Category LYRICS

ANYBODY ANYMORE

jamie comes home with her face bashed in
her sister looks her over with a mischievous grin
“so you went to get screwed by him again,
you’re so fucking crazy.”

jessie’s at the bar with her ears still wet
she talks real hard so the hustlers forget
she ain’t even got a driving license yet
she’s still just a baby

doesn’t anybody wanna know what the hell’s goin’ on?
doesn’t anybody ever notice when something’s gone wrong?
doesn’t anybody believe in love anymore?

jenny asked the preacher what the good lord said
his hand went up her skirt said he could show her instead
said if he could have her writhing in his bed
she’d be a believer

jimmy told his daddy that he thought he was gay
his daddy told him that he’d go to hell one day
jimmy said he’d rather choose that price to pay
than be a deceiver

he...

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ANYWAY

Ain’t got no money
But I’m gonna buy it baby anyway
Ain’t got no car
But I’m gonna drive it to ya anyway
Ain’t got no job
But I’m gonna work it baby anyway
Ain’t got no li
But I’m gonna learn it baby anyway

Chorus
Anyway, it’s how we’re gonna use it
Anyway, it’s how we’re gonna choose it
Anyway, it’s how we’re prove it
Anyway, you know that we can’t lose it

Can’t find our feet
But we’re gonna walk it baby anyway
Can’t find the words
But we’re gonna talk it baby anyway
Can’t find the time
But we’re gonna make a minute anyway
Can’t find the love
But we’re gonna take and give it anyway

Chorus

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BACKSIDE (NOT YOUR BABY GIRL)

Please don’t think me civilized
Please don’t leave me patronized
Please don’t think I’ll compromise
I’m not your baby girl

Please don’t try to analyze me
You can’t help but fantasize
But I won’t buy your sack of lies
I’m not your baby girl

I’m a woman on the run
I have so much to be done
Purpose is my number one
I’m not your baby girl

Don’t tell me I’m out of line
I can’t mend your broken mind
But watch me break your paradigm
I’m not your baby girl

You can’t see me
You couldn’t if you tried
You’re luck if you catch a shadow of my backside.

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BOXCAR

bending back
over the burden
of crossings and crosses
burning my fortunate eyes
and if i could i surely would
breathe a little lighter
but i’m overcome

terror takes
too many hands to
make me believe what the
looking glass tells me i fear
and if i could i surely would
fight a little harder
but i’m overcome

empty eyes
once filled with crystals and reverie
and love for their fathers
broken backs
under the weight of it all
and if i could i surely would
stand dream a little wider
yeah, if i could i surely would
stand a little taller
but i’m overcome

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BROKEN WINGS

put your head in the mouth
of your failure
and let’s see if you survive

put your head in the mouth
of your fear and doubt
and let’s watch you try to stay alive

i’ll put my face in the mirror
i’ll reflect what I see
cause so much of what you are
is what i want to be

put your head in the mouth
of my witness, of my love
and let’s see if we can finally
watch our sunrise

i have walked on this journey
for a long time now
but i can still taste the burden
of this exile

so if i break, if i shatter,
if i leak out on the ground
you just drink from the waters
of the wild

if you make me a promise
and you walk at my pace sometimes
we won’t beg any pardon
for who we’re gonna be

i put my head in the mouth
of this kindness, of this rest
so we can see if we will finally
watch our sunrise

We can sing
With br...

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BURN IN THE FIRE

are you a catcher of the song
or do you hold your heroes far too long
are you a helpless little man
or is the a fire in your hand

well the flame don’t cast a shadow when it burns
and the shame don’t pass for shallow when it churns
and you make the heart hallowed when you learn

you wanna shine brighter
if you wanna shine brighter
you’re gonna have to burn in the fire
if you wanna climb higher
you’re gonna have to burn in the fire

how many secrets can you hold
before you know your story must be told
are you a tired little girl
or have you yet to light the world

well the earth don’t feel the tremble when it turns
but the ash might turn to ember when it yearns
you can carry what you kindle when you learn

so if you wanna shine brighter
you’re gonna have to burn in the fire
if you wanna climb hi...

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DELIVERANCE, I WILL NOT SLEEP THROUGH MY OWN

I will not sleep through my own deliverance
I will not sleep through my own deliverance
and if I should die may it only be to ignorance
cuz I will not sleep through my own deliverance

if I should pass out may I wake up to my negligence
cuz i will not sleep through my own deliverance

When I was born I was pure-bred for foolishness
When I was young I was spoon-fed sheer fearfulness
and now that I’m grown I must stand up on my own
and i will not sleep through my own deliverance.

said when I could see, I could see only innocence
when I could feel, I could feel through to tenderness
and now that i’m blind, I screw it up all the time
but I will not sleep through my own deliverance

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DRIFTIN’

Well I may seem strange to you now

Or maybe just a little too lonely
Time has brought me here to the place
Where I aim to just lay down and die

And I never really seem to fit in

I just spend my time driftin’
Yeah, I never really seemed to fit in

I’ve just spent my time driftin’

You may say why give in

There are lights, there are dreams, there are lives to lived

And I’ve lived them all over again

But i still find myself driftin’


If I live them all over again and again

I’ll still find myself driftin’
driftin’ away

driftin’ away

And I may never see you again

Just picture me I’ll be driftin’

Yeah i may never see you again

But you can bet your life I’ll be driftin’

driftin’ away

driftin’ away

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GET YER GUNS

Well I lost my gun for killing,
But I got it back the next day–
Yeah I’ve always been a little crazy,
Mama said I was just born that way…

And I try to do what is right
Yes I try to do what is right
But things are not so right
In my head

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Get yer guns, boys,
Get yer guns, girls,
Get yer guns– let’s go to town
Get yer guns, boys,
Get yer guns, girls,
Get yer guns and stand your ground!
Ta ru li yay!

Well it started with the voices
Then it turned into a tick
And then I caught the paranoia,
And I just had to feel the kick

And I try to do what is right
Yes I try to shoot what is right
But the kill puts up a fight
In my head

Chorus

So I went to get my neighbor
Then he went to get his AK

Then we walked down to the police station
Told ‘em to take off for the day,

Then we took off for...

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EVERYDAY

everyday in my house
is like a thousand songs
and every heartbeat is a chance
to right a thousand wrongs

every lifetime tells another possibility
every wrinkle in time shows a future memory
every lifeline holds a new reality
every star shines on another version of me

will i be a pot head?
would i be better off dead?
would i use a gun or a knife?
will i be a hot head?
would you hear a word i said?
will i be a man to raise a hand to my wife?

will i be blind?
will i be kind?
will i find i can move mountains with my mind?
will i know myself a child of god and love
will that be enough?

see every heartbeat is just another possibility
every sunrise saves me from obscurity
everyday.

everyday in my house
is like a thousand songs
and every heartbeat is my chance
to find where i belong

every place i ...

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