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[fox69]

"Black-Skinned Blue-Eyed Boys"

"Black-Skinned Blue-Eyed Boys"



Okay I’m loosened up now children
White is white
What’s black ain’t over
Together we’ll be
When the war is over
You see them black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no war—Oh no!

You go to school
Where the teachers beat ya
When they see that they can’t reach ya
You see them black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no war—Oh no!

They ain’t got no country
They ain’t got no creed
People won’t be black or white
The world will be hybrid, world will be hybrid, world will be hybrid
You see them black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no war—Oh no!
Ain’t gonna fight no war—Oh no!
Ain’t gonna fight no war—Oh no!

A brand new day
We’re a brand new people
Whole new world
With just one people
You see them black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no war—Oh no!

Black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no doggone war

Black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no doggone war

Black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no doggone war

Black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no doggone war

Black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no doggone war

Baby you know that we ain’t fighting
Baby you know that we ain’t fighting
Baby you know that we ain’t fighting
Baby you know that we ain’t fighting
Baby you know that we ain’t fighting

They ain’t got no country
They ain’t got no creed
People won’t be black or white
The world will be hybrid, world will be hybrid, world will be hybrid
You see them black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no wars—Oh no!

Black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no doggone war

Black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no doggone war

Black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no doggone war

Baby you know that we ain’t fighting
Baby you know that we ain’t fighting
Baby you know that we ain’t fighting

Black-skinned blue-eyed boys
Ain’t gonna fight no doggone war

 

[fox69]

"Blue On A Green Planet"

"Blue On A Green Planet"



We’ve got a problem but I don’t know what it is
We used to sparkle now we buck without the fizz
My ass is getting pains from sitting on the fence
For everything I need to do is in the future tense

And I’m blue on a green planet with you
Yes I’m blue on a green planet with you
And I’m blue on a green planet with you
Yes I’m blue on a green planet with you

We’ve got a history but it’s too much like the past
I get unwell from stuff that used to be a blast
I did some falling down I did some falling out
I just guess our joint account has fallen into doubt

And I’m blue on a green planet with you
Yes I’m blue on a green planet with you
And I’m blue on a green planet with you
Yes I’m blue on a green planet with you

What more can we say, what more can we do
This is something that I never wanted to go through
But I am, yeah I’m blue on a green planet with you
Yeah I’m blue on a green planet with you
I’m so blue on a green planet with you

I’m not that lazy but I just don’t need the work
I’m not the proper type to be one of those physical jerks
Some people say you have to change to stay the same
I guess we tried so hard to stay the same we changed

And I’m blue on a green planet with you
Yes I’m blue on a green planet with you
And I’m blue on a green planet with you
Yes I’m blue on a green planet with you

 

[fox69]

"Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)"

"Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys)"



Thirteen valleys he has wandered for her love
For he thinks he is the one that she dreams of
But her bed was made elsewhere from the first day she got there
Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out
Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out

It could have been me
I said, It could have been me
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

Thirteen valleys she has gone since morning came
Well she gave so much that only love remains
But her lover is long gone with the money she sent on
Now she wanders thirteen valleys crying out
Now she wanders thirteen valleys crying out

It could have been me
I said, It could have been me
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

That broken heart will be forever and a lifetime
That broken heart will try your love like none before
And you may fight or you may run for what was fast is now undone
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

Thirteen valleys lying silent in the haze
Filled with promises and spirits that we raised
But the spirits all are ghosts of the ones we hurt the most
And they wander thirteen valleys crying out
And they wander thirteen valleys crying out

It could have been me
I said, It could have been me
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

It could have been me
I said, It could have been me
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

That broken heart will be forever and a lifetime
That broken heart will try your love like none before
And you may fight or you may run for what was fast is now undone
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

 

[fox69]

"Buffalo Skinners"

"Buffalo Skinners"



Out beyond the river where you and I would ride
We would skin the buffalo, the last ones left alive
But once again it passed me by, I know it always will
So now I spend my Sunday standing still

