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Empire Goodbyes
03:36
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Verse1:
World's gone crazy and I don't know why
'Gone are the days' and light in our eyes
Seems like nothing is ever for sure
We're packing bags for a ride in a hearse
Chorus (Ancestral Choir):
Empire Goodbyes
Long-winded demise
We're simply shadows in the night...crumbling inside
Verse 2:
I got this feeling we're slipping away
Can't live for tomorrow when we're dying today
The power-hungry people asleep at the wheel
They rise, you fall...now you got to kneel
Chorus (Ancestral Choir)
Verse 3:
So much knowledge but nothing to say
Paradise was here but we blew it away
Step right up, it's a real shit show...
Bet you didn't know we star in it now
Ancestral Choir:
Empire goodbyes
Long-winded demise
We're simply shadows in the night...crumbling inside
Empire goodbyes
Come dry your eyes
We're simply shadows in the night...crumbling inside
Empire goodbyes
(the sun will never set on)
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2. |
Fool's Gold
03:25
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Verse 1
If I were the King of Rock
Making music and I just can't stop
Singing how every shoe should have a foot in a sock
And my smiling face on every cereal box
Verse 2
And if I were the President
I'd speak in tongues with the words I'd mince
Make damn sure all your money gets spent
And send in troops if you don't pay your rent
Verse 3
And if I were a basketball star
Making millions, driving fancy cars
Signing contracts with those whose shoes I'm in
Won't think twice about the kids who make them
Verse 4
And if I were a homeless man
Filling all my needs from that garbage can
I'd have a life but I'd have no plan
Your contribution keeps me right where I am
Verse 5
And if I were the richest man
I'd still want more and I'd have a plan
'Blue-collar throne' and your bad case of gas...
I've made $50 million before you can find your ass
Verse 6
It's just a Great Disappearing Act
Integrity dissolves behind a wall o' cash
You love that life? Baby, it won't last...Ha!
Verse 7
We commoners? We just go on our way
We thank the stars we've got food on our plates
We sit a dream of being 'king for a day'
But it's all fool's gold...don't take the bait.
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3. |
Love, In Flames
03:42
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Verse
Have you ever given it all...and stood before the wall?
Have you ever knocked on doors...heard the pacing on the floors?
It was this way that I learned
a one-way love can really burn
I gave it all to you
But you just needed fuel
Chorus
Who's left to blame...when love has burst into flames
What's left to save?
Burnt hearts are never the same
Verse 2
Have you ever lived a lie...gone searching in the eyes?
Have you ever learned the truth...when they're not looking back at you?
It was this way that I learned
A one-way love can really burn
I bargained but I lost
One-way love has hidden costs
Chorus
Who's left to blame...when love has burst into flames
What's left to save?
Scorched hearts are never reclaimed
Verse 3
You cannot keep what you cannot have
Don't sleep at the wheel and let your love turn bad
Nothing's forever nothing's meant to last
But sooner or later love will break your back
Verse:
Have you ever lost it all...and you start to climb the wall?
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4. |
In The Summer
03:45
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Verse 1
I love the summer
Everyone's so beautiful
In the summer
I love the warmth of the wind...the feel of your skin
In the summer
We'll eat cotton candy and ride the merry-go-round
Then it's off to build our castles in the sand
We'll go skating in the park, play with the children...
Listening to a Dixie band.
Verse 2
I love the summer
Everyone's so beautiful
In the summer
We'll go walking hand in hand, feel the coolness of the sand
In the summer
We'll build a fire and play guitar and sing until the sun rises so gracefully
We'll make love until our hearts explode into the arms of embracing ecstasy
Verse 3
I love the summer
Everyone's so beautiful
In the summer
Although the autumn's in the air still that feeling's everywhere
It's the summer
In the summer...I love the summer
Verse 4
Our folks are leaving...without a trace
And I wish that you could come with me
So hold me close and comfort me...
We'll wait and see how old we'll be...
Come next summer, I'll be standing by out tree
Come next summer
I'll be waiting there, you'll see
Hoping you'll come back to me
Come next summer
In the summer
I love the summer
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5. |
The Clown
03:20
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Verse 1
The greatest force in nature is the clown
Because he can get right up when the world is bearing down
And he can wear that smile like a frown
But me, I'm packing up...
This town won't drag me down
Chorus
And I'm never coming back, Jack, to this life again
I'm even gonna die trying, to the bitter end
Because somewhere here inside my head, you know, I've heard it said that eagles fly free
But in and an end that's dead, my friend, you know, I wonder why they wouldn't fly in me
Verse 2
So now I strap it all to my back and hit the road
Tired of leading a life that's like a butt of a joke
And I'm tired of the same ol' faces in the crowd
Tired of having to whisper when I wanna shout out loud
Chorus
Middle
But all roads lead me home
And home is where the heart is
But you and me like a setting sun that shone
What was once bright is now quickly fading
Verse 3
Now I'm going back to that old town
I took off to fast to see I was riding a merry-go-round
And all them people gonna laugh because I fell down
But the greatest force in nature is the clown
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Phillip Michael Brooks Los Angeles, California
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