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The Pan-Pacific Way
03:40
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Out the Pan-Pacific Way I watched her as she swayed
The ghosts they all passed through the rest unseen
Her magic wand she waved, she said we would be saved
But only if we were to succumb
There's a city up ahead, all the citizens have fled.
If you hear the sound of sirens don't be scared
Leave your fears at the gate
There's nothing in this world to hate
Only boulevards of grim and broken dreams
Oh lovers of the night, are we finding out we can't make it home
Reach out I'll take your hand, we are ghosts in this land
We'll never find our exit strategy
Our medicine is dead and society instead
Throws our love into a room and locks the door
We are ghosts of the road, shadowed by the crows
Or the ravens that circle overhead
In the distance there's a car
Its your gorgeous eyes could bathe a star
I'll hold on, we'll always be here
Lovers of the road, finding out we can't make it home
Lovers of the road, finding out we can't make it home
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2. |
The Silk Season*
05:03
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I don't know if I was cruel or kind
Can't you tell me though, if I still cross your mind
Oh Valentino got a medal
Ah he got wounded in a battle
He knew you when you were a cowgirl
He still has your buckskin saddle
Out there tonight, on the French Riviera
You'll be waltzing light, to a saxophone
On those Valbonne cobblestones
How I wish I was near you, but no.
We were drinking on the terrace
And I raised a glass to Paris
Then I made off with the chalice
With the devil as my witness
And outside by the stairs I can hear little whispers
As Esmeralda stares into my blood shot eyes
Tonight we'll cut all ties and she'll meet up with her sisters and go
Of course I knew, trouble was brewing.
Your seaside charm would be my undoing
Life on the coast was giving me the blues
Just when i needed you most, you cut me loose
Out there tonight on the French Riviera
You'll be waltzing light to an old mans saxophone
On those Valbonne cobblestones
When you cry out will they hear you, no
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3. |
A Sunbeam
05:27
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You can go where the sun breaks down, in the sea
Far away from the waves that you feel
I would take the flowers that you cast away and place
Them down in the rays of a sunbeam
Of a sunbeam
Do you feel like your lightest moments have passed
That the Freudian mind you keep beneaths unmasked
I spent all my time watching stupid films
When you were out there in the world - doing your thing
Did you go cause your temple burned down
And the pain that you carry in your heart won't go away
O for the faith of a mustard seed
Send me light - set me free
Do you remember we went to the lake
We felt so afraid
Do you remember how they told us lies
Just to get us to believe
Spent these last years trying to unlearn
All the lies that I was told when I was young
O Lord don't send me a camel or a needle or a thread
O Lord don't send me a camel or a needle or a thread
O for the faith of a mustard seed
Send me light - set me free
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4. |
Reclaim your Heart*
03:08
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Seems I'm devoted to being foolish
I'm devoted to being stoned
And I can count on one finger all that I have owned
I've owned your heart, it amazes me still
And if you want me to reclaim your heart I will
I gaze out my window at the lights upon the hill
Then down to the empty bottles lined up on my window sill
I gave you all my dreams at the very start
Give me the green light and I'll reclaim your heart
I've got bad memories and you do too
But for what its worth I'll still go to you
Nothing is for certain, you can chance you can guess
I know your heart is hurting I'd settle for noting less
The stars they glitter brightly as I take to my bed
Visions of your sweet face keep running through my head
I know the script well I can play the part
All I need is your sign and I'll reclaim your heart
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5. |
Loss of a Horseman**
03:34
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Woke up one morning ten years ago
Told the old lady I'd be back before dark
Was down by her house today
I would have stopped in but
Couldn't find a place to park
I must have been feeling lonely and blue
Almost broke me up - thinking about you
There's a sign on the door took you out of the garden
Everybody's midnight and everybody's shame
You sent me word about some job in St Louis
Take the river boat and I'll take the train
I must have been feeling lonely again
Thought I had you back but your gone again
There's word up from Chicago there's word up from the north
Ain't nobody out there knows what any of it is worth
They say they pay good wages they pay transportation too
Treat you like an immigrant but I'm just the same as you
I can't remember the time or the place
Wind whips the dust from the road back up in to my face
Woke up one morning ten years ago
Told the old lady I'd be back before dark
Was down by her house today
I would have stopped in but
Couldn't find a place to park
I must have been feeling lonely and blue
Almost broke me up - thinking about you
Blew a damn good high thinking of you
Almost broke me up thinking of you
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6. |
Hanging by a Thread
04:16
