99 Songs of Revolution: Volume One
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Birds Flying Away
03 : 27
2
Hell
02 : 56
3
Just
03 : 00
4
Skyscraper
02 : 40
5
Punk Rock Girl
02 : 17
6
Linoleum
02 : 44
7
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
02 : 27
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They Provide the Paint for the Picture-Perfect Masterpiece That You Will Paint on the Insides of Your Eyelids
03 : 33
9
Red Rubber Ball
02 : 49
10
The Troubador
03 : 33
11
Such Great Heights
03 : 30
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Track Lyrics
Birds Flying Away Lyrics
6 ContributorsBirds Flying away LyricsI left my country when I was nineteen
1925
And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast
Met a woman who became my life
And oh when I saw her
The darkness fled from me
And flew like a blackbird into the sun
On the day she married me
Dear God...
But now the drumbirds come for me
Oh now the drumbirds come for me
Lord give me forgiveness
For all that I have done
Forgive me now of the weight I bear
Don't keep me on the run
Dear God
Dear God
I remember climbing up those shoulders
And coming up under you like a lion
And coming down like we were dying
Dear God
I left my country when I was nineteen
1925
And drifted to a town on the Cuban coast
Met a woman who became my life
And oh when I saw her
The darkness fled from me
And flew like a blackbird into the sun
On the day she married me
Dear God
Dear God
I remember climbing up those shoulders...
Hell Lyrics
[Chorus]
In the afterlife
You could be headed for the serious strife
Now you make the scene all day
But tomorrow there'll be Hell to pay
People listen attentively
I mean about future calamity
I used to think the idea was obsolete
Until I heard the old man stamping his feet
This is a place where eternally
Fire is applied to the body
Teeth are extruded and bones are ground
And baked into cakes which are passed around
[Chorus]
Beauty, talent, fame, money
Refinement, job skill and brain
And all the things you try to hide
Will be revealed on the other side
[Chorus]
Now the D and A and the M and the N
And the A and the T and the I-O-N
Lose your face, lose your name
And get fitted for a suit of flames
Just Lyrics
4 ContributorsJust LyricsCan't get the stink off
He's been hanging 'round for days
Comes like a comet
Suckered you but not your friends
One day he'll get to you
And teach you how to be a holy cow
You do it to yourself, you do
And that's what really hurts
You do it to yourself, just you
You and no-one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself
Don't get my sympathy
Hanging out the 15th floor
Changed the locks three times
He still comes reeling through the door
One day I'll get to you
And teach you how to get to purest Hell
You do it to yourself, you do
And that's what really hurts
You do it to yourself, just you
You and no-one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself, you do
And that's what really hurts
You do it to yourself, just you
You and no-one else
You do it to yourself
You do it to yourself, yourself, yourself
Linoleum Lyrics
8 ContributorsLinoleum LyricsPossesions never meant anything to me
I'm not crazy
Well that's not true, I've got a bed, and a guitar
And a dog named Bob who pisses on my floor
That's right, I've got a floor
So what, so what, so what?
I've got pockets full of kleenex and lint and holes
Where everything important to me just seems to fall right down my leg
And on to the floor
My closest friend linoleum
Linoleum supports my head, gives me something to believe
That's me on the beachside combing the sand
Metalmeter in my hand
Sportin' a pocket full of change
That's me on the street with a violin under my chin
Playing with a grin, singing gibberish
That's me on the back of the bus
That's me in the cell
That's me inside your head
That's me inside your head
That's me inside your head
That's me on the back of the bus
That's me in the cell
That's me inside your head
That's me inside your head
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard Lyrics
3 ContributorsMe and Julio Down by the Schoolyard LyricsThe mama pajama rolled out of bed
And she ran to the police station
When the papa found out he began to shout
And he started the investigation
It's against the law
It was against the law
What the mama saw
It was against the law
The mama looked down and spit on the ground
Every time my name gets mentioned
The papa said 'oi if I get that boy
I’m gonna stick him in the house of detention'
Well I'm on my way
I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way
I'm taking my time but I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona
See me and Julio down by the schoolyard
See me and Julio down by the schoolyard
In a couple of days they come and take me away
But the press let the story leak
And when the radical priest come to get me released
We was all on the cover of Newsweek
And I'm on my way
I don't know where I'm going
I'm on my way I'm taking my time
But I don't know where
Goodbye to Rosie the queen of Corona
See me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard
See me and Julio
Down by the schoolyard
They Provide the Paint for the Picture-Perfect Masterpiece That You Will Paint on the Insides of Your Eyelids Lyrics
8 ContributorsThey Provide the Paint for the Picture-Perfect Masterpiece That You Will Paint on the Insides of Your Eyelids LyricsThere is a man with no face and a name I don't remember
Lives in a house in the middle of the woods
And he said once, "Son, don't you laugh out loud
For they are listening, oh they are listening
Oh, you've got to be strong
Oh, you've got to keep holding on
Now it's just a matter of time."
