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1. |
Home from the Hill
04:41
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Sometimes a man wants to sleep in his own bed
No matter how lonely it might be
Bring me a blanket before I collapse
on a wave in the white sea
Find a key for this can of tinned fish
I dont want to touch anything wet
We'll meet on the street of the seven moons
When you see the morning sun set
On the river of no regrets
chorus: Home is the sailor
Home from the sea
And the hunter
Home from the hill
do not go gentle
Into that good night
Until Your days are fulfilled
and you are ready
to come home from the hill
This is gonna hurt
and it wont make you better
This is gonna burn
but it won't leave a scar
Their gonna hammer your throat with an ice pick
Then they will bring you champagne and cigars
So send my clothes up North to be buried
then wash my blood off the wall
We'll meet on the street of seven moons
We'll watch the starlight fall
Onto the river of no recall
Repeat chorus
They shouted our names in the shadows
And we took our place in the mist
There was cold food on an dusty table
And an old broken watch on my wrist
I saw you in your birthday sweater
By the tree where the leaves never turn
I'll meet you on the street of seven moons
We will watch the wildflowers burn
On the river of no return
Repeat chorus
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2. |
Blue Streets
02:47
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Golden children burn out the sky
Leaving their ashes to be dried
In throats of swallows without a voice
Grasses where dew is never gone moist
Chorus:
Dancing and dreaming
Dreaming and dancing
Faces look high and low
Everyone's asking , "Where did out blue streets go?"
Children of straw walk dusty streets
Shadows of children who cannot see
Faces of glass look high and low
Everyone's asking, "Where did our blue streets go?"
Bridge:
Blue Streets Warm Dreams
Dancing in the wind
When the ash dries
their songs can begin
Songs about blue streets
Streets in the wind
The clouds are ghostly long dead wishes
Soon to be birds Soon to be fishes
Learning to swim Learning to fly
Blue streets will run through the waters and sky
Repeat Chorus
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3. |
Dont Go Down that Road
03:30
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Chorus:
Don't go down that road
Don't open up that door
The house of our first happiness
It ain't our home anymore
The people where we used to live
Acting stranger every day
Built a fire on the carousel
Where the children used to play
And on the backstreets
These same children now are grown
Building houses out of cardboard
And making soup with stones
Repeat chorus
The floor is covered with salt water
And the walls are faded green
It's not like any place we've ever been
It ain't like nothing we've ever seen
No doggies came a running
When the waves broke out of the sea
To warn the people of what was coming
Now what has been is not to be
Bridge:
I heard tell tales of gypsy witches
spread on the beach like jellyfish
And if you trust them with your wishes
The skies be damned, you'll get your wish
Repeat chorus
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Illy and Elly in Ilo
04:20
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I don't see many Greeks who think
they're living in the pages of the Iliad
i don't see many Frenchmen
Longing for the glory of Napoleon
but I see savages on high
Trampling through the vintages of Moses
As if nothing in the last 8,000 years
changed a thing
Chorus:
I wish the world was happy x3
Like Illy and Elly in Ilo
There are no giants in the Earth
We're not living in the days of Noah
We are creatures of the Earth
The Earth has no reason to destroy us
But I see little people with big ideas
About who they think they are
They will defoliate your face
spray the spit from a tommy gun over your mama's car
Repeat chorus
The days of Idi Amin and Pinochet are finished
and I say Good Riddance
God bless Steven Morrissey for spitting
On the name Oliver Cromwell
The president is not your friend
He took an oath to sacrifice your children
If there is mercy in the world
You won't find it in the brothels of the judges
Repeat chorus
The berries on the vine are sweet
but some go bad and so you must be wary
Some creeps will kill you if you cross a river
But most people will offer sanctuary
I got tired of living off the spoils
of murderers and feeble-minded bandits
And as I watch their armies march
I keep repeating these old dusty lines from "Hamlet":
"To my shame
I see the imminent death of 20,000 men
Who, for a fantasy and trick of fame,
Go to their graves like beds."
Repeat chorus
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5. |
Cold Cambridge Streets
03:32
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Chorus:
Oh my darling daughter
Angelica Geraldine
It's raining in Seattle
And its cold on those Cambridge streets
I'd like to take you to the fountain
Or the park where the ducklings play
But the old fairgrounds are flooded
And the pond on the commons is frozen today
Repeat chorus
There is no snow in the mountain
No water coming down here
And we haven't had a shower
Since the beginning of the year
So let's drive into the city
To a museum or a zoo
We don't have any money
And we can always find something fun to do
Repeat chorus
The winter sun is full of cancer
The icy wind carries TB
And if we don't cover our babies
Things will get worse before the spring
So my darling daughter
Angelica Geraldine
People are panicking in Seattle
And there is silence on those cold Cambridge streets
so what do you say we just stay here
In the desert by the sea
And thank the saints above us
As I rock you on my knee
Angelica Geraldine
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6. |
Stronger than a Song
02:14
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My love for you is deep
Deeper than the sea
Higher than the sky
And I don't know why
They say we don't belong
My love for you is strong
Stronger than a song
Quiet as a prayer
Louder than the bombs
I swear I will be there
With a love so strong
Stronger than a song
No melody or rhyme
Lasts to the end of time
but our love is older than the wind
It races and it runs
Around the earth and sun
Dancing laughing as it twists and turns and spins
My love for you is real
Unbendable as steel
Soft as a baby's touch
I'm loving you so much
With a love so strong
Stronger than a song
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7. |
First Spaceship on Venus
01:46
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I know where you are (my love)
On a silent star (above)
The seashores of Mars
Where no seas exist
On a silent star (we kissed)
Where no other love (exists)
I've been chasing you
For centuries
Chorus:
so come fly with me
on the first spaceship to venus
that's where we are from
that's where lovers come from
I'll be waiting on the moon (for you)
There is nothing on that rock (to do)
But time goes by so fast
Now that I'm close to you at last
So let us orbit in a spin (within)
The planet where our love (begins)
It's been lonely in this empty skin
Without you
Repeat chorus
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8. |
What Do You Do?
05:53
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9. |
Places Painted Blue
03:02
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10. |
Dance of Impossible
02:39
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