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Through The Hole
03:52
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I was born when they tapped on the moon
I knew no innocence no golden spoon
With less worth for a place in the rat race
Desperate smile in my sad mama's fat face
For some substance I left my home town
I went away and just out of tune
I fell down on my feet
I felt so incomplete
I just found a hole
in the bottom of my soul
Played my four-string day in and day out
Became a banjo pop star all about
Seven cars and diamond rings
Friend and girls and all such things
I could not stand to be alone
But no heart in the crowd just booze in the jar
and no crowd anymore when money ran out so far
I fell down on my face
I fell through trhe space
I fell through the hole
in the bottom of my soul
I went crazy all shit hit the fan
Lost my name, well I killed a man
Burned out mind and a heart full of beer
My bed for night it was shame, it was fear
But then one morning a flickering light
In the rain from the right side well it hit my eyes
And I realized it must be a loving god
or some stuff like that and then
I fell down on my knees
Lord please, end this misery
He pulled me through the hole
in the bottom of my soul
Now you people listen carefully
A soul in holes that is no tragedy
Shall it ever happens to your soul
Don't waste your time trying to fill the hole
Cause if the hole is really deep enough
It will be a subway for your loving god
It will be a subway for his grace
And he'll pull you through
So fall down on your knee
May Lord end your misery
He will oull yout through the hole
in the bottom of your soul
Bottom, bottom, bottom of your soul
Bottom, bottom, bottom there is a hole
Bottom, bottom, there is a hole
At the bottom of your soul
But the Lord he will pull you through
The Lord, the Lord he will pull you through
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Gates of Heaven
02:38
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Oh my mother she went to heaven
And the last word that she said
Son you won't never follow me
Because you're so mean & bad
Oh but I want to go to heaven
I want to see my mama there
But when I stand before the gates of heaven
With a bucket full of sins
Lord I'm a bad ass motherfucker
But won't you please let me in
So I'm a motherless pilgrim
I miss her everywhere
I want to go to heaven
I want to see my mother there
I want to play the golden harp
I want to hear my mama sing
But when I stand before the gates of heaven
With a bucket full of sins
Lord I'm a bad ass motherfucker
But won't you please let me in
Oh my mother she went to heaven
And the last word that she said
Son you won't never follow me
Because you're so mean & bad
Oh but I want to go to heaven
I want to see my mama there
But when I stand before the gates of heaven
With a bucket full of sins
Lord I'm a bad ass motherfucker
But won't you please let me in
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Falling
05:29
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Well I'm a falling
I'm a falling
I'm falling out of light
Well last night I was bored I went out of town
At the bars met a neighbour who was hanging around
And I said to the pal come on let's have a drink
And let's watch the moon preparing to sink
So we went out with a bottle of gin
Heads to the sky with a foolish grin
And suddenly I started to cry
Well I'm used to going to work I'm used to goin' to stores
I'm used to doing beer I'm used to doin' whores
Down there in the road lies my golden shirt
In the dirt
And I am falling out of light
Well I'm a'falling like a spark in the night
Well I'm a'falling out of light
Well I'm a'falling like a spark in the night
Well my neighbour said, brother this is true
I know what you mean I am thinking like you
But you should know that you could come back home
And he looked in my eyes and he went all aflame
Like a torch in the dark it was really strange
He said "you're like me" and then he passed away
And I am falling out of light
Well I'm a'falling like a spark in the night
Well I'm a'falling out of light
Well I'm a'falling like a spark in the night
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Lord Must Fix My Soul
03:20
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I loved Molly Lowie, well I
Stabbed her with my bowie
Lord must fix my soul
I loved Molly Lowie
Well I stabbed her with my bowie
Lord, please fix my soul
Lord must fix my soul
Turn the shit into gold
Lord must fix my soul
Lord must fix my soul
Turn the shit into gold
Lord, please fix my soul
My mother told me the bible, well I
Shot her with my rifle
Lord must fix my soul
My mother told me the bible
Well I shot her with my rifle
Lord, please fix my soul
Lord must fix my soul
Turn the shit into gold
Lord must fix my soul
Lord must fix my soul
Turn the shit into gold
Lord, please fix my soul
I've got a dog named Lewie, well I
Turned him into chop suey
Lord must fix my soul
