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the future is under fire, the past is gaining ground
a continuous cold war between my home and my hometown
i was destined to die dreaming, when one day my best friend
with passion and pure provocation, summoned me and said:
you can't condemn your love, to linger here and die
can't leave your dreams to chance or to a spirit in the sky
may your heart always be ardent, your conscience always clear
and succumb to the city and surrender, baby, i'll be waiting here
and it got me all fired up, to go faraway
and make some ears ring from the sound of my singing, baby
so I left my home, and all I had
i used to be good, but now I'm bad
it was last call at my local, and i stalled saying goodbye
so the girl behind the bar came over, and she took me aside
she kissed me like a chorus, said give them hell for us
and last drink of the night, last night in town, baby, this one is on the house
and it got me all fired up, to go faraway
and make some ears ring from the sound of my singing, baby
so I left my home, and all I had
i used to be good, but now I'm bad
it was bedlam in my bed that night, and like a silent scream
my body broke out in a sweat from seeing you in dreams
you called out to me, i sang back to you
and all i remember was it sounded, baby, like all hell breaking loose
and it got me all fired up, to go faraway
and make some ears ring from the sound of my singing, baby
so I left my home, and all I had
i used to be good, but now I'm bad
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North East South West
04:20
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bated breath and the guts to go
criss-crossing the continent, all aglow
leaving lovelorn, dating destiny
and living for the moment that she marries me
started this song in the southern states
rays by the river, sinning at the saint
hot and heavy when i hit the hay
in nola, usa
coast of california, the highway high
noise, narcotics, and the new york night
an unshaven shaman shaking down the day
and all manner of madness standing in my way
down in flames, with dice to roll
up in smoke, running roulette road
and man, america made a mess of me
when i messed with texas and tennessee
north east south west (coast to coast), baby, the trouble that I get into
north east south west (coast to coast), it ain't shit compared to loving you
north east south west (coast to coast), baby, the trouble that I get into
north east south west (coast to coast), it ain't shit, it's just kicks, and like the road i'm going on and on and on
flayed and gutted, so i've got to go
back home, hungry for a hand to hold
and no matter how much i fan the flames
canada always answers when i call her name
down and out, drinking dundas dry
up against the wall of a winter's night
toronto, i'm trusting you to cut the cane
cause i'm saving vancouver for a rainy day
north east south west (coast to coast), baby, the trouble that I get into
north east south west (coast to coast), it ain't shit compared to loving you
north east south west (coast to coast), baby, the trouble that I get into
north east south west (coast to coast), it ain't shit, it's just kicks, and like the road i'm going on and on and on
learn to let it go, baby
shake, rattle, and roll, baby
out of the city and scene
and into some trouble with me
we'll go north east south west
we'll go north east south west
we'll go north east south west
we'll go north east south west
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flesh is foreign, friends are far
debts run deep, sleep is minced or marred
and it's all out war for the soul between
dreams that are hungry and the fears that feed
but i'll carry it, by chariot, through blood and blows
under starless skies of fire into great unknown
living on the lam, and the frontier of
a free life of free will, for the thrill of your love
spill your secrets and paint my days
passion is your palette, your canvases cafes
and null my nights in the harbour and hell
of the cantina's counsel and meals of mezcal
plans to settle down, plans to up and split
plans loose as the morals we are planning with
baby, be the beast, but free what burdens be
and i'll love you, if you love me
all life long
until I'm gone
cigarettes, sorcery, and biblical sins
hangovers, heathens, harlots, and anti-heroines
the cabarets, the getaways, and the afterglow
a little money, and whatever is on the radio
plans to settle down, plans to up and split
plans loose as the morals we are planning with
baby, be the beast, but free what burdens be
and i'll love you, if you love me
all life long
until I'm gone
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from every day at dawn
through to the dead of night
i'm sorry for not finding you sooner
i was looking for you all my life
from every day at dawn
through to the dead of night
i'm sorry for not finding you sooner
i was looking for you all my life
from every day at dawn
through to the dead of night
i'm sorry for not finding you sooner
i've been looking for you my whole life
from every day at dawn
through to the dead of night
i'm sorry for not finding you sooner
i've been looking for you my whole life
my whole life
i've been looking for you my whole life
all my life
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Arc Of Bar
07:25
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hustlers, whores, in rooms galore, a sinking city's stink
an arc of bar, a flesh bazaar, of diamonds, dust, and drink
the jukebox jamming, the lions lambing, the jokers doing the dealing
and queens are over jacks, remember that, or catch a beating
the night had come into her own, and i made the arc of bar my home
beneath my clothes, just a bag of bones, under my skin, just skeletons
i was rolling like a pair of dice, one for laws and one for lies
but all of this i tried to hide, behind a glaze of sweat and fire
to some a mistress, to some a muse, something soft for something blue
she sussed my needs out of my dreams, and baptized me in flesh that seethes
then she lay me like a baby on bed of spanish moss
and for her love, i would help the devil to steal christ right off the cross
i lay blame on the arc of bar, and the hundred proof in me
but the arc, it blames the air, hundred percent humidity
well at least those damned mosquitoes that fall flounder to the flood
get a thimble full of whiskey with their paltry pint of blood (my blood)
this port of call, it ain't no port at all, but cap my cup and anchors up
the jokers, they tease another hand, but they're out of luck cause i'm out of town
and the sun, it’s like an omen, goading me toward the gospel
but i got no plans at all, except a drink as soon as possible
some men offer confession, for their souls and grace of god
for others, women offer mercy, and mosquitoes their applause
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Midnight To Morning
04:44
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born to marry the bottle
in a ceremony that lasts forever
and cursed to carry on
abuzz and all alone
weak and weary
on the run and on the road
but if you'll hide me
and heal me in your sanctuary
i'll stay forever
so leave a light on
and i'll leave the bottle to its own
so many miles
so much to lose
devil by my side
right between us two
and i'm praying
those yellow lines on the I-5
bring me back home to you
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No Known Drink Or Drug
03:11
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passport, past life, a drifter's demons
alone, lost, and fast running out of reasons
for not falling in with the foreign legion
cold kicking the can around town one evening
streets all abandoned, bars barely breathing
a whirlwind, a woman, and a famous feeling
a cool, hard beauty, christened with composure
boots, skirt, blouse, shawl over her shoulders
skin soft, lips coloured crimson clover
slow burning sermon, to have and hold her
but ever since she started sleeping over
oh lord, i'm living like a holy roller
red animal romance in the summer heat
in parks, on patios, and in the streets
on mission, making moments into memories
and when winter's off the leash, and on the loose
we ward off the weather with a witches' brew
of dominoes, and prose, and delta blues
and no known drink, no known drug
could ever hold a candle to your love
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In A Body Like A Grave
05:14
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christ will call you out
school will deepen debt
work will sap the soul
hometown haunts what’s left
love will scar the heart
sun will burn the skin
just the way it is
and way it's always been
all in a lifetime, and all in a body like a grave
age is a traitor, and bit and bit
less lust for life, more talking shit
but remember there's heaven in the hellest of holes
and a drink for the body is a dream for the soul
well time will tell, but best beware
cause time is money, and money swears
so break the bank like you're breaking a bill
then love so hard that time stands still
if your name is shamed, or your love is lost
swap the city's lights for the southern cross
gather the gang, and make that night
an ultimatum to the universe, fuck or fight
from a mere mirage to the moment of
your cum of cums with your love of loves
it's all in a lifetime, but here and now
only god knows where, and devil knows how
all in a lifetime, and all in a body like a grave
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