(head for the hills, go!)
They provide the paint for the picture perfect masterpiece that you will
Paint on the insides of your eyelids
Can you possibly see anything you want to see?
No, hell no, there's nothing wrong with the way I see
And he wanted to be a soldier in the next great war
He wanted to kill and fight and maim but not be told what he was fighting for
That's the way it's going to have to be, my friend
That's the way it's going to have to be, my friend
I passed a man on the corner in the city yesterday
Singing 'Yada yada yada and tomorrow it'll end'
And I never thought I'd live to see another sunny day
But I'm here and I fear I'll be here until the end
So watch your mouth or you're going to make a grave mistake
Hold your tongue or you're going to catch a bullet in the head
Watch your mouth or you're going to make a grave mistake
Don't die for anything less than the best of life
The things they said went to your head
But you never tried to understand
What they take, you will never take back
Cuz they take what they take what they can 'cause they can from you
You follow me and you follow me but you never ask why
And I wonder what you're under could this be another piece of the
I don't care, I just do what they say
Because they say what to do in a matter of fact way
But don't stop because you might get burned
And you might just learn to stand on your own two feet
And I think that it's neat how you learn to repeat
Everything that you hear in the street so well
Learn to repeat everything that you hear so well
You learn to repeat everything that you hear so well
Oh, and everyone was resting because they thought it was the end
And even if it wasn't, they decided to pretend
And somewhere in the distance I could hear him whispering
"You can fight all you want, they will win in the end, so"
Sometimes in the evening when I'm lying in my bed
I am taken to the forest to that isolated shed
And I wake with his words resonating in my head
And I can't stop thinking about the gist of what he said so
Watch your mouth or you're going to make a grave mistake
Hold your tongue or you're going to catch a bullet in the head
Watch your mouth or you're going to make a grave mistake
Don't die for anything less than the best of
Everyone settles for the rest, not the best of
I will die for no less than the best of life
The Troubador Lyrics
1 ContributorThe Troubador LyricsThis is a morbid story about a fella that had to die
He had a beautiful wife but he also had a roving eye
She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside
For all the unfaithful husbands to see
Come let me tell you the story
Of little Willie the Troubador
And just how it happened to pass my friends
Little Willie won't see no more
You know why?
She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside
For all the unfaithful husbands to see
Willie was handsome as he could be
He met a girl in society
Thin Willie was cursed with a rovin' eye
And never let a pretty chick pass by
So he bought himself a convertible bird
To ride the fine chicks around
He found out he was being followed
So he could never let the top down
You know what happened to him?
She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside
For all the unfaithful husbands to see
If he drove a girl to a drive-in
He'd have to go after dark
He knew he'd always have to hide
So he'd wind up sitting in the park
She caught him down by the water
Lovin' the fisherman's daughter
She pulled a little pistol from right out of the air
And shot poor Willie right then and there
She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside
She planted him by the roadside
For all the unfaithful husbands to see
Such Great Heights Lyrics
5 ContributorsSuch Great Heights LyricsI am thinking it's a sign
That the freckles in our eyes are mirror images
And when we kiss they're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate
That God himself did make us into corresponding shapes
Like puzzle pieces from the clay
True, it may seem like a stretch
But its thoughts like this that catch my troubled
Head when you're away and I am missing you to death
When you are out there on the road
For several weeks of shows and when you scan
The radio, I hope this song will guide you home
They will see us waving from such great
Heights, come down now, they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
Come down now, but we'll stay...
I tried my best
To leave this all on your machine
But the persistent beat it sounded thin upon listening
That frankly will not fly
You will hear the shrillest highs and lowest lows
With the windows down when this is guiding you home
They will see us waving from such great
Heights, come down now, they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
'come down now', but we'll stay...
They will see us waving from such great
Heights, come down now, they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
Come down now, but we'll stay...
They will see us waving from such great
Heights, come down now, they'll say
But everything looks perfect from far away
Come down now, but we'll stay...