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A Quarter for Ten Tons
of Rust in the Desert

The lining up of, the lining up of
Owen can see the lining up of
The lighting is rough, but the firing's enough
Owen can see the lining up of
The lightning above, the lightning above
Clouds cracked open the lighting above
The lining up of, the lining up of
Owen can see the lining up of

He waits his fill
Still can't sit still

I can't stand for

The Aral opened up, the Aral opened up
Been decades coming, the Aral opened up
The Aral opened up, the Aral opened up
Been decades coming, the Aral opened up
All our hearts sunk but the ships have dried up
Well it's frozen and stuff, the Aral opened up
The Aral opened up, the Aral opened up
Been decades coming, the Aral opened up

It waits its fill
Still can't sit still

I can't stand for

They're damming it up
All our hearts sunk but the ships have dried up it's frozen and stuff
They're damming it up

It waits its fill
Still can't sit still

I can't stand for

Common Commotion
When everyone sings
It smacks at the walls
And raises explosions
Lights race through the hall
Like fire it brings
An era of renewal
Cool common motion
Hey, give me commotion
And everyone sing

When everyone sings
It smacks at the walls
And raises commotion
Hands, teeth, lights in the halls
Like fire it brings
An era of renewal
Cool common motion
Hey give me explosions
And everyone sing

Doctored Up In Gauze
Shivering hard your weight in ounces
Shivering hard your weight in houses
Offer drinks offer cakes
Offers you know we can't make
Repossess, it's just fate
Or the world works this way

Everything you've seen
Has been
Doctored up in
Doctored up in gauze

Sweat it hard obtuse majority
Sweating hard even if you are you can't be
Light the first floor
Of people who've come before
One more one more one more
One more and more and more

I pick my words with steel
My pen, it's solid concrete
All the words I give you
Laced with kerosene
I always carry a lighter

Riot, kid, riot
Better than I did
We're sprouting tankers on our banks
Every sailor's hanged
We're pouring everyone else's blood
In a wine cup

Send in the liars
Send in the liars

So Thieving
Pack it in boxes just for now
It kicks but it fits cover it for now
We move with our shoes in the grooves I've found
A shoot me and you and a duel, small town

Faced out
We left our fates faced down
Laced frown
Was our epithet
Get your guns and lay them out

Late whispered eulogies downtown
Crowds fill, clouds spill, I know, I know
Don't phone it in, they're trying to help
I know, I know