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Smoke & Cinder
04:20
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There’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong
I ride the rails to prove I am too wild to be tamed
You’re the wind that paws at me that shakes my doors and windows
Deep inside I’m begging you to knock me off my train
There’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong.
Steam train hearts will huff to keep stray hopes on track
I promise not to stop spitting smoke and cinder
Takes another blast of steam to reign in and hold back all these deep sighs
Full steam ahead and I’m lurching forward with a jolt of uncertainty
There’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong.
I grasp the ladder speeding by just like I clutch my words
My good deeds should speak for me- I hate to draw attention
Deep inside I’m begging you to knock me off my train
There’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong. There’s nothing wrong.
Steam train hearts will huff to keep stray hopes on track
I promise not to stop spitting smoke and cinder
Takes another blast of steam to reign in and hold back all these deep sighs
Full steam ahead and I’m lurching forward with a jolt of uncertainty
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2. |
Where's Joe Strummer?
03:22
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Where’s Joe Strummer now?
We need him more than ever
He’s railing at the politicians
With their hands buried deep in the pockets
Of the corporate executives
Who plunder the lower classes
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
Where’s Joe Strummer? Where’s Joe Strummer? Where’s Joe Strummer now?
Where’s Joe Strummer now?
he pointed the way forward
He’s confronting every government
Sending the poor to fight their wars
You gotta keep that black oil flowing
Damn the cost in blood and treasure
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
Where’s Joe Strummer? Where’s Joe Strummer? Where’s Joe Strummer now?
The Clash kicked us in the ass and then they brought us to our feet
A band you could believe in. A fight that we could share
Where’s Joe Strummer now
His voice moved hearts and minds
No call for violence or hatred
No matter how bleak it looked
He’s the patron saint
Of the working class
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
Where’s Joe Strummer? Where’s Joe Strummer? Where’s Joe Strummer now?
Life can turn you upside down when you breathe life into your art
Joe stayed true to his vision. Peace and justice vanquish the world!
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3. |
Seed Change
04:22
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What am I supposed to do?
Build more walls of suspicion?
You judge me with a scowling face
Offer no comfort in trying times
Time for a seed change
Time for a seed change
A steady diet of falsehoods
A harvest of contempt
provides no nutrients for the soul
Not a bloom on this landscape
Time for a seed change
Time for a seed change
Is your garden overgrown
With the gloomy weeds of distrust?
Relationships wilt on the vine
And I’m just a heartbeat away
from making a seed change
from making a seed change
The farmer rotates his crops
His plants lean to the sun
Spread seeds of empathy
In the common ground between you and me
Time for a seed change. Time for a seed change
Time for a seed change. Time for a seed change
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4. |
Stay Classy
03:56
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People are just pets
To lap up all your greatness
And fawn at your door knobs made of gold
Every lie is crafted
To manicure your image
Take your phony stories somewhere else!
You know who killed Kennedy. The skeletons are in your closet, cobwebs in your head
No one’s skin is thinner
Every slight is noted
You hit’em hard with
All you’ve got
Everybody’s in the process of becoming.
We only wish that you’d be going!
It’s none of my business what you think of me in your crazed mind
Have we all been hypnotized?
You should be scrutinized
For the words that come from your mouth
Have we all been hypnotized?
I need to be sanitized
For the sludge that comes from your mouth
If you admit failure
Your universe unravels
The feeling of this feeling is dread
Spinning all your fiction
Creating total friction
You’ve steamrolled all your dignity!
Failure and success are different sides of the same coin. You’ll never get it
You measure adoration
By the number of the
Parades that you throw for yourself
People are just “yes” men
Minions on your payroll
Whose words are honey to your ears!
Everything you do is tres tacky times two. Stay classy now!
Have we all been hypnotized?
You should be scrutinized
For the words that come from your mouth
Have we all been hypnotized?
I need to be sanitized
For the sludge that comes from your mouth
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Take me down to the bayside
Maybe then I can rest my mind
Do you want to settle down
To a life on the beach with the seagulls and the shells?
Imagine a world without an ocean
of troubles anchoring us down
To our lives now so chaotic
Where’s the spontaneity?
Take me down to the bayside
Rolling waves sing me a lullaby
Do you want to settle down
To a life on the beach with the coral and the crabs?
