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Song List

• Song X
• Act Of Love
• I'm The Ocean
• Big Green Country
• Truth Be Known
• Downtown
• What Happened Yesterday
• Peace And Love
• Throw Your Hatred Down
• Scenery
• Fallen Angel

 
 Song X
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 Hey ho away we go
 We're on the road to never
 
 Where life's a joy for girls and boys
 And only will get better
 
 Hey ho away we go
 We're on the road to never
 
 Romeo and Juliet
 The doctor and his case
 Without a plan they left the van
 And there were laid to waste
 
 Hey ho away we go
 We're on the road to never
 
 The priest was there with sandy hair
 Religion by his side
 He saw his law was broken
 The punishment was applied
 
 Hey ho away we go
 Along the road to never
 Hey ho away we go
 We're on the road to never
 
 [solo]
 
 He held her hand and wished her well
 Although his heart was aching
 The cameras rolled
 The print was bold
 The holy war was breaking
 It's hey ho away we go
 We're on the road to never
 Where life's a joy for girls and boys
 And only will get better
 
 Hey ho away we go
 Along the road to never
 Hey ho away we go
 We're on the road to never
 Hey ho away we go
 Along the road to never
 Hey ho away we go
 We're on the road to never
 
 [solo]
 
 The priest was there with sandy hair
 Religion by his side
 He saw his law was broken
 The punishment was applied
 
 
 Act of Love
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 The fruit of love was in the future
 Around the corner and over the hill
 The act of love was slowly pounding
 Slowly pounding
 Slowly pounding
 
 The holy war was slowly building
 Heroes leaving for the great crusade
 Seek reward in the ever after
 Ever after
 Ever after
 
 Don't wanna have to lose you baby
 Don't want to have to take you back
 You know I'll never lose you baby
 Abuse you baby
 Use you baby
 
 You know I'll always help you baby
 But I just can't do that
 I know I said I'd help you baby
 Here's my wallet
 Call me sometime
 
 Act of love
 Act of love
 Act of love
 Act of love
 
 The fruit of love was in the future
 Around the corner and over the hill
 The act of love was slowly pounding
 Slowly pounding
 Slowly pounding
 
 Act of love
 Act of love
 Act of love
 Act of love
 
 
 I'm The Ocean
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 I'm an accident
 I was driving way too fast
 Couldn't stop though
 So I let the moment last
 I'm for rollin'
 I'm for tossin' in my sleep
 It's not guilt though
 It's not the company I keep
 
 People my age
 They don't do the things I do
 They go somehwere
 While I run away with you
 I got my friends
 And I got my children too
 I got her love
 She's got my love too
 
 I can't hear you
 But I feel the things you say
 I can't see you
 But I see what's in my way
 Now I'm floatin'
 Cause I'm not tied to the ground
 Words I've spoken
 Seem to leave a hollow sound
 
 On the long plain
 See the rider in the night
 See the chieftain
 See the braves in cool moonlight
 Who will love them
 When they take another life
 Who will hold them
 When they tremble for the knife
 
 Voicemail numbers
 On an old computer screen
 Rows of lovers
 Parked forever in a dream
 Screaming sirens
 Echoing across the bay
 To the old boats
 From the city far away
 
 Homeless heroes
 Walk the streets of their hometown
 Rows of zeros
 On a field that's turning brown
 They play baseball
 They play football under lights
 They play card games
 And we watch them every night
 
 Need distraction
 Need romance and candlelight
 Need random violence
 Need entertainment tonight
 Need the evidence
 Want the testimony of
 Expert witnesses
 On the brutal crimes of love
 
 I was too tired
 To see the news when I got home
 Pulled the curtain
 Fell into bed alone
 Started dreaming
 Saw the rider once again
 In the doorway
 Where she stood and watched for him
 Watched for him
 
 I'm not present
 I'm a drug that makes you dream
 I'm an aerostar
 I'm a cutlass supreme
 In the wrong lane
 Trying to turn against the flow
 I'm the ocean
 I'm the giant undertow
 
 I'm the ocean
 I'm the ocean
 I'm the giant undertow
 I'm the ocean
 I'm the giant undertow
 I'm the ocean
 I'm the ocean
 I'm the ocean
 I'm the ocean
 I'm the ocean
 I'm the ocean
 
 
 Big Green Country
 -----------------
 
 Across the plain flew the lone grey rider
 Leather bang pounding on his back
 Above the clouds the moon was climbing higher
 A pack of wolves wanted their money back
 
 With folded arms the chief stood watching
 Painted braves slipped down the hill
 In his ears the spirit talking
 As they closed in
 For an easy kill
 
 At the house the door was wide open
 Wind blew curtains off the rod
 She was waiting and hoping
 She was praying to her god
 
 He was luckier than most men
 He was barely in his prime
 As she stood their in the doorway
 Her long dress flowing
 Would he make it this time
 
 [solo]
 
 Over the hill in the big green country
 That's the place where the cancer cowboy rides
 Pure as the driven snow before it got him
 Sometimes I feel like he's all right
 
 Sometimes I feel like a piece of paper
 Sometimes I feel like my own name
 Sometimes I feel different later
 Sometimes I feel
 I feel just the same
 
 [solo]
 
