Father Time's Greatest Hits
by Father Time
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I Can't Say
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Argue
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All Along
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Rustlin' of the Trees
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Heads Turn
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I came, I saw
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Too Stupid
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Miss Wills' Frustration
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Bully Baby
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I Believe In Karma
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Blameless
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So Reluctant
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When The Bubble Bursts
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Hardship Lane
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(Livin' on a) Treadmill
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Is It Somethin' I Said?
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Virtual Star
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Incorrigible
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about
Scott Stambaugh is Father Time. He's been called an internet legend. You decide for yourself.
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released 12 December 2010
All melodies and lyrics written by Scott Stambaugh.
All Songs Copyright S.S. Blazing Lights In The Sky Music
All melodies and lyrics written by Scott Stambaugh.
All Songs Copyright S.S. Blazing Lights In The Sky Music
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Father Time is a legend - Phil Frazier
If anyone combines the spirit of Evel Knievel with Dylan, Johnny Rotten and Neil Young, it's Scott. If anyone is close to being the Internet Dylan, FT is the one.- Flametop Fred
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- Track Name: (We All Live In) Walmartville
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We got a strip runnin' right to the interstate now
Cruise down the road, they got everything that you need
a couple o' 7-11s
and a Kroger grocery store
We got a new Home Depot, all the chains you're looking for
the familiar names, every town's the same
like Dominos, notice something lame ?
We all live in Walmartville
one exit down from Taco Bell
Live in the US
stay close to the nest
and yes we lost our culture
We got 16 films in the multiplex now
and the closest thing to town square is the local mall.
The kids wanna go to McDonalds, cause they brainwash them I think
or does it have to do with all that sugar in the Super Size drink ?
We got KFC, we got Texaco
Blue Light Specials and HBO
We all live in Walmartville
We get all our news on the cable now
Our debts are large
Our cellphones are charged
and big business owns our country
and the radio is all formats
you won't hear any good songs on that
We all live in Walmartville
and most of us think our towns are swell
The weekend will come
We'll rock and then some
More power to the indies..
We got GI Joe takin' on the sniper
and we just signed over our house to this guy, Bill Gates
but we get to go out to Hooters
and it's not for the chicken wings
We got SUVs, you know we'll run over anything
Mom and Pop closed down
Another chain arrives
and this has been happenin' all our lives
We all live in Walmartville
Drive down the road and see the sights
But don't reminisce
cause there's something amiss
it's this, our Walmart culture
We all live in Walmartville
one exit down from Taco Bell
Live in the US
We settle for less
and I guess we lost our culture
We all live in Walmartville - Track Name: I Can't Say
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Oh you wanna know what I'm angstin for
why I'm always yearnin for somethin more
I can't say I can't say
but I think about this problem every day
Oh I got the cream but it will not rise
So then what is wrong, let me emphasize
I can't say
I can't say
but it seems as ifa my monkey won't go away
There ain't no way to the fate you sought
Why are things that matter an afterthought?
I can't say
I can't say
but I'm burnin up on the inside to my dismay
Where ya headed to now ?
There ain't no place for you now
One thing that is true now
You're never breakin thru now
but that's nothing new now
so Whatchu gonna do now ? huh? huh? huh?
So you ask me hey, what's this all about
Tell you why the bottom just dropped out
I can't say
I can't say
but it seems as if these issues are here to stay - Track Name: Everybody's Into Their Own Thing
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Everybody's into their own thing
They only care about what's it it for me
Everybody's into their own thing
Not a thought about posterity
Seems you find it hard to step back
and see the world as a whole
(the only one you think exists is your lost soul)
I wish that I could make clear
that all the things that I do
are not about only me
but they're for you too
Everybody's into their own thing
They only care about what's it it for me
Everybody's into their own thing
Not a thought about posterity
You've been telling me you lost hope
so now you're out for yourself
(but that really means you'll be like everyone else)
No you won't give of yourself
unless there's some return
What happened to the good fight
You say you got burned
I think it's time that your lameass
starts to again give a fuck
(like you used to back before your heart got stuck)
The world that you're so down on
doesn't have a prayer
until more people like you
start to show up there
Everybody's into their own thing
They only care about what's it it for me
Everybody's into their own thing
Not a thought about posterity
(We're all into our own thing)
I don't know what to do anymore, I try to lead by example
(We insist on our own thing)
Seems everything I do, it's just not ample
(The main thing that matters, our own thing)
My good intentions, you're always tryin to trample
(We're all into our own thing)
I give ya everything I got, I tell ya - here's a sample
Everybody's into their own thing
They only care about what's it it for me
Everybody's into their own thing
Not a thought about posterity
C'mon now folks, let's sing it!
