1. |
Burn
06:46
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THE ROUNDED ROCKS WERE AMAZING
I SCRAPED AND SCRAMBLED THROUGH
AND THEN EMERGED TO A MIDNIGHT DUNE AND YOU
WE WATCHED AS MORNING MADE FUN OF
THE EVENING AND ITS CREW
IT SCARED THEM OFF IN A MUSCULAR BLAZE OF BLUE
AND IN THOSE FEW RARE MOMENTS THAT WERE THANKFULLY DULLER
YOU TALKED ABOUT YOUR CHILDHOOD WHERE "PANK" WAS A COLOR
HOW THEM SOUTHERN BELLES WITH THEIR REBEL YELLS
TOOK AND PUT YOU THROUGH THEIR VARIOUS-LEVELED HELLS
YOU SAID "THE ONE THING THAT I CARRY FROM THEN TO NOW
IS THAT IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO LEARN
THAT ANYONE WHO WANTS CLOSE TO THE LIGHT
MUST BE WILLING TO BURN"
I TOOK YOU HOME TO YOUR DADDY
AND STOOD THERE IN THE HALL
THAT STUNNING MULTI-MANSION MORE WINDOW THAN WALL
HE HAD THE SAME BULLY SWAGGER HE'D USED BEFORE THE FALL
AS IF AT ANY MOMENT, WELL, GOD MIGHT CALL
WE JUMPED ABOARD HIS JUMBO JET
TO THE HOLLYWOOD SET
WHERE I MET THAT BRUNETTE IN HER 'VETTE THAT YOU BET I'D REGRET
I SAID "IF YOU WANT A RAINBOW, GIRL IT'S GOTTA GET WET"
BUT YOU HELPED ME FORGET WHEN HER PUTDOWN WAS STERN
YOU SAID "CELEBRITIES WORRY WHAT THE PUBLIC MIGHT SAY,
BUT THE ARTIST SEEKS THE CAPTURE AND NOT THE DISPLAY AND ANYONE WHO WANTS CLOSE TO THE LIGHT MUST BE WILLING TO BURN"
WHIRLY-SURLY WORLD SPINS ROUND AND ROUND
MAKES YOU HAVE TO SCREAM WITHOUT A SOUND
IT'S NEVER FUN WHEN THEY CATCH UP
AS ALL GOOD DEMONS DO
I GUESS I WASN'T THE ONLY THING CHASING YOU
THEY KEPT INCREASING YOUR DISTANCE FROM COMMON POINTS OF VIEW
YOUR ANGER RAISING A WALL AS YOU WITHDREW
SO WAS IT YOUR CONTENTION THAT I LEFT TOO SOON
OR THAT DUMB MOTHERFUCKER THAT CALLED YOU "COON"
JUST WHAT SOUR NOTE FINALLY BROKE YOUR TUNE
AND DROVE YOU BACK TO THAT MIDNIGHT DUNE
WHERE IN WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN A VICIOUS FLOOD
OF BLUE BLUE MOONLIGHT AND RED RED BLOOD
ALL YOUR WHAT- MIGHT-BE WAS SUDDENLY RETIRED
WHIRLY-SURLY WORLD SPINS ROUND AND ROUND……
I KNOW IT'S HARD NOT TO COME WHEN PARANOIA CALLS
BUT OUR ARGUMENTS THEY WEREN'T REALLY BRAWLS
AND THOSE ROUNDED ROCKS THEY WEREN'T CANNONBALLS
AND IF YOU ASK ME WHERE THIS FALLS, THIS FALLS ON YOU
‘CAUSE YOU WATCHED AS IT GREW AND IT GREW AND IT GREW
AND IT GREW…..
THIS FALLS………….
