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Greatest Sensations

by Kyp Harness

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Passenger 04:35
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Miranda 04:19
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MIRANDA Standin’with my mouth open, six o’clock this morning Lookin’ at the sky broken, sitting on the sea I said “It sure is easy to see someone has been busy - Don’t know who’s gonna tell him, but it surely won’t be me” White bright streetlights, biting through the midnight That money in your pocket looks like it should belong to me Me and Jackie Horner standing on the corner Waitin’ for a man to come with a bag of ecstasy Miranda, you really got a hold on me Miranda, though you’re no great beauty Miranda, oh what can I say? They pulled up in a wagon and they took my love away Sign says ’Keep Away’, screamin’ through the subway Taunting cliffs whose edges I believe Hold something more than nothingness In the universities students trade personalities Making documentaries on the meaning of success A dead dog rolls out to the feet of the bullet king Whose gentle obscene charity by the courtesy of his son Sends all the men in bread lines across the world to find A man who doesn’t worship some god Or doesn’t think he is one Miranda, you really got a hold on me Miranda, though you’re no great beauty Miranda, oh what can I say? They pulled up in a wagon and they took my love away Man with his hand out, tongue out, strung out Meets the bulging windmill swordsman who puts him into place Whose fantasies of venom and whose righteous bulldog mercy Bites the head off student pity long before it’s grown a face Broken chains, blood stains, sifting through the remains Soldiers sit upon the skulls and ponder their misgivings In the hall at the ball she squats inside a stall She says “You know I’d give my life for a reason to keep living’ Miranda, you really got a hold on me Miranda, though you’re no great beauty Miranda, oh what can I say? They pulled up in a wagon and they took my love away The night bows down its head To bear its crown of dreams forgiven While the aimless drifting convicts outlawed by the day’s regime Stumble on the fading steps while columns crumble overhead Running blindly to the refuge of the sun’s mad guillotine Stone face with his briefcase in his office Monday morning Runs flags up and down his flagpoles to see which way they fly He lines up all his men just to shoot them down again Hating all that has a price but blind to all he cannot buy Miranda, you really got a hold on me Miranda, though you’re no great beauty Miranda, oh what can I say? They pulled up in a wagon and they took my love away Shredded words ripped from the past Hang from the broken masts Of monumental clouds drifting deserted by the sky Pale laughing shadows stand in dwelling places of the damned Holding hearts too dead to live but too wounded now to die Dear dear, oh dear, help me with your brassiere I’m just a poor boy tryin’ to fit in, lookin’ for the light The poetry of your motions burns up my emotions If I don’t kiss you now I’ll never get to sleep tonight Miranda, you really got a hold on me Miranda, though you’re no great beauty Miranda, oh what can I say? They pulled up in a wagon and they took my love away
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Workin' in the Factory 02:36
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WORKIN’ IN THE FACTORY I wake up every morning, six o’clock sharp I have a cup of coffee and I get into my car I drive downtown and I pull in through the gate The foreman at the door says I’m five minutes late He drives me to my knees and he tells me it’s a sin Then he makes me sign a form that says I won’t do it again I’m workin’ in the factory, workin’ in the factory Someday all of this will be just a bad memory But right now I’m just doin’ time Workin’ in the factory My job ain’t bad and I got a good boss For every week I work he gives me two days off Dental plan, vacation, and a twenty year pin And when I die he sends a letter to my next of kin Things could be worse but I really don’t know how I’d like to tell you all about it but I can’t right now I’m workin’ in the factory, workin’ in the factory Someday all of this will be just a bad memory But right now I’m just doin’ time Workin’ in the factory Here comes the boss, diamond rings on every hand And a little speck of dirt upon his white cotton pants He says “Come on, get to it, boys, I wanna see you sweat!” And I say “Kiss my ass”, but underneath my breath ’Cause he’s the wizard of finance and I’m a workin’ dog He’s the big wheel and I’m just a cog I’m workin’ in the factory, workin’ in the factory Someday all of this will be just a bad memory But right now I’m just doin’ time Workin’ in the factory The guy who works beside me, they call him Friendly Steve He’s got big long arms that hang down to his knees He never says yes and he never says no He just hangs around waitin’ to be told where to go You just have to take one look at him to tell there’s nothing there But three more years of this and I won’t even care I’m workin’ in the factory, workin’ in the factory Someday all of this will be just a bad memory But right now I’m just doin’ time Workin’ in the factory I’ve heard about the palm trees that grow down in the south I’ve heard about the beauty that the poets write about I’ve heard about the fantasies that many men have wrote Where everybody shares and no-one has to bear the load I’ve heard your tales of freedom and the brotherhood of men But don’t you know that none of it makes any difference? When you’re workin’ in the factory, workin’ in the factory Someday all of this will be just a bad memory But right now we’re just doin’ time Workin’ in the factory
