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Only World
03:41
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Moon is gone, it's coming on snow
and I'm running up the hill
Sky turns white, the city it glows
Winter's coming for the kill
and ohh, we're coming to your town
and ohh, we're keeping to ourselves but
Where to go when all the fire's running out of the world?
Where to go when all the color's fading out of the world?
What's it gonna take to stand up for this,
Only world?
Moon is gone, it's coming on snow
and I'm running down below
Sky turns red, a bitter wind blows
a Thousand cuts to pave the road
and ohh, we're reaching for the sky
and ohh, we're struggling to get by but
Where to go when all the fire's running out of the world?
Where to go when all the color's fading out of the world?
What's it gonna take to stand up for this,
Only world?
Only world?
And ohh, we're taking to the streets
and ohh, we're falling to our knees
Where to be when all the fire's running out of the world?
Where to be when all the color's fading out of the world?
What's it gonna take to stand up for this,
Only world?
Only world?
Only world?
Moon is gone, it's coming on snow
and I'm sitting all alone
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When the fruits of all your labor are turning bitter in the sun
and someone else's daughter doesn't care for someone's son
When you've settled in up on a hill that overlooks the town
take the longer road around
Take the longer road around, while there's still time to save
Take the longer road around, you'll get there anyway
In your head a lonesome clock is gonna tick your worry down
Take the longer road around
When on the jagged roads of Irvington your dignity's gone flat
and like the social safety net, your tires have been slashed
When your body isn't broken and you'll soon be homeward bound
take the longer road around
Take the longer road around, while there's still time to save
Take the longer road around, you'll get there anyway
In your head a lonesome clock is gonna tick your worry down
Take the longer road around
When you're twice as good as anybody's half assed fall
but twice as good ain't any good at all
When your fingers have to hussle just to get a lucky break
and your dating game's as nonexistent as the EPA
When you know that someone's out there, they just haven't been found
take the longer road around
When your spirit isn't broken and you'll soon be homeward bound
take the longer road around
Take the longer road around, while there's still time to save
Take the longer road around, you'll get there anyway
When in your head a lonesome clock is gonna tick your worry down
Take the longer road around
When in your head a lonesome clock is gonna tick your worry down
Take the longer road around
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3. |
Route 35
03:56
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The days were long but the light was short
I took a ride out to that emerald shore
and it was stretching out like the long dark night
I was alive but my life was just to die
Shakedown, Route 35
I've got the summer of '69 in my speaker tonight
Shakedown, Route 35
I'm gonna sink or swim in Jersey tonight
Claustrophobic just hanging around
but I knew a girl in Middletown
and I felt the beat from that burnt out legion hall
Yeah, I was burnt out but I wasn't there at all
Shakedown, Route 35
I've got 1979 in my speaker tonight
Shakedown, Route 35
I'm gonna sink or swim in Jersey tonight
I turned my back on an open door
I put the pedal down to the floor
and the coastal factories shined like gamma rays
Yeah, I was shining but I knew I couldn't stay
I was shining but I knew I couldn't stay
I was shining but I knew I couldn't stay
Shakedown, Route 35
I've got the sound of 2009 in my speaker tonight
Shakedown, Route 35
I'm gonna sink or swim in Jersey tonight
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4. |
Midnight World
04:20
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So the neighborhood you're living in
gives you what you need
Walls so high they keep your children dry
and blow away disease
You want to ride out in that open road
scatter like the breeze
but blue lines are turning long and red
and the blood runs deep
Roll on, roll on, midnight world
Water is rising and the flags are all unfurled
Roll on, roll on, midnight world
Got to keep it together, all you boys and girls
You used to sit and watch the lillywhites
cross the Roman streets
but now your lonely view's a bowie knife
while the city sleeps
Roll on, roll on, midnight world
Water is rising and the flags are all unfurled
Roll on, roll on, midnight world
Got to keep it together, all you boys and girls
So you've seen the Eiffel Tower now
flown a rocket through the air
but dreams vanish on a crowded beach
and a call to prayer
Roll on, roll on, midnight world
Water keeps rising and the flags are all unfurled
Roll on, roll on, midnight world
Got to keep it together, all you boys and girls
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Long Beach
03:06
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I thought I heard the captain say
tomorrow was your sailing day, but I don't know
A hint of spring was in the breeze
but Stella brought us to our knees, don't you know?
