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Ol' Sunny Whale
05:07
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I left my war in peace
To sail the ocean free
But when they followed I had to make them hang
Oh Joe don't let me do it again
Just like Ol' Sunny Whale...
These waves seem like they're all watchin'
These waves seem like they're all mine
Oh how I love to watch them hang
Sending chills down my spine
Just like Ol' Sunny Whale...
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2. |
These Waves Be Haunted
04:58
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By the docks what a beautiful day
The breeze pleased the young drifters face
Ol' Sunny Whale with a look of dread
Took a drink then he calmly said
These waves be haunted
Yeah, these waves be haunted, haunted, haunted...
Ol' Sunny's pipe echoed the fog
The drifter's grin asked for a job
Ol' Sunny sighed, said I'll make you a deal
With hell's hounds already at his heels
Over the weeks and under the sky
Tiny monsters bred in the tide
A gaunt shadow grew under the bay
And it fed ole 'thulhu everyday
Over the months of toil and bone
Evil sailed unusually slow
And in the galley all the demons fret
Lost entirely and askin' for bed
The night Ol' Sunny went and lost his head
The gulls were blind and their eyes were red
As he swung he wildly said
Bring out your dead
These waves be haunted
Yeah, these waves be haunted, haunted, haunted...
Gotta build an island
Gotta make an island for the haunted
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3. |
Haul Away Joe
04:15
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Didn't mind the water
Didn't mind to row
Didn't mind that we had no home
We couldn't find the mainland
After the storm
We couldn't find poor Haul Away Joe
But up on that hill
Ol' Sunny can't you tell?
It was not rain
And it was not hail
It was Haul Away... Joe
Hey Haul Away...
Then I heard the water
Bubble and smoke
Ol' Sunny's last eye never lost hope
Ghepetto the hurricane
Left us one small boat
And over the rocks we rowed and rowed
But upon that hill
Ol' Sunny can't you tell?
It was not rain
And it was not hail
It was Haul Away... Joe
Hey Haul Away....
choir: HEY HAUL AWAY HAUL AWAY JOE
Way out on the waves
Neath the horrors of the sea
Ole Joe he stowed away
And saw the world plenty
choir: HEY HAUL AWAY HAUL AWAY JOE
On Homer's ancient sea
Joe stowed away to Greece
And down in New Orleans
Joe wed a blue eyed gypsy
choir: HEY HAUL AWAY HAUL AWAY JOE
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4. |
Crawl (Back on Shore)
02:35
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Can I crawl through your window?
Can I crawl all over you?
Bury me in your howlin' eyes
And I will dream there too
Can we crawl out your window?
Can we crawl the forest too?
Bury me in the howlin' night
And I will marry you
I am so glad I crawled through your window
I'm so glad to love you too
Bury me in your howlin mind
And I will bury you
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The waves in the morning
Settle us down
Yeah the waves in the morning...
Watch that crazy water hang down
While we're made of water and sounds
Kimbie let your hair hang down
Kimbie let, let em' all hang
Ol' Sunny Whale won't find us now
We'll grow fruit to sell in town
Old fruit tree wild limbs all abound
Old fruit tree...
Ol' Sunny Whale's head on the ground
Thunder hails send in the hounds
Leave your head
On the ground
Water falls
All around
The open door
The chair and the couch
All our love
Will never run out
Freedom wars
All around
Freedom falls... (without a sound)
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The Chair and the Couch
02:54
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Said the chair to the couch,
"Simmer Down,
What is that terrifying sound?"
Said the couch to the chair
"I was unaware,
But now that you mention it sounds like the hounds"
And they both could feel the air
Freeze, like water in the night
Said the chair to couch,
"I said, SIMMER DOWN,
They cannot break through every wall"
Said the couch to the chair
"But, I'm so scared,
"What if they break down every wall?"
And the couch just shook and stared
Into the arms of the chair
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7. |
Devil Sent the Fire
04:33
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Tell me Kimbie,
Did we stay too long?
I must be leavin' for the ol' walkin' song
But I'll save your goodbye
Only for the warmest sould
But I must be leavin'
Lord knows I've got to go
Red walls
Seemed safe to me
From all them Eldritch Dead Dreams
Ol' Sunny Whale
Ain't to blame
The cursed fog's hounds
Found out this place
Feel the warmth, babe?
From the hall...
Kimbie, don't go
Let it burn...
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I saw your face in the window
I watched you gaze down the alleyway
Ooo... but I know better
I watched you gaze out your window
I saw the shadows approaching
Ooo... but I know better
Hold out I'm a' comin'
I want to find you everywhere
Ooo... but I know better
I gazed out from your window
I saw you face down in the alleyway
Ooo... but I know better
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Into the valley
All thick with fog
Blind men run
No trouble at all
Shy birds cry
They've gone too far
As I bring my songs to gallows
Out of the valley
All dark with fog
The mist's just kiss
Dismissed by the Gods
So far gone
And way past lost
I sing my songs to the gallows
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