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Naval Victories
03:18
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I can play a possum
I can sink to the bottom
Of the sea
Even though I can’t breath
I’m perfectly at peace
No one lies like a Christian
On hypocritical missions
To the East
Down on crooked knees
Even God agrees
Now everyone is underdressed
With garland thrown around our necks
The captain came from overseas
To tout his naval victories
I can sign a petition
I can wear my religion
On my sleeve
I’ll barricade my dreams
To keep my team in the lead
Now everyone is underdressed
With garland thrown around our necks
The captain came from overseas
To flout his naval victories
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A Coat For Your Dreams
04:10
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You will do what you dream of doing
You will stop when you come to the end
You will do what you dream of doing
You will become what you intend
There is no point to your pretending
You will go where the road will take you
You will turn when you come to the bend
You will go where the road will take you
The universe will see your plan
And give it to one less deserving
You are the cards you’re showing
You are the cards you hold in your hand
Two tens and a queen of diamonds
A three of clubs and an ace of spades
Two tens and a queen of diamonds
You have a reason to stay in
You have no reason to be smiling
You are the song you’re singing
You are the song you hear in your head
Is this the shape of things to come
Rolling down like an oil drum
Crawling out from under your thumb
I am the sound of the city
I am the sound of the setting sun
There are no lanes to guide you
No reigns to pull you in
There are no chains to bind you
There is no reason to give in
Only reasons to keep fighting
You are the sound of the city
You are the sound of the marching band
You are the song of the sitting
You are the song of the working man
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It Goes Away
03:22
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I listen to the wind and how it blows
I listen to the voices I don’t even know
It is the ocean that I fear the most
Rising high above the open coast
I close my eyes, and I pray
It goes away
It comes on again
Like a yoyo on a string pulled tight
A dancing bear out on his motorbike
Back and forth I plant this field with mines.
For me to walk through in the dead of night.
I know it’s wrong to hide my pain
It goes away
It comes on again
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I’ve come to say goodbye to my dear mother
My dear mother
Mother please don’t cry, I’m goin’ to chop timber
Chop timber
There is danger in the eye, of the dead ringer
The dead ringer
With no more than a swipe of his cold finger
His cold finger
The Seas Roll Mountain High
The Seas Roll Mountain High Stranger
The Seas Roll Mountain
There is danger in the sky for the young soldier
The young soldier
The angry bullets fly far and near brother
My dear brother
The Seas Roll Mountain High
The Seas Roll Mountain High Stranger
The Seas Roll Mountain
Still here we are
Mother please don’t cry but come hither
Come hither
Pray for me tonight in my fine timber
My pine timber
Bury me at sea with my dear father
My dear father
He’s waiting there for me in the cold water
The cold water
The Seas Roll Mountain High
The Seas Roll Mountain High Stranger
The Seas Roll Mountain
Still Here We Are
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Julie the Redeemer
04:06
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Julie, why can’t I find you
Julie, must I remind you
no thoughts in your mind?
no feelings inside?
no lattice to climb?
Up to your window?
Julie, why can’t I find you
Julie, must I remind you Julie
Your time is your wealth
Your crime is your stealth
You hide from yourself
There in the mirror
Would you come nearer?
Would you believe in me, Could you believe in me someday?
Would you believe in me? Could you believe in me?
Julie, I’m a believer
Julie, you’re my redeemer Julie
I recognize your face
Your eyes have been replaced
Shadowed and traced
Crushed by the wheel
Are you for real?
Would you believe in me?
Could you believe in me someday?
Would you believe in me?
Could you believe in me?
