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SPIN
03:31
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you saw her on the balcony
it wrecked your world
it was a starless night
the sky as black as dirt
hey boy
you’ve got a long way
to heaven
you cut your feet on the window ledge
you played the fool
you went back to the cigarettes
such a price to be paid to be cool
hey boy
you’ve got a long way
to heaven
now you're drenched in perfume
you forgot your old tunes
her faith is shedding
as she lays down her violets and your blues
hey boy
It's been a long way
to heaven
take a hit from the alley rain
catch the train
make it downtown
turn around, close your eyes, and spin
yeah boy
it’s been a long way
to heaven
yeah boy
it's been a long way
you saw her on the balcony.
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2. |
Hour Hand
03:28
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everyone is getting high
cause everyone knows one day they’re gonna die
so you pick up the bottle
you pick the plant and pipe
then you go about forgetting
the hour hand in life
some folks high on jesus
others watch the stars
some read Norman Mailer
some create, then burn all their art
some wait for shipwreck
or take the bullet train
love is all you need
till you want someone to blame
everyone is getting high
cause everyone knows one day they’re gonna die
so you pick up the bottle
you pick the plant and the pipe
then you go about forgetting
the hour hand in life
so you're in your 30’s (20's, 40's)
50's catching up
now you're in your 60’s (70's, 80's)
hey, did it all finally work itself out?
you get up when you got to
you go and play the game
waiting for one moment
to be high once again
everyone is getting high
cause everyone knows one day they’re gonna die
so you kill the bottle
maybe you cash the pipe
then you go about forgetting
the hour hand in life
then you go about forgetting
the hour hand.
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3. |
Ruby Jane
04:52
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I settled on fire
I worked for the flame
then I let my desire
burn me again
It's a fragile empire
two hearts in love
& words are surrender
they are never enough
so say it plain
Ruby Jane
do you need someone?
and at the end of the day
what remains?
do you still love me?
The night listens gently
for the break of dawn
a few stars suspended
the moon just hangs on
I've been here forever
between closing doors
I came to surrender
yet I still ask for more
so say it plain
Ruby Jane
do you need someone?
and at the end of the day
what remains?
do you still love me?
I keep learning
these hearts tell lies
they make promises
undone by time
leaving love behind
so say it plain
Ruby Jane
do you need someone?
and at the end of the day
what remains?
do you still love me?
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4. |
5 AM
04:00
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there was smoke from the chimney
there was a vision in the rain
childhood’s brown eyes
never lit up quite the same
the phone is out but off
no one's gonna call anyways
It’s 5AM and rising
sun's gonna burn out my brains
spend my time in the 4 walls
paced a track around the room
bargained with the wrong facts
picked at old wounds
drank what I could find
mixing cocktails and wine
it’s 5AM and rising
hallelujah, I’m finally out of my mind
we can convince ourselves of anything
and no one will tell you wrong
the man you marry
may be a stranger all along
and no matter what you claim
everyone plays a game
it’s 5AM and rising
and there’s no one else to blame
when I was a boy
I lived inside my mind
I didn’t need no magic
I didn’t yet feel time
then one day I looked back
another year had gone by
It’s 5AM and rising
and today starts the rest of my life
it’s 5AM and rising
today starts the rest of my life
it’s 5AM and rising
and the sun looks divine.
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5. |
I Know, I'm Sorry
04:27
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time is the only trade
rips you back and forth and together again
I know I’m not the man you wanted
the writing's on the wall
my crime is punishable
I know I let you bear my burden
take me in, take me in
is there no face in this room I can call a friend
I guess this is what I’m deserving
soaked through in the rain
with no more bottles to distract my brain
yes, I’ve come here to finally face this
selfish, scared, lying straight
a coward's blood at the lions gate
come forth now from your cages
you can tear me apart
smear my virtue, piss on my art
my only truth was indecision
time is the only trade
from birth to death, cradle to the grave
I’m sorry I’m not the man you needed.
