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Keep It Together
03:20
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Why do we keep talking and never hear a word we’re saying?
Why do we keep breaking down?
We should be standing up together
Lets keep it together
Why do we keep falling like snow and rain?
We keep expecting our world to change. Fear not the weather
Lets keep it together
There’s a man lying on the floor
Shots rang out and the words we said we can’t take back no more
We keep running farther away from each other
Lets keep it together
What’s going down at the union hall? Nobody uniting there at all
Baby you and I should meet out in the street and I know that
Win or lose it will be far better If we can keep it together
Lets stay together
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Bear On The Run
02:12
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White church on a hill
Black bird rapping on a window sill
I’m hearing music from another world
Lamplight growing dim
Preacher calls another hymn
Voices lift on the wind, like smoke rise to heaven
Miles away, out of reach
Words are lost I’m out of speech
Under the hammer, under the gun
Daylight dying and the bear on the run
There’s a train headed off the map
Drunken goddess singing on my lap
We’ll be chasing constellations by campfire light
Roaring with the growlers till the night rolls back
Out of mind, running deep
Words return, beyond all speech
Under the hammer, under the gun
Daylight dying and the bear on the run
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Masquerade
05:30
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You have a sharp tongue, you spit poison darts
You can tear a man apart
You go for the throat, and make-out looking smart
Assassination is an art
You’re well worth knowing
You got it made
We’ll see you at the masquerade
You don’t even have to move your lips, whenever you tell a lie
There’s nothing you can’t advertise
You’re well trusted, it’s no secret why
There’s a fool to sell if there’s a fool to buy
You got a house full of trophies, always on Display
Your debtors never catch a break
Even now they’re digging ditches, scratching at the clay
Casting sidelong glances your way
I’ve seen you at the corner of temple and grand
With a flock of geese at your command
And your devoted mistress, behind you she stands
Taking pictures of herself with a clean cut man
You’ve held every office from the preschool to the state
You got the keys to every gate
Your influence has ‘em lining up out in the cold to wait
To eat the crumbs that fall from your plate
When you know how to win, its impossible to lose
No crime your fortune can’t excuse
And if your followers ever claim to have been abused
They’ll let you slide so long as they’re amused
You got the face of a doll, your picture is everywhere
Every week you change your hair
You got all the kids buying the perfume that you wear
You’re the idol to which they all compare
You stepped on a few backs on your climb to fame
Now you sell footwear in your name
You say you’re all about the love, and its all just part of the game
You know the rules of war are just the same
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