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Mane of Gold
03:21
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You’re dark like the horse is
From my dreams
But I find myself a worthy steed
With black diamond eyes a black velvet soul
Black silver shoes, and a mane of gold
So Lord I’ve come
I’ve left my sins behind
Like whiskey and wine
Make that stallion mine
I sneer at Charlotte
Ben’s old horse
But I’ve made my peace with him of course
For soon, I’ll be riding
Bareback for years
Ride up that mountain
Until heaven appears
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2. |
Westward
04:00
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Well i was born in love
Raised in hatred
My father left and my mother blamed him
She said life and love
And peace and hope are luxuries we can't afford
But I know i don't belong
In this life it seems so wrong
And there can't be nothing right
With leaving your loved ones behind
It’s a shame but I’ve made up my mind
So I packed my things and headed westward
Took my strat my boots and best shirt
And I left a note upon my mothers dresser
Explaining how I wished i missed her
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3. |
Flame
06:18
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You’re a flame and I can feel the burn
Cause I touched you
But I can’t let you go
It was March, April, May and June
And no one saw us
We hid inside your room
With nothing left to do but burn
Some might say that this is where it ends
Where the magic turns to science
And lovers turn to friends
And yes it's sad
It ends this way
But this is true
And I can’t make you stay
I wouldn’t anyway
But if you want to stay awhile
I won’t make you go and leave tonight
Though my heart may beat in double time
Still I think it will be alright
And that flame you were
Now it's only smoke and it's begun to hurt my eyes
But no, there’s nothing wrong with love
If you got enough
The only soul here that's left to save
Is my own, cause I gave it away
The only words, here left to speak
Are the same three words
We know but can’t repeat, we can never speak
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4. |
Bones
03:57
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Bones in your car
Lover won’t you stay where you are
Sirens seem so far
Traveling through the dark
Six candlelights
Casting seven shadows in a line
They burn throughout the night
And on into the light
My mothers song
The one she hasn't sung in so long
I always got it wrong
And so I won’t try again
Curse these words
Cause I can’t sing
At all
Fire and flame
Have finally caught up to you
They know all the things you do
And who you do them to
All of my life
I’ve been afraid to cry
And I’ve been so afraid to die
I just never knew why
Curse these words
Cause I can’t sing
Curse these lungs
Cause I can’t breathe
At all
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5. |
Each Horse with a Name
05:28
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Hide, hide beneath your sheets
Promises to keep
Siren whistle blows
And in case you don’t know
I’ve fallen in love
Blind, blinding like the sun
This war has just begun
Between my heart
And the thousands of miles
That keep us apart
Si-, silent like the thought
As black and white they cross
A carousel to blame
Each horse with a name
Each horse just the same
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6. |
Holy Water Revival
02:11
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I will go down to the river
I will quench my thirst
Drink from this dirty water
Drink until it hurts
And I will wash my hands in the sea
Til these wet walls fall all over me
I will give my heart to someone
I will give my soul
Giving up so much of myself
Think I’ve lost control
But I will take that chance
For her grace
Til this love falls into place, falls right into place
I will go home to my mother
Find her in the rain
Beg her for forgiveness
I was young, I’m not the same
And I will wash away all her pain
Then I’ll never talk to her again
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7. |
Blood on the Streets
03:32
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There’s blood on the street
And in my hair
And on my hands and on my feet
Must I repeat the gravity
And there’s no point in coming clean
And shedding light
It benefits you to claim that you were right
I hope you know I’m taking notes
oOOOoooooooOooOOOOOoooo
There’s only death up ahead
It’s all I see
From the prayers made in my bed
Or am i asleep and is this a dream
And are these things not what they seem?
