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Imperial Green

by Satellite Hearts

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1.
If you're stuck in the middle If you're caught in the chase I can lend you some fortitude Let your fears be erased No running away, no I'm not running today If there's nothing that rings true If you've fallen from grace There's only one thing you must do Kick your heels and escape No running away, no running away No I'm not leaving today
2.
New York City caught in the daylight What a crazy scene Nameless faces race for the headlines Must be the year of the thief And the stocks don't stack, the facts don't check As we ride the river east Well it's a free ride honey to the highest of highs You better fall to your knees Fall to your knee Crowds in the distance begin to scatter On a dead end street To climb a ladder over and over Any day of the week And if the wealth won't crack in a world gone mad There'll be chaos in the streets Well it's a new day rising and without warning you'll be on your begging knee On your knees Running with the enemy Now in the New York City I caught the daylight on a dead end street From South to Broadway to the Lower East Side along the Bowery And the stocks don't stack, the facts don't check Ride the river east Well it's a new day rising and without warning you'll be on your begging knee On your knees Rolling with the enemy
3.
Dumb down Daisy don't you wanna understand me? Let me be a part of your dreams Only if you give up this fantasy Well, hush now Daisy Lets track back, track back to the back of your memory Grew up in a quiet community Closed off to the endless possibility Oh dumb down Daisy Oh dumb down Daisy And I'm shot down, shut down in the city of dreams Shot down, shut down in the city of dreams Shot down, shut down in the city of dreams Shot down, shut down in the city You're a witch, you're a snitch Following the footsteps of fallacy Succumbing to the reigns of society Lose your wit and you won't be free Oh shame, shame Daisy Oh, are they going to tease you? If you only knew the truth then I would stand beside you And I'm shot down, shut down in the city of dreams Shot down, shut down in the city of dreams Shot down, shut down in the city of dreams Shot down, shut down in the city Shot down in the city and my life it ain't so pretty...
4.
Bombs! 01:59
Bombs are blowing heavy on the west coast front tonight! Better pack it on up before the military men arrive Twenty-four seven and I've got nothing to like One by one they'll be cutting you up with a knife Better move on, better move on for your life Better move along, better groove along Hold tight... We're in America and America's on fire If you want change you better look to your heart's desire If you want change look to your heart's desire Bombs are blowing heavy on the west coast front tonight It's all too much, all too much for my eye I will move along, I will groove along hold tight Bombs are blowing heavy on those stars and stripes!
5.
Heavy Fire 03:07
Got your number on my wall I'm heading out and busting my brain up Carry on with my cigarette Quit holding out, out of the profit Out of my pocket Leave me with nothing Heavy fire on my wall, wall, wall Money for nothing may tear us apart Keep treading back, back to the same start I carry on with my cigarette Quit holding out, out of the profit Out of my pocket Leave me with nothing Heavy fire on my wall, wall, wall
6.
Reeled her in from the start Got me locked in her heart I pick the lock from her chest I play her card just like all the rest Love means nothing to me Feed me imperial green She's a fortunate con Such a gullible one...run Why don't you turn it around now? Why don't you turn it around? Why don't you turn it around now? Why don't you turn it around? Why can't you turn it around? I can be you, if you'd like Get inside you if I tried 'Cos when you're looking at me with those starstruck eyes In the back of my mind you're the marrying kind Why don't you turn it around now? (Turn, turn it around) Why don't you turn it around? (Turn, turn it around) Why don't you turn it around now? (Turn, turn it around) Why don't you turn it around? (Turn, turn it) Why can't you turn it around?
7.
Substitute 03:06
War can be a dangerous sport Leaving you bleed for more Oh, my war Hate may leave you disengaged Blind with envious rage Oh, my hate! All I can do is find another substitute one who is willing to give just a little bit of living proof Living proof, living proof Truth knows no contradiction Knows no hesitation Know the truth But I got such a jealous mind Oh to keep occupied Oh my mind! All I can do is find another substitute one who is willing to give just a little bit of living proof Hold the line, hold the line, hold the line
8.
Fifty men and a setting sun You can feel their beat marching along Side by side, coast to coast In the midnight hour you can hear them moan Now listen for the battle drum beyond the seas from whence they come Side by side, coast to coast In the midnight hour you can hear them moan On the road! Well you can sell it and it ain't no lie Yeah you can sell it and it ain't no lie I got some pistol, I cut the money Lies, lies, lies They break you, they buy you To value a virtue Double-dealing on a hopeful soul Whatever the reason, whatever the vision you are sold And I can't go home, and I can't go home... I can't go back, I can't go (I can't go home) I can't go back home (I can't go home) You can sell it and it ain't no lie You can sell it and it ain't no lie I got some pistol, I cut the money Lies, lies, lies
9.
I was trying to forget everything that you had said On the day that you had left Empty words were all you had Rockin' in your rocking chair back and forth alone Wondering what could've been No one to call you home So come on you know you got a lot of living left to do It ain't easy letting go of all the pain you put me through I don't blame you even though you talk me down like a fool Guess I'll just see it through By and by I ride my time on an ever-changing ocean Leaving everything behind for a fountain of horizon You may wander in the past underneath your guilt and shame You were once a friend of mine now I'm just another face You ran away, you ran away Old friend you know words don't get anywhere It's misleading to drag your baggage on through the years When did you fall from those pale blue stairs? It's true delusional fame has got the best of you
10.
Marilyn 03:20
Well she's wonderful lady who works at the bank saving her pennies for change She's got no one hold, she's got nowhere to go and then I asked for her name She said, "Marilyn, Marilyn, all my friends call me Jeanie, but you can call me anytime." So, I picked up the phone and I called her at home, "Be here tomorrow at eight!" Well I threw down a line and we passed up the time dreaming of running away I said, "Marilyn, Marilyn your eyes are as pretty as original sin. Yeah, Marilyn, Marilyn come a little bit closer and we can let the fun begin." She don't care about any love letter Only room for a squeeze Marilyn's got a nasty fever For an honest fee She's what you want, but not what you need Marilyn might be richer than she'll have you believe Marilyn is a healthy sinner of the first degree She's what you want, but not what you need What you want is not what you need
11.
I know my dear I've seen your face in a dream, a mirror Another world so concise, clear it's faint to my heart that's all Your voice, my void has filled with song to my ear A sound so rich and pure Like old ragtime in the sun touching down like no other one Guess I never felt this way before And I don't mean to be rude, I don't mean to be crude It's just the feeling's so real, so real, real, real And I don't mean to judge, I won't do you harm It's just the feeling's so real, so real, real, real Guess I never felt this way before
12.
Why do I miss you like I do? Well tell me it isn't true to say you're leaving today Now I'll be on my way I've been here before and you've closed the door Tell me how many more times must you keep on saying, goodbye You know everyone knows, but nobody cares somehow we're all the same You my dear were always and I know you care I've been here before and you've closed the door Tell me how many more times must you keep on saying, goodnight, goodbye

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released November 30, 2012

Produced by Chad Ginsburg & Satellite Hearts
Engineered by Chad Ginsburg
Recorded at CIG Studios in New Hope, Pennsylvania
13-15 April, 2012
All music arranged & written by Satellite Hearts
Published by Satellite Hearts Music (ASCAP) ©2012
Art Direction by Caitlin McCann & Satellite Hearts
Cover Art ©Showcase Mosaics titled "Birth of a Planet"
Cover text & inner sleeve by Caitlin McCann
Liner photo by Shane Daly

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