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Hard Life
03:04
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Hard Life
It’s hard life when you’re tryin’ to break in
It’s a big world when you’re tryin’ to paint it
It all comes down to how much you can take
It’s a hard life
It’s a bum rap and you can’t beat it
You’re a sitting duck every moment that you’re breathin’
Tryin’ to scratch a living from the earth till you’re beneath it
It’s a hard life
Mister Jim didn’t have a friend, sat alone at each day’s end
Woke up every morning wondering what the hell was goin’ on
Got tired of the pushin’, tired of the shovin’
Ran out of food so he put his head in the oven
Worst part of it was no-ne noticed he was gone
It’s hard life when you’re tryin’ to break in
It’s a big world when you’re tryin’ to paint it
It all comes down to how much you can take
It’s a hard life
It’s a bum rap and you can’t beat it
You’re a sitting duck every moment that you’re breathin’
Tryin’ to scratch a living from the earth till you’re beneath it
It’s a hard life
Mama went down to the doctor hopin’ he’d say something to reassure her
Hopin’ that he had something to cure her on the shelf
Walked down the stairs and hit the street, along cam a truck to knock her off her feet
She was dead on arrival with a clean bill of health
It’s hard life when you’re tryin’ to break in
It’s a big world when you’re tryin’ to paint it
It all comes down to how much you can take
It’s a hard life
It’s a bum rap and you can’t beat it
You’re a sitting duck every moment that you’re breathin’
Tryin’ to scratch a living from the earth till you’re beneath it
It’s a hard life
Young man stands by the village square lookin’ at all the people there
He had a fuse in one hand, in the other hand a lighter
He’s gonna strike a blow against the devil then he’ll be in heaven forever
One person’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter
It’s hard life when you’re tryin’ to break in
It’s a big world when you’re tryin’ to paint it
It all comes down to how much you can take
It’s a hard life
It’s a bum rap and you can’t beat it
You’re a sitting duck every moment that you’re breathin’
Tryin’ to scratch a living from the earth till you’re beneath it
It’s a hard life
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Angel Mine
03:56
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ANGEL MINE
Lay down your arms, lay down your wall
You know that I would risk it all
Just for you, to see your dreams come true
And watch them shine
Angel mine
I know it’s late, too late for arguing
And all that separates us don’t mean a thing
I’m on your side, I’ll cross the great divide
Just to remind you
Angel mine
There’s always something tugging at your sleeve
Some voice from the past, some guest that just won’t leave
All these troublesome deadbeats, we know they can’t compete
With you and I combined
Angel Mine
All the mistakes we made
Don’t have to be endlessly replayed
I know that you’re the same as me
You only ever wanted us to be
Happy
Don’t run my friend, don’t close the door
It’s not the end, there’s so much more
After all the years, after all the tears
I’m on the line
Angel mine
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Talking to Myself
03:01
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TALKIN’ TO MYSELF
Oh, they shut the video store
They ain’t selling anymore
And the people don’t come no more
They saw the sign upon the door
Oh, they shut the playground down
‘Cause the kids make too much sound
They don’t want anyone around
Who’s not cemetery-bound
I’m talkin’ to myself, it’s a tale too long to tell
But I know my subject well
Talkin’ to myself
Oh, I tried to get through to you
But you raised your forcefield to
Turn back anything that’s true
As I stand outside the zoo
And I wonder what went on
Where the carousel has gone
If there’s anything beyond
Waitin’ for another dawn
I’m talkin’ to myself, it’s a tale too long to tell
But I know my subject well
Talkin’ to myself
Oh, the rain fell all day long
The tin roof played a song
The puddles sang along
As I thought of where I once belonged
When I ran with arms outstretched
Like some poor and pitiful wretch
Dignity too far to fetch
Lost without a train to catch
I’m talkin’ to myself, it’s a tale too long to tell
But I know my subject well
Talkin’ to myself
Oh, I had a dream last night
You were fallin’ from the sky
Partly dark and partly light
The stars were in your eyes
I wondered where you were
If you’re lost or in repair
If you think about me there
Or if you even care
I’m talkin’ to myself, it’s a tale too long to tell
But I know my subject well
Talkin’ to myself
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The Sea Monster
04:22
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THE SEA MONSTER
The days are so frightening
My dreams are full of lightning
I just got in from fighting in the war
My very kind companions
Left me shellshocked and abandoned
When all their love and understanding
Went out the door
Come on, mama, save me
Come tell me I’m not crazy
When I say I’m seein’ sights that amaze me
I’ve never seen before
As we stood with hope subsidin’
And we looked to the horizon,
As the ol’ sea monster was risin’
From the ocean floor
We started out believin’
That the deal was square and even
Before all charity and reason went by the side
In the battle clash of visions
Hollow greed and cheap ambition
Left each one in the prison of their mind
Come on, mama, hold me
I remember what you told me
All about the people blind and lonely
And livin’ in a diamond mine
As our hearts were torn with pity
We looked to the town and to the city
And saw the ol’ sea monster risin’ swiftly
From the other side
There were strategies and ruses
False concern and bad excuses
There were banners, flags and nooses
Flyin’ in the wind
We were distracted and sedated
All our sins were elevated
And all that could’ve saved us
Was trampled in the sand
Come on mama, love me
With your love so far above me
Come flirt and turtledove me
To the end
As we try to find the sacred
And the courage to stay naked
As the ol’ sea monster comes shakin’,
Steppin’ to the shore again.
