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Welcome to my life friend where have you been
An awakening of the mind this can’t be a sin
Now that I found you I will never let you go
You have opened my eyes now I reach for the sun and I grow
I remember reading in books
All the lunatics and the crooks but not me
There’s a price a risk when you play
What goes up comes down as they say but not me
Oh my look what I found
I will lie on the ground
I will cover my ears
And I will look at the sound
And I will take it all in
It will soak through my skin
When it seems like the end
Is where the story begins
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Full Speed Ahead
02:08
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The way things are going today
I might end up in Heaven and I did not pray
If you ain’t got nothin’ to say
Step aside kid now get outta my way yeah
Chemicals dance through my veins
Full speed ahead don’t you pull on those reins
Live a little jump in the game
If you don’t then you must have to walk with a cane yeah
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First Drop
04:08
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Oh no I’ll take a drop of your sunshine
Maybe it will dry the rain
I know I guess I will be fine
Though I know I won’t be the same
Look at the colors morph oh how they speak in hues
All faces are disguised can’t find an ounce of truth
We must escape away rid our minds of these lies
Trees bend and touch the ground a clearing through the pines
But it is summertime and I am with my friends
Pay no mind to the invisible fear
Cause I’m seeing things that are there then gone
There are voices whispering in my ear
So I drop to my knees and forget my old prayers
Oh they told me that I would see God
Like a Sunday Morning in the ol’ Saint Lads
He is nowhere is it all just a fraud
Oh no I took a drop of your sunshine
Still I was drenched in rain
I hope I guess I will be fine
Though I know I won’t be the same
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4. |
Off The Rails
03:02
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As conductor of this train Captain of this ship
I offer you a hit to keep you sane
A double dose over here another sniff over there
Plug me in to turn you on again
Now we’re goin off the rails lost in outer space
Straight ahead a dark and dead end road
Disregard the light and disregard the love
When is everyone is stopping we still go
I’m goin off the rails
And I don’t give a damn
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Strung out on the dirty road a Holy Moly Rolls
Creeps up slowly like a snake, for my soul
Ain’t got nothin’ left my friend I’m desolate and cold
Duck back down the Avenue cross the Boulevard
Drag myself so far away, life is hard
Hustle round for shady smiles and crash in some backyard
Trash cans line the streets the garbage trucks are broke down
Is the Lord above
One junkyard two mills sleepin’ on the hillside
Lord was up above
Smokestacks traintracks travel in a wolfpack
Is the Lord above
Old churches fallin’ down nobody seems to care how
Lord is up above
Where is your love
Lay my burdens down in blood and write down my goodbyes
Outside billowing clouds of smoke, solar blind
Spiritual suicide running wild this place it slowly dies
Blackmail blasphemy rip me off in the name of the King
I said railroad robbery stop this train ‘fore it kills me
Now I’m shook down with a broken back there’s too much weight and I’m starting to crack
And I can see my spot that hole in the ground I’ve been lost so long I might never be found
Trash cans line the streets the garbage trucks are broke down
Is the Lord above
One junkyard two mills sleepin’ on the hillside
Lord was up above
Smokestacks traintracks travel in a wolfpack
Is the Lord above
Old churches fallin’ down nobody seems to care how
Lord is up above
Where is Your love (x4)
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6. |
Ain't No Good
02:59
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Here I sit all alone again shoot myself with a black pen
I ain’t no good if I could you know that I would
Tip the bottle back a few more times but that’s what got me into the pine
It ain’t no good if I could you know that I would
Well I had nowhere to go now and your house had unlocked doors
Thought I had no one to turn to child said what was I waitin’ for
Cause there’s a way to find salvation girl you said look around and tried to make yourself clear
I was down and out and I was on my own but you took me in a broken soul and gave me a home
I let you down again apology with a black pen
I ain’t no good if I could you know that I would
Change the things that I did in the past but you know I can’t look back
It ain’t no good if I could you know that I would
I stuck around for a short time but he got the best of me
Crawled around on the floor for days I said like a ship lost at sea
But there’s a way to get back on the course a summertime breeze no women no wine it is peace
