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The Comfort In Lies
03:24
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The Comfort In Lies
I see madness and rage and the fear in the face of my reflection
and I wonder sometimes why I bother to stand in its way.
I mean, looking at all of the things that I've left unaccomplished
If I weren't a child I could have anything my own way
But it's true when you're true to yourself you've got to be happy.
I prefer the comfort in lies any old day.
(chorus) oooh, everything's all right
I'm here for a reason
ooooh, no need to get uptight, everything's all right
ooooh, everything's all right
I'm here for a reason
Just wasting my time - thinking of the fate of the nation.
What can I do when nobody knows what to expect?
Just a child of the wild, I can be king of the world now making my way to the gold mine, yeah.
I may just be a good boy
Gotta be happy.
I prefer the comfort in lies any old day.
(chorus)
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Up So High
03:19
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Up So High
I found out wicked things while I was gone
I found out everything is going wrong
and I found out nothing is wrong when I'm around
I found out wicked things while I was gone
I found out smoke is always in our sky
I found out someone is gonna die
I found out men are playing bigger parts
I found out no one out there has a heart
(chorus)
So I'm praising the Lord - down in the bayou
up to the heavens
up to the sky
up to the mountains
where you don't know why
the world ain't watching
you're up so high. x2
I found out genius brings its share of news
I found out pain brings out the smallest clues
I found out I have some work to do
I found out wicked things while I was gone.
(chorus)
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Peace Of Mind
02:56
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Peace Of Mind
I strained to hear the quiet man
as he swept away his plans of destinations
he couldn't take it anymore.
He told me, "Son, you understand
a man can't have his tree shield
planted gardens."
he couldn't take it anymore
(chorus)
He said, "Life ain't what you had
it's only what you've got
what you believe in.
Life ain't what you had
it's only what you've got
and what you believe in
and peace of mind.
peace of mind.
He said he thought of letting go
because row by row his harvest it was dying.
He couldn't take it anymore.
He lost the crop
the man grew thin
the rain came back
and made him smile again
(chorus)
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The Book Of James
03:17
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The Book Of James
(chorus) The more you search the less you gonna find
can't you see it's all in your mind
The people are afraid to stretch their lines
but that's where all the beauty lies
Have some faith that God is on your side
You gotta keep moving so you don't get wrapped
up too tight.
The book of James tells me it's gonna be all right.
The whole dark dream awoke me
I flew the cuckoo's nest
Living in a skyscraper religion
The heroes of today
just out to make a buck
flying free with their heads in the sand.
(Chorus)
Mental junk emotional puzzles muzzles
spending your money just to guzzle
cheap draft
God's wrath
when you can't do the math and you
can't keep up
You singing like a New York City horn
You've gotta relax to be reborn.
(Chorus)
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Romania
03:44
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Romania
Always been messed around, tore up and down
Always had a love last too long, stuck me around
(chorus) I never seen Romania
Never seen the sun rising there
Never smelt the grass or felt emotion melt me there
I've never seen Romania
Had a stride, stood so proud so long
Walked a mile in everybody’s life
Should have made it down the cobblestones
Where accordions and shoe shiners survive
(chorus)
I've been to Kansas City
Took my pack and my compass
Walked around downtown Kansas (chorus)
I met a million destroyed people
Too hurt to turn away
I found out love was mine to give
So I stayed
And I never seen Romania.
Never seen the port of Constanta.
The black sea, and the waves from the port of Burgas
I've never seen Romania.
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Maria
03:53
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Maria
I'm stranded on a highway miles from my home
Near Saulsolito 'neath the lonely pouring rain.
The shower of these tears
hidden behind every lighting bolt
reminds me once again
(chorus)
The stars won't shine again tonight, Maria
I'm a million miles from your arms
and the peace that I feel for you is gone
to questions ending dreams in false alarms.
When I'm swept away in a cloud
and the scene is looking grim
I'll picture you before me
my spirit for to swim
The ocean is my shelter
it is where the good Lord cries
He sees me standing here alone
and I feel for the ocean of God's eyes.
