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1. |
Dreams Run Wild
03:23
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Ride on that midnight special
The train is going south
The noble lady booked an extra seat for her cat
So you can’t sit down
She makes your dreams run wild
The moon is sending pale light
The curtain‘s red and thick
A spy is in the darkness and
He knows what you’ve been doing every bit
He makes your dreams run wild
But we don’t care about tomorrow
We only care about tonight
As long as our dreams run wild
Shake up your heavy heart
Dance some tango with me darling
The crooner‘s voice is touching my emotions
In a way that makes mе jive
He makes my drеams run wild
The cops don’t care about tomorrow
They only care about tonight
Oh I’m longing for your kisses
As I suppose you long for mine
I want my dreams to run run wild
I harvest my emotions
Put them on a tray
Drink a glass of water
To refill what I’ve been sweating out today
To make my dreams run wild
I don’t care about tomorrow
I only want to be alive
I don’t wanna be persuaded
Or taken onto some dark side
As long as my dreams run wild
I don’t wanna be no p’liceman
Nor some ordinary bride
Yes I wanna be an actress
With her wit and beauty shining bright
Who makes my dreams run wild
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2. |
Down In Portugal
02:59
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Look at that girl
She's got tears in her eyes
Silver sunglasses
And a face that smiles
Look at that girl
Being afraid of a war
She's painting her nails
For her drink at the bar
I could swear I love her, but I don't have proof
I could swear I love her, but I don't have proof
Down in Portugal
She's taking a ride
Like a movie star
Down the coastline
All the hard luck sailors
Wait for her in line
At the slavery harbour
In the morning time
I could swear I love her, but I don't have proof
I could swear I love her, but I don't have proof
Look at me baby
It’s all right in my eyes
If you don’t turn around
It might simply pass you by
I'm stranded at
This old beach house
Look at the sun
A car leaves town
Might just be her
Passing through
‘Bout certain things
I ain’t too sure
Those chained ghosts floating
All around
A fog topping the mount
I could swear I love her, but I don’t have proof
I could swear I love her, but I don't have proof
Look at me baby
It’s all right in my eyes
If you don’t turn around
It might simply pass you by
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3. |
Heavyweight Woman
03:39
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Woman
I'm having bad dreams lying in our bed
Are you crazy to call me that name
Those things should never be said
Didn't I give you everything
Before everything turned all bad
We’re painting Rorschach pictures on our sheets
She’s my heavyweight woman
And we kiss on the clouds
Over Amazonian rainforests
While the pistol shots shout
She's got a mind like a conquistador
Manipulator of crowds
She's a salvation army
With their horns playing loud
She’s my heavyweight woman
Woman
Why are you treating me like that?
Weren't thе circumstances mad enough
Beforе the things I've said
Doesn't really make sense
It never did
We’re reading signs in faces on the street
She’s my heavyweight woman
And we kiss on the clouds
Over Amazonian rainforests
While the pistol shots shout
She's got a mind like a conquistador
Manipulator of crowds
She's a salvation army
With their horns playing loud
She’s my heavyweight woman
How do you sleep?
With your sad seaside eyes
So easy to be held
So cool with yourself
She’s my heavyweight woman
And we kiss on the clouds
Over Amazonian rainforests
While the pistol shots shout
She's got a mind like a conquistador
Manipulator of crowds
She's a salvation army
With their horns playing loud
She’s my heavyweight woman
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4. |
Sweet Marie
04:04
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Late by nighttime we shall meet at your place
Just as sacred as the holy garden gates
You turned me on
Then you turned away
Showed up with your feathered hair
Your shadowy eyes
That brilliant disguise
That we wear
You told me you were a queen from the sea
I told you so many different kinds of things
About stormy weather
And ships coming in
Sailors praying and blue angels sin
That striped tattered shirt
Resembling a skirt
Over your knee
Oh Marie sweet Marie
How could I not see
How they took you away
Finally made you believe
That we could not be saved
I’m no different than you told me to be
I’m no different than the other worker bee
I was always a gathering of dust
You were always an object of lust
Maybe there’s more
Than that flattering score
But hey we’ll see
Oh Marie sweet Marie
How could I not see
How they took you away
Finally made you believe
That we could not be saved
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5. |
Trouble
04:15
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Pseudo law enforcement will enforce the law
Psychic philanthropists fill their trophy jar
Sunlight flashes dimly on the freezing tar
Laser beams tear flashing and the rhythm parts
Trouble I ain't feeling scared
Trouble is a skin I wear
Trouble is a blue sunrise
Trouble is a lonesome rhyme
I loved the lady more than any other thought
I thought I wanted more love than a thousand thoughts
So if you're up for love better do it with haste
I don’t think you’re having too much time to waste
Trouble is a thing to share
Troublе are the boots I wear
Troublе doesn't faze me none
