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Saul
04:32
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You know the answer
You heard me whisper
I had a chance but I waited far too long
And now its gone
Led to the altar
I am the Psalter
Loading a stone to find out that I'm too tall,
That I am Saul
I am your Gideon
Ready to rush in
You lit the fire but I couldn't break the jar
With my guitar
I heard a promise
But I am a Thomas
Bathing my lips in blood flowing from your side,
Did I believe a lie?
When you hear a promise
It’s hard not to be a Thomas
And you get to feeling like you’re so tall that you say,
“I must be Saul”
Wash the scales from my eyes
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Esther
05:29
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No one knows what you’re gonna say
The devil is tall and the gallows are high
And you’re gonna prove who’s dead or alive, dead or alive…
Come on, Esther! Give me your scepter!
We’re both going home one way or another
Come on Esther! Give me your scepter!
We’re both going home one way or another
One way or another – you gotta tell the truth to the power
Get into line, one more time
They wanna know what you gonna say
So paint on a smile and make a fist
The Good Lord made you for a time such as this, a time such as this…
Come on, Esther! Give me your scepter!
We’re both going home one way or another
Come on Esther! Give me your scepter!
We’re both going home one way or another
One way or another – you gotta tell the truth to the power
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Samson
05:39
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Oh Samson, Oh Samson
Why don’t you lie down baby, I ain’t gonna do you no harm
Oh Samson, Oh Samson
Yeah, the long long blades of my cold cold scissors won’t do you no harm
Sleep Samson, Sleep Samson, Sleep Samson
I’m gonna cut you, I’m gonna cut you, baby
I’m gonna cut you baby right down to size
Oh lilah, Oh lilah,
I’m a blind man, baby, yeah I ain’t gonna do you no harm
Oh lilah, Oh lilah,
Yeah, my strong, strong hands on them cold, cold pillars won’t do you know harm
Run, Lilah, run lilah, run lilah
I’m gonna crush you, I’m gonna crush you, baby,
I’m gonna crush you, baby, right down to size
Samson, won’t you bring that temple down?
Samson, won’t you bring that temple down?
And if you bring that temple down yer gonna turn a Philistine smile into a frown
Samson, ain’t you a martyr now
Samson, ain’t you a martyr now
Samson, ain’t you a martyr now
And if yer a martyr now, where is your rugged cross and your thorny crown?
Samson, where is your glory now
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Rahab
04:11
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Come on Rahab, come on Rahab
Open up your window, baby, come on and let me in
Come on, Rahab, don’t say maybe
I know who you are, woman, I know where you been
Open up your window, baby, come on and let me in
And if you don’t open up, girl, If you don’t open up girl
I’m gonna walk around you seven times, I’m gonna
I’m gonna walk around you seven, seven times
And when you hear the trumpet sound and when you
When you hear the people shout, the walls gonna fall down…
Come on, Rahab, come on Rahab
You know who I am, woman, you know where I’ve been
Open up your window, baby, come on and let me in
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Show Me You Love Me
03:34
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Baby, who put you on Mount Zion?
Baby, it may look like Mount Zion, but you ain’t alone
Baby, kiss my lips in the garden
Baby, kiss my lips in the garden, you won’t betray no one
And the Lord is good
And the Lord is kind
And the Lord forgives, so baby why you taking your time
To show me you love me?
Baby, put your hand in my side
Baby, put your hand in my side and don’t you tell me no lies
Baby, wash the blood from your hands
Baby, wash the blood from your hands, I’m sure the Lord will understand
And the Lord is good
And the Lord is kind
And the Lord forgives, so baby why you taking your time
To show me you love me?
Show me you love me
Show me you love me
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The Highway calls when you’re asleep
The road rolls out like an iron sheet
Still I’m gonna slide
And I might hurt your pride
But I keep on moving don’t stop at the stop light!
Drive my chevy down the alley in the bitter cold
Break an axle in an ice rut oh no no no no no no no no
And I’ve been locked in ice since
2009
But keep on moving don’t stop at the stop light!
Keep on movin’
Keep on movin’
Keep on movin’
Don’t stop at the stoplight!
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Wait for a Change
03:28
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One little change and utopia is in sight
Poor Tommy More got it wrong, but I’m sure you’re right
So you wait and you wait for a change
And almost everything stays the same
Still you wait and you wait anyway
Maybe you missed it and it already came
Fear it is nearly the end of your earthly life
Scaffold the sky, we all die almost every night
Then we wait and we wait for a change
And almost everything stays the same
Still we wait and we wait anyway
Maybe we missed it and it already came
The midnight is shining, you’ve already done your time
So you bathe in the river to settle your ancient crime
Then you wait and you wait for a change
And almost everything stays the same
Still you wait and you wait anyway
Maybe you missed it and it already came
It’s over
It’s over
Maybe it’s over
Maybe, just maybe, it already came
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Cry Like a Baby
03:08
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Mama, I can’t see you no more
You left me lying, like an angel on the floor
I would be lying if I said I can go on
But I’ll tell you, oh, oh, oh, oh
Why you gonna leave me?
Why don’t you tell me where going?
Oh, mama where did you sleep last night
Until I see your face again, oh, I’m gonna cry,
Gonna cry like a baby
My stomach’s empty
Oh, Lord I’m paralyzed
I can’t see nothing and it’s getting dark
I’ll tell you oh, oh, oh, oh
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Go to Sleep
05:00
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Baby, go to sleep
Shadows on the creep
And I will love you
And you will love me
Folding the covers o’er your eyes
Leaving all our lullabies
Baby, go to sleep
Swallowed in the deep
And I don’t know you
And you don’t know me
Dreaming that morning never breaks
Breathing so evil never wakes
Sun is rising still
Morning hunts to kill
And I will leave you
While you are sleeping
Darling, you may never know
How I wish I’d never go
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Good Diction Minneapolis, Minnesota
Good Diction is a rhythm and blues grass group from Minneapolis, MN.
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