1. |
Once Was
04:24
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Once Was
There once was
A clown from New York
There once was
A banker from Bedford Falls
There once was
A man from Brooklyn
There once was
An American Dream
There once was
People called middle-class
There once was
Sanity in upper-class
There once was
A thing called integrity
There once was
This thing called honesty
There once was
A thing called Science
There once was
A thing called compassion
There once was
A thing called Democracy
There once was
Desire for World Peace
There once was
An American Dream
There once was
An American Dream
An American Dream
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2. |
Deadwood Girl
04:14
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Deadwood Girl
Deadwood Girl, you captured my soul with your gaze
Your big brown eyes cut through the smoke and the haze
You sat down beside me and started drinking my beer
You tickled my ribs and told me there’s nothing to fear
Fly Sunday Girl
Fly Deadwood Girl
You rolled out some mushrooms and told me you’d teach me to fly
I grabbed your hand and felt the wind through your thighs
We floated above the bar wench and old photo booth
We soar through old Christmas trees up on the old roof
Fly Mushroom Girl
Fly Mushroom Girl
The patrons grew restless they viewed our power with dread
We laughed and snickered, we started to spit on their heads
But just about the Sir Ian came through the door
The cops behind him telling all to hit the floor
Dial Deadwood Girl
Cry Deadwood Girl
The guns were blaring a chaos of hell did insew
We slipped into the alley it was then that I knew
My Deadwood Girl was going to leave me that night
As you jumped into the air I followed your flight
Fly Deadwood Girl
Fly Mushroom Girl
Fly Sunday Girl
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3. |
Amerika
02:34
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Amerika
Me and Amerika
We’ve got a twisted path
Me and Amerika
She’s busting my ass
Oh Amerika
What you have you done
What have you become
Amerika
I can feel it now
Revolution is not far away
Oh Amerika
Don’t go away
Oh Amerika
My how you’ve swayed
To the Right
Amerika
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4. |
My Kind of Girl
03:33
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My kind of girl
You’re my kind of girl
We met in May in twenty-sought one
We flew to New York before the towers fell
Cuz you’re my kind of girl
I took you upstairs to the Empire State
I took out my ring I gave you my estate
You accepted in hand and we both walked away
We were on our own
You’re my kind of girl
You’re my kind of girl
I’m growing old with you
You’re my kind of girl
I really like your shoes
Girl you were so elusive then
Girl why did you say you’d have me then
The score keeps going higher now
Cuz you’re my kind of girl
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5. |
Time Tripping with Billy
03:20
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Time Tripping with Billy
I’ve become unstuck in time
Billy Pilgrim he was a friend of mine
I see him occasionally
He’s on my timeline today
Oh Time it flies
Mushroom Girl who’s there
I’ve got an eye on you
Mushroom Girl’s fine hair
I’ve got a crush on you
In that time that we have
Time tripping with you
It’s not the end of the world
When the time runs out
Just take a ride with Billy and me
Gliding through the many scenes
Many scenes
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6. |
Irish Girl
02:36
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Irish Girl
She came from Killarney
But she said she was Welsh
But I know better
Than to be a squelch
My cutie pie
She plays a mean whistle
And starts to smile
I know she’ Irish
She thinks she’s Welsh
My Irish Girl
My Irish Girl
My Irish Girl
My Irish Girl
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7. |
Embrace the Shuffle
01:40
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Embrace the shuffle
Don’t go running away
From time
From your mind
Don’t go running away
You’ve got to embrace
Embrace the shuffle
Don’t go feeling that way
Don’t go walking away
It’s almost time
Time for us
It’s almost time
To embrace
Embrace the shuffle
The fun is out there still
It’s within the shuffle
Must embrace
Hold on very hard
Embrace the shuffle
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8. |
Marshal D.
01:58
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Marshal D.
All right
In from the west side of town
Strolls up Marshall Dylan
Never has a smile on his face
He keeps grimacing with the grimace
Marshall Dylan
He’s a dance man
Marshall D
He’s got a half-wit for his deputy
The man is married to a donkey
Marshall Dylan you’re so dull
He’s got a bar owner half brothel
Owner and I think she’s got the hots for you
Marshall Dylan
But Miss Kitty ain’t gonna wait forever
While you’re drinking with your brethren brothers
And she thinks you’re kind of smelly too
Marshall Dylan
She just doesn’t get much action
As Fetus and his ass
Oh Marshall Dylan’s past
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9. |
Breaking Free
04:52
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Breaking Free
Oh Iowa
My heart is tired of me
My heart is tired of you
I came to Iowa in 73
I came along with my family
I came to believe
In you and me
My heart is breaking free
It’s tired of you and me
It’s breaking free
Oh Iowa
Ohhh Iowa
My heart is breaking free
It’s tired of you and me
It’s breaking free
Oh Iowa
In 91 I went to war
In 92 you, opened the door
My heart is breaking free
It’s tired of you and me
It’s tired of we
My heart is breaking free
It’s tired of you and me
Let it free
In twenty aught one
I met a girl
We raised our kids
In the Iowa world
My heart is breaking free
It’s tired of you it’s tired of me
Oh can’t you see
Oh iowa
Oh iowa
My heart needs a vacation
A change of scenery
Iowa
Iowa
I ain’t going down
I ain’t hanging around
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10. |
Smoking Ghost
03:32
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Smoking Ghost
He’s the creepy old man from the fourth street house
Don’t you think he might try and scare you out
They he say he died in 1910
He’s sophisticated but still kind of dangerous then
He’s the creepy old man from the fourth street house
So dangerous but he never comes out
He’s the creepy old man on the college street hill
Looking all up and down to find his kill
Cuz he’s the creepy old man from the fourth street house
Died over a hundred years ago
Guess it takes a long time to let the soul go
Sometimes he wakes me up at night
At first I think it is my wife
But the whisper comes from the wrong side of bed
Then you realize there’s a ghost near your head
Cuz he’s the creepy old man from the fourth street house
Don’t make him mad he just might shout
He’s the creepy old man from the fourth street house
No-one will tell you when he’s out
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David Johnson Madison, Wisconsin
Chicago born, Iowa raised.
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