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Interstate 5
03:47
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Distant lovers like prisoners in jail
Waiting for a letter to arrive
And so it was because of the mail
I headed south on interstate 5
Hadn’t a dollar but I left anyway
I didn’t know how I’d survive
But how clearly I remember that day
I headed south on Interstate 5
They say the Devil is giving out rides
And you’d be lucky to get out alive
Surely with him and me beside
We flew down the banks of interstate 5
Bound by the tale that tells your fate
It wrapped me twice on my dive
I had a few friends coiled seven and eight
So far from home on interstate 5
People are lonely because of their crimes
And from a distance, easier to contrive
Those tender moments and happier times
Held apart and estranged by interstate 5
Oh how can a girl know for who cares
When all of the suitors arrive
I quietly slipped from her affairs
Last seen on the entrance to interstate 5
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2. |
New Titanic
03:57
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I've lived like a hermit and starved myself
Seen visions of the end
I've looked to the skies with dark and hollow eyes
Alone in the world without a friend
But now I'm captain of a sinking ship
And how you may ask why
Well if I never really lived then how could I forgive
All of us condemned to die
Climb aboard the new titanic
Where the bands play all night long
We don't know when it will all have to end
But we want just one more song
Through the waves we plow ahead
The din it echos away
With nothing in sight, just the silence of the night
Turn back I'll never say
Musicians are all doing time
The poets are all damned
Artists have a curse while writers make a hearse
Of the lifeboats they have crammed
Climb aboard the new titanic
And put one on my bill
We don't know when it will all have to end
But you know it surely will
Oh have you tried the eels my friend
Or have you had your fill
Well out on the deck there's a man quite a wreck
Who's purging of them still
From where we've sailed I don't recall
Or to what distant shore
But all of my plans or any other mans
May rest on the ocean floor
Climb aboard the new titanic
Enjoy it if you can
We don't know when it all have to end
But I don't give a damn
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3. |
Moo Heaven
03:58
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Somehow I got older
Somehow I fell asleep
Somehow I look like
All the rest of the sheep
A little bit of meaven
Say it's all that I need
Just a bed to lie down in
And somewhere to feed
It was only a bad dream
It was only youth
It was only feelings
Only the truth
A little bit of meaven
Tell me that's all that I need
Just a bed to lie down in
And somewhere to feed
Worn down by resistance
Worn down 'till it's smooth
Worn down with hoof prints
In the ruts and the grooves
A little bit of meaven
They say it's all that I need
Just a bed to lay down in
And somewhere to feed
Welcome to moo heaven!
With barbecue and beer
And we saved something special
Just till you got here
Tell me that it all works out
Tell me to my face
Tell me I can't remember
Why I joined the human race
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4. |
Ohio (Part 1)
02:46
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There is a land where you can’t find gun
By Friday night the beatings and brawlings have begun
They call It Canadia and if you are there
Just standing on the corner, you’d best beware
Of falling lumber-jocks spilling beer and their blood
Into the rancid gutter swelling up to flood
And so I ask the boatman, where does this all go
“It ends up in that river that flows to Ohio”
Walking down the tracks just kicking with my shoe
Squinting my eyes as men at dusk will sometimes do
I spied someone coming and soon it was quite clear
It certainly was Jesse who suddenly was near
My heart it almost stop beating for I saw a ghost
Way out on the trestle along the old sea coast
He said as he passed me in a voice all hushed and low
“Just waiting for that train ‘takes me back to Ohio”
No good deed goes unpunished, or so I’ve read
But that’s not exactly what the police man said
I promised to pay him to politely decline
His offer to take me in if I didn’t have the fine
Well I may be missing out on such a grand old town
But I’ll leave Manhattan before the sun goes down
A drunk old hobo told me forget what you owe
Eventually all roads lead back to Ohio
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5. |
Love Without End
03:29
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Oh child
Give me your hand
In your unformed beauty
I see the strength of man
Changeling
Balancing in between
Open heart of fire
Where all roads begin
Seeker
Do you know what you want
You know the world's no limit
If you get it or not
Teacher
Love beyond fear
Past all conditions
We go there
Oh light inside the sun
The wind blows right through you
You are the world before
Could never forget you
Long ago the world was a desert, one easter morning standing in the sun
I reached out my hand, I’ve been a child, we had to go home like we've never been born
One easter morning, the world before, I’ve been tried, I touched the world
Just out of sight, the rocks of a canyon, I’ll love you forever, love without end
Fingers in the fire, like we've never been born, I’ll love you forever, love without end
I've been born, like the very first time, I’ll love you forever, love without end
I'll love you forever, love without end
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6. |
Taken Inside
02:27
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7. |
Ohio (Part 2)
02:48
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Pat regained consciousness and he quickly found
He had wet himself and his hands and feet were bound
In his mind was the foggy image of a bar
Then he realized he was in Dan Johnson’s car
Looking out the window the first thing he saw
Was a green sign that said next exit Wichita
He fainted dead away before he could know
That his destination was a barn in Ohio
There stands old Johnny gnawing on his hand
He’s been known to do that since he lost his band
And so behold Ozzy born of the false cow
As near enough to Gibby as safety will allow
They’re waiting for Black Francis to come down the skies
To renounce john the baptist and make mars their prize
He’s due any minute, right after the show
They’re standing in a field somewhere in Ohio
So all you good people I’ll have you understand
If you ever set you feet down on the promised land
In that holy moment with no words to say
If in life you ever live to see that day
Just knowing that you have anyone to blame
You might find within you at least an ounce of shame
Well that’s the kind of baggage that you shouldn’t stow
Just throw it in the river that flows thorough Ohio
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8. |
Endless Night
05:01
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Nine rings of fire
Nine bands of light
Impossibly distant
Beyond time or mind
Standing like a hero
Until everything is gone
Only the harper
Echos history's song
Goddess here it is
Take this heart
It feels so black and heavy
Tear my soul apart
She is all my loves
She says "Such a fool
You've felt all my worst
There's nothing left to do"
Wade in moonlit water
Naked to the skies
We'll disappear forever
Into an endless night
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