1. |
Devil on my Shoulder
04:55
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I got a motel room
and a flat screen TV
and I don't need you
or your company
I got a box of matches
and a can of kerosene
and I've got half a mind
to blow this town to smithereeens
'cause the devil on my shoulder
won't leave me alone
the devil on my shoulder
won't leave me alone
I got a case of Keystone
to keep me occupied
I'm so damned invisible
I don't even have to hide
so don't try to call me
'cause I won't be there
just gimme one more night
and I'll be out of your hair
'cause the devil on my shoulder
won't leave me alone
the devil on my shoulder
won't leave me alone
I'm weavin' in between traffic cones
'cause the devil on my shoulder
won't leave me alone
the highway's like a trapdoor
that you're standin' on
one minute you're there
and the next you're gone
so I'll be camped out by the lake
burnin' joints for fuel
baby, I may be a loser
but I'm nobody's fool
'cause the devil on my shoulder
won't leave me alone
the devil on my shoulder
won't leave me alone
you'll find my car keys next to my bones
'cause the devil on my shoulder
won't leave me alone
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2. |
Cry Havok
03:52
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in the service of state
and the general will
they'll smash all your windows
and send you the bill
there's an underage girl in the senator's lap
the religious fervor of the audience clap
cry havok
and turn tail and run
do not believe the words of the chosen one
down in Santa Barbara
the benches are turned
to make the homeless
more easily spurned
no need to be sorry
no need to be kind
to the empty stomachs
that you've left behind
cry havok
and turn tail and run
do not believe the words of the chosen one
go ahead and cut off
the pensioner's toes
this government is bankrupt
and so are its foes
the road to the capitol
is covered in gore
hello to starvation
goodbye to uproar
cry havok
and turn tail and run
do not believe the words of the chosen one
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3. |
Leather and Gold
02:36
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the forgotten taste
of your porcelain waist
the charms on your wrist hang like stars
pounded out,
this unbearable doubt
lashes me into scars
I'm walkin' down the road
lookin' for the money that I'm owed
and I'm bound in leather and gold
unspeakable wealth
with silent stealth
lurks in the curls of your hair
and I'm headed south
straight into the mouth
of heaven's golden lair
spread unto the earth
immeasurable worth
so that you might not ever grow old
and I'm bound in leather and gold
a great poet once said
that he didn't have a head
that he was nothing but celestial chance
but the poor farmer found
that the human and the ground
are locked in a bestial dance
I go off into the woods
to bury my goods
so that they might not ever be sold
and I'm bound in leather
bound forever
bound by leather and gold
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4. |
Lovesong in Disguise
05:20
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I can't get off this road that I'm on
I made a promise and the witness was the dawn
I took all of my weariness and I put it into song
and you can find it in my eyes
but they are just lovesongs in disguise
I took that train and I headed west
I took my jacket and I removed the family crest
well, I was just lookin' for a place to take my rest
when that babe who woke me with her cries
learned that she was just a lovesong in disguise
oh, oh, oh...
I saw a raven flying low
straight through the rain to a destiny unknown
and I wished to follow wherever he did go
but that bird in those thunderstorming skies
well, he was just a lovesong in disguise
I sat and I wondered where you are
Maybe you were in St. Louis
or maybe in the dining car
or maybe you were in the shimmer
of that single evening star
and then I came to realize
that you, my babe, are just a lovesong in disguise
oh, oh, oh...
