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1. |
Steel Bridge Lullaby
02:21
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You used to snuggle up
To the small of my back
When all the scary things
Came to attack
The troll under the bridge
The voice in your head
The ghost in the doorway
The monster under your bed
But I have you, I have you
You can let go
I have you, I have you
Let your eyes close
I see that you’re scared
I know that you’re sad
You can keep crying
I won’t leave your side
The troll under the bridge
The voice in your head
The words that you heard
That made you so sad
But I have you, I have you
You can let go
I have you, I have you
Let your eyes close
I have you, I have you
You can let go
Go to sleep now
Let your eyes close
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2. |
Open Your Eyes
03:07
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Have I seen you before
I’ve lived here all my life
A familiar place
An unfamiliar sight
Life can turn on a dime
And circle back to rhyme
Yet I can’t quite replace the comfort I lost on my way
I say
(Open your eyes)
If I could just see straight
(Open your eyes tonight)
If I could just find a way to be the one that stays for a while
(Open your eyes tonight)
There’s another side
When the story’s defined
By somebody else who has never quite felt the same
Can you ever know
What you haven’t been shown?
I could try to explain but you would never refrain from your heart
I say
(Open your eyes)
If I could just see straight
(Open your eyes tonight)
If I could just find a way to be the one that stays for a while
(Open your eyes tonight)
All the bridges are burning
But ours could be different this time
You can cross first
I’ll follow
Behind
I say
(Open your eyes)
If I could just see straight
(Open your eyes tonight)
If I could just find a way to be the one that stays for a while
(Open your eyes tonight)
(Open your eyes)
If I could just see straight
(Open your eyes tonight)
If I could just find a way to be the one that stays for a while
(Open your eyes tonight)
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3. |
Bomb The Bridge
03:05
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Bomb the bridge, it looks like crap
We should sell the steel for scrap, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey
Don’t give a sh-- what people say
There’s a better bridge a block away, ay, ay, ay
Ay, ay, ay
Bomb the bridge, take it apart
Send it to China to make shopping carts for Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart
Well, it’s just one bomb
And that bridge is gone
There’ll be nothing more to argue about
And it’s just one bomb
And this whole deal’s done
Now, it’s up to us to take it out
Bomb the bridge, just let it go
Future generations won’t even know, whoa oh oh
Oh, oh, oh
These bridge people, they got no clue
Out with the old, in with the new, woo hoo hoo
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Well, it’s just one bomb
And that bridge is gone
There’ll be nothing more to argue about
And it’s just one bomb
And this whole deal’s done
Now, it’s up to us to take it out
Bomb the bridge, if you’re my friend
We’ll make America great again
Bomb the bridge, if you’re my friend
We’ll make America great again
Celebrate, it’s only steel and stone
Celebrate, it’s only steel and stone
Well, it’s just one bomb
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4. |
River No More
02:39
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Remember when we used to
Sit down by the water
Watchin’ the world go by
Mindin’ all the business
What everyone was doin’
On the other side
{There used to be a bridge here
Reachin’ shore to shore
Rain on my rooftop
Sun on my door}
Used to be a river
But there ain’t no river no more
Remember when we used to
Sit down by the water
{Take turns tradin’ tunes}
Smokin’-and-a-schemin’
Jokin’-and-a-dreamin’
From the sandy dunes
{There used to be a bridge here
Reachin’ shore to shore
Used to be a lover
Knockin’ at the door
Used to be a river
But there ain’t no river no more}
Who needs a hand
When you’re not there to take it
Who needs a heart
When you’re not there to break it
Who needs wings
When there ain’t no will to fly
Who needs a bridge
When the water’s all run dry
Remember when we used to
Sit down by the water
Makin’ promises we couldn’t keep
Never thought to question
Never stopped to wonder
If you’d ever leave
{Used to be a bridge here
Reachin’ shore to shore
Used to be a lover
Knockin’ at the door
Used to be a river
But there ain’t no river no more}
Used to be a river
But there ain’t no river no more
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5. |
Baby, We're Not Through
02:45
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You tried to tear me down
Kick me to the ground
Said that I was useless
Didn’t want me around
How you like me nowwww
Now that your other love is up and gone
‘member when you told me
You would come back home
