1. |
The Royal We
05:47
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My friends have come and gone
Some gone 'round the bend
And some gone forever
And I can't get over it
And what happened to us
Is what happens to everyone
Sooner or later
And later is sooner than we think
I wonder what they know
Are they befuddled
And are they as confused as me
And a little bit frightened
Do they get up in the night
And pace their rooms
Does their life have any value
Or do they just
Do they just disappear
Where do we come from
And what are we
And where are we going
We think we're living the life
Things are getting better
But slowly and surely
We are being replaced
That's how it always is
Don't let it get you down
Just hold on tight
For as long as you can
We all have a dream
And then it fades
And it turns into something
Something dark and obscure
We try to figure it out
Why did things go kaflooie
We know we're not blameless
But the price is too steep
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2. |
I'm Your Biggest Fan
04:00
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One day I mug this guy on the subway
And I steal from him his iPhone
When I get home I look to see what tracks that he has
And there's a name I hadn't known
So I play his songs and I kinda dig him
Even though I don't know who he was
I like his singing, I like his songs
I just like what it is he does
And I think hey, hey I'm your biggest fan
Whatever you do
You the man
Hey, hey I'm your biggest fan
You the man
You the man
I am trying to find this guy
He is nowhere on the internet
I wonder if this guy's a local
Perhaps a guy I have met
I ask around all to no avail
Until one day I see a poster
It was the name of this guy and he was playing a show
Down by the old roller coaster
I'm pretty excited
Can't wait to see him
I wonder what he looks like
And what it's like to be him
I'm pretty excited
Can't wait a whole week
I know when he hits the stage
I'm gonna freak
Well I get to the show and boy I'm pumped
I'm about to see my man
I have a few beers and the 'shrooms kick in
He comes out and says his name is Dan
Then it starts to dawn on me
Even though I'm feeling pretty drugged
That this guy Dan singing these songs
Is the guy that I mugged
And I say hey, hey I'm your biggest fan
Whatever you do
You the man
Hey, hey I'm your biggest fan
You the man
You the man
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3. |
Woebegone
03:36
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Say hello then say goodbye
It's all gone in the blink of an eye
Today you're here and then you're not
Best to hang on to what little you got
Oh woebegone
All the landmarks have changed
Oh woebegone
No nothing was exchanged
A train pulls in and it's all aboard
Better you know what you are heading toward
The whistle blows and the wheels do grind
Don't want to be the one who gets left behind
I see your face everywhere I turn
But it's an illusion you'd think I'd learn
Now all I want is a bit of relief
Just a little something to get me past my grief
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4. |
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Cooped up and snowbound
With nowhere to go
I tug on my memory for relief
And a thousand odd feelings
Stain my blanked-out skies
Both joy and a little grief
And I curse the cold
And I curse these streets
And I curse my fears
And I curse my defeats
The good and the bad
The happy and the sad
All the living and the dead
It will stay with me
For eternity
My thoughts are a tornado
In my head
Wound up and torn down
I hide in my room
While the snowplows scrape and screech
Nowhere to go
And it's twenty below
Once more I go unto the breach
And I curse my hell
And I curse my hands
I curse my world
And all it demands
'Round and 'round
They spin 'round and 'round
They grow in me like a weed
'Round and 'round
They spin 'round and 'round
But where do they ever lead
And I curse my folly
And I curse my disease
I curse all the people
Who do just as they please
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5. |
Liberty Heights
04:51
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Nobody's gonna tell us what to do
Not no one, not no way
'Cause we're gonna do
What we're gonna do
Nobody's gonna hold us down
Not no one, not no how
'Cause we deserve
What we deserve
We're movin' on up to Liberty Heights
Where everybody's happy and nobody fights
We're movin' on up to Liberty Heights
We know our laws and we know our rights
Nobody's gonna give us any jazz
Not no one, not no way
'Cause we're gonna take
What we're gonna take
And nobody's gonna tell us that we're wrong
Not no one, not no how
Doing what's best
And what's best is right
Nobody's gonna throw us in the pokey
Not no one, not no way
We don't get ourselves down
Down in that dirt
Nobody's gonna tell us where to stick it
Not no one, not no how
It's all up
It's all up from here
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6. |
Happy Ending
06:29
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The light turned green and I started to go
A car plowed through from where I don't know
It knocked me down flat on my back
And then it drove on and then it all went black
Next thing I knew I was flying so high
My body down there, my soul in the sky
I started to laugh, "Why the hell not"
I felt light as air while they dug me a plot
I went past the clouds above land and sea
I started to figure out this was the end of me
And I am on my way to a happy ending
And I will be OK with my happy ending
Then I saw a light was as bright as the sun
And a voice called to me, "All your worries are done"
I kept going up, left my body behind
And all that I felt was a certain peace of mind
The voice spoke again
Said, "In me you can trust"
But with those words for me it all went bust
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7. |
Hidden Things
05:01
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Can we know the world around us
When so much is kept from view
We all got our special secrets
So much we're never privy to
