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Everything Must Go
00:34
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Throw away everything you've ever known
For a grand revival is here
Throw away everything
Even your wedding ring
Oh whoa
Everything must go
Speaking parts eloquent
Drinking parts pugnacious
Thinking parts wiser than Kant
Born to be a senator
Arousing baritone
Slang boasting and smut
Everything must rust
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2. |
Crucible
03:11
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Just another night on the run
Better go and get your gun
Hard to stride the world when you're drunk
Follow too-loose women
Searching for salvation
Brother brother I have sinned
Did a whatchamacallit
Now I know where I want in
She approached me sobbing
Why so melancholy?
You're in The Crucible
Another dark night of the soul
Any preference, I'm on a roll
You can dance for me honey
Make a lot of money
Crucible
Crucible
Crucible
You can dance 'fore your over
Come a little closer
Would it be alright if I came over late at night
I wanna get you on the floor
Gonna have this one night then I'm gonna live life right
You're in the Crucible
I wish they'd let me be bad
I need a chance to feel that
I see it falling from the skies and all around me
But they make it seem so worth it so
Another dark night of the soul
You're in The Crucible
Another dark night of the soul
Any preference, I'm on a roll
You can dance for me honey
Make a lot of money
Crucible
Show a little leg for me baby
Crucible
Do a little dance for me honey
Crucible
Take a little break for me darling
You can dance 'fore your over
Come a little closer
Crucible
Crucible
Crucible
Crucible
Crucible
Crucible
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3. |
Hell on Earth
03:43
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You can't hit church on Sunday
Then cheat on her on Monday
Sinners listen to me
We are coming back to old time faith
If you're not digging your place
Then say it to the Lord, right to his face
He's the one who made you this way
The father is my rock and my base
Now I know
God forgives
'Cause I seen that gosh darn devil
Way more times than I'll admit
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
A lonely miserable hotel
I might as well have been in Hell
I wanna drink something terrible
But then I find a Gideon Bible
Read a Psalm
Turned the page
Will you shake your hands for Jesus
Did our Saviour die in vain?
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
You can run
You can hide
You can look the other way
You can cast your faith aside
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
Hell on earth
Hell on earth
Will find you
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4. |
Merry Way Along
01:35
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Won't you take me on my merry way to Jesus
Won't you take me on my merry way to God
If you take me from this world
Please don't leave my girl
Won't you take us on your merry way along
I been drinking beer and doubting about Jonah
I been studying up on the virgin birth
You need a heavy head
It just might make you sweat
Carrying the gospel to the world
I been sitting here and gossiping with Jesus
He's been telling me whose good and who is bad
He's been telling me some things
That just might make you wince
As he takes me to the lord my mama had
Well I'm sure you know the devil quotes his scripture
When the morning breaks eternal bright and fair
Wore a gown down to the pulpit
I love that lordy's trumpet
When the roll is called up yonder, I'll be there
Won't you take me on my merry way to Jesus
Won't you take me on my merry way to God
If you take me from this world
Please don't leave my girl
Won't you take us on your merry way along
Won't you take us on your merry way along
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5. |
Holy Force
02:03
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Show up high on a Friday night
When I meet you, you dart your eyes
Wouldn't talk so I couldn't lie
Opportunity's where I pry
Hold your breath
You ain't seen nothing yet
A holy force
Just wait for the divorce
Stagger down to the frontmost pew
Grab a Bible, lock eyes with you
You don't know what I'm 'bout to do
I'm a Hell-cat, cussed most in school
Hold your breath
You ain't seen nothing yet
A holy force
Just wait for the divorce
I need an angel
To holy and informatively
Lend me an angle
To pinch a sermon from the heathens here
Shine a cradle on the babe
Shed your radiance down my way
We are merely beasts without faith
So divine oughta call you Mary
Hold your breath
You ain't seen nothing yet
A holy force
Just wait for the divorce
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6. |
Out of Gas
03:16
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Let me forget who I am
It helps the time flow
New York to Cali and back
It's such a long way to go
We hit the long haul
I check the map for the score
50 North Main St
84064
When I'm out of gas
You know I don't move too fast
Through the mountains we pass
When I'm behind the times
My woman keeps me alive
It's such a long long long long drive
I hate hotels
I hate the fame
I hate myself
I hate my name
Wyoming
Has the weirdest trees
This flood plain
Is where we'll sleep
When I'm out of gas
You know I don't move too fast
Through the mountains we pass
When I'm behind the times
My woman keeps me alive
