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Exodus
04:18
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The Exodus was long as we began to leave my friends
There was no sense of right or wrong and why did ya start to leave?
and why did ya have to bleed?
We were starting now to fly
We were starting now to go blind
We were starting now to see you and me
Well, everyone was dead
The scaffolding fell on their heads
The words never seemed so obvious and why did you have to leave?
and why did we have to bleed?
We were starting now to fly
We were starting now to go blind
We were starting now to see you and me
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Drunkard's Lament
02:43
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There aint no more reward in this world for me except my sweet alcohol
Roam the streets alone by the light of the moon, all I ever see is painted destruction
And the wheel turns round and round
Spinning up the whole damn town
Leaving me up and down
Broken hearted la da da la da da da
This is a drunkard’s lament. Yes, I’ve come to confess
I never meant nobody wrong
All my good friends have gone
Couldn’t take me no more
All of my lies here in the bottle
Well, the wheel turns round and round
Spinning up the whole damn town
Leaving me up and down
Broken hearted
la la da da la da da da- la da da la da da da
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Graveyard
03:02
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Graveyard on the south side of town man has got people like you.
Graveyard on the south side of town man has got people like you.
I don’t mind. Lord, I don’t mind what you do
State pen down in Henderson County wears broken dreams
Deep felt, cold desperation breeds a killing machine
I don’t mind. Lord, I don’t mind what you see.
Stand your ground my friends, don’t let go
Crawl inside your cell, steel machine.
I don’t mind. Lord, I don’t mind what you do.
Graveyard blues
Graveyard blues
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Rain
02:49
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Rain
There’s a man on the road, Blood shot eyes, rusted throat
Hears the cars, has a smoke, passes time
He sees fear start to fly in his darken sky
There’s no will to survive, now it’s gone
Now, the rain don’t feel that bad
That bad
That bad
That bad
There’s a stain on the door
No one sees, all ignore
Old man hears a child, then he’s gone
He sees fear start to fly in his darken sky
There’s no will to survive, now it’s gone
Now, the rain don’t feel that bad
that bad
that bad
that bad
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5. |
Batalion of Angels
02:22
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I see widows, black veiled widows, kneeling by Sandy Creek
They’re weeping and crying for my soul, please don’t waste your time on me
I see angels, battalion of angels gathered around my feet
One is speaking in tongues trying to save my soul
the rest are just laughing at me
I hear taping upon my window
Hear scratching on my front door
Well, I don’t mind now how long I got before I must go down slow
Hello Satan, my well feared Satan
You must be happy now
It’s time pay for all I’ve done
Bob, it’s the last fair deal going down
I hear taping upon my window
Hear scratching on my front door
Well, I don’t mind now how long I got before I must go down slow
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Heaven
03:34
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The thief steals your parad
worn out fingers leave no trace
Ripped off slogans remain in bad taste
Still, you’re going to heaven
All my time is wrong
Ill spent in topless bars
where the men are fierce and money it cleans
Ya know, we’re going to heaven
Still, I think that the sound machines are reflecting me
Cover me my friend, cover it black.
Yeah, I stand in hallowed halls
The Grand Ol’ Opry don’t move anymore
Rhinestone cowboys have shit the floors
All good singers are in heaven
Yeah, the hooker says to her John
I’m tired of the lousy blow jobs
In dirty motels and parking lots
Ya know, we’re going to heaven
Still I think that the sound machines are reflecting me
Cover me my friend, cover me black.
Still I think that the sound machines are reflecting me
Cover me my friend, cover me black. It was long, long time ago.
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Watchtower
03:06
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Stand by the watchtower
See the light gather speed
Wait for the guard man
For his lustful, awful needs
Oh stand by the water
Wear the crown of thorns
Go commit double murder
Why die alone?
Stand past the closed gate
See the lines of age
Time is your captor
It won’t release the hidden shame
Oh stand by the water
Wear the crown of thorns
Go commit double murder
Why die alone?
