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Feelin's (You Gimme)
02:43
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Feelin's (You Gimme)
c. '16 Vlayman
There are many things that you make me feel
whenever you come around
And you know that my hunger is real when I see you dancing uptown, yeah
And I don't mean to scare ya, don't wanna scare you away,
I don't wanna scare ya but I can't help but say
You give me feelings,
You give me feelings
Regret, desperation, confusion, need, fear, hope and desire 2x
There ain't no one knows more about you
There ain't no one wants you more
And I don't mean to scare ya, I don't wanna scare you away,
I don't wanna scare ya but I can't help but say
You give me feelings,
You give me feelings
Regret, desperation, confusion, need, fear, hope and desire
Regret, desperation, confusion, need, fear, hope and desire 2x (double- time)
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Cherry
03:43
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Cherry
c. '16 Vlayman
I was never so lazy, so lazy as you
I was never so crazy, to do the things you do
Things was always so hazy, hangin' round with you
Now yer pushin' up daisies, so all my lies come true
You were the one
we all wanted to bury
After you choked on her cherry
She was never really too bright, I admit that that's true
She was a kinda dim a red light, witha lotta blue
But she always thought you'd do her right, to do the things you do
She didn't put up no kinda fight, she just gave in to you
You were the one
we all wanted to bury
After you choked on her cherry
But you was all kindsa lazy, and we could see you true
You was a mother fuckin' crazy, and so we hadda do for you
You thought you had the right, to do the things you do
Now you're in the deep dark night, and there's no way back for you
You were the one
we all wanted to bury
After you choked on her cherry
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Sorrow's Anthem
03:06
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Sorrow's Anthem
c. '16 Vlayman
Onna crowded boat they hope will float
On their backs is all their clothes
Fleein' from the helicopters
Barrel bombs and what comes after
Some ain't got no documents and
And some ain't got no descendants
And some has lost their young parents
Who knows what comes after
Sorrow's anthem izza siren
Can't help but hear all the cryin'
Payin' off at the garrisoned border
Let's hear it for the new world order
Gold and hash and woolen goods
They'd sell it all if they only could
To get beyond this ravaged land
From the bombed out cities and the barren sand
To try to find themselves somewhere more kind
To try and find themselves a better life
Sorrow's anthem izza siren
Can't help but hear ll the cryin' 2x
There's them what come from foreign lands
They promise and claim they have a plan
There's them what say this cannot stand
To make a peace upon this land
Sorrow's anthem izza siren
Can't help but hear all the cryin' 2x
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Atone
c. '16 Vlayman
Hey I hear confession's good for the soul,
You dirty rat I reckon you get that,
And I know that's something that you might know,
if you but hadda soul, which you don't
CH: It's that time o' year, I fear,
I hear it's time to forgive and forget
But you and me we gots some things we can't let be,
and I ain't ready to atone just yet
You mighta coulda just put it up in lights,
You dirty narc, tellin' tales in the dark,
All yer stories, right, about what happened that night
Are not truth but lies, all you know
CH:
When you make your request for such forgiveness,
You dirty hypocrite
You're s'posed to do it true, no holdin' back by you
And I'll see you turning blue, before we're through
CH: It's that time o' year, I fear,
I hear it's time to forgive and forget
But you and me we gots some things we can't let be,
and I ain't ready to atone just yet
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5. |
Yer Better Half
06:13
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Yer Better Half
c. '16 Vlayman
I gotta tellya, honey, I really appreciate
when you tell the hospital how you fell down the stairs sleepwalking in the dark,
And I love ya to death, when you tell 'em in all seriousness
That that I'm yer better half, I'm yer better half
And it's a great thing that you did making yer daddy believe,
that you've grown clumsy and you often walk into walls,
And those burns marks on yer arm are from a cooking accident, he believes,
and you told him nothing really hurts at all
CH: I'm sorry, baby, I tell you once again
Let's get some drinks and have some laughs
I know you'll forgive as you know you'll outlive me
I'm yer better half
I don't mean to hate you and you know I don't all the time,
It's just sometimes something in my head seems to snap,
And I would never rape you, but I will keep you in line because I'm yer better half
CH: I'm sorry, baby, I tell you once again
Let's get some drinks and have some laughs
I know you'll forgive as you know you'll outlive me
I'm yer better half
Bridge: I can't stand to think about it anymore
I'm standing here right outside yer bedroom door (that you locked)
I'm real sorry that I called you a whore (I won't do it no more)
Won't you let me in, let me again?
