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Rock And Raw

by The Cracks

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Rock and Raw 02:25
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It's been around for fifty years It's still something parents fear So much emotion in three chords Turn it up and dance some more Ain't nobody gonna buy this track Ain't nobody listens to your crap Ain't no response when I call Rock and Raw I just love when the story's told Of Memphis and of Liverpool How Keith Richards learned his riffs Nicking Berry's golden licks But who would sign a bloody contract With corporate raiders riding your back The weak will rise and the strong will fall Rock and Raw I hear they're downloading in London Sharing files in New York Home recording in L.A. Even ripping music in China Who said the music had to be tight It's just got to make us dance all night Peggy Sue is having a ball Rock and Raw Ain't nobody gonna watch your back A million songs sound just like that Don't ever let the connection stall Rock and Raw Ain't nobody gonna buy this track Ain't nobody listens to your crap Ain't no response when I call Rock and Raw But who would sign a bloody contract With corporate raiders riding your back The weak will rise and the strong will fall Rock and Raw Who said the music had to be tight It's just got to make us dance all night Peggy Sue is having a ball Rock and Raw Ain't nobody gonna watch your back A million songs sound just like that Don't ever let the connection stall Rock and Raw
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Lo-Fi Band 03:58
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I never had ambition To make a name for myself I can't play any instrument At least not too well But I met up with Seth He's got an ax and amp And Joey bangs on the drums We're a lo-fi band We're a lo-fi band We don't really gig out much Maybe twice a month Any money that we do make We spend on beer and junk But I love the feeling When a chick says she's a fan I know my time is well spent In my lo-fi band We're a lo-fi band If we do recordings They're on cheap cassettes We don't mix out any noises It's as good as good can get So good luck with your CD's All you myspace friends We'll just sit back chillin' In our lo-fi band We're a lo-fi band
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Stay With You 03:18
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How can I resist The passion of your kiss How can I deny The joy that waits inside Where can I go If I turn away Darling you must know What I can't say You know my every way You know that I will stay with you Darling I love you Darling you know it's true
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Head Up High 04:01
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Head up high When you're out on the street Head up high When they spit at your feet You're a proud woman Walk with you head up high He's down low Out in the park But he don't know You'll break his heart Don't wave goodbye Just walk with you head up high Head up high When they loose their cool Head up high When they change the rules No explanations Walk with you head up high They will sit In judgment of you They will fib And tell lies too But they can't deny When you walk with your head up high They will cut You out of your share They will f*** You and tell you it's fair They won't even try When you walk with your head up high Head up high Stay quick on the draw Head up high Love will break your fall Brush you self off And walk with your head up high Head up high When you're out on the street Head up high When they spit at your feet You're a proud woman Walk with you head up high Head up high Head up high Head up high
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World In Motion 02:38
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I don't think you understand All the money changing hands You can't hold on to your cash Want it all you spend so fast I don't think you saved enough I don't think you called their bluff Get your child prepared for war Profit margin must grow more World in motion, cosmic sea Sweet devotion, bend those knees World of order, shine the light Will you be my love tonight I don't think the end is near Pop yourself another beer After all we are the blessed Listen to me pound my chest Who cares what the price of gas Cheney loves us kissing ass Buying Halliburton stock Every time a soldier drops One more nickle, one more dime Wave the banner, party line Put your mouth on loaded guns Touch of danger half the fun The ice is thin where we walk Someone listens when we talk Every channel instant sage Internet e-Gilded Age China, Iran, Iraq too Playing games reserved for you Slap the knuckles, broken rules Making teachers look like fools Everything is breaking down Meet at Walmart sacred ground By an item lose a job We're too fat to form a mob
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Coming Up For Air 03:00
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Apathy and luxury Are walking hand in hand Dummies on my new T.V. But me no comprehend Did you hear the latest story No one is breathing there Just as they are clearing bodies I'm coming up for air Foreign wars for oil whores Huge contract overruns Elections fixed by sleazy pricks Thank God the good guys won Did you hear the general order The fighting wasn't fair They held my head beneath the water I'm coming up for air Creeps in bed are giving head To dirty money man Sheets are stained bloody remains They rammed it up my can Did you read the legislation It's buried deep somewhere They want to tax our suffocation I'm coming up for air
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Born To Be Blue 04:59
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We hoped love was blind And our faults were hard to find We had one fatal flaw We tried to hide it all And hard times are nothing new We were born to be blue You were young and strong And I thought you do no wrong We laughed at those who cried But our love was crushed by pride So we live with darker moods We were born to be blue Now your mind is all a wreck And my soul is old and sick We can't keep in time Our songs just don't rhyme And we play out of tune We were born to be blue
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Love Shot Straight 02:16
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Love shot straight Messing up my mind Like a belt of gin Tricks me every time Love, it's like that Love shot straight Racing through my veins Like the pusher's junk Kickin' is no game Love, it's like that Is love everything That you thought it'd be? I'm glad I'm with you Are you glad that you're with me? Love shot straight Like a .44 Rips right through my heart Knocks me to the ground Love, it's like that Love, it's like that Love, it's like that Love, it's like that
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Till the End 01:05
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Your tsunami love swamps my heart Wave after wave crashes in Till the end Till the end Your hurricane love blows me away Passion swirling in the wind Till the end Till the end Come my friend Love me again Till the end Till the end
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Here Today 02:31
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There's no guarantee Whatever will be Take a look at me Tell me what you see Work and play Joy and sorrow Here today Gone tomorrow, yea Treasure what I've got I took my best shot Have and have not I'm casting my lot Work and play Joy and sorrow Here today Gone tomorrow, yea

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These are song written and recorded between 2005 and 2013.

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released April 1, 2007

The Cracks

Cover art: "Orbetello - Latrine" used under GNU General Public License.

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