1. |
Freedom!
03:04
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Every day it’s a different story
People sayin' how you’re no good for me
I heard you get around
& they're making a fool of you, the way they do
But like a prisoner who has his own key
there’s no escaping its a fact you own me
'cause when I'm knocked down I’m locked down
They’ll do the same to you
But you always know that I'll forgive you
just this once or twice forever
You could drag me to hell & back
just as long as we’re together
(& you do)
I don’t want your freedom
I don’t want to play around
I don’t want nobody, baby
Part-time love just brings me down
I don’t want your freedom
I just want you
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2. |
A Necessary Evil
03:14
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You can ask her too, You can ask till you turn blue
In the past until, its a necessary evil
You want me to keep you right
You want someone to fulfill your glass all night
It’s killing me but that’s alright
It’s just a necessary evil
It’s a master pill, never asked for what was cruel
You’re the last to know, it's a necessary evil
You want me to keep you right
(Keep you right)
You want someone to fulfill your glass all night
(Glass all night)
Come show me the reason why I can try
(Know I’ll try)
It’s killing me but that’s alright
Did you wanna know
Oh, did you wanna know
Its just a necessary evil
Nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Necessary evil
Nah nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Nah nah nah
Necessary evil
You want me to keep you right
(Keep you right)
Come show me the reason I can try
(Know I’ll try)
It’s killing me but that’s alright
It’s just a necessary evil
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3. |
Follow My Shadow
03:28
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It's taken me so long
to get where I belong
I’m gonna shake some action
& get some satisfaction
You show imagination
so if you’re coming along come on & sing it
Come on, come on
let's get it on
Wake up & strap on
that night vision
I know you but you don’t know me
I can show you the night
So come on now & follow my shadow
(let's go – the future is waiting)
Everything is alright
It's time to see it my way
in the darkness o'the day
I'm gonna make it easy
for you to never see me
it's only fascination
so if you’re coming along
come on & bring it
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4. |
How Sweet The Light
03:30
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Rocket died dead on Monday
By Tuesday he was in the ground
Rocket died dead on Monday
His guitar was all they found
(it made no sound?)
I’m walking away from my suicide
My weary world washed away once I walked outside
That morning stroll in October
when the light left me sober
Jesus Mary Jehovah
I almost crossed over
Won’t you do me a favor
& send me a savior of a different flavor?
& remind him to remind me
how sweet the light
Rocket died dead on Monday
By Tuesday he was in the ground
Rocket died dead on Monday
His six-string was all they found
Folks say he caused no trouble
He enjoyed his evenings about the town
but Rocket 'tended church on Sunday
then one day we wasn't around
(he couldn’t be found?)
I wanna scale your mountains, baby
then ski down your tits
How sweet the light!
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5. |
I Been Ready
02:51
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You could always make some silence
You could know our reasons since
You know more than you could possibly know now Cause you don’t believe life is hard
You never tried to bring me down
Cause I been ready
I been ready
You can try to keep me out
And you can know my secret now
Well you have more than you could possibly know now Cause you don’t believe life is hard
You never tried to bring me down
But I got tired of the bus stop waiting
You looked away when I found out
Im not trying to be frustrating
They’re not playing our song
Cause I been ready
I been ready
You can start it all again
And you could take my jagged hands
Well you have more than you could possibly know now Cause you don’t believe life is hard
You never tried to bring me down
But I got tired of the bus stop waiting
You looked away when I found out
Im not trying to be frustrating
They’re not playing our song
I been ready I been
ready
Now I’m waiting
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6. |
A Prisoner's Dilemma
03:55
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Buon giorno mia Amanda
Wish you were fine now that the weather’s here
You remember the aroma o'Tacoma around this time of year?
But you're on la vie d'Italia
shut in some ancient xenophobic state
Now that LaRoma’s your new home we’ll have to conjugate
from Emerald City up to the Vatican gates
A prisoner's dilemma
you gotta defect
it's Juliet or Romeo?
That naughty girl
half across the world
She's just her Daddy’s girl 'til you provoke her
In them Tuscan hills
you can’t buy a thrill
where some foreigner can’t take a joke?
Because a hot rockstar really gets me high
Amanda Knox – I'll be your alibi
O face bonita, on a night
so tightly swaddled in halloween shroud
The night you rolled your lira along the mirror
until three was a crowd
Lets hope your playmate stays quiet
& no DNA's allowed?
A prisoner's dilemma but you gotta defect
& Raphael's no Romeo
Then you can sell your story rights,
do talk show nights
or host your own reality show?
That naughty girl
half across the world
She's just her Mama's pearl 'til you provoke her
In them thar Tuscan hills
you can’t buy a thrill
So some foreigner can’t take a joke?
Because a hot rockstar really gets me high
Amanda Knox – lemme be your alibi
You know a foxy rockstar
really gets me growin'
(so much that I... ?)
Amanda Knox – you gotta
keep on goin' - Amanda Knox
Amanda Fox-in-the-Box
Return the night another day
Return the night some other day
when we can talk in Italian:
Buona notte – que cosi fe?
another day
Viva l'Italia
Prego, mia poca volpe
Ciao!
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7. |
Forgiven
03:22
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What you need?
When the whip comes down on ya
What do you see?
When you open your eyes, open your eyes It better be me
When the world comes down around ya You gotta believe
I'm done giving
I'm gonna be among the living
I don’t want to hear your opinion
I wanna be forgiven
I tried to say
But I won’t come down to tell ya
Talk to me
So you’ll never be lost, never be lost
Along the way
And I wanna come down and find ya
I'm staking a claim
I'm done giving
I'm gonna be among the living
I don’t wanna hear your opinion
I wanna be forgiven
Whatcha gonna do in the middle of the night? Whatcha gonna do in the middle of the night?
