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Want Show As Young
03:01
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On the burning streets of this town
With the old men on their knees
When will Sid and Nancy come ‘round
With all the fuel we could need
(chorus)
When the trains roll
When the trains roll on time
Let it rain down
Let it rain all over me
In the half-life there’s a new look
Desire or what it seems
From the left ear to the right hook
It shines so you can see
(chorus)
On the burning streets of this town
We rock and roll in heat
But baby you can turn it right down
Take your burning neat
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Mechanics
03:19
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Hear that engine roar
And pick your heart up off the floor
Gears that thrum and whine
(chorus)
Sparks kick the lights on and rattle up the wires
Stars blinking out but you and I are fine
Hear this verse commence
And drag your keys across the fence
Gears that strum and rhyme
(chorus)
This round or two won’t make you blind
But this kiss or two might leave you blind
Baby it’s all mechanics
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3. |
Out On The Waves
03:02
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Out of the cold, dead light, into the ground
Trees from the cruelest heights come tumbling down
(chorus)
Out on the waves
The waves
Out where the dark is new
Waiting for, waiting for
Waves out in the dark
Don’t let the blazing heat peel back your heart
Breath through the swirling black and spit out the tar
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If the phone rings, pick up
Give us a verse
Something from the old world
Bled out, fight songs
From bad down to worse
Something from the old world
(chorus)
Wake up to rise and shine in dark mornings
This time we’re punching clocks and making stations on time
Strung up, white out
Here comes the ride
Stripped until they shiver
Pieces of silver
One for each eye
Mercy ‘cross the river
(chorus 2)
Wake up to rise and shine in dark mornings
This time we’re punching clocks and making stations on time
Are we the best we can?
Are we the self-made man?
Exit Children
Blind in the light
Feed ‘em to the old world
On our laurels
Give us the verse
Something from the old world
(chorus 2)
Bleed out the old wounds and sing us the old familiar songs
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5. |
August Lightning Complex
01:18
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6. |
We Got Lost
02:56
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Do you remember the time we got lost
The rain was sharpened teeth, the sky was tossed
We laughed so hard our tears were floods the dam broke
Our fire went out, no one spoke
(chorus)
You made me laugh, you made me cry
We never stopped, there is no why
What made us laugh, what us cry?
The rain in torn sheets and broken skies
It’s much too early for you to be so late
Too tangled in your head to be straight
I’ve got the tapes where all the voice crack strings broke
No magnet to erase, no one spoke
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7. |
We Got Lost (Reprise)
00:58
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Burn up on re-entry
Carving up the spirit in the sky
Walk on golden canyons
Scratching out the stardust in your eyes
(chorus)
Through howling dark we trust
Through satellites and rust
We’re never coming home
Alright
We’re here to pin the medals
Here to pin some holes so we can breathe
Flung out in forever
Pouring all the blood onto the leaves
Years
Hold on tighter to keep warm
Years
Baby can’t you feel the storm
We’re never coming home
Baby you can drive it
Baby you can show us who you are
The pinhole where we come from
The dying ones are all our favorite stars
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Marching
09:15
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Marching to your own drum
March in the streets at night
When all the lights come on
You’re gone
Fog on the lake at dawn
Smoke or the clouds or tears
When all the clouds run clear
You’re gone
What do they call you now
Birds songs or bells or names
What do they call you now
You’re gone
You’re going
You’re gone
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10. |
Don't Wait
04:54
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(chorus)
Don’t wait
There’s another love
Don’t wait until it’s too late
Scenic outlooks and historical trails
This land, your land you and me
Kiss me quiet and then let’s go home
Make what we make you and me
(chorus)
Fortune smiling, no fortune never smiles
Tricksters and cheaters you and me
If the rain is pouring and the leaves are turning green
This land, your land you and me
(chorus)
If we don’t tell a story
If we don’t draw a map
There’s a reason
Shiver under our fingers
Painted silent and still
There’s a reason
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