When hell freezes over
Well there’s a chill in my bones
Cuz you showed up at my back door
Saying sorry for being so cruel
You left for someone new
Now you don’t know what to do
Cuz baby, we’re not through
Said no one could save me
Baby, that’s not true
Now you know you need me
The whole town knows it too
Cuz I’m the only one who can keep you moving
The way you need to
You left for someone new
Now you don’t know what to do
Cuz baby, we’re not through
I’m good in my way
Cuz I got grace and style
Classic appeal, nerves of steel
I’m gonna be here a while
Said no one could save me
Baby, that’s not true
Now you know you need me
And now the whole town knows it too
Cuz I’m the only one who can keep you moving
The way you need to
You left for someone new
Now you don’t know what to do
Cuz baby, we’re not through
You left for someone new
Now you don’t know what to do
Cuz baby, we’re not through
Baby, we’re not through
Baby, we’re not through
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6. |
Water Under The Bridge
03:50
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You were just a little somethin’ I was talkin’ to
Tryin’ to make yourself look good
Hussin’ and a fussin’ just passin’ out
All around the neighborhood
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
Like flames of forgotten love
We whispered in the breeze so fine
I remember you were gazin’ at the stars above
Just tellin’ me that you were mine
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
All our problems
Are just water under the bridge
All our problems
Are just water under the bridge
You were just a baby, I was rockin’ you
Now we’re just a broken dream
When the merry-go-round stops workin’
There’s nothin’ left to redeem
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhh
All our problems
Are just water under the bridge
All our problems
Are just water under the bridge
All our problems
Are just water under the bridge
All our problems
Are just water under the bridge
All our problems
Are just water under the bridge
All our problems
Are just water under the bridge
All our problems
Are just water under the bridge
All our problems
Are just water under the bridge
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7. |
She's So Nautical
02:18
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She dresses up in white and blue
Captain’s wheel and anchors, too
Haircut short like a pixie sprite…
Drink like a sailor, every night
She’s so nautical… erotikal
Oh oh oh
She’s so nautical… erotikal
Oh oh oh
She swab my deck with soap and mop
And down below, she keep it cropped
She like a serpent, inked in blue
I wanna kiss that rose tattoo
She’s so nautical… erotikal…
Oh oh oh
She’s so nautical… erotical
Oh oh oh
High-waist shorts, peroxide hair
Halter top, and sailor’s flares
Tied to the mast, she knows her knots,
And when it’s warm, it’s sans culottes
She’s… so… nautical…
She’s… so… nautical…
She’s… so… nautical…
She’s… so… nautical…
She’s so nautical.
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8. |
Aftermaths
02:29
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This Bridge It Lengthens (Brett Newski, Jimm McIver) Brett Newski - guitar, vocals / Jimm McIver - bg vocal / Jamey Clark - drums / Greg Roteik - bass
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9. |
Still Chained
02:16
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I wish we could return
To the places that we burned
But they’re someone else’s darlings now
Every little thought
And every time we fought
Didn’t matter anyhow
You cut me like a dagger
Crawling on your shore
Why am I still chained to your love
Like all those times before
It’s been a few long years
And still the feeling reappears
Seems you turn nothing down
I don’t know what you mean
When I see you on the screen
Actin’ like I’m not around
You cut me like a dagger
Crawling on your shore
Why am I still chained to your love
Like all those times before
You cut me like a dagger
Crawling on your shore
Why am I still chained to your love
Like all those times before
You cut me like a dagger
Crawling on your shore
Why am I still chained to your love
Like all those times before
Why am I still chained to your love
Like all those times before
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10. |
Had I KNown
03:50
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I woulda drawn you an atlas
Made you a map of
The difficult miles
I woulda fed you your medicine
Read the directions
Given you time
Chorus:
Oh, had I known
Where the river ran over the road
I woulda built you a bridge
To help you get home
We charted your course with a compass
Then you took to wanderin’
And I watched you go
If I had known how your stars had
Been spinnin’ I
Woulda given my own
Chorus
Nothing is left to be done, done
Nothing is left to be done
Everything now comin’ undone
So hard to know where to go
When the river runs over the road
But I woulda built you a bridge