Could I be wrong
An honest man
Persecuted all along
But no. This is the truth? It’s breaking news
Our poor mother
oOOOoooooooOooOOOOOoooo
Lay me with my mother
So that she would know I loved her
We don’t have to blame each other
We are underground
Ghosts, white collared ghosts
With their white ties
And their white coats
Will lie right to our eyes
And say they tried
For our fathers
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8. |
Mothers
03:22
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There’s too many mothers
Naming their daughters
After towns and names of streets
There’s too many fathers
That name their sons after heroes on TV
But that’s a big mistake
If that's the choice you choose to make
Cause heroes die and the buildings in the sky won’t remain
There’s too many whispers
Too many secrets
In the town of Cypress Creek
Cause all my lovers there
Have found another
And have forgotten how to speak
But that’s a big mistake
If that’s the route you choose to take
Cause all those lies, they never could disguise
Now they fake
And all the mountains
And all the oceans have fallen and dried up
And all that we’re left with
Six billion people finally ready to be loved
But if we call it quits
Saying this is life and that was it
Then all your days
That you had slaved away
Just to say
We gave up?
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9. |
Joseph Collins
04:25
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And so the Collins stood
For a portrait in the woods
But Joseph their youngest son
Who’d felt, did not belong
Begun to run with such great stride
Into the woods to hide
And years went by, seemed Joseph died
Along the riverside
Alone, and horrified
And so the Collins grieved
Bound by disbelief
And the fact that all he needs
Is to be mourned in peace
So they sang with voices wild
“Lord protect our child”
And they laid him down to rest
Using a rocking horse instead
And time passed by, as hope subsides
That Joseph might
Return in the night
And so the Collins grew
Mark excelled in school
And wrote a book at 65
Called ‘Brides Turned into Wives’
And Sister Anne she married young
Packed up and moved to Lexington
And had a son, his name was Tom
He later died in Vietnam
And Mother Martha sleeps at night
She dreams of Joseph on a boat
But she is standing riverside
She waves goodbye and lets him go
But she awoke one night
To Joseph’s cries
He stood outside
And said ‘Ma, embrace your son. He’s home’
He’s home!
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10. |
Lead Skin
05:06
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Diamonds wrapped in lead
Once was my skin
And I just can't take, when you're with him
And I just can't take, you with him
I’ve looked in others eyes
None shine as bright
As the way, yours did that night
It was always you, what can I do
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11. |
Shake Your Hand
04:58
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I’m all I’ve got
Just me and my mom
Burning up the sheets
That you slept upon
Oh I know you’ve got the kindest heart
Would kill me if I knew that you had changed
But how can I love you darlin
If I can’t speak your name
Try and fall asleep inside this room
That I shared with you in August afternoon
I know you’ve got a lot to say
To try and put things back in their place
But how can I love you darlin
If I can’t look you in the face
Tomorrow never came
And I stayed here the same
Illuminate the words
That come right off the page
I know you’ve done a lot to stay
And trust me it was more than I could stand
But how can I love you darlin
If I can’t shake your hand
My one demand, is once you find your man
Spend some time with him
Don’t build your walls so deep
Cause you’ll get over me
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12. |
Living Room
05:59
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Well darling I regret
I hadn’t called you yet
See I’m dealing with this mess
And I must get things off my chest
What this son’s son believes
His 3 sisters won’t agree
But their poor fathers death
Is only one less life to grieve
Well how can I respect this man
Whose eyes I can never meet
And in those eyes a bastard’s made a bastard out of me
Well how can I respect someone
Who would look upon his only son
As only a failure for the things he'd never done
Well I’m standing in the dark
In this living room
That my father threw me out when I was 22
Now I must pay my dues to the father that I never knew
Well darling I regret
That i ain’t coming home just yet
I’m up to my neck in this great deal of debt
And my mothers tries to explain
How he loved me just the same
Well I think that's awful strange
When all I felt was pain
And how can I respect him who
Who thought of me as no more than a seed
And now this seed must bury him and tend his dying need
And once he is laid to rest
And I’ve paid off all his debt
I will pay my last respect
Explaining dad ‘Your son has set’
Through the night, all that shone
That heavy hearts, they sink like stone
And I’m scared that I’ll wind up alone
So please my love, stay on the phone
Shined upon a family light
Where everything is dark inside
I swear my love I’ll make it home
If it takes all night
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