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Tiger gravel opposition child
Tiger gravel opposition child
Tiger gravel opposition child
Opposition child
Waiting for you to step outside
Opposition child
Waiting for you to step outside
Step outside
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Let the Power Go Through You
Let the Power Go Through You, Danny
Let the Power Go Through You
Let the Power Go Through You
Let the power destroy you
Let the power employ you (you work for me now)
Let the power define you
Let the power confine you (you belong to me now)
You belong to me now
Let the power destroy you
Let the power employ you (you work for me now)
Let the power enclose you
Let the power expose you (you belong to me now)
You belong to me now
Let the power destroy you
Let the power employ you (you work for me now)
Let the power control you
Let the power unsoul you (you work for me now)
You belong to me now
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Hand Grenades
04:40
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There’s a bad moon comin
I hear the drummers drummin’, down the road
Hitchhikers thumbin, politicians running in circles I know
A little Spanish but not enough to manage
Living out here on my own
Tell me what’s the matter, send up another batter
I’m holding on, holding on
I seen the sun rising
Over the horizon, it goes so slow
Really what’s the hurry, I fill my days with worry, piles up like snow
I’m just a nervous singer, I bite my fingers
Right down to the bone
My grip tightens, my knuckles whiten
I’m holding on, holding on
Holding on to this hand grenade
Holding on to the plans we made
Holding on to this hand grenade
Holding on to the games we played
Holding on, holding on
The home team’s losin’
So much confusion, who’s even keeping score
Back at the museum of human beings, there’s a lock on the door
All these renovations are just imitations
Of what we done before.
Fast Eddie and Black Betty
Are holding on, holding on
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9. |
Old Man River
03:35
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Down in Westfield
Across the river Wyld
Out in Potsdam
Where the tall trees climb
I can’t cross you over
Cross you off my mind
Move you over
Send you down the line
This is a dark tale
Full of grief and woe
Seven young men
Did volunteer to go
I can’t cross you over
Cross you off my mind
Move you over
Send you down the line
Old man river well he pulls me under
Old man river’s just begun
Old man river, he pulls me under
Old man river’s just begun
Out in Wakefield
There is a hope that’s blind
There is an old fear
Under the ash and the pine
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Little Ivan
03:39
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You fill my mind up
With tiny screws
Tiny boxes,
Wooden shoes
Little Ivan
Little Mary
See the horizon
Before the rising of the sun
You fill my mind up
With cannon balls
Rusted anchors
And crosscut saws
Little Ivan
Little Mary
See the horizon
Before the rising of the sun
You fill my mind up
With raven caws
Goats and monkeys
Snakes and dogs
Little Ivan
Little Mary
See the horizon
Before the rising of the sun
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The ocean is deep
And the river is wild
You’ll never sleep
With your eyes open wide
I can hold my hand up to my ear
You can tell me what you want me to hear
And Cara I can take your pain away
Cara I can take your pain
Cara I can take your pain away
Cara I can take your pain
There’s no way to cheat
And there’s nowhere to hide
And I’ll never be free
While there’s tears in your eyes
I can hold my hand up to my ear
You can tell me what you want me to hear
Cara I can take your pain away
Cara I can take your pain
Cara I can take your pain away
Cara I can take your pain
It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright
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Freedom Within
03:15
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Falling into the ocean
Was like falling out of my bed
I learned how to crawl
After I learned how to swim
Freedom without
Freedom Within
Freedom without
Freedom within
Feed me into the ground
Like cotton into the ‘gin
No one will hear the sound
Of me falling down from this limb
Freedom without
Freedom Within
Freedom without
Freedom within
I’ve been living in my head
I’ve been living in my head
Like a mouse
I’ve been living in my head
I’ve been living in my head
Like a mouse, in my head, in my house
When I’m good and high
I can feel the world as it spins
I look to the sky
And surrender myself to the wind
Freedom without
Freedom Within
Freedom without
Freedom within
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FDR Label Chesterfield, New Jersey
FDR Label is the small NJ indie label with the big power pop heart. Formed in 1996, FDR Label is known for wildly popular
tribute CDs to the Replacements, The Who, and the 80s movie tribute, High School Reunion.
Releases have featured Guided By Voices, Frank Black, Matthew Sweet, Pat Dinizio, The Bigger Lovers, Bastards of Melody, The Successful Failures, the Dipsomaniacs, Taggart, and many more.
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