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Acheron Blues
02:18
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I was the vessel, and I was the sea it was drifting in.
Tropical island, bottle of rum, and a skeleton.
but I couldn't see it,
there in the sun.
Baby I wasted so much time--
but honey I'm trying to make it right.
Rowing the ferry, singing Acheron blues, I'm an idiot.
Spinning in circles, tumbling socks at the laundromat.
Hey leave a message
after the tone...
Baby I'll give this all I got--
Shit I know this is a lot
but I don't just wanna let this go
it's gonna take some time
and I just need you to know
I still need you in my life.
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2. |
Some Day Soon
03:13
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Every now and I then I hit those nights
when I just can't decide
do I keep pushing up the endless hill,
or just collapse inside of this dead-end mind?
I was out there
but now I'm right here
and I'm chasing the sunset!
Where did you go? It's been a long time?
Were you the king of the world? Do you wanna just die?
Oh I been out and about,
I'm coming back
some day soon
Some day soon.
Every now and then I hit those days
when I'm just not sure how
how to keep pulling down the endless thread
and keep my cool right now
as it all burns down
I was out there
but now I'm right here
and I'm chasing the sunset!
Where did you go? It's been a long time?
Were you the king of the world? Do you wanna just die?
Oh I been out and about,
I'm coming back
some day soon
Some day soon.
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Joanie
02:39
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All day she's waiting,
just staring at that open door,
she can't take no more.
That fever calling that feeling,
something new in store,
and that's for sure!
A calico goddess for miles--
in rainbows, in satin, that style!
Oh, my Joanie! Joanie!
Put your claws up baby
and your paws down on my shoulder, no!
Oh my Joanie! Joanie!
Now if I had my way
you'd be the king of the New World Order, no!
Oh my Joanie! Joanie!
That thunder rolling,
bass pumping at the discoteque,
what did you expect?
Bright lights are cutting
through clouds of golden cigarettes
how could you forget...
The moment she walks in the room
it's sunlight, the flowers all bloom...
Oh, my Joanie! Joanie!
Put your claws up baby
and your paws down on my shoulder, no!
Oh my Joanie! Joanie!
Now if I had my way
you'd be the king of the New World Order, no!
Oh my Joanie! Joanie!
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4. |
JP?
00:34
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5. |
That Fire
03:35
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Baby I'm slipping in and out of memories
and every time I look back -- I look back...
Pillar of salt where I used to be.
And maybe that time ticks heavy in the light of day,
and maybe I could feel that -- I feel that...
When the air gets heavy we could walk away, but...
Baby you oughta know
that I can see that sunset in my mind...
What if I lose that fire?
What if I never get it back?
It was a straight-four diamond,
it was a freight train down that track.
And I see it now--
I feel it know--
Baby I know it's on the line!
Baby I'm slipping in and out of memories
I never thought I'd see that -- that day
I hit the clock in a cloud of sage.
And Maybe I'm drifting in some kind of afterlife,
and we could make a contact -- contact.
I'll take a word in the dark of night, but...
Baby I don't wanna go
until I reach that *something* in my life!
What if I lose that fire?
What if I never get it back?
It was a straight-four diamond,
it was a freight train down that track.
And I see it now--
I feel it know--
Baby I know it's on the line!
I'll never lose that fire!
Baby you know I'll get it back.
'Cause it's a straight-four diamond,
and it's a freight train down that track.
And I see it now--
I feel it now--
Baby I know it's on the line!
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6. |
Breaching The Compound
02:04
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I wagered it all until I had nothing to lose
winked at the basilisk 'til I just forgot I could move
I dove in the water
and woke up along a bright shore,
I'm right here!
I'm moving sideways and bracing for the fall
I'm losing time...
[BREACHING THE COMPOUND]
Come touch the destruction over the waterfall
[BREACHING THE COMPOUND]
I bathe in the moonlight, baby I'll take it all
[BREACHING THE COMPOUND]
[BREACHING THE COMPOUND]
[BREACHING--]
I dreamt of a palace with a ten-foot wall of gold,
this volume of secrets that I wish I'd never been told.
Gold leaf on the verso,
it's a falcon drawn without skin
I seen it!
[BREACHING THE COMPOUND]
Come touch the destruction over the waterfall
[BREACHING THE COMPOUND]
I bathe in the moonlight, baby I'll take it all
[BREACHING THE COMPOUND]
[BREACHING THE COMPOUND]
[BREACHING--]
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7. |
Alone in the City
03:22
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Workin' nine-to-five at the book shop,
the pay's bad but the vibe's hot.
I'm reading "Spiral, Meander, Explode." [sic]
Bought a pair of Docs and I broke 'em in
I been up and down like the ocean.
I'm just takin' it day to do.
When my baby's off the line
I'm at the keys just marking time...
Alone in the City.
Puttin' up the weight, puttin' in the work,
every day now, my body hurts.
But that's the hill that you gotta climb.
Oh I'm diggin' "Amateur" and "The Will To Change,"
looking at myself in some new ways,
tryin'a leave all that past behind me.
When my baby's off the line
I'm at the beach, I'm doing fine.
Alone in the City.
You can make it alone in the City.
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8. |
Eileen
02:12
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Sometimes, usually in the Fall,
out there in the blue midnight air,
the fragrance of your rose perfume
drifts into the room like a dream.
Are you there, in the whisper of the night,
crackle in the embers of the dying firelight?
I can almost hear you
out there on the wind
calling out to me...
Eileen, darling how I tried
tried to leave it all, all behind--
the vineyards and the souvenirs,
all the months and years you've been gone...
Oh Eileen, you're a cloud crossing the sun,
jump cut to an engine, reverse to a gun,
a shimmer in the violet just before the dawn,
a still life of the sea...
Eileen...
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9. |
The Overland Trail
02:56
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Note: see Lillian Schlissel's "Women's Diaries of the Westward Journey" 9780805211764
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I was a girl, only fifteen when I was wed
and we set off on the next day out.
Mad chivarees turned to nothing but bloody flux
when we were out there, out there
Pushing on for the dream, for the sunset,
never coming back -- that's for sure.
Passing grave after grave after grave
on the overland trail.
Goodbye sweet life,
From now on
we're on the road
dead world
we press on
No turning back.
Crushed under wheel, wandered off and never came back
that's how we lost them, these lives
Why did we go? There is nothing here that I want.
Baby it's endless, this chain.
Pushing on for the dream, for the sunset,
never coming back -- that's for sure.
Passing grave after grave after grave
on the overland trail.
Goodbye sweet life,
From now on
we're on the road
dead world
Passing grave after grave after grave...
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If this is all you have to say,
then why say it?
why say it?
Can't you see you're up here
wasting our time,
so why try?
Every day that voice
just runs through my head
I'm trying hard not to just
believe what it says, no...
'Cause I don't wanna be here
I don't wanna be here anymore--
Feeling like I'm running in place,
lately I just don't know what for--
Feeling kinda worthless
and I don't wanna feel that anymore--
I'm just trying to keep my head up
'cause I know I'm worth so much more--
All I need is one shot
just gimme a shot and I'll come through--
telling you I'm right here
can't you hear me calling out to you, no?
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