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Away With You
04:59
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I've seen you fade in the autumn
I've seen you reawaken in the spring
I've seen you in the depths of delight
And I've seen you when you felt a sting
I've seen you when you got knocked down
And I've seen you when they left for dead
I've seen you climb out from the ashes
I've seen you when all others have fled
And I have seen them, yeah I have seen them
Nearly split you in two, but they can't do away with you
I've seen you get on down on your knees
I've seen you buckle under from stress
And I've seen you take it right on the jaw
I've seen you nearly acquiesce
I've seen you cry out in your despair
I've seen you stand alone on the brink
I've seen you blow away like blizzard, yeah
And I've seen you not know just what to think
They can try to put you down, down, down
They can rip you apart
But they can't stop the beating of your heart
I've seen you fade away in the autumn
And I've seen you reawaken in the spring
I've seen you in the depths of delight
And I've seen you when you felt a sting
I've seen you with your spirit nearly broken
I've seen you lost in a hullabaloo
I've seen your light nearly faded out
And I've seen they can't do away with you
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2. |
Wild Child
05:37
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You got a feral look in your eyes
A look that's set in stone
And if anyone gets too close to you
You pull their flesh off their bone
Wild, wild child
You're a real wild, wild child
You kick and scream and kick and scream
Like an animal tied to a stake
But if any fool should set you free
That would be one terrible mistake
You dig deep down in the dirt
And then you partake of it
You devour your own backyard
You do it for the sake of it
Well you grow and grow and grow
You consume everyone you know
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Gotta be careful what you do with your love life
Don't open yourself up to any old Joe
Any old Joe may say he really truly loves you
But that doesn't make it so
Don't ever give your heart outright baby
Find out first who will be true
'Cause if you ever give your heart outright, baby
You will get it stolen from you
Sometimes you gotta be kinda selfish
Do just what serves you the most
'Cause if you don't take care of your own business
Your manna could wind up burnt toast
Won't you listen to the words that I am saying
I speak from tried and true experience
There's a time to open yourself to advances
And there's a time to go and build a fence
And if you don't believe me there's nothing I can do
I just hope that you will hear my plea
Every time I gave my heart outright, baby
I got it stolen from me
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4. |
Tommy Can You Hear Me?
03:54
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What can I say to get through to you
Nothing ever seems to work
I can shout till I'm blue in the face
And go totally berserk
You're like a kid who is blind, deaf and dumb
Playing pinball and chomping on some gum
Tommy can you hear me, can you feel me near you
Tommy can you see me, can I help to cheer you
Tommy can you hear me, can you hear me now
What can I do to break down your wall
To make you see me as I am
If I could say who I thought you were
I'd say you don't give a damn
You're like a kid who was born for peace
When in fact it's just so much caprice
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me
What can I do to bring you down
From that cross that you are nailed
Your tiny boat is stuck in port
While the world has sailed
You're like a kid 'round which the world revolves
The camera pulls out and the scene dissolves
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5. |
Last Time I Saw Willie
05:40
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Well I knew Willie back in high school
Back before all the bad times began
He had a brightness that shone on through the dullest of days
He was what you might call a renaissance man
He had all kinds of means and ways
Well Willie he was a clever SOB
Yeah that was something
On which we could all agree
The last time I saw Willie
He had a strange look in his eye
The last time I saw Willie
He was yonder waving goodbye
Willie was a drummer in a punk band, totally DIY
He ran a used record store
When no one had done that sort of thing
Everyone we knew looked up to him
He was the setter of trends
He walked around like the Chairman of the Board
A ring-a-ding-ding
But then Willie he fell from his perch
And ol' Willie left us all in the lurch
Oh Willie why did you go, oh Willie I miss you so
Willie got involved with dealers
And he also fenced some stolen goods
The booze and the drugs they changed him for the worse
His behavior became erratic
And he burned every friend he had
Now when people they talk about him
They spit his name out like a curse
But I still hold him in the highest esteem
To me he's still creme de la creme
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6. |
All Your Crazy Children
04:54
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Well you raised 'em on lies that you sold as the truth
Just the kind of lies you want to hear in your youth
They were fairly fanciful, lots of blood and gore
An angry god takes from the rich
And gives back to the poor
It's in their video games, yeah
It's in their dumb-dumb choices
It's in the way that they silence
Any the nay-saying voices
All your crazy children
They are burning down the house
All your crazy children
They wanna scream and grouse
All your crazy children
Have gotten out of control
All your crazy children
Let's hear a big 'ol drum roll
They take the streets and cause a bloody mess
Say they are on the side of God
And all sinners must confess
They shoot the innocent
And they shoot the condemned
They shoot anyone who doesn't think
And act just like them
They got all the answers, yeah
They got all the cool stuff
They got so much going on
They don't know when enough's enough
How do you occupy an empty space
