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Eden Alley
02:02
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Oh we were raised in Eden Alley
Where the music plays all night long
And children make love in the shadows
While the elders pray for kingdom come
And the whiskey bottles
They shine like diamonds
Every little swallow goes down like gold
And the smell of garbage and sweet salvation
Hovers like a blanket on the night so cold
We were raised in Eden Alley
Where the music plays all night long
And children make love in the shadows
While the elders pray for kingdom
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Come hell or high water
A soul's got to find some release
Some find it in power
And some in heavenly peace
Some look to the preacher
As he speaks from his holy perch
Me, I back Rev. Jack & his Roamin Cadillac Church
So if you're stuck at the station
On the road to the Glory on High
If you need some inspiration
He's got more than your money can buy
If you're lookin for salvation
Well my friend it's the end of your search
Here comes Rev. Jack & his Roamin Cadillac Church
Ain't no use watchin the road, son
When you ride in his automobile
Cause we're all back seat drivers,
& there's nobody at the wheel
Now for the well-to-do doctor
There's a home & a summer retreat
And for the jet-settin banker
There's a place in the social elite
But for the poor & the hungry
All the lost souls left in the lurch
There's just Rev. Jack & his Roamin Cadillac Church
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Friction
04:03
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We're rubbing our sticks together
Trying to heat things up now
One spark is all we need
To bring a light into this darkness
Whoa, yes I see
Hey, all we need is just a little
A little good
Friction
We're gonna build a fire
Gonna set a breeze in motion
Gonna get the wind excited
Blow a wave across the ocean
Whoa, yes I see
Hey, all we need is just a little
A little good
Friction
Friction
Friction
Friction
Friction
We're rubbing our sticks together
Trying to heat things up now
One spark is all we need
To bring a light into this darkness
Whoa, yes I see
Hey, all we need is just a little
A little good
Friction
Rub it up
Whoa, yes I see
Hey, all we need is just a little
A little good
Friction
Friction…
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Sitting in a living room in a condo
Gazmo's on the rug with little Cassy-O
Gazmo's gettin nervous
Cassy wants to sample the dog.
She says:
"Bark, howl, do what you like
But if you're going to growl,
just growl into the mike
We're gonna play a game
called sample the dog"
Sample the dog...
There's a new age family
out in North Carolina
A dog named Jamaica,
a daughter named China
A son who plays in a band
called Sample the Dog
Third world music on the stereo
Dust on the keys of the piano
& China's in the kitchen
tryin to sample the dog
Sample the dog...
Now Cassy can't read
& China can't write
& the Board of Education
mumbles in the night
A prayer for our nation:
"Lord let us Sample the dog..."
The exact same thing is happenin today
In a million homes across the USA
Everybody’d doin it,
tryin to sample the dog.
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Dance Fever
03:01
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They met at Tootsie's & they fell in lust
Dance Fever
Built a relationship on mutual trust
& Dance Fever
And when her eyes met his muscle tone
Never again would she dance alone
Showing the things that cannot be shown
on Dance Fever
They left Sioux City with a burnin desire
Dance Fever
Outside of Reno, the engine caught fire
Dance Fever
She took a job, he pawned some things
A gold watch -- a diamond ring
All for the chance to do their thing
on Dance Fever
Out on the floor they really came alive
Dance Fever
They skipped away with a 95
Dance Fever
They'd always dreamed of a place in the sun
Now they're in Vegas, having fun
Pissin away all the money they won on
Dance Fever
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6. |
Life is Hard
04:14
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Betty's in a wet T-shirt, feeling foolish and vain
Looking like some house cat that got caught out in the rain
Staring into the mirror at this less-than-pretty picture
Feeling ten years older now, and fifty bucks richer
Life is hard
Can't buy happiness no matter what you do
Can't get to heaven on roller skates
Can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu
Paul was a poor little rich boy
He never had to cry
Whenever he complained of aches and pains
the doctors would drop by
Now he goes to parlors
where the prettiest girls in town
get paid five hundred dollars
just to kick him when he's down
Life is hard
Can't buy happiness no matter what you do
Can't get to heaven on roller skates
Can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu
Life is hard
Life is hard
Life is hard
Can't buy happiness no matter what you do
Can't get to heaven on roller skates
Can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu
After he stiffed a waitress and ran out on his tab
Big Mac had a heart attack in the back of a Yellow Cab
By the time the sound of the siren said the ambulance was coming
His heart had stopped beating but the meter was still running
Life is hard
Can't buy happiness no matter what you do
Can't get to heaven on roller skates
Can't take a taxi cab to Timbuktu
Life is hard
Life is hard
Life is hard
Ain't no escaping when the rent comes due
Can't get to heaven on roller skates
Can't take a taxicab to Timbuktu
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I study nuclear science
I love my classes
I got a crazy teacher
He wears dark glasses
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing alright, getting good grades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
I've got a job waiting for my graduation
Fifty thou a year'll buy a lot of beer
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing alright, getting good grades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
Well I'm heavenly blessed and worldly wise
I'm a peeping-tom techie with x-ray eyes
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing alright, getting good grades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
Well i'm well aware of the world out there
Gettin blown all to pieces but what do i care?
