1. |
It's Just Beginning
04:01
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All
The rings of Saturn
They drone on
A suite so eerie
Path
Of Cassini
As it ends
It’s just beginning
Hit
The boosters hard
Sail into a celestial gale
Leave nothin’ but a
Dissipating vapor trail
Glide
To deepest space
Beware of the event horizon
Too close and there’ll be
No escape
Not surprisin’
So
You’ve reached the moment
As you speed up
You seem to slow down
Now
Certain destruction
Is under way
It’s just beginning
With no ending
Hit
The boosters hard
Sail into a celestial gale
Leave nothin’ but a
Dissipating vapor trail
Glide
To deepest space
Beware of the event horizon
Too close and there’ll be
No escape
Not surprisin’
Crushed
Down to an atom
In this place
There is no ending
And no beginning
Hit
The boosters hard
Sail into a celestial gale
Leave nothin’ but a
Dissipating vapor trail
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Come Saturday nite
We’ll be aching
Recreating
All the times we had before
We’ll go for a ride
On the parkway
Before dark days
With no lantern take ahold
Some things have changed
From what we remember
Last December
And they’ve really taken hold
Is there a way to get back
Way to get back
Way to get back
Back to an easy time?
Like Saturday nite
At the tavern
We’d be playing
Like all the times before
But now the stage
Has been struck down
It’s a shutdown
No more dancing on the floor
Some things have changed
From what we remember
Last December
And it’s really taken hold.
Is there a way to get back
Way to get back
Way to get back
Back to an easy time?
Some Saturday Nite
Not too long now
After shutdown
We’ll be playing like before
We’ll go for a ride
On the parkway
After Dark days
With no lantern
Lose their hold
Like all the times before
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3. |
Another Time
04:13
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Save it for another time
Down the road
Save it though you’re next in line
In the queue
Deal with it in a century
That may never be
Talos was a giant of bronze
Throwing stones
Jason and his Argonauts should have known
Guardian of Crete
They did defeat
Made a getaway
Saved, for another time not a loan
Saved it,
An endless battery
Supercharged
Pay a price for the energy
Though it’s really free
Miserly Green
Never turned on the heat
Or laundered her hem
Died of apoplexy
And saved it
For another time
Save it
Save it
For another time
For another time
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4. |
Sad County
03:00
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I need a ten ton trailer
To haul my thoughts
I’m crossing imaginary lines
Booked a cheap motel
Hope it’ll serve me well
‘Cause I’m headed out of Sad County
I swipe the key card twice
‘Cause I’m all out of sorts
And throw my change down on the nightstand
Set the alarm for dawn
And with the curtains drawn
Make a memory of Sad County
Check out early
Before it’s light
Try to erase
The past
From the first mile marker
To the last
I got a ten ton trailer
To haul to haul my thoughts
I’m crossing imaginary lines
I’m headed out of Sad County
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5. |
Unglued
03:11
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It’s been coming for some time
Pushing forward, fall behind
Wake yourself
Before you come
Unglued
It will make you
Stumbling through the parking lot
Unglued
They will find you
Shuffling through
The daylight hours
Have a taste
To calm the nerves
Hours later numbed to sleep
In a dream
You start to come
Unglued
It will make you
Stumbling through the parking lot
Unglued
They will find you
Shuffling through the daylight hours
Unglued
It will make you
Stumbling through the parking lot
Unglued
They will find you
Shuffling through the daylight hours
Pressure builds
To make a change
Or a life will melt away
Put it down
Before you come
Unglued
It will make you
Stumbling through the parking lot
Unglued
You will end up
Shuffling through the daylight hours
Shuffling through the daylight hours
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6. |
Atlantic Sky
04:04
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Atlantic Sky lights
Illuminate the failure
Stead foretold the tragedy
1500 undersea
Shoot a flare up to alert
Carpathia
Miles from nowhere
A crowded deck
They shuffle to stern
Cling to keep the heat in
As she docked them
All safely
None could know the irony
That awaits
All heroes cursed,
Carpathia,
The forgotten
6 years on
By surprise
Torpedo’d in her side
6 years on
By surprise
Torpedo’d in her side
Atlantic sky
Atlantic sky lights
Illuminate a calm sea
Stead foretold the tragedy
1500 undersea
The water claims
All heroes, cursed
Carpathia,
Long forgotten
6 years one
By surprise
Torpedo’d in her side
6 years on
By surprise
Torpedo’d in her side
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Arguing with the setting sun
The gall of it
Not a ray remains
Horizon splits the night from day
Tell me now, why does it hide?
