1. |
Baby Train
04:58
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Baby Train (Long)
To be quite objectable, body was just a miracle
Steppin in them heels, boobies, booty and no residual
Smile is individual, swagger indivisible
Baby do be takin her vitamins and her minerals
She brushed against my body, ooh it felt so good
She started making trouble in my neighborhood
I said “I got the kinda lovin that could peel off your paint.
I been waitin at your station, won’t you open your gates”
Baby, baby train
Baby, let me ride
Baby, baby train
Baby, let me ride
I said, “Why your name is Train? It ain’t lustful, is it, cher?”
She said, “I like vehicles. They can take you anywhere.”
So I took her out to London, I took her out to France
I went trans-continental medieval on that ass
Well, drop my suspenders, put my hat on the floor
I been waitin at your station, won’t you open the do’
Baby, baby train
Baby, let me ride
Baby, baby train
Baby, let me ride
When you do The Locomotion I like the way you Twist
When it’s time for The Percolator, I think you get my jist
Ms. Tony say “How you wanna carry it?” What’s up, what’s up with you, Miss?
But I ride a mail train baby, you don’t want no part of this.
When you’ze an artist like me, honey, you don’t look back
You keep your hand on your blade and your blood on the tracks
But I’ma keep my stride til the day I die
I been waitin at your station, won’t you let me ride
Baby, baby train
Baby, let me ride
Baby, baby train
Baby, let me ride
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2. |
The Songster, Part 2
05:25
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I'm the songster and I'm back in town again
I'm the songster, from the town I never left.
Knocked on the doors, but no one was home.
the juke joints were closed, the jukebox was sold.
Left town again, traveled the tracks
went to the rocks and the rocks answered,
"Jack, you the songster and you're doomed to carry on.
You the songster. We been watching since you'ze born."
It's the same old song
but with a different meaning since you've been gone.
You remember the tune?
I remember it too.
I'm the songster, playing a game that's ages old.
I'm the songster. Never understood the rules but I won't fold.
Out in the sea, taking some laps
breathing some air and giving some back.
I never cared much for the land.
At least in the sea you know where you stand.
I'm the songster so please don’t be too mean
I'm the songster. I’m an extraordinary machine.
Hanging with the snake, among the trees.
Bent down a branch. Picked from the leaves.
Started thinking too much. It melted my brain.
It was either blame it on her or admit I had gone insane.
I'm the songster. I've said the dumbest things on earth.
I'm the songster. Shut me off before the next verse.
Cain slew Able.
Seth knew not why.
So he built himself a house
and hid himself inside.
I'm the songster. I be glancing at the moon.
I'm the songster, How it comes and goes too soon.
I seen two wolves scrap 'neath the sky.
One moved on, the other had died.
All day and all night I stand on my guard.
I've had a couple of wolves in my yard.
(Interlude)
Just cause I'm here don't mean I'm tough.
Don't mean I ain't scared just because I don't run.
If I should fade and nobody knows,
if I've done well, as you walk from my bones
tell them I was the songster and I sang some melodies.
I was a songster and I heard them in my dreams.
Somewhere not too far, way deep inside the deep, there’s an undying glow we can feel but can't see.....
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3. |
Freddy's Walking Home
01:55
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Freddy’s Walkin’ Home
I’m patrolin the town, lookin ‘round for a crime
The cuttin’ the budget, but they won’t cut mine
Cause my eye is sharp, mess around if ya wanna
Lawbreakers beware, I got to fill my quota
Freddy don’t you do know back talkin’
You know you ain’t supposed to be drunk walkin
Freddy’s walkin home
I see a man all a-bumblin’ down the street
Either a light-skinned colored or a tall Chinese
Can’t tell for sure, but it sure don’t matter
I can smell a troublemaker like shit on a cracker
Freddy don’t you do know back talkin’
You know you ain’t supposed to be drunk walkin
Freddy’s walkin home
He say, “Why’d you pull me over? Ain’t even in my car.
Figured I was too drunk after I closed my bar
I’m a businessman with a reputation
Are you done yet with this investigation?”
I said, “Shut up, Freddy.
Shut up, Freddy.
I’m locked and loaded and my hands are steady.
You just think about runnin, you’ll be dead already
Shut up, Freddy.
Shut up, Freddy.
Got backup on the way and they ready too
What you know ‘bout a murder June of ’92?
Freddy don’t you do know back talkin’
You know you ain’t supposed to be drunk walkin
Freddy’s walkin home
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4. |
Lonely Prayer
05:15
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There's an occurrence occurring
somewhere in this town.
I'm gonna sniff it out.
I'm gonna track it down.
These drivers are crazy
Out 'chere on this road.
What's so important?
Where they tryin to go?
I made a lonely prayer
to some angels there.
I poured out my soul
but they don't care.
I broke danced at the bar.
I spun on my head.
I did the "Run from the Feds."
I did the "Getaway Car."
Now, who here among you
know what they wanna know?
They gonna make you talk.
They gonna make you walk home.
I made a lonely prayer
to some angels there
I poured out my soul
but they don't care
I told the truth too much.
More lethal than a touch.
I tried to leave this town
But the bridge fell down.
Like the moonshine
across pavement sweat,
there's a darkness too bright
to ever forget.
I made a lonely prayer
to some angels there
I poured out my soul
but they don't care
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5. |
Is Tonight Too Soon?
03:44
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Been too long, I need your taste
Though it’s been a single day
We did it all, but I want more
Lets warm up the kitchen floor
We burn with passion so lets feed the fire
When the flames mingle the heat rushes higher
I have question before it consumes
I know I might be rushing, but
Is tonight too soon
To call again?
