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Steely Barista (2018)
How We Play
love is an American pastime
and living is a dream
we're looking for the fast lane baby
and I need to be with you
I don't want to talk now
I just want a sweet taste
that's how we play
we're living in the night now baby
keep your eyes bled keep your lips red
and ready for the night
we're looking for the fast lane baby
and I need to be with you
I don't want to talk now
I just want a sweet taste
that's how we play
Steely Barista
steely barista I like the way you work it girl
you make my head spin
you make my mind sin
steely barista I like the way you work it girl
put your glasses on, I'll let you in
you make my mind sin
don't tell me your last wishes
just because you think I look suspicious
I'm not that vicious
steely barista I like the way you work it girl
don't tell me your last wishes
just because you think I look suspicious
I'm not that vicious
The Headstones of the Dead
some people like to run around all the time
some people like to watch them there
some eople want to see them all die
but they ain't got no good reason for that
mind on this soul
heart on this beating drum
seen all this hate across the ocean come
some people want to just
go out and dance
some other people want to
watch them there
some other people want to
see them all die
but they ain't got no good reaseon for that
mind on this soul
heart on this beating drum
seen all this hate across the ocean come
turn your fascination into fear
go and hold your loved ones near
you can write it on
the headstones of the dead
that there was nothing wrong with them
mind on this soul
heart on this bleeding blood
seen all this hate across the ocean
turn to love
you can write it on
the headstones of the dead
that there was nothing wrong with them
Ain't Got the Time
cause I ain't got the time
you come a dozen a dime
she thinks I'll listen
cause she thinks she's fine
but she better think again
if she can think at all
she asked me to stay but I said no no no
like the sun breaks through
the clouds in the city
she breaks down and cries I tell her
that ain't pretty
she says don't go
but I've got better offers
she screams and yells
so I close the door softer
women and girls
will take your words right to the heart women and girls
will let you know right from the start
cause I ain't got the time
they say it's a crime
I can't stand to sit around
and wait to die
they ask me why
I won't address the situation
I ask them why then
did they let me undress them
a poet might come up with a better line
but I said listen here babe
I ain't got the time
women and girls
will take your words right to the heart women and girls will let you know
right from the start
always try to correctly interpret the signs
try to be polite in between these lines
they never seem to learn at all
but nobody cares cause we're having a ball
make sure they know
everything will be fine I'd tell you baby but I ain't got the time
Southern by the Grace of God
behind the smokehouse in the summer
Ringo and I had a map
Vicksburg was just a handful of chips
and the river just a trench
don't you know we were born free
and so was he
and that's the way it's gonna stay
there are things that you have to relearn
they're gonna make your conscience burn
American by birth
southern by the grace of god
what are you gonna do
all I know is that she can do it too
and that's the way it's gonna stay
there are things that you have to relearn
they're gonna make your conscience burn
American by birth
southern by the grace of god
Wishing Well (2015)
It's Just Life
we all fall down faces to the ground
screaming out loud
is there something more for me
maybe I'm too proud I never slow down
working real hard
because I've got to make money
but life seems to treat me ok
it was real nice to see you today
just keep your eyes on the road ahead
and I'm sure we'll meet again my friend
well they ask me if
I've got money to live
I say I've got enough cents
to keep breathing in
there's a man with the mind
that he can forgive me
said the good lord is ready
to suffer my sins so look out
it's just life, you know it doesn't last long
so find love
and try as hard as you can to get more
reaction to the fate takes us straight
to the day we die, it's just life
we all fall down faces to the ground
screaming out loud
is there something more for me
maybe I'm too proud I never slow down
working real hard
I've got to make money
but life seems to treat me ok
Lion
my sign is a raging lion from the stars
with claws that tear and eyes that stare
at the face of the fear that is in man
my friend and I run to here across the sand and I stare at him
oh the fear is in man
my sign is a raging lion from the stars
with claws that tear
and hair that waves in the wind
as I run run run to here my friend
and the fear is in man
I sense it from across the sand
all day, all night I know
don't you know
that there's a demon in there
don't you go in there
don't you know that the demon lives inside
don't you go there
my friend when I see you again
we'll run run run run across the sands
and sense the fear is in man
as I run to you
and I call out and I wave my hair
and I tear at the flesh of men
my friend will I see you again love
will I get some then
Love Ain't Gonna Put Me Down
see that white light baby
in my tunnel going further
further further from my face
I said where have you been
where have you been
I won't pretend I wouldn't see you again
because I used to know
every line on her face
her and I we were similar machines
built to enjoy life in no hurry
but she said you'll never be free
never till you leave
I don't mind making time for you
I don't mind making the time for love
love ain't gonna put me down
see that white light baby
in my tunnel going further
further further further from my face
I said where have you been
where have you been
I won't pretend I wouldn't see you again
because I used to know
every line on her face
her and I we were similar machines
built to enjoy life in no hurry
but she said you'll never be free
never till you leave
I see the sun coming up over the sea
I feel the wind the wind is blowing on me
in the wind is change
and the change is for me
I need the change because
I've got to get free
I don't mind making time for you
I don't mind making the time for love
love ain't gonna put me down
but you returned and you decided
you were ready to say goodbye to me
goodbye sure did put me down
I don't mind making time for you
I don't mind making the time for love
love ain't gonna put me down
Wide Eyed Living
you and me I said baby we will try again
try again, lord i wanna try again
cause I know I need the western love
when you look at me
I can tell that you like my style
yes I can stay
but it's only for a while
and the wall is a silence there
spread out between the strange
going down to the river
watching our reflections change
and they were lying in the dark
we're never gonna be apart
never be apart, but we'll try
yeah we'll try, now we're gonna try
for this wide eyed living
got me open to the world
the war is what divides us
and delivers us to peril
tend we to decide
the ride be smoother in the trend
ironic is that fate
will uniform us in the end
Wishing Well
I said lines in a frame of mind
watching your gaze
with some curious eyes
in good time, I'll see your sign
but now I wanna say it
nice to meet you where you been
now I'm leaving I wish you well
and now I'm asking to see you again
when I watch that coin go tumbling down
to the bottom of the well
where the water is blue
and wishes come true
I spent time in that frame of mind
wonder if the future put you by my side
in good time, I'll see your sign
but now I wanna say it
I'm gonna see you
when the stars are in line babe
but till then I wish you well
got no doubt I'll see you again
when I watch that coin go tumbling down
to the bottom of the well
where the water is blue
and wishes come true
the situation held me to you
and god knows I wish you well
I've got no doubt I'll control my fate
when I watch that coin go tumbling down
to the bottom of the well
where the water is blue
and wishes come true
