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We're Gonna Die This Way
03:38
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I taste the grit of the sand in my mouth
and I know I never wanna go home again
I seen the bottle rockets burstin' in the sky like stars
and I know I'm never goin' home again
It's been a long time since home was a place that meant
more than where I laid my head
and I'm not worried about all the things I own
I'll just burn 'em and walk away again
I don't really know what else to say
We're all gonna die this way
so pack your bags
let's all walk away
I'm gettin' back on the road because home is just
just another word for where I lay my head
I've got some friends and they are leavin' too
we're gonna chase this dream until the bitter end
Chorus
I've never ridden trains without a ticket but
but that don't mean I ain't as free as you
and maybe money means more to me than it does to you
but at least I ain't spangin' on the street
So stranger won't you put another dollar in the hat
we're just tryin' to make it to the next town
and maybe if we have a little extra we'll buy ourselves a drink
because that's all we really want
Chorus
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2. |
In the Cold Dark Clay
03:16
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Throw My Body Overboard, give me to the deep
Scatter my ashes on the wind or bury me on my feet
I stand before the firing squad, a smile on my face
Don't cry for me, don't shed a tear, just lay me in my grave
Sing me a song and hold my hand
As you lay me down to sleep
I don't care whats on the other side
My soul is yours to keep
Waltz with me to the gallows, I'll hold my head up high
I don't care whats in store for me, I don't want you to see me cry
Darling won't you bury me, beneath the midday sun
Dig my grave in the cold dark clay, when my time here is done
Chorus
Marry me, marry me, your the only love I know
Marry me, oh marry me, and I'll wait for you below
Darling wont you bury me beneath the midday sun
Dig my grave in the cold dark clay when my time here is done
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3. |
Bare Knuckle and Bone
02:59
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will you stand with me at the gallows
if I stand with you on the street
shoulder to shoulder bare knuckles and bone
its time we sharpened our teeth
they tell me I am a madman
they want to see me behind bars
they say I hear voices in the dark of the night
from the old ones lost far beyond stars
so tell me oh opulent daughter
tell me great son of the damned
when babylon rises up from the dunes
will you bury your head in the sand
Chorus
I saw the old world burn to ashes,
watched great cities sink to the deeps
I waited alone in the ruins of time
with dead men's secrets to keep
Chorus
so tell me one more time
tell me brave soldier again
how your empire means so much to the world
that it's rein should never end
will you stand with me at the gallows
if I stand with you on the street
the time has come to rip tendon from bone
to tear their flesh with our teeth
will you stand with me at the gallows
if I stand with you on the street
shoulder to shoulder bare knuckles and bone
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there ain't no trouble like the kind you get me in
and there ain't no better way to get to heaven
I feel my teeth growin' rotten at the roots
'cuz honey I am sweet on you
these days I feel like a broken old man
just waitin' in the shade for my own passin'
our bright lives, they are fadin' to the dark
and the sap is flowin' slow beneath this bark
listen my love and I will tell you no lies
about all the roads and paths I'm taken
those pretty one I left with tears in their eyes
and the choices that I know I had to make
somehow I feel I got lost along the way
like my grip slipped free in the haze
and I don't know if you could find me if you tried
beneath the sun, beneath the clouds, beneath the sky
chorus
and though we part I will give you my heart
to carry to the corners of this world
and when I'm gone set my ashes to the wind
that my heart may know my body once again
listen my love and I will tell you no lies
about all the roads and paths untaken
those pretty ones I left with tears in their eyes
and the choices that I know I had to make
and though we part I will give you my heart
to carry to the corners of this world
and when I'm gone set my ashes to the wind
that my heart may know my body once again
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5. |
Father
02:59
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Some of my earliest memories are of blue skies as far as the eye can see and
some of my earliest thoughts of you are of pain
I know you never meant for that, but that don't change what you have done
I still remember the old oak trees, you and me, us and them swayin' in the wind
A father and a little boy
Sat side by side by an empty grave
And each in his own thoughts he wandered
Which one of them, will find it first
Some times I lie awake at night
Just thinkin' 'bout me and him
I know I know, I love my brother
But father I am jealous of him
How different our lives have been
Him blissfully ignorant
Me carrying the burden for us,
Always remembering
(Chorus)
And brother will you ever know
How hard he fought for us
So despite all the damage that's done
My father I forgive you
(Chorus)
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6. |
Far From Home
03:36
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I know, I know we've got a long fuckin' way to go
you and me, we're gonna cross the seas
until we find our way back home
I know
I've found, I've found I've got to travel the whole world round
to feel at home, I've got to roam
until I find my way back home
I've found
So long my friends, something tells me we'll meet again
In another year, far from here
I'm gonna find you with a drink in your hand
My friends
So what I'm tellin' you is I'm never gonna be too far
Gonna walk for a mile or two until I
Find my way back home
My friends
So long, my town I'll see you around the bend
I'll look for you in a year or two
when I've found my way back home
My town
So long, my friends...
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7. |
Thick as Thieves
04:26
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You and me we're as thick as thieves
from the bottom of the bottle to these oakland city streets
and there's no lookin' back no there's no tomorrow
just you standin' beside me fillin' our hearts so hollow
so let's sail together right off the map
when we leave this town there ain't no comin' back
I remember when we stormed the south
some left hearts there and some fell out
singin'... (chorus)
when we take up our arms again
aim for the stars sugar, shoot to win
get back in the van just one more time
drive along that yellow line
sing it (chorus)
when we drive along that yellow line
pass the whiskey kill some time
we'll be drunk when we hit the show
finish your beer Dillie, it's time to go
(chorus)
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