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Prohibition
04:12
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I belong in the underground but I can’t find the door
Got a higher proof elixir that will drop the people to the floor
Regulated and controlled by the powers that be
Need a place to let it loose where they can’t get to me
Enter into the realm of the blind tiger again
Vision-less from all my black market gin
I’ve been sober too long, I’m done sinking on dry land
Bootlegging my cultural contraband
Everyday’s a different kind of blue Monday with no end in sight
Made my decision to improve my disposition
Lift the prohibition tonight
To outside observers we cultivate a disease
I’ve had it forever and it feels like healing to me
I don’t think that it will spread but I make no guarantee
If you want to be infected I’ve got the skeleton key
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Red Line to Daybreak
05:14
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Taking a minute to look around. My reflection is smiling back at me.
Found an oasis, no matter what surrounds, try not to take it too seriously.
Sunset on the mountain that you’re on. Bygones must be bygones.
Take the red line to daybreak, break away from the heartbreak.
Ray of hope come down on me.
Take the red line daybreak, break away from the heartbreak.
Becoming who we need to be.
Now I’m feeling a new altitude. Hills roll by like pictures on a screen.
My words may be misconstrued, but until you feel it, you don’t know what it means.
Can’t see a way that they can stop this train.
Get on or get out of the way.
Back to myself in my weird domain.
Putting madness on display.
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3. |
Apart at the Seams
04:41
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Flip a coin, take a chance, at first glance, I see nothing
I don’t want to blend in, chameleon. I show myself
Uncloak the stealth. To break the spell
When everything seems to come apart at the seams
I’m hanging on by a thread of the loose ends of these dreams
My passway is uneven and if I slip
I’ll get high again with visions of the new trip
Scribing another chapter in this story of lament and glory
In these dark times, cleared of our crimes, I’m thick as thieves
With tricks up my sleeve, lost souls have been found
I’m heading homeward bound
Oh where do we go?
Through the forest and the snow
We may never know
Why…
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Strangers of the Moment
05:22
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Held up in the catch 22, 10 years long and nothing new, not for lack of trying.
You’d start to think I’d get sick of it, but the only time that I’ll quit, is when I’m dying.
Can't you see I’m not your opponent? We won’t be strangers of the moment.
Been dreaming of this all my life. If you think I’m going to mail it in, you'd better think twice.
Mind’s eye open in the night. Mysteries, possibilities, and my lack of fright.
Now I bring with me a good omen.
We won’t be strangers of the moment.
Conjuring up adaptations, summons up new elation, reset our motivation.
Armor just keeps getting thicker, our light begins to flicker, can we keep it going?
I hope you can behold it, when we are not strangers of the moment.
Oh, don't be a stranger!
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5. |
Fly Me Away
04:08
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A chill is coming over my bones. By myself but not alone.
Wherever I go the feeling’s always there.
Find a place to go to lose it, I don’t even have to choose it.
It could be about anywhere. Take me there, Take me there...
What do you say?
Fly me away, into a new day
Can’t stand the weather in a world so cold
Take me closer to the sun and I’m sold
I want to feel the rays
Fly me away
I’m cracking for no reason, in this never ending season.
Wherever I go, it won’t go away.
Sick and tired of this lack of control, that’s taking its toll.
I’m running out of change to pay.
Get out with me, out with me...
What do you say?
Fly me away, into a new day
My number’s up and I’m ready to go
Just ship me off into the unknown
Anytime, any day
Fly me away
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6. |
Sparks in the Sky
03:50
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Been too down to earth round here, time to right the ship
Disappearing act will flip the script
Keep trying to take off, finally get some traction
I just can’t use a break in the action
Now I’m flying above the weather making sparks in the sky
Above and beyond your naked eye
Sticking to my guns and now it’s judgement day
I call my shot and I fire away
Thunder cracks in the night, there isn’t much sleeping
Nightmares going dark again
Can’t keep it to myself while I live to tell the tale
Pass or fail we still prevail
The gravity of the situation is no cause for deviation
Success is a lens, you’re not looking in
Gonna ride this airwave even when it’s not breaking
It resonates with me and I’m never sinking
Reaching out, arms wide open, done waiting in the wings
Diving off, we’ll see what it brings
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Night Wanderer
07:11
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Time is moving slow when darkness falls. Spring from a dream onto the streets.
Freed from the confines of your city walls, as the miles keep rolling beneath my feet.
I’m the wanderer in the night. I’m the one that will make you feel alright.
I’m the wanderer in the night. I’m the one that leads you to light.
