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Burning The Bowery
03:35
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I was wasted late last night, a young girl asked me for a light
I felt like I’d been here before when the demon life is a open door
Come on down I’ve been burning with all that’s left inside of me
Comin’ down the generations, haunted by the history
I had a girl who shared my name, she stood like a flower but she fell like rain
Tattooed knuckles that spell “only” four letters couldn’t hold me
Come on down I’ve been burning with all that’s left inside of me
Comin down the generations, haunted by the history
I’m burnin on the Bowery, I’m burnin’ on the Bowery
Right back here where you found me, still burnin’ on the Bowery
My grandfather worked these streets, took my grandma to the Roseland beat
Society of Vinacola, graveyard shift and rock ‘n’ rollers
Come on down I’ve been burning with all that’s left inside of me
Comin’ down the generations, haunted by the history
I’m burnin on the Bowery, I’m burnin’ on the Bowery
Right back here where you found me, still burnin’ on the Bowery
Lonely voices on the phone, say “Hey hey is Artie home?”
I’m gunna call up Jimmy G. Find out what’s gone wrong with me
Indian trails and sidewalk strays, old school hardcore matinees
Ginsberg’s tears and Thunders’ cross, the things we won and the ones we lost
I’m burnin on the Bowery, I’m burnin’ on the Bowery
Right back here where you found me, still burnin’ on the Bowery
I’m burnin on the Bowery, I’m burnin’ on the Bowery
Got something to empower me, still burnin’ on the Bowery
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2. |
All the way from Moscow
04:04
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Organize my distance
No I won’t be home fro christmas
The russian rain was falling on the golden arch
I felt your interest fading through the wire
And the gypsy kept on playin’ his nylon string guitar
All the way from moscow to new york
And I watch the dirty river roll by
And I dedicate this feeling to the ones in my life
And I watch the dirty river roll by
And they medicate the culture so you’re high and dry
And you don’t get your money back kid
They said the sky was falling and they played the hits
She was born in 1980 from a Cold War kiss
She said “I believe in something but I don’t know why
My parents felt the same but they’d never admit it”
And I watch the dirty river roll by
And I dedicate this feeling to the ones in my life
And I watch the dirty river roll by
And they medicate the culture so you’re high and dry
And you don’t get your money back kid
I would’ve liked to been there but I waited so damn long
And I had a funny feeling you were gone
She said the twin towers was an inside job
The boys went to the desert and we partied in a wartime fog
And the gypsy kept on playing his nylon string guitar
All the way from moscow to new york
And I watch the dirty river roll by
And I dedicate this feeling to the ones in my life
And I watch the dirty river roll by
And they medicate the culture so you’re high and dry
And you don’t get your money back kid
You’ll never get your money back kid
Organize my distance
No I won’t be home fro christmas
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3. |
The Archer
03:41
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Over the cuckoo’s nest
Sometimes a great notion
I have seen the best
Movin’ round in a locomotion
My my she’s so pretty
The only girl from New York City
She’s the catalyst
One girl I never got over
Stupid cupid missed
Six shots and I fell like a soldier
Jesus couldn’t save us
Photographs and how they frame us
It was a long time ago, when I let that arrow go
Baby unconditional in the body and the soul
Hey there no remorse
I’d gladly give up my kingdom
Baby for a horse
And ride away from here to oblivion
Always been a mystery
I often wonder if you miss me
It was a long time ago, when I let that arrow go
Baby unconditional in the body and the soul
About a hundred dreams ago
In a business they call show
Buddy you can pay for the leaving
I’ve been down on wounded knees
The kids are asking please
To forget her
Something you can trust
My unfaithful companion
Like the two of us
The universe is surely expanding
It was a long time ago, when I let that arrow go
Baby unconditional in the body and the soul
About a hundred dreams ago
In a business they call show
She’s the only one who knows
And I left there long ago
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4. |
St. Mark's Sunset
03:12
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On the off chance that I see you
And we walk on like we don’t care
It’s been so long since I left here
On the downside with a cross to bear
Remember when we first arrived
We were lookin’ for a place to hide
St. Marks Sunset carry me down
All my friends are hangin’ around
Church bells are ringin’ for the poor and the proud
St. Marks Sunset carry me down
From the outskirts and the suburbs
Seeking shelter in each other’s eyes
Well we played hard and we let loose
And we held on to each other’s lies
Remember when we used to laugh
At everybody that was walkin’ past
St. Marks Sunset carry me down
All my friends are hangin’ around
Church bells are ringin’ for the poor and the proud
St. Marks Sunset carry me down
Though the styles keep on changin’
Generations in repair
Wish I knew now what I knew back then
On the off chance that we cross paths
And somehow it feels ok
You were all I ever wanted but the lights changed
And I walked away
St. Marks Sunset carry me down
All my friends are hangin’ around
Church bells are ringin’ for the poor and the proud
St. Marks Sunset carry me down
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5. |
Lowlife in a High Rise
03:39
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Lowlife in a highrise looks something like me
Blackmailed by a white girl, enslaved in a free world
I’ve been watching the rain
I’ve been learning to fall like a natural
I’ve been up for a week
I’ve been walkin the streets
It’s a ritual
The clouds are in my eyes
Lowlife in a highrise on the downtown music scene