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing alright, getting good grades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
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Assholes Intro
00:43
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9. |
Assholes On Parade
04:35
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It's an asshole celebration
and they're all out on the street
See them on the sidewalk
Oh hear them shufflin feet
As twenty thousand assholes
do an asshole promenade
Step aside good people
it's the assholes on parade
We got the assholes for freedom
The assholes for fun
Assholes for Jesus
and the assholes for guns
Assholes for justice
Assholes for crime
Assholes for assholes
Assholes for all time
We got assholes makin money
They're makin all the rules
They're takin all our jobs
and they're fillin up our schools
Assholes on the water
Assholes in the sky
A sign that says "Help wanted
Only assholes need apply"
Oh teacher won't you tell me
Have i really made the grade
Am i head of my class
Or am i just another asshole on parade?
Assholes give the orders
Assholes row the boat
Assholes get elected
Cause assholes get to vote
I once heard it said
that old assholes never die
They just lay in bed
and multiply
Assholes in the mornin
Assholes every night
Assholes to the left
and assholes to the right
As twenty thousand assholes
do an asshole promenade
Step aside good people
It's the assholes on parade
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Lookin For Work
03:15
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Standin on the corner with the walkin blues
Twenty-one cents and holes in my shoes
It's a shame the shape i'm in
Lookin for work is worse than workin
Jammed with the band on Saturday night
Sunday afternoon i got up feelin alrigh
Sunday night i watched TV
Drank myself to sleep so i could be up early
Sunday mornin
Get up, get down
Get ready for a let down
Step up, step back
You're headin for a heart attack
Standin on the corner with the walkin blues
Twenty-one cents and holes in my shoes
It's a shame the shape i'm in
Lookin for work is worse than workin
I'd rather be workin
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Two hearts at the steering wheel
playing high stakes
Who takes the gas
and who takes the brakes?
Who takes the shift
and who takes the clutch?
Who's gonna win how much
at the wheel of fortune?
Are we both aiming
for the same place?
Are we both trying
for the same prize
As we choose
our direction in space,
who's gonna lose
in the compromise?
Two hearts at the steering wheel
Driving all night
between the darkness
and the dawning light
too tense to sleep
and too tired to fight
we veer to the left
and we swerve to the right
Two hearts, two hands held tight
to the wheel of fortune.
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Scene of the crime, a body in the bed
One victim died and one victim fled
A slave to desire, the pain of rejection
Too much sex, and not enough affection
Read it in the paper or watch it on TV
Cry for a stranger then turn your back on me
Try another line and still no connection
Too much sex and not enough affection
That's one way to go
But it ain't no way to live
That's one way to go
But it ain't no way to live
It's too much to take
And not enough to give
Too much and not enough, no
Scene of the crime, a body in the bed
One victim died and one victim fled
He never got caught but he lost his re-election
Too much sex and not enough affection
That's one way to go
But it ain't no way to live
That's one way to go
But it ain't no way to live
It's too much to take
And not enough to give
Too much and not enough, no
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Sometimes little people
Make big mistakes
Sometimes mountains crumble
Sometimes a heart breaks
We seek love endlessly
We trust our eyes to see
But sometimes little people
Make big mistakes
I never meant to hurt you
But what can I say? And I know
That you never meant to hurt me
Things just happen that way
We try to stand so tall
& still we feel so small
We find we're only little people
After all
And sometimes little people
Make big mistakes
Sometimes mountains crumble
Sometimes a heart breaks
We seek love endlessly
We trust our eyes to see
But sometimes little people
Make big mistakes
Sometimes little people
Make big mistakes
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14. |
Encore Intro
01:32
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Will you still love me when i'm dead?
Will you keep me in a plastic bag under the bed?
Will your love shine a light when the stars have all come down?
Will i lay by your side or six feet under ground?
Sole survivor
Will you feel that old chill in my bones?
Wil you miss me?
Will you still kiss me?
Will you still love me when i'm dead?
Will you keep me in a plastic bag under the bed?
Will your love shine a light when the stars have all come down?
Will i lay by your side or six feet under ground?
Sole survivor
Don't cast me out in the cold
Don't forsake me
Don't let them take me
Will you still love me when i'm dead?
When i'm dead
When i'm dead
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16. |
I Need You
04:01
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I need you
to help me find my way
I need you
at the end of the day
I need you
when I'm searching for a sign
I need you
when I'm way out of line
I need you
to help me to be strong
I need you
like the singer needs the song
I need you
like the darkness needs the light
I need you
in the middle of the night
The road's full of dangerous curves
We don't wanna go too fast
We may not make it first
But I know we're gonna make it last
I need you
when I'm up on the stage
I need you
to help me rattle my cage
I need you
when I'm 10 feet off the ground
I need you
to help me get back down
The road's full of dangerous curves
And we don't wanna go too fast
We may not make it first
But I know we're gonna make it last
Na na nah na na na na nah…
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pat mAcdonald Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
From my bedroom to barrooms to Timbuk3, to exile in Spain with an album in the can & no plan, I was always chasing increasingly trivial triumphs & glorious failures. A midlife German label deal enabled European tours from home base in Barcelona. From Legendary Sons of Crack Daniels to Purgatory Hill &back, i now live and work projex out of the Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. ... more
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