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Brash But Mine
03:40
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Brash But Mine
Under the year after year
Under the gun and the fear
Under the beating drum
Under the wires hum
Taking a turn as it turns
One and another it burns
Taking the hours earned
Watching them overturned
Taking my world apart
Making it new again
I don’t care about the truth
I don’t care for these times
I just want some happiness
Let it be brash
But let it be mine
When I get to choose I choose you
Just let me go before you do
Let us pass right out of danger
Let us arrive right on time
Let us please pass out of danger
Let us arrive right on time
Dancing my dance apart
Making it new again
I don’t care about the truth
I don’t care for these times
I just want some happiness
Let it be brash
But let it be mine
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Winter Dance Party
Your hair is in your eyes
That’s so rock n roll
Your hand is on my heart
I won’t tell a soul
That you touched me
Yes you touched me
Take to the air say air
You’re on my mind say mind
O brothers
O brothers
O brothers
O where
O where
O where
We’ve left the dance
That was real rock n roll
The year is still young
There’s a field like a hole
And you kissed it
You take to the air say air
You’re on my mind say mind
O brothers
O brothers
O brothers
O where
O where
O where
I won’t see you any more
No not in Minnesota
We’ve danced our last dance
It ain’t how it oughta be
Snowblind don’t wanna see
You never saw 23
My heart
My soul
My brothers three
That old rock n roll
O brothers
O brothers
O brothers
O where
O where
O where
O brothers
O brothers
O brothers
O where
O where
O where
O where
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Smash On The River
02:55
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Smash On The River
This ain’t no after-schoolin’
This ain’t no Huck Finn time
They think your mama’s foolin’
Till she draws the line
We brought you into this world
We can take you out
Threatened by bad men on the river
Kill them
Kill them
Kill them dead
Guided by ancient graveyards
As the nightmare descends
Do the hills have eyes mama
Well child that depends
We brought you into this world
We can take you out
Threatened by bad men on the river
We do as we must, we do as we must
Floating
I’m floating
Who needs fighting or rowing
Floating
So far from the rest
Out of body
I ain’t going back
We brought you into this world
We can take you out
Threatened by bad men on the river
We kill them
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4. |
Trash is King
04:28
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Trash is King
The people come
They will always come
The greater the dread
There’s more by the hour
They quiver forward
Or rise like the tide
They jockey each other
For the power
The lines of engagement
Are swingin’ in phone trees
Disconnected at this time
I’m the brother you love
In the color you hate
How long do you expect
Me to wait
I’m the brother you love
In the color you hate
How long do you expect
Me to wait
My father was the Archduke
My father was a druid
My father was a merchant or a workingman
A residue, a fluid
A fluid, a residue
Martha told David
Your mind’s not just narrow
It’s closed
So David told Martha
Woman
You better zip it
Or ya get the hose
Ya get the hose
The people come
They will always come
The greater the dread
There’s more by the hour
They quiver forward
Or rise like the tide
They jockey each other
For the power
Is it a curious affair
Or a fucked up thing
The sergeant-at-arms declares
Trash is king
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5. |
Lover of Love
03:10
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Lover of Love
We met in a dream
In a garden long long ago
The loves of other
Summers long gone
We’ll not get it back
Our youth or digestion
We’ll look for some
Uplift in our underworld
O, a lover of love
Till it flies and
O, a lover of love
Till it’s gone
By the time you hear
This my darling
I’ll be on my way
With a small length of ribbon
And a scrap of crepe paper
O, a lover of love
Till it flies and
O, a lover of love
Till it’s gone
As it often happens after marriage
In which we see what is true
You made up our minds
We do as you do
To say as you say
To do as you do
As you say
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6. |
Flash Boy
03:39
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Flash Boy
Mother falls on her knees
In the middle of the kitchen
Holds up her arms
Like she’s reaching for prayers
Mother whispers
O please
Just let him come back
Come back intact
But if not well repair
We’ll repair what’s been broken
We’ll replace what’s been stolen
You’ll rest in my arms
Once again my son
