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The Black Roses

by The Black Roses

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1.
Look over yonder what do you see I used to wander little girl got a hold on me I run into battle and repent my sins my hands start to rattle don't know if I can win Nobody can cut me in half because her love stops atom bombs The sun is rising across the open field she saved me from dieing her love is my shield
2.
Tic Tac Toe 02:26
You know I can't stop when I got the feeling I'm laying in bed just starring at the ceiling I know what I need but not how to get it Time ticking by then I just forget it Oh my daddy don't look so good and nothing is running like it should one of these days and it won't be long going back to the city and I'll be gone Now you see me, now you don't such a feeling, it's how it goes Sitting on the bottom line I feel fine All I gotta do is climb And I know that I can't complain Because all these people look and act the same the pressure drops and it's in my bones my shadow keeps me so I’m never alone
3.
Baby I've been waiting by the phone wondering where could you be I don't really wanna be alone I just want it to be you and me Your the prettiest thing I ever saw for that I got no doubt My wicked ways, you know I'd change them all for you and only you I'd be about I don't want to be a stranger because I come off a little crazy I won't ever put you in danger Because every time I think about you I feel like a baby Darling your the only one I need I never ever felt this way before you make me drop all the booze and weed you give me love and ended the war
4.
No Recess 02:59
I'm out the door and I start to run I don't know where I come from they're in the party looking so sorry and I think that I'm almost done I don't care what the neighbors say I really don't care at all They saying something but I know it's nothing Because I know that they want me to fall No Recess, I know you want to resist 3:46 and I'm about to loose Nothing to fix or to do They say I'm crazy but they're just lazy sometimes you gotta pay your dues The door is shut and the window locked I guess I gotta stop all this frustration and my devastation Somebody already called a cop
5.
I've been rich, I've been poor, living life just like a war I say I can take it but I’ll brake under more exiled from the mainstream, leaving was pretty keen Theses times are getting tougher, I'm sure you know what I mean I feel I'm a fire just burning in the sun, ain’t nobody notice me or see when I'm done (Keelan) Three moons ago I was on my way with some packages of peyote I woke up in a shady place with a bottle of jack and Girls next to me This is my life my one try the harder I live the sooner I die This is my life my one try the sooner I live the faster I die Shot dope, crashed cars, but I would never boast Just singing the blues to myself No sleep with the ghost again
6.
All theses oceans of desert painted on the Earth all my friends are hurt, I've been a prisoner since my birth There's a girl I know, she set my heart on fire Now I don't feel the blow, she said “Drew I'm gonna take you higher” I'm the dog in the pound, I'm your outta tune guitar I'm that dirty sound you found saying “you won't get far” I'm not afraid to die so I can be one again Heaven is not in the sky the kingdom is within Ain't no surprise I've been hypnotized when I stare into the Mummy Man's eyes Lord I crossed the line Then I begin to realize no one see's when he arrives Leave me alone I'll be just fine I put too much substance rite into my head flirted with insanity in the city of the dead Now there's all these demons floating over my bed “Oh dear lord” is all that she said One thing I want to find, trade in madness for peace of mind At least I'm never alone, there's always another host Because even in my home, I'm visited by ghosts
7.
If you wanna mess with my love you can but you better know your messing with fire And we can go if you want to but know in the end I'm gonna take you higher Got no job and got no money a smile on my face but it really ain’t funny can't you see it's an emergency, nobody is gonna save me but me Your just a big ol bully and nothing you say will ever come true oh and you better get outta of our way because lord knows there’s nothing you can do You can throw me in a garbage can, you can leave me on the moon but you can't stop my ideas, they're coming up too soon
8.
Dark was the night breathing down my neck blood on the street the sight I'll never forget blood in my throat, blood in my shoes there's so much left to loose cry and wail every time I try and fail Dark was the sky every time I say good bye no understanding no matter how hard I try I can't go home, I can't run away, I got no place to stay Loneliness grows on me more each day It's a big take over when you don't come over and everyeverybody's on their own It's a big take over when you don't come over and everybody's gone away
9.
Well the sweats burning in my eyes and I guess that it's no surprise from walking on the sun I'm gonna dust my broom and run But I'm a mess at best And it's always such a rage A test for the blessed living in the static age The people keep talking all over town they can't understand me so they'd rather tear me down Through all this destruction I still care I took a look at Hell but I was already there they won't get no reaction or any satisfaction nothing they can make me do Ain't no reason to break a sweat It's just life at the zoo I'm a fanatical radical who slipped down through the cracks they want me to bite the dust but I'm already on my back Their words are like bullets Like drunk crashing gods how can I see through it and beat these odds Take the trigger to pull because life is still to dull party away and bury my skull
10.
( freestyled Jam )
11.
Tell me where you want to go like you do all the time Its something that's assured just like the sun will shine but when I see the storms roll in I hear you breaking down wailing like a widow or a dog inside the pound I've been searching high and low even in between Down to the oceans until rivers turn to streams but there ain't no happiness for all that you have bought and there ain't no battles won for all the wars you fought Maybe on your latest night your life will come undone Your mirror won't be blurry, you'll think before you run If there’s anything I could do, lord knows I would help but I can only feel sorry for you and all the pain you felt
12.
I understand that your misunderstood and it's too bad that you're no good Because when the morning sun comes up you run you only did what you could Can there be mercy on mercy is that even possible at all because when you lie and break and you live to take That's a miserable life I call Now people they talk and stare so much I can no longer care but my love's too strong, I can do no wrong I already know that life's unfair And it's always about fortune and fame Everyone gets caught just playing the game but my souls insane and I can't complain I only want my love to remain Walking down alone, walking down alone again Look outside what's going on all my friends have changed or gone there ain't no hope in tomorrow's dawn This is American Babylon and because I drink and smoke most people just think that I'm a joke but they’re the one's that creep and live like sheep, some people just leave me weak And I'm gunning all the yellow lights just trying to make things write run over you I might Don't care if it's tight I ain't gonna loose the fight
13.
( I love you Fona )

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live from Sarasota,
Black Roses are Fona and Drew
all songs written by Drew
Fona- Drums
Drew- guitar, vox, bass on Blue Sky Dreamer, I am the Mummy Man, Tic Tac Toe and B3 organ on American Babylon
These songs were recorded within 7 days throughout 2012

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released December 31, 2012

Thank you to Neil and Alex for letting us record in your Garages, kitchens, living rooms and warehouse

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The Black Roses St Petersburg, Florida

Raucous, ear-splitting electrified blues-rock this side of the Gulf of Mexico.

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