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eagle without head

by two parades

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eagle without head 06:00
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eagle without head the rush hour traffic crawls the sun slowly melts the frost the morning news is ugly a nation mourns its loss seagulls hover over seeded fields white jet smoke designs the sky cigarette clouds fill the room and swim into sunlight i couldn’t move so i slept instead i couldn’t follow the dream that was being led by an eagle without head an eagle without head medicine moves through the city none of our bridges are strong the polls of popular opinion agree that nothing is wrong the chalice is raised at the altar the next generation lines up to find that nothing is left them those before them had taken too much the pipe light is bleeding red the sundogs are roaming free the servants all bow before the dust from the rosary bead while the sunset sinks into the water the bird fights the gravity the bird fights the gravity i fight the gravity i couldn’t move so i slept instead i couldn’t follow the dream that was being led by an eagle without head an eagle without head
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the towers 02:26
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the towers the towers have fallen no one is safe it was only illusion that we had made and the cell phones are busy the roads have been closed the last flight has left and there’s ash on your clothes the boy found you blinded walking the streets and used the church holy water so you can now see the masses are moving across the bridge the golden age is over this is how we live go tell the others what you have seen the towers have fallen they were only a dream
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don't forget me 1 02:03
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don’t forget me 1 don’t forget me i was there i was running down the stairs but i stopped to give somebody help everyone was helping everybody else and then destruction was everywhere don’t forget me i was there
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poem 04:32
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poem didn’t want to go didn’t want to be blown away was still too far gone was still raw and needing song took the subway from midtown where the crowds looked like they were doing ok got off near varick street to look for my brother but he had already left so i walked south less cars every block less people then no cars and no noise but smoke and ash were wrapping round my head chunk of concrete in my eye sad police an asian woman brought them drinks it was so quiet as we looked down streets blocked off with yellow tape we looked for the buildings that weren’t there every angle that we could we searched for what we lost all the crazy new yorkers were so polite and reverent as we watched the fires still burn the stench of collapse we signed the banner at saint pauls the little church that stood paying respects to our lost ones then we made our way uptown had a drink and then had dinner and started smiling again and by the time we neared the garden we were laughing then we saw the firehouse and everyone just stopped there were candles, flags and photographs of the heroes that they lost so we just looked into that other reality and then we looked for song
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in the car that could fly and swim 08:08
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in the car that could fly and swim picture this my friends i found the power of the pen hidden in our living room behind a character from a cartoon holding a photograph enclosed in glass of a frightened child wearing a gas mask let the journey begin in the car that could fly and swim holy ,holy, holy day a crayon, a flag and a time delay one potato, two potato, three potato, four the pig at the feast of a television war at the black stone in mecca the joint chiefs of staff put a dirty band aid on a tiny little scratch the radio dial spins in the car that could fly and swim swallow this and wash it down there’s a dense fog rolling through your town a mousetrap, casinos, a remote control and a new pair of earrings that somebody stole state your reply into the microphone and leave a message at the sound of the tone the outlook is grim in the car that could fly and swim now that we’re almost here at ground zero let’s once again make nixon a hero a candle, a ribbon and a mile of red tape a package of mercy and a route of escape if you believe what you hear then open your throat the bad guys will win while the rest of us float let’s let everybody in to the car that could fly and swim
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until you're back home 01:13
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until you’re back home stay safe stay smart until you’re back home you’ll stay in my heart
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lies 05:08
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lies i’ll never be that brave and you’ll never be that brave as all those heroic kids you ordered to an early grave our religious nuts are like their religious nuts they take a knife to the truth to see how far it cuts lies on ancient parchment paper lies on new computer chips lies that guide the laser bombers lies to a direct hit our kids kill their kids and their kids kill ours they’re ordered to by stupid men bathing in the mud of power it’s the end game baby it’s the end game right mindless leaders lacking soul don’t value any life lies on ancient parchment paper lies on new computer chips lies that guide the laser bombers lies to a direct hit
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don't forget me 2 02:40
