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Rad Holiday Songz! (2015​-​2020)

by Drew G. Smith

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1.
O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold him Born the King of Angels: O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him Christ the Lord. Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation, Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above Sing, Hallelujah: he will reign forever O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him O come, let us adore Him Christ the Lord.
2.
Born in a dead man's town The first kick was when I hit the ground You end up like a dog that's been beat too much 'Til you spend half your life just to cover it up Got in a little hometown jam So they put a rifle in my hand Sent me off to a foreign land Someplace they called Afghanistan Come back home to the refinery Hiring man says, "Son if it was up to me" Soo I went down to see my V.A. man He just said, "Son, don't you understand" Down in the shadow of the penitentiary Lit by the gas fires of the refinery I'm ten years running down the road Got, nowhere to run, got nowhere to go Born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now Born in the U.S.A I was born in the U.S.A. Born in the U.S.A I grew up, I'm gonna die here in the U.S.A.
3.
Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty Sound of their breath fades with the light I think about the loveless fascination Under the Milky Way tonight Lower the curtain down in Memphis Lower the curtain down all right I got no time for private consultation Under the Milky Way tonight Wish I knew what you were looking for Might have known what you would find And it's something quite peculiar Something that's shimmering and white It leads you here despite your destination Under the Milky Way tonight Under the Milky Way tonight
4.
What'd you say you'd find Then come, come, come, get the hell inside You can close your eyes Well you might as well commit suicide Wait for me because I waited for you No that's not what you should do Don't hate me 'cause I don't hate you Insane eyes You made me realize Something in you died Well no, no, no, no fault of mine Something in you died Well no, no, no, no fault of mine Make it out what you can see No, that's not what it should be Don't ask me 'cause I cannot see Insane eyes You made me realize What'd you say you'd find Then come, come, come, get the hell inside You can close your eyes Well you might as well commit suicide Wait for me because I waited for you No that's not what you should do Don't hate me 'cause I don't know you Insane eyes You made me realize
5.
Man walkin' 'long the railroad tracks Goin' someplace there's no goin' back Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the bridge Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner Welcome to the New World Order Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest No home, no job, no peace no rest The highway is alive tonight But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass Got a one-way ticket to the promised land Got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand Sleepin' on a pillow of solid rock Bathin' in the city aqueduct The highway is alive tonight Where it's headed everybody knows I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air Look for me mom I'll be there Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand Or a decent job or a helpin' hand Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me. " Well the highway is alive tonight But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light With the ghost of old Tom Joad
6.
Every breath you take And every move you make Every bond you break Every step you take I'll be watching you Every single day And every word you say Every game you play Every night you stay I'll be watching you Oh, can't you see You belong to me? How my poor heart aches With every step you take? Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you Since you've gone, I've been lost without a trace I dream at night, I can only see your face I look around, but it's you I can't replace I feel so cold, and I long for your embrace I keep crying baby, baby please Oh, can't you see You belong to me? How my poor heart aches With every step you take? Every move you make And every vow you break Every smile you fake Every claim you stake I'll be watching you Every move you make Every step you take I'll be watching you I'll be watching you
7.
It's Christmas at ground zero There's music in the air The sleigh bells are ringing and the carolers are singing While the air raid sirens blare It's Christmas at ground zero The button has been pressed The radio just let us know that this is not a test Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping It's the end of all humanity No more time for last minute shopping It's time to face your final destiny It's Christmas at ground zero There's panic in the crowd We can dodge debris while trim the tree Underneath the mushroom cloud You might hear some reindeer on your rooftop Or Jack Frost sittin' on your windowsill But if someone's climbing down your chimney You better load your gun and shoot to kill Oh, it's Christmas at ground zero And if the radiation level's OK I'll go out with you and see all the new Mutations on New Year's Day It's Christmas at ground zero Just seconds left to go I'll duck and cover with my Yuletide lover Underneath the missile-toe It's Christmas at ground zero Now the missiles are on their way What a crazy fluke we're gonna get nuked On this jolly holiday What a crazy fluke we're gonna get nuked On this jolly holiday
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Miami 2017 06:22
I saw the lights go out Broadway I saw the Empire State laid low And life went on beyond the Palisades They all bought Cadillacs And left here long ago They held a concert out in Brooklyn To watch the island bridges blow They turned our power down And drove us underground But we went right on with the show I've seen the lights go out on Broadway I saw the ruins at my feet You know we almost didn't notice it We'd seen it all the time on Forty-Second Street They burned the churches up in Harlem Like in the Spanish Civil War The flames were everywhere But no one seemed to care It always burned up there before I've seen the lights go out on broadway I watched that mighty skyline fall The boats were waiting at the battery The union went on strike They never sailed at all They sent a carrier out of Norfolk And picked the Yankees up for free They said that Queens could stay And blew the Bronx away And sank Manhattan out at sea You know those lights were bright on Broadway But that was many years ago Before we all lived here in Florida Before the mafia took over Mexico There aren't too many who remember They say a handful still survive To tell the world about The way the lights went out And keep the memory alive
