1. |
Dust
03:38
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you were never born, but you gotta die young
don’t know what for, but you gotta die young
nothing there to fight, but you gotta die young
cause the night gets old, and the thrill won’t hold
but the sun keep dyin’ so you gotta die young
ain’t no use in tryin’ to draw it outta you
cause you’ll carve out your tongue
but now you’re covered in dust
you’d feel better in the blood
now you’re covered in dust
you’d feel better in blood
and it’s gonna run until you drag me, back to the sun
back to the sun
where we both die young
keep going, but you gotta die young
keep going, but you gotta die young
let your bones run free, but you gotta die young
but they run too deep, where the light can’t see
the sun keep dyin’ so you gotta die young
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2. |
My Shadow
04:47
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Oh when (who knows)
who can tell me (who knows)
exactly when I got stuck again
tell me why (who knows)
and don’t feed me no lies (who knows)
tell me why I been cast
in this horrible light again (who knows)
who can help me (who knows)
‘cause again has got me again
and I’m falling right back in to my nightmare
doesn’t matter how bright
you make that light
I know I keep following my shadow
I know I keep following my shadow
I know, I know
I keep following my shadow
no that light ain't never gonna catch me
cause the night has me
I keep following my shadow
no that light ain't never gonna catch me
catch me begin’ you
to take my questions
I can be any answer you need
won’t you learn my lessons
won’t you right my wrong and light my way
I keep following my shadow
no that light never gonna catch me
cause the night has me
I keep following my shadow
no that light never gonna catch me
oh no
not again (who knows)
I can’t believe (who knows)
my epiphany just came and went
oh my (who knows)
oh my my my, my my (who knows)
what can my head do
when my mind keeps telling lies (who knows)
there’s no telling me again (who knows)
and again, and again, got me again, got me
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3. |
I Need a Love
03:23
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I never like to see my likeness
that’s why I only drink the rain
and let the wild flow over me to hide
my name in vain
I need a love to eat my heart out
I need a love to eat the love right out of me
I need a love to eat my heart out
I need a love to eat the love right out of me
well the moon is showing his teeth tonight
and you wanna pick it clean
well the dirt can feel that something ain’t quite right
it’s sinking in to sweeter dreams
and you’ve got the firepower
but I never follow the led, babe
cause I need a way out
I need a way
I need a love to eat my heart out
I need a love to eat the love right out of me
I need a love to eat my heart out
I need a love to save me from my survival
my survival
my survival
‘cause you got the firepower
but I never follow the led, babe
cause I need a way out
I need a way
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I been framed
there's too many hours
and not enough days
so many roads
and no other way
if I could just see myself out
if I could beat it
but i know without a shadow of a doubt
that that's make believe (ooo)
so many roads
but the horizon never finds me
and I can't take any more
you got to give me a sign baby
cause I’m finding it hard
to leave it all behind me
‘cause everything before
became
the frame
I’ve been framed
and I'm tryin just to serve my sentence
without a shadow of a doubt
and i know that i'm the only one to blame for this
but my frame can't save me now
I'm bleedin through the back of my canvas
I'm bleeding out
I'm bleeding through the back of my canvas
I’m bleeding out
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5. |
Get the Itch
02:52
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I’ve been born again to be beaten to death
with a head full of space and a race in my chest
the end of the line
is any man’s guess
and you’re welcome to try
but I’m saving my breath
I’m riddled with secrets and shots in the dark
my mind's made up to draw blood from my heart
hold tight to my tales
to tear them apart
I sharpen my nails
and find a fresh start
I get the itch to start from scratch again
now and then
I get the itch to start from scratch again
my second comin's got me fiendin' for more
and I'm starting to feel like I've been here before
I keep one eye open
don't know what for
I rest in pieces
I'm ready for war
and I'm looking for the next pair of crosshairs
to save my soul
I get the itch to start from scratch again
now and then
I get the itch to start from scratch again
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6. |
Real Slo
04:02
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I'm leaving, and now you know
so you try and take me away
I gotta go babe
well you know I don't wanna
cause I know you wanna
I gotta go, baby
I gotta go
so I go real slow
you're begging
and taking it rough
you know I can't get enough
but I gotta go, babe
but you know I don't wanna
cause I know I wanna
I can't leave ya
nothing to hang to
but I gotta go, babe
I gotta go
so I go real slow
I got a moment to spare
we can make it ours
going over and over
and over and over the same ground
it keeps getting better somehow
no it can't get any better than right
right now, right now
but I gotta go
so I go real slow
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7. |
Read 'em & Weep
03:21
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I got keys to the lock that I lost long ago
and my dreams keep hiding, cause I'm gettin too close
and you forewarned that you foretell
whatever it is that you foresee
but the deal been done
the cards come
and you read em and weep for me
you read em and weep for me
now my yarn needs spinnin’ and my pages lay bare
you need to oversee me cause I'm dyin’ to care
and I'll shuffle through your archway
and I believe you when you swear
that it all means something and I'll get somewhere
cause you forewarned that you foretell
whatever it is that you foresee
but the deal been done
the cards come
and you read em and weep for me
you read em and weep for me
your tears are tearing me down
your tears are tearing me down
cause you forewarned that you foretell
whatever it is that you foresee
but the deal been done
the cards come
and you read em and weep for me
you read em and weep for me
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8. |
How Long?
