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American Creek
03:47
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I was born like the fruit
That falls down by the root
On the banks of American Creek
I dropped down from a height
Like a thief in the night
To inherit the lot of the meek
I learned mercy and love
From the purple-winged dove
As she sang me the songs of the weak
But I longed to forsake
Like the red-bellied snake
On the banks of American Creek
I grew bold in the shade
Til I outgrew that glade
With dreams of the havoc I would reek
So I climbed to a point
Where the clouds might anoint
Any soul who had bothered to seek
And the mountain came down
And I tore at it's crown
Til it hung like a moon from my beak
Then I fell full of lies
As a hawk from the skies
On the rats of American Creek
I had lied I had sinned
Tried to hide on the wind
I had covered myself with mystique
With the masks I had worn
The pains I had borne
And the prayers I would speak
I had made a mistake
Like the rat and the snake
I had learned not to find but to seek
So I spoiled like the fruit
Left to rot by the root
On the banks of American Creek
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2. |
Jubilee Bridge
03:08
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3. |
Golden Swallows Fly
03:45
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4. |
Gone From This Town
04:27
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Delicate Souls
03:21
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There's an empty road with a dead coral tree
On the east side of Berry
An empty road where the cars never slow at the bend
An empty road full of delicate souls
On their way down to Purgatory Ferry
An empty road where the world has established an end
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6. |
Tight Noose Blues
04:00
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7. |
This Hill
04:37
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8. |
Good Good Lies
02:51
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We lied outright to each other
You know they were good good lies
You played to my flea market honour
And I played to your pawn shop surprise
Your outrage at my sad behaviour
Undone by my outrageous lines
But you stopped in the rain
Just to hear them again
To use them for your own designs
Then came the clutch and desire
The arrows hell-bent on their mark
Your kisses set me afire
And we burned full of holes in the dark
And when it was done we were laughing
When it was done we were scared
When it was done it was obvious
One of us hated that one of us cared
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Avalanche of Reason
03:02
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I see it in your eyes
It's not quite hidden there
Comes as a surprise
The coolness of your stare
Don't know how I believed you
You understand it all
Face just like a mountain
Never gonna fall
Never gonna fall
You walk along the roadside
Off to gallows pole
Rocks have started falling
Falling on your soul
Waiting for the green light
Staring into space
An avalanche of reason
Falling from your face
Falling from your face
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10. |
No One Could Go Home
05:12
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Hey there Mister Golden Ears
I heard that you found love
Tossed down in the gutter
Like some holey worn-out glove
All that time you heard it clapping
Waiting there for you
You picked it up and tried it on
And prayed that you'd find two
No one could go home
No one could go home
Hey there Mister Golden Ears
I heard that you sought love
I'm sure you'll find it louder
Than the thunderbolts above
Shakes like dolby stereo
In glorious surround
But just for you
It's mono too
It's every kinda sound
Hey there Mister Golden Ears
The sirens of this town
Still sing in drunken revelry
While heading west on Crown
Up to the bridge of Jubilee
From downtown near McCabe
Overturning every garbage bin
And waking every babe
And when your little party got old tonight
I wouldn't let you turn on that light
No one could go home
No one could go home
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