Is tonight too soon
To get some lovin’ in?
I never do what you make me do
I need it bad and you need it too
I’m a match you lit just the other day
I’ll blow your mind. Don’t blow me away.
Take your temperature cause your burning up
That’s no fever, we’re falling in love.
We’re dancing with the coals on our feet.
Where there’s smoke, there’s you and there’s me
We burn with passion so lets feed the fire
When the flames mingle the heat rushes higher
I have question before it consumes
I know I might be rushing, but
Is tonight too soon
To call again?
Is tonight too soon
To get some lovin’ in?
I never do what you make me do
I need it bad and you need it too
I’m a match you lit just the other day
I’ll blow your mind. Don’t blow me away.
We reach the peak, your nerves they excite
I’m climbing up your fahrenheights
I can’t believe the things that you said.
What sweaty things go on in your head?
The bang, the pow, the explosion
A trillion things set in motion
We breathe a while, not to be rude
I know we just finished, but
Is tonight too soon?
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6. |
The White Flag of Love
03:09
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I give in, you win the war
Just please, oh please don’t beat me no more
I love you, babe, but my love is sore
So I’m waving the white flag of love
Waving, waving
Waving the white flag of love
Waving, waving
Waving the white flag of love
Don’t know what I came here for
Don’t get up, I’ll lock the door
I’ll give you all the space you want and more
Cause I’m waving the white flag of love
Waving, waving
Waving the white flag of love
Waving, waving
Waving the white flag of love
Crazy talk about peace
Crazy talk about love
Crazy talk about voices heard
I ain’t gonna talk that talk no more
I ain’t gonna talk that talk no more
If my tears like rain could spread
The mud would bloom in no man’s land
But with this cloth I’ll wipe them off
As I’m waving the white flag of love
Waving, waving
Waving the white flag of love
Waving, waving
Waving the white flag of love
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7. |
Eli, 2:45am
04:00
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Just come from the bar
where I almost fought man
over some long-leg
I half-hearted tried to bed.
Now, here I am
outside the front door
Let me in, it’s cold
or ain’t I welcome anymore?
I see you fixed the window.
You rearranged the place.
You painted the bathroom
that color I hate.
Maybe I am drunk,
but I do want you back.
Isn’t that enough
or is it too much to ask?
Dog was sick Tuesday.
Last night she passed.
I got fired from the firehouse
for sniffing some gas.
If I don’t love you,
why I am I back?
Why you keep asking
dumb questions like that?
Tell all your sisters
I’ve changed very well.
If they don’t believe it
they can all burn in hell.
Maybe I am drunk,
but I still can’t see why
when I try to kiss you
you start to cry.
You cleaned out the fridge.
You drank all my beer.
It’s almost like
I never lived here.
You got a light?
Cause I need a smoke.
I’ve been thinking some things
Some things you should know
I’m sorry for everything
that I’ve done to you.
What you let me do it for?
What’s the matter with you?
Maybe I am drunk,
but there’s laws in this land.
No matter who he is
gotta stand by your man.
Been to the doctors.
It’s cancer I’m told.
Don’t seem like a terrible
important thing to know.
Appointment on Friday.
They won’t see me there.
I’d rather spend time with
someone who once cared.
Don’t look at me like that.
I’m down on my knees.
I need you so bad, baby.
My soul ain’t at ease.
Maybe I am drunk,
but something ain’t right
when a man’s got to live,
then the man’s got to die
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8. |
Apologize
01:28
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All I have to do is apologize
and I can have whatever I want
All I have to do is apologize
and I can do whatever I want
You know that I still love you
Despite what I say and do
All I have to do is apologize
All I have to do is apologize
All I have to do is apologize
And I can pull the wool to your eyes
All I have to do is apologize
And I can burn your city alive
We know that mistakes were made
We’ll find those weapons some bright day
All I have to do is apologize
All I have to do is apologize
All I have to do is apologize
All I have to do is apologize
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9. |
Baby Gon' Be Funky
03:10
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(Long)
Back when I first met you
The day you was born
You kicked your little feet and I know complete
a funky baby boy was born.
Nurse, you see this baby?
This baby right here?
Nurse, you see this baby?
This baby right here?
Baby gon' be funky
Wait til you learn how to walk, baby.
I'm gonna teach you how to stride.
They gonna teach you ABCs and your 123s.
I'm gonna teach you how to talk a jive.
Teacher, you see this baby?
This baby right here?
Teacher, you see this baby?
This baby right here?
Baby gon' be funky
Don't you tell your momma.
She never would understand.
But I burned you two or three Funkadelic CDs.
They gonna turn you to a funky man.
Son, look in the mirror.
This mirror right here.
Son, look in this mirror.
This mirror right here.
You were born to be funky
Here's my baby
Baby gon' be funky
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10. |
Volcano Tax
02:27
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Great people of Kalapana
There’s been rumors going ‘round
Everybody say we aim to tax you
For the lava in the ground
Now do that make any sense?
Would we do a thing like that?
