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Do No Hurt

by The Revenants

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1.
The Big Mouth 05:00
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You talk a good game That’s what you do That’s your line of expertise You act like you know What you’re talking about And people follow you like a flock of geese You’re the big mouth You flap your jaw And words spew out like colored rain You’re the big mouth Yeah you know it all Shouting like a coxswain You seem convincing At least to the dim-witted And you rely on their imprudence You get away with murder And never feel the pinch How in the world does that make sense Port hold, port to hold Starboard to row Ready to row, row, row Let it run, let it glide You are brash So self-possessed It’s easy to see why you’re in command No one knows more No one knows better You are the father of the fatherland
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A Million Ways Things Can Go Wrong 04:06
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I started out with a big idea But it did not go according to the plan I built my house on solid ground Strong enough to last a lifespan But then the foundation got weakened And the load-bearing walls fell down All that I had was gone in an instant And my world was one big fat frown You think you got the world on a string You think you are so bold and so strong Lemme tell you don't know nothing There's a million ways things can go wrong Things go wrong I started with new house in the suburbs With two big SUVs in my garage But then one day it fell down go boom In an act that looked like sabotage It's nothing I would have predicted Didn't see it coming down the pike I waved my fist at God above And shouted, Oh for the love of Mike I had me a wife and two big fat kids We lived out our American dream I played golf and watered the lawn I was the emperor of ice cream But then one day I came down with cancer And it kinda went pear-shaped from there Yeah a million ways things can go wrong Life is so fucking unfair
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Think About It 04:28
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Why do things not go The way you them to go Think about it, think about it Why do you not get What you want to get Think about it, think about it Maybe it's what you do Maybe it's up to you Maybe you gotta think this through Won't you think about it Won't you think about it Maybe you've been wrong You've been wrong all along You've been so damn headstrong Won't you think about it Won't you think about it Why can't you be Exactly what you want to be Think about it, think about it Why can't you do All the things you want to do Think about it, think about it Won't you ask yourself why oh why Won't you stop being such a wise guy Why can't you get All the stuff you want to get Think about it, think about it Why can't you live The life you want to live Think about it, think about it
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True Love 04:40
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This is how I feel, this is what is real It is true love, true love Here is my heart, stabbed by Cupid’s dart It is true love, true love Nothing is as great, not even bad old hate It is true love, true love All you need is love Love is all you need All you need is love Love is all you need Nothing can compete You make me feel complete It is true love, true love What more could you want Sweet as a croissant It is true love, true love It’s the best thing that there is By golly, gee whiz It is true love, true love There is nothing you can do that can't be done Nothing you can sing that can't be sung Nothing you can say But you can learn how to play the game It's easy This is what I need, I beg you and I plead It is true love, true love As sweet as a sugar shack I want it just like smack It is true love, true love It’s the two of us as one Sailing off into the midnig
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Must Be Going 05:31
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Pull the crease down now And hold a candle to the sky All the travelers move like a primal wave Up and down and low and high You can feel the beating of their wings As they prime themselves to fly Take these steps up to the clouds Don’t lose yourself in the smelly crowds Goodbye, goodbye and hello Hello I must going away Goodbye, goodbye and hello See you ‘round some sunny day Lift your banners high Make them wave like slippery fish The band is playing out of tune And an angel got her wish The campgrounds filled with alabaster And the spoon is spooning with a dish Take these steps up to the stars And play the Bossa on guitars Give yourself over No need to pretend it’s not a lie Have tried the shiokara Or are you waiting for the Lady from Shanghai Whatever you do they can't identify Take these steps up to see God Perhaps he’ll pity this old sod
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King of Nowheresville 04:31
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I am your commander Bend over and kiss my feet You need me more than I need you I will never be obsolete Don't try to resist me The pull is much too strong Don't try to fight me I am almost never wrong I am your lord The king of nowheresville Dare to cut the cord From the king of nowheresville I am omnipotent I am just like Santa Claus Know when you're sleeping and when you're awake I know every one of your flaws I am the bell in your head And I go ring, ring, ring I am the devil in your dreams Sticking in you like a spiral spring I am your partner I make love to you late at night You can't escape me I move at the speed of light Everyone needs a deity And I am your holiness If you're ever unfaithful Better come clean and confess
