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Wind/Water
02:15
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Let the wind carry the water over the sand
Let the wheel spin around, I'll stand in the center
Watch the pharaoh's chariot get swallowed up in sudden floods
Let the wind carry the water over the sand
Let the wind carry the water over the sand
Let the wheel spin around, I'll stand in the center
Watch the armies of the east meet with stillness, then retreat
Let the wind carry the water over the sand
First we heard of fire
Now we see it
Soon we'll burn
Let the wind carry the water over the sand
Let the wheel spin around I'll stand in the center
Watch the death of earthly science, pierced with arrows, shot with love
Let the wind carry the water over the sand
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Terracotta Army
02:44
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I see you've got your terracotta army
Heard the rumors that you're coming for me
I'll say this loud so that you can hear
I ain't scared of no terracotta army
You've got your tarot and you've got your books
Been hanging down at the caves in the woods
I'm begging, baby, cast your spell on me
I'll test my strength against your terracotta army
I'm sure the leaders never meant no harm
With their aim to teach us right from wrong
Isn't it fun to play make believe?
Be a hero, pick a terracotta army
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Goodbye Rome
03:37
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A thousand years ago, that was your golden age
You got everything you wanted
Hell, you owned the only stage
Now the times are changing
And you're struggling to be heard
Just one voice amongst the many
In a new and different world
Goodbye Rome
The kings and queens you threatened
Now lay you in the ground
And they know that power is tenuous
Word spreads quickly through this town
You had everything you wanted
Countless kingdoms' fears
But you couldn't stop opinion
People want to be free
Goodbye Rome
Goodbye Rome
You never compromised
So sorry for you now
Goodbye Rome
So now you're just another town
Goodbye Rome
No, don't apologize, just say your penance now
Goodbye Rome
You know a sword don't make you loud
A thousand years ago, that was your golden age
You got everything you wanted
Hell, you owned the only stage
Now the times are changing
And you're struggling to be heard
Just one voice amongst the many
In this information world
Goodbye Rome
You had everything you wanted
Countless kingdoms' fears
But you couldn't stop opinion
People want to be free
Goodbye Rome
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Out the Country
03:12
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Out the country
Looking downstream
Is where I'll lay you down to rest
Out the country
Where the fire winds fly
Is where I'll make your final bed
Seems the years came
And the years went
I know you gave me all your best
Out the country
When the fire winds fly
Is where I'll make your final bed
Lady it will be all right
In a little time
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Tragic Town
03:46
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A brilliant sun and still these clouds shine through
A thousand places you're not safe in
Too many worries hanging over you, my friend
Anxious dreams that keep you up at night
Old toy guns that you still fight with
All these battles, man, that you don't have to win
Hanging around
You've been hanging around
Down in tragic town
You'll just get lost in the crowd
Down in tragic town
Another year in just the blink of an eye
Another tear, another story
Another drink could never drown your pain inside
So many cracks in all the leaves that fall
So many smiles, but you don't count them
A hundred years, each smile is vanished for all time
With every season comes a new trial
With every season does your spirit grow
In every dusk or dawn, or dark nightfall
It's hard to see but there's a balance
Whatever road, whatever choice you choose
Whatever fate you think you're married to
When every moment is a gift that's all
Don't throw it away, and I won't throw it away no more
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6. |
Walk Away
03:57
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In a parking lot, at 3 am ,sat two friends
And this girl Ilene
"Here, swallow this down
Give it time to kick in"
They turned the radio loud
To hide the crying and screaming
Now she tries to walk away from it
Tries to walk away from it
Tries to walk away from it all
She's just swimming in an ocean
Where the currents keep on gathering
When the tide is so strong you can't get far
No, you can't walk away at all
On a Thursday night, in a suburban town
It was time for happy hour
Tom was throwing them down
When he stumbled out the door
He got behind the wheel
He put the pedal to the floor
Killed a mother of three
Now he tries to walk away from it
Tries to walk away from it
Tries to walk away from it all
He's just swimming in an ocean
Where the currents keep on gathering
When the tide is so strong you can't get far
No, you can't walk away at all
Is there a place that we can learn to forget
Let go of the memories we hold
Is there a way that we can learn to forgive
Forgive all the pain that we've caused
Can we not walk away at all
In a town near a bridge that's where I live
And near that bridge
There's a cliff that I've found
And I stand at its edge, casting my regrets in
But when I wake up from the dream
They're just pebbles, that's all
Now I try to walk away from it
Try to walk away from it
Try to walk away from it all
We're just swimming in an ocean
Where the currents keep on gathering
