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It's Lunacy
03:58
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All through seasons that have passed
We played this game called ‘It’s a Farce’
We had our parts down to a T
We made theatrical history
But I won’t bow down to play the game
Won’t try hard to save the day
It’s lunacy, it’s lunacy
We spoke of love felt in our hearts
We spoke of things that never passed
Reminds me every now and then
I thought I was your only friend
But I won’t bow down to play the game
Won’t try hard to save the day
It’s lunacy, it’s lunacy
No I won’t bow down to play the game
Won’t try hard to save the day
It’s lunacy, it’s lunacy
Now I don’t care if I spend my dough
Can go to the baker shop and get some mo’
I thought I’d never the day
That I would finish a song that way
But I won’t bow down to play the game
Won’t try hard to save the day
It’s lunacy, it’s lunacy
No I won’t bow down to play the game
Won’t try hard to save the day
It’s lunacy, it’s lunacy
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2. |
Blind Girl Stripper
09:02
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When I drove to the crooked beauty show
The petrol man had just died and let the bowser go
Well I tried to get overcome with grief
And I tried to turn over a new leaf
So I said to the blind girl stripper
I just hope that these folks
Do differ from
You and me
Throw a line to the helpless danger man
Throw a line for all homo sapiens
Form a queue for the devil worshippers
Take the time to show them where the bread rolls are
And then say to the blind girl stripper
I just hope that these folks
Do differ from
You and me
Where I asked if you were three quarters witch
And you pointed down to the floor
So I said if you have to fabricate
Just make sure that the rug can cover up the floor
When we came out of old suburbia
Chosen ones although that much dirtier
Where I said to the blind girl stripper
I just hope that these folks
Do differ from
You and me
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3. |
Real Wild Life
03:52
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Well its wild wild living
in this real wild life
there’s a real wild time to have
it needs real wild thinkin’
for a real wild life
in this wild wild world have
and there’ll be things that you’ll see
but don’t want to see
and there’ll be things that you’ll know
but don’t want to know
yeah it’s a real wild life
if you’ve got some money
there are wild wild things to say
yeah you’re well on your way
in this real wild life
if you got the bucks to pay
and there’ll be things that you’ll see
but don’t want to see
and there’ll be things that you’ll know
but don’t want to know
you’ll have a wild wild time
in this real wild life
it’s a real wild place to be
you’ll have wild wild things
in this real wild life
and there are real wild things to see
yeah it’s a real wild life
if you got some money
there are wild wild things to say
yeah you’re well on your way
in this real wild world
if you got the bucks to pay
and there’ll be things that you’ll see
but don’t want to see
and there’ll be things that you’ll know
but don’t want to know
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Well the one was the other
But the other one was taller
Don’t you know
My saviours on the mountain
They were giving out sweetcakes
and birthday cards
as well as some
imitation candles
Well they tried well they tried well they tried
Like saviours in the rain
But they didn’t
make me feel good
and I laughed as I walked down the street
that smelled of week old [fish] --
even though it wasn’t funny
When all my ideas
Run to crime
In marriage and in murder
Like anyone who thought too much
About eating in their sleep
She felt like she was floating
All the time all the time all the time
She hadn’t raised her head
She didn’t come home dancing
When all my ideas
Run to crime
In marriage and in murder
When all my ideas
Run to crime I didn’t make you honey
In marriage and in murder
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5. |
Black Ticket Day
04:42
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Remember the rain had started
As we started out on this Black Ticket Day
Our fingers were worn
and skin had been torn
As we started out on our way
Glory halleluiah
Watch us comin’ to ya
On your black, black ticket day
Things you had forgotten
Things that were so rotten
Brought back to you on this day
But we can make it happen
If we want it to happen
On your black, black ticket day
On your black, black ticket day
Someone has to lay down
Someone has to pay down
On this black, black day
You say that it feels good
Never thought that it would
On your black, black ticket day
Glory halleluiah
Watch us comin’ to ya
On your black, black ticket day
Things you had forgotten
Things that were so rotten
Brought back to you
On this day
well we can make it happen
If we want it to happen
On your black, black ticket day
On your black, black ticket day
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6. |
Helps Me Understand
05:42
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A street of broken windows stands still
Token jesters have filled
The hollow graves of Marty and Bill
Who came and then ate up their fill
It’s time to hesitate
Helps me understand
What you said
The stolen amendment that lay on the floor
Belongs to the worthy and poor
Who’ve taken a match to the door
Just to make sure that there’s more
time to hesitate
Helps me understand
What you said
Four chords good and three chords bad
It always makes me feel oh so glad
That night I waited and some
But my father never did come
It’s time to hesitate
Helps me understand
What you said
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7. |
There's Nothing Natural
03:49
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There’s nothing natural
There’s nothing natural
In my life with you
You think its natural
To be tied to a Spanish Maine with you
There’s nothing natural
There’s nothing natural
In my life with you
You think its natural
To be tied to a Spanish Maine with you
You kiss me deadly
In the heat of the night
I woke to darkness then
You were the judge and the jury too
And then vengeance was yours my friend
You’re from a savage place
It’s something that I just can’t face
There’s nothing natural
There’s nothing natural
In my life with you
You think its natural
To be tied to a Spanish Maine with you
There’s nothing natural
There’s nothing natural
In my life with you
You think its natural
To be tied to a Spanish Maine with you
I never ask for
I swear I never ask for any of this
Sometimes you gotta think twice I know
I never thought I’d get so much grief
You’re from a savage place
It’s something that I just can’t face
There’s nothing natural
There’s nothing natural
In my life with you
You think its natural
To be tied to a Spanish Maine with you
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8. |
Walked Thin Wires
06:36
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Surrounded by the blur of movement
It didn’t seem a big surprise
The noise of summer covers our lawn
I barely opened up my eyes
When your senses go in overload
With insects shooting at your door
I watch the cars move from the second floor
And walk thin wires up above
I want the weekend to be over
I only want to stay inside
I saw some Mormons talk to mother
I turned to watch them inside
When your senses go in overload
With insects shooting at your door
I watch the cars move from the second floor
And walk thin wires up above
When my fighting days are over
By the building in the shade
She thought if she’d love she’d be happy
She really thought she’d have it made
When your senses go in overload
With insects shooting at your door
I watch the cars move from the second floor
And walk thin wires up above
When my fighting days are over
By the building in the shade
The noise of summer covers our lawn
I barely open up my eyes
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