But the truth is, if we don’t do something
Gonna have to be some cutbacks
Y’all know bout that mountain up there
Y’all know it’s bout to blow it’s lid
Now we ain’t got to rebuild if you don’t want
But we kinda figured that you did
Might flow down to your power plant
All your businesses and schools
In fact, no might about it
Only question is how soon
Gonna head down to your houses
Gonna melt your front screen door
Gonna burn up all your pictures
but you can always take some more
And y’all people gonna go crazy
Gonna be chaos throughout the land
And if we can pay no police
Somebody’ll kill you where you stand
Might be the police
And that’s if you survive
A good many of y’all won’t
Some people try not to think about it
But I don’t
No more running for office
No one around but me
Finally, the whole island
In perfect harmony
But since you got to be here
And I got to share the world with you
Seem like that old Volcano Tax
Is the best thing we can do
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11. |
Delivered
05:06
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When your river can’t find the ocean
When you’re two times out of ten
When you’re very last dollar
Is your very last friend
Late in the midnight hour
After you finally reached the end
Then the pain you thought was sleeping
When it rises up again
Delivered
When the light at the end
Is the sunrise come again
When you’re peeling back the layers
Maybe you peeled them back too much
When it chews you up at breakfast
And spits you back out at lunch
When you thought that you could fly
Because you dreamed it up in bed
Then the blues in your sky
Starts to rain upon your head
Delivered
When you alight in the night
And you remember an ancient dance
Remember, remember, remember
When you’re running through the forest
Shackles on your feet
But your eyes are fixed on a star
and you won’t accept defeat
Maybe they think that you are sleeping
And you won’t wake up again
Then the magic in your soul
Starts to twitching up again
Delivered
When the light at the end
Is the sunrise come again
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12. |
She Knows (Her Song)
06:13
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The fire just won’t die
I try to try but I
I feel her in my bones ever deeper
If we never meet again
Or if she needs me as a friend
I won’t forget the peace it was to hold her.
And if her voice went cold
The love’s already shown
There’s nothing left to know except the future
She knows
She’s always on my mind
My heart beats out of time
Until I put my mind and heart together
There’s magic in the street
And magic in the beat
I will not shut my eyes to the wonder
All magic is pure
All that’s pure is real
My love for her is pure and simple magic
And now it’s time to turn
Turn and face the world
Her gentle smile I’m keeping in my pocket
She knows
She knows she knows I love her, but that’s not all she knows
She takes her truths out and wears them for party clothes
I was alright before I met her and then I knew for sure
But now she gone and alright ain’t good enough any more
Only thing she don’t know, girl got magic in her
Rabbits fallin out of hats all over the Goddamn place and cookin up four course dinners
If this is a dream, you can’t wake me, I aim to be around a while
I haven’t felt this whole since I was an uncorrupted child
I’d call her name in my soul if there was no number for to dial
I’d touch every blade of grass, I’d walk the moonlight mile
She’s worth a million priceless things and she’s just as beautiful as she looks
And she just looks so good.
I’d drink the naked rain, I’d jump a thousand moons
I’d burn a thousand candles, I’d climb up Mount Ventoux
“The life that we call blessed is to be sought on a high level
and straight is the way that leads to it.” That’s the only way to beat the Devil.
I was stranded in the alley when she pulled her ladder down
I told her on the fire escape I was gonna pay her back somehow
Now, this is her song, but I know she likes to share
So take it with you. I hope she takes it everywhere
And while she’s taking things, well she could take me too
If I were in her boots, that’s just what I would do
I know she knows she knows. She knows I know it too
She knows I know I know. I know she knows I know it too
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13. |
Charlee Horse
03:51
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Now when I was 'bout three years old and Charlee he was twelve
He was tellin me all about how the wall in Berlin fell
Said it got drunk one night til it could not stand up straight
Said it slept the whole night through and it woke up far too late
Now it is what it is and it ain't what it ain't, of course
Only one thing that I know, got a friend named Charlee Horse
Now when I was 'bout eight years old and Charlee he was ten
They was chasin' me 'round the block, I was runnin' 'way from them
Well, Charlee he got pipin' mad and he yell right in my ear
"If you don't turn round and sock 'em one, you'll be runnin' all your years"
Now it is what it is and it ain't what it ain't, of course
Only one thing that I know, got a friend named Charlee Horse
Now when I was 'bout nine years old and Charlee was the same
We'd lay outside just watching ants til Mamma call my name
We dug up old relics inside a mummy's old tomb
He let me have them all because my dad had left that June
Now it is what it is and it ain't what it ain't, of course
Only one thing that I know, got a friend named Charlee Horse
Now when I was thirteen years old and Charlee he was one
He was with me in detention, making me laugh, having fun
Well right there sitting next to me was a beautiful young lass
Charlee said to talk to her and ask her to the dance
She looked at me and smiled, her braces twinkling in florescence
She opened up her mouth and said the first of many "Yes"s
Standing by the punch bowl wiping off my clammy hands
I took hers and as we went off, well, we began the dance
I smiled at her. She smiled at me. Romance had filled the air
I turned to smile at Charlee, but Charlee had disappeared
Now it is what it is and it ain't what it ain't, of course
Only one thing that I know, got a friend named Charlee Horse
Now I'm almost forty-three. My kids say I've gone gray
Their mamma has the custody, but it all works out okay
Now there's all different kinds of things that a mind can conceive
Only one thing that I know and it's that I still believe
Now it is what it is and it ain't what it ain't, of course
Only one thing that I know, got a friend named Charlee Horse
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14. |
My Mission - 2nd edition
05:18
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There is a meeting of the rivers
Down where the body and soul flow
No need to wonder where to find me
You should know, yeah you should know
I'd make it my mission
You know I would
I'd make it my mission
to make you feel good
There is a clearing from the trouble
this wounded world can sometimes show
They call it love and it's for certain
we should go, yeah we should go
I'd make it my mission
You know I would
I'd make it my mission
to make you feel good
Yes, I'd brave the waves
Yes, I'd swim from shore to shore
But if you won't swim with me
what am I swimming for
I'd make it my mission
You know I would
I'd make it my mission
to make you feel good
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15. |
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Every time you touch me I hear the Hallelujah Choir
Every time you touch me I hear the Hallelujah Choir
Touch me with your fingers, touch me with your lips
Touch me with your soul, baby, but let's start with the hips
I wanna fuck you beautiful with body and soul on fire
Huffin and puffin our breath into space and time
We touched the one and the one was both you and I
So holla at me when your ready to go and lets go
Go, go, go, go
Every time you undress, I hear the Hallelujah Choir
Every time you undress, I hear the Hallelujah Choir
How does it feel to look so good, to be so fine
To climb the ladder of success at a quarter to five
I wanna fuck you beautiful with body and soul on fire
Huffin and puffin our breath into space and time
We touched the one and the one was both you and I
So holla at me when your ready to go and lets go
Go, go, go, go
Every time you explode, I hear the Hallelujah Choir
Every time I hear you moan I hear the Hallelujah Choir
Wanna make you sing, babe, sing the Hallelujah Choir
Wanna make you shout, babe, like your shouting for the Holy Ghost
Hallelujah now
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16. |
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Soul gonna do what the soul gonna do
Soul don’t care what you go through
Body can’t sit, body wanna fly
Body wanna go out dancin' tonight
Soul say, “Body, let’s go home.”
