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The Wicked Frontier
03:45
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No tomorrows on The Wicked Frontier!
Leave your sorrows at The Wicked Frontier
You kissed your lover in the morning
Now someone's sitting in your chair
And let the matter be a warning:
You're no longer welcome here
At The Wicked Frontier!
No more welcome at The Wicked Frontier!
AH!
All is melting on The Wicked Frontier
No forever on The Wicked Frontier!
You'd best forget her to The Wicked Frontier!
She doesn't even understand you
So Mister - break away from here
Don't even read the card she hands you
Life isn't very fair
At The Wicked Frontier!
Life's not easy at The Wicked Frontier
AH! Leaves you reeling on The Wicked Frontier
AH! How I loved her at The Wicked Frontier
AH! Oh my dear! It's a Wicked Frontier
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Ziegfield Station
03:53
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Master of lies - cast your spell on me -
Not an inch of hesitation
I am the mascot "fidelity" -
I will rise to the occasion
I'll take the fall
I'll climb the wall
I'll heed the call for mediation
And even in the offing that
You're miles away
I'll still be waiting for your train tonight at Ziegfield Station!
With your shocks on the rocks and your sleight of hand
And your gift for imitation...
My tunnel vision eyes were really blind to something happening
'Cause sleeping with the sphinx has made me crazy!
I'm all askew and thanks to you
They won't approve my medication
And no one's intervening and it's getting late
An unbalancing of state tonight at Ziegfield Station!
The Ziegfield night security
Is slowly catching onto me -
OH NO!
And can it be I've been mistaken -
There's no one bound for Ziegfield Station?
I'm waiting patiently
Have you made a fool of me?
I'LL NEVER LEAVE!!!
And what's in store
But civil war -
Revolving door of consolation
And even understanding that you're far away
I'll still be waiting for your train tonight at
Ziegfield Station!
And so we go separate ways
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3. |
Cable Through Your Heart
05:07
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A wintery evening and vein 33 takes me back to the heart
The show's going to start!
Dodging the crux of a highway stampede
I make a break for Liver Street
Soon I'll be out of the noose and forgetting the life I lead
Honey I'm home -
Hug applied, kisses blown -
And I conquer the den
(Mine to defend)
Traces of happier days in the air...
A photograph...a maiden fair...
Reach for the button and nothing but memories disappear
"She was the queen of every social stage
Before she fell for Mrs. Molly Page! Don't miss 'The Lioness' Roar'
Tonight on Channel 44!"
"Check out the scars on Paul the Buccaneer -
He met his match in Cinnamon the Deer! And now he's coming back for more
Tonight on Channel 44."
Do you want to run away with me
On a wave of new technology?
It's the only way to be
44 stations! Communication!
Look right into my light
And you will be..free!
Six on the dot and the opening shot of the latest charade
He lived by the blade! Click and we're over the rainbow at Oz
The signal breaks - we take a pause -
"A word from our sponsor, what you've just put on sir are Santa Claws."
There's a new pair of shoes on the 9'o clock news and she's egging me on!
Click and she's gone. Time for a visit to Oxygen Lane
The victor of the ratings game
"Who kicks it last when they take out the air from the aeroplane?"
"It came of age with nothing for to love
Who put the screws into its stars above? We pose the question: she or he?
Tonight on Channel 23."
"Autopsy Al found something in his bed...
Cadaver Sal's decapitated head! And will he make it out alive
Tonight on Channel 35?"
Do you want to take your mind apart?
Drive a cable through your broken heart?
Now's the perfect time to start
44 stations! Communication!
Look right into my light
And play your part
Another evening and I'm back again
At the mantle of my only friend
Nothing for to comprehend
44 Stations! Communication!
Look right into my light
Until the end
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Looking through a diamond back in time - I still remember we were lovers then.
Before the meeting of the mines - I do remember we were lovers then.
And opportunity was ripe my friend
Oh my, so fine!
The means we molded justified the ends
Oh no - where'd it go?
The Silver City Miners -
They took it all from me
The Silver City Miners -
It wasn't meant to be
The Silver City Miners -
Honey you and me couldn't find a finer enemy
Now we're bound to a life in The Silver Lake Mining Company
They came a-crashing through the trees - I still remember we were happy then.
The monster mining company, behind a merry veil of gentlemen.
