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1. |
We Are Not The Dream
04:29
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When heads of state have their accusers murdered
The whole world reacts in shock
It's just like Kurt and Courtney
We've all been down that block
At the very least she tried to buy his murder
Eldon was to have been the means to her end
But I always had faith in Eldon
Before he became such a freak, he was my friend
They're dumping tea off greenpeace ships
It's the Yin and yang regime
The spider is the dreamer
We are not the dream
The cops in every empire state
Doesn't matter if it's red or blue
Is free to pick and choose his kill
The next one might be you
Way down south in Mexico
45 bodies were found
They couldn't identify a single one
Because they were dug up by the pound.
The red sun and the swastika
Are the flags of the regime
The butcher is the dreamer
We are not the dream
Everything's a fucking joke to these assholes on TV
The man with no hands
plays the star spangled banner
With nothing but his feet
We'll get the copper out of Chili
From the pirate with the lowest bid
if the mayor is not amenable
You can kill his wife and kids
There's nothing here but trash and scum
From the rooftops to the street
The shitter is the dreamer
We are not the dream.
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The Argument of Nonsense
02:05
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Because the system failed
You don't exist
Your life is up for sale
Because of this
Look at all that blood
Flowing from the city
This city that killed me twice
When news came of my death
My name came off the chair
In the hole where I was buried
There is no one lying there
Without a record of my birth
The company denies
Involvement in North Korea
Or the liquidation of their spies
but there is a deeper circle
I don't want to go
Filled with the facts
i don't want to know
There's blood in the clouds
Above my heads
Raining into the fields
Where the papers are shred
And I'll never return
to this city
Thus city that killed me twice
Face disease against my face
Throat disease against my throat
In the city
This city that killed me twice
The first death was by cannonball
After I had won the day
The second, by concensus,
When I was old and in the way
They took away my license
And shot me in the chest
Now I'm off the coast of England
And my spirit will never rest
I'll never return
to the city
this city that killed me twice
Heart disease against my heart
Head disease around my head
In the city
This city that killed me twice
I hear the crying
I hear the screaming
I hear the killing of innocent men
I hear the pleading
The pleas for mercy
But there is nothing I can do for them
Look at all that blood
Flowing through the city
This city that killed me twice
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4. |
Lovers Stand Alone
02:37
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Close your eyes and go to sleep
The curfew falls on ruined streets
Rise above your skin and bones
The gas rolls in and
Lovers stand alone Soldiers march together
Strangers in the trenches Chidren throwing stones
Seven doors of death And only one will open
to the road you hope to find
The other six just send you back
into the room you left behind
Soldiers in the trenches Children throwing stones
Strangers flock together Lovers stand alone
Piled high on the roof, every pair of shoes you wore
Every coat that kept you warm is spread out on the cellar floor
Hornets rest inside a nest
look how closely they are pressed
Like the music to the poem
Neither one can stand alone
Children in the trenches soldiers throwing stones
Strangers close together Lovers stand alone
Is this what you want
for your sons and daughters
another century of slaughter
Or can you set your mind to clear
All of your ignorace and fear?
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5. |
Restless in Prison
03:55
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6. |
Red River Waltz
03:30
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We walked on miles of frozen ocean
Slept in beds of forest coal
Then we fell through a crack in the mountain
Where the blue and the green rivers flowed
Chorus:
Now from this valley we now must be going
If we stay, the mountains might fall
But remember the red river valley
Where we once danced a red river waltz
There were houses and huts in the valley
We burned them with fire and oil
We slaughtered everything under heaven
And planted seeds of revenge in the soil
Then we built our machine of destruction
Aimed it at everyone on the earth
We made slaves of those outside our borders
And we sold them for what they was worth
Repeat chorus
We have cut out the heart of the country
we have poisoned the air that we breathe
The banks of the river are rotten with the dead
Will they come back to life when we leave
When the last of us has left this valley
Will the green trees of life again bloom
Or will red rivers of blood keep a-flowing
Through every door and into every room
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7. |
Nagasaki Girls
03:42
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Northern pride, Southern shame
Nose to nose breaking out of the gate
Shame broke a leg, pride took a fall
Skeletons of ash cover us all
Southern yankee Northern reb
Collapsed and fallen in a river bed
Factory children fight pneunomia
They are the building blocks of your dystopia
The bags of the mule are filled with cotton and coal
He's rather see you dead than on the dole
In a slaughterhouse the skins are pulled
From the backs of the workers in the neighborhood
Northern rebel Southern yank
It's the blood of you all in the national bank
Northern whore Southern belle
She will talk but never tell
Where she stayed that winter night
Or who she was with when her mother died
Shedding her skin in the city lights
Polishing her nails in pacific tides
Crossing herself when the churchbells toll
Caressing herself on a country road
Southern belle Northern whore
Something is scratching at your bedroom door
Northern crassness Southern charm
A kick in the ass, a shot in the arm
A knife in your back, grinning in your face
The wages of sin buy a moment of grace
In the swamp I fought with a snake
She ate all the rats and most of the cake
And when she surfaced in the Northern sea
The salt was expensive but the sugar was free
Southern charm can fool you once
But the Northern swine have you on for months
Northern agression, Southern defense
This country kills all who dissent
But history will come to light
When we open up all of the graves tonight
Northern pride, Southern shame
are nose to nose breaking out of the gate
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9. |
My Son, My Son
05:24
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my son, my son
how far you have wandered
you brave collector
of shells from the war
and when the lights go down
i shall come down from the clouds
to build you a shelter
at the edge of the sky
a man with roots
though he die
may yet live again
while a wandering man
goes to dust
my son, my son
never trust the police
especially them with unusual eyes
they are not always the good guys
you have been staring at blue jays
on your windowsill
when time is moving faster
that's when it seems to be standing still
my son, my son
when and where did this happen
who paralyzed your limbs
and cut away your heart
Repeat verse
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The River is Dead
01:29
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the people are so high
The dance with angels in the sky
It's the copper and the gold
They stole from the river bed
that makes them feel so alive
They think they are angels in disguise
The copper and the gold they stole
Has gone to their heads
Now the river is dead
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