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Am I always running towards or away?
Keep your hands on the shovel when you’re digging today.
We drove through Kansas, sick in Berlin.
On a school bus owned by Mr. Erling.
Put pen to paper with evil wrongdoers,
Lying down like some draught excluders.
Set the clocks way back tonight,
¬Keep your guitars hidden and outtasight.
At least I know
I know what I am
And I ain't made a money
And I ain’t worth a damn
Cos if I could, I, I would cry,
Yeah you know I’d cry, cry cry. I would cry all the time
Yeah but I, I wanna fly, I wanna fly, fly fly fly
I wanna fly, F-L-Y, I wanna fly right on by
Wrongheaded and loaded for bear
Aquanet® holding up my hair.
A corrupt general with wooden teeth,
A breakthrough moment a moldy wreath.
Loungers, cutters, and scratch cats,
They’re all business, no party in the back
At least I know
I know what I am
Yeah and I ain't made a money
Ere’s no fucking way I am
Cos if I could, you know I would cry,
Yeah I’d cry, and I'd cry, I would cry all the time
Yeah yeah yeah, but I, I wanna fly, I wanna flyyyyy
Yeah I'll fly, F-LY, I wanna fly right on by
OK, let’s go
Twenty-three hundred miles a trouble
Like a monkey cupcake my waist was hung with struggle,
Killed the world and called it progress,
Wouldn't get outta the 'lectric chair to hop in that mess
No sir.
It doesn’t matter what you Love or fear.
Everything you want Is just right here.
It doesn’t matter what you Love or fear.
Everything you want Is just right here.
It doesn’t matter what you Love or fear.
Everything you want Is just right here.
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2. |
Love U Till The End
04:27
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I just want to see you, when you're all alone
I just want to catch you if I can
I just want to be there, when the morning light explodes
On your face it radiates
I can't escape, I love you 'till the end
I can't escape. I love you 'till the end
I just want to tell you nothing, you don't want to hear
All I want is for you to say
Why don't you just take me where I've never been before
I know you want to hear me
Catch my breath, I love you 'till the end
I love you 'till the end
I just want to be there, when we're caught in the rain
I just want to see you laugh not cry
I just wanna feel you when the night puts on its cloak
I'm lost for words, don't tell me
'Cos all I can say, I love you 'till the end
'Cos all I can say, I love you 'till the end
I love you 'till the end
I love you 'till the end
I love you 'till the end
That’s all I can say, I love you 'till the end.
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3. |
I Break My Heart
03:06
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Won’t you come on over
Won’t you come on down
Won’t you come on over
Bbbbrrrreeeeaaaakkkk
I'll be your noise machine
I'll… be your whistlestop
I've been served up, I've been dressed down
Just don't give up on difficult
Whyn't you come on over
Whyn't you come on down
I break my heart,
I break my heart,
It’s all for you.
I break my heart,
I break my heart,
And we danse dans la rue.
Yeah, we can blow on embers
With your pitchfork ass
I need a band, to nail the night down
My sainted aunts, they just might now
Sayin' whyn't you come on over
Whyn't you come on down
Sayin' whyn't you come on over
Whyn't you come on down
I break my heart,
I break my heart,
It's the least that I can do.
I break my heart,
I break my heart,
All for you.
Hey! Leonard! Why so serious?
The Queen of Shovels is fucking furious!
But, she’s got me laughing (got me laughing)
From the temple to the junkyard (to the junkyard)
A sponge cake in bourbon (yeah in bourbon)
Even death has a heart
Bbbbrrrreeeeaaaakkkk
Heart murmur, crumbs in bed
I see you through the hole in my head
Put a box on this head and mail me to a stranger
Yougotthe D.N.A. of a diva
Whyn't you come on over
Whyn't you come on down
Whyn't you come on over
You know you're nice. To have aroun…duh.
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4. |
Hero, The Villain
03:13
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You know that joke ain’t funny, no graveside luck.
I voiced my opinion with the contents of my stomach.
Well, its hair on fire time, raining big black drops,
They’re greasing up the telephone poles, you know I can’t stop.
You know I can’t stop
Smelt of onion & wet dog, at the bottom of a lake.
Don’t bend, fold, spindle or mutilate.
I don’t have clean hands, or pristine words.
I don’t have clean thoughts no matter what you heard.
I get lost in my gui-tar, oh idn’t that right?
Life in this Texas suckhole is duller than a rubber knife.
Hero, the villain and I get to be the clown
Send me a message, I’ll be right down
Hero, the villain, you'll have to run me outta town
I’ll save you, I’ll cheat you, I’ll turn that smile upside down
I’ll turn it upside down
The bird outside my window only sings in Turkish
He eats the hearts of romaine and gets a little churlish.
The soundguy says I sing too soft, no one’ll ever hear
I say, ‘Whyn’t you shut it and grab another beer’.
I pushed the hands of fate into some Palmolive,
She left me standing, you know I can’t stop.