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Won't Be Long Now 02:58
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WON’T BE LONG NOW The councilman and the local priest were Havin’ dinner with a big entrepreneur Speakin’ in voices loud as money: “Can I have a little more sugar, honey?” Joyfully discussing all the deals they’d make When the priest choked on a piece of steak As he fell to the floor he was heard to hiss: “Lord God, don’t I deserve a better death than this?” Rome burned down while Nero fiddled The stars up above were non-commital Everybody else was out collectin’ debts Went home and got fried to death in their beds Now they’re sellin’ tickets, empires collapsin’ It’s the end of the line, democracy’s last gasp, it’s Like an accident on the highway Don’t wanna stare but you can’t look away “And it won’t be long now,” said Black Elk to Geronimo “It’s been a long, lonely road, but it won’t be long It won’t be long now, no.” A media conglomerate man named Tim With a network of slaves workin’ underneath him Sat up in his office late one night Where the money is green and everybody is white Sayin’ “People, people, people can ya help me on this We need an image that’ll hit’em in the face like a fist We got the riot footage, got the cannibal case Got the blind woman cryin’ at her daughter’s grave We wanna work’em in a rage and keep them in cages Livin’ in fear every minute of the day” When in through the door came the answer to his dreams A charismatic candidate named Dean Sayin’ “What this country needs is a mind like mine Cut away the deadwood, see the bottom line!” Talkin’ ‘bout a world where everybody’s free Sounded more like Germany in 1933. “But it won’t be long now,” said Black Elk to Geronimo “It’s been a long, hard, lonely road, but it won’t be long It won’t be long now, no.” It was on the side of town where no-one hangs around Unless they plan on stayin’ for the rest of their lives Or on leavin’ feet first when the morning comes around Pennies over top of their eyes Still no-one could believe it when the bottom dropped out Till they seen it on the news You know it took a lot of years to build that fire Took a match to light the fuse And the cops all think it’s just one big joke If brains were money they’d all be broke Sayin’ “Let’em fight it out, they don’t need our help Give’em enough time and they’ll exterminate themselves” While another well-known patriot Says “You know, I ain’t no racist, but – ” Bombs and explosions, governmental slaves Tatooing numbers on newly born babies As the whip came down, and the screams filled the night And the ship foundered once, then sank out of sight “And it won’t be long now,” said Black Elk to Geronimo “It’s been a long, hard, lonely road, but it won’t be long It won’t be long now, no.”
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Allison 03:25
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ALLISON I’ve never been one to philosophize I just take it as it comes or let it go by A new world is born for each old one that dies and the weathervane rotates on the chapel By the mad ruthless hunters the meek are pursued But it’s not need nor not hunger that’s pullin’ me through Just the way that the sky takes its colours from you and the way the sun feeds on your shadows Allison, I love the way that you move out of time with this world Allison, and how you keep hangin’ on the way you keep hangin’ on From a prevous lifetime I was out on parole Sent to a strange kingdom to gain back my soul Where the angels get caught in nets cast by the trolls who stand on the top of the mountains; I saw you alone in a gathering of men Each one of them wanted to be more than your friend They all looked to you, but you looked beyond them and I knew then and there that I’d found it Allison, I love the way that you move out of time with this world Allison, and how you keep hangin’ on the way you keep hangin’ on Now the sun’s comin’ up and I’m on my way To where I hear your voice callin’ from far ’cross the waves Each moment’s in flames, every movement’s engraved on the eyes of the unseen observer And the true faithful heart that you sought on your quest Did I happen to mention I found it last? It’s yours for the taking, you don’t have to ask just tell me where you want it delivered Allison, I love the way that you move out of time with this world Allison, and how you keep hangin’ on the way you keep hangin’ on
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Little Doggie 02:02
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LITTLE DOGGIE Little doggie on the street Smiles at everyone he meets With his furry coat of white and brown With his “Woof woof woof!” and his “Bow wow wow!” Little doggie on a bright summer day Playin’ with somethin’ someone else threw away Sniffin’ through the garbage pail With his big long nose and his little short tail Little doggie runnin’ around Lookin’ for the kids at night in the ol’ playground Scratchin’ and a-sniffin’, barkin’ at the clouds Runnin’ down the pavement with his tongue hangin’ out Little doggie, ooh-ooh Little doggie, ooh-ooh; Little doggie sleepin’ in the sand Don’t need no job for to pay his rent ’Cause he’s got no pockets for to put money in He eats his food then he wonders where it went Little doggie, ooh-ooh Little doggie, ooh-ooh Little doggie, look my way I’m so happy I ran into you today You reminded me of something I forgot Little doggie, thanks a lot Little doggie, ooh-ooh Little doggie, ooh-ooh
