LYRICS TO THE SONGS OF SCRIMSHAW

Words & Music by Marlin Collins

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45. MORTAL WOUND

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Every night, he longs for something

better than, he hoped to wish for.

All the time he knows there's nothing left for him, to do.(Chorus)

Didn't let him walk into town.

Didn't let him know what's the score.

He was being knocked to the ground.

He shouldn't ask what for.

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Oh let the anger show,

The kinda things that you have been told, that aren't true.

Wouldn't let him be with his friends.

Wouldn't give him something to eat.

With no chance to make amends,

As he was getting beat.

Didn't let him go,

Until there's nothing left of the old, or the new.

(Chorus)

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He dreams of love like the gate to heaven.

Open for all who choose to believe.

All alone in his room once again,

Someday he'll never leave.

There's no one he can tell,

Except the bird thats landed on, his window sill.

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There's a place that has several old trees.

The most beautiful manicured lawns.

Pretty flowers sway in the breeze.

From evening until dawn.

There's nothing he can do,

He leaves no forwarding address, or lingering grace.

There is no way to heal,

A mortal wound that is bleeding, all over the place.

(Chorus)

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Listen, listen, oh his heart is calling

For all the pain that he must sustain to be through.

Listen, listen, on his knees he's crawling

We're all the same but he's not to blame it is true.

Listen, listen, there's an angel falling

Laying a claim to some mortal name might be you.

(Chorus)

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46. THE MIDDLE OF TIME

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Well I know, to watch for a sign, yea you'll never believe it, woh you couldn't perceive it.

Oh, and keep this in mind, all that you could believe in, certainly could be deceiving.

Trapped in the middle of time.

I gotta run, or for work I shall be late, lift a ton, so the boss will appreciate, so the boss will appreciate, so the boss will appreciate.

Gotta fly and pay all the bills at least try, before I die, never knowing the reason why, never knowing the reason why, never knowing the reason why.

But I know, to watch for a sign, yea you'll never believe it, woh you couldn't perceive it.

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Oh, and keep this in mind, all that you could believe in, certainly could be deceiving.

Trapped in the middle of time.

Gotta go, and visit with an old friend, who I know, some money to me will lend, some money to me will lend, some money to me will lend.

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Why can't I believe in you, why can't you believe in me too.

How can anyone agree, on a single perfect melody.

Don't think we will ever know, how to get inside the show for free.

Believe you can be seen at night, and know that this is cause for fear in me.

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Well I know to watch for a sign, yea you'll never believe it, woh you couldn't perceive it.

Oh, and keep this in mind, all that you could believe in, certainly could be deceiving.

Trapped in the middle of time.

I'd like to say, that everything will be fine, to my dismay, I find myself out of time, I find myself out of time, I find myself out of time. [Out-a-time] (10 times )

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47. T'S BORN AGAIN BLUES

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If I drink that wine who'll take me home

If I drink that wine who'll take me home?

I cannot face the next day all alone.

I'll need someone to help me answer the phone.

I wish that I could start over again

I wish that I could start over again.

I would not take advantage of my friends,

Then, leave them, alone for themselves to fend.

To some people I might not look so bad

To some people I might not look so bad.

If they, could see, the motives that I've had,

Thats all, that it, would take to make them mad.

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There're times when I enjoy a little peace

There're times when I enjoy a little peace.

When I fall, asleep there's sweet release,

But not, for good, until I am decease.

Now I'm afraid I'll get what I deserve

I'd like to think that fate's thrown me a curve.

But off, the narrow path I tend to swerve,

To say no to the world takes more that nerve.

I need to find someone to take my place

I need to find someone to take my place.

Before I finally go down in disgrace,

Along with mostly all the human race.

I hope some day the guilt will set me free

I hope some day the guilt will set me free.

I hope some day my conscious lets me be.

I look at me and don't like what I see.

I heard about a power thats in this book

I heard about a power thats in this book.

I thought that I had better take a look.

And, the words, I read to heart I took.

It promised that my life could be brand new

And I could change the things I always do.

And be, forgiven for bad things I've done too.

If only I believe it will be true.

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If only I believe, (5 times )

It will be true!

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48. I SEE THROUGH ME

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Oh hopes they do fly, right out the window then turn into a lie.

Wheels they ain't a turning, for your carburetor's bugged and your engine's a burnin'.

