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Happy (free) 03:51
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I want to lay down on the river Float coast or roll, I want to ride I want to ride out to the ocean And hitch a ride home with the tide I'm Happy... What's wrong with that? You satisfy my need for hunger You satisfy me in my mind You satisfy me from a distance Just looking at you makes me high I'm Happy... What's wrong with that? Wide open eyes at the ocean Wide open eyes...relax Wide open eyes at your beauty Wide open mind... I'm Happy... What's wrong with that?
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Aspartame 04:07
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Got something coursing through my veins I've got a feeling in my bones Got something tapping on my shoulder I've started feeling all alone Every time I feel I'm missing out Every time I feel like I won't do Every time I don't hear "I Love You" I get angry... Got something eating at my brain My scars control my life today I'm seeing red and looking worse Don't want to hear what you're gonna say Every time I feel you're drifting off Every time you tell me what you want Every time the past comes back to haunt me I get angry... Something has cursed me from within Your integrity is on the stand Something has made me feel unstable My blood won't help me understand Every time I stand outside the door Every time you turn out all the lights Every time you tell me I'm not right I get angry...
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Wine 04:28
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Met a girl, as fine as she could be But everything I say sounds so cliché So I just stare into her eyes And let her talk… Until her mouth gets dry Then I wet it with some wine On the bed, just inches from the floor My head is wet with sweat And still I’m begging her for more She looks down at me so innocent And whole-heartedly complies I time travel trip upon absorption in her eyes Cool me cool me cool me cool me Baby take your time Watch my thirst unravel Watch my tongue unwind Take me take me don’t mistake me For the loving kind But I’d do about anything If you let me taste your wine Lay me gently down and grind me to the floor And use your heat to fill my sails Until I’m washed up on your shore And tell me lies… Until I’m twice my size And wet me with your wine Cool me cool me cool me cool me Baby take your time Watch my thirst unravel Watch my tongue unwind Take me take me don’t mistake me For the loving kind But I’d do about anything If you let me taste your wine Through the night, I expand and don’t contract My eyes affixed and mesmerized By the arching of her back She blows my mind so heavenly With the elegance of lust A skill on par with those the morning rays would turn to dust Cool me cool me cool me cool me Baby take your time Watch my thirst unravel Watch my tongue unwind Take me take me don’t mistake me For the loving kind But I’d do about anything If you let me taste your wine Cool me cool me cool me cool me Baby take your time Watch my tongue unravel Watch our legs entwine Take me take me don’t mistake me For the loving kind But I’d do about anything If you let me taste your wine
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Fucked 04:14
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I'm hanging on the cross that you made for me (I want to thank you. I've gotta thank you.) The next time I see you, I should tell you What a friend you've been (I want to thank you. I want to thank you.) You sold my defenses Sold my defenses Sold my defenses for lust You sold my defenses Sold my defenses I'm stoned, blind, defenseless and lost I'm hanging on your tree of deceit I'm cold and cursed, stoned and bereaved I've got this feeling you would not believe But if you look in my eyes, they will talk to you And they will tell you I'm fucked It's too easy to hate the evil that you are (God bless you. God bless you.) The worst you can do is turn me to a superstar (God'll get you. God'll get you.) You sold my defenses Sold my defenses Sold my defenses for lust You sold my defenses Sold my defenses You sold out my message of love I'm hanging on your tree of deceit I'm cold and cursed, stoned and bereaved I've got this feeling you would not believe But if you look in my eyes, they will talk to you And they will tell you I'm fucked You offer up my body and you martyr your soul (Victory. . . Victory) You won't know what you've done until my body is cold (Victory. . . Victory) I'm caught and dragged it seems for a thousand miles Blood and sweat stings my eyes as my soul hits the skies To the joy of your misplaced smiles I'm hanging on your tree of deceit I'm cold and cursed, stoned and bereaved I've got this feeling you would not believe But if you look in my eyes, they will talk to you And they will tell you I'm fucked
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Do What You Say 03:52
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As good as can be expected, pretty hectic I'm right in the middle of it As soon as things start rollin' We'll be rockin' And this time I mean it Who loves ya' baby? Stick around and maybe I'll free up some time Star light, star bright You're half my star tonight Boy, make damn sure you shine How can you hate me if you love me Pull me up close so you can shove me Keep me down low so you can love me? Do what you say, you're all talk How can you tell me with a straight face All of my time's not a complete waste? I'm in the right time but the wrong place Do what you say, you're all talk You know you excite me I'm your number one fan You're my comic book hero You're the New Rock and Roll Messiah Bloodsucking liar...two-faced pariah I love your brave new sound Power pop, angst-driven rock, acoustic underground Gotta go, I've got to take this call Keep doing what you're doing You're glory-bound
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Private Hell 05:40
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Anniversary baby Take your curse off me, baby And it hurts me forever For our time spent together Part of you and me floatin' on down the river And the river, she's on fire I've got a tale to tell I'm living in her private hell... Anniversary baby Take your curse off me, baby Calendar to remind me It's your ghost that's behind me Part of you and me burned up toward the sky It's your pain that shows in my eyes I've got a tale to tell I'm living in her private hell... Anniversary baby Take your hurt off me, baby Constant cold wind blowing Only you and me knowing Part of you and me floatin' on down the river And the river, she's on fire I've got a tale to tell I'm living in her private hell...
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Landmine 05:31
