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Wilderness Years

by The Revenants

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1.
Crossing the Line 04:05
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Who has let the genie out He has lots to answer for All these troubles, all this insanity It's too hard to ignore What else is in store, what else is in store I am crossing the line And I don't want to look back I am crossing the line Treading softly Who has unleashed the dogs of war There's a circle in hell just for him All these casualties, all this folderol Did he do it on a whim Things are looking pretty grim Gonna dig me a foxhole Gonna bury my whole self alive Don't see any other way to go Don't see how I can survive Started out a correspondent Could not believe what I saw All this madness, all this brutality No such thing as the law Knew this was my last hurrah
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Your Number Two 04:34
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Only got so much love to go around Only got so much to give If you hand it out like free candy Well that's no way to live I know you're trying to be judicious It's not in you to be malicious, no I'll always be your number two and that's OK with me I'd rather be your number two Than to be your number three We are composed of just so many atoms Once they're gone they're gone Like a bank account with only so much cash It's easy to get overdrawn I know you're not just being cheap There's little room at the top of the heap, yeah Well I'm used to settling for less I'm used to taking what I can get Whatever you got that you can spare Even if it's just a little bit Sometimes we're all a little bit stingy Sometimes we're in it for number one Sometimes we want the biggest slice of cake Who wants to end up with none I understand my position Don't need a lot of intuition, yeah
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Song of Bernadette 03:26
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Hey Bernadette you know I love you so Just gotta tell ya And I want the world to know You're my special one One closest to my heart I feel just like crap ever since we been apart Hey Bernadette you make me want to shout I love you so damn much Yeah that's what that's about You may know this but in case you haven't heard I wrote you this song My pretty little bird Hey Bernadette Hey Bernadette let me whisper in your ear Whisper words That only you can hear In the evening when I'm alone in my bed All these thoughts of you Fill up my lonely head I dream about ya most every night I'm usually on the ground And you have taken flight Hey Bernadette what can I do Ever since I died I wander 'round Like a worn-out old shoe
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Traveling Around in a Cardboard Jacket 03:26
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Circle the wagons and close up all the gaps The boogie-boogie bugle boy is playing sweet ol' taps The bars are letting out and the drunks are on the prowl And even the good cops are throwing in the towel The riverboat captain he knows my fate But everybody else is gonna have to wait Traveling around in a cardboard jacket I hope it doesn't rain on me Traveling around in a cardboard jacket Absolutely sweet Marie The hen is in the hen house counting all her chicks The pugilist is in the ring he's getting all his licks Suddenly a tsunami washes up ashore The wave is so damn big that no one can ignore The riverboat captain, he knows my fate But everybody else is gonna have to wait The man in black has fallen in a burning ring of fire Down, down, down and the flames went higher All the passions that consumed him have burned up his best suit The devil blew on his horn while the angel played his flute The riverboat captain, he knows my fate But everybody else gonna have to wait
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Generation Blank 03:54
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There's a war going on But you wouldn't even know it Look at their empty faces They don't even show it No, no, no Who do you have to thank Thank generation blank They got their PDAs They got Nintendo No they're not going nowhere No big crescendo Yeah we are going to hell But how can really tell Who do you have to thank Thank generation blank They are all disaffected and they don't even get it No use in pointing it out They’d never admit it No, no, no Who do you have to thank Thank generation blank It's on the internet Wish I could mask it But I'm sad to say We're gone to hell in a hand basket Yeah, yeah, yeah
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Tickle Me 04:06
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Don't feel good In fact I feel pretty lowdown Could use a laugh Could use some clowning around Tickle me, come on and tickle me baby Tickle me, kootchie kootchie kootchie koo Ha ha ha you caught me by surprise Ho ho ho I like the way you improvise You know that very special spot Just behind my knee Whenever you do that I just have to tee-hee-hee
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Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation 04:17