03:37
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how long
tell me how long
will I keep chasing the tales
that I tell myself
and sink my teeth into silence
I'm damned if I do
but I do it so damn well
hell ain't big enough to hide it
but fire would be
such a welcome relief
from living each day on the tip of my tongue
I bite at the leash
of those figures of speech
but they keep on draggin’ me on and on
how long
tell me how long
but it's been coiled up inside me for so long
and it keeps tryin’ to break free
claw its way outta me
crawl up through my throat
punch its way through my teeth
but i wont let it go
‘cause what would keep me company
when the spell gets spoken
and the thread keeps pullin’ me on
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9. |
All Gone
03:14
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I’m gonna ride this road, ’til it’s all gone
I’m gonna pick my bones, ’til it's all gone
I been spendin’ the day, ’til it's all gone
and you been keeping the faith, ’til it's all gone
go on, go on, till it's all gone
come on, come on, till it's all gone
you can scream my name
’til it's all gone
or you can lie down and wait
’til it's all gone for good
Heaven help me I'm gone for good
Heaven help me I'm gone for good
I buried all my bad luck
and I'm gone for good
I been going over and over to overcome
the past that I've passed up
you're gone for good
I’m gone
you can heal my ache, ’til it's all gone
what’ll take it’s place, when it's all gone
will I come undone, when it's all gone
better stick to my guns, ’til it's all gone
go on, go on, ’til it's all gone
come on, come on, ’til it's all gone
I been comin’ around to the fact that you're gone gone gone
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10. |
The Way
03:08
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I stay fed, I don't need water
but I miss the itch on my collar
the fire you breathe was a comfort
tales I tell gettin’ taller
‘cause nothing is better than the something else
you turn into in time
but the wine on my lips getting stronger
since you been gone
you got a bite to you that eats at me
and I ain't too sad you're gone
but it's the way you took away
you got a way that you took away
now you gotta put me down
put me down
put me down before you get up and go, darling
now you gotta put me down
put me down
put me down cause I just keep barking
and I play dead
I play the martyr and let you conquer
whatever claim you lay on me
‘cause my greed will hit me harder
when every part of me got a scar you leave
and you got a bite to you that eats at me
I ain't too sad you're gone
but it's the way you took away
you got a way that you took away
a way you took away
you got a way that you took away
cause you gotta put me down
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noah and jonah and captain john smith
always been known but they've never been missed
they ain’t doing much but they ain't gonna git
noah and jonah and captain john smith
now noah and jonah
just did what they told
and didn't mind doing a little telling of their own
and when everybody heard
they sent old captain john
to fetch them more ears
to keep the herd pressing on
now don't ask em to explain
they ain't got time to think
lying dead on the page
sitting pretty in ink
gotta prey on the people
prayin’ in the steeples
doin’ what they want cause they can do no evil
noah and jonah, and captain john smith
no they ain't too bad
but they ain't no saints
so we lock em tight behind the pearly gates
they ain't doing much
but they ain't gonna git
noah and jonah and captain john smith
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Old Nobodaddy New Orleans, Louisiana
Old Nobodaddy was born with hands that don't work so he taught them how to play. He sings songs to keep them on a leash.
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