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You're guilty of the open mouth
Adder's in your grip
Level down the public eye
They'll wait until you slip
Gather all the fables or
Destiny will dry up
When the fire knows your house
When the doctor throws you out
Oh today my friend we are safer than we've ever been
(Gather all the fables)
Barking orders at the queens and
Poking fun with generals
Let the lawyers out the cage,
Your daughters out the kennels
Oh today my friend we are safer than we've ever been
This has been brought to you by
Ad men and cab drivers
Gun running grandmothers
Drug pushing taxpayers
Oh today my friend we are safer than we've ever been
I'm low to the ground and still looking down.
Still looking down on you
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Five and Dime
05:15
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He's standing in front of the five and dime
Screaming at the traffic and waving a sign
It's more than injustice to me it seems
A rich man's troubles are a poor man's dreams
Everybody's livin' from day to day
Anything you think you have can be taken away
But win or lose you'd better save your soul
You're gonna grow tired before you ever grow old
They say he made a fortune as a CFO
Gave a lot to the church and the USO
But when the market fell he couldn't break his fall
He bet it all and lost and so he lost it all
You can see the wind and you can hear the rain
But you can't see fear and you can't hear pain
An angel whispers and a madman screams
One man's troubles are another man's dreams
Chasing the American ideal
Looks good on paper but it isn't real
Numbers in columns turn from black to red
All possible scenarios keep running in my head
Lexus in the shop? Well at least you've got a car
Couldn't make it to the gym? Well you've got it so hard
If you run out of whiskey you can go get more
That's why they call it a convenience store
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Crazy days, dangerous ways. I thought I kept them hidden
Promises, lies and alibis I believed but you didn't
Hungry years, enthusiastic cheers. I felt no one could stop me
Different styles, disingenuous smiles. Some held me up to drop me
Ohh, all my crazy days. Ohh, Ohhh, all my dangerous ways
It's better to be a memory than a trophy in the corner
It's harder to leave a legacy than a grave in California
Ohh, all my crazy days. Ohh, Ohhh, all my dangerous ways
Moses had his staff and Jesus had his cross
One would see his treasure and one would lead the lost
If you are a beggar remember to be small. It's easy to be humble after a fall
New York times, petty crimes. I kept ridiculous hours
Subway trains going to Insane. We walked beneath the towers
Ohh, all my crazy days. Ohh, Ohhh, all my dangerous ways
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Daddy's Silver Spoon
03:45
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In a strained turn of events the talking heads rolled
Sold off their convictions. An estate of affairs
There's only one play left in a fresh look at this stalemate
Your cronies all scatter like roaches from a light
You'll drink this cup. It's the last thing you'll do
Fix one more time from daddy's silver spoon
You'll raise a glass and they might drink to you
But all you'll have left is daddy's silver spoon
You're a self-made man. Made up like a yarn
Like a fish tale gone bad, like a myth no one believes
But you're based on a truth that everybody sees
Like a wreck on the highway that they slow down to pity
And while you improvise they write down every word. It just gets more absurd
When the last straw falls
And the radios go silent
Will the banks shut down?
Will the lights go out?
If a nightmare ends
Without breaking your fall
Do you die for real?
Do you die for real?
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Taking my time
I don't know where
I'm in the circus
I ran away
A way with the spoon
A way with words
A word if you please
Give me some time
No time to relax
I'm late as it is
It is what it is
Is that all there is?
Seven to one
That seems so odd
A gamble you take
They put you to bet
You wagered on sin
And pay at the door
They won't let me in
I know what it's for
A reason to live
A cure is in reach
I stretch out my hand
I pull at your cheek
A bum in the road
A bottle of reds
A pill in a box
A shot to the brain
A bow and a wave
A tearful goodbye
A bargain at last
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I Found Out
04:52
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You go where you will
Drive in bad weather
You call out in your sleep.
I don't know who for
A walking contradiction
You live and let live
But you carry a grudge
Like a bag of cocaine
I found out
I found you out
We have no secrets
Never again
You live for the theatre
You ought to take a bow
They wrote you up.
You're the talk of the town
Cry in a rainstorm
Laugh at a funeral
Life is a hospital
Full of sick and insane
You found out
You found me out
And nothing is sacred here
Never again
The circles you run in
Are making me dizzy
I have to sit down.
Keep my feet on the floor
You can't save the liars
The lost and the thoughtless
There is no tomorrow
When the light goes dim
I found out
I found this out
No second chances
Never again
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7. |
Quasar
03:36
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If you had the keys to any kingdom
Would you lock the king inside?
And would you feed him to his demons
Or strange bedfellows?
Does the future make you nervous?
A present you never expected
Are you past the point of turning back, learning how, putting it down?
I'm on the quasar that's underneath the radar
I'm over my sadness, climbing without my harness
Free falling in love and hope and yesterdays and other ways
Will you give your valuables to charity?
Chop up the furniture for firewood
Burn all your bridges in effigy
Or in some other key?
Did the fanfare startle you out of your slumber?
Can I call you at another number?
Are you the last to know you're on the fringe, off the chain, partly to blame?
Does the future make you nervous?
A present you never expected
Are you past the point of turning back, learning how, putting it down?
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That Little Somethin'
02:59
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I waited for you for a long long time
And I'm so glad that I made you mine
It's time I tell you that you're the only lover for me
My friends told me that it wouldn't work out
But they don't know what they're talkin about
Let them talk cause we're happy as two lovers can be
I work all day thinkin bout the night
Then I know you're gonna squeeze me tight
And I'm gonna make you feel alright wait and see
When I hold you I just lose my mind
When I'm with you I leave the world behind
There is no place in this world that I'd rather be
Oh. You got that little somethin'
And it's a fair assumption
You're gonna give a little somethin to me
Oh. You got that little somethin
Feel my heartbeat bumpin
Now give a little somethin to me
Oh you got that little somethin'
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Suffer For A Dream
04:39
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I was a young man.
Flying by the seat of my pants
Living without a plan, out of a bag
Not really bohemian
Just more of a drifting soul
Surrendering all control
Digging myself a hole
Colorado wasn't as cold as she was
Snow fall wasn't as deep as all the bitter words
Friends who had no loyalties
Retreated to fair weather
As if to say whatever
As if to say forget her
Self-reflection
Takes more effort than knowing
Hindsight isn't as clear as intuition used to be
Time carves deeper lines in me
Like rivers that run to nowhere
Encouraging me to go there
Convincing me that I don't care
There must bed some equation
That works out to these changes in me
Looking back I can't explain it
I can't believe where I've been
And what I've lived through.
Can you?
The artist isn't a good provider
The more that I mature
The more I seek the softest chair
Genius loses the hand to hunger
The muse doesn't get any younger
No illusion I care to be under
I have no aspiration
To justify courageous desperation
To suffer for a dream when I've awakened
I missed so many of my chances on the way
To where I am today
And I'm okay
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Dave Howard San Diego, California
Dave Howard (Poway, CA) has been active in the San Diego music scene since 1990, as a solo singer-songwriter and as front man for The Blackout Blues Band, The Shamey Jays and GGB. A three-time nominee for the San Diego Music Awards, Dave has written and performed with A.J. Croce, Berkley Hart, Lisa Sanders, Folding Mr. Lincoln and Joe Rathburn to name just a few. ... more
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