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Contract Rider
02:58
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When on your way you go, You don't need a manifesto
In heavy leather bound, Except for throwing down
And here comes Stagger Lee, Says you know that song about me
A deed I can't disown, The rest is overblown
Don't asterisk my win, And don't sugar up my Mickey Finn
Leave me in the sun, Procure for me someone
So says the contract rider, So says the contract rider
So says the contract rider, So says the contract rider
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2. |
Music Rings On
03:15
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I breathe this time, with a shine in space
The sun is so bright, as the stars light the sky
With every crisp air, the music rings on
While the party takes, the people stare through
I fall down, They turn and drive in
I breathe the air, so stale with a straw
The moon hides away, with the gift of flavor
The colors taste like fire, without the burn so bright
It’s going to be alright, as the music rings on
I fall down, They turn and drive in
I stand up, They dance with no eyes
I breathe this time, with a shine in space
The sun is so bright, as the stars light the sky
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On the far side of the door, pretty Eleanor
Singing songs never sung
I'll dance with the one I brung
The very soul of lassitude, she called me "dude"
All God's children got guns--they know how to use them
All God's children got guns--they know how to use them
She touched him like he was Braille; he stood still
But the evidence won't burn--ashes in an urn
To the skies their faces rise--don't folks realize
All God's children got guns--they know how to use them
All God's children got guns--they know how to use them
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50 Years
04:52
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I see you, With a smile, The deal slips through
As we laugh, With a stream, The old times last
These linked times, Dies with, With a blast
Waiting For the Time
Years and Years and Years
I see you, The snapping stops, feelings towed
These old times, The well is dry, Trash so full
I see you, With a smile, And now it ends
Waiting For the Time
Years and Years and Years
It’s always bizarre, It’s perfect for now
As the flashing flares up, this disaster rolls on
With the papers produced, Take the second car
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Last Recruits
05:33
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It's the morning that they're calling the last recruits
Send them away with no warning or hope of return 'til they learn
All sides are drawn the same
When the names are decided it's a mystery
Don't like not knowing the reason they're going
It's not plain to see, Left on their own
When the dust storm clouds form around
If they're lucky enough to make it home
They won't remember a thing 'til the spring passes by
Left out on their own
When the dust storm clouds form around
Only one chance to escape the impending collapse
If they come back they will always be known as the last
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Going back and forth with no direction in mind, Not on the emergency call lists anymore
The payments are considered for another year, But the department may ask not to return
Have a question in mind, Don’t call because no one will answer
I’ll monitor these actions for a while, For no one will be around
Terms of endearment lost to gain
With another blow to the base
The Central Station signal is received
While you just whistle away
Sky divers jumping up instead of down, for no directions come to mind
Assassins sign up for peace, while the night watchman laughs away
The agents call it quit, for this is temporarily sane
24 hours pass, Don’t worry for this won’t last
Terms of endearment lost to gain
With another blow to the base
The Central Station signal received
While you just whistle away
Terms of endearment lost to gain
With another blow to the base
The Central Station signal received
The Central Station signal received
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7. |
July Is Over
03:11
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I know you want to forget everything
But I can tell you the trouble it brings
Hold the door open and don't let it take too long
Take me away to those warm summer days
Everything seemed like an endless parade
July is over the ice age is on the way
Tell me you want to I know you won't
Leave this town and forget all you know
Faraway places are singing their siren song
This is the last time I can explain
What it means to be left out again
Hope it's not too late to rewrite the final plan
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Tape Loop
02:43
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Ahhhhh
Ooooo
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Mountains Rise
04:18
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Mountains will rise 'til they reign over the sky, Everest shines
Ten miles high can't see the summit from here
Though the horizon is clear
Natural wars closing the ocean's gray doors, Never to see
Words on the wall predict to oncoming fall
I will try to stand tall
Time passes by and the seasons change
But the way I feel will stay the same
You are the one I can't live without
Even if you're living with someone else
Volcanoes form turning the curtains to dust, Seeds of mistrust
Houses in flames, Smoke lingers over the plain
All of the land will remain
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Commit to the freaks
To no avail
The streets go to the kids
Scene on TV is on loop
But all the figureheads dance
Like dunces once again
The pace of the beast
Ends without noise
They can’t hear
They can’t swim
They can’t taste
It could be worse
At least it’s not me
Hide away
In front this TV
In the basement
The thoughts are pure
Been watching for awhile
Screw it I’m bored
They can’t hear
They can’t swim
They can’t taste
They can’t hear
They can’t swim
They can’t taste
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Studio 54
04:37
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Clementine, there are two travelers on the road tonight
They have no English like you'd recognize
Only a million words for cold
Even so, they saw the empire rise and then plateau
They'd draw a knife across another throat
To keep their love from growing old
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Medical Maps Boston, Massachusetts
Medical Maps are: Afshin Beheshti, Eric Provonsil, Greg Mahoney, Phil Mahoney, & Ethan
Herschman.
Afshin has been in the following former bands: Shore Leave, Divided Body, & an ongoing solo project The Afrohseens. Eric has been in the following bands: The Subject, Tony the Bookie Orchestra & Broken River Prophet. Greg is also in Triple Thick & Ethan is also in Bunch of Jerks & Lars Vegas
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