Not together of course, maybe on your own?
There used to be a little thing they called unity,
but apparantly that bird has long flown
Remember when people used to talk about changin the world,
and the things that mattered?
Now we're all so independent, all our hopes and dreams are scattered
My own thing
My own thing
Everybody's into their own thing
They only care about what's it it for me
Everybody's into their own thing
Not a thought about posterity - Track Name: Argue
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Squawkin' at my face
Has it only been an hour
since you came and took my time away ?
If you were in my place
would your ears be cauliflower ?
Well at any rate I'm sure you would not want to stay
And you wanna know why I argue
You should see what you are saying
And you wanna know why I argue
I disproved that point before
in the very first 2 minutes
Oh, you seem to have a listening impediment
This is not a tug of war
but you seem to want to win it
Later when I'm gone, you'll wonder where the answers went
And you wanna know why I argue
Are you hearing what I'm saying ?
And you wanna know why I argue
Who gave you my number ?
Please don't call me here no more
It seems the time has come for me to tear that damn phone right off of the wall
Oh you spout off anything
so I get to watch your brain work
Let me tell you, it is not a pretty sight to see
You get off on arguing
but your words are just a kneejerk
Sometimes you don't even know it if we do agree
And you wanna know why I argue
Do you see your branches swaying ?
And you wanna know why I argue
And you wanna know why I argue
Do you feel your edges fraying ?
And you wanna know why I argue - Track Name: All Along
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All along
I knew but I didn't know better
There's another side to every story
It wasn't yours, and it wasn't my fault
but if I didn't care
tell me why would I be standing here
instead of keeping with my disappearing act
I emerged from somewhere in the black abyss
Came to tell you that it wasn't all for naught
but I can't say I was there in spirit
all along
I thought we'd get it together
but that's not why I came to see you
Hey, I know it's been a very long time
but nothing's really changed
Snap your fingers and those years are gone
but am I still the way that you remember me
Just a man of unrequited dreams and such ?
If you think I took the wrong direction then
Hey, I really didn't mean to change so much
when you told me you would always rather have
my respect instead of just a friend in need
Guess you never figured out who needed who
I'd been so much better off not listening all along
You were wrong
with most of your assumptions
You were led astray by those you trusted
I only had your interests in mind
You really jumped the gun
cause it turns out I told the truth
with a dollar in my hand, the time has come
oh, to see if I can put the past behind
though it seems that I have gotten nowhere fast
if you only knew, you'd say I'm doin' fine
but I've lost a lot of blood along the way
gave a lot of people just a stitch in time
who are never gonna be the same again
Gave them all I could but I held onto what was mine
Walkin' by the ocean
Days are passing slowly
lookin' straight ahead
not tryin' to remember
If i did it all again
there'd be no way to change things
I don't have the chance
cause now it is December
All my lousy ties are gone
for years and many moons now
and I've come to know
it's never gonna happen
Oh, I have so much to give
with nothing for the taking
If I stopped to think
my wings would soon be flappin'
All along
I knew but I didn't know better
There's another side to every story
It wasn't yours, and it wasn't my fault
and the man that never saw the looking glass
has a burning fire inside the belly still
Everybody wondered what the difference was
but did anybody ever notice who was gone ?
