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Live, Love & Lose
03:58
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Live, Love and Lose
There’ll come a day
You’ll go away
Leave me alone
I’ll be okay
I’ll carry on
Though I’ll be missing you
Live and learn
We all get burned
I’ve had my part
In broken hearts
The world moves on
And now the table's turned
It's the nature of this world we’re in
Things keep moving on.
It's the nature of these lives we live
That all you love is lost.
You live, you love, you lose
but no one gets to choose
The things that stay or go
Or those they’ll cling to.
I will die
And you will cry
you’re not alone
I’ll be nearby
You’ll carry on
And I’ll watch over you.
Our day will come
We’ll all be gone
And a brand new
day will dawn
you never know
just what tomorrow brings
It's the nature of this world we’re in
Things keep moving on.
It's the nature of these lives we live
That all you love is gone.
You live, you love, you lose
but no one gets to choose
The things that stay or go
Or those they’ll cling to.
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Numbskull
02:24
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Numbskull
Hey you
What to do?
Does the whole world seem messed up to you?
It’s an insane
Daisy chain
And what I see makes me numb my brain.
So I can’t feel
I can’t smile
I forget for a little while.
I’m so numb
I fear I’m dead.
And it’s messing with my head.
Hey friend
Where’s the end
to this madness in which we descend?
It’s shameful
And blameful.
And what I see makes me numb my skull
Chorus
Hey son
What you done?
Do the inmates run the asylum?
You’re brain dead
And mislead
And what I see makes me numb my head
Chorus
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Caroline
02:56
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Caroline
Compromise
Where no one really gets the things that they need
No matter how they beg
No matter how they plead
Compromise, compromise you’re not for me.
Don’t live your life
Giving up on the things in which you believe.
Giving away yourself
Till left with mediocrity
Compromise, compromise you’re not for me.
Caroline
You never really got the things that you need.
No matter how you begged.
No matter how you plead.
Caroline, Caroline you’re not for me.
Caroline, Caroline you’re not for me.
Caroline, Caroline, Caroline
You know it’s true
That we are through
Oh Caroline
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Devil's Ink
03:29
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Devil’s Ink
Oh can’t you see I’m the lonesome stranger.
I spread a pox across this land.
Where I walk, death and destruction
But I’ll make you smile ‘fore I pry the coin from your dead, cold hands.
The devil walks freely amongst you.
He destroys all that God’s made
He will take you by the by
cause you chose to dance with the devil than look him in the eye.
Ah ha
I’ll take your home. I’ll take your money
I’ll leave you broken in your hour of need.
I heed the calling of a higher power.
I ply my trade all in the name of corporate greed.
Ah ha
Colored beads and shiny baubles.
All distract from the task at hand.
I’m not your friend nor am I your neighbor.
I spin illusions to sell you castles made of sand.
Sow seeds of hatred, envy, despair
Let you wallow in unanswered prayers.
Divide and conquer gives me the key
To drive this once great nation down upon its knees.
Take what I want; leave you with nothing that you need.
Then wring you dry until you cannot afford to bleed.
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The Ballad of Willie Hatton
Oh I’ve walked the line
Since the age of nine
Running doors and breaking up this coal.
Though my mamma cried
I’m resigned to die
Like my daddy did in this dark hole.
The lord gave Sunday as a day of rest
Then back down this rabbit hole to die
The only justice in this life we live
Is that no one’s getting out alive
It’s too dark to see
a future in front of me
winds of change come blow away my toil
I will spend my death
Like every waking breath
Buried deep beneath this Pennsylvania soil.
The lord gave Sunday as a day of rest
Then back down this rabbit hole to die
The only justice in this life we live
Is that no one’s getting out alive
Company ain’t no good
They stole my childhood
My deprivations can’t be lost to no avail
And if you should fail
this cautionary tale
Come and join me in the depths of Avondale
Come and join me in the depths of Avondale
Come and join me in the depths of Avondale
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Gone
02:31
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7. |
Lying Ways
02:40
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Your Lying Ways
You broke my heart into pieces
the day you told that lie.
When asked if you still loved me
you said you loved some other guy.
Why do you insist on telling lies, lies, lies?
Why do you insist on making grown men cry?
I don’t believe a word you say
that you have changed your lying ways
‘cause that will be the day that I die.
I know that you still love me,
but put me on the shelf.
Though you’re in the arms of another,
that's just you lying to yourself.
Chorus
At the end of my dark tunnel
there shines a brilliant light.
It’s the lamp off of your old nightstand.
You even lie awake at night.
Chorus
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Monkey Wrench Revolt Cortland, New York
Unfortunately Monkey Wrench Revolt is no longer in existence. We enjoyed our time together. We made some great music. Please enjoy. Do not send any money!
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