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Borrowed Time
04:13
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Got a melting sorrow on my mind
I see no bright tomorrow down this line
But my hands are frozen like shards of ice
While in the deep green ocean the marlin cries
It’s just a spot
A pale blue dot
CHORUS
Living on borrowed time
We’re living on borrowed time
Living on borrowed time
We’re living on borrowed time
In the concrete jungle the heat is on
One billion mortals now on the run
Thunder clouds are gathering above the scene
But rain can’t wash the dirt off the big machine
It’s just a spot
A pale blue dot
CHORUS
It’s just a spot
That’s getting hot
There’s one more shot
To change the plot
This pale blue dot
Gotta give it, gotta give it what I’ve got
CHORUS
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2. |
Darwin Awards
04:40
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Do you remember Lars from Acton place
Who used to come here every Sunday morning
He kept a cobra in an open cage
No matter what he didn't heed the warning
PRE-CHORUS
Into the fire
A fate so grim
Down to the wire
And out on a limb
We roll the dice
We roll the dice again
CHORUS
When I got no one left to play with
My bones are old and aching
I'll still be lost in the game
Who’ll win the Darwin awards
Who’ll win the Darwin awards
There's a rumour about a precinct nine
The cops are out there every Sunday morning
It's getting better but it's far from fine
They're slowly gathering now to crash and storm in
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS
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3. |
All Over
04:10
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Lovers drifting down the street
Cool jazz on the corner
Neon melting in the heat
And I can't take my mind off her
I thought the dream was on
And I thought this love could hover
But now as clear as dawn
It's all over
It was a vapid afternoon
She was Cora's sister
And like some witless fool
I just couldn't resist her
I thought the dream was on
And I thought this love could hover
But now as clear as dawn
It's all over
All along the river
All over this savage place
Fever fits and shivers
All over my human face
All the world is crumbling
All the things I thought I knew
In the dark I'm fumbling
All I do is wondering about you
While the streetlights glow
There's a silent whisper
Telling me I need to know
How much I miss her
I thought the dream was on
And I thought this love could hover
But now as clear as dawn
It's all over, all over
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4. |
Deportee
03:14
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A spyglass spotted you around the shore
In high grass, holed up for the coming war
REFRAIN
You were hoping to find someone anchored in mind
I made you drift away from me
I'm your friend, you're my deportee
A storm cloud sailing on the dismal sky
The reptile in exile is giving you a strange smile
REFRAIN
STICK
Are you waiting for an invitation
Don't go looking for an explanation
I don't care about your situation
SOLO
STICK
Tidewrack stuck under your sandal shoe
A sidetrack, it was never really me and you
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5. |
Waiting for Love
03:43
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Where there's a will, there's a way, kind of beautiful
And every night has its day, so magical
And if there's love in this life, there's no obstacle
That can't be defeated
For every tyrant a tear for the vulnerable
In every lost soul the bones of a miracle
For every dreamer a dream we're unstoppable
With something to believe in
Monday left me broken
Tuesday I was through with hoping
Wednesday my empty arms were open
Thursday waiting for love, waiting for love
Thank the stars it's Friday
I'm burning like a fire gone wild on Saturday
Guess I won't be coming to church on Sunday
I'll be waiting for love, waiting for love
To come around
We are one of a kind, irreplaceable
How did I get so blind and so cynical?
And if there's love in this life we're unstoppable
No we can't be defeated
Monday left me broken
Tuesday I was through with hoping
Wednesday my empty arms were open
Thursday waiting for love, waiting for love
Thank the stars it's Friday
I'm burning like a fire gone wild on Saturday
Guess I won't be coming to church on Sunday
I'll be waiting for love, waiting for love
Thank the stars it's Friday
I'm burning like a fire gone wild on Saturday
Guess I won't be coming to church on Sunday
I'll be waiting for love, waiting for love
To come around
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6. |
I Got the Message
03:45
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Creeping through suburban blight
In a half-wrecked camper van
Another grim and soulless night
No sleep until it’s over
Scanning with the cold blue light
Through a moorland made of dust
Something’s coming plain in sight
Is the mission finally over?
Never in a million years I dreamed that this could happen, oh no
CHORUS
I got the message
I heard the faint transmission
I got the message
Much too late
Used to be a an average Joe
Playing tapes with Steely Dan
One morning I arose to find
That everything was over
Crawled out through the basement hatch
To a wasteland filled with junk
Nothing left but burning sand
And a memo on the recorder
Could I make it to the border?
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7. |
Human Ladders
03:09
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If you proffer to be my stepping-stone, I'll pare you to the bone
Nothing really matters
When climbing up the human ladders
While the bottom of the barrel gets filled with souls, I will reach my goals
Nothing really matters
When climbing up the human ladders
BRIDGE
Don't you feel that we're living in a lie?
I wonder why
If I'm working on this ascending scale, how could I ever fail?
Nothing really matters
When climbing up the human ladders
BRIDGE
Don't you feel that we're living in a lie?
I wonder why
I'm standing on the stairhead looking down, high above the ground
Nothing really matters
When climbing up the human ladders
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8. |
Cease to Ever Have Been
04:14
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I’m the emptiness her eyes lately show
Dried up teary rivers
The beads have lost their glow
There is nothing left of this to be mourned
Meaningless endeavors
Can’t go on forever
Oh, no
So I cease to ever have been
So I cease to ever have been
In a broken smile her heart disappears
I'm trying to consider
That the end is drawing near
Suspicion weaving in and out of fear
A prophet I was never
The outcome for this measure
Seems unclear
So I cease to ever have been
So I cease to ever have been
Burning daylight now, there must be a peace
No matter how you twist it
The goodbye is bittersweet
So I submit myself a leaf to the wind
The ties they must be severed
I dive into this desert
Like a seal
And I cease to ever have been
And I cease to ever
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9. |
Wildfire
04:28
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If I told you that it's just a smoldering
In the furnace of my foolish heart
Would you think it was true
Or would you give me the eye
If I told you that I'm not surrendering
And I'm not hot to trot
Now could you see through
The inferno of lies
CHORUS
I've got a heatwave
Burning through my wires
Can't choke the feeling
Spreading like a wildfire
If you told me it's a conflagration
And you can't put it out
Would I walk on the coals
Or blaze a vapor trail
If you told me that I'm just afraid of
What I might ignite
Would I breath in the smoke
Or waste another day
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State Cows Umeå, Sweden
STATE COWS is one of very few modern yacht rock / westcoast / AOR bands that creates new original music.
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