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Got a letter from a messenger
I read it when it came It said that you were wounded You were bound and chained You had loved and you were handled You were poisoned, you were pained Oh no, oh no You were naked, you were shamed You could almost touch heaven Right there in front of you Liberty just slipped away on us Now there's so much work to do Oh the door that closes tightly Is the door that can swing wide Oh no, oh no Not expecting to collide For a minute I let my guard down Not afraid to be found out Completely forgotten What our fears were all about Oh no, oh no There's no need to be without There's a chance and I will take it This desire I can't kill Take my heart, please don't break it I will crawl to your foothill I'm frightened but I'm coming Please, baby, please lay still Oh no, oh no Not coming for the kill Oh no, oh no Not coming for the kill Oh no, oh no Not coming for the kill |
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| 2. |
| 4:18 |
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The way you wait up late
When you finish the midnight shift And you try to put out the hate You know it's going to drift Brother, you're going down Down from the final blow You can call on the one The one that you knew It feels right with you, my brother It feels right when you're right here No, I don't want to know Every mountain every fear Like a big old brother Who can always pick you up Who can fill your pocket When you're all messed up The sea that promises defeat Is the flood that will come The heat that keeps your habit warm Is the flame that will burn Are you wearing your filters? Are you changing your clothes? Are you wearing your colours So that nobody knows? Oh brother, brother, brother, brother of mine Like a big brother Who'll pick me up Fill my pockets When I'm all messed up Invitation, you don't have to hide no more You can give me something, I don't mind You can lay it down on me You can say it, I want to know Oh brother, brother, brother, brother of mine Oh sister, sister, sister, sister of mine Look for my brother Look for my brother Look for my brother Look for my brother |
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| 3. |
| 5:18 |
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I looked at you, your lips were moving
But I did not hear what you said You wanted me, you wanted my name I was carrying two feet of lead See the rising sun on this make-believe town White shoe shine and leather, both of us so brown I was in the water, you were dry You yelled my name, now I know why I'm still learning how to crawl I'm still learning how to crawl If the big drum, drum is rumbling Keep me in line, keep me from stumbling When I first went down everything was right Skinny white leg, laying on my bed Over there running, afraid to be found out Tasting everything with a scream and shout All I wanted I rejected Drinking from a cup of killing I'm learning how to crawl I'm still learning how to crawl He ain't coming in till you lay the table He ain't coming in, not coming to watch me fall The killer moves in, moves right into your face When everything seems to be in its right place Can't wait for love, love to be king Can't wait for the love, to come with its sting You blew away in your blue dress I lost the one that I loved best I'm still learning how to crawl I'm just learning how to crawl I'm still learning how to crawl I'm just learning how to crawl |
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| 4:22 |
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Beatrice, come over here
Come and lay yourself down Yeah, tell me all about it To that lonesome sound Take a look outside It's all a bit crazy People are real nervous Too nervous to talk to a mother's son Beatrice, let's get dressed Take a look at what's been done Yeah, you got me thinking About what I don't want to know Beating of the chest Stink rising in the patriot's nest Doing what's best Kicking out the face of a mother's son Beatrice, I like your smile Makes me want to own you Well, okay, but just for a while then Before they stone you Tell me, how do you speak to God? Tell me, how do you speak to God? When you're down there on the floor Singing the song of a mother's son Oh singing out now Oh singing out now Oh singing out now Oh singing out now Oh singing out now Oh singing out now |
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| 2:00 | 
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| 4:17 |
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| 7. |
| 5:48 |
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Union Station, tombstone high
No more tears, this fountain dry Nameless faces, just headlines We don't ride that train no more No resistance, turn my head They could go out east instead Newfoundland, land of my father I don't ride your train no more Cold steel shining, Battle Creek Eyes are heavy, rain and sea Massey-Ferguson memories Don't ride that train no more Hey there, captain, is that you Could you tell me, tell me what to do? I been twenty years on that Sioux line Now we don't ride your train no more Smoke rises from the face of sand dreams about, dreams of beaver dams Sam can't hear quite like he used to Tell them why we don't ride no more Hey, Pierre Trudeau, oh where are you? My friend to lead us through These hard times, oh so much confusion I don't hear your train no more I can't ride no more I can't ride no more I can't ride no more I can't ride no more |
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| 4:20 |
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You wake up and there's something there tugging at your sleeve
