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Carolee
03:54
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Carolee, you're drifting in between
The sex and the fever of the night
Enemies are sharpening their teeth
It's written on the ailing walls of time
Falling over the moment
Crawl inside my head
I sit numb at the piano
While you go on rambling
On your favorite violin
When you leave, gather up the weeds
They say it's quite a garden that you loved
I hear and see a whisper through the trees
A river on a tune that you dreamt up
Falling over the moment
Crawl inside my head
Your hand is played by the fire
And the love you seem to have to share
With everyone around here
While you go on rambling
On your favorite violin
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Jaguars In Heat
03:09
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I don't mean to bug you
Like some poor dirtbag with fleas
But check out my new hairdo
And these fresh shoes on my feet
I think you're gonna like me
We'll dance like jaguars in heat
I knew you had it in you
Come on and bring it to me
Babe, I'm yours
I'll make my peace
If you give me a little of your time
I'm begging please
Keep me from losing my mind
I just wanna love you
My heart is boiling to beat
I don't wanna beg you
But I will if that's what you need
I wanna kiss and hug you
And dance like jaguars in heat
I don't wanna beg you
But I'll get down on my knees
Babe, I'm yours
I'll make my peace
If you give me a little of your time
I'm begging please
Keep me from losing my mind
Baby please, could you show me
Some kind of sign
I'm on my knees
I'm pulling in all of the lines
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Only Song I Want To Hear
03:44
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The world is circling with worries
Spinning round tied up in a knot
The work ain't over but you're tired
Of giving everything you've got
Roll down the window for me, honey
We hurry on but where we going
You're looking more and more like hell
There's fire in every winter heartache
And that old rain is pouring still
Roll down the window for me, honey
Keep one eye on the road for me, dear
Your cigarette is glowing like a lullaby
And you're the only song I wanna hear
The city's sizzling and broken
Like sunken ships in neon light
Come on outside, the rain is slowing
The more you're wrong, the more it's right
We're loaded now, we're out of here
The desert speaks in secret code
We'll live it up and burn it down
Swerving on a dark road out of town
Roll down the window for me, honey
Keep one eye on the road for me, dear
Your cigarette is glowing like a lullaby
And you're the only song I wanna hear
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Scavenger
00:49
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Following footprints
Out in the mud
You call yourself hunter
You're tracking for blood
But you've got to find something
Your hunger explodes
In the shadows and stillness
Your body corrodes
You're just a scavenger
You're just a scavenger
You're just a scavenger
Emotional postcards
You found in the gutter
You sidestep the vessel
And go straight for the water
You've got to find something
To fire the synapse
If you have to keep waiting
Your head will collapse
You're just a scavenger
You're just a scavenger
You're just a scavenger
You've got to find something
Your hunger explodes
In the shadows and stillness
Your body corrodes
You're just a scavenger
You're just a scavenger
You're just a scavenger
You're just a scavenger
You stumble through the desert
You stumble through the cold
You lose your mind
You lose your soul
You left your comfy home
And winter came from fall
And in the distance
You can hear the coyotes call
There is no looking back
There is no looking back
There is no looking back
The light is fading
And the mirror's gone to black
The garden's empty
No seeds were sown
While the vultures circle
In the vast unkown
There are no predators
Taking the bait
Just the lazy scavengers
Coming too late
There is no looking back
There is no looking back
There is no looking back
The light is fading
And the mirror's gone to black
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Roly Poly
05:32
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Radiating from a dream state
Climbing stair steps up to dawn
Roly poly everybody
That is about all that can be done
Climb out the window to the freeway
Knowing it won't get you very far
Roly poly everybody
That is about all that can be done
I'm dancing all night on the ceiling
In my pink kimono
I'm staring at the sugar and the lightning
Through the blue fucking rainbows
Cast your fortune to the future
Crawl on pins and needles for a while
Roly poly everybody
That is about all that can be done
