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Swell Song
03:02
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I left my love by the mountainside
and I walked alongside the river
in the shore I had found they had turned the tides
and the light ahead growing dimmer
and I heard you calling
but I didn't listen
and I watched you falling
but the mark doesn't know what it's missing
and lord all the world is a cave
and I haven't seen the light of day
only shadows of the wind and waves
and beds of needles amongst the hay
and I left my pain in the windowsill
to drip into the blue bottles
spread between your legs you were spinning all that silk
I'm twisted and I'm tangled still
and I led the powder
across the entire range
and I made a wish in the well
but nothing seemed to change
and I drank the water
from all the seven seas
but there's a song in the swell
that calls you back to me
back to me
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2. |
Howl
03:35
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howl at the moon
in those dog days I turned to
sear my skin, turn me inside out
a pelt to mount
to the roof of your dirty mouth
blood in my teeth, hair in my hands
at the bend
who was I to turn to?
you were sleeping in a straw house
chasing curling tail before she blew me down
which is the wolf and which is the man to you?
once bitten, twice shy
darling in the dead of night I came to life
growl at you
chained to this post when I turned onto
standing on four legs instead of two
in the morn you turned me back again
turning your back to me then
you were sleeping in a straw house
chasing curling tail before she blew me down
which is the wolf and which is the man to you?
once bitten, twice shy
tomorrow I will feel alright
in sheep's skin on your floor
I turned to you and said I can't take no more
on an empty stomach you were still half full
but you got your fill beneath the wool
in the moonlight I was an animal
and by the dawn I was held responsible
you were sleeping in a straw house
chasing curling tail before she cut me out
which is the wolf and which is the man to you?
once bitten, twice shy
I could swallow you whole
if you let me inside
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3. |
Black Lungs
04:19
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there is a demon in me
I try to drown him out with whiskey
I put him behind bars
but he's always here with me
breathing down my bottleneck
I swallow the key
but my demon he's too smart
he stays within me
oh I don't know but oh I've been told
who's been to blame
and now every time I slur
he calls out my name
he's in my head he's saying
that I've gone insane
but I just feed him my red birds
my throat's on fire again
there is a child in me,
I call him out with brandy
oh he's kicking and he's screaming
but I won't let him get the better of me
I'll be better tomorrow
I'll have more spirits, you'll see
but my child he's too smart
he hides it all from me
oh I don't know but oh I've been told
who's been to blame
and every time I slur
he calls out my name
oh he's in my head he's saying
that I've gone insane
but I just feed him my red birds
my throat's on fire again
there is a woman with me
I christen her with moonshine
she's only here by night
she drinks all my blood and wine
but I can't complain, no no no
no, I can't whine
lest I get twisted up and tangled
in her veins and vines
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4. |
Tom Waits
04:02
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tom waits for no man
so I sit here
while the clock's hands
are clapping
the show is ending
just go home son
beat the traffic
and I know
we all get our turn
but if its passed me
what have I learned?
that tom waits
for no man
so I'll sit here
making dinner plans
to dine alone
fork and knife
on my tip toes
growing cold
as the wind blows
just desserts
on the table
and what am I to do
with all this time and you
on my hands so I'll
make a dance to this tune
and what am I to
with all this time and you
on my hands so I
make a dance to this tune
and I will swing
and I will swing
and I will swing
alone
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