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Escape Bug #4
02:15
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Escape Bug #4 (R. Ferguson)
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The Pain is Real
04:15
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The Pain is Real (R. Hampton)
into this frosty cradle we’re born and slowly but surely our dreams are torn the tears are shed as we lose our hold it isn’t long before our hearts grow cold happiness is fleeting love is illusion but the pain is real some take morphine or a bottle of Jack whatever it takes to deal call me jaded call me cynical i won’t deny the claim but when you’re shit on again and again ya know it all starts to look the same time will only tell how long we must put up with this charade if we are so lucky the lights they soon may fade and if i slip away i’m not afraid of what’s to be whether to Heaven or a hole in the ground either way we are free
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There’s a Reason You’re Alone (R. Hampton)
i saw her in the club one night i liked the way her pants were just a little too tight she was kinda chunky but she had a nice face so i decided to show her a little grace but when she saw me coming she shot me an evil glare as if to say “where did you get the nerve to think you’d get somewhere?” so i looked her right in the face and this is what i said you ain’t no beauty queen you ain’t no model you’re just a two-bit tramp with a cigarette and a bottle beggars can’t be choosers and pearls won’t be thrown before swine so stop acting like a prima donna cuz girl you ain’t that fine millions of people out on the town going nowhere fast millions of people coming onto the scene each one dumber than the last millions of people out on the streets their lives a blur of emptiness millions of stupid twats in the world and you’re no different than the rest you think you’re really special don’t you? on the dating websites with your 20-point list you think you’re really special don’t you? you’ve got a chip on your shoulder the size of my fist you think you’re really special don’t you? standing there texting on your phone you think you’re really special don’t you? but there’s a reason you’re alone
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God's Greatest Joke
02:44
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God’s Greatest Joke (R. Hampton)
they say that true love waits and i should wait for true love but love ain’t waiting for me and i can’t wait for what isn’t there well i think it must be God’s greatest joke to give me this desire for love without any hope of ever finding it in this world
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Give Me Some Love or Give Me Some Drugs (R. Ferguson)
why won’t you come down? i’d like to see your feet on the ground jump from nails and marry Mary go pick some berries marry Mary jumpstart your Kingdom marry Mary give me some love or give me some drugs or give me some love and drugs give me some love or give me some drugs why won’t you love me? i was a good boy in the penitentiary i graduated i procreated i serve my sons investigate if you want you won’t find any guns and i hope it’s never implied i must admit i’m blind and i hope i’m never told i must surrender control forget what i said a branch dropped on my head forgive what i said i’ll drag my body to bed why won’t you come down? cuz i’d like to see you descend from the clouds and i’d like to know there’s just one pure man in this town i’ll jerk those crosses down…give me some drugs…
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Dance of Deception
03:19
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Dance of Deception (R. Hampton)
looking for love and i found a knife and the path set out before me led me down another hole just another chapter in an empty life so twist another dagger into my soul take my hand let us dance to forget the pain down another shot turn another trick take my hand let us dance in the pouring rain with a bottle of pills and a bloody wrist looking for love and i found a ghost an emptiness that left me longing for death and all my prayers were answered but the one i needed most and i’m still standing here holding my breath
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Deliverance
03:50
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Deliverance (R. Hampton)
here i am take my hand on this crumbling Earth i stand darkness within and darkness without pieces of the magnet have been scattered about but you’ve uplifted me before and for a moment i was whole so show your love to me once more and wrap your arms around my soul and don’t you let me fall again and don’t you let me fall again i never wanna be alone again so don’t you let me fall again i watch the world through cloudy eyes so many times i’ve seen my own demise i’m back again cuz my Messiah heals Lord i pray that i’m not spinning my wheels for a stagnant heart is a useless tool when i don’t get what i desire sometimes this world is all too cruel it makes me wanna set the place on fire
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The Calling
07:22
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The Calling (R. Hampton)
i am the one who stands here alone i am the one with faith like a stone i try to reach out my hands but no one is there i am the one who stands here alone and everyone who comes my way is worse off than me cuz everyone who comes my way they just won’t believe…i am the one who stands here alone and i am the one who will cry and moan i try to reach out to them but no one is there i am the one who stands here alone and i am the one who can feel this call and i am the one who can feel this design…
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Bruised
01:30
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Bruised (R. Hampton)
bruise…bruised for your iniquities wounded for your transgressions…we are bruised for your iniquities wounded for your transgressions
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10. |
Till Our Feet Fall Off
04:18
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Till Our Feet Fall Off (R. Ferguson)
we will live only if we’re allowed escape from the enemy gathered in our town they have come to twist our tiny heads and pull us into pieces and stomp us till we’re dead we don’t know where to go oh we don’t know what to do we’ll run we’ll run run till our feet fall off run all night long till there’s nothing left at all and we will live out beyond the town and build our futures under the underground and we could be so happy oh we could be so happy oooooooooooooh oh…boom bang bang bang boom bang bang bang boom bang bang bang boom bang bang bang boom bang bang bang boom bang bang bang boom bang bang bang bang bang bang bang you can’t kill us all…