 
 Truth Be Known
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 Saw your friend working in this hotel
 Says he used to know you when
 And your dreams
 Lucky as they seemed
 They all turned their back on him
 Truth be known
 
 Truth be known
 Way I feel tonight
 Living in this back street town
 'Bout my dreams
 They all seem to fade
 As soon as I put my money down
 Truth be known
 
 When the fire that once was your friend
 Burns your fingers to the bone
 And your song meets a sudden end
 Echoing through right and wrong
 Truth be known
 Truth be known
 
 
 Downtown
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 There's a place called Downtown
 Where the hippies all go
 And they dance the charleston
 And they do the limbo
 Yeah the hippies all go there
 'Cause they want to be seen
 It's like a room full of pictures
 It's like a psychedelic dream
 
 Downtown
 Let's go downtown
 Downtown at night
 Downtown
 Let's have a party
 Downtown at night
 
 Yeah it's right around the corner
 Up and down the hill
 When you hear the band playin'
 It's gonna give you a chill
 Give your money to the gateman
 Young blood in his eye
 Hold on to your baby
 When you slip into the sky
 
 Downtown
 Let's go downtown
 Downtown tonight
 Downtown
 Hear the band playin'
 Downtown all right
 
 [solo]
 
 Jimi's playin' in the back room
 Led Zeppelin on stage
 There's a mirror ball twirlin'
 And a note from Page
 Like a water-washed diamond
 In a river of sin
 Goin' down like a whirlpool
 When you get sucked in
 
 Downtown
 Let's go downtown
 Downtown tonight
 Downtown
 Hear the band playin'
 Downtown all right
 
 [solo]
 
 Downtown
 Let's go downtown
 Downtown tonight
 Downtown
 Let's have a party
 Downtown all right
 
 [solo]
 
 
 What Happened Yesterday
 -----------------------
 
 Can't forget what happened yesterday
 Though my friends say don't look back
 I can feel it coming through me
 Like an echo
 Like a photograph
 
 
 Peace And Love
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 Peace and love
 Flying so high
 Peace and love
 Too young to die
 Peace and love
 Now you decide
 Stay for the children
 You don't really want to go
 Can't feel it pulling like you did
 Peace and love
 
 Peace and love
 Only a ride
 Strength is gone
 Dying inside
 Tell me now
 What did you find
 Found love in the people
 Livin' in a sacred land
 Found love in the people
 Peace and love
 
 [Vedder:]
 Found love (found ...?)
 Saw my mistake
 Broke walls of pain to walk again
 I saw the dream
 I saw the wake
 We shared it all
 But not the take
 
 Peace and love
 Lennon's goodbye
 Over Now
 Living in time
 A broken bell
 A nursery rhyme
 Deserted by heroes
 Strangers in your own land
 No way to deny you
 No way to deny you
 Peace and love
 
 [Vedder:]
 I took it all
 I took the oath
 I took it all
 Til I had most
 I took what's left
 I gave it breath
 I had it all once
 I gave it back
 
 [solo]
 
 
 Throw Your Hatred Down
 ----------------------
 
 Here in the conscious world
 We place our theories down
 Why man must bring us to our knees
 Before he sees the weakness of his sinful plan
 The power in his hand
 Will never touch a friend
 
 Throw your hatred down
 Throw your hatred down
 
 [solo]
 
 Meanwhile in the underworld
 The weaknesses are seen
 By peasants and presidents
 Who plan the counter-scheme
 Children in the schoolyard
 Finish choosing teams
 Divided by their dreams
 While a TV screams
 
 Throw your weapons down
 Throw your weapons down
 
 [solo]
 
 The wheel of fortune
 Keeps on rollin' down
 The street that's paved with sinful plans
 There but for circumstance
 May go you or I
 Dressed in gold lame
 Find a place to stay
 
 Throw your hatred down
 Throw your hatred down
 Throw your hatred down
 Throw your weapons down
 
 [solo]
 
 
 Scenery
 -------
 
 Looking at the grave
 At the scenery around you
 Home of the brave
 Sometimes they leave you like they found you
 Sometimes they worship you
 Sometimes they tear your houses down
 Sometimes they comfort you
 Sometimes they spread your life around
 
 Nothing you can see
 That they won't try to give you
 Land of the free
 Where the legend will outlive you
 When you earn their trust
 When you are truly in danger
 Where greed and lust
 Have never been a stranger
 
 [solo]
 
 Home of the brave
 That's where heroes need protection
 Media images slaves
 Live by random selection
 You sell your heart
 But that's not the price of freedom
 Where things are useful
 Only when you need them
 
 Where will you go
 When you need to make some changes
 Who will you love
 In a world of constant strangers
 I'll go with you
 If you want to take a hero home
 I'll stay behind
 If you want to take a hero home
 
 Looking at the grave
 At the scenery around you
 Home of the brave
 Sometimes they leave you like they found you
 
 [solo]
 
 Home of the brave
 Home of the brave
 Home of the brave
 Home of the brave
 Home of the brave
 Home of the brave
 
 
 Fallen Angel
 ------------
 
 Fallen angel
 Who's your saviour tonight
 You're surrounded by these walls and neon lights
 Hungry people move like waves behind the beat
 Where's the big drum
 Where's the feel of body heat
 Where's the big drum
 Where's the feel of body heat

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