1. |
Dead Ghost / Dam
03:13
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DEAD GHOST
I was sittin’ gettin’ little drunk down ghost
town. Never had no friends to watch the dirt
drown and I’m a...
DEAD GHOST
We was whiskey sippin’ in our ghost town
nothing but our moonshine, six-strings and
grave-grounds and we’re all...
DEAD GHOSTS
We was dead wasted in our grave-grounds,
couldn’t find our friends cause we’re all
liquor drown down and we’re all...
DEAD GHOSTS
I... I was pushin’ daisies in my home-town,
never saw the light in my eyes cause I stayed
drown and we’re all...
DEAD GHOSTS
I was rottin’ worms in the dirt drown, was a
Dead Ghost in my life and my death now...
DAM
They built a dam on my river
They built a God-Damn Dam on my soul
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2. |
Pig
02:56
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PIG
There’s a pig, in the house and
the hens, they’ve denounced his
darkness. They won’t lay no eggs
for his evil ways. And my arms,
they are bare, with the sins you
declare. I won’t do them and I
won’t apologise for the evil you
have done
Oooh is anyone listening God?
Oooh is anyone listening God?
Oooh is anyone listening God?
Oooh is anyone listening God?
And this one’s for the freaks,
the losers and the geeks.
I’m one too, and I will fly my, freak
flag with you. Cause there’s *Gold
in the Air, if you look, don’t
despair, we’ll find it. The electric
charge that binds us will heal our
broken wings.
Oooh is anyone listening God?
Oooh is anyone listening God?
Oooh is anyone listening God?
Oooh is anyone listening God?
* ”Gold in the Air” is song by Jesse Woods
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3. |
NY & LA (Broke My Heart)
03:07
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NY & LA (Broke My Heart)
And every girl I ever loved, gone to visit New
York. Saw them bright scraper lights, stayed
there a while. Left me alone, broke my heart.
Start a new life. Where do I start?
You broke my heart, oh Lord
You broke my heart, oh Lord
Where do I start, oh Lord
You broke my heart...
And every friend I ever had, gone to visit L.A.
Saw them Hollywood Hills, moved away. Left
me alone. From the start. Start a new life.
Where do I start?
You broke my heart, oh Lord
You broke my heart, oh Lord
Where do I start, oh Lord
You broke my heart...
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4. |
Passed Out Drunk
03:24
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Passed Out Drunk
And I passed out drunk, on the living room
floor...
And the good times have now all been
gotten. And the old ways are now all
forgotten. So let’s drink to our woes and our
sorrows. And the unyielding dawn of
tomorrow. And my lost loves they all still
adore me. And my good friends they all still
surround me. So let’s cheers to our woes and
our sorrows. And the unyielding dawn
of tomorrow...
And I passed out drunk on the
living room floor...
I say Mama dear Mama can’t take it much
more, that booze my sweet nectar rots me to
the core. At Saint Peter’s Gate, he’ll yell from
his door
“You Passed Out Drunk On the living room
floor!”
And last night my best friend was whiskey.
And boy did my best friend did hit me. And
we got some bruises and brushes. Cause we
went swimmin’ in the bushes. And everclear
don’t care about your garden. But the cool
dirt’s a good place of pardon. From praying
to porcelain in throne rooms. And sleeping on tile
floors of bathrooms...
And I passed out drunk on the
living room floor...
I say Mama dear Mama can’t take it much
more, that booze my sweet nectar rots me to
the core. At Saint Peter’s Gate, he’ll yell from
his door
“You Passed Out Drunk On the living room
floor!”
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5. |
I Get High (Off You)
03:29
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I Get High (Off You)
I say I, I get high off you. You’re so pure and
true. I get high off you. Whoo Hoo! I say I, I get
high off you. You’re so pure and true. I get high
off you. Whoo Hoo!
My life, before, your eyes was pale and blue.
Like your eyes who, blew my sadness in two.
And your sunshine, filled my ears and eyes.
Sweet talkin’ while, your lovely smile.
I say I, I get high off you. You’re so pure and
true. I get high off you. Whoo Hoo! I say I, I get
high off you. You’re so pure and true. I get high
off you. Whoo Hoo!
And while the winters nights was warmed by
two, them summer nights, were cold as
Moon, but soon...
I say I, I’ll be high off you. You’re so pure and
true. I be high off you. Whoo Hoo! I say I, I’ll be
high off you. You’re so pure and true. I be high
off you. Whoo Hoo!
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6. |
Fire & Gasoline
00:54
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Fire & Gasoline
Well they took to each other like fire to
gasoline. Well they took to each other like
fire to gasoline. Out of every ole’ person in
the whole wild world, she wanted that little
boy he wanted that little girl. Well they took
to each other like fire to gasoline.
Well they got hitched quick in a chapel by
the sea. Well they got hitched quick in a
chapel by the sea. Out of every ole’ person in
the whole wild world, she wanted that little
boy, he wanted that little girl, well they got
hitched quick in a chapel by the sea, sea, sea
SEA.
