Treehouse
Where you going, whatcha looking for
You're looking alright to me
When you grow up what do you want to be
Watcha doing, can I play too
I had a good life today
Mamma said it's alright, you can stay
And it's one, two, three I got my hey Marie
Come on let's climb a tree up to the sky
What's the matter, do you feel alright
Maybe you should stay in bed
Honey it's not what you did it's what you said
How'd you do that will you show me how
I wanna grow up so fast
No one told me that the child in me won't last
Well, let's climb a tree, I got my hey Marie
Come on and look at me up in the sky
I never had the chance to say goodbye
I never had a treehouse in the sky
And it's one, two, three I got my hey Marie
Come on and look at me up in the sky
Say goodbye goodbye
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Cigarette
In a black and far off corner of my mind
There's a box of something I can't quite define
It houses circus freaks, temptation and bad trips
In an isolated corner of the box
There's a trap door covered up with dirt and rocks
It opens to the stairs that lead down to the crypt
Do you know where you're going when you've taken your last step
Do you know what you get?
Cigarette
On a dark and lonely road in my hometown
Stands a house that long ago should've been torn down
It reeks of love gone sour, suspicion and bad debt
On a weather beaten transom in the house
Walks a friend of mine that I call the old king mouse
He dances in the moonlight and sleeps out on the steps
Do you know where you're going when you've taken your last breath?
Do you know what you get?
Do you know where you're going when they've paid their last regrets?
Do you know what you get?
Cigarette
In a black and far off corner of my mind
There's a box of something I can't quite define
It houses circus freaks, temptation and the Fayette County Fair
And it reeks of love gone sour, suspicion and big hair
Do you know where you're going when you've taken your last breath?
Do you know what you get?
Do you know where you're going when the devil starts to sweat?
Do you know what you get?
A cigarette
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Promised Land
It's my decision, I'm gonna be the man
Smash the television and take a stand
And it's my opinion, you could use a hand
Smash the indecision and take my hand
On this caravan into the promised land
It's my communion, I'm down on my knees
You've got to pray for our union and believe in me...
I'm asking for your hand into the promised land
When he met her she was just 19, and everything was right
On the way back home they stopped and kissed
On a cold November night
Five years on he bought a ring
Almost to the day
A year went by she gave it back
Nothing left to say
And it's my confusion, that's tearing me apart
And your disillusion burns inside my heart
I've been tried and convicted
You're sending me away
I'll have the last inscription
On judgement day...
One more lonely man in a foreign land
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Now and Then
Days pass and the weeks go by
Dream for hours 'bout the future
See the faces and the names go by
Between now and then...
These days
Years pass and your life goes by
All the while you stop to wonder
Brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers lie
Between now and then...
These days
Between now and then...
These days
Do you walk all the way?
Carry all that weight
Do you walk all the way?
Now and then
Days pass and the weeks go by
Dream for hours 'bout the future
See the faces and the names go by
Between now and then...
These days
Between now and then...
These days
Between now and then...
These days
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Sun Don't Shine
He takes the pain with his coffee
Stirs up his memory
On the streets where he wants to be
Mixing up a remedy
He lights up a cigarette
One thing he ain't quittin' yet
He leans on the launderette
Trusts no one he's ever met
Yeah, the sun don't shine for me
Addiction is gradual
Love is a chemical
God is habitual
Pain is desirable
Yeah, the sun don't shine
And the rain it don't mind
Yeah, the sun don't shine for me....
For me
I'm not the one to tell you lies
I don't mean to glamorize.
It'll knock you right down to size
Don't need it to make me wise
Yeah, the sun don't shine
And the rain it don't mind
Yeah, the sun don't shine for me....