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Chemical Valley 03:53
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CHEMICAL VALLEY I was born inside a city where just about everyone you saw Was workin’ in the factory just like their ma and pa Inside multicorporations where their destinies were bought And the profits shipped across the river to the Bank of America The factories fed off the land and people of the place To produce their products profitably, disposing of the waste Without fear of any consequence, they threw it all away Into the purity of the soil and the river and the lake Chemical Valley Chemical Valley Chemical Valley Everyone was so surprised to witness the results Of twenty years of flooding the atmosphere with chemicals Suddenly the fish are dying, the birds fall from the trees The environment is twisted by mutation and deformity There’s people sick and dyin’, and no-one knows what for There’s babies dyin’ in the womb before they’re even born The people live their lives in fear of the sickness and disease In the water that they drink, the food they eat, the air they breathe Chemical Valley Chemical Valley Chemical Valley The workers in the factories, they all say “I don’t know nothin’ about it, don’t look at me that way I just wanna do my job and collect my pay And I’d just as soon forget about it by the end of the day” The owners of the factories, they tell you just the same “We’ve been doin’ it for years, we didn’t know it’d be this way” But they knew it all along, they just decided to ignore it Where money is concerned, human life is unimportant Chemical Valley Chemical Valley Chemical Valley You can cry out to the government but the government won’t hear You can bet your ass the government ain’t gonna interfere When they stand so much to lose, when anyone can see The corporations are so crucial to the state economy They just slap some fines upon the factories for their crimes The factories pay them off and chalk it up to expenses every time Then they carry on doin’ damage to the universe That a million years of nature’s healing could not begin to reverse Chemical Valley Chemical Valley Chemical Valley Can ya tell me ’bout your money, can you tell me what it’s worth? Does it justify this needless death, this poisoning the earth? How many people have to die to satisfy your greed? How much sickness must you spread throughout this world before you see That you’re gonna have to pay for everything you get someday And when your day of darkness comes you’re gonna pay and pay and pay You’re gonna pay for all this twisted fiery hell you’ve left behind For the future children of this burned-out wasteland world to find You took the pearls of the world and left a legacy of waste You make me feel ashamed to be a member of the human race Chemical Valley Chemical Valley Chemical Valley Back in Chemical Valley life continues silently To feed the greed of people no-one here has ever seen The people keep on workin’ and the factories produce When you got a mouth to feed and a family what else can you do? One by one the stars are fading as a blackness floods the sky Through a conspiracy of silence and a multitude of lies As a woman stands upon the shore beneath the setting sun And she looks across the lake and cries “My God, what have we done?” Chemical Valley Chemical Valley Chemical Valley
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Wayward Son 03:15
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WAYWARD SON The nights are cold, the leaves are gold Soon the winter will come The days fly past, so fast Another year has gone And the wind howls down the empty streets And scatters the seeds of the dreams sown deep By the mothers and the fathers, watching from their windows And robs them of their sleep Your wayward son is safe tonight Your wayward son is safe tonight You remember the one, your eldest son Who tried so hard to see In all my days, so many ways I tried to be free And I still haven’t found what I’m lookin’ for I’ve got the key but I can’t find the door Alone in the night, while you wonder why I don’t come ’round much anymore Your wayward son is safe tonight Your wayward son is safe tonight I, I tried to reach you But there were other things to do That had to get done You told me to wait But it was too late I was already gone Now the trail’s been marked, but the world is dark And is shrouded in black In the land of the blind, where the only sign Says there’s no way back And the pain that you feel, I cannot heal Nor even could I try For wrong or for right, you chose your lives Now please let me choose mine Your wayward son is safe tonight Your wayward son is safe tonight
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Remember Love 04:37