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Crazy Moon
03:53
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CRAZY MOON
Crazy moon, I long to see your beamin’ face again
Nobody has understood me like you do since when – I don’t know
I been around and yet I’ve found that nothing shines like you
I think your beams light up my dreams, perhaps they’ll make them new again
Crazy moon, your tears are shining through your shroud of cloud
Many times I tried to reach you but I don’t know how—I don’t know how
Sometimes I go in circles, other times I stay in line
At times I cannot move at all, but you’ve been always on my mind
Let me see you shine one more time before I disappear
For you were always indistinct, the world was much too clear
Crazy moon, I swear I won’t forget the vow we made
Long ago, I promise this time I won’t run away – I won’t run away
For I’ve sought you like a pilgrim in this strange and foreign land
As my fondest aspirations fell to pieces in my hands
You are the purity I seek to keep in this dream I’m crawlin’ through
I’m just a shadow of the passion that drives me back to you -
They think they know from what I show them what I really am
But only you come shinin’ through me, reflecting hope you’ve given me
Crazy moon, floatin’ high above the dark blue earth
Shine on me, now until my time of birth
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Crying Shame
05:01
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CRYING SHAME
It’s a cryin’ shame, the mess you’re in
I’d like to help you, but I don’t know where to begin
God only knows why this should happen to you
Didn’t you used to have connections? Didn’t none of them come through?
You who never done nothin’ to cause any pain
To anyone who wasn’t in your way
It’s a mystery to me that this should come to pass
That one such as you should sink so low so fast
It’s a cryin’ shame, it’s a cryin’ shame
Remember how you used to sneer
At all those who were livin’ on the other side of the mirror?
“There just ain’t no excuse,” you used to proclaim
“For anyone to get caught in that kind of sucker’s game”
You were way up on top then, now you’re way down there
Why doesn’t anybody see you? Why doesn’t anybody care?
What’s that you’re sayin’, darlin’? I don’t understand
Your lips are trembling and so are your hands
It’s a cryin’ shame, it’s a cryin’ shame.
Honey, I know some people who can tell you what you should do
They said they would get back to me, when they do I’ll get back to you
Honey, I know some people who can tell you what you should do
They said they would get back to me, when they do I’ll get back to you
Remember the day everything came your way
Now you gotta start livin’ on what you used to throw away
You used to raise your glass and make a toast to you
You used to talk pretty good about all the things you were gonna do
Now it looks like you’re gonna have to learn a new way to talk
Gotta crawl around on all fours, babe, before you learn how to walk
Better get yourself together darlin’, the sun’s comin’ up
Maybe not here but somewhere darlin’, the sun’s comin up
It’s a cryin’ shame, it’s a cryin’ shame
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Jungle Out There
05:49
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JUNGLE OUT THERE
Absolutely nothin’ money can’t buy
From the day that you’re born till the day that you die
You’re trapped in a cage, lookin’ up at the stars
Like a dog by the highway looks at the cars
It’s crowded and it’s stuffy, the train’s goin’ through a tunnel
Round and around in a hurricane funnel
It’s all so insane
It’s like Tarzan said to Jane:
“Oh baby, it’s a jungle out there!”