Body and soul in a room all alone
She’s smart, she’s sweet
She swept my feet
She good for me
She done digged deep
She stole my heart
just like a thief
on the run
She done digged deep
She got a smile deep, wide and bright
It make the sun stay up all night
And if you love her you can let her go
Ain’t it a shame, though
She’s smart, she’s sweet
She swept my feet
She good for me
She done digged deep
She stole my heart
just like a thief
on the run
She done digged deep
Long ways from now this river will dry
and become a desert by and by
And what the river is now ain't the river you know
but you can go along with it if you swim just so
She’s smart, she’s sweet
She swept my feet
She good for me
She done digged deep
She stole my heart
just like a thief
on the run
She done digged deep
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17. |
Tenderness - 2nd edition
03:36
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Tell me, don't yell me babe
Catfish kinda sensitive
Remember the man you got
and don't accuse him of being who you know he's not
Now you know I ain't no perfect man
But good is all I'm trying to do
We can make each other better, I know
But one thing that I need from you
Give me some tenderness
My love won't let you down
but I gotta be around to prove it
Take me as I am
Help me be a better man
Now you know I ain't no perfect man
But good is all I'm trying to do
This world can be so hard, you know
so one thing that I need from you
Give me some tenderness
Your kiss won't wash away from my lips
I think it wants to stay where it is
And I ain't got no problem with
Getting wrapped up in it
All I really need from you, baby
Give me some tenderness
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18. |
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Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Got in a little hometown jam
so they put a rifle in my hand
I ended up in Afghanistan.
They said "Turn around soldier. We goin into Iraq land."
Born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I was born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A.
Come back home to the temp agency
Hiring man says "son if it was up to me"
Went down to see my V.A. man
He said "son don't you understand by now"
My people was stolen into Charleston Bay
Sailed 'em into the harbor. It was a cloudy day
Put em up for auction, told 'em how to pray
Said "Folks for a little while it might have to be this way"
Down in the shadow of penitentiary
Way from the lights of the Domino Sugar factory
We are kings and hustlers
Priests and queens
Proud refutations of a dying dream that was
Born in the U.S.A.
Wasn't I born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
And one day they might even take that away
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
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19. |
Empathy - 2nd edition
01:26
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There's no air for the breath you need
Your paint is peeling of by degrees
All you need is some empathy
I know how you feel
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20. |
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I am The Songster and I'm 'bout to get right with God
I am The Songster and I'm 'bout to get right with God
Dip me in the water, hold my right hand by the shore
I ain't too much for gambling 'less I know for sure I'll win
I ain't too much for gambling 'less I know for sure I'll win
Still, I gambled on you baby, and I'd do it all again
There's a meeting of the rivers down where the body and soul flow
There's a meeting of the rivers down where the body and soul flow
No need to wonder where to find me when you know that you should know
I am The Songster and I'm 'bout to get right with God
I am The Songster and I'm 'bout to get right with God
but deal me one hand, baby, and I'll show you all my cards
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21. |
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It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under
I can't help it sometimes, I absorb the way people treat each other
I feel the beat of the rain and the hail and the rumble of the thunder
I'm very sorry the weight of the world makes it hard to be my lover
La da da da
I'm a strange jigsaw case
Baby, I don't fit no place
but I'm gonna fall together soon
It's like a jungle sometimes, it's got me wishin' I was built for competition
They say you must sell yourself. If you do, you get ten-percent commission
I'm gonna remake myself. Get ready for a brand new edition
Wait, no. I can't do it. Branding happens under slavery conditions
La da da da
I'm a strange jigsaw case
Baby, I don't fit no place
but I'm gonna fall together soon
It's not easy being free
It's not easy being me
Yes I know that I'm too soft
I watch them brush it all off
like nothing at all
La da da da
I'm a strange jigsaw case
Baby, I don't fit no place
but I'm gonna fall together soon
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22. |
Mr. Trump - 2nd edition
03:37
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Hey, Mr. Trump, now whadaya say
How come your daddy was KKK?
And if he wasn't, why was he arrested that day
in 1927?