Sure we could have
We could have got it right
Sure we could have
We could have got it right

And somewhere she is calling out on a scarlet plain
But I no longer hear her, I grew out of those games
I never skinned a buffalo, I never even killed
That's why I spend my Sunday standing still

Sure we could have
We could have got it right
Sure we could have
We could have got it right

Sure we could have
We could have got it right
Sure we could have
We could have got it right

Sure we could have
We could have got it right
Sure we could have
We could have got it right

Sure we could have
We could have got it right
Sure we could have
We could have got it right

 

[fox69]

"Can You Feel The Winter"

"Can You Feel The Winter"


Do you see the paper, rumor going ’round
Finally they tell us, time to close us down
It’s a major story, headlines at the stand
What was once our dignity, sold and then bought back
Take away the fabric, make us less than real
Never let us have the cards, don’t let us deal
Deep in the city, keep the windows closed
Don’t chance a chill, or mess your clothes
Have you any measure what just one of us is worth
The wind that comes to chill us off already froze the north

Tell me, can you feel the winter, feel it cold across your heart
Tell me, can you feel the winter, tearing us apart, tearing us apart

More than a rumor, there go the rats
It’s all been said and done there is no turning back
Farewell grey angels, you chose the sea
Safe out on the waters, it’s where you long to be
Have you any measure what just one of us is worth
And the wind that comes to cool us off already froze the north

Tell me, can you feel the winter, feel it cold across your heart
Tell me, can you feel the winter, tearing us apart, tearing us apart [x2]

We’re all in this together, if we’re in this thing at all
And we don’t need to feel better, when our back’s against the wall
If it’s over, then it’s over
And we don’t need to feel better, and our back’s against the wall
So wave goodbye to sailor boy, and wave goodbye to me
And let your love be strong for us, beyond the troubled sea
Yeah, wave goodbye to sailor boy, and wave goodbye to me
And let your love be strong for us, beyond the troubled sea

I hope that you can take it, I hope that you come through
For I know what it does to me, it does much worse to you
If it’s over, then it’s over
For I know what it does to me, it does much worse to you
For wave goodbye to sailor boy, and wave goodbye to me
And let your love be strong for us, beyond the troubled sea
So wave goodbye to sailor boy, and wave goodbye to me
And let your love be strong for us, beyond the troubled sea

More than a rumor, there go the rats
It’s all been said and done there is no turning back
Farewell grey angels, you chose the sea
Safe out on the waters, it’s where you long to be
Have you any measure what one of us is worth
The wind that comes to cool us off already froze the north

 

[fox69]

"Celtic Dream"

"Celtic Dream"



When I look into your eyes
See the years I spent in them
I’m amazed to find they still show clear
Clear out to the edge every chance I took with you
Shining in the darkest places of my fear

I love the warmth that moments were the summer
As you softly shimmer in seven veils of haze
I feel the rainfall of a lifetimes worth of autumns
Running on my shoulders like November days

Last night I took a walk into the fire
Of my Celtic dreams
Someday soon I’ll leave that innocence behind me
Until then I’m here

Sometimes you just can’t tell the way the flood is gonna flow
Sometimes you never know the way the coldest wind will blow
I used to answer all these things for everyone
Not because I knew the truth
But because I was having fun

Last night I took a walk into the fire
Of my Celtic dreams
Someday soon I’ll leave that innocence behind me
Until then I’m here

Last night I took a walk into the fire
Of my Celtic dreams
Someday soon I’ll leave that innocence behind me
Until then I’m here

Stay free and throw your cares into the future
Let them all come out
Be true and pass those dreams onto someone
Before you wear them out

By some strange god and a good right hand
You can chase the ghost from the promised land
If the promised land turns out as it should
We can flood the place with consumer goods

If we eat our greens and we say our prayers
We can trap the beast in his stony lair
We’ll tame the beast and we’ll save his soul
And fill our schools with the gold we stole

By some strange god and your good right hand
We can shake the ghost from the promised land
If the promised land turns out as it should
We can flood the place with consumer goods

