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Pleased to Meet You

by The Revenants

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1.
Riding On to Glory 05:07
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What am I waiting for Shouldn't I be moving, shouldn't I be moving along This sad old world, well it ain't no good All the righteous go wrong There is a promise of a bright tomorrow Some kind of heaven up the road It's a place of peace, it’s a place of joy It's a place to lay down your load You've heard the tale, you've heard the story Can you dig it Riding on to glory Why am I wasting My sweet precious time doing the junk that I hate What does it matter in the scheme of thing If I am early or late I know there's gotta be more than this More to what life is all about I have to be moving, have to be moving along Of this there can be no doubt You've heard the tale, you've heard the story Can you dig it Riding on to glory There is no maybe, there is no sort of There is no time to delay There is no almost, there is no nearly There is only one way I can't be lazy, I can't be stupid I can't sit around and chew the fat Gotta get my ass right off of my chair Doing my thing is where it's at Nothing good ever gets done all by it's lonesome self I may not have money, I may not have fine clothes But there are other forms of wealth
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I Gave It All Away 05:12
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I was never much good with selling myself, no I was never my own biggest fan, no, no I was never much good at blowing my horn, no I was never what you'd call a businessman What am I worth Next to nothing at all And it's all my fault I gave it all away When I add it all up It's a paltry sum I was such a fool I gave it all away I was never much cop at negotiations, no I never thought I had something to deal, no, no I may have been worth millions of dollars, no Or maybe it was nothin' you'd wanna steal, no, no One, two, three, four, five, six, seven All good children go to heaven
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Got Them Old Devil Blues 03:22
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So you think you got your problems Let me tell you 'bout my problems I got woes that none can compare From my toes to the top of my hair I got them old devil blues He wins and I lose, I lose So you think you got it bad Well it ain't so bad my comrade I got a pain deep down in my heart And it's about to rip me apart I got them old devil blues He wins and I lose, I lose The devil's got me by the force of his will He's got his phaser on set to kill The devil he got me on the run He has his laugh, he has his fun Ow, ow, oh yeah I'm such a bad, bad boy So you think you got your troubles Well you ain't got no troubles There's a dude with horns and a tail Who says he'll get me without fail I got them old devil blues He wins and I lose, I lose
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The Pine Barrens 03:07
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Two bad guys in two black suits Drag a body out in the snow They need a spot to bury it in A spot that no one would know It was a million years ago And a million miles away I don't remember whatever we did Or all the things that we used to say Two bad guys in two black suits Find that the body is still alive One pulls a gun out of his coat And winds up shooting a beehive Pandemonium reigns down on our heroes In the form of bee-hive swarm Can't get a break Two bad guys in two torn suits Running through the weeds A third guy is in hot pursuit All of these dastardly deeds
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Two Cents Worth 05:09
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You didn't ask me my opinion But here it is just the same I have learned a thing or three Since I started playing this here game I think it's rather amusing The way you put yourself out there on display It's like you're still back in high school Don't see any changes, don't see the decay I thought I'd throw in my two cents worth For all the good it will do I thought I'd throw in my two cents worth Even though I don't have a clue I thought I'd throw in my two cents worth Just one more turn of the screw You think that you have still got it And there are many who tend to agree You think you are still handsome A lot more handsome than, say, me But isn't just a little bit sad That you go out looking for this attention It's like you're shouting, Look at me And sadly no one voices their dissension I thought I'd throw in my two cents worth Even though it's a cliche I thought I'd throw in my two cents worth I'm jumping into the fray I thought I'd throw in my two cents worth Not that it matters what I say
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Seen, Heard, Felt 05:06
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It all unfolds In a strange tableau This strange, strange old life of mine And I hold these threads And they’re tangled in knots But I like to see how they intertwine Now I’m headed upstairs For a grander view Where the whole wide world looks divine Seen, heard, felt The credits come up It’s the end of the film And people they're heading out the door They hit the streets Like a disease And they spread their infection like a whore I am aghast But I am starving And I just want to eat like a carnivore Seen, heard, felt It's all I want, it's all I ever wanted The story goes on And the characters change And me, I am miscast My rage grows strong It is out of control But somehow I remain steadfast I take a step Then I take another And I make a break with the past
