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I walked down to the reservoir saw your footprints in the snow
They’re spitting bullets at the President to a soundtrack of rock’n’roll
Still got sunburn from the summer of love still got my acid blue eyes
Pinned my hopes on a revolution now I just let it slide
Now I’m sitting in the silence
Just watching the river flow
Like nothing ever happened
The curse of rock’n’roll
The looters they’re out in Kandahar there ain’t no safe disguise
Murdered souls litter the path the truth is hard to find
I watch your lips I hear your words I never know what you mean
Warren Zevon wrote the song we all sing on Halloween
Now I’m sitting in the silence
Just watching the river flow
Like nothing ever happened
The curse of rock’n’roll
And when the lights went out on the river out in the wild west end
And you took your gold and cashed your chips at the bar
You stood tall and bought a round and raised your glass
To the women of Kandahar
So it’s part of me and it’s part of you nothing can touch us now
I just gotta hear another sad song something to bring me down
It’s midnight now and the bottle looks good good enough for you and me
But it’s alright you saw me cry hung out for all to see
Now I’m sitting in the silence
Just watching the river flow
Like nothing ever happened
The curse of rock’n’roll
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2. |
Older Than The Hills
04:22
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Running guns from the mountains to the drifters on the shore
Native hearts and storm clouds waiting for the fall
I was older – older than the hills that ran you down
I couldn’t hold her – hold her when she ran me to ground
Winter in the city begging on the street
The snow birds kept on moving away from the summer heat
I was older – older than the hills that ran you down
I couldn’t hold her – hold her when she turned my tender down
Gutter punks with the Jesus fire’s blazing
Subway drunks they lay you down to rest
Sparkling gems once from sands of Asia
You watch the midnight train leaving in your pretty summer dress
Springtime in the valley the radio plays your song
You wonder if he’s listening where the winter days are long
I was older – older than the hills that ran you down
I couldn’t hold her – hold her when she threw the gauntlet down
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Sometimes I Cry
04:30
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I need a whole lotta love just to get me through
A bus load of faith to get me by
A little of luck to see me on my way
A pair of wings to fly
Don’t know ‘bout you but I
Sometimes cry
Need some clean air to fill my lungs
Some place warm to lay
I need a friend to embrace my pain
When it just won’t go away
Don’t know ‘bout you but I
Sometimes cry
And every night I lay awake
And every day I start to break
I need to learn to be humble
I need to learn how to fall
I need a helping hand when I stumble
Some one to listen when I call
Don’t know ‘bout you but I
Sometimes cry
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4. |
By Your Side
05:25
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I been on the road 40 days and nights
Heading west with the sun in my eyes
I thought of you and what you said
About the path and where it led
I’m comin’ home to be by your side
Heaven weren’t the place I thought it was
So I said goodbye and headed back up north
And all the while you were on my mind
I don’t know where this road will wind
I’m comin’ home to be by your side
I’ve seen pain slip out of the night
And I’ve seen darkness rise from the light
But in my heart I always knew
I’d be runin’ back to you
I’m comin’ home to be by your side
I saw you before you caught my eye
Wearing a smile I once called mine
All these nights all these days
I been loving you on that old highway
I’m comin’ home to be by your side
Ella-Lea you open me up wide
Leave my heart no place to hide
I’ve loved you beyond the stars
And hated you just as much
I’m comin’ home to be by your side
I’ve loved you beyond the stars
And hated you just as much
I’m comin’ home to be by your side
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New Orleans
03:56
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He checked the rear view mirror
Making sure she was there
Winding down his window
To let the breeze play with her hair.
Behind them a raging storm
Ahead lies Mexico
He never pulled the trigger
He had to let her go.
A thousand miles of open road
Is more than just a dream
A second chance and circumstance
Goodbye to New Orleans.
She hums la cucaracha
Lets him know she’s still there.
Shadows are coming at ya
The breeze plays with her hair
She can’t remember the levee break
Nor the screaming of the tide
Time to lay the past to rest
And find a place to hide
…..A thousand miles of open road
The motel signs are shining bright
The storm gives no quarter
But there’s no stopping him tonight.
‘til he’s safe across the border
Her country eyes wide open
She makes everybody smile
Everything was laid broken
She went that extra mile.
Turning round and walking out
And putting down the gun
Wave goodbye to chasing lines
Tijuana here we come
…..A thousand miles of open road
words Hazell/Marsh music Marsh
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Water
04:56
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How far do I have to walk for water
Do I carry my daughter to quench her thirst
The moon and I we know one another
We walk like brothers before the curse
Desert rain rare like diamonds
If you can find ‘em in your hands
Sisters they fall like fall like crying
Crawl like dying in the sand
I’m gonna lift my soul gonna lift my soul
I’m gonna lift my soul
Lift it from pain...
