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There's a church
at the top of the hill
And on a clear day
I can hear it call me still
No fire or brimstone here
Just a faded memory
Truth that once rang clear
Into my arms dear
She's bent double now
Carrying her cross
for her sacred cow
He's full of wasted time
Lord knows did he waste mine
Still he calls to me
Into my arms dear
Into my arms dear
Oh don't you know that
It's always here
But you can't see it
It breathes the air
I can feel it
Waits for us to slumber deep
Builds its walls while we sleep
Foul play indeed
There's a church
at the top of the hill
And on a calm day
I can hear it call me still
You fire and brimstone trooper
Read a little too much Martin Luther
Give us some hope
Not the end of a rope
'Cos all I want from you
Is for you
To be you
When you're with me
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2. |
Misery line
03:50
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Five years drunk in that town
no healing
a relentless comedown
like you're hung over a precipice
Now when the fever comes around
A pale spectre, a white sound
you can't choke it
you drink a bottle down
Five years in that town
Throwing up muses
sometimes prophetic
he can't hold the rhyme
he's on the misery line
Sweating out fuses
that never catch fire, on time
he's on the misery line
He's got a date with a lusty broad
he's got a ticket and he's on time
he's on the misery line
Sucked in, tucked right in
sweet and neat
he's on time
he's on the misery line
Don't get stuck on the misery line
Don't get stuck on the misery line
Don't get stuck on the misery line
Don't get stuck on the misery line
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3. |
Drive South
05:19
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Drive me south to the water
see me brother
help me sister
Drive south to the water
see me brother
help me sister
I see fools growing on trees
baby I'm not that easily pleased
it was a fall short of a suicide
a fairground ride
but baby he nearly died
think you better drive south
They say dignity's a faded memory
a martyr for the coming century
don't weep for the passing of an age
we're gonna take it to the tv skies
Drive south to the water
see me brother
help me sister
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Take me in your arms (I shiver)
Take me in your arms (I shiver)
Take me in your arms and I shiver
it's not a cold thing baby
I'm withering away inside
dunno if I'll ever be ok again
It's a cold room sometimes
It's a cold room sometimes
Feels like something's gone and left me
surgically removed from me
I've gotta get back to it
if I'm ever gonna do it
It's a cold room sometimes
It's a cold room sometimes
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5. |
Pinprick
03:17
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I heard it
as I leant against the wall
The pinprick
Although I felt no pain at all
I knew it was bad
If I can't explain myself to you
I shouldn't have to
You leaning so far back
without a wall
against your back
You're lean so far back
without a wall
you're gonna fall
I said
"To fill a hole you've got to dig another"
He said
"Well I've been digging like a mole"
You lean so far back
without a wall
against your back
Baby you're gonna fall
you're gonna fall
Something like a universe so heavy
Was like a pinprick so small
How do you know when you've gone
when you've taken them all?
I heard it
as I leant against the wall
The thumb crack
Although I felt no pain at all
I knew it was bad
If I can't explain myself to you
I shouldn't have to
If I can't explain myself to you
I don't think I will do
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6. |
Wanna cry
04:32
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In the sunshine
and I wanna cry
Taking drinks with friends
and I wanna cry
Have a soak in the bath
I wanna cry
Someone holds out a helping hand
I just wanna cry
People helping eachother
makes me cry
Whatever in this world is good
makes me wanna cry
Two lovers entwine
wanna cry
Jesus Christ on a cross
I just wanna cry
Blackbird singing his sweet song
I wanna cry
Siblings together smiling
wanna cry
Suffering children laughing
I wanna cry
Folks sharing and caring
I just wanna cry
Did I ever tell you
I wanted to be there
Did I ever tell you
I wanted to be there
with you
While we're not together
all these things
make me wanna cry
Gotta get there
gotta get there
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7. |
Head and heart
04:09
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I'm not a man of invention
I'm not a man of steel
There's no scientific formula
to the things that I feel
Don't wanna ask too much of you honey
just the downright truth
to stop this aching in my head and heart
See I think I love you
and I ain't even told you that
I'd give so much more to it
if I knew where we're at
C'mon and let me see your head and heart
C'mon and let me see your head and heart
C'mon and let me see your head and heart
C'mon and let me see your head and heart
Put down this old guitar
and come running to where you are
It's been a lot about you
Don't wanna ask too much of you honey
just the downright truth
to stop this aching in my head and heart
C'mon and let me see your head and heart
C'mon and let me see your head and heart
C'mon and let me see your head and heart
C'mon and let me see your head and heart
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8. |
Sickboy
03:13
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Sickboy you're down dirty filthy
You get your pleasure on your hands and knees
You pull it out
shaking it loose
down on the city any time you please
Any way that you can now
any way and how
You dirty boy
you better come clean
You're in your own parade
you're on silver screen
well you better come down soon
you're coming apart at the seams
so it seems boy
Sickboy
sick boy
you better come clean
You're going down on the city
like it's some kind of wet dream
You're in your own parade
you're on silver screen
well you better come down soon
you're coming apart at the seams
at the seams
Yeah I've seen you
going down on the city....
Sickboy, sickboy
you're down dirty filthy on your hands and knees
You pull it out
shaking it loose
down on the city any time you please
Any way that you can now
any way and how
You dirty boy
you better come clean
You're in your own parade
you're on silver screen
well I've seen your film and it's so obscene
Sickboy
down dirty boy
Sickboy
down dirty boy
He's down on the city.....
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9. |
Goodbye
01:53
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When you say those words to me
I get a sense of urgency
Make me feel like the only one alive
Make me feel like I'm really me
How can we let this go
How can we let this breath no longer
It feels so good
Only want the best for us
If that means I've gotta let you go
If that's the best for us
Goodbye
Take care my love
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Take me in your arms (I shiver)
Take me in your arms (I shiver)
Take me in your arms and I shiver
it's not a cold thing baby
I'm withering away inside
dunno if I'll ever be ok again
It's a cold room sometimes
It's a cold room sometimes
Feels like something's gone and left me
surgically removed from me
I've gotta get back to it
if I'm ever gonna do it
It's a cold room sometimes
It's a cold room sometimes
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