To help you get oh (chorus)
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11. |
Hold Your Head Up
04:06
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Everyone’s got the white hot fire
Set ablaze by the wild desire
Find the call, climb the wall, take a fall or two
Though the smoke in your eyes clouds your judgment
Don’t forget to enjoy this moment
There’s no incentive to spend time hangin’ around
Tension’s high, you don’t know why you can’t shake it
Your eyes are closed, your heart exposed to the seasons
But hold your head up, hold it
If you keep lookin’ down, you’ll never know what’s ahead
So show them what you’re made of
Show them what you’re made of
But hold your head up, hold it
If you find that you’re losin’ that fire
Hold your head up a little bit higher
It’s a choice that you gotta make on your own
If the bridge don’t travel the distance
If the water’s a hard resistance
You’ll have to swim but the jump isn’t all that bad
Tension’s high, you don’t know why you can’t shake it
Your eyes are closed, your heart exposed to the seasons
But hold your head up, hold it
If you keep lookin’ down, you’ll never know what’s ahead
So show them what you’re made of
Show them what you’re made of
But hold your head up, hold it
Hold it, hold it, hold it
Hold it, hold it, hold it
Hold it, hold it, hold it
Hold it, hold it, hold it
So hold your head up, hold it
If you keep lookin’ down, you’ll never know what’s ahead
So show them what you’re made of
Show them what you’re made of
So hold your head up, hold it
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12. |
The Storm
02:57
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I got a well so deep, it can never be filled
I got a river, and no matter how steep, it can run up a hill
And the river of tears that I weep of happiness, it’s ready to spill
Yeah
Like a waterfall’s waves, flowin’ along
I got a love of the bay, I got a love of the song
And the tempest of change we have waited for has come
Yeah
Mothers and fathers, ready or not
Like a bridge over water, we’re goin’ across
Sons and daughters, all is not lost
I say, the storm is on its way
The storm is on its way, the storm is on its way
The storm is on its way, the storm is on its way
The storm is on its way, the storm is on its way
The storm is on its way, the storm is on its way
Though, the flourishing bay has a desert become
The clouds shall awaken, and rain like a storm
And the dams they have made shall be damned and be overrun
Oooh, ooh
Mothers and fathers, ready or not
Like a bridge over water, we’re going across
Sons and daughters, all is not lost
I say
Mothers and fathers, ready or not
Like a bridge over water, we’re going across
Sons and daughters, all is not lost
I say, the storm is on its way
The storm is on its way, the storm is on its way
The storm is on its way, the storm is on its way
The storm is on its way
The storm is on its way, the storm is on its way
The storm is on its way, the storm is on its way
The storm is on its way
Oooh
The storm is on its way
Ooooh oh
The storm is on its way
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13. |
Lead Me Back Home
03:30
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Feelin’ lower than I’ve ever felt
Lost my way I can’t get through
I lie awake in a lonely bed
With a bleeding heart and a memory of you
Long days they test my faith
Voice is weak and legs oh they ache
Find it hard to stand on my own two feet
Cuz I’ve walked so long my spirit has been beat
Save me from my fallin’
Carry me all the way across
I don’t wanna walk this road alone
So take my hand and lead me back home
Lead me back home
Lead me back home
A little love can mend my heart
Make these grey skies oh so blue
Heal this pain so deep inside
Oh honey I just need you
So won’tcha
Save me oh from my fallin’
Carry me all the way across
I don’t wanna walk this road alone
So take my hand and lead me back home
Ohhh take my hand and lead me back
Ohhh hooooooommmeee
Save me from my fallin’
Carry me all the way across
I don’t wanna walk this road alone
So take my hand and lead me back
Oh take my hand and lead me back
Ohhh take my hand and lead me back
Ohhh hooooooommmeee
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14. |
Strong As Steel
03:16
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I know you’ve been sleepin’ with the lights on
Late night shifts filled with nightmares and love songs
Tell me ‘bout the stranger that haunts you
You’ve spent your whole life in the dark getting’ walked on
By every OLD love drunk boy from a bar room
I bet it feels like any man can cross you
Standin’ there so long
Been done so many wrongs
You let that water flow
When you’re standin’ tall
All the men will crawl to your Door
No one in this town could ever hold you down
You could never fall, you hold your ground
Your memory is strong
I know you’ll hold on
Strong as steel
There’s no question you’ve got history
Every low-rent Romeo has shit to say