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War of the Lambkin
09:07
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War of the Lambkin (R. Hampton)
commercialism is on the rise so buy our new t-shirt tonight commercialism is on the rise and everybody wants a piece of that pie and the war is on…commercialism is on the rise so buy our new t-shirt tonight commercialism is on the rise so beat the horse until it dies and the war is on…we don’t need your government we don’t need your rules we don’t need your legions of death recruiting in our schools we will rise against you and bring your castles to the ground for the one that you rejected is now the One that wears the crown…
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12. |
To Hell with Heaven
02:06
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To Hell with Heaven (R. Hampton)
i spent my time hanging out with the saints and it was such a bore but i didn’t fare much better with the liars and whores so once again i’m stuck in the middle looking for something that’s real i’ve got to find a way of life that is true to how i feel i’ve had enough of this weak religion of pie-in-the-sky if that’s all you have to offer you can stick it where the sun don’t shine to Hell with all this talk of Heaven now is not the time to dream it’s time to take the world by storm and set the captives free set the captives free…
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See Me See Me
03:26
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See Me See Me (R. Ferguson)
think what you will of a landslide…sometimes we gotta move just to survive…and i wanna see me like you do and i wanna hear me like you do and i wanna know what i mean to you i wanna know what i mean to you and i wanna see me like you do and i wanna hear me like you do…i wanna know what i mean to you…i won’t hear me like you do…i wanna hear me like you do…i wanna see me like you do
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Hounds of Hell
09:30
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Hounds of Hell (R. Ferguson)
love your neighbor as yourself and don’t you smoke it’ll ruin your health and don’t you drink you could have some fun and don’t you dare try to run cuz God will hunt you down with his most reliable hound the hounds of Hell they learned their trade in Heaven’s holy serenade they’re nice at first until you sign your name in blood on the line blood and tears blood and tears the hounds will rip out all of your gears don’t you ask they’ll never tell all the secrets born in Hell and how they get their teeth in you your skin and bone they will chew chompity chomp scream scream scream all ya like it ain’t no dream and when you look for heavenly grace you won’t find a friendly face it’s much too late come judgment day the lights go out and you’re dragged away chompity chomp scream scream scream all ya like it ain’t no dream the fire burns in and out pray all ya like but you’ll never get out
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15. |
Crunk for Christ
09:01
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Crunk for Christ (R. Hampton)
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On the Fence
02:52
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On the Fence (R. Hampton)
i’ve got one foot in the Kingdom and one foot in the world and my balls are on the fence and i keep searching to find the balance but my life just doesn’t make sense well praise God for making a body as appetizing as yours you really know how to start up a party when you get on the floor and if i go to Hell for loving your body at least i’ll have a good ride and i’ll repent a thousand times if i have to but my flesh won’t be denied i’ve got one hand on my Bible and one hand on your thigh am i headed for another regret? cuz i keep looking for peace of mind but i haven’t found it yet
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17. |
Bad Boy Bounce
02:15
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Bad Boy Bounce (R. Ferguson)
woke up this morning with the bad boy bounce i better go off to school or back to bed i better go oh oh oh oh oh oh i really gotta go…well everybody knows that school’s a drag but i gotta go i’d rather spend my days at the park or swimming in a swimming hole oh oh oh oh oh oh i really gotta go…
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Little Big Questions
03:05
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Little Big Questions (R. Ferguson)
oh my son raise your head when the questions come like nightmare snakes and mourning doves cuz so many people smarter than me got different answers to the same damn things…well maybe in time maybe in time well maybe it’s a question of how or why or maybe that’s the price of being alive or maybe it’s a question of do or don’t or maybe some things we’re never meant to know…maybe in time…nightmare snakes…and mourning doves…maybe in time we’ll know for certain
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The War Within
05:13
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The War Within (R. Hampton)
it’s so hard to wage this war within me day after day my heart wants this and my body wants that what does the Spirit say? you deliver us from evil so show me the way tell me why i am the way i am i want the things i know i shouldn’t have when i’m alone i yearn for sex and drugs when all i really need is you all i really need is love…yeah all i really need is love
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Babysitter in a Frog Suit (R. Ferguson)
i got my babysitter in a frog suit i can get her to do whatever i want her to my babysitter’s in a frog suit and when i’m 25 that woman gonna butter my bread and season my fries and when i’m 33 i’ll make her drop her knee and then she’ll marry me and when i’m 41 i’ll let her know when i think all the work is done and when i’m 64 i won’t let her listen to the Beatles anymore and when i’m 79 we’ll still find sexy little ways to pass the time and when i’m 83 i’ll bend that bad little girl over my knee and when i’m 104 i’ll take her outside and she can go ahead and paint the garage door and when i’m 117 our love will live forever in a cryogenic freeze
