1.16 Hits
Mask it right and the cold won't even show
If you're tarnished call this your home
Where all I ask is truth
There's fight left if you choose
I turned a little something into more
When fate knocked down my door
You were standing at both ends
with shoulders cold and
Bare enough to hold you in
I think I'm it, I know I'm
There enough to test your sins
I'll taste your grief, I'll let you in
Found my stripes in a glass of water unique
this gentleman pops when he peaks
He's not waiting on holocausts and all the right things
It's the tell tale signs that make you believe
Bare enough to hold you in
I think I'm it, I know I'm
There enough to test your sins
I'll taste your grief, I'll let you in
Bare enough to hold you in
I think I'm it, I know I'm
There enough to test your sins
I'll taste your grief, I'll let you in
2.Song For Dean Moriarty
This is a song about On The Road and when
we first met, we had beers
and sang oo wee oo wee oo wee oo wee oo
This is the one you have all been waiting for
I'm not ashamed, I'm still a chore
and if you've got it then get some more
This is for Sal, and for all he left behind
well I like you more than enough to stay for bubble tea
this is for James, and that time we crashed the church in 98'
by the way, I stole your Sable calendar from out your room
Hey! This is what it all comes down to when you're down and out
Hey! And love can sure come around when you're not out... when
you're not out
It starts in dreams
a collage of what we've learned
and what we've seen but where I end up
is hardly up to me
but tonight, I'm unleashed in what looks like
A favorite haunt, a spot I know...
Hey! This is what it all comes down to when you're down and out
Hey! And love can sure come around when you're not out... when
you're not out
Today, and I'm hoping its made of rain
Where all the rich kids can breathe cocaine
and I can be more than just a fan
I could look through this side of..
Hey! This is what it all comes down to when you're down and out
Hey! And love can sure come around when you're not out... when
you're not out
This is a song about On The Road
3.Virginia Woolf
I'll tie a rope and all of you will think
I've hung my hopes and walked em out to sea
See there's no case
I saved my face you can see it for yourself
Open letter to my hometown crew
I can see through you and how it works
And how it's worse
And how it worked out
But I can read your face, It's true
You hide behind the ones that hide for you
yet me, I'd never fall into the line you built
with ease and Stalin's tactics
Save a place for me
You swine, you known backstabber
I don't think that I'm a part of this machine
I don't see the point in shaking hands with fiends
When you can take it for your...
It's a change of pace to see my face when a race back home
When I'd lost hope
They might be sane
They might just be crazy enough to wait
But I can read your face, Its' true
You hide behind the ones that hide for you
yet me, I'd never fall into the line you built
with ease and Stalin's tactics
Save a place for me
You swine, you known backstabber
I don't think that I'm a part of this machine
I don't see the point in shaking hands with fiends
When you can take it for yourself
I'll tie a rope and all of you will think
I've hung my hopes and walked em out to see
See there's no case
I saved my face you can see it for yourself
I don't think that I'm a part of this machine
I don't see the point in shaking hands with fiends
When you can take it for yourself
I'll tie a rope and all of you will think
I've hung my hopes and walked em out to see
See there's no case
I saved my face you can see it for yourself
4.I Want a Friend Like You
Thieves And Villains - I Want A Friend Like You
I want a friend like you
one who gets to do those things you do
I wanna screw them too, but only after you
I wanna schmooze them too
we can bet on who blacks out by 2
Thinking we can blow our stash and drink our cash
we're trust fund brats who give it back
Sluts, clubs, and bars
they only wanna drain who you are
When you can be of use
A fool, to lose
I know it's not the truth
But damn I'm thinking that I
still want a friend like you
one who won't show up without plus 2
And I'll learn to judge who's who
by what they offer you
We'll comb the night in packs
desperate for at least a one time pass
Where maybe I can twirl around and twist and shout
I want the cool you're giving out
Sluts, clubs, and bars
they only wanna drain who you are
When you can be of use
A fool, to lose
I know its not the truth
But damn it's close enough for you
I want a friend like you
one who gets to do those things you do
Sluts, clubs, and bars
they only wanna drain who you are
When you can be of use
A fool, to lose
I know it's not the truth
But damn I'm thinking that I
I wanna schmooze them too
we can bet on who blacks out by 2
Thinking we can blow our stash and drink our cash
we're trust fund brats who give it back
5.Drunk In Amsterdam
I was drunk in Amsterdam
You were a drug, I was a drag
So fucked up I couldn't stand,
so I crawled the whole way back
I saw her once, and swore I was in love
Took a breath and said, 'fuck the good, we all die young.'