To trouble town my heart has gone
I'm petrified in about two hours I’ll simply quit
Everything must pass sometimes it needs a hit
The moon was hidden deep last night was black and slow
Everything returns and everything must glow
Trouble is a witty ride
Trouble is a thing I like
Trouble’s gonna get me high
Trouble is a lonesome rhyme
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6. |
Don't Be So Mad
04:33
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Don’t be so mad
I only want you to love me
Don’t be so mad
You’re the cause of it all
Don’t be so mad
I am not gonna hurt you
Don’t be so mad
No don’t be so cruel
When I was a young boy
They taught me and everybody knows
There’re children selling guns to the bums on skid row
Who sell their kidneys to get a loan
They’re only providing for their beloved families
A thing neither of us has ever done
So don’t
Don’t be so mad
I only want you to love me
Don’t be so mad
You’re thе cause of it all
I made you breakfast
Hеre is some coffee
Don’t be so mad
It’s all just good fun
When I was a sailor
I built an empire that spanned the seas
Trade started blooming, markets were booming
Like mono-crops and viral disease
Honey this postcolonial order is a sad sad business
But it’s not what’s going on ‘tween you and me
So don’t
Sure the world is mad, oh it’s so bad, yeah alright
"You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time"
Those are the stars
Here is a rainbow
Don’t be so mad
It’s not that bad at all
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7. |
A Night In Babylon
03:08
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Was heading into Babylon
With the full moon in my eyes
I didn’t speak to anyone
No one even came to sight
The square was quiet near big ruin
Just a stray dog barked in fright
I checked into Lorraine hotel
I had you on my mind
A guy named Phillip walked up to me
He gave me his last bread
Said “Go eat what you need my son
I will have some wine instead.”
We went down to the harbour
Caught some fish, watched the seagulls’ flight
We were quiet for a littlе while
I had you on my mind
Was leaving town by the brеak of day
In the early morning light
A lady washed her baby’s clothes
She was standing by the roadside
Our eyes met for a second
Felt like our souls intertwined
The earth shook for a little while
I had you on my mind
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8. |
Strange Way To Live
04:13
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Strange how
The musician dies
Every day a small death
Though the muse abides
Strange how
He’s sitting in my room
Lost you to a new man
But I don't feel alone
Symbiotic superstitions forming in Plato’s cave
Karma baby karma
Supersonic
Midsummer waves crush the beach
Where we both used to roam
Soaked in the sun
Covered in foam
What a strange way to live
Strange how
You’re nothing but a verve
Caused by electric currents
Ravaging my nerves
Strange how
Though you’re not around
Of all the pеople I meet
The only existеnce I don’t doubt
Symbiotic superstitions forming in Plato’s cave
Karma baby karma
Supersonic
Midsummer waves crush the beach
Where we both used to roam
Soaked in the sun
Covered in foam
What a strange way to live
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9. |
Colombia
04:27
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So the night bursts
And the radiant sparks
Shove all over me
This is not how it's supposed to work
Just this afternoon
We opened our wounds
Stitched as good as possible
Now they're breaking at the seams
Is that the way it's gonna be forever?
Give me shelter
From that storm
Or from that little wind that already does enough
To roughen me up
Damn this April fools’ weather
Sun come rain come
Hail and praise come’n’go
Side by side and all the time
Is that the way it's gonna be forever?
The man inside the mind has lost the melon war
The train has run and crushed the upper class
The mud has dried and died and froze to ice
Step on it to break the heart
Colombia
Is a state far away
With green hills and coca leaves
And some vicious criminality
I chew on that drug
That keeps me sweet
Keeps me awake on fire
And finally shuts me up
Is that the way it's gonna be forever?
The man inside the mind has lost the melon war
The train has run and crushed the upper class
The mud has dried and died and froze to ice
Step on it to break the heart
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10. |
Fly
04:27
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Another town
Another highway
Another time
She came around
We got high
We got thirsty
We got it all
And we could fly
I was so proud how she could see me
In the clouds In the sky
How I could fly
Movement cried
Through every city
Constant motion
Through the night
And like aircrafts
And like speed trains
And like freight ships
We could fly
Oh there is a veil around every bride
In the clouds in the sky
I could fly
She must've got stranded
Somewhere on the way
While I was only looking for me
And I wasn’t looking out for hеr
So I looked for her
And soon the night fеll
The seagulls
Cried her song
The winds grew
The horns blew
And I knew
She was gone
Oh there is a veil
Around every bride
Oh it's such a shame
To see her die
Oh I should have looked out
I should have smiled
How in the clouds in the sky
She could fly
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Lightcap Halle (Saale), Germany
Folk Musik from Halle an der Saale.
Named after Edward Abbey's Henry H. Lightcap.
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