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The Prince William Sound
06:05
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I’m so tired
my eyes are bloodshot red
I’ve been around some
I have discovered
The dream ain’t what it seems
But this reality
Is nearly dead
I’ve gotta leave
I’m gonna leave you now
Can’t stay up in Alaska
Take me down south of Mount Shasta
Going to California in the morn
I’ve had enough of rugged edges of the world
Where there’s too many guys and not enough girls
The middle of nowhere
Gives a guy a distant stare
But i love you more than anyone i know
I do not know anyone at all
Well i awoke
In the back of a station wagon
Whittier, Alaska
In the pouring rain
Outside a bar called the Anchor Inn
There was a fight
I heard your love affair dissolve
Problem solved
With a broken fist
Bloody nose and a busted lip
You broke your hand
You hit the wall when he ducked your punch
Heard he’s waiting at your cabin with a gun
Now there’s no sound
Just the Prince William Sound
And he don’t say a thing
It’s almost summer
It rains and snows and rains again
If i return
Just to find out i’m dead to you
Could my ghost climb in bed with you
I’ll possess your boyfriend’s body
Then you’ll be making love to me
But you love him more than anyone you know
But you don’t know anyone at all
“So do your dreams fuel the fire of your illusion?”
Heart and mind are in collusion
Asleep you’re not alive
If you dream, can you still survive?
Do you feel that your life is consuming you?
The illusion’s ruining you
Your love is a fallacy
So what on earth could set you free?
I love you more than anyone i know
But i don’t know anyone at all
You love him more than anyone you know
But you don’t know anyone at all
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When your heart breaks deep
And you’re feeling like there’s no place to go
And you’re losing sleep
Over things that you don’t even know
I gotta tell you buddy
Maybe you should just let her go
Cause you’re feelin’ cruddy
Like a naked guy walking in the snow
When your heart breaks deep
Cause you lost all your faith and your trust
She was cleaning the sheets
And she’s telling you the dog just threw up
She told you she loved you
She’s with someone else just the night, night before
You’re feeling like a fool
You just can’t take it anymore
She was not being truthful
She’s not being kind
She was not being truthful, Larry
She’s all full of lying
And your heart broke deep
Now you’re feeling like there’s no place to go
And the coldest city in the world is San Francisco
When your heart breaks deep
And the butterflies are bleedingIn your guts
You said “hit me dealer”
And the card that you getMakes you bust
You know It’s not so funny when you can’t even laugh
At some stupid little joke
And your eggs are runny
Cause somebody came and broke out all the yolk
She was not being truthful
No she’s not being kind
No she’s not being truthful, Larry
She’s all full of lyin’
And your heart broke deep
Now you’re feeling like there’s no place to go
And the coldest city in the world is San Francisco
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Rothko Chapel
05:48
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There are some churches
Where i felt the love emotion oh so sweet
And there’s some churches
Where i’ve been so bored i drifted off to sleep
Well i have seen the light and power
At the church of Saint John Coltrane
But in the chambers of darkness
Is where i felt the higher spiritual plain
There are some chapels
That have brought the people
Way down to their knees
And there are churches
That have claimed to save the people from disease
But there’s this place in Houston, Texas
Seems like the perfect church to me
Reminds me of your heart
And how comforting a cold black void could be
Your heart is like the Rothko Chapel
Cold dark void yet simple and intriguing
Somewhat comforting
Got me believing almost anything
There was this line by Charlie Parker
Somewhat worth remembering
“If you don’t live it, it won’t come out of the horn”
Chances are you’ll never be reborn
My religion is in nature, art and literacy
My religion is in science, music and poetry
My religion is the mountain, my church is in the sea
My religion is to love you, yes my church is entropy
My religion is in your eyes but my church ain’t organized
My faith is in the sweetness that you might realize
But my faith it could be fiction my faith could not be smart
My religion is the weather, my church is in your heart
But your heart is like the Rothko Chapel
Cold dark void yet simple and intriguing
Somewhat comforting
Got me believing almost anything
There was this line by Charlie Parker
Probably worth remembering
“If you don't live it, it won’t come out of your horn.”
Chances are you’ll never be reborn
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4. |
Stuck on the Moon
03:52
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I’m dropping out of the sky
Feeling like a homeless guy
In the city of pain
Stuck in Oakland again
My lover ain’t a lover no more
Wonder what i got in store
I got a feeling of shame
It’s hard to deal with the change
I’m feeling like it’s doomed
But the ending never comes so soon
Get me back to San Francisco
Oakland’s like i’m stuck on the moon
Get me back into the city honey
Oakland’s like i’m stuck on the moon
I’m feeling like it’s lingering on
The song it’s already sung
I wanted one more verse
I need more time to rehearse
It’s been played out and over again
You and i could never be friends
You know it’s all or none
Don’t worry i’ll find someone
I’m feeling like it’s doomed
But the ending never comes so soon
Get me back into the city honey
Oakland’s like i’m stuck on the moon
You sit and cry
Watching all the couples dance
You and i
Never really got the chance
I want to contradict the past
I want a love affair to last
For an eternity
You gave me thoughts
of a baby
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5. |
Simple Love
05:37
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Sweet sister
Help me along
Help me be strong
Never get bored
Never ignore
Always amusing
Always in tune
Sweet lover
You know the dea
I can predict
Things that you feel
I need a breather
I need a towel
I need a lover
I need it now
I was born for the simple love
I was worn like a boxing glove
I was torn from the humid skies above
Sweet lover
Don’t push me away
Please let me say
What i gotta say
You told me you
Love someone else
You wanna go
Be all by yourself
I know i haven’t been kind
I took you for granted
It’s granted i’m blind
I’m trying to give
You all of myself
Only to you
Nobody else
I was born
For the majesty
Of your warm
Loving hand in me
I was born
Now there’s nothing left to be
I sing a simple song
About all the time
That’s come and has gone
Guess you have cried
As i have cried
Yeah we both loved
yeah we both lied
Someday together again
Meet me down by the river bend
My love for you
Is not quite the same
But maybe we
Can blossom again
Cause i was born
For the simple love
I’ve been worn like a boxing glove
I was torn
From the humid skies above
I was born
For the majesty
Of your warm
Loving hand in me
I was born
Now there’s nothing left to be
How could you say that you love him
When you don’t even like his music
How could you say that you love him
When you don’t even trust his music
His music defines his heart
His heart defines his music
How could you say that you love that guy
When you don’t even like
In fact, you told me that you hated
His music
I wish so bad you would say
“Honey come back,
don’t go away”
I would be on
The very next bus
Commit to you
I’d commit to us
Does it matter?
