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My mama told me
Life's a sorry story
You live you hurt
And the wheel goes 'round
Don't say you're sorry
People rarely worth the worry
Just let em go
And the wheel goes 'round
If there's a man in the room who's gotta be a fool
You make damn sure that the man ain't you
You get before you're got
And the wheel goes 'round
Down where the cards have been turned
A fallen heart no longer burns.
And like a wheel above you
is shining high, the sun.
And now the wheel is on you
shining on.
My mama told me
Life's an ugly story
You live you'll hurt
And the wheel goes 'round
Don't say you loved me
You were rarely worth the worry
Just let me go
And the wheel goes 'round
If you're gonna drink the rich man's wine
You're gonna take from the tears of a poor man's eyes
You get before you're got
And the wheel goes 'round.
I hear it movin' in the air
The solemn sound of all your prayers
And like a wheel above you
is shining high, the sun.
And now the wheel is on you
shining on.
Down where our cards have been turned
Our fallen hearts no longer burn
And like a wheel above you
is shining high, the sun.
And now the wheel is on you
shining on.
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Hatchet Man
04:11
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The dirty minds are gonna run you out this town
The Virgin Mary needs a chaperone in this town
Everybody wants a big gorilla
To keep away the things that wanna kill ya
You'd be my mama
I could be your daddy
You could be my Thelma my Louise
My diamond in the sea.
You be the boss I'll be your Hatchet Man
I'll be the best one that you had
Hard times are comin' round to hit you then
You'll need someone to hit 'em back
All around the world they want a Hatchet Man
All around the world they fallin'
I think I know just what it was that you would offer me
The night I met you on the streetcar by the cemetery.
Your hands get dirty here - eventually
My dirty mind will be the death of me.
You be the boss I'll be your Hatchet Man
I'll be the best one that you had
Hard times are comin' round to hit you, friend
You'll need someone to hit 'em back
All around the world they love the Hatchet Man
All around the world they fallin'
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Wine
04:01
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I took all the money
cos you wasted my time
You took it for granted
I ain't leavin' a dime.
You left me with nothin'
I'm leaving nothing behind
but the plants in the window,
and the years that went by.
Waiting out a warm day
wondering if it could have gone another way
Choking on the words I should have said
but kept inside.
Waiting on a cool night,
hiding from the sun til it was out of sight.
Walking through your open door
I didn't intend to stay.
The fruit dies for nothing
if you don't drink the wine.
But there won't be no harvest,
you done cut down the vine.
Hallowed
Hallowed be thy hollow heart so shallow
Fallow field plowed in the dark of midnight
and nothing but your shiny eyes to see
the world of cruelty between you and me.
Turn it 'round
turn it around
with every other reason you could find
and every other notion in your mind
Where everything seems brighter to the eye
til it fades into black
Take it back
Take it right back
You know I told you things I can't unhear
Through all this I had no reason to fear
the voices in the dark that I let steer my ships out to sea.
And you took me to places that I shouldn't have seen.
Not if you loved me.
So I took all the money.
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4. |
Big Noise
05:07
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My tired eyes
Tell you anything
Anything they see
and they'll lie to you
As if you didn't know
A cowboy's call
never sounds the way it should
like they said it would
Maybe we could polish off our guns
bring it back for everyone
Makin' One Big Noise
We're gonna do it like that together
In one big voice
The kind that they can't ever ignore
It's a simple choice
You gotta do it right now or never
If you're gonna make a scene
that you ain't ever seen 'round here before.
The TV's on
It doesn't make a sound
There's no need to turn it down
I see no one
To spend an hour on
To turn the power on
Making One Big Noise
It's a mean old moon
That shines on you
and everything you do
It's a sad old tune
I sing for you
to get you through
The city's closed
on account of all the snow
and the trouble in the air
Lord only knows
There's nowhere else to go
Even if we dared.
We're gonna make One Big Noise.
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Red California
04:59
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What's with these fools suckin' up my air
and drinkin' all the water?
You're way too cruel
Too cool to care
And I'm too cool to even bother
The hills are burning like a dying star
We're looking to the desert
For as sign of something good while all the people cry
Look me in the eye and tell me that it ain't the end
I'm runnin' out of friends
Cos it's the zero hour
out on my side of town
I ain't gonna get another shot
now that the curtain's torn yeah
In California
Red California
Cowboy with a rocket pointing at the moon
Punching a hold into the sky
Paying the house to play his favorite tune
Leaving no penny for the working guy
You turn around
Turn around
You turn around again
An angel bleeding neon
With a bullet in her wing
Falls into the sea
She falls into the sea
A "C" for California
They burn the money tree
But the graffiti's free
The writing's on the wall for you
before you're even born yeah
Red California
Yeah I'm a heresy
You're a celebrity
You block the 101 with all the mud you sling at me
Yeah I hear ya knock
But now you're out of luck
Cos Yeah I changed the locks
So pack your bag
Don't say I didn't warn ya
It's California
Red California
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Adios
05:14
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I used to be your friend
but I confess that I ain't friendly anymore
If you step outside
You just might find the crow that's perched outside your door
He could bend
He could break
Take all the s**t that he could take
He could duck
He could dive
Whatever it took to survive
But now it feels like time to fly away
He's retired from making it OK
The whiskey in your jar
can dull the sounds of all the things you wouldn't say
And though I didn't have the nerve to tell you then
I'll tell you now today
I could laugh
I could cry
Hang these tears all out to dry
I could sing
I could scream
And help you hold on to the dreams
and memories that the years can't wash away
I'm so tired of making it OK
For you to wanna stay
Hey there my friend
Can't you say a little while?
Hey how you've been
Can't you give a little smile?
Ain't you got a little room inside your heart
for your old friend?
Raise a glass to never again
He could bend
He could break
Take all the s**t that he could take
He could duck
He could dive
Whatever it took to survive
While you crawl
and you creep
and all the guards are fast asleep
While you cheat
and you lie
But now my eyes are open wide and
It ain't worth the pressure
It ain't worth the pain
It ain't worth my joy
to keep the righteous entertained
It ain't worth my peace of mind
to make you feel alright
To be the candle shining in that hole
That ain't worth a soul
That ain't worth my soul
He's so tired of making it OK
He's retired from making it OK Ain't Got Nothin' Left To Lose
He's retired. Ain't Got Nothin' Left To Lose
Ain't Got Nothin' Left To Lose
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7. |
My Holy Ghost
04:48
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I needed answers all my life
but I don't think I need them anymore.
Sometimes I think I cross the line
but not the way I think I did before.
I'm getting older
Not bolder
But I don't feel the need to tell you so
I'm getting madder
a bit sadder
but I don't feel the need to tell you no.
I look at you and it's a holy day.
My Holy Ghost knows all the prices that we paid.
Does your sense of time call all the hours that we spend
to find the days?
Does your electricity find shadows in the room to drive away?
Does the weeping willow at your window
know the stories that you know?
Why do wolves keep howling out the names
of all the places you won't go?
I look at you and it's a holy day
My Holy Ghost knows all the prices that you paid
My Holy Ghost knows how to find the way
I look at you and it's another holy day.
My Holy Ghost knows how to find the way
My Holy Ghost knows all the prices that we pay
I look at you and it's another holy day.
I needed answers all my life
but I don't think I need them anymore.
I bless the moon that shines the light
that lets me find my way back to your door.
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Roman Candles Charlotte, North Carolina
Daniel Jackson - Drums, Vox
Justin Kent - Guitars, Vox
Grey Revell - Vox, Guitars
Rodney Wallin - Bass Guitar, Vox
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