For such a long long long long drive
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7. |
Utah
02:20
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Sermon in Logan for ex-Mos with nothing to prove
They call me elder I tell them that Elmer will do
It was hot as fire
As I work the crowd and inspire
It was dire to prove me to you
Sharon decreed I was ready to join them for prayer
Brownstone apartment with one little broke sunken chair
With the smell of Pall Malls
There was Dada art on the walls
I was not at all prepared
They passed the reefer
Passed the brew
Evening prayer was never true
As I say not as I do
Elmer they're all just like you
There was no inner circle I could infiltrate
I had been played
There were no holy forces I could prey upon
Believed the con
Grab me some keys I take off with a legion of thoughts
Head to the Rockies and find me a good jumping spot
It was cold as ice
But the stars in Utah are nice
It just is what it is 'til it's not
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8. |
Everything
03:35
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Got a summer home in Buffalo
I don't go except for when it snows
Took a bruiser to the frontal lobe
I know that my word isn't law
They wanna know everything about you
They wanna know everything about you
They wanna know everything
Yes they do
I believe in God
And that trust is maintaining facades
How will we part
We are lovers, we're inherently flawed
They wanna know everything about you
They wanna know everything about you
They wanna know everything
Yes they do
I don't believe in love
I don't believe in trust
I don't believe in me
But I believe in us
I don't believe in fate
I never seen it as such
I don't believe in you
I don't believe in much
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9. |
Crucible Again
01:39
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You're in The Crucible again
You're in The Crucible again
You're in The Crucible again
You're in The Crucible again
You're in The Crucible again
Oh no no no
You're in The Crucible again
Oh no no no
You're in The Crucible again
Oh no no no
You're in The Crucible again
You're in The Crucible again
Oh no no no
You're in The Crucible again
Oh no no no
You're in The Crucible again
Oh no no no
You're in The Crucible again
You're in The Crucible again
Oh no no no
You're in The Crucible again
Oh no no no
You're in The Crucible again
Oh no no no
You're in The Crucible again
Oh no no no
Oh no no no
Oh no no no
You can travel the world
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10. |
Heaven Knows
02:29
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Heaven knows just what you're saying
When the lights go out
And you're praying
Heaven knows just who you're talking to
When the judgement comes
What are you gonna do?
You never really wanted anything at all
Only a glance then you were close to me and involved
We took a chance and we found God inside four walls
Heaven knows just who is certain
When your role is done
Final curtain
Heaven knows just when the lights will fade
When the Lord above
Leads you off the stage
You never really wanted anything at all
Only a glance then you were close to me and involved
You start to dance like you are Lucifer
Then you fall
You fall
You fall
You fall
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11. |
And I Know
03:16
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I'm awoken from a dream
Smell of carbon, heated screams
You're my blanket, you don't breathe
Anymore
If you saw me, you'd grow weak
How's your heaven? Looking bleak
It's a sin that it ain't me
On the floor
And I know and I know and I know
That it's so hard to take
And I know and I know and I know
That your poor heart would break
Cue reporters on the scene
There's a front page I can see
Grab your body then proceed
To the door
And I know and I know and I know
That it's so hard to take
And I know and I know and I know
That your poor heart would break
And I know and I know and I know
That it's so hard to take
And I know and I know and I know
That your poor heart would break
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know and I know
And I know and I know
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12. |
God of My Life
02:25
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God of my life
You give your heart to me
God of my life
You give your breath to me
God of my life
You give your love to me
Hallelujah
You give your love
Oh so tenderly
You ask our love
Oh so painfully
Both are your hands
Caressing me
Hallelujah
I feel your joy
It's in the wind I breath
With all my soul
I try to believe
The love you bear
Our soldiers thee
Hallelujah
You speak your word
It cuts into my soul
You gave your bread
To let our oneness show
You are my God
I want the world to know
Hallelujah
Oh I am poor
As poor as I can be
I give your strength
A chance to shine in me
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
Hallelujah
God of my life
You give your heart to me
God of my life
You give your breath to me
God of my life
You give your love to me
Hallelujah
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Jeff Burgess Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
“Jeff Burgess is a musical chameleon, and a pretty talented one at that…overflowing with fun and energy and a pure, raw confidence.” - Margaret Welsh, Pittsburgh City Paper
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