Your life, is two sides, one you can't show without the other you hide.

And the king, of learning, drops all his books the pages not worth turning.

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And in the name of progress, if you don't know what you've got then you might take a guess.

So when their hands, your a shaken, don't look them in the eye or they'll know that you're taken,

Money, to fly, any old where just as long as it's high.

Not in heaven, if you were given, all but a third chance just to try out for livin'.

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SOLO - 3 times E,C,A,G

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And though it may seem, that endless nights carry flesh to the bone.

In the deepest sea of anxiety, I see through me, I see through me.

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49. MERCYS FREE

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All the talk that we've heard,

An encouraging word.

And the time that we wait,

Turns out we're too late.

I spent all last night,

With a fifth of booze,

It's what I've got to loose.

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How my sordid past,

Roars in my ears.

How long can I last,

Harboring these fears?

I just want to say,

His mercy is free.

Oh please, please forgive me.

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50. SHE WALKED AWAY

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And I know

It is true

Where I lay

There were two.

I was sleeping

She walked away.

All tomorrows are sorry.

All my life I shall pay.

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Without eyes

How can I see?

Without you

How can I be?

I was sleeping

She walked away.

All tomorrows are sorry.

All my life I shall pay.

Life I shall pay. (7 times )

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And I know

It is true

Where I lay

There were two.

I was sleeping

She walked away.

All tomorrows are sorry.

All my life I shall pay.

Life I shall pay. (7 times )

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She walked away. (10 times )

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51. FROM A SACRED SHORE

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And with the children now

Shall we begin

To love our Savior

And with this amen

Drastic behavior

To a man shall lend

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A bit of larceny, that's in your heart.

It takes a felony, to make you start,

To love democracy, or think you're smart.

The aristocracy, must soon depart.

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From a sacred shore, the love must pour, to a billion more,

To a billion more, to a billion more.

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A bit of larceny, that's all you need

A taste of jealousy, a touch of greed.

Continue living on, the right to bleed,

Know that you must, these words now heed.

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From a sacred shore, the love must pour, to a trillion more,

To a trillion more, to a trillion more.

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52. GRAINS OF SAND

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In my mind, any kind, that I'd like to be.

Is a sign, that I'm fine, and a sight to see.

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Wake the dead, what I said, from my memory.

By a thread, is my head, part of my body.

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Stay-away, Though there's never been a reason

Off-my back, For you to be the one and only.

Held-at bay, You found that pleasure isn't pleasin'

Cut-some slack, When you are feelin' rather lonely.

Some-will say, And it takes a bigger man than

Dont-look back, All those heroes in the movies.

You-shall pay, To do the very best that he can,

Thats-a fact, Turns his spirit into grains of sand. (chorus)

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I will plan, lend a hand, to humanity.

Take a stand, if I can, on my sanity.

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Wasting time, is a crime, in the first degree.

Paid a dime, for a rhyme, should have been for free.

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Stay-away, Though there's never been a reason

Off-my back, For you to be the one and only.

Held-at bay, You found that pleasure isnt pleasin'

Cut-some slack, When you are feelin' rather lonely.

Some-will say, And it takes a bigger man than

Dont-look back, All those heroes in the movies.

You-shall pay, To do the very best that he can,

Thats-a fact, Turns his spirit into grains of sand. (chorus)

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8 times, guitar solo verse / 8 times, Drum solo chorus /end on F chord)

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53. CARRIED AWAY

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An invisible evening

Is all that's left of the day.

When it comes to believing

We hang our heads down and pray

We never needed a reason

For us to sing and to play.

We found that it's open season

On gettin' carried away.

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Chasing the only prize, that the paralyzed can sympathize.

We suddenly realize whos the boss.

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In the course of a daydream

We need to jump and shout. (hey)

Gettin out of the mainstream

Is what it is all about.

They said to call for the torches

To light the way down to hell.

The only ones that it scorches

Are those who buy and who sell.

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Chasing the only prize, that a pair of eyes cannot despise.

We suddenly realize whos the boss.

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Remembering all that we've given

We can't forget what we took.

All those who call this life livin'

Should take another good look.

The monument to this lifetime

Shall be brought down to dust.

For all of those who now feel fine

Can only in themselves trust.

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Chasing the only prize, that what money buys cannot disguise.

We suddenly realize whos the boss. (He saves the lost)

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