1. |
Oh Come All Ye Faithful
01:45
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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.
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2. |
Born In the USA
03:42
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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.
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3. |
Under the Milky Way
04:23
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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
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4. |
You Made Me Realise
03:42
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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
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5. |
The Ghost of Tom Joad
04:42
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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
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6. |
Every Breath You Take
04:29
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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
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7. |
Christmas at Ground Zero
03:01
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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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8. |
Miami 2017
06:22
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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
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9. |
Damn These Vampires
03:28
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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
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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
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11. |
Little America
02:54
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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
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12. |
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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
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13. |
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[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?]
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14. |
Do You Hear What I Hear?
04:46
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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
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15. |
Days Like This
05:08
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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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