For me
You really got me going
Through my veins the blood is flowing
You really had me going
Though my veins the blood is flowing
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Better Day
Everybody wants to find a way
Everybody wants a better day
You want to know, you've gotta find a better way
You want to know, you've gotta find a better day
Everybody got to get along
Everybody wants a better song
You want to know, you've gotta find a better way
You want to know, you've gotta find a better day
And when it all comes down and those people they're comin' around and
They'll tell you... well don't let them through
Everybody wants a way
Everybody wants to see a better day
Everybody get to you
Everybody wanna see you comin' through
You want to love
You've got to find a way
Everybody wants to find a way
Everybody wants a better day
You want to know, you've gotta find a better way
You want to know, you've gotta find a better day
You want to know, you've gotta find, you've gotta get it in your mind
Come on
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I'm The Only
You are the one for me I don't think you know it yet
You are the one for me though we've never even met
I can tell by the way you looked at me the other night
And something tells me, I'm the only
We both got somebody that don't matter anymore
'Cause everybody's playing, there's no one left to keep the score
I wanted a lost weekend in the mountains or the shore
And something tells me, I'm the only one around for you
In this town for you, its coming down for you and me...
I know you're trying to get by and you don't seem to care
The way you pretend not to look as your hand falls through your hair
Well I just wanted to say I'm sorry I don't mean to stare
Something tells me, I'm the only one around for you
In this town for you, its coming down for you and me...
I'm the only
I'm the only
I'm the only
I'm the only one
I'm the only one
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Behind My Back
Lost in love and lost in lies
Lost in.... my mind's eyes
Of all the things I've lost in life
My mind's what I miss, by far
Jesus came from my hometown
But he left when he found out
About the lovers and the liars...
These days who can tell them apart?
Behind my back, behind my back, behind my back
Strange things that go on behind my back
Tight and loud just you and me
Lost and gone, from here it will be
Who'd have thought you'd play that part
Who'd have known you'd be breaking my heart
Behind my back, behind my back, behind my back
Strange things that go on behind my back
Short in sight we couldn't see
Lost in lies I'd never believe
High on life and just too proud
It just never occurred to me
That you'd be home just bedding down
Behind my back
Behind my clown
Behind my back, behind my back, behind my back
Strange things that go on behind my back
Behind my back, behind my back, behind my back
Strange things that go
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Climb Down
Climb down from your high horse boy
Or somebody's gonna knock you down
Climb down from your high horse boy
Climb down, climb down
Climb down the world revolves around you
You hold it up but not for me to abuse
I've learned from you to lie and do what I choose
Do as I say just don't do what I do
Climb down when you tell me what's right
Judge the world from your near hindsight
I'll hold my own and my freedom to lose
'Cause what your holding's about to fall on you
Climb down from your high horse boy
Or somebody's gonna knock you down
Climb down from your high horse boy
Climb down, climb down
Climb down
Climb down from the big, blue sky
Everybody wants to get you high
Everybody's gonna know your name
Your getting pretty good at playing the game
Climb down from the weight of the hill
And what a race, man its such a thrill
So sad to hear about your next affair
Never seen a man drown in thin, hot air
Climb down from your high horse boy
Or somebody's gonna knock you down
Climb down from your high horse boy
Climb down, climb down
Everybody, all the people, saw you on the tv show
Everybody, all the children, heard you on the radio
Everybody, come on along just like me.....