WHIRLY-SURLY WORLD SPINS ROUND AND ROUND
MAKES YOU HAVE TO SCREAM WITHOUT A SOUND
I'M SITTING HERE IN THE SILENCE WHERE DEATH PERFORMED ITS COUP
AND TRYING TO FIND AN EMOTION TO PURSUE
YOUR DADDY LIT UP THE SERVICE WITH HIS DRAMA QUEEN DEBUT
BUT NOW IT'S ONLY THIS CHURCH AND JUST WE TWO
YOU TAUGHT ME SO MUCH MORE THAN I'D HAVE LEARNED AT SCHOOLS
LIKE IF YOU WANNA PLAY FAIR YOU GOTTA BREAK SOME RULES
AND ANY GRAND ADVENTURE ISN'T WORTH THE JEWELS IF YOU AIN'T GOT THE TOOLS TO RETURN
I CAN'T SAY IF I'M AN ARTIST IN ANY WAY
BUT I'M GOING TO SEEK THE CAPTURE AND NOT THE DISPLAY
AND I'M GOING TO GET CLOSE TO THE LIGHT ‘CAUSE I'M WILLING TO BURN
‘CAUSE YOU TAUGHT ME TO BURN
AND I'M READY
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2. |
Truer Words
03:28
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LOVE IT LIFTS YOU INTO LIGHT IT’S A BURNING CONSTELLATION
THROUGH A UNIVERSE OF LIES
AND IT PUSHED ME PAST MY FRIGHT SO I MADE ITS DECLARATION
AS YOU GAZED INTO MY EYES
THEN YOU TOOK THAT SACRED MOMENT SHARED IT WITH YOUR FRIENDS
AND LAUGHED SO HARD Y’ALL BARELY KEPT FROM CHOKIN
ALL I KNOW IS TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER BROKEN
WON’T SOMEBODY TELL ME PLEASE HOW THE HISTORY OF BEAUTY
COULD BE GATHERED IN ONE (YOUR) SMILE
AND YOU TOSSED IT WITH SUCH EASE THAT IT SEEMED MY SIMPLE DUTY
TO SURRENDER TO ITS STYLE
NOW YOU SAY THAT PARTY’S OVER AND THOUGH YOU DANCED THE DANCE
I SURELY MUST HAVE KNOWN THAT YOU WERE JOKIN’
ALL I KNOW IS TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER BROKEN
BRIDGE:
OH HOW SAD JUMPING ON MY JOURNEY JUST TO STEAL A RIDE
‘CAUSE FROM THE START WHEN YOU TORE THIS HEART APART
IF YOU’D LOOKED YOU WOULD’VE FOUND YOURSELF INSIDE
SO I’M UP AGAINST THE ROPES I DON’T NEED NO CONSOLATION
I CAN GET THERE ON MY OWN
STILL THERE’S PART OF ME THAT HOPES AT THE VERY NEXT TEMPTATION
I’LL BITE THE BAIT DOWN TO THE BONE
WILL I EVER END UP WIELDING AN ADVENTURED HEART
THAT SEEKS WITH ALL ITS SOUL TO STAY AWOKEN
ALL I KNOW IS TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN
ALL I KNOW IS TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER BROKEN
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3. |
Political Solution
01:27
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I'VE SCREAMED AND SCHEMED AND FOUGHT AND THOUGHT A
LOT ABOUT HOW THIS VAST ARMADA
OF CONGRESS-FOLK AND ADMINISTRATA
HAVE SCRAMBLED UP MY WORLD TODAY
THEN IT DAWNED ON ME THAT MAYBE I OUGHTA
HEAD DOWN SOUTH GO ACROSS THE BAWDUH (BORDER)
ORDER ME UP A GEORGE BUSH PINATA
NOW EVERYTHING IS A-OK
WELL YOU STRING IT UP, THEN SWING IT,
BEAT IT WHACK WHACK WHACK
YOU CAN DO IT ANY TIME HE TALKS SOME SMACK ABOUT IRAQ
DID YOU EVER THINK THAT WE'D BE FIXIN'
TO BUY A T-SHIRT SAYIN' "BRING BACK NIXON"
BUT THEM BOYS SOUTH OF THE MASON-DIXON
THEY STILL LOVE HIM SO
THEY SURE DO LOVE YOU SO, MISTER PRESEEDINT
IN MY MIND EVERY MEXICAN OUGHTA
BUY THEMSELVES A GEORGE BUSH PINATA
SO WHEN BORRACHO OR CONSADA
OF ALL THESE GAMES POLITICIANS PLAY
WHILE ON THE ONE HAND SOME APPLAUD A
MAN WHO THINKS HE'S BEEN ELECTED GOD A-
NOTHER GROUP HANGS THEIR PINATAS
ALL IN A ROW THEN SWINGS AWAY
‘CAUSE THERE'S STILL FREE SPEECH IN THE USA
SO THERE AIN'T NOTHING GEORGIE CAN DO OR SAY
WHACK WHACK WHACK !