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Shut the Hell Up 04:23
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You got all the answers To all the world's problems You got a degree in every fucking thing You are so smart And I am an idiot Telling your truth makes your ego go ding For once in your life Let me in interrupt For once in your life Shut the hell up I am not a doctor, you say But I play one on TV And everybody is tuning into me I got the cure, yeah I got the fix Lemme make you a cup of herbal tea How does it feel To be the smartest guy around Must give you a sense of real power You are on top And I am down below The best I can do is cower
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Do No Hurt 03:50
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So many easy ways to hurt you I could knock you down one, two three It’s what I could do What I could choose to do If I where a true son of a B But I have a code That life’s a long road And you will be down in the dirt Sometimes you lend a hand Be true and understand And most of all do no hurt So many ways to be a asshole And I know all the tricks of the trade But what is the point Hey there is no point Other than the preyer and the preyed So many ways to chizzlen your nugget So many ways of jiggling your sack But when I think I'm being bad I try to stop from getting mad The world don’t need one more maniac
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Between Hard Place and a Rock 03:36
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Everywhere I flee to I hit a dead end Everywhere I run I smack into a door Everything I do leads me to nowhere I can't be nowhere no more I am stuck between a hard place and a rock A choice between bad and worse I am stuck between a hard place and a rock I hit the gas and I go in reverse Rock on Everything thing I love it dies in the end Everything I want I can never get Everything I wish for it all disappears Everything I touch turns to shit Wanna go back to simpler days When everything made sense Wanna go back to my backyard But I can't climb the fence Everything I hold it slips right through my fingers Everything I need I can't keep Everyone I know says get away, get away Wanna take me a flying leap
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Onto Every House a Tree Must Fall 05:06
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There are good days and there are bad days And there are days somewhere in between Sometimes you’re up and sometimes you’re down You know the routine You can cry your head off You can bitch and you can moan You can scream at the heavens above But if you let it all go and look within You will find your secret love Onto every house a tree must fall Onto every house a tree must fall It’s a brutal world and nothing is fair And the bad guys they get away with murder You gotta be tough, gotta stand strong Be as steely as a girder Prize the good times 'cause they don’t last Bad times are just around the bend Always remember it could be worse As you zigzag to the bitter end You are lucky to make it this And show no signs of wear But when it all starts to go Don't go screaming unfair There are good times and there are bad times And times that totally suck And if you aren't crushed or blown apart You are a lucky duck Try to be happy even when you're down Even when the odds are at their worst Don't seek blood Throw off your chains And your bad fortunes will be reversed
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Liars All 05:18
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We will tell you what you want to hear Even though we know that it's not true It's not true But if you're dumb enough to eat it up Then there's nothing to be done for you We're just liars all, liars all Don't you bother to ask why We're just liars all, liars all We don't deny that we lie We will make our case convincingly And if you buy it it's your own damn fault We will open up your wounded flesh And we will pour in the salt Pour in the salt We lie and we lie And we don't care We lie and we lie All is fair We will what we do and we will justify And when we justify we will lie Then we'll go home and kiss our wives We'll go home and live our lives
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Writing the Book 05:25
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I stood back from the wreck of my life Trying to find the words to explain it And my head blew up like dynamite And nothing, no nothing could contain it There is so much to say and so little time So I told myself, I’m all in I will do what it takes to finish the job Even if it means risking my own skin I am writing the book Writing the book I am writing it all down as fast I can Even though I barely have the strength Still I’m at it each and every day I am writing at length No one will wind up reading it I take that as a given But I won’t sleep until I tell my story I am madly driven

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Primum non nocere.

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released December 10, 2023

Cover "Do No Hurt" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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