My youth was peeling off my skin,
came home changed and wide awake
not the child or the saint, that I left back in the states
And I was, drunk in Amsterdam
You were a drug, I was a drag
So fucked up I couldn't stand
so I crawled the whole way back,
The absinthe clouded up my mind
spittin' rings up at the sky
The lull of lights and dizzy eyes
Oh I couldn't break the tide
A lit cigarette, and a drag to lead you in
You were diggin' deep, and I was shedding all this skin
I got caught up in tearing down
the ghosts I left back home
Yeah, we're different people now
Yeah, we all learned to cope
And I was, drunk in Amsterdam
You were a drug, I was a drag
So fucked up I couldn't stand
so I crawled the whole way back,
The absinthe clouded up my mind
spittin' rings up at the sky
The lull of lights and dizzy eyes
Oh I couldn't break the tide
And I was, drunk in Amsterdam
You were a drug, I was a drag
So fucked up I couldn't stand
so I crawled the whole way back,
The absinthe clouded up my mind
spittin' rings up at the sky
The lull of lights and dizzy eyes
Oh I couldn't break the tide
And I was, drunk in Amsterdam
You were a drug, I was a drag
So fucked up I couldn't stand
so I crawled the whole way back,
6.Island Waterfall Blues
I was looking through my arms
when you said that there's hardly love anymore
You made me forget
Coupled with the rest
How a week can strain
You'll probably forget
That we can say
I let loose by a waterfall that we can regret
I made love to an understudy all for a bet
We are the rest of the world back home
We're at our best till you've left alone
Islands more than just content
with the role they had shaken in protest
Fuller than the sand
I'm breathing in the coast for a weekend stay
You'll probably forget
That we can say
I let loose by a waterfall that we can regret
I made love to an understudy all for a bet
We are the rest of the world back home
We're at our best till you've left alone
You'll probably forget
That we can say
I let loose by a waterfall that we can regret
I made love to an understudy all for a bet
We are the rest of the world back home
We're at our best till you've left alone
7.Youth
Soon he'll have to start answering me
and if its words that bring us peace
til I found a notealone
That I don't think I could help you write.
A word is worth the one who writes the song.who rides along.
Instead of screaming the youth is calling
and you all hate the words
I'm thinking that you should join in
and we'll all sing a verse in honor of youth
I'm sick of all the talk and taunts
saying our words don't reach the heart
well this hearts anew to choose
Now a wind has come and swept the place
Its drained our cups and changed the way we writethe way we
hide
Instead of screaming the youth is calling
and you all hate the words
I'm thinking that you should join in
and we'll all sing a verse in honor of youth
I'm still confused how gentleman callers think they owe you
when you just get smaller
I'll teach em all if you can say Father,
we're on our own with no mean to bother
Instead of screaming the youth is calling
and you all hate the words
I'm thinking that you should join in
and we'll all sing a verse in honor of youth
8.Central Park
What if time stood still on a walk？
Would you be the one who's keeping the clock？
or would you think that I'm not cool enough
for what you've got？
for what you
want from me and this conversation
You've got me feeling
A little bit crazy over drinks and a handshake
but the truth is 21, gets further each day
It was more than just Central Park
Something in the way light framed through the dark
That made me think that she's just cool enough
for what I've got
for what I
want from you and this new engagement
You've got me feeling
A little bit crazy over drinks and a handshake
But the truth is 21, gets further each day
You've got me feeling
A little bit crazy over drinks and a handshake
But the truth is 21, gets further each day
You've got me feeling
You've got me feeling
You've got me feeling
A little bit crazy
What if time stood still on a walk？
Would you be the one who's keeping the clock？
or would you think that I'm not cool enough
for what you've got？
9.Some May Call It Rain
Lingering back to town with pockets bare of smokes
Its funny how they spoke, when no one listened in
All in all we found the toast that we were looking for
On searches long and hard, it's always close to nose
Whats it all mean anyways？
To you and I and
You cut the head to fault the heart
As he decides to lie when our
Guests arrive to play the roles
they've written at the door
But there's a way around the usuals
the pick me up particulars
of parties at this stage
But I am lost in age
Whats it all mean anyways？
To you and I and those
While some may call it rain
I call hope in washing you
