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UNSTABE LYRICS

1, HOPE AND FAITH
I pay my dues lay my money down
I'm living in the land of the so called free
Make a little space take a little time
But I know you've got an eye on me

You can find a piece of land buy some peace of mind
But don't turn around you won't like what you find
I'm sick of all this, I'm sick of all that
I'm sick of it all and I'm sick of you

Up on the roof or down on the street
Come on baby better move them feet
I'm a paid up member but I don't remember how I got in

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And I don't want my money back
You can stick it with the rest where the sun don't shine
I hang my washing out on my line
You know it ain't clean but I'm doing fine
Living on hope and faith

We used to belong had a flag to wave
But now we gotta live by integrity
It's a mixed up muddle in a mixed up world
And we're all looking for a smoking gun

I don't need this any more
I don't need you (to) tell me what to do
Pulling me off of my easy chair

I'm out of my head, out of control
Can't even get this rock to roll
There's no turning back but there's gotta be a better way out

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2, FRAMED
We don't know where we're going any more
And we don't know where the lines are drawn
There's no battle plan - for sure
Just swimming against the tide - again
The writing that's on the wall
Has peeled and blown away
So you better believe it now

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And we ain't gonna be framed again
No we ain't no easy lay
No we ain't gonna be framed again
No we won't take the rap - for you

Where do you go when you need to confess
You don't have no God and you don't seem to care
No all seeing eye watching you
And the lesson today is how to lie
To get what you want some how
No matter who pays the price
But that ain't the only way

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M8
And we all make the bed we lay on
And we all got a hard luck story
But that don't mean to say we don't have a choice
Picking up the broken pieces
Sweeping out my own back yard
Put it back together and start again

No more bull shit, no more lies
No more time - for you

3, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW
You can make what you want of the things that I do
And believe in the lies that materialise
Where there's will there's away but you know what they say
And you want me to stay but I don't wanna play

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Can you hear me now, what I'm trying to say
And these feelings now, well I don't understand
Ooo open your eyes, Ooo tell me no lies

There's a book on the shelf that reminds me of you
And I'll read it a while when my feelings are blue
And you do what you do like your Daddy did to
It's expected of you it's a family affair

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M8
Wasted what I had girl waiting for the day
Nothing in return girl nothing left to say
I, oh I ain't your fool no more

4, ANOTHER WAY
He got it bad oh yeah he got it real bad
He took a bullet in the leg and another one in the arm
But it's all for the folks back home

I know I used to fight
A Street fighting man was the thing to be
But now I turn the other cheek

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But I don't see another way
No matter what I say
But I don't see another way

They pulled me in to the party line
I sucked it all in then I spewed it out
Left field right field
I'm standing in the middle and it's all the same
I don't believe a single word

I heard you shout I heard you scream
I seen you fire a shot across my bow
But now I turn the other cheek

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5, EASY
And I stand here alone at the edge of my life trying to pick up the bits
You said just look at your feet you can see where you stand, your nowhere
And you cut with your words till there ain't nothing left, trying to find a way out
And I can't feel any more as you walk through the door, don't walk away
So easy does it, easy on my mind

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You pulled the shots, I took my lot
Just like the fool I've been
I watched the sun go down on us
This dog will rise again

And the last train has gone but we still hang around, like two birds on a wire
Now you've made up your mind tell me what did you find, was it all in vain
And it's hard not to judge or apportion the blame, when it all comes down
I still wish you the best and I know you do to, I still need you
So easy does it, easy on my mind

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6, GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS PLACE
You better walk this way, and don't look back,
Trust me now, I wouldn't lie to you

It's in my head the things you said, they're with me every step I take
The siren sings, her knife it stings, I sail right by when my blood runs high

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We just gotta get out of this place, before they bring this party down
We just gotta get out of this place, cause it's whatever you want, whatever you need
We just gotta get out of this place

And now you're walking away from the things that you say
Well it's another new day, but you still want me to pay

Your chrome heart shines in the sun,
You're looking like a straggler with the road house blues
I got my car and she's all gassed up, I'm heading down the road gonna lose this load

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M8
I can see you - I can feel you
I can see the things you do but I don't wanna give my trust

7, WONDERLAND
I took a ride down the lonely mile
I took a left when I should have gone right
I bought a monkey and he jumped up on my back
A yellow cab wouldn't go that far
We walked alone with the eyes on us
Did the deal and got right out of there

I got an itch and an aching heart
I know it's gonna tear us both apart
It's always gonna be there in the things I say and do

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They call it wonderland but man you gotta learn
It's living on the front line way out on the edge
They call it wonderland but man you gotta learn
It ain't no fun but you ain't shaking now

Another show and another town
I'm going up and I'm coming down
I took a taste and it's all gonna be alright
We hung with Johnny in a back stage rush
A loaded barrel from a single flush
He took the stage and then he blew away the whole damn crowd

