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Northern Lights
06:16
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NORTHERN LIGHTS
I’ve been waiting in the sun
I’ve been waiting in the rain
I’ve been waiting here for you
So I can see the lights again
I can feel it when you’re near
I can see them from afar
As colours clash and clouds collide
Can you see me where you are
And I’ll see you all
I’ll see you all in the northern lights
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2. |
Escogido
06:47
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ESCOGIDO
I’m not your lover Or your escogido
I’m not the wind That guides your boat
I’ve seen the beauty in your halo
Girl you’ve got me hypnotised
Do not drop anchor In this harbour
Do not sail, too close, To shore
I’m not your father Or your saviour
But Girl you’ve got me on my knees
A storm is coming To destroy us
The wind and rain Are closing in
If you seek the colours of the rainbow
Then you must turn and face The rain.
I’ve seen the beauty in your halo
Girl you’ve got me hypnotised
Do you hear the sorrow Of my weeping violins
They play for you Throughout the night
My heart is old but my spirit’s running wild
Girl you’ve got me on my knees
You still have mountains Waiting for you to climb
You still have errors to repeat
You’re still a gypsy Running for yourself
I’m just your brief Relief
I’ve seen the beauty in your halo
Girl you’ve got me hypnotised
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3. |
Bucketful Of Knives
03:31
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BUCKETFUL OF KNIVES
I’ve got
Fixed blades and switchblades
Fold blades and slides
Bowie knives and kukris
All bound in rattle snake hide
I’ve got tenor blades and Elrays
Bayonets and shanks
Skinner knives and gut hooks
Classic hunting knives
Three fathoms deep
Where fishes sleep
I found a bucket full of knives
Some red right hand
Once took command
I’m sure they’ve taken many lives
I’ve got
Fixed blades and switchblades
Fold blades and slides
Bowie knives and kukris
All bound in rattle snake hide
I’ve got tenor blades and Elrays
Bayonets and shanks
Skinner knives and gut hooks
Classic hunting knives
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4. |
Shotgun Bride
02:25
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SHOTGUN BRIDE
She put on out
I put on in
We rolled together
On the hay of sin
Threw all precaution
To the wind
Now she’s my
Shotgun Bride
Thorn in my side
We lived together
As man and wife
Shotgun Bride
She’s a, Shotgun Bride
We worked it hard
we worked it out
If we bought guns
We’d never go without
Through all precautions
to the wind
She’s my
Shotgun Bride
Thorn in my side
We lived together
As man and wife
My Shotgun Bride
She’s a,
She’s my Shotgun Bride
She drank the whiskey
I drank the gin
Like the blood of Jesus
We got drunk again
Through all precautions
to the wind
She’s my
Shotgun Bride
She’s a Shotgun Bride
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5. |
Nowhere Left To Go
03:28
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NOWHERE LEFT TO GO
I’ve been to Mississippi
I’ve drank in Birmingham
I’ve ran from Abyssinia
In the North Sea I have swam
I’ve walked the streets of Paris
Climbed Mountains in Vietnam
I’ve seen the sunset over the Andes
And the moonrise in Pakistan
I’ve been slung out of bars in Berlin
And in St Pauli I was hustled in
I’ve been shot in Puerto Escondido
I fell in love one winter in Turin
I’ve lunched with dogs in down town Korea
And eaten snake in old Siam
I ran with bulls in Pamplona
And swam with dolphins in Disneyland
I’ve danced with beauties in Arabia
I’ve lived with Hindu’s out in the Kush
I’ve rode with Mongols on Horseback
Across the roof tops of the world
I’ve seen some seas and oceans
I’ve been high and been low
I’ve been home so many times
I’ve no where left to go
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6. |
Heaven Down Here
04:45
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HEAVEN DOWN HERE
I have no pearls to offer
I have no gold left in my teeth
I have no diamonds with which
To undress you
And no slaves to bathe my feet
It’s been days since I wrote you a letter
It’s been years since I heard a reply
Now I hear that you won’t speak English
And in the silence I hear your goodbyes
It takes a lifetime of hell
To find Heaven down here
As Jesus confessed
In his moment of fear
It takes a lifetime of hell
To find Heaven down here
But I can feel it
When you’re near
They say you’re talking less and less
Singing songs I’ll never hear
In your crazy little house
Made of memories and tears
If you could love me
Only when I hate you
If you could love me
Sometime at all
When in your heart you feel like Mary
But in your head it feels like Hell
It takes a lifetime of hell
To find Heaven down here
As Jesus confessed
In his moment of fear
It takes a lifetime of hell
To find Heaven down here
But I can feel it
When you’re near
Grapes for the rich
And hops for the poor
Wheat for the wind
And water for the poor
Now you’re wearing your old rags
You’ve cut off your hair
Your allegiances and flags
Are dying with you there
Your soldiers and sailors
Are battered and torn
Since you ambushed their lives
And took them to war
They don’t need your medals
Or a hero’s return
They just need relief
From their minds that you burnt
It takes a lifetime of hell
To find Heaven down here
As Jesus confessed
