1. |
Balloon Ride
03:40
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Balloon Ride
First time I went up in my balloon
I floated down
and found myself
licking at stitches, it’s only awhile til I
piled up billions of rocks for a tomb
oh, everyone was there at my funeral
smile if you knew him,
he’s only a child
Oh why’d he fray?
Smile if you knew him, he'll say
I’m miles away
Wish you could see me….
OK, so I fell into a boom,
a log-jammed way of thinking I could do it alone
I was sinking, so taking up drinking seemed easy,
laughin’ at a life so sleazy,
I want to syncopate my sinking in
and my feet touched the bottom,
What if I drown?….
Oh why’d I fray?
Smile if you know me, I’ll say
I’m miles away
Wish you could see me….
How I wish you could see me…
Oh no, is that an Anglerfish to take me out to sea?
I froze, then all the rows, the spotlight, they’re all looking at me
That day, I just came out of my gloom,
my mother waved goodbye as I
got into my rocket ship in the sky
So, each night, take a look up to the moon,
you’ll see me dancing with a smile
Come on, dance with me
I’ll teach you how to fly
Don’t be afraid
Smile if you know me, I’ll say
We’re miles away
Glad you can see me
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2. |
Lights Down Low
06:33
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Lights Down Low
When all the fighting’s done
Swords run through and anger’s cooling, guns
are empty, nothing left inside
First a walk across the floor,
hands in pockets
walk along the shore
I'm sorry I’m so slow
Let's turn the page and turn the lights down low….
Baby, turn the lights down low
Oh... baby, turn the lights down low
Dawn breaks before the rain
Blankets hot, my head, my eyes the same
as every other day I’ve cried
She left so long ago
The pleas, excuses all gone up in smoke
I paste the postage on
the words I should have written long ago…
Baby, turn the lights down low
Oh... baby, turn the lights down low
A flip-talking on the phone, you know
I talked to Mark and he said you were home alone
It's time I played my final hand
A-skippin' up the stairs to yours
I see the light is on, it was somebody else
How could you let me go,
How could you let me turn the lights down low...
Baby, turn the lights down low
Oh... baby, turn the lights down low
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3. |
Devil's Daughter
04:50
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Devil's Daughter
Best you don't make one mistake with the devil’s daughter
Said the old man, and I thought him quite mad
He pressed to my hand an old photograph
and told me how he met her
And how he wished he never had
He came to an old house in a woods in inclement weather
He was cold and saw a light on inside
She stood there in the doorway with a look that said to come and get her... fire, fire, fire in her eyes...
For 6 days and 6 nights and 6 candles by the bed he had her
While she screamed out the words from a book bound in human leather
Frozen with fear, said the old man, but I knew better…
Hungry for the feel of fire
Blistering in Lake Desire
Fire….
Home he returned with a hollow feeling and a heavy pressure
The town had risen up against a crime beyond all measure
The children lay dead, they found the woman and the book of leather
I couldn’t stop them as they tied her
A wooden stake and then they tried her….
Fire…
Were they really poisoned by her?
A village full of fools and liars
Fire…
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4. |
Fairy Tale
06:37
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Fairy Tale
Used to be a way
that I could find a Leprechaun
To bring the gold my way,
but he don’t feel like sharing
Hair of gold, they say
will only stay for oh, so long
By the end of day
she’s gone, I look into the sun
West on the horizon, oh
feels like my love’s dyin’,
Best put on my Fairytale
I’ll never get loved but I’ll never get left behind
Oh no no no no no...
It’s my Fairytale
And I don’t want to leave here
Missed a month already on my rent,
Don’t know where to go
And though the monster comes for my girl alone
I can’t save her
Poster bride, they say,
but posters only last so long
I’ll paint another way
And then she’ll be my prisoner again,
Then she’ll be my prisoner…
In my fairytale
I’ll never get loved but I’ll never get left behind,
Oh no no no no no...
It’s my Fairytale
I never want to leave her
And now I look into the mirror,
don’t know what I see
These cracks and scratches in my eyes
Won’t stop staring at me
So I think I’ll pack my bags
It’s time I found another road
But before, before I can leave
Time enough, time enough for another episode
West on the horizon
Feels like my love is dying
Guess it's back to fairy…tale…
In my fairytale
I’ll never get loved but I’ll never get left behind,
Oh no no no no no...
It’s my Fairytale
I never want to leave here
I’m gonna get you every inch of your life,
For every hit there’s a miss, cyanide
If it’s a pistol or a fist or a bone, it’s breaking
In my fairytale
I’ll never get loved but I’ll never get left behind,
Oh no no no no no...
It’s my Fairytale
I never want to leave here
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