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don’t forget me 2 don’t forget me i was there running through the burning desert air but we were ambushed in babylon the armor couldn’t take the force of the bomb and the metal fragments flew everywhere don’t forget me i was there
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chemicals 02:52
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chemicals we’re worried about the chemicals heroin or anthrax the poison’s in our streets cash for one funds the other the chemicals meet the reactions horrible or the reactions sweet we’re worried about the chemicals poppy’s from the mountains powder on the streets
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studying the prophecies 05:28
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studying the prophecies brightly painted graffiti words boldly announce the church is dead hidden meanings on lyric sheets this is how the truth is spread i wished for the holy guiding light but settled for the tv news where all were claiming divine right to spread their god given views fools studying the prophecies tear at the fabric of faith everybody cast the first stone everybody found a reason to hate splintered stained glass on cement there’s false idols telling lies judgement day’s already passed god has closed his eyes crescent, star or cross divide us we are lost the promised land is shattered heaven’s boundaries have been crossed fools studying the prophecies tear at the fabric of faith everybody cast the first stone everybody found a reason to hate
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speed of light 05:09
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speed of light i’m moving at the speed of light and yet I’m standing still got to find a way to use all of this free will there’s chaos in accounting firms the lawyers have moved in is anyone out there worried that the terrorists will win cause they don’t believe in dow jones they don’t believe in us they can strap a bomb around their waist before they board the bus there’s a mass that’s deep inside me there’s all that energy that’s out i think i’d join the human race if i knew what it was about there’s those out there that really feel that greed’s a better high they only use the other shit to make the day go by and then no one needs a soul mate no one needs a friend you’d never find out the limit of what the lobbyist will spend the protesters are gathering for another waste of time i’d like to join the movement if i had an issue that was mine if god himself was speaking would anyone really hear or would they just start talking louder so their point was really clear but i’ve really got to wonder if we live in the middle of hate how can we save for the future and keep the children safe if we don’t open the envelope to tell everyone who wins should we shut off the commercial before it even begins can a rock star really lead us can a corporate ceo can you find the real ecstasy if you find where the money goes does sex and strength and beauty really leave us in the end is salvation just before me or have i missed it again
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in the life of... 05:53
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in the life of… i walked in on the middle of a story about a silent man who grabbed the ring i never heard a sadder sound no one was around this is what i found he just exploded in the dark he hadn’t noticed all of those he loved a crowd had gathered outside his home they said he lived alone the glass was shattered by a stone they made a film out of the story the pentagon had won another war no one could look at it too hard the bombs were tiny stars i cut the flowers from the yard to place inside your head out of time out of work moved my head away from the hurt i drank it down and walked upstairs and moved the chairs and left the house with flapping coat and flying hat when that was this and this was that someone was talking and passing a pipe i inhaled moving into the light and so now we’re at the end of the story now we know how much to care when someone’s on their own every power broke apart every lover leaves their mark i gathered fallen hearts to place inside your head
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don't forget me 3 01:29
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don’t forget me 3 don’t forget me i was there suddenly the water was everywhere i tried to get to higher ground but there was no dry land to be found i tried to find someplace with air don’t forget me i was there
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a death in town 02:47
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a death in town when you looked most like a lion i danced circles in a rage like hitler on the warpath like jagger on the stage the phonograph always played we drank the words off the page three boys gather to watch them dig a hole in the ground there’s been a death in town
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super nothing 04:32
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super nothing there’s fields of dirt that were once amber waves is this a choirs false note or the home of the brave are we just believing in nothing at all did you follow history’s guide to the empires fall super nothing king of war what the hell did you do that for i dream in poems i sleep on floors i admit my mistakes and don’t do them anymore the mexican men are muscled and ready for work the medicated nation gives in when it hurts well i talk to god too and he says you’re full of shit you’’ll use him for illusion but there’s no god in any of it super nothing king of war what the hell did you do that for i dream in poems i sleep on floors i admit my mistakes and don’t do them anymore how can we not make the kids believe there’s something out there for them super nothing king of war what the hell did you do that for i dream in poems i sleep on floors i admit my mistakes and don’t do them anymore
