Freddie Gray Blues Lyrics

The car went quiet and dark as we crept close The sand was plowed into piles like snow My friend got heavy and far as we crept close Flooded houses, destruction in rows He's fr...Read Full Lyrics

The moralist on the mountaintop The cap gun cowboy caught playing dress up Patrols his cartoon beat with his costume clothes The damn fool with his ten-top chip His bourgeois blues...Read Full Lyrics

You were savaged and shook by the cretinous crooks in your crib On the 5th of July, all that grease from the night on your lids From the crypt of your room, drilled a hole in the...Read Full Lyrics

You always wanna be told you're right Maybe I got sick of lying all the time You always say you're taken for granted Unjustly reprimanded Ruined by your father's love 'Cause it's n...Read Full Lyrics

I saw your haircut in a storefront: The choppy sides and perfect bangs. I loved the way it framed the model's cheekbones, The blank expression on her face. So I went inside and t...Read Full Lyrics

In the hand of God there's a cattle prod That keeps shocking us along 'Til we're flung from roofs without parachutes To fill the patches on his lawn There's an iron gate where pat...Read Full Lyrics

I know you're underneath there Waiting on an air supply To feed your darkest secret The one that's keeping us alive You blame me; I don't blame you We've traded places over ti...Read Full Lyrics

A reporter in a jailroom, whispering her source to a dying bulb While the prince is in a fable, peaceful in his cradle, convinced of the impossible: All those wicked words I used t...Read Full Lyrics

One, two, three, four, one I could be with anyone Just while the honeymoon burns bright No electricity that keeps things light I'm not saying that it's right I'm not saying that i...Read Full Lyrics

I don't care about your band I thought I could; turns out I can't I mean no malice - I promise, man I just don't care about your band But I care that you're an honest guy An a...Read Full Lyrics