I've got a dog named Lewie
Well I turned him into chop suey
Lord, please fix my soul
Lord must fix my soul
Turn the shit into gold
Lord must fix my soul
Lord must fix my soul
Turn the shit into gold
Lord, please fix my soul
If I can't afford the cocaine
I shoot gasoline in my vein
Lord must fix my soul
If I can't afford the cocaine
I shoot gasoline in my vein
Lord, please fix my soul
Lord must fix my soul
Turn the shit into gold
Lord must fix my soul
Lord must fix my soul
Turn the shit into gold
Lord, please fix my soul
Hallelujah
Lord must fix my soul
Turn the shit into gold
Lord, he must fix my soul
Lord must fix my soul
Turn the shit into gold
Lord, please fix my soul
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5. |
Schwarz Grün Weiss
03:01
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Schwarz
Ist die Nacht wie ein Keller ohne Hoffnung
Immer weiter, immer weiter
Folge ich dem Schienenstrang
Immer weiter, immer weiter
Über das dunkle Land
Grün
Wie das Gras, das auf meinem Grab wächst
Immer näher, immer näher
Kommt die grüne Leuchtschrift
Immer näher, immer näher
Bremen HBF
Weiss
Wie der Mond, wie zerbrochen Knochen
Immer größer, immer größer
Immer größer, immer größer
Ich kann das Weiße im Auge des Lokführers sehn
Schwarz
Ist die Nacht wie ein Keller ohne Hoffnung
Immer weiter, immer weiter
Folge ich dem Schienenstrang
Immer weiter, immer weiter
Über das dunkle Land
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Find My Body Down
04:28
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(Find me in the blue sky)
(Find me in the dark cloud passing by)
Ah, early one morning, Valentine day
Long distance phone call so far way
My darling told me a bull's eyes hit
Well she wanted my body quick quick quick
Well I packed in my body, legs and shirt
Drove to the airport and right through the dirt
Bought me a ticket a coast to coast flight
I wished to see my darling just this night
Well I entered the airplane window seat
Next to the cockpit a scent of weed
I didn't mind began to relax
Said hello to my neighbour, well a dentist named Zach
Then the airplane checked out, wackled and wobbed
Flat out ahead and then it took off
Hey hey, like a rocket in the sky
Hey hey, to my baby gonna fly
Find me, find me in the blue sky
Find me, oh in the dark cloud passing by
Find me, find me in the rain upon your skin
Find my body down
Then suddenly nine-thousand feet in the air
Well an angel walked in with golden hair
"Ladies and gentlemen" he said, "don't get up"
Well I bring you a message from your hidden god
It's time for you now, you must choose
If you wanna rest your soul or if you wanna lose
Here is a message for you that may hurt
Well your soul is from heaven and your body's from dirt
Then the angel vanished, I looked outside
I saw a another plane coming near the right side
Thought of my darling, the plane crashed into mine
Death and disaster but on Valentine
Well a mighty mighty cloud of blood and cerosene
And I stuck deep inside, in front of me I've seen
Oh, oh, a flying human leg
I couldn't make it out was it mine or one from Zach
And that was the moment, well that I could decide
My soul should come home to the heavenly side
My body will burn in this world of mud
But my soul will be rested in the hand of god
Find me, find me in the blue sky
Find me, ah in the dark cloud passing by
Find me, find me in the rain upon your skin
Find my body down
So this is my present for it's Valentine
You can get all my body but my soul it is mine
If you ever got the taste of blood and cerosene
Oh remember who I was and my body near the scene
Find me, find me in the blue sky
Find me in the dark cloud passing by
Find me, find me in the rain well upon your skin
Find my body down
Find my body down
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Dried Out River
02:50
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I’m like a dried dried out river
Waiting inn the desert sun
Just like a dried dried out river
I'm waiting the water for to come
Well my eyes're wide wide open
Filled up with dust and with stones
And the bones of the pilgrim
Who died here all alone
But the flood it will come
It will spill every stone to the shore
And the seed it will grow
And there will be no drought never more
And I cried cried the desert
Filled dried out river with tears
All left white white whiute salt here
Glisten in the sunburnt sphere
And I tried tried so hard
I tried to unlock the gates
well of dear greed and denial
all which behind the water waits
Athe flood it will come
It will spill every stone to the shore
And the seed it will grow
And there will be no drought never more
And I sighed sighed for mercy
Send me a shower or flood
To delight me, I'm thirsty
Oh, make me a fountain for god
I’m like a dried dried out river
Waiting inn the desert sun
Just like a dried dried out river
I'm waiting the water for to come
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Away
02:13
