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bite down
04:16
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i've come to see a gypsy in lilies draped in black
i ask her to lay the cards for me: pose questions to the stack
because i have never been here she says i must feed her sins
she offers me an apple red on the Lethe banks we swim
she tells me to bite down
let the poison flow
these cards won't sing your destiny
but you never know
i cross a man on the king's road, on a horse as black as night
his banner the wind holds mercilessly; i ask him wither the light
because the path is narrow, we ride not side by side
to Persephone's tree he takes me: where forbidden fruit may hide
he tells me to bite down
shelter from the snow
these seeds won't sing your destiny
but you never know
in Hades i seek an angel: take my hand, show me pain
show me where my lover twists in the devil's legerdemain
the serpent's song is mighty; seraphs whisper sweet
they are drowned out by the lust-wind that kisses at my feet
it tells me to bite down
don't ever let go
these bones won't sing your destiny
but you never know
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2. |
wish you would
02:56
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why don't you come up and see me sometimes
why don't you stay longer when you usually do
why don't you conjure me whenever you need
i can chase that specter for you
i wish you would
come away
it wasn't like this before that night
it wasn't like i had any control
it wasn't like i could to stop myself
it wasn't like me at all
i wish you would
come away
it was our first kiss that first bliss
that last gasp of life
i opened my heart but you didn't want none
i opened my hand; you nailed it down
i opened my mouth but you stuffed it full
i opened my eyes, but still
i wish you would
come away
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3. |
va falloir
02:51
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va falloir que ce soit la fin
de vous
questionne que ça
vrai/faux la-la
comment le dira
questions - que ça
va falloir que ce soit la fin
de vous
chanter longtemps
chanter comme ça
lointain de là
chanter - que ça
va falloir que ce soit la fin
de vous
si lent
si longue
so long, silence
faut voir cette vie
cette vie - que ça
voyage de là
faut voir que ça
C D F L Q S V
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4. |
Hey, Joe
03:16
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wake up get out of bed
have a cup and tilt your head
take a sip another one
sugar cream your motor runs
hey joe i am a awake now
you have my vow thank you friend
hey joe what is this feeling
my fingers tingling
i think i love you
after lunch another cup
caffeine always helps me sup
take it black with a smoke
gotta to keep my fires stoked
hey joe you are my bright star
you warm my heart every day
hey joe you roast my insides
you make my eyes bright
i think i love you
i feel i am floating
i feel i am flying
i feel i am letting go
in the air soaring
upon the waves crashing
oh will you help me joe
hey joe don't want no mocha
no chai latte just grind it fine
hey joe this fine aroma
it transports me
you're all mine
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5. |
where you can go
03:37
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my good friend leo tolstoy
wrote of anna based on me
he said you gotta be perfect
he said you gotta be free
and chuck bent over backwards
that soused up albatross
he said much the same thing
you got to steal away from loss
wherever you can go
whatever you may need
whatever you may want
however high the fee
oh i look for wisdom
in every word you say
there is only madness
when you lead me astray
you don't really mean it
your intentions never cruel
but you are made of matches
i am made of fuel
wither thou would go
i will follow; i am blind
however hard the blow
these are the ties that grind
wither thou would go
i will cleave to thee
however hard the blow
however deep the sea
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6. |
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A cold freezing night
I wish I was a boy
A cold freezing night
Oh, baby, sing with me
Why do you always get away with things?
It's not fair
I need to think
Think of something
So you can stay alive
I can kill you with a rifle
With a shotgun, if I care
Probably cut all your toes off
Make my way up from there
A cold freezing night
I wish I was a boy
A cold freezing night
Oh, baby
Boys do tougher than girls, I know
And I wish I was a boy
I'm gonna rip all your hair off
And everybody's gonna think
He is an asshole
He is that asshole
I'm gonna rip all your hair off
And then you're gonna be
A cold freezing night
I wish I was a boy
A cold freezing night
Oh, baby, sing with me
A cold freezing night
I believe that I can soar
A cold freezing night
I believe
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I have something to tell you
And I know it won't be easy
I've been thinking these past few days
It might be time to leave
You're like a stranger
Then you're a lover
Never the same
Always hard to believe
I'm caught between goodbye and I love you
Never knowing quite where I stand
I'm caught between goodbye and I love you
Falling both ways nowhere to land
So constantly stranded
I can't understand it
This double life you've handed me
Is like the devil and the deep blue sea
If we go on much longer
If my doubts grow any stronger
Then I may have to let you go
If only to survive
Give me a reason
Why should I stay here
I've tried so hard
Just to keep love alive
I'm caught between goodbye and I love you
Never knowing quite where I stand
I'm caught between goodbye and I love you
Falling both ways nowhere to land
So constantly stranded
I can't understand it
This double life you've handed me
Is like the devil and the deep blue sea
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8. |
occupy my heart
03:37
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there ain't no permits needed
no one's wearin' riot gear
i don't have a sign to wave
i just want you here
but i'll take your red tent cities
i'll take your 99
i'll take your white-hot anger
i just want your hand in mine
and it's funny cuz you're next to me
but we're a long time apart
come on over, the space is free
why don't you occupy my heart
this world is going down (in flames!)