"We'll get elation in the air again!"
Oh my, what lies!
"And all the money you could ever spend!"
Oh no - what a show!
The Silver City Miners -
They got down on their knees
The Silver City Miners -
We gave 'em all the keys
The Silver City Miners -
With the life we knew flickering behind us in the breeze
Now we're bound to a life in The Silver Lake Mining Company
"I want to go tonight to Silver Lake
I'll put my head upon your shoulder."
"We'll think about the way things used to be -
Forget about the mining company."
We'll put our little world behind us
We'll let prosperity define us
We've got a miracle to guide us
And pretty soon we'll all be miners
LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT
FIRST TO THE LEFT THEN WE GO TO THE RIGHT!!!
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5. |
Diamonds!
05:41
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Now that you've followed the lines of your eyes
Break from your cages and take to the skies!
Looking for diamonds under the gun
Losing your mind and on the run!
Moving in rhythm with your entourage -
Was that a twinkle or just a mirage?
Searching for diamonds without a clue -
Why all the gray surrounding you?
Fading away at the end of the line:
Would-be adventurers wasting your time
Aching for diamonds! Where could they be?
Sure is a deadly mystery!
Diamonds! Glittering jewels mesmerizing!
Diamonds! Embellishing everything they're riding!
Prima Donnas of the stone age
Send my darling on a rampage. Scintillating!
Diamonds brighten the graces of a maiden
Diamonds! Damsels electrified, amazing!
Masquerading in the parlor
Belle-gunning for a martyr to their ardor!
On we go, making our entrance at another show
Glistening from head to toe
Diamonds on our faces
Put us in our places
Diamonds brighten the balustrade above you
Diamonds - no better way to say I love you (I love you)
You can wear them in your boudoir
They dot the eyes of every film star at The Mirage
Can it be?
From out of the mountains to the silver screen
Socialite security
And if you want to please her, get down on your knees sir
Diamonds are the meter of our dreams
(Twinkle Twinkle little stars. How we wonder who you are. So high above us all. May you shine forevermore)
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6. |
Ballroom Kid
04:01
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The boy from the border just left his school -
No more shame for acting the fool all day
He followed the water, shooting the breeze
Dancing on the banks of a reverie
Ballroom Kid, circular motion
Ballroom Kid - Oh Yeah!
Ballroom Kid, from ocean to ocean he's wandering the land
He's gonna be your Ballroom Man!
A life in the ballroom has made him a star -
Painted gangsters worship him near and far
The most glamorous bandit that you've ever met -
He'll kill you slowly after a pirouette (ouette...you're getting wet)
Ballroom Kid, coming to get you!
Ballroom Kid - Beware!
Ballroom Kid, willing to bet ya you haven't a prayer!
He'll meet you in the ballroom dear
It's the bitch from the ballroom
BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!
Had you ever seen a wicked ballerina 'til the kid took your brain away?
Ballroom Kid, riding the ranges
Ballroom Kid on the move
Ballroom Kid - he's gonna tango into your saloon
Ballroom Kid, painting his fingernails
Ballroom Kid - being bad!
Ballroom Kid - a shift and a trigger is all that he has
Ballroom Kid, coming to get you
Ballroom Kid - Oh Yeah!
The Ballroom Kid, he'll never forget you so strike up the band
He's gonna be your Ballroom Man!!!
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Waking in a foreign land
Your train arrives - so THIS is where the eagle flies
A little shop on Sulfur Street
Window Flowers - so neat you can hardly blink your eyes.
So you take 'em to the back room -
Where sitting and knitting is Mrs. Lotus -
(your wife in Act Two)
She understands you've just got into town!
So "settle down, and wait a while, and let me take the load off."
Ever exciting - look alive - her grip is tightening...
You Might Be Caught In Tarantella!
You Might Be Caught In Tarantella!
You Might Be Caught In Tarantella!
I hope you brought your new umbrella
30 years go floating by
Your growing old - she fit you in her special mold
The world has turned another screw
Look in the mirror - that's you!
In the interest of time it's apparent -
you've been cheated
The flowers are wilting and all the cake's already eaten
Something bad is stirring in the sky
So don't ask why - just grab your things and try to make a run. For
It is so frightening. She's got her fingers in the lightening...
You Might Be Caught In Tarantella!
You Might Be Caught In Tarantella!