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4. |
Ice Cream Changes
04:37
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THE SKY'S A THICK BLACKENED BRUISE FILLED WITH LIGHTNING, BUT
THIS AIN'T THE STORM YOU CONSIDER SO FRIGHTENING, AND
THE DESTINATION IS DAWN
WHERE ALL THIS DARKNESS IS GONE
‘CAUSE STORMS HAVE INVADED EVERYDAY MATTERS;
THAT WILD DISTANT PLACE ON HER FACE WHEN SHE FLATTERS
THERE'S THIS KNIFE IN HER PATIENCE
JUST A TASTE IN HER EYES
AND YOU CAN HEAR A SIGH WITHIN HER SOUL EACH TIME THE LADY LIES
AND MAYBE EVERY CUT THAT MADE THIS CONCERT COME UNTUNED
WON'T HEAL BECAUSE IT'S YOU WHO CAUSED THE WOUND
CHORUS:
AND LOVE IS SUCH A STRANGE ENDEAVOR
IT ENDS UP AS A JOURNEY DOWN THIS LONG ROAD TO NEVER
WHEN THOSE INVOLVED HAVE GONE TOO CLEVER
TO RETURN TO FOREVER AGAIN
WAS IT EMOTIONS YOU REINED IN TOO SLIGHTLY
COLORED DIVISIONS RESOLVED BLACK-OR-WHITELY ‘TIL
ALL DESTINATIONS ARE GONE
BUT YOU KEEP TUMBLING ON
AND AIN'T IT FUNNY HOW LIFE REARRANGES
BY SLIDING AND COLLIDING THROUGH THESE ICE CREAM CHANGES
WHAT SEEMS SWEET IN THE SHORT RUN TURNS COLD IN THE LONG
AND ALL THE NEIGHBOR'S ENVY COUNTS FOR NOTHING IF THE PRIZE WAS WRONG
SO WHY DENY THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION NEVER ASKED
YOU DIDN'T SO MUCH CHANGE AS COME UNMASKED
CHORUS:
AND LOVE IS SUCH A STRANGE ENDEAVOR
IT ENDS UP AS A JOURNEY DOWN THIS LONG ROAD TO NEVER
WHEN THOSE INVOLVED HAVE GONE TOO CLEVER
TO RETURN TO FOREVER AGAIN
INSTRUMENTAL
SOMEWHERE THERE SHOULD BE THIS LEVER
YOU'D PULL AND ALL THESE WICKED WEBS OF DEFENSE WOULD SEVER
AND ALL OF US WHO'VE GONE TOO CLEVER
COULD RETURN TO FOREVER AGAIN
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5. |
Rare's The Sultan
03:43
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SHE DINES OFF OF GOLD
SHE DRINKS FROM A CHALICE
SHE RULES THE PALACE
SHE JUST BARELY SPEAKS AND IT'S DONE
‘CAUSE RARE'S THE SULTAN HAS ONLY ONE
SHE CHECKS IN HER MIRRORS
THERE IS METHOD IN MAGIC
ONE SLIP COULD BE TRAGIC
HER LOOKS MUST BE SECOND TO NONE
‘CAUSE RARE'S THE SULTAN HAS ONLY ONE
LATE AT NIGHT TO THE SOUND OF A WHITE BIRD'S CALLING
SHE MUST CALM ALL HIS FEARS OF THE EMPIRE'S FALLING
INSTRUMENTAL
LATE AT NIGHT TO THE SOUND OF A WHITE BIRD'S CALLING
SHE MUST CALM ALL HIS FEARS OF THE EMPIRE'S FALLING
