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Assault and flattery
Just another Saturday
This will all end in tears
Marching down the Bowery
Chants in broken harmony
This will all end in tears
It's never gonna be all right
It's never gonna be all right
It's never gonna be all right
But that's ok
Fashion shows in riot gear
Bulletproof is in this year
This will all end in tears
All the moderates declare
It could never happen here
This will all end in tears
Do you love the things that kill you?
Do you keep them by your side?
Do you only ask the questions
After all your friends have died?
I've been ignorant and arrogant
Vain and insecure
I lost every battle
I still think I'll win the war
Bartenders are serving up
Top shelf liquor molotovs
This will all end in tears
Mama's little hellion
Joining the rebellion
This will all end in tears
This will all end
This will all end in tears
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Bulletproof
03:48
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I know it's over
But I still don't know how to grieve
So I just choose not to believe it
I
I used to know her
In failing memories of youth
That disregard the ugly truth
But she
Was part of me
You think that you're bulletproof
But somewhere there's a bullet
Somewhere there's a bullet with your name on it
You think that you're bulletproof
But somewhere there's a bullet
Somewhere there's a bullet with your name
I found a picture
And soon that will be all that's left
Just images with no context and
They
They quoted scripture
You take what comforts that you can
The mind of god unknown to man
And it's there in the silences
A final curtain call
All creatures great and small
One thing awaits us all
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Elegy
02:49
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This is just a song to say I miss you
This is just a song to say I'm sorry that you're gone
And every word is true
All that I can do
Is carry on
You know that I would have come to see you
You know that I would have come, I'd run to where you are
Maybe it's for the best
Some distances I guess
Are just too far
Tell me where do the good girls go
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
And yesterday
Can't stop tomorrow
We were never good at happy endings
We were never good at holding on or letting go
Should I leave, should I stay
Sometimes the choice is made
Before you know
Tell me where do the bad boys go
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
The actor's gone
It doesn't stop the show
You used to love it when I sang to you
So I hope you hear me one more time
I love you
Good night, good luck, goodbye
Tell me where will we all go
I don't know, I don't know, I don't know
Yesterday
Can't stop tomorrow
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Shakytown
03:20
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Headlights flashing
She drove into a wall again
It happens every now and then
She doesn't stop
I've been waiting
For her to tell me what to do
Baby, it's not me, it's you
Do I look like a cop?
And we're all afraid of what's been going down, down, down
Been going down, down, down
In Shakytown
Someone told her
It's never going to be enough
A little makeup and a lot of luck
And you'll get by
I believe her
The little quiver in her voice
It's never been my drug of choice
But it gets me high
Someday, someday we'll slide into the ocean
Someday, someday we'll slide into the sea
Someday, someday we'll slide into the ocean, the ocean
Someday, someday we'll slide into the sea
So tell the doctor
Tell the lawyer
Tell her father's last employer
I don't need a reason more than her
Headlights flashing
I drove into a wall to see
What it's like to be completely free
I still don't know
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Whiskey and Smoke
03:26
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It's a rainy night outside a downtown bar
You just stopped in to forget who you are
You got a couple more dollars than you do when you're broke
In a place that smells like whiskey and smoke
Your eyes meet another's with a hint of a smile
You walk slowly over and you talk for a while
There's a soft little laugh, at some private joke
Covered up in whiskey and smoke
Oh, oh, oh, have you been lonely too?
Oh, oh, oh, I don't want love, I just want you
There's the cover of darkness, there's a whisper or two
A dirty little story about what you want to do
The touch of a hand, really more of a stroke
A kiss that tastes like whiskey and smoke
In the grey light of morning you wake up to yourself
No names, no numbers, no anything else
But the memory lingers at the back of your throat
A little bit of whiskey and smoke
Just a hint of whiskey and smoke
A memory of whiskey and smoke
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Quietly
04:45
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Broke down on 35
Like we're the only people left alive
I couldn't believe it with my own two eyes
They took her away
Cracks in the rear window
Willie Nelson on the radio
A hand on her shoulder and it's time to go
They took her away
Kicking and screaming
Kicking and screaming
I will, I will, I will
I will not go quietly
I will, I will, I will
I will not go quietly
They pulled the ribbons from her hair
Stripped her down to her underwear
With dirty looks and a defiant stare
They took her away
The same questions over again
Where did you come from, where have you been
How do we know that you're not one of them?
They took her away
I know, I know it's not enough
To stand silent in the face of love
love, love, love
love, love, love
They boarded up the golden door
Built a wall around the teeming shore
We're sorry about it, but we have to be sure
They took her away
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Bryan Dunn Brooklyn, New York
Bryan Dunn's irrepressible roots rock sounds like faded denim: love-worn & raw.
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