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Fire on the porch on a summer's night. All of my things are there inside. Black smoke rise up, now burn on, burn higher I smell leaves and burning tires. Dogs in the meadows barking wild. Blackbir
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Man, you oughta finish what you've started. You can't leave me here alive. Well, I know it started as a fist fight. But you've got me covered up in hives I don't need an invitation. The best peach
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It's a whale it's a whale where the valley once was. I can tell by her head that her tail is coming up. Long as a train taller than a bus. Must have come with the river when the levee went bust. I
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Permission now to let this thing land. I'm too far gone to know where I am. Conditions are worse than we planned. Permission now to let this thing land. . Heading straight into the blackness. Be
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Here comes your drunken marionette. Dragging his mess of threads. There at the bar pulling smoke to his lungs. And he says who will ignore me when you're gone? Now come on lift me up. Well, I wann
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She knows just what I like. The Angel on my bike. She found me down on a two ton anchor. Tangled up in wire She always gets it right. The Angel on my bike. I could be killed if the train goes fas
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I feel pretty good. I feel all right. And I've been thinkin' maybe. I could spend the night I know you've been sad. I know I've been bad. But if you'd let me. I'd make you ribbons from a paper b
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Sirens ring, the shots ring out. A stranger cries, screams out loud. I had my world strapped against my back. I held my hands, never knew how to act And the same black line that was drawn on you.
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You'd have a wonderful day. If you could see how lucky you are. Now don't get carried away with your heart. You're better where you are You're not the only one. Who's failed to hang on to a moving
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We took 'em high, we took 'em straight up the hill,. They wanted it all, we gave 'em such a fill. In their parades we stole every thrill. And in their games we made every kill. We took them hard,
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Senorita, looks like you. Ain't done nothing. Good women ain't supposed to do. Oh no no no no I seen her downtown, 'bout an hour ago. Behind the glass at a peep show. I got nervous 'cause I don't
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Cherry picking through the stars. And falling cannonballs. Waiting for the break of dawn. To start its morning crawl Polluted rays of filtered light. Tropical and warm. Making shadows through the
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Alone tonight, in somebody's bed. She gone and dyed her hair red. She only went and did what she did. 'Cause he would drive her home then There's lipstick on her new dress. She hadn't even paid ye
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I'm here by my window. I am waiting for your parade. And I will salute you from above the crowd. As you make your way You won the battle, baby, you've won the war. I admit it now, I could not give
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Seems like the world's gone underground. No gods or heroes dare to go down. Tear drops from a hole in heaven come. Overhead like ravens dropping down like bombs Through the morning's silver frosted
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New heaven over a brand new sky. New breed of wonder on the vine. Among the living. There is new promise in this night There's new arms to hold back the revolution. There's new eyes to recognize w
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Quarter moon on a city growing thick. With good advice that won't stick. From the ballrooms to the suburbs and the abandoned mines. Atlantis may be rising but we're all out of time The colored ligh
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Say when you're alone. It's better 'cause nobody knows you. When no one's your friend. It's better 'cause nobody leaves you So you've turned your back. On a world that you could never have. 'Caus
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One, two boys by the river. Down by the water tellin' riddles in the dark. With fireflies under the moonlight. Carvin' the insides of a tree with a knife Did you ever hear the one about the boy's b
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No there won't be an ambush anytime soon. If the birds are returning it's safe enough to say that much is true. In the desert that borders between me and you. Where more than a few good men have fa
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Tomorrow is gonna make you cry. It's gonna make you kneel. Before it breaks you from inside. Still pressing on. Arm over arm. Still trying to get both feet back on to the ground. They are harves
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The last night I dreamt one thousand lies. I could see the dawn through a different set of eyes. There in my slumber passing time. Long live the world resting on its side I walked the orchard with
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It doesn't have to be pretty. It doesn't have to move the crowd. In no particular city. Just a clearing with little else around. It doesn't have to look steady. Don't really care on which side of
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Some have crosses. Bells that ring. Most have angels. painted with wings Old ones and blonde ones. can find their way in. got statues, apostles,. and other godly things In deserts they build em.
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Looking back at the crash site. I don't see me by the roadside. Well this heart is on wheels tonight. Straight through the ghettos and without lights Now every heart has a blind side. Where he lea
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Those men down in the water they are not lost. There's poison in the arrows that come across. No you don't leave your post at any cost. There's more than just bottles washing up on the rocks And yo
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Where you're going has no signs. And you're not going in a straight line. You ought to have me on your mind. I dare you to think otherwise. Under the water, more water. You keep diving and you wo
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Where you're going has no signs. And you're not going in a straight line. You ought to have me on your mind. I dare you to think otherwise. Under the water, more water. You keep diving and you wo
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You can tell a few things about the soul of a town. From the blood of the men gone in the ground. Bankrupt and buried by war that is carried out. By messengers now. Was born here and married too y
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Maybe I could be the one they adore. That could be my reputation. It's where I'm from that lets them think I'm a *. I'm an educated virgin And sleepwalker, don't be shy. And don't open your eyes t
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Once upon a time they called me the bleeder. Well, swimmin' up this river with sentimental fever. But this ain't my first ride, it ain't my last try. Just got to keep movin' on. If they catch me e
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How soft a whisper can get. When youre walking through a crowded space. I hear every word being said. And I remember that everyday. I get a little bit closer to you, to you How long an hour can ta