Climb down from your high horse boy
Or somebody's gonna knock you down
Climb down from your high horse boy
Or somebody's gonna knock you
Climb down from your high horse boy
Or somebody's gonna knock you down
Climb down from your high horse boy
Or somebody's gonna knock you
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Madeline
Madeline flows like the summer stream
She talks with her eyes, she moves in a dream
Serenity grows in a pasture of green, and Madeline flows
Abagail flies on a silver wing
She might let me go she might let me sing
Prosperity lies in a mountain of things, and Abagail flies
When you find her tell her you don't mind the way that she crosses her legs
She winks to let you know
I only like to observe I don't profess to know
Kira comes on like the morning sun
She opens her eyes, she looks out for fun
Affinity flies through a canyon of one, and Kira comes on
Tabatha walks in the pouring rain
She closes her eyes to block out the pain
Disparity flows through a river of shame, and Tabatha walks
When you find her tell her you don't mind the way that she crosses her legs
She winks to let you know
I only like to observe I don't profess to know
And in the garden of blue she's coming back to you and the feeling is true
Oh Madeline won't you tell me what your gonna do
And when you find her tell her you mind the way she crosses her heart
And says I hope to die
I guess I'll never know you I guess I'll never know why
And in the garden of blue she's coming back to you and the feeling is true
Oh Madeline I never knew what you were going through
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Tell Me
By the look in your eyes I can see
That you'll never be alone again
By the look in your eyes I can see
That you'll never be alone again
You tell me you're lonely
You tell me you're only
Trying to get what you want
You tell me you're crazy
Drugs make you lazy
You're living on the battlefront
By the look in your eyes I can see
That you'll never be alone again
By the look in your eyes I can see
That you'll never be alone again
You tell me you know me
You're gonna show me
Show me what you really want
You tell me you need me
You're gonna please me
Just tell me what you really want
By the look in your eyes I can see
That you'll never be alone again
By the look in your eyes I can see
That you'll never be alone
Again
On the battle line
Again
Don't you want me this time
Again
On the battlefront
Again
What you really want is me
You tell me you're lonely
You tell me you're only
Trying to get what you want
You tell me you're crazy
Drugs make you lazy
You're living on the battlefront
You tell me you know me
You're gonna show me
Show me what you really want
You tell me you need me
You're gonna please me
Just tell me what you want
You tell me you're lonely
You tell me you're only
Trying to get what you want
By the look in your eyes I can see
That you'll never be alone again
By the look in your eyes I can see
That you'll never be alone again
By the look in your eyes I can see
Never
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Already Down
Stay away from me because
I might just lose my cool
It happens every time you know
And makes me feel the fool
There are times when I don't know who I am
When I don't think I ever will or can
You and I it always seems that we can't get it right
It happens every time you know It ends up in a fight
There are times when I don't know who I am
When I don't think I ever will or can
'Cause
I'm already down
Already down
Stay away from me because
I might just lose my cool
It happens every time you know
And makes me feel the fool
There are times when I don't know who I am
When I don't think I ever will or can
'Cause
I'm already down
Already down
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Sound The Warning
All I wanted was to find my way
All I wanted was to save the day
All I wanted was to be your friend
That's all I wanted in the end
From the corner of my eye I saw you flaming across the sky
There was nothing I could do than to burn up next to you
There's a fire burning in me
It's a storm bound to win me over
People run, December morning
They run to sound the warning
Over
When we lay down in the grass
All my feelings turn to ash
All the pieces of my soul
Heart to harden into coal
In the middle of the stormy weather
When our bones start to fuse together
All the protons and unnamed neutrons
Explode in me
There's a fire burning in me
It's a storm bound to win me over
People run, December morning
They run to sound the warning
Over, it's over
Sound the warning
Sound the warning
Sound the warning
Sound the warning
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Let You Go
He met a girl on the beach in his Chevrolet
A girl that he loved that he gave away
She said go boy go, will this make you stay
He said thanks a lot, he said not today
She tried so hard she tried so long
That she lost her sense of right and wrong
He said he heard a word coming from above
He said the closest thing to death is love
Hold on, no, don't let go
I want to hold you tonight and never let you go
Hold on, no, don't let go
I want to hold you tonight and never let you go
When you wait too long and you find out that what you had was free
And the tears you fought were telling you
Just what you really need
He had to sing a song so he left that land
He never said goodbye he never held her hand
He was home in a year a broken man
Couldn't find the girl who would love him again
Now the only girls that will hold him again
Are his mother and his sister Ann
And he drives around in the Chevrolet
And he sits in the back and he cries everyday
In the car that he let the girl get away
Hold on, no, don't let go
I want to hold you for life and never let you go
Hold on, no, don't let go
I want to hold you for life and never let you
Let you
Let you
Let you
Go
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