9.
Brave young cowboys Of the near north side Mount those bridge rails Ride all night Scream when captured Arch your back Let this whole town hear your knuckles crack Sapphire Trans-Am Highbeams in vain Drive wild broncos Down the plain Push up to the corner Where the turbines hiss Someday we won't remember this Crawl 'til dawn On my hands and knees Goddamn these vampires For what they've done to me Tie those horses To the post outside And let those glass doors Open wide And in their surface See two young, savage things Barely worth remembering Feast like pagans Never get enough Sleep like dead men Wake up like dead men And when the sun comes Try not to hate the light Someday we'll try to walk upright Crawl 'til dawn On my hands and knees God damn these bite marks Deep in my arteries Crawl 'til dawn On my hands and knees God damn these vampires For what they've done to me
10.
Turn the lights off Take the tree down Or maybe we’ll just do it in the morning Leave the dishes out Let them rot out on the counter Wonder why it hasn’t snowed at all yet What if we don’t fight What if we just don’t fight What if we just forget it all this time Next year will be different Next year we'll be different, somehow Back in the old days When everyone was old Before I met you but after I knew you. In the gold days When everyone still talked to each other When everyone still lived near each other When my world was only walking distance Now I could go anywhere, but everyone is half a world away Next year will be different Next year we'll be different Next year
11.
I can't see myself at thirty, I don't buy a lacquered thirty Caught like flies, preserved for tomorrow's jewelry, again Lighted in the amber yard, a green shellback, green shellback Preserved for tomorrow's eyes, in a tree-bit tar-black br'er sap The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest The consul a horse, oh man, I think we're lost Who will tend the farm museums, who will dust today's belongings Who will sweep the floor, hedging near the givens Rally round your leaders, it's the mediator season Diane is on the beach, do you realize the life she's led? The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest The consul a horse, Washington, I think we're lost Lighted in the amber yard, a green shellback, green shellback Skylight, sty-tied, narrow pie-tied, in a tree-bit tar-black br'er sap Reason has harnessed the tame, another live stockader's game Another Greenville, another Magic Mart, Jefferson, grab your fiddle The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest The consul a horse, Washington, Washington The biggest wagon is the empty wagon is the noisiest The consul a horse, oh my God, I think we're lost
12.
The world is a vampire, sent to drain Secret destroyers, hold you up to the flames And what do I get, for my pain? Betrayed desires, and a piece of the game Even though I know - I suppose I'll show All my cool and cold - like old Job Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage Now I'm naked, nothing but an animal But can you fake it, for just one more show? And what do you want? I want to change And what have you got, when you feel the same? Even though I know - I suppose I'll show All my cool and cold - like old Job Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage Tell me I'm the only one Tell me there's no other one Jesus was the only son, yeah Tell me I'm the chosen one Jesus was the only son for you Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage And someone will say what is lost can never be saved Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage Tell me I'm the only one Tell me there's no other one Jesus was the only son for you And I still believe that I cannot be saved And I still believe that I cannot be saved And I still believe that I cannot be saved And I still believe that I cannot be saved
13.
[A Em G] I didn't read the article [A G D] I didn’t read the article [A E D7] I didn’t read the article [A C A] And I never will I'll never watch that TV show Just say what's on the TV show I've got too many TV shows And your taste is shit [D C F]The last thing I need [G D A]Is one more thing [E F G A] The last thing I need Is one more thing I didn't watch the video I'll probably watch the video Before I watch the video Tell me why it's bad [repeat chorus? Or first verse?]
14.
Said the night wind to the little lamb Do you see what I see Way up in the sky little lamb Do you see what I see A star, a star Dancing in the night With a tail as big as a kite With a tail as big as a kite Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy Do you hear what I hear Ringing through the sky shepherd boy Do you hear what I hear A song, a song High above the trees With a voice as big as the sea With a voice as big as the sea Said the shepherd boy to the mighty king Do you know what I know In your palace wall mighty king Do you know what I know A child, a child Shivers in the cold Let us bring him silver and gold Let us bring him silver and gold Said the king to the people everywhere Listen to what I say Pray for peace people everywhere Listen to what I say The child, the child Sleeping in the night He will bring us goodness and light He will bring us goodness and light
15.
When it's not always raining there'll be days like this When there's no one complaining there'll be days like this When everything falls into place like the flick of a switch Well my mama told me there'll be days like this When you don't need to worry there'll be days like this When no one's in a hurry there'll be days like this When you don't get betrayed by that old Judas kiss Oh my mama told me there'll be days like this When you don't need an answer there'll be days like this When you don't meet a chancer there'll be days like this When all the parts of the puzzle start to look like they fit it Then I must remember there'll be days like this When everyone is up front and they're not playing tricks When you don't have no freeloaders out to get their kicks When it's nobody's business the way that you want to live I just have to remember there'll be days like this When no one steps on my dreams there'll be days like this When people understand what I mean there'll be days like this When you ring out the changes of how everything is Well my mama told me there'll be days like this Oh my mama told me There'll be days like this People get ready There's a train a-coming You don't need no baggage You just get on board All you need is faith When you hear that engine humming Don't need no ticket You just thank the Lord

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released October 13, 2021

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