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The "I Lost My Leg To Snakebite" Blues
I lost my leg to snakebite
Do you hear me yet?
Are you there?
I flatlined and came back from the light
Is that good enough?
Do you care?
Poets cost a couple of bucks...a day
Is that a joke?
Am I on my own here?
He drank the ocean and he went MIA
Guess he found a rock
It's a strange, sometimes sad ship to steer
I found out today that I'm dying
Can you believe that?
Ain't it a surprise?
The truth is a drag, please accept this lyin'
I can deal with that
You've gotten wise...
Beggars will cost you a pocketful of dough...a day
Is that a joke?
Am I on my own here?
He ate the land and had very little to say
His spirit choked
It's a strange, sometimes sad ship to steer
Drunks'll cost you whatever you got...a day
Yeah, thats the truth
They wish they could disappear.
They could drink the oceans...
They could go MIA...
and leave a note on the noose...
It's been a strange sometimes sad ship to steer
It's been a strange...sometimes sad ship to steer
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2. |
Because, It's Easy
02:34
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Because It's Easy
I'll talk myself out of thinking clearly
Take myself outta the game early
Throw a sad face when there's no reason
Destroy myself 'cause it's easy
Hold my hand above a fire
Hang my head to the muck and the mire
Walk around outside my body
Feel angry and let it please me
No no no no no no...
There's a situation here
Don't walk away
Call on higher power
Call in a favor
I'll question what I believe is true
I find that nothing is ever new
I insult what I don't understand
And hide, because it's easy
I avoid what makes me wanna run
Pick a fight with a loaded gun
I'll get in the dirt when I'm feeling bad
and I do...just because it's so easy
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3. |
Everybody's An Animal
02:31
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Everybody's An Animal
We've all been a bad headache
And everybody's been a bore
We've all crawled into bed with a bad decision
while there's something important to ignore
It's what we do...we tell stories
We don't admit it to ourselves
That we've got jars and jars of old acid
sitting...waiting on our shelves
Nobody is an angel
Nobody is a the devil
But everybody is an animal
And nobody's on the level
Everybody is a liar
every once in a while
Everybody alive has pretended they were angry
when inside there's some sly phony smile
Everybody is an angel
Everybody is the devil
And everybody is an animal
And nobody's on the level
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The Devil Doesn't Care Who I Am
God doesn't mean not to worry about me...
And the devil doesn't care who I am
The poison's become the water
but there's a sign of land
The devil doesn't care who I am
Pennies never looked so shiny to me
And the grass seems to never be greener where I stand
Got an ounce of good luck...
I'm waiting on the pound of bad
Does the devil even know who I am?
I saw a spider
It changed my day
I couldn't rest my head anymore
Over my shoulder
Under my feet
I can't rest my head anymore
Church is a choice, when my bed is a friend
And the devil doesn't care who I am
Where I sleep
Where I hide
Where I choose to stand
The devil would be bored with who I am.
Looking over my shoulder for a spider
I'm changing my ways
I can't rest my head anymore
Over my shoulder
At my door
I can't rest my head anymore
I can't rest my head anymore
God doesn't mean not to worry about me...
And the devil doesn't care who I am
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5. |
Go Away, Peacefully
02:31
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Go Away, Peacefully
I don't wanna fight tonight
I don't wanna change the rules
I don't care to strip the air of your breath...
or rip the dirt from our jewels
Go way
Go away
Go away, peacefully
People pace one million streets
Up and down countless miles
But I can see the truth
Yeah, I can see black teeth inside the smiles
Go away
Go away
Go away, peacefully
There's no way that something won't change
There's no chance of things staying the same
There's no way that today is the day
There's no chance it's gonna work out that way..
Hearts can't lie to similar hearts
Real love will never go missing for long, if at all
There are rats in New York City
as sure as there is a road...and a call
So, go away
Go away
Go away, peacefully
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6. |
Dinosaur Bones
02:11
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Dinosaur Bones
Everything happened
Everything's real
Everything's the truth
There's a path to heaven
and a road straight to hell
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Jesus Christ hears me pray
I'll be saved tomorrow, if not today
God's alive and well I'm told
What's the ransom on the soul I sold?