You Might Be Caught In Tarantella!
Good thing you brought that old umbrella
Sitting by the window as the world goes passing by
This is your return to a life you put aside
You had everything you wanted, you were young and so alive
It all becomes a lonely lullaby
Can it be you're dreaming? You're never never leaving town?
Or maybe this is heaven? Or else...you're going down...
There are faces in the shadows, there are echoes on the tide
It all becomes a lonely lullaby
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The Tale Of Opal Dawn
03:12
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To tell the tale of Opal Dawn would be a little hard
She went to find America, but in the end she didn't get too far
And if we're crazy she must have been insane!
Because the stuff we're made of? She never grew. She nearly flew away.
She lost her little heart while traveling the boulevard
And all we can say now that she's really gone...
Tell The Tale of Opal Dawn: the missionary martyr!
She wasn't Opal very long - so spread the news about her!
Put her on your poster
Adulate and boast her!
And though you may be toast girl...
Opal Dawn, keep your ruby slippers on
They might send you home
She went to feed the hungry and change the neighborhood
But she couldn't face reality. Her enemy was never understood
'Cause when you're saving a people you can't abide -
Interminably craving society to let us all inside -
You're gonna figure out - what lies within is not without
And love's not a drug that everyone's counting on
And that's why we...
Tell The Tale of Opal Dawn, who thought to make a difference!
She fought to help us carry on the little lives we're living!
Looking for the reasons, trying to change the Seasons...
But nothing's ever easy
Opal Dawn, keep your ruby slippers on
They might send you home
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Faintless Moody: Outlaw
04:40
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Take your shoes and put them by the fire -
Here's a little tale my love, a man I did admire
(So long ago). My greatest enemy!
An outlaw is a rover and a rover's meant to be
freer than the birds above, the wind my love...
And me? Would I waste all my time? Or lose my mind?
The outlaw wasn't made to follow into tomorrow
I chased him through every crooked town
Waiting at the gates my love, reaching for a sound
He played me like a fool, but I was smart!
I kept an onyx bible in the space next to my heart
Then he led me through the rain and down the drain
And our little dance on the range? It was very strange
Riding out another sunset, always one step away
And The Faintless Moody Outlaw...
I let you get away
The Faintless Moody Outlaw
I wonder where are you today?
Well if I need you
I know just where I'll meet you
You better stay up all night
Hold tight
I swear I will defeat you!
And so the years went spiraling away
I lost myself in family, reeling back the days
But even so I couldn't shake him loose -
Uncertain whether he'd turn up and cook another goose
I saw him in the faces of the ones I loved
And who could imagine the play would turn this way?
Does a shadow last forever, or does it just go away?
And The Faintless Moody Outlaw -
The game is at an end
The Faintless Moody Outlaw -
Oh, my enemy, my friend
For soon I'll find you
I'm coming up behind you
So knees down and pray
Have faith
It's all you've left to guide you!
He grew up in the slums
Then moved out West
To follow every hollow that could get him off the best
Sucking on a dream:
A lonely dream.
Our dreams have silver linings but his was green
The sign said "Banco Libre" so he did -
Freed a hundred thousand of the dollars that it hid
And then he rode into the Rio Grande
To make a stand he offered up his arms but we were duped
He showered us with lead my love when up above
The sky began to thunder -
He escaped by going under
Now it's just a tale we tell each other
And so I'm on my way...
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Another Ace In The Hole
01:51
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I was working at The Daily Grind, a local publication
And beat down, down, down by all the steady nothing I'd been facing
When "BLAM" I see a fallen angel - how could I forsake her?
I'm gonna follow the signs - I've got a feeling this one's the breaker!
I said "Someone's gotta save her - get the plot right
Put her in the paper - in the spotlight
Worry about her later - angel? Not quite!"
Oh oh oh!
We've got Another Ace In The Hole!
It's such an opportunity!
It's gonna break my heart in three when she blows!
Suddenly my life got a little better
I'm the toast of town, but even still I just can't forget her
They say I made her into something special and she really owes me
But even I don't go for that bottle of phony bologna
You see...she wasn't even crying (you were cheating)...
Right - she wasn't flying (story sweetening)...
I lead a life of lying (through your teeth, man!)
Oh oh oh!
We've got Another Ace In The Hole!
It's such an opportunity!