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don't forget me 4 01:11
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don’t forget me 4 don’t forget me i was there i was just a kid in class and i was scared when that guy came in with a gun he shot me he shot everyone don’t forget me i was there
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the future 06:19
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the future i easy see the future see it with my eyes closed oh no my eyes were open still i saw it like an thick road and i saw it like a thin street full of flags and marching feet from the deep end to the dry spot to the fifth point where we now meet there were seven years of seven sad songs now there will be eight years of everything else in the future this museum will be pummeled into powder and everyone will be signing up for the honest army hour when i easy see the future i see the satellites will fall and all of us who ran with ease now will be forced to crawl i tried to rhyme money and love but there was just no line that would measure up in the future they’ll take the tooth of a shark and plunge it right into the last poets heart in the future all that blossoms from the mouths of entertainers will be the stone of the spoken word and then the sound of newer danger these things come from someplace else i could never make them up myself i easy see the future when we fall into a trance and we do it without money or drink or drug or dance and two parades on thin streets will no longer squeeze on through they’ll mingle with each other and become something new you could have been the beatles now you’re only old magnetic i easy see the future i think I’m going to get it
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fallen leaf 03:38
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fallen leaf old jack with remote control snow noise on the tv screen children bike along the path of clouds a dog barks at the light of dreams lucy cuts into the perfect pie a fly lands on a piece of crust her sister’s got a boy upstairs their kisses are the love of dust alice from the bakery lights a candle at the church jesus on the corner tells her what it’s worth fallen leaf on october ground is picked up by the wind a stranger picks up the hands of time and the kiss of life begins the barbershop is open still mister henderson still cuts hair and that nutty woman talking to herself says she can’t even feel the air mittens put on the young ones hands newspapers of lies are read when the cold rain starts to fall people place them on their head alice from the bakery lights a candle at the church jesus on the corner tells her what it’s worth fallen leaf on october ground is picked up by the wind a stranger picks up the hands of time and the kiss of life begins
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wake up 06:16
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wake up wake up sleepy heads it’s time to change the world i believe an eye for an eye just makes everyone blind i believe justice could be perfect if we follow it’s flawless design i believe that children hate no one when they’re born i believe if they grow to hate we’re doing something wrong i believe that music can really heal your soul i believe the human spirit can be filled to become whole i believe in action i believe in work i believe in respect i believe we can heal the hurt i believe in strength i believe in love i believe i’m right i believe in looking up i believe that poetry matters now and then i believe the youth of the world are about to rise again i believe in peace i believe in truth i believe life i believe in you i believe in you o, say can you see by the dawn's early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight o'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming and the rocket's red glare the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave

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we had the tv on in the studio while we recorded the first album. and it was kept on a cable news channel. it was war in iraq for 24 hours a day. while i was recording this happy album about how beautiful life is, our warriors were losing their lives. or becoming gravely injured. so i started writing songs. and i started with 9/11 since that had been the excuse to invade iraq. it ended up including the school shootings that have become epidemic since there was one that occurred during a session. that time we couldn't keep recording and the sound was turned up. the bush years ended up being horrible for this country. what was done to our warriors was obscene. yet the album ends on a hopeful note. in fact it was the myspace days and a lot of people used the last song, wake up, as their profile song during the election. and that made me happy. so did the woman who contacted us to say she listened to the whole thing and just cried as the album ended with the national anthem. she explained her son returned from war suffering from ptsd. so if it helped her at all the album is a success. the album is for our brave warriors who were lied to and suffered because of those lies. and it''s for the american people, who are good and hard working and expect our politicians to be the same. may one day the country really live up to it''s promise. may one day justice will be perfect. may one day no one will feel the need to write an album like this. may peace and love win

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released September 11, 2007

bob avallone, kyle avallone, danny hehner, chris lecompte, james palmer, danny white and jackson murphy plays the part of the american child

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