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1.
FREE AND ALIVE (Walsh) Wake up  We can't afford to be sleeping This ain't just another of your bad dreams We've gotta move before someone kicks the door in This house ain't safe as it seems Lightning strikes and for a moment you see It don't mean a damned thing if you ain't free and alive I got home from my job at the hospital I hadn't been gone very long Everything I knew lay in the rubble Everyone I loved was gone Now I'm gunning for the man who's done this to me If it's the last thing I do I'm gonna make him see I'm alive Free and alive
2.
4TH DAY OF MAY On the fourth day of May I will think of you When Father Time is beating down your door On the fourth day of May you'll be on my mind Just like the other three hundred sixty four Are you in love or are you crying Do the candles make you turn in shame Are you living fast or slowly dying And why we're not together, oh who's to blame On the fourth day of May I will think of you Just like all the days that came before On day one twenty four you'll be on my mind Just like the other three hundred sixty four  I-35 down to I-80 We headed west into the hills I said "Can we now?" and you said "Maybe" You always loved to travel without all the frills On the fourth day of May I will think of you When Father Time is rolling up the score On day one twenty four you'll be on my mind Just like the other three hundred sixty four  You know, it's always someone's birthday But it's always someone's funeral too The future only makes you nervous And if you don't learn, the past will only make you blue On the fourth day of May I will think of you Just like all the days that came before On day one twenty four you'll be on my mind Just like the other three hundred sixty four  Oh, just like all the other three-six-four
3.
HOME ON THE RANGE Lived my life outside of town Waiting for the freight train coming down to take me away Dreamed my dreams from the top of the mountain Didn't come down until I saw they'd all changed And everyone looks at me like I'm a little strange But they've never seen her My home on the range Don't feel like I'll ever move away 'Cause I know too many places arount here Know where to get my shoes shined Know where to get my clothes cleaned Know where to get my suit pressed  If I ever wanna do that again And I know it looks a little strange But if you knew her My home on the range All my life I've been searching For something I can't put my finger on All my life I've dreaming Of that one perfect love that's never gonna come around And I know it's strange Me and my home on the range Where the deer and the antelope play My home on the range Work hard, spend my money Don't think it'll ever come to nothin' Don't think it'll ever come to nothin' I feel like, well, I could just go to hell And no one would care They don't think of me around here at all They just think I'm strange In my home on the range They keep looking at me like I'm strange In my home on the range
4.
I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS Oh your picture is so pretty Look at how it draws a crowd Lonely men from all over the world Have got your theme song way up loud When we met you made it clear that it was just pretend But oh my darling, I thought we were friends Well the rain keeps ripping down outside There's a bulletin sent to me This girl says she'd like to get together Fine print says there is a fee And there goes shorty, up in your top forty he ascends With the comments he sends! And oh my darling, I thought we were friends And you're out, no doubt, and having a good time While I'm online Well the temperature keeps on dropping Freezing rain has turned to snow You know I've been down before, darlin' But I don't think ever this low When a heart is broken, they say it eventually mends On you it depends 'Cause oh my darling, I thought we were friends
5.
SHE LOVES YOU ANYWAY She can tell just what you're thinking She must know your thoughts ain't pure And there's a seller's market at the local rock club That's for sure Underhanded, overbearing Mister Bad Act, Superflaw You ain't here to here the band, man That would take a broken jaw She's a distant second And you look out for number one But she loves you She loves you anyway The waitress rubs just a little bit too close You keep asking for a little more Joe When it's time to pay The generosity will finally show It's getting colder in the Midway Icy breeze from the State Fair grounds Blowing southbound down Snelling Avenue And out of town And you'd catch that wind and ride it If the offer came along But she loves you She loves you anyway And the moment of glory, well she's hearing this story for the seventh time And still you pantomime When she tells you that she loves you Is that your proof? Do all your lies then become the truth? 'Cause she loves you anyway
6.
BIKE RIDE ON 35W (Walsh) The baby’s asleep  for a moment I’m free To look back on my dreams and where I wanted to be They seem sorta stupid now Like what was I thinking anyhow? I wanna dream something new Bike ride on 35W The dog’s so loud He’s gonna wake that kid up Crossing my fingers, refilling my cup For a few more moments to write  Something for the last hoot tonight I wanna play something new ‘bout a bike ride on 35W My my, hey hey It’s such a beautiful day Hey hey, my my There ain’t a cop in the sky My my, hey hey What’ll the family say? Hey hey, my my Wanna live before I die I called in sick But I’m feeling just fine Riding past the Do Not Enter sign There stands the Foshay Tower Undergrown overlooked flower Among all the weeds that grew Right up from 35W Is there still a peaceful revolution left inside of us Or has that died in us You’ve got a light that shines inside of you Even when no one’s watching you You still do all the good you can do Revolution Revolution
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Freeze 07:26
FREEZE  Middle of the night Hear the engine's roar Hauling out a big old load of iron ore Caught in the light Saw you lying there Deadest of doornails don't compare I didn't do this And my blade is hard If I get caught here you know I'm going down hard I should run now but I can't find the strength I should run know, oh but I don't have the strength I should get caught up on the breeze All I did was freeze We went out south Looking for some fun You know how that highway can run You saw that man of yours In the long black coat I don't think that's what we were sposta do I fell in line I took your bluff I didn't ever think those people would play so rough Then I went away Left you to do your business anyway And I wish now to God I had stuck around You know I should run I should get outta here You know they're gonna smell my breath And it's whiskey and beer Oh I should run Get my feet on the breeze But all I do is freeze Sirens wailing Last boat sailing You can't hear me anymore I take my one last kiss Left something to be desired You ain't around here anymore I should run I should run But I can't seem to move my feet I should run I should get the fuck outta here now But all I can do is freeze I should run, but all I do is freeze It's getting hot out here All I do is freeze
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One Day 05:37
ONE DAY On the one day that you were happy You were beautiful, your hair blew in the breeze And love shone from your eyes And joyous laughter danced through perfect teeth On the one day you finally made it You hadn't a care in the world Except that this may be the top of the mountain And all the time before You were looking forward All the time since You've been looking back On the one day you finally got there Your life, it was so complete And you had the nerve to even question If this was where you should be And you didn't once think about the moment You lived in fear of what was coming next And you couldn't understand why no one was clapping And all the time before You were looking forward All the time since You've been looking back Think I'm gonna take a long vacation Think I'm gonna ride out underneath the stars Find a place so dark I can't even see my hand Despite the light from Jupiter and Mars And maybe when I get there I'll be able to let it be And be happy with the way things are But I know myself, and I ain't holding my breath Waiting for the best day of my life Maybe this is the best day of my life And all the time before I was looking forward All every minute from here on after I'l be looking back

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released December 8, 2008

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