When the tide is so strong you can't get far
No, you can't walk away at all
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7. |
Consequences
03:10
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There's trouble up ahead
There's trouble in the past
Not a choice I can make
That doesn't have a set of consequences
There's nothing in this world
Nothing that will last
No promise or mistake
That doesn't have a set of consequences
Regardless of your name
Regardless of your age
Regardless of your game
We're all caught in the thread of consequences
Because God made these rules
And God has his plans
And God made this pulse in our veins
So we can feel the consequences
There will come a day
When I may understand
There will come a day when fate will come
And I will take her hand
Standing at the gates
Where everyone must pass
I'll have a tear in my eye
And a question on my mind about consequences
I'll have a tear in my eye
And question I've designed about consequences
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8. |
Beat Dog
04:06
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I used to be the one you'd talk to
But it's not that way anymore
Is there a story here
You're just too tired to tell?
Honest, I don't care what scared you
I've just been a little bored
I've been alone and I don't like being alone
Never been the one to cry out like a beat dog
You always could just let it go
Now you're down on your knees
Peeking through a keyhole
Into a world you used to know
Telephones and voices ring out
There's laughter in this bar
The place is crowded with old friends you used to love
Whiskey shot in front of me
No one to share a toast
It's much more bitter when you stop to drink it slow
You don't come around no more
And I think I know the score
Admit it, man, you don't want to hear last call
It's 3am in this damn city, and I've got a long walk home
Yeah, poison is sometimes poison
But it's sometimes gold
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Slow Carnival
03:32
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Where will I hide when death's cold wind blows
Where will I be when the leaves come down
Seems like a crime that I don't know
I know I'm gonna die, but enough of that now
Life is just a slow carnival, it's a hell of a time
And I'm enjoying the ride
So tell the raven, go on tell that ghost
I ain't got time for them right now
I want to sink into my riddling tongue
I want to twist a jigsaw whisker
Wrench my shadow from on off this wall
Crush these diamonds, be forever cursed
Words are just a slow carnival
A pleasing distraction, but they're empty inside
So tell the raven, go on tell that ghost
I never believed them, yeah, they just keep time
I want to go to a slow carnival
Hope it lasts all night
I just dug me a six foot hole
I'm dying of thirst
I need a bottle of wine
Beyond these wires, I think I see a ghost
Or is that a raven
Oh, nevermind
Life is just a slow carnival
It twists like a lover and warms like the sun
And all the money in this whole world
Ain't gonna matter once it leaves town
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10. |
The Low Road
04:30
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And we were all in this together
Without a truce, standing side by side
But pull your wishes from the well, my friend
Because that was another time
These days, even heroes
They're ready to throw it all aside
Take what you want, leave all your illusions
See how the guilty run and hide
Show me the cost of freedom
Because I'm ready to pay my toll
Born with a style, that's how I'm leaving
Heading out on the low road
A child laughed, I glimpsed at heaven
Representing all that's right
Turned around, just for a moment
That child already waved goodbye
Don't want to sound disheartened
You ain't gonna see me cry
I'm only explaining my reasons
While my bullet pierces the guilty killer's side
Don't talk of lady justice
Because she was put down long ago
We spend our time mining for courage
Knowing it lies somewhere
Out on the low road
Don't know where I'm going
Don't really care to know
Heading out on the low road
In search of love, guns, or wine
I guess everybody's wasting time
You caught me looking backwards
To places we all have been
The playgrounds we shared our visions
The streets where we chose our sides on it
These days the buck stops nowhere
And nobody gives a shit
I bet if we take some time
We can wipe our conscience quite clear of it
The lamb lying down with the lion
A beautiful tale, that's all
The truth is it ain't gonna happen
There's just miles and miles
Out on the low road
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11. |
Sorry Blue Eyes
05:27
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"Live", I said, as I pulled the door shut
And lost my place, I can't take no more but
A better picture still hangs in a frame
I swear I won't forget your name
All the good times we had planned ahead
You swear you're sorry
That it couldn't turn out that way
I hope you're doing fine
While I'm stuck here working overtime
I hope you're having a good life
Sometimes it hurts like hell
But it's probably just as well
That I let you go and never have to know
Your sorry blue eyes
From our house we built upon the hill
Where cold winds moan, because you live there still
Forgiving is hard
I wish I could just throw it away
And when shadows dance behind those walls
With fingertips caressing soft
I can't deny
Girl, it leaves a bitter taste
Your sorry blue eyes
With your candlelight smile
And your bullwhip charm
You know you didn't need long
To give a turn of your knife
Or to foster a disguise
But why do you want to drag me all the way down
When you only have to say
"So long, goodbye"?