Hey, Mr. Trump, now whadaya say
How come your daddy was KKK?
Seem like he taught you a lot about real estate in a funny kinda way
in a funny kinda way that ain't funny
Now most people just want a place to be
where they can find some inner harmony
And if they can't find none, they find folks like you
and do the foolish things that fooled people can do
In an imperfect world an imperfect nations stands
on the brink of falling into an unstable con-man's hands
who treats objects like women and minorities like thieves
A man who can't squash a Rosie O'Donnell beef
Hey, Mr. Trump, now whadaya say
How come your daddy was KKK?
And if he wasn't, why was he arrested that day
in 1927?
Hey, Mr. Trump, now whadaya say
How come your daddy was KKK?
Seem like he taught you a lot about real estate in a funny kinda way
in a funny kinda way that ain't funny
Now maybe tenderness and empathy can't wash everything away
but I really feel we ought to try it someday
If we gave love the same shot we give hate and war
we might find the time to figure what we're all here for
Hey, Mr. Trump, now whadaya say
How come your daddy was KKK?
And if he wasn't, why was he arrested that day
in 1927?
Hey, Mr. Trump, now whadaya say
How come your daddy was KKK?
Seem like he taught you a lot about real estate in a funny kinda way
in a funny kinda way that ain't funny
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23. |
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24. |
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Some people get what they ask for, then get what they deserve
But when we gotta get it too they got some nerve
People doin in the light what they used to in the dark
I been done told you bout that locker room talk
You’ze a mannish little boy, how you fit your britches?
You too damn dumb to mourn your bitches
You too damn dumb to listens to your soul
So I’ll tell you anything you wanna know and everything you don’t
I’ve known you boys for a mighty long time
You’ll give me a nickel if I give you a dime
Throw me down the stairs with your words and then smile so cruelly
Then turn around and say “We gotta stop these bullies”
You can’t take no heat but you’re standing in the kitchen
You think the nothing that you know is somehow sufficient
Flying through your chamber door was the raven and I quote
“I’ll tell you anything you wanna know and everything you don’t”
You betray the trust we need to survive
You can’t handle a queen so you’re stirring up the hive
Blues fallin down like hail from the sky
I hope to understand it better in the by and by
The afterlife ain’t a question that sticks in my mind
The way to heaven on Earth is down deep and out wide
I swear the whole truth or the truth as I know
I’ll tell you anything you want to know and everything you don’t
Baby we can’t stop fightin, but what fightin will we do?
I got my guitar case and my aim is true
Gonna sing about war, gonna sing about peace
Gonna sing about love from the west down to the east
I’ll let the art department handle what photos they’ll use
I’m goin’ down in the valley on a walk with my muse
From time to time I’ll stop by with a couple that I wrote
They’ll tell you anything you wanna know and everything you don’t
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25. |
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I got a friend in Houston.
I humor him a bit.
He say “Trump said this and Trump said that”
til I got to beg him to quit.
I say “You live in Texas, man.”
I say “Don’t you know they like that shit?”
I say “Don’t you know they ain’t never gonna change?
“Why don’t you leave if you’re tired of it?”
They keep their thoughts very simple.
They don’t allow nothin new.
They only look out for their own kind.
and if you were smart that’s what you would do.
Chorus
You know what your problem is?
You like everybody.
You know what your problem is?
You think everybody else does too.
You know what your problem is?
You think we’re all equal.
What in the world is the world gonna do with you?
I got a friend in Detroit.
Now she lives in Flint.
She be talkin bout “Immigrants this and immigrants that”
til I got tot beg her to quit.
I say “Girl, don’t you got your own problems?”
“Girl, don’t you ever think?
I say, “They ain’t gonna do nothing but take the few jobs you got.
“Must be something in the water you drink”
She say, “They fleein death and destruction.”
She say, “It could be me or you.”
I say “But it ain’t me or you.” Yeah, I said it.
I say “I don’t care what they goin though.”
Chorus
I had a dream when I was a kid,
saw the beginning and the end.
I woke up and I started to cry.
I haven’t cried since then.
My hippie parents got me a doctor
Doc say “Boy, what’s wrong with you?”
Five months later they stopped wasting their money
They got me a job at a petting zoo
An old man taught me how to make money
Then disappeared with all of mine
He said most people fear the truth
so you can sell ‘em any lie.
Made some friends in rehab
They believe in bright shining days
They see all y’all folks coming together
I don’t see it all that way
Chorus
Chorus
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26. |
New Miami - 3rd Edition
03:13
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The sadness in your eyes
has nearly ended me
Just once to see you smile
be thrown in ecstasy
You need to get away
I know just the place.
There's a paradise 'round there
and there's never a frowning face
I will take you home
to the shores of New Miami
We would be alone
on the shores of New Miami
Into the Milky Way,
past Alpha Centauri
on the planet next to Mercury
We'll land in new Miami
You need to get away
I know just the place.