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REMEMBER LOVE In the days ahead, When your heart is filled with dread And you’re lookin’ for some kind of relief And you’re on your own Miles from your home And the cold moon shines high above the trees As the end comes nearer Remember what you’re really here for Not to be a hero In someone else’s war ’Cause when you walk out in that night And you leave it all behind And you’re lookin’ for some other kind of life Remember to take care You better be aware Because you’re prey to all the plans that they contrive As the end comes nearer Remember what you’re really here for Not to be a hero in someone else’s war As you journey to the sun Don’t think of what’s been done Just fly on by and close your eyes To all that’s died Remember love When you’re down upon your knees Compromised by the need That feeds upon the weak and on the strong Sometimes it takes every bit of your strength To see through all these games That make you cringe with shame and fear As you journey to the sun Don’t think of what’s been done Just fly on by and close your eyes To all that’s died In the stillness of the night There is still a light That shines, even for the blind Remember Love As the end comes nearer Remember what you’re really here for Not to be a hero In someone else’s war As you journey to the sun Don’t think of what’s been done Just fly on by, and close your eyes To all that’s died Remember Love
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Old Grey House 03:41
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OLD GREY HOUSE There’s an old grey house by the side of the road Faraway from the highway where nobody ever goes Who once lived there, nobody knows In the old grey house by the side of the road It’s an old grey house half-hidden by the trees With the shutters fallin’ off, hangin’ down in the breeze With the laneway gone, overgrown with weeds It’s an old grey house that no-one needs Someday someone must have built it there For some good reason But now it is just cluttering up the air It’s so displeasin’ One day they say there was parties there There was dancin’ in the front room, people sat in every chair You could hear the music float out on the still summer air There was revelry and laughter, people came from everywhere But now the old grey house sits in the middle of a field With the windows boarded up and the doorways sealed With the roof cavin’ in and the paint all peeled It’s an old grey house with nothin’ to steal The old grey house just sits there takin’ up ground And that is all Why the hell don’t someone tear it down Put up a shopping mall? As the old grey house rots and decays Getting’ uglier and uglier with every passin’ day Couldn’t sell it for a nickel, couldn’t give it away ‘Cause it’s an old grey house, and it’s a big disgrace Have you ever seen anything so dumb And don’t it make you wonder? Waitin’ for the bulldozers to come And plow it under There’s an old grey house by the side of the road Faraway from the highway where nobody ever goes Who once lived there, nobody knows In the old grey house by the side of the road
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Good Old Days 03:14
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GOOD OLD DAYS The morning sun comes down like a hammer The ones that aren’t struck dumb just stammer The meek ones crawl and the clever ones clamour Up the tower where the gold still shines Everybody’s in costume but nothin’ much is doin’ Silicon Mona Lisa and Leather Rasputin Go divin’ in dumpsters to sift through the ruins Of whatever is left out there to find The good old days are gone at last Thank God, I thought they’d never pass The good old days are gone at last He was the pride of his parents but nothin’ could hold him He had stereo drugs and wall-to-wall boredom The sissy boys fear him but the bully boys court him For reasons of a monetary kind His life was too soft, he needed some friction A taste of the whip, some polite mutilation Reborn as the savior of a new generation Now they sell his blood like vintage wine The good old days are gone at last Thank God, I thought they’d never pass The good old days are gone at last Left me standin’ like a lamp with an empty socket in the rain They pulled me inside out like a poor man’s pocket once again As the howl of the misfit faded out On the wind like the whistle of the midnight train (in vain) Now it’s Saturday night in the Land of Amnesia The freaks in the Big Top pass out the anaesthesia As Leather Rasputin and Silicon Mona Lisa Disappear in a stretch limousine And it’s blessed be the flag and blessed be the nation Whatever it stands for, whoever creates it Pull up the covers and let’s celebrate it As our last prayer fades from the screen ‘Cause the good old days are gone at last Thank God, I thought they’d never pass The good old days are gone at last
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You're the One 03:33
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YOU’RE THE ONE Always on the wrong side of a bloodbath or a mudslide Or on an ocean liner when the ocean’s at an ebb tide You’re the one, you’re the one Always in crossfire of some maniac for hire Or in the eighth floor window when the seventh floor’s on fire You’re the one, you’re the one You’re the one that makes this life worth livin’ You make this constant slaughter almost worth forgivin’ And because of you I wouldn’t miss a single minute of it You’re the one And even when I’m weary, Just to know that you are near me Is enough to keep me pumpin’ when the world outside is dreary You’re the one, you’re the one You ask me where the light is, I haven’t got the slightest All I know is where you are is where the dark is brightest You’re the one, you’re the one You’re the one that makes this life worth livin’ You make this constant slaughter almost worth forgivin’ And because of you I wouldn’t miss a single minute of it You’re the one People come and offer their solutions They’re all so certain But I see nothin’ here much worth salutin’ Or preservin’ Except the thin blade of your smile as we walk the moonlit mile Behind the backdrops of the world where the casualties are piled You’re the one, you’re the one Always on the wrong side of a bloodbath or a mudslide Or on an ocean liner when the ocean’s at an ebb tide You’re the one, you’re the one You’re the one
