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1. |
Throw Myself
03:00
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Throw Myself
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
I can't think I'm, I'm saturated and I
I can't talk I'm, I'm overrated and I
I can't drink I'm intoxicated and I
I can't walk it's too complicated and I...
I don't know, where to go from here...
Where to throw myself
Throw myself
Where to throw myself
Throw myself...
I can't feel, I won't allow my heart
The room to breathe a while
I can't cry, I'm all too numb
And everything is all too real...
I don't know, where to go from here...
Where to throw myself
Throw myself
Where to throw myself
Throw myself...
Solo
I can't think I'm, I'm saturated and I
I can't talk I'm, I'm overrated and I
I can't drink I'm intoxicated and I
I can't walk it's too complicated and I...
I don't know, where to go from here...
Where to throw myself
Throw myself
Where to throw myself
Throw myself...
Throw Myself, Throw Myself
Throw Myself, Throw Myself...
© 2009/2015, James Parker, BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love
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2. |
Bubble Boy
03:47
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Bubble Boy
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
I wanna want a better life
I wanna want a faster car
I wanna want a bigger home
Don't really wanna live alone...
I wanna want the latest cure
For outmoded allure
I wanna want the latest thrill
Supply me with the latest pill...
'Cause I need, I want
I need, I know...
Dickie's living in a Bubble Boy
Don't heed much he's got a brand new toy
Dickie's living in a great big void
Got no future it was all destroyed
Destroyed, all destroyed...
I wanna want a high class girl
Who's gonna gonna make them swirl
She's gonna gonna wear my ring
And say the sweetest things...
I wanna want the latest trend
You've got it you can be my friend
I wanna want the latest deal
It fills the void I feel...
'Cause I need, I want
I need, I know...
Dickie's living in a Bubble Boy
Don't heed much he's got a brand new toy
Dickie's living in a great big void
Got no future it was all destroyed
Destroyed, all destroyed, all this...
BRIDGE
Dickie's living in a Bubble Boy
Don't heed much he's got a brand new toy
Dickie's living in a great big void
Got no future it was all destroyed
Destroyed, all destroyed...
All destroyed, all destroyed...
All destroyed, all destroyed...
All destroyed, all destroyed,
All destroyed...
© James Parker 2014, BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love
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3. |
Everything Changes
03:31
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Everything Changes
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
From the courthouse to the street
We're all marching to the beat
Helicopters overhead
Another Black Lives Matter dead...
Everything changes
Moving through the ages
Everything in stages
Morphs and rearranges
A fire's raging down below
It all began so long ago
We're bearing witness to injustice
And we're all standing in the glow...
Everything changes
Ever through the ages
Everyone in stages
Morphs and rearranges
Bridge
Everything changes
Moving through the ages
Everything in stages
Morphs and rearranges
Everything changes
Ever through the ages
Everyone in stages
Morphs and rearranges...
Come on.
© 2015/2019 James Parker Socan/BMI. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love.
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4. |
Masters Of War
04:33
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Masters Of War
Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks
You that never done nothin’
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it’s your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly
Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain
You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people’s blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud
You’ve thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain’t worth the blood
That runs in your veins
How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I’m young
You might say I’m unlearned
But there’s one thing I know
Though I’m younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do
Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul
And I hope that you die
And your death’ll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I’ll watch while you’re lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I’ll stand o’er your grave
’Til I’m sure...
’Til I’m sure that you’re dead
Copyright © 1963 by Warner Bros. Inc.; renewed 1991 by Special Rider Music
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5. |
Nobody Knows
04:15
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Nobody Knows
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
Nobody, nobody knows
Nobody, nobody knows my hell
Nobody, no one knows
Nobody, nobody knows my hell...
But you my friend have been around
For a long, long time
You've seen me crying in the rain
Oh you my friend have been around
For a long time
Will you still be there in the end?
Nobody knows...
Nobody knows my pain
Nobody, no one knows
Nobody, nobody knows my pain...
(That's right, and I don't know yours)
But you my friend have been around
For a long, long time
You've seen me crying in the rain
Oh you my friend have been around
For a long time
Will you still be there in the end?
Nobody knows...
Bridge
But you my friend have been around
For a long, long time
You've seen me crying in the rain
Oh you my friend have been around
For a long time
Will you still be there in the end?
Nobody knows...
Nobody knows my hell
Nobody knows...
© 2013 James Parker BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love
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6. |
Angry Young Man
03:59
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Angry Young Man
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
Well times is tough in this ol' town
There ain't much work around
Been holding on as good I can
The little that I've found...
This ride's been rough, I'm feeling down
I don't know where I'm bound
Oh but I keep hoping someday soon
This luck'll turn around...
Angry Young Man, I do my best to understand
Angry Young Man, I've got my back against the wall
Angry Young Man, I'll keep on fighting if I fall
Angry Young Man, Angry Young Man
Oh well, I've got a wife and family
Now they're counting on me
But I've got bills and obligations
Far as I can see...
And Credit Union's at my door
Well they've been here before
Only this time I've gotta pay
Else they'll take my home away...
Angry Young Man, I do my best to understand
Angry Young Man, I've got my back against the wall
Angry Young Man, I'll keep on fighting if I fall
Angry Young Man, Angry Young Man
Bridge
Angry Young Man, I do my best to understand
Angry Young Man, I've got my back against the wall
Angry Young Man, I'll keep on fighting if I fall
Angry Young Man, Angry Young Man
© 2013 James Parker, BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..."
