Hollow-Hearted, Heart-Departed


Filthy harlots – the Lord’s grape!With lore ornamented entreating;Hollow hearted, heart-departed –Yet thou reapest the blooming rose –When ’tis the weed which is to be swath’d I do, in the blooming flower, pleasurefind!And me in the yesterday’s bind?!Innocence is reserved for the meek:Of naught is my grasp ne’er to be! […]


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O-Town – The Painter


Hmmmm….. If I were a painter mixing my colorsHow could I ever find the blue of your eyes?The canvas could never capture the light of your smile, of your smile And girl if I were a sculptor, working in marbleI couldn’t hope to copy your perfect faceThe curve of your […]


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Agua Clara


Agua Clara pa beberDe mi mano te daréAgua Clara pa beber. Fuente Pura que ha escapaoCon Arroyo del EdénVan tocaos en el costao… Agua Pura al río vaSe le entrubia la mira¡Qué fatiga en su caudal!. Agua Clara que me envenenaEste amor que se me enciende y me quemaAy! mi […]


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Carlos Rossi


(B-Legit)What’s up fool, I got like 3 buck on the RossiLet’s go get perved(E-40)You don’t wanna get perved, niggaYou don’t wanna fuck wit this Rossi shit(…)Man, don’t forget the ice man(E-40)Oh, you want something toO.K. (Chorus)Top of the line wine, Carlos RossiDrinkin’ on some of of that top of the […]


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Hero Of The Day


The window burns to light the way back homeA light that warms no matter where they goThey’re off to find the hero of the dayBut what if they should fall by someone’s wicked wayStill the window burnsTime so slowly turnsAnd someone there is sighingKeepers of the flamesDo you feel your […]


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One Day


[Fabolous humming to the beat] It’s easy to look at my life and don’t see no painI remember takin 3, 4 trains to re cocaineStanding in the lobby during sleet, snow, rainWaiting for fiends with a pint of beef lomainBreaking day on the grind, I used to be so drainedBut […]


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Headshrinker


I know a girl who’s lost and lonelySits by the phone on her ownBut the phone don’t ringAnd the birds don’t sing in her treeShe lost herself in a haze of pityAnd doesn’t know where to runShe needs a headshrinker nowAnd I think it’s time we had some fun Lost […]


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Nurse Rozetta


I’m a shepherd for the pentecostI got my scriptures and my wires crossedI got no kids and I got no homeThey want us holy men to live alone Since I’ve been here for a little stayI see Rozetta day by dayShe turns my head makes me coughI want to tear […]


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Had A Dad


Had a dadBig and strongTurned aroundFound my daddy goneHe was the oneMade me what I am todayIt’s up to me nowMy daddy has gone away… Well I spoke to the mountainI listened to the seaBoth told me that the fountainWas the best that you could beMy daddy’s hand it growedShow […]


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No Reply


Listen, I’m leaving, I can’t have your talking I hate it so hear this, I want to stop But I can’t seem to fall, no heart, no reply No reply I have been hoping to get it together There has been nobody who told me to stop But I can’t […]


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Good Time


The gentle man caller in the blue suede shoesHe don’t know what to dohe just wants to look good for youSo he rushes in to tell you what he did todaybut he can’t think of what to sayI think you’ll listen anyway.He wants to have a good timejust like everybody […]


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Never Too Far


You’re with meTil the bitter endWhat we had transcends This experience Too painful to Talk about So I’ll hold it in Til my heart can mend And be brave enough to love again A place in time Still belongs to us Stays preserved in my mind In the memories there […]


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(We Won’t) Stop The War


So now we talk about destruction’bout the way that we might goI’ve seen the headlines in the papers,The truth is more that we should know. Somebody wake me from this nightmare,Is this a TV horror show?We can run and we can walkWe can sit and we can talk. But we […]


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Girlfriend


GirlfriendYou make my head start spinning aroundAnd all I can ever hear is the sound Of your heart beating in my earsGirlfriendThis boy has found another reason to singYou’re reminding me of everythingThat I hold dear in my heart And I’m feeling elevatedLifted to my highest dreamMy whole world’s revolving […]


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My Need


[CHORUS:]My loveMy needTonightI feel so tightMy loveMy needTonightJust how I like I knowYou knowWhat exactly’s on my mind I can’t helpMyselfPart of how I feel tonight Won’t makeExcusesI just want you inside baby We don’tNeed toTalk about no promises [CHORUS] Let justPretendThat we have no more tomorrow Can’t weMake loveLike […]


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