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Satanic Verses
03:41
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Line up sideways with the rest of the band
Joyous, promised never to expire
and known for your secrets
The author has chosen only just the right words
He scraps the page and proceeds to construct
a wall of mortar
Open arms to tease you
and picked up for a second season
Armed black song birds of the night
Light a match and aim
Watch your tree go up in flames
Measure the flapping dust that you had left behind
Friends do not let friends count their drinks
Or pass around much more than they can take home
converting lovers in to corpses
You are of the select self-chosen few
Lead co-stars in type-casted roles
Clash of the cretons
He says "Women are so easy to control
And men burn books are re-write the old stories"
Satanic verses
Friends like you are why we give up on friends
or hesitate to extend our hand to our neighbor
Over-extension
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King Run-a-thon
03:28
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I have found the black diamond of the sun
Our histories combined condemn survival
Throw away your maps and count down 3-2-1-1-3-2-1-2
It's just as important as you thought
To slowly realize the abstract of your worth
Angels are chasing you back to earth
No matter how you bend it
You are King Run-a-thon, lifetime runner
Unlock the will of memory that never takes rest
You have gone mad with seniority
But we know you tried your best
Call me if I need anything
Or if old flames get wet in the process
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I Am The Engine
02:41
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I am the engine of honorable mention
I ask once, I think twice
I'm trying to be real nice
i come inside
I steer with pride
O what a lovely life
If you show me some attention
I'll show you with thrust and correction
Then it's over like dinner
Each and every one of us is champion
I am the engine
you'll never have to think again
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Children In Fur Coats
02:26
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Children in fur coats
always thinking
how to kill two birds
pass us the olives
no, no peeps now
No, that is not a fountain
no, you don't have to fight for your right to be free
No one will ever know your first names
I am not joking
Children in fur coats
you need to know
That you will always have a home here
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Mrs. Hargraves
04:31
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Zilda Bootneck
05:24
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I was born a Jewish woman
with skin like opal jewelry
than I had a jealous lover
who made me what you see
I forgave him whilst he's sleeping
and took the next train to here
By the way my name is Zilda
would you like to play?
I was downtown, I saw you walking
Your black eyes pierced my soul
I fished out your room number and
drank all day at the bar
Now we sit, you sip your drink
The bartender inches for the phone
By the way my name is Zilda
but you can call me anything you like
Bloodstains are easier to erase
And if you please:
Make love to me now
If you love her, practice on me
Call me anything that you like
I made plans to be forgotten long before I came
The light washes red onto the stucco and
cars are all I can hear
These new streets are paved in yellow dust
from the mountains we fear
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The Little Dog Laughed
03:38
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I take this job to be self-serving
as soon I eat I'm gone
and I will remain clocked on
I take this hostage as a witness
that I am worth all I steal
A finger for every meal
I aim my mirrors at the desk
and asnswer questions for the press
I will close your eyes
and take another bite
to see such sport
I burn bridges by example
I aim for your job
The treasury will be robbed
I read your autobiography
The chorus was very clear
One lie for every ear
I get the feeling I'm correct
for dancing on your neck
I will be the night that you wished you'd died
to see such sport
I keep it simple for the masses
You can be what you hate
and possess your very own fate
I made this story unprintable
I can make you disappear
Like you were never here
I will be the you that you wished you knew
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Thank You
03:55
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Thank you
I heard you want to see me
As you know this time of year calls
In lieu: I'm sending you this letter
In time I just might help you see
And I pray and I pray
What good has it done for me?
So you
have shacked up with that greaser
with killer figure, mind of a pap
Like me
You are swallowed by the desert
What you give is more than you know
Sammy
You write literary manure
do us this one favor i ask:
Put down
the pen and finish dying
Merciful is god on your soul
You're
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Bootleg Apples
02:27
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I spent all the money I stole from you
You came like a deacon, I dangled like a churchbell
You told me that fortune was every ones
I proved your claim when I licked your apple
You look like you are enjoying this
You showed me your basket
And I got the first of one bite
You came like a demon in the night
You crept up to my bed and whispered "You are free."
I kissed all the present you made for me
I can't wait to open what I could have stolen
If I counted every ten of your promises
I could be certain of half of the re-writes
You are a song without choruses
You shed the script
I got the bug when I met you
I can't stop stealing in the light
You tried to take from me by lying for yourself
I ate all the apples I saved for you
Its a lifelong lesson from no one worth knowing
I slaved like a camel in spite of you
You gave me the knowledge and there's no way to stop it
I thrash like this many animals
Your blood's still inside me
I can't let go of you now
"Time makes a circle in the sky"
You can never say you didn't say that
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Mama & The Bricklayer
03:29
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There's a picture of your mother
hardly filling chairs
bible black hair
Sleepless like a saint
There's a mister on the scene
Somewhere off frame
The only song he sings
Writes itself in vain
It's a history half grown
Forgotten, now unknown to you
Before you go: you're old enough to know
That you're the only one
There's a leaping in your breath
He just sang a song
Now it won't be long
Before you are his wife
There's a cabin in the mountain
Sandy vapor's fast
To make the magic last
for children of this god
Don't just stare, pretend like you care
The wine of youth is spoiled by the truth
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