There's a paradise 'round there
and there's never a frowning face
I will take you home
to the shores of New Miami
We would be alone
on the shores of New Miami
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27. |
Feet - 3rd Edition
04:37
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You and me been down here
Can't buy a thrill
It must be nice up there
on top of the hill
Trouble calls you by your name
Knocks on your door
and you know why
and you know what for
But it's alright
It's alright
You got soul and everybody knows
that it's alright
Double-dealin' under the table
as you place your bet
Thought they took you for all you had
but they forget
I got my feet to keep on dancin
Might feel your being dragged along
like a marionette
Might feel they been pulling your strings
but don't forget
I got my feet to keep on dancin
I got the truth to keep from lying
I got the weight to keep from flying
I might be broke, but I ain't broken
I might smile, but I ain't jokin
I got my feet to keep on dancin
This ain't over, this ain't it
I ain't never gonna have enough sense to quit
I got my feet to keep on dancin
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28. |
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My love is on time, baby
You can rely on it true
My love is on time, baby
You can set your watch by my love for you
Use and age will dull the sharpest blade
It don't take much time for change
Build your hopes on things eternal, babe
True spirit never fades
The minutes become hours, dear
The hours become days
Dawn and dusk collect the years
Your metal rusts away
And the world you want starts to decay
Then something winds you clock anew
The hands, they move me into you
My love is on time, baby
You can rely on it true
My love is on time, baby
You can set your watch by my love for you
Every second you have second thoughts
Love your time in essence
Come and rest with me, my love
Let's work on our transcendence
And when we rise we must still know
that not all work will pay
But we must know the worth of work
when nothing gold can stay
Don't wait for fate to give you faith
Let's do the work we will not hate
Let's do the work that will not wait
Do the work and don't be late
My love is on time, baby
You can rely on it true
My love is on time, baby
You can set your watch by my love for you
Be on time
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29. |
The Strut (4th Edition)
05:43
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They say it take hard work. I'm workin hard, baby.
Give me a K of days, I'll be a star, baby.
Yeah, I'm that swagger. I'm that shit.
Too sexy to give up.
Cool, mama. (Smooth, daddy)
Nothin' but the strut
Said I just wrote a brand new jam. They said "Uh-uh, baby
"Should be tweeting up your brand." I said "Huh, baby?"
"Yeah, it ain't no time for passion. Just go head and get yo' nut."
Is that cool, Mama? (Ew, daddy)
I'm nothin' but a strut
It's Day 999 and something' wrong, baby
They say "Do you want a gig?" I say "Naw, baby."
What happened to the feelin' I was feelin' in my guts?
Cool, mama? (Ooooh, daddy. What about yo' strut?)
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30. |
The Risks (4th edition)
03:42
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And while your tracking down your bliss
You’ve got to know about the risks
The question old but yet so fresh
What does the spirit do about the flesh?
The soul is noble down the list,
But the body’s not sure it exists
So even when the spirit drops a clue
The body’s not sure what to do
And while your tracking down your bliss
You’ve got to know about the risks
The question fresh but yet so old
What does the body do about the soul?
The spirit lifts you and reveals you
But it also doesn’t mind to kill you
So in a bid for self-preservation
The body sends its resignation
Looking for the middle course
To find a balance to the force
The answer faint but yet so clear
The music’s playing in your ear
The groove it shoots down to your feet
Your partner rises from her seat
So while your tracking dow your bliss
Make sure you know about a kiss
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31. |
The Dance (4th edition)
05:29
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Invitations aren’t always sent by mail
Some disappear leaving ghost trails
Ah, but you’re too cool for it all
Dressing for the ball
Such silly customs you protest alone
But even something inside says go
You find a partner and tend to smile
Frightened by your joy after while
It defines what you want and more
Reminds you what you want it for
The dance
Waltzing you into a trance
The dance
Making you feel defiantly real
The dance
Waltzing you into a trance
The dance
Making you feel undeniably real
How come we don’t dance no more?
How come we never danced before?
Ordinary people reaching for the divine
The beat of your heart syncopating with mine
To reach the light we struggle and strain
Strive, then struggle all over again
Hamsters on a wheel never touch the ground
When you’re in motion it’s hard to slow down
It defines what you want and more
Reminds you what you want it for
The dance
Waltzing you into a trance
The dance
Making you feel defiantly real
The dance
Waltzing you into a trance
The dance
Making you feel undeniably real
And just as you feel the feeling starting to grow
You may find yourself dancing alone
Resist the urge to run from the floor
We must dance more
Creatures are glaring, they stare at us
“So graceful, so violent all at once”
And if you’re tired of cliche affair
We can swing from the chandelier
It defines what you want and more
Reminds you what you want it for
The dance
Waltzing you into a trance
The dance
Making you feel defiantly real
The dance
Waltzing you into a trance
The dance
Making you feel undeniably real
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32. |
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As you remember your name
Can you forget it, too?
Can you learn to move the way the spirit tells you to?
As you began to sway
Your body stretching loose
Can you feel the Earth beneath you swaying too?
Some people never make it out on the floor
Some people never make it past the door
You might think she don’t know how to dance
Because she’s dancing free
Some people never make it out on the floor
Some people never make it past the door
You might think she don’t know how to dance
Because she’s dancing free
As you recite your lines
After you hear your queue
Can you find yourself in the role you’re acting through?
The spotlight points your way
The stage shades to blue
Sing your song, there’s nothing wrong
If you’re singing true
Some people never make it out on the stage
Some people never read the second page
You might think she don’t know how to act
Because she’s acting free.
