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Fake Estate
03:11
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Mortgage the future, present and past
Title or no, just a game that won't last
The lords and the serfs in a mosh pit of cash
One man's treasure is another one's trash
(Oh yeah) Gotta turn on the light
(Oh yeah) Can't give up the fight
(Oh yeah) We're living the lies that they breed and they feed til truth gives up and dies
Dislocation, dislocation, dislocation
Banking on nothing except thin air
Can't see that there's no there there
Ex nihilo but gotta pay it all back
You're always red and they're always black
(Oh yeah) Gotta open our eyes
(Oh yeah) See through their disguise
(Oh yeah) It's all just a fraud they endorse, no remorse that some contract is God
Dislocation, dislocation, dislocation
It's just fake estate
But it's not fate
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Austerity Song
04:40
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When they say the bank's gotta be bailed out
When they say no CEO should go without
When they say they're too big to fail
When they say they're too big to jail
What they mean is fuck the poor
Fuck 'em over more and more
When they say the invisible hand provides
When they say it's the market that decides
When they say there's no money for single payer
When they say we gotta fight 'em over there
What they mean is fuck the poor
Fuck 'em over more and more
What they mean is they don't deserve
What they can't afford
When they say don't let a crisis go to waste
When they say the workers can be replaced
When they say austerity will fix it all
When they say gonna have to build a wall
What they mean is fuck the poor
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No Money For Jack
02:56
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Jack went to the banks
Banks told Jack "no thanks"
Jack answered the ad
They told Jack "too bad"
No money for Jack
Jack held out his hand
They said "can't spare one, man"
Jack scoured the ground
truth was all he found
No money for Jack
Somehow Jack's always tapped
Somehow Jack's always strapped
That's what the system is for
So life's something Jack can't afford
No money for Jack
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Be An Outlaw
02:33
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They won't let you live in your house
They won't let you live in your car
They won't let you sleep on the street
They won't let you camp in the park
They're taking liberties with your liberties
When freedom's illegal, gotta be an outlaw
They want you to be disarmed
And have no privacy
They want you in debt
They keep taking more of your money
They're taking liberties with your liberties
When freedom's illegal, gotta be an outlaw
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Satoshi Nakamoto
02:18
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Maybe These Cities
04:16
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Baghdad's boiling in oil
While Mogadishu runs on fear
Washington flickers its tongue
Into New York's filthy ear
Maybe these cities will still be standing tomorrow
Maybe hell will unhinge its jaw and finally swallow
Tel Aviv's tellin' me that
Beijing is not a verb
Caracas shakes the maracas as
London tries to smuggle in herb
Maybe these cities will still be standing tomorrow
Maybe hell will unhinge its jaw and finally swallow
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Possible Probable
03:14
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Everything is possible
But not much is probable
I'm (not) sure the beautiful
Outweighs the horrible
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Equals
03:52
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Forget about the sky
Don't worry about the ghost
Should we laugh or cry?
No one really knows
Just don't die to live
Don't live to just die
Every second you can give
Is one less you have to buy
Love is god
Here right now with you and me
In my arms and my soul
You are always there
Time and space put on hold
Infinity everywhere
Don't worry about the ghost
Forget about the sky
No one really knows
If we should laugh or cry
Love is god
Here right now with you and me
Love is god
Here right now with you and me
Love is god
All we are's not all we see
Love is god
Come on now be free with me
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Magnetize Yourself
03:13
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Here's a coupon we could redeem for peace
'Cause there's a little blind dog wants to be let in
Magnetize yourself
The force is yours
Falling through space just look for the poles
It really doesn't matter what the soldiers say
Magnetize yourself
The force is yours
Convince yourself it's better than it is
Convince yourself it's worse than it's not
Don't convince yourself it's better than it is
Don't convince yourself it's worse than it's not
A mesmeric Eric always attracts a Dawn
As addictive as the rising sun
Magnetize yourself
The force is yours
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Spirit Baby
04:00
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I missed my turn
I missed your turn
I guess I had to learn
I think about you
Think about you a lot
And I never forgot
Around your head
A band of souls
They let in the one
Who's lost the most
Spirit baby
Fuzzy pictures
Black and white
I'm missing you tonight
Can't believe you're gone
Gone for good
I wish I understood
Around your head
A band of souls
They let in the one
Who's lost the most
Spirit baby
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Torchy
04:04
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Torchy--short for torture
Was no nice kid
His red hair screamed "Hey! Cripple Canary!"
"Bet you can't take me"
And then kicked the shit out of Coke
With pale thick fists
Coke's legs were bound in braces
But his spirit was not
His days were made of ivory and diamonds
Paints of city scenes
Portraits of postwar Texas
In Belle Meade
Next to greens of good ol' Fort Sam
Learning to put cars together
By taking them apart
Smoking Marlboro Reds
On Scout camps
And walking without a limp--no limp!
Torchy didn't recognize the crewcut catcher at first
Torchy's reacquaintance was a firm thrashing
Coke let him live
Given in memory of Cripple Canary
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