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1. |
Don't Hide Away
04:08
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2. |
Alcoholic
03:58
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Alcoholic
Points to the sky for as long as he can remember
Sorry he didn’t do more when he should have
He had a reason he’s been trying to forget it
and it started off this habit
On the day that he woke up and things had become difficult
Sorry to be reminded of himself
Sick to the stomach at the thought of it now
Way up and high in the alcohol
He packs his own parachute
and he falls and he falls and he falls
The understanding he has is gone
Will you put it up again
Since you’ve never been hungry
I doubt it my friend
You might stay in your home
Till the streets have all been cleansed
You’ll be laughing then
Out of embarrassment
You’re on the other side of the road
Where the coffee gets sold
To all of the fearsome customers
Of everything under the sun
With your sense of humour intact
And your warm, warm coat
You’ll be laughing then
Out of embarrassment
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3. |
Rhyme or Reason
04:13
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4. |
Be There Soon
03:22
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5. |
Only One Water
02:54
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Only one water
In the name that I was given
There is little that I know
There’s only one water
For my friend or my foe
In the name that I was given
I know it to be true
The truth can keep a man
From getting kind of obtuse
There’s only one water
Only one water
You see the truth is I know nothing
But I'm here and here it goes
There's only one water
For my friend or my foe
The town where I was born
Is called the Catchment Overflow
I introduced the poison
To that dirty, dirty hole
There’s only one water
Only one water
In the name that I was given
and in my final breath
There's only one water
and you've only got yourselves to blame
You should be ashamed
You see the truth is I know nothing
But I'm here and here it goes
There's only one water
For my friend or my foe
I tied it to the camel
I made a bed of salt
I opened up the bible
And I read the words of God
Said there is only one water
Only one water
Only one
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6. |
The Believer
03:37
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The Believer
Drowning on an empty street
There are things that you could not have seen
Where other strangers almost meet
On every other day
Never to have known you once
What’s mine was yours, what’s ours was lost
I heard the words I had the gut
And my blessed anonymity
Like a single passing note
Unchanging not actually
The way that I remember you
And my swollen steps upon your shore
Yeah I know it could be beautiful
I’m going home
To the bloody mind of ownership
Whatever I say
To whoever will believe me
My memory is gone
My anonymity
I’ve got damaged goods to sell
And unattended baggage now
I’m on my own with half a house on a truck
Through this broken place
Where has that lady got to
If she lived here we’d be home by now
But we have never met
I am no one
Over rated empty street
Speak to me
You can tell me anything
And I will believe
Speak to me
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7. |
Martian and the Mermaid
03:49
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8. |
Every Chapter
04:12
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9. |
Hullo Belle
04:53
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Hullo Belle
Hullo Belle it’s me and I’m calling you
I need to talk to you about something
It doesn’t need to take too long
I won’t go on and on
Because you never did like it that way
But Belle I’ve got something to say
I’ve had time to think about the two of us
I’ve had time and I’ve had time
Tried to find a place so I could keep you there
Out of sight and out of mind
But if you don’t know by now
Then you never will
That I wish you’d let me go
When I gave it to you
Cos Belle I’m just getting through
Honey I’m not even sure what I am asking for
People say it’s not yours to give
Though I keep my distance Belle it leaves me cold
Making plans on tender chills
Do you plan to let me go any time soon
Because I’m trying to move on without you
And if you don’t know by now
Then you never will
That I wish you’d let me go
When I gave it to you
I try to stay amused
Belle I’m just getting through
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10. |
I'm Afraid For This Town
05:26
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I’m Afraid for This Town
A moment stirred the great unrest
We tried to hold it down
The weeks and years could not attest
Humanity was drowned
Embittered hearts, embattered bones
We tried to hold it down
Now I’m afraid, I’m afraid, I’m afraid, I’m afraid
I’m afraid, I’m afraid for this town
It started out innocuous
And rattled down to gore
Before we knew as if we could
Our people were at war
Then in our homes the trouble started
To show it’s shapeless form
The troubled part, the troubled whole
It was yours, it was yours, it was yours
We did not vindicate ourselves
Or justify our call
The nation stands recalcitrant
In a hole, in a hole, in a hole
Embittered hearts, embattered bones
We tried to hold it down
Now I’m afraid, I’m afraid, I’m afraid, I’m afraid
I’m afraid, I’m afraid for this town
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11. |
Hullo Belle
05:05
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Virginia
Well I got a job and I’m a few hundred dollars clear
It’s just a job and I’m not really paid to think
So while I’m working just to shit ‘em I’ve been thinking
I’ve got a car, it’s not a fashion statement
I paid a guy to fix it up for me
He says he don’t think I should drive it out of here
Virginia it’s been nearly five years
I made some friends and I think they like me enough
On Fridays we drink but I don’t drink scotch
Because it makes me talk and I always seem to say too much
Virginia it’s been nearly five years
I don’t know how to keep you alive from here
Your mother’s alright and I’ve been paying nearly half of the rent
I’m going to clean up as soon as I stop breaking everything
If you want to call the phone’s on but it don’t seem to ring
Virginia
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12. |
World Records
05:13
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World Records
Oh no now here I go
Breaking word records on the long ride home
There are people there
And they know more than my name
I’ve been high and low
Looking for an answer up at the end of the road
I was at heaven’s gate
And I should have been taking a photo
But people do the strangest things
And everybody’s in the paparazzi
So why should I pretend to understand
When you didn’t come with instructions
That’s not even close to true, let’s just say that
I’m heading on back through what I know to what I knew
I can remember the start of a plan
Something about the road to hell and good intentions
I’m not afraid of the future honey
I’m just afraid of the past
All of your ghosts are they with you darling
I’m telling you that you’re looking at it
So I’m heading on home to you
I’ve got a novelty hat and a worn out shoe
And whatever I decide to do
Hell I don’t know
When I’m back in the promised land
And everybody’s drunk and getting out of hand
That’s when I’ll be dreaming
Of the road
I’m not afraid of the future honey
I’m just afraid of the past
All of your ghosts are they with you darling
I’m telling you that you’re looking at it
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13. |
Find Our Way
05:27
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Find Our Way
Let your wall down low
Bridges on the mend
You are growing younger
And stronger every day
We will find our way
When the road is closed
And the daylight fades
We will rest and know
That time is on its way
We will find our way
When the war is over
And the dead are sent
We’ll be growing closer
And closer to ourselves
We will find our way
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