1. |
Dial Up
03:36
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My dad came back from the dead last night
and he was so out of touch
He was so out of touch
that he wanted to use dial up
But I said
Dad
Oh, Dad
There's no dial up anymore
There's no dial up anymore
He needed to connect his computer up
to IBM
So he could fix the health insurer's
mainframe program
But I said
Dad
Oh, my Dad
There's no mainframe anymore
There's no mainframe anymore
I know it was just a dream
And I can't say what it means
But he had the most peculiar desktop machine
Like a cross between a robot
and an arcade game
And I could stand inside and play
Galaga again
But I said
Dad
Oh, my Dad
I don't play that anymore
Yeah, I said
Dad
Oh, my dad
I don't play that anymore
I don't play that anymore
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2. |
The Potter's Face
04:51
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Once I bought truth worth its weight
in gold
Black and white turn into grey
as I grow old
The doctors are sick
The teachers don't know
The merchants can't sell
what the farmers can't grow
The problems aren't solved
The solutions don't work
The medicine is poison
but I drink because I thirst
I thirst
Reveal, oh reveal
what is real
Can one know or is it concealed?
The seers are blind
The sages are daft
The servants have surrendered
to the strong who draft the facts
Buried in judgment
Is there one I can trust
when a blanket of ignorance is covering all of us
all of us?
I am the river that knows
not from whence it came
I am the valley that drinks
but knows not the rain
I am the billowing smoke
that knows not the flame
I am the unfinished vessel that hasn't seen
the Potter's face
the Potter's face
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3. |
I Winter in Chicago
05:25
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When the autumn leaves
Start swirling 'round
And anyone with means
starts making plans to get the hell out of here
That's when I love it best
Smokestacks and abandoned factories
Under a layer of snow
the city of big shoulders sleeps
I winter in Chicago
I winter in Chicago
Wind is off the lake
Wind chill is for wimps and weathermen
I got my Bears hat on
Grilling up brats in the Soldier's Field parking lot
Under a bruised orange sky
Snow keeps dumping under sodium streetlights
Traffic snarls
Now the city that works chills for while
I winter in Chicago
I winter in Chicago
Don't tell me about no beachfront property down in Florida
I don't need to see the light in the south of France
My idea of a thing of beauty on a winter day
is just a layer of snow on the elevated tracks
Trying to start my car
Snowplow buried all the cars on my street
Neighbor's out there, too
I don't really know him
He don't really know me
We dig each other out
He asks me if I got any jumper cables
I say I do
Then my neighbor looks at me and says
Pleased to meet you
I winter in Chicago
I winter in Chicago
I winter in Chicago
I winter in Chicago
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4. |
Killer
03:47
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You got no money
You got no friend
You’re where everyone
Stands to meet in the End
You just got there early
Cause you were born too soon
Before everyone
Wins a trip to the moon
[chorus]
But you know better than the preacher
Who you’re supposed to be
You think you might be special
But you’re hard to believe
If you know better than the Teacher
You’re going to have to prove
You think that you’re a Killer
But you can’t even move
[/chorus]
You’ve got no business
To kill your time
You lost everyone
To get caught up in your mind
Now as much as you figure
You can’t figure it out
You’ve been dying to run
But kept a prisoner of doubt
[chorus x2]
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5. |
Heartland
05:47
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The winters they can be so long
out on the northern plain
And the nights can last forever
Waiting for spring to come again
Our collars clutched against the wind
And our houses closed up tight
Yeah, we keep our sorrows to ourselves
Emotions out of sight
We keep our sidewalks shoveled
And our loved ones near at hand
Till the snow begins to thaw
out in the Heartland
Till the snow begins to thaw
out in the Heartland
Sky's the color of the prairie
Prairie's the color of the sky
Well, it's been so long since I kissed your lips
Now we both forget to try
I meant to tell you something
before we went to bed
Yeah, but then I guess I lost my nerve
And I let it go unsaid
Now I'm just waiting for the moment
And I know you'll understand
When the snow begins to thaw
out in the Heartland
When the snow begins to thaw
out in the Heartland
Well, last night I thought I heard it
I felt something start to crack
I just laid there in the darkness
Feeling the life come rushing back
And something broke inside of me
Some hard thing that had formed
And I watched the sun come rising up
Like a baby being born
Now I know that spring is coming
It'll spread across the land
When the snow begins to thaw
out in the Heartland
When the snow begins to thaw
out in the Heartland
When the snow begins to thaw
out in the Heartland
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6. |
Another Child of History
04:53
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Here's to you
another child of history
Bleeding through
another broken family
May the sins of the father
come clean in the Sun
of another day
another day
just begun
Here's to you
another child of history
Leaving to
the arms of unknown company
May you find the highway you seek
on the run
from another day
another day
just begun
[bridge]
May your footsteps now bend to the places
that get you and call you a friend
May the force of love be all around you
in the End.
[/bridge]
Here's to you
another child of history
Free to choose
among your hopeless fantasies
May you love so madly
as to be the only one
on another day
another day
just begun
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7. |
One Planet
07:55
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Inside a dream one time
I was speaking
to an ageless woman
who knew me well
Whether crone of wisdom
or child of freedom
she was just one woman
who my heart could tell
[chorus]
On this One Planet
with a titled axis making
four seasons
in an endless round
Love is so different
that you won't believe it
on this One Planet
you'll be lost and found
[/chorus]
She came to me
in a simple household
where she saw right through
my sad disguise
Then she left me looking
to another woman
How my heart had opened
now our love had died
[chorus]
I awoke into
an abandoned building
on a naked floor
underneath the rain
Collecting cans
and the empty bottles
with my pauper brother
who had seen the same
[chorus]
We two stole a car
back from the future
and with our satchels
we began to ride
Over broken pavement
down by the river
And in a crowd of strangers
I came upon my bride
[chorus]
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