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Lead the Way
02:44
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LEAD THE WAY
I know where I wanna go but I’m not sure how to get there
Lead the way, Lord, lead the way
Heard about a promised land
where we can all live in peace together
Lead the way, Lord, lead the way
Been bidin’ my time and waiting for signs
for what seems like forever
Lead the way, Lord, lead the way
The dam is breakin’, the bridge is shakin’
The books are falling off the shelf
Everybody’s askin’ themselves
If they even have a self
Tryin’ to love my neighbour, sister, brother and the other
Lead the way, Lord, lead the way
Tryin’ to find the light when it’s hard to find a reason to bother
Lead the way, Lord, lead the way
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Earthworm Melody
06:43
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EARTHWORM MELODY
I know you been puttin’ out fires, I know you been detained
For each one you get extinguished another one goes up in flames
I know that there’s no time to ponder what has been
Each moment that is lost does not return again
As we’re concentrating oh so hard on tryin’ to get somewhere
I got a lot of love to give you before we make it there
Even if the cards weren’t marked, even if they hadn’t been stacked
The dealer’d still be dealin’ from the bottom of the deck
It’s no secret that the law around here is upheld by a bunch of goons
If they can’t bully you into silence they try to drive you looney tunes
There’s a list as long your arm waiting to be transferred
I got a lot of love to give you before you get the word
I know the tremor of these times about cut you off the knees
In this round robin of disaster, deception and disease
There’s always that much more than you can handle at any given time
Always the soulless beep of a cell phone,
never freedom’s golden chime
When the trail leads not to the sunset but to a musty old broom closet
I got a lot of love to give you to help you get right back on top of it
As we’re standing here so mystified
Tryin’ to see the amusing side
Of keepin’ our heads above the rising tide
It’s possible to become quite drunk on all these big ideas
But what’s the point of walking on water
if you don’t know where the sea is?
Sometimes all these shortcuts they will only let you down
And eat up more of your life than taking the long way around
Tryin’ to save yourself a few pennies can cost you a fortune later on
I got a lot of love to give you when these substitutes are gone
As we’re hangin’ here so crucified
Tryin’ to see the amusing side
Of keepin’ our heads, keepin’ our heads above the rising tide
I can feel the pulsing rhythm of the river of your blood
Even when I’m blank as snow and all I’m up to is no good
I’m trying to become a useful member of society
I’m awaiting further instructions in perpetuity
As I’m standin’ in the vestibule where no one dares to even cough
I got a lot of love to give you before they carry me off
You know that they can find you even on some foreign shore
You know they’re gonna get you but what will they get you for?
You’ve always been a believer in what no one else believes
Mercy in the slaughterhouse, honour among thieves
Never been subject to the law of diminishing returns
I got a lot of love to give you, let’s hope you never learn
I don’t care what school you went to, I don’t care what you been told
By any preacher in a pulpit embossed with stolen gold
By any salesman, politician, TV spokesperson bore
I know the system’s workin’ and I know who it’s workin’ for
As the columns of power disappear into the unassuming air
I got a lot of love to give you as we move from here to there
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Fire Hydrant
03:49
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FIRE HYDRANT
I’m sittin’ here waitin’ for my dream to come true
I’m sittin’ here waitin’ for my dream to come true
But even if it doesn’t,
a dream is still a dream and this dream will see me through
People got a funny of talkin’ here,
you gotta watch their lips if you wanna understand
People got a funny of talkin’ here,
you gotta watch their lips if you wanna understand
But while you’re watchin’ their lips
what their hands are busy doin’ is something else again
My grandpa was a farmer, used to go out and plow the field all day
My grandpa was a farmer, used to go out and plow the field all day
Then he’d knock it off and come in for supper,
never once worried that he had nothing to say
There must a thousand ways to cross over to the darker side
There must a thousand ways to cross over to the darker side
Some do it with a runnin’ leap, most do it with a long slow side
He’s patient and he’s affable, he won’t speak ill of you when you’re gone
He’s patient and he’s affable, he won’t speak ill of you when you’re gone
What he can’t cheat you out of now
he’ll be more than happy to steal from you later on
I’ve been let down gently, been let down with a crashing fall
I’ve been let down gently, been let down with a crashing fall
But the worst is when someone asks you what happened
and you gotta say “Oh, nothing at all”
There’s a price you gotta pay for everything,
