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There's a pale horse comin' I'm gonna ride it I'll rise in the morning My fate decided I'm a dead man walkin' I'm a dead man walkin' In St. James Parish I was born and christened Now I've got my story Mister no need for you to listen It's just a dead man talkin' Once I had a job I had a girl But between our dreams and actions Lies this world In the deep forest Their blood and tears rushed over me All I could feel was the drugs and the shotgun And my fear up inside of me Like a dead man talkin' 'Neath a summer sky my eyes went black Sister I won't ask for forgiveness My sins are all I have Now the clouds above my prison Move slowly across the sky There's a new day comin' And my dreams are full tonight |
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| 2. |
| 4:14 |
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In your mind, in your mind One foot on Jacob's ladder And one foot in the fire And it all goes down in your mind Living at the bottom of the stairs in your life Never a smile knocking on your door The air is blue and so are you Prehistoric monsters on the floor Last of your last sont And God don't hear dead men The end of the line is in your mind And you'll be staying in In your mind, in your mind Bone for bone and skin for skin Eye for eye and tooth for tooth Heart for heart and soul for soul Somebody said what is true Lock it up and close it down The sound of morning like a dove High beyond the rattle and roar Look into the face of love ( ) In your mind, in your mind Sunday words are back again And you'll eat your fun of the middlemas pie But just a piece you understand You'll get the rest up in the sky Praise and glory, wounded angel Shuffling round the room Eternity is down the hall And you sit there bending spoons In your mind, in your mind Father, son and holy ghost Sacrificial drops the pain On a silver planet cross Sanctification on a chain They say redemption draws knives Storms of silence from above Stop your ears close your eyes Try to find the face of love ( ) |
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| 2:25 |
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Too hot. No air. Wait here. Steer clear. Loud fan and a big tin can. They've gone to get your man. Through gate 3 with picture ID. This old billfold 10 AM. Experiences security. I'll see your face through bar and guard. I hear the click. These men are hard. I see your fate. I'll see you You through. Ice within. You're new to me. I'm new to you. And it's all cement in the government. Approved? Then move To the plywood booth where the prisoner's sent. The letters on the door and you know what they're for. You read in red And the rattling chain's coming over the floor. You feel unreal. You're new to me. I'm new to you. I hear the clock. These walls are green. I see your face through tin and screen. I see your fate. I'll see you You through. Too hot. No air. Loud fan and a big tin can. Wait here. Steer clear. They've gone to get your man. |
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| 3:04 |
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Promises given And promises broken Words stain my lips Just like blood on my hands And words are like poison That sinks down inside you And some things you do You just don't understand I offer no reason I ask for no pity I make no excuse For the way that I am And words are like poison That sinks down inside you And some things you do You just don't understand I God is my witness Then God is my savior But if you are my judge Then I'm already damned And words are like poison That sinks down inside you And some things you do You just don't understand And would if my fingers To cut off and give you Could gain my redemption I'd cut off my hands But words are like poison That bends you and blinds you And some things you do You just don't understand So this is my story And I hope that it finds you For your sweet attention I cannot demand And words are like poison That lives down inside you And some things you do You just don't understand |
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| 5. |
| 5:39 | 
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| 6. |
| 2:59 |
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> It's the same with men as with horses and dogs
Nothing wants to die Evelyn James they killed in a game With guns too big for their hands Just off St. Charles in No-Mans Land And you'll have to find your own way home, boys You'll have to find your own way home The oldest was Troy, an eighteen year-old boy Shot dead in March with a robbery His brother started out to hell and to ruin Troy's killer was never caught they say Young nick he just went bad that day Now he'll have to find his own way home, boys He'll have to find his own way home Why cook dinner? Why make my bed? Why come home at all? Out the door and through the woods There is a world where nothing grows It's hard to say grace and to sit in the place Of someone missing at the table Mom's hair sprayed tight And her face in her hands Watching TV for answers to me After all she's only human And she's trying to find her own way home, boys She's trying to find her own way home My legs ache My heart is sore The well is full of pennies |
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| 3:38 |