And yeah, I gotta record and it says I did some things (I ain't proud of)
but you promised to love and obey nonetheless
And if I only told you just before we put on the rings, I wasn't hidin' nuthin'
And you still took me as yer better half
CH: I'm sorry, baby, I tell you once again
Let's get some drinks and have some laughs
I know you'll forgive as you know you'll outlive me
I'm yer better half
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6. |
The Right to Survive
04:41
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The Right to Survive
c. '16 Vlayman
We undertook to to make this journey
We promised to stay together 'til the end
We didn't think we'd need to hurry
And we always thought that we would stay friends
Your momma sent us off with all her kisses
Your daddy gave us money and a gun
Your brothers they applauded and gave best wishes
Your little sister gave us none
CH: Nobody guarantees you the right to survive
I can't let you leave me alive
Bridge: And I swear, honey, I didn't see this coming
I didn't predict this kinda thing at all
But after making it through so many summers
Comes the fall
We undertook to to make this journey
We promised to stay together 'til the end
We didn't think we'd need to hurry
And we always thought that we would stay friends
CH: Nobody guarantees you the right to survive
I can't let you leave me alive
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7. |
Onna Roll
04:18
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Onna Roll
c. ' Vlayman
Got mebbe three kindsa choices to make
I reckon I'l tell ya about 'em in this song
And I'll propose mebba a answer to 'em
And you can keep it to yerselves if you know I'm wrong
First I gotta decide on Deicide
Do I kill my god, or do I kill yours
See, wounding the bitch ain't a good idea
She might want revenge and that could hurt
CH: And I'm onna roll
Don't know which way I'll go
But I'll let you know, yeah, when I get there
Next, I gota choose what I'm gonna do
About the things she done, them real bad things
And there's the question in there, about who else is involved
And do they get, do they get the same thing
CH: And I'm onna roll
Don't know which way I'll go
But I'll let you know, yeah, when I get there
My lastess decision requires some little precision
In aiming myself at the rest of my life
Do I become just another broke-down drunk
Or do I finish thing, and next my life
CH: And I'm onna roll
Don't know which way I'll go
But I'll let you know, yeah, when I get there
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8. |
Mineshaft
04:00
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Mineshaft
c. '16 Vlayman
I can't see any way through
Can't get through
to you
CH
You left me feeling like I was falling down an empty mineshaft
Ain't no way to get back
The light of my life is fading
The starlight is all I see above
The fight for my life
has been degrading
I been buried by love
The timbers broke the rails shattered
I've no air left but it ain't matter
I can't see any way through
Can't get through
to you
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Peppermint & Black Tea
06:26
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Peppermint & Black Tea
c. '16 Vlayman
Inspiration's what you are to me (Vocal opening)
If only you exist
I saddle up, once again
Got my broke-down boots and slicker on
The sun is shining as I leave my latest friend
But I know there comes a storm
One more silver dollar is what I leave her with
It's all she asked, and all I had
She got the others in the course of it
I say I gave her all I had
Now I admit that girl was just a placeholder
A marker, a remembrance of something yet to come
'Cause I'm still looking for my inspiration, son
My heart & soul, my love, the only one
CH: Now I know she's out there somewhere
I've tasted her scent on the breeze
In between the scent of peppermint and black tea
It's come to me 3x
My saddle's chafing and my pony limps
I ran outta food a few days past
The desert sun is hot as shit
But I'm not goin' back
And I thought I saw a eagle cross this morning's sun
But I fear that it was really a crow
In the distance a dust cloud's coming
And I expect soon that I'll know
And I taste the sand and long for a long cool drink
I can't stand to lick my blistered lips
If there's any hope I don't know of it
I just smell my sweat and the pony shit
CH
CH: And I know she's out there somewhere
I've tasted her scent on the breeze
In between the scent of peppermint and black tea (4th &5th time: the sea)
It's come to me
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Vlayman Chicago, Illinois
Fat, bald and old - could I be anymo' rock-n-roll?
I play guitar, bass, some keys and percussion, and I try to
vocalize. I write and record, and I do so obsessively. Also, I like martoonies, a lot, and I raise my kids, whom I also like, a lot.
Look for me at the TapeOp and TalkBass forums, where I'm vvv, or in various bars in the Loop.
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