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King Of The Ball
03:03
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I want to be right where I’m supposed to be
I want to kill everyone close to me
I want to wreck everything and then say that it’s mine
That’ll be fine
I want the piece I walked in the door with
I want the dollar they started the store with
And if I asked for it all would that be such a crime?
Don’t waste my time
Dropping a coin from the sky to see where it falls
What absolutely kills you makes me tall
King of the ball
Oh what a wonderful mind-bending joy it is
Feelings mutual, sure it is, boy it is
I want to kiss you and scream and then spit in your eye
Waving goodbye
Ahhhhhh!
Ahhhhhh!
That’s the sound of the demon whose come to collect
If you see me in hell what did you expect
Who’s next?
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Vinegar Hill
05:28
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Listen to me ramble
Listen to me sing
Listen to me I don’t owe you a goddamn thing
Give me the brush
I’ll give you a song
Far better men than me were known to be wrong
Look at my face
Are you alone?
Look at me, not me, look at the one in your phone
The shape of the forehead
It’s a little bit crooked?
Oh shit -
Do you know what I’m thinking?
What do you think I’m about?
I’m gonna get in your head and kick my way out
I pick my battles
When I’m on the attack
I’m gonna disappear and then come roaring back
Why don’t you give me the bad news
Throw me away
I’ll do absolutely whatever you say
I wanna get better
Ah, but do you believe me?
You’ll have to excuse me
This is where I come in
It’s-where you left off but-I’m about to begin
I wanna take you with me
Up in the clouds
Let you go and laugh as you fall down
I gotta call my lawyer
Get in the way
I don’t think you hear what I’m trying to say
We’re gonna make a few changes
And hope nobody’d notice
You looked better with a -
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3. |
Fall Apart
04:26
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You give away,
A piece at a time,
What you said you’d never sell at any price
You see the hand
Reaching out
You’d cut it off before you'd let it push you down
And if you feel the way I do
I’ve got bad news for you
They’re gonna get your story wrong
You’re gonna join the likes of me now sing along -
Ahh - watching it all fall apart
Ahh - watching it all fall apart
This was the house
We used to own
The neighbors watched us from the window with the phone
We parked the car
A mile away
Walking back we couldn’t think of what to say
Would you tell me something nice
Would you take me by the hand
Speak in a language I know
Give me the look that only I would understand
Ahh - watching it all fall apart
Ahh - watching it all fall apart
Bricks and plastic and twine
What was yours? What was mine?
You can keep whatever… you find
And you may think you let me go
But there’s something you should know
I’m gonna show up in a dream
You’re gonna have a hard time letting go
Ohh - look at it all fall apart
On no - watching it all fall apart
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Fool In The Heart
06:01
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Let’em both in when you're at the side door
Invisible friend like I told you before
Sneaking around like you think it’s a crime
Tell me when was the last time
You saw him alive
With your own eyes
Alone in the dark.
Make it come true
Sing this song like it was about you
Fool in the heart
Fool in the heart
Fool in the heart
At the hotel in the parking lot
Turning around, forget what you saw
The flesh and the ash, the money to burn
Somebody asked if you could return
To your own time
Remember what’s mine
A smack in the mouth
Like the real thing
Hear my voice far away sing
Fool in the heart
Fool in the heart
Fool in the heart
If this room goes on forever
And the walls seem to attack
If we force our lives together
One of us won’t make it back
So close your eyes and die . . .
. . . now where was I?
I think I remember how it goes.
Something about - “I’m disappearing and I can’t return”
Oh - -
- - Crash your car into the side of the road you stupid old man
If you think that gets you where you’re going
If you think it makes you more than just a
Fool in the heart
Fool in the heart
Fool in the heart
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5. |
Girl From Carbondale
04:51
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This is a song about a girl from Carbondale
Who had a brother and sister
And in 1970 the brother died
But she kept getting older
And at times she felt alone
In a crowd
Ohhh...
This is the part about the house I never saw
Outside of pictures and memories
And a Christmas on TV
Glass of wine
Half full...
All day, all night
It was something that could start a fight
Or forget about the whole thing
And tell a story over by the sink
I know a song about a girl who liked to dance
She told me over and over
To be careful out at night
Or far away; Don’t go
Don’t go
Don’t stay
It all comes back then gets away
From the kindness of a patient heart
Or the moment when you fall apart
This is a song about a girl from Carbondale
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6. |
Look At Me
07:33
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Look at me
Then look away
Make a wish
On pocket change
Your favorite weapon
Is back in fashion
Ahhhh
Ahhhh
In somebody's arms
In somebody's heart
Love is a dream you have in the dark
You have to remember you’re always alone
Ahhhh
Ahhhhhhhh
I climbed into a strangers car
Goodbye
Farewell
And au revoir . . .
Always disappearing
For nothing
For no one . . .
As it once was, so it will be
There is always someone near me
Moving slowly when you’re older
Kill the angel on your shoulder . . .
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I Saw Someone Alone
04:45
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I saw someone alone in a parked car
That made me wonder where you are
For all this time
Were you a friend of mine?
You leave a trail where you go
Ohh - -
I heard a voice under my bed
Sounded like something you once said
So long, here’s to your health
Why don’t you just kill yourself
Mmm mmm mmm...
Cut through the yard while time passes
How can you see me without glasses -
- You’re disappearing, I know it, I won’t let you
Moving so slow that I can’t catch you
Ahhhhhh….
Ahhhhhh….
Something brushed up against me at midnight
Guess I’ll prepare for the long fight
I drive a lonely road
Sing in a meaningless code
Backwards and forwards
Following orders
Look for my hand in the night
I thought you just might
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Lights Out
01:48
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I’m outside in the car
Miles from where you are
If it gets dark this time, it really will be
I’ll keep you off my mind if it kills me
My spotlight is fading out
You left to beat the crowd
Someone told me looks can be deceiving
There comes a time when you just stop believing
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No Horizon
05:10
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When I was only five
Some people came to our house
They took me with them and fled
I went willingly, or those who’d seen so said
In 1999
I turned up again
With no memory where I’d been
And people said that I seemed different then
No horizon
To look off to
No horizon
Only paper
And your body will betray you
Somebody will betray you
When my body was found
I was fifty years old
I’d seen that room before
But forgot about the distant sound
I’ll get it right next time around
I’ll run-right away from anyone
Who tells me they know where I’m from
No horizon
No horizon
No horizon
No horizon
No horizon
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Daniel Knox Porto, Portugal
With a baritone as dynamic as it is indestructible, Daniel Knox narrates compositions with a perverse and sometimes comical wit, guiding the listener through sprawling worlds that exist just out of frame.
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