Another trip to the city of fools
Alphabet was the name they gave
But what the hell when it's all been said and done

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8, SHANGRILLA
I've been sitting here by myself, I've been thinking about my life
Feeling like I'm all a drift, caught in a rip you can't fight against

The televisions driving me in sane, and on the radio it's all the same
Riding down this empty line, there's blood on the tracks and I think it's mine

Bridge
So don't call if you've only got bad news, cause right now I'm not strong enough for two
There's a cold wind blowing and it's time for me to make a move

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So darling lift me up, pick me up while there's still a chance
Take my heart and take my soul but take me with you to your Shangrilla

I may be older but I'm still the same, a little tired of the same old game
And I can't get a new point of view, while singing the words to this same old song

10,DEVON
I bare no relation to someone with your fixation
You think you know what sense is but you're out there jumping fences

I can see you standing I can see you got the fear
I get into my combi and I'll see you next year

Don't forget your board don't forget your safety cord
I'm gonna find the sun gonna get myself some fun
You better not be late because there ain't no turning back this time

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I'm going down, down to Devon

It feels like we're all actors in the longest running play
It's all a fucking cliché and it's driving me in sane

I'm going round in circles on a ride that never stops
I'm drowning in a river that will never reach the sea

There's nothing I won't do there's no place that I won't go
No door that I won't open if behind there's something new
Time is getting tight but I won't give up without a fight

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M8
I'm heading out west where the air is sweet
You don't wanna know and I don't wanna stay
I'll wash my soul in an off shore break
Remind myself where I come from

9, LOVE TO HATE
Taking a shot a photograph before it all fades to grey
You don't know just what I think can't even hear a word I say
You think you know what's best for me
I heard you on the radio

Don't give me excuses just say what the truth is - this time it's for real
Cause that was the first time and this is the last time
It's not worth fighting for - any more

Give me a call when you're out of here, take a little piece of someone else
I got some things that I gotta do and I'm gonna do them by myself
Gotta get out of this frame of mind gotta get out while I can
Don't give me excuses (etc)

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And I don't wanna take the bus, I ride my board don't make a fuss
I know you think I look a state; I'll always be the one you love to hate

Trying to see yeah what you see, you're living in a fantasy
I say black and you say white, well it really doesn't mean a thing
Just watch my lips and watch them well, I'm only gonna say this once

12, LIVING IN THE MACHINE
And nothings gonna change no matter what they say
We never had a care living day by day
I've got that song going round my brain
I'll never ever let it get me down again
And the wheel takes another turn
And you find another hill to climb
Only higher than the one before
Do you burn with anxiety

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Are you still feeling mean - living in the machine
Are you still feeling mean - or a bit in-between

I've seen it all before and here it comes again
Better keep on running or we'll miss that train
We'd fight the fight stand up for our rights
And always find a way to live another day
And you find everything has changed
As you stand in your wilderness
All alone face to face with the truth
And you know that there's no turning back

11, GIVING IT UP
Don't tell me that it's all the same; don't tell me that it's all in vein
I wanna see the Northern lights, I wanna see the wrong put right
I know it's gonna be alright if we just keep keeping on
I know I used to hold on to the way things used to be

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I'm giving it up, I'm giving it up, I'm giving it up for you
I'm giving it up; I'm giving it up, no more baggage I'm giving it up for love

Stop talking about your doom and gloom, conspiracy from night till noon
I listened to it endlessly; I fell into an endless sleep
I don't want to be hung up about the way things might have been
I don't want to hear about the end or how my soul will burn in hell

13, UNION MAN
You can find him in the corner with his tonic and gin
Starring at the walls wondering what might have been

The lines on his face and the look in his eyes
Read like a book man there ain't no disguise
Out on the street where it's cold and it's wet
He takes home the memories he can never forget

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He worked as a turner on the factory floor
He always wore a smile till they showed him the door
He never paid his stamps but he sure paid his dues
Now all he gets is a pittance cause he's yesterdays news

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He traded in his dreams for a small pension plan
He always did his best he was a union man
The days start to drag he's got time on his hands
He puts down his book and turns off the light

14, FREE MAN
I got my point of view, and I know that you've got yours
We need some common ground, to see what we can find
I see you stare as I walk by, I see you shake your head
Now you won't stop to count the cost, cause you don't know what it's worth
But I don't mind, no I don't care

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Cause I'm a free man in this town, I don't walk with my head down
Yeah I'm a free man in this town, and I ain't nobody's clown

I walk this winding road, me and this heavy load
There's always one more mile, when it's hard to keep that smile
But there ain't no high without a low, no matter where you go
They'll always try to put you down, keep your feet back on the ground
But that's the way, it's always been (I'm still a)

All songs by Dave Parsons except “Living in the machine” Parsons / Edwards”