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Away, my good redeemer he's away
Away, he's far beyond the Milky-Way
My good redeemer he's away
All the people are talking building houses in the sky
Where I could not relate to and I wonder why
Well, he's awy
Away, my good redeemer he's away
Away, he's far beyond the Milky-Way
My good redeemer he's away
All the people are crying if they look out to realize
They're captured by the kingdom and redenption's not in sight
Cause he's away
Away, my good redeemer he's away
Away, he's far beyond the Milky-Way
My good redeemer he's away
So the people are sleeping all their eyes out but I know
It's far away inside me wher reddeming spark's aglow
well he's away
Away (not far away is judgment day)
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10. |
Reach Out Your Hand
07:00
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Reach out your hand
Rip off my skin with your hand
Rip off my skin with your hand, with your hand
Ah,see my blood is pouring over the land
Like a dark old wave breaking at the strand
Rip off my skin with your hand
Reach out your hand
Reach out your hand
Open up my chest with your hand
Open my rip cage with your hand, with your hand
Ah feel my heart is beating under your hand
Like a blind bird is creeping over the strand
Open my rip cage with your hand
Reach out your hand
Now Jesus tell me what you gonna say, no no no
Reach out your hand and touch my heart & we will know
If there's a need for every tear & a cause for all the blood
And if death is right upon me it's the coming of the flood
The end of all the sorrow & the end of all the pain
Reach out your hand & heal the dread & make me sane
Reach out your hand, reach out your hand
Reach out your hand
Rip off my skin with your hand
Open my rip cage with your hand, with your hand
Ah,see my blood is pouring over the land
Like a dark old wave breaking at the strand
Ah feel my heart is beating under your hand
Like a blind bird is creeping over the strand
Open my rip cage with your hand
Reach out your hand
Reach out your hand
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11. |
Too Close To Heaven
02:45
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One of those days
When I was going to see my brother in town
To give him a letter
Written by our father & sealed by our mother
Down in those times
When we used to count the squirrels at home
Or killing the ants
Just to kill time
Or to fill it
With tiny drops of guiltiness
Drizzle of remorse
And forgot
Where we've been coming from
Or why
And we've been sleeping
So tired then.
Sleeping
Sleep
Sleep (Sleep)
What have you got there in your mouth?
I said to my brother
Is it a rubber cake? (Rubber cake)
Feathers & pearls?
Or is it the taste of a stranger?
Something you should share? (Something you should share)
"You are drifting," I said
Why?
Are you a hipster, songster, gangster
or trickster?
Because if this is just a dream
Then you
Must be very strong (very strong)
"Indeed," he said
I am
Rain
It's a rain
Rain
Falling rain
Rain
Where the rain comes from
That's where I belong
Focking rain
So that's then we left town
With his pickup, a Dodge
Getaway car & astray
And astray we were driving
Away from them lights of the city
Where comfort & complacency reigns
West we were driving
West (West) (West)
Interstate, drifting
(Passing places) Passing places, meadows, ditches (Ditches)
Places bland & sad & wasted
Good at most just to depose
A dead body, if you have to
And doubtlessly no place
Where you wanted a stranger
(Pressing) Pressing your face into the dirt
And taking your breath
(When the last) the last smell you got
Is the pee of a trucker
Heading to Milwaukee
Or down to the Gulf of Mexico, who cares (Who cares)
That's where we passed by
That's where we were drifting
Away (Away)
And furthermore astray we went
Drifting into the sticks
And into the woods
And into the depth & abyss
And I thought to myself
I should better take care
Not to kill all them beetles & toads
And them mice & them moles
And them lizards & snails
Baby snakes & God knows what else
Has been crawling here
Right where this four-wheeler
Ploughed us a way through their life
And my brother said
Brother (Brother)
Let's have us a shot
Of dead butterfly blood
Cold is the night & dark is the rain
Go find yourself & won't you complain
Tipping a toe into the river of pain
Majestically floating under the endless rain
Cold is the night & dark is the rain
Go find yourself & won't you complain
And then as we stood
In the midst of the vast empty night
Blood on the needle
Blood on the tyre
Blood on the cross
The roads been so solid
The moon been so cold
The clouds been so gloomy
The stars been so dark
Like dead broken bulbs in a feckless traffic light
On the empty crossroad of our mind
That's when my brother moaned
And stared into his phone (and starred into his phone)
No reception
As he cried & he cried
Lord Lord, damn Lord
My trouble so high, my fear it is rising.