Hold on to me honey, wrap your legs tight around
Things are gonna get bumpy when we hit the ground
All those well-meaning people can’t help you one bit
They’ll step over your corpse and they won’t give a shit
Maybe just dumb luck will see us through
Pray for me, I’ll pray for you
There’s no need to explain
It’s like Tarzan said to Jane:
“Oh baby, it’s a jungle out there!”
The Prime Minister’s son says that everything’s fine
Everything’s lookin’ good from his side of the line
His train left the station and it never arrived
And they never will find it though they search far and wide
The flagpole is broken, the banner is torn
The one who could save us has died or has not yet been born
They’re tryin’ to get somewhere, they’re not sure of the way there
But they’ll turn on each other before they get anywhere
I don’t mean to complain
But it’s like Cheetah said to Jane:
“Oh baby, it’s a jungle out there!”
My spirit is weary, my body is sore
I’ve been pulled through a hedge backwards and thrown on the floor
I tried to keep tears at bay, but they came anyway
Forced to my knees so many time I figured I might as well pray
The ship’s listing sideways, the order’s goin’ down
It never was that good to me anyway, I don’t know whether I should laugh or frown
The conductor leaned over, pulled the throttle full out
Nobody told him that the bridge was out
We loved each other in spirit where flesh and blood could never see
More real and more eternal than flesh and blood could ever be
What more could be gained?
It’s like Tarzan said to Jane:
“Oh baby, it’s a jungle out there!”
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Insomniac Lullabye
05:45
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INSOMNIAC LULLABYE
There’s a darkness on the land
There’s a shakin’ in your hand
There’s a war in your head, and the road up ahead
Is filled with rusty tin cans
The night is as dark as the night
Since the man in the moon shut his eyes
And the demons of the day all come out to play
The insomniac lullabye
All the ghosts of the past
Have breached the wall at last
They all gather ‘round without a chair to sit down
As they wait for you to lose your grasp
There’s a mask upon the sky
In the field where the children cry
Then gather in a ring, and all start to sing
The insomniac lullabye
All the care that you gave
Lies piled by the one you couldn’t save
And the skeleton trees flap their hands in the breeze
As the dead dig themselves from their graves
The vultures go soaring by
Dropping their bones as they fly
Into the tormented minds of the ones left behind
By the insomniac lullabye
All of the love you refused somehow
You sure could use it now, you sure could use it now
Regrets are beating a drum
As over the hill they come
They all hover there like unanswered prayers
With no trace of where they once came from
Even the darkest night
Is fractured by starlight
It glimmers and fades, then you join the parade
Of the insomniac lullabye
All of the love we refused somehow
We sure could use it now, we sure could use it now
The blade is cutting deep
Into the membrane of your sleep
There’s sand in your eyes, but you still can’t recognize
Your only choice is to fall or to leap
You don’t ask the question why
‘Cause you don’t get no reply
So you don’t say a word, ‘cause it all goes unheard
Except the insomniac lullabye
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Sweet Release
04:49
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SWEET RELEASE
There’s a woman that I know
Ain’t got the easiest row to hoe
It a life that’s pushed her to and fro
And is never what it seems
She is down but still believes
She gives more than she receives
She’s reachin’ out past all she grieves
For sweet release
There’s a guy who spends his life
All alone watching starry skies go by
And each good-bye fills his eyes
With used-to-bes
He’s not sure if he’s got time to spend
To turn it around, or even if he can
He goes out every night gamblin’
For sweet release
If there is a God out there
Who in all our sorrow shares
There must be a prayer somewhere
For you and me
There’s a man lyin’ in his bed
Watchin’ the hours slowly strike him dead
The drugs are messin’ with his head
Till he can’t see
He held on as long as he was able to
To bid all his dears adieu
Now he’s movin’ through the morphine blue
To sweet release
If there is a God out there
Who in all our sorrow shares
There must be a prayer somewhere
To set us free
There’s a woman that I know
Ain’t got the easiest row to hoe
It a life that’s pushed her to and fro
And is never what it seems
She is down but still believes
She gives more than she receives
She’s reachin’ out past all she grieves
For sweet release
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