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Short Fuse
03:06
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We can get along just fine
if you can leave your attitude behind
Because I don't have a minute to spare for an hour of grief
The moment that you start to bitch
You're gonna flip the lever on my switch
and then you'll see another side of me
Can't we all just get along
You keep kicking this ticking bomb
Don't push me
Don't piss me off
Don't push me
Don't piss me off
Don't push me
Don't piss me off
You can always speak your mind
But we're gonna disagree sometimes
You clean up your side of the street and I'll clean up mine
Try to force your views on me
And that's the moment that you'll start to see
Just how fast a situation can decline
Can't we all just get along
You keep kicking this ticking bomb
Don't push me
Don't piss me off
Don't push me
Don't piss me off
Don't push me
Don't piss me off
Can't we all just get along
You keep kicking this ticking bomb
Bang!
Don't push me
Don't piss me off
Don't push me
Don't piss me off
Don't push me
Don't piss me off
You take a mile when I give an inch
Now you're getting under my skin
And suffice it to say there ain't no quicker way
of getting your head caved in
Get your hands off of my free will
Or someone's gonna end up killed
'cause this countdown can't be stopped when it begins
Can't we all just get along
But you keep kicking this ticking bomb
Boom!
Don't push me
Don't piss me off
Don't push me
Don't piss me off
Don't push me
Don't piss me off
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2. |
Talk Is Cheap
03:26
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Oh I can hear you talking
Keep on talking
You've got nothing to say unless you're shooting off your mouth about me anyway
Keep the laughs coming
Keep your mouth running
I'll do my best to always give you something else you can talk about
Oh I can hear the whispers from your sisters in the hen house
And they just keep on talking
Never stop to get the story straight
Keep the dirt flying
Keep your tears crying
I'll keep on trying for a little bit of truth in your lying mouth
Empty minds with empty words
Can't wait to tell you what they heard on the assembly maligned
Your life is ripe for their discussion
Talking loud and saying nothing with no peace in mind
But your talk talk talk is cheap
Your talk talk talk is cheap
Your talk talk talk is cheap
So cheap
The blindness in your outrage is outrageous
A contagion of anger so misplaced
There's nothing sacred in this modern age
Keep it all easy
Keep it light and breezy
So all the simple people can be proud of all their silly conjecturing
The choir's got a preacher facing in
Here comes the sermon again
Recite the lines you learned by rote and gloat amongst your friends
Keep your jaws swinging
Keep your hands wringing
I'll keep on living with a reason while you're greasing the squeaky wheel
Empty minds with empty words
Can't wait to tell you what they heard on the assembly maligned
Your life is ripe for their discussion
Talking loud and saying nothing with no peace in mind
But your talk talk talk is cheap
Your talk talk talk is cheap
Your talk talk talk is cheap
So cheap
Empty minds with empty words
Can't wait to tell you what they heard on the assembly maligned
Your life is ripe for their discussion
Talking loud and saying nothing with no peace in mind
But your talk talk talk is cheap
Your talk talk talk is cheap
Your talk talk talk is cheap
So cheap
Your talk talk talk is cheap
Your talk talk talk is cheap
Your talk talk talk is cheap
So cheap
Cheap
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3. |
In Cold Blood
03:38
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In crimson pools I see my reflection
The glint of steel on a lethal weapon
The look of hate twisting up my face
A stranger with an icy gaze
Forgive me lord for I have sinned
Oh I can't guarantee that I won't do it again
'Cause now it's too late and life couldn't wait for me
In Cold Blood
Now it's a life on the run a knife and a gun for me
Time heals all wounds or so they say
But this rage inside me never fades away
When pain's the only thing I've ever known
My solace rests in violence alone
Forgive me lord for I have sinned
Oh I can't guarantee that I won't do it again
'Cause now it's too late and life couldn't wait for me
In Cold Blood
Now it's a life on the run a knife and a gun for me
This world made me grow up hard
This world made me mean
No one taught me right from wrong
No one taught me anything
A body beat and broken
And a heart devoid of love
The only one I'll answer to is my maker up above
Committed an unspeakable crime
November fifteen nineteen fifty-nine
No one home would make it out alive
The world would be forever changed before the new sunrise
I have sinned
Oh I can't guarantee that I won't do it again
'Cause now it's too late and life couldn't wait for me
In Cold Blood
Now it's a life on the run a knife and a gun for me
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4. |
Little Blue Tyrants
03:12
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Here comes the little blue man
With his little tin star and a gun in his hand
He's gonna knock your block off if you don't do what he says
There goes another young man
With a lesson to learn about making a stand
Don'cha know blue meanies demand your total respect
A C A B
Don't cross that thin blue line
A C A B
Alright
Oh no here come
The little blue tyrants
It's four on one with
The little blue tyrants
Watch yourself around
The little blue tyrants
Or bang bang you're dead
The little Blue Tyrants
Oh no
There goes another young dad
They shot him seven times
Even though he complied
While his wife and kid watched them blow him away
There goes another young man
Sick of being harassed about a cigarette tax
So they choked him to death on the ground that day
A C A B
Don't cross that thin blue line
A C A B
Alright
Oh no here come
The little blue tyrants
It's four on one with
The little blue tyrants
Watch yourself around
The little blue tyrants
Or bang bang you're dead
The little Blue Tyrants
Oh no
A C A B
Don't cross that thin blue line
A C A B
Alright
Oh no here come
The little blue tyrants
It's four on one with
The little blue tyrants
Watch your nerves around
The little blue tyrants
Or they'll protect and serve
The little blue
A C A B
That's right
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5. |
All My Fault
02:17
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I used to blame society for every stupid fucking thing that went wrong
I never took a look at me to see that I was my own problem all along
Too busy pointing fingers and making problems bigger
The gun was aimed at my foot each time I pulled the trigger
Now I'm a man who's lost it all and it's all my fault
I used to think that I was free from all convention but I've never been more wrong
A slave to my worst qualities acting so callous just to prove that I was strong
A vassal to my failure both inmate and the jailer
I placed a chain on my leg and searched the world for saviors
Now I'm a man who's lost it all and it's all my fault
Too busy pointing fingers and making problems bigger
The gun was aimed at my foot each time I pulled the trigger
Now I'm a man who's lost it all and it's all my fault
My head was planted shoulder deep
Denial-ism kept it buried in the ground
And as you sow, so shall you reap became so clear when I stood up to look around
The bullet holes in my boots I was the one that shot 'em
And though my feet are hurting I'm gonna stand upon them
To be the man that lost it all 'cause it's all my fault
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Straight from the heart of the Needle City - Old school punk rock sounds reminiscent of the late 70s and early 80s.
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