The daily rags just print what you’re supposed to believe
Standin’ there so long
Been done so many wrongs
You let that water flow
When you’re standin’ tall
All the men will crawl to your Door
No one in this town could ever hold you down
You could never fall, you hold your ground
Your memory is strong
I know you’ll hold on
Strong, strong
No one in this town could ever hold you down
You could never fall, you hold your ground
Your memory is strong
I know you’ll hold on
Strong as steel
YOU WILL NEVER FALL
STRONG AS STEEL
YOU WILL NEVER FALL
STRONG AS STEEL
YOU WILL NEVER FALL
STRONG AS STEEL
YOU WILL NEVER FALL
STRONG AS STEEL
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15. |
Thank You
03:57
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I just want to thank all you people
A minute if you will
For givin’ me all your jump and jive
Keepin’ me from standin’ still
Your energy gives us the power
To keep the music alive
I hope you all know we appreciate you
Makin’ the drive
Thank you for crossin’ that bridge
All your energy makes me wanna live
Thank you for crossin’ that bridge
And thank you for all the love that you give
I need to know you’re listening
These words, you can hear
Everything you created
Over the last 12 years
It’s been so wonderful
It just really blows my mind
And the greatest part of all
It will be here ‘til the end of time
Thank you for crossin’ that bridge
All your energy makes me wanna live
Thank you for crossin’ that bridge
And thank you for all the love you give
Thank you for crossin’ that bridge
All your energy makes me wanna live
Thank you for crossin’ that bridge
And thank you for all the love you give
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16. |
Now
03:08
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Back in your old apartment
Breathing in the traffic jam
Dirty nostalgic ether
The elevator ride gets steeper
I’m pryin’ open the doors before I get to your floor
Can’t take this anymore
Wrapped up in how it was
But that’ll never be enough
No
Guitar solo
Back in your old hometown
Watchin’ the ships from the overpass
The air is a slow burn chatter
Speakin’ in tongues and it’s freakin’ me out
Reminds me of when our catastrophe days came around
I’ll never live this down
You haunt me everyday
Was so wrapped up in how it was
I
Don’t want this anymore
Was so wrapped up in how it was
But that’ll never be enough
No
Now
Now
Now
Right now
Everything is just like it is
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17. |
True North
02:38
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Faith in science over superstition
I won’t bow, where God’s in question
Rather ask forgiveness than permission
Charge me with sins of omission
Meet me at the bridge
With confessions in the dark
I’ll tell mine if you tell yours
Opposite directions, we both march forth
Searching for true north
True north
Carrying our map with no direction
Lost our way without intention
We took aim and somehow missed the mark
Blinded by our imperfection
Meet me at the border
Pointing weapons in the dark
I’ll drop mine if you drop yours
Opposite directions, we both march forth
Searching for true north
True north, true north, true, true north
You searched the harbor for the truth
Paying ransom with your youth
Tell yourself there’s nothing left to lose
Bite the apple, if you choose…
Meet me at the bridge
Exchanging prisoners in the dark
I’ll send mine if you send yours
Opposite directions, we both march forth
Searching for true north
True north, true north
True, true north
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18. |
The Bridge Idge
03:12
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New lights and new gate
Take a rag and get it clean
No thing you change can
Make a bridge not a bridge
Bridge ain’t what a bridge ain’t
The bridge idge what the bridge idge
Ain’t no place to rent
Kayak nor jet ski
No shop nor café at
This bridge, just a bridge
Bridge ain’t what a bridge ain’t
The bridge idge what the bridge idge
Bridge ain’t what a bridge ain’t
Bridge idge what the bridge idge
New name and new paint
But the same damn old bridge
The bridge idge what the bridge idge
Try to change it but you can’t
New rivets, new gears
Steel bridge still appears just
Like a steel bridge
Bridge ain’t what a bridge ain’t
The bridge idge what the bridge idge
The bridge idge what the bridge idge
The bridge idge what the bridge idge
The bridge idge what the bridge idge
The bridge idge what the bridge idge
The bridge idge what the bridge idge
The bridge idge what the bridge idge
The bridge idge what the bridge idge
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19. |
Shall Not Bring Us Down
03:49
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Build a bridge to old and new
Linking the wise and true
“Doomed to repeat the ages”
Say the prophets and the sages
We have seen this place before
Told this story, spoke this lore
Shall we visit yet again?