Now I'm sitting all alone in here
and I'm callin' out to the ghosts that might be near
and I'm asking all of them nicely
to please not mind my tears
to look kindly on my whimpers and my sighs
'cause I am just a lovesong in disguise
I am just a lovesong in disguise
just a lovesong in disguise
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5. |
December June
03:31
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any time my woman sings
she shakes my banjo strings
she keeps my worried heart in tune
her eyes have got the power
to turn time back an hour
she could turn December into June
and if that woman left me today
I would cry and cry and cry
but if that woman loved me today
well, I would not dare ask why
she's got me hangin' by a thread
any time she turns her head
she's got me wrapped around her toe
I don't have to think about it
I couldn't live without it
anywhere she tells me, I will go
and if that woman left me today
I would cry and cry and cry
but if that woman loved me today
well, I would not dare ask why
and when my hair turns white
or when the money's tight
I know she'll be there to come on through
and in her warm embrace
on her lips I can taste
my heaven's morning dew
and if that woman left me today
I would cry and cry and cry
but if that woman loved me today
well, I would not dare ask why
but if that woman left me today
I would cry and cry and cry
but if that woman loved me today
well, I wouldn't dare ask why
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6. |
Graduation Day
03:33
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I went out of my way
just to please you
I would've knocked out
all my front teeth
to appease you
but instead you left me behind
in the dust
there's nothing worse than not knowing
who you can trust
I spent every last dime
on a slick education
and I come to find out
it was cheap imitation
oh, the things you can learn
just from being ripped off
the skin on the sleight of your hand
felt so lovely and soft
but on graduation day
I will run far, far away
your lecture halls and your books
ain't no reason to stay
I went out of my way
to avoid you
I would've gouged out
my very own eyes
to avoid you
and now that I've jumped
through your hoops
I am going to bed
to dream all your poisonous thoughts
right out of my head
and now that I've jumped
through your hoops
I am going home
you can't treat a man like a dog
if you don't throw him a bone
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7. |
Threadbare
05:05
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spinnin' 'round on the centrifuge of anger
duckin' underneath a tidal wave of hate
spillin' blood on the pavement of the war path
I'll meet you there at half past eight
threadbare and wound around the finger of an angel
my mother was a soldier and my father was a nurse
I'm depending on the kindness of strangers
yeah, you've seen bad but I've seen worse
but if there's one thing that I know
about the price of my freedom
it's that I pay it every day
and if I don't see you by this time tomorrow
I will make it up to you someday
sometimes my homeless friends, they ask me
why the sherriff has to carry a gun
I have to admit that I don't have the answers
but the ravages of cancer betray how the west was won
riches to the victor and woe to the conquered
the Rubicon stands between me and my love
I am thrashing through an ocean of bodies
I put no faith in the entities above
and if there's one thing that I know
about the price of your freedom
it's that you pay it every day
and if you don't see me by this time tomorrow
you'll know that I am on my way
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8. |
War and Cocaine
06:23
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there's victory in Jesus
and firestone tires
the prices go up
while the death count gets higher
there's taxi cabs parked
on both sides of the street
where young men on corners
have lovers to meet
but if they're not careful
they'll get shipped away
'cause the sky looks like warfare today
destroyers and battleships
out on the sea
but the big ammunition
means nothing to me
the children in uniform
have so much to learn
that red means to run
and that fire means to burn
and when the bullets start flyin'
you get out of the way
'cause the sky looks like warfare today
the sky looks like warfare today
from beneath the midwestern freeway
where old injured soldiers
have nothing to say
except, "the sky looks like warfare today"
he came back home
in a big cargo plane
now he's working construction
and doing cocaine
you'll find him at the bar
almost every night
he knocked up the waitress
and he started a fight
and he don't want to leave
but he doesn't want to stay
'cause the sky looks like warfare today
the sky looks like warfare today
from beneath that midwestern freeway
where old injured soldiers
have nothing to say
'cause the sky looks like warfare today
and the sky looks like warfare today
and we're in for a whole lot of rain
and the difference between freedom
and going insane
is the difference between
war and cocaine
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9. |
Morgan's Blues
07:25
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baby, I want
I want so bad to be your lover
baby, I want
I want so bad to be your lover
and I couldn't stand
to see you with another
baby, I want
I want so bad to have you here
baby, I want
I want so bad to have you here
every hour that you're gone
feels like another year
this world is rotten
it's rotten to its very core
this world is rotten
it's rotten to its very core
this world is rotten
and it makes me need you
all the more
baby, I want
I wanna take you far away
baby, I want
I wanna take you far away
where the thieves can't reach you
and the liars can't get in your way
baby, I want
I want so bad to be your lover
baby, I want
I want so bad to be your lover
and I want us both
to need only each other
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10. |
Yellow Moon
05:23
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lost in a yellow sky
I learn that I'm not afraid to die
lost in a yellow moon
I wish I was there in your silent room
lost in serenity
in your mind I find eternity
lost on these empty streets
I get younger every time we meet
oh, how I love this confusing world
oh, how I love this confusing world
oh, how I love this confusing world
I love, I love it, I love it so
I hear you singin' from across the air
knocked to my knees by your wet shower hair
I hear laughter when I touch your ear
I feel like we were friends in an ancient year
softly breathin' as you fall asleep
the soul prepares to take a leap
slowly fallin' through a dreamscape night
I pull you close and I hold you tight
oh, how I love this confusing world
oh, how I love this confusing world
oh, how I love this confusing world
I love it, I love it, I love it so
lost in a yellow sky
I learn that I'm not afraid to die
lost in a yellow moon
I'm glad that I'm here in your silent room
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Morgan Haner Music Chicago, Illinois
Travelin' the country, makin' noise with my friends
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