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You have got a social network Well give yourself one great big fat perk But for all your chit-chat no one's talking Spend endless days doing cyber stalking The more banal the bigger the deal You love of self is simply surreal, yeah You get it all on a silver platter You act like nothing seems to matter You're fat and vain and disaffected You're all plugged in yet disconnected You don't feel any real sensation Talkin' 'bout your generation You spend all day on your cellphone And all you do is bitch and moan Your music lacks authenticity What does it matter you get it for free I'm sure your lives will turn out well While the rest of the world is going to hell The fate of world is up to you And what in the world are you going to do Are you going to fix the environment Will you get over your entitlement Like a drunken kid who's driving a car Time to say au revoir
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Just Like Dylan's Mister Jones 05:19
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He was a simple man, yeah, yeah, yeah Living out a simple life He liked his simple pleasures, yeah, yeah He liked his simple wife He drove to work on the freeway Drove all the way out to Del Mar One day he planned to buy a home there, yeah So he would not need to have to drive so far Just like Dylan's Mister Jones He worked in corporate accounting, yeah, yeah He had his own cubicle He liked his Dunkin Donuts holes, yeah He liked to keep his coffee mug full He played the Pixies on his iPhone He texted his girlfriend on the sly Sometimes he got a little worried, yeah What if his wife caught him in this lie He was simple man, yeah, yeah, yeah But sometime he got depressed Not sure what brought it all on, yeah, yeah, yeah Maybe he felt repressed Maybe he should get onto a different path, yeah Be like a rolling stone Maybe he should leave behind his dead-end life, yeah Just like Dylan's Mister Jones
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Act Unnaturally 02:59
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I don't fit in anywhere, oh yeah I don't fit in, yeah, but I really don't care All I gotta do is act unnaturally It's my way, it’s my style Hope that my way and style will make you crack a smile I don't dress so well, oh yeah I don't dress so well, yeah, oh but what the hell All I gotta do is act unnaturally All I gotta do is act unnaturally When it comes to being strange I am known as the stranger I am awkward and contrived, oh yeah I am awkward, yeah, don't know how I've survived All I gotta do is act unnaturally All I gotta do is act unnaturally I am stilted and perverse, oh yeah I am stilted, yeah, know that's a little bit terse All I gotta do is act unnaturally It's in my look, it’s in my attitude Hope you don't think that I'm just a little bit rude
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A Game to the Massacre 05:18
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Well, me, I got mine and you, you got yours And never, no never the twain shall meet We run into trouble every time we collaborate All that brotherly love, well it turns into brotherly hate From house to house and street to street Over hill and dale, it's a game to the massacre From here to there and there to here The whole wide world, it’s a game to the massacre Why can't ever get along and learn to live in harmony I guess that's just too much, too much to expect Sing out about love and peace Don't want to see all the red raw meat Want to win at any cost Don't want to be the one to admit defeat We say that we care But then why is the world in such a stinkin' mess We say that we care But then why do we act like we could care less Well I am happy now I got all I'll ever need And all I can say is nuts to you You can all go rot in hell It really matters not to me You can burn with the bad old devil He doesn't seem all that hot to me
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Wilderness Years 04:30
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I am a speck of dust At the speed of light I am the wind at your window In the dead of night Hope you see me before I disappear I am wandering, wandering Through these wilderness years I am a moment in time Blink and I'm gone I am as brief as the dew Before the dawn If you need me I'll always be here I am wandering, wandering Through these wilderness years Take me in your arms Take me away Take me in your arms Do it today
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Real Gone Cat 05:09
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He took the low road when there really was no road at all No one there to stop him No one there to tell him beware of the fall He was all alone but he was not afraid He was his own man It was his own bed that he had made Hit the road, Jack Don't you come back Don't you come back, no more, no more Roll up the welcome mat You're a real gone cat There are other worlds to explore He pulled off a great vanishing act All to no one's surprise He had willed himself into a place That turned out to be a perfect disguise He could be whatever he wanted He could be the president He could change his identity He could change what he could represent Who am I and what am I doing Exactly where am I headed for I am more than a little confused There are lies and truths galore Don't mind if I check out of here There's got to be a better place Perhaps another country Perhaps somewhere in outer space

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I am a moment in time blink and I'm gone
I am as brief as the dew before the dawn
If you need me I'll always be here
I am wandering, wandering
Through these wilderness years

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released October 20, 2023

Cover "Wilderness Years" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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