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Virtuoso
03:19
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dodging bullets
aimed at my own feet
and what of it
feeling foolish
like how did i get to be
such a good shot
oh there's nothing to it
once you get your back into it
if i played the telephone
i think it's safe to say by now
i'd be a virtuoso
so what are we doing
what kind of fat are we chewing on
pacing grooves in the floor
i'm certain that we've spoken before
buddy could you spare us a show
you lost the tape so you don't know
we had to rock and roll
soon found out it takes a lot
to get to the show
made a list of the things that i wanted
but ooh, never really got started
wrote it down in invisible ink
the past fades memory shrinks
crossed out crumpled up and discarded
now it's my elegant garbage
when ambition and aspiration
become asphyxiation
dodging bullets
aimed at my own feet
and what of it
feeling foolish
like how did i get to be
such a good shot
oh there's nothing to it
once you get your back into it
if i played the telephone
i think it's safe to say by now
i'd be a virtuoso
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2. |
Younger Than You
02:36
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unwilling to believe her
unable to deceive her
he lip synched his desire
in a pantomime of fire
one thing she didn't notice
an edifice of punk piss
he passed it off as style
because he loved to see her cry
baby wipe that tear from your face
and I'll try to wipe the sneer off mine
oh and I'll stay younger than you
by acting like a child
yeah I got a tip for you
you can use it or you can lose
ya make it crunchy as you can
you get to talk to the record man
now all the byrds have flown
it's just an everlasting drone
but you could get fat on the scraps
if ya make it sound like crap
could someone here please tell me the difference
between a man with a mission and a headless chicken
only way I ever learned much really
was when you turned me around and slapped me silly
so tired of the modern life
a tv screen for a wife
they call him mister hustle bustle
cos' he's always pullin' on his monkey muscle
if I say I was born with it
it's still your right to be bored a bit
can't have my rape and eat it too
just like jesus used to do
baby wipe that tear from your face
and I'll try to wipe the sneer off mine
oh and I'll stay younger than you
by acting like a child
a child
a child
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3. |
Jackboot No. 2
03:32
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when you walk down the street alone
well don't look at anybody wrong
pulled back in an alleyway
yeah beat down to the rhythm of hate
something 'bout the look in your eye
or the shape of your mouth
anything they can find to despise
they will , they hit the trigger
they do the brutalize
a dim light goes off
they see you don't belong
strap on their boots and dance to dawn
jackboot jackboot jackboot
a wrong turn on the way back home
gets you a ticket to a horror show
like a beast the dogs brought to bay
well did you say your prayers today
old Berlin 1938
a billy club hammerhead L.A.
every scapegoat looks the same
after the bully boys have had their way
a dim light goes off
they see you don't belong
strap on their boots and goose-step till dawn
jackboot jackboot jackboot
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4. |
Keys to Disaster
03:01
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when you come on board
we're going to keep your plate full
you're gonna be grateful and
i can't emphasize too much
you got to keep to cliches
and you won't get touched
although you might get bored
when we take you down
and put you in storage
and when we lock the door
we'll give you all that you want
so you won't have to ask for more
he's running faster
because he's got the keys to disaster
never gonna stop the bastard
it's all systems gone
but if you really want
i guess we'll take you along
please leave your tongue at home
the last time it got loose
we got three shots to the dome
a little trip around the nation
my way met with some hesitation
the wide world doesn't love you enough
unless it knows just what you're thinking of
he's running faster
with nonsense and blather
yeah he's got the keys to disaster
when you come on board
we're going to keep your plate full
you're gonna be grateful and
i can't emphasize too much
you got to keep to cliches
although you might get bored
when we take you down
and put you in storage
and when we lock the door
we'll give you all that you want
so you won't have to ask for more
he's running faster
because he's got the keys to disaster
never gonna stop the bastard
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5. |
Green Lobby No. 2
03:09
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in an Italian green marble lobby
under blinking elevator lights
eyes go itchy and your palms start sobbing
as you climb to the highest heights
and when you get to the top of the heap
that's when
you know you're
in deep
and when you're asking
is this all
that's when the axe will fall
back in an office looking just like a closet
all tied up in your pinstripe fatigues
open your mouth then you think fast and close it
you think this world is just what you need
but when you get to the top of the heap
that's when
you know you're
in deep
and when you're asking
is this all
that's when the axe fall
fall ha-ha hard, whoah, woe
fall ha-ha hard, whoah, woe
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