Love
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7. |
Eldorado Bridge
03:16
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Eldorado Bridge
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
Perched upon a ledge on Eldorado Bridge
I observe the remains of our world
High upon a ledge on Eldorado Bridge
I confess that I fell for you girl...
That you didn't love me, that you didn't care
Had me losing control in despair ooh
That you very simply didn't want me there
Had me cursing and humbled and scared...
Perched upon a ledge on Eldorado Bridge
I remember a night long ago ooh
When underneath a moon on Eldorado Bridge
We first kissed and I first loved you so...
True confessions made it all the more intense
Do believe my confusion was real
How you made me quiver when you laid it bare
At the altar of whoredom I kneel...
An honesty so brutal it could shatter stone
Has me gathering the pieces alone
I surmise we could still maybe make it right
Do surprise me by climbing tonight...
Perched upon a ledge on Eldorado Bridge
Half insane, fully drunk and unbound
Underneath a ledge at Eldorado Bridge
That is where my remains will be found...
Perched upon a ledge on Eldorado Bridge
I observe the remains of our world ooh
Underneath a ledge at Eldorado Bridge
That is how and where I fell for you girl...
© 2014 James Parker BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love
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8. |
Hurt
05:25
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Hurt
Words & Music by Trent Reznor
I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything...
What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt...
I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here...
What have I become?
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know
Goes away in the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt...
If I could start again
A million miles away
I would heal myself
I would find a way...
© 1994, Trent Reznor, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love.
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9. |
Stoned
04:25
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Stoned
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
May your stone gather moss
May your bones get stoned
May your stone gather moss
May your bones get stoned
Be yourself, seize the day
Free your mind and have your say
Live your life, may your touch
Be as gentle as your stay...
Feel the rain falling down
See the dew drops on the ground
Feel the wind on your skin
Don't forget where you begin...
May your stone gather moss
May your bones get stoned
May your stone gather moss
May your bones get stoned
Be your own, let it known
May your Love shine as it grows
You are you, I am I
We are all one as it flows...
Know your heart, play your part
Give yourself another start
We are free to decide
Matters not which kings abide...
May your stone gather moss
May your bones get stoned
May your stone gather moss
May your bones get stoned
Solo
Bridge
Be yourself, seize the day
Free your mind and have your say
Live your life and may your touch
Be as gentle as your stay...
May your stone gather moss
May your bones get stoned
May your stone gather moss
May your bones get stoned
© 2013 James Parker BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love
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10. |
Until The End Of Time
04:24
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Until The End Of Time
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
Baby, when I look into your eyes
I see the Earth and skies
Like a new dawn rise...
And baby, like an ocean pearl
Like a sail unfurl
Through this great big world...
I give you my Love
No conditions claimed
Until the end of time
Until the sun don't shine
Until the end of time
And baby, like a mountain soar
Like a torrent pour
Like a tempest roar...
And baby, like an open mind
Like a bridge unwind
Like a beacon blind...
I give you my Love
No conditions claimed
Until the end of time
Until the sun don't shine
Until the end of time
And baby, should the Angels call
Should the Heavens fall
Should the devil crawl
Should the prophets hail
Should the trumpets wail
Like a full forced gale
I give you my Love
No conditions claimed
Until the end of time
Until the sun don't shine
Until the end of time
Until the end of time
Until the end of time
Until the end of time...
© 1996//2019 James Parker Socan/BMI All Rights Reserved
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
LOVE
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Bubble Boy
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
I wanna want a better life
I wanna want a faster car
I wanna want a bigger home
Don't really wanna live alone...
I wanna want the latest cure
For outmoded allure
I wanna want the latest thrill
Supply me with the latest pill...
'Cause I need, I want
I need, I know...
Dickie's living in a Bubble Boy
Don't heed much he's got a brand new toy
Dickie's living in a great big void
Got no future it was all destroyed
Destroyed, all destroyed...
I wanna want a high class girl
Who's gonna gonna make them swirl
She's gonna gonna wear my ring
And say the sweetest things...
I wanna want the latest trend
You've got it you can be my friend
I wanna want the latest deal
It fills the void I feel...
'Cause I need, I want
I need, I know...
Dickie's living in a Bubble Boy
Don't heed much he's got a brand new toy
Dickie's living in a great big void
Got no future it was all destroyed
Destroyed, all destroyed, all this...
BRIDGE
Dickie's living in a Bubble Boy
Don't heed much he's got a brand new toy
Dickie's living in a great big void
Got no future it was all destroyed
Destroyed, all destroyed...
All destroyed, all destroyed...
All destroyed, all destroyed...
All destroyed, all destroyed,
All destroyed...
© James Parker 2014, BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love
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12. |
Esteemed (Demo)
03:27
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Esteemed
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER
You're so very, deliciously perverted
You're so sweetly, completely corrupted
And if I've been tainted by the sweat, and by the smell of your skin
And if passion is a sin, that I can't do without...
Well, tell me something, tell me something...
How could you walk away from this
Without so much, as just a kiss...
You're so very, deliciously perverted
You're so sweetly, completely corrupted
And I am haunted by desires I cannot control
You've thrown an anchor 'round my soul
You've thrown a wrench in my direction...
But tell me something, tell me something...
How could you walk away from this
Without so much, as just a kiss...
You're so very, deliciously perverted
You're so sweetly, completely corrupted
And if I've been properly bewitched
By one who loved me little
And who for sure esteemed less
I've no one but myself to blame I guess...
But tell me something, tell me something
Tell me something baby...
How could you walk away from this
Without so much, as just a kiss...
© 2014 James Parker, BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love.
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