1. |
To Churn the Soil
04:22
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We’re hiding in the weeds
We’re hiding in the weeds under a wall
That wall is ten feet high
That wall is ten feet higher than it was yesterday
I say it’s time to dig
Deep
Into the deep dark soil
Deep
Cause it’s our job
To churn the soil and take it underground
Yeah, it’s our job
To churn the soil and take it underground
We’re hiding in the leaves
We’re hiding in the leaves under a wall
That wall is ten feet high
That wall is ten feet higher than it was yesterday
I say it’s time to dig
Deep
Into the deep dark soil
Deep
Cause it’s our job
To churn the soil and take it underground
Yeah, it’s our job
To churn the soil and take it underground (x4)
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2. |
Gone Gone
04:23
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I’m gone
I’m gone gone
I am leaving today
When I return I cannot say
I am leaving today
They’ll put me on a bus and take me hundreds of miles away
Will you think of me as you drive past the jail?
I’ll think of you as I open up my mail
I know
Will you think of me as you brush your hair?
I’ll think of you if I dare
I know I’m gone
I’m gone gone
I am leaving today
They’ll put me on a bus and take me hundreds of miles away
I am leaving today
I might return messed up
I might return OK
Will you think of me as you drive past the jail?
I’ll think of you as I open up my mail
I know
Will you think of me as you brush your hair?
I’ll think of you if I dare
I know I’m gone
I am gone gone
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3. |
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1234
Like an ocean without a floor
Like a sea
Can’t see the floor
1234 and 5
I must say that I’ve never
Been so scared to say
I never loved you
I never loved you as much as the day I met you
& I fucked up too
I fucked up too
Maybe just a little
More than you
12345 &6
I’ve taken my hits
Iv’e taken my licks
I say’i don’t care whatcha do
12345678
I must say that I hate to say
But I say it anyway
I never loved you
I never loved you as much as the day I left you
& I fucked up too
I fucked up too
Maybe just a little
Less than you
i know you don’t want me to
Tell it like it like it is tell it like it was
Tell the tried and true
I never loved you
I never loved you as much as the day I met you
& I fucked up too
I fucked up too
Maybe just a little
More than you
1234
Like a room without a door
Like a cell
Right on the floor
1234 and 5
I must say that I’ve never
Been so scared to say
I never loved you
I never loved you as much as the day I met you
& I fucked up too
I fucked up too
Maybe just a little
More than you
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My daddy saw the southern lights
You never see them here in the middle of the night
Daddy saw the southern lights
White bleached hoods in the middle of the night
Collect your toys, clothes
We’re heading north
Towards the Mason Dixon line
Turn the keys quick
Let’s head north
Towards the Mason Dixie line
Now they wait 'til your safe and sound
Nothing’s safe anymore
Now they wait 'til your safe and sound
Nothing’s safe anymore
Nothing’s sound anymore
Southern nights, 1942
It wasn’t safe to be a Jew
When you watch a mob chase black men around
Hammers in the head, what a sound
Chased from Alabama
Didn’t stop till we crossed the Mason Dixie line
Southern lights, southern nights, southern shame
Oh, those confederate whites
Now they wait 'til your safe and sound
Nothing’s safe anymore
Now they wait 'til your safe and sound
Nothing’s sound anymore
Nothing’s safe anymore
Nothing’s sound anymore
Daddy lived those southern nights
When Jews were called cosmopolitan kikes
Black people fight for their civil rights
So here they come again, those confederate whites
Southern lights, southern fights
Southern shame, oh those southern nights
Now the Nazi Yanks and confederate whites
Come together on those southern nights
Heather Heyer, you are with us now
As we wake from the southern nights
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5. |
Tears on the Dashboard
04:15
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Living alone in a car on the side of the road
Living alone ever since you died
Yet never more alive!
Am I anything without you?
There’s always something to think about
Always something
Living alone in this SRO from hell
Living alone ever since you died
Yet never more alive!
Am I anything without you?
There’s always something to obsess about
Always something
600 miles
2 years
600 miles
10,000 tears on the dashboard (x2)
Living alone in a van on the side of the tracks
Living alone ever since you died
Yet never more alive!
Am I anything without you?
There’s always something to think about
Always something
600 miles
2 years
600 miles
10,000 tears on the dashboard (x2)
Tears on the dashboard (x3)
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6. |
Sunday Blues
03:01
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Wait
Wait for tomorrow
Today
Today I’ve got the Sunday blues
There’s nothing you can do or say to take away the sorrow
There’s nothing you can do to take away the Sunday blues
I’m not living day to day
I’m living week by week
(x2)
If there’s something that I seek
It’s to live without those Sunday blues
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Just one more coffee
Just one more beer
Just a little more caffeine and alcohol
And I will know no fear!
Just one more espresso
Just one more ale
Just a little more caffeine and alcohol
And I will never fail!
I know it’s stereotypical
Start the day with a coffee
Start the night with a beer
(x2)
Just one more latte
Just one more brew
Just a little more caffeine and alcohol
And I’ll know what to do
Just one more coffee
Just one more beer
Just a little more caffeine and alcohol
And I will know no fear!
I know it’s stereotypical
Start the day with a coffee
Start the night with a beer
(x2)
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8. |
Too Late
03:38
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30 years ago today you said hell no fucking way (x2)
To the death squad friends of the CIA
Alto a los esquadrones de la muerte! (x4)
It’s too late (it’s never too late!)
They say it’s too late
(x2)
Well they’ll put you on a list somewhere
They’ll take it out once you’re losing your hair
(x2)
You won’t get a job there
But you don’t care that it’s too late
It’s too late (it’s never too late!)
They say it’s too late
(x2)
Well the scum sucking SSS
and Lizard fucking CIA
(x2)
If I had to do it again I’d do it the same way!
Alto a los esquadrones de la muerte! (x4)
It’s too late (it’s never too late!)
They say it’s too late
(x4)
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El Warren California
El Warren composes & performs emotionally charged, lush, original rock songs. His latest Album, Paradise, examines life in
California during the annual widlfire season, using road songs as his primary motif to tell stories of people's lives in transition.
Contact El at elwarrenmusic@gmail.com
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