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Verse 1) It's been a mean cruel season/ It's been crazy crazy hard/ And for no good reason my universe has come apart/ I've been so uneasy, and I'm trying not to burn/ 'Cause I know that it's kindness that we're all here to learn/ Chorus: And I still believe in goodness/ I still believe in love/ 'Cause I know the power of a gentle touch when the going gets rough/ And I will not be bitter/ I will not be small/ 'Cause if I choose to harden my heart I'm nothing at all/ Verse 2) Some days I don't get up and go out of my room/ I'm so broken-hearted I don't even know how/ To get my clothes together/ To put one shoe on/ To lace up those shoes and open the door and carry on/ Chorus/ Verse 3) I know I should be thankful for this precious life of mine/ But there have been times I must admit that I thought about dying/ But I know that's not the answer/ The answer is love/ And I know somehow it's up to me to rise above/ Chorus
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Et Tu Brute
02:45
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Verse 1) Waltzing around Amsterdam, Okanogan County, Bellingham/ Watching the Flintstone, Counting the change/ I write the songs while you arrange. Verse 2) Skipping around County Cork/ Ace Boon Buddies, I'm a dork/ Having a time with Paul's Blue Ox/ Who knew Mister Bunyan talks/ Chorus: I guess I was out of touch when you decided I'm too much/ Nothing was as good as this and then I felt your Judas Kiss/ They were night and we were day and now I say, Et Tu Brute. / Verse 3) Gettin' it on on a Delta Flight/ Capitol dreams all through the night/ Putting a bully in his place by tossing a root beer on his face/ Chorus/ Verse 4) Your old house, your home town/ Where you hide your weed when your mom's around/ Streakin' the mall, study hall/ You wrote, "I Love Ringo' on the wall/ Chorus
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She Loved Red
05:09
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Verse 1) Oh my Lisa/ She she loved red/ She let me be the oldest/ She let me be the loudest/ She let me suck the air out of the room/ She loved red/
Come and go with me/ I'll take you where their mouths can't hurt you, Lisa/ Come and go with me/ I got a room that's just right for you, Lisa/ My God you weren't in the way/ Lisa you weren't in the way, you were the way/ You were the way/ Oh my Lisa/ She loved Red/ Come and go with me/ And we'll watch ourselves a movie, Lisa/ I'll pop some corn/ And we can sing No Diggity, UmmmmmHmmmmm/ My God you weren't in the way/ Lisa you weren't in the way / You were the way/ You were the way/ Oh my Lisa/ She Loved Red/ Come and go with me/ And I will treat your right, Lisa/ Every night and day, you'll know you're pretty and so bright, Lisa/ She Loved Red
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Trouble So Hard
02:48
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Verse 1) Oh Lordy, troubles so hard/ Oh Lordy, troubles so hard/ Don't nobody know my troubles so hard/ Don't nobody know my troubles but God/ Verse 2) I know that we will resist/ I know that we will resist/ Everybody knows that we have the power/ Everybody knows that we have the right/ Verse 3) People arm in arm/ People hand in hand' People arm in arm/ People hand in hand/ My sister showed me the way and the light/ My sister showed me wrong from right
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Your Greatest Hits
04:37
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Verse 1) Your greatest hits recorded on my skin/ You laid those tracks then you ran back to your kin/ Number 10 is rising with a bullet/ Gaining traction baby you can't pull it back, even if you tried/ Verse 2) Your greatest hits recorded on my face/ Blood is bleeding and I can't stand the taste/ Rhythm crashing baby, holding me down/ Head is filling with the very latest sound/ It's all the rage/ Chorus: One Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi, four/ Can't you see that I can't take this pounding anymore/ Five Mississippi, six Mississippi, seven seven seven/ Is it true that even atheists all go to heaven?/Stars are dancing/ Stars are dancing/ Verse 3) Your greatest smash hits playing everywhere/ You brought me to my knees and you laid me bare/ I am pitching darling I am reeling/ I am trying to escape the feeling that, it might be over/ Chorus/ Verse 4) Your greatest hits recorded on my heart/ You're beating me until I fell apart/ On my back now I am in a dither/ I am trying to determine whether to, to just stay down/ Chorus
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Better Than That
04:21
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Verse 1) I get no joy in watching you struggle/ I struggle too, but I can't help you/ What is it about me, that makes you like to see, to see me sweat, till I'm wringing wet/ Chorus: Divvy everything that we own we were better than that/ Anyone and everyone could see we were better than that/ We would never say those words that we couldn't take back/ Verse 2) You've gone and done, about the only thing/ That makes me have to go, like Geronimo/ What is it about me, that makes you like to see/ To see me fail, like a rotten rail/ Chorus/ Verse 3) You drove on by/ I thought I saw you smile/ I was out of gas--no help for miles/ Chorus/ Verse 4) What is it about me, that makes you like to see/ To see me stuck, Like an old Ford truck/ Chorus/ Verse 4) What is it about me, that makes you like to see, to see me bleed, like a dandelion weed/ Well maybe I had it comin'/ I didn't tell the truth/ Now like Peggy Lee/ I burn forsooth
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It's The Water
04:17
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Verse 1) The redwing blackbird needs you/ Pretty little bird, needs me too/ She can't call, if I don't answer/ She can't call if I don't answer/ Verse 2) The Canada Lynx needs you/ Sweet little lynx, needs me too/ Needs this place, safe to roam/ Buckhorn Mountain is her home/ Chorus: And it's the water/ When it's gone it's long gone/ We can't drink it when the mining's done/ There's nothing golden but the sun/ The sun, oh the beautiful sun/ Verse 3) Standing Rock, needs you/ Missouri River needs me too/ It can't flow, if I don't go/ It can't flow if I don't go/ Chorus: And it's the water/ When it's gone it's long gone/ We can't drink it when the pipeline breaks/ We can't live beside a coal black snake/ Our bodies and souls are what it takes/ Our souls/ Our beautiful souls/ Verse 4) Everything that we hold dear/ The earth, the sky, the breathing air/ These things were bought/ These things were sold/ But they were much more precious than the gold/ Choruses
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We Shall Overcome
03:09
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Verse 1) It's been a mean cruel season/ It's been crazy crazy hard/ And for no good reason, my universe has come apart/ I've been so uneasy/ And I'm trying not to burn/ 'Cause I know that it's kindness, that we're all here to learn/ Chorus: And I still believe in goodness/ And I still believe in love/ 'Cause I know the power of a gentle touch, when the going gets rough/ And I will not be bitter/ I will not be small/ 'Cause if I choose to harden my heart/ I'm nothing at all/ Verse 2) Some days I don't get up, and go out of my room/ I'm so broken-hearted, I don't even know how/ To get my clothes together - to put one shoe on/ To lace up those strings/ and open the door/ and carry on/ chorus/ Verse 3) I know I should be thankful, for this precious life of mine/ But there have been times, I must admit, that I thought about dying/ But I know that's not the answer/ The answer is love/ And I know somehow, it's up to me, to rise above/ Chorus
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