If we eat our greens and we say our prayers
We can trap the beast in his stony lair
We’ll tame the beast and we’ll save his soul
And fill our schools with the gold we stole

 

[fox69]

"Chance"

"Chance"



All the rain came down
On a cold new town
As he carried you away
From your father's hand
That always seemed like a fist
Reaching out to make you pay

He came like a hero from the factory floor
With the sun and moon as gifts
But the only son you ever saw
Were the two he left you with

Oh Lord where did the feeling go
Oh Lord I never felt so low

Now the skirts hang so heavy around your head
That you never knew you were young
Because you played chance with a lifetime's romance
And the price was far too long

Oh Lord where did the feeling go
Oh Lord I never felt so low

Oh Lord where did the feeling go
Oh Lord I never felt so low

Oh Lord where did the feeling go
Oh Lord I never felt so low

Oh Lord where did the feeling go
Oh Lord I never felt so low

Oh Lord where did the feeling go
Oh Lord I never felt so low

 

[fox69]

"Charlotte"

"Charlotte"


It wasn’t in her diary
It wasn’t in her stars
She didn’t hear it at the mall
It only makes things worse

Charlotte’s in her ice box
Needs someone to blame
Another slice of chocolate cake
Helps to ease the pain

He used to buy her underwear
She loved to wear it too
While he would always talk so nice
And she pretended too

They saw the world together
But always in the dark
Three hours in the limousine
To find a place to park

Charlotte’s in her ice box
Needs someone to blame
Another slice of chocolate cake
Helps to ease the pain

They lived a million miles apart
Between a dozen blocks
So sometimes she would call him up
But he would never talk

Charlotte’s in her ice box
Needs someone to blame
Another slice of chocolate cake
Helps to ease the pain

(Charlotte’s in her ice box
Needs someone to blame
Another slice of chocolate cake
Helps to ease the pain)*

She never saw him Sundays
He spends time with his kids
And they swore things would never change
But now she knows they did

[*additional lyrics for Rarities VI only]

 

[fox69]

"Chester's Farm"

"Chester's Farm"



Black cars come and black cars go
Full of secrets you will never know
Tires hiss in the rain be feels through the night?
Shadows move behind the glass, no one worries no one asks
Politions come and go so fast...

I dont mean to do no harm I dont wanna cause alarm
I try to be cool I try to stay calm
But something weirds going on at Chesters Farm...

This is the place where the monkeys die
This is the cage where the mutants fly
On the wings on a industry funded research lay
This is where the tests are made
Where are finest minds parade
upon the planet fools have paid have made...

I dont mean to do no harm I dont wanna cause alarm
I try to be cool I try to stay calm
But something weirds going on at Chesters Farm...

I dont mean to do no harm I dont wanna cause alarm
I try to be cool I try to stay calm
But something weirds going on at Chesters Farm...

Something back and the bugs gone wild
The biological demon child
Its alive and among us resistance is futial...

I dont mean to do no harm I dont wanna cause alarm
I try to be cool I try to stay calm
But something weirds going on at Chesters Farm...

I dont mean to do no harm I dont wanna cause alarm
I try to be cool I try to stay calm
But something weirds going on at Chesters Farm...

 

[fox69]

"Christmas Island"

"Christmas Island"



I volunteered for overseas
For I would not leave such friends as these

We hid our eyes from a thousand suns
But we faced the mad wind, everyone
The cloud grew high as I hid a tear
For the weapon of peace was the tool of fear

On Christmas Island
I left the truth so far away
Christmas Island
Freedom took my soul away

I breathed the air, I tasted soil
Where the forests die and the harvests spoil

Now the horse is gone, you close the gate
Say my pain is a twist of fate
Well I took your wages, that is true
But you never warned of what you knew

On Christmas Island
I left the truth so far away
Christmas Island
Freedom took my soul away

I did my duty and it did me wrong
So the time I have may not be long
I will not leave here quietly
For the fallout fell and it fell on me