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Dungeon
04:49
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Dungeon
she makes wars cease
she burns pain with fire
when she comes all dressed in black
and the white sorrow blanket becomes
a peaceful green meadow in drugs
and the crunch of my bones
it's a beautiful sound
when she sings her song
she comes in miracles, so pretty at night,
when the stars boil in the dark
she hits me down with her speckled arm
and tear off the rust in my mind
she takes me down
she takes me down,
takes me down to the dungeon stairs
when the night smells of sadness
and the candles go out
she locks me up with a kiss and a scythe
the flames sway on the embers dance floor
the tin chandelier shakes
her humming fills the air in the room
she digs from my ear to my brain
and deep in my head there’s a big blast of lights
and shadows of her skin
ain't rain tonight
inside the bonfire
the mark of dawn shines
and on my knees I praise her sweat shining face
my cup overflows, you've soaked my head
no evil I will fear
she takes me down...
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2. |
Sorrow, Thanks
03:31
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Sorrow, Thanks
if you’re coming, sadness
well, you know i feel ungood
don't take it easy
i still wait
in the high plain's grief
meet me in my motorhome
i got a six pack
and a gloomy song
i got a big chest hole
and got a head hole too
and gallons of tears that can't go out
the water takes a long time just to drill into the rock
thanks anyway for coming down
oh, sadness, come
you know, i felt that thing
are you worried about me?
thanks, sorrow, to be by my side
oh, sorrow, thanks
oh, sorrow, thanks
thanks for coming
i've missed you so much
well each day i hate
i hate them all so much
'cause hate and contempt
is what i've got
but when you come, sadness
is a thing that really hurts
i love you, sadness,
you make me less unkind
oh, sorrow, come
you know, i felt that thing
are you worried about me?
thanks, sorrow, to be by my side
oh, sorrow, thanks
oh, sorrow, thanks
thanks for coming
make me less unkind
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3. |
Are You Gone?
03:49
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Are You Gone?
no burning wounds in faded sky
dim light are moving away
last wisps of your voice are falling apart
grass is so cold it still keep your shape
in the ditch where i stand
rotten wood smell begin to rise
so bitter and so sweet
so bright and so dark
and the mourning song has begun:
“my love, are you gone?
my love, i go”
my precious bitten bones,
in may’s winter the little birds sang
and the sorrow blanket was still warm
big dead hollow tree
is waiting for lightning just to burn
waiting for give his last light around
so lonely and so bad, so dry and so black
and the mourning song has begun:
“my love, are you gone?
my love, i go”
the cold emptiness caresses and comforts me now
we all goin’ to rest at last
on the shaken ground,
on the wet soil and in the mud
got it in my face, i sink my hands,
so joyful and so sad, so hideous, so nice
and the mourning song has begun:
“my love, are you gone?
my love, i go”
"my love, are you gone?"
i will go
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4. |
Daddy Walked in Darkness
02:52
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Daddy Walked in Darkness
you know my daddy, well, he walked down in darkness
my momma walked by his side
they never ever knew one moment of peace
till the day after they had died
oh Lord, the day after they had died
you know my daddy he was a railroad man
and rambled all around
and he never ever knew what contempt was
‘till they laid my daddy down
oh yeah, laid my daddy down
yeah, now don't tell me your trouble
cause i've known misery of my own
‘cause my daddy wеll he walked down in darkness
and my momma she went along
oh yeah, my momma she went along
you know my mama yeah she was a hooker
she hustled all over town
took all of my daddy's good lovin lord
to hold my mama down
to hold my mama down
and i said don't tell me your trouble
cause i've known misery of my own
because my daddy well, he walked down in darkness
and my momma she went along
oh yeah, my momma she went along
my momma well she went along, oh yeah
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5. |
Train Is a-Running
04:10
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Train Is a-Running
if you listen the song i will sing
about that train razing all the way
and we can feel it every day
the rattle and the whistle of the train
rolling deep in our guts at night
and we can not quench the thirst
opossums and racoons pointed there
the train is a-running once again
train is a-running
train is a-running once again
fire has no shadow, it's gone away
since the good old days of betray
the smoke rises inside and the heat
opens all the blisters of the rage
and in its bosom booze welcomes us
and only then we can bear
all screaming fucking badgers tonight
the train is a-running once again
train is a-running
train is a-runnin once again
and in every winter, in every snow
we die a little more and the train goes on
oh, my girl, when my time comes,
i wish you were by me waiting for the train
the train is a-running once again
train is a-running
train is a-runnin once again
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Preacher On the Bench of Blows
don't you know, the preacher was alone
‘cause of his mistakes he was alone
under the swaying pine a lone dark thin tapeworm
poor distressed preacher, he's gone
the preacher had forgotten all the psalms
that muttered sittng on the bench of blows
into oblivion flying, like an ashes bunch
poor preacher, he was so forgetful
the preacher was so sad
the preacher was so dry
the preacher was empty, we didn't see
he had no plan
he didn’t have the time
one shimmering day and six years of night
the ravens move shiny things around
but it's so weird and unnatural
they don't know how to swim
they don't cross the street, they go along the road
the preacher smoked and drank from the can
he just didn't know he was already dead
no longer he can offer his time
to whom was all the preacher’s prays?
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(Aaaaaah) Jesus Is No Longer
aw, jesus is no longer in the grave
no one has moved the stone
and the angels didn't come
oh lord jesus was never in the grave
aw, jesus is no longer
in the blood we drink and spill
cause we are thirsty dogs
oh Lord Jesus was never in my blood
something is calling night and day
will haunt me down to the end
and incites me and forces me too
oh babe, that's not him
he don't wanna know about me
aw, jesus is no longer
in the flesh we kill and love
we're always be alone
oh lord jesus was never in my flesh
aw, jesus is no longer by my side
and neither by your side
he doesn't care about us
has never really been by my side
something is calling night and day
will haunt me down to the end
and incites me and forces me too
oh babe, that's not him
he don't want to know about me
oh jesus, oh my, oh my
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8. |
Ballad of Will Hurt
02:39
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Ballad of Will Hurt
at the graveside
of your dead wife
you seemed so tired
you're not on dry land
and you'll leave
and you'll always be
on the run-and-hide
behind whiskey and wine
and gather all the fruits
of your dishonest trees
You'll carry rotten load
all along the path
hurt inside
you'd never been hurt inside
damage has come to you
mayhem with empty-eyes
there's no guide
there's no guiding light
and no alley near
to slip from behind
and hold on pain
that runs through your veins
now it's your turn
to breathe in the dark
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