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City Kids
06:26
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you don't like doing
what you're told,
you don't take shit
from anybody, no.
You and me babe,
we're just a stone's throw
from the city.
From a city.
Any city.
I need you little one
by my side,
take you little one
for a ride,
you and me babe
we'll make it right on time
to the city.
To a city.
Any city.
Get a little tired lately
of my cage,
got to make it out
before it gets
too late,
I'm led to believe
in fairy tales
in the city.
About a city.
Any city.
Got a nasty habit
of breaking the bank.
Makes me uneasy-
lay flat on my back,
it's said I believe
to be a naturopathic remedy,
for living in the city.
For now I like to live
in the city,
it's got everything I need.
Everybody keeps telling me
that I'm blind.
I keep saying the same
in kind.
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2. |
What You Want
04:42
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I'm not...(x2)
not going to stand around.
Not going to speak
aloud about
what you want
all the time-
pressure kills
all the time.
I can't tell you
what you need to hear.
I've got...(x2)
I've got places and
I've got people and
I had patience but I
ran out of reasons.
If you need to leave,
remember this,
remember me
before I lost the will
needed to be
what you want
all the time-
pressure kills
all the time.
I can't tell you
what you need to hear.
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3. |
Sleepwalker
04:09
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You came,
I guess I was awake,
in another life
you got me up,
I took a lookout. (x2)
"She took a lookout." (x2)
Sleepwalker
break a toe
on a little white stone,
going further than
you ever have before,
I'd like to
clear a path
for your midnight run,
send you on your way
before morning comes.
You came,
I can't believe
you came,
it's been so long
since I've felt this way.
Do you hear what I'm saying?
Sleepwalker,
maybe from out of town?
I have so many questions
whenever you come around.
Do you like it here
under northern lights?
Would you like it more
with someone by your side?
You came,
I can't believe
you came,
it's been so long
since I've felt this way.
Do you hear what I'm saying?
I heard a rumour that
I didn't like,
that you couldn't stay awake
if you tried.
I don't believe it,
I won't believe it,
you look so peaceful
walking by the riverside.
Under lantern light,
in another life...
Sleepwalker
break a toe
on a little white stone,
going further than
you ever have before,
I'd like to
pick you up
before your close up,
send you on your way
before you wake up.
Sleepwalker,
are you listening?
Some people want to help you
ease the suffering.
Have a seat right there,
maybe just
take a rest,
you and me right here,
I believe it's for the best
that you came.
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4. |
Mission Hill
04:37
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Meet me where
you know me best-
sidewalks stained
with cigarette spit,
the saints were here,
this ground is blessed-
it's good to be back home.
It's been so long
I've been away,
all my life
it's been the same:
I look to where I stand
and say
'where else can we go?'
I know you know the feeling well
we're all sometimes
forced to pretend
so keen to stay
on promised land
until the day we die.
I know you know
how bad it was
to leave you there,
it said as much
in your letter-
but that's all over now.
Now,
what's the first thing
you can think to do?
Close your eyes.
What's the first thing?
Tell me the truth.
Thoughts will wander
far and wide,
I wonder
would you be surprised
that after all I still recall
those faded little scars?
Rendevous,
sweet secret thrills,
sunset,
climbing,
force of will,
nights so high
on Mission Hill,
staring at the stars-
You fell so far
you couldn't hear
my voice as I cried out,
the rocks tore up your arm
sweet gravity,
it beat you down.
So now I'm dying just to be here
friend of mine,
it's good to see you
still alive, biding time,
getting by
like I remember.
(x2)
How long (x2)
until we forget, (x2)
forget about it?
(x3)
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5. |
Keeping Me Awake
03:30
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A hundred times a day,
between breath
seconds away,
little thoughts creep in
that I can't handle,
vision starts to fade.
'Am I stuck in here forever,
am I just running in place,
living for the weekend
working for that living wage?'
Out here in the sand
fingers bleeding glass,
broken strings
covered in dead skin
from my fretting hand.
A hundred times a day,
between breath
seconds away,
and if I weren't pass too soon
who then would take my place?
Would you watch me grow so tired
and fall right off the stage?
Would you scream my name,
lend a hand in
keeping me awake?
You're keeping me awake. (x4)
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6. |
Out All Night
02:54
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It's hard to believe,
impulses
hard to control.
So one can't help but wonder,
but I bet
it's harder to know
your vulgar little secrets.
Acting so tough
never giving a reason,
it'll keep you/
does it keep you
up at night?
Halfway meetings
to discover the needs?
silk caress of a perfect stranger
pressure in your chest
heart skips a beat?
It must be so hard to breathe
when with every breath
you're lying through your teeth.
It'll it keep you/
does it keep you
up at night?
It isn't hard to imagine,
it's getting hard to ignore
the times
you're gone.
The mind wanders
while I'm here alone.
What would happen if I-
would you come back if I said?
what would it matter if I-
would you come back if I said
'You wouldn't ever
find anyone better?'
Would it keep you baby
by my side,
or would it keep you (x2)
out all night?
(x2)
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7. |
Dirt
05:22
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Follow me now,
there's a place that I know
for when the roads are all rivers
that ruin our new clothes-
It'll dry all our eyes,
deliver like no other.
It's places like this that take me away
from the mess that I'm in.
The boxes all marked
'returning to sender',
the vehicles roll from one rut to another-
I can't tell you why
but I've been feeling so tired.
Take me back to that place,
so far away from the mess that I'm in.
My friends have all split,
there's blood in my spit,
I can't seem to get myself
out of the mess that I'm in.
(X2)
Hey come on out for tonight-
he's only here for one night.
Hey it costs just a little, and
she plays guitar just like a criminal.
Don't take anything with you-
it'll just keep you down.
You won't wanna stay down
when it gets moving in there.
The lights hit the stage
and it's just like a dream.
he's singing for us
and I just wanna scream.
I know what you're thinking
and it might just be true,
so I'm falling all over myself
to be sure.
My friends have all split
There's blood in my spit
I can't seem to get myself
Out of the mess that I'm in.
(X4)
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8. |
Jeremiah
03:02
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My first cousin
Jeremiah,
he went down to North Korea,
came back in '54
to no applause.
He looked just the same-
his brain got rearranged,
he believed he was
the only son of God.
Under robes and holy garb,
lies the spirit and the mark
of a quiet man.
He once told me
life is fleeting,
keeping secrets makes you weary,
there are better things to do
than hate a man.
He lays down near hills and rivers
holds his hands
to stop the shivering,
tells his friends he's living
off the land.
Sometimes he hides
under the covers
singing
'We are all each other's
one and only.'
Jeremiah
and his magpie Magdalene,
he sighs-
he's living in his car,
and will be for a while.
He'll take his story on the road
with his woman and the clothes
he made from old fatigues,
as is the style.
He puts the car in park,
Him: 'do you trust me?'
Her: 'Are we really gonna live forever'
'with a half gallon tank of gas,
an old road map,
and a stick
to check the weather?'
Hey Jeremiah,
keep your rosary on tight,
when you're driving
all night. (x2)
(x4)
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9. |
Die Here
03:49
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It'd be nice to see you
make a date
on the weeknights.
It'll give me a reason
to drive into the city sometimes.
There are parts of it
that are really quite charming
once you've already moved on.
Got some friends
that live with me now,
they knew that life
the endless runaround.
They caught themselves
saying the same old thing-
(x3)
it's a nice place
but I don't wanna die here.
(X4)
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Wares Edmonton, Alberta
Wares is a heavy pop band from amiskwacîy, Treaty 6 territory. Their music is loud, dreamy, rough at the edges, fully live.
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