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Woe Is You and Me
02:12
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oh how bad it's been
and how bad it will be
oh how thin things must seem
it's hard for me to say
but one day you'll see me break
and water
will spring from my face
crying how high must we rise
to build a memorial to tall to fall
because it is the ground
oh how bad it's been
and how bad it will be
oh how thin things must seem
i pet every dog i see
i say hello to every cat i meet
yet i still feel incomplete
but i guess that's the way it goes
and there's no reason to know
why no one will save you
when you jump off a boat
oh how bad it's been
and how bad it will be
woe is you and me
then the man sitting next to me
bought me a drink
said excuse me but i think
you need this more than me
i said thank you sir
i surely do
and how was your voyage
and how 'bout you
he said
oh how bad it's been
and how bad it will be
woe is you and me
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when you're a cowboy
on the plains
everyone you
meet on the way
you either kill or entertain
a woman
long ago
a mother
just like yours
said there would be no wars
if my sons didn't want them
haven't you seen all the cameras
haven't you noticed more cops
i'm scared because no one else around me
seems scared
i'd buy a gun and be prepared
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3. |
Should of Shot Paul
01:55
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should of shot paul
popped the wrong mop top
should of shot paul
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4. |
MLKs
01:49
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if what was thought
in my apartment
was thought out on the street
if what was loved
in your living room
was loved out on the street
if what was said
in my bed
was said out on the street
then i'm afraid it would be
only you and me
so i'll stay where you can see
will you do the same for me
if what was seen in the movie
was seen out on the street
if what was read in the book
was read out on the street
if you had heard what they were saying
the martin luther kings
then you would already know
that everyone can come
but that i want to sit by you
do you wanna stand by me
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this girl taught me a dance
called the i don't care
she said to me
it's easy i swear
stand alone over there
and watch everyone else around you care
although i know any eyes i make
or smile that she may see
i'll never in return
receive
as long as she's with him and not me
that girl taught me a lousy dance
i can't say that it helped me
my heart done hurt
from all that work
i think i'll draw a waterfall bath
and hold my breath
see how close i can get to death
without leaving i know
there's somewhere else that we go
so if i ever come to
or if i ever go forth
let me know if you ever see my ghost
i'm a ghost on a saturday night
doing things i never did in life
no use for money or food
i only want to dance with you
but i ain't dead yet so i guess i can
have this dance and you can hold my hand
and if i ever come to
or if i ever go forth
let me know if you ever see my ghost
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for lack of a better face
i can only give you this
boo hoo
for lack of a better face
i can only give you this
cry for me
boo hoo
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i'm in trouble with another man
i did something i shouldn't
get me out of here
if you can
and i won't do anything you wouldn't
i'm in trouble with another man
i did something i shouldn't
took what was not yet mine
but i didn't do anything you wouldn't
i'm in trouble with another man
get me outta here if you can
and i won't do anything you wouldn't
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it's mine to opine
there is no they
then who was killed yesterday
but if there's no they
then who can i say
is the enemy
there appears to be
that there's no such thing
if every war's
been paid for
on both sides
by the same guys
ask yourself why
do i have to fight
tv's not important
neither are sports
nor your car
this stuff's not important at all
ask yourself why
do i always wanna buy
learn from one
to teach another
you're a failure if the one you teach
isn't better
but if you never learn
then it doesn't matter
if you never learn
that there is no they
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9. |
Poem Party
01:52
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she bowed to what was happening
i felt like bowing
so we both did
and the people knew they were being bowed to
and so did the room
even the dog frankie had an idea
and everything was cool
"here's to will you look at them skies
and all that's under
especially you guys"
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10. |
To Turn a Tune or Two
02:24
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i have decided
to turn a tune or two
i'll try not to sound like you
but being honest to yourself
can be a lie to someone else
let's go out
and go steal a meal
i know you're scared
but there's no food here
sometimes staying alive yourself
means the death of someone else
i locked my front door
but she still got in
i must be in love again
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11. |
Most Things
01:36
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it's really hard
most things are
it's really tough
i know it sucks
but just cause you stopped
doesn't mean that you are clean
i'm doin' fine
that's a lie
i wanna die
another lie
just cause you stopped
doesn't change the way things are
well what about
everyone else
you can only be yourself
just cause you stopped
don't expect any help
when your brother's way down low
and your sister was never born
you can blame someone else
or get better by yourself
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12. |
A Man You've Never Known
01:59
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to come
under
heavy need
of another
i wonder
i wonder
whether the wiser need not bother
i'm a man you've never known
please
understand
it's my job to write songs
and allow me to do
whatever
i want
i'm a man you've never known
and the days
when i'm down
and i'm shaving
just for fun
i think to myself
if only yellow knew
how blue red was
i'm a man you've never known
(so until we meet
please treat me as so)
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13. |
Then
02:10
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then one day everything changed
while looking at a picture in a magazine
didn't have a smile
how i looked so mean
so i acted like i felt
and i showed some teeth
decided right there that's what
you ought to see
then one day something changed
always been proud of
doing what's right
always thought your government
was on the same side
then they blew up some buildings
in your new york city
and with it your trust
and what you thought was right
then one day everything changed
while listening to someone
that you always have
you notice something you
never thought was bad
you listen a little closer hear
what's really being said
and all of a sudden it's so
clear in your head
then one day everything changed
and if that wasn't enough
to have on your mind
all of a sudden someone pretty says hi
you give 'em you heart and
anything else they want
come to find out they're really not
what you thought
you might not want something
to change
if you got three give two
to someone else
if you got two give the other
to a mouse
and if you got one well give
that one away
teach that to your children
instead of everything's okay
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14. |
Who Needs Who More
02:18
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you go to shake your head
and then you know
you've gone and cut your hair too short
you got me a blanket
when it got cold
cut a hole in the middle
now i wear it as a coat
who needs who more
the rolling pin
or the dough
if i tip some statues and i make a mess
don't tip you as a waitress
but i'll buy you a new dress
who needs who more
the rolling pin
or the dough
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15. |
Probation Blues
02:13
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no amount of talk
could cover up
what i had hiding in my truck
oh baby it will bring you down
no i ain't sorry for what i did
cause for them it's more of a business
than a punishment
now i can't do
what i once did
cause don't you know
it will show up in my piss
oh baby how it will bring you down
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16. |
Death and All The Rest
02:38
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i got
but i also dealt
health and death and all the rest
think of all the rest i'll get
how i know this i don't know how
the hum and the ring
are killing me
from the electronic means
of doing things
the room held just enough
of what it held
to smell
how it smelled
how i know this i don't know how
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