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Applecart Blues
04:48
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Life is once you say
Breakdancin’ on my grave
I’m all alone it seems
Blind drunk and losin’ steam
Yeah I’m gonna shake
Down on my knees
Dead on my feet
Carve my name in stone
This weredog’s comin’ home
Maladies unreal
And melodies to steal
I’m gonna shake
Desperation
Imagination
Choice libation
It’s my inspiration
I’m gonna shake
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Fat City
04:47
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I can do what you want, run on down to fat city
If I do, if I do
I can play what you need, fly me down to fat city
If I do, If I do
You can say at one time you’ve made it
Lyrics sink like a stone
It’s the fall that you later regret
Broke and unknown
Like a page out of time, I’m faded
Yellow dusty and old
I could be what you want me to be
But no I wont
You can do what you want, run on down to fat city
It’s a ruse, it’s a ruse
If its fame by design, you’re right at home in fat city
It’s a ruse, it’s a ruse
You can say at one time you’re famous
Ethics sink like a stone
It’s the fall that you later regret
Broke and unknown
Like a page out of time I’m faded
Yellow dusted and old
We could be what you want us to be
But no we won’t
I can do what you want
Run on down to fat city
If I do, if I do
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Lightning Cries
04:51
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The barren seas, and azure skies
They play their tricks on me
Hard to analyze
The empty seats, those vacant eyes
The willow weeps you see
And lightning cries
Nothing new
All I need, is what I know
The records in between
Muscle shoals
Whitman reads, O’Clementine
Western movement beat
Toe the party line
And lighting cries
Nothing new
Ancient script inside the cavern walls
Once a proving ground
Bones across the floor
Letters etched in steel
Glowing coals inside my mind
Offend appease, amend define
Don’t play those games with me
I’d rather pay the fine
The statute leaks, the eagle spies
The dove she sleeps you see
And lightning cries
Nothing new
The odds don’t favor signs
The sods don’t know
Eidetic fever dream
Tearing down my door
Letters etched in steel
Glowing coals, in my mind
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Spit And Gristle
04:07
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So tired and sick of pretending
The truth is too hard to ignore
False information unending
Slander just to even the score
Make me think I’m unhealthy
Make me think I’m in need
Broken psyches unhinging
Indefinitely
Oooh what a high it is
Oh what a lonely biz
Until it’s pointed at you
These lines are all that connect me
Instantly don’t make a sound
You think your piece can protect me
Well they’re layin’ all over the ground
Contentious crude and unholy
Help a neighbor in need
Slappin’ leather with Cochise
And watching him bleed
Oooh what a high it is
Oh what a mighty biz
Until it’s pointed at you
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Roger. Over And Out. A
03:41
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Bucket of blood, the wild angels creep
Night of the blood beast
Humanoids from the deep
Women in cages, comin’ up from the depths
Piranha rages, Walter Paisleys’ the best
Beast with a million eyes
Teenage caveman, giant leeches feed
Drive-in dementia, exploitation’s the key
Masque of the red death
Vincent Price isn’t dead
Big bad mama, the trip screws with my head
Beast with a million eyes
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Roger. Over And Out. B
03:35
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Symmetry, got a hold on me
Sanity, is a mystery
Trinity, gets the best of me
Destiny, be the death of me
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7. |
Blues For Mephistopheles
03:39
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The dawn electric, what the morning brings
The age of Methric, how the night owl sings
The angels eulogize their pastor
Recognizing their master
Unschooled fanatics, in a boxing ring
I choose to be, the stone in Davids’ sling
The dark recalls the Devils’ laughter
Echoes of the sweet hereafter
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Tomorrows' Dream
03:07
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Well I'm leaving tomorrow at daybreak
Catch the fastest train around nine
Yes I'm leaving the sorrow and heartache
Before it takes me away from my mind
Send me love and I may let you see me
Send me hopes that can spin in my head
But if you really want me to answer
I can only let you know when I'm dead
When sadness fills my days
It's time to turn away
And then tomorrow's dreams
Become reality to me
So realize I'm much better without you
You're not the one and only thing in my heart
I'll just go back to pretending I'm living
So this time I'm gonna have to depart
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9. |
Straight Up Boogaloo
05:08
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My type of blues drones on and on
I think the solo should service the song
Jimmy Reed is all to blame
Brownie Mcghee and Sonny the same
I love the Kings, oh lord they send me
B.B., Freddie and the pres
My type of blues flows on and on
May it stay that way
Yeah I’m kingbee, you got to move
You can’s arrest me, for playing this groove
But when you left me, a dozen times
Drown in my blue moonshine
I’d rather sip on the gasoline
From the tank of a stretch limousine
Not much a fan of those modern blues
Gimme the hook, the wolf and some booze
Yeah I love the Kings, oh lord they send me
B.B., Freddie and the pres
My type of blues flows on and on
May it stay that way
From Bessie Smith to Mavis Staples
St. Louis Blues by wc
But when you left me, a dozen times
Baby please don’t go
Some will say it all sounds the same
But not to me, I’ll carry the flame
I’m just a midwest boy at heart
But gimme a stage, I’ll tear it apart
I love the Kings, oh lord they send me
B.B., Freddie and the pres
My type of blues rolls on and on
I hope it stays that way
I’m gonna miss you too
The straight up boogaloo
It’s a straight up boogaloo
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Rattlesnake Shake
11:58
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Baby, if you got to rock
I got to be your rocking horse
Baby, think you'd like to roll
Maybe your digging it more
They're shaking the world
When it's time to crash
But when I get home tonight
I guess I got to shake myself
You need some love
You must have the blues
Ain't but the one thing
A good man can do
He do the shake
The rattlesnake shake
Man, do the shake
Yes, and jerk away the blues
Now, jerk it
Now, I know this guy
His name is Mick
Now, he don't care when he ain't got no chick
He do the shake
The rattlesnake shake
Yes, he do the shake
And jerks away the blues
Now, jerk it
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11. |
Yer Blues
04:03
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Yes, I'm lonely
Want to die
Yes, I'm lonely
Want to die
If I ain't dead already
Oh, girl, you know the reason why
In the morning
Want to die
In the evening
Want to die
If I ain't dead already
Oh, girl, you know the reason why
My mother was of the sky
My father was of the earth
But I am of the universe
And you know what it's worth
I'm lonely
Want to die
If I ain't dead already
Oh, girl, you know the reason why
The eagle picks my eye
The worm he licks my bone
I feel so suicidal
Just like Dylan's Mr. Jones
Lonely
Want to die
If I ain't dead already
Oh, girl, you know the reason why
Black cloud crossed my mind
Blue mist round my soul
Feel so suicidal
Even hate my rock and roll
Want to die
Yeah, want to die
If I ain't dead already
Oh, girl, you know the reason why
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