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• at last •
the world got so tough
and then unbearable
i am unseen
worse than invisible
i sit in a room
until i am the room
thoughts drip like drool
till they could fill a pool
an ocean of mistakes
no lifeguard
bad swimmer
that’s all it takes
i’ve been nice to people
they ain’t been nice to me
yea i’ve been nice to people
they ain’t been so nice to me
from a smile to a frown
from a friend to a clown
you might just disagree
and then flat out admire
the way they shot me up
i thought i blew a tire
i sit in a room
until i am the room
thoughts build like rocks
till you could ski them in winter
an avalanche of need
somebody stop me
somebody stop me
i’m pickin’ up speed
i’ve been nice to people
they ain’t been nice to me
yea i’ve been nice to people
people ain’t been so nice to me
from my house to the mall
from the mall to the school
at last i’m nobody’s fool
at last i…
at last i…
at last i…
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2. |
last bad deeds
04:13
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• last bad deeds •
Piles of gravel
Rolling stones
I made my fortune
Rolling bones
I want all the bright lights
I want all the darkest corners
Burn down the ocean
Burn down the boats
Throw the witch in the river
See if she floats
I’ll wear the wig hat
I’ll chew the spikes
Spitting spikes spitting spikes
Spitting spikes
I carry the cross for nobody
What’s that about
Money makes everything free
Money makes it all mine
Shakedown their leaders
Disappear their flag
Blow it all the fuck to kingdom come
Nevermind the toe-tags
We won’t need ‘em
We won’t need ‘em
We won’t need ‘em
Air out my black suit
The one from between the wars
I’ll dig you up some flowers
I’ll dig you up at your door
We don’t choose the fight
We don’t choose the hour
Are we still settling scores
Using roman numerals
Burn all the oceans
Burn all the boats
Throw the witch in the river
See if that witch floats
Orbit a dead world
Planting a dead seed
Break out the good stuff
Cheers to our last bad deeds
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3. |
the path and the nail
03:12
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• the path and the nail •
Down shady paths
Of lush vegetation
Heroic in parts
A dappled light
Pieces and parts
A solar visitation
Here we go
Oh the canyons
Oh the cities
On the high seas
The wheel and the sail
Wasted all summer
Boys perched on a rail
Rock walls against caring
Signs point to fail
So we trespass with glee
Yea we trespass with glee
Oh the blown through fences
The rain speckled lake
The lightning traces
As we blow another one
Ah
The wake and bake
Eking out day trips
Storming our memories
The weddings we crashed
So much love
Oh those first and last chances
The rubs and the glances
The sweet dumb face of love
We went swimming in canyons
And walking in cities
And crazy on the high plains
Oh the blown out synapses
It’s never too late
Swinging back on our axes
Slaying the dream
Oh
She’s waving at the train
She’s blowing kisses at all of us
Finding our places
Winding our paths
Blowing kisses at all of us
Designing our faces
Just finding
Loving
Losing
The path and the nail
The path and the nail
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4. |
getting on
03:18
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• getting on •
They didn’t let me finish
You said near the end
They say time is short
And it will never bend
To our will
To our wants
To the taunts
Of an unsound heart
Things fall apart
How are you getting on
Are you up to this
Turn your love light low
Till it glows like tarnished brass
Take a long look around
Though no more than a three day pass
My friend
You said let the song finish
You know how i love this one
Then the tune came up short
As the band played on
Out of town
Out of wind
Out of time
Out of replacement parts
So this is getting on
Is this what they meant by this
We’ll turn the lamps down low
Till we can hear them hiss
Take a long look around
And make it last
Take a last look around
It goes so fast
My friend
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eraser
02:21
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• eraser •
If we are to live
We better work
It’s like salvation
If we are to sail
We’ll need boat
We’ll take a notion
Our infinite orders
To surrender
To surrender
To surrender
To surrender
Maybe we need the big eraser
Cuz it sure does look like rain
Let us all go down together
Just hold the line
To the brain
And climb
If we leave a record
Of this time
