1. |
i have been here before
03:23
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you made it on your own
you think but you don't know
well that is with you now
forget the "whys" and "hows"
time crept up on you you see
and found you hanging on by the skin of your teeth
well that might be true
this is me believing you
is that so wrong
cause i don't know
i swear by the good of the lord
it's time to hit the road
oh the places that you can go
forget you history
and wash it down with drink
but when you're out there all alone
all those faces that you have known
they'll come to haunt you then
take it from a friend
it's where i've been
i swear that have been here before
we work for
a living
we drive through
the cities
we sleep in
on weekends
we heed the words
of all of our preachers
and we'd like to
invite you now
uh-hu
alright
speak to me please
but baby don't lie
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2. |
there was a man
02:47
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so the story goes
there was a man
he rode alone
across the plains
and through the snow
he rode a long time
he had left his home
his baby girl
his little boy
his only love
her only joy
his favorite tree
where he would go
enjoy the shade
all alone
he left it all
he had left with hope
but all he found
a river bed
a quiet place
to rest his head
were you to go
to that place he found
a lonely soul
you'd hear the sound
of all the years
wasted away
along the edge
of that river bank
and then you'd know
and i'm a little like him
i don't know where i'm going
but i know where i've been
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3. |
a bird without a song
02:23
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a bird without a song
a man without a name
he'll come to you like he came to me
and this is what he'll say
"the good work of the lord, you can question if you dare, but that aint gona get you anywhere..."
it's curtains for you kid
so long
you had the brains, but not the brawn
the right words, to the wrong song
and now it's time for you to go
to that place you've dared not go
you can mark it by the crying of the crow
oh the things, that you wish you had known
she, was the one
who begot
an only son
he divided the nations
boiled the sea
turned the world against you and me
the good lord said, with all his wisdom, "this is what i will do, i'm gona make a believer out of you..."
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4. |
free radical
03:38
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5. |
dreamer
04:11
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how did you hope to sing me a song, when you didn't even know the words?
how could you think that you'd done yourself wrong, when you didn't even know the rules?
why did you say that you were gone, when you didn't even leave your room?
to afraid to believe in anything, so you turned your back to everything you knew?
but i know
that you're a dreamer
and baby that's fine
your dreams have a way
of become mine
did that day last a life time long?
did it come, did it go, to soon?
cause i know,
that you're a dreamer
and baby that's fine
your dreams have a way
of become mine
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6. |
interlude
02:40
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7. |
even if it's wrong
07:02
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as far i figure
some things can't be ignored
like your skin, and how it's holding you together
you wander like a thought
just like a whisper in the dark
right now, but tomorrow i might not remember
i tried to call you, but you were gone
our hearts, want what they want even if it's wrong
"the value of a whole, is worth more than it's parts"
well he took his skill to bullshit
and he made it into an art
and had me singing along
to some very unfortunate song
i tried to call you, but you were gone
our hearts, want what they want even if it's wrong
well i've got something i'd like to confess
you're the one, you were always the one
who understood me best
we spoke our own language
we made our own sense
i tried to call you, but you were gone
our hearts, want what they want even if it's wrong
called to shore by your siren song
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8. |
the river styx
03:23
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went down to the river styx and paid my toll
how my lies would you live to save your soul?
i saw you cast down like a spell
oh my angel how you fell
where fate intersects with life, love and destiny
it's all a mess of ups and downs and in betweens
a saw you standing like a wraith
on the burnt side of st. peter's gates
might make no difference what you believe
and right and wrong are different ends of the same street
just ride your doubt beyond the grave
ride it on to another plan
be cool
stay calm
try to speak slowly
and tell me what is wrong
it's not fair
it's not right
my lord i swear i lived a decent life
the choice was yours
you see
and now the devil takes what's his
yea the devil takes what's his
i said the devil takes what's his take it from me
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9. |
what you wanted
04:52
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i think that you became what you wanted
something else that you thought you'd forgotten
did things figure out, the way you said?
the future clear inside your head
i'm not convinced that you believe a word you say
i suppose they are nothing but words now anyway
like a pipe that's sprung a leak and floods the house
your brain can't talk to your heart, it just comes out your mouth
these thoughts take form, a spark inside my brain
translated to one more poor refrain
"they are nothing more than means to this end,"
you might have heard me say
forgive me for turning my back
from the dark to the day
but i don't feel like that
at least not today
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10. |
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even though you think you're standing still
you're still moving through space
the earth she spins and gravity
it pulls you into place
it's all that i can do
not to float away
the earth you see
under my feet
is very much a part of me
far below the surface
far from the shore
that's where i first met you
on the ocean's floor
there we would rest
forever more
i do believe
the ocean deep
will ebb and flow in-spite of me
back to ocean, back to sea
back to forest, back to tree
death she holds no mystery
no surprise for you nor me
back to bird, back to bee
back to river, back to creek
you can't see
the air you breath
but you breath it anyway
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11. |
the secrets you own
04:13
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you've been doing
what your told
since you were 8 years old
still you're needing me
like its ever gona be that easy
you are well
on your way
to the man you'll be one day
you've got to keep your head clean
so you don't forget anything
"anything, that you want, it can all be yours my son"
oh-oh, oh-oh
no-oh, no-oh
you might just become secrets you own
the people, the places, the things you've known
aint it strange
how the world around you changed?
even though you're being you
well do you really think that is true?
case i'm inclined, to believe
that you are the life you lead
oh-oh, oh-oh
no-oh, no-oh
you might just become the secrets you own
the people the places the things you've known
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