1. |
Comedown
03:00
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LYRICS
Verse:
We are all just passing through
Today a gift to you
Wake up, go to bed
Fill the gaps, then you go away
Chorus:
So come down from your mountain, look me in the eye
come down from your cloud
today might be the day you say goodbye
Verse:
We are all the same
Fall in love, fall down, feel the same pain
Two hands, two eyes
Tears fall when a good friend dies
Broken hearts and mended dreams
We are closer than it might seem
Chorus:
So come down from your mountain, look me in the eye
come down from your cloud
today might be the day you say goodbye
Could be the day that you say goodbye
Could be the day that you say goodbye
We are all just passing through
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2. |
God Fearing Man
04:52
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Verse:
I watched the mighty redwood fall
I watched the southern wind blow in and take it all
I watch a murdering man trying the best that he can
All of this made me a God-fearing man
Verse:
I watched a filthy priest try to run off with my faith
I watched a hardened biker give up the life for his babies
I watched a preacher’s body fill up with the cancer,
then I watched it disappear with a prayer
Sub Chorus:
Now my mama's friends said there was no hope for me
I would tip my hat and say, “ladies I agree”
Till the moment I was driven to my knees
Begging Lord, “have mercy on me!”
Chorus
That’s why I am a God-fearing man
Why I am a God-fearing man
It was never part of my plan
yet here I stand, a God-fearing man
Verse
I watch as my country’s torn in half
I watch as the devil laughs
Sometimes it feels like he’s got the whole world on a string
Then I’m reminded that he don’t own a thing
Chorus
That’s why I am a God fearing man
Why I am a God-fearing man
It was all part of his plan
that here I stand, a God-fearing man
Here I stand, a God-fearing man
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3. |
Salvation Rag
03:32
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Messiah shadow stretched across Bourbon Street, zydeco fills the air
Whiskey bars and gambling houses, quite a party down there
Chorus1:
Up walked a blind man said, “Excuse me, mister, can you help a blind man to see?”
The man replied “No excuses needed, you were healed before you walked up to me
“It was your faith in the Great God above, that turned your grey sky blue,
miracles happen every day and today boy, one happened to you.”
Verse:
Strolling down old Fifth Avenue, high rises filling the sky
Mercedes Benz, Cartier watches, that’s a lotta money, honey.
Up walks a girl, says, “Pardon me, mister, I’ve been selling things that should not be sold.”
The man replied,” Your pardon came before your story was even told.”
“It was your faith in the Great God above, that turned your grey sky blue,
miracles happen every day and today girl, one happened to you.”
Verse:
Sunday morning down in the Height, coffee and a paper to go
Out of the shadows a twisted young man, a hundred fifty demons in tow
He said, “Mister Mister, Mister please, Help me to set my soul free.”
The man replied, boy your freedom came before you even staggered to me.
“It was your faith in the Great God above, that turned your grey sky blue,
miracles happen every day and today girl, one happened to you.”
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4. |
KRAZY
02:54
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C-train drop her off half past midnight
Anyone who know the girl know she ain’t a fan of the daylight
She goes stepping out when everybody else is stepping home
Knock on your window to make sure that you don’t wake up alone
Chorus:
Because she’s Krazy, everyone say, she’s out of her mind
She’s Krazy, oh, oh, oh, my favorite kind
She’s Krazy, ha, ha, ha, with a capital K and I wouldn’t have my Krazy baby any other way
Instrumental:
Verse:
Halfway across the globe, she comes sauntering in
A dip in her lip, a bottle of booze, head full of sin
She politely tells the other girls, kindly step aside,
because you’re in between me and the man I’m gonna ride
Chorus:
Because she’s Krazy, everyone say, she’s out of her mind
She’s Krazy, oh, oh, oh, my favorite kind
She’s Krazy, ha, ha, ha, with a capital K and I wouldn’t have my Krazy baby any other way
I wouldn’t have my Krazy any other way
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5. |
Dark Cloud
02:17
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Verse:
I woke up to the daily morning blues, I said ”Baby, please turn that TV down,
I don’t need to to be reminded that the jackasses are still kickin’ around”
Chorus1:
Cause I try to keep a smile on my face,
I still got a grain of faith left in the human race,
but those advertisers make a fortune off our misery,
but you ain’t making one more dime off of me.
Instrumental:
Verse:
Life hands out it’s fair share of rotten days, that is the reason why I hold onto the gold
So I won’t be entertained by man-made, manufactured calamity
Bridge:
Because life is coming up roses
Bubbly champagne and ice-cold beer
I ain’t letting in the fear anymore
You can walk that dark cloud right out the front door
Chorus2:
Because my dogs keep a smile on my face,
Ain’t never lost faith in the canine race,
but those advertisers make a fortune off our misery,
But you ain’t making one more dime off of me.
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6. |
New Religion
04:24
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Television and the Worldwide Web weaving, what we are believing
Ask my friends and my family, “Doesn’t this seem a little strange to you?”