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Come away with me we can go
On the rising tide
I found the keys to a car and it ain't mine
I'll drive you can sit by my side
Through the tunnels and over the bridge
Find out the places we missed
In our busy lives
Maybe we'll get something back
That's been left behind
Lately I've been having a hard time sleeping
I can't lay down my head I hear you breathing
I wasted my whole life on lots of things I don't believe in
Sometimes its so hard to live, sometimes its so hard to live
Hanging by a thread, Hanging by a thread
You said to me there'll be plenty of time
To do all the things that we want to in life
But days like a river flow under the bridge
We watch our reflections change in the years
We never found our way home
Lately I've been having a hard time sleeping
I can't lay down my head I hear you breathing
I wasted my whole life on lots of things I don't believe in
Sometimes its so hard to live, sometimes its so hard to live
Hanging by a thread, Hanging by a thread
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7. |
(Mainstream) Shelly
03:38
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I don't know how I can break the news to you
That I got these thoughts and I have to see them through
The adds say help yourself, don't worry about no one else
Shelly I love you dearly you are too mainstream
Well I know you will be alright cause you got two kids
And they might be mine now but hey we never really clicked
I got the urge to leave after watching MTV
Shelly I love you dearly what can I do
Shelly I love you but you're too mainstream
Shelly I love you but you're too mainstream
You got a heart of glass
I'm burning for excess
Shelly I love you dearly you're too mainstream
Well your Mother says I'm cruel says I always was
And your Daddy is so distracted he's taking pills
Your brothers say I'm lazy
My shrink is f..... cray
And I look at you and say oh what have I done
Shelly I love you but you're too mainstream
Shelly I love you but you're too mainstream
You got a heart of glass
I'm burning for excess
Shelly I love you dearly you're too mainstream
Shelly I love you deary you're too mainstream
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8. |
Voice of the Tribe
04:09
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You came out of nowhere and you're leaving today
With a wave of your hand heading off for the train
There's a gallon of Paddy swimming in your blood
Though you say you've had nothing to drink but a sup
All the women are weeping and holding their heads
For they know that there's something inside you've not said
And the men of the town they are saddened indeed
For the loss of their leader the voice of the tribe
Why do you leave oh gra mo chroi
Do we not give you much love and happiness here
And who will speak for us all when your away
Your the flesh and the blood and the voice of the tribe
You'll seek out the parallax at the end of the track
You'll make vows and break them and then you'll come back
Hear all the gin voices tell spurious tales
By campfires a burning in the high up sierras
And we might be gone love we might have passed away
Ah when you return to your old home someday
Like in Sally and Danny we'll be under the mud
All a weeping and a wailing for the voice of the tribe
Why do you leave oh gra mo chroi
Do we not give you much love and happiness here
And who will speak for us all when your away
Your the flesh and the blood and the voice of the tribe
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9. |
Sing
03:12
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Sing if you would sing
if you would sing what would it be
If you would sing one song what song would it be
Oh preacher your teachings are so rich
That is the reason they have left your church
You don't listen to the voice that speaks through you
As you sit there on the alter of light
For it is the voice of love passing you by
Getting wasted on the blindness where it falls
Every day from the dawn until the dawn
It continues to sing its sweet song unheard
If you would sing, if you would sing
if you would sing what would it be
If you would sing one song what song would it be
For this reason we gathered on logs
In the mountains high above the city
We passed the bottle settle in to our songs
Hoping they would blend with the other somehow
Down below we saw them singing false songs of love
We saw the fractious towers that they build too
We laughed though we knew - secretly - we were them
We were lost far away from the hymn
Sing if you would sing if you would sing
if you would sing what would it be
If you would sing one song what song would it be
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10. |
City of Lonesome Dogs
03:44
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City of lonesome dogs
Sits at the edge of the world
Has the blessings of God
Acts just like the devil
As the other shoe falls
And the children play
Didn’t hear it land
I was miles away
Miles away
And she wraps a ribbon
At the blessed tree
Around Miriam’s hand
Please rescue me
Rescue me
City that sets in the sky
Has its smoked filled rooms
Sang at tables there
Under two full moons
Two full moons
See this lonesome dog
As he walks with her
Up those spiral streets
Doesn’t want to be alone
Anymore
City of lonesome dogs
Sits at the edge of the world
Has the blessings of God
Acts just like the devil
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Honest Jeremiah Limerick, Ireland
Honest Jeremiah is the recording name for Dermot Carroll and friends
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