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Evil Times
04:05
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We all live in evil times
We all live in evil times
Take this message and pass it on down the line
We all live in evil times
We all want the truth
We all want the truth
Take a club and beat the man in a black suit
We all want the truth
We all need to help our fellow man
We all need to help our fellow man
Spare a dollar if you can
We all need to help our fellow man
We all need more love
We all need more love
When you think you’ve had enough
We all need more love
We all live in evil times
We all live in evil times
Take this message and pass it on down the line
We all live in evil times
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Long Goodbye
03:25
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There is something
You should know
I am tempted
But you have to go
Pack your suit case
Fold your dress
I had a good time
But I must confess
That it’s time for you to go
Memories haunt us
and then we die
We hurt each other
Then we lie
It’s a shame to lose this
It’s a crime to run
Just when it started
and now it’s done
Now it’s time for you to go
Now it’s time for you to go
You were my inspiration
Now you’re my lone distraction
You can’t trust what you believe
There is something
And now you know
Your Eve with Apple
But you have to go
It’s a shame to lose this
It’s a crime to run
Just when it started
and now it’s done
Now it’s time for you to go
Now it’s time for you to go
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Freeway UFOs
04:19
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He was a dropout artist
He had a five year plan
He met her out of college
He never met her old man
He shifted it to park
on the side of the road
made love under the stars
her skin illuminating
her skin illuminating!
Under them freeway UFOs
She quit her job in Ojai
He took a job in sales
The money was decent
But the drive was hell
They married in September
Leased a house in June
A year while later
She left his life in ruin
He shifted it to park
on the side of the road
he slept under the stars
car illuminating
skin illuminating!
under them Freeway UFOs
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4. |
Inside/Outside
03:30
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Inside and outside, where does it hurt
Over and under digging in the dry dirt
You can’t believe in what you cannot see
Inside and outside, among the tall weeds
Upside and downside, how do you feel
falling and climbing, like a ferris wheel
You can’t deceive the people you need
Upside and downside, when you can’t breathe
Running and walking, where will you go
stopping and starting, rocking’n slow-mo
You can’t rely on the feelings you feel
Running and walking the hearts you must steal
You’re fading away and you feel alone, all alone
You're fading away and you feel alone, all alone, alone, alone
Inside and outside, where does it hurt
Over and under digging in the dry dirt
You can believe in what you can’t see
Inside and outside, among the tall weeds
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Gum Swollen Teeth
04:30
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Alone in the house, are thieves
Darkest of eyes and gum swollen teeth
They pray for you soul, and steal
The only thing that you will enjoy
Cut to your bone, and bleed
Shallow the heart, and quick witted stare
Tempted by fate and see
What you have done, and what you will be
Don’t call the enemy
Don’t call for God
Don’t fall for anything
Don’t throw the rock
You take the bullet and I’ll take the fall
You crawl the ground and I’ll climb
the wall
Eyes wide open, and heart beats
Chest tight and aches like a knife in your gut
Shadows they crawl and scream
A wretched disfigured, shadowed like fiend
Don’t call the enemy
Don’t call for God
Don’t fall for anything
Don’t throw the rock
You take the bullet and I’ll take the fall
You crawl the ground and I’ll climb
The Wall
The Wall
The Wall
Watch me Fall
Watch Me Fall
Watch Me Fall
I need something to help me sleep
Something that’ll put me deep
I need something to make me smile
Put me under for a while
Can you help me
Can you help me
Can you help me
Can you help me
Can you help me mother please, fall asleep
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Misfortune Waits
03:39
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7. |
The Death of Me
03:44
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I remember when
You were small and grinning
I couldn’t understand
The Feeling I was feeling
Time slips away,
Time slips away…
The hours sift through days
The clock hand spins and tells
Your bones stretched out in ways
That makes you look like me
It goes by.. Like a setting sun
It goes by.. Like traveling one
and It scares me .. and I cannot sleep
and It scares me.. it will be the death of me, the death of me
the death of me
I remember when
When you said that, i love you
I couldn’t understand
I couldn’t comprehend
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8. |
I Pray
04:13
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She said she was sick and that she was going to die
Because she had sex with some strange guy
That contracted AIDs from another guy
He knew a family whose house burned down
The cat was in flames the fish boiled and drowned
Like some twisted story that you read about.
I pray, and I prayed
I pray, and I prayed
I prayed so Everything Is Gonna Be
Alright.
A Soviet Colonel sold Nukes to a man of Syrian descent
But lives in Japan though no one quite knows
Where he is right now.
The glaciers are melting the weather is fucked
If you want a glass of water in LA you’re out of luck
But the mansion’s green lawns look really good.
You believe in God, He believes in Allah
She believes in Oprah, can you give her a holla?
I believe that we all just die
You might be right, I’m sure as hell wrong
But I can’t think of a better song
To sing for you all and to all a good night
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9. |
Why Do I
02:40
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Taking my time
on losing my mind
looking for a sign
or clue
I am writing a letter,
a post note reminder,
a long 3 ring binder double sided letter to you
I’ve been in love
I’ve been broke up
I’ve been bankrupt, drunk and blue
I hold no regret
On my growing debt
my bank account, blood cell count don’t account for anything I do
Why
Do I
Fall in love and fail
Rewrite the tale
Of lovers scorned in hell (stop)
Why
Do I
Drink till i’m high
Sleep when I’m stoned
Cry when I’m alone
I have no discipline
Where do I begin
I always had a well thought out plan
lack of concentration
some form of mediation
a gym subscription that never got much use
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Eric Ott Dover, New Hampshire
Writing, Recording and Performing songs on the Seacoast for over 20 years. Nominated and Winner of several awards. A lover of pizza and songs of the 70's.
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