Hero, the villain and I get to be the clown
Send me a message, I’ll be right down
Hero, the villain, you'll have to run me outta this town
I’ll save you, I’ll cheat you, I’ll turn that smile into a frown
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A white dress for marrying, a black one for burying.
Greasing up my boots for last ferrying...
The air was so thick, I swam in the sky.
Outside law, is this how I really die?
Killed by tree,
I did not see it coming down on me
Killed by tree,
God Almighty took a swing at me
I was killed by tree.
Cursing angels with the fist of God
Slamming into me like a lightning rod
Put the fun in funeral, just do not talk.
This here's a map of my guts, it's a mighty long walk
Killed by tree,
I did not see it coming down on me
Killed by tree,
God Almighty took a shot at me
I was killed by tree.
Killed by tree,
God Almighty took a swing at me
Expectations lowered, short is my fuse.
I got toilet paper stuck to the bottom of my shoes.
There's a good me trapped inside a bad me
My wheels ain't on the road, my oars ain't in the sea
Killed by tree,
I did not see it coming down on me
Killed by tree,
God Almighty took a shot at me
I was killed by tree.
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6. |
Overmorrow
01:48
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Go!
Overmorrow maybe I can be in your film?
I know you can do it, you can do anything
I’ll get the OTS, martini shot
I’ll rarely let you down, I’m gonna always be around
I can play a tough or I can play a patsy
Tats covering up insecurity
Can you see me as your 3rd AD?
Cos’ I’m offering up myself. Don’t wanna work at no desk
The moon is full, ah safety’s off
And I say, “Hawk, you’re doing a forlorn perp… walk” Hup
Act alongside you, be a gopher or a grip
Page turner, fast learner m’kay?
A flag on the play and it’s been a crappy day
Supply you with a hotbrick, be your best boy electric
Yeah, you know a fire, is good company
Unless it’s in your hair. I’m gonna hang myself with my underwear.
Stand by your vision, I know it’s your mission
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7. |
Last Horse
03:46
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Apprehension in my heart, that just will not depart.
Oil is leaking, no one’s speaking, there’s no horse or cart
Luck is never the whole picture, just ask Bob & Ray.
It was always far too late anyway….
Apprehension in my heart, that just will not depart.
All the wing ding dillys just keep falling apart.
They put staples in my chest, so I could love like all the rest.
If I can’t be me, then I’ll be you, ‘cos you are the best.
Is it wrongheadedness, to think that I missed
Never betting on the last, racehorse to piss
Condescension in my heart is not a place to start.
I’ve tried asking please I’ve tried talking to trees.
Salting my plate with an unhealthy thirst
For the ice pick Tina Turner carried in her purse.
Is it wrongheadedness to think, that I missed
Never betting on the last, racehorse to piss
Is it wrongheadedness to think, that I missed
Never betting on the last, the last horse to piss
Is it wrongheadedness, to think that I missed
Never betting on the last, the last horse to piss…yeah.
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8. |
L.a.u.rian (Gloria)
03:43
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Like to tell ya ‘bout my baby, ah when she comes around.
She about five feet eight yeah, a from her head to the ground.
You know she comes around here, ah just around midnight.
After working the night shift, she makes me feel al-right.
And her name is
L. A. U.
(stop) R I A N...
(Lau – ri-an) L-A-U-R-I-A-N,
(Lau – ri-an) L-A-U-R-I-A-N,
(Lau – ri-an) OH I LOVE THAT GIRL
(Lau – ri-an) I'M GONNA SHOUT IT NOW! Yeah!
Ah, she gets off work yeah, kicks off her big black boots.
She make me feel so good yeah, like we’re in cahoots.
Comes walkin’ down my street, hear her knock on my gate.
Bangs upon my door yeah, she ain’t here to bake a cake.
And her name is
L. A. U.
(stop) R I A N...
(Lau – ri-an) L-A-U-R-I-A-N,
(Lau – ri-an) L-A-U-R-I-A-N,
(Lau – ri-an) OH I LOVE THAT GIRL
(Lau – ri-an) YEAH-YEAH-YEAH-YEAH. Alright, break it down
Wanna tell you a story, ‘bout a girl I knew
She really really pretty, yeah and she’s smart too
Did I mention she’s pretty? With lotsa tattoos
I’m a Leo, she’s a Taurus.
(stop) Just you wait ‘til we get to the chorus
(Lau – ri-an) L-A-U-R-I-A-N,
(Lau – ri-an) L-A-U-R-I-A-N,
(Lau – ri-an) OH I LOVE THAT GIRL
(Lau – ri-an) I'M GONNA SHOUT IT NOW! SHOUT!
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REQ'D Oakland, California
REQ'D is:
Laurian Rhodes (V), Hilary Reed (V), Anthony Pulsipher (G), Richard Stuverud (D & V), Dave Flores (B,
K & V) Thomas Quinn (Horns) , Sluggo (G & V)
Most of our songs are true stories. And those that aren't, should be.
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