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Words You Can Believe In
03:06
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“Words You Can Believe In”
These city lights
They can divide
Your thoughts from your spirit
Your body from your mind
No I won’t sign
Some dotted line
Just burn it up, let it go
I’ve got words you can believe in
I’ve got words you can believe
I was born to chase the sun
Even when the night devours the day
But I was raised to take the rain
So I won’t, I won’t go down this way
No I won’t I won’t go down this way
These friends of mine
Will stem the tide
Is it sacred is it secret
Is it all you had in mind?
Shed your disguise
You’re paralyzed
Just burn it up and let it go
I’ve got words you can believe in
I’ve got words you can believe
I was born to chase the sun
Even when the night devours the day
But I was raised to take the rain
So I won’t, I won’t go down this way
No I won’t I won’t go down this way
So I’ll try
To read the signs
Without a rhyme or a reason
Or someone to hold onto
I won’t sign
Some dotted line
Just burn it up and let it go
I’ve got words you can believe in
Burn it up let it go
I’ve got words you can believe in
I’ve got words you can believe
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2. |
Call to Me
02:34
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CALL TO ME
Yesterday’s been stalking me won’t you tell her I’m not home
But some parts of my mind won’t leave well enough alone
My mind’s been racing, but my soul is at ease
My flesh gravitates, blows easy like the leaves
So call to me as I’m heading out
It’s been a lonely climb and I can go without
But babe my heart’s been heading south
She unfolds mysteries says take them by the hand
I say believing that would make me half a man
Rivers flow through glasses and fire knows my name
But I’ll just stare him down like any other day
So call to me as I’m heading out
It’s been a lonely climb and I can go without
But where my heart’s been heading…
You could save me, babe I’m falling down
Looking out below I’m just holding on
For melodies to come along, again
Again
Again
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3. |
Killer from Our Hometown
04:24
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“Killer from Our Hometown”
Face is bruised, shirt is torn
Ducking demons since the day that he was born
Lights went out on Michelle McGrath
Never knowing that drink would be her last
All the blood on the road
Tommy, did you know what you were fighting for?
All the lines are down
There’s a killer from our hometown
Down on your knees in the shadows in a parking lot
Got a fistful of rage and a soul that time forgot
Close your eyes Michelle just drift away
I’m lucky to live and learn, and die another day
All the blood on the road
Tommy did you know what you were fighting for?
All the lines are down
There’s a killer from our hometown
Your mother showed and she testified
He tore you down, held your hands inside the fire
The jury spoke, they sent you on your way
Your death row dance carries on to this day
All the blood on the road
Tommy did you know what you were fighting for?
All the lines are down
There’s a killer from our hometown
There’s a killer from our hometown
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Another Rising Sun
04:13
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ANOTHER RISING SUN
It’s been a long time comin
Some things feel just like yesterday
Such a long time to be running
And still feel so far away
Don’t I know that a change is sure to come
Let it be good enough
To greet another rising sun
I had to laugh when I saw you spinning
Didn’t you know all things come back around?
I recall the way you were grinning
When I was on my way down
But you and I knew that a change was sure to come
Guess it’s time for me to go on out
And greet another rising sun
But it looks like you’re done
Strike a match and the bridge is burning
Taste the smoke, touch the flame
I look around and the world’s still turning
But I don’t hear a single soul calling your name
You and I knew that a change was sure to come
Time for me to go on out
And greet another rising sun
I’ll greet another rising sun
I’ll greet another rising sun
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DON’T GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT
1
I was strung out tooth and nail
Sights were sailing off the rails
The fishermen were fading
From our worn out family tree
Romantics in the alleyways
Seemed to call to me
Drunk defenders of the truth
Mix their blood with mine
I don’t go down without a fight
2
Fates were forming one by one
Books are burnt beneath the sun
The story comes down time again
As sure as days unfold
Like Lucifer and Adam or that ancient Chinese toad
Go draw a line in the sand between your wrong and right
Then don’t go down without a fight
3
Some say it was a golden age
Save for burnings on the stage
History may turn the tide
Take facts and rearrange
Change the color of your skin or
Throw sugar at your name
Leave all that in ivory towers
That bellow in the night
Just don’t go down without a fight
4
So break the bread and spread your hands
Crack the levee break the dam
Sing the song that comes to you
Be it sacred or profane
Talking heads will do their dance
But truth has no other name
It’s a battle for the ages
Go hold your head up high
And don’t go down without a fight
5
When judgment day has come and gone
Melodies will still ring on
Go and find your private peace
Then let your verdict stand
The devil and the president
Will still be holding hands
Keep the damsel of your dreams
Well within your sights
And don’t go down without a fight
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“One More Shot at the Light”
Nightfall got the best of me
Spark a cigarette so we can see
What’s left here
Is this all that remains?