Oh, the one who made the magic happen just moved on
but did anybody ever notice who was gone
when the one who made the magic happen left at dawn ? - Track Name: Rustlin' of the Trees
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If I tell you how I feel
Will you turn and run away
If I try to hold it in now
Will you stay another day
If I try to take it further
Will you tell me what I know
That I’m just another victim
Of the crazy winds that blow
It’s the rustlin’ of the trees
In my fool head that you’re hearin’
I don’t know what’s coming next
Hope it won’t be what I’m fearin’
That you’ll soon be disappearin’
If I try to turn the tide
Will you move up closer still
If I had you every minute
Would I ever have my fill
If you ever stopped denyin’
Who’s to say what you might find
But you’d never let that happen
With those doors locked in your mind
It’s the rustlin’ of the trees
In my fool head that you’re hearin’
I don’t know what’s coming next
Hope it won’t be what I’m fearin’
That you’ll soon be disappearin’
Oh I know we’ve got a thing
But sometimes I play along
Seems we’ve gotta keep believin’
that it’s only just a song
Oh I wonder if I’m hopin’
For the day your eyes might see
thru that sleepy independence
and you wake up needing me
It’s the rustlin’ of the trees
In my fool head that you’re hearin’
I don’t know what’s coming next
Hope it won’t be what I’m fearin’
That you’ll soon be disappearin’
Naah, I know I just lucked out
At the right time and the place
I just landed in this swamp
And I will sink without a trace
I’m the one they would remember
But this time it will be me
Who’s the one that left to ponder
All the rustling of the trees
It’s the rustlin’ of the trees
In my fool head that you’re hearin’
I don’t know what’s coming next
Hope it won’t be what I’m fearin’
That you’ll soon be disappearin’ - Track Name: Heads Turn
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If you are looking for a place not to go
If you want some sweet privacy you really should know
that the beach is full of those who can't help but gaze at you
Not to mention all the widened eyeballs uptown
If you want to get gawked at that's your place to get down
or the shopping malls where people seem to forget
that they're not at a zoo
Heads turn when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by, heads turn
Heads turn when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by, heads turn
If you're out in public there's no chance to relax
Yeah if you let your guard down, you'll be surely attacked
There is something about you that's a come-on for everyone's stare
Time to somehow have your magnets set to repel
cause if we were alone now, it would be just as well
but if you feel like bein' quite the center of attention
you'll be blinded by the glare
Heads turn when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by, heads turn
Heads turn when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by, heads turn
Heads turn when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by, heads turn
Heads turn when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by, heads turn
Heads turn when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by
when my lover goes by
heads turn - Track Name: I came, I saw
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I came
I saw
but I didn't conquer you
you were the last one to hold out
and I'm not gonna forget to do my thang
it's the only thang I know how to do
and don't run away from the pain I brang
cause you know that my feelings are coming from you
I came
I saw
but I didn't conquer you
you were the last one to hold out
I came
I saw
did not wanna conquer you
I let you know what I was about
and I may not be able to change my ways
or is that just the way that it seems ?
All I know is I keep on repeating them
when things get in the way of me chasing my dream
You know you're feelin the same way
there is a time and a place for that
and the feeling will nevah go away
in fact, you're scared to let it come in
I know you're feelin' the same way
You know you're feelin' the same way
You know I know you're feelin' the same way
I came, I saw, did I conquer ?
I came
I saw
made all kinds of time for you
You were the first to hold on
You came
You saw
You made me your point of view
And we stayed up to see the dawn
and I'm not gonna act like the past is gone
cause it's inside of me, inside you
And as long as I'm free to be who I am
I will still be the person you knew
I loved
I remembered
I never let you change me
into someone I didn't know
I kept it inside
stayed open wide
and the fog that blanketed the valley
lingered for most of the ride
and I'm not gonna forget to do my thang
It's the only thang I know how to do
and you'll know that you left me all feelin' pangs
but those feelings are coming from you - Track Name: Rock For The Sake Of Rock
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No guitars in the land of milk and honey
No guitars, and you know I won't be staying long
No guitars in your elevator music brain
That is why I won't remain a captive of your presence
Rock, for the sake of rock
If it's too soft, I'm turnin' it off
Rock, for the sake of rock
No guitars in the blaring boombox heartland
just that droning bass and beat
You must know the songs all sound the same
There's no tune running thru your discriminating hip-hop mind
At least none that I can find, I couldn't stay forever
Rock for the sake of rock
Hey, you're just chillin', but it ain't too thrillin'
Rock for the sake of rock
Hey, I know your answer, you're gonna say I disrespect you
but really I just hate your music
C'mon man, I never met you
No guitars - I've been watchin' rock just fade away
so I've come to save the day and help the world remember
Rock for the sake of rock
This isn't a putdown, 'm just puttin' my foot down
Rock for the sake of rock
Rock for the sake of rock
If it's a slow one, you know I'll be goin
Rock for the sake of rock
If it's too soft
I'm turnin' it off
If it's too slow
then I gotta go
Rock for the sake of rock
the Stones and the Who
if you need a clue
Hendrix, Cobain
the Doors, the Airplane
How 'bout Plant and Page ?