Some people never make it out on the floor
Some people never make it past the door
You might think she don’t know how to dance
Because she’s dancing free
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33. |
Cool Fire (4th Edition)
04:20
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I had never ever met a hat before
But then I met a hat and a whole lot more
I had never ever reached the stars before
But then I reached the stars and I went back home
It’s so strange
It’s so hip
She dreamed I gave the Freudian slip
Bite my ear
Bite my lip
I guess she likes to ride on a trip
Yes, I touched the wire
The wire of electric desire
I’m on fire, yet I’m cool
I’m cool, yet she set me on fire
Cool fire
Dippin in the river of the galaxies
Naked in the ocean of a thousand seas
Ridin with my baby on an asteroid
Posin for the pictures on a her Polaroid
It’s so strange
It’s so hip
I’m happy when she does a good flip
Ride a star, lick a blimp
I guess I just admire her grip
Yes, I touched the wire (touched the wire)
The wire of electric desire
I’m on fire, yet I’m cool (yet I’m cool)
I’m cool, yet she set me on fire
Cool fire
Yes, I touched desire (touched the wire)
desire of electrical wire
Yeah I’m cool, yet on fire (yet I’m cool)
I’m fire, yet she set me on cool
Cool fire
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34. |
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I seen a car smashed the other night
Cut the applause and dim the light
The girl in the front was bleedin, but was more or less okay
But the boy in the back seat was in a bad, bad way
I couldn’t move the door and your leg was stuck inside the door
Your mama looked at you and started pleadin with the Lord
You wasn’t moving and I begged you to stay
They calmed her down and we both whispered for you to stay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
All the sudden you woke and started a-failin and a-cryin
I was tryin to tell you not to move but there as no point in tryin
Now I’ve heard children cryin a couple hundred thousand times before
But the way you was cryin cut me deep down inside, my Lord
The firefighters came and they used the jaws of life
Then the ambulance came and they put you on the gurney
You was mad because the strap was on your head
And your head was pretty busted
I asked could I peak inside the ambulance and the cops said “No"
Last time I saw you you had a long way to go
Neighbors was speculatin on whose fault it was
I didn’t care whose fault it was
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
The world can be a beautiful place
I hope you see it
Can make you feel a beautiful way
I hope you feel it
Be okay, child. Be okay, child.
I kept looking in the papers, but there was nothin there
But If you don’t die by the next day then they don’t really care
I light a candle for you almost every day
I hope some kinda somethin gets to you some kinda way
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
Please be okay, child, please be okay
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35. |
Magic (5th edition)
03:48
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When we speak of magic
what really do we mean?
Are we seeing something
that reason can't believe?
Are we feeling something
that we cannot conceive?
When you know what you don't know
it's magic.
When you think of magic
think of what exists.
The flowing of the wand.
The flicking of the wrist.
The beating of the heart.
The miracle of this.
Even when you know the trick
it's magic.
Take my hand. I'll take your hand.
We'll travel through this land
a part of something greater
than we'll ever understand.
Not of the earth, nor in the sky,
nor in the daily grind,
there is a there out somewhere
someplace somewhere deep inside.
It's magic.
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36. |
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We will tow your ass.
We will tow your ass.
Might think your special
and you'll get a pass,
but we will tow your ass.
We will tow your ass.
We will tow your ass.
Might think your special
and you'll get a pass,
but we will tow your ass.
Might be stuck in park somewhere.
You might run out of gas.
You might think you know everything,
but how come you didn't know that we will tow your ass?
We will tow your ass.
We will tow your ass.
Unless you got a tag from the FOP,
we will tow your ass.
You'll see.
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37. |
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I like that fish fry music
play it for me all night long
I like that fish fry music
play it til the break of dawn
(Free Blues giveaway)
(Free Blues giveaway)
(Free Blues giveaway)
(Free Blues giveaway)
It’s the Free Blues giveaway
Come on down and take all mine
It’s the free blues giveaway
you ain’t got to spend one dime
If you want it you can have it today
Not with money will you have to pay
at the giveaway
(Free Blues giveaway)
(Free Blues giveaway)
(Free Blues giveaway)
(Free Blues giveaway)
It’s the free blues giveaway
Cause I don’t really need no more
It’s the free blues giveaway
Mine could fill a whole damn store
I got every kind of blues you need
and some of y’all ought to have ‘em more than me
come and get ‘em for free
(Free Blues giveaway)
(Free Blues giveaway)
(Free Blues giveaway)
(Free Blues giveaway)
I don’t know what I did to get these blues so bad
but it’s all I have
Don’t you worry bout me running out at my store
Seem like I always get more
I like that fish fry music
play it for me all night long
I like that fish fry music
play it til the break of dawn
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38. |
Clare (5th edition)
01:54
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Clarie, I do declare
when you need me
sooner or later I'm gonna be there.
You mean more to me
than other things do.
I wanna spend my life
some times being with you.
You know I stay up in the club.
Oh yeah, I met you in the club.
I was eating on some grub
when you came into the club
We made lovely conversation.
Almost every indication
was that you were really feelin' me.
You were diggin' on my energies
That's how it go so usually
But I had snuck up in the club
so we had to sneak up out the back door
Woah, woahh
Clarie, I do declare
when you need me
sooner or later I'm gonna be there.
You mean more to me
than other things do.
I wanna spend my life
some times being with you.
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39. |
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Baby brother, don’t cry.
everybody’s got to die sometimes.
and grandma found her time.
She couldn’t do it all forever
and now they say she’s someplace better.
Don’t you worry, little man. I got your back.
Mom and Dad still love you,
but they just can’t seem to get it right.
They try and that’s why sometimes
they have to holler and shiver in the night.
I’ll protect you
and take you to the court to play some ball.
Maybe you could be the MVP,
or anything you want to be.
I taught you how to read and now your the best in
school. Don’t you be a fool
and listen when they call you weird
just because you’re smart.
I’ll pick you up at three,
but when we get home there’s somewhere else I gotta be
Grandma wouldn’t like it, but it’s something I have to do
I gonna have to start skipping Sunday School
We’re gonna stick together, me and you
Love is such a beautiful thing.