Is it rundown?
Will it sink so low
It must come out the other side?
Radiation still unseen
Where do they think it’s gone
The other side of dawn?
Will it yet come back to me
Strain from the mountaintop
See it fall up
From the night sky
Always spinning
Arguing with the setting sun
On waveless sea
Not a ray remains
Duldrums split the night from day
Tell me now, why does it hide?
Is it rundown?
Will it sink so low
It must come out the other side?
Radiation still unseen
Where do they think it’s gone
The other side of dawn?
Will it yet come back to me
Strain from the mountaintop
See it fall up
From the night sky
Always spinning
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8. |
Devil in a Blue Dress
04:40
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Devil came from Jacksonville
On and off the rails
He rode
And slept under pages
Burned it up, this
Sunbelt town
Out of state
He did move on to rattle some cages
After Summer disappears
Waiting on the sadness
Boarded up the boarding house
No one is escaping
Waiting on the madness
Five and seven years he counted
Bided time before he crossed
State lines
Lately caused their hair.
To turn to Grey
Five and seven years he counted
Bided time before he crossed
State lines
Lately caused their hair
To turn to Grey
In the shelter where he stayed, Heart
depraved he
met up with a glass-eyed stranger
Made a pact so criminal, no one in their twisted path was guarded from danger
After Summer disappears
Waiting on the sadness
Boarded up the boarding house
No one is escaping
Waiting on the madness
Five and seven years he counted
Bided time before they crossed
State lines
Lately caused their hair.
To turn to Grey
Five and seven years he counted
Bided time before they crossed
State lines
Lately caused their hair.
To turn to Grey
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9. |
Common Angel
03:45
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When will the nightmare be done
For this common angel?
Her face, the color does run
From this common angel
Hours before dawn
Desperate to hang on
Watch the passing street lamps
Through a sliver
Her hands, they feel in the dark
For the freeing latches
Muted, the voices debate
On grave, deep or shallow
Hours before dawn
Desperate to hang on
Now the wheels stop turning
Footsteps nearing
Hours before dawn
Desperate to hang on
On the freezing desert floor,
Abandoned
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10. |
Split Enz
04:30
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She spends the day
Suspended in a pool
Stuck in the shallow end
Needs sounds to mend
All she needs
To hear a favorite song
Is put the headphones on
And float away
She can hear not a soul
With the volume, clarion
Cauterize
The damage that’s been done
And make two
feel as one
She can hear not a soul
With the volume, clarion
Fog from the morning
has lifted
Afternoon mood has shifted
When a new Night time falls on the city
You’ll be calling me back home
Please
Let’s repair Split Enz
You can take your time
But please hurry up
She can hear not a soul
With the volume, clarion
Fog from the morning
has lifted
Afternoon mood has shifted
When a new night time falls on the city
You’ll be calling me back home
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11. |
Little Disaster
04:08
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Once, when I was a child
I was a little disaster
Things that I couldn’t resolve
Wasn’t a lot to believe in
And that ain’t all
Ghost in the hall
Face in the crowd
Still, when I was a child
I was a little enforcer
Problems that wouldn’t dissolve
Went on attack for good reason
I couldn’t stand at all
The terrible Fall
Of ‘79
“I’d rather be a joker than a king”
The faithless kids beside me
They all sing
Reminds me of another memory
Knocked someone out in the yard.
