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And Billy watches as the earth melts into the sea
A black mass submerges through the clouds and blocks out the sun
And as if it read his mind, they both open their mouths to say hello.
He wonders where he fits in this
Where he fits in this
Where he fits in this
Where he fits in all of this.
It shines a beam of light right down on our heroes face
And proceeds to carry him right up into space
He wonders if there’s someone who will notice he is gone
And he wonders where he fits in this
Where he fits in this
Where he fits in this
Where he fits in all of this
Can you help him out
Can you help him out
Can you help him out
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Billy
04:20
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Billy, do you know how hard this is for your poor mother
Guessing that you wouldn't bother
As the world ends you fade out of sight
Don't you think you could have
brought me with you up that beam of light
Now I'm all alone in the shade
You didn't even say goodbye
Guess it doesn't matter now
Billy, as the spacecraft took you up into the sky
I swear I must have seen you smile
And I remember you whispered something to me
But you know I don't even know what where when why or even how
I guess it doesn't matter now
You didn't even say goodbye
Cover me in all of your shade.
And even though you said your prayers
I didn't push I didn't care
I only wanted you to know
The love that I have never known
Will always be there true to you
Unless it's not my point of view
So be the moon I am the earth
Cover me from solar bursts
‘Cause you know I couldn't fight it any other way
Cover me in all of your shade
Cover me in all of your shade
Silly, to have thought my only son would never leave
Guess this is the thanks we reap
Were the spiritual doctrines I gave to you
Not enough to see you through
The never ending sleepless nights
Every night you woke me up
and man I swear it wasn't right
Look at what I sacrificed!
And even though you said your prayers
I didn't push I didn't care
I only wanted you to know
The love that I have never known
Will always be there true to you
Unless it's not my point of view
So be the moon I am the earth
Cover me from solar bursts
That take away the parts of you
To keep at bay the parts of me
So give me reason for today
This is the reason, this is the grace
Oh you know I couldn't fight it any other way
Cover me in all of your shade
Cover me in all of your shade
I remember when you tried to run away and then I busted in your face
You looked at me as if I had just split the universe in two
Ooooh oooh tell me now before you go
Ooooh oooh tell me now before you go
Cover me in all of your shade.
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God's Green Earth
03:51
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So now friends, this is how we begin
With a sad sob story and a deafening end
As the silent wave that most of us heard
Comes crashing down on God's own green earth
Come what may no don't you delay
As we gather 'round and mourn on this day
To the sad lost souls we say our goodbyes
As we rocket through the stars in the sky
Don't you fret, look on the deck
And who do you find
The space bum is the only one
Who has you in mind
And I know that you won't ever be lonely
When you wait your turn in line don't be sorry
Come out child and stay for a while
Leave this place in a fury of style
Mystify the crows that crush all their souls
As you ride that bomb to the end of it all.
Don't you fret, look on the deck
And who do you find
The space bum is the only one
Who has you in mind
And i know that you won't ever be lonely
When you wait your turn in line don't be sorry
Oh my love
you've wasted your whole life
For that lovely buzz
You don't know what you've done
And I'll be waiting right here
For you to come
And sing me a song!
Come what may no don't you delay
As we gather 'round and mourn on this day
To the sad lost souls we say our goodbyes
As we rocket through the stars in the sky
Don't you fret, look on the deck
And who do you find
The space bum is the only one
Who has you in mind
And i know that you won't ever be lonely
When you wait your turn in line don't be sorry
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Ship of Losers
04:06
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You’re a bum
The whole lot of you, the chosen few
So choose
Who among you will you lose
Will Billy Bridges come to the rescue
Or let you shrink from view
Will he lose
One-by-one
They’ll drop like flies in the sun
Then some
He knows you’re just a bum
That’s why he’ll let you drift in space
Instead of saving face
It’s just an excuse, it’s not you
He doesn’t want you
To look under
The thinly painted veil
He’s constructed for himself
For himself
All by himself
For himself
All by himself
It’s just a joke
At no one’s expense or at least that’s what he hopes
He hopes it’s just for show
He’d much rather have you aboard
Than someone who knows him more
It’s not you
Just the idea of you
For someone like you
To look under
The thinly painted veil
He’s constructed for himself
All for himself
All by himself
All for himself
All by himself
And he wonders if you’d like to say good bye
When there’s nothing there
When there’s no one there
When there’s nothing there
When there’s no one there
And that's how it all comes back to you
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Oh My God
04:53
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Space Bum
05:10
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Take me around the solar system my friend
Hold up the sun right in the palm of your hand
Dance around the old fashioned Neptune blues
Saturn's dumb rings could hear the sound of your shoes
And after all is said and done
It’s never enough
You're never enough
Well let me be the first one to say to you
Lighten up dude
You know you're paying your dues
And I do believe it's okay if you pay late
Feeling like a bum in outer space
With the crack of a whip across your shoulder blades
And I get the feeling feeling you might know the sound
When everything comes crashing down.
Asteroid gods will do their best to bury you
With the Gobbledigooks
And the blue prostitutes
Don't you go and cover the spirits you hide
They're fruitful and light
I swear they're on your side
And after all is said and done
You might be enough
Y’know you may be enough
Well let me the first one to say to you
Lighten up dude, you're paying your dues
And I do believe it's okay if you pay late
Feeling like a bum in outer space
With the crack of a whip across your shoulder blades
And I get the feeling feeling you might know the sound
When everything comes crashing down.
Just as the universe expands and unfolds
You are growing endlessly too.
There's an awful lot of space out there
Go ahead now kid try to take some up.
You're dying just to feel alive
Tell me now
Will you go?
Feeling like a bum in outer space
With the crack of a whip across your shoulder blades
And I get the feeling feeling you might know the sound
When everything comes crashing down.
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Tragic Sans Columbus, Ohio
not space rock.
From Midwest, USA
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