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Dollar Bill
03:36
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We want to get high, so high
Don’t wanna get low
Pay the money but don’t pay the rent
Pay the devil when he’s heaven sent
Take the time but the time is spent
So why you keep on asking
About love - what we gonna do now?
About love - what we gonna do now?
Yeah love - what you gonna do now?
We want to get high, so high
Don’t wanna get low
Keep on pushing in the present tense
Keep on pushing when you’re on the fence
Dollar Bill, he don’t make no sense
So why you keep on asking
About love and what we gonna do now
About love, what we gonna do now
Yeah love - what we gonna do now
I’m asking... gonna keep on asking
We want to get high, so high
Don’t wanna get low
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2. |
Broadway Chapel
03:41
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Down at the chapel
Someone’s signing their life away
In front of all their family and friends
They’ll be asked to say
Do you take, none other to have and to hold
Give them everything you have
Whether you’re rich or poor
And I said yes, I do
Yes I do, everyday
Down at the chapel
Folks are getting down on their knees
Looking for salvation
And making their apologies
But you don't need, to keep searching
When you already got what you need
So now I'm asking, in Love do you believe
And I said yes, I do
Yes I do, everyday
Down at the chapel
There's a hole in the ground
A name of somebody etched in the stone
With the dates for lost and found
And you know it's all over, oh in the blink of an eye
So hold on to the one you love
And keep them satisfied
And I said yes, I do
Yes I do, everyday
And I said yes, I do
Yes I do, everyday
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3. |
Get Yourself Together
04:05
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She moves in her own direction
She moves mountains made of sand
And she sleeps with her eyes wide open
She’s someone you can’t understand
It’s her touch in the morning
It’s the cry late at night
It’s a melody that moves her
It’s the pulse of the light
There’s no point in denying
That she’s everything you need
Better you get yourself together
Or she'll be gone like a dream
Hold on to the heart you're breaking
Heavy is the love you save
Yes you’ll play your part to make it happen
But now she’s gone, now you’ve gone and lost your way
It’s her touch in the morning
It’s the cry late at night
It’s a melody that moves her
It’s the pulse of the light
There’s no point in denying
That she’s everything you need
Better you get yourself together
Or she'll be gone like a dream
It’s her touch in the morning
It’s the cry late at night
It’s a melody that haunts you
It’s the dying of the light
And there’s no point in denying
She’s everything you need
Better get yourself together
Or she'll be gone like a dream
Just like a dream
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4. |
Cry Baby
04:14
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Don't take me for granted
Don't let them take you for a fool
We’re just getting started
But there's no time to play it cool
Please stop acting like someone who’s got nothing to lose
You might find I’ve changed my mind,
Forget about it
You’re yesterday’s news
Cry baby
You been crying all night long
Cry baby when you find out what went wrong
Try baby, try to get yourself up strong
Every life has got some trouble at times
Dry your eyes and carry on
Just lean on your brother
You can lean on your friends
You might discover
There's no means to the end
And when you stop acting like someone who’s got nothing to lose
You might find you’ll change your mind,
Forget about it
It’s yesterday’s news
Cry baby
You been crying all night long
Cry baby when you find out what went wrong
Try baby, try to get yourself up strong
Every life has got some trouble at times
Dry your eyes and carry on
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5. |
Feet Don't Fail Me Now
04:00
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Wait till you wake up, and put on your makeup
Go straight to the break up and dance with me
Something so secret, not just for the weekend
So slip on some sweetness - come dance with me
Feet don’t fail me now
When it’s over there’ll be hell to pay
We gonna celebrate
Feet won’t save you now
Catch a fever and it’s home to stay
Yeah it’s a holiday
It’s a holiday
Yeah it’s a holiday
Searching for reason, something to believe in
It's just out of season so dance with me
Asleep on the island, we're safe from the silence
But dreaming of violence - come dance with me
Feet don’t fail me now
When it’s all over there’ll be hell to pay
We gonna celebrate
Sleep won’t save you now
Catch a fever and it’s home to stay
Yeah it’s a holiday
It’s a holiday
Yeah it’s a holiday
Yeah it’s a holiday
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6. |
Postmodern Times
03:32
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Cry so late at night
I am not your saviour
A burden to turn on
I am not your maker
Control alt delete
I’ll see you later
Just tell yourself some more
Little lies
And it’s alright tonight…
TV on the street
Don’t keep you safer
Key fits in the cloud
To take you home
A promise on the screen
Swipe up for pleasure
Just tell yourself some more
Little lies
And it’s alright tonight
I guess we’ll be just fine
Wasted and wasting our
Postmodern time
Cry so late at night
You are not my saviour
I’ll tell myself some more
Sweet little lies
And it’s alright tonight
I guess we’ll be just fine
Wasted and wasting our
Postmodern time
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7. |
Now Or Never
03:38
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Everybody wants to
Be your long-lost pal
Everybody wants to know your name
And everybody thinks you're a shooting star
But everything you touch goes down in flames
And nobody knows who you are
But you’re the only one who knows where you’ve been
Don’t keep looking back...
