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Once
03:03
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Once
I was driving
I let the world fall apart around me
I had given up on faith
I had given up on life
I was blind and behind
This was in the summer
Where summer light, war blinding
I was searching for a faith
I was having trouble finding
As tires spun and cried
Deluded so did I
But I kept driving
I kept driving
Once
There was a girl
Seven years old
Beautiful and wild
Chasing RC cars down the boulevard
In Pillager
A car came down the street,
It stuck her
She flew fifteen feet
Landed on cold concrete
Her parents thought she died
She forgot three years of her life but survived
She survived
No,
I don't know what happens in this life
I don't understand these times
But I try to get by and look up to the sky
And hope in time...
I can open my eyes
Can you explain that?
He's not coming home
Do you know that?
If you've given up on faith,
If you've given up on life,
Just keep trying.
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2. |
City For Sale
07:01
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Pretty little girl,
You're always on my mind
That's where I saw you first
Where I see you all the time
Pressed against the floor
I swear I feel you there
Your legs wrapped round my waist
My fingers through your hair
It feels so right
According to the newspaper
The world's gone postal
A couple of guys got the whole world in choke holds
Made a world of money and made it go broke
CITY FOR SALE
See what they bought it with?
Couple of drums of oil, no problem.
Countries out of line? Start bombing them.
It's like the world's got a drinking problem.
...and I thought I could ask you out...
In the end it will all work out,
Wonder why?
If fire is the forecast for our lives,
Then we will be the rain
Girl stand, I offer you my hand
Please feel the reign
No more shame
No pain
No doubt
I know somehow it will all work out
Then I'll sing your name for all my days
You have me.
Precious little girl
You're always on my mind
I see you in my dreams
So now I'm dreaming all the time
Pressed against the floor
Society so bare
You were protesting the war
With a ribbon in your hair
You feel so right
We got a CITY FOR SALE
Come and see what they bought it with
A couple of drums of oil,
No problem.
It's like the world has got a cocaine problem
Countries out of line
Start bombing them
Things change
Fortune and Fame
Hope to god they don't stay the same
Don't know how they're ever gonna change
All I know is when I sing, your face
...I thought I could wear you around as my bride...
In the end it will all work out
Praise the night
If fire is the forecast for our lives
Then be the rain
Stand
I offer you my hand
And all of my heart
I want you to know,
No more pain
No shame
No doubt
I know somehow it will all work out
Until I offer you my hand
Sing in the rain,
You have me.
I'll be the rain
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3. |
Oil Raids
04:35
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My father was a soldier for the oil raids
He used to gaurd the pipelines
He fought the battle of the modern age
And drove over a land mine
He walked away
From the cold steel train
The hellfire and black rain
Waving his banner on the desert plain
Whispering in god's name
I got home in time to see the control
They broadcasted all day
Masons on the street
Giving code handshakes
And whispering in the side bays
Of all the elections money could buy
This one was a landslide
Of all the gold in human kind
This one was a gold mine
No one ever told you in this poor life
You'd ever get the chance to go back in time
And all of us will fade
As "evolved things die"
But this could be our battle cry
I got grown I got a wife and home
My daughter must be your age
She planted seeds when she was just thirteen
On her brother's anniversery
Apples grew, great
They used to fill our plates
She watered them so lovingly
Until Adam came with the soil and chains
To fufill the debt that Eve made
No one ever told you in this poor life
You'd ever get the chance to go back in time
All of us will fade, yeah?
"Evolved things die"
But you keep an open mind
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4. |
Across The Ocean
06:00
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As you walk through this dark, dark, night
Seeing is believing
But you can't believe your eyes
As you walk through the flames
Shepard's fire calls your name
And you run
But you don't look behind
Because you're running all the time
How could I feel ashamed?
When no one's left
Who still fufills this pain
How could I even know?
I'd just be saying what you already know
Across the ocean
She waits for me
My love, oh when will you return to me?
Oh, come one baby please
NO MORE SLEEPING AS ENEMIES
This is just the way it's got to be
You and I
Can go outside
And take some time
And see what is for sale
As you look
In those cold, dark, nights
I'm captured by the way
Your hair falls down your face
But you walk through the flames
Every fire calls your name
And you sink
But you don't even try
How come you never say goodbye?
How could I feel this way?
There's no one left who says the things you say
How could I even know?
I'd just be playing games you already know
Across the ocean
She waits for me
My love, and everyone that lies between
Oh come on baby, please
Let's do this right
You stay the night
And you'll see
Oh come on babe,
Don't be this way, please
How could you be so mean to be?
Baby?
I mean.
How could you be so beautiful?
Baby?
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Dustin Thomas Hilo, Hawaii
Dustin Thomas is a traveling singer-songwriter. He's been to some pretty cool places and met some pretty cool people along the way. He makes beat-boxy, soulful, catchy folk songs and writes a lot about faith, love, and war. For more information email: dustinthomasmusic@gmail.com ... more
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