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You can shout but my ears don’t hear now
Take the time to look at things more clear now
When the shots are fired will you freeze or run?
Will you hide away or stand your ground?
Now tear the web away and break the ties
I can’t stand it with that hurt in your eyes
Were you wrong to take the chance on me now?
Never meant to cause the pