At dawn they ride again
They'll haul you out to the streets
They'll burn your papers and your empty trash cans
Beat this thought into your head, singin' over and over again
All your life is obscene
Forget the papers, forget your musical dreams
But that's when my knife rises
Their life ends and my life starts again
Again, again, again, again
03:49
2
Lowdown
Lowdown, cheatin', sho' don't need no repeatin'
So love, dawg, can't you see?
That you never gotta fight with me
No you never gotta fight with me
Hurtin', beatin', ain't no need for repeatin'
So love, dawg can't you see?
That you never gotta bleed for me
Chancin', glance in, sho' enough mood for romancing
So love, dawg can't you see?
That you only gotta dance with me
Yeah you only gotta dance with me
Yeah you only gotta dance with me
Yeah you only gotta dance with me
03:53
3
The Way That He Sings
Why’s it so strange when they say that
The world’s movin’ upwards...
Why’s it surreal when my hand feels it
can’t roll the dice?
Why’s it so great just to wake everyday,
alive, and by your side.
It’s a mystery I guess,
there’s lots of things I can’t find.
it’s not the way that you cook,
but your move that catches my eye.
Why’s it sooo soft,
when the cannons unload on the others?
Why’re we so loud when we say,
it won’t happen to us…
Why does my mind blow to bits
every time they play that song?
It’s just the way that he sings,
not the words that he says, or the band.
I’m in love with this soul,
it’s a meaning that I understand.
05:35
4
Death Is The Easy Way
Some say, death is the easy way and I think they're right
'Cause nights tick, by like a long week except when you stop by
And I know that tryin' gets nothing done and I see you're 'bout dry
'Cause nothing gets you high, you're poor the day you die
And alcohol it only makes you tired
But seein' you feels good, and its always understood
That anything much sweeter would make me die
Oh, oh, oh
05:28
5
Hopefully
I won't ask you where you're goin'
I won't ask you where you been
I know after a million times you get sick of my lines
But I just want see you safe again
I know that just now I ain't been showin'
The kinda love you know that I can
So gimme a little while and you'll be knowin'
Your good lovin' baby is back on top again
Hopefully it occurs to me
That there's one thing I can't stand
That's the thought of one single day
Without your head in my hand
I always hoped you'd be showin'
And now you've shown as much as you can
But after each time I'm still glowin'
With a good lovin' smile that's your's until the end
Hopefully it occurs to me
That there's one thing I can't stand
That's the thought of one single day
Without your head in my hand
05:55
6
Bermuda Highway
Sometimes I walk around town looking at faces,
Wonderin’ why their bodies go to silly places.
Walkin’ past the carpet mills,
Lookin’ in and taking stills,
Your ass, it draws me in like a Bermuda highway.
Oh don’t carve me out
Don’t let your silly dreams fall in between,
The crack of the bed and the wall
Two times I fell asleep in a city basement,
Snoozin’ in cobwebs and the cement.
Sometimes I wonder why that meek guy got all the fame,
Maybe I’m to blame…
For his short, bitter, fucked up life.
Oh don’t carve me out
Don’t let your silly dreams fall in between,
The crack of the bed and the wall
03:19
7
Honest Man
Try to walk this earth an honest man
But evil waves at me its ugly hand
The radar watches me from above
Shouting down:
"I hope you make it on this earth."
Sometimes this world will leave you, Lord
Kickin' and a screamin', wonderin'
If you'll see the next day through
But as for me I do believe
That good luck comes from tryin'
So until I get mine
I'll work me the whole day through
07:46
8
Xmas Curtain
Hey
The Christmas curtain falls on lawbreakers who pave the way
For thoughtless folks like me and J who'd pay
But can't afford the finer things in life
So we heist them all
We're criminals that never break the law
So
To all you frowns, go down to town square and get some action
from the Christmas girl that lives inside your womb
She's always there, I think that I'm certain
You pay to get behind her Christmas curtain
You're the criminal that never breaks the law
04:49
9
Just Because I Do
I go light, every nite, and just because I do
I'm wishin' you'd get better and I'll get rid of you
I saw it in a letter
I saw it in a letter
I saw it in a letter
I go blind, every night and just because I do
I'm writin' off a letter to save yourself some glue
Every night you talk in disguise, and girl that ain't like you
I'm wishin' you'd get better and I'll get rid of you
I saw it in a letter
I saw it in a letter
I saw it in a letter
I go blind, every night and just because I do
I'm wishin' you'd get better and I'll get rid of you
I'll get rid of you
I'll get rid of you
I'll get rid of you
I'll get rid of you
I'll get rid of you
I'll get rid of you
02:55
10
If It Smashes Down
Who's going to care
If it smashes down
Or flips you up in the air?
It's just a really fast
Risky ride at a fair
On these lovely trips
The conductor likes
Your soft brown eyes on his hair
No need to shut 'er down
Go round and round
In the air
Who's going to care
If it smashes down
Or flips you up in the air?
It's just a really fast
Risky ride at a fair
On these lovely trips
The conductor likes
Your soft brown eyes on his hair
No need to shut 'er down
Go round and round
In the air
In the air
In the air
In the air
05:28
11
I Needed It Most
I needed it most, when I was eighteen
But now that I'm older, I don't need many things
Just someone to hold, that's what you give me
When dark touches your skull babe
Aw, baby you drop that on me
So I say Lord, all the Heavens you've made
Can't hold back the ghosts, that haunt my baby and me
Oh can't you hold 'em back, from comin' on in
To a lovely woman, that just wants her mind back again
I cannot crumble, what you want this to be
Or bring peace of mind, ain't there to see
Aw, if you don't know yourself, how could you ever know me
But to have and to hold, yeah that's the way it's gotta be
06:36
12
Phone Went West
Is there a doctor in the house tonite?
If there's a wrong, he could make it right.
Is there still a lock on your front door?
Is there still a lock on your back door?
Tell me I'm wrong, tell me I'm right
Tell me there's nobody else in the world
Tell me I'm wrong. Tell me I'm right
Tell me there's nobody else in the world
There will be a knock on your back door
07:05
13
Strangulation
Strangulation, I don't wanna feel a thing
When your hands close tight around my neck
And force the air that I breathe
I don't wanna feel a thing
I don't wanna feel a thing
Yes, she was a young girl, 'bout the age of 23
But somehow the Lord never smiled down upon her
So she flew out on a breeze
Said, I don't wanna feel a thing
I don't wanna feel a thing
I'm sure he was a good kid
But his phone it'd never ring
He got tired of walkin' a tightrope
Needin' too much to drink, so he got on a knee
I don't wanna feel a thing
I know there's someone that loves up above
Wants to fix you a dream
Wanna sit down and think
Wanna pour you a drink
You won't feel a thing, you won't feel a thing
You won't feel a thing