Chorus:
We are a little bit more, intelligent than the world gives us credit for
We are not believers in this new religion,
Where you look in the mirror, thinking that you found God
Verse:
Heard Lennon say “Imagine there’s no Heaven”, isn’t that convenient
Where the Führer, Mao, Mussolini and Stalin, never have to answer for their actions, no
Chorus:
We are a little bit more, intelligent than the world gives us credit for
We are not believers in this new religion,
Where you look in the mirror, thinking that you found God
Second Chorus:
Never apologize, that we got your lies all figured out
You said that your God cannot save you, when he’s the only one that can
Verse:
Everybody say, there ain’t no devil no, figment of imagination
Every atrocity random, just like a Big Bang
Chorus: 2X
We are a little bit more, intelligent than the world gives us credit for
We are not believers in this new religion,
Where you look in the mirror, thinking that you found God
Second Chorus: 3x
Never apologize, that we got your lies all figured out
You said that your God cannot save you, when he’s the only one that can, one that can, one
that can
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7. |
Boy
03:24
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Verse:
Flames of Hell come whipping through a filthy kitchen
Old ghosts are running the show, oh no
Convinced yourself and the whole world that you were the big boss
Goes to show how little that you know
Chorus:
You can’t turn your back
You can’t turn your back on this one
You can’t turn your back
You can run but it will catch you
You can’t turn your back
You can’t turn your back on this one this time
Verse:
You dipped your toe into, forbidden water
no one surprised but you as you started to go down
Weighted by, heartfelt promises that turned out to be lies
Bridge:
Now daddy’s little boy is laid out on the bathroom floor
This is not the way things were supposed to be
As the weight pushes down on daddy’s shoulder
He wonders what more could daddy have done
Chorus:
You can’t turn your back
You can’t turn your back on this one
You can’t turn your back
You can run but it will catch you
You can’t turn your back
You can’t turn your back on this one this time
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8. |
Familiar
03:58
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Verse:
Two and two don’t make four anymore
All these raindrops keep drying me off
Chorus:
Nothing, no nothing makes any sense, any more
Verse:
All my roses started growing down from the sky
I been thinking lately I’d draw my first breathe the moment that i died
Chorus:
Nothing, no nothing makes any sense, any more
Instrumental:
Caught my dog sitting behind the wheel of my car
He said, Hey look over there there’s fourteen babies lined up at the bar
Chorus:
Nothing, no nothing makes any sense, any more
Who, who is that, at the door, “Do I know You?”
Post Chorus:
Because you, oh you seem vaguely familiar
You, oh you, seem vaguely familiar to me
You, you seem vaguely familiar to me
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9. |
Lucky
04:02
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Verse:
Horseshoe Alley some of you know
A hole in the wall where the has-beens like to go
Out there met a girl with the dirty blonde hair
Dirty blonde hair took me by the hand, turned me into a dirty blonde man
and I asked her when can I see you again
She said don’t bother stoping this is one-stop shopping
I can never see you again my friend, You’re better off this way
Because I got baggage, looks like by that ring you do too
I could only ever be faithful to you for one day
So you best be on your way
Instrumental
Verse
Head hung, out of the alley I go
Back to the only other home that I know
Wondering how my angel grew horns
Got to stop thinking so I start drinking
The bartender offered up an ice-cold shot of “I told you so”
Instrumental
Verse:
As I’m falling off my bar room chair
Head full of visions of dirty blonde hair
I stumble to my car, swerve back to my neighborhood
Met at the front door by wife, “Where the hell have you been tonight,
don’t tell me I don’t want to know”
“Because I’ve been faithful and I’ve been true, but tonight I shed my last tear for you,
you are free once again.”
“I’ve got baggage, you know that I do, it’s all packed up and the kids are too,
you are free once again, you are free to frequent the Horseshoe bend.”
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10. |
Sanctified
04:06
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Making my way through this big bad world
Good Lord always made sure I had three squares, roof over my head
I broke my back and went to bed weary from building castles and other man’s fortunes, but today, I am making my own, I am making my own
Chorus:
I have crawled across a thousand miles of desert
I have kicked the devil from the front step
Looked death square in the eyes
God Lord pushed my ass back outside
Said, “Go and make your old man proud.”
Verse:
Woke up face down in a stranger’s house, no idea how I wound up here
Must have slipped and fell at the wishing well, good intentions always seem to drive me to hell
Reason why I need to look up everyone once and while and say I’m sorry
Cause when you’re making your fortunes, chasing your fame, house catches fire,
only one to blame As you’re making your own
Bridge:
The stars up of above have born witness to this story so many times before
They all sing in sweet harmony, that you are not a child anymore
Verse:
So here I stand back at the cross, no heads or tails or coins to toss
Hoping that this prayer don’t land on deaf ears
‘cause I have chased and I have caught it all
I have chased and I have caught it all
I have chased I have caught it all, but looking up I feel so small
down here all alone
Chorus:
I have crawled across a thousand miles of desert
I have kicked the devil from the front step
Looked death square in the eyes
God Lord said, “Boy, you're Sanctified,
so kick off your shoes and step inside.”
Made my way through this big bad world
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