HE SPEAKS FROM HIS HEART
HE NEEDS MORE THAN BEAUTY
SHE HAS BUT ONE DUTY
SHE KNOWS SHE MUST BEAR HIM A SON
‘CAUSE RARE'S THE SULTAN HAS ONLY ONE
SHE KNOWS SHE MUST BEAR HIM A SON
‘CAUSE RARE'S THE SULTAN HAS ONLY ONE
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6. |
Old Man's Song
04:20
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SOMETIMES I'M LONELY
A CONSTANT CRINGING BLUE
SOMETIMES I STRUGGLE,
LIKE THE CAPTAIN WHO LOST HIS CREW
SOMETIMES LIFE ITS BEAUTY GOES
PLACES I CAN'T VIEW
AND I SEE NOWHERE TO TAKE IT BUT TO YOU
YES I SEE NOWHERE TO TAKE IT BUT YOU
SOMETIMES THERE'S QUESTIONS
NOW THEY'RE KILLING THEM IN THE STREET
SOMETIMES I FEEL IT
THE EVIL IS COMPLETE
THOUGH MY HEART IS HELMETED
FEAR HAS FILTERED THROUGH
AND I SEE NOWHERE TO TAKE IT BUT TO YOU
YES I SEE NOWHERE TO TAKE IT BUT TO YOU
SOMEONE IS NEAR ME
IS IT YOUR SON OR MINE?
HE SEEKS AND CURES ME
WITH AN ANCIENT AND HONORED SIGN
FAITH IT GAVE HIM MORTAL EYES
FAITH IT SAW HIM THROUGH
NOW HE SEES NOWHERE TO TAKE ME BUT YOU
LORD HE SEES NOWHERE TO TAKE ME BUT TO YOU
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7. |
Preacher Preacher
05:39
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PREACHER, PREACHER WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?
I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE STRUGGLING FOR HOURS WITH MY ORIGINAL SIN
PERHAPS IF YOU'D DONE BETTER I WOULDN'T OF COME TO CALL IT FRIEND
JESUS, JESUS, WHY YOU WAITING SO LONG?
YOU MUST'VE REACHED THE CONCLUSION THAT MANKIND COULDN'T GET IT MORE WRONG
I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOUR RETRIBUTION WAS SWIFT, YOUR VENGEANCE FIERY AND STRONG
THERE'S THIS MURDER, AND SHE WAS BARELY 14
BUT SHE USED HER LOOKS LIKE A CLUB SHE HAD A METHOD INDESCRIBABLY MEAN
I'M JUST SAYING THERE ARE NUMEROUS FOLKS WERE GLAD IT DIDN'T END CLEAN
YES I DID IT AND HERE THE TRUTH I WILL TELL
IT WAS SO PURE THE TERROR HAD TASTE; HER FEAR ITS OWN SPECIAL SMELL
I MUST'VE STAYED THERE FOR OVER AN HOUR STANDING RIGHT WHERE SHE FELL
PREACHER, PREACHER, TELL ME WHAT SHOULD I DO?
I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE MY STATE OF MIND IT AIN'T YOUR LOGICAL VIEW
WHAT'S THAT YOU SAY? I SHOULD TURN MYSELF IN? WELL, PREACHER, NO THANK YOU
PREACHER, PREACHER, WAS THAT YOUR DAUGHTER OUTSIDE?