Imagine a world of sand and sailboats
No laptops or TV
A rising tide of a hush
And I can clearly hear you now
Take me down to the bayside
Maybe then I can calm my mind
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6. |
Pool Of Tears
03:12
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Forty days and forty nights of fearing that
I’ve lost you
I’m holding back from reaching out to you
Because things might go wrong
I want to spend my life with you
In the depths of my heart
There’s a deep pool of tears
I’m chasing raindrops with a pail
I can’t stop the flooding in my brain
I twisted words and and misread your intent
I never meant to wind us up so tight
She’s under a microscope
Because I have these questions
But alas, it’s only magnified my insecurity
I want to spend my life with you
In the depths of my heart
There’s a blue pool of tears
I hear the heavy sigh of the rain
I can’t stop the flooding in my brain
I twisted words and and misread your intent
I never meant to wind us up so tight
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7. |
Uncertainty
04:07
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Uncertainty, she teases me and says to run away
Uncertainty, she laughs at me and says there is no way
Uncertainty, she screams at me- says I’m not her kind
Uncertainty, she’s mocking me - there goes my peace of mind
She plays fiddle tunes
Dances a jig in my head
Dreams slip through my fingers
Tears run like mad trains
Uncertainty, she’s cruel to me. She gets the final word.
Uncertainty, she curses me- shouts that I’m absurd!
Uncertainty, She’s banished me but sleeps under my bed
Uncertainty, she turns the screws. Her mouth is filled with dread
She plays fiddle tunes
Dances a jig in my head
Dreams slip through my fingers
Tears run like mad trains
Uncertainty, she teases to me and says to run away
Uncertainty, she laughs at me and says there is no way
Uncertainty, she screams at me- says I’m not her kind
Uncertainty, she’s mocking me- there goes my peace of mind
She plays fiddle tunes
Dances a jig in my head
Dreams slip through my fingers
Tears run like mad trains
Here’s to unfinished paintings that I tossed
Into the trunk of the car I didn’t drive
Across 5 states to walk over sand dunes
To swim the ocean as blue as regretful tears
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8. |
Josephina
03:15
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Sometimes I wake up in my bed
And other times I wake up in my head
I feel like such a fool
With my face planted in the ground of your front yard
Josephina, I couldn’t play dead in a cowboy flick
And I hope you understand
The swinging bar room doors of my heart
Why not shoot up this town together?
Why not lasso the moon with me?
Sometimes I’m staring down the bull
And other times I’m staring down the barrel
Back-stepping, hands in the air
Praying that this will all end up well
Josephina, I couldn’t play dead in a cowboy flick
And I hope you understand
The swinging bar room doors of my heart
Why not shoot up this town together?
Why not lasso the moon with me?
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9. |
Turn It Blue
03:58
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I believe in miracles
Eternal springs of
Hope abound in my heart
And turn my whole world blue
Your complaints obscure my vision
Step aside
I’m bowing out of your drama
And swerving into the blue
When I, when I was young
I dreamed, I dreamed up a world
A world of enchantment and thrills
My real life could never begin
to satisfy me
Fears are risks
Mistakes are lessons
Obstacles are
Challenges to welcome
When I howl into the blue
Listless in a
monochrome world
I dip my brush
into the sky and the sea
and I splatter my world blue
When I, when I was young
I dreamed, I dreamed up a world
A world of enchantment and thrills
My real life could never begin
to satisfy me
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10. |
Despair
04:13
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Ain’t nobody gonna tell me “No”
Ain’t nobody gonna stop this flow
Ain’t nobody gonna save my soul tonight
Somebody’s bolted shut the door
For the love of God let me go
No standing with hands in my pockets tonight
You best be sure
You best be sure that that dog don’t bite!
I don’t even understand dying young
Despair has got a hold on me
Is this the way it has to be?
I’m gasping on the inside
Hold on tight with all my might
I won’t let go because If I do
I’d be dying on the inside
Ain’t nobody gonna flip the switch
Ain’t nobody gonna jump my train
Ain’t nobody gonna gut my faith tonight
Pouring gasoline on these flames,
I’m the light at the end of the tunnel
All my demons better find some cover tonight
You best be sure
You best be sure that that dog don’t bite!
I don’t even understand dying young
Despair has got a hold on me
Is this the way it has to be?
I’m gasping on the inside
Hold on tight with all my might
I won’t let go because if I do
I’d be dying on the inside
You best be sure
You best be sure that that dog don’t bite!
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Steam Train Hearts Richmond, Virginia
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