Creatures & beasts raging
Deep in the den of my sick sicken self
I'm stuck in the darkness (stuck in the darkeness) stuck in alone
And only my brother might know
Why I am drifting
And drifting away (away)
But he's drifting himself, breaking into pieces
Which been blasting slowly hovering, floating
Floating in all different directions to the most distant places
Of the focking universe
So Lord, please Lord
Please help me (help me & heal me)
Please set me free Lord
From the need of my unleashed sickness
And from the turmoil of my drifting mind
Please Lord
Put together (put together) the floundering parts
Of my scattered self (of my scattered self)
So widely dispersed
Please heal me, Lord! (Please heal me Lord)
(Please) please spread your grim angels
Your armies & tanks
And whistling missiles, oh Lord
Please spread them
Up to the skies
And to the stars
And to the moon
And to the clouds
And let them focking rain on me.
Cold is the night & dark is the rain
Go find yourself & won't you complain
Tipping a toe into the river of pain
Majestically floating under the endless rain
Rain (Cold is the night & dark is the rain)
There's no rainbow (Go find yourself & won't you complain)
Rain (Tipping a toe into the river of pain)
Falling rain (Majestically floating under the endless rain)
Rain (Cold is the night & dark is the rain)
Hear the wind blows (Go find yourself & won't you complain)
Into the middle of the earth
Where the humming birds dwell
All the highways, mountains & the trees
Focking rain is falling on & on
Every/s cover's washed away from me
Highway's like a diamond in the sun
Highway's like a diamond in the sun
Rain
Is getting colder now
Rain
From the frozen clouds
Rain
I'm getting older somehow
Snow's falling down
And covering me
Oh white rain is floating over me
Oh white rain it makes me blind
Every thing/sin is floating down to the sea
White rain will drive me out of my mind
White rain will drive me out of my mind
Dark is the rain & cold is the night
Don't be afraid & you'll be alright
This will be running into the sea of delight
Swim down the river, dive for the light
Rain (Dark is the rain & cold is the night)
It's a rain again (Don't be afraid & you'll be alright)
Rain (This will be running into the sea of delight)
Never been the same (Swim down the river, dive for the light)
Rain (Don't be afraid & you'll be alright)
Everything is new (Dark is the rain & cold is the night)
How will I come through
Dam/n that rain
All the highways, mountains & the trees
Focking rain is falling on & on
Every/s cover's washed away from me
Highway's like a diamond in the sun
Highway's like a diamond in the sun
Rain
It's a rain
Rain
Falling rain
Rain
Where the rain comes from
That's where I belong
Focking rain
That's where I belong
Focking rain
We applaud every man
Every woman
Every child
Every dog & cat & cow
Elephants
Every pidgeon, crow & caterpillar
Every snake, snail, lizard
Bug or ant
Every spider, worm & maggot
In the fruit or in the flesh
For if they were sturdy in life
Doing God's will
And occasionally
Smile
Cold is the night & dark is the rain
Go find yourself & won't you complain
Tipping a toe into the river of pain
Majestically floating under the endless rain
This will be running into the sea of delight
Dark is the rain & cold is the night
Don't be afraid & you'll be alright
Swim down the river, dive for the light
Don't be afraid & you'll be alright
Swim down the river, dive for the light
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