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All Fall Down » Ang lyrics [+ Idagdag +] |
1. _ Fall of Rome
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2. _ On My Own
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3. _ Up On That Hill
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4. _ I Don't Know You
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5. _ All Fall Down
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6. _ Change is On the Way
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7. _ Anne of the Thousand Days
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8. _ Neon Light of the Saints
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9. _ Seven Times the Charm
The first rose to rise up in the ruins of the flood
You brought me down like a hawk to your glove
But a poor girl is made out of sorrow and blood
Some hearts survive but mine isn't one
And we go once down the aisle
Twice 'round the stars
You had all the persuasion of a snake on my arm
And seven times the charm
My dreams grew like feathers and fell all at once
Much too heavy but never enough
To lay down beside you and cover you up
Only God should deserve so much love
And we go once down the aisle
Twice 'round the stars
You had all of the gleam of the jewels on my arm
And seven times the charm
The same way the earth moves under you like it does
And swallows the light of the sun
I didn't feel you turning didn't know what it was
But the rains had already begun
I never once saw you smile
As I pulled you into my arms
You had none of the kindness and all of the harm
And seven times the charm
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10. _ American Jerusalem
New York City rain
Don't know if it's makin' me
Dirty or clean
Went for the subway but there was no train
And the tunnel was grumbling for repairs again
And the sign says welcome to American Jerusalem
I've been around
You could spend forever
Makin' a friend in this town
All you get to do
Is lay your dollar down
Until you're stumbling drunk up the stairs again
And the sign says welcome to American Jerusalem
In the temples of American Jerusalem
They buy an ounce of South African gold
They don't care who was bought or sold
Or who died to mine it
In the temples of American Jerusalem
They buy an ounce of Marseille white
Somewhere on a street with no light
Somebody dies tryin' it
Then somewhere in a crowd
Lookin' that kinda way
That'll make you turn around
There'll be somebody who knows
What it's about
And he'll take the ribbons from your hair again
And welcome you to American Jerusalem
In the alleys of American Jerusalem
The homeless lie down at the dawn
The pretty people wonder what they're on
And how they afford it
In the ashes of American Jerusalem
The prophets live their deaths out on the corner
The pretty people say there should've been a warnin'
But nobody heard it
Then shadows lick the sun
The streets are paved with
Footsteps on the run
Somebody musta got double
'Cuz I got none I forgot to collect my share again
So go west to breathe the cleansing air again
Go Niagara for your honeymoon again
Go on the road if you're gonna sing your tune again
Go out to sea and learn to be a man again
Until you come on home to American Jerusalem
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11. _ Knowing What I Know Now
Out on the road and a refugee
Thinking about it and I cry out loud
I wouldn't ask you to comfort me
Knowing what I know now
We had a live and it went all wrong
I had a dream and you let me down
I wouldn't ask you to take that on
Knowing what I know now
Would I ask a seeing man to go blind
Would I ask a sane man to lose his mind
Could I expect you to come back somehow
Knowing what I know now
As much as you are in my heart
As much as I want you around
I wouldn't ask you to play that part
Knowing what I know now
Would I ask a seeing man to go blind
Would I ask a sane man to lose his mind
Could I expect you to come back somehow
Knowing what I know now
As much as you are in my heart
As much as I want you around
I wouldn't ask you to play that part
Knowing what I know now
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