1. |
Melt Away
03:07
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As the system goes
All away we go
We cannot speak to one another
Scared to ask some from our brother
Maybe it's the way they lie
Blame it on the other guy
You try to walk but hear them say
You better turn the other way
When can we stop Capitalist lies
So love can hear our say
When will every Empire melt away
When will every border fall
That divides us all
And everywhere is free for you and me
See the man in blue
Who he answers to
It's not the cry of public speech
But every law that dollars reach
A white man leads a crowd that's blind
To every cry of victim crime
Carried out behind a badge
Let's see how long this fucker has
When can we stop Capitalist lies
So love can hear our say
When will every Empire melt away
When will every border fall
That divides us all
And everywhere is free for you and me
As the system dies
And the bankers cry
Maybe we can see the day
Where all the hate can go away
And any person black or white
Or any color on this night
Can shake a hand and have a brew
No one's left to answer to
When can we stop Capitalist lies
So love can hear our say
When will every Empire melt away
When will every border fall
That divides us all
And everywhere is free for you and me
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2. |
Resume
02:22
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I'm looking out the front door and there's not a ray of light comin' in
A pattern of destruction insecurity gets under my skin
I can't wait for another mistake
To make it's way to my resume'
And I keep holding out for warm sunny days
To move the clouds and shine over me
They're dealing out my paycheck where the minutes don't add up the cost
With every minute stolen it feels like an opportunity loss
I can't wait for another mistake
To make it's way to my resume'
And I keep holding out for warm sunny days
To move the clouds and shine over me
Maybe I'll break out of here some day
Maybe I'll break out of here some day
Maybe I'll break out of here some day
Maybe I'll break out of here some day
I can't wait for another mistake
To make it's way to my resume'
And I keep holding out for warm sunny days
To move the clouds and shine over me
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3. |
On All Sides
03:19
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Cops and robbers on all sides
When there seems nothing left to do
There's no place to run and hide
When you're the class they persecute
There's a city not far from here
Where cops sit on every corner just to drive their fear
Empty shelves and empty pockets in every school
There's a neighborhood not far away
With folks living in denial of that big city
Where every cop is golden and lies aren't told
Cops and robbers on all sides
When there seems nothing left to do
There's no place to run and hide
When you're the class they persecute
There's a city with a broken kid
Who's gonna feel their worse when he gets in
To a police car, not getting out alive
There's a man who said we're free at last
But the prison's are full so who the fuck is free
When cops can beat and kill whoever they want
Cops and robbers on all sides
When there seems nothing left to do
There's no place to run and hide
When you're the class they persecute
And now the scene is set
Won't light a cigarette
Throws a Molotov Cocktail into the sky
To see rich man's dreams
Become a memory
As everything they worked for fucking dies
Cops and robbers on all sides
When there seems nothing left to do
There's no place to run and hide
When you're the class they persecute
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4. |
Good Enough
03:42
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When the music turns to heartache
And your hope's gone down the drain
The one's who used to make fun of you have lost a use tied to your name
Look at pictures from a time gone by
When reflections felt complete
You have a tote filled with old records, you put the songs set on repeat
And you shout too loud and you're not that tough
And you dream too proud and you're not enough
You'll never say what you want to say
There's no end in sight but you miss the days
And we sang out loud to our favorite songs
And our feet kept dancin' all night long
Tell me now is this how it's supposed to be
Not good enough to make a name for myself
And you're not good enough for anyone else
I don't have to be good enough for anyone but me
Little kid dreams a great big dream
When he hears the radio
Found a place a few lessons in he had a place that he could go
People with every color hair
A smoky stage he couldn't see
When the man shouts loud on the microphone he found a new way to believe
And you shout too loud and you're not that tough
And you dream too proud and you're not enough
You'll never say what you want to say
There's no end in sight but you miss the days
And we sang out loud to our favorite songs
And our feet kept dancin' all night long
Tell me now is this how it's supposed to be
Not good enough to make a name for myself
And you're not good enough for anyone else
I don't have to be good enough for anyone but me
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5. |
Sun Shining Through
03:36
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Going through the motions
Woke up on the wrong side of the bed
I didn't wanna go to sleep because
I knew it would start all over again
I see my dreams fade
With every sleepless night
I used to be so optimistic
And now it seems like a losing fight
To swim across that great big sea
It meant so much to me
(whoa oh oh oh oh)
My hope would keep me company
It's nothing I can see
(whoa oh oh oh)
But let's pretend, my friends, they didn't up and leave
And we still saw the sun shine through the great big trees
We wrote a story with a happy end and we could do it again (whoa oh oh)
And if I had a wish I'd probably waste it on this
A lifetime chasing a chance that may never exist
And if we get lost along the way atleast that we can say, we never gave up on this
A new flower blooms
Even in the garden where they said that nothin grows
We used to look at story books
That spoke of adventures that we'd never go
I see my youth fade
With every coming year
A hand that dealt out my ambition
Sets a flame to everything that I hold dear
To swim across that great big sea
It meant so much to me
(whoa oh oh oh oh)
My hope would keep me company
It's nothing I can see
(whoa oh oh oh)
But let's pretend, my friends, they didn't up and leave
And we still saw the sun shine through the great big trees
We wrote a story with a happy end and we could do it again (whoa oh oh)
And if I had a wish I'd probably waste it on this
A lifetime chasing a chance that may never exist
And if we get lost along the way atleast that we can say, We never gave up on this
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