SHE'S SO YOUNG, SWEET, INNOCENT, PURE I'M SURE SHE'S A SOURCE OF CONSIDERABLE PRIDE
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND, BUT WHILE I WAS WAITING I TOOK HER FOR A RIDE
A SHORT RIDE,
SHORT FIERCE RIDE
PREACHER, PREACHER ,
I COULD NOT BE DENIED
I KNOW YOU WANT TO JUST GRAB ME RIGHT BY THE HORNS
I'LL BET YOU AIN'T THINKING MUCH ABOUT YOUR MAIN MAN AND HIS CROWN OF THORNS
BUT PREACHER YOU MUST SEEK TO FORGIVE, THAT'S WHAT YOUR GOOD BOOK WARNS
YES I DID IT, I LEFT HER DOWN IN YOUR WELL
AND SINCE I CONFESSED IN YOUR SACRED BOOTH, NOW WHO YOU GOING TO TELL?
I GUESS WE BOTH GRASPED OUR SEPARATE VISION OF A PERSONAL HELL
A PERSONAL HELL
OH, THE TASTE, THE SMELL
PREACHER, PREACHER, I MUST BID YOU FAREWELL
PREACHER PREACHER WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?
I'VE BEEN SEARCHING SIX YEARS LET'S THANK GOD THAT I FOUND YOU AGAIN
I SEE YOUR JOB AND YOUR WIFE ARE BOTH NEW
AND I GUESS CONGRATULATIONS ARE DUE
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW GLAD I AM SHE'S TALKED YOU INTO HAVING CHILDREN
CHILDREN
SWEET CHILDREN
PREACHER, PREACHER, HERE WE GO AGAIN.
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8. |
Jewel
03:39
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AMAZING HOW THE MOONLIGHT FLOWS OUT
THROUGH THE SCARS IN YOUR EYES
DEEP REFLECTIVE,
POWER GREEN AND WISE
AND WHEN WE WANDERED THROUGH THAT DOORWAY
TOWARDS YOUR BED FULL OF SIGHS
YOUR OBJECTIVE
WAS SUCH A SWEET SURPRISE
CHORUS:
WE LOVED LIKE SLOW LIGHTNING
WE FELL THROUGH THE NIGHT
THE JOURNEY WAS FRIGHTENING
LIKE SOME SWIRLING,STORM-BLOWN KITE
AND HOW COULD YOU SIEZE ME
WITH SO LITTLE FIGHT
YOU CAUGHT ME AS EASY
AS A JEWEL CAPTURES LIGHT
WE TRADED NUMBERS IN THE AIRPORT
IT WAS SO HARD TO WRITE
ALL THE YEARNING
THE FINAL HOLDING TIGHT
I WISH THAT PASSIONS WITH THIS POWER
WOULD STAY SWEPT OUT OF SIGHT
NO RETURNING
I WATCHED YOUR FAREWELL FLIGHT
CHORUS:
WE LOVED LIKE SLOW LIGHTNING
WE FELL THROUGH THE NIGHT
THE JOURNEY WAS FRIGHTENING
LIKE SOME SWIRLING,STORM-BLOWN KITE
AND HOW COULD YOU SIEZE ME
WITH SO LITTLE FIGHT
YOU CAUGHT ME AS EASY
AS A JEWEL CAPTURES LIGHT
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9. |
Farewell Compadre
04:46
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MY MOM SENT THE NEWS MY WAY
THE PAPER SAID YOU'D RUN OUT OF LUCK
AND IT GAVE THE TIME OF DAY
THAT THEY SCRAPED YOU OFF THAT SEMI TRUCK
AND THERE WAS SURPRISE AT HOW YOUR LIFE CAME TO A HALT
BUT I ALWAYS KNEW YOUR DEATH WOULD BE YOUR FAULT
CHORUS:
SO, FAREWELL COMPADRE,
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HEAVEN BUT YOU'VE LEFT YOUR HELL
FAREWELL COMPADRE FAREWELL
WELL I GUESS YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE TO REMAIN
