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BIBLE BELT
03:36
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How'd you keep them fresh
How'd you keep them strong
How'd you keep them cigarettes
From going bad for so long
When I taste my own blood
And I call your name
When are you going to have enough
Of all, all this pain
But I know you've got some room in your heart
For me, on these warm nights
But we don't have much time to share
Because, you've got your life
And lord, I'm losing mine
Said it wouldn't be pretty
When I finally saw the light
So you ran outside with tears in your eyes
In the Texas moonlight
How'd you keep them fresh
How'd you keep them strong
How'd you keep them cigarettes
From going bad for so long
And when that priest stands over me
You make sure he uses my name
But I don't want that crowd knowing
From where I came
Because it ain't
Lord it ain't
The same
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FADE AWAY
05:16
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Did you watch her
Drag it down the hall
Some fine silhouette
Rolled up in a ball
You know where its been
Since you've seen that face before
But worst of all is all
Thats kept next store
Or did you come
Just to find out
What you knew all along
Why dont they all just fade away
Feels like its all been lost in the trade
Why dont they all just fade away
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KING AND COUNTRY
05:20
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Do you clean those medals on a wet weekend?
And polish up your military ornaments?
Still you tell those romantic stories, about the war
Never explained what it's all for
It's hard for me to understand
The fascination between a gun and a man
Still you tell those romantic stories, about the war
Never explained what it's all for
Do you wake up screaming in the middle of the night
Dreaming about the firing line?
Still you tell those romantic stories about the war
You never explained what it's all for
King and Country
King and Country
King and Country
King and Country
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PRETEND
05:20
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You know when they first came through
You felt the start
Before they give the secret
It’s kept inside
Is it always easy
To pretend
Its always easy
To pretend you are
instead of know you are
And when the light comes crashing down
Across your warm red eyes
Youve seen the difference
And its getting better
Half the time
You know those childish answers
You know theyre true
Before they call the dancers
Its meant for you
Shes just like a breath of spring
In fall
You dont know anything
Not at all
Shes just like that
Silver springfield mall
You dont know
At all
What the trouble
With always seeing double
When you think of me in twos
My love
Soon comforts you
Out there
In the distance
Cold hearts will meet resistance
And you think of me in threes
My love
Cut off at the knees
Stacking bottles in your home town
Kissing models with that old mouth
Dont you know
Its never going anywhere
You know
Its never going anywhere
Shes just like a breath of spring
In fall
You dont know anything
Not at all
Shes just like that
Silver springfield mall
You dont know
At all
Is it always easy
To pretend
Its always easy
To pretend you are
instead of know you are
And when the light comes crashing down
Across your warm red eyes
Youve seen the difference
And its getting better
Half the time
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HARNESS
05:26
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Ive seen the darkness
Come inside to sit
Ive seen the movement
Of your
Sole witness
What is its lifetime
What is its past
What is the moment of its
Human last
Give me the harness
Wrap around its head
Give me the harness
Already there
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