| 21. Jim Carroll - Barricades |
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By Jim Carroll We should have left at once We should have never stayed Now they have drawn the line Now there is a barricade Now there's a...
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| 22. Jim Carroll - Voices |
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Bob drives taxis when the meter runs Bobby hears the music when it's done He hears the voices He hears the voices Wheels on rain, lightning from...
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| 23. Jim Carroll - Jody |
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Jody, what you been doing? It's been a long, long time Since we went dancing in the schoolyard, With your breasts like bleeding limes Jody, are...
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| 24. Jim Carroll - Pools Of Mercury |
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Sirens begin, the red light spins Hungry go the thieves Betty's in the sandbox trying to detox She always wears long sleeves Desdemona in a...
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| 25. Jim Carroll - Jealous Twin |
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She moves through the black door She turns toward the desperate light With her breath like iodine With her filigree design She summons the fire...
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| 26. Jim Carroll - The Beast Within |
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If give me your ear I'll whisper you wind that could soothe your burnt blood The door is right here breathing the air filled with powders and...
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| 27. Jim Carroll - I Want The Angel |
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I want the angel Whose dreams are fatal They cause the snake's milk to run and curdle I want the angel Whose darkness doubles It absorbs...
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| 28. Jim Carroll - Junky Man |
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By Rancid: The common man doesn't suffer pain like this Only the soul that has never been kissed Let us adore our beautiful son He's ridin' on...
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| 29. Jim Carroll - Them |
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They hit you with their papers when you're living on loan. They're the ones who say nothing when you answer the phone. You see them in the alleys...
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| 30. Jim Carroll - Work, Not Play |
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The bell rings . . . It's a decade past my decadence My beast wears rings and he's waiting In the shadows of my hesitations, my silent ...
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| 31. Jim Carroll - Plain Division |
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There's a wind up in the trees Like a voice that's whispering "Please" Someone's decided on dividing Everything in two I'd rip the money in half...
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| 32. Jim Carroll - Still Life |
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By Jim Carroll and Lenny Kaye I don't believe in sin But maybe I'll begin A vagrant evil's climbing up my skin The shadows from last week ...
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| 33. Jim Carroll - Perfect Water |
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Perfect water The dark wind braids the waves The crazed birds raid the trees Is this our destiny? To join our hands at sea And slowly sink,...
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| 34. Jim Carroll - (no More) Luxuries |
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Your uncle's scandals shook the house of lords Your daddy's squeezed out as Chairman of the Board No more doctors write you no more 'scripts No...
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| 35. Jim Carroll - Low Rider |
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Johnny's trapping stars in his car With the radio on In the parking lot Lily heard a sound While they were going down Someone on El Camino...
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| 36. Jim Carroll - Three Sisters |
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Though I don't really understand her I love my sister, her name's Miranda The boys from uptown they can't stand her The more she denies them the...
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| 37. Jim Carroll - It's Too Late |
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It's too late To fall in love with Sharon Tate But it's too soon To ask me for the words I want carved on my tomb I think it's time that you...
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| 38. Jim Carroll - Freddy's Store |
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I'm walking Uptown I hear a most peculiar sound Like a seashell in my ear Like the ocean was near I go inside this store To get my head clear...
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| 39. Jim Carroll - Hold Back The Dream |
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[Messed?] and peculiar Dancing with Julia I see no spare sky This is the last try The static from dreaming Is only now seeming To bring on...
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| 40. Jim Carroll - Nothing Is True |
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You get nothin' back for all you've saved Just eternity in a spacious grave She said, "Nothing is true, everything is permitted" Things just go...
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