and i spend my nights alone (drinkin' whiskey!)
there may be a body there
but you are long, long gone
come back for the revolution
come back and sing along
come back for the retribution
just come back - i was wrong
and it's funny cuz you're next to me
but we're a long time apart
come on over, the space is free
why don't you occupy my heart
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9. |
bourbon & boobs
02:37
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have you met my old friend jim?
Kentucky-born and good to me
and have you met the twins?
from a shady Clermont street
ain't got nothin'left to lose
that's the way it oughta be
in the gutter can't crawl no lower
after all what she done to me
i got bourbon
i got you two
i got hammered
i got screwed
but i deserve half these kicks
on a bender, i'm an SOB
but the other half're just outta spite
on a bender, she's just as mean as me
she got bourbon
she got those two
we got hammered
i got screwed
well i'm a man of simple tastes
my truck is old, my dog is new
he's more loyal than i'll every be
but less fun than my latest bruise
i got from bourbon
i got from you two
i got hammered
i got screwed
oh, she got bourbon
she got those two
we got hammered
i got screwed
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10. |
Seeds to Sow
02:14
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old abandoned rusty love
where did you go
these seeds to sow
seasons hot and seasons cold
unending rain
deepest snow
back roads
black hills
your motor
trills on
those happy days of rolling free
pedal down
you took me
your took me far, so far beyond
these silent hills
did we abscond
back roads
black hills
your motor
trills on
it’s so unfair to leave you so
roll away
steel tombstone
long you live beyond the grave
my aching heart
did you once save
back roads
black hills
your motor
trills on
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11. |
Thank You, Joss Whedon
02:33
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there was a mourning waltz
it was a happy dirge
we hired a new orleans band
cuz you were under the earth
it was a happy time
you were wasting away
we were testing our bonds
and on your final day
we came to bury you
we came to put you under
we came to bury you
we came to drink you under
but as we danced … upon your grave
the earth heaved up … we were not brave …
you came back
THEN WE CALLED BUFFY SUMMERS
there was a ninja waltz
it was a fight to the death
there was a chorus line
you had really bad-bad breath
there was a moment or two
when you thought you’d win
when her strength gave out
AND THEN ANGEL STEPPED IN
we came to bury you
we came to put you under
we came to bury you
we came to drink you under
we came with our stakes
we came with our knives
we came with our crosses, too
we came in the middle of the night
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12. |
isle dauphine
03:30
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i am so lonely here on this island made of greed
so far away from friendly drawls
it’s black and cold up here on this steely yankee sea
no gulf winds to calm my soul
you are home, you are home
isle dauphine, you are home
your bones are on the outside when they should not be at all
it was a scene that chilled those sailors' souls
but once they went & changed your name to sound like Louis' son
they came and claimed your every knoll
you are home, you are home
isle dauphine, you are home
you survive the hurricanes
with Katrina's wrath, only split in twain
the sea will always pass you by
your enchanted shores in the storms' eye
your bay of birds, your lakes of blue
your fancy balls, but your haulers too
the fleur de lys is in your past
i am the son you have raised best
you are home, you are home
isle dauphine, you are home
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13. |
isle dauphine (no vox)
03:30
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i am so lonely here on this island made of greed
so far away from friendly drawls
it’s black and cold up here on this steely yankee sea
no gulf winds to calm my soul
you are home, you are home
isle dauphine, you are home
your bones are on the outside when they should not be at all
it was a scene that chilled those sailors' souls
but once they went & changed your name to sound like Louis' son
they came and claimed your every knoll
you are home, you are home,
isle dauphine, you are home
you survive the [Am]hurricanes
with Katrina's wrath, only split in twain
the sea will always pass you by
your enchanted shores in the storms' eye
your bay of birds, your lakes of blue
your fancy balls, but your haulers too
the fleur de lys is in your past
i am the son you have raised best
you are home, you are home,
isle dauphine, you are home
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14. |
under over
03:20
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in the depths of Hades’ halls
