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Fate

by Dr. Dog

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1.
The Breeze 03:59
Are you moving much too fast? And the good times that just don't last If you're always on the go Make an angel in the snow And freeze Do you feel like you're stuck in time? Forever waiting on that line If nothing ever moves Put that needle to the groove And sing Is it a dream keeping you awake? Is it the stillness that makes you shake? If you need to know for sure What's on the ocean's floor You'll sink Do you like things the way they seem? Or are you looking behind the scenes? Well, if you've gotta know What it takes to make it sow Just believe Are there dark parts to your mind? Hidden secrets left behind? Where no one ever goes But everybody knows It's all right Do you get dizzy on the ground? It must be something going 'round What blows us here today It'll blow us all away, The breeze Ahh, will blow us all away The breeze Ahh, will blow us all away The breeze
2.
Hang On 04:01
Hang on, Hang on Yes it's the little things Yes it's the little things That do us harm I'm not a stranger Ain't a mystery When we both get it wrong Stay here for a little while more Cause it's the funny things Yes it's the funny things I need a friend Not an angel What do you do when the drowning stops And what you though was a hurricane Was just the rustling of the wind Why you think we need amazing grace Just to tell it like it is Well, I don't need no doctor to tear me all apart I just need you, to mend my heart Hang on, I'll try to look you in the eye You know you should've apologized Or should I've apologized Is there an answer What do you do when the drowning stops And what you thought was a hurricane Was just the rustling of the wind Why you think we need amazing grace Just to tell like it is Oh, I don't need no doctor To tear me all apart I just need you, to mend my Heart I need you To mend my heart
3.
The Old Days 03:41
Let go of the old ones We've got some new ones Hold on to the new stuff And let go and get real tough Down, down, down Moon gonna fall down Thump, thump, thump House gonna fall down Chop, chop, chop Tree gonna fall down Down, down, down Down to the bottom Trigger, when you pull it Go home with a bullet No birds in the birdcage Flew off in his old age Down, down, down Moon gonna fall down Thump, thump, thump House gonna fall down Chop, chop, chop Tree gonna fall down Back, back, back Back to the old days So full in the morning Put on your dog skin Wrap up the money Save it for a sunny Day, day, day Moon gonna fall down Thump, thump, thump House gonna fall down Chop, chop, chop Tree gonna fall down Back, back, back Back to the old days
4.
An army of ancients can rise from the ground And tear every nation apart And I'd still be sitting there counting my cards Wondering when will it stop The oceans and forests could collide into one And my [unknown] in a spark And I'd still be sitting there twiddling my thumbs Wondering when will it stop How did the fox get the rave and the crows? I got it, I got it Oh yeah Why at the creek did the dog lose the bone? I got it, I got it Oh yeah The man can come back on his fiery thrown To measure the failures in heart And I'd still be whistling dixie alone Wondering when will it stop I don't want to wake up, I don't want to move I'd ask and assume it'd stick to the boot I'm sorry Well, I take what I want in the dawn's early light How did the fox get the rave and the crow? Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah Why did the hen pick grains in the snow Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah Why did the brother bury his gold? Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah Where took the ref when the kids came along? Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah Why did the mouse help the bees with the floor? Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
5.
Well, I don't want a thing to do with you kind And I ain't got no time to kill on your dime Strung up, hanging 'round Looking like you're upside down Well, I ain't wanting to shed no blood, that's your crime And I ain't wanting to sling no mud, I clean it up You ain't what I'd call a friend I wouldn't even if I could pretend Man, you ain't like anybody else As night becomes the sun to rise As dirt becomes the butterflies As sure as though it always seems to stay the same And I'll be waiting anxiously And I'll be falling fast asleep And I'll be dreaming of the day the dream died Uh huh No sticks, no stones could break my bones like you can If I knew hate, I'd call it love for you, man High up on the hill, cheaper than a dollar bill Man, you ain't like anybody else Should we pretend that it's the end? Are you my curse or are you my friend? And if we got hit to the end of the road Will you be there to carry my load? I'm getting it back with that terrible feeling My vision is cracked, but it looks like it's healing I'm getting it back like it's four in the morning When the sun only shines as if it's giving a warning I'm getting it back with the rest of the leap year I'm keeping the rabbit, the bat, and the reindeer I'm getting it out, whatever I've gotta keep in I'm telling the truth, said it don't win with pretend Should we pretend? Should we pretend? Should we pretend?
6.
The Ark 03:37
God, he called for rain So I built a ark, but no rain came I was ashamed Man, he called for war So I built a gun and I joined the corps But I was unsure Love, she asked for more But what I gave only made her poor I wasn't sure The dove, she promised land As she laid the branch right into my hand There was no land Oh, what does it mean to be here? Well, I know because I can and I will Yes, I know because I can and I will Oh, what does it mean to be here? Well, I know because I can and I will Oh, what does it mean to be here? Well, I know because I can and I will Yes, I know because I can and I will
7.
