Sandbox
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Lips of Steel
01 : 34
2
A Visit to the Creep Doctor
01 : 29
3
Everyday
02 : 58
4
Barricade
04 : 31
5
Get to Know the Ropes
03 : 48
6
Can't Stop
02 : 26
7
The Drinking Jim Crow
01 : 36
8
Trap Soul Door
01 : 15
9
Common Rebels
02 : 03
10
Long Distance Man
01 : 17
11
I Certainly Hope Not
02 : 01
12
Adverse Wind
02 : 09
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Track Lyrics
Lips of Steel Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's unreal
You tell me what I'm feeling
Strong emotions
Bouncing off the ceiling
[Chorus 1]
Show me how far you can go
As close as I can get
As much as I will know
[Verse 2]
Stretch the truth
And tell me I'm not dreaming
Trust your leaders
Supermen with lips of steel
[Chorus 2]
Show me how far you can go
We've got to get real close, now
Let's go see the show
[Post-Chorus]
We are on our way
We believe what you say
[Outro]
Ladies and gentleman, back by popular demand
For your entertainment and spiritual enlightenment
Electric Jam Soul Aquarium
A Visit to the Creep Doctor Lyrics
[Verse 1]
The yellow moon looks down now
It lights the scene for the night ahead
Around the chairs in a circle
And I just can't sit down
[Chorus]
But the creep stares on
Puts on his glasses and he smokes it down
And that don't matter for much now
He says, "I'm gonna put your head on
And don't you screw it up"
[Verse 2]
The message was delivered
The mothers wept uncontrollably
Mad children fled to the warehouse
And heavens trumpets blow, yeah
[Chorus]
But the creep stares on
Puts on his glasses and he smokes it down
And that don't matter for much, dear
He says, "I'm gonna put your head on
And don't you screw it up"
[Chorus]
But the creep stares on
Puts on his glasses and he smokes it down
And that don't matter for much now, dear
He says, "I'm gonna put your head on
And don't you screw it up"
Barricade Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Six guns alone, an emotional avalanche
Six bottles of rum, and a kilo full of character change
I don't have to come out on my own, barricade
[Chorus]
I walked into the line of fire and took it on the chin again
And I can't find my medication or my occupation
And please don't show me the things I should see
[Verse 2]
In the finger paint I've been dabbling
With the sixty vessels of the ocean
In the critical eye of the fashion world
I become the aggressor of no one
Takes a stronger wind to blow out this candle
Than the other fires I've made
And the lying mouth won't blow my handle
Knocking down my barricade
Blowing up my barricade
Little child, little child
Little child won't you dance with me
Little child, little child
Little child won't you dance with me
[Chorus]
I walk out in the blinding light and took it on the chin again
And I can't find my medication or my occupation
And please don't show me the things I should see anymore
[Bridge]
Go away and leave me alone to work the crossroad
Runaway train, I need to find a long lost brother
Bound and gagged, I feel the need to think it over
Lost my home, don't find my home
[Coda]
Let me walk, I can stand on my own two feet
I don't care what you do, I don't like you
Be a clown, be a man, be all you can be
And you don't have to stay, it's all over now
Can't Stop Lyrics
[Verse]
I know I'm wasting time
Now and then I just want to run away
Please believe me, I don't mean what I say
'Cause you know that I can't stop anyway
[Chorus]
You've gotta know one thing, babe
You've gotta listen to me
Just a little more room now
You've gotta set me free
[Post-Chorus]
Make up your mind, baby
Straight on the line, baby
You never really had to look through me
You really shouldn't be that way
When we touch with our tenderness
I don't want too much
Only happiness knows
[Verse]
I know I'm wasting time
Now and then I just want to run away
Please believe me, I don't mean what I say
'Cause you know that I can't stop anyway
[Chorus]
Gotta know one thing, babe
You gotta listen to me
Just a little more room now
You gotta set me free
[Post-Chorus]
Make up your mind, baby
Straight on the line, baby
You never really had to look through me
You really shouldn't be that way
When we touch with our tenderness
I don't want too much
Only happiness threw away by the door
I can't stop anyway
I couldn't stop it anyway
I can't stop it anyway
I can't stop anyway
I can't stop anyway
I can't stop anyway
I can't stop anyway
I can't stop anyway
Long Distance Man Lyrics
[Chorus]
He's the long distance man (long distance man)
And he keeps on going 'cause it's not worth blowing
And he does what he can (does what he can)
'Cause it's not worth losing and there ain't no choosing
[Verse 1]
Any other world that you live in
Don't believe in second chance
Sell another dream, he won't take it
So don't fake it when you dance
[Chorus]
He's the long distance man (long distance man)
And he keeps on going 'cause it's not worth blowing
And he does what he can (does what he can)
'Cause it's not worth losing and there ain't no choosing
[Verse 2]
Cover up your eyes in these bad times
For the sad time, passing years
Build another tower for your freedom
He don't need 'em, shed no tears
[Outro]
For the long distance man
For the long distance man
For the long distance
Adverse Wind Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Stay close at hand, you know
The bar begins where rooted boundaries end
Stay pure at heart and go
The ocean breaks against the adverse wind
[Chorus]
I hear you crying
You're only a lifetime away
I feel you dying
Relying on what the people say
[Verse 2]
She lives in solitude
Behind the rumors of the web she spins
He stalks oblivious
Pushing, pulling in an adverse wind
[Chorus]
I hear you crying
You're only a lifetime away
I feel you dying
Relying on what the people say
I hear you crying
You're only a lifetime away
I feel you dying
Relying on what the people say
I hear you crying
You're only a lifetime away
I feel you dying
Relying on what the people say
I hear you crying
You're only a lifetime away
I feel you dying
Relying on what the people say
I hear you crying
You're only a lifetime away
I feel you dying
Relying on what the people say