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Howard, Pt. I
05:28
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I was born in a ghost town
In Illinois, with Midwestern know how
And a tool in my hand, I was raised
To go and work the farmland down by the horizon
And I’m constantly reminded
And I’m constantly reminded
There is nothing around here
There is no place to go
There is nothing around here
There is no place to go
I have seen more change in my life
Than any history book can describe
And I have sat by a candles light
And I have see the last clear night
And from a distance
Everything looks reminiscent
And from a distance
Everything looks reminiscent
There is nothing around here
There is no place to go
There is nothing around here
There is no place to go
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At the turn of the 20th century
Nobody was around
For miles, and miles
And barbed wire spirals
Scarecrows couldn’t even scare the crows away
Scarecrows couldn’t even scare the crows away
At the turn of the 21st century
While supplies last
For a limited time engagement
There’s standing room only left
What are you scared of scarecrow?
What are you scared of scarecrow?
Do you need to go
Follow that yellow brick road
Because
Because
Because
Because
Of all
Of all
Of all
Of all
The wonderful things he does
The wonderful things he does
We're all gonna go someday
We’re all gonna go someday
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3. |
Baby
03:54
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Baby
I know times are tough
Baby
When the going gets rough
We’re gonna make it out
We’re gonna make it out
Alive
Alive
We will survive with each other
We will survive with each other
Baby
Amie
Baby
Amie
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4. |
This Is Where I'm From
08:20
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You know I almost went South
You know I almost got out
But I planted my feet in the ground
This is where I’m from
You know I almost went South
You know I almost got out
But I planted my feet in the ground
This is where I’m from, this is where I’m from
I’m gonna take this land
I’m gonna stake this land
I’m gonna make this land
Because the land makes the man
When I go down to rest
For my final embarrassment
I just hope I’m dressed
In my new designer vest
When I go down to rest
For my final embarrassment
I just hope I’m dressed
In my new designer vest
I’ll rest when I’m dead
I’ll rest when I’m dead
I’ll rest when I’m dead
I’ll rest when I’m dead
I’m gonna take this land
I’m gonna stake this land
I’m gonna make this land
Because the land makes the man
You’ve got a lot of things
Coming your way
You’ll work laying railroad beams
All the livelong day
You’re not going anywhere today
You’ve got a lot of things
Coming your way
You’ll work laying railroad beams
All the livelong day
You’re not going anywhere today
When I go down to rest
For my final embarrassment
I just hope I’m dressed
In my new designer vest
But I won’t go down to rest
Until I am dead
I’ll rest when I’m dead
All the live long day
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Tin Windmills
02:32
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Home, home on the range
Where the dear and the antelope play
Seldom is heard a discouraging word
And the sky is not cloudy all day
I see tin windmills
Off in the distance
In every direction
North south east and west
Searching for water
Searching for water
Turn slower and slower
And slower
And slower
And slower
Dirty face, dirty clothes
Home
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6. |
Frontier Pioneers
03:38
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Frontier pioneers
Have been surrounded and paved over
Not a century ago
All you could do was sit and think
Of all the space
And sharpen your blade
No pioneer
Ever worked in tall buildings
They were all out
Making a killing
Frontier pioneers
At the end of fall
When the corn's down to stalks
And the fields all chalked up
Like a battle has just been fought
No pioneer
Ever worked in tall buildings
They were all out
Making a killing
Out on the plains
The wind has its way
Out on the plains
The wind has its way
Calling your name
Calling your name
Out on the plains
The wind has its way
With you
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7. |
Howard, Pt. II
04:22
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8. |
Nature vs. Nurture
02:40
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When the prairie grass gets burned
I will stand on scorched earth
With a fifth of whiskey half empty
Nature took its course
Nature took its course
Nature took its course
Nature took its course
The ash blows like falling snow
The crows caw with nowhere to go
“Let me tell you son in my days and how it was uphill both ways”
Everything that happened, it didn’t have a reason”
Everything that happened, it just needed to be done”
Everything that happened, it didn’t have a reason”
Everything that happened, it needed to be done”
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There's no earthly way of knowing
Which direction we are going
There's no knowing where we're rowing
Or which way the river's flowing
Is it raining, is it snowing
Is a hurricane a-blowing
Not a speck of light is showing
So the danger must be growing
Are the fires of Hell a-glowing
Is the grisly reaper mowing
Yes, the danger must be growing
For the rowers keep on rowing
And they're certainly not showing
Any signs that they are slowing
(Words By Roald Dahl)
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Can you save this day?
Let’s just hope that it’s not too late
Or we’re gonna have to make a call
The grave digger starts work at nightfall
Beneath the ground
Are stacks and stacks of coffins
Beneath the ground
Billions lie devastated
Can you save this day?
He always works at a comfortable pace
Singing his work song
All the skeletons sing along
Beneath the ground
Are stacks and stacks of coffins
Beneath the ground
Billions lie fully rested
Only the night
Brings the skeletons up from the ground
Pretending they’re people
They go off to drink, dance, and steal
And we all sing along
Beneath the ground
Beneath the ground
Beneath the ground
Are stacks and stacks of coffins
Beneath the ground
Beneath the ground
Beneath the ground
Billions lie fully rested
Only the night
Brings us skeletons up from the ground
We used to be people
But you forget so we’re making the rounds
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11. |
Fight Song
03:59
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The things I’ve seen
In my old age
The things I’ve seen
In my old age
I’ve still got
My old ways
I’ve still got
My old ways
Bread and circus
Walk the wire
Thread and needle
Put out the fire
The things I’ve seen
When I was a boy
The things I’ve seen
When I was a boy
When times were different
And people were different
When times were different
And life was difficult
Bread and circus
Walk the wire
Thread and needle
Put out the fire
I’ve still got my old ways and I’ve still got a mind like the Great Plains
I’ve still got my old ways and I’ve still got bared wire veins
Slow burners comes home
Slow burners come home
And slow burners grow old
And slow burners grow old
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12. |
The Old Man
00:43
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It's raining, it's pouring;
The old man is snoring.
Bumped his head
And he went to bed
And he couldn't get up in the morning.
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13. |
Howard, Pt. III
04:54
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Bombs aways
Bombs away my love
Brace yourself
Brace yourself my love
For the comedown
And remember to hang on
And to always walk it off
And never pass the buck
And always keep that chin up
And we all lived happily ever after
He prays without an answer
It makes him feel better
It gets him through the day
He’s clearly seen better days
But he lives them all the same
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Someday when you grow up my child, you’ll want to get out
Someday when you grow up my child, you’ll want to get back
Out in the fields we work for our meals
We will farm this land until there’s nothing left
Out in the fields we work for our meals
We will farm this land until there’s nothing left
Out in the fields we work for our meals
Like our fathers fathers fathers
Like our fathers fathers fathers
You can’t sell what you lost, you can’t work with a cross
You can’t sell what you lost, you can’t work with a cross
But you can work inside a factory
But you can work inside a factory
All your life
All your life
Like your fathers fathers fathers
Like your fathers fathers fathers
Don’t forget about me
Don’t forget about me
Just don’t forget about me
Like my fathers fathers fathers
Like my fathers fathers fathers
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