of that let there be no doubt
There’s a price you gotta pay for everything,
of that let there be no doubt
If you don’t pay going in
you can rest assured you’re gonna pay on the way out
I’m sittin’ here waitin’ for my dream to come true
I’m sittin’ here waitin’ for my dream to come true
Maybe it already as and I don’t know it, maybe I’ve been too long in the stew
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Uphill Climb
05:09
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UPHILL CLIMB
Seems like the god of bad luck is so gratified he’s found ya
Every time you go out the door calamity surrounds ya
All you’re trying to do is put one foot in front of the other
Now you’re starting to regret you ever departed from your mother
But you’re doin’ fine, it’s an uphill climb
Uphill climb, you’re doin’ fine
At the slightest distraction your concentration shatters
Everything you touch immediately falls into tatters
You’re a creakin’ wreck that should be took out with the trash
You’re the kind of check no sane bank teller would cash
But you’re doin’ fine, it’s an uphill climb
Uphill climb, you’re doin’ fine
I don’t know what’s at the end of the road
I only know what lies beneath it
I don’t know how it will all unfold
But I know I’m bound to hear it and smell it and feel it and breathe it
Half the time you can hardly even string two words together
Where one is not an obscenity and the other’s not some guilty prayer
You can’t remember anything that doesn’t make you fall
Into a whirlpool of dread and rage and nostalgia for it all
But you’re doin’ fine, it’s an uphill climb
Uphill climb, you’re doin’ fine
I don’t know what’s at the end of the road
I just don’t wanna get buried underneath it
Some claim to know how it will all unfold
I guess I’ll see it when I believe it
You’d rather be shot at sunrise than have to make one single decision
You’re tryin’ to get it together but one piece always goes missin’
You’re slippin’ and you’re slidin’ but it’s not in the direction
Of anything you ever thought you could look on with affection
But you’re doin’ fine, it’s an uphill climb
Uphill climb, you’re doin’ fine
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Laugh Clown Laugh
03:57
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LAUGH CLOWN LAUGH
Laugh as your eyes are melting
Laugh as your memories fade
Laugh comin’ down the mountain
To the idiot’s parade
Is it reality that you have your quarrel with
Or is it reality’s mask?
And for all that it really matters in the end
Laugh clown laugh
Laugh as your nose is bleedin’
Laugh in your potato sack
Laugh as all your fears come stampedin’
Through valleys of tarmac
Jesus held onto the hand of his father
Moses held onto his staff
You’re holdin’ onto a multicoloured seagull
Laugh clown laugh
Laugh as you’re staggerin’ and stumblin’
On the tightrope over the abyss
Laugh as the accordions are rumblin’
On such a pleasant summer’s night as this
The pie that is careening toward your face with so much force
Is not the first nor will it be the last
With custard drippin’ off your clothes like manna sent from heaven
Laugh clown laugh
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Red Rover
03:43
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RED ROVER
I don’t have much to say
I’m livin’ for today
‘Cause to do it any other way
Only leaves me hurtin’
I don’t have much to save
Since paradise was paved
But the sweet hope that you gave
Is all that’s certain
Red red rover, come on over
This time we won’t ask you where you’ve been
All is forgiven, life is for livin’
Let us feel the heartbeat of your love again
Your clothes are so torn
Your saddle is so worn
You look like you’re bein’ reborn
With every moment
Your eyes are like the sun
Shinin’ warmth on everyone
Tellin’ all about what’s been done
And what is comin’
Red red rover, come on over
This time we won’t ask you where you’ve been
All is forgiven, life is for livin’
Let us feel the heartbeat of your love again
I just got out of jail
‘Cause you kindly sent the bail
One call and it was in the mail
The doors flew open
And I didn’t even care
It was you who put me there
You’re the answer to each prayer
I’ve never spoken
Red red rover, come on over
This time we won’t ask you where you’ve been
All is forgiven, life is for livin'
Let us feel the heartbeat of your love again
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Sweet Little Thing
03:01
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SWEET LITTLE THING
Don’t take much to break me down
Don’t take much to shake me down
I’m travellin’ from town to town
In search of my sweet little thing
I’m not all I’m cracked up to be
I’m a chopped up chunk of misery
I’m a rank impostor in the ranks of humanity
Without my sweet little thing
It’s not that I’m so sentimental
It just seems so elemental
Don’t wanna put a down payment on the rental
Of something half as good at twice the price
My head is swimmin’ and my brain’s displaced
By all I drank yet could not taste
I’m like a turtle on its back when I’m not in the embrace
Of my sweet little thing
It’s not that I’m so sentimental
It’s just seems so fundamental
Don’t wanna put a down payment on the rental
