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Train Outside the House
02:58
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Rathie's Joy
01:57
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Lately, my heart's been beating like a barking dog
The spit from the flickering flame has left me disarmed
Lately, my heart's been empty as a hollow log
The glow hangs by the belly of a cloud over where you are
Lately, it seems I'm tired and I don't know why
Weeds get uprooted and dirt gets tossed aside
Dandelion, milkweed and motherwort
Sometimes worthless weeds will store medicine deep inside
Lately, I mourn the loss of what was once my home
I've seen you wander through the house and stay up late up night
You are bug a lonely vampire
Some creatures cannot hide their past no matter how they try
You came from the land of the government
Where people get in petty fights and don't mean what they meant
Your words are minced meat and double speak
Your curse will be to live your days in your own company
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4. |
Sing it Home
03:36
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come along! come along! singin' hey oh hey eh eh yo.
come along! come along! singin' hey oh hey eh eh yo.
come along, sing it home!
won't be long! won't be long! singin' hey oh hey eh eh yo
won't be long! won't be long! singin' hey oh hey eh eh yo
won't be long, sing it home!
stay strong! stay strong! singin' hey oh hey eh eh yo
stay strong! stay strong! singin' hey oh hey eh eh yo
stay strong, sing it home!
stay strong! x 2
we're hanging on! we're hanging on! singin' hey oh hey eh eh yo
we're hanging on! we're hanging on! singin' hey oh hey eh eh yo
we're hanging on, sing it home!
sing along! sing along! singin' hey oh hey eh eh yo
sing along! sing along! singin' hey oh hey eh eh yo
sing along, sing it home!
who belongs? WE BELONG!! singin' hey oh hey eh eh yo
who belongs? WE BELONG!! singin' hey oh hey eh eh yo
WE BELONG, sing along
we belong! x2
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Here on Huron
05:42
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Here on Huron
Up and down this street
This is the place I call my home
And rest my tired feet
Here on Huron
Up and down this street
Our house tucked in by the railroad tracks
Across from the factory
The railway tracks, they grind and scream
The railwav workers sigh
The busy old blackbirds holler down
From on the wire line
The kids sit out on the factory steps
Lighting their cigarettes
While another punk does another run
On the dirty printing press
Huron Huron
That is an old old name
They called themselves the Wvandot
And settled near Georgian Bay
Huron Huron
An insult at the time
The noble French though them nothing more
Than savages or swine
The changing of power
Is sometimes hard to name
But in this case, as in others
It really is quite plain
How we choose our idols
Much like how we choose or fools
Nationhood and history
We often get confused
How we speak and punctuate
And how we write it down
A lease that once read a hundred years
Might soon become a thousand
So do not trust the government
There's nothing to be gained
I has become so clear to me
That someone fixed this game
Here on Huron
I live out my days
I sit and watch the storm roll in
And think about my ways
Here on Huron
I live out my days
I sit and watch the storm roll in
And think about my ways
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Cop Killer
03:44
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cop killer cop killer, what have you done?
what makes a young man pick up a gun?
a bright summer evening out in moncton,
cop killer cop killer, now what have you done?
two officers wounded, three others shot down.
they call it a rampage running all over town
didn't kill civilians though they all were around.
just two officers wounded, three others shot down.
they just see the death, no they don't look to the root.
don't question the murderous cops on the loose
they don't look at the culture where male violence rules
no they just see the death, they dont question the roots.
we've seen it before and it'll happen again.
they teach it takes violence to make you a man
the cops and the shooters, they're one in the same.
we've seen it before and i'm sure we'll see it again.
fathers and sons, please heed the call
teach the young men to love and that its ok to fall
teach young men to love and how to care for us all
family and friends, please heed the call.
cop killer cop killer, now what have you done?
another young man picks up a gun.
¡ wonder at your reasons, and where you're coming from?
cop killer cop killer, now what have you done?
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Snailhouse
04:46
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Whenever mom sings golden rings, dad takes harmony
And all the parts where he sings along, helps her hind the key
If ever dad forget a verse, mom'll take the lead
Whenever mom sings golden rings, dad takes harmony
Each song to her’s a simple verse that curls up in her heart
A pretty flower whose dirty roots are worth more than its parts
Each song to her some bottled words, fermenting poetry
Whose foaming grace will one day make a living memory
Flat or sharp, it doesn't bother me
Fill my snailhouse full
I sing you, you sing it back to me
Fill my snailhouse full
We work hard to build houses out of hearts
We work hard to be brave in the dark
Work work hard, We work hard
Did Guthrie once feel like a do as he sat with his mother
Such tenderness and grace how her hair follows her face
The grinding gears of love and guts and stone worn down by weather
Did he ask himself will this machine come visit me one day
I know that sometimes I get stuck singing yesterday's gospel
I know that sometimes I get stuck singing yesterday's gospel
I know that sometimes I get stuck singing yesterday's gospel
I know that sometimes I get stuck singing yesterday's gospel
Sleeping bag, rags and and toiletries
Fill my snailhouse full
Radio and some batteries
Fill my snailhouse full
We work hard to build houses out of hearts
We work hard to be brave in the dark
Work work hard, We work hard
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Winter Breath
02:53
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must have taken a great stampede
with a thousand pounding marching feet
all part of an infantry
who were dying to lose their soles to the enemy
just to carry out plans passed down
to sustain the winter-breath ground cover
wool blankets hold hostage
the sun, the light, and all its colours
a mist to moisten your tongue and cheek
a film to cover your eyes with me
a place where ocean and sky once met
draw a blank draw and blank
there's nothing left
cause i’d rather be long extinct
with my eggs thrown across conquered beach
feed the tourist fossil fuels
preserve the memories of you
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Guelph Goddamn
02:41
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I don't care, let it all come down
I won't interfere, let it all come down
They don't need to talk, no they got no hope
They don’t need no letters, they don’t need no phones
You don't know just what these strings are for
They'll lead you home and open up your door
You don't know the branches from the wood
It's ok if we misunderstood
If we can't deal with his shit on our own
How can we stop this awful web from growing
We'll do his work, we'll grind each other away
We'll grind, we'll grind until there's nothing to say
You don't know just what these strings are for
They'll lead you home and open up your door
You don't know the branches from the wood
It's ok if we misunderstood
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All the Way
02:32
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only life worth living is lived all the way-o
all the way-yay-yay-o
only life worth living is lived all the way-o
all the way-yay-yay-0
take what you're given and use it everyday-o
everyday-yay-yay-o
take what you're given and use it everyday-o
everyday-yay-yay-o
there is a moment when you look it in the eye
and realize that some time you will die
so take what your given and use it everyday-0
cause only life worth livin' is lived all the way.
don't let it pass say what you gotta say-o
say what you're say-ay-yayin-o
don't let it pass say what you gotta say-o
say what you're sayin-ay-yayin-o
open up your heart, and love who you may-o
who vou may-yay-yay-o
open up your heart, and love who you may-o
who you may-yay-yay-o
don't let them tell you what you desire
or when to let your heart catch fire
dont let it pass, say what you gotta say-o,
open up your heart, and love who you may.
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