1. _ Bones Of Contention
Well the fires are tended
And my blood it just boils
(hey there pass your hat)
And the fruits of hard labor
Have been drowned in snake oil
(hey there pass your hat)
The dead are thin
Their houses fat
Once you steal you can't give back
From the scaffold greed explodes
Down to nothing
Down where nothing brings you down
Well we've all been to heaven
And we've all been to hell
(hey there pass your hat)
And the door-to-door salesmen there
Have nothing left to sell
(hey there pass your hat)
And the poison you choose
Is the source of my confusion
And i spend all my time
Trying to figure what you're using
Well the bones of contention
Are at the top of your stairs
(hey there pass your hat)
And they'll shake and they'll rattle
'til somebody cares
(hey there pass your hat)
The dead are thin
Their houses fat
Once you steal you can't give back
From the scaffold greed explodes
Down to nothing
Down where nothing brings you down
And the poison you choose
Is the source of my confusion
And i spend all my time
Trying to figure what you're using
Please pass your hat x5
Won't you pass your hat
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2. _ Whiskey Xxx
Whiskey hold me well
And never let me spill
From the blind man's bluff
Across the frozen lake
Oh chance me, chance me not,
With the last chance that you've got
Keep it rising like the river
And sinking with my fear
Somewhere out of these
Somewhere out of these woods
Somewhere out of these
Somewhere out of these woods
Whiskey hold me well
Ain't nothing you can't kill
Now the pain is just forgiveness
In a borrowed suit of clothes
Agree to disbelieve
Leave the thinking for the thieves
Left my empties at your doorstep
Left my judgement on your trail
Somewhere out of these
Somewhere out of these woods
Somewhere out of these
Somewhere out of these woods
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3. _ End-in-tow
Storm it shook ya down
From the burial ground
There was mud on your face
Barely lost and barely found
And the shrunken heads around your neck
Just replicas of thoughts
Whose day had finally come
You drag it fast
You can drag it slow
But don't drag it this way
End-in-tow
Walked beneath the river bridge
And grabbed the ol' rope swing
Said "out there
You'll see the bottom
And it swallows while it sings
And the only gold you'll find there
Are caps on these two feet."
Dead dogs float on by
You drag it fast
You can drag it slow
But don't drag it this way
End-in-tow
Better graves than ditches
On this we will agree
There is good earth on the west bank
Good nails and rope and pine
You can picnic at the cataract
Or paddle to the shore
But you'll join the diggin' party
Just like you did before.
You drag it fast
You can drag it slow
But don't drag it this way
End-in-tow
End-in-tow
End-in-tow
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4. _ Long Black Veil
Beyond the reach
There are rows of tender hooks
Where nothing seems
To justify a second look
And not a soul is found
To tear them hooks on down
Famous times
Tattooed on this burlap skin
And gun cold days
Shot to pieces above my head
Now tell who's that clown
Who pulled this veil on down
Long black veil
Long black
Long black veil
Long black
If light's a brighter grey
Please then turn it up
This whole town wears its veil down
And wrestles with some all-night clown
And he don't sleep
And he don't sleep
Long black veil
Long black
Long black veil
Long black
Long black veil
Long black
Long black veil
Tell me long black
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5. _ Specimen Days
Oh one night of mercy
Give me one night of merciful
Shocks to the skull
Watching these specimens grow
Small miracles stuffed
In old powder kegs
Can't mix boot leather
With common-sense rags
Watching these specimens grow
I may know nothing
But it never says no
Won't answer in good turn
Earth rumbling below
Got hope in the backseat
And truth on the roof
Look out below
This rumbling needs somewhere to go
All cut up and painless
Brake lights blown out
On the back of your skull
Watching these specimens grow
O misery's daughter
Please know when to quit
Not a hose for the fire
There's a snake in the pit
Watching these specimens grow
I may know nothing
But it never says no
Won't answer in good turn
Earth rumbling below
Got hope in the backseat
And truth on the roof
Look out below
This rumbling needs somewhere to go
One night of mercy
Give me one night so merciful
One night of mercy
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6. _ Drille Terriers
Every morn at sven o'clock
There's twenty terriers drilling on the rock
And the boss comes round and he says to the (?)
"come down hard on the cast-iron (?)"
And drille terriers, drille."
Drille terriers, drille
For it's work all day
For the sugar in your tea
Down behind the railway
And drille terriers, drille
Now our boss is jim mccann
My guardian's the (??)
(?)
(?)
Drille terriers, drille
For it's work all day
For the sugar in your tea
Down behind the railway
And drille terriers, drille
Drille terriers, drille
For it's work all day
For the sugar in your tea
Down behind the railway
And drille terriers, drille
Finally pay day came around
A dollar short - jim was found
When he asked why, came this reply:
"you were docked for the time
You spent up in the sky."
