The Soft Parade
2005.11.16. 17:28
Tell All The People |
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Tell All The People that you see Follow me Follow me down Tell all the people that you see Set them free follow me down
You tell them they don't have to run We're gonna pick up everyone Come on take me by the hand Gonna bury all our troubles in the sand Oh yeah!
Can't you see the wonder at your feet Your life's complete Follow we down Can't you see me growing, get your guns The time has come to follow me down
Follow me across the sea Where milky babies seem to be Molded flowing revelry With the one that set them free
Tell All The People that you see It's just me follow me down Tell all the People that you see Follow me Follow me down Tell all the People that you see Follow me Follow me down Tell all the People that you see We'll be free follow me down Tell all the People that you see Follow me Follow me down Follow me down, you got to follow me down, Follow me down
Tell All The People that you see We'll be free follow me down |
Touch Me |
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C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon now, Touch me, babe, Can't you see that I am not afraid What was that promise that you made, Why won't you tell me what she said What was that promise that she made Now I'm gonna love you till the heaven stops the rain I'm gonna love you till the stars fall from the sky For you and I |
Shaman's Blues |
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There will never be another one like you There will never be another one who can do the things you do. Oh! Will you give another chance? Will you try a little try? Please stop and you'll remember we were together, any way All right Now, if you have a certain evening you could lend to me, I'll give it all right back to you Know how it has to be with you I know your moods and your mind, and your mind and your mind, and your mind, and you're mine
Will you stop to think and wonder Just what you'll see Out on the train yard nursing penitentiary It's gone. I cry out long
Did you stop to consider how it will feel, Cold grindin' grizzly bear jaws hot on your heels Do you often stop and whisper in Saturday's shore that The whole world's a savior Who could ever ever ever ever ever ever ask for more? Do you remember? Will you stop, will you stop the pain?
How you must think and wonder How I must feel out on the meadows While you're on the field I'm alone for you, and I cry
He's sweatin', look at him...optical promise...you'll be dead and in hell before I'm borne...sure thing...bridesmaid...the only solution - isn't it amazing? |
Do It |
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Yeah, please me, yeah Please, baby Please please Please, please, listen to me children Please, please, listen to me children Please, please, listen to me children You are the ones who will rule the world You gotta please me all night Please, please, listen to me, children said Please, please, listen to me children Please Yeah, please me
Please, please, listen to me children, Please, my children Please, children Please, children |
Easy Ride |
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And I know, it will be an Easy Ride oh yeah, And I know it will be Easy Ride O.K. The mask that you wore my fingers would explore Costume of control excitement soon unfolds
And I know it will be an Easy Ride, yeah, Joy fought vaguely with your pride with your pride
Like polished stone, like polished stone, I see your eyes, Like burning glass, like burning glass, I hear you smile. Smile, babe.
Coda queen now be my bride Rage in darkness by my side Seize the summer in your pride Take the winter in your stride, let's ride
Easy, easy, easy, easy, Easy, easy, easy... All right. |
Wild Child |
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Wild child full of grace Savior of the human race Your cool face Natural child, terrible child You're our child screaming wild
With hunger at her heels freedom in her eyes, She dances on her knees, pirate prince at her side Staring into the hollow idol's eye Wild child full of grace Savior of the human race Your cool face Your cool face Your cool Your cool face
"You remember when we were in Africa" |
Runnin' Blues |
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Poor Otis dead and gone, left me here to sing his song, Pretty little girl with the red dress on, Poor Otis dead and gone
Back down, turn around slowly, try it again, Remembering when, it was easy, try it again, Much too easy remembering when
All right, look at my shoes, not quite the walkin' blues Don't fight, too much to lose Can't fight the Runnin' Blues
Well, I've got the Runnin' Blues Runnin' away, back to L.A. Got to find the dock on the bay Maybe find it back in L.A.
Runnin' scared, Runnin' Blues, Goin' so fast, what'll I do? All right, look at my shoes, not quite the walkin' blues, Don't fight, too much to lose; Can't find the Runnin' Blues |
Wishful Sinful |
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Wishful crystal water covers ev'rything in blue cooling water Wishful sinful, our love is beautiful to see, I know where I would like to be: Right back where I came Wishful sinful wicked blue water covers you Wishful sinful wicked you, can't escape the blue
Magic rising sun is shining, deep beneath the sea But, not enough for you and me and sunshine
Love to hear the wind cry You and me and sunshine, love to hear the wind cry |
The Soft Parade |
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"When I was back there in seminary school, there was a person there who put forth the proposition that you can petition the Lord with prayer... Petition the Lord with prayer... Petition the Lord with prayer... Petition the Lord with prayer... You cannot petition the Lord with prayer!"
Can you give me sanctuary? I must find a place to hide, a place for me to hide Can you find me soft asylum? I can't make it anymore; the man is at the door
Peppermint miniskirts, chocolate candy, Champion sax and a girl named Sandy; There's only four ways to get unraveled; One is to sleep and the the other is travel, One is a band it up in the hills, One is to love your neighbour till his wife gets home
Catacombs, nursery bones, Winter women growing stones, Carrying babies to the river; Streets and shoes, avenues, Leather riders selling news The monk bought lunch
Successful hills are here to stay Everything must be this way Gentle streets where people play, Welcome to the soft parade All our lives we sweat and save, Building for a shallow grave "Must be something else" we say, "Somehow to defend this place." Everything must be this way, Everything must be this way
The soft parade has now begun; Listen to the engines hum People out to have some fun, Cobra on my left, leopard on my right Deer woman in a silk dress, Girls with beads around their necks, Kiss the hunter of the green vest Who has wrestled before with lions in the night Out of sight!
The lights are getting brighter, The radio is moaning, Callin' to the dogs there are still a few animals Left out in the yard, but it's getting harder To describe sailors to the underfed
Tropic corridor, tropic treasure What got us this far, to this mild Equator? We need someone or something new, Something else to get us through
1st voice: 2nd voice: 3rd voice:
Callin' on the dogs, callin' on the dogs, But it's getting callin' on the dogs, harder, callin' on the dogs, callin' on the dogs calling on the dogs You gotta Shoot at a few meet me Too late, baby! animals left out in the yard at the crossroads Too late! but it's getting much harder Gotta meet me at the edge of town, Tropic corridor, You'd better come along tropic treasure outskirts of the city Just you and I We were so alone Better bring your gun Better bring your gun Tropic corridor, You'd better bring your tropic treasure gun
"When all else fails, we can whip the horses' eyes and make them sleep and cry."
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