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Dead Dog on a Highway

by The Dad Horse Experience

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Like a dead dog on a highway Like a dead dog I'm hanging around Won't you stop and pick me up Dig me a deep hole in the ground Wrap me in white linnen That your mother used to wear On the day you were born Once I was a baby, once I was a baby dog, too Like a dead dog on a highway And the big trucks passing by Won't you put my little body down Cover it with boulders out of light Kiss away the dread and blood And comb my fur and straighten the broken tail It was dancing up and down While I was going down the highway Like a dead dog on a highway Like a dead dog I'm hanging around Won't you stop and pick me up Dig me a deep hole in the ground Wrap me in white linnen That your mother used to wear On the day you were born Once I was a baby, once I was a baby dog, once I was a baby dog, too (wuff) Like a dead dog on a highway And the big trucks passing by Won't you put my little body down Cover it with boulders out of light Wrap me in white linnen That your mother used to wear On the day you were born I'm going down the highway I'm going down the highway Till I die, oh, till I die
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Right from the peak I'm going down down down I found another way to live And the whole world's turning round round round You see me dancing in the street An iron hall it's full of Light And all the people that once died They are dancing & having fun They know the Kingdom it will come Ah, dead babies singing in the sky A song of marshmallow & applie-pie Ah, there's no way to put them down I see them dancing through the town A killer's waiting in the wood He doesn' care if you're bad or good You'll be dancing in the streets with him If there's no way there is no sin #VERSE And hairy truckers on the Highway They drop their clothes all away They are dancing naked in the sun They know the Kingdom it will come Ah, dead babies singing in the sky A song of marshmallow & applie-pie Ah, there's no way to put them down I see them dancing through the town And all you people full of bones With flesh & blood that you not own Your borrowed bodies they'll go down down down And you'll be dancing through the town And if you tell me it's not true Well I could say the same to you How can you tell that what you're hanging on Will it be real if Kingdom comes? Ah, dead babies singing in the sky A song of marshmallow & applie-pie Ah, there's no way to put them down I see them dancing through the town I see them dancing through the town
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My Brother, my brother, so selfish such pride You went to the station in the middle of the night Scaring the maidens Scare them to death My Brother, my brother, I can see it in your eyes You were at the station in the middle of the night & I wonder what shall I do Shall I tell what's the truth? WHAT IN THE WORLD SHOULD A POOR BOY FULFILL WHAT WOULD BE DOING GOD'S WILL? TELLA ME LORD WHAT A TOO SHALL I BE A CAN IN THE HEAT OR A WASHING MACHINE A CROWN ON THE HEAD OR A KNIFE IN THE BREAD OH, WHAT SHALL I BE? My Sister, my sister, so helpless so shy He kicked you in the belly, one day you must die & you take your little bag & then you go back My Sister, my sister, so helpless so dumb I could sing I could write I could say what I want You will follow your way Till it's to late WHAT IN THE WORLD... My Mother, my mother, too heartless to sigh You went to the station got something to fry What you have in you pan, mother Is it sister is it brother? My mother, my mother, now what shall I do Shall I slay you with the pan Or have a dinner with you? It's not easy to decide It's so hard to realize WHAT IN THE WORLD... (c) d.ottn
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I am ramblin' I'm rambling from town to town With some car trunk full of merch and songs And behind some curtain in the night There are some red lips fair and bright But next morning well I have to leave To another town To another town To sell some more T-shirts and CDs I am rambling from town to town With this car trunk full of merch and songs If you see me coming here around Come and buy I won't stay here for long I could not stay with any signorina (signorina) Though she's just so pretty and so nice I only need some coffee and gasolina (gasolina) To reach next city with my merchandise I left a girl she's crying in Chicago I left a girl she's crying in Tennessee I left a girl she's crying in Mezzago If you don't know that is in Italy I wanna sing a song for you 'bout Jesus (Jesus) I wanna sing a song 'bout heaven's grace I'm sorry if I don't sing with the ladies (ladies) Only leave them a button with my face I don't wanna drink their beer nor whiskey (whiskey) I don't want to take your LSD I just want to travel the next city (city) Try to sell more T-Shirts and CD I left a girl she's crying in Chicago I left a girl she's crying in Tennessee I left a girl she's crying in Mezzago If you don't know that is in Italy And when I'll go to Heaven sooner or later (later) That's the day when I will know and see When I gonna meet and ask my maker (maker) if he want some T-shirts or CDs I left a girl she's crying in Chicago I left a girl she's crying in Tennessee I left a girl she's crying in Schleswig-Holstein If you don't know that is in Germany (woohoo) I left a girl she's crying in Chicago I left a girl she's crying in Tennessee I left a girl she's crying in Mezzago If you don't know that is in Italy
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Well some said it was Mohammad Atta Well some said that it was the CIA Well I asked myself where was Jesus Three-thousand were killed that day Is there a World Trade Center in heaven Is there a World Trade Center in the sky Is there a World Trade Center in heaven Where the birds & the fishes flying by Well last night I met Jesus in heaven He kindly took my hand And he led me to cloud fourty-seven And showed me where the World Trade Center stands There's a World Trade Center in heaven There's a World Trade Center in the sky There's a World Trade Center in heaven Where the birds & the fishes flying by Well I walked through the clouds glanced and wondered about All the walls like glooming black gold And the traders are trading as they ever used to trade Now in heaven they're trading their own souls There's a World Trade Center in heaven There's a World Trade Center in the sky There's a World Trade Center in heaven Where the birds & the fishes flying by
