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Golden Boy

by The Revenants

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Golden Boy 05:01
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Well he showed so much promise From the day that he was born All his siblings they were jealous And they heaped on him their scorn They didn't like the attention that he always got They didn't like that he was such a great big shot Pride and joy He was his mama's golden boy The real mccoy He was his mama's golden boy Well he was tall and handsome With his golden blond hair And all the girls they loved him They loved his savior faire And he was president of his high school senior class And for those who didn't dig him He'd laugh and say, Kiss my ass Oy, oy, oy golden boy He could never do anything wrong Oy, oy, oy golden boy He even got his very own song Oy, oy, oy golden boy Well he is so suave and debonaire Oy, oy, oy golden boy Well there is no one that can compare Well he is now the chair of a major corporation He's on the cover of Time He's on "Face the Nation" He has got his billions He flies his private jet And he's about as big as a golden boy can get
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Life Among the Lillies 04:11
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Such pretty things, abundant as well Popping up everywhere, weeds from hell They take over, give nothing back They are so lovely, as neat as a pin They toil not and neither do they spin Not even Solomon was dressed like one of these Life among the lilies Under an orange sky A gentle rain is falling Goodbye, goodbye Days go by, nothing going on What does it matter, life is a yawn There’s always tomorrow or the day after that Today is the day I clean my house So much stuff can accrue Got to get started, make a list Do all of the things I’ve always wanted to do
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We Are All Together 04:54
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I don’t wanna talk and you don’t wanna talk That we can agree I don't wanna give and you don't wanna give That’s our history No we don’t share No we don’t get along happily You are me and me are you and he are she And we are all together, all together Us are them and them are us We throw the rest under the bus I’m crying, I’m crying You got your world and I got my world And never the twain shall meet You got your god and I got mine They come in a dead heat Believe what want But don’t expect me to take a backseat What can I do What can I say That gets through to you How can I be How can I change To live with your worldview You have your ways and I have mine They don’t mesh real well You dress strange and I dress straight We repel But if we don’t get along It’ll be our death knell
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Sincerely 04:05
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I see you struggling Trying to get through these desperate days I just want to say to you to hold on (hold on) You should know that I won't let go I won't let go, quid pro quo I will be your friend forever I mean that sincerely, really and truly I will be there in your darkest hour I mean that sincerely, really and truly I am feeling what you feel And I know that you are overwhelmed I just want to say to you that I love you Don't you worry my old friend I will save you in the end Don't you be unhappy, a change will be here soon Just you have a little bit of faith in me Don't you get down, down in the dumps Don't you be so sulky and blue Better times are coming to you you'll see I see you sick at heart And I know there ain't no easy cure But you should know that I hear you It may not seem like something much But I offer you the human touch
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A Change Has Come 04:28
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A winter wind it whips through my bones And black ice forms 'round my mouth I stuff my hands into my gloves And dream about heading south I'd say a prayer for a better time But I fear that I'd be struck dumb No sense trying to fight the tide A change has come No I don't want a slice of the pie I'd settle for a crumb But I see you have licked the plate clean A change has come An angry mob it takes to the streets They are screaming what they're angry for They want justice and they want more junk And they want in on the ground floor A man he shouts from the balcony He chews his words as he chews his gum "Come unto to me you wretched lot A change has come" They listen close but not too close He grins and he raises his thumb "I am here to save your souls A change has come" There is crap all over the internet And crazy stories on the TV All of them add up to nothing at all Nothing more than insanity I wish there were a place that I could hide Or I could reduce myself to feeling numb But everyone wanted the world to change And a change has come I can't hope for nothing now, the game is zero sum I stuff my hands into my gloves A change has come
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I Would Only Give You Everything 05:28
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You settled for a couple of jerks You make that clear to me What can I say that's a shame That's a shame it has to be You deserve better than that I think you might concur If only someone fit the bill Anyone else you might prefer I would only give you everything, oh yeah You sought love in all the wrong places Something you would readily admit Like the guy who looked like John Lennon He was such a stupid git I listened to your late night calls You needed me to complain I made a good sounding board I was there to help with your pain I would only give you everything, oh yeah Wake up, look who's around you That man with the funny face Do you see him, right over there He is mad for your embrace Who else has been your one constant Who else do you think to phone Who else has stuck by you When everyone else has left you alone If only you knew the truth You were my quiet muse Or maybe it was obvious It's not so shocking news I would only give you everything, oh yeah More than you want, more than you need More than your heart can hold More than you got, more than a lot More than a pot of gold