They're not showin' their age
Neil and the Horse
the Beatles, of course
for the sake of rock
sake of rock
Hey, I just need a little rock for the sake of rock
Gimme some of that rock for the sake of rock
Is that too much to ask ?
One more taste of that rock for the sake of rock
Is that too much to ask ?
Rock ! - Track Name: Too Stupid
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I saw today, I saw today on a morning talk show
They brought out a bunch of teenage mothers
sat em down in a long row
Later on, they had some younger yet on Geraldo
and I thought ..
They were too stupid to use a rubber
Oh too stupid to use a rubber
He stuck it in, he stuck it in and the feeling took over
You'll see one more casual kid crawlin' into this world
Oh, the girl with the lollipop wanted to be a mother
but the sorry life they're forced to live,
that kid will never recover
and before she could solve that problem,
now she's gonna have another
and another fucked up kid's a comin' into this world
2, 4, 6, 8 fucked up kids takin' over this world
Hey, who's to say that child'll grow up
to lead a life of crime ?
But I gotta tell ya buddy, I'll take that bet
3 kids soon runnin' wild are born
for every one that's raised
and with that kind of ratio,
what kinda world you gonna get ?
Were you too stupid ?
It was thunder and lightning
I tell ya it don't take no brains
to be doin' the wild thing
Oh, and I for one don't wanna see what the stork brings
when another demon sets foot upon this world
You were too stupid
That's why I'm tryin' to school ya
So stupid
That's why I ridicule ya
She was too stupid (stupid) to make him wear a rubber
She's so stupid (stupid)
she believes that he loves her
("Well, that's what he told me")
She's not halfway close to even bein'
remotely able to comprehend
the gist of what it means to know
the slightest thing about tryin' to be a mother
Hey, where is the father ("Yeah, where is he ?")
He was too stupid to use a rubber
Oh, he likes to do it raw, then he won't even call her
He's a dawg now, dawg now, only wanted to ball her
Whoops, another fatherless child thrown into this world
a lot of degenerate kids doin' time in this world
I'm not talkin' 'bout the so very few
who manage to manage
Oh, I'm talkin' 'bout most of you,
your lives filled with anguish
It don't help you've been here all your life,
still can't speak the language
("I'm only tellin' the troof")
and I gotta believe when they tell me
"Don't go down that street"
Yeah, they tell me if I go to a certain neighborhood, I'm dead meat
multiply like rabbits . .
Got drunk now, drunk now, did the Love Me Tender
So drunk now you don't even remember
What did you do ?
