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Mirror
03:28
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Crawled out of a graveyard on hands and knees
In a state of confusion, no memory
Keep the candle burning, see the dancing flame
But when I look in the mirror I don’t know my own name
So you can work your voodoo, go cast a spell
It don’t make no difference, baby, I’m already in hell
Keep the candle burning, see the dancing flame
But when I look in the mirror I don’t know my own name
I can wait forever, until the end of time
Wrap me up in sack cloth, cover me with lime
Keep the candle burning, see the dancing flame
But when I look in the mirror I don’t know my own name
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2. |
Alligator
03:08
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Alligator crawling through the mud
Watching the water rising, waiting for the flood
I'll span the distance between me and you
Before you blink your eye, you know it's true
Bone and sinew, tooth and claw
It's just natural selection, the fundamental law
Feel it in your finger, down through your spine
Headed in your direction, it's just a matter of time
Alligator, waiting for the flood
Alligator, waiting for the flood
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Only Business
02:11
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Rabbit running out in the weeds
Caught in a snare, it screams as it bleeds
Watch it struggle, watch it struggle
It’s only business, nothing personal
Strawman falls, he’s out on a limb
Hanged by the ankles, twist in the wind
Like a ragdoll, like a ragdoll
It’s only business, nothing personal
Innocent lover, go run for cover
Father confessor has blessings to sell
Washes his hands after poisoning the well
Keeps it lawful, keeps it lawful
It’s only business, nothing personal
Call out the witness and absolve us all
Innocent lover, go run for cover
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Knots
03:32
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Bound at the ankle, bound at the wrist
No one to save me, they don’t exist
A twisted tether been wrapped around
To keep me collared to keep me down
I can’t untie these knots
I can’t untie these knots
They hold me, hold me in this spot
Don’t want to see you, don’t want to feel
Know I’ve been broken under the wheel
No way to sever, I’ve been restrained
Left at your mercy, where I remain
I can’t untie these knots
I can’t untie these knots
They hold me, hold me in this spot
Bound at the ankle, bound at the wrist
Bound at the ankle, bound at the wrist
I can’t untie these knots
I can’t untie these knots
They hold me, hold me in this spot
They hold me, hold me in this spot
Bound at the ankle, bound at the wrist
Bound at the ankle, bound at the wrist
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5. |
Cat is in the Bag
04:23
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One by one, down the line
Fire ahead and fire behind
Numb with shock, pale with fright
No escape nor a hope in sight
Howling fear, loud and clear
Doubt and darkness drawing near
Cost of life and cost of death
Short on time and short of breath
Scarlet wound across the sky
Doomed to wither, doomed to die
Howling fear, loud and clear
Doubt and darkness drawing near
The thought is hard
And the taste is bitter
The cat is in the bag
And the bag is in the river
A blade in the back
And no arrow in the quiver
Waiting for the hour
When the soul is delivered
On the ground, left for dead
Crows are wheeling overhead
Casting shadows, long and lean
Birds all scatter, bones picked clean
Howling fear, loud and clear
Doubt and darkness drawing near
The thought is hard
And the taste is bitter
The cat is in the bag
And the bag is in the river
A blade in the back
And no arrow in the quiver
Waiting for the hour
When the soul is delivered
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6. |
Washed Off My Sin
03:52
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I awoke from a nightmare
I thought I was home
There were eyes in the darkness
And demons on the roam
I'm feeling hungry
I'm feeling thin
Vut I've been to the water
I washed off my sin
I washed off my sin
I washed off my sin
There's a train that's coming
Coming down the line
I think it's headed
To that station in thes sky
On the day of judgment
When it's me and Him
I've been to the water
I washed off my sin
I washed off my sin
I washed off my sin
Won't you come a little closer
The light's getting dim
I've been to the water
I washed off my sin
I washed off my sin
I washed off my sin
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7. |
Walk Again
04:34
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I spent time on the street, was a broken man
Until I felt the touch of the healing hand
Burned red for a while, now I'm feeling great
Money in my pocket and a smile on my face
I remember when I used to be insane
(I remember when he used to be insane)
Hallelujah, hallelujah, I can walk again
(Hallelujah, hallelujah he can walk again)
Bought a brand new car, now I drive it around
(Bought a brand new car, now I drive it around)
Hey, baby, can I take you out on the town?