I’d never seen her cry
In fact I thought she was laughing
I watched her shoulders shaking
With her face in her hands
Well how did you leave us
Was there a waiting car
We could barely believe it
They turned your head into a jar
We’ll repair what’s been broken
We’ll replace what’s been stolen
You’ll rest in my arms
Once again my son
My son, please don’t get lost out there
My son, too young and far too fair
My son, to run into a firefight
In a foreign land
In a foreign light
In a flash boy
Just come back
We’ll repair what’s been broken
We’ll replace what’s been stolen
You’ll rest in my arms
Once again
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7. |
Oud All Along
02:44
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Oud All Along
I’m speeding up to keep my distance
Daddy don’t ya walk so fast
I’ll be alright just need some kisses
From my mama gonna make it last
I hear singing
Or is that true
So far above me
Everyone I love plus you
There's a crossroads
Where tiny things are bought and sold
And it’s a mystery I never know
Which side of this deal I’m on
See there’s gravel and there’s gold
And there’s stories I ain’t told
Let’s just set it all out at the curb
And walk back to the house and make love
Because for now there’s no exit signs
And no one packing in the upper room
We’re gonna throw a big party and pretend
That no one is gone, they never left
They’ve been here all along
They never left
They’ve been here all along
Hit Send
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8. |
So We'll Go
03:50
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So We’ll Go
Oh my soul
Wakened in alarm
Pulled from the virtue
Of sleep
Oh my soul
Likened to a sword
Pulled from the stone
At last
You’re covered in ermine
You’re hovering sublime
Drawing me into
Your beam of light
Oh my love
Trembled in evening
Crowning the day
As the past
Oh my love
Resembled the morning
Crowning only you
At last
You’re covered in dreams
A shrouded cathedral
Drawing me into
A dawn of retrieval
All my life
Looking for radar
Heralding the heights of our goal
So we’ll go, so we’ll go
So we’ll go you and me
And my soul
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9. |
True Believer
04:24
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True Believer
I’ve seen edens and idylls
All come to tears
I’ve heard meaningless monologues
From the black mouths of caves
And I’ve explored symbol after symbol
But I still can’t write my name
Or explain how it is I don’t believe what I see
I’m still waiting for truth as seen on TV
See I’ll fight them on land
And I’ll fight them at sea
And I’ll fight them because they’re not me
So I breach and I preach
And I scream activated
After every bad lesson that I’m taught or I teach
Bring on the special commissions
To prosecute the air
So filled with bad faith and the faithless inspectors
Of every dark utterance under the sun
Jump up, to the height of absurdity
But it’s all in good fun
Fight ya back, yea right into history
Ya better run
My view is restricted
But not my opinion
I’m not moved in the least
By the truth as projected
On the face of some buildings
No not in the least
Instead I’ll swoon to the poison
Like it’s cherry elixir
Brought to me
By some fancy armada
See I’ll fight them on land
And I’ll fight them at sea
And I’ll fight them
Because they’re not me
I’d be kneeling in power
If not for my bad knee
Cuz I feel resurrected
Though I’m still as an owl
Or a true believer
Who’s been shot in the back
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10. |
Here All Along
02:13
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Here All Along
I’m speeding up
To keep my distance
Daddy don’t ya walk so fast
I’ll be alright
Just need some kisses
From my mama gonna make it last
I hear singing
So far above me
Everyone I love
I hear singing
So far above me
Everyone I love
Plus you
There is a crossroads
Where tiny things
Are bought and sold
And it’s a mystery
Because I never know
Which side of this
Deal
I’m on
See there’s gravel
And there’s gold
And there’s stories
I ain’t told
Tonight
Let’s set it all out
At the curb
Because for now
There’s no exit signs
And no one packing
In the upper room
In fact we’re gonna throw
A big party and pretend
That no one is gone
They never left
They’ve been here
All along
They never left
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11. |
Dash
01:39
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Dash
You don’t send me flowers
You love me too much
For that
I’m trying
To look small and cute
I love you enough
For that
As soon as we're parked we dash
We dash
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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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