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Flames
03:53
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Woke up on the other side of history this morning
Our city slashed and fading a giant plume of smoke
Exhale burning lungs, blink singed eyelashes
Demise of the first nation to launch atomic bombs
Flames, flames, flames/ Who’s left to blame blame blame
Before long the grocery aisles were stripped naked
Stronger hands overtaking every hidden place
Never held a gun before my shaky hand pulled the trigger
He cried and cried, no he didn’t die straight away
Chorus
National guard said they’d be right over
Waited on a rescuer but my hero never came
I know he would’ve killed me or worse,
if I hadn’t a pulled that trigger
I killed a man, just wish that I knew his name
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2. |
Hide
03:10
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Hide your daughters, Hide your sons, Here we come, here we come
It’s so unnatural
I guess I just lost control
I danced cause it felt so right
You carried me away that night
Hide your daughters, Hide your sons, Here we come, here we come
When you kissed me it was like a rush of cocaine
Rainbows coursing thru my veins
Can’t go back cause everything has changed
Hide your daughters, Hide your sons, Here we come, here we come
The homo the homo the homo- ohs!
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3. |
Hi-Tops
03:45
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Do you believe in vampires
Kept us locked like rats in a cage
I won’t be struck down like my father
Follow the girl who does not age
Outside these gates, a sky full of stars
Life’s mysteries, they’re ours they’re ours
I know you’re fearful, all eyes, all eyes
Lace up your hi tops, survive, survive
Are you prepared for the virals
One bite will seal your fate
I won’t stuck here like a backyard dog
Follow the girl who does not age
Chorus
I did not choose to go astray/I did not choose to go astray
What’s beyond these gates/What’s beyond these gates
Chorus! Lace up your hi tops
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4. |
To The Stars
00:39
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Don’t look down,
don’t look down no no
To the stars,
this place is not your home
Don’t look down,
don’t look down no no
To the the stars
that is where you must go
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5. |
Mission to Mars
02:36
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I saw this documentary
Wa wa watchin talkin heads it lasted a century
Then the answer came to me it was elementary
We have got to take ourselves extra planetary
You can try to save this world, it’s impossible
You could embrace your sexuality
I see the nervous way that you smile at me
Between your lips and legs I think you hold all of eternity
Let’s experience each other in one third gravity
You can try to save this world, it’s impossible
I’m on a, I’m on a mission to mars, I’m on a mission to mars
I’m on a, I’m on a mission to mars, I’m on a mission to mars
I’m on my way, you come with me
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6. |
Let me In
02:56
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Won’t you let me in/Let me back into your heart
This world is changing and it’s tearing us apart
Big House, good looking children
Satisfied, husband
The pool gets cleaned, on wednesday,
The guest rooms are squared away
Won’t you let me in/Let me back into your heart
This world is changing and it’s tearing us apart
I’m banging down your door
I’m rapping on your windows
I’m Climbing up the walls
I’ll Haunt you like a ghost
Won’t you let me in/Let me back into your heart/
This world is changing /and it’s tearing us apart
When the bombs dropped in the fallout-Become a monstrous alien thing
When the bombs dropped in the fallout-Can’t you see you’re the same as me
When the bombs dropped in the fallout-Won’t you let me back into your heart
Won’t you let me in/Let me back into your heart
Times are changing/and it’s tearing us apart
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7. |
Athena
03:40
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Do you want a little company
Do you need a little time alone
I said I would always be there
My how you have grown
Oh oh athena, what did we leave ya/ Oh oh athena what did we leave
As a child I was optimistic
Rage against the machine
Path of least resistance
Was the tide that carried me
Oh oh athena, what did we leave ya/Oh oh athena what did we leave
There were voices we were not always mute
Stood up for each other and ourselves
Throw your hands in the air officer don’t shoot
And baby, sex always sells
Oh oh athena, what did we leave ya/Oh oh athena what did we leave
Take what’s yours make it better
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8. |
Noche
01:57
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9. |
El Camino
02:38
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You can tell me no no no no no (repeat)
But I got a drive
Like an el camino
You can call me slow slow slow slow slow (repeat)
But I am a Mac truck creeping on uphill
Music’s gonna save my soul
And I still love rock n roll
Music’s gonna save my soul
(repeat)
We know who we are (repeat)
And we won’t forget it
No we won’t forget it
We know what we want (repeat)
We’re gonna go and get it
We’re gonna go and get i-i-it
Music’s gonna save my soul
And I still love rock n roll
Music’s gonna save my soul
(repeat)
You can tell me no no no
You can tell me no no no
But I got a drive like an el camino