Still I’m down and out and don’t need no home I just wanna go to sleep forever leave me alone
Wake me up roll the stone, Wake me up when I get home
I want to thank you folks for all that you’ve done
I want to thank you Lord but I’m still on the run
I gotta roll on down the road I guess I’ll see you again
But I ain’t got no time don’t got no date I don’t know when, it’s a sin
Here I sit all alone again shoot myself with a black pen
I ain’t no good if I could you know that I would
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7. |
The Poor Kid
03:22
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The brothel by the river overflows like waste
Apocalyptic city rats a bitter taste
Cheap cologne and perfume cannot hide that smell
Just another afternoon in our own little hell
Summer days aristocrats and opium dens
I know it sounds so nice but go and tell your friends
When the revolution will appear on the scene
We all will be in line for the guillotine
Well if you can’t stay clean oh know what I mean
And every instant pleasure is the prey that you feed
Then this one’s for you cause I understand
I am a poor kid livin in this run down land
If you got no fins but you like to swim
In a river that’s so green will wash away your sins
Then this one’s for you cause I understand
I am a poor kid livin by the river man
The thick and sticky air and undiscovered mold
Shitkickers on the corner slinging useless gold
I peak through stained glass windows that are full of holes
Find the place in tatters littered broken rules
Filthy children break into the closed down stores
They’re setting up a business to compete with the whores
The old chateau it glows temptation moonlit sky
The dog he barks the cat she claws mosquito bites
Call up the back alley doctor to make it go away
He’s not afraid to go and use his rusty needle
So you know I gotta watch what I say
Calm down he says my son we all came here to die
And if you don’t believe a single word I speak go and take a look outside
Well if you can’t stay clean oh you know what I mean
And every instant pleasure is the prey that you feed
Then this one’s for you cause I understand
I am a poor kid livin in this run down land
And if you have no fins but you like to swim
In a river that’s so green will wash away your sins
Then this one’s for you cause I understand
I am a poor kid livin by the river man
Pack all my belongings leave a spinning wheel
Waiting for a taker to come strike up a deal
I wait in vain for hours fall asleep with a gun
And if I die before I wake consider it done
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8. |
Left With A Funeral
04:26
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Another gray morning cold and alone feel so strange
I sweat and shake my heart it breaks
Another month passes lost and astray feel so strange
Sense I can’t make my heart it breaks my God how it breaks
Now you’re left with a funeral left with the bill
I’m sorry my love for this life that I killed
It’s the lies that I told you poisonous words
It’s a shame that I told them a shame that you heard
Now I burn Oh how I burn
Another dream ending nightmares begin I’m awake
Just go away my body aches
Maybe tomorrow forgiven with grace it’s a waste
It is too late can’t find a way home or a place
Now you’re left with a funeral left with the bill
I’m sorry my love for this life that I killed
It’s the lies that I told you poisonous words
It’s a shame that I told them a shame that you heard
Now I burn Oh how I burn
When will I ever change these wicked ways
Locked up in chains I cannot see the light of the day
I try to speak but no one hears a word that I say
Oh am I here or have I passed on my God take me away or go away
Now you’re left with a funeral left with the bill
I’m sorry my love for this life that I killed
It’s the lies that I told you poisonous words
It’s a shame that I told them a shame that you heard
Now I burn Oh how I burn
Another gray morning cold and alone feel so strange
I sweat and shake my heart it breaks my God how it breaks
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9. |
Where I'm Goin'
01:25
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Well I guess it’s my time
I’m gonna see old Saint Pete
So throw me a party have a parade
My maker I will meet
The sun is shining
And everybody yells and cheers
As I pass them by in a black Cadillac
A mean old man he sneers
He says you ain’t goin where you want to go
Wipe that smile off your face I tell you so
What’s in store for you son it’s a shame
Light will fade there’s no one left to blame
Look at the sun it is fallin
Hear me Lord I am callin
I can’t tell where I’m goin
I can’t tell where I’m goin
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10. |
Close The Gate
03:43
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I wash on your shore hoping that you will see me before
I fall in the sand hoping that you will hold out your hand
I crawl to your door hoping that you will offer your floor
I can hardly stand hoping that you will hold out your hand