How do you occupy a state of grace
How do you live with all the pain you cause
How do you live outside all the laws
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7. |
Evil Does What Evil Does
04:58
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Just when you start feeling good
Just when you feel the way you should
Something comes along to wreck your day
You thought that all your trouble were gone
Thought you pulled all the weeds out of your lawn
I guess that it must be your naiveté
Every silver cloud has a dark lining
We think we're going up when we're declining
Evil does what evil does
Evil gets off on its evil buzz
It is more than glad to see you sad
Evil doers do what evil doers do
They light up when you are feelin' blue
They are rotten, misbegotten
Just when things stop going to hell
And you've bid grumpy old man winter farewell
A wet cold wind blows in from the east
You've planned a picnic under the sun
But something comes along to spoil the fun
Almost as if it were waiting like a crouching beast
You ask, "Why is this happening to me"
You wonder if it's part of a conspiracy
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The Wilding
04:39
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It is there from the moment you are born
It's the seed that grows and grows
It matures into something base and rank
Like a bone that won't ever decompose
It becomes a part of who you are
It becomes the clothes you wear
It becomes the way you walk and talk
Follows you around like your own special air
It is you I swear
These are the ways of the wicked and the wild
The black ugly heart in the soul of every child
These are the ways of the demonic and depraved
The black ugly heart that never will be saved
Look out, look out here comes the wilding
It is there in the mirror every morning
Staring back at you with an evil grin
It is there when you go to bed at night
The thing that makes it easy to sin
It is part of your casual conversations
It's embedded in your DNA
You can't shake it, try as you might
You can't shake it, try as you may
It has you in it's sway
Here it comes, here comes the wilding
Here it comes to the streets of your town
And we're going, we’re going down, down, down
It is there in your every single action
Whether you intend it or not
It is there when you call for arbitration
When you're really trying to stir the pot
It is in your insidious laughter
It is in your crocodile tears
It is part of your machinery
It is part of your well-oiled gears
It is all that it appears
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Cockamamie
03:50
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They blocked the street outside my apartment
For the third time this year
They laid some pipe and some cables
Then they went and had a beer
They'll be back next week
Something sure to spring a leak
Cockamamie
Same ol' samey
Cockamamie
Milk the system for what it's worth
Take all you can
Everyone does it so why not you
Got a better plan
Men dig holes all over the city
Then they stand around and stare
Then they climb down in them and they disappear
What goes on in there
Maybe they found a secret treasure
Or the key to a life of leisure
Everyone's got a rationale
A code that they can stick to
It has it's own internal meaning
Klaatu barada nikto
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10. |
Daddy's Girl
03:07
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We have many strange misadventures
Riding on the Orange Line
We see goth kids in their raccoon makeup
And bangers flashing a gang sign
We watch nannies with their screaming babies
And grannies with their hair permed and dyed
Suddenly the train goes herky-jerky
It's Mister Toad's Wild Ride
You are daddy's girl and you always will be
You are daddy's girl, you are a part of me
We head up to Charlestown
Where people talk double-double quick
Like a spray of machine-gun bullets
Like being in an action flick
Marty coaches the hockey team
He asks if you'd like to join
"Some boys might put a hurt on you
Careful they don't get kick you in the groin"
You are a brave little soldier
You really do me proud
You don't take nothin' from no one
You stand out in a crowd
Love the way you navigate
Love the way you twirl
Love the way you laugh, laugh, laugh
You are d-d-daddy's girl
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11. |
Forsaken
05:04
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It's been years since you went away
But I think of you each and every day
It's been years since you last came 'round
And made that old man sound
Where have you hid, I’m still your kid
Oh Daddy dear, I don't understand, no
Why did you forsake me
I waited for you at the station
At every bus stop in this old nation
I held out hope that you would make it
Could not accept that you would break it
I waited for you day after day
While you were so very far away
I been looking for you everywhere, yeah, yeah
I don't know why you don't seem to care
Yeah, yeah
I have your picture on my wall
You are so big and I am so small
And I will wait until you return
Guess some lessons I will never learn
We always get our old signals crossed
I am out here feeling lost
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12. |
I'm Goin' Down
05:50
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I'm headed nowhere none too fast
Why need I care
The good times are long passed
I'll just sit and stare
Nothing's happening, no, no, no
Think I'll watch TV
Is this the way it winds up, the way it winds up for me
How can it be
Down, down, down
I'm goin' down
Well I am feeling so bored
I got nothing to do
I think I'll fix myself a drink or maybe I'll fix me two
The world seems distant, yeah, yeah, yeah
It's so far away
Who could I call, who could I call
And what would I say
Today's like any, today's like any day
I'm feeling so low down
My nerves are shot to hell
Just about done with this old world
Just about to say farewell
But there is one thing before I go
One thing I'd like to glean
What did it mean jellybean
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