Drille terriers, drille
For it's work all day
For the sugar in your tea
Down behind the railway
And drille terriers, drille
Drille terriers, drille
For it's work all day
For the sugar in your tea
Down behind the railway
And drille terriers, drille
And blast
And fire
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7. _ Home As Found
Well it should have been the first place
But instead it was the last
It was a place that only you could love
All the gin was spiked with water
From a fever or a storm
All the business went as usual
Ripped and forever torn
I'm going home as found
Going home as found
I'm going home as found
Going home as found
It was a good day for the panther
It was a bad day for the sheep
It was a shot of certain wisdom
That you could never keep
Threw some cash upon the table
Shot some noise into the phone
Saying all the guilty pleasures
Are not for you alone
I'm going home as found
Going home as found
I'm going home as found
Going home as found
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8. _ Whereabouts Unknown
Cross your heart gently
The best days are with us
Don't be dark-hearted
You'll just disappear
Trust you won't stumble
I trust you won't walk blind
Trust you won't miss
What has never been found
Whereabouts
(no compass, no bearing)
Whereabouts unknown
(leave it alone)
Whereabouts
(no compass, no bearing)
Whereabouts unknown
(leave it alone)
Fortune it tells you
It's time for the good news
Came on the porch
And poured gasoline down
Time for the razing
The great leap fast-forward
How can i miss you?
You never were found.
Whereabouts
(no compass, no bearing)
Whereabouts unknown
(leave it alone)
Whereabouts
(no compass, no bearing)
Whereabouts unknown
(leave it alone)
Love is the crank on a black-water well
Don't turn for pleasure
It's turning deeper (?)
Know you'd believe it if we ever met
Know you'll believe it when you're finally found
Whereabouts
(no compass, no bearing)
Whereabouts unknown
(leave it alone)
Whereabouts
(no compass, no bearing)
Whereabouts unknown
(leave it alone)
Cross your heart gently
The best days are with us
Don't swim black water
You'll just disappear
Love is the crank on a black-water well
Don't turn for pleasure
It's turning deeper (?)
Know you'd believe it if we ever met
Know you'll believe it when you're finally found
Whereabouts
(no compass, no bearing)
Whereabouts unknown
(leave it alone)
Whereabouts
(no compass, no bearing)
Whereabouts unknown
(leave it alone)
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9. _ The Wicked Skipper
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10. _ Smokestack
Swept the floor of dreams
Live ones in the cracks
Crawling from the woodwork
Just to break your mother's back
Hail the future king
No surprises left
Formula is widely know by chemists
And the minds they've blown
Smokestack
Smokestack
Smokestack
Count 'em 1 in 10
Can't hold on to those threats
Not-so-distant cousins
Of the nails on which you slept
Amateur contortionist
With pyrotechnic skill
This is not a mob you rule
It's just the family barbecue
Smokestack
Smokestack
Smokestack
Smokestack
Smokestack
Smokestack
Standing on my head
And just in time to see
A promise in each pocket
And a liar in each sleeve
The spoils have been crudely cut
In out of balance halves
Nothing left to peace or calm
That explosions couldn't bring along
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11. _ Goodbye (to All That)
Wisecracks and hijacks
And contracts to sell
Old wine in new bottles
Times are the same
Diggin' the ditch quick
And quick to escape
The patent is pending
On flood tides and bones
Goodbye
To all that
Goodbye
To all that
Brittle and hollow
And sharp as the hills
It hasn't rained on us
In 25 years
Home fires burning
The branches of trees
No train well
No train has ever stopped here
Goodbye
To all that
Goodbye
To all that
Wake it up
Wake it up
Wake it up
Wake it up
Wake it up
Short cut to nowhere
Long haul to desperate
Roots in the cellar
And bombs in the pipes.
Don't call me river
I'd rather be nameless
River don't choose
What she carries away
Goodbye
To all that
Goodbye
To all that
Wake it up
Wake it up
Wake it up
Wake it up
Wake it up
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12. _ Hell's Soup Kitchen
Rolled in the mud
But i could never come clean
Counting blessings on my middle finger
There in the back shed
Pricing heads to the pound
Told to shut up, i was only breathin'
Hell's soup kitchen
There you're listening now
Heard you coming
I heard you deep in the ground
The job was dizzy on the carnival wheel
Coins a-flipping a siren's screaming
Told quit the ride
And you'll go straight to the dogs
But dogs they come home
And dogs they listen
Hell's soup kitchen
There you're listening now
Heard you coming
I heard you deep in the ground
And my nerves were wire
And the shots they fell wide
Pearls of wisdom dripping from my forehead
Crawled in a sleeping bag
And watched them close in
Tires spitting all my trust to the sky
Hell's soup kitchen
There you're listening now
Heard you coming
I heard you deep in the ground
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