Zakula had it coming
Without permission, I fled the scene
Suffered a case of amnesia
Nothin’ I could recall
Then I felt fine
Some of the time
“I’d rather be a joker than a king”
The faithless kids beside me
They all sing
Reminds me of another, better
Time
The way it used to pass
But that’s all ended
Hide your face behind a mask
But take it off for someone
You can’t stay on the run
Yeah take it off for someone
You can’t stay on the run
For Life
Solo
“I’d rather be a joker than a king”
The faithless kids beside me
They all sing
Reminds me once again
“I’d rather be a joker than your king”
The faithless kids beside me
They all sing
Reminds me of another, better
Time
The way it used to pass
But that’s all ended
Hide your face behind a
mask
But take it off for someone
You can’t stay on the run
Yeah take it off for someone
You can’t stay on the run
For Life
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12. |
The Scene Queen
04:48
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The Scene Queen
Won’t give us the time of day
She dreams big
Always wants to control
Deceiving
She’s figured out
Every way
Now, let us say:
It started out
As a simple enough request
Some drink tickets plus one guest
You’re only too happy to deny us
So very shady
You barely see
The night clubs‘ worst nightmare
The Scene Queen
Won’t give us the time of day
She dreams big
Always wants to control
Deceiving
She’s figured out
Every way
Now, let us say:
You’re outta time
Clappin’ on one and three
Always pleasing and mingling
And ready to take advantage
You might be an angel
To some , I’m sure
But I’d show you the door
The Scene Queen
Won’t give us the time of day
She dreams big
Always wants to control
Deceiving
It’s a total con
At games she’s a master
Like a service charge
You find out after
The Scene Queen
Won’t give us the time of day
She dreams
Always wants to control
Deceiving
Late at night to dawn
At games she’s a master
Like a service charge
You find out after
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Dreams of a rock and roller
Tearin’ up the Sunset Strip
Hopeful, you leave the heartland
Gonna write the next big hit
When you find
It’s strange
Walkin’ past the Rainbow at twilight
With a mind
Rearranged
Will you make it to the Château Marmont?
Now in a room with vipers
Power in their teeth they grip
Shadows they cast before you
Over for your soul to trip
When you find
It’s strange
Walkin’ past the Rainbow at twilight
The Big Time, preordained
Will you make it to the Château Marmont?
You flyer
You pay to play
No big break
Will come today
When you’re finally estranged
Walkin’ past the rainbow at twilight
Get yourself on a plane
You never made it to the Chateau Marmont
You flyer
You pay to play
No big break
You’re in dismay
You flyer
You pay to play
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14. |
Karen Black
02:35
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Here’s a song about Karen Black
An elegy
To sleepin’with the light on
Every time that it gets re-run
A heart attack’s just begun
Silly little trilogy
Always makes a mess of me
La la la la la la la la la la la la
La
Here’s a story
The third of three
The only one that anyone remembers
They have it still in their fragile minds
Traumatized since ‘75
Silly little trilogy
Always makes a mess of me
La la la la la la la la la la la la
La
Silly little trilogy
Always makes a mess of me
La la la la la la la la la la la la
La
Here’s a song about Karen Black
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Secure, in the driver seat
Out of place in the neighborhood
With the windows rolled up tight
Can you hear the wail
Of the sirens?
Is it just too far
In the distance?
Too late
It’s faded into silence
On the other side
Of the safety glass
Is another world
You can’t understand
Oh well, on your ride
Dance the night away ricochets
Around your four wheeled cocoon
Can you hear the wail
Of the sirens?
Is it just too far
In the distance?