From 04:39
Oh, oh, my love Don't you leave me Cause I don't want to learn how to die Oh, oh, my love And oh my my You know I can't get over Cause I can't even seem to get by Oh, oh, my my And oh my land (Oh my land) No, It ain't beneath me (Ain't beneath me) Cause I got my head in the sand Oh, oh, my land And oh my eyes (Oh my eyes) No, they deceive me Seeing but I can't understand Oh, oh, my eyes Its like a choo-choo train rolling away Another choo-choo rain washing away When were apart Its like a choo-choo train rolling away Another choo-choo rain washing away When were apart Cause you're apart of my heart And I'm apart from my heart, my heart Oh, oh, my God (Oh my God) He listens to me (Listens to me) And I ain't even talking out loud Oh, oh, my God And he says, My son (Says, My son) Now, listen to me (Listen to me) And listen while the listening's good You're not my son But you know my love (Oh my love) No it ain't easy (It ain't easy) But it ain't the type to give up and die That's not my love Its like a choo-choo train rolling away Another choo-choo rain wash me away When were apart It's like a choo-choo train lap me away Another choo-choo train wash me away When were apart Cause you're apart of my heart And I'm apart from my heart From My heart
8.
100 Years 04:06
When I look back on what I done About 100 years from now Gonna cry myself to sleep at night Somebody shows me how Uh huh When the sun shines down whats left of me About 100 years from now Gonna cut my water with a rebel yell And claw my way back to town 100 years 100 years They'll break me But I'll break them too Oh and this years for the brakemen And this one is for you When sky cracks open and the thunder comes About 100 years from now Gonna bury this old yoke and chain In the cold wet ground And when I get off at Tennebrook, [unknown] farm About 100 years from now I'm gonna marry you out of common sense And get out from behind this plow 100 years 100 years They'll break me But I'll break them too Oh and this years for the brakemen And this one is for you 100 years 100 years They'll break me But I'll break them too Oh and this years for the brakemen And this one is for you
9.
Turn it down Start it over Alone is such an ugly game Pay it back Pay it forward Nothing means nothing to me So they went down to the station They were looking for a ride They were running out of ink They were running out of time Yeah And with the color of a whistle With the sounding of the smoke I repeat it in a picture I repeat it in a joke Yeah Yeah Loud clothes Quiet earrings Black nights White shadows A bone and a key Old flames depressed widows Someone has been down to me So they believed that their conductor Is the leader of the pack Killing time and too conductive and They were never looking back Yeah And the table had to chase it And the time hollered back And the thanks that cut the cable And they're running out of tracks Yeah Yeah So they kissed the farmer's daughters With their pockets full of gold And they draw the shades of markets On the corner of the window And the kid under the kitchen And unmarked grave They're uncovering the old
10.
The Beach 03:41
There's a hole in the roof And the rain's coming down The roads are flooded There's no way back to town And the ship we came in on Has just run aground You know fate has a funny way Of coming around The memories we've buried Have just taken seed When springtime comes They'll turn into weeds And they'll creep through your window To smother your dreams You know fate has a funny way Of coming around Oh, they'll carve our names like scripture To the soles of our feet Each footprint that they take It will tell of our beat Till the night of the following rain Till the low tide comes to swallow pain This bottle of bourbon, Now dry as a bone, It drank us all up Then it left us alone Well we've since switched to skull pot But we can't choke it down You know fate has a funny way Of coming around
11.
My Friend 05:36
My friend says that the end holds nothing more He don't hide his shame Says its all the same Like a man without a name Old days asleep in the shade by the Brandywine See a dog get paid See a boy behave Every bone deserves a grave But I heard the Good Lord's warning Like he might not forget by the morning With no more terrifying thoughts of dying Ooh oooooh oooh My Lord, I'm climbing aboard and I'm going home No time to lose, no time to pack Take a step and take it back But I heard the Good Lord's warning Like he might not forget by the morning With no more terrifying thoughts of dying Ooh ooooh oooh Keep on with the living you'll soon enough be dead You got the whole world spinning in your head And you don't want to give it up (don't give it up, don't give it up) Cause no one should be sorry We're just another day You can say you'll be back But you won't ever go away (won't go away, won't go away) Cause love that never leaves is never ever welcome back And I'm running out of skin thick enough to hide in (won't go away, won't go away) Now hand in hand we're back in time we're chasing the train Looking back looking back to wave goodbye We're headed for the same disaster (don't give it up, don't give it up)

credits

released July 22, 2008

Music written and recorded by Dr. Dog

String and horn arranged by
Brendan Cooney and Dr. Dog
Dan Scofield • Saxophones
Janka Perniss • Violins
Tommy Bindle • Percussion
Steve Duffy • Trombone
Kimbal Brown • Trumpet
John Pettit • Trumpet
Heather Fortune • Flute
Laura Foxx • Clarinet
Victoria Baltimore • Cello
Megan Smith • Oboe
Eliza Jones • Vocals

Mixing by Bill Moriarty and Dr. Dog
Production/mixing assistants Marc Snyden and Kyle Pulley
Recorded at Meth Beach - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mixed at The Studio - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound - New York, New York
All songs published by Hunter is a Dog (ASCAP)

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