After all is said and done with most
They'll take a trip to Mexico
To speak of our ideals and how we used to feel
In the pages of the magazines,
We'll read and write a history that covers every base
And helps us save some face
Whats it all mean anyways？
To you and I and those
While some may call it rain
I call hope in washing you away
and I feign grace in burying my
10.The Aesthetic Life is the Life For Me
Thieves And Villains - The Aesthetic Life Is The Life For Me
Lately, I'm dealing with my race
The color of my face
It's a shock to me I got here
Admit, I'm really not that tall
For the type of work involved
Do you think it truly matters？
The ascetic life's for me
I'm boarding up windows and grinding teeth
And if you could grant any wish I please
I'd ask for a life where the norm is
Woke up to a shotgun out the hole
when all you knew you stole
and all along it sat here
In fact it's the perfect time of year
To hide behind veneers and Venetian blinds
The ascetic life's for me
I'm boarding up windows and grinding teeth
And if you could grant any wish I please
I'd ask for a life where the norm is
There's a pretty place
Where I can whisper in complete good faith
Where I could dictate fate
from the convenience of a world away
That's making me waste what I should embrace
But I'm sure the week can stand to wait
The ascetic life's for me
I'm boarding up windows and finding peace
And if you could grant any wish I please
I'd ask for a life where the norm is
11.American Boy
With all these signs how can't anyone see that it's already
made,
that it's all rolling on with no shame
When the haves met the nots they agreed at the start
then the haves had it their way
You say you wont, You know you will
Wait, not everybody's got a plan
American, The self made man
He wins ,He loves, He tries like hell
If its all that we are, its all just as well
When still in line
you say, I'm picking you least
fineyet they're still on my tongue
I'm hoping they can find a son
You say you wont, You know you will
Wait, not everybody's got a plan
American, The self made man
He wins ,He loves, He tries like hell
If its all that we are, its all just as well
To you and me
we're all together forcing unity
When there are humans falling all around
I'm waiting for the sound
Wait, not everybody's got a plan
American, The self made man
He wins ,He loves, He tries like hell
If its all that we are, its all just as well
If its all that we are, its all gone to hell
12.South America
I'm losing weight again and calling all my friends away
I'm kinda sick of all the bills and all the time we've had to
waste
We said we'd make the best of things until the time awaits
and then we'll call it an occasion and we'll sleep the day away
In South America we can find a place where we belong
and I could see myself in you like you could see it all along
In South America everything is warmer anyways
If I can beat the cold today then you can find yourself a way
The days of drag arounds and girls that sell you just to pay
are better left from where they came
the smart ones took it with a grain
Could never trash the place
Its just the boredom that we hate
I wake to keep myself from sleep
I sleep to wish I was awake
In South America we can find a place where we belong
and I could see myself in you like you could see it all along
In South America everything is warmer anyways
If I can beat the cold today then you can find yourself a way
In South America we can find a place where we belong
and I could see myself in you like you could see it all along
In South America everything is warmer anyways
If I can beat the cold today then you can find yourself a way
If I can beat the cold today then you can find yourself a way
13.South St. Hymnal
I see his father now from time to time
he wears a smile but you can't undress the sadness from those
eyes,
he haunts a drink and wants something to believe.
He says, 'God took everything, everything from me.'
And all the good is gone
been lonesome for so long
and I can't hear the choir singing now
just those chains I drag along.
And I breathed my life into this child,
he was young, he was brilliant, bright, and wild
I was a fool to think I'd ever see the day he'd become a better
man than me,
and carry on my name.
And all the good is gone
been lonesome for so long
I can't hear that choir singing now
just those chains I drag along.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
I've been down this road before
and my heart, it took a toll.
When all the good is gone,
been lonesome for so long
and I can't hear that choir singing now
just those chains I drag along.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah,
I walked down, this road alone
when this town, it felt like home.
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