1. |
Steeple To Steeple
03:24
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"Steeple To Steeple"
I never meant to lie
when we poured eye into eye
I will be by your side
I will not run steeple to steeple
the words, they just came out
it felt so right that I had to shout it
and I can not be blamed
we play this game
unaware of its evils
I felt her in the night
it was an evening with god
we rose like angels in flight
and you became a lost, wingless orphan
we are on our own
all alone
left to find out for ourselves
how to go on
on and on
never knowing if we'll be loved
and you are a beautiful girl
and someone has built you a home
a home at the end of the world
at the edge of where time stops
and there is a house and dog
and a family who cares
but there is a field of dead
between you
and yours
and there are pages to turn
and there are bridges to burn
and you may not get there
almost nobody gets there
but I don't need that place
there is no way I would catch that train
cause I do not need love
it's not there
it's just a delusional thread of desire
a phantom fire
set to steal us from ourselves
and there's no hell
no there's no hell
just the cold of the soil
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2. |
Elliston
04:13
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"Elliston"
How do I convince you that I'm happy
when a bitch and a moan is all you've known of me
when a ring of a phone just makes me feel alone
oh, it's not for me
but you say that I've got a gift
well if so, why don't I know how to reap its benefits
I wake to work until my body hurts
I have ceased the search
you gotta take me out
drag me out on the town
take me to Elliston
fill me with sound
bind me and gag me if
if i try to resist
a dream, it is just a dream
until it exists
whisper something in my ear
a secret message that only I will get to hear
tonight I'll know that I'm the chosen one
over everyone
but I know you'll be hard on yourself
you'll work and build and store it all high upon a shelf
the world will never know of its own wealth
til you show yourself
so I'm gonna take you out
take you out to the crowd
show them your genius hands
they make me proud
bind you and gag you if
you should try to resist
a dream isn't just a dream
if we make it exist
you gotta take me out
drag me out on the town
take me to Elliston
fill me with sound
bind me and gag me if
if i try to resist
a dream isn't just a dream
if we make it exist
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3. |
Life As A Drone
04:44
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"Life As A Drone"
television screen
my crystal ball
show me what I mean
when I say anything at all
I need
I need a feeling
I need something to care
so send a vibration
to my inner you
my inner you
cause I am feeling
empty and I don't have anything to do
turn on the news
remind me that I don't have anything to lose
except for you
show me reality
as I'd like it to be
girls in sixty second spots
blooming through their amber skin
there's no need
no need to worry, babe
the world is a mall carnival
and all the rides are safe
we are cared for
with a heavenly hand
I am shaking
what it if it is true that I am not alone
what if I'm dying
dying from the will
to live life as a drone
please walk me home
and all the lovers the sand
an army that could save the land
oh but in a sea of kiss
the fog of love will piss its gifts
into the ocean blue
but I still hope and pray
that it's not true
we're not alone
we are together on this cruise
it's sinking soon
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4. |
Art School
04:07
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"Art School"
she met you while she was art school
you shook her up and she quit
moved closed to you
you sung her heart
and she hung your moon
and that was the start
but there was a tornado watch
almost every night
she'd throw her shoes out of the closet
and curl up inside
the hail hammered into the windows
trees split into
and so she did too
last night she cried
just before bed
was it the cold rain
or was it something I said
when she gets sad
I get ignorant
I can't be the one
to smother the burn
bad weather is not such a monster
for everyone
but she runs to the dark of her mind
with the setting sun
but when she's all out of joy
she still cheers you up
she loves you enough
stop asking how much
and we stay in bloom
through shivers and gloom
and like the sun breaks the panes
you light up the room
and I'd leave Tennessee
to keep you with me
yeah I'd leave it all
and I'd be happy
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5. |
Partners In Time
04:49
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"Partners In Time"
your folks were in love in the 70's
I've seen your home videos
they lifted you up on their shoulders
you were the star of their show
and as if they were inanimate
smiles wrapped faces like scarves
neverending, ever-bending
unaware they would become scars
and it's come to mind
we are partners in time
it's come to mind
we are partners in time
my folks were in love the 70's
inside your same zip code
preparing for the explosion
of the familial fold
but I have no videos to speak of
just the grey of withered happenings
just the pictures of smiles expiring
just the sound of sadness sighing
and it's come to mind
we are partners in time
it's come to mind
we are partners in time
and we took our trials to other towns
to exact a rebirth of mind
we kept the roots buried underground
and out of ourselves we climbed
we suffered through all the growing pains
oh, we hunted and kissed and cried
and failure's always probable
when love is not on your side
and it's come to mind
we are partners in time
it's come to mind
we are partners in time
you came to me in a dream
you came to me in real life
you saw the to the darkest part of me
and in it you shined your light
our folks were in love in the 70's
but our folks, they gave up the ghost
but we are in love eternally
our children will get us both
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6. |
Sara
05:33
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"Sara"
Sara stood up out of bed
it was as high as she could get
but the limit was the sky
way back when she was a kid
but now she's hooked on the casino
cause it's always an open window
that keeps the wind in her sails
while everything in life just fails
she used to be a swan
now that bird is long gone
flown from a property
with no equity
Sara buys a Sunday paper
she likes to read wedding announcements
was he the son of a doctor
well if so
I bet that choice pleased her father
but it's not the sanctity of vows
nor the white picket fence house
but inevitable parting
the ending of the dream
starting
the medication she's on
keeps her moving along
but she's still afraid to sing
afraid that she will be seen
and look like a fool
like she did in '82
when he finally told the truth
"I've found someone new."