Cause I trust in you see oh to give me the things
That you promised that you would bring
Like love understanding acceptance of all
Cause what I am seeing is hate close the gate
I plant all my seeds hoping that you will meet my needs
Days go by so fast no signs of you only the past
Cause I trust in you see oh to give me the things
That you promised that you would bring
Like love understanding acceptance of all
Cause what I am seeing is hate close the gate
Oh I’ve traveled so far there’s no turning back
I gave you my word now you give it back
Now I wait wait for the sun wait for it to rise
And when that sun it rises up I can’t believe my eyes
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Turn your back and I steal fruit again starving got no shame I’m wonderin’
In this garden pure I’m stumblin’ where’s that water to wine
In the distance is a jungle green every kind of paradise is seen
One Twenty Nine He said it’s yours all that you see leavin’ out the last few lines
I ain’t supposed to be here for a few more years
But when I get there I have nothing to fear
Cause I feel no pain no hurt tell not a lie
Heart does not ache I do not cry
And every story that I hear doesn’t end with goodbye
I come across no hatred not a judge
Only open arms reached out for love
No catch no fine print below or above
Only love
Now take me to the river lay me down dream so deep and melt into the ground
Waking light can’t believe what I have found back to where it all began
Now see that villain who has been denied he yells at the gates a billion times
Sympathy remorse he starts to cry as he’s crackin’ a smile
I ain’t supposed to be here for a few more years
But when I get there I have nothing to fear
Cause I feel no pain no hurt tell not a lie
Heart does not ache I do not cry
And every story that I hear doesn’t end with goodbye
I come across no hatred not a judge
Only open arms reached out for love
No catch no fine print below or above
Only love
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12. |
The Exodus
00:57
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Man I'm Comin' Home
02:24
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Like the Prodigal Son man I’m comin home
Full of remorse and with busted bones
Cause I’ve been run out of every town
Kicked when I was up stabbed while down
But I ain’t got no time to live in the past
My rear view mirror is just broken glass
And I will run to my Father
And tell him how nice it is just to hear him laugh
And I will hold on to my Mother
And tell her how sorry I am for the riff and the raff
I wasted all my time chasin a golden calf
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Love Is The Day
01:32
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Are no words to explain my love for you
Every time I’m down the sun it breaks on through the gloom
Love is the day I saw your face
I can’t imagine life now without you yeah you
I will be there to wipe your tears away
When you are down and when your poor heart aches
Sometimes the weight is hard to take
Beat up and broke down till I see you
Are no words to explain my love for you
Every time you smile the sun it breaks on through the gloom
Love is the day I saw your face
I can’t imagine life now without you
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Lord Knows
04:30
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Days were dark I felt like hell
No one to talk to and no one to tell
What I’ve done or how I fell
But I held on when nothing was right and everything was going wrong
Oh I held on when the days were the nights and a half second went on and on
Aaah Aaah
Baby please just let me go
I want you I hate you I’m beggin’ you so
When I wake up wanna thank God that you are beside me
Lord knows that I have told my fair share of lies
For now I have something that I can hold on to
Your body is warm and there’s light in your eyes
No I never ever wanna go back to those days are behind me
If you ever see me slip again please don’t hesitate to throw me a line
But I gotta tell you deep inside my heart & soul there is a lion
Who defends everything I say and everything I do
And every single time I wanna die and give up all I gotta do is call out your name
Now I can see the truth I’m free
Oh why I plead with you no need
Your love is free
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Sometimes
02:28
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Sometimes your up and some times your down
Sometimes an outlaw sometimes a clown
Sometimes your just the scum of the earth
Then the next thing you know it’s just another rebirth
Sometimes you shout your praise to the Lord
Sometimes you lose your faith and lock up your doors
But life passes by in a blink of the eye
So be good to each other till the day that you die
Oh that’s just the way that it goes
Oh that’s just life they say
Love every little moment you have
For everyone an end will come but don’t you be sad
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