1. |
Green Fields
03:04
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What if you were living in a lie
Counting down from 9 to 5
Never seem to find the time
As all your days are passing by
There's something here that you don't see
Stuck in this monopoly
Don't you wish you could be free
Don't you wish you could
Let go of your greed
We've got what you need
The green fields is where we are
Making money every day
To pay the bills is such a pain
All the time that we don't save
Becomes a number on a page
Living out a daily nightmare
Crawling on a road to nowhere
Working a job that you hate
Waiting for a great escape
Let go of your greed
We've got what you need
The green fields is where we are
In the green fields we stand
We'll be sticking it to the man
We'll be rapping on demand
Making music for the fans
Cause when you look around you'll find that it is no surprise
That there is no resolve from this fucking enterprise
If you look close you'll discover it's the government in disguise
And here in the green fields we can see through all your lies
But you're still in this cage
With all your pent up rage
Counting down your age as you live on minimum wage
And now you wonder why as you look up at the sky
While we're here getting high you're just waiting there to die
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2. |
So You Heard
03:58
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So you heard about my vices
Heard about all these devices
Altering my state of mind
Drinking until morning light
Drop the bass pick up the mic
Snitch Jimmy's shit still damn tight
With our future shining bright
Ease your worries enjoy the night
We will be raising the roof
But we, yeah we know the truth
We are gonna find this kind of state of mind
Hangs from a noose
Lift it up, put it down
A whole 40 I'm spinning round
Drink it till I hit the ground
Stop. Do you hear that sound
It's the boom of the bass
Drink till I can't feel my face
Causing ruckus trash the place
Drown my problems not a trace
Listen to the words I speak
Got the answers that you seek
Downing bottles till I reek
Just to make it through the week
I'll drink mine you drink yours
Till we hit the ocean floor
Then we'll swim with the fish
Until we wake up in a ditch
Drinking the dregs of reality
Losing all hope of sobriety
Deeper into my insanity
My soul living in misery
Wake up with a pounding head
Feeling at one with the dead
Shit I drank too much again
This poisonous cycle never ends
Drink so much taught by my father
Drink too much it hurts my mother
Drink so much fight with my brother
Drink so much gonna crack another
So you heard that we like to party
Well what you heard is true
We pick up the bottles and drink them down
Bad role models we just fuck around
So you heard that we like to party
Well I hope that you do too
Alcoholics anonymous you and me
It's obvious that it's meant to be
We're out of our minds
We will waste away
We won't ever change
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3. |
Please Don't Go
04:29
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I was living in bliss didn't know what I'd miss
But now I gotta keep strong, keep holding on
Think, reminisce get out of this abyss
Tryna keep calm but I can't move along
You were the rose and I was the thorn
We were up till dawn but now I'm forlorn
Embrace the cold your hearts been sold
You never don't know till you're solo,
And you're home alone getting stoned
Where did you go
Please don't go, oh
Don't you know that I need ya
Don't you know, oh
Yeah you know that you just can't go
And I hope it can be like it was before
Yeah I hope you know
That you don't say that you love me anymore
Yeah but I bet we can't bear to be apart
Can't we just pretend that we're back at the start
When we stood in the sun and the sea and the sky
We were just having fun but I've got to recognise
That people change, they don't stay the same
And sometimes you gotta learn to turn the page
If you go then I know tomorrow I will find
That you've gone, you've moved on not a trace left behind
I'm just hiding in this shadow of a doubt
Tryna figure out what this is all about
Gotta end this drought
As I scream and shout cause its you I'm without
Baby, Please don't go, oh
Don't you know that I need ya
Don't you know, oh
I, I tried so hard to mend all my bridges
My struggle hinges on the fact
That I might fail
Waiting for my ship to set sail
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4. |
Upside Down
04:23
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black hair and green eyes
I wish that I had tried
but I was retarded
and she wasn't bothered
and so I just went on
avoiding attention
it's too late to complain
don't know if I'll see her again
now that she's gone
I'm writing this song
from where I belong
where did I go wrong
and the wheels they will turn
and the fire it will burn
till the rain it returns
but I will never learn
now I'm on the wrong track
I'm not one to face facts
cause she's gone
and I'm here
and I'm going nowhere
I stay home frustrated
while my friends get wasted
so intoxicated
I hate it just get out of my face
I begin to realise
as I sit here looking back
I'm starting to feel like
it turned out for the better
now that she's gone
done writing this song
I'm where I belong
know where I went wrong
the wheels they still turn
and the fire it still burns
and maybe
I'm just better off alone
shes gone
and I'm here
and maybe
I'm just better off alone
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5. |
Parrot
03:27
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I wanna find a better reason to stay the night
I've wasted all this time trying to get some peace of mind
after all this time I've spent
I'm not gonna chase you
I'll guess you'll have to make do
I'm finding a new route
don't tell me your bad news
I'm not here for you to use
I'm not afraid to make mistakes
cause you never listen
and nothing changes
there goes that look in your eyes
as I say goodbye
so don't talk to me about it
cause I wanna find a better reason to stay the night
I've wasted all this time trying to get some peace of mind
after all this time I've spent
I bet the truth hurts
he's moving on to a new bird
stumbling home in his used shirt
now he's hanging with his crowd
tells his friends she screamed so loud
you're so alone, you should have known
kicked off your throne
on your own again
there goes that look in his eyes
as he reflects on his life
I know you
better than you think
won't you
take a look at yourself
I always tried to find a reason to stay the night
now that I've found a better way I'll be alright
I wasted so much time but now I've got my peace of mind
I wanted to find
something better than staying one night
I wanna find
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6. |
I'm Done
03:29
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I haven't smiled, in a while
since you've been by my side
you come around and bring me down
I gotta get you off my mind
but I gotta tell you something,
yeah I got something to say
you can't tell me nothing
so get the fuck out of my way
break it down
take me back to the days
when I lived in a haze
back to the days
before I lost, lost my way
I'm done with the way you talk to me
I'm done with love that's forced to be
now look at you, he left you too
now you come running back to me
I'm done now I know the truth
I'm done now I have the truth
you brought me down, and fucked around
and now I'm done with you
take me back to the days
when I lived in a haze
back to the days
before I lost, lost my brain
inside this maze
driving me insane
I'm out the door, and into the rain
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7. |
Rich Bitch
02:37
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she's mildly entertaining
but her passion's barely flaming
she's a puppet on my string
anything that I need
payment guaranteed
she's so easy to mislead
mislead
rich bitch, she's got what I need
rich bitch, she's got diamond rings
chick flicks, and magazines
rich bitch is all I see
her mum and her dad
gave her all that she has
now they're gone not coming back
now my bills are all paid
cause a rich bitch got laid
she's so easy to mislead
rich bitch, she's got what I need
rich bitch, she's got diamond rings
chick flicks, and magazines
rich bitch is all I see
rich bitch, she's got what I need
rich bitch, she's got money for me
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