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10. |
Getaway Car
04:02
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I have now turned my back upon myself
Going about things as somebody else
It’s easy to believe when the world beneath my feet shifts daily
Never dreamed of a life of organized crime
Just couldn’t take that day in day out grind
Its not the life for me just one clean robbery
It could finance all my dreams
Put the money in the bag got the gun in my hand
Would you wait for it
With the engine running
Would you wait for it
Would you drive my getaway car X3
Ooh woah ooh ooh
Please don’t think of the law
And please don’t think about prison
Don’t think about your friends
How you’re never gonna see them
Picture mexico with your toes down in the sand
Got a fruity little drink and I’m right there righr there holding your hand
Chorus
Drive with me into the night
Drive this city out of site
Drive until that orange empty light
On the side of the road I’ll pull you close
Say it’s you I love the most---final chorus
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11. |
Pretty Little Mind
04:26
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There’s a strange strange stranger sleeping in my bed
Now sleep for me is out of the question
Wondering just what the hell happened
Who’s that girl in the mirrors reflection
Don’t you worry your pretty little mind
About the way that I’ve been occupying my time
I could paint whatever kind of picture you like
I’m counting seconds hours minutes days months till you’re by my side
Slow turnout but the drinks are free
Fighting burnout so keep the booze coming
Loading up the car should I really be driving
Blue lights flash need license and registration
Chorus
Chorus
There’s a strange strange stranger sleeping in my bed
Now sleep for me is out of the question
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12. |
Radio
05:14
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In Chicago I went through 4 fake IDs
To get into the rock shows I was 19
I took home every single Reject CD
From my unpaid internship at Venus Zine
They’re never gonna never gonna dance to this
They’ll be looking at their phones
Never gonna never gonna call it a hit
You won’t hear it on the radio
You won’t hear it on the radio
The party scene is not so fun
When everyone you know is a setting sun
Against the odds I’ll go back to my roots yet
Make my way in Massachusetts
Playing every night in a different club
Teach in the day but it’s not what I love
See them young kids playing that guitar
I don’t know why they try so hard
chorus
What’s it gonna
What’s it gonna be kid
Is it Nashville New York or Los Angeles
There comes a point when you fake it till you break it
Well I’m ready, are you ready?
I’m turning up the radio
chorus
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13. |
Cassette
02:52
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Cassette
My guitar smells like the collective cigarette
They exhaled in Idaho I drove it down to salt lake
and I wonder what I'm doing here all alone on stage
Oh I wonder how I'm acting am I looking my age
Chorus:
I don't know anymore
How can you tell
rock bottom from the floor
No I don't know not yet
Just keep spinning like your favorite cassette
How I miss Sally O Briens where everyone knew my name
and the regulars on bar stools staring at the tv screens
and my friends were in the hi top chairs drinking those big beers
I've been gone so long wonder if they even care
Chorus
It's a Wednesday night in a tourist mountain town
I'm about to play for tips bout to throw it all down
I hope there's anyone inside
anyone who wants to listen
cause i'm developing
some kind of thin skinned condition
CHORUS
Don't you get upset
Don't you be so impatient
You're gonna make it
Just not yet
Just keep spinning like your favorite first cassette
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14. |
Love, Before
03:04
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Love, Before Lyrics
Coming of age in the United States
Perpetual war making machine
Really puts you in your place
You could stay in bed for days
Never ever want to give your heart away
But you gave it up to me
And I'm thanking you
The least that I could do
I been I been I been in love before
But this time I'm giving it up to you
I been I been I been in love before
But this time I'm giving it up to you
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15. |
Two Days Sober
03:36
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Two days sober ginger ale
You walk me to the corner store
I didn’t need your help before
What’s the point in building walls
I’m pretty sure you’d smash them all
With one single phone call
I didn’t need your help
I got this by myself
What’s the point in building walls I think you’d smash them all
I wish that I could walk around inside your shoes
To see which side of the sidewalk you’re gonna choose
You say that you become obsessed with
Everyone that you have sex with
So I will not take the compliment
chorus
Sitting here upon the bed of all our morning love making
I went to work with a smile again
And you were late
You had to call a cab
And I didn’t care
I didn’t care at all
Two days sober ginger ale (repeat)
I think you’d smash them all
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Kristen Ford Nashville, Tennessee
Kristen Ford is one lucky SOB. Her debut single on Righteous Babe Records "White Man's Dream" co-written and produced by Ani Difranco is out now, and she will be supporting Ani on her fall tour.
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