There's always more shanties to sing
but a girl's calling you across the sea
and the toll man says "cash only, please"
down in Long Beach
The tide it is high, and it forms a reflection
All those debts I had to pay
But funny, it seems, seven years fading....
I thought I heard somebody say
the sun was coming out today, but I don't know
I felt some drops upon my face
and soon enough it all turned gray, don't you know?
I've still got some wounds left to heal
but I've laid down my sword and my shield
And by Grandell the signs all say, "Yield"
down in Long Beach
down in Long Beach
down in Long Beach
down in Long Beach
down in Long Beach
down in Long Beach
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Muddy Shores of Xanadu
03:38
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On the muddy shores of Xanadu,
the sky is all blackened with soot.
For the city glow sighs and the sun is too high
to raise the standard of living.
On the muddy shores of Xanadu,
the water is closer each day.
To our children we teach respect for the sea,
for we can't stop the land disappearing.
On the muddy shores of Xanadu,
You build up as high as you can.
'Cause there's no looking down on an old shantytown,
And when it rains it'll keep you from drowning
On the muddy shores of Xanadu,
the people are every known shade.
For the wind and the rain don't discriminate
unlike the system that led to its building.
On the muddy shores of Xanadu,
we always take care of our own,
so we lie warm and close and count fingers and toes,
but the defects just keep on a-pilin'
On the muddy shores of Xanadu,
you never can tell what you'll catch.
For the people inside have machines by their side,
while we scrounge for some water worth drinking.
On the muddy shores of Xanadu,
we've only ourselves to blame.
For the ones behind walls are outnumbered by far
by the ones who voted to build them.
On the muddy shores of Xanadu,
you can hear a faint hum in the air.
So we bang on our drums and raise up our voices
and the life we are living is there
and the life we are living is there
and the life we are living is there
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7. |
Black Wind
04:16
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Black wind howling where the road is paved
Black wind howling where the road is paved
That endless skyway fades away
Somebody will not be saved
Black wind howling where the road is paved
Black wind howling at the stock exchange
Black wind howling at the stock exchange
Those sparkling sands of power sway
Harder to tell night from day
Black wind howling at the stock exchange
I found myself on a drunken street
I found myself on a drunken street
Higher ground across the street
Water between it and me
I found myself on a drunken street
Took off my shoes and rolled up my jeans
Took off my shoes and rolled up my jeans
I closed my eyes and I whispered "please"
and waded in up to my knees
Took off my shoes and rolled up my jeans
I felt the sand beneath my feet
I felt the sand beneath my feet
Afraid of what might lie beneath
Gave my toes no time to think
I felt the sand beneath my feet
Treading barefoot down the street
Treading barefoot down the street
Couples smiling strange at me
They're headed down that same drunken street
Treading barefoot down the street
Black wind howling where the people pray
Black wind howling where the people pray
That diamond desert's hardened clay
Wisdom's cold and locked away
Black wind howling where the people pray
Black wind howling where the children play
There's a black wind howling where the children play
That golden valley's turning grey
Wisdom's cold and locked away
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8. |
Powder Blue Cadillac Day
03:12
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If the weather should change
into something strange
where will I find you?
Where will you stay
on this powder blue cadillac day?
If the silence should fade
into noise and rain
could we take shelter?
Would it be the same
on this powder blue cadillac day?
Your hair hangs low
so I want you to know
can I kiss you slowly
and wait out the light of day
on this powder blue cadillac day?
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Andrew Nieporent Verona, New Jersey
Folk-infused singer-songwriter. Solo but increasingly band- and collaboration-oriented. Mostly acoustic but electric- curious. Host of the Fine Grind Open Mic Night. Veteran of thousands of local shows and open mics. Hardcore fan of Bruce Springsteen, Cat Stevens, Tom Waits, and Conor Oberst. Flattered to sometimes be aurally mistaken for John Darnielle, Colin Meloy, and Jeff Mangum. ... more
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