The devil makes me drink and smoke
makes me cuss and keeps me broke
Plants ideas inside my head
Give me that wine...no give me the big sins instead
Everything happened
It's been written down
The sky will fall on us any day now
'Cause the preacher sinned
He dreamed of dinosaur bones
Until you're forgiven, well you're on your own
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7. |
Seven Apologies
02:29
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Seven Apologies
Seven apologies
Seven sins
First step
Last breath
A new day begins
That night ends
The whole world spins
Seven apologies
Seven sins
Endless heartbreak
Countless sighs
Lots of lows
Not a lot of highs
Curled up on a wing
Freezing as time flies
A shaky engine
In stormy skies
A haunted house
on a haunted road
on the bad side of town stays troubled
Warning signs
Caution lines
Trespassing fines are doubled
Rolling fog
dead end street
brave young fool
with fearless feet
great mistakes
play on repeat
shameful rhythm
a dying beat
Seven apologies
Seven sins
First step
Last breath
A new day begins
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Sleeping in the graveyard
Been sleeping in the graveyard
I been waking up alone
Never mind the bodies of the dead
Never mind the stories on the stones
Been running on the ceilings
Dangled by tied heels, upside down
Jumping at the tiny sounds of life
Burnt out on the living sights in town
And I'm feeling less and less amazed by the hour
That's the power of living with the dead
Sleep tight
Put a set of old lungs to rest
'Cause that's what you do best
I'm feeling less and less amazed by the hour
Been drinking in the backyard
Holding onto electric wire
couldn't I.D a pyro maniac
walking wasted straight out of a fire
And I'm feeling less and less amazed by the hour
That's the power of living with the dead
Sleep tight
Put a set of old lungs to rest
'Cause that's what you do best
I'm feeling less and amazed by the hour
Been aging in the junkyard
alongside busted parts of chrome
Once you get over being thrown away
You can pretty much call any junkyard home
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9. |
The Enemy
02:54
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The Enemy
You were once a sad eyed alchemist
You could've dusted the earth with your breath
Should have sorted yourself from the rust
Oh, you were oblivious
Holding it together
A stone atop a feather
You were once a slow death chemistry set
Pinwheel brains, and mazes of madness
An ancient shelf of dust
You were later on...oblivious
A head just above the water
Sand atop a treasure
You don't appreciate hopeful songs
Can't relate, Won't hum along
The road is always rough
Or, maybe your wheels are on all wrong
You were once upon a time the enemy
The troubled branch on your own hanging tree
Sickness got to be a must
Once again you were oblivious...
Holding it together
The season fights the weather
You don't appreciate hopeful songs
Can't relate, Won't hum along
The road is always rough
Or, maybe your wheels are on all wrong
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Razor In My Shoe, In Heaven
I'll want a razor blade in my shoe in heaven
I'll get a dagger in my back in heaven
I feel an earthquake, and tornadoes heading to heaven
I'll gouge out eyes if I'm being choked in heaven
I'll talk straight to the force I face in heaven
I expect to feel all my aches in heaven
I'll be waiting in line
I've got some time to do
Doing time is nothing new
Come down, lay low
Who's covering up for who?
Wasted lives are nothing new
I'll sneak on stage to speak my peace in heaven
I'll pay my way. There's no way there's no money in heaven
I see a wall to write on and sheets to sign in heaven
I'll be waiting in line
I've got some time to do
Doing time is nothing new
Come down, lay low
Who's covering up for who?
Wasted lives are nothing new
Wasting time is nothing new
Wasted Life is nothing new
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11. |
I Don't Belong Here
03:01
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I Don't Belong Here
Oh lord, I don't belong here
No lord, I don't belong here
There's no hope
There's no air
I find a crowd hides anywhere
That's why I don't belong here or there
No, I know I don't belong here
Oh lord, I don't forgive you
No lord, I won't forgive you
You fucked with me
So I fucked with you
Lies are on the tips of tongues, it's true
That's why I can't forgive the things you do
No, I don't belong here
Bought a book
Burned a book
A book of rules...
You send me around the gates of hell
To tempt me is so cruel
No, I know
I know I don't belong here.
Oh lord, I don't believe it
No lord, I won't believe it
It's pointless to try...
Yet we crawl through it still
We're piles of flies on a window sill
We all die...some even kill
No...I know I don't belong here.
Bought a book
Burned a book
A book of rules...
You send me around the gates of hell
To tempt me is so cruel
No, I know I don't belong here
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12. |
Doctor Kills Doctor
02:47
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Doctor Kills Doctor
Liar fools liar
Seeker finds seeker
Lucky man finds love
Unlucky man is a tragedy
Monster scares monster
Angel soothes angel
Doctor kills doctor
And the judge is the devil in daylight
Junkie fronts junkie
Actor impresses actor
Con-man con's con-man
See...the look is all to same
Butcher cuts up butcher
Archer 'heart shots' archer
Writer 'writes up' writer
God and Jesus...they're to blame
All in all
All in all
All in all
One falls
One stands tall
Scientist builds scientist
Hoarder saves hoarder
Lover uses lover
The trick is not to feel so used...
But liars do fool liars
Monsters will scares monsters
Doctors kill doctors
And the judge is the devil in daylight
All in all
All in all
All in all
One falls
One stands tall
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13. |
Winter The Ghost Town
02:17
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Winter The Ghost Town
I like it cold
I'd hate the electric chair
I'll stay in the hallway
until I don't see the storm.
Up in the attic...
We've got space I've never seen
Is that where they kept the bodies?
Did something die, was something born?
The circles of winter
come to us, and spin us around
The circus of winter
becomes to us a ghost town
I have a candle
Though there's light here for the blind
I age much faster now
that I've found wasting time.