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Let me whisper in your eyes Before everyone gets here Lay down low and out of sight Don't think too much how this appears I've got everything he wants Big words for such a tiny man It all gets right back to me Look around before you speak, man Watch your step... 'Cause I'm a landmine... Let me whisper in your eyes Unzip your ribcage and crawl inside A nice safe place for me to hide From the pounding rain of lies I am everything he's not He's bluffing, I've seen his hand Know who you talk to when you talk You're barking up the wrong tree, man Watch your step... 'Cause I'm a landmine... Brush his eyes out of your hair Take that grain of salt and run Brush your hair out of your eyes And send a signal to your only one Let me whisper in your eyes So you can see what I'm trying to say He's on the prowl, and talk is cheap Indiscretion is his only way Watch your step... 'Cause I'm a landmine......Antichrist
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Mean People Suck 04:33
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Woke up this morning from an incredible dream Played some Bob Dylan, read some Kerouac Jumped in my Volvo and smoked some cloves Went down to the coffee shop for an hour or two Got some vegetarian take-out and went back home Groovy... Kicked back and read the Mother Earth News I can change the world if they can groove to my views Fed my vegetarian dog. His name is Jerry Garcia Put on some Indigo Girls and popped open a Zima And all my girlfriend's causes become bumper-stickers Take care of your brothers and your sisters I want to be a lesbian folk rocker 'Cause men are pigs... And Mean People Suck We've got an open-minded, bongo hackey-sack hemp community Recycle freedom, all-natural poetry I've got a world vision, but I don't know what to say I'd better get crackin', only six weeks 'til Earth Day And all my girlfriend's causes become bumper-stickers Take care of your brothers and your sisters I want to be a lesbian folk rocker Peace Joy and Love... And Mean People Suck And all my girlfriend's causes become bumper-stickers Take care of your Mother. Protect your sisters I want to be a well-read lesbian folk singer God is a woman... (and oh yeah) Mean People Suck
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Electrosexual 06:06
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Lover of fortune waits downstairs for me She brings with her forces no human eyes can see Sexual Chameleon, Lust’s Holy Grail She goes from wet and tan to damp and pale Boys, eat your heart out Like she’ll do mine She says... I’m magical, I’m mystical I’m Electrosexual Your mystery is safe with me So give it up, boy Professional seductress Body on loan She moves in beside me just to make me feel alone She pumps me for information She pumps me full of lies And when I’d kill or die for her She says her hands are tied And I can’t take the waiting anymore She said I’m magical, I’m mystical I’m Electrosexual Your history begins with me So give it up, boy I’m magical, I’m mystical I’m Electrosexual Your mystery is safe with me So give it up, boy Sweet deadly siren Break my heart again Sweet taste of poison Break my heart again Sex sells her poison Lust gives her youth She beds down the prophet to cover his truth Eternal temptress Injected inside The crowd cheers her on as she sucks out my pride Forgive me, I know not what I have done She said I’m magical, I’m mystical I’m Electrosexual Your history begins with me So give it up, boy I’m magical, I’m mystical I’m Electrosexual Your mystery is safe with me So give it up, boy Break my heart again Break my heart again Break my heart again
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How I'd Love To Love You 04:47
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I see it in your eyes The way you squint at my white hot sun The emanation of your purity seeps into me And fills my black hole I'm up to my neck in reality I'm on the inside of insanity Oh, how I'd love to love you Oh, do I dare? Oh, how I'd love to have you Take me anywhere You subdue my disdain And you help me sustain perfect clarity Dropped down alone and apart No matter who we think we are We will always be My eyes are scanning your skin Addicted to a drug that comes from within Oh, how I'd love to love you Oh, do I dare? Oh, how I'd love to have you Take me anywhere Oh, how I'd love to love you I think I can Oh, how I love to need you Take me as I am I've got a cancer on my soul, pitting the shallow pursuit of instant gratification against the side of me that loves, and if I could clean my wounds and lift my scars I could save myself and become one with you. But it becomes so easy to fall into temptation and baby, I sin so well. I've been looking for a kindred demon, a temptress, and lying to myself. I'm swimming in the surreal My soul's becoming unsealed I'm living largely unfulfilled Oh, how I'd love to love you... How beautiful one looks when they're walking out the door
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Beautiful 05:01
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My Daddy told me that he loved me tonight My Mama tucked me in and she kissed me goodnight I woke up free of pain in a colorful land With everything I needed in the palm of my hand I feel…Beautiful I took my chances and I did it again Opened the doors of my mind and went in Heard her say “I Love You” and it felt so real Got her head on my shoulders and there’s no one in sight I feel…Beautiful Creatures of the Earth and the angels rejoice All speak as one with an inaudible voice Come with me, baby to a land of no death Kiss me forever, let me share your breath Parted with myself at the top of the stairs Said “If I don’t come back, don’t cry, take care” Fell back to Earth by the rainbow light My Grandma tucked me in and she kissed me goodnight I feel…Beautiful

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Chris' lyrics paint a picture of a guy who's been there and back, and now he 's returned with a buzz to give you a piece of his mind. His cynical daggers make you wonder whether he's repenting or bragging. There are eloquent passages, soulful confessions and painful realizations, all sprinkled with wry comments like "you satisfy my need for hunger," and "let me whisper in your eyes - Ezra Waller

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released October 14, 2000

Chris Shepard - vocals, guitars, percussion
Robbie Sinclair - drums
Jeff Hofmann - bass (1,2,5,6,10,11)
Craig Garrett - bass (3,4,8,9)
Chuck Crush - bass (7)
Anastasia Mooney - add. vocals (3), flute (8)

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Chris Shepard Roanoke, Virginia

"Chris Shepard ... an uncompromising original artist with a unique, darkly comic vision. He is also able to write affecting lyrics and memorable melodies in conventional song format. As a performer, he has a powerful and rhythmic guitar technique, and sings with exceptional strength and range. He deserves widespread recognition."

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