Whatcha gonna do in the middle of the night? Whatcha gonna do in the middle of the night?
Whatcha gonna do in the middle of the night? Whatcha gonna do in the middle of the night?
Whatcha gonna do in the middle of the night? Whatcha gonna do in the middle of the night?
Whatcha gonna do in the middle of the night? Whatcha gonna do in the middle of the night?
Im gonna be among the living
I don’t wanna hear your opinion
Im gonna be among the living
I don’t wanna hear your opinion
I wanna be
I wanna be
Lord I wanna be
Forgiven
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8. |
Totem Pole
03:42
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She took her time in the morning
but no goodbye before she rolled
Hers was a house always open to me
right by the totem pole
Nineteen-seven-three
but the street's unknown
Is that some neighborhood, a zipcode or a phone?
She said she’d come meet me by the totem pole
but anyplace starts lookin' good when you find yourself alone
We missed our time without warning
Never realized it all gets old
Perhaps I should have lived more like some kind o'family man
It grounds you (or so I’ve been told?)
Now I miss your laugh & all our forning
Your fleesy hair, heart & soul
Somehow I knew I should o'nailed your sweet ass down
up on that totem pole
You're shit out of luck
You're shit's on the line
You don’t give a fuck
You don’t even try
You’re losing faith
You’re losing time
You’re losing face
You’re losing your mind
Nineteen-seven-three
but the streets unknown
It was just some memory
It was here but now it’s gone
She said shed come meet me by the totem pole
but any place starts lookin' good
when you’re finally on your own
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9. |
Litany
04:10
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Everybody knows its a parade of sullen souls
This is what we chose when we paid before we go
Did you take his curse when you changed an honest one Did you smell his ghost when you claimed his only son
What does it cost to defy what was never shown
What cause and cost could deny his blood and bones All of that what it could’ve been
But it wouldn’t be
That it couldn’t win
Was it destiny
What it could’ve been
But it wouldn’t be
Everybody knows he’s afraid of dying alone
And his book is closed and his friends have all gone home Now the kids are alone and the saints have all been stoned What blessed cause could deny his blood and bones
What does it cost to defy what was never shown
Now the kids are lost and the fires will never grow
Only then what it could’ve been
But it wouldn’t be
All that it couldn’t win
Was it destiny
What it could’ve been
But it wouldn’t be
What worthy cause
Could define the force of laws
What cause and loss could deny his blood and bones Only then what it could’ve been
But it wouldn’t be
All that it couldn’t win
Was it destiny
What it could’ve been
But it wouldn’t be
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10. |
I Can't Stay Glad@U
03:27
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High atop the mountain
you came down to see me
Your lips flood with desire
Your satin hair on fire
My valentine
I would wake you just to take you there
Distant love o'mine
I won’t make you but I can’t fake you either
Your eyes that shine
just like a lake view
& I wanna thank you angel
We both know in time
I will shake you & forsake you
but never break you
You’re high upon the mountain
while I in the valley of madness
When our love burns & crashes
you will still rise from the ashes
Behold the Phoenix rising
My valentine
I would wake you just to take you there
Distant love o'mine
I won’t make you but I can’t fake you either
Your eyes always shine
divinely like a lake view
& I shant forget you, angel
We both know in time
they’ll forsake you
'cause if I’m not mistaken
She must be Jesus Christ
my only friend
I'm walking across her waters
unto my end
I know it shall be
I just don’t know when
(maybe some other time?)
I can’t stay glad at you, O no!
You must be Jesus Christ
my only friend
I'm walking across your waters
unto my end
We both know it shall be
We just don’t know when
Who would think in time
I would ever shake you or forsake you
(but I'll never break you?)
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11. |
Won't Let Go
03:23
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I know I’ve never been in your dreams
No one ever seems to last through all the scenes
Cause there’s no one that I can loathe
I don’t know what it means
There is nobody I can help
I can help but disease
Have you heard everything you wanted to
I won’t let you go
Cause everything I want is you and me
Living out of faith as one
And I won’t let you go
Never want to find you gone
And I won’t have to wander
Ever gonna find enough
Find you gone
Well Ive never seen your dreams
But Id like to know the cracks from all the seams
And there’s nothing that I can’t know
I don’t know what it means
And there’s nobody I can help
I can help but disease
Have you heard everything you wanted to
I won’t let you go
Cause everything I want is you and me
Living out of faith as one
And I won’t let you go
Never want to find you gone
And I won’t have to wander
Ever gonna find enough
And I won’t let you go
Never want to find you gone
And I won’t have to wander
Ever gonna find enough
Gonna find you gone
Find you gone
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12. |
Snow
02:47
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Snow
I want it to snow
Slow
I want you to go
Cause if you wanna hurt me
Then I’m gonna hurt you
If you want a half of me
Then I’ll want a half of you
Oh I want you to know
Know that I wanted you so
Snow
You soured me so
And if you wanted to ask me
And I wanted to ask you
But if you wanted to test me
Then Im gonna contest you
I wanna be straight with you
Oh
Oh
Oh
Wherever you go
I want you to know
Oh
You want to know
That where you’ll go?
Snow
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Urge Overkill Chicago, Illinois
Urge Overkill, led by Eddie "King" Roeser and Nash Kato, are two Minnesota native sons who met at Northwestern University, in Evanston, IL, and began the band in Chicago. Taking their name from a Parliament song, Urge Overkill formed in 1984. Rock & Roll Submarine, is the critically acclaimed new album from Urge Overkill, earning 4 stars from Mojo Magazine, and delighting hungry fans worldwide. ... more
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