Into the shadows an absence of dread. No signals tell me where to turn.
As you feel lost inside your head, let me say you’ve got a lot to learn.
Head lost in the sky where the stars are out. People of the city fall asleep.
I’ll show you what living is all about. When the sun goes down, I’ll bring the heat.
Bring the heat now…
Hungry like the wolf howling at the moon, or running in paranoia and fear.
Caught in a haze you stay marooned. Still wondering why you are here.
I’m the wanderer in the night. I’m the one that will make you feel alright.
I’m the wanderer in the night. I’m the one that leads you to light.
We are never giving up the fight. On the long road, through the night.
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8. |
Let It Out
05:03
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I’m as good as gone when we turn this thing around,
In an old direction past your new sight and sound.
But it will lift me up to an all time high that will never die.
I need to let it out. It’s you that I can’t live without.
There’s so much to see, for you and me.
Don’t be held back by the fear in your mind.
If you’ve got the nerve, I'll send the shivers down your spine.
You hold the key, I’ve never felt this way before, unlock the door.
Life is too short, don’t let it pass you by.
Live your own way, you don’t need a reason why.
We are never gonna have the time to wait in line.
Let it out, one last time.
Everything is going to be fine.
There’s so much to be.
For you and me!
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9. |
Tears of Joy
05:46
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Headed south again, for good reason
I’ve got the wind in my sails
I’m not going off the rails
Now I never want to leave. This is better than the best thing I could conceive.
Even if I’ll be gone by tomorrow. I went just far enough to lose all my sorrow.
Everything I once said went unheard
Now you are hanging onto my every word
For so long I’ve been trying to throw out this line
You grabbed on and pulled me in just in time
I picked up on your call, instant connection
You stopped me from pulling apart in two directions
Necessity is the mother of all invention
What we’re gonna make next, beyond comprehension
Now I never have to leave, this is better than the best thing I could conceive.
I will be right back here tomorrow because it’s just far enough to lose all my sorrow.
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10. |
Too Late to Hate
04:00
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Mix me up that voodoo potion in the haunting air
Pick up steam and roll into motion, get around the squares
Down here nothing seems normal, that’s what we travel
My inner eye will face the music and now we won’t unravel
The spirits have me mesmerized in this state.
It’s too late to hate.
No one can take this away. I might come to in a couple of days.
Everything’s so surreal but it’s not fake.
It’s too late to hate.
Living like royalty in another time, forget innovation
Not captured by any photos, still there’s preservation
Foreigners and locals alike singing in the same tongue
Aged ambience blocks out the light, singing songs already sung
Homes once flooded and lives bewitched
Now we’re all singing on the same pitch
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11. |
Finally Unbound
06:02
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This is my elixir of life. It’s not time to vanish into the white.
Souls trapped in the land of living dead. It’s time we fled.
So long these plans unfolding. For the lonely voices we will sing.
Hooded figures scheme in the unseen, now we come clean.
Finally unbound, can you hear the sound of the breaking chains?
No longer will we do their bidding.
Unburden me now, it’s in my brain, causing this migraine.
Numb the impulses of the mundane, keep me insane.
We do things differently, it’s been said.
Away from a time where peace rests its head.
Their intents and purposes are all the same, and they end in vain.
I’ll scratch the surface until it rips.
All we’re gonna need is this fellowship.
We’ll ride off into the sun, when it’s done.
Finally unbound, it’s time to start, playing life’s best part.
Find a way to thrive before we part.
Unburden us now, take a stand, get out while we still can.
Pick your head up out of your hands, and find new lands.
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12. |
Bridge O'er Water
09:40
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Woke up from a worn out dream that just will not stop recurring.
Can we make it happen in this town?
Got to pick my head up and look around.
Look around...
Maybe we’ll go get lost in the California air.
But you know and I know we’re onto something good here.
Something so good we never could let it go.
Now it’s time the world begin to know.
They're gonna know...
So, shall we see how we fare? Build a bridge over water to get us there.
The blue flash, we may never see. Don’t forget to enjoy the journey.
Found myself on an island, all alone.
In the end it’s something I hope I condone.
They say once you’ve been there you can’t go back.
Take a moment to appreciate where we are at.
Right where we're at...
Now I can see how this love can go on past the end.
But I can’t describe it with words to comprehend.
It just hits you and when it does you’ll know.
Across the bridge over water you can now go.
Let's go...
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The Rogue Electrics Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Independent alternative blues-rock band and recording artist from Milwaukee Wisconsin. Proud makers of original music.
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