Well, now she is due, she's due in December
and a perpetrator is born, brought up in that world
and one more woman wishes she'd stayed a little girl
She was too stupid, she wanted to hook him (hook him)
So stupid but I guess she mistook him
(I guess she mistook him)
Now that you got yourself knocked up,
well who's gonna book ? Him
Oh your plan didn't work out too good
and you gotta decide
but in neither of your 2 choices do you end up a bride
They were too stupid to use a rubber
They both have a parttime job
but they don't get enough hours
Pull it out, you couldn't pull it out
and she wanted the power
over some poor innocent child
that shoulda never been born
and not far from the tree falls another acorn
So stupid - Track Name: Miss Wills' Frustration
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The first time that I saw her rage, it wasn't me that did the crime
I erased the blackboard good just like she told me to
but a curly-headed kid named Charlie wrote all over it again
in time for her to come back into the room
and with a look I'd never seen before
Soon I was peeking in thru the window
and wonderin' 'bout why she made me stand outside the door
My heart stopped when I saw her pull it down from its hanging spot
That giant wooden paddle
Yeah, she gave me her forget-me-not
I was the victim of Miss Wills' frustration
I was the one who just happened to be there when she snapped
I was the scapegoat for her situation
It was a bum rap
The next time she let out her anger, it was just another schoolyard fight
Then 4 of us motley guys lined up to take her wrath
That time, she didn't whuup me quite as hard, I guess cause there were witnesses
but a funny thing did happen
Rusty ran down the hall before Miss Wills could ream his ass
out the backdoor to the playground
and none of us ever saw him run so fast
She went to see where he was goin'
but poor Rusty disappeared into the woods
When he showed up the next day
I was sure that he'd get it good
but he was no victim of Miss Wills' frustration
She let him off the hook, I guess, cause she liked his fear
Yeah, he never did receive his flagellation
There was no justice here
It was a symptom of Miss Wills' frustration
when she made up crazy lies to tell my mom
Did she feel she needed justification ?
4th grade was Vietnam
The third time she let out her pain, well I almost deserved it then
for running backwards in the compulsory May Day race
embarrassed her in front of the teachers, me and Ralph made a big mistake
She made him stand around the corner
so he couldn't see the kind of torment she could bring
and she gave it to me 10 times
counting right along but it was shouting more than anything
For a second she just lost it
like she was locked in a spanking loop
I was bawling like a baby
Looking back I never did regroup
I was a victim of Miss Wills' Frustration
Ralph told me later she only hit him twice
Not me, I learned humiliation
My ass a sacrifice - Track Name: Bully Baby
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He's such a mess He's gomeresque
and he's such a cunt when he's makin' threats
Gets a thought in his head and then he gets
like a big bulldozer just plowin' thru on wrecking day
Throws wacked out tantrums, freaks out til he gets his way
That bully (bully)
babay (babay)
wants what he wants and his neck is red
That bully (bully)
babay (babay)
you can't penetrate his butcherblockhead
He's a liar too His face turns blue
when you got his number and you turn the screws
Yeah, even his friends won't tell him what's true
cause they've seen all the shit that he does when he gets pissed
He's said himself what he is is a terrorist
That bully (bully)
babay (babay)
bozo blood and fascist genes
That bully (bully)
babay (babay)
thinks his rear end justifies the means
That bully baby man he's got no soul
Bad karma's gonna come and take its toll, troll
That bully (bully)
babay (babay)
Do what he wants or you'll hear his threats
such a bully (bully)
babay (babay)
veins poppin out of his big forehead
He's a bully (bully)
babay (babay)
He's such a dunce and his neck is red
That bully (bully)
babay (babay)
you can't penetrate his butcherblockhead
He's a bully
He's a baby
He's a bully (bully)
He's a baby (babay)
He's a bully baby
bully baby
bully (bully)
baby (baby)
bully (bully)
Wwwwwooooooaaw - Track Name: I Believe In Karma
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Well, here we go with the same shit again, and I know it wasn't my fault
Oh you led me down a dark road again - and I couldn't come to a halt
So how did I end up losin' again ?
All my good intentions were just money to spend
and I was sure that you were my friend
I was just so sure that you were my friend
but I, I believe in karma
It's a factor
It's a force
I, I believe in karma
I'm a gonna get mine
and you're gonna get yours
Well, I just keep on believin in people but I'm disbelievin' their ways
I just keep on givin, givin myself and I always end up amazed
Oh how did I end up kicked in the head
by the one who I always put first instead
Oh, I guess you forgot all the things that you said
I guess you forgot all the things that you said
but I, I believe in karma
It's a factor
It's a force
I, I believe in karma
I'm a gonna get mine
and you're gonna get yours
oh I, I believe in karma
It's a factor
It's a force
I, I believe in karma
I'm a gonna get mine
and you're gonna get yours
Well, it's time for me to be movin' along to another moment in time
Of course I'm left to start at the bottom, I'm so used to makin' that climb
So why am I still here wantin' to try
when I know I'll only end up denied ?
