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Keepsake
03:54
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One gonna heal my body
Another gonna heal my pain
One gonna settle me down
And bring me back up again
One gonna put my family
Back together again
One gonna hold my woman
Another gonna hold my job
One gonna help me get up
And one gonna help me stop
One gonna help me talk right
One gonna lay me down to sleep
Mmm mmm mmm oh oh oh oh...
One gonna hold my guts and
Another gonna hold my bones
One gonna keep me warm
And another gonna keep me cold
One gonna bring religion
Right from a Coleman stove
One gonna help me keep her
And another gonna help me take
One gonna run me down
Hell a bullet's in my way
Your all gonna keep my soul
It was yours to have long ago
Mmmm mmmm mmmm oh oh oh...
One gonna buckle my belt
Around the ceiling pipe
One gonna buckle up my knees
And one gonna lock them up tight
One gonna hold the pen while you
Drag my arm across the page
One gonna hold my memory
Another gonna close the door
One gonna leave me restless
Another wantin' more
You're gonna keep my soul
It was yours to have long ago
oh oh oh oh...
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2. |
Heady Riser
05:18
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Runnin' them all away runnin' them all away
Runnin' them all away runnin' them all away
Runnin' them all away runnin' them all away
Runnin' them all away runnin' them all away
And when they stop
You see the hand they carries
Brought on by what they refuse to believe
And when they stop
Formidable adversary
Their conscience is no match to their greed
By virtue of the definition of the heady riser
He will move to his position of power
To put things he has not seen
In a position to his dreams
He will not call til he know them true
And they come for the leaders
But we say we never lead
They come for the believers
But we say we never believe
They come for the healers
But we say we never touch no hand
And they'll come for us
There be no one left to stand
Don't need no heady riser
Don't need no heady riser
Riser
Don't need no heady riser
Runnin' them all away runnin' them all away
Runnin' them all away runnin' them all away
Runnin' them all away runnin' them all away
Runnin' them all away runnin' them all away
And when they stop
You see the hand they carries
Brought on by what they refuse to believe
And when they stop
Unformidable adversary
Their conscience is no match to their greed
By virtue of the definition of the heady riser
He will move to his position of power
To put things he has not seen
In a position to his dreams
He will not call til he know them true
And they come for the leaders
But we say we never lead
And they come for the sleepers
But we say we never dream
And they come for the healers
But we say we never touch no hand
And they'll come for us
There will be no one left to stand
Yea they'll come for us
There will be no one left to stand
Don't need no heady riser
Don't need no heady riser
Riser
Don't need no heady riser
And they come for us dreamers
But we say we never sleep
And they come for us tellers
But we say we never speak
And they come for us stealers
But we say we never rob no man
And they'll come for us
There will be no one left to stand
Don't need no heady riser
Don't need no heady riser
Riser
Don't need no heady riser
Riser
Don't need no heady riser
Riser
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3. |
The Waitress
04:51
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And the waitress is sliding down the wall
Don't ask her why she falls
Surely it will happen again
And the pay phone is swinging against the wall
Don't ask her 'bout the call
She's just trying to forget
Ay oh ay oh...
And the manager runs yelling
Something about her hair being in her face
Customer complainin'
But he really had no case
Counter queens looked up from their magazines
But she goes and stares straight ahead
Today with the door opens
The rain slants in
There's water all over the floor
Busser waves to the meter maid
Who don't wave back no more
ay oh ay oh...
And the waitress has her back up against the wall
You can see her chest rise and fall
Surely she'll come again
And the pay phone is
Swingin' against the wall
Don't ask her about the call
She's only trying to forget
But today with the door opens
The rain slants in
There's water all over the floor
Busser waves to the meter maid
Who don't wave back no more
Today with the door opens
The rain slants in
There's water all over the floor
Busser waves to the meter maid
Don't wave back no more
ay oh ay oh....
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4. |
Hopeless Tender
05:18
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Here in the old country she
Grew up just as they said
Trying to make up for what was missing
As the land faded to red
Here in the old country hair falls
Coarsely round their necks
Having your wit about you
Can hurt more than it protects
So let the sugar cane ashes
Fall to your feet
Let it pile up around you
Til your in it waist deep
And when it all changes
And the harvest is large
Let it pile up to your shoulders
That dealt all them scars
With every fiber of his muscle
He bare down on her back
The cane would rip the air of its breath
And turned the sun black
She fall down to her knees
With out so much a whisper
Please save the child
Who knows not what she dreams
Red moon turns a red horizon
Words burning to leave the tongue
Here in the old country moon
It turns a blood red
A warning to all those
Who dare to forget
But burning of cane fires
Gives us the winters keep
And a barricade of burning tires
For those who dared to sleep
So let the sugar cane ashes
Fall to your feet
Let them pile up around you
Til your in it waist deep
And when it all changes
And the harvest is large
Let it pile up to your shoulders
That dealt all them scars
Red moon turns a red horizon
Words burnin' to leave the tongue
Red moon turns a red horizon
Words burnin' to leave the tongue
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