Or is it the end
All scream
Shall not bring us down
All scream
Shall not bring us down
It ain’t such a mystery
Just take a page from history
From the elders’ spoken words
We repeat these stories heard
We don’t have the gods you choose
Don’t believe the evening news
We’re not goin’ underground
Our spirits high, shall not bring us down
All scream
Shall not bring us down
All scream
Shall not bring us down
All scream
Shall not bring us down
All scream
Shall not bring us down
All scream
Shall not bring us down
All scream
Shall not bring us down
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20. |
Shatter
03:15
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Rollin’ the world in the sand and the sticks
You bring the whiskey and I’ll bring the tricks
Ladder in the yard brings you closer to the sun
One two three four cryin’ girl
Counting down her string of pearls
Beyond the glass, the world moves on
If you shatter, I’ll melt you back together
Melt you back together, melt you if you shatter
I’ll melt you back together, melt you back together
The cherry wood has glass in its veins
Frozen in place like a word on the page
Or a girl in a glass house who sits very still
Will she rise and spread her wings
Though they look like fragile things
She was built to break and made to mend
Sail into the fire (sail into the fire)
You were born to lose yourself
Let it bring you higher (let it bring you higher)
Do you hear the tower bells
If you shatter, I’ll melt you back together
Melt you back together, melt you if you shatter
I’ll melt you back together, melt you back together
Melt you if you shatter, I’ll melt you back together
Melt you back together
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21. |
Old Fool Kop Killa
02:50
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Choop. Choop. Choop. Choop.
Bitches wanna play me
Haters wanna hold me
Bitches wanna play me
Then they wanna hate me
Bitches over here
Then they over there
If they over there
Then they can’t be over here
Haters wanna fight me
Playas bein’ bitches
If they bein’ bitches
Then they wanna fight me
Haters wanna roll me
And they can’t control me
If they can’t control me
Then they cannot roll me
Bitches wanna play me
Haters wanna hold me (Choop. Wish I had a magic lamp with a genie.)
Bitches they wanna play me (The noodles are slippery.)
Well haters wanna hold me
Choop, choop
Bitches can be haters
Haters can be bitches
If they are together
Then I can’t control them
Man I’m gettin’ tired
Now I’m gettin’ tired
Bein’ like those bitches
When they gettin’ tired
Walkin’ on a bridge
Cuz it is a bridge
Underneath the bridge
Then there is some water
Underneath the water
Then there are some fishes
Fishes bein’ bitches
Cuz they wanna play me
Underneath the bridge
There are some fishes (Slap me in the face with a giant salmon.)
Fishes bein’ bitches (Choop, choop.)
Oh, fishes wanna play me (Omega 3 and 6 fatty acids. Choop. Old school.)
*Vincent rap*
Let me tell you how it’s done
Gimme the mic, drop the beat, off we goin’ on the run
Make money, save money, spend money, no, I don’t have none
Who am I kidding, I need to go fishing
Maple syrup, my ass, it’s made of corn syrup
Bitches wanna play me
Well haters they wanna hold me (I put my tongue against the bridge in the winter.)
Fishes they wanna play me
Oh fishes being bitches (Choopy choop. Choopy choop. Drive a go-kart into the bridge.)
Choop. Choop.
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22. |
Revolution Bridge
03:29
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We’re the ones with broken bones
We’re the ones from broken homes
They say the masses can be ruled
But some of us just can’t be fooled
We know what matters most
Sit still and take their dose
They do their best to keep us down
But we stand tall and hold our ground
We will meet on the bridge tonight
And for justice we will fight
We’re the generation of revolution
We reject their institution
Throw away their constitution
We’ll find our own solution
We’re the generation of revolution
We reject their institution
Throw away their constitution
We’ll find our solution
We can’t just wish for better days
Or things will never change
We’ll running out of time
This world is full of crime
So easy to fall apart
But we just have to start
It’s not about me or you
Something we all must do
We will meet on the bridge tonight
And for justice we will fight
We’re the generation of revolution
We reject their institution
Throw away their constitution
We’ll find our own solution
We’re the generation of revolution
We reject their institution
Throw away their constitution
We’ll find our own solution
We’ve got to break through
We’ve got to make you
Realize
We have the choice to use our voice
We’re the generation of revolution
We reject their institution
Throw away their constitution
We’ll find our own solution
We’re the generation of revolution
We reject their institution
Throw away their constitution
We’ll find our own solution
We’re the generation of revolution
We reject their institution
Throw away their constitution
We’ll find our own solution
We’re the generation of revolution
We reject their institution
Throw away their constitution
We’ll find our own solution
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23. |
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London Bridge has fallen down
Police are digging up the ground
Little bones are buried deep
Pray the Lord their souls to keep
Built it up with wood and clay
Rain has washed it all away
Built it up with iron and steel
Hidden rituals revealed
My lady
My faire lady
Can you hear them?