It's gonna break my heart in three when she blows
Oh oh oh!
It was Another Ace In The Hole
And if I get to have my say I'm gonna make it go away
Oh oh oh!
It was Another Ace In The Hole!
It was written out of need
It was a hit so guaranteed
Oh oh oh!
It was Another Ace In The Hole!
And such an opportunity...
It's gonna break my heart in three when she blows!
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11. |
Red Baron (Of Arizona)
07:36
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ACT ONE:
"Baron" you were
Back before we put the knife in
Daily galloping your cause around -
manufactured to the hyphen
You made your claims
Ran your across our cities...
Making enemies and breaking hearts
With your wife on your committee
And oh, was it all necessary?
Oh, give it back, Red Baron!
Living a dream
She was manicured in rubies
And he used her as the "Baroness"
In the gospel he was proving
And on a roll
You were polishing pretenses
While the rest of us were panicking
In the ruins of our defenses
And oh, was it all necessary?
Oh, give it back, Red Baron!
ENTR'ACTE:
We sicced a man upon him
Practiced in forgery
Who made a living out of hidden aces
He battled through the papers
And found the missing ink
To wipe the fables off the Baron's faces
"Baron, I think that I've made up my mind
You're not the man you've been playing
See, this shade is not the same
You've written in your name
You'd better start praying it's all a game
'Cause I'm gonna put you in the fire!
I've been hired by the miners
Whom you rag upon
Put your lands up - the game is over
Give it back to Arizona!"
And so the knives were brandished
The cat escaped the bag
And everybody formed a line around him
They got him on the platform
And raised the banner flag
When from the parlor came a voice resounding
THE BARONESS:
"Stop what you're doing, can this be for real?
The Baron is nobody's puppet!
And if he's only fantasy
Then what to do with me?
Maybe I'm just an accessory?
I won't be made a method actor!"
No one backed her
She went scrambling
For obscurity
Never peeling
Her persona
"The Baroness of Arizona"
Then in the air above them
Their man began to weep
They left him praying and the sky was pouring
And so it all receded
Back into history
The tables turning and the engines roaring
ACT THREE:
Where do they go
All our misbegotten grifters?
Will they ever find themselves again
After all the veils are lifted?
The Baron, we're told
Tried his hand at irrigation
But eventually he met his end
In the shadows of a nation
And I ask you now:
Oh, was it all necessary?
Oh, give it back, Red Baron
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Owe Mister O
04:12
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Bang! Bang! Bang!
There's a knock at the back door
Pay! Pay! Pay!
Like an amateur actor
It’s that man
With his face on the poster
He won the deed
(He's a boaster)
What can you say?
He's been knocking all day
I think he’s got the mind to stay
Mister O doesn't beg your pardon
And Mister O doesn't like to bargain
He's been sitting in his office nine to five
And suddenly he's come alive
He goes "Oh!
You've got to go!
Jack, hit the road!
For don't you know - you owe Mister O!
I'm gonna make it plain
You're gonna take that train...
For the family, the reverend, the foreign leader
Owe Mister. O
The senator, the mannequin, and the maiden meter
Owe Mister. O
Yeah, the manager, the old lady down the road
And everybody that you know
Oh, they owe
Mister O
(Knock at the door)
Well, I wonder who that is?
(Open up!)
He’s as mad as a hat is!
He's a fool with a plan like a card house
He likes to rule pulling cards out
Sell him a clue so he’ll know what to do
Or else you're gonna get the screw
Mister O doesn't need your savings
And Mister O doesn't like your babies
He's been waiting for an opportunity
To put everybody on the street and go...
"Oh!
You’ve got to go!
You're bought and sold!
And don't ya know you owe Mister O!?"
No more society
Or notoriety
The butler and the baker and the new age tailor
Owe Mister O
The pioneer, the coroner, the dancing sailor
Owe Mister O
The vagabond, the president, the pope
And everybody that you know
Yeah, they owe
Mister O
CITIZEN KANE ENDING PART:
Mister O, where are you going?
It seems your ship is overflowing
With all that you own, still you're living alone
I think it's time you found yourself a home
(Mr. O doesn't want your love. He wants your (fill in the blank)
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Day-Glo Waterfalls
04:29
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Sing a song, Day-Glo Waterfalls nearly killed me!
