1. |
Rosa Lee
03:10
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2. |
No Pretty Bow
05:31
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Every old drunk
Was once a young one having fun
Out on the town just balling
Don’t wonder what may come
They don’t wanna know
But I saw a ghost just last night
Alone aching on the corner
It sure does give a fright
Never would imagine there would be no pretty bow
To wrap you up and night and lightly let you know
That you can do no wrong when in fact you’ve lost your way
Somewhere in a destiny that took but never paid
Every lover once
Gave with all their heart
Before it came down hard
Tore the place apart
You can’t know what’s needed
When young and on your way
There’s a lesson out there waiting
Every promise must be paid
CHORUS
CODA:
Give it all, give it all, give it all, give it all
Live it out to the fullest, it’s never too late
To hit the breaks or gun it to the 5th
Rust in your tarnished glory, inspire with scary stories
But there’s no time for glory hanging from a wire x 2
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3. |
Bound To Love
03:39
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Everything is a life
Everything is a dream
Everything ain’t always what is seems
Everyone is a child
Everyone is a fool
Everyone forgets the golden rule
Everybody wants to be something
Everybody holding on to a dream
We’re all sharing the same stream
Some people want to be alone
Other people needing a home
But we’re all carved from the same stone
Bound by fear
Or torn by hate
Instinctively we separate
But we’re bound by blood
We’re bound by flesh
We’re bound to love beyond the test
CHORUS
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4. |
Freight Train Night
04:43
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Alone in a cave
Alone in a room
Sitting quietly
Alone with you
Wondering
What words are right?
To stop this runaway
Of a freight train night
Treachery, treachery
It nearly killed me
Your treachery
Treachery, treachery
It nearly killed me
My treachery
An ecstasy
Wrapped in pain
Won’t you help me
Get off this train
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5. |
Secret Place
03:16
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You were the first
To stir my heart
So young and naïve
It’s hard to believe
Questing for a pleasure
Looking for a sign
Everything was flooded
By a great design
Lay you down on the ground
It was dark and I was scared
Simply needing to touch you
To breathe your honey hair
The moon was our witness
Through her I saw your face
Reflecting back all my need
In our secret place
I just never knew
It could happen like that
Love was a stranger
Perceived as a trap
Not until you were gone
Could I recognize
There was something I loved
Living I your eyes
Desperate and cold
But burning with fire
Nearly out of control
With a strange desire
It’s gotta happen now
Any way any how
We’ll find a secret place
Where we can be alone
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6. |
Hot Potato
01:48
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Promises, promises, cross my heart
You don’t wanna know me sweetheart
Hot Potato, Hot Potato, one, two, three
Before you get burned you better let go of me
Every time I look at you I start to feel a little bit crazy
Every time we kiss I feel a fire that is burning, burning
And I don’t wanna have to tell you that I’ve lost my way
After you’ve attached yourself and can’t see clearly
I don’t wanna have to be the man you gonna lose
After you been hanging round paying all the dues
Inky, binky, soda pop this has got to stop
The sea is steady rising and the boat begins to rock
Row your boat, row your boat quickly to the shore
These waves are rising, can’t take no more
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7. |
I Wonder Why
04:06
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It’s so strange
But I know those eyes
From before this time
I wonder why
You don’t recognize
You don’t recognize mine
It’s so strange
To feel the melt
Deep brown warm shine
I wonder why
You don’t feel mine
You don’t recognize
Loose lips sink ships
Should I expose my position?
Thereby risking it
All to a fleeting chance
And triggering a view
Into the vision
Drawing me unto you
It’s so big
Bigger than this moment
It’s so good
Can’t help wanting to hold it
Coda:
Forever, forever
How can one feel destiny?
While the other one
Feels nothing
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9. |
Funny Cigarette
04:09
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10. |
Nature Boy
02:48
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11. |
Cold Ashes
05:21
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The fire has died & I've gone to bed
But the flames still dance within my head
I cannot feel sorry if you choose to sit there
With the cold ashes shivering in the air
The flames burst hot red white and blue
So much distance they kept us warm through
WIth so many obstacles the fire still grew
But not destined to burn forever
Would it do any good to ask of you now
How much wood was gathered from the sweat of your brow?
And even though my heart too burned bright
Just what was the nature of my light?
These questions I'm relieved have lost relevence
For our sins in love we've felt penitence
We can't ask for salvation if we don't repent
And relive the warmth in our memories
Move away, move away from the hearth my dear
There is no more warnth to be found there
Don't grow old & tired holding on to your fear
Nor let the cold ashes gray your reckless hair
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