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1. |
Still Left Standing
04:10
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Move to the left
To the right, to the left
In a way that is deft
And away from everyone
Focus your eyes
On the bee no supplies
What a difference in size
Far away from everyone
We are the ones who survived the fire
And are still upstanding
We are the ones who dealt with fire
And are still left standing
Bold inner mold
Of the truth that we hold
That our conscience has told
In the light of everyone
Out in a cold
Living deep in a mold
Where the conflicts are bold
Far removed from everyone
We are the ones who survived the fire
And are still upstanding
We are the ones who dealt with fire
And are still left standing
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Thrill Ride
04:00
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There, supply your token
And settle in
I'll meet you on the other side.
They all thought we were joking
Darn meddling!
We're ready and fit to be tied.
If you want, just close your eyes
When you launch into the sky
I'll be right down here waiting
I'll watch you when you fly.
We didn't come all this way for nothin'
We didn't save coins & cans cuz they looked neat.
If you want, just close your eyes
When you launch into the sky
I'll be right down here waiting
I'll watch you when you fly.
If you want, just close your eyes
When you shoot across the sky
I'll be right down here waving
When it's your turn to fly.
This is the day that we've been waiting for
This is what summer's all about
This is the day that we've been aiming for
I think I can almost hear you shout
There, supply your token
And settle in
I'll meet you on the other side.
Even these crowds ain't nothing
We can handle the lines & handle the heat.
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3. |
I Am Not My Occupation
03:47
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I heard what you said
(Don't be discounted)
"Early to bed
& Early to rise."
Getting ahead
Ain't all it's cracked up to be
Man on a mission
With those television eyes.
Cluck like a rooster
Chirp like a hen
The sun is a-rising
It's time to begin
I am not my o-occupation
I decline the indoctrination
I am not my o-occupation
I decline the indoctrination
Everybody up!
No procrastination!
Everybody up!
You've got a certain place to fill.
Everybody up!
No procrastination!
Everybody up!
We've got to do another drill.
I am not my o-occupation
I decline the indoctrination
I am not my o-occupation
I decline the indoctrination
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Indecision
Just hot off the bus &
Coal retention
We flatter ourselves in
High dimension
We scuttle & fuss
Two can play at most any game
And you look like your dogma.
When the lights
Draw circles all around your face
We see the story
That you try to hide behind.
When the lights
Hover just beside your face
We see the story
That you try to hide behind.
Slow beginning
The actors are not here
Leslie's spinning
And counting a brand new year
We know a miracle
It happened before our eyes
Jesus bought his friend a beer
When the lights
Draw circles all around your face
We see the story
That you try to hide behind.
When the lights
Hover just beside your face
We see the story
That you try to hide behind.
Everything
Depends on everything
Behaving as it should.
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5. |
Names Are Just a Label
05:40
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Mercy wears a bikini
Joy cusses like a sailor
Hope pulled me down
And kissed me
Charity has a painting on her wall
Names are just a label
They're not who you are
It's nice to get to know you
As we drive along in my car
Faith resigned a long time ago
After the corporate change.
Liberty posts pictures that she shouldn't
And Grace was so beautiful
Names are just a label
They're not who you are
It's nice to get to know you
As we drive along in my car.
Aey, B, Kay, and P
Were all good friends of mine
We never played kick the Can
But I know who would Win
And I wonder
Whatever happened to L.A.
Yes, I surely wonder
Whatever happened to L.A.
Names are just a label
They're not who you are
It's nice to get to know you
As we drive along in my car.
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6. |
Don't You Go
03:44
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Don't you go
Taking all that love for granted
Don't you go
Trying to give it a different name
Don't you know
Good can come in any package
Don't you know
A tender heart, it has no shame
Don't you go
Fighting for the indecision
Don't you go
Stringing along like it's a game
Hearts are fire alarms
That go off
When no one is watching
Don't feed the fire
If you have no intention
Of snuggling someone
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Brown Trans Am
03:53
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We'd walk across the room
And everybody would stop & stare
There was certainly something
About your blazing red hair
And you'd just shrug your shoulders
And say, "I really don't care.
I remember who I was,
And that nerd's still inside there."
You threw me the keys
To your brown Trans Am
And when I hit the pedal
We were off to Neverland.
You went to parties for some American beer
You posed for pictures in the clothes they had you wear
And all the men would stop & stare
But you knew that nerd was still inside there.
We'd walk across the room
You could feel the sonic boom.
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8. |
One With the Earth
05:13
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My feet are planted in the mud
Branches are coming out of my body
Leaves are dropping from where the sun don't shine
I am becoming one with the earth
Grass is growing all over my back
My fingers have turned to roots in the ground
Even the animals are no longer scared of me
I am becoming one with the earth
And with one eye
I look into outer space
And I am there.
With one eye
Peering out through the bark on my face
If you come by
You may not recognize me
But I will be standing out in the front yard
Where I became one with the earth
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9. |
Rain Shower
03:07
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Rain shower today
Came & took my bluebird away
Chased it under a car
And washed it right down into the drain
When the grey clouds gather
All around
Count the things that really matter
And keep your feet on the ground
Hard rain comin' down
We're just trying
To get across town
Yes, I know
you don't like the sound
I am trying to push my own tears down
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10. |
Spinning Around
04:12
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The timing's not so innocent
The passion has its play
The crossing guard is up in arms
And the ministers still stray
Ask me what I think of it
And you will hear me say
Nothing you've never heard before
With a cup of Earl Grey.