LIKE A WASP BETWEEN THE CURTAIN AND WINDOWPANE
SO FAREWELL COMPADRE FAREWELL
NOW WHEN YOU RETURNED FROM 'NAM
AND WE STARTED DEALING THINGS TO SMOKE
I HAD FEARS OF UNCLE SAM
AND LOOKED FOR THE FEDS AFTER EVERY TOKE
BUT ‘CAUSE YOU HAD SEEN THE HORRID THINGS THAT WARS ALLOW
BOTH FEAR AND ELATION SEEMED TO SLIDE BY YOU SOMEHOW
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
OOH, THE THINGS THAT YOU DID
IT'S TRUE, YOU KNOW THEY WOULDN'T STAY HID
SO FAREWELL COMPADRE I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR LEAVING
I FLEW TO YOUR FUNERAL
AND YOUR TOMBSTONE READ
"BETTER DEAD"
WHEN I LEFT THE MOON TURNED FULL
BUT I COULDN'T SEE THE ROAD AHEAD
AND THROUGH BITTER TEARS I CURSED THE WAR THAT BROKE YOUR HEART
BUT I KNOW YOU WERE ASHAMED THAT YOU DID YOUR PART
CHORUS:
SO, FAREWELL COMPADRE,
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HEAVEN BUT YOU'VE LEFT YOUR HELL
FAREWELL COMPADRE FAREWELL
AND I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T CHOOSE TO REMAIN
LIKE A WASP BETWEEN THE CURTAIN AND WINDOWPANE
SO FAREWELL COMPADRE FAREWELL
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10. |
Waterfall
03:24
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IT'S JUST THREE BENDS AWAY THEY SAY
YOU'LL HEAR IT'S CLARION CALL
THEN FASTER THAN A FALCON STALL
YOU'LL COME ACROSS THE WATERFALL
STILL I SLIDE MY GLASS CANOE INTO THE RIVER'S PITCH
AND DODGING ROCKS I SEEK TO HITCH
A GLIDE INTO THE MOUNTAIN'S NICHE
OH, THE WILDNESS IN HALF-KNOWN UNKNOWN
ANTICIPATION SPINS SUCH AN AMAZING TONE
AND AT THE WATER'S GHOSTLY RISE
YOU WONDER WAS IT TRULY WISE
TO MOUNT THIS FRAGILE EGG AND TAKE HER DANCING WITH THE STONE
AND PAST THE EDGE THE VIEW CONSISTS
OF JUST A DOZEN DIFFERENT MISTS
AND UNDERNEATH THEM NATURE'S FISTS
NATURE'S FISTS
ARE WAITING
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11. |
Same's True
03:57
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LADY
LATELY
YOU SEEM SO STATELY
ALL YER
HUMOUR
SWEPT OUT THE DOOR
THAT'S ALL WRONG
DON'T BE STRONG
THE SORROW SHOULD SEEP
PRESS AGAINST ME LIGHTLY
AND CRY YOURSELF TO SLEEP
A PLAIN VIEW
CAN CLEAR YOUR WORLD OF BLUE
THE SAME'S TRUE
WHEN MY HEART TURNS TO YOU
IT CLEARS MY WORLD OF BLUE
SWOLLEN
GOLDEN
GENTLY ENFOLDIN'
MY LOVE
REEKS OF
POWER AND PAIN
IT'S FRIGHTENING
YOUR BLOOD RINGS
THE TERROR RUNS DEEP
STILL I COME HERE NIGHTLY
AND TAKE THAT LOVERS' LEAP
A GAME FEW
CAN WHIP AN ENTIRE CREW
THE SAME'S TRUE
WHEN MY HEART TURNS TO YOU
I'D WHIP AN ENTIRE CREW
BRIDGE:
SINCE THE SUICIDE
ALL THE TRICKS I'VE TRIED
YOU OVERRULE
HIGH TONED, AND GREY-BONED, AND CRUEL
DON'T YOU SENSE THIS SHIFT FROM
THE DANCE TO THE DUEL?