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All you hypocrites and liars
In the temple seeking gain All you senators and lawyers With your motives to explain All you victims and you heroes Your petitions to complain All you murderers and martyrs On the fields where you lay slain On the just and unjust Alike it doth rain And the quality of mercy is not strained Yes vengeance and revenge Are just two words for pain And the quality of mercy is not strained Did not I crucify my Lord? Did not I bind Him in chains? Did not I three times betray Him? Three times deny His name? Did not I cast the first stone? Then justify the blame? Did not He die for my sins But never would I do the same? Oh I've been three times a sinner And two times a saint And the quality of mercy is not strained Yes for Love if it's Love Is changing but unchanged And the quality of mercy is not strained Hypocrites and liars Senators and lawyers Victims and heroes Murderers and martyrs Crucify my Lord Bind Him in chains Three times betray Him Justify the blame On the just and unjust Alike it doth rain And the quality of mercy is not strained |
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| 8. |
| 3:34 |
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| 9. |
| 2:43 |
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Dot King was whittled from the bone of Cain
With a little drop of poison in the red red blood She need a way to turn around the bend She said I want to walk away and start over again There are things I've done I can't erase I want to look in the mirror see another face I said, "never", but I'm doing it again I wanna walk away, start over again No more rain, no more roses On my way, shake my thirst in a cool cool pond There's a winner in every place There's a heart that's beating in every page The beginning of it starts at the end When it's time to walk away and start over again Weather's murder at a hundred and three William Ray shot Corabell Lee A yellow dog knows when he has sinned You wanna walk away and start over again No more rain, no more roses On my way, shaking my thirst in a cool cool pond Cooper told Maui the whole block's gone They're dying for jewelry, money, and clothes I always get out of the trouble I'm in I want to walk away, start over again I left my bible by the side of the road Carve my initials in an old dead tree I'm going away but I'm going to be back when It's time to walk away and start over again Ho ho yeah, hmm, yeah Gotta walk away, gotta walk away, gotta walk away Just wanna walk away yeah, wanna walk away and start over again Wanna walk away, wanna walk away, wanna walk away |
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| 4:39 |
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I was fresh out of the service It was back in 82 I raised some Cain when I come back to town I left to be all I could be Come home without a clue Now, I married Dawn and had to settle down So I hired on at the prison Guess I always knew I would Just like my dad and both my uncles done And I worked on every cell block Now, things're goin' good But then they transferred me to Ellis Unit One Swing low Swing low Swing low and carry me home Well, my daddy used to talk about them long nights at the walls And how they used to strap em in the chair The kids down from the college and they'd bring their beer n all N when the lights went out, a cheer rose in the air Well, folks just got too civilized Sparky's gatherin' dust Cause no one wants to touch a smokin' gun And since they got the injection They don't mind as much, I guess They just put em down at Ellis Unit One Swing low Swing low Swing low and carry me home Well, I've seen em fight like lions, boys I've seen 'em go like lambs And I've helped to drag em when they could not stand And I've heard their mamas cryin' when they heard that big door slam And I've seen the victim's family holdin' hands Last night I dreamed that I woke up with straps across my chest And something cold and black pullin' through my lungs N even Jesus couldn't save me though I know he did his best But he don't live on Ellis Unit One Swing low Swing low Swing low and carry me home Swing low Don't let go Swing low and carry me home |
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| 4:38 |
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| 12. |
| 5:31 |
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And I wished for so long, cannot stay... All the precious moments, cannot stay... It's not like wings have fallen, cannot stay... But I feel something's missing, cannot say... Holding hands are daughters and sons And their faiths just falling down, down, down, down... I have wished for so long How I wish for you today We all walk the long road. Cannot stay... There's no need to say goodbye... All the friends and family All the memories going round, round, round, round I have wished for so long How I wish for you today And the wind keeps roaring And the sky keeps turning gray And the sun is set The sun will rise another day... We all walk the long road. Cannot stay... There's no need to say goodbye... All the friends and family All the memories going round, round, round, round I have wished for so long How I wish for you today How I've wished for so long How I wish for you today We all walk the long road (3x) |
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