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1. |
Wasting Away
03:14
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Babe I'll never leave you was what she said
That's what she said
And I can't live without you was what I said
That's what I said
Oh all the lies we tell in the night
In the night
Oh all the time we had to get it right
To get it right
But how can you blame me
You played with fire baby
And now there's nothing left except for the smoke
You were the one I loved but love was not enough
To make want to stay here another day
Wasting away
I can see a storm is raging behind your eyes
Behind your eyes
And I've got a little evil on my mind
It's on my mind
Oh all the truth we spared in the night
In the night
And oh how we'd pretend to care in the night
In the night
But how can you blame me
We played with fire baby
Now there's nothing left except for the smoke
You were the one I loved but love was not enough
To make want to stay here another day
Wasting away
But how can you blame me
We played with fire baby
And now there's nothing left except for the smoke
You can't get blood from stone
I'm leaving you alone
Because staying here I'll only waste away
Wasting away
Wasting away
Wasting away
Wasting away
Wasting away (wasting away)
Wasting away (wasting away)
Wasting away
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2. |
The Lonely Ones
03:07
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She goes to parties on her own
Left in the corner all alone
People she knew back in the day
They turn to face the other way
She'll force a smile for a simple nod once in a while,
laughing along, acting amused
Her secondhand-me-down betrays the latest style,
with her knockoff purse and worn-out shoes
She says she's o-k
Wiping the tears away
This bourgeois life was never meant for prototypes
The Lonely ones, the lonely ones.
People in packs can be so cool
One icy shoulder met by two
Reflections in each other's eyes
Dancing upon each other's lies
She'll swim with sharks who cover up their own bite marks
she'll have her own when they get through
Already scarred from life spent fighting much too hard
I'm sure she'll leave a mark or two.
She says she's o-k
Wiping the tears away
This bourgeois life was never meant for prototypes
The Lonely ones, the lonely ones
But they don't even have a clue
the strength it took to overcome what she's been through
Somebody else might fall apart
Under the weight of what she carries in her heart
Forget the social status quo
She's making life up as she goes
People she knew back in the day
Now wish she'd only look their way
They'll come to learn she's living life on her own terms
And envy all that she's become
And when they realize the void in their own lives
They'll know they too are lonely ones.
She says she's o-k
She'll do things her own way
Sometimes this life can end up turning out alright for lonely ones
The lonely ones
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If I gotta stay at home
I think I'd rather stay at home with you
And if I gotta sit inside
I think I'd rather sit inside with you
Why don'cha come on by
If you've got nothing else to do
Because
I want to quarantine
I want to quarantine
I want to quarantine with you
I want to watch the clock
And think of everyone dying off with you
Because If I gotta die today
I think I'd rather share a grave with you
Why don't you come on by
If you've got nothing else to do
I want to quarantine
I want to quarantine
I want to quarantine with you
I want to quarantine
I want to quarantine
I want to quarantine with you
I want to quarantine
I want to quarantine
I want to quarantine with you
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4. |
On Fire
03:23
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5. |
Just 'Cause
02:20
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Oh you're so educated
There's nothing left to learn
Your words pontificated
But they're never heard
Never met a cause celebré
That you can't embrace
You can scream out bloody murder
'Until you're blue in the face
Come on and join a cause
To show that you belong
Come on and join a cause
Just 'cause
Equal rights might equal likes
On your social media feed
But you'd watch your city burn
From your tv screen
Your passion lacks conviction In reality
Can't you spare a dime to feed just
One American dream
Come on and join a cause
To show that you belong
Come on and join a cause
Just 'cause
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6. |
Short Fuse
03:06
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Things are going to be 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 and 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
Because this countdown can't be stopped when it begins
Can't we all just get along?
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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7. |
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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8. |
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 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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9. |
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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10. |
All My Fault
02:17
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I used to blame society
For every stupid little 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
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
I'll be the man who's got it all
And 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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