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After the Revolution
04:15
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You and me
by the warming sea
buyin something in a bag
walking through the war
to the corner store
everyone looks poor and sad
So I picked a fight
later on that night
I was sick of all the shame
And I know it all
Couldn’t be your fault
But I need someone to blame
After the revolution
We’ll have a better life
You’ll be a better husband
I’ll be a better wife
We’ll have a jubilation
We’ll take a holiday
It won’t always be this way
Well the world is small
and they fucked it all
long before we came around
And we work all day
Tryin to catch a break
but it’s nowhere to be found
And it’s hard to love
like you won’t give up
when the whole thing’s coming down
But after the revolution
We’ll have a better life
You’ll be a better husband
I’ll be a better wife
We’ll have a jubilation
We’ll take a holiday
It won’t always be this way
My grandad
fought at Leningrad
when they all knew what was fair
now we try to fight
but it don’t feel right
when the war is everywhere
But after the revolution
We’ll have a better life
You’ll be a better husband
I’ll be a better wife
We’ll have a jubilation
We’ll take a holiday
It won’t always be this way
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2. |
Empire
03:26
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Bring me a coat and a parlor guitar
neon and smoke comin up from the bar
I’m out on the roof with a couple of friends
watchin the empire end
I guess America’s comin untied
half of my neighbors are living outside
whoever don’t break better learn how to bend
watching the empire end
you been throwing your weight around
and you wonder why everybody wants to take you down
every bully dreads the day they get their due
you’re gonna get what’s comin to you
three people dead at the hard rock hotel
I heard the crack in the air when it fell
neighborhood kids runnin down to attend
watchin the empire end
trash in the gutters and trash in the sea
trash in the hearts of the powers that be
freedom for all who have money to spend
watchin the empire end
you been throwing your weight around
and you wonder why they try take you down
every bully dreads the day they get their due
you’re gonna get what’s comin to you
I’m in the belly but I ain’t the beast
Like everyone else to the west and the east
they say we’re enemies, but I know we’ll be friends
after the empire ends
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3. |
Ain't We Got Fun
05:15
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You and me settin traps
Catchin fevers, takin naps
Crackin jokes and chuckin rocks
Itchin like a chicken pox
You and me in cahoots
blowin bubbles, knockin boots
clappin hands & paintin toes
puttin on each others clothes
You and me, spinnin tops
stealin supper, dodging cops
pittin peaches, sippin rye
kiss the boys and make em cry
You and me pitchin fits
Droppin needles, pickin nits
diggin records, bangin toms
learnin all each other’s songs
Money, ooo
No we ain’t got none
But honey, ooo
Ain’t we got fun
You remember when we hitched that ride
Sam pullin over on the other side
You were twenty I was just sixteen
Singing in a dive bar by eugene
You remember when we walked downtown
Everybody givin us the runaround
we never ran with the coolest crowdest
But we was always laughin loudest
Money, ooo
No we ain’t got none
But honey, ooo
Ain’t we got fun
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4. |
Hope
03:18
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Hope what a brutal thing
Oh the way it stings
Coming down like rain upon your desert sands
Hope comes riding in
Makes you think again
Just when you thought you’d folded up that losing hand
She breaks into a heart that’s broken
Blowin all the doors wide open
I’ll keep hopin til the day I die
Hope what a brittle thing
but oh the way she sings
Comin down to light upon your prison wall
Hope, first you start to cry
then you wonder why
you got so lucky ever to be born at all
She breaks into a heart that’s broken
Blowin all the doors wide open
I’ll keep hopin til the day I die
Some may say it’s better not to dream
And sometimes I can see just what they mean
on a very lonely day
I’ll put my silly dreams away
And face the world exactly as it seems
Hope
But then she breaks into a heart that’s broken
Blowin all the doors wide open
I’ll keep hopin til the day I die
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5. |
Caroline
02:45
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It’s a strange time to be a human being
Strange time to be alive
I was just about to stop believing
That our planet can survive
Now I can see the world keep turning
When I look into your eyes
Caroline
And as you’re growing up
One thing to be sure of
You are always gonna be loved
I know you’re gonna see some transformations
Year by year & day by day
Revolutions and the fall of nations
Little lies that people say
Remember when your heart starts breakin
And you wanna run away
Caroline
as you’re growing up
One thing to be sure of
You are always gonna be loved
Caroline there’s hardly anything
That we can say with certainty
still people keep on raising babies
Making music, planting seeds
It’s a bold hope that makes the world keep turning
I can feel it start to shine
Caroline
When I look at you
One thing that I’m sure of
You are always gonna be loved
You are always gonna be loved
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6. |
Labour of Love
03:09
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Well they oughtta be afraid of us
Cus the whole world is made of us
People workin hard to get along
It isn’t that I really care
I’ll never be a millionaire
But I get the feeling something’s goin wrong
It’s a labour of love I guess
Cus it sure doesn’t pay
To work this job or raise these kids
Or feel this way
Dinner’s on the table
And I put a roof above
But goddamn this labor of love
Well I don’t mind workin hard
But I get home after dark
And I feel my spirit sinking to the floor
Pretty sure I used to be
Somethin more than an employee
But i hardly can remember anymore
It’s a labour of love I guess
Cus it sure doesn’t pay
To work this job or raise these kids
Or feel this way
Dinner’s on the table
And I put a roof above
But goddamn this labor of love
It’s a rich man’s game and they play to win
But there’s more of us than there are of them
I think sometimes they should change the locks
We’re a powderkeg, they’re a tinderbox
And I don’t know if you might
brother can you gimme a light?