Oh stand by the water
Wear the crown of thorns
Go commit double murder
Why die alone?
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8. |
Perfect Picture
04:15
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Man likes to kill ya that's right
Likes to see life sucked your eyes
Gloriously he stands so proud
Ready to take that Monarch's holy crown
Stand alert, the palace is burning, the horses are drowning, the wives are fucked.
Man loves his ways of torturing babies
Don't feed them that will serve their parents right
Man like to see his name up in lights
Just go out to that rock show tonight
But there is no time to sow the seeds
no more time to hide these empty words
Cause I stand alone between three triggers and post
never caressing the steel between my teeth
Yes, man is just another monkey trying to evolve by using his logical mind
but you're just a savage, just admit it!
Then go on with your pathetic lie
Lead us well, lead us into the path of shadows that you sell
Teach us well, tell us everything we need to know and more
I see the lights gather circles
Excuse me those are just lines between the eyes
And I've seen the colors on the TV
Lie to me and tell me it's real life
well, I don't care about slow moving targets
I'll gather speed my trigger is pure and hot
I can't run from the sight of these glorious bosses
who command you with the pinky and the thumb
Yeah, man likes to kill...
It's only cautious observation.
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Parking Lot Blues
02:44
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Get up in the morning
feeling tired and disgusted
Lord, it’s another day
Gotta go to work
kiss ass til I choke
A man’s got bills to pay
Oh well, I’m sitting in the corner with my hands on my stomach
Getting sicker and sicker everyday
While the boss man struts his thirty-dollar cut all to the bank
All to the bank
Walking down the street
I see a hooker and a priest
Trying to make a back door
Ya know, I’d stop to watch but I’m always on the clock
Damn! I’m running ten minutes late
Oh well, I walking through the door kind of feeling like the whore
But at least she’s got a job that pays
All while the boss man struts his thirty-dollar cut all to the bank
All to the bank
Take off for lunch
Go pick up my gun from the local pawn shop
Return to work with a smile on face
Man, there’s always work to be done
I walk though door, all covered by sores
Boss a come creaming for me
Oh sorry sir it won’t happen again
If ya want, I’ll work here late
If ya want, I’ll work here late
If ya want, I’ll work here late
If ya want, I’ll work here late
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Engine
05:12
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I think that I’m dying
I think that I’m gone
I think that I’ve forsaken all the good in my life
Learned how to betray
The cost is pain
Hey now mama
Don’t cry for me
All secrets we must keep in the family
You can never tell
What would I be
What would they say
Hear the sound of the engine
The wind it beats my pale cheek
Hear the sound of the engine coming down
Like to thank my good friend for the kind words we shared
Wish I could stay a while but death does stare with a wicked grin
Must move on over this cliff
Hear the sound of the engine
coming down
all over me
Hear the sound of the engine
coming down
I think that I’m dying
I think that I’m gone
I think that I’ve forsaken all the good in my life
Learned how to betray
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Execute
03:26
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Hey Casanova, no it’s the preacher
Take the hand of another man’s wife
You can’t blame her lustful obsession
The man sold eternal life
Execute
Take down your enemy
Take away, take away your dignity
Don’t mind the Southern Baptist
Southern Baptist Ministry
Woman started their neighborhood chatter
Rumors spread, a lynch mob dispatched
Hunting season is now in season
Time to kill a holy man
Execute
Take down your enemy
Take away, take away your dignity
Don’t mind the Southern Baptist
Southern Baptist Ministry
Execute
Take down your enemy
Take away, take away your dignity
Don’t mind the Southern Baptist
Southern Baptist Ministry
Yeah, The Ministry
Yeah, The Ministry
Yeah, The Ministry
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The Wedding
03:50
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My friend, you’re invited to the wedding
I hope you would have the kindness to come
The groom’s hands will be sweating now
His life will pass before his eyes
My friends all call me a loser
They said, I was wasting my life
But I owe so much, love that girl of mine
My love did ruin my life
Oh, Let her go now Henry
Don’t let her red light bring you down
Don’t let her haul you off when you’re at the other town
Oh, let her go Henry
Don’t let her bright light bring you down
I don’t mind you baby hanging round.