And the world keeps spinning around.
If "mercy is a silver pearl,"
Then reason is a gem
A rose by any other name
Still has a thorny stem.
And the world keeps on spinning around.
Listen to what she said to me
Then teach me to be wise
I cannot always clearly see
Through her vapid disguise.
A room of smoke & mirrors
A community of spies
One small thing is not like the others
It's not "Lord of the Flies."
And the world keeps spinning around.
And the world keeps on spinning around.
On some other morning
When the grass is kissed by dew
When the sunlight climbs up the hill
And sits down next to you.
When the ash has settled
And the black smoke has cleared
The clues all lead right back to her
The arsonist I feared.
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Submarine
03:04
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Cold -- bottom of the sea
Periscoping all the
Monsters that you see
Will you ever come ashore?
I simply can't imagine
You want to do that anymore.
All that we fear is not reality
Yes, and the past obscures our vision
All that we fear is not humanity
But we have to trust to welcome real love
And when the time comes
We must risk everything
And when the time comes
We inherit everything
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12. |
Happy With Of
03:19
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Already used I
I did a very nice shopping
Perfect thought its cheap
And it is shining
Perfectly fix
They was so please
A bigger size for a different finger
Beings in my waist
Oh my friend them
I took the blue trees
Live the design
The lightning is actually kinda blue
I wrote it on a cruise
Can wait to put it on
Not yellow or generic at night
Itch you just can't quite teach with your arm
Snakes real easy
Cake a week before it said
Defiantly transparent
Look like nice
Exactly in a picture
And but not adjustable
Rings are a little right
I wrote it on a cruise
Can wait to put it on
Happy with of
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Easy Answers
05:26
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Honesty
Is deeper than the bluest sea
Honesty
Is when you give your hand to me
And I
Can also feel it.
And I
Can also feel it now.
Part of me
Wants to step inside your shoes
Part of me
Wants to find the things you lose
And I
Can also feel it.
And I
Can also feel it now.
And in the morning
We strain
Strain just like anyone
Vision of warning
We say
Say what's on our minds
Immemorial
And not relevant at all
The ancient thinking
The mind's eye blinking.
Yes, we're getting there.
One foot in front of the other
Immovable
Are the feet of those
Who don't ask the question
Who fear the confession.
Impermissible
Is the tongue of those
Who speak
Those who truly seek
Who don't buy the easy answers.
Fear not the dark and dusty corners
For if there is truth
It will surely also be there.
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14. |
Never Convince Me
03:20
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You've got an answer
For every question
And the ones that you don't
"Well, it's not for us to understand."
You're asking me
To forfeit a reality
We all agree on
Not some fantasy
You'll never convince me
Never convince me
Never convince me, no
I can't check my
Brain at the door
I can't suspend my reason
If there is some universal truth
It should hold up against my treason
You'll never convince me
Never convince me
Never convince me, no
Lollygag down your primrose path
Look up to the sky
Satellites can see so far
There is no heaven, is no heaven
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15. |
My Compass
03:02
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And I can't find it now.
I am lost without my
I am lost without my
I am lost without my
I am lost without my
The machine here at my fingertips
Has way too many bells & whistles
Too many buttons to push
Might launch a rocket
Or some missiles.
A robot was
The only person to call me
And it didn't even know my name.
Will I recognize you
When you come around?
I'm looking for somebody to blame.
I am lost without my Compass
I am lost without my Compass
I am lost without my Compass
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16. |
Fly Upside Down
03:38
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Little men drive the
Biggest boats in the universe.
Old people love
Any kind of giveaway.
Some people love to
Disappear & reappear.
And disappear again.
And I fly upside down.
I fly upside down
Can you see me
Riding shotgun in the valley
Of the Land of Make-Believe?
And I fly upside down
I fly upside down.
All this time, I kept waiting
To see if it will rain.
And it doesn't surprise me
That you were born in August.
I tore the shed down so she could have a garden.
I was the only one pulling weeds.
And I fly upside down
I fly upside down
I've got a coin in my hand
(My little shaking hand)
Call it in the air, if you can.
Penny go up, it go up
As it flips around
Penny go up, it go up
Then it goes down.
Some people change their truth
When they find a new delusion
And trade the old one in.
And I fly upside down
I'm flying upside down.
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17. |
Oliver Twister
03:20
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"I'm just me"
Said the viking to his daughter.
You can slice it
Any way you please.
I've got some canned goods
In the woods
But with no opener.
And every poison berry's a tease.
I'm gonna think about it
I wanna think about it
Sweet little sister
I'm gonna think about it
I wanna think about it
I've gotta think about it
Oliver Twister
You didn't want to make your own money
So you drove across town
And cried a flood to your mummy.
Stop & go for this one
Drop & roll for this one
Stop $ go for this one
Rock & roll for this little one
I wonder when
We'll see you again?
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Demons on Wheels Springfield, Illinois
Born from a desire to get down and dirty with some gritty garage rock, Demons on Wheels was founded by Kate Schwartz (End Times Trio, Tin Ghost, Forest Saints) in 2017. Initially planned to not exceed the skill of a teenage guitarist, the songs of Demons on Wheels have expanded to include more complex, angular, and skewed avenues. Buckle up and hang on! Contact DOW at kate.hubbard1010@gmail.com ... more
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