It won’t ever be the same again
Get what you want, it won’t ever feel the same...
Never
Oh, the sirens scream under the overpass
This city is crying out for you
Somebody stumbles on the cobblestones
Of the street that wind around you like a noose
And some people think, it’s all just a game to play
But them that’s got to win have
Got to lose
Don’t keep looking back...
It won’t ever be the same again
Get what you want, it won’t ever feel the same...
Blind your eyes so this king falls again.
Kill your love. We won’t ever know your name.
Never, oh no
It’s Now or Never
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Follow The Leader
03:09
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Don’t follow the leader
Can’t tell by the way he blows your cover
He’ll send and receive you
And lend you the way to break another
Bone inside the secret
That splits the skin between two lovers
Don’t stick to the border
Don't cross no lines and take no corners
Executive order
To carry the weight you’re breaking under
Stone inside the secret that splits the skin
Between two lovers
So try harder
And prove yourself and all forgiven
No digital armour
To separate the dead from living
Loud and undefeated
Proud that you are needed
Can't wait to meet you
We’re gonna get along just fine
I know that you need it
You’re saving face and faking trouble sleep
With one eye open
Dream of the words to break another
Bone inside the secret
Gonna light the way between two lovers
So, don’t follow the leader
Don’t fall to the ground and blow your cover
He’ll send and deceive you
And lend you the words to break another
Bone inside the secret that lights the way
Between two lovers
So try harder etc
So fight harder
It leaves a taste that knows no hunger
A chemical reason
For breaking up not fading under
Loud and undefeated
Know that you are needed
Can’t wait to meet you
We're gonna get along just fine
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Thoughts And Prayers
03:41
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Give me your attention
For a moment or two
How can this keep going on?
You can tell me that you’re nobody’s fool
Do you pay for your freedom
With the lives of someone’s daughter or son?
Is this the end
Oh, everything changes
But everything stays the same ooh
You’re afraid of women with the right to choose
Well, you love Jesus and your gun
But when you take your baby to school do you pray
The evening news don’t say she’s never coming back home
Is this the end
Oh, everything changes
But everything stays the same ooh
The kids are coming for you
They all take exception to
All your double talk
And your thoughts and prayers
The kids are coming for you
They all take exception to
We all see right through you
And all your double talk
And your thoughts and prayers
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10. |
She's A Lady
03:00
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You say yes
Then you say no
You got your mind made up
But then you don't
What are you supposed to do
When you just don’t belong
Oh she’s a lady
Oh such a perfect lady
What goes up
Don’t come down again
They can say what they want to say
But you don’t want to fit in
What are you supposed to do
When your body’s not your own
Oh she’s a lady
Oh such a perfect lady
Oh she’s a lady
Oh she’s a lady
She’s such a perfect lady
Oh she’s a lady
Did your Mama see you lately?
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11. |
More Than Less
04:05
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Stay at home and watch the world shake
Ain’t it funny how little time it takes
One hundred and thirteen days
A little more or less
Don't let it break, you down
I just want to dance again
I wanna go out and get drunk with my friends
But everyday it's just the same
Oh a little more than less
Don't let it break, you down
‘Cus somewhere in this town
There’s a place that we can go
We will find each other like we did long ago
And after all the worry and the pain
We can be together again
When disappointment it wears you down
Weaving time into a thorny crown
I will help carry your troubles now
Be a little more than less
I won't let it break, you down
‘Cus somewhere, some place in this town
There’s a place that we can go
We will find each other like we did long ago
And after all the worry and the pain
We can be together again
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Blues Arcadia Brisbane, Australia
Three-time Australian Blues Music Award winners and Australian Roots Music Award nominees. Combining the legendary soul of Stax and Motown with the heat and power of the Chicago and Memphis blues, Blues Arcadia deliver an uninhibited old-fashioned soul stomp revival. ... more
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