The sky it weeps for my life now
The rain it covers up tears
My love now has turned to resentment
Now, all the things that I feared have come to pass
Oh, Let her go now Henry
Don’t let her red light bring you down
Don’t let her haul you off when you’re at the other town
Oh, let her go Henry
Don’t let her red light bring you down
I don’t mind my baby hanging round.
I don’t mind my baby hanging round
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9ft. Wall
03:11
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This human race has made me so ill man
There’s not one of you I wouldn’t kill
The signs on the freeway
The words that you like to say
They remind me of what you sell
So…Build me that is 9 feet tall to keep all you people away
I’ll stand inside with my shotgun by my side
Come closer, I’ll put you in your grave
This human race is a stab in the back man
They get ya before you get out of bed
All the instructions, the blessed commandments
Won’t shelter you from your death
So…Build me that is 9 feet tall to keep all you people away
I’ll stand inside with my shotgun by my side
Come closer, I’ll put you in your grave
I see the red line
Golden high line
Ooh it shuffle and moan
I see my baby with golden coffer
She shakes her head
She’s ready to blow
This human race is a pitiful fake man
All the deals have been made
We’re pining for the wrong things
The mother is crying but in which bed does she lay?
So…Build me that is 9 feet tall to keep all you people away
I’ll stand inside with my shotgun by my side
Come closer, I’ll put you in your grave
I see the red line
The golden high line
Ooh it shuffle and moan
I see my baby in golden coffer
She shakes her head
She’s ready to blow
9 Ft. walls I build
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Beautiful
03:24
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I spend my days counting the hours of how it used to be
All my time I spend now searching how to cure my disease
While the boys get drunk and the girls get high
Oh, we spend our nights between her fingers
All in in black and white
Oh, God damn your beautiful
I’ll never never let you go. You mean so much to me
Oh, God damn your beautiful
I’ll never never let you go. You mean so much to me
Mary sits down on her barstool getting drunk
Waves high to all the boys
What a beautiful life it’s been
All my time gone again
It all seems so damn short
While the boys get drunk and the girls get high
Oh, we spend our nights between her fingers
All in in black and white
Oh, God damn your beautiful
I’ll never never let you go. You mean so much to me
Oh, God damn your beautiful
I’ll never never let you go. You mean so much to me
In my town, rumors they fly around just like airplanes
Time is short and the lives are gone
All drifting away
Oh, God damn your beautiful
I’ll never, never let you go. You mean so much to me
Oh, God damn your beautiful
I’ll never, never let you go. You mean so much to me
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Over Me
02:53
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Today I looked
I saw the blind man by the sea
He spoke to me
Yeah, he spoke to me in French
In words I could not understand
The anger was so clear my friends
He said, “baby, you drive me crazy,
you’re over me.”
Today I saw my lover for the last time
Before she went and died
With a trigger by her face
The wicked angel grinned
With humor and disgrace
She said “Baby, you drove them crazy,
you’re over me”.
And there is no more sign of life
There is no more time to cry
And the night turns fierce when you look at your mother’s eyes.
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Fernando Viciconte Portland, Oregon
2016 Oregon Music Hall of Fame Inductee, who has 10 critically acclaimed( Billboard, Magnet, Paste, MSNBC...) studio albums in English and Spanish with members of REM( Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey), M.Ward( Mike Coykendall), Elliott Smith( Scott McPherson), Richmond Fontaine( Paul Brainard, Dan Eccles), The Delines ( Sean Oldham, Freddy Trujillo), Eels ( Chet Lyster, Derek Brown). ... more
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