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I Knew You When 04:17
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When I think about my childhood And all the kids that I knew I remember names and I remember faces A lot of memories accrue You and me we both loved music And so we went and started a band I wanted us to be like the Beatles To live that life firsthand We thought that we would really make it I can't say that I know you Or know just where you been But I can I say that I knew you I knew you when We moved out to New York City And we practiced nearly every day We saw eye to eye on almost every little thing We knew what each other would say Well people they sort of dug us Would come a ways to see our shows We played our freaking hearts out To the kids in the very last rows We thought that we would really make it Why oh why didn't we fly One day I got myself a new girlfriend And you got a job selling cars We didn't have the time to write our songs Or sing to people in seedy bars Now I am pushing on 60 and you are right up there too Don't expect that you will ever think about me And I don't know what to think of you We thought that we would really make it
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Dream Time 06:32
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You take all the good stuff And you snake eyes the bad You zip it together The happy and the mad You storm up a mountain You fumble in blue You drink in an ocean A slow cooking stew You’re in dreamtime Dreamtime You’re in dreamtime Nighty night The choir is chanting Workingman’s dead The Deadheads are dancing Painted bloody red Up the winding staircase And into the womb Battered and beaten Warp and the loom Nighty night Nighty night my one Lay down your head Close your eyes Wait for the morning sun Your PJs are funky You're all covered in sweat Your eyes are all sandy The sun has set
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I Never Took You Seriously 03:58
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I never paid you no mind Never heard what you said Never gave you some credit Gave myself credit instead Never lent you an ear I let you disappear I never took you seriously Never thought that you were all that good I never took you seriously And I guess I should I guess I should Didn't treat you like my brother Did the least that I could do When you dearly wanted someone I was not there for you You were nothing I need You were like a weed You were like a weed
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Head for the Hills 05:36
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The news came on The anchor is none too happy He says it's pretty grave The Middle East is one big ball of fire The soldiers are pretty brave It's a tragedy but you better listen to me Head for the hills A plane is on the horizon And it's coming in low Head for the hills Seal your doors and windows Get yourself down below Our goose is cooked, I'm really sad to say this But you see it is my job I'll stay on the air until we lose our power Sorry if I look like a slob This just in, someone just pulled the pin Look over here The rivers have all turned red The capital is flattened, a hundred thousand dead Look over there There's a riot on every street The cops have lost control And no one will admit defeat New York has fallen and LA is all but silent And bombs are going off in DC Denver's a wasteland, Chicago is a shambles It's the end of history Finish up your affairs And say your prayers
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Forgotten Man 05:02
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He's got a face only his own mother would love No, no one else could really care He wears a suit two sizes to small for his frame Don't ask me 'bout his funky hair The only time anyone ever sees him Is when they poke fun at his goofy look They might say "What's the deal with that lame-ass guy Why is he a lame-ass schnook" So what if he is, what you gonna do about it He works his job like he's supposed to Never questions nothing that he's told He's been doing it for twenty-long years Doing it for so long that now he's old Yeah, he got old, so old He is the forgotten man It is his one and only claim to fame He is the forgotten man Who can remember what's his name Every day it's he eats the same old thing for lunch Ham on white with dash of mustard Sometimes he dreams about changing his life But most of the time he's just flustered He'd like to go off on a vacation Maybe visit some exotic ports of call But every time he asks for a little time off His boss says, "You've got lots of gall Whaddya think this is some kind of charity" What's his name Well I know you forgotten man I see you forgotten man I won't forget you forgotten man This is for you
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One by One 05:35
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The hour's getting late So late it's nearly dawn Is someone out there still standing Trying to hold back a yawn Some are fading fast While some are trying to last One by one They all had their day One by one They all went away Some we thought we knew But it seems that we were wrong Some look slightly bent Don't know where they belong They're the first to go They're the weak and slow They call you a friend But don't be deceived They like to pretend Believing in what they believe Autumn's in the air Imagine that you care

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The choir is chanting
Workingman’s dead
The Deadheads are dancing
Painted bloody red
Up the winding staircase
And into the womb
Battered and beaten
Warp and the loom

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released March 1, 2024

Cover "Golden Boy" by Mark Day

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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