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As I drove into the darkness
I tell you this is what I saw
100,000 people who do not want this war
Below the Mason-Dixon line
Among the stars and stripes
Were those old Confederate flags
Just flying in the night
Maybe it's not all racist shit
Like it seems to me
But simply a way of
Remembering history
And it's important to remember your past
So it does not repeat
I see history in each lonely face
That passes on the street
As I drove into the darkness
I tell you this is what I saw
100,000 people who do not want this war
I saw the towns of Pennsylvania
Glittering beneath me
As I drove across the surging waters
Of the Allegheny
These are hard-working towns
Forged with steel ties
And the media and the government
Pulls wool over their eyes
So I'll sing them a song
And I'll repeat it without end
The enemy of your enemy
Is not always your friend
As I drove into the darkness
I tell you this is what I saw
100,000 people who do not want this war
When I hit the Midwest fields
With their lack of hills and trees
I saw faded sheets with scribbled letters
Flapping in the breeze
The sun had bleached them out
On each highway overpass
The torn and tattered messages
Of "God Bless The US"
And I thought to myself
Yes, that's partly true
Goddess bless us here
But bless the other countries too
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Once Upon A Time
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Once upon a time, there was a revolution
The kids wrote it down on paper, and passed it to their friends
But now we're in a time without social evolution
And the morgue has just announced that the revolution's dead
Once upon a time, our hearts were all on fire
We doused them all with gasoline and struck the matches hard
But we've all forgotten how to rub the sticks together
And we can't even start the fire in our own backyard
Once upon a time, our art was all important
We had respect for each other and united in the fight
Now all we do is bitch and whine, and divide and conquer
We all criticize each other and we sit alone at night
We're at a time when we need a revolution
We can write it down and paper, and pass it to our friends
Let's all create together, some social evolution
We'll fuck shit up to show them that it was never dead
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Shut Yer Eyes
01:11
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Shut yer eyes, tight
My heart once beat in time
Now I'm heartless, I don't care about anyone
Not even myself
The sky is going to shout
I won't die for you anymore, I won't die for you anymore
I won't die for you anymore
We must tell the king
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Shards & Glue
00:26
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the china teacup,
too fragile for this world.
thrown against the wall again;
shattering.
his gentle hands will
rescue it and
glue the pieces
back together.
you can see the
hairline fractures,
the fine lines of
many breaks.
imperfection.
but he loves the
teacup.
he will always
be there
to glue it
back together.
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Pirate Girl
01:33
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I drew our initials in the sand, and there they stayed
Until the waves washed them away
It feels like they're taking you, too
And I don't understand why I'm losing you
I used to hold your hand, and I kept you in my heart
But in this movie there comes a part
Where I have to pretend we're not lovers
And maybe we're not, I can no longer tell
Why don't you tell me those secrets now?
They made me feel sweet and whole
Why can't we hold each other tight
Except for in my dreams at night?
You've gone out with the tide
You don't care anymore
That you left me lonely on the shore
Waving my white flag of defeat
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Not Yr Playground
01:52
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You think you own my body
You think it's a playground for you
Put implants in, put makeup on
Remove all my tattoos
You seem so eager to manipulate me
To make me alter my nature
But if I am to get pregnant
I have to keep the baby
You're messing with god's will, you say
But getting a nose job isn't?
Hangers are for putting clothes on
And I'll tell you what my body isn't
It is not your playground
It is not your mannequin
It does not belong to you
I HAVE THE RIGHT TO MY OWN BODY
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Lost in the Supermarket
02:46
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Alice Is Bleeding
02:00
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Alice is bleeding
She's down on her knees
And the moon is a skull in the sky
Always crying and pleading
To the bats on the ceiling
And the wind with the sound of a sigh
Her bottle always hears her
Loud and clear
Shards in the weeds, and the falling red leaves
When the moon is a skull in the sky
And her heart is all run dry
Alice is bleeding, like lipstick on a cigarette
Alice is pleading to the ghosts rustling the leaves
Screaming by train tracks
And the moon is a skull in the sky
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One Beer Prophet is a smoky-voiced siren from the trainyards of the Rust Belt. Pulling up the dark roots of Americana, she tells the stories of what happens after the train is hopped and the whiskey drank. She is skinned knees and dirt under your nails, the night you fell in love and the morning your heart was broken, 3am and another bottle of wine - or beer. ... more
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