Do you even care?
I pushed you away
When i wasn’t there
I was confused
Didn’t know what to do
Now all i could say
Is that i love you
Cause i was born for the simple love
I was worn like a boxing glove
I was torn from the humid skies above
I was born for the majesty
Of your warm loving hand in me
Not this lost and lonely tragedy
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6. |
You Don't Love Anyone
03:21
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You don’t love anyone
You don’t love anybody
You don’t love anyone
But yourself honey
You’re so beautiful
You are so beautifully dull
You got the perfect face
But inside yourself
You’ve got nothing at all
You don’t love anyone
You don’t need anybody
You don’t love anyone
But yourself and your money
I just got bored by you
Fake lips and a phony smile too
You wanna be treated like a woman
When all you are
Is silicone and collagen
You have been catered to your entire life
I guess you never really had to try
So don’t offer me your kind advice
I don’t need it honey
Don’t you even try
You don’t love anyone
You don’t love anybody
You don’t love anyone
but yourself honey
You don’t love anyone
You don’t need anybody
You don’t love anyone but yourself
And your money
And i don’t got any
So you can’t take it from me
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Mighty Mississippi
02:20
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I want a clean slate
I want a new fate
I want to sing it happy never sad
I want a new voice
Another choice
Sing a song that’s glad
I’m going for a ride
I’m going to the riverside
I’m talking ‘bout the mighty Mississipp’
I’m going down
Just for the trip
I want to grow up
Up to be a kid
It’s what i want ma
It’s what i did
Cause the grownups
They keep it hid
They keep it hid
From us kids
I’m going for a ride
I’m going to the riverside
I’m talking ‘bout the mighty Mississippi
I like the heat honey
I like the humidity
I’m going for a ride
I’m talking ‘bout the riverside
I’m talking ‘bout the mighty Mississipp’
I’m going down just for the trip
I’m talking bout the mighty Mississippi
I love the heat
I love the humidity
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I saw a one legged man walk a three legged dog
See a one legged man walk a three legged dog
See a one legged man walk a three legged dog
See an old alley cat, he was gnawing on the foot of a hog
Saw a little green chameleon
Saw a baby green chameleon
Down in Opelousas on a porch swing
He was trying hard to blend in but i seen him
Yeah i saw him
See a red and black snake he’s coiled up on a rock
Seen a red and black snake he’s just coiled up on this rock
Seen a red and black snake in Yosemite Park
But i knew he wouldn’t bit me
It was all just snakey talk sss sss sss sss
This crazy dog he bit a porcupine
This wild dog he bit a porcupine
Why on earth did he bite a porcupine?
You got those quills all stuck up inside your mouth
It’s looking like you’re having a real bad time
I’ve seen a big black bear he’s sleeping in a tree
I’ve seen a shiny black bear he’s just snoozing up in a tree
I’ve seen a big black bear you know he’s just catching some zzz’s
In the Alaska summer sunshine in the breeze
I saw a one legged man walk a three legged dog
See the one legged man walk a three legged dog
Saw the one legged man walk a three legged dog
Seen an old alley cat he was chomping
With his ronching teeth of course
On the foot of a hog
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9. |
Lone Rose
04:33
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You could share your skeletons
with casual observers
You could be best friends
With the vagrants and the searchers
Your tender heart was heavy
It was weighing on your soul
The two battled out inside you
Neither one could have control
I remember when your rabbit died
You put it in the freezer
Made an ornamental coffin
With a shoebox from your sneakers
You went down to help the people
Of the flood in New Orleans
You were living you were giving
You were the first one on the scene
Lone Rose
Used to call me the high plains drifter
Lone Rose
I take a lonely ride
Lone Rose
Couldn’t help the crying
Heard about you dying
At least i know it wasn’t suicide
Cause i know you didn’t want to die
Although you fell out of a window
Just about a year ago
Some say it was intentional
But no one really knows
I’m waiting on the subway
A rat runs across my shoe
There’s a woman on the platform over
Looks almost like you
Lone Rose
Used to call me the road rambler
Lone Rose
I’ll take the lonely ride
Lone Rose
Couldn’t help a cryin’
Heard about you dyin’
Least i know it wasn’t suicide
I know you kinda didn’t want to die
You left behind a couple letters
You never sent to me
I kept switching my address
So you just let it be
Don’t need to ask the coroner
To find out what had happened
It was the stupid deadly mixture
Of cocaine and heroin
Lone Rose
Used to call me the high plains drifter
Lone Rose
I’ll take the lonely ride
Lone Rose
Couldn’t help the crying
Heard about you dying
Least i know it wasn’t suicide
Cause i know you didn’t want to die
I saw you passing by
The Edwardian Hotel
In a soaking wet pink parka
You still looked hot as hell
You didn’t care about the rain
You said “Let it soak me to my bones!”
As it started once again
You went splashing off alone
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