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6. |
You Can Go
05:01
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come now kick your legs kid
a bit further up the road
time is a steady train
and you bear a heavy load
and you can go
wherever you gotta go
I don’t hold it against you
you know
they bled you like a warrior
took the skin down to the bone
you took it like a soldier
your cries were minimal
I watched you walk the fire
I let you take the smoke in
you believed in something higher
I believed in nothin’
so you go see
whatever you gotta see
and don’t you think of me
and you can go
wherever you gotta go
I don’t hold it against you
ya know
you weren’t cut out for this show
it’s a goddamn rodeo
all across the nights
I remember well
your constant, tired struggle
to get my tongue to tell
just what I really felt
just what I really meant
and was it ever love
or just some accident?
so you can go
wherever you gotta go
I don't hold it against you
you know
and you go see
whatever you gotta see
and tell yourself you’re free
and you just might be
you just might be
happy.
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7. |
Worried Mind
04:03
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the wind is howlin’
I’ve got rain in my boots
and whiskey on my breath
I’ve come to talk to you
about these things
all my unpaid fines
there once was a time
you could ease my worried mind
I’ve been a young man
and I’ve been old
what I held sacred
I have finally sold
to the night
I need new dreams to believe
and there once was a time
sleep could ease my worried mind
I grew up in the country
climbin’ trees
we used to get lost
in those fields of green
I want to show you
I want to see it again
there once was a time
home could ease my worried mind
I’m giving up the ghost now
turning from the debt
that which is left behind
with words unsaid
I’ll say it now
I've only tried to be me
and there once was a time
I could ease my worried mind.
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8. |
Before I Met You
03:20
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like the desert on a rainy night
I'm coming to life
but I knew better
before I met you
catch my fall in the cool, blue air
try not to care
and I could do that
before I met you
I always try to do what's right
I pray by day
and sin all night
she said baby,
It's alright
the shadows breed fragile men
they scare em to death
they'd follow me home
before I met you
we walked through the city park
I lit a cigar
I want to look like a man
when I'm with you
and I don't always do what's right
I work all day
so I can drink all night
she said baby,
you're doing alright
and I've been told I've got some growin' to do
I always strived to be the wisest fool
seasons change I'm breaking the same old rule
you cannot love what you're prepared to lose
I thought that true,
before I met you
before I met you.
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9. |
To the Sky
03:44
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It's not desolation row
there's no poetry here
every deadbeat with a daydream
sings through their tears
there's dust on the windowpane
there's a closet on my bed
there's a whole world outside
& I want no part of it
sometimes I feel so empty
sometimes I want to die
come now sweet love
send this poor boy to the sky
the mountain tamed the tiger
the angel is the thief
and edens long been burning
I never trusted the priest
or anyone that claimed to know
anything at all
the world should leave you spinning
besides the alcohol
sometimes I feel so empty
sometimes I want to die
come now wicked love
send this poor boy to the sky
maybe the mist will clear
all the children know
at the center of the earth
a train whistle blows
in the barrel of the night
you may hear it cry
calling all lost boys to the sky
calling all lost boys,
to the sky.
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10. |
Goodbye to My Hometown
05:32
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I'm trashed on ghost fumes
got the parking lot blues
and to any offer I refuse
to give up any ground
I think I lost something along the way
conviction, courage, a little faith
and no one should have to wait
for me to come back around
these days are long and full of change
I make mistakes I didn't think I'd make
sometimes to even hesitate
is a choice
all it's own
the moon would bounce on down our street
light up things others couldn't see
and I don't think I ever felt so free
as the first time you took me in
I was a boy my mind on fire
idealistic to the point of denial
and I think you knew all the while
one day, it'd come crashing down
these days are long and full of change
I make mistakes I didn't think I'd make
sometimes to even hesitate
is a choice
all it's own
I miss the summers
I miss love
those country roads between our parent's homes
and christ I feel it in my bones
there's nothing
there for me now
but I don't have one bitter word
It's all been said, It's all been heard
I'm only sad others got so hurt
by a single, broken heart
I'll make my way through the changes now
straighten shit out, just try to smile
& if the ghost comes to stay awhile
then I guess that's alright with me
these days are long and full of change
I make mistakes I didn't think I'd make
sometimes to even hesitate
is a choice
all it's own
I miss the summers
I miss love
those country roads between our parent's homes
and christ I feel it in my bones
there's nothing
there for me now
goodbye to my hometown.
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Eric Quigley Chicago, Illinois
A singer/songwriter primarily drawing from folk & rock traditions.
Attempting to find the meeting place
between Led Zeppelin and Leonard Cohen.
Deceptively melancholy songs that always seek the silver lining.
Frontman and songwriter for Chicago hard rock band 'One More Moon'...& one half of Folk duo 'The Alibis.'
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