It's not the pitter-patter of the one in your dreams Held on by the chain, the unbreakable chain Held there by the chain, the unbreakable chain You walk and you know that the wind is not passing you by It's speaking and you listen and the tears don't come now when you cry Cry, cry, crying won't break the unbreakable chain Crying won't break the unbreakable chain It's thirty years ago and you live with your decision You talk to him in a prayer, you send out your transmission But a prayer won't break the unbreakable chain Your prayers won't break the unbreakable chain Your baby's not yours but he walks the streets of your city He wants to know you, there's no self pity It's pulling at your heart, the unbreakable chain Pulling at your heart, with the unbreakable chain And you, you put an ad in the paper, it's foolish but maybe Maybe he'll see cause he's searching for mama mi Oh mama here, mama feel the unbreakable chain Mama feel the unbreakable chain You can't believe that it's now, it's turned itself around You're frightened of the way that you look, but you meet him there in town Oh the joy and the fear of the unfailable pain The joy and the fear of the unfailable pain He stares at you and you step back and no words are spoken You say hello to your boy and he says, "Mama, you've awoken" Ah yes, you have broken the unbreakable chain Yes, you have broken the unbreakable chain You have broken the unbreakable chain Yeah, you have broken the unbreakable chain |
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| 3:39 |
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I'm watching the rain clouds in the sky roll in
I'm sick of these red pills, sick of the dealer's grin Daniel, Daniel, by the bonfires On the telephone wire She's calling you, saying, hey, I got a lot of love to give You walked up to me and said did I make a mistake I feel so naked I could use a twist of fate There's a sermon that I heard the other day Confused me so I looked the other way I'm watching you now with a whole lot of love to give I'm half crazy, eyes are heavy If I can't be with you I would much rather be very dead Please don't break it, could you make it Into something that fits into your very pretty head? I'm half crazy, eyes are heavy If I can't be with you I would much rather be very dead Please don't break it, could you make it Into something that fits into your very pretty head? Just trying to write it down while I still remember it The winds are cold but not yet, it's not yet December Fireballs bursting in the sky Wasaga Beach, first of July You said to me, hey, I got a whole lotta love to give |
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| 3:47 |
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Mighty cooty fiyo
Hey la hey, hey la hey I've got a Big Chief, Big Chief Big Chief of the Nation, wild, wild creation He won't bow down, down on the ground Oh how I love to hear him call Indian Red When I throw my net in the river I will take only what I need Just enough for me and my lover I will take only what I need Sing Mighty cooty fiyo Hey la hey, hey la hey Mighty cooty fiyo Hey la hey, hey la hey Mighty cooty fiyo Hey la hey, hey la hey |
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| 11. |
| 3:04 |
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I thought of you in blue and red
I thought of you when you were playing I thought of you in my bed You were there bound and chained I thought of you there next to me Wearing your pretty face I thought of everything that you could be Sleeping in the devil's bed I looked for you when the lights were low Snd I paid for what I had I looked for you way down below Till I felt I was going mad I think of you when I tell myself And the fever rises high I think of you and I get what's coming Sleeping in the devil's bed Oh why, why, why, why, baby, why? Oh why, why, why, why, why, why, baby, why? I thought of you up there on the ladder I thought of you when I heard the news I thought of you and it didn't matter If I accepted you'll refuse I wanted you and I wanted more I wanted everything I wanted what I couldn't get Sleeping in the devil's bed In the devil's bed I woke up in the steady rain I woke up when you said It's late and I'm feeling heavy Could you hold my aching head? I found myself tangled in wire I found you there in my dream I found you in desire You had left the devil's bed You had left the devil's bed Oh, baby, why? You had left the devil's bed |
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The ingots are burning red
I'm working time and a half Tomorrow I'll stay in bed What a hell it is, what a life Laugh in my face, why don't you Laugh with the rest who know it well I tripped and then I fell for the beauty of Wynona At night I toss and I turn And I try and dial your number It's changed and god only knows Where you been since last December Where you been with that twisted smile Throwing your mother in the pond Break him easy when he go down For the beauty of Wynona Girls they skip double dutch They saw you go, mama gone My prayers don't mean nothing much To the heart that cannot be won Tangled in your fishing net Right here in my own bed Drowning in the tears I shed For the beauty of Wynona |
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| 2:56 |
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My hands are wrapped in your raven hair
In the faded picture on the back stair We were narrow, we were steady, trembling and ready To give it hell in this rocky world You said do I look like I could be a strong mother And raise the good side of a young daughter In the hotel Shangri La, let me tell you I've been thinking of her in this rocky world Chicago is heavy but I can't turn around I'm smuggling that whiskey over flesh and pound Michigan I worry and Suzy I'm sorry That I lost you out there in the rocky world Would you build me a building, a chapel out there At the top of the hill in the still blue air Near the weather vane, by the track and train I'll be looking for you in the rocky world She's turning twenty and out on the make Pounding the blacktop with a habit to shake She's looking for a manger, in the eyes of a stranger Down in the streets of a rocky world Jenny has religion, she sinks in a chair She's made a decision to color her hair The black man cut the sugarcane, and she watches the rain In a building away from the rocky world Yeah, I'll tell you something I'll never forget The sight of you in the sillhouette Outside Sault Saint Marie, ah you really threw me When you pulled me down to your rocky bed In a crowded room, I stood there empty Looking for salvation and glory be When a shot turned my head, and I saw you instead Walking into my rocky world |
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