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| 1) Shut Down Days | ||||||||
| Every day is a struggle things are moving real slow. Running circles around the town; still don't know where I'm going. You and me, we been rollin' for a long time, up and over and down and out. We're headed westward, where the ground's a little softer, and the air's a little sweeter. And you know I'm getting closer in these shut down days with my backward ways. I use it for what it's worth nothing more--that's how I stay on my feet. Old man trying to hit me up for some money, but I'm the one who needs to eat. You and me, we been rollin' for a long, long, long time. Looks like I'm sleeping in your backseat. When the sun starts setting in the city is when I start to beat the heat. And you know I'm getting closer in these shut down days with my backward ways. Ain't got time for indecision with my back up against the wall. Try to make the right provisions to make it come alive--to make it come alive. come alive....... |
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| 2) Focus | ||||||||
| What is this confusion? I think I'll drive it out. Look for the solution--I think I'll drive it out. I said Focus man get it right--I think I'll drive it out. Wrap it up and keep it tight--I think I'll drive it out. (Chorus) Signs on the corner and the rules of the world I don't believe what they're sayin' or am I just missing out on the action of a much better scene suddenly it comes clear to me Thoughts in all directions--I think I'll drive it out. Natural selection--I think I'll drive it out. I said Mellow, man, you movin' too fast I think I'll drive it out. Like Jello, man, you make it last I think I'll drive it... (Chorus) Somebody's stealing my soul away from me Somebody's given me no time to breathe Somebody's stealing my soul away from me Somebody's given me no time to breathe I'm not gonna take it I'm not gonna break it I'm not gonna take it No one's gonna steal my soul away! Hey, gimme my soul back, man Suddenly, it comes clear, clear. Move me down (Funky signs part) |
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| 3) Villain | ||||||||
| Maybe the love that comes from one dove to another means more than the brother above. I know one thing, I speak with clarity. Talking straight is hard for such a pseudo-priest. I don't believe that your musical world's deceased. You give your life to your favorite charity. Some things are really impossible to understand. How could a boy be so wrapped up inside a man? The worst part being, he's out of this world. When will you come here and try to make my life complete? All I can do is compare the people that I meet to you. You just don't realize.... How could you do this to us? How could you make us go so far? How could you run away from us? I wish that I could rearrange the time you spent with me, cause you know how much it meant to me. You're a villain. How could you do this to us? How could you make us go so far... |
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| 4) Month Before December | ||||||||
| Riding a rollercoaster going uptown on a one-way street going downtown in the month before December She's bending over backwards to hide what's loose around the edges but you can't do that with me anyway. Cause I'm going uptown she's going downtown. Our paths might have never crossed. I'm going uptown she's going all the way to the ground she'll have to go find him in another town. Here she comes again. Smile and keep looking pretty cause emotion is hard to find inside someone who isn't in touch with herself. Lucky she never could use me it might have been real, real difficult. It might have been the month before December. Cause I'm going uptown she's going downtown. Our paths might have never crossed. She's going downtown I'm going all the way to the stars: she'll have to go find him in about a thousand bars.. She's seeing people from Mars...in about a thousand bars She never went that way |
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| 5) Maggie | ||||||||
| Maggie's out sleeping in the cold. There's a little girl inside a woman getting old. Maggie's got a yesterday that's longer than today, but she isn't getting gray. She almost always feels o.k.--but that'll change Maggie's got to hide her eyes at night, she's got her hands up but there's nothing left to fight. Maggie got a friend for all occasions, and she's in it deep inside. She's got her feelings and then her pride--but that'll change... Maybe the way to go about it is to push my love aside and then get off this crazy ride until the green lights. Maggie's quite a woman don't you know, she's dreaming about the rain when it's the wind that starts to blow. Maggie's got an empty space to fill she doesn't really care, she's everything and she's everywhere around me. Maybe the way to go about it is to flood her eyes with tears then make her memories disappear and come out laughing and singing. |
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| 6) Designer Ties | ||||||||
| And when the tide has come it won't be long I can hear the movement creeping towards our feet...we'll throw on our best designer ties. Don't count on the moon to give you the secrets in the night Those answers are beknownst to stardust falling bright. And when the dream's alive the passion flows and the rhythm goes like a candle in the night. We'll be on our best behavior then. Don't count on mystery or a treasure in the breeze. You know your destiny lies on the raging sea. Don't count on your mother: she's just another kiss away. Don't count on your father: you give your all and he'll betray. Don't count on a lover, wrap you up and make you pay. Don't count on any other cause I'm already here to stay. |
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| 7) Real Thing | ||||||||
| Baby, baby, you've got the rhythm so come lay down with me. Baby, baby you've got the rhythm inside. It's the real thing coming up from nowhere. I've got no explanation for my sudden agitation. |
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