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DIYBYOB
02:58
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This is the first track from the last album
No one knows which way this ship will head
Sailors take warning
Red eyes in the morning
You can’t kill us, we’re already dead
As the country seeks executive relief
Move along, there’s nothing here to see
The planet is shifting to a minor key
From now on DIYBYOB
DIYBYOB
There’s nothing left between you and me
DIYBYOB yeah
On the day after the music died
Can’t take all the credit but we tried
You can cut the power but you can’t turn out the light
We’ll keep the party going through the night
repeat chorus
repeat first verse
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2. |
We Know It
03:12
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Feels like inspiration
A secret inner power
Sparks of electricity
Counting down the hours
A scent or a texture
The thrill of a dare
Sharper than a diamond
Precious as fresh air
We know it when we see it
We know it by its name
We know it was no accident
We know it all the same
Knowledge born inside us
When we don’t have to think
No need for explanation
Just wash it down with drink
Chase it down with alcohol
Flush it through the liver
Drown it out with Rock’n’roll
& take it to the river
Cos some days I don’t recognize
The person that I see
Staring from the mirror
I only know it must be me
That hunger for acceptance
The taste of that last meal
We suppress the evidence
Then tell you how it feels
When the muscle of a memory
Is broken on a wheel
A description of a victim
So lifelike and so real
We know it when I see it
We know it when it calls
We know it can’t be good for us
We know you want some more
Outside of experience
Outside in the dark
Struggle for a grip on this
Before the action starts
They leave here without warning
Yeah people disappear
& I can’t quite put my finger on
The reason we’re still here
We know it when we see it
We know it when it calls
We know it can’t be good for us
We know we want some more
We know it’s not the answer
We know better than the rest
We know it isn’t working
But it’s all that we’ve got left
And we know it!
Better better better better know it!
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3. |
Receiver
02:47
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Receiver
Receiver
Blue light glowing in the dark
Receiver
Receiver
Blue light glowing in the dark
I am connected by a wire
To a machine that tells me I’m alive
The noise that you no longer hear
Will tell you that I’ve disappeared
Receiver
Receiver
Ozone filling up the room
Receiver
Receiver
Ozone filling up the room
I am connected by a wire
To a machine that tells me I’m a liar
The needle’s jumping up and down
This time, they won’t bring you back around
Receiver
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4. |
Building Our Own Prison
02:46
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Tick tack clackity clack
Round and around in the front & the back
Got the big box stores ringing the town
Dead pubs all closing down
Change is constant
Metamorphosis
Some might even call it progress
Can’t you see it shining?
Can’t you see it spin?
The chrysalis
Begins to swing
Out in the cold dry wind where we’re
Building our own prison - Building our own prison
On the white man’s reservation
Waiting for the bell to ring
Little pops of pleasure
Look at all these wonderful things
In a final act, of compliance
I’ll nail my shopping list
To the temple door
Get back in my car
And keep on driving
Back and fore, for evermore
Cheap gas, my arse democracy is dead at last
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5. |
All or Nothing
02:57
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I thought you’d listen to my reasoning
But now I see you don’t hear a thing
Got to make you see
How it’s got to be
All or nothing
All or nothing
All or nothing
For me
Things could work out how I want them too
If I could have the other half of you
And you know I would
If I only could
repeat chorus
Bop bop bop ba da dop bop bop ba da dop
Bop bop bop ba da dop bop bop ba da dop
I didn’t tell you no lies
So don’t just sit there and cry girl
repeat chorus
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6. |
Had Enough
02:13
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I had about enough this week
What is this faith of which you speak?
I had about enough this year
I had about enough
I had about enough to drink
Someone else’s thoughts to think
I had about enough of this
I had about enough
Something set off my alarm
Sell the house and burn the barn
Only damage only harm will set us free
The iron you can see
Where my heart’s supposed to be
Nettles growing over me
Put my brain to sleep
I had about enough x 4
I had about enough this time
A bucketful of Dead or Alive
I had about enough of that
I had about enough
Something set off my alarm
Sell the house and burn the barn
Only damage only harm will set us free
I had about enough x 4
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7. |
Lucky Fool
02:54
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When it all just disappears
You’ll insist that it’s been stolen
The stories get more fantastic
Each generation removed
I don’t want to bend your ear
Or for you to feel beholden
But you’re choosing the foreign film
Over the Hollywood ending
And I’ve been such a lucky fool
I’ve been such a lucky fool
I just hate to see love walking out the door
All these shapes and silhouettes
I must need a new prescription
Seems I only see you clearly
When you’re so far away
Without a tune it’s just spoken word
I rattle off my convictions
Spring forward and fall back
Did I forget to catch you?
repeat chorus
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8. |
Going Down in History
03:05
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It’s all gone, we used up everything
Gotta find something to put in its place
Gotta walk before you can fall down on your face
Gonna bite the hand that feeds you
Gonna bite the hand that feeds you
Gonna bite the hand that feeds you
Gonna bite the hand that feeds you
Going down, going down, going down
You’re going down in History
It’s a stretch, time is so elastic
We’d better find something to put in its place
Commit to something drastic
Commit to something drastic
Commit to something drastic
Commit to something drastic
Going down, going down, going down
You’re going down in History
Gonna Haul the bastards over
Gonna Haul the bastards over
Gonna Haul the bastards over
Gonna Haul the bastards over
Going down, going down, going down
You’re going down in History
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9. |
Devil's Day
03:18
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Dry up on the hillside
Muddy in the audience below
A thousand lies through amplifiers
How you wade through that, I’ll never know
Snakes are shedding their skin
Screamin’ and a hollerin’ the news
Poison on the main stage
Tarted up and louder than the truth
I’d rather sleep than to stay awake
I try to speak but I just turn gray
Reserve my seat for the devil’s day
I said reserve my seat for the devil’s day
Hollow at the center
Nothing, nothing at the core
Stole the rugs and the china
As he was walking, walking out the door
repeat chorus
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10. |
Orphan Song
02:45
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You say you’re an orphan
I’m an orphan too
You say you’re on your own
Well I’m on my own too
If you need some help,
Some help to see you through
Stand next to me
And I’ll stand next to you
It can be alright
It can be alright
I will be your brother for the night
You have no mother,
Your mother’s gone
And you have no father
Yes my father’s gone
What about your brother?
Your sister? to see you through
We all need a brother
A sister to see us through
It could be alright it could be alright
I will be you brother the night X 2
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Waco Brothers Chicago, Illinois
You've heard of the crossroads where Robert Johnson made his deal with the devil? Well, the Wacos race towards the crossroads of punk and country, heedless of speed limits and stop signs. The collisions spectacular, loud, energizing and sometimes messy. ... more
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