Can you hear them?
Moonlight shining on her face
Take me from this evil place
Mothers weeping all around
London Bridge has fallen down
My lady
My faire lady
Can you hear them?
Can you hear them?
My lady
My faire lady
Can you hear them?
Can you hear them?
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24. |
3rd Way Through
04:24
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They told me there was two sides and I had to choose
Hangin’ on for dear life, shakin’ in my Sunday shoes
Thought real long and hard about just what to do
Finally I found the third way through
The third way through
1, 2, 3, 4
Known and unknown what is and what’s to be
Who I am and what’s callin’ me
When did it come to this
Was there ever a sign
All I know now is
Is the decision’s mine
They told me there were two sides and I had to choose
Hangin’ on for dear life, shakin’ in my Sunday shoes
Thought real long and hard about just what to do
Finally I found the third way through
Well I took the third way through
Step right off that bridge
Trust that you will fly
If it all falls away
You will be alright
Step right off that bridge
Trust that you will fly
If it all falls away
You will be alright
Alright
They told me there were two sides
And I had to choose
Hangin’ on for dear life
Shakin’ in my Sunday shoes
They told me there were two sides
And I had to choose
Finally I found
The third way through
Well I took the third way through
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25. |
Run For The Money
03:38
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From the crib into a single file line
Learn to crawl and learn to step in time
Learn to follow lead at a clock’s speed (woohoohoo)
Learn to wait at the bridge while the other half lives your life for you
Ooh ooh ooh ooh run for the money, run for the money
Ooh ooh ooh ooh run for the money
From your bed into an office cubicle
March along and keep to schedule
Wake to make your bed, eat what you are fed (woohoohoo)
Learn to wait at the bridge while the other half lives your life for you
Ooh ooh ooh ooh run for the money, run for the money
Ooh ooh ooh ooh run for the money
Ooh ooh ooh ooh run for the money, run for the money
Ooh ooh ooh ooh run for the money
Born to consume when you run for the money, the money runs you
It’s taking control and letting you know there’s nothing you can do
Ooh ooh ooh ooh run across that bridge, it’s time to live
Ooh ooh ooh ooh run across that bridge
Ooh ooh ooh ooh run across that bridge, it’s time to live
Ooh ooh ooh ooh it’s time to live
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26. |
Beat Beat On
03:35
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I’ve been broken
I have fallen
I have hit the ground crawlin’
Missed the boat completely
Watching my ship sail away
I’ve been beat UP
I’ve been banged UP
I’ve been frustrated and fed UP
Made myself so dizzy
Watchin’ this world spin…
But I know there’s somethin’ more
So I’m waiting for the door to open wide
Forget the nights I’ve cried
Thinkin’ I was at my end
BEAT broken heart
BEAT joyful heart
BEAT broken heart
BEAT joyful heart
I’ve been loved at
I’ve been cheated
Would’ve been completed
If I hadn’t heard the voices in my head
But looking UPward at the sky
Where the bluebird learned to fly
Built a nest upon the bridge
Watchin’ the ships sail by
We are wanted and discarded
Seek to finish what we started
The course that we have charted is the very thing that leads us wantin’ more
I’ll take your UPs and DOWNs
Your twists and turns, your merrily go round (x4)
BEAT broken heart
BEAT joyful heart
BEAT BEAT BEAT BEAT BEAT BEAT
BEAT joyful heart
BEAT joyful heart
BEAT BEAT BEAT BEAT BEAT BEAT
I’ll take your UPs and DOWNs
Your twists and turns, your merrily go round (x4)
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27. |
Diamonds And Fairies
04:03
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And so, on a typically foggy evening near olde London Bridge (True story: not falling down not falling down, London Bridge not falling down my fair lady); BUT I DIGRESS. At any rate, our plucky Victorian crossdressing prostitute heroine, Mimsy Mim la Flame, used horribly with excess and vigor, then left beaten on the docks by the shore leave debarkees of a Spanish galleon by the name of (CUT)(Spanish guitar??) NACHO BELLGRANDE (Latin trumpet flourish, castanets) stares longingly, dreamily, and yes, it must be said, creamily across the putrid sparkling waters of the Thames. In them, she spies lost hopes, broken dreams. In them she sees…
Diamonds or fairies, can only be one
The one is for weddings but the other’s more fun
Diamonds and fairies, they may never collide
But if you ask nicely, I’ll still take you inside
I was but a young girl when I first roamed the docks
Picking up some young seamen, and taking hard knocks
I was young and so slender, like a girl of sixteen
All the sailors would clamor – for my cockles so clean –
(Crying cockles … and muscles alive a live ho’)
But time came a tripping, as he’s wont to do
Now my lace is disheveled, and it hurts when I poo
Oh, Nacho Bellgrande, what you’ve done here to me
Through my running mascara, in the waters I see
(SAILORS: I see. I see.)
