dragonfish dwell
I found a spot just for me
Inside an empty conch shell
What the water gave me
What the water gave me
I made my home
In the deep blue sea
Down, down below
Far beneath the restless tide
I carved a out a niche
A cave where I could hide
What the water gave me
What the water gave me
I made my home
In the deep blue sea
What the water gave me
What would set me free
What the water gave me
In the deep blue sea
Down, down below
In a place that no one knows
You can find me there
In a deep repose
What the water gave me
What the water gave me
I made my home
In the deep blue sea
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5. |
The Big Hurt
05:32
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Cuts through me like a scythe
Rips me up from the inside out
Till I curl up and I writhe
There ain’t no drug to ease my pain
No salve to sooth my soul
Every little thing is some kind of thing
I am just one big ol’ black hole
Ooh, ooh, oooh I been laid so low
Knee deep in the dirt
No one’s around to pull me up
Even though I been sending out a red alert
I done all I could to communicate
But ain’t no one hearing
Tryin’ to make myself look not so bad
Maybe even a little endearing
There ain’t no balm to heal my sores
No band-aid to cover my scars
I got bonked on my big stupid head
And now all I see is stars
Ow, ow, ow big hurt
Ow, ow, ow big hurt
Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow
Big hurt, big hurt
Ooh, ooh, oooh I am broke down and busted
Every bone is in pain
So I take me a mess of analgesics
Even smoke me up some maryjane
But nothing ever seems to work
And I ain’t getting any fitter
I chug right along like an angry old man
Just as mad and just as bitter
There ain’t no unguent to treat my welts
No medicine to cure my ails
I got so many things wrong with me
I am plumb run off the rails
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6. |
The Ends of the World
04:55
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You ask me just what I would do
Just what I would do for you
And what in the world could I say
That I would do what I had to do
I would love you
Like only I could love you
I would go to the ends of world
That's what I'd do
That's what I'd do
For a glimpse of you
And I would lay my life on down
What I would do
What I would do
You ask me how far I would go
How far would I go for you
And what in the world could I say
There is nothing I would not do
I would hold you
Like only I could hold you
And if you wonder
What I'm thinking
This is what I'm thinking
You ask me if I would lie for you
Would I lie for you
And what in the world could I say
I would more than die for you
I would lay myself down for you
All the way down for for you
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7. |
Just Like That
05:07
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One day you're on top of the world
The next you've bottomed out
One day you've got it made
The next you're filled with doubt
Think you're the boss
Think you're in control
Then it all disappears
And your in a black hole
Just like that things can change
Just like that things can turn strange
It's all over in the blink of an eye
Say hello and then say good-bye
What about the promises that were made
What do they mean
Nothing apparently
What about the work that you put in
Doesn't it count inherently
Got your hands on something
Got you ducks in row
Then something shoots them down
Look out below
One day you're young and lean
The next you're old and spent
You just gotta stand back and laugh
Wondering where it all went
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8. |
Take This Longing
04:49
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I’m a captive of your song
That streams on every frequency
It spreads on out like a thunderhead
And it rains down on me
Take this longing from my heart
And free me this wretched grief
Is it too much to ask of you
All I want is some small relief
Take this longing from my heart
I been out on this lonesome road
With no companion by my side
You seem to think I want the world
When a crust of bread would keep me satisfied
Take this longing from my soul
Help me fill my empty hole
I'm a captive of your song
It plays on all across the dial
Maybe one day it'll be number one
And you will go that extra mile
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Then there was the time
You said I was the guy
Who stood up to the bully
Who punched you in the nose
But that didn’t happen, at least I don’t recall
I think you think I’m someone else, I suppose
You have your version of the past
One where I have been miscast
This is not me, no, no
I am some other guy
This is not me, yeah, yeah
Let me demystify
I am not who you think I am
Then there was the time
You said I was the guy
Who stood up to the teacher
Who made you look a fool
But that didn’t happen
I would never have done that
I was too much of a coward at school
It’s nice to be held in high regard
But I was never no one’s bodyguard
Go ahead and think what you will
You can think I did a mess of things
You can think that I was brave
You can think I was the king of kings
But I’m not the guy you think I am
Then there was the time
You said I was the guy
Who sold a million records and became rock star
But that didn’t happen, at least I don’t recall
That fact that you think it seems to me a bit bizarre
I must have made a deep impression
Maybe my memory needs refreshin’
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10. |
Time Is but a River
04:01
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Where I came from
Don't matter no more
Where I'm going I can't say
I am anxious
And downright distraught
Don't know what's coming my way
Time is but a river flowing, flowing
Time is but a river to the last
Time is but a river flowing, flowing
Time is but a river flowing from our past
What I want now
Is not what I need
What I need is not what I want
I am hurting
And I am broken
I could use a little detente
No one can say
What lies beyond
And me, I haven’t a clue
What will be
Is whatever will be
Trafalgar or Waterloo
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11. |
Right Before My Eyes
06:42
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Here it comes, yeah here it comes
And there it goes
Come into me, yeah come into me
There she blows
Got my hands on a hot, wild wind
I’m bleeding into oblivion
And any dream I got left
Is coming to a brutal end
Right before my eyes
Right before my eyes
I seen it all
And it put me wise
Right before my eyes
There it is, yeah there it is
And there it’s not
Where’d it go, yeah where’d it go
I lost the plot
Smashed my arm on the window sill
Twisted myself inside out
But I got drowned, I got drowned
In a time of drought
What a world, yeah what a world
Kind of makes me wonder
Dragged myself through the pickled earth
Just to feel the thunder
Laid myself down on your warm altar
East of Jordan
My Rock of Gibraltar
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12. |
The Last Time
04:14
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Wandered out among the stars
Searching for a home
Need a place to plant my flag
A nice thick slice of loam
I've gone knocking on the doors
But no one shows their face
And I swear it's the last time
You will see me in this place
I used to know my town
Now it's all but disappeared
Don't recognize my street
It's worse than I've feared
My local is now a chain
And my apartment's been torn down
And I swear it's the last time
You will see me hanging 'round
Don't you tell me about progress
We ain't going nowhere
Gotta keep moving along
Even though I got to place to go
No one looks me in the eye
I'm no one they need to know
Everything's got taken away
It might as well be outer space
And I swear it's the last time
You will see me in this place
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