Watchin’ all the girls go by
Feel as lonely as a lie
I’ve been plannin my moves
I’ve been using my muse
It’s a cover up
For the one that I want
Or the one that I’m with
Send my lover up
The clouds are in my eyes
Soothe me baby, soothe me now
Soothe me baby, I need it somehow
Lowlife in a highrise and she loved me the whole time
If she knew all my sins
Would she still let me in
I’ve been screenin my calls
I’ve been building my walls
It’s the usual
I have waited so long
For a place at the top
But now I gotta go
With the angels of light
And the ones that conduct
On my stereo
I’ve been watching the rain
I’ve been learning to fall
Like a natural
The clouds are in my eyes
Soothe me baby, soothe me now
Soothe me baby, I need it somehow
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Disco Ghetto
03:44
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I’m livin in the last year of my life
Half empty, half full on the melting ice
I’m tired of hearing how it used to be
Don’t wanna be a kept man
Hey it never was the plan
I’m gunna rock my baby at the disco ghetto tonight
Well I’m all messed up but I know it’s gunna be alright
Call us divas and deviants
A little costume change just to make the rent
I thought you told me you were free
Livin on a national trust
Tryin to get to heaven or bust
I’m gunna rock my baby at the disco ghetto tonight
Well I’m all messed up but I know it gunna be all right
On a recon mission for the riches of a poor man’s life
Workin for the white boys, listenin, to the white noise
Like an apparition, now I’m on a mission
Mister please
Help me
I’m gunna rock my baby at the disco ghetto tonight
Well I’m all messed up but I know it gunna be all right
On a recon mission for the riches of a poor man’s life
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7. |
Burn the Bridge
02:55
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Somewhere in America if they give you enough rope
Chain stores and chainsaws happy pills and soap
Come on, it’s out there if you want it
Dealing with a feeling a child goes unheard
Some will pledge allegiance while the other mouth the words
Come on it’s out there if you want it
Roll on you know I wanna be wanted
When it all goes down in this faithless town
You gotta burn the bridge
Hey kids, you gotta burn the bridge
Sometime after college and you don’t know what to do
Degrees of carnal knowledge, DOAs and IOUs
Come on, is that blood on the canvas?
Roll on when they don’t understand us
When it all goes down in this goddamn town
You gotta burn the bridge
Incarcerated broke and alone
I’ve been bought and I’ve been sold
So long
Hey kids you gotta burn
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8. |
Revelations
04:03
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Meet me at Angelica’s for the final scene
In black and white Helvetica you’ll find the village green
Doctor or doctrine, mirror or mirage
Stockholm syndrome metaphors, blame it all on mom
I thought about our conversation
As it played back in my head
I think I had a revelation
Sick of callin up the dead
Everything’s gunna be ok, gunna be all right, gunna be ok yeah
Coffee shops and confidantes, she’s still dressed to kill
Purple hearts and question marks, is she a friend of Bill?
The promise of another year, a birthday in the fall
For a mighty moment dear, we almost had it all
I thought about out conversation
As it played back in my head
I’m gunna make the transformation
Just like Bowie in Berlin
Everything’s gunna be ok
Twenty second century and the great beyond
Cinderella liberty, gunna die like swans
I thought about our conversation
As it played back in my head
I think I had a revelation
Sick of callin up the dead
I’m gunna make the transformation
Many happy returns
I think I had a revelation
Sick of callin up the dead
Everything’s gunna be ok, gunna be all right, gunna be ok yeah
Right now let the DJ play
Let the guitars carry you away
Meet me at Angelica’s
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9. |
Black Boombox
02:03
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Lust for life, Thursday night
We all come together in your rock ‘n’ roll sweater
Come on
Girl group soul, heart of gold
Gunna paint it black in a stolen Cadillac
Come on
Down on the corner, that’s where I saw her
You got the way to shake it, baby come on
You got the way to feel it, everybody come on
Bring it all on
Built for speed, all I need
Another perfect wreck in your x-rays specs
Come on
5 AM vinyl spins
The swagger and the dagger, here she comes again
Come on
A moment of passion, a coming attraction
You got the way to shake it, baby come on
You got the way to feel it, everybody come on
Bring it all on
Listenin to bodega rock
Blastin on my old boom box
Movin to the Miracles
Blastin on my old boom box
The priest got drunk, the cop shot junk
Everybody’s dyin just to have some fun
Rock on
Out on the pavement or down in the basement
Burnin in my blood
Movin to the lover’s rock
Blastin on my old boom box
Listenin to the only ones
Blastin on my old boom box
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10. |
Lonely at Heart
03:54
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Once upon a broken blonde
The lexicon fot exiled out of Babylon
A chartless course, stars were crossed
But somehow they find me here
When the autumn leaves me cold
When you’re lonely at heart
Everybody knows
When you’re lonely at heart
Everybody knows
Tiny girls, underworld
Let me in
Can you keep a secret
Catch my breath
A little death
I always feel sad after but I never let you know
When you’re lonely at heart
You drink in self defense
When you’re lonely at heart
You hide the evidence
Lover to lover under your cover
Never come clean till it’s gone
Sad goodbyes, Irish eyes
German lies, pretend it never happened
Nuremburg’s silent words
Inscripted simple and sincere
“Dear God, Life is hell”
When you’re lonely at heart
You’re standin on the shore
Wen you’re lonely at heart
Like a metaphor
When you’re lonely at heart
Watchin’ girls go by
When you’re lonely at heart
A hero in your eyes.
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