It's one of life's puzzling mysteries
All these private little histories
Hidden things
All these hidden things
Hidden things
Can you find them
Hidden things
What does blind them
Imagine a life in a world of clarity
One without the subterfuge
You could make a choice with confidence
The difference would be huge
It would be like pulling back the blinds
Letting light into a billion darkened minds
I want to see what no one else has seen
I want to see inside your head
I want to see what no one else has seen
Go where angels fear to tread
Well it's easy to get lost these days
No one says just what they mean
Nothing is black and nothing is white
It's always somewhere in-between
I want for a world where stuff is sorted
But I live in a world that's distorted
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8. |
Better
05:09
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Well a friend of mine he died last week
After a long and terrible bout with cancer
Well before he left
I asked him how he it felt
And he said, he said he had no answer
C'mon and tell me, tell me true
Is there nothing in the world we can do
And it's gotta be better
Gotta be getting better
Gotta be getting better
All the time
Another friend of mine he's got ALS
His reward for being a good drummer
I asked him how he felt about his bad luck
He said, yeah, I guess it's a bummer
C'mon and tell me, tell me now
Why can't we god speed the plough
C'mon and hold my hand
Hold it, and raise it high
You are the only one
To help me touch the sky
C'mon and hold me close
Clutch me to your breast
Look in my eye
And say it's a peaceful rest
Another friend of mine got dementia
And he don't remember my name
I stop by to see him now and again
Life to him now is one strange parlor game
C'mon and tell me, say it if you dare
What's going on in your head up there
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9. |
Transcontinental Highway
04:57
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Started out on 42nd Street
Headed for that big ol' brown Hudson
Crossed over New Jersey way
Bounded southwestward to Princeton
Made it down to Philadelphia
Then west across to Ohio
Took Route 30 through Illinois
Wended our way to Iowa
We're travelin' up and down and all around
Through a big and small and midsize town
On that transcontinental highway
Well you and me and the kid makes three
We're hap-hap-happy as can be
On that transcontinental highway
Moved on to Columbus, NE
Gassed up that good ol' T-Bone Truck Stop
Picked up a K.D. Lang CD
With some sliders, some French fries and a soda pop
Sped along through Granger, Wyoming
Got a ticket from Erik Estrada
He winked and sent us on our merry way
As we went up to Sierra Nevada
Look at all them crazy license plates
From every state in our big ol' crazy nation
It's all one giant shopping mall
Thank God for civilization
Climbed our way up a steep incline
Thought we'd almost run out of gas
Scooted along old U.S. Route 4-Oh
'Cross that fabled Donner Pass
Stopped to get a big bag of pork rinds
Then onward we flew through Sacramento
Picked up a hippie in Berkeley
Reached our end in San Francisco
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10. |
Moses on a Pony
04:37
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Everyone is always looking for a hero
A hero to set the world right
And everyone is always searching for the one
The one who'll shine down the light
Here he comes
He's a-ridin' through the darkness
With a sound like a big old drum roll
Here he comes
Here comes Moses on a Pony
And he's a-coming to save your wretched soul
Everyone is always looking for a savior
Just like it was prophesized
And everyone is always seeking a saint
Who will appear undisguised
Everyone is always praying for salvation
Insurance for the end of days
And everyone is always casting out sinners
To guard against their evil ways
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11. |
Fatherland
05:27
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We been wandering through this land
Looking for our home sweet home
We been cast out like so much trash
Everywhere we roam
We may be lowly, we may be fools
We may be stubborn like a pack of mules
We may be stupid, we may be nuts
We may be dirty but boy have we got guts
Down and down we go
To the fatherland
We been a-dreaming of another world
A world in which we rule
We live in mansions up on the hill
And we go to the finest school
We may be downtrodden, we may be lost
We may live in tenements that look just like a holocaust
We may wear rags, we may be in debt
We may be down but we are not done just yet
We been a-hoping for a better time
When it's Christmas every day
When all our dreams will come true
And we shine like the milky way
We may be broken, we may be hurt
We may have our faces shoved down in the dirt
We may paupers, we may have no clout
But one day we will rise on up
And show 'em all what we're all about
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12. |
Continuum
06:18
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So I am nothing and nothing is me
A speck of dust just aching to be
I clean up in the morning
I rearrange the chairs
I live out my days
In meaningless affairs
There is no beginning and there is no end
There is only the arc of the continuum
No there is no right and there is no wrong
There is only the arc of the continuum
So I am a peephole into a windowless room
Where the sweat on the tiles is the only perfume
On the desk is diary
And next to it a vase the rose draws blood
And it drips on the lace
Went down the garden
We watched a fish die
My child she broke down and how she did cry
We said a prayer and put it in the ground
I told her one day
The fish would come back around
Ray died of cancer
It was the end of an age
Someone needs to show up and start a new page
So I look to tomorrow and I hold out hope
I'm only one knot on this long piece of rope
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The Revenants Boston, Massachusetts
"It was hell," recalls former child.
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