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I Could Use a Miracle About Now 04:51
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People talk and talk about their God And all the wonderful stuff that he does And when I ask them why He does it They get no further than "because" Well "because" is good enough for me I'll take anything that you got I'll hand over the keys to my car And all the useless things that I've bought Can't you see that I'm a desperate man Of that I can avow And I could use a miracle I could use a miracle about now About now I know it's asking kind of a lot But I wouldn't say nothing if I wasn't in need I've done taken so many left turns I don't know how now I should proceed I could use a little bit of help Actually I could use a ton I've got a hold of the shit end of the stick And it's not my idea of fun
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Pleased to Meet You 04:20
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I don't live all that far from you You pass me on the street You have seen me now and then I don't act all that discreet I like to wear a flowery shirt And a well-pressed pair of slacks I always have a ready smile And I offer the kids some snacks Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my name But what is puzzling you Is the nature of my game You may know me by a lotta names Like Jack and Mike and Blair You may have seen my many faces My crazy grin and my wild stare I tend to get in the last laugh I know the punch line to every joke There is no escaping me I can consume you like smoke I don't live all that far from you I'm in the unit right next door You can smell my fried chicken You can hear me stomp on the floor I love to mix it all up I have parties long into the night You should come by and see me some time You'll see that I don't bite
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Onward We Walk 05:01
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It's a world of problems, it’s a world of hate It's a world in which people can't find a way to relate It's a world of fighting, it’s a world of war We bump off all of our brothers And we don't know what for Onward we walk one tiny little step at a time Onward you and onward me Onward we walk one foot in front of the other Onward we walk till we are free It's a world gone crazy, it’s a world of fools It's a world spinning madly without any rules It's a world of the devil, it’s a world of God You can hide behind either It's the same facade We tramp around and around And we hope we get somewhere And sometimes the the road we tramp Leads us only to despair But if we stop from walking We stop from being quite alive It's only by moving forward we can hope to survive It's a world of terror, it’s a world insane It's a world of excess we can't sustain It's a world of fear it's a world berserk But despite all the craziness we must make it work
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There Is No Love 03:49
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It's what we grew up believing That there's a one special one All the songs and poetry Everything under the sun You gotta have faith, they said You gotta believe That someday soon someone will find you And you will receive And you will receive There is no love It may seem pretty bleak Like life without a Christmas tree But all them stories you were told Well they are nothing but fantasy Who do know who's ever known it Who do you know who's made it work I'd like to meet them and shake their hand Just to see that they are not berserk We're all fools Just wanting to believe the lie That there's a hell below us And a heaven in the sky It's what we grew up believing But you'd think we'd finally learn That we're all alone in this world And it's only fools who yearn
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Blunderbuss 03:59
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Here comes the cavalry galloping over the hill It doesn't matter to them how much blood that they spill They are poised to kill, kill, kill Pow, pow Pop, pop Boom, boom Bang, bang Blunderbuss Blunderbuss Here comes the soldiers with hate in their rancid eyes On their backs they've got love letters and supplies They are both our enemies and our allies Pow, pow Pop, pop Boom, boom Bang, bang Blunderbuss Blunderbuss
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Insanity Speaks 06:32
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I hear a voice It speaks unto me It speaks so eloquently It tells me what is what It tells me what is not It don’t stop It don’t stop Insanity speaks Insanity speaks to me Insanity speaks Insanity speaks to me Everything I am Everything I know Insanity calls And I must go I must go I hear a voice In the middle of the night Wakes me up and gives me a fright Rattles my senses Like a mongrel hound Keeps me awake With its unpleasant sound I hear a voice It speaks unto me It’s part of a choir A symphony Try as I may I can’t shut it out It’s like putting a cap On a water spout

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I hear a voice
It speaks unto me
It speaks so eloquently
It tells me what is what
It tells me what is not
It don’t stop

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released July 8, 2023

Cover "Pleased to Meet You" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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