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Verses by Gaslight
04:02
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How a dog wants to bite
When it feels like it’s going blind
Got all these thoughts, they scratch and fight
Don’t even know which ones are mine
An’ I feel like I might lose my mind
Little tales keep keep doubts in check
Like a leash around a neck
Little questions answered sighs
“Who do you believe, me or your lyin’ eyes?”
Whispered words and pretty lies
He wrote his verses down by gaslight
Since I read them I can’t seem to think right
Words won’t stay the same
Always tell me someone new to blame
And it’s a cryin’ shame
Jump at shadows, can’t sleep at night
Like a dog that’s been bit
Tracing scars with every word I write
Trying to see how how the teeth marks fit
The words still don’t feel right
He wrote his verses down by gaslight
Since I read them I can’t seem to think right
Words won’t stay the same
Says I only have myself to blame
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2. |
FANTASMA
04:17
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Secret lives die in the morning light
And little dreams close their eyes
So hold her like you only have tonight
And dance like the sun’s not gonna rise
One job keeps the power on
The other pays the lease
Just when she thinks she can’t go on
The stars are in the east, and like starlight
She never burns as bright as she does at night
Her life only feels alive at night under neon light
What good are these work shoes for
If they can’t get her feet on the dance floor?
Every beat is electric bliss
Like the thrill of a lover’s kiss
Heartbeats never sound as sweet as when two meet
Starlight never shines as bright as it does at night because
Secret lives die in the morning light
And little dreams close their eyes
So hold her like you only have tonight
And dance like the sun’s not gonna rise
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3. |
One Step Ahead
05:21
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It's hard out here for the honest folk I see
Harder still for a boy like me
Been one step ahead since I was seventeen
Some of you know what I mean
I can’t blame no broken home
Two saints gave thanks on the day that I was born
But loving words can be so very hard to hear
When the devil's whispering in your ear
And the temple I built to myself
Is pulled down around my head
The hell-hounds on my trail
Drink from dry river beds
But I stay one step ahead
I fell on my knees
I was begging please
Don't let me know all the good I'm gonna miss
When the cold hands close around my wrist
And the temple I built to myself
Is pulled down around my head
The hell-hounds on my trail
Drink from dry river beds
But I stay one step ahead
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4. |
diamonds & pearls
04:19
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I never knew how it felt to feel till I met you
Diamonds and pearls, any price in the world just to pet you
Now that you’re gone I would give anything to forget you
I had the world on a string till that fling sent me reeling
Dizzy standing still, I was numb from the thrill I was feeling
Diamonds and pearls, but it was my peace of mind you were stealing
I worked my fingers to the bone
I won’t take your love on loan
I never thought a diamond ring
Might be more than just a stone
If you see me there on the street wondering where it all went
Pay me no mind like a coin left behind on the pavement
Can’t buy me love but heaven above knows I’m spent
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5. |
Main Street
06:02
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On the street last night I had a revelation
Ten thousand people in the crowd
Saw angels walking arm-in-arm through the demonstration
And heard one cry out loud
She said Watch out, watch out
Can’t you hear the war drums starting that old, familiar beat?
Watch out, watch out
A red horse is riding down Main Street
Found myself down by the churchyard
Looking for a cross to bear
Saw an old preacher tendin’ the gravestones
And heard her offer a prayer
I asked her if she knew how this all was gonna end
She said, ‘I read it in a book somewhere’
She said Watch out, watch out
When the spirit of the times walks on cloven feet
Watch out, watch out
A pale horse is riding down Main Street
Woke up on an operating table
The doctor was singing a hymn
I said, tell me doctor, doctor, is it my time to die?
Tell me, the prognosis, is it grim?
Cause I see a fever gripping the people on my TV
And either the fever breaks or it breaks them
She said Watch out, watch out
I see fever burning in the eyes that I meet
Watch out, watch out
A white horse is riding down Main Street
I sat down at my dinner table
Just wanted to break bread with my kin
But all I saw around me were strange hungry faces
And famine where a banquet had been
Curse words had crept into their graces
They said, ‘love thy neighbor is a sin’
See, they’d sat so long in the belly of the beast
They thought they were guests at the feast
And I said Watch out, watch out
Starving souls don’t care what they eat
Watch out, watch out
A black horse is riding down Main Street
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6. |
The Road Home
02:36
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Queens County Roots New York, New York
QCR is all about rhythm and blues-rock--the kind of electric Americana that makes bodies want to get up and move.
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