In his moment of fear
It takes a lifetime of hell
To find Heaven down here
But I can feel it
When you’re near
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7. |
Blind & Stupid
04:22
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BLIND & STUPID
On these rocky shores on which you walk
Lay the bones I left behind
Eroded through by time and tide
With the dreams I had in mind
I see you crying at my graveside
As you clear away the snow
Let me leave this place of solitude
Will you roll away the stone
From the moment of my birth
Until the instant of my death
I’ve been blind and I’ve been stupid
I’ve been dumb and I’ve been deaf
I’ve been looking out for Heaven
From down here in the dirt
I’ve been looking out for Jesus
Or Mohammed to take my hurt
Only drowning men have the sweetest dreams
Said the boy with the crippled back
Well I haven’t dreamt for years and years
I don’t swim since the heart attack
From the moment of my birth
Until the instant of my death
I’ve been blind and I’ve been stupid
I’ve been dumb and I’ve been deaf
Your footprints in this house
Are like stains upon my soul
You walk this room in someone’s chains
My guilt is carved in stone
I have swam against the tide
I’ve walked on sharpened knives
I found the one thing that I loved
And let it take away our lives
I’ve been blind and I’ve been stupid
I’ve been dumb and I’ve been deaf
From the moment of my birth
Until the instant of my death
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8. |
Tupelo Tree
04:08
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TUPELO TREE
I was born beneath the tupelo tree
Where once a guilty man hung swinging
Born feet first and when I fell
I was miles and miles from the wishing well
It was never easy
It was never too hard
I guess I knew were everything was
I loved your gypsy tales
I knew your disguise
I stole your superstitions
Through the tears in your eyes
I’ve smuggled diamonds I ran cocaine
I ran around around again and again
Until your angels held me down
And let my demons take my soul to drown
You dress in rags now
With your garbage and flowers
But you’re still awake
In my darkest hour
And just like everything
I ever knew
Just like everything
It all came true
I sent a tow truck for your broken down heart
Left you a halo as a spare part
I hear you’re speaking in tongues again
Like the maid of Orleans as she knelt in the rain
Some revolutions
Don’t sing the same tune
I see you dancing while I sing the blues
And just like everything
I ever knew
Just like everything
It all came true
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BETWEEN THOSE STATES OF MIND
Was it you who chose to come here?
Was it you who chose to remain?
Was that fate that brought us together?
Was that love I destroyed again?
Down the river
Lies my lady
Without fire
And a pray
She waits for me to rescue her
She waits for me and she waits
Did you notice me when I left you?
You didn’t notice me when I arrived
I’ve got devils
In my pocket
I’ve got waves
Beneath my skin
I see my angel’s reflection
In the fire
And I’m sure
She’s waving me in
Did you see me somewhere between those states of mind?
And did you see me when I cried
Did you notice me when I left you?
You didn’t notice me when I arrived
Down the river
Lies my lady
Without fire
Without a pray
She waits for me
To rescue her
She waits for me
And she waits
Did you see me somewhere between those states of mind?
And did you see me when I cried
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10. |
Manhattan Smile
05:19
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MANHATTAN SMILE
If you can make me feel better
If you can make me feel tall
If you could love me when I hate you
If you could love me at all
And when I know that things are better
Then I know I’m getting well
And when my future’s looking brighter
There’ll be a light on down the well for you
And in my heart if feels like Jesus
But in my head it feels like hell
And if the past is all forgiven
Then in the past is where I’ll dwell
Without my
Open wounds and seeping scares
Just your Manhattan smile
And your fading stars
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11. |
Jesus Stole My Baby
05:16
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JESUS STOLE MY BABY
One sundrenched day in Utah
I was watching buzzards sore
When Jehovah and his witnesses
Came knocking at the door
They asked for bread so I gave them some
Though water was too scarce
The well was dry my wishes gone
They said it was the devil’s curse
My baby was dressed in old blue jeans
They said she was a whore
Then Jesus smiled and touched her heart
Like no-one had before
They took my girl and broke my heart
Then knocked me to the floor
If I’d known him as a thief
I wouldn’t have let him through the door
Jesus stole my baby
Jesus stole my girl
They preached some old time sermons
They gave her words to sing
Told her about Jerusalem
Redemption and sin
They took her across the desert sands
They walked there hand in hand
For forty days and forty nights
Into the promised land
He sold her rumours of a better world
Just beyond this life
He took her to the river to drown
She heard those gospel singers
She wandered with the crowd
Until the Red Sea
Came crashing down
He kept her without water
But I had a better plan
I don’t care who his father is
I’m gonna kill him
Like a man
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