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Destiny shows her face
And no one can take her place
Her hands are wheels
Her eyes are blind
She has no need no fear
Her heart is a greaseless gear
It wears away
As friends who drift apart
Chorus:
You want to go than you go
You're going to be what you'll be
Gonna take all you give
You're gonna give what you leave
It's a long way up
It's a long way down
To have heaven on earth
You'll have to stay on the ground
Wait for love to ease the hate
Heaven it has no gate
There's no sign
To let you know you're there
Summer comes you’re gone again
So we begin to end (your way beyond a friend)
Leaving me now
Has me spinning
Summer comes you’re gone again
I'm sinking down within
My hands are tied
There is no way out
Chorus
Destiny says goodbye
Before you can ask her why
She's gone
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She's got it
The way she want's it
Hope it works out all right
She gets it
When she wants it
Who's looking good tonight?
Chorus
Who's gonna be Mr. Pretty
Who's gonna be
Who's gonna be Mr. Pretty
Who's gonna be
Who's gonna be Mr. Pretty
Mr. Pretty tonight?
They all love her
All you got to do is ask her
All you need to do is know her
To know why
You'd never want her
They got her
Where they want her
Looking up from their cash
She likes it even better
When she's throwing them out like trash
Chorus
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Clock Tower
02:38
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He walks with his back turned away from the sun
He's a long way from home there's work to be done
Find a place, find a job, find a reason for living
Here today - here today - here today
The lights up in the clock tower light only the fog
Only the fog - only the fog - only the fog
Tables and tables of people in chairs
Drinking coffee and talking 'bout their conversations
With people who bleed like a newscaster's story
The details all gory ; the substance so thin
But the lights up in their clock tower light only the fog
Only the fog - only the fog - only the fog
When I look around look around I don't see it getting better
You've got to hate all that greed's gonna take
Take away from you now
We've got to learn to love
We've got to learn to love
We've got to learn to love
He walks with his back turned away from the sun
He's a long way from home there's work to be done
Find a place find a job find a reason for living
Here today here today here today
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4. |
Alone In Love
02:29
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How many years?
Where does the time go?
I know you loved me the best you could
Some part of me just misunderstood
I've been alone thinking we were in love
The days changed so fast
If I could have just slowed them down some
Know that I loved you the best I could
If I could start over you know that I would
'cause I've been alone thinking we were in love
There's nothing colder
Than knowing his arms are keeping you warm
I won't stay long
I just had to see you again
The judge let me out
But you set me free
'cause I've been alone
I've been alone, been alone, been alone
I've been alone thinking we were in love
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I don't need a gap between the way things are
And what I've been told them to be
I need no new message - no rock n roll stars
Telling me that nothing is free
I wasn't born here mister
To be an ass licker
Wasn't born here sister to drive your ass home
Have you had enough had enough
Have you had enough had enough
Have you had enough had enough
Driving up town got he radio on
They interrupt the ad to play another dumb song
Then they're talking 'bout the news talk, talking 'bout the news talk,
Talking 'bout, talkin' bout, talkin' bout talkin' bout
Money and the man going hand into hand
You can break the law and pay your fine at the stand
I've got no new news - born to win or to loose
You're gonna live with the blues
Until you've had enough had enough
I don't know about what I read
It could be but it might not be
I don't know about what is real
The way it looks or the way it feels
Have you had enough had enough?
Fire on the mountain fire in the fields
Eyes twist in terror swords out number shields
The whole wide world watching on T.V.
What fun for you
What fun for me
Have you had enough had enough?
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6. |
Last Call
03:44
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She tended the bar he attended
Serving those drinks with umbrellas
Hiding the heart she'd mended
Somewhere inside her eyes
Chorus
And it's another last call
Another night smashed up against the wall
Another last call, last call, last call, that's all
Watching the lights through the window
Staying as everyone leaves
She said, "You really should go."
But he found her hard to believe
Chorus
Turning the music up louder
Sweeping the smoke from the floor
As he turned to go
She offered him one more
Wiping the words from the table
Throwing out all but the one's that sound good
They'd love, if they were able,
Each one thinking that the other one could
Two cars roll out in the distance
Headlights heading out separate ways
Chorus
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7. |
Way Out West
03:11
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Way out west in no man's land
Highways web through diamond spans
Taking in a traffic jam cars like water in a dam
I'm getting no where - they're going nowhere
It's progress in progress
Way out west in no man's land
Got burger kings for uncle sam
Buffalo dust for the Indian
While the ocean waves bye bye
I'm getting nowhere - they're going nowhere
It's progress in progress
Progress in progress you can't slow it down
Progress in progress no slowing it down
They'll back it up and jack it up
Until they give it up
Back it up and jack it up
Until they give it up
Silhouetted clouds between me and the moon
Cast shadows on the water
And I sit here between the steel of the railroad track
And the great smoke stacks tower over me
It's progress in progress
Way out west in no man's land
Machines replace the working man
Buildings rise and homes come down
While people sleep on streets in town
And when the rains begin to pour
The merchandise stays dry indoors
But there's one thing I fail to get
Why so many people must get wet
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8. |
Break The Hold
02:50
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You break the hold you break the chains
Unfold the curtains from our eyes
To let some new light fill the darkness
That has grown for us inside
I'll take the reins upon this horse
And saddle up to move along
Upon the land where yet no man has walked
No car has rolled upon
Chorus
It was yesterday I heard her say she cared
But when I turned around to look she wasn't there she wasn't there
Hiding away day after day
Thinking that love kept us alive
We lived together looking for some truth
Between each other's lies
I'll take the blame you win the game
And claim your freedom as the prize
Who am I to try to stop you
From telling me goodbye?