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Wildflower 03:00
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WILDFLOWER The wildflower’s bloomin’ in the forest The wildflower blooms amongst the weeds Some sing of the violets and the roses But wildflower you’re beautiful to me Up atop of the highest snow-capped mountain Or deep within the valleys down below The wildflower won’t be found in the garden Where all the other flowers grow, From the seeds which have been sown By the ones who never see the wildflower Would you try to pluck her And hold her in your hand? The wildflower fades But then she blooms again Though through the years the forces have conspired To tear her from the earth which is her home Her beauty rages like a deathless fire And when all the rest have gone, She will greet the new day’s sun Which smiles down upon the wildflower Would you try to pluck her And hold her in your hand? The wildflower fades But then she blooms again The wildflower’s bloomin’ in the forest The wildflower blooms amongst the weeds I’ve seen violets and I’ve seen roses But wildflower you’re beautiful to me
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When I Get Through 04:05
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WHEN I GET THROUGH When I get through all of this trouble And it disappears like it’s a bubble See the city of sadness fall into rubble When I get through, when I get through When I get through all this agonizin’ About what is or isn’t on the horizon There’s gonna be a fire, the flames’ll be risin’ When I get through, when I get through When I get through all these hidden detours I’m gonna have a new heart and it’s gonna be yours You’re gonna see a few things that you never seen before When I get through, when I get through
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True and Beautiful 03:19
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TRUE AND BEAUTIFUL True and beautiful That’s what you are to me True and beautiful, Like an old oak tree On a hilltop, with the sun shinin’ through The branches blowin’ wild and free True and beautiful That’s what you are to me Rare and magical You took me by surprise Like a shooting star on a pitch black night, Like lightning in the summer skies Or an unexpected garden That suddenly appears before your eyes Rare and magical You took me by surprise True and beautiful That’s what you are to me Like an icy stream in the wintertime, Like an old oak tree On a hilltop, with the sun shinin’ through The branches blowin’ wild and free True and beautiful That’s what you are to me
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Drift Away 04:31
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DRIFT AWAY There’s so many things I think I’d rather do, than have to find away to say goodbye to you And there’s so many things I’d rather see than the sight of you disappearing silently But I don’t have much say And I know you’d stay, if you had your way And time is short on these broken shores Where I watch you drift away Thinkin’ ‘bout all the times we shared It don’t seem right, it don’t seem fair That you should have to leave this world behind When there’s so much beauty left to find And this catastrophe Has left me speechless as I try helplessly To make a stand As I take your hand And I watch you drift away Into somewhere No one can know but you I hope there’s comfort there After all you’ve been put through And as you’re goin’ I hope that you know The love that is flowin’ From all us left down here below The autumn comes To destroy the leaves that cling Still every flower returns again with spring But there’s a treasure That’s vanished from this place And through each spring to come, You won’t be replaced I’m thinkin’ of a friend The kind that’s lost and is not regained again Whose will was strong Who suffered long And then drifted away Who suffered long Then had to drift away
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You Make it Easy 03:39
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YOU MAKE IT EASY When I was a runnin’ boy I heard the hymns of heaven’s joy In a country church in a little town But I never knew what they meant till now And in between all I could see About life was how hard it could be But you make it easy And life is joy, your love tells me You make it easy And everyday your love shows me How easy it can be Friends have come and friends have gone Some depart, some are outworn But the greatest loss by far’s the friend Who fades from life to never come again Left behind at such a cost And how to believe when so much has been lost? But you make it easy Your love tells me that life goes on You make it easy And everyday your love shows me That no-one loved is ever gone So much has been shown to me Sayin’ that love never dies How could I not believe? I’d have to be blind Starin’ out at the autumn rain Waitin’ for you to come home again I see you walkin’ up the street Where have you been and who did you meet? And though the times may bring us down again I’m not afraid ’cause something’s changed And you make it easy The future’s bright, your love tells me You make it easy And everyday your love shows me How easy it can be You make it easy And life is joy, your love tells me You make it easy And everyday your love shows me How easy it can be
