1. |
Ghost Town Blues
05:07
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I gave myself to Jesus
For all the things that I did see
The greed of man I don’t understand
And you just let that be
The last shift rang and we all sang
Which side are you on
The boss came down to our ground
Said sorry its all gone
So I bought her pretty flowers
when I was coming home
Took a lasting look around
At the life that I had known
I will not miss my Chevy
Or my sixty inch TV
Just the the pride in what I thought I had
Would be forever part of me
You can take this ghost town
All the lying and deceit
It’s just the place for you right now
So won’t you come and see
Come and see
You drove a stake into our heart
Now it will not make a sound
But the bottom line is doing fine
So you don’t worry about this town
I hear them toasting out your name
A hero of our time
But somehow I just hope
You never taste what’s mine
Now I’m sorry for the dust and rubble
Left here in this place
But what did you expect would come
When you closed the factory gate
Now the roads are cracked and the pipes have burst
But we’re fighting for some change
Still the corporations write the law
And things just stay the same
You can take this ghost town
all the lying and deceit
It’s just the place for you right now
So won’t you come and see
Come and see
The scratches on the wall
They tell a sorrow tale
Of the empty faces left behind
That were longing to take sail
But it’s vacant lots and sleeping cots
That all that’s left for us
Cause the rally in your market
Well it turned our dreams to dust
I dream of rivers flowing
And a sky thats ever blue
And a flag that may yet wave
Have some meaning for the youth
For America to keeps its soul
Would you lend a hand
Or will it be the moneyed eye
That gives the last command
You can take this ghost town
all the lying and deceit
It’s just the place for you right now
So won’t you come and see
Come and see
You can take this ghost town
You’re nothing more than thieves
Stripped of all, and left for dead
There is nothing more to bleed
Nothing left to bleed
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2. |
Red, White, and Used
03:08
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I fought for my country
Gave the best years of my youth
But I came home with a habit
That I found just to hard to loose
All I wanted was a family
A house in which to live
But I soon found out
The world had no peace left to give
I believed you when you told me
That these colors don’t ever run
So let me ask you one question
Where you when my tours were done
I didn’t choose to be a burden
Begging on the Senate floor
Oh and by the way sir’s
I didn’t choose to got to war
Red, white, and used I can’t be free, cause you won’t let go
You can’t chase shadows all alone, all alone
So twenty years of hard labor
That’s what I’m facing now
For the crime
Of laying a man’s body down
I didn’t kill nobody
Was only driving the get away car
It was my buddy
Who took it just a little to far
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3. |
Guardians
04:18
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Drifting through
Another perfect day
But in the tall grass
Is where the snakes they like to play
If you ask, I will believe
Those feelings I got, they’re buried deep
The Guardians, they’ll keep us safe
Beaming down from outta space
The lines are draw
And we ain’t got much to say
Just the dead
Are standing the way
Maybe now you can explain
Why the Guardians, never came
Been standing by all of this time
Looking hard for any sign
The Stars and Bars
They’re a cause that’s lost in time
And that mystic spell
Has strangled up your mind
The Guardians, they feel betrayed
The people here could not be saved
An open sky will lead us on
On your watch it went so wrong
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4. |
Everywhere is a Letdown
06:17
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Well I woke up
When the sun had cracked
And the first light shined
Shined on what we lacked
So I walked out
Into something new
The scene of the crime
For a sky of blue
Out on the road
No one is true
Faces are lying
When they look up at you
I needed direction
Where lost is found
But I keep finding out
Everywhere is a letdown
The city was racing
While my engine burned
I lost in the sell out
And nothing was learned
Now buildings are falling
Down to the ground
Nothing left standing
And you ain’t around
You know I don’t feel free
Nothing has changed
I tried to get away
But I still feel chained
A feeling of darkness
At the time of high noon
Twilight was coming
Coming way too soon
I needed direction
Where lost is found
But I keep finding out
Everywhere is a letdown
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5. |
Cult of Disaster
03:01
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A great change
Has got to come
That train is rolling
And it can’t be undone
Picking up people along the way
Punching their ticket for a better day
I can’t wait to get on board
Our cities burning
Thats the price of hate
I’d stay the course
But this can’t wait
We’re speeding up, falling faster
Led around by the cult of disaster
I ain’t hearing that shit no more
The line forms around the bend
It’s hard to tell just who is your friend
TV cameras are on the scene
This dark has got to end
The arc of justice
Bends further away
When broken lives
Are kept that way
I worked with steel, I worked the land
Now all you promise is an empty hand
I ain’t drinking that stuff no more
A great change
Has got to come
That train is rolling
And it’s almost time
So get on board or get left behind
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