Yeah, you'll only keep on tellin your lies
You'll only keep on tellin your lies
but I, I believe in karma
It's a factor
It's a force
I, I believe in karma
I'm a gonna get mine
and you're gonna get yours
I believe in karma
I believe in karma
I believe in karma - Track Name: Blameless
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You're the supremo hypocrite
it's so easy to see
all the fucked up shit you pull
while you're pointin at me
Let me give you a hint
You may act innocent
but that routine is spent
cause what you said is not what you meant
How can you say you're blameless ?
How fucking shameless
You're the farthest thing from blameless
on the face of the earth and even worse
Your world is takin' dumps
on people who care
Now you're gonna take your lumps
What's fair is fair
I'm done with cuttin' slack
cause you're the one that's wacked
It's time your crap comes back
in your face - I'm gonna make it splat
How can you say you're blameless
I never saw such lameness
You're no more blameless
than Jeffrey Dahmer or the uni-bomber
I'm onto you
Your game is through
How do you like like it now ?
stuck out in the cold
Don't bother crawlin' back
this story is told
Let the next fool deal with you
I got better things to do
than giving lifeblood to
your big black hole - your empty soul
How can you say you're blameless
oh the insaneness
when you act like you're blameless
with your dummy face you're a mental case
How can you say you're blameless
I never saw such lameness
I'm the only one who's blameless
in this scenario - so shut your hole
I know what's true, and that's why I gotta blame you - Track Name: So Reluctant
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Caught you abusin’ my name and for all to see
So I exposed you and snatched up your dignity
Guess it's not the same when your karma comes back at you
They just didn’t stop, so I did what I had to do
(They wanna destroy me but they're makin me stronger)
(They wanna destroy me but they're makin me stronger)
(They wanna destroy me but they're makin me stronger)
(They wanna destroy me but they're makin me stronger)
Here they are now still hating my timely ways
Some things are long past but for them that feeling stays
I becken them from the dark with my shining light
(with my shining light)
But they’ve been to the rumormill so they want to fight
They’re so reluctant
They’re so reluctant
They’re so reluctant to give the last rock hope his due
I know I’m the virtual king, do I want to be ?
I really don’t have a choice, they show such envy (oh such envy)
Won’t give me the benefit, cause I am FT
Oh, I’m not the king of your world, well, just wait and see
You’re so reluctant
You’re so reluctant
You’re so reluctant to give the last rock hope his due
You know I'm the king of your world, why do you deny me ?
When I feel the depth of your wrath, you're affirming me
(oh yeah, you're affirming me)
Though you know I'm the king of your world,
you won't set me free
but I'll make my mark in Time, I'm the bottomless sea
You'll never kill my spirit (My lifeblood's gonna flow)
You'll never kill my spirit (My lifeblood's gonna flow)
You'll never kill my spirit (My lifeblood's gonna flow)
You'll never kill my spirit (My lifeblood's gonna flow)
They’re so reluctant
They’re so reluctant
They’re so reluctant to give the last rock hope his due
They’re so reluctant
They’re so reluctant
They’re so reluctant to give the last rock hope his due
They wanna destroy me but they're makin me stronger ... - Track Name: When The Bubble Bursts
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Oh I know you've come so far
and you like it where you are
Yeah you've found your own respective calling
and you know you're good in your neighborhood
but a time is gonna come
in your quiet world when some heartbeat's
gonna start to pound
when the space around you
starts closin in
and the air gets thin
But I don't wanna be there
I don't wanna be there
I don't wanna be there when the bubble bursts, when the bubble bursts
I don't wanna be there
I don't wanna be there
I don't wanna be there when the bubble bursts
Oh you never missed a class
never let a moment pass
Yeah by now you've gone thru all the motions
and you've paid your dues, but I've got bad news
Seems you've got a bridge to cross
and this time it's gonna cost too much
as you realize they false advertise
in the magazine where you found your dream
and I don't wanna be there
I don't wanna be there
I don't wanna be there when the bubble bursts, when the bubble bursts
I don't wanna be there
I don't wanna be there
I don't wanna be there when the bubble bursts
