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1. |
The Book of Love
03:33
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I swear to God I won't change the world
I haven't got the nerve, I never get the girl
La la la
La la la
I swear to God I won't change the world
I haven't got the nerve, I never get the girl
La la la
La la la
The book of love, whisper in my ear
I cannot turn the pages, I cannot hear
La la la
La la la
I swear to God I won't change the world
I haven't got the nerve, I never get the girl
The book of love, whisper in my ear
I cannot turn the pages, I cannot hear
La la la
La la la
(ad lib)
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Night of the Hunter
02:38
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I.. I.. don't know my right from wrong
I.. I.. have never felt that I belong..
Oh, so let me tell you about love and about hate
Tattooed on the knuckles of my hands
Let me tell you about love and hate
These are things that I just don't understand
It's the night of the hunter and the river is running high
The night of the hunter, river's running high
High, high, high
High, high, high, high
I.. I.. don't know my wrong from right
I've been licked by the fires of hell
I've been bathed in heavenly light!
Let me tell you about love and hate
'Cos they're tattooed on the knuckles of my hands
I don't mean to talk down to you
But these are things that you just don't understand
Well, it's the night of the hunter and the river is running high
The night of the hunter, river's running high
High, high, high
High, high, high, high
Ooh the river is running high!
(ad lib)
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3. |
Witch-Hunt in Lotusland
03:09
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I'm not a bad man
I just ran out of luck
I’ve got a posse on my trail
My number is up
There’s a witch-hunt down in Lotusland
Fingers round the throat of an innocent man
Fever burning up the town
Build the boy up, oh beat him to the ground
Now there’s a river
Ooh the current is strong
They’re gonna hold my head under
Until I know that I’m wrong
There’s a witch-hunt down in Lotusland
Fingers round the throat of an innocent man
Fever burning up the town
Build the boy up, oh beat him to the ground
(you gotta beat him to the ground)
I said build the boy up
Then you beat him to the ground
I never said that I could part the red sea
I never said that I would be your mouthpiece
Bitter words so sweetly spoken
Never said I would clutch the token
Never said I would wear the mantle
Never said I’d mend the broken dream
There’s a witch-hunt down in Lotusland
There’s a witch-hunt down in Lotusland
Down in Lotusland
Way down in Lotusland
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4. |
The Thief in Me
03:32
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All my stolen good luck charm
The thief in me, he won’t keep you warm
All my stolen good luck charm
The thief in me, he won’t keep you warm
Friends of mine have never seen me
Torn to pieces, courting harm
Broken arrow, Cupid’s barb
My loaded kiss and your twisted arm
All my promised bogus heart
‘I love you’ spoken in the dark
Good friends of mine will never find
The treasures that are buried deeply
Who will catch the thief in me?
River of diamond, silvery sea
All my promised bogus heart
‘I love you’ spoken in the dark
Good friends of mine who never knew me
Good friends of mine will never find
The treasures that I’ve buried deeply..
Surrender yourself up to me!
All my stolen good luck charm
The thief in me, he won’t keep you warm
Friends of mine have never seen me
Torn to pieces, courting harm
Who will catch the thief in me?
River of diamond, silvery sea
Who will catch the thief in me?
River of diamond, silvery sea
Who’ll catch the thief who lives in me?
(repeat chorus)
I just don’t know
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5. |
Dallas Blues
06:14
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Well I’m Jack
I’m gonna shoot you in the back
I go bang bang, bang bang!
This ain’t the story of John and Lee Harvey
This one’s for me and the ghost of Jack Ruby
You take an eye for an eye, two wrongs for a right
You wear an alligator skin like the fugitive kind
This boy does not believe that to kill is a sin
This boy does not believe that to kill is a sin
He goes bang bang, bang bang!
Bang bang, bang bang!
Jack he got mad, spoiling for a fight
An eye for an eye, two wrongs for a right
He got his finger on the trigger, gonna settle this score
So beware of old Jack if you broken his law
This boy does not believe that to kill is a sin
This boy does not believe that to kill is a sin
(play it for me)
This boy does not believe that to kill is a sin
You know this boy does not believe that to kill is a sin
Well I’m Jack
Gonna shoot you in the back
I go bang bang, bang bang! (repeat)
I’m gonna shoot you in the back
I got the Dallas Blues
I, I got the Dallas Blues
I got so confused
Got so confused
Got so confused
Bang bang, bang bang!
I’m dead
I’m dead
(repeat, ad lib)
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Give up Everything
02:27
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I don’t even know your name
Give up everything, well I’m sorely tempted
And it’s times like these that the world seems good and kind
Love at first sight never healed the blind
I don’t even know your name
You say take me by the hand and give up everything
Rekindled dying embers glow
Brightly burning hearts of flame
I lost my head on lover’s lane
And it is times like these that the world seems good and kind
Love at first sight never healed the blind
Times like these that the world seems good and kind
Love at first sight never healed the blind
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7. |
Wrecker of Engines
02:51
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I.. I.. I.. zigzagged across your burning desert
I.. I.. I.. cut clean across just as the net descended
I’m a sandman and I’m a soldier
I’m a wrecker of engines
Well I’m a glad man when I hold you
I’m a wrecker of engines
I.. I.. I.. stretched right across your grand canyon
I.. I.. I.. got lost inside your mansion
I’m a stone age man and I still live in the wild
I’m a wrecker of engines
Well I’m a grown man but I have the heart of a child
I’m a wrecker of engines
(listen to this)
I.. I.. I.. have seen the color of your landscape in the fall
I.. I.. I.. have been reeling and writhing on your forest floor
I’m a woodsman and I’ll be your cabin boy
I’m a wrecker of engines
Well I’m a good man but I’m such a wicked boy
I’m a wrecker of engines (repeat)
You better call the fire brigade
Steam train, steam train (repeat)
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The Jack Rubies Brooklyn, New York
Big Stir Records is proud to announce the return of English post-punk specialists, The Jack Rubies.
Having relaunched
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