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Bombs and Guns and Paper and Glue (R. Ferguson)
Lord knows where you’ve been today sleeping in a boat out on a lake your only company sunshine and the waves and if you’re feeling really good nothing you’ve said misunderstood then that’s probably all ya need to get you through well maybe you’ve been pulling out your hair and maybe you’ve climbed too many stairs your boss badly paraphrased your definition of fair i know you’re feeling really bad thinking about the things you wish you had i’m willing to bet your office doesn’t have a view so meet me by my bedroom porch i’ll tell a story to you and it will include bombs and guns and paper and glue bombs and guns and paper and glue you’re tired of sitting in the same blue chair you’re tired of praying your parrot prayers your best and only friend is computer solitaire i know you’re feeling really bad your son refuses to call ya dad it reminds you that he was an unplanned embryo oh no well i don’t know what you did last night got 4/5 drunk and lost a fight somehow you found and lit a stick of dynamite you put it in your mouth like a sweet cigar then got run over by a car it’s a miracle you made it home with a bloody nose but no broken bones oh oh meet me by my bedroom porch i’ll tell a story to you and it will include bombs and guns and paper and glue and boys and girls and kangaroo a man with a beard and an ice-cold brew a woman with a heart-an-arrow tattoo and clowns and lawyers and Jesus too you can use me anyway ya want to…bombs and guns and paper and glue…
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Farewell OCD (You Pesky Bastard) (R. Ferguson)
i used to plan my year like an astronaut i’d circle in space until my rocket dropped but i don’t no more no i don’t i’d stand on the corner and beg for change and put my pennies in a piggy bank but i don’t no more no i don’t i’m on my way back home oh oh oh oh oh oh…i’d wash my hands and brush my teeth 230 times in any given week but i don’t no more no i don’t it got so bad i made my wife my slave she was a messy woman in my tidy cave but i don’t no more no i don’t
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Flirting in Space
01:39
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Flirting in Space (R. Ferguson)
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Batter My Heart
06:52
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Batter My Heart (R. Hampton)
batter my heart three-person God take me to you imprison me for unless you enthrall me i shall never be free or ever chaste unless you ravish me they left their heavenly dwelling place in search of earthly delights now they dwell in deepest darkness far from Heaven’s holy light this was written as a warning a warning to us that certain lines should not be crossed is it fair is it right? i’m not sure i understand cuz it seems the fleeting moments of pleasure are the closest many get to the promised land oh how i want to be free…you put these feelings into me and oh how i want to be free oh how i want to be free…
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The Never-Ending Quest for Love Eternal (R. Hampton)
i’m searching for a love that will never leave me i’m searching for a love that knows my name i know she’s out there somewhere but i don’t know where she’s going or from where she came so come and wrap your arms around me and hold me there eternally this world can only confound me and only love can set me free i’m searching for a new beginning far beyond what i have found to live the life i’ve been missing out on don’t leave me earthbound
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Enough
02:32
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Enough (R. Ferguson)
well i got some friends okay maybe i only got one she lives in town where we have our fun but she don’t wanna marry me she don’t wanna marry me cuz she don’t want more kids she already has one she always makes sure we got protection but i’d sure like more kids i’d sure like to have a bunch it’s not that i don’t love her son it’s just i’d like a boy i’d like a boy i’d like a boy who breathes my father’s blood but she don’t wanna marry me she don’t wanna marry me so here we are something must be done to change our minds or cut and run but i don’t wanna run tonight i just wanna lie down in her light but she don’t wanna marry me she don’t wanna marry me…i guess she don’t love me enough
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Now I See (It’s a Wonderful Thing to Know Ya!) (R. Ferguson)
now i see your young arms lay me down in the dark i guess it’s true you really don’t know until you’re grown and have your own but by then is it too late to say ya know and you appreciate all the times that it hurt all the times you put me first? you put me first you put me first you put me first you put me first you put me first you put me first you put me first you put me first oh my God it’s a wonderful thing to know ya…now i see your young arms lay me down in the dark
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Mother Find Heaven for Me (R. Ferguson)
mother find Heaven for me i want to know what you see describe the golden streets describe the birds and what’s left of the trees the trees please please mother find Heaven for me i want to believe tell me about the songs you hear tell me about the man with the long white the long white beard the long white beard please please and i won’t ask again i won’t ask again i won’t i won’t ask again i won’t ask again i won’t mother find Heaven for me i want to believe tell me about the birds you hear tell me about their nests and if they if they ever leave if they ever leave please please and i won’t ask again i won’t ask again i won’t i won’t ask again i won’t ask again i won’t i won’t ask again i won’t ask again no i won’t i won’t ask again i won’t ask again no i won’t and if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going if i’m going then i’m already gone if i’m going…no no no…if i’m going…then i’m already gone…no no no…already gone…
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STREAKING IN TONGUES Michigan
STREAKING IN TONGUES is an experimental father/son music project based in Marquette, Michigan. The multi-instrumentalists, Ronnie Ferguson and his son Elliott, are known for their critically acclaimed albums, multimedia concerts, and creative music videos. Their latest release, Einstein's Napkin, is an instrumental album featuring saxophonist Patrick Booth. ... more
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