(chorus)
There's a funeral on the oceanside
and the priest has a fire in his glare
he sees there's no one to grieve me
and his prayers have been sent to heavens stair
someday soon the melting is going to stop
and the shore will be dry like God's face
because Maria will be climbing that stair
someday every heart will find its place.
(chorus)
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All We Need Is Music
06:01
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All We Need Is Music
All we need is music
not intellectual superiority
you're well read and integrated spiritually
but all we need is music
you talk about political corruption
you talk of answers and alien abductions
let's all talk in editorial dimensions
when all we really need is music.
(chorus)
show your strength and lift your voices higher
show your muse and build your beauty stronger
let's not build trenches to fill with dirty deeds
because all we really need is music.
you've read the great books
really glad you have
something you must have done
between all the fun we had
I'm not happy feeling like I can't keep up to you
Just because of what you read
the conversation is through
you'd rather talk to the ones who've lived your life
read your books and see eye to eye
let's see how far you got when you're running out of time.
all we need is music.
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Broke Down Stuck In Malone
I ain't got a home
I'm broke down stuck in Malone
don't throw this dog no bone
it can't run anymore
broke down stuck in Malone
I got a friend or two
in a nearby town
call them up on a hunch
they can save me a bunch
putting my sweet money down
I gotta have my baby
satisfied down the road
hope she ain't pacing the floor
thinking "oh what a whore"
and I'm playing the toad.
(chorus)
I might wind up in a jail
if I can't leave tonight
I got to get getting down
'cause I can't stick around
where I don't feel right.
I want my whiskey and woman
and my Saturday fun
Get this old motorcar on the road this far
the damn thing don't run.
(chorus) x2
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Luck Of The Poor
03:11
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Luck Of The Poor
While I was gone to the store
ran into an old man who was poor
he said, "I need three more bucks to score,
can you spare some more."
I said, "I know what your looking for."
So I gave him an apple core
and said, "now this is all that I can afford
luck of the poor."
(chorus)
Luck of the poor
Luck of the poor
Luck of the poor
Sucks
Sucks
Sucks
Luck of the poor.
If you ask me and I'm still alive
how much good will I have inside
I can't keep mean thoughts off my mind
trying to hide
If I stole your brand new bike
because you told me to take a hike
I guess you'd think that I was pretty bright
taking a hike
(chorus)
Money's so far away
stupid little game we play
and it's no damn fun.
you want to make it everyday
so you can have it your way
and it's no damn fun.
While I was gone to the store
ran into an old man who was poor
he said, "I need three more bucks to score,
can you spare some more."
I said, "I know what your looking for."
So I gave him an apple core
and said, "now this is all that I can afford
luck of the poor."
(chorus)
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10. |
Come Back Baby
02:54
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Come Back Baby
You're wasting your sunny days
drinking cold air on the inside.
you're watching your TV
while I'm playing games on the hillside.
You don't want a cure to be freeing
you from some sad empty feeling
it's turned out to be
the only life that you want to know
(chorus)
Come back baby (don't you know your sweet love can save me) x4
You grew up an angel
with Uncle Devil and Aunty Christ
they put a tag on your heart
and told you
you were cheaply priced
you never venture out alone
you never even answer the phone
I'm telling you, baby
there's more to life than meets the eye.
(chorus x2)
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11. |
Sweet Little Things
02:37
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Sweet Little Things
Sweet little things
That you do
Make me want to be with be with you
Just your kisses
Remind me of mama’s wine
The way that you hold me with your words
Most softest music I’ve ever heard
When you’re around me
I’ve got a good reason to smile
(chorus)Saying “you’re gonna love this I’m talking about a good time.
You’re gonna love this I’m talking about a good time.
Sweet little things that you do
Make me want to be with you
How you close your letters
You are my special friend
The way you brush your hair
In the breeze
Whistling like the birds up in the trees
When you laugh – when you know what’s coming round the bend.
(chorus)
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