I'm dancing all night on the ceiling
In my pink kimono
I'm staring at the sugar and the lightning
Through the blue fucking rainbows
Cardboard cutouts of our breakfast
Completely stuffed with messages of love
Hanging out by poolside with a mask on
In my pink kimono
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Can't Find Home
06:36
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Riding under wilted skies
With a heavy treasure load
Around the bend we caught their eye
And they let their bullets fly
And the earth was caked in red
Bless his soul, he bit the dust
And the silver got away
By the time my brother died
Not a tear was left to cry
The desert winds have dried my face
And I can't find home
I can't find home
I can't find home
Wrapped the body up in mud
And rolled it in the draw
Now alone I trace the miles
No family, no prize
How will I find my way
When I can't find home
I can't find home
I can't find home
I can't find home
Took a job in Santa Fe
Cutting horses down to size
When the train pulls in at noon
I go to survey the room
Looking for a face I recognize
But I can't find home
I can't find home
I can't find home
I can't find home
I can't find home
No, I can't find home
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Oh, Desire
04:46
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Oh, desire, will you let me back again
Just hold an image in your head
Of you and me on the back roads
Under a crescent moon
Drifting behind the clouds too soon
Oh, desire, there's a rose without a name
You were a flower, you were a flame
You burned the forest, but somehow saved the trees
I wander through their memories
I'm lying awake all night
Lying awake all night
I'm lying awake
I just can't shake desire
I just can't shake desire
I just can't shake desire
Oh, desire, I'll never get you back again
Haunted by the image of your death
A shattered mirror and the headlights collide
With the river deep, the river wide
Oh, desire, never told me what to do
Your body tumbling through the blue
I'm on the bridge all night waiting for the sun to come
Unraveling what cannot be undone
I'm lying awake all night
Lying awake all night
I'm lying awake
I just can't shake desire
I just can't shake desire
I just can't shake desire
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Fading Out
04:43
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Turning circles in the cul-de-sac
It's pitch black in your Pontiac
You're off the track
Pull over and subdivide
The cross-eyed guides
Of the road slide, landslide, genocide
Fading, fading out
Fading, fading out
We're turning circles
And losing ground
We're fading, fading out
Cheap drinks and violent daydreams
Howling, silent fire gleams
Dissect the silent sunbeams
Ring, ring, kneel at the shrine
My mind is a summertime attire
In decline, decline, decline, decline, decline
Fading, fading out
Fading, fading out
We're turning circles
And losing ground
We're fading, fading out
Fading, fading out
Fading, fading out
We're turning circles
And losing ground
We're fading, fading out
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The choir's taking places
But the guitar's out of tune
The cowboy turns his horse around
And says he'll be home soon
The clocks are mumble walking
Down the empty streets of time
The last train bound for nowhere
Lets out a mournful whine
As long as there are voices, and as long as there are ears
Your songs will go on swimming through the years
As long as there are rivers that are filling up with tears
Your songs will go on swimming through the years
In my left hand there's a bottle
Of something that might help
In the right is holding out a mirror
Looking for itself
Mysteries repeat again
There's lightning and there's snow
Sometimes the ones that are close to you
Are the ones you'll never know
As long as there are voices, and as long as there are ears
Your songs will go on swimming through the years
As long as monsters hunger, and children sleep in fear
Your songs will go on swimming through the years
You left a bit too early
Pink moon was still growing
We're alone and lonesome
And we don't know where we're going
Take a journey through the mud
Come out the other side
At least we had you for a while
And you took us for a ride
As long as there are voices, and as long as there are ears
Your songs will go on swimming through the years
As long as truth-sick hunters fight the man by getting weird
Your songs will go on swimming through the years
As long as tired men and women raise their glass to cheers
Your songs will go on swimming through the years
As long as there are voices, and as long as there are years
Your songs will go on swimming through the years
Your songs will go on swimming through the years
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