Chorus
Waiting for someone to sympathize with
All that two go through
Show me things I need to change show me things I thought I knew
Chorus
You break the hold you break the chains
Unfold the curtains from our eyes
I'll learn to live for every moment
Where some hope remains alive
Across the valley of our differences
You and I shall stand
Maybe someday we'll be back this way
To share our lives again
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Dark is the bar where I keep drinking on
Everyone's talking about the one who did them wrong
And I fit in
I fit right in
Old people standing in the lock shop
Watching the clock on the wall
Trying to protect what little left they have got
Nowhere to fall
And I fit in
I fit right in
Lost in your cloud
And oh so proud
But walking on windows now
Back in the school yard everyone wanted to fight
Said meet us tonight and we'll take you out
Everyone playing games
Calling the dumb ones names they never heard of
And I fit in
I fit right in
Lost in your cloud
And oh so proud
But walking on windows now
Dark is the bar where I keep drinking on
Everyone is talking 'bout the one who did them wrong
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10. |
Traded Away
02:49
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Say what you plan to do today
You're stuck at work
Well that's okay
Chorus
What's done is done when done
And the work is never done
In a job like the one you traded
All the time you traded away
You traded away you traded away
All the time you traded away
You traded away you traded away
Playing cards on Friday
With the boys sitting' around the table
Beer flows from the bottle to the glass -
You peel the label
Watch the paper pile up and you place it near your cup
Wetting your lip with every sip
Trying to dry the spirit up but...
Chorus
The father's, father's, son
Came to this town and had a son
A family line assembled to live off the assembly line
For each new face born to this place
So too a soul was born to stay
And fill the steps as left by those
Who stood there 'till they passed away
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11. |
Rudy Black
03:06
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He sits alone and he skips the stones
Across the water to the other side
The flatbed it broke down but the road waits for a ride
He used to get so tired
He used to get around
Chorus
Rudy Black
He's back with you brother
Ain't got jack to share or show
Coat on the rack
Truck back on the jack
He left forever just four days ago
I must confess the day he left
I was feeling a little sad
Good times with that friend of mine
Were all we ever had
He used to get so wasted
That guy could put 'em down
Chorus
You make the plans
The plans they break all on their own
They'll leave you alone
Wondering why
But no friend in the world wouldn't understand
What it must feel like for the man to come back
Having just said goodbye
He sits alone and he skips the stones
Across the water to the other side
Ragged and beaten failure in his eyes
He used to seem so solid
His eyes were always dry Chorus
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Lie down all you claim to know
What has been learned must be let go
Lie down all the rational
What must be changed must be changed now
Chorus
All the lines are drawn
What was here is gone
And there's a new kind of feeling
Lie down all that cloud your eyes
It's still the same ground
Floating through the same sky
Lie down those who sell you faith
Money and time have both lost the race
Chorus
Lie down put it all to rest
Fly from the fear or fall from the nest
Lie down the way you thought it was
Be as it will be s it does
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13. |
Baby's In The Basement
03:36
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Baby's in the basement
Working on the car
I'm in the kitchen watching T.V.
Playing this guitar
Full moon on the calendar
Half moon in the sky
Dinner's in the freezer
Couldn't chew it if I tried
Sparkles on the ceiling
Plants in the bath
Got water in the ashtray
And ashes in the glass
Chorus
Someone's coming over
I can't remember who
Got papers on my table
Full of stuff for me to do
Full moon on the calender
Half moon in the sky
Headache on my shoulders
Chaos in my eyes
Chorus
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14. |
Tumbling Down
03:49
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Tumbling down
Tumbling down
tumbling down
Tumbling down
I built it up
Made it strong
Felt so right
It just carried me along
Now I'm
Tumbling down
Tumbling down
Tumbling down
Tumbling down
Dreams
They will protect you
Wipe out real life
Until it no longer affects you
Tumbling down
Tumbling down
Tumbling down
I thought
There was no one stronger
No lie could last
Any longer
Now I'm
Tumbling down
Tumbling down
Tumbling down
Tumbling down
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