Like we’re divine
Or we’re forced to confess
We’ll need a voice
We’ll need a spine
The cry of the noose
Oh turn me loose
Turn me loose
Turn me loose
Oh turn me loose
Maybe we need the big eraser
Cuz it sure does look like rain
Let us all go down together
Just hold the line
To the brain
We’re all just pulses and strobes
Bound by shapes the scientists make
Amen
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6. |
tomorrow never tells
03:11
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• tomorrow never tells •
Grab your shoes
Grab your boots
Grab the harnesses
And your shadows
Following footsteps
Exactly as hot as hell
I won’t tell
They don’t need know
I won’t tell
Leave back your hard life
Leave back your sorrow
Leave all the harvesting for tomorrow
Tomorrow never knows
It can’t tell
Tomorrow never knows
So it can’t
So it can’t tell
You’re looking at me
Like you’ve never seen a ghost
You tremble in the night
You crumble in fright
As i touch your children’s dreams
You feel me on their eyes and lips
Honey tongued and hands on hips
Offering damnation
For the weak
Denying my crimes
For all time
Bring a book
Bring a blade
Bring songs of penance
Bring douglas the menace
Exactly what can he do
He can’t sing
He can’t read
He could never spell
He won’t tell
He could never tell
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what the roses said
02:32
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• what the roses said •
The roses bow down low
Like the heads of prophets
Release us they say
That’s what the roses say
Days flow into days
Light slips through the trees
Days flow into days
Nights come on with ease
If it all goes your way
What will that do for you
In your unmade bed
The one where roses grew
You beguile like sorrow
With just a kiss of red
Pressed on our eyes
I was not weeping
I was not weeping
Years flow into years
Time takes its treasures forward
Years flow into years
Our mission is to
Disappear
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8. |
baby's breath
05:24
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• baby’s breath •
A baby’s baby breath
So shallow and so sweet
An untimely death
Before you even found your feet
Oh no
Try not to step on a rusty nail
Try not to eat a bee
Have fun with your sand and pail
Try and remember me
Grow
Try not to come home bombed
Try even if you fail
Try and be kind to your mom
She’ll need some wind in her sails
Blow
I didn’t let you go
I could never do that no
I just drifted away
In my sleep
Sweet dreams baby
Baby sweet dreams baby
Sweet dreams baby
Baby sweet dreams baby
Sweet dreams baby
Baby sweet dreams baby
Sweet dreams
Your daddy didn’t leave home
I just can’t be there now
Just know you’re not alone
Just don’t throw in the towel
Imagine i’m with you
From the crib to the car to the church
Watching from afar
As you tuck in your own
Oh
I didn’t let you go
I could never do that no
I just drifted away
In my sleep
Go
Sweet dreams baby
Baby sweet dreams baby
Sweet dreams baby
Baby sweet dreams baby
Sweet dreams
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9. |
let's get this done
03:18
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• let’s get this done •
Life in the slow lane
Can still catch up with you
Flying by as i sat still
The storm blew around me
I start out standing
Then i learn to run
I’m marching to the kingdom
Let’s get this done
I heard the river is high
Let’s go swim in it
The reds and golds are comin’ on
As yellow as this old guitar
I’m strummin’ on
The endless song
The one i’ll write one day
Or maybe never
Push it away
See what they say
In the silence
I start out standing
Then i learn to run
I’m marching to the kingdom
Let’s get this done
Pray for them left standing
The unlucky old
Who stare into the glass
Until they find their soul
Like a lump in your throat
Now swallow
And follow every damn one of us
Who ever lived
The sun it still blazes
But it no longer phases me
I’m happy in repose
I think i’ll decompose
And i may never
I may never sing again
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Danger Painters Washington, D.C.
Danger Painters is Michael Barron, Bob Boilen, Bill Harvey and Kevin Lay. Their musical Heritage dates back to the seminal
70s-80s DC music scene, including Tiny Desk Unit, Fuji's Navy and Rhoda & The Bad Seeds.
The band members met in DC but now live in Maryland, New York and California, collaborating via the internet and very rarely meeting in one place to perform in public.
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