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Diamonds in the Air 03:54
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DIAMONDS IN THE AIR I see you there at the bottom of a hole beneath the soil, beneath the clover I see you there at the bottom of a hole thinkin’ its over, you’ve been passed over And there are diamonds in the air, love Diamonds everywhere love Diamonds in the air I know the pain that’s eatin’ you All that you remember I remember too I know the pain that’s eatin’ you all that you remember I remember too And there are diamonds in the air love Diamonds everywhere love Diamonds in the air There’s just two roads leadin’ out of this town one you got to walk down and on the other one you’re carried There’s just two roads leadin’ out of this town at the end of one you get released, at the end of one you get buried And there are diamonds in the air love Diamonds everywhere love Diamonds in the air
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Calm Down 02:58
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Calm Down Well I gotta calm down when times are tough Gotta calm down and trust your love If I try every way and continue to fail Got to calm down, believe the truth will prevail Got to calm down when I want to attack Just do the best I can and then step back And give grace the time and the space to move in Got to calm down to let healin’ begin ‘Cause all of our worryin’ and all of our strife Won’t add a minute to anyone’s life And all of our days pass by in a blur As we worry about things that never occur Got to calm down when the stakes are high And stop bein’ controlled by what I should just pass by Do I always have to jump at the bait, must I always respond? Got to calm down when the pressure’s on So much on our attention is makin’ demands But you can count what’s important on the fingers of one hand I don’t need an interpreter, I don’t need to be led I don’t need to go out my door to know what’s goin’ on in my head I got to calm down when things go wrong Why should I get lost in the notes if I can follow the song? When I feel hung out to dry, like an also-ran Got to calm down and believe there’s a plan
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Elvis Has Left the Building 05:28
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Elvis Has Left the Building You don’t know how to love, but you’re tryin' to fake it You put me through the wringer – how long did you think I’d take it? Walkin’ around like you’re in the sorcerer’s robes But you’re standin’ naked Close the door, close the book Close your eyes, don’t take another look Elvis has left the building If you hang around here long enough you could lose your senses Or slowly commit suicide as a way of cutting down on expenses The night is coming anyway, So what’s the point of getting restless? Close the door, close the book Close your eyes, don’t take another look Elvis has left the building You’re walkin’ around, punchin’ the air As if you wanna see some kind of heavy scene go down Well if you want me, you know where to find me But level with me just for a minute now, Please give me the lowdown - What’s it gonna take for me to leave you behind me? Now you’ve gone out to the desert, as if it’s big enough to hide there And you’re livin’ in a house made out of bones Of all the animals who died there And your silence is like a condemnation Though I can’t imagine why you’d think that I’d care Close the door, close the book Close your eyes, don’t take another look Elvis has left the building
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Wandering Heart 03:56
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Wandering Heart First explosions of the morning Wandering heart awakens roaming Silently unfolding ‘cross the sky And slowly forming on my eyes She stands upon the edge of time With her angel of doom as the cold sun shines On the ice upon her ragged wings I know your road is lonely I can’t believe that you chose me I will follow you Even if this dream should be untrue I will follow you A million years and a million tears There’s nothing left to chain me here My heart is full but my hands are empty I need someplace to go where I’ll be Free beyond this cloud of doubt And the bleak machinery of fear Wandering heart Don’t let me slide I know your road is lonely I can’t believe that you chose me I will follow you Even if this dream should be untrue I will follow you Let the music of your beauty fly Let the living live and the dying die Let me disappear into the mystery And the silent shadows of what will be The world we know is fading And no-one will mourn its passing Wandering heart Come dance with me I know your road is lonely I can’t believe that you chose me I will follow you Even if this dream should be untrue I will follow you
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Start Anew 02:47
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Start Anew Start anew Leave the past behind you Start anew Don’t let the past define you When everything you’ve found Has fallen to the ground All it’s doin’ is tellin’ you Start Anew Start anew Though your dreams are broken Start Anew Though it seems that fate has spoken It’s just a thought inside your mind That keeps you left behind Let another thought burst through Start anew Everything you’ve been Is just a passing scene On the way to where you’re going And who you’ll be Start Anew As the dawn is breakin’ Start anew As your heart is shakin’ The sun that fights its way Through the angry clouds of grey Has a message just for you Start anew