she awaits in shadowed thrall
oh my
on the banks of Mnemosyne
she bathes in her memories
of sky
how she sings the hymn of us
it echoes on through Tartarus
oh me
in the golden Elysian fields
she sows these seeds & shields
for me
and the Sisters one-eyed watch
all black winter long
when the poet comes, debauch
with his lover’s song
on the mount above the clouds
there drinks a mighty crowd
ambrosia
at Delphi writhes a little girl
she questions a divided world
but won’t heed
she asks the Sphinx and Tiresias
to divine our secret trust
but they can’t say
all the spring and the summer, too
we soar on 'cross fields of blue
can’t stay
please stay
and the Sisters one-eyed watch
all white summer long
when the poet comes, debauch
with his lover’s song
and there she goes my divided love
another year gone by
but i know that we will meet again
another year gone by
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15. |
Fear Drive
03:18
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The Inmans' boy was a healthy sixteen
When Gonzalez hit their car and shattered their dreams
It was Father's Day; they were on the way to dinner
Kathy was cripppled but Dustin won't wake
The Mexican who hit them is at large to this day
Yeah, the Feds they let a murderer right on through
"We've been through hell,"
Mother intones
Her her anger and fear and desperation
Now one Gary Polk's a hard-working man
With 20 folks on the payroll
Not murderers just them what se hablo espagnol
His family-owned farm has already lost
About $200 grand in blackberry crops
Because his workers are too afraid to show
He says "I could find work,
Could learn how to bend,
But what the hell are they all gonna do?”
But there are still people like Judy Craft
For her these spics are just a drain
"The law is law," she says "and right is right."
She the more she shouts, the more she is afraid
As Gonzalez slipped away from the Inman's collision
Fernando Juarez made a fateful decision
And swam the Rio to feed the ones he loved
He started up his own landscaping business
And eventually settled with his wife and three children
In Chamblee, just down the street from me
"I work very hard,
And I want to take part"
But he could be deported today
How long do we let this fear drive us to ground?
How long do we let this fear drive us around?
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16. |
so long shuffle
03:21
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i wait
for a single note from you
i lean
so far that i fall
silence - is all that i get from you
i guess - you're letting me crawl
these words - are all i have left of you
i guess - you gave it your all
let go
this weightless anxiety
stay calm
alone in this crowd
i wish - i knew what to say to you
do you - think i'm too proud
i wish - the best of the best for you
there i - said it out loud
i walk like i’m gonna fall over
i dance like i’m gonna fall down
no balance i’m a jangly lover
heart heavy i shuffle around
and maybe someday you’ll walk up to touch me
will you say oh lover you wanna dance?
we’ll turn and we’ll spin we’ll laugh so giddy
we’ll burn and we’ll crash just like we did before
i take
all of my love for you
leave it
all at your door
i want - just one thing from you
one last - turn on the floor
i want - just one thing from you
one last - turn on the floor
i walk like i’m gonna fall over
i dance like i’m gonna fall down
no balance i’m a jangly lover
heart heavy i shuffle around
i drink like i’m gonna fall over
i love full tilt and down
no balance i’m a jangly lover
heart heavy i shuffle around
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17. |
bag of bones
03:06
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i remember how long it's been
since you came by my door
seventy times seven days
since you came by my door
a bag of bones in your left hand
when you came by my door
it rattled hollow just like your soul
when you came by my door
i know what you wanted
a place to rest those bones
i know what you wanted
a place to call your own
well this home has been spoken for
you aren't welcome here
these hands have never been idle
you aren't welcome here
this bed ain't empty now
you aren't welcome here
take your bones and rattle along
you aren't welcome here
i know what you wanted
a place to rest those bones
i know what you wanted
a place to call your own
don't come back, beelezebub
this flesh belongs to me
don't knock again, ole salome
this flesh belongs to me
don't sing about your sorrows
this flesh belongs to me
i remember how long it's been
this flesh belongs to me
i know what you wanted
a place to rest those bones
i know what you wanted
a place to call your own
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noah mclaughlin Atlanta, Georgia
Appalachian distortion, folk samples, and ancient myths.
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