So Tear Me Up

I’m running through the backdoor

My head across the sky

Hoping that my god will let me in

As the people start to notice

They scream “oh man, better wake him up”

Hey kid you’ll never want to follow him

But the rich kids on the corner

Betting off on solitaire

Just to lay the poor upon the boys

Walking out, they’re on your shoes

Like chalk upon the face of rex

Beating out to keep their head above the noise

So hold me down

So tear me up

So let me in for a while

Hey

When everyone’s a down and out

You don’t know where it ends

But the forecast tells the lads to push on through

Beyond the tepid shade a face is wrecked in (the?) afternoon

The lucky like to stick it to the truth

So sing a song in sixpence

I’ll stick it to the change

But men can never seem to make it last

The send all three I owe it to the hate, the love, the cut

The scar I will have to wear upon the mast (mask?)

So hold me down

So tear me up

Let me in for a while

So watch it go

Ooh

Ooh

Hold me down

So tear me up

So let me in for a while

So hold me down

So tear me up

So let me in for a while

I bet you’d like to see a poor man start to smile

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The Rattle and the Roll

I scream for peace from the clutches of the street

Now who do you think that you're saving

From the gust of glow my heart will flow

My love is like the raven

But no bitter past could try to unmask

The truthful words you've been saying

The british class will divide your task

But my love is like a raven

So gather your boys and hold on

This ain't a place to be hung

Oh no no no no

Gather your boys and hold on

This ain't a place to be hung

Oh no no no no

It's the rattle and roll coming over - hey!

If the hands of strife and the darkest night

Could write down the words they're exchanging

Then my ringed neck may bring the death

But my love is still the raven

No bitter fling could force you to begin

The truthful lie you've been craving

There stands a ghost on a withdrawn coast

That flies just like a raven

So gather your boys and hold on

This ain't a place to be hung

Oh no no no no

Gather your boys and hold on

This ain't a place to be hung

Oh no no no no

It's the rattle and roll coming over

So gather your boys and hold on

This ain't a place to be hung

Oh no no no no

Gather your boys and hold on

This ain't a place to be hung

Oh no no no no

It's the rattle and roll coming over

For it's the rattle and roll

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The Old Shamed Face

Ooh

The old shamed face he walks a jamboree

Behind the prison is the dove

While the moon decides your grace you’re in love

Just for a spell that hand in hand like does

Laughing like the birds beneath the pier

Beyond the dark that stings your mouth you’ve still got fear

You think it doesn’t matter

Nobody told you twice

So rest your mind in your darkest thoughts you’ll feel alright

It won’t be long

It won’t be long

It won’t be long

Until she’s laughing off the woes of your wrongs

There’s endless hands in all Miss Mercy’s pies

You can see the daytime stripped away

The lovers march through nuts and bolts to fix your day

The factory blows a scent down Piggy Hill

Beyond the old time ferris wheel

The trouble swap their thoughts for gold so you can’t feel

You think it doesn’t matter

Nobody told you twice

So rest your mind in your darkest thoughts you’ll feel alright

It won’t be long

It won’t be long

It won’t be long

It won’t be long

It won’t be long

It won’t be long

Until she’s laughing off the woes of your wrongs

Until she’s laughing off the woes of your wrongs

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Left to Lie

I'm afraid to die, I'm nearly old

I'm almost young, or so I'm told

And they say time is a healer

And faith is dead, or left to die

And I won't put my strain on another

Unbroken shame, and so I lie

I'm left to lie

I float it down like a long lost dream

My savior flew from his stitched up, stitched up scene

Cause I'm afraid to die, I'm nearly old

I'm almost young, or so I'm told

And they say I would be better

Far from here, left alone, left alone now

Cause now my love's even cheaper

I'm played out by the traffic droan

I'm still alone

No where, no where to go now

No where to go now now now

I float it down like a long lost dream

But my savior flew from his stitched up,his stitched up scene

But my friends but they think hard will be the first to die

I'm far far to scared, to ask stay awhile

Because I'm afraid to die, I'm nearly old

I'm almost young, or so I'm told

Or so I'm told

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Who Have You Been Loving?

When the world holds out its flag

the sun will fall across the plain,

I will hold out my hands and take the blame

And when the the weather falls too cold,

the frost ravages the lanes,

I will bow down my head in shame

"But who have you, who have you been loving?"