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Ipperwash 06:32
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IPPERWASH It was a burial ground on the shores of Lake Huron The government borrowed from the Natives during World War Two Sayin’ “We need this land to train our forces on When the war is over we’ll give it back to you” Fifty years after the war had ended The Natives wondered when the government would honour its vow When they realized the answer was never They decided that the time was now Dudley George lived with his cousin in a trailer In the park they’d made the burial ground into They occupied the land in peaceful protest In hopes the government would do what it said it was gonna do Ipperwash, forever your name tells the tale Of how they kill who they cannot push around Ipperwash, forever your name tells the tale Of how they shot Dudley George down Everywhere Dudley George walked there was laughter He was a man who loved his freedom and his fun Even took his name from the cartoon Dudley Do-Right They Canadian Mountie character he loved when he was young His cousin Clifford George lived in that trailer He was a veteran of the Korean War He came back expecting the fulfillment Of the promise made by the country he’d fought for As the summer ended and the cool breezes blew Thirty unarmed men, women and children joined them on the land Comin’ in the fall so as not to disturb vacationers They made their peaceful stand Ipperwash, forever your name tells the tale Of how they kill who they cannot push around Ipperwash, forever your name tells the tale Of how they shot Dudley George down All the children of the area loved Dudley George Every day he could be seen with quite a few They’d fight among themselves to go on runs to the variety store To get him the Bazooka bubble gum he loved to chew But in the Premier’s office they did exclaim “We’ve been pandering to these Indians for too long We gotta make an example of them, by any means necessary – I don’t care how you do it, I want’em gone” The Deputy Commissioner said “We got a redneck government here – About the Indians they could not care less These guys are barrel suckers, man, they’re in love with guns They just want us to go in and kick some ass.” Ipperwash, forever your name tells the tale Of how they kill who they cannot push around Ipperwash, forever your name tells the tale Of how they shot Dudley George down So it was that thirty unarmed men, women and children Were greeted by the sight Of a riot squad and a sniper unit armed with submachine guns Comin’ to them through the night There were shots, there was shouting in the chaos People running and getting beaten all around As the bullets tore through the darkness And the body of Dudley George fell to the ground His sister, Cully George, drove him past the cops to the hospital In a beaten-up car that kept on breakin’ down They never told her that he died till after they arrested her They thought she was the one who shot him down Ipperwash, forever your name tells the tale Of how they kill who they cannot push around Ipperwash, forever your name tells the tale Of how they shot Dudley George down The man who pulled the trigger got a wrist slap The man who gave the command, he still walks free And don’t it make any decent person want to hang their head in shame To know he acted in the pay of you and me? Dudley George was lowered into his grave With his peace pipe and a pack of Bazooka bubble gum He left a memory of laughter in the heart of everyone who knew him And a question beating louder like a drum Sometimes you fool yourself the war is over Sometimes war is all you see Sometimes you gotta turn around and wonder If your county’s anything it ever claimed to be Ipperwash, forever your name tells the tale Of how they kill who they cannot push around Ipperwash, forever your name tells the tale Of how they shot Dudley George down
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I Hurt Thinkin’ of my father, I felt that old familiar pain Runnin’ through my body like a neverending stain And though the years wash over me They never seem to wash away the dirt Nor the voice from the past callin’ out to me ‘I hurt so I hurt’ It comes most unexpectedly and soon I find myself givin’ into The thing that makes me say the things he’d say, Do the things he’d do Without thought of any consequence, It’s not the kind of darkness with which you should flirt Even when the voice is screaming in your head ‘I hurt so I hurt’ I’ve run out of excuses and I’ve plain run out of uses for this urge ‘Cause it’s not the kind of feeling you can heal, it’s the kind you got to purge As I look around and see a world that’s shattered and is shaking on the verge With one thought on everybody’s mind ‘I hurt so I hurt’ Another day begins, to my loved ones I try to make amends For the things I thought I’d never do And still can’t say I’ll never do again Everyday I get another chance, and I vow to stay alert To the forces trying to trap me into ‘I hurt so I hurt’ The ghost that tries to sabotage our love ‘I hurt so I hurt’

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released October 21, 2014

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