Now you see this?
This is not a toy.
Don’t you touch it, not even with the safety on.
I’d hate if you made a mistake
but if I ever go away just drop it in the lake
That won’t happen.
We’re not wards of the state; we’re kin.
We’re gonna have to move in with some friends.
They’ll like you a lot, but just don’t do what they do.
don’t smoke any pot.
If you’re by a window and you hear a sound
don’t look for where it came from just drop drown.
Crawl fast as you can to the tub.
Love is such a beautiful thing.
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40. |
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When the fire's rainin', oh lord
and the quiet stream's about to blow.
Your keyboard's complainin', oh lord
The steps of your next dance you do not know.
Open your shoes
and take off your letter.
It's all falling apart
together.
It doesn't matter what the world may say
when your goals are aimless, oh lord
and you finished your novel from back to front.
When the truth is changin', oh lord
and you don't know where to take your guts.
Around the corner
and under the border
the one whole was sliced
into quarters.
It doesn't matter what the world may say.
It doesn't matter what the world may do.
I see the sunshine breakin' through.
I see the sunshine breakin' through.
Open your shoes
and take off your letter.
It's all falling apart
together.
Re-reading empty pages, oh lord
Painting on a canvas that will not stain
Be yourself on stages, oh lord
Spread your vegetables
and eat your name
The main mission is always arrival.
Don't end up dead on survival.
It doesn't matter what the world may say.
It doesn't matter what the world may do.
I see the sunshine breakin' through.
I see the sunshine breakin' through.
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41. |
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The sun finds your eyes
and I just realized
that your shine hasn’t faded with grey.
We’re not such old folks
and though we do struggle
some fun hasn’t all washed away.
I’ll grab my tux
and you call the limo.
We’ll show ‘em all
that we ain’t that simple.
After the ball we’ll just smile for a century.
Chandeliers, diamonds and wine.
Pictures of mothers
and fathers are hung
in the living room along the wall.
Most of them smiling,
but through all their ups and downs
never had much use for style.
You in your gown
and nose in the sky.
I tip my stovepipe
to folks on the by.
After the ball, we’ll have pictures in tabloids.
Gossip and rumor abound.
Slide off your ring,
I’m your gentleman caller.
The parlor’s where debutantes sing.
Siren a song
with an old-timey melody.
We’ll sweep the floor in our glide.
Ain’t it so fun?
Just you and me, honey
Ain’t it so fun
to pretend we got money?
We may waltz to stormy weather,
but the dancing is lasting forever.
Ain’t it so fun?
Just you and me, honey.
Ain’t it so fun
to pretend we got money?
After the ball, we’ll give back all the borrowed clothes,
pick up the kids and head home.
The sun finds your eyes
and I just realized
that your shine hasn’t faded with grey
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42. |
R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N
03:26
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Born in the alley of a dead man's town
First kick I took was when I hit the ground
I had a dream but I woke up again
The deck is stacked against us
but we have to go all in
We're forced to play the game where
the house will always win
R-e-v-o-l-u-t-i-o-n
Waiting for heroes come to save the day
We never see the villains anyway
Who got the dollar that's worth all this hurt?
My sister's tryin' to cope with it
so she had to steal Mom's purse.
My bucket's got a hole in it
and my heart is even worse
R-e-v-o-l-u-t-i-o-n
I look world round at what the system's doin'
Folk ain't got nothin' and afraid to lose it
Deeper in debt so then the harder you bet
They say can't afford the raise
then they board their private jets
Their families' set for centuries
while you can't pay the rent
R-e-v-o-l-u-t-i-o-n
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43. |
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The alarm busts in your dreams
Do you snooze it or just let it ring?
(I’m workin’ on it)
But you rise to meet the day
and you struggle just to do your thing.
(I’m workin’ on it)
You got a purpose in you you can hide
but you can’t match it with the world outside.
I’m workin’ on it, baby
I’m workin’ on it, baby
I’m workin’ on it, baby
I’m workin’ on it, baby
When a single grain of sand
is all that you have to start your plans
(I’m workin’ on it)
Precious few can understand
Still you try to be an upright man
(I’m workin’ on it)
It’s just something that you need to do
and you’re hoping someone needs it too
I’m workin’ on it, baby
I’m workin’ on it, baby
I’m workin’ on it, baby
I’m workin’ on it, baby
Got me workin’ on it (Go Johnny, go go)
See me workin’ on it (Go Johnny, go go)
Feel me workin’ on it (Go Johnny, go go)
Hear me workin’ on it (Go Johnny, go go)
I’m workin’ on it, baby
I’m workin’ on it, baby
I’m workin’ on it, baby
I’m workin’ on it, baby
Got me workin’ on it (Go Johnny, go go)
See me workin’ on it (Go Johnny, go go)
Feel me workin’ on it (Go Johnny, go go)
Hear me workin’ on it (Go Johnny, go go)
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44. |
2065
03:56
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The honey in your tea
The pain from where you bleed
i wish it all could never leave
Let's get old
I wouldn't mind
not at all
Dirt under your nails in the garden
Soaking up the warm afternoon
In the sun
Dancing round the floor at a friend's house
Smelling all the sweat in the room
Feeling young
I hope you're still alive in 2065
The colors all around
the sky down to the ground
The way it feels, the way it sounds
Let's go on
Never end
Never done
Sit around the fire singing old songs
Warm faces flicker in the night
Feeling love
Big lake stretching out the moonlight
Catching fireflies with your hands
Having fun
I hope you're still alive in 2065
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