They had ten kids and they lived on
merrily. Well they had ten kids and they lived
on merrily. Out of every ole’ person in
the whole wild world, she wanted that little
boy he wanted that little girl. Well they had ten
kids and they lived on merrily...
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7. |
Bones & Ash
01:52
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BONES & ASH
One day you’ll die and all your bones will turn to
ash, and all your children will be all that there is
left. So spend your days in pleasant ways
standing in sunlight. The light you shine upon
this world, will refract inside.
Those bones you have, that turn to ash, are made
of stardust, and too my eyes, my mother gave to
me see unjust. Upon this land, let’s raise our
hands to skies in outcry. For we must stand
together now, or surely will die.
In lands unchecked. In lands unchecked. In lands
unchecked. In lands unchecked...
In lands unchecked, our children's bones will all
feel dark, tones. In lands unchecked, we’ll fall
apart, beneath these...
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8. |
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Spirit to the Lord, Body to the Earth
My spirit will go back to the lord, and my body
will go back to the Earth, feed the flowers and the
trees and the dirt, for all it’s worth.
To the oceans and the rivers and the dirt, my
fingers that are strumming this verse, my voice
that sings these words that I worked, for all it’s
worth.
Many years on when I’m grey and old and my kin
have found their ways through the world, my
spirit will go back on to the Lord as my body
crumbles back to the Earth.
Now don’t get scared, sick, sad or cold, might
someday soon my soul return, then dance on
right on back on to the Lord, as my body
becomes dirt. Becomes dirt. Becomes dirt.
Oooh, Oooh... Silver blue eyes, speaks like an
angel, her golden, ringlet hair. But in my demise,
the one that I speak of, was my best life’s affair.
Oooh, Oooh... She led my down south, to black
lands down under. I saw them fired plumed gates.
She led me up north, to white lands of wonder.
I sealed my pearly fate, it‘s too late now...
Oooh, Oooh...
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9. |
See You Run
02:54
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See You Run
And our bodies, unite as one. And in the morning,
when we wake up, will I still be, your bright Sun.
And the weekend, was refreshing fun, it’s good to
see you, good to see you, good to see you, good
to see you, See You Run.
And we know where, we shouldn’t go. But in the
evening, when we’re drunk up, we don’t feel so,
sad and alone.
And in the the morning, I’ll drive you home, it’s
good to see you, good to see you, good to see
you, good to see you, see you roam... see you
roam
It’s good to see you, see you roam... see you roam
See you roam, roam, roam...
It’s good to see you, see you roam... see you roam
See you roam, roam, roam...
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10. |
I Give Up
03:55
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I Give Up
I give up, I give up, I give up, I give up,
I get down, I get down, I get down
I give up, I give up, I give up, I give up,
I get down, I get down, I get down
But when I, I just close, both my eyes and devise,
a sweet plan, of sweet, sweet revenge. But this
time, my light’s out, I have quit, all of my doubts
have flown through my hells. Small shadows
who haunt me.
I give up, I give up, I give up, I give up,
I get down, I get down, I get down
I give up, I give up, I give up, I give up,
I get down, I get down, I get down
Hold it here, who’s this Fear? My soul’s scarred by
sneers...
SO FUCK ‘EM...
I’ll carry on like a cowboy, a singer of songs...
We’ll get up, we’ll get up, we’ll get up, we’ll get up
and throw down, we’ll throw down, we’ll throw
down
We’ll get up, we’ll get up, we’ll get up, we’ll get up
and throw down, we’ll throw down, we’ll throw
down
I wanna be, a cowboy gangster, livin’ the land
and singing songs to the trees... yea that’s the life
for me
I wanna be a cowboy traveler, livin’ the land
and singing songs to the trees... yea that’s the life
for me
I wanna be a cowboy savior, livin’ the land
and singing songs to the trees... yea that’s the life
for me
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11. |
Forever Gone
03:34
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Forever Gone
And I fear for my mother, all alone in her home.
Her dog did die yesterday, choked on old bones.
And I know that I love her, for she gave me my
hands, gave me my breath to whisper, gave me
my legs to stand...
Forever on our own, forever drunk and stoned
forever to the bone, we’re forever gone
And her house it is haunted, by ghosts
underground, with teeth made of murder by
spirits who drowned, from the dirt poured
upon them by man’s iron machines, whose
claws dug down asunder with breath made of
steam... steam... steam... steam
Forever on our own, forever drunk and stoned
forever to the bone, we’re forever gone
Forever on our own, forever drunk and stoned
forever to the bone, we’re forever gone
Forever on our own, forever drunk and stoned
forever to the bone, we’re forever gone
Forever on our own, forever drunk and stoned
forever to the bone, we’re forever gone, we’re
forever gone, we’re forever gone...
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12. |
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Hamburgers, Beers & Cigarettes
He’s got a dog for a dog & a cat for a cat,
Hamburgers, Beers & Cigarettes
Hamburgers, Beers & Cigarettes
Hamburgers...
Hamburgers...
Hamburgers...
Hamburgers...
BEER!
& Cigarettes...
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