Nobody's rewarded
We got dimmed lights all around
When good news can kill you
Nobody wants to hear of sound
The circles of winter
come to us, and spin us around
The circus of winter
comes to us a ghost town
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14. |
Apocalypse Addicts
03:10
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Apocalypse Addicts
One time
One last time
Centuries, maybe decades...gone by
At light speed
Crying, crying, and more crying
We're fakes, we're frauds...we're buying time
We're so regretful
You and I
Lies...and lies...and more lies
Miles...and miles...and more miles
Who could understand?
What fits doesn't always land
Chasing us through sins, and rivers of sins
with the hope of new beginnings are apocalypse addicts
Chasing us through sins and rivers of sins are apocalypse addicts
Wait here
At the end of the line, please dear
This aura's one of shame and fog
Now who's been laid to waste?
The unlucky ones
Are we the misplaced sons
of the forgotten, or maybe the forgetful?
You and I
Lies...and lies...and more lies
Miles...and miles...and more miles
Who could understand?
What fits doesn't always land
Chasing us through sins, and rivers of sins
with the hope of new beginnings are apocalypse addicts
Chasing us through sins and rivers of sins with the bones of new beginnings are apocalypse addicts
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Choked Up, Can't Speak
02:30
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Choked Up Can't Speak
There was a fool who wore a crown
Celebrated falling down
Dug through the dirt in a ballroom gown
And believed everything I told him
There were two instead of one
One stayed wound tight, one came undone
White cloud light...or black sky ton?
The cards turn as you unfold them
You're at a crossroads of understanding and greek
You're at the intersection of bold and weak
There's a fine line between choked up and can't speak
Those tales are so tall the way you told them
As you're looking off to one side
Straight ahead's a perfect place to hide
One key, 2 eyes, 2 minds, one life
The cards cost you as you hold them
You're at a crossroads of understanding and greek
You're at the intersection of bold and weak
There's a fine line between choked up and can't speak
Those tales are so tall the way you told them
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Five Dead Wolves
03:37
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Five Dead Wolves
I'm as useless as five dead wolves
I'm forgettable like the lie after you lie
And I try...not to feel that way
I'm as hollow as the rose that was the weed
I'm as jealous as the sand is of the sea
And I try...I try not to be
The truth is always so scary
Nobody opens the door all the way
The past is so unfair...and blurry
Like the moon on a leash
Like the sun at bay
Like the moon on a long leash
Like the noon sun at bay
I keep my hands and knees here in the dirt day after day.
I'm as lost as every sad fool
And I believe we're all sad fools
And I try not to be the exception to that rule
The truth is always so scary
Nobody opens the door all the way
The past is so unfair...and blurry
Like the moon on a leash
Like the sun at bay
Like the moon on a long leash
Like the noon sun at bay
I'm as angry as old bones alone and aching
I'm as lonesome and sad as a heart breaking
but I try...I try not to feel that way
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17. |
Angels And Evils
02:53
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Angels And Evils
There are bad kids
there are bad priests
there are angels and evils
and savage beasts
there are sickness cells
there are demon tones
Funeral plots
and wish bones
There's a devil here
through history
trying to get it's hooks in me
Doesn't need to beg
Doesn't need to plead
It's a kick back
and he plants his seeds
Torn up and seeing things
Jesus face in spikes and buckles
Shadows of his skull on my wall
Frame it all...light it up
A broken jaw and bloody knuckles
shadows hide, shadows fall
Sacred vines
bend to get away
Fathers kill
and mothers pray
Soon we're tangled
A web evil spun
Jesus look
at what the devil's done
Poison apples
toxic roots
Bury me
in my wedding suit
Don't sew the holes
Leave the dirt
Have a drink for me
Cause death could hurt
Torn up and seeing things
Jesus face in spikes and buckles
Shadows of his skull on my wall
Frame it all...or box it up
A broken jaw and bloody knuckles
Shadows hide, shadows fall
There are bad kids
there are bad priests
there are angels and savage beasts
there are sickness cells
there are demon tones
Funeral plots
and wish bones
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18. |
Empty Bones And Bottles
01:45
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Empty Bones And Bottles
Man, that outfit covers you
like germs and rhinestones
And what you mean to say to me
gets left behind like empty bones
Empty bones and pretend
make easy friends
and what never begins
never ends
It never ends
Hallelujah I hear a siren
Turns out I'm not alone
Thank goodness, no thank god
Something keeps this skin on my bones
Empty bones are decisions
While being lost is a vision
What never does begin
never ends
Nothing never ends
The sign ahead will welcome you
It'll say "welcome back, welcome home"
For all your preachin' and all your prayers
You've earned your empty bones
Empty bones and bottles
always make amends
Well hello old friend
here we go again
how will it end
how will it end
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Bruce W. Derr Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Started playing music at 17. Made lots of records. Took 8 years off and got drunk. Came back and made a record with my brother as DAYDRINKER (the finest band to never truly exist.) Partnered up with Earl Pickens and formed The Sweetbriars. Joined Philly legends MARAH. Back to making records. ... more
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