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Wander In Wander Out
04:57
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Out on the highway clouds are rolling by
I’m sitting at this bar, not a car in my sky
An 18-wheeler’s weaving through my mind
I got big plans, baby, if only I could find the time
I dreamed a large dream, I sure hope it comes true
I was a filthy rich man making perfect love to you
I looked you in the eye and I thought I could see
Everything I ever wanted staring back at me
And the customers in this bar wander in and wander out
Like the people in our lives that wander in and wander out
Like Halley and his comet wandering in and wandering out
Like you and me……wandering……in and out
I’d like to change the world the way I change my mind
Like to be somebody but I can’t even be on time
I’d like to climb a mountain but I can barely climb the stairs
I should tell you how I feel but maybe I’m just too scared
They tell you what to do but they never tell you why
There’s no answers in the back of the book, all you can do is try
And sometimes you get the prize, but most of the time you just get hurt
It’s like we’re all making mud pies on this great big ball of dirt
And the customers……
And the customers……
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Malachi
03:12
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The rain is his companion
Thunder runs his life
Blistered by the lightning
Searching for the strike
Disinformation constellation
Fills the bloody sky
No one wants to look him in the eye
And Malachi…wonders why
His love is not returned
It’s hard to cross that river
When the bridges….when the bridges…
Have all been burned
Firstborn on the altar
Thieves on every side
Mix that holy water
With a little bit, a little bit of genocide
Rain falls hard on the boulevard
And the concrete says a prayer
Smell the Armageddon in the air
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Something No One Knows
03:55
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Something no one knows
Just beyond your hemisphere
Is beating down the door
To seize upon your bloody tears
Drop your anchor down
Don’t make believe yourself with me
Every word your lips
Will speak your destiny
Maybe come tomorrow
You will borrow the beggar’s clothes
Maybe in your sorrow
You’ll find something that no one knows
You’ll find something no one knows
There’s a metronome
Full of rage upon your chest
Pounding out the time
Beating back the emptiness
And there’s a heart of hope
Bigger than the biggest sky
Ferociously in love
Fall into the lullaby
CHORUS
CHORUS
+ You’ll go somewhere that no one goes
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Something More
02:52
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I used to be lonely
Thought that I had only
One chance to get away
I knew I couldn’t stay
Trapped inside a box
People called me crazy
Some said I was lazy
Or afraid to settle down
But I could hear the sound
Of life outside the box
You got to reach for something more
Don’t give up, don’t give in
Even when they slam the door in your face
You still got to chase
After something more
REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL INTRO
Even when you’re shattered
It doesn’t really matter
You got to keep on walking
Never stop knocking
On those doors
REPEAT CHORUS 1
INSTRUMENTAL LONGER
CHORUS 2
You got to reach for something more
Don’t give up, don’t give in
Even when they try to tell you you’re not right
You still got to fight
Fight for something more
REPEAT CHORUS 1
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Couple of Bums
03:13
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We were hip, we were young
Enigmatic with aplomb
We were weird, we were strange
We were dancing with our brains
You were hot on guitar
I was banging on my drum
We were shooting like a star
We were living on the run…..
Like a couple of bums
You were per, I was plexed
You were muscle, I was flexed
I could never understand
Why your brother quit the band
CHORUS
INSTRUMENTAL SECTION
You sang lead, I harmonized
Just imagine my surprise
To feel you cross the Neverland
To see you breaking up the band
CHORUS
CHORUS
We were weird, we were strange…………..
We were dancing with our brains……………..
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Love I Have For You
03:23
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There’s nothing more to say
Nothing left to prove to you
It’s just the saddest day
So I’ll walk away
With the love I have for you
I would have held you closely
I would have been forever yours
You haunted me so ghostly
So I’ll walk away
With the love I have for you
The desert burns at midnight
The ocean churns black and blue
The world turns a brand-new day
With the love I have
All the love I have for you
INSTRUMENTAL
Love is like the moon
Dancing through the night time sky
Shining softly in your room
While you dream away
All the love I have for you
While you dream away
Of the love I have for you
While you dream away
The love I have for you
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Nothing
04:46
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You draw the lines of ignorance
With pencils that have no lead
On the blank page of history
You keep hidden in your bed
Under the mattress of your soul
Asleep on the pillow, you take control……of nothing
Kings and bankers come calling
Courting you with a rose
Chateau Lafite and Almas Beluga
And a beautiful ring for your nose
It’s the demographic that they seek
Look behind the curtain and take a peek…..at nothing
Mussolini wears a jet pack
Millay rides her iceberg home
Emily and Adolph are
At war for the comfort zone
The Messiah said he would return
Meanwhile all the nations burn…..for nothing
You carry a chip on your shoulder
And another just under your skin
You’re a walking Testimonial
To how humble you have been
Shout it from Kilimanjaro
You shoot straight like a crooked arrow……at nothing
Thomas Gray and King Solomon
Walk together through the Gate
While the Devil smokes a cigarette
On the set of “The Reprobate”
It’s a classic film with a new release
Everybody gets a great big piece………..of nothing
The Fire rages around you
There’s a bucket on your head
You make everything about you
Not the blood that others have bled
Medusa fell in love with her mirror