Diamonds and fairies, an impossible choice
But you don’t need to choose now, when the girls are the boys
So this is the question, when your beauty’s your trade
Do you suck all their lemons or just drink lemonade?
(SAILORS: Lemonade lemonade!)
Diamonds and fairies oo-la-loo, loo-la-lay
Diamonds and fairies hey la ho nonny-nay
Diamonds and fairies oh la loo loo la lay
Diamonds and fairies hey la ho nonney naaaaaaay!!!!
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28. |
I Told You
02:46
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Starry night
On the drawbridge that’s ascending
And I’m hanging on
Trying not to fall
You would think
This fresh air would clear my head
And help me decide
If I’m letting go tonight
Tonight
Well I got rust on my hands, steel’s cuttin’ through
Didn’t listen when they said bridge risin’ up
So get on off – just get off that bridge
It ain’t gonna stop for you
Just get off that bridge
Don’t wanna say I told you
Just get off that bridge
Don’t wanna say I told you
Looking down I am surrounded by the clearest water
That I think – I have ever seen
Not a sound
But all the headlights on the bridge’s pavement
Dance around and somehow call to me
To me
Hang on
Hang on
Well I got rust on my hands, steel’s cuttin’ through
Didn’t listen when they said bridge risin’ up
So get on off – just get off that bridge
It ain’t gonna stop for you
Just get off that bridge
Don’t wanna say I told you
Just get off that bridge
Don’t wanna say I told you
Just get off that bridge
Don’t wanna say I told you
Just get off that bridge
Don’t wanna say I told you
Just get off that bridge
Don’t wanna say I told you
Just get off that bridge
Don’t wanna say I told you
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29. |
I Don't Want No Trouble
03:16
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You were such a good girl way back then
Always heard half of everything we said
With a fly-away ponytail and an open heart
Look both ways before we step in the street
Led you to water, couldn’t make you drink
But we taught you to swim, so I guess that’s a start
All this time we thought you learned
Now you’re alone and your bridge is burned
Don’t want no trouble on your mind
Simple is good, boring is fine
Simple is good, boring is fine
The American Dream tried and true
It’s the well-worn path we carved out for you
With a picket fence, and a porch with a view
Four long years to get your degree
With money that we borrowed and it wasn’t cheap
Quit foolin’ around, the bill’s coming due
All this time we thought you learned
Now you’re alone and your bridge is burned
Don’t want no trouble on your mind
Simple is good, boring is fine
Simple is good, boring is fine
Don’t want no trouble on your mind
Don’t want no trouble on your mind
Listen here while there’s still time
Normal is easy once you’ve crossed the line
Simple is good, boring is fine
Boring is fine (x6)
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30. |
Up All Night
02:04
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There was a time
When I thought I could stay up all night
Takin’ poison and wine
My sorry bones full of holes
Keep my spirits down
I try to keep my mind
I try to keep my mind
I try to keep my mind
Now I know how to fall
With the grace of those
Great ones gone
My brittle bones full of holes
Keep my spirits down
I try to keep my mind
I try to keep my mind
I try to keep my mind
There was a time
When I though I could stay up all night
Takin’ poison and wine
What the hell
Now I guess it’s a guarantee
Lucky me
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31. |
American't
04:00
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Yer really into havin’ a beer
Yer into watchin’ the game
Yer really into livin’ in fear
Embracin’ puritan shame
You got bills to pay
Yer workin’ for a raise
There’s nothin’ we can do to change
It’s the American way
CHORUS
But I won’t wear rose colored glasses to make it easier
I’ve got the song for a better nation written on my heart
If I never stand for another
Have I ever really stood at all
Really stood at all
You don’t like to be political
Because you believe
The privilege that you’ve grown accustomed to was justly conceived
You got bills to pay
And you got kids to raise
There’s nothin’ we can do to change
It’s the American way
CHORUS
Baby steps and beer will never raise minimum wage
So use those goddamn bootstraps for radical change
‘Cause we got debts to pay
History to make
Somethin’ we should do to change
The American way
