Songs Of MFN Greatest Hits Vol. 2
**Blue As The Sea Of Cortez
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Her eyes melt in the light.
Do everything she says.
She makes it worth my while.
We fill our lives with gods.
Goddess lovers too.
Taste all the earthy joys.
Wanna do it with you.
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The ships they disappeared, on the horizon line.
Her lips they had no fear, as I looked into her eyes, they were...
Blue as the Sea of Cortez.
Her eyes melt in the light.
Do everything she says.
She makes it worth my while.
Through the gates we're led.
Been walking desert miles.
Suffered and hurt and bled.
Once cried all through the night.
Blue as the Sea of Cortez.
Her eyes melt in the light.
Do everything she says.
She makes everything alright.
**Chosen By The Voters
.you're the sweetest queen that I ever seen, make the world seem nice and clean, make people everywhere dance and sing, I know who you are.
.all afternoon you powder and puff, making millions of bucks but it ain't enough, make a video so they think you're a slut, I know who you are.
.the dice are loaded the decks are stacked, news always talking bout whites and blacks, fools always lying to distort the facts, I know who you are.
.gonna suffer the toll if you drive this way, discover something new every day, all you are now is a clump of clay, I know who you are.
.chosen by the voters to be frozen in time, with your outlaw boots and your country jive, acting like the suits kept spitting in your eye, I know who you are.
.in the evening I hear you breathing, when dreams light up and you're really sleeping, when the room is quiet and your heart's beating, I know who you are.
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**Stevie Wonder Show
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now's the time to make up your mind and go. just go.
it's true for sure there is no cure we know. don't we know.
keep the peace as we try to reach the end. the bitter end.
all the tears and all the years pretend. just pretend.
who's the guy that looked in your eyes and said. yeah I said.
here's the deal I'll love you til I'm dead. til I'm dead.
end of summer at a stevie wonder show. what a show.
under the trees the nighttime breeze the glow. oh the glow.
**Off To Laramie
I'm off to Laramie.
Heading out with my babies and me.
Packing up our suitcase.
Giving up this rat race.
Drive across the western states.
It's the cowboy way.
Named for Jacques LaRamie.
Walked off and got lost in the trees.
Went trapping and never came back.
Took a turn and got off track.
Laid down now he's taking a nap.
It's the cowboy way.
We're off to Laramie.
Where outlaws met vigilantes.
Ace and Con at the bucket of blood.
Took em down and hung em up.
Old west was hard and rough.
It's the cowboy way.
When we get to Laramie.
Spend our days at the Jubilee.
Read our news in the boomerang.
Only a few even know our names.
Everything always seems the same.
It's the cowboy way.
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**Melody Confusion
Musical seclusion and new pickups.
Floated for years, got my mind made up.
Skin coat nanny with stars in her eyes.
Never heard a jam that could make her fly.
Melody confusion for a space in time.
Back to the rhythm, back to the rhyme.
Place seems hazy, got a leak in the roof.
Keep the water away from the electric juice.
Obvious intrusion of your mind and ears.
Sounds all mixed so you can hear it clear.
Acoustical theories and gravity waves.
Brain transmitters and gamma rays.
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**Conditioning Machines
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.sit right down and listen up.
.it ain't the heat.
.or the ozone alerts.
.or nothing like that.
.it is for practical purposes, like all things that are worthy and unworthy.
.reason is involved.
.logical and sound.
.pools of water on the perimeter.
.spider and mosquito nests.
.the spray only eliminates the weak.
.the strong ones live on.
.the real thirsty.
.the mornings are our only refuge.
.and this is night.
.confined and controllable spaces.
.with conditioning machines.
.with music and games.
.begin with the end in mind.
.i can feel it clearly.
**Hippies On The Caprock
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Late seventies in Lubbock, Arabs drove prices high, started drilling holes in the land of the big red sky.
Honkeytonk bouncers, where action could be found, knew all the banditos, the baddest gang around.
Flew in during the night, dropped the entire load, from South American valleys, the wild columbian gold.
Tamed all the roughneck oilmen, tamed the rednecks too, hippies on the caprock, nobody had a clue.
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Was a new deal.
The way it made em feel.
There's a party in West Texas.
Booze and grass and pills.
Streets were going crazy, the hook had done its thing, desperate for their fixes, the druggies changed the game.
Catch Slide going north, til you hit the loop, go round and round, circle the town, speed was on the loose.
Cops weren't on his mind til they showed up at the door. A secret operation, they slammed him on the floor.
Thrown to the wolves, to fulfill the drug demand, like a dust storm from the horizon, Red, he was the man.
**Act Like A Rebel
...feel like a dweller, act like a rebel...
.all the while knowing everything's fine.
...feel like a loner, act like a stoner...
.keeping busy and gazing to the sky.
...feel like a downer, can't be a frowner...
.natural born skeptic, gonna give it a try.
...feel like maybe trusting, haven't yet
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.life is to live, so live it on the fly.
...feel understated, act motivated...
.paid a wage to make it all seem alright.
...feeling really lucky, life seems really lovely...
.falling asleep with a clear and lit up mind.
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**Aftershocks
Like it when you rock.
Like a earthquake and its aftershocks.
--Like it when you rock.
Love it when you roll.
When you lose your self control.
--Love it when you roll.
Think I got a breakthrough.
Explanation for my brain's loose screw.
--Think I got a breakthrough.
Guess we oughta try.
Let the day go, embrace the night.
--Guess we oughta try.
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Started in with the red wine and bread.
Had a restless mind, alot of trash in my head.
Thought I might forget you for awhile.
Everywhere I look I see my babies eyes.
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Ohhhh, so bright.
And I fall inside.
Ohhhh, so bright.
Your flame still burns.
Discussions about why we do what we do.
Bout why we laugh, why we cry, why we get the blues.
Guess it all comes back to the order of things.
Forget the cars, forget the cash, forget the diamond ring.
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Tell you of sin and temptations within.
Imaginations run wild and the schemes begin.
The seasons continue to leave and return.
Like light in the darkness, Your flame still burns.