Did you go and chop the lines
Can’t help but own what’s mine
I’m bereft here
Without all my delusions
Knee deep in water
Way down in the night
You give me one more shot at the light
The stars are getting loaded tonight
They grow dim then burn bright
Like a message
From a future on hold
But now I’ve fixed my sights
I won’t sell I won’t deny
What’s right here
It’s a simple solution
Knee deep in water
Way down in the night
You give me one more shot at the light
So it depends on
Where we fix our sights
You give me one more shot at the light
You give me one more shot at the light
You give me one more shot at the light
You give me one more shot at the light
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8. |
Pray for Rain
04:52
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PRAY FOR RAIN
Rich in blood, ragged in spirit
Baby it’s just like yesterday
His hands are full, hearts all in tatters
Come with me pray for rain
Won't you come with me pray for rain
Seems the sky is already crying
But the wind has forgotten all of our names
And the voices outside have led us astray
Won’t you come with me pray for rain
He shakes the hands, takes a bow now
All the ice melts away
Sand is raised, flesh won’t matter
It rides with blood on down the drain
Won’t you come with me pray for rain
Seems the sky is already crying
But the wind has forgotten all of our names
And the voices outside have led us astray
Won’t you come with me pray for rain
Seems the sky is already crying
But the wind has forgotten all of our names
And the voices outside have led us astray
Won’t you come with me pray for rain
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Alvarado
03:49
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ALVARADO
Come and take my hand
And help me understand
The way that things can turn to dust
Inside any one of us
Hail hail to the heartache
The steps that led me home
Whoa Alvarado
Hail hail to the memories
The way they come and go
Whoa Alvarado
The wind’s been whistling
I fear a storm is rolling in
Come and stay a while with me
I’ve been dying to come clean
Hail hail to the heartache
The steps that led me home
Whoa Alvarado
Hail hail to the memories
The way they come and go
Whoa Alvarado
Walked with you outside the rain
Swore we’d be back again
I wouldn’t surrender
No I wouldn’t surrender
Hail hail to the heartache
The steps that led me home
Woah Alvarado
Hail hail to the memories
The way they come and go
Whoa Alvarado
Whoa Alvarado
Whoa Alvarado
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Bound for Glory
03:35
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The End of the Road
04:07
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THE END OF THE ROAD
I've still got the notebook in my pocket
To remember my dreams, and our ghosts
Remember your ring and your mother's old locket
We'll meet her at the end of the road
Annie loved the rain just like her father
He said he heard songs from the sky
And tears come from pain, but also from laughter
Now Annie don't forget to write
And Suzie was drowning in possessions
She called when she was down to a dime
She said, "Fare the well, take just what you need
when you get to the end of the line."
Some nights I'll fall prey to my tendencies
But there's really no need to break my fall
I've never been much for in betweens
So ride with me til the end of the road
Deep in a dream I saw my father
His skin was smooth like a stone
He said "Your worries, your fears, they'll all disappear
When you get to the end of the road"
Your worries, your fears, they'll all disappear
When you get to the end of the road
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