WHY WON'T YOU SAY SO, YOU FOOL?
LOOK THERE
SEE WHERE
THAT MOTH FLIES TOWARDS THAT FLARE
DESIRES
MAKE FIRE'S
DANGERS IGNORED
IT JUST TRIED
‘TIL IT DIED
BUT NO NEED TO WEEP
I THINK IT WENT BRIGHTLY
INTO THAT DEATHLY KEEP
THE FLAMES DREW
THAT MOTH UNTIL 'TWAS THROUGH
THE SAME'S TRUE
WHEN MY HEART TURNS TO YOU
THE FLAMES DREW
THAT MOTH UNTIL 'TWAS THROUGH
THE SAME'S TRUE
WHEN MY HEART TURNS TO YOU
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12. |
Blossoming
03:59
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TO THOSE WHO DRAW WITH DETAIL FINE
YOUR BEAUTY'S SO EXCITING
YOUR LOVELINESS FLOATS FAR BEYOND ASTONISHING
BUT WE WHO DEAL WITH LIGHT NOT LINE
FIND EQUALLY EXCITING
THAT RADIANCE FROM THE SHIMMER OF YOUR BLOSSOMING
MOST WHO EMBRACE THAT GORGEOUS FACE
SEE NO NEED TO CONTINUE
BUT THEY MISS EVERY SUPPLE GRACE
EMERGING DEEP WITHIN YOU
THE LEADER OF YOUR CAUSE RESIGNED
WITH EVERYBODY WATCHING
YET IN YOUR SAD BUT HOPEFUL STANCE I SAW SOMETHING
IT SEEMS TO ME THE STATE OF MIND
BRAZILIANS CALL "SAUDADE"
LIES COILED WITHIN THE SHIMMER OF YOUR BLOSSOMING
WHILE OTHERS RAN AROUND ALARMED
YOU GATHERED YOUR BRAVADO
THEN FACED THE TROUBLE OPEN ARMED
LIKE CHRIST ON CORCOVADO
ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S AN UPROAR FROM THE CROWD
IT BECOMES SCATTER-SCARRED AND LOUD
IT'S ALL A MESS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
BUT NOT YOU
YOU STOOD THERE TALL AND TRUE
RESTRAINED, PROFANED,
YOUR GOLDEN MANE BLOODSTAINED
YOU WOULD NOT SOFTEN
WERE I 100TH AS HUMANE
I'D TELL YOU LOUD AND OFTEN
THAT THE UNIVERSE GOES ON SO LONG
IT DOESN'T HAVE A MIDDLE
NO EDGES MAKE IT SUCH A CRUELLY AWESOME THING
BUT I THINK NEXT TO YOUR SOUL'S SONG
THE UNIVERSE IS LITTLE
AND QUAKES BEFORE THE SHIMMER OF YOUR BLOSSOMING
I FEEL SO LUCKY TO BE PART
OF YOUR MAGNIFICENT GLIDE
TOWARDS A LUSH AND BOOMING LIFE
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13. |
I See Jesus
03:56
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I SEE JESUS IN A THREE ROOM SHACK
DON'T SEE HIM DRIVIN' NO CADILLAC
NO CHAUFFER UP FRONT AND JESUS WAY IN THE BACK
JUST HUMPIN' AN EXECUTIVE HEART ATTACK
NO, I DON'T SEE JESUS AS SOME CORPORATE PARROT
SEEKING OUT SOME MIDDLE MANAGEMENT CORPORATE CARROT