and you may think it is pathetic
sadness must be genetic
but if someone shot you through your window
yeah, you may live to feel the wind blow
but will you be able to stand up
walk around or throw your hands up
and if those bullets fly again
what the hell will you do then?
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7. |
Outrunning A Funeral
02:55
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"Outrunning a Funeral"
on the trampled, beaten path
home of the nation's flag
old glory's biggest fan
drives a Chevy Astro Van
but that's not the only place it's seen
we wear it on our sleeves
like a tri-tone skin disease
or a pair of Levi's jeans
freedom rings from a bumper sticker
anthems sing as our lights, they flicker
boys my age in camouflage
pay the earth a firm massage
in the vehicles of war
on interstate 24
but the pace, they keep it slow
as they wave their kind hellos
in their caravan of pain
with me in the passing lane
freedom rings from a bumper sticker
anthems sing as their lights, they flicker
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8. |
Gambling
03:34
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"Gambling"
it's storming in Nashville tonight
I hope that I can keep myself dry
the roof don't leak
but I'm worried
that it just might spring one soon
and I won't know what to do
but I know that it's sad
I spent all I had
I blew it all gambling
trying my luck
singing in clubs
scrambling
just gambling
the radio rad-cons
they don't like our kind
they say we wake up drunk
and die by the night
and nothing we say
could be worth a damn
we're too high to hold a steady wage
I bet we sold him
his grande latte
oh I know that it's sad
we spent all we had
we blew it all gambling
trying our luck
playing the clubs
scrambling
two hundred thousand miles
our wheels may not survive another trip
maybe it's time quit
just settle down
and start paying the bills
I should really pay the bills
oh I know that's sad
I spent all I had
I blew it all gambling
trying my luck
singing in clubs
just scrambling
but we all want to win
so we try and we try again
yeah we want to win
so we try and we try again
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9. |
The Road
03:16
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"The Road"
I've got a lot of things I'd like to change
but there are a lot of notes outside my range
when you were titty-twisting all the chubby kids
I was in the corner behind my eyelids
praying that you'd pass by
but I've got all of my bags packed for the road
I'm gonna catch the next comet out 'fore this place blows
but I've got all of my bags packed for the road
a girl came into the store today
she had just turned 18 and she was ready to celebrate
I asked her if she was gonna vote and she
looked up at me and said, "No.
I don't even know who the president is."
so I've got all of my bags packed for the road
I'm gonna catch the next comet out 'fore this place blows
and I've got all of my bags packed for the road
I've got a lotta things I'd like to change
but there are a lot of notes outside my range
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10. |
I Am Right
08:58
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"I Am Right"
nothing's even
nothing's the same
if I knew you
forever
this would still
be a game
and you would treat me
the same
I listen closely
to find the crack in
conversation
it is my cue
so come on
come with me
into my sea
you'll see
I can be
what you need
if you'll just
come with me
I climb up
to your summit
I speak softly
if you feel soft
and I watch you
and all your motions
I make the moves
that you do
so come on
come with me
into my sea
you'll see
I can be
what you need
if you'll just
let me be
I watch you breathe
it's how I breathe
I watch you talk
it's how I talk
I watch you walk
I want to run
I watch you run
I watch you run
so come on
come with me
into my sea
you'll see
I will be
what you need
one day
you will see
that I am right
one day
you will see
that I am right
I am right
you never laugh at my jokes
I'm always downwind from your smoke
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Imaginary Baseball League Nashville, Tennessee
Imaginary Baseball League formed in Murfreesboro, TN in 2001. The band released two EPs and one LP and spent time touring the Eastern USA before disbanding in 2005. Before breaking up, the band recorded a second full length LP that was never properly released. After 16 years, "The Inevitable Parting" will finally see the light of day in Spring 2021. ... more
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