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history begins when you are old enough to know what it means - power concedes nothing until you force it to, make a parasite scream - the parasites will scream - it aint a democracy unless everybody has a say - who really has a say - do you really have a say?
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The Road to Washington
03:30
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let's go straight to sleep i'm really not hungry enough to eat, i think that i'm good looking enough to go out with you, i know you're on the fence about me but look what i can do - hearts & hands & sky & sea & you & me & LSD & on the road to washington i'll hold your hand while you predict the changes in america we'll be the first to see - when i understand you it's like heaven, both of us can fall back into place, and when you cry your eyes they still look happy in your face - underneath all the yards out in our neighborhood something's alive - something's beating your heart and it's putting the light into your eyes - has it been a year my love it seems like twice that watching from above and in our darkest hour the nation calls on you to sing us off into the sweetest deepest dream we'll never see - underneath all the cars out in our neighborhood something's alive - something's beating your heart and it's putting the light into your eyes
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The Red Eye
02:55
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close your eyes and put down that attitude - it won't hurt you - cold inside your eyes are not really blue - they're into you - and waiting is the hardest thing that i have to do - why don't you - believe me when i say i don't know how to play, the body politic bleeds - a zebra is a tiger-horse, two enemies combined - a starman wearing khaki pants, his boot cut is divine - the agony of love is exquisite and i want you to - believe me when i say i don't know how to play, the body politic bleeds, my heart has robotic needs, the front line was sacrificed, clear kerosene on ice, the hippies will testify, they're flying the red eye
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i get so angry i don't know whether it's hurting me, my neighbor's so fucking loud i want to punch him, ahhhhh - naturopaths say that anger is damaging to your body, oh i believe it, i don't want to see it taking control over me - it's so hard - every old man has grown weaker than the boy he used to be, but he knows what's allowed in the dream he is living, he knows who's sorry - frisk and you'll find the hidden thing you have been waiting for - it's quiet now
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Prison Similarities
03:25
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feeling all right now, work is out, it's going real easy and you know how, there isn't no better we can get to, there's only tomorrow to fake your way through - feel just like we know what we are being, feel just like we know what we are seeing - we'll have a short meeting and discuss your wage, guidelines for greetings, departures and raids - there isn't another life we can hope to begin, there's only what's started already to end - feel just like we know what we are being, feel just like we know what we are seeing
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Purrressure Campaign
00:49
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give them the vote, just give them their say, do it today
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Cannery Row
03:44
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on cannery row there's not a sound, the animals throw balloons around, they're shaped like people now - but out here the walking dead circle round me, i think it's plain to see that i am the sun & you are the one & we are the 2 to lead the people back to xanadu - the city is crying but you don't hear her, it sounds like my mind in sunday brunch crowds, it's all inside us now - but the blue of the sky is made of pure love, i got a cramp in my heart cause i know i was wrong when i said i belong here i'm going home - to cannery row where the hours are slow and the aerial shows are nightly, nobodys a jerk, it's illegal to work, there's a 24 hour massage squad, and when you come back they love you more than they did when you split - on cannery row we made some friends, but it's all over now and we don't get sad about that kind of thing anymore, this is not the time or the place to talk about it, we'll discuss this when we get home - cannery row
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2 ppl together on cellphones talking to different ppl, is this the new way? has the world gone mad? or are things just changing? they sit in the cafe she talks to her mom, he talks to a good friend he looks at the wall, she laughs, are they in love? i want to know right now. they walk side by side down the avenue where they grew up together they're talking away are they in the same world? 'i'll be there in 10' 'yeah i know exactly' 'they shouldn't have said that' 'you call me when you get here' - i want to know, i've got to know right now. 2 ppl together on different cellphones talking to different ppl together on different cellphones talking to different ppl together on different cellphones talking to different ppl together on different cellphones
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Ancillary Costs
03:26
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canada's a lie, you're not moving if he wins - it always hurts to try to escape our future sins - when i get back, i'll call you - freddy learns to fly, catches sparrows in his teeth - his father was a spy, taught him how to hide his grief - i want to be the one who hears your secret fears - keep our ancillary costs down
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The Empire Strikes Out
02:37
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salve is how you say hello in latin, plebeian how are you - patrician senators will answer for you, what are you gonna do - i have nothing to say, i cannot take it anymore, i cannot lie about it for you anymore - vale is how you say goodbye in latin, nobody says it now - 4 centuries and change and in 4 more the empire strikes out
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Bye
04:09
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and when you can't fall asleep there's 17 places to be i oversee, and there's a couple of wires that operate your feet - there's a light in the hallway upstairs, it has no more fear, it's been getting up courage to leave, it can't do what it must while it lives here - we were children alone at the start in birthday gear, and there's a clown in a suit trying to break my heart here - and there's a face in the sky of a kind i have not seen before without lips or nose, ears or eyes, it's a faceless face - and when you can't fall asleep there's 17 places to be i oversee, and there's a bundle of urges that occupies your seat
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Alarming Rates Portland, Oregon
The Alarming Rates are Bruce Vanderplast, AD Mascorro and Pete Za
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