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Stairs stairs stairs Where I hauled my burden up Stairs stairs stairs Where I hauled my burden up Ev'rywhere I found some stairs to haul my burden up Up and down the stairs I pulled more burden just this year than Jesus did Bound bound bound To my burden I am bound Down down down It's my burden draggin' me down I love my burden Even if it's draggin' me down Up and down the stairs I pulled more burden just this year than Jesus did On the day that he died Lord Lord Lord Help me let my burden go Lord Lord Lord Grant me the strenght to let it go I need no burden I need no bag and no burden when I die I need no burden I need no bag and no burden when I die Ev'ry trime I lost a burden Achin' but it was bracing me for death Ev'ry trime I lost a burden Achin' but it was bracing me for death For the day that I die
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The Party 04:18
Ah once I woke up in a misty room Worn out pillows, a broken broom And I wonder where it was and what should should I do there Dead sure I've never been there before So I stood up stepped up to the stairs Crazy people running anywhere Well I disliked their smell didn't like their tatoos They had no faces they had no shoes I searched my pocket, no ticket nor bill And I got nervous if I ever will Find out where I am and what I should do If this is a game please tell me the rules No one ever asked me if I'm ready if I'm willing to come No one ever asked me if I'm ready if I'm willing to come Another room, king size bed Chains on my leg, new TV set A bunch of old friends jumped in and they talked About people and places I couldn't recall A little little boy I walked upstairs A little little girl with yellow hair A little little while we walked side by side And then she vanished into the night I saw the lights of a falling plane Then it went dark and I searched in vain If there's an exit an hole some way to get out of here If this is a party, please don't give me no beer, no no no No one ever asked me if I'm ready if I'm willing to come No one ever asked me if I'm ready if I'm willing to come, yeah Yeah yeah yeah No one ever asked me if I'm ready if I'm willing to come Again I woke up, a sunny room It's all so clean, a brand new broom But still I wondered where it was and what should I do there Dead sure I've never been here before Again I stood up, did I loose my religion? All shoes and faces they came out of the kitchen And I said to myself, grim to the bone If this is a kingdom I would claim for the throne, yeah yeah yeah I broke the door,I crashed out the windows Out with the broom, out with the pillows Stop talking bullshit, all you fools This is my game, I gonna tell you the rules, yeah No one ever asked me if I'm ready if I'm willing to come, yeah Yeah yeah yeah No one ever asked me if I'm ready if I'm willing to come, yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah No one ever asked me if I'm ready if I'm willing to come No one ever asked me if I'm ready if I'm willing to come
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Well I walk into the bar room And I play some rusty gospel tunes But the people they don't understand They are waiting for a rock'n'roll band But the ladies they do scream and shout When I tell them what it's all about Stop your boozing and open your ear Praise the Lord, water is the new beer Now you people see for what I'm sent I'm a keller gospel one man band Guess Sid Vicious he's doing well Heaven's darkroom or lighthouse of hell But the 80ties they're all dead and gone Sex and drugs ain't gonna be no fun Now the time has come for new rock'n'roll For the gospel trumpet swing and blow
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Ich hab mir heute in die Hand geschnitten Ich hab nicht gelitten, ich kann mich nicht entscheiden Ich hab mir heute in die Zunge gebissen Es hat geblutet, ich wollts nicht vermeiden Ich hab mir heute ein Bein ausgerissen Ich werd es vermissen, aber ganz war ich eh nie Ganz war nie Ganz war ich eh nie Ganz war ich nie Ich werd mir wieder in die Suppe spucken Ich kann nicht länger in den Spiegel gucken Wer hat mir bloß so ins Gehirn geschissen? Ich seh mich gern leiden aber kann mich nicht entscheiden Heute hab ich Risse, heut habe ich Dellen Ich werd mich heute abend an die Mauer stellen Ganz war nie Ganz war ich eh nie Ganz war ich nie Ich hab mir heute in die Hand geschnitten Ich hab nicht gelitten, ich kann mich nicht entscheiden Ich hab mir heute in die Zunge gebissen Es hat geblutet, ich wollts nicht vermeiden Ich hab mir heute ein Bein ausgerissen Ich werd es vermissen, aber ganz war ich eh nie
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I was waiting for my mama I was waiting at the bar I was waiting at the chapel I was waiting for my pa I am waiting at the window I am waiting at the door I am waiting on the ceiling I am waiting on the floor I am waiting at the turnpike Waiting for my life to change Now as long as I am waiting Just one day it'll be to late I am waiting for redemption For the deeds that I have done I am waiting at the turnpike But redemption never comes I was waiting at the station I kept waiting to get paid Waiting for some inspiraton Just one day it'll be too late I am waiting for a cigarette I am waiting for a beer I am waiting for a moment I am waiting for a year I am waiting to get sick of All the things that I don't need I am waiting to ged rid of To get rid of all my deeds I am waiting at the turnpike Waiting for my life to change Now as long as I am waiting Just one day it'll be to late I am waiting for redemption For the deeds that I have done I am waiting at the turnpike But redemption never comes Und ich warte auf der strasse Und ich wart wohl auf den Bus Und ich wart moch etwas länger. Bis ich endlich sterben muss I am waiting for my mama I am waiting at the bar I am waiting at the chapel I am waiting for my pa
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released January 4, 2011

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