I’m gonna lift my soul gonna lift my soul
I’m gonna lift my soul
Lift it from pain...
There comes a time when we look to the heavens
For the gods and the demons are laid to rest
And brothers now they hold their resistance
For the mothers and sisters laid to rest
I’m gonna lift my soul gonna lift my soul
I’m gonna lift my soul
Lift it from pain...
I’m gonna lift my soul gonna lift my soul
I’m gonna lift my soul
Lift it from pain...
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7. |
Beirut
03:19
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Swing it aloft there’s a hanging on the street tonight
Keep it close to the dark be sure you’re hiding your eyes
I never knew there would be so few to sing the songs once again
You say Bagdad but it’s Beirut and it’s starting to rain
There’s a cousin of yours and he’s looking for a place to stay
And the turncoat whores laugh and they push him away
I never saw an open door or a shelter from the curse and the pain
You say Bagdad but it’s Beirut and it’s starting to rain
Rounding up beggars and drinking like the fish in the Nile
Sunday night party dancing we go out in style
With eyes like yours what chance for you to see
With sharpened claws in the shadows is where you’ll be
Never did say that there was ever a way to leave or even remain
You say Bagdad but it’s Beirut and it’s starting to rain
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8. |
Midnight Rain
04:50
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I needed a hand and you supplied one
You gave me a shoulder for me to cry on
I shared my heart and I showed my pain
I guess I’d always felt there’d come a time
And I told you right then right there that night
Walking in the midnight rain
I said what I did well it ain’t no sin
It’s where the numbness ends and the pain begins
Off the rails like a runaway train
You said there might be a God I said probably not
All we have is all we’ve got
Walking in the midnight rain
Yeah the night was loud and the rain came down
The rhythm of the train leaving town
The breaking of a heart in a righteous cause
Left me running blind not hearing your calls
Out on the road out on a limb
Don’t know where to start where to begin
It’s a place I’ve known time and again
But this time I know there’s nowhere to go
No safety net to catch my fall
Walking in the midnight rain
Walking in the rain walking through the night
Wading through the hate of lovers fight
The breaking of a heart the breaking of a soul
The distance of love has a long way to go
You never left me hurt you never left me cold
The alchemist of love touched everything to gold
Then you and me is all that remains
I said you’re late you said that’s fate
And all good things come to those who wait
Walking in the midnight rain
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She was over the moon
I was over the worst
She said nothing
But I still felt the hurt
She said ‘I’ve got the time
You’ve got nothing to lose’
I said ‘what you got in mind?’
Then she blew me right out of my shoes
There’s always a picture hanging
Her face was lit with a smile
Ozzie was on the jukebox
London was 70 miles
She said ‘I’ve got the time…..
Oh there’s pain again on the TV
I never know where to look
A conscience somewhere nags me
I’m supposed to give it up
I’m supposed to save the world
Supposed to heal the pain
I turned my head to the window
And watched her in the rain
She said ‘I’ve got the time…..
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10. |
Magdalene
03:21
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i’m sorry if you’re feeling down
and it’s looking like I let you down
i’m sorry if it’s me you want to blame
i’d like to hold you in my arms
rock you gently keep you warm
i’m sorry if i’ve ever caused you pain
it’s you i watched you i held
you that danced and me that fell
in love that sometimes feels insane
and now we fight make up at night
stare into each others eyes
i’m sorry if i’ve ever caused you pain
i’m sorry if i’ve ever caused you pain
i’m sorry if i left you in the rain
oh magdalene it’s never been
a broken law or a mortal sin
it’s like living on a runway train
but we’re together now forever now
we just need each other now
i’m sorry if i’ve ever caused you pain
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11. |
See What Tomorrow Brings
03:54
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she’d written of the streets of Paris
and the darkness of the squares of Rome
in the hills behind the old city
she’s dreaming like this is home
sometimes the rain of summer
washes like a desert spring
gonna sleep through the treat of sheets tonight
see what tomorrow brings
she watched like an angel from heaven
sometimes like the devil himself
she led me astray in in her own sweet way
like i really needed her help
she left for the sun of the desert
she smiled when she when she told me those things
gonna sleep through the treat of sheets tonight
see what tomorrow brings
tomorrow might bring you close to me
tomorrow will take me home
the walls of the city come tumbling down
tomorrow might never come
we woke to the sound of gunfire
and the burning Damascan dawn
you never did say if you knew a way
to turn your back on it all
because love is never the answer
when the heavy western shells begin
gonna sleep through the treat of sheets tonight
see what tomorrow brings
the blood in the desert and valleys
somehow don’t mean a thing
gonna sleep through the treat of sheets tonight
see what tomorrow brings
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