Break away, Day-Glo Waterfalls - still they thrill me!
My head upon your shoulder
Another year...one year older
So we'll pray to Day-Glo Waterfalls, oh yeah!
Make it plain, Day-Glo Waterfalls flowing electric
Break away - Day-Glo Waterfalls, power effected
We run the hills around them!
Have other lovers ever found them?
You and me: Day-Glo Waterfall bonded
A Day-Glo winter
A Day-Glo Fall
The Day-Glo writing on the Day-Glo wall
You sitting pretty on a Day-Glo shore
Colorful lady, forevermore!
A Day-Glo morning
A Day-Glo eve
When you're in Day-Glo you can never leave
Between the static and the falling shade
Day-Glo connections will never fade
Make a face, Day-Glo Waterfalls capture you lovely
We'll embrace in Day-Glo Waterfalls - color for covering
Industrial explosion
Has given us a rainbow ocean!
Seeing stars in Day-Glo Waterfalls, oh yeah!
Making plans in Day-Glo Waterfalls, oh yeah!
You and me in Day-Glo Waterfalls
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14. |
Quicksilver Daisy Day
05:14
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He sang a soldier's lonely tune
All work, no play, the blues
With nothing left to lose
He's gone and thrown it all away
There's no tomorrow on the island of today
Aboard a broken battleship
A rift in time was made
Coming to his aid
There are million shades of grey
But no quicksilver like
Quicksilver Daisy Day
Haunting every age
Darling, she's a steel
Her pleasure program makes you feel okay
There's nothing like a Daisy Day
So mercurial
Simulator love
Choose your poison in the passion play
There's nothing like a Daisy Day
And the little ones say
"There's nothing like a Daisy Day"
Our Genevieve was made of iron
And Juliet of clay, yeah
We've come a long, long way
Now our parts are meant to stay
We do our part to keep your company in shape
And in the funny frame of life
The dream has taken shape
But w are wide awake
So be quick, don't hesitate
There's no quicksilver like
Quicksilver Daisy Day
Take a telegram
Bury it in sand
Twenty forty-three and keep the change
There's nothing like a Daisy Day
You could be the king
Time machine the queen
Don't mettle with her metal motor, babe
There's nothing like a Daisy Day
And the little ones say
"There's nothing like a Daisy Day"
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Data Mountain
07:58
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A local hero searching for a way to pave the day and make his name did pray to higher powers
For opportunities to show the world the nature of the game he played - (it took him hours)
And every moment he could save,
He sat in stone contemplation
Pondering, with glory on his brain
A method to make the grade
When searching the whites of his eyes
The lines revealed a mountain high
Those of his kind can't help but do all they can
A trip to the top and he’d be another Superman
So gathering his things he made a beeline for the byway out of town
Westbound (a sheet to cape him)
And down the road a mile he turn to face the life he'd run aground
Profound (the word escaped him)
For new adventures he had found - the mountain seen in the mirror!
Head held high, his pace a steady purr
The wind cried, the heavens stirred
When out of the valley below
Rose a serenade of stone!
Throwing his bag and cape to the valley floor
Where he was going he wouldn't need them anymore
More of the same, he was looking for a change in the weather
Along the way thinking only of his place in forever
How could he pull it together?
Where was the fame that he sought?
"I’m certain they made me for something better"
(Look out, you're gonna get caught
Somebody's tying the knot)
"Data Mountain - we will find you!
Data Mountain - right behind you!
Data Mountain - bow before you!
Data Mountain - we adore you!"
Be all you can, you're no ordinary man - you're the future
(And it's spinning all around you now)
But look out below and be careful as you go through the roof, sir
Everyone's looking at you, sir
Everyone knows who you are
And what it may seem could be so untrue, sir
People will tear you apart
Cables can cut through the heart
"Data Mountain - we will find you!
Data Mountain - right behind you!
Data Mountain - bow before you!
Data Mountain - we adore you!"
(Be who you are or you'll fall off the mountain!)
Lo and behold it seems that you’ve reached the peak
But there on the other side isn't what you hoped to see
This mountain was only a trick, sir
Come greet your friends at the door
Seems you’ve been drinking a mean elixir...
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Bryan Scary Los Angeles, California
Being a biography of an artist written by the artist. The artist's bio: applause, applause. And accordingly, the artist dies at the end. The End.
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