1. |
Sympathy for Keith
03:44
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I've been walking through the desert
living like an honest man
looking for relief, just to take a seat
trying to figure out if I can
trying to figure out if I can
I ain't afraid of the devil
think he's afraid of me
you would be too if you could see what I can do
walk the mercy side of the street lord, lord
walk the mercy side of the street
there's a part of me that can't be seen
its not something that I want to be
rock and roll stars all sanctified
I wish to god they all were crucified
I went looking for answers
searched every corner of the world
nothing I could see told me how to be
only thing that mattered was a girl
only thing that mattered was a girl
if you are looking for an answer
baby, listen closely to the stream
they say the color blue will always tell you what to do
walk the mercy side of the street lord, lord
walk the mercy side of the street
there's a part of every one of us
that you shouldn't live with or trust
and I think it's dangerous to try
eventually you'll need an alibi
somewhere out there is redemption
if you can take a higher path
if you're like me, drowning in the sea,
don't you criticize me when I laugh
don't you criticize me when I laugh
see I got sympathy for the devil
and I got sympathy for Keith
you can try every way but to reach a better day
you've got to walk down mercy street lord, lord
walk the mercy side of the street
walk down that street
mercy, mercy
walk down that street,
mercy, mercy
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2. |
2 More Dollars
03:20
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2 more dollars
that's all I need to get by
2 more dollars
the high don't matter
I don't matter to the high
the high don't matter
take it from a young man
or take it from old Dan
for the sake of your life span
don't make my mistake, man
a few more dollars
that's all I need to get by
a few more dollars
the fly don't matter
spider don't matter to the fly
a few more dollars
that's all I need to get by
take it from a young man
or take it from old Dan
for the sake of your life span
don't make my mistake, Sam
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3. |
If You See a Hammer
03:45
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I was stuck inside a bottle
like a schooner built on the inside
nowhere left to go but deep into the ocean
to the bottom of the ocean sinking like a broken bottle
I was stuck inside a mirror
like a reflection stuck on the inside
nowhere left to go but deep into the mirror
to the bottom of the mirror looking for my own reflection
if you see a hammer
if you see a hammer
if you see a hammer
if you see a
I was looking for the hammer
like a builder working on the inside
nowhere left to go but deep into the building
to the basement of the building searching for the falling hammer
I am answering the hammer
like a monster waiting on the inside
nowhere left to go but deep into the monster
to the belly of the monster falling like the secret hammer
if you see a hammer
if you see a hammer
if you see a hammer
if you see a
I was stuck inside a bottle
like some liquor sitting on the inside
nowhere left to go but deep into the bottle
to the bottom of the bottle sitting like some stinking liquor
if you want to hear my answer
I am ready if you want to hear my answer
but first you gotta see you gotta feel you gotta be
gotta see the falling hammer gotta be the falling hammer
if you see a hammer
if you see a hammer
if you see a hammer
if you see a hammer
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4. |
Take Me or Leave
03:33
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take me or leave me baby, I ain't no fool
take me or leave, you're much too kind to be cruel
I know it ain't easy, but I'm not the one
who said I'd be by
baby, that was you
you told me a lie
I'm starting to think it won't come true
take me or leave me, I'm running scared
take me or leave, I ain't the type comes prepared
I know it ain't easy baby, and it ain't no fun
hanging around,
hoping you'll come through,
you said you'd be down
I'm starting to think that that's not true
time is gonna tell if we're gonna pay for our sins
we've been broken baby, since the very beginning
are you the kind of girl who thinks she can act this way
because you're beautiful baby?
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5. |
Fjords
04:55
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I want to live next to the ocean
I want to commune with the gliding seal
I want to live under the mountain
I want to be one with the unmade steel
but if you'll have me
and you'll adore me
there's nothing in the world that could be better for me
you and me are poetry in motion
this must be where the mountain meets the ocean
I want to live over the rainbow
I want to return to the land of Oz
and we will see all different people
I want to be one of the bigger ones
but if they'll have me
they deserve me
nothing in the world that they could do to hurt me
and we will build a chocolate fountain
this must be where the ocean meets the mountain
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