Of something half as good at twice the price
Got a long white beard that’s brushin’ my knees
You could put all the love in the world in a thimble
and still have room for the trees
It’s a burnin’, boilin’, broilin’ vision of hell if you please
Without my sweet little thing
Ain’t nothin’ doin’ in this sad little town
But to walk around with my jaw droppin’ down
Watchin’ all the leaves on the trees turnin’ brown
Without my sweet little thing
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Long Haul
05:31
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LONG HAUL
It seems we’re always waitin’
For the train that’s left the station
But I can’t say that I care
I know we’ll make it there
But in the meantime –
Let’s not lose track of you and me
Let’s not lose sight of what we cannot see
For whether we believe it or not
We only got one chance to take this shot
Oh yeah
We started out with nothing
But we soon got rid of that
For happiness is not something
You can pull out of a hat
We never see this thing we’re chasin’
We only pass through where it’s been
But that’s what you get for spendin’ your life
With your face in the rear end of a dream
I’m long haul, don’t you know I’m long haul
Nothing temporary interests me at all
Long haul
When the night goes on forever
When the candle’s windin’ down
Well I’m not sure but I have heard
Silence sounds the same all over town
I’m addin’ up these numbers
I’m callin’ out these names
But when it comes to you, my love
I am so glad I came
I will cross the mighty ocean
I will stare this sadness down
I will run all the way from here to old Jerusalem
And never touch the ground
I’m long haul, don’t you know I’m long haul
Nothing temporary interests me at all
Long haul
Better not leave the doors unlocked, honey
Better not leave anything on
We could be safely tucked away
In paradise before they even know we’re gone
You can take away this costume
This clock, this compass too
We got no use for them at all
In the place we’re going to
You can tear up all them memos
You can shred the Bill of Rights
You can torch the constitution
Tonight’s the night we’re setting everything alight
Because we’re long haul, don’t you know we’re long haul
Nothing temporary interests us at all
We’re long haul
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Terminal City
03:43
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TERMINAL CITY
Don’t have no funny, sunny song to help you on your way
Don’t have no funny, sunny song to help you on your way
Just got this tiny point to make like a needle in a stack of hay
Doctor said I got adjustment problems,
said she’d help me see them through
Doctor said I got adjustment problems,
said she’d help me see them through
With one hand she pointed at me,
with the other hand she pointed at what I had to get adjusted to
Down in Terminal City I nearly died of thirst
Down in Terminal City I nearly died of thirst
Each one was killin’ the thing they loved
before it had a chance to kill them first
Why’d they go to the trouble of stealin’,
why’d they set themselves such a heavy task?
Why’d they go to the trouble of stealin’,
why’d they set themselves such a heavy task?
When everything that they took from me
I’d have gladly given them if they only would’ve asked
Somehow I just don’t trust his heart,
but then again neither does he
Somehow I just don’t trust his heart,
but then again neither does he
He don’t care who he is at all, only how others imagine him to be
I’d hate to be you, honey,
on the day you realize what you’ve done
I’d hate to be you, honey,
on the day you realize what you’ve done
God gave you five senses
but you only ever learned to use but one
I was lucky to get out of there alive,
much less with a fork and a spoon and a cup
I was lucky to get out of there alive,
much less with a fork and a spoon and a cup
Next time I will remember
always lay one thing down before you try to pick another one up
Don’t have no funny, sunny song to help you on your way
Don’t have no funny, sunny song to help you on your way
Just got this tiny point to make like a needle in a stack of hay
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Along the Way
03:34
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ALONG THE WAY
You’re more bright and you’re more golden
than any newly minted gold coin
Your beauty astonishes us every day
The music of your laughter
makes me feel I’ve been loving you forever
Forever along the way
At any sudden noise you have a tendency to startle
Then tears will be soon on the way
But wait till you discover that you got three lovers
Lovin’ you all along the way
You’re the sun, you’re the rain, you’re the moon upon the river
You got the dust of the stars and of the clay
You got the eyes of your mother,
the smile of your sister and your father
And something else and something other
from somewhere along the way
Little worker, little dreamer, little planner, little schemer
Little laugher, little crier all the way
Little fighter, little reacher, little student, little teacher
Forever along the way
If there’s something in your heart,
please don’t hesitate to speak it
What could we do more important anyway?