This whole scenario, it sounds so familiar to me
but I know you can only find out for yourself
and that'll be such a sad sight to see
Oh you think I'll get a buzz
sayin' I told you so about the way it was
but I myself never did recover
from the times I saw when I hit the wall
Wish I knew how to get through
I would shout all night but you can't hear
past the books you've read
printed in your head
past some TV show
all the things you know
Oh, I don't wanna be there
I don't wanna be there
I don't wanna be there when the bubble bursts, when the bubble bursts
I don't wanna be there
I don't wanna be there
I don't wanna be there when the bubble bursts - Track Name: Hardship Lane
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Another black cat just came in through our window
but it wouldn't matter 'cause we never learn
We walk under ladders that we could be climbing
Not a penny's been saved, girl, that we ever earned
'cause we know a quick fix just waits for our phone call
a trip to the city, so we can pretend
that things will be better, that we will get stronger
but you can be sure, baby, that will depend
We're livin' in a house on Hardship Lane
We're payin' the landlord but nothing is gained
For all that we've struggled, no cash to our name
The seasons are changin', our problems the same
For sure, noone said it was gonna be easy
but we've had to fight every step of the way
The second we've taken some small thing for granted
a slap in the face, and the world makes us pay
There's plenty of users and plenty of victims
but so very few who can make it above
the wedge between people, their lives and their money
Girl, all we got left is ourselves and our love
We're livin' in a house on Hardship Lane
The past is the present, we're working in vain
For all that we've given, the fact still remains
We ain't gettin' nowhere, we're stuck in these chains
Sometimes it breaks out and I know what we're fighting about
We get too involved in just watching our time running out
We're livin' in a house on Hardship Lane
Our life goes in circles, relations are strained
Been doin' some checking, the savings is drained
We're born to be losers, the knowledge ingrained
We're livin' in a house
Still livin' in this house
Survive in this house
Will we die in this house ?
We strived in this house
Never thrived in this house
Got by in this house
Did we try in this house ?
Somehow I believe that our battle might take us
to green fields on some other side of the fence
No doubt in my mind that we're gonna make ends meet
in ways that mean more than just dollars and cents
My back may be weary but it is not broken
Your dreams may be faded, but they are still there
We cannot forget who we have to wake up with
and whoever said that the world is unfair
We're livin' in a house on Hardship Lane
caught up in our troubles and ain't it a shame
Our story is sad, our excuses are lame
Got no piece of mind now, but who is to blame ?
Copyright 1999 S.S. Blazing Lights in the Sky Music - Track Name: (Livin' on a) Treadmill
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I'm livin' on a treadmill
The faster I'm goin' the more I stand still
I have to get off it - I'm not so sure that I will
It's been so long now, I don't remember
I'm livin' like a slave
Tryin' to save what I already gave
Help me to find some way out of this cave
I just can't see the light
Where is the light ?
This long frustration's just another way of life
and if I start to get my fool life together
the truth will cut like a knife
Oh, the changin' of seasons, well, it ain't gonna come around here
My soul's in the way of facin' the truth in this atmosphere
Hangin' like a trophy head
My eyes wide open but I've long been dead
Go out in the woods and see the trail I've bled
but you wouldn't want to live the life I've led
All the time I've spent
All the words I've meant
didn't make one dent
I'm livin' on a treadmill
The faster I'm goin' the more I stand still
I have to get off it - I don't know if I will
It's been so long now, I don't remember
I don't wanna remember - Track Name: Is It Somethin' I Said?
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You raise your eyes and you call me a loser
You say I've got the wrong attitude
but there's still no way that I'll ever change for you
You're so surprised when I answer your questions
or did I catch you placing the blame
Now you try to hide, but the truth won't walk away
Is is somethin' I said ?
Is is somethin' I said ?
Is is somethin' I said ?
Is is somethin' I said ?
Is is somethin' I said ?
Is is somethin' I said ?