CHORUS x2
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32. |
Saint Laurence
03:47
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Well I’ve been here since four, I find myself dreamin’
Of all those brick ovens that always stay warm
The dust on the shelves, I’m tired of cleanin’
No one comes in through these old wooden doors
Maybe it’s our time to go
Rumors of a land that paved its streets in gold
Find our way on our own
Maybe Saint Lawrence will carry us home
It shouldn’t be this hard for a baker to put bread on the table
Cuz I ain’t askin’ for a whole lot more than that
If I take the risk will you follow me across the ocean
I’ll take the next boat headed down west on the seaway
Rumors of a land that paved its streets in gold
Find our way on our own
Maybe Saint Lawrence will carry us home
When I first saw those steely gates open
I felt welcoming arms of a brand new day
The town it was small, but the bridge brought together
The people, the heart of Sturgeon Bay
Oh, rumors of a land that paved its streets in gold
Find our way on our own
Maybe Saint Lawrence will carry us home
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33. |
The Monster
03:05
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All my life I was afraid of a monster
See him peeking from behind a tree
Hear him whisper softly as I wander
And this is what he’d say to me
Life is hard
The world is scary
People can be cruel
Then one day I found him right behind me
So I invited him in for tea
He said I’d only gotten half of the story
This is what he’d tried to say to me
Life is hard, don’t get numb
The world is scary, but you belong
People can be cruel but you’ll find
They are far more often kind
Found he has a certain kind of sweetness
Like molasses in my tea
When the world gets overwhelming
On the bridge between awake and asleep
I hear him say
Life is hard, don’t get numb
The world is scary, but you belong
People can be cruel but you’ll find
They are far more often kind
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34. |
Time For Another One
03:31
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Just you and me under the bridge again
I woke leaning on liquid inspiration
Nothin’ to hold, but you my love
Just one more sip, and you’ll be done
Ahh now that you’re, now that you’re gone
Ahh time for another one
I feel at home, when in Rome, they say
You’ve stayed by my side since late yesterday
I must carry on without you my love
To the very last drop, we’ve had our fun
Ahh now that you’re, now that you’re gone
Ahh time for another one
Ahh now that you’re, now that you’re gone
Ahh
Ahh now that you’re, now that you’re gone
Ahh time for another one
Ahh now that you’re, now that you’re gone
Ahh time for another one
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35. |
Jump
02:30
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I thought I knew just what love was
But it was only child’s play
I think I love you forever
Giving you up never ever
It only started yesterday
Jump up
Gonna tell the world about it
Gonna have to scream and shout it
Never ever stop boy JUMP
Jump for my love
The stars above
Want us to be together
Rainy days don’t make me sad anymore
You wipe all my tears away
I’m not ashamed a bit to say it
I think our love’s gonna make it
It only started yesterday
Jump up
Gonna tell the world about it
Gonna have to scream and shout it
Never ever stop boy JUMP
Jump for my love
The stars above
Want us to be together
Boy, take it to the bridge
Girl, meet me on the bridge
Boy, take it to the bridge
STOP!
Jump up!
Gonna tell the world about it
Gonna have to scream and shout it
Never ever stop boy jump!
Jump for my love
The stars above
Want us to be together
Jump up!
Gonna tell the world about it
Gonna have to scream and shout it
Never ever stop boy jump!
Jump for my love
The stars above
Want us to be together
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36. |
Bridge To Bridge
03:20
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We took the highway east to west
No destination, just an itch
Whatever time that I have left
I measure mile by mile and bridge to bridge
I am the driven and not the driver
My body aches to own the road
And if you turn my fuel to fire
I’ll use all gears to take you home
To take you home
We took the highway east to west
No destination, just an itch
Whatever time that I have left
I measure mile by mile and bridge to bridge to bridge to bridge
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