Silk stockings, dressed in Queen Anne's Lace
With black garters running down your legs
A lampost ladies money ain't better than yours
Left living in this basement room
With memories I'll be forgetting soon enough
I guess we never really were that mature
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12. |
Hunger Art
02:04
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Yes, I'm still frightened of what's in the cards
And yes, there's still fear in my heart
But I've crossed some rivers
And I've come this far
To let go of this hunger art
I've been riding a wave at the crest of its form
Paying debts to the others who've gone
And it's better than drowning in empty oceans
Gripped in the hunger art
There ain't no secret, no secret at all
The road that we walk we all walk
It's just danger or courage at the edge of this wall
Faith or the hunger art
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13. |
Madeline
03:18
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On St. Agnes Eve, that bitter winter night
Maddie laid down to sleep
Under the gaze of a carved angel's eyes
She dreamt her half-hidden dreams
And as I laid down next to her
I wish I had held her tight
But I didn't know
But by the wind and the snow
I'd lose my Madeline
When I awoke, the bed was empty and cold
No sign of Madeline
I ran down the stairs
My heart trembling in fear
And opened the door into the night
And by the lantern light I walked
In search of my new bride
But all that I found were footprints in the ground
Left by my Madeline
All that remained was the sound of her name
As I called out, "Madeline"
I lost my Madeline
I long for Madeline
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Decisions
04:43
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Let's sit on the front porch
Let's take this real slow
I'll pour you a drink of whatever you want
The season's been temperate
Not many leaves on the ground
There ought to be a law against the snow coming down
If you want to talk, then let's get it on
But feelings are funny, so don't take this so hard
You said there was something you've been wanting to know
Honey, sit right down
Let's start with love, the word that points to a world
Far and beyond what we'd do for ourselves
Imagine two people, with extended arms
Do they really need titles, are you with me so far?
When you say, "let's marry," is that what you want?
What does it look like
You know we ain't getting no younger
But I don't care what it looks like because
I love you true
What's that protection
What's that tradition
Good points if you're trying to win an election
But there ain't tradition
And there ain't protection
When you strip away life to its barest condition
When a ring is a ring that you wear on a finger
Wouldn't you rather your heart safe down deep in a chamber
It' true we could have both, I agree with you here
Still, there's one last thing
Does freedom exist behind a locked prison cage
Do we really want something hanging over our heads
And money, what a concept
You know it changes behaviors
It gives us everything we want
And in the end, it enslaves us
Have I been to honest, gone a little too far
But honestly, tell me you haven't had the same thoughts
I'll take my freedom on my own accord
Is that a tear?
Who was that on the phone?
I wish we'd see them some more
They seem to be happy, and they're twenty years on
Their kids are growing up
They're like weeds in the grass
And when that little one dances
I can't help it I laugh
You know, that's a good point
I couldn't agree more
I'm glad that we talked
I hope you're feeling better
Oh decisions, decisions, they don't stop for no one
Girl, I'm glad you're here
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