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Kumbaya
01:28
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2. |
Make It Rain
02:44
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3. |
Not Funny
02:02
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I Came For the Waters
02:57
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ou can say I lack conviction, and that’s alright with me
Never saw a reason for extremes
You can say that I’m a coward, and that’s alright with me
These still waters run deep
Theres a truth that I’ve been told
Revenge is a dish that’s best served cold
So go ahead and scream at me until your face turns blue
Not gonna waste my time on you
You can scream and you can shout it but it doesn’t make it true
Not gonna waste my time on you
You can say I lack compassion, but you haven’t got that deep
Far below i boil, burn, and seethe
I’ll forgive your trespasses, rob them of their sting
Keep demons buried down so deep
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5. |
Rooftops
02:57
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A call to action
Missed by a fraction
Can’t get no traction on this slippery slope
Things worth discussing
Broken and rusting
We’ve been too trusting on this slippery slope
I want to shout it from the rooftops of the world
But I can’t breathe with their hands wrapped around my throat
I want to shout it from the rooftops of the world
But I can’t scream with their hands wrapped around my throat so tightly I can’t hardly breathe
No understanding
Voices commanding
Find ourselves standing on this slippery slope
Move forward lurching
For answers searching
Find ourselves sliding down this slippery slope
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6. |
All Down To Me
02:09
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It was a new year when you called me but I wouldn’t hear a word
And you tried to tell me something that I wish that I had heard
If I could only go back do it all again
I think of all the things I should have said
I had taken you for granted for the last time
I didn’t know that you were so close to the end
All down to a moment
All down to me
It was a new year when you left us and I didn’t get a word
You had tried to call to tell me and I wish that I had heard
Id give anything to go back do it all again
I’d tell you anything you wanted me to say
I’d be the good son for one last time
To get another chance to make it all ok
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7. |
Cold Reason
02:11
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Whatever gets you through the night
The lies you tell yourself to make you feel alright
Hold tight your comfort blanket
‘Case someone tries to take it
You got your problems, I’ve got mine
I will never see the light
Don’t need no bedtime stories to help me sleep at night
Cold Reason
Whatever gets you through the night
Abrahamic fairy tales to justify your right
Look down on lesser people
Enslaved by faith and zeal
Got no reason got no rhyme
Cold reason
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8. |
Von Braun Waltz
02:53
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Numbers are easy, like playing a game
Logical rational sensical sane
I answer the questions you can't understand
Once the rockets go up, who cares where they land?
That's not my department
Not my concern
It won't be my problem
When the world burns
What I don't think about as I build my machines
What I don't think about is the misery they bring
Once I solve the problems it's out of my hands
Your moral concerns I don't understand
My solace in science there's no bad or good
If I didn't build it then someone else would
That's the story I tell myself; I don't look too deep
But to tell you the truth there are nights I don't sleep
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9. |
Fighting For
02:24
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18 and he wanted more
Signed his name and walked out the door
25 and he’s still at war
Never wondered who he’s fighting for
Silver spoon and silken bib
Top men like the cut of his jib
35 on the 80th floor
Knows exactly who he’s fighting for
40 years of paying dues
Hard hat and steel toe shoes
66 still punches the clock
His pension split with the company’s stock
14 years and we’re still at war just what exactly are we fighting for?
All the crooks behind boardroom doors, know exactly what they’re fighting for
They cut our grass and they mop our floors, do they know what they’re fighting for?
Fifteenth and the money’s spent
Write the checks but they don’t make a dent
45 on the sales floor
Sometimes she wonders what she’s fighting for
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Poor Devils
02:38
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You despise me, don’t you?
At least you would if you gave me any thought at all
But I will surprise you
Big plans forming in a mind so small
Those poor devils never knew what hit them
Never gave me any thought. Not a thought at all.
It’s all about the give and take, the love and hate
It’s all about the give and take, you give and I take
Caught Between the devil and the deep blue sea
But the devil is inside of me
Got me sussed out, do you?
At least you might if you gave me any thought at all
But I will confound you
Just smart enough to watch you take the fall
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11. |
They Live!
02:55
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When they go low, you go high
But a razor wit doesn't win knife fights
I'd hoped it was obvious to you
But it looks like we need to review
Boys will be boys just having fun?
Condoning bigotry makes you one.
Grab your bible, cling to your guns
They cheer at Wrigley while I chew Tums
To quench the fire fed by too much drink
That quenches the fire caused by too much think(ing)
I thought we were moving on til I found out (they live)
Ignorance is as good as knowledge when you shout (they live)
Drag us back into a past i thought we'd left (the live)
They may be drawing their last breath but (they live)
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12. |
One Last Thing
02:07
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ou had to throw it all away
So you could have a ball
And you thought that I would stay
That sorta says it all
I gave you every piece of me
I guess you wanted more
One eye past my shoulder
One foot out the door
So here’s your fucking love song, baby
Last thing you’ll get from me
I hope it makes you happy, baby
Happy as you made me
Let’s fucking throw it all away
I hope you have a ball
There’s only so much I can give
And you took it all
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The Shell Corporation Los Angeles, California
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