(Hey, baby, can I take you out on the town?)
Take a ride with me because I'm feeling new
(Take a ride with me because I'm feeling new)
Hey, baby, can I put some miles on you?
(Hey, baby, can I put some miles on you?)
I remember when I used to be insane
(I remember when he used to be insane)
Hallelujah, hallelujah, I can walk again
(Hallelujah, hallelujah he can walk again)
See me walk now . . .
I know a lot of people, they gotta pay
There ain't nothing standing in my way
I've seen the light and I've heard the truth
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
I remember when I used to be insane
(I remember when he used to be insane)
Hallelujah, hallelujah, I can walk again
(Hallelujah, hallelujah he can walk again)
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8. |
On My Way
04:19
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I was a stranger in a distant land
Traveled desert, through the shifting sand
I needed shelter, you took me in
I was a butterfly waiting to be pinned
As night follows day
I'll be on my way
And you'd been waiting, I was in your hands
I had no warning of what you had planned
But soon I knew that there was no escape
You were the hunter and I was just the prey
As night follows day
I'll be on my way
Now I'm a prisoner, under lock and key
And you're the jailer, oh set me free
As night follows day
I'll be on my way
Begging you, please, set me free
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9. |
Don't Fool Me
03:38
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Follow you here and follow you there
Obediently while you comb me out of your hair
And I fell into the middle of your conniption fit
And I am running like a rat on the deck of your sinking ship
So maybe it might sound crazy
But you don't fool me
Do what you will, what you can just to save your skin
But your penitent pose is starting to wear a little thin
Far be it from me to call your bluff
But I've taken my time and I have had enough
So baby I got wise lately
But you don't fool me
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It seems like hard times always get worse
It starts in the cradle and it ends in a hearse
From the day that you're born till the day that you drop
You can watch it go wrong from the bottom to the top
Don't make any plans because tomorrow you might be gone
Oh-oh Ohh
Oh-oh Ohh
If you hear the wolves
Howling at your door
And your belly is empty
And you're tired and sore
If you feel your feet
Getting cold and numb
And you're waiting for help
That will never come
Don't make any plans because tomorrow you might be gone
Oh-oh Ohh
Oh-oh Ohh
[Instrumental break]
Oh-oh Ohh
Oh-oh Ohh
We all know the story
Of the spider and the fly
But even that spider
One day will die
We're all just hanging on
By a thread
About to fall into
Someone else's web
Don't make any plans because tomorrow you might be gone
Oh-oh Ohh
Oh-oh Ohh
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11. |
Ringing For Me
06:43
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Traveled down a long road in the cold and rain
I had a plan to bust out and stake my claim
I thought I was sharper than razor steel
Now bells are ringing, hear them peal
They're ringing for me
(They’re ringing for me)
They’re ringing for me
(They’re ringing for me)
And I caught the devil by the tail
I sold my soul for rye and ale
Then I found out nothing's free
Now bells are ringing, they're ringing for me
They're ringing for me
(They’re ringing for me)
They’re ringing for me
(They’re ringing for me)
Then I made a good move, or so I'm told
And I lived for nothing except for gold
I was riding high class like a king
Now bells are ringing, see them swing
They're ringing for me
(They’re ringing for me)
They’re ringing for me
(They’re ringing for me)
So all you rounders, watch your backs
Just like the chicken got the axe
Life will kill you, wait and see
Now bells are ringing, they're ringing for me
They're ringing for me
(They’re ringing for me)
They’re ringing for me
(They’re ringing for me)
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Passing Strange Records St Paul, Minnesota
Based in St Paul, MN. Releasing strange musical creations since 2009.
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