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Story of the Eye

by Frank Lyon

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1.
Rose 02:53
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‘Cause baby doll no one eats like my friends And no one needs them how I do Let’s take our time and not worry It’s all gonna be like them Forty-one summers I spent inside the wreath Fucking hungry, never knew I needed you So content was I to play the thief Chasing money all night Thinking I could have defeated you Lying awake I couldn’t take What I needed was a spark of fire in the rose But thorny whispers in the crown, I suppose Would mother save me? yes or no or so it goes Would mother need me, even now, I don’t know ‘Cause baby doll no one eats like my friends And no one needs them how I do So take our time let’s not worry It’s all gonna be just like them
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Before I Knew You 03:50
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Three thousand miles I went Just to improve, I guess I’ll lose some weight And find my way home again Three thousand miles I knew Before I knew you Yet I didn’t go I was too scared to lose you Don’t you let me down Don’t you let me down ‘Cause I can’t take another one Not of this kind Four of the walls we see Don’t stand a chance, do we? All time will collapse Like a point in the haystack Four of the walls around Keep me in check Though I still may collapse Like a hope in the aftermath Don’t you let me down Don’t you let me down ‘Cause I can’t take another one Not of this kind Don’t you let me down Don’t you let me down ‘Cause I can’t take another one Not of this kind
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The Bomb 03:56
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For my congregation I won’t need but a penny to my name And if the bomb will come My dust will dance away Across the lawn, speaking to the sun Across the lawn, speaking to the sun: Ah-rah-rah! In your love, in your love I’ll never fade away And in my celebration I shall meet David in the flesh And if the bomb will come Lord, our dust will dance away Across the lawn, speaking to the sun Across the lawn, speaking to the sun: Ah-rah-rah! In your love, in your love Oh we’ll never fade away, never In your love, never fade away In your love, the dream is coming ‘way The dream, oh the dream In your love…
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House of the Rising Sun 05:46
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There is a house in New Orleans They call the Rising Sun It’s been the ruin of many a poor girl And me, oh God, I’m one My mother was a tailor She sewed these new blue jeans My sweetheart was a gambler Down in New Orleans But the only thing a gambler needs Is a suitcase and his trunk And the only time he’s satisfied Is when he’s on a drunk Then he fills his glasses up to the brim And he lays his cards around The only pleasure he gets out of life Is ramblin from town to town So tell my baby sister Not to do what I have done But shun that house in New Orleans That they call the Rising Sun Now with one foot on the platform And the other on the train Lord, I’m going back to New Orleans To wear that ball and chain I’m going there to New Orleans My race is almost run I’m going there to end my life Down in the Rising Sun You know there is a house in New Orleans I call the Rising Sun It’s been the ruin of many a bright girl And me, I know, Lord knows, I’m one

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Story of the Eye EP


In the LORD I put my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?
For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
(Ps. 11)


House of the Rising Sun

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
It’s been the ruin of many a poor girl
And me, oh God, I’m one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed these new blue jeans
My sweetheart was a gambler
Down in New Orleans

But the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and his trunk
And the only time he’s satisfied
Is when he’s on a drunk

Then he fills his glasses up to the brim
And he lays his cards around
The only pleasure he gets out of life
Is ramblin from town to town

So tell my baby sister
Not to do what I have done
But shun that house in New Orleans
That they call the Rising Sun

Now with one foot on the platform
And the other on the train
Lord, I’m going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

I’m going there to New Orleans
My race is almost run
I’m going there to end my life
Down in the Rising Sun

You know there is a house in New Orleans
I call the Rising Sun
It’s been the ruin of many a bright girl
And me I know, Lord knows, I’m one


Rose

‘Cause baby doll no one eats like my friends
And no one needs them how I do
Let’s take our time and not worry
It’s all gonna be like them

Forty-one summers I spent inside the wreath
Fucking hungry, never knew I needed you
So content was I to play the thief
Chasing money all night
Thinking I could have defeated you

Lying awake
I couldn’t take

What I needed was a spark of fire in the rose
But thorny whispers in the crown, I suppose
Would mother save me, yes or no or so it goes
Would mother need me, even now, I don’t know

‘Cause baby doll no one eats like my friends
And no one needs them how I do
So take our time let’s not worry
It’s all gonna be just like them



Before I Knew You

Three thousand miles I went
Just to improve, I guess
I’ll lose some weight
And find my way home again

Three thousand miles I knew
Before I knew you
Yet I didn’t go
I was too scared to lose you

Don’t you let me down
Don’t you let me down
‘Cause I can’t take another one
Not of this kind

Four of the walls we see
Don’t stand a chance, do we?
All time will collapse
Like a point in the haystack

Four of the walls around
Keep me in check
Though I still may collapse
Like a hope in the aftermath

Don’t you let me down
Don’t you let me down
‘Cause I can’t take another one
Not of this kind
Don’t you let me down
Don’t you let me down
‘Cause I can’t take another one
Not of this kind


The Bomb

For my congregation
I won’t need but a penny to my name

And if the bomb will come
My dust will dance away
Across the lawn, speaking to the sun
Across the lawn, speaking to the sun:
Ah-rah-rah!

In your love, in your love
I’ll never fade away

And in my celebration
I shall meet David in the flesh

And if the bomb will come
Lord, our dust will dance away
Across the lawn, speaking to the sun
Across the lawn, speaking to the sun:
Ah-rah-rah!

In your love, in your love
Oh we’ll never fade away, never
In your love, never fade away
In your love, the dream is coming ‘way
The dream, oh the dream
In your love…

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released December 21, 2019

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