But to try the best we can to lend a helping hand
Helpin’ you all along the way
And we gather round you to gaze upon you in daily wonder
We love to see you growin’ every day
We thank the wondrous soul within ya
for the privilege of travelin’ with ya
A while along the way
You’re more bright and you’re more golden
than any newly minted gold coin
Your beauty astonishes us every day
The music of your laughter
makes me feel I’ve been loving you forever
Forever along the way
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Sleep Baby Sleep
02:28
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SLEEP BABY SLEEP
Sleep baby sleep, sleep all day long,
there’ll be time enough to run when you are grown
Sleep baby sleep, sleep all day long,
there’ll be time enough to run when you are grown
At the bottom of the ocean of slumber you rest,
no worry furrows your brow
At the bottom of the ocean of slumber you rest,
no worry furrows your brow
The world scurries by but you don’t care,
you’re mesmerized by the insides of your eyelids
The world scurries by but you don’t care,
you’re mesmerized by the insides of your eyelids
Sleep baby sleep, sleep all day long,
there’ll be time enough to run when you are grown
Sleep baby sleep, sleep all day long,
there’ll be time enough to run when you are grown
You’re like bubble floatin’ ‘round on a soft summer breeze,
people watch you pass by with amazement
You’re like bubble floatin’ ‘round on a soft summer breeze,
people watch you pass by in amazement
Soon you will inherit the cares of the world,
soon you’ll have something to do
Soon you will inherit the cares of the world,
soon you’ll have something to do
Sleep baby sleep, sleep all day long,
there’ll be time enough to run when you are grown
Sleep baby sleep, sleep all day long,
there’ll be time enough to run when you are grown
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Crazy About You
03:15
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CRAZY ABOUT YOU
I’m in love with ya, honey
So in love with you, sweetheart
I’m in love with you, baby
Crazy about you
From the time that I saw ya
I wanted to be with ya
I don’t want nobody other
Crazy about you
I’m thinkin’ ‘bout you, baby
Hourly and daily
These thoughts of you overtake me
Crazy about you
And I just can’t ignore it
Don’t have the will or strength for it
Your sweet charms leave me adorin’ you
Crazy about you
I don’t know where this feeling will go
Or if it has to go anywhere at all
All I know is I’m in thrall anytime I see you at all
I start to fall -
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Dog Collar
05:27
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DOG COLLAR
You can throw the ball but I ain’t gonna run no more
You can throw the ball but I ain’t gonna run no more
You took me for a ride – now what do you take me for?
I’m goin’ out to stake my claim,
gonna sit down in my proper place
I’m goin’ out to stake my claim,
gonna sit down in my proper place
Somewhere I can unpack my bags,
somewhere I can show my face
If you’re gonna rattle my chain,
you better have a good excuse
If you’re gonna rattle my chain,
you better have a good excuse
You must have some redeeming quality,
some hidden gift that can be put to use
You can send your errand boy to come collect my bill
You can send your errand boy to come collect my bill
If he gets lost he can ask directions
from the other ones lyin’ underneath the hill
They’re fillin’ up the air,
takin’ away the ground beneath our shoes
They’re fillin’ up the air,
takin’ away the ground beneath our shoes
But don’t you worry, honey,
I know we’ll find some kind of way to make due
Lookin’ out my window,
I see they’re carryin’ out the same old plot
Lookin’ out my window,
I see they’re carryin’ out the same old plot
The kind that contradicts the existence
of every type of elevated thought
Someone called and said they found my dog,
asked me what the reward was
Someone called and said they found my dog,
asked me what the reward was
It’s funny ‘cause I don’t own a dog,
don’t know anyone around here that does
You can throw the ball but I ain’t gonna run no more
You can throw the ball but I ain’t gonna run no more
You took me for a ride – now what do you take me for?
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Ev'rything
03:29
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EV’RYTHING
You’re ev’rything to me
And I can guarantee
Without your love I’d be
Languishing
And though I know you hear
Same old sentiments year after year
Let me tell you frankly, dear
To me you’re merely ev’rything
You came out of the blue
Like all the best things do
When all I held as true
Was unravelling
You give me life to learn
You give me love that burns
What could I give you in return
But ev’rything?
You’re as perfect as a jewel
On any royal crown
And I would be the perfect fool
If I should ever let you down
So please hear me attest
I’d be a counterfeit at best
If I should ever give you something less
Than ev’rything
You’re as perfect as a jewel
On any royal crown
And I would be the perfect fool
If I should ever let you down
The sky above is grey
Likewise is the day
When all’s in disarray
Or is crumbling
So put your little hand in mine
We’ll walk into the bright sunshine
For if we have love divine
We have ev’rything
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