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BLOOD, TEARS AND THUNDER
(Franklin)
Worried man, just a simple man
Never drawn to hate
Poor man takes a gun in hand
Leaving all to fate
Desperate man joins a hardened band
With a plan to take
Then they ran, across the Rio Grande
Holding gold of weight
(chorus)
Say hello - to men who hunger
For the blood, tears and thunder
When you take – from those who suffer
Say hello to them all
Banker Bland sent his every man
Armed with ball and blade
Every man came back with heads in hand
In a mad parade
(chorus)
Say hello – to all that plunder
For blood, tears and thunder
When you turn – to harm your brother
Say hello to them all
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The Scorpion Says DUB
04:42
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THE SCORPION SAYS
(Franklin)
My vendetta has always been dreaming
We only killed when we stopped believing
The cowards and maggots all thought about leaving
Then all the widows ended their grieving
(chorus)
Pain or bleeding, which will come first?
Death or dishonor, which one is worse?
The last bodies fall, then ghosts, they do call
And the scorpion says don’t look away
Bounties commanded and pardons rescinding
Vultures are called and doom is impending
The corpses and mongrels continue their pleading
Blood is a potion we’ll always be needing
(chorus)
Use both barrels, no matter the cost
Go down swinging when all seems it’s lost
When gunpowder rules, and suffers no fools
The scorpion says don’t look away
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The Day The Men Died DUB
03:56
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THE DAY THE MEN DIED
(Franklin)
Miles to ride, on fiery trails
Knives decide, but time will tell
…time will tell
Lives to take, wives to veil
Graves to dig, coffins to nail
chorus
“They never were tried,”
The women will cry
“It’s all been a lie”
Pardons denied
Two worlds will collide
The day the men died
Foes to choke, until they are pale
Fires to stoke, a brand new hell
Skies to smoke, lands to impale
Darkness cloaks, then they assail
chorus
“They never were tried,”
The women will cry
“It’s all been a lie”
Pardons denied
Two worlds will collide
The day the men died
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Gold In Every Hand DUB
03:46
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GOLD IN EVERY HAND
(Franklin)
Honor is an imaginary line
When all you want is on the other side
Hunger and vice has taken every toll
Then it’s time to roll
Blackened eyes and blood upon our teeth
Got no souls to question our beliefs
Born alone and bred across the land
They’ll never understand
Got the will to trade one life for another
Charge ahead and put gold in every hand
We’re alive and we’re calling on the saints
‘Til we die, we’re taking all the pain
All the pain
Torn and blown, and feelin’ dead inside
And all that’s left is a solitary ride
All I want is to be a man who’s free
What can you offer me?
(chorus)
Don’t you try to put us
Don’t you try to keep us down
Don’t you try to keep us
Don’t you try to put us down
(chorus)
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Rotten Saint DUB
03:36
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ROTTEN SAINT
Born a beast – turned to man
Swore a vow – to burn the land
Stood the pain, fought the blade, Rotten Saint
(chorus)
Born – and disdained
Lost for good but not forgotten
Torn – and deranged
Rotten Saint still has nowhere to pray
Scorned by life – spurned by death
Mourned a ghost – until last breath
Stood the pain, fought the blade, Rotten Saint
(chorus)
Doomed – as ordained
Lured away, so misbegotten
Cursed – and profaned
Rotten Saint still needs to be unmade
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THE GHOST OF A BELIEVER
(Franklin)
Lay me down
In fields of stone
Lay me down
So I can't roam
Lay me down
At her feet
Lay me down
Because I believe
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BLOOD, TEARS AND THUNDER
(Franklin)
Worried man, just a simple man
Never drawn to hate
Poor man takes a gun in hand
Leaving all to fate
Desperate man joins a hardened band
With a plan to take
Then they ran, across the Rio Grande
Holding gold of weight
(chorus)
Say hello – to men who hunger
For the blood, tears and thunder
When you take – from those who suffer
Say hello to them all
Banker Bland sent his every man
Armed with ball and blade
Every man came back with heads in hand
In a mad parade
(chorus)
Say hello – to all that plunder
For blood, tears and thunder
When you turn – to harm your brother
Say hello to them all
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THE SCORPION SAYS
(Franklin)
My vendetta has always been dreaming
We only killed when we stopped believing
The cowards and maggots all thought about leaving
Then all the widows ended their grieving
(chorus)
Pain or bleeding, which will come first?
Death or dishonor, which one is worse?
The last bodies fall, then ghosts, they do call
And the scorpion says don’t look away
Bounties commanded and pardons rescinding
Vultures are called and doom is impending
The corpses and mongrels continue their pleading
Blood is a potion we’ll always be needing
(chorus)
Use both barrels, no matter the cost
Go down swinging when all seems it’s lost
When gunpowder rules, and suffers no fools
The scorpion says don’t look away
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