Inside the bubble it’s getting clearer…..you’re nothing
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8. |
Only Dream That Matters
03:36
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Most of what I dream turns out to be fiction
With no happy ending anywhere in sight
Like some melodramatic benediction
To christen my shipload of sleepless nights
Most of what I dream never comes true
But the only dream that matters
The only dream that matters to me is you
Most of my tears turn out to be salty
But the rest are just as sweet as your memory
And all of my excuses are somewhat faulty
It’s a gradual erosion of my dignity
Most of what I dream never comes true
But the only dream that matters
The only dream that matters to me
The only dream that really matters to me is you
Most of my pain is self-inflicted
Clawing like some monkey on my back
And a jury of my peers would have me convicted
Of pushing this stubborn train down a busted track
Most of what I dream never comes true
But the only dream that matters
The only dream that matters to me
The only dream that really matters to me is you
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Thursday Afternoon
03:32
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The sun and the moon had a barroom fight
Inside my brain like a Saturday night
But the funny thing is, it was a Thursday afternoon
I’m high on life, low on gas
Looking upward but falling fast
I knew this was coming but it still came way too soon
I’m lonely today
Feeling old and gray
Walking on a distant shore
I’m lonely today
But there’s nothing to say
Because you don’t love me……anymore
I’m lost at sea, lost in space
All I can see is your smiling face
It’s midnight now on a Thursday afternoon
I’m lonely today
Feeling old and gray
Walking on a distant shore
I’m lonely today
But there’s nothing to say
Because you don’t love me…..anymore
You don’t love me……anymore
The sun and the moon had a barroom fight
Inside my brain like a Saturday night
But the funny thing is, it was a Thursday afternoon
Yeah, the funny thing is, it was a Thursday afternoon
It’s midnight now on a Thursday afternoon
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Rantom Harwar Horn
03:56
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Rantom Harwar was born in a shack
Shook hisself like a cracker jack
His momma said, Boy, don’t you tell no lie
Or you’ll be in the dirt before you die
Rantom dreamed he was up on a cloud
No possessions or people allowed
He’d live his life like a pie in the sky
You’ll be in the dirt before you die
Rantom’s daddy was the devil’s seed
Blowing around like a tumbleweed
But Rantom prayed to the Lord on high
And said you’ll be in the dirt before you die…daddy
Rantom Harwar down on the dock
Preaching the Word like a cinderblock
He said, I see the Devil shining in your eyes
And ya’ll be in the dirt before you die
He said, you boys better turn from your wicked ways
Repent it on back to the good old days
The Lord Almighty said, an eye for an eye
And you’ll be in the dirt before you die
Well, the sailor men didn’t take too kind
To the Gospel Truth, and they lost their minds
The knife cut through him like a piece of pie
Said you’ll be in the dirt before you die
Lightning strike and a thunder crash
Souls of men in a burning flash
Rantom smiled in his killers’ eyes
And said, you’ll be in the dirt before you die
The moon came out and it turned to blood
Wrath of God like the Johnstown flood
Rantom rose up into the sky
And said, you’ll be in the dirt before you die
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Circus
03:42
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When the winds come howling
The devil’s bride is smiling
Creatures of the darkness prowling
Through your twisted mind
The Big Top won’t stop spinning
The bearded lady’s grinning
The lions and the elephants
Are sitting by your side
And the sun beats down
Like an angry clown
You’ve got to stand your ground
When the circus comes……
When the circus comes to town
Sometimes words escape you
Situations make you
Lose your mind and take you
Where you never thought you’d go
The fire eater sets you
On the highwire and forgets you
There’s no net there to catch you
When the Big Top falls
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She's So Yum
02:56
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She’s so yum
I wanna chew her like a gum
She’s so yum
Ya know I got to have some
On the tip of my tongue….she’s so yum
She’s so yum
She’s the string I wanna strum
She’s so yum
For every song I ever sung
On the tip of my tongue….she’s so yum
2X We’re laughing and we’re loving
And we’re having all the funning
Yeah in any kind of weather
Now whenever we’re together
Oooooohhhhhhhhh…..she’s so yum
She’s so yum
Now I’m bangin on my drum
She’s so yum
Like a peach and like a plum
On the tip of my tongue….she’s so yum
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Brand New Start
03:06
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There were cats in the attic
Wolves in the den
The gloom was automatic
Beating down on the zen
They were wearing top hats
And buttercup gowns
Brawling on the mats
Like a car full of clowns
I’m breaking….I’m breaking….I’m breaking apart
But I’m making….I’m making….I’m making a brand new start
Yeah, I’m breaking….I’m breaking….I’m breaking apart
But I’m making….I’m making….I’m making a brand new start
A brand new start
I got the retina burn
And a crack in my spine
Trying to learn
From such a bad good time
These dystopian shoes
Man, they’re killing my feet
With the cracker box blues
In the presidential (honeymoon) suite
I’m breaking……..
INSTRUMENTAL
They were giving out grief
And chains for free
Forget the new leaf
I’m turning over a tree
Ghosts from the past
Escape from the zoo
Nothing’s gonna last
Baby, not even you
I’m breaking……..
I’m breaking………..
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Ron Brunk Nashville, Tennessee
Ron moved to Nashville in 2002 with only 10 dollars in his pocket,
and within a year he nearly doubled his
money.
Ron partnered with guitar virtuoso Paul Allen. They performed
together 5 years.
Ron married and divorced the same woman 3 times.
Ron was once beaten senseless by a gang of 30 rednecks up a hollow in
Beaver, WV.
Ron nearly died 3 times from massive intestinal bleeds.
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