If my opinion is hittin' you deeper
I'm guessin' that I'm probably right
but you won't face up, cause you keep it all inside
Is it somethin' I said ?
Is is somethin' I said ?
Is is somethin' I said ?
Is is somethin' I said ?
Is is somethin' I said ?
Is is somethin' I said ?
The lies came down and you never resisted
Now, it's creepin' up the back of your mind
all the constant truth that you somehow left behind
I've been waiting for that day
I've been waiting for that day
I've been waiting for that day
Yeah, the day that you admit you're wrong
I've been waiting for that day
I've been waiting for that day
I've been waiting for that day
Yeah, the day that you admit you're wrong
I've been waiting for that day (Is it somethin' I said ?)
I've been waiting for that day (Is it somethin' I said ?)
I've been waiting for that day (Is it somethin' I said ?)
Yeah, the day that you admit you're wrong
I've been waiting for that day (Is it somethin' I said ?)
I've been waiting for that day (Is it somethin' I said ?)
I've been waiting for that day (Is it somethin' I said ?)
Yeah, the day that you admit you're wrong
I'm so relieved that you had to confront it
There's only one way now you'll be free
Just to think at first, you thought you were changing me - Track Name: Virtual Star
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I'm a virtual star
I'm a virtual star
Hey, everybody knows my name
But I’m not gettin too far
I'm a barrel of time
goin' over the falls
I'm the great big tidal wave
when the ice cap thaws
and lately It don’t matter too much
what’s the truth and what’s a lie
Time’s standin’ still,
so you make up your own mind
I'm so stuck in my head
that I'm out of my head
My mind is so alive
that I'm practically dead
I don’t know what I want
I don’t know what I need
And since I don’t seem to know shit
How’s a guy to succeed ?
One day you looked up to find
Time was knocking on your door
Was it too late to still want something more ?
I'm a virtual man
but I'm not virtually hard
Am I just that throbbing fool
in your virtual backyard ?
I'm so caught up in you
Am I that caught up in you
That I just care what time it is ?
Hey, but that’s what you do
That’s what you do
I know I’m way too obvious
But there’s some things you can’t hide
Time opened up and you took me for a ride
I know what I need
I have no clue what I want
but there ain’t no alarm clock set
That I’ll tell you upfront
I'm the virtual king
of this virtual thing
and I can’t even tell what’s real
and I’m not even looking
I'm a virtual star
Just me and my guitar
Time to go cruising down the road
in the virtual car
virtual car
I’m a virtual . . - Track Name: Incorrigible
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I really wish I wasn't such a restless guy
I never have been able to let sleeping dogs lie
I lay it all right out there
and you never know what you'll get
That legendary mythological character that you’ve met
It seems I'm always fighting the whole Planet
But hey, don't look at me, I didn't plan it.
Incorrigible Incorrigible Incorrigible
Incorrigible Incorrigible
Seems I mighta been born that way
He gets his ass in trouble
with all the things he says
His life would be much better
if he'd only stayed anonymous
When he is nice too long
he gets those hunger pangs
He feels the urge compel him
and then he does his thang
His words shoot through the sky
like Halley’s comet
He always has the need he just can’t calm it.
Incorrigible Incorrigible Incorrigible
(I just can't help it)
Incorrigible Incorrigible
I think he might've been born that way
He’s always in the middle
but he’s always out of line
You better not let him take your words
and put you in a bind
Sometimes I flash awareness
and I don't like what I see
How did that righteous singer turn out to be FT
By now you really should know, he just can't help it
But your reaction turned it into a hellpit
Incorrigible Incorrigible Incorrigible
(I just can't help it)
Incorrigible Incorrigible
I think I mighta been born that way
Incorrigible Incorrigible Incorrigible
(No, I just can't help it)
Incorrigible Incorrigible
Seems I’ve always been torn that way
Incorrigible Incorrigible Incorrigible
Incorrigible Incorrigible
Seems I mighta been born that way
Incorrigible Incorrigible Incorrigible
(I just can't help it)
Incorrigible Incorrigible
Seems I’ve always been torn that way