Too late
It’s faded into silence
On the other side
Of the safety glass
Is another world
You can’t understand
On a dark and narrow street
Unconcerned, on your party bus
The needle sinks down to E
The eyes behind the blinds you can’t escape from
You’re taken away
With the sirens
They’re now very far
From distant
Too late, you’ve faded
Into silence
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They call me White Lightning
Pure energy
Flows from our adoring crowd
From the fixed structure we are bound
Mounting flames that surround
Before our rocket leaves the ground
They call me commander
With great certainty
In our ability
Ticker tape daydreams seem to cloud
All of our judgment as we countdown
Before our rocket leaves the ground
Stay close to me
And look skyward
Our fame, it will soon dwarf the stars
We’ll share the glory at touchdown
Gold medals they’ll pin to our hearts
They call me White lightning
There seems to be some confusion around
Our position in the air
Rapidly gaining atmosphere
Before our rocket hits the ground
Stay close to me
And look skyward
Our fame will soon dwarf the stars
We’d share the glory at touchdown
But sadly,
We are no more
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17. |
Medicine Ball
03:42
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18. |
Self-Help
04:02
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Oo
They’re workin’ on your your fears
It’s as it appears
They count on you to fall apart now
Oo
Can you change your mind
Or is it by design?
Shut it out or it will wear you
Down
To the bottom
To the center
Of the core
Your being
They stare
You
Always count
Uneven dozen
Unlucky
At life
Shake up
Oo
They’re workin’ on your your fears
It’s as it appears
They count on you to fall apart now
Oo
Can you change your mind
Or is it by design?
Shut it out or it will wear you
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19. |
Bad Advice
03:49
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Don’t talk to me
Don’t break the ice
Bad advice
Ooh
Is all you’ll get
From, from me, from me
Don’t follow me
I’m lost myself
Off the shelf
Ooh
The continental kind I think
For me, for me, for me
P
Thoughtlessly
Lemming-Like
Bad advice
Ooh
You gladly take from me
From me, from me, from me
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20. |
A Special Chair
04:25
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If it was up to me
But it’s not
I would wipe away the stains
Wash them all until they’re not
If you find
You have the need
To medicate
Take a glass of something
Sweet
It’ll mask the taste you hate
Slip into the shade
And you’ll be comfortable
‘Till you find that there is certain danger
If you turned out to be
An astronaut
Would you keep the capsule
Clean
Antiseptic to a fault
And use your mind,
It can be thought as an escape
Through the hatch
You may return
After walking in
Free space
Slip into the shade
And you’ll be comfortable
Till’ you feel
uneasy
‘cause we’re strangers
Stranger
Come along with me
In my company
Come along with me
Yeah
If it was up to me
But it’s not
Take an axe to all the trees
Strip them all of any bark
Cut the wood in bits to make a special chair
You can sit under the trees
And imagine they’re still there
Sit down in the shade
And you’ll be comfortable
‘Till you find
That there is certain danger
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21. |
Down to a Glimmer
04:38
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There’s really no way
We could foresee
Over the headlights
Over the hill
Your loss of vision
Staring at bright lights
Down to a glimmer
Now you are here
Search
Never find
It will haunt
Your mind
You crashed and slid down the
Embankment
Into the headlines
Finally, fame
The only way you could achieve it
Who would believe it
The lengths you would go to
Search
Never find
It will haunt
Your mind
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22. |
Many Reminders
03:07
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On
A
Holiday
Ground
Shifts
With a force
Under
Sea
Divide
They will collide
There’s
A
Distant sound
Mountain
Of the sea
Rolls
In
Thundering
On to the shoreline
Stone silence fills the day
None left to say a word
Far as the eye can see
Bent,
Downed
Power lines
Ships
Lie in the street
Scattered
In the hills
All their belongings
Stone silence fills the day
None left to say a word
Waves wash away this holiday
In
The
Latter day
Life
Comes back
To shore
Never
As
Before
Many reminders
Never
As
Before
Many reminders
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Gymnasium Boston, Massachusetts
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Featuring a plethora of Boston's finest musicians.
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