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The Middle Rats

by The Middle Rats

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1.
We Are The Middle Rats 02:42
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We are the Middle Rats You let us in your homes We are the Middle Rats You keep throwin bones Ah….. Ah we are the middle rats Uh huh we know where its at We got the guitars on our backs, its alright - Workin on the line, havin fun and feelin fine, oh yeah Ah….. Ah we are the middle rats Uh Come on lets check the map Plannin our attack ! – its alright - Hunger on the mind, hoppin trains and scrapin by - In the streets were born, underground were safe from storms - Wearin no disguise, exaggerate and emphasize Ah….. We are the Middle Rats You let us in your homes We are the Middle Rats You keep throwin bones
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Vacation Song 02:41
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I need a vacation I need a vacation don't matter where I'm going just as long as I go it don't matter which coast I'm hanging at as long as its a coast and then I'm gone Please, Please get me a ticket I'll leave in the morning burn up all that jet fuel in the sky look down on my planet don't matter where im going just as long as I go dont need no suitcase no I don't need no cologne and then im gone don't matter where im going, just as long as I go don't need no plans, no directions just as long as i have my phone make money when i get there, i'll get there
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She Saved Me 02:51
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She saved me...just to kill me... not to heal me...or bring me back... on track, oh... She made me...just to break me... just to thrill me...and bring me back... to this heart attack. She bleeds me...that's why she needs me... why she keeps me...Oh, how will I survive... this fading rest of my life? I'd hoped that somehow it would get better... (it's not getting better...) I know the only way is to forget her... (you have to forget her)... I don't know if I feel the same way...that I felt yesterday... Oh, how could I have known... That she would kiss me...when she missed me... just to bring me...running back... to this heart attack. Oh, she kissed me...when she missed me... now she hits me...no matter how hard I try... here, in this fading rest of my life.
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Real Bad Case 02:17
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We Got a real bad case We live in a real small space - talking out loud, nobody minds were close and confined We Got a real bad case -What did you expect, theres bound to be an accident - The stones are aligned now, leather bound, packed tight - Cant figure out why this town Left a Real Bad Taste Were probably gonna be late - I hope they don’t care, that were not already there We gotta real bad case
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Phoenix California 03:20
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Instead She Let Me Go 04:27
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Midnight rolls around and finds me awake, Still in disbelief of how I escaped Tied to a chair with a wire run clean cross my chest I fell for the girl who preferred carving her guests. Special, she’s got movin fingers and toes Pebbles, outsize her narrow pupils Concession, I ain’t sold on love without her Obsession, she’s my baby Instead She Let Me Go I dodged death from one great vagrant of god Our eyes met and that’s when we became love, Raising the knife she could not deny appetite, We were meant to spend eternity side by side.
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Better Boy 02:06
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Think about your teacher & your mamma & your papa pointing their fingers at you yellin' and scolding you sayin i told you so with every little thing that you do Think about your girlfriend The West Virginia Whirlwind pointing her finger at you yellin & screaming saying "why do you screen my calls I would never do that to you" I know I got a ways to go I know you got a lot to show me I promise I will be a better boy next time Think about your coach and when you caught him with that roach he said, "I wouldn't do this if I were you. I was young like you, and now I smoke and now I booze {I guess} some games you win, and some you lose" I know I got a ways to go I know you got a lot to show me I promise I will be a better boy next time I know you got a lot to say You sure do have a way about you I promise I will be a better boy next time
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Morning 03:41
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I want you... to love you and to touch you... but I know that you don't feel the same... This morning doesn't smell the same. I need you... to know you and to be with you... But it will never be the same... This mourning isn't spelled the same. Every night I watch the sun... on it's lonesome trek goodbye... I sit and hope to see your lovely silhouette again...when it arrives. I want you... to feel you and to see you... reaching to the bluest skies... This morning is your fading eyes. I need you... to hear you and to tell you... that none will ever satisfy... since this morning when you said goodbye. Every night...I wish...oh, how I wish... I could still see you shine. See you shine so bright as all the stars... all the endless stars of time. __________________________________________________________ I love you... always be thinking of you... You're gone now, but my heart remains... this morning doesn't smell the same. I need you... to kiss you and to touch you... But it will never be the same... this mourning isn't spelled the same. Every night I wish a sickening little secret to myself that I could die... I have this need for me to want to need to love you...to touch you... to be with you... just one more time.
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Never Seen My Woman 04:41
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- Cross her fingers right beneath her lower back while practicing a lie -*--- You never seen her fake a heart attack, you never seen her cry - Pick her teeth with rebar pins, you never seen her lose a leg - Down a wild turkey pint in bed - Stacking decks and cheat at Keno, The River boats all know her name - Chasing off the lawmen with a cane. - Slap a stranger hard across the chest, you never seen her wrapped in doubt. - Turn a herd around w/ just a shout Oh I, I know, How My Woman, Must Appear To You
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Love In Circles 02:26
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Love has a way of moving in circles Summers day, the sun was on your skin and when you smiled at me, I believed it all and when you just said please, I gave you my love and then the Autumn leaves turned you -- away Winter's day, forces us to find each other I found you, underneath the mistletoe We laughed out loud at the unrelenting irony We both calmed down with a drink Seasons change, realign with Jupiter But you remain the center of my universe so smile for me and I'll forgive it all and if you just say please, I'll love you again and when you come back then come all-the-way
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...is the River 03:15
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If my boat could withstand the river, I bet my love would be satisfied. Waiting on the sun to deliver, I fail the wade every time I try - I can’t hold on How Long is the River So Long oh tonite love How High is River Too High oh tonite love Well I know, yes I know, its gonna overflow But I’m taking my chances again So come on lets go, before I lose control Said I’ll dive in anywhere I can The only bridge I ever have known Has gone and left me alone The rain did fall and the bridge did crack Stuck along the east side of this track - I can’t hold on How Long is the River So Long oh tonite love How High is River Too High oh tonite love
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A Love So Divine 03:00
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She lives in the valley high above the gallows She tends to her orchards and animals there she walks down below me where white waters flowing shes gentle and honest shes pure and shes fair Oh! How will I win her Over with my songs How can I make her mine. impress her and woo her make sweet love to her And find a love so divine. The children in the school house All bring her flowers She wore them as bracelet’s and all in her hair She taught them to sing And swing from the rings She taught them such beautiful, wonderful things.... A Love So Divine

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released April 13, 2012

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The Middle Rats Columbus, Ohio

We locked ourselves in a cabin in the remote Hocking Hills in Southeastern Ohio for 3 days straight with no phone service and an master engineer in the dead of winter. Snowed in and toasty, We recorded everything we did and this is the result. Many say it turned out nicely, your thoughts?? ... more

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