‘CAUSE JESUS KNOWS THE TRUTH AND HE JUST MIGHT BLARE IT
THAT YOUR LIFE IS MADE MORE WONDERFUL THE MORE THAT YOU SHARE IT
THAT'S HOW I SEE JESUS
Chorus:
OH, JESUS LOVES ME THIS I KNOW
FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO
HE WILL WASH ME WHITE AS SNOW
DIRTY LITTLE JOB FOR JESUS
NOW I DON'T LOOK FOR TROUBLE SO I DON'T WANNA MANGLE THIS
BUT ROUND AN ROUND IT COMES SO I JUST WANNA DANGLE THIS
THOUGHT THAT MAYBE JESUS WATCHES THEM TELEVANGELISTS
AND PUTS THEM PRETTY HIGH UP ON HIS "PERSONAL STRANGLE LIST"
‘CAUSE BOYS, THAT'S THE ACTION OF A TRULY ARROGANT MAN,
TO STRUT AROUND BRAGGIN' THAT YOU'RE JESUS' FRONT MAN
THAT'S ONE RELIGIOUS THEORY MADE ME LAUGH ‘TIL I SLOBBERED, SON
THAT GOD APPEARS BUT WANTS TO TALK FIRST TO PAT ROBERT—(SON)
SUNLIGHT TO SUNSET NOW WHAT YOU GIVE IS WHAT YOU GET
THERE AIN'T NO BETTER WAY OF QUOTIN' JESUS BEEN INVENTED YET
AND THIS TRUTH WILL APPLY TO ANY RELIGION TRAITOR
WHEN JESUS AND SAINT PETE SHOW THEM THE DOWN ESCALATOR
‘CAUSE YOU GOTTA THINK JESUS HANGS WITH BHUDDA, MOHAMMED
SIPPIN WINE AROUND THE CAMPFIRE ALL COZILY PAJAMA'ED
CONVERSATION WOULD GET THICK BUT NEVER OVERDRAMA'ED
THERE'D BE NOTHIN BUT RESPECT IN THAT TRI-RELIGI-O-RAMA
THAT'S HOW I SEE JESUS
Chorus:
YOU KNOW I LOOK IN YOUR EYE AND I SEE JUST WHAT YOU'RE THINKIN'
I GOT THIS MUSICIAN'S LIFE WITH WILD WOMEN WILD DRINKIN
BUT LET ME TAKE THIS TIME TO MAKE THE DECLARATION FORMAL
THAT NONE OF US HERE HAS GOT THE GUTS TO BE NORMAL
SO I THINK JESUS LOVES YOU MOST OF ALL
LOVES HOW YOU STAGGER BACK UP AFTER FALL AFTER FALL
HE'D JUMP RIGHT INTO YOUR TRIALS (LIFE) EMBRACE YOUR SUBURBAN SPRAWL
AND IF HE EVER DOES COMES BACK DESPITE THE HOLY PROTOCOL
HE'D WANT A REGULAR LIFE - THAT FIRST TIME GOT SORTA TWISTY
HE'D SETTLE DOWN WITH A WIFE - SOMEWHERE…..CORPUS CHRISTI!!
THERE'D BE SOME PERSONAL STRIFE; HIS DADDY'D PROB'LY INSIST HE
SPOUT SOME NEW-LIGIOUS JIVE- BUT ONCE HE'D PROVED HE EXISTS HE
COULD MAYBE RETIRE, RAISE UP A RESTAURANT IN RIO
CALL IT THE "DEW DROP INN" WITH THE "DEW" SPELLED D-O-
COOK UP SOME NEW CUISINE COMBINING CANTON AND CREOLE
AND THE RICH WOULD HAVE TO PAY BUT THE HOMELESS GET IN FREE OH
THAT'S HOW I SEE
THAT'S HOW I SEE
THAT'S HOW I SEE……………………
JESUS LOVES US THIS I KNOW
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