If someone isn't hurt then it's gonna be me,

But the tears they taint your heart

you're so happy that you're free

If you're no better now than you've ever been,

You owe me an apology

Before the dusk falls to dark

I'll have you banished from my mind

I just need a moment's rest to make it mine

Before the moment turns to cold

with our last drawn line

Beyond the rusted sin of gloat you had your time

I said you owe me an apology

You owe me an apology

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The Bounty of Mary Jane

Now I will run you like a threat

Because my wounded eyes will see again,

Make peace with the sky its rainmay give you hope,

But no siren will call, braceyour love for the fall

Now I will fall upon this town to call your name,

My sweet suffragette

I will fall upon this town to call your name,

My sweet suffragette, my sweet Mary Jane,

My sweet Mary Jane

She's weighted down with loss at her side,

She's on board a ship of ghost and lost pride,

Now say hello to fate, my dear, wreck this story told,

And if you dress my wounds, I'll feel your cold.

I'll feel your cold

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Penance Fire Blues

And I see papers and papers

Stacked up in formation

Which mean much before

They're line-ing the fire

As a bottomless heat goes

To harness your anger

Your blood and

Your deepest desire

Because there's no truth stolen

That's been ever brought forward

From the minds of the writers

Looking face down on the gutter

'Cause this world's full of thinkers

And suffragette speakers

who deny that they ever wear a dress

Oh this god forsaken town's in a mess

And all the truths been let out loose

Is desperate to amuse

As it grabs you by the throat

And strings out all the times you've used

But now you don't belong you

Whisper when you speak

You turn yourself to nighttime

Trying to find your feet

Oh let me run

Lord, let me run,

So let me run

Lord, let me run

But as the mornng awakens

That light sends a shudder

The twist of hope that helps you down

Is left to rest and stir

You back down a hallway

To flourish the darkness

And you fool yourself

You did it all for her

And him, and her

But I've seen your face before

Rich boy playing poor

Ravaging the whores

Ignoring constant calls

Now you don't belong

You whisper when you speak

You turn yourself to nighttime

Trying to find your feet

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A Passing Tale

My day is death, my night is dark

My love won't answer the call

With the rain like steel upon my face

My heart is certain to fall

Now I'm tired of sins corrupting me

And the fever turning me in

I don't know where I am headed to

But at least I know where I've been

'Cause my mouth is dry and I cannot speak

I've lost all faith in you

I admit I've lost a few

It's like my words against the wind

So I'm heading down to that long lost space

Where the light won't bounce off the floor

As the world turns to stare at me

My footsteps head straight to the door

So I'm alone again in this lonely place

With no shadow at my side

And my head is littered with your lust

And it's cold and it's rancid outside

I can't take this love and it's pulling me in

I'm tied to the floor and cut at the seams

I'm crazy in love and crazy to die
I'm lost to this world and I don't know why

And I've been down for twelve half-days

And I've kinda hit the floor

I'm reaching for something more

It's like my words against the wind

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Dead and Done

Heaven is a place where people die pretty

Skies don't lie and there's cash in the kitty

Running from the rocks, there's wanter for the lips

To ease your mouth and bathe your fist

There's no need for trouble when the roads are down

Nobody's out of work cause the mine's in town

The circus has been twice already

Ny throwing arm is good and my heart is steady

I'm dead and done by the heat of the sun

I'll rest my hat in an Autumn field

I'll hang my hat in an Autumn field

Tell my momma not to worry

The food is sweet and the weather's been sunny

And I'm well known here round-a-bout

The local pick pocket is a lay-about

Tell my daddio there's no need for washing

They do it in your sleep when you're not watching

I've already had the neighbors here

Johnny Cash came around and we split a beet

The girls up here sure look swell

They swing like birds, I hear it's nothing like hell

The local priest says there's no need for cheatin'

The local wags call it meetin' and a-greetin'

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Being a Mockingbird

And the night it rests like a hammer blow

And breaks the morning it brings

The mad men are down on the crypt floor

Sleeping through their favors and sins

And I trained myself to be hardened

And greet the bird like the day

And I soared to greet lusty gamblings

And I drenched myself in the dusk where they lay

And though I exchanged the dark for the darkness

And I hung the belt from the wing

So the traitors may part with their malice

But I'll remember everything

And I gave up myself to the heckles

And I planted the leaf from the book

And I admit I love my romances

The blackbird, the wren, the rook

The church house won't harbor the coffins

But the docks they whittle their ships

And To the pleasure the feast

And the memory and soar of kissing her lips

And I gave myself to the dawning

Of the morning bird in first flight

When I'm sure I ran the road of the pauper

I lost it all in the night

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