It’s a labour of love I guess
Cus it sure doesn’t pay
To work this job or raise these kids
Or feel this way
Dinner’s on the table
And I put a roof above
But goddamn this labor of love
Well they oughtta be afraid of us
Cus the whole world is made of us
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7. |
Cool Kids
01:37
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I was a weird kid
That’s just the way I do it
I tried to hide it
But everybody knew it
I tried to fake it
You know the way they work us
I couldn’t take it
I ran away to join the circus
I’m never gonna be one of the cool kids
I’m never gonna be the prettiest one
I’m never gonna be one of the rich kids
Imma be the one having all the fun
I tried to sell out
But nobody was buying
I got the hell out
Now I’m sick of even tryin
If I never win a grammy
I won’t be mad
There ain’t no grammy
for the most fun had
I’m never gonna be one of the cool kids
I’m never gonna be the prettiest one
I’m never gonna be one of the rich kids
Imma be the one having all the fun
Throw my phone in a pool
Pay my debt when I’m dead
Cus I only feel cool
with my stupid friends
telling stupid jokes
with a stupid song in my head
There isn’t any bottom
There isn’t any top
Just smoke em if you got em
Be a friend, don’t be a cop
Cus everything in the world
We’re livin it
Is all made up
And we can make it up different
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8. |
Swimming in the Pool
03:25
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I’m swimmin in the pool
Alone and feelin amorous
Swimming in the pool
lookin fuckin glamorous
Alone and feelin amorous
lookin fuckin glamorous
thinkin somethin scandalous
truly useless swimming in the pool
I’m swimming in the pool
Yellow moon a followin
Swimming in the pool
cuppa wine I’m swallowin
Yellow moon a followin
cuppa wine I’m swallowin
just a dream to wallow in
truly useless swimming in the pool
I’m swimming in the pool
nothin here to worry us
Swimming in the pool
Ain’t nobody curious
nothin here to worry us
Ain’t nobody curious
feelin really glorious
truly useless swimming in the pool
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10. |
If You Want Me To
03:13
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I know that you don’t know me
baby will you hold me tight
I wanna feel that holy
feeling in my soul tonight
I’ll be a little tender
It’s been a little while
and if you can’t remember
I’ll show you what a smile can do
Ooh oh oh ooh ooh ooh
If you want me to
the moon is above you
pretty penny in a pool
if i said I love you
would you say that I’m a fool?
We ain’t well acquainted
but you can feel a spark
don’t ask me to explain it
let me open up my heart to you
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11. |
Suddenly the Spring
03:06
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when the smoke has cleared
birds begin to sing
though the world has ended
suddenly the spring
after all is lost
every little thing
all that you defended
suddenly the spring
from the winter’s dark
little flowers grow
from a broken heart
suddenly something comes
from underneath the snow
when the ashes fall
bells begin to ring
singing from the rubble
suddenly the spring
When the smoke has cleared
birds begin to sing
after all the trouble
suddenly the spring
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12. |
My Good Friends
02:58
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I guess I’m never gonna be a figure skater and I’m never gonna be a saint
Never gonna shows all the haters who I am, or who I ain’t
I used to think that I could heal the whole world with a song
I guess sometimes everybody gets it wrong
But when the darkness descends
I call up my good friends
They come down to the riverbend
And crack me up until the light gets in
I ain’t the only person who gets lonely
But when I’m feeling lonely it sure seems that way
And trying not to think about the things that I done wrong
Gets harder at the dimming of the day
So when the darkness descends
I call up my good friends
They come down to the riverbend
And crack me up until the light gets in
On those days when hope feels like a needle in the hay
you’re losing all your faith in humankind
and everyone around you swears there ain’t no brighter day
but everything is darkness to the blind
when the darkness descends
call up all your good friends
bring em down to the riverbend
we’ll crack up until the light gets in
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Carsie Blanton Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Carsie Blanton writes anthems for a world worth saving. Whether alone with her electric guitar or fronting her four-piece “handsome band”, Carsie delivers every song with an equal dose of moxie and mischief, bringing her audience together in joyful celebration of everything worth fighting for. ... more
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