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Paul Timings

by Paul Timings

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New York City Blues 03:28
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New York City never can be beat Selling charcoal candy in the street Silhouettes of giant concrete feet On rotating corners where they meet You find it hard so hard to find When you got New York on your mind Purity is the star in a candles fight Leaping at the tall ghosts of the night Lighting up the traffics eyes in flight Crying like the lonesome flood lit lights You find it hard so hard to find When you got New York on your mind New York City pack your bags and go Its the place to say I told you so Nod your head at people in the know Life begins within a stones throw You find it hard so hard to find When you got New York on your mind
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Rumours 03:03
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Something whispers through the crowd Building momentum rippling round The frothing mouths One shout turns three or four And soon enough the oceans roar Is all to be saw On the crest a deep blue wave The shouting crowd about to break On a mistake The storm a violent brew Fists ready to be threw Like lightning bolts to strike on cue The wind blows on north it goes It crouched and rose for crowds move With the voices flow Waves pound at word and law For no reason anymore Upon the shore
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Frankie and Johnny 06:27
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Frankie and Johnny were lovers At least that's what Frankie thought She'd work in the sun dreaming of all the fun Of running without getting caught Johnny would come home at midnight Smelling of smokes and cheap wine Ready to show her the back of his hand In case she talks out of line Frankie's crying for Johnny to lay still While Johnny's heart bleeds like a pistol And though Frankie lets him mistreat her He nurses her black eyes to sleep Through all the ways he shows hatred There still is a love that runs deep Sometimes Frankie wonders why take all this pain? I could leave any day any time Then Johnny calls home leaves a time on the phone That hes coming with a bottle of wine Frankie's crying for Johnny to lay still While Johnny's heart bleeds like a pistol But Johnny comes late back to her house The bottle of wine is all gone He bulges his eyes and flattens his fists Says I'll teach you to speak in that tone And after his tears stain the carpet While the blood that ain't his stains his head All he wants to do is destroy himself But ends up breaking her instead Frankie's crying for Johnny to lay still While Johnny's heart bleeds like a pistol He thinks back to old Johnny senior The tyrant that tattered his face Grew up in a mist that as showered in fists And moved out when he found a cheap place Frankies story ain't much better She just couldn't know How to make ways in relationships Before the first punch was thrown Frankie's crying for Johnny to lay still While Johnny's heart bleeds like a pistol Frankie and Johnny were lovers Frankie and Johnny were weights Holding down paper that cannot escape With a signature signed to their fate Frankie's crying for Johnny to lay still While Johnny's heart bleeds like a pistol
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Black Rain 03:38
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Stay out of the black rain It wont do you no good Stay out of the black rain The sky is poison World powers designing Killing machines for compromise They tested it one time Then flew it into the skies Eight fifteen in the morning A blinding light shatters upon high Would they still have done it If they knew the extent that would die Not much was left for miles around where the bomb did lie Stay out of the black rain It wont do you no good Stay out of the black rain The sky is poison A city leveled in seconds What had these people done Babies burned up and orphaned What battle had they thought they had won The survivors sat silent Not even heard was the sound of a gun As the rain fell upon them Cant help but think something worse had begun It seemed so long a time before the return of the sun Stay out of the black rain It wont do you no good Stay out of the black rain The sky is poison And still I sit around asking myself why The bombs still drop today and life is still denied Each generation has its forms of genocide And how another's blood being shed can be called pride
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Farewell 03:14
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On the lonely days when someones on your mind Throw the thoughts away of the ones who were unkind In the alleyways ignoring wretched signs You're in my head tonight Don't you lay awake lamenting spoken lines Don't you hesitate to break the bell with chimes Even providence must forsake sometimes You're in my head tonight On the twilight nights when no ones eyes can tell And sleep occupies your idle iron bell I want you to know I didn’t say goodbye I just said fare thee well You're in my head tonight
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Talkin' Bin Laden Blues 04:13
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I was walking through the city streets Minding business that was mine I was shedding clothing from the heat And wondering whether the next stranger had the time I passed a fellow thin and tall And tapped on his machine gun He turned his back against the wall And told me it was half past one It was Osama (The worlds most dangerous man) It was Osama (The most dangerous man alive) I said "Hey pal you look familiar Ain't I seen your face somewhere?" He said "No mister I look similar To a lot of folk out there He could be hiding in your basement He could be in the Indian sea He could have been evicted for not paying up the rent But sorry kid he just ain't me" I'm sure it was Osama (The worlds most dangerous man) It was Osama (The most dangerous man alive) It was about that time my mind moved forward And I got to thinking good There must be a big reward For catching Osama Bin Laden in my neighborhood I said "Hey wait a second fella You dropped something out of those trous'" He turned around thats when I clobbed him With my old guitar I bagged Osama (The worlds most dangerous man) I bagged Osama (The most dangerous man alive) I took him to the courthouse Wrapped up in a fishing net Threw him on the judges desk Asked "Anyone claimed the reward yet?" The judge hardly gave a second glance Said "Put him up beside the rest Well see if you're in for half the chance to win The Catch the Osama Bin Laden contest" I'm sure it was Osama (The worlds most dangerous man) I'm sure it was Osama (The most dangerous man alive) I waited like a decent man Patiently on the benches side To see if my Osama Bin Laden Was indeed bonified The judge came back from the courtroom He said "Hey boy the verdicts in... Hes just not what were looking for Good luck and try again" It wasn't Osama (The worlds most dangerous man) It wasn't Osama (The most dangerous man alive) Osama's average common too I'm just like him and Im the same as all of you But if it came to one on one I'll bet you a dollar I'd take him down I know kung fu. I'd take Osama (The worlds most dangerous man) I'd take Osama (The most dangerous man alive)
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Yesterdays Way 04:06
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Taken are lives of small children By bombers protesting While people stand cueing And storms are brewing away Men with guns rotate the borders With violent orders To shoot before he does As clouds hide the shadows of day Suicide shelters the fears That distorts memories That makes someone appeased That brings mothers to knees That kills thousands of people But martyrs dont see that Their moment has been And their sacrifice means Just another release On the medias fleece Of gold wool Pestilence brings out the demons Who feast on diseases That eats families But the rain doesn't cease As they prey Cameras point at their face In a silent disgrace It's all just a race For the journalists place To be front of the page With out deliberation Of whether the story Could all be a waste When the cameras cost Could buy food in its place Images seen still occurring Of fires still burning Of religions turning Of nations depraving And offer no haven For innocent laden Babies in cradles Who know nothing better Than yesterdays way
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Say Hello From Me 02:51
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I wish that I could sing A melody so low for you If you see her say hello from me I wish that I could write A sentence to slumber you If you see her say hello from me The summer sunshine stammers softly upon your face While the vultures with nine knives stick their eyes at you at the race I wish that I could see The blind mans silver cane for you If you see her say hello from me I that I could save Every raindrop on the pane for you If you see her say hello from me For forty days and forty nights I stood at the train in wait With no recollection of the songs refrain but I didn't feel any pain When you never appeared at the gate I wish that I could sing A melody so low for you If you see her say hello from me
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State Highway One 04:38
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Hay bales on new years day A soup of grass served on the tray And all the lakes are made of clay Drinking at the matinee We had no telling from the time of the sun That shone upon state highway one I asked Hannah G what she wanted to hear She said to buy her a drink would be fair So I looked far away and gave her my beer She said "Beer I dont drink" and got up from her chair She had the face of a wardrobe and the body of a nun And she was on my mind on state highway one We stopped by at the old train Where the water had rained In a tide of change That left the gates all rusted and chained We drove so far I was tempted to run Straight down the line of state highway one Vague memories in the head The ace of diamonds the ace of spades The ace of hearts lies in wait instead For a tour that disappeared The game that came and divided the nation Either side of state highway one The unrest was all there before All we needed was reason for Declaring civil war Laying chairs upon the floor People wanted to know whose side you were on If you crossed state highway one I'd love to show you how to laugh Put pebbles on your photograph Count the hairs upon your head Tuck your blankets into bed Me and Hannah G we could have led the demonstration Hand in hand down state highway one
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Sunken Angel Blues 02:02
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Times began to waste away Moving toward another day Another sunrise another kiss To reaffirm what we all miss For if it all is set in stone I'd rather that it's left alone You can teach a boy to beg and lie But you can't teach him how to cry And as the footprint turns to sand A fading mark upon the land To learn the truth is not so nice When illusion's paradise If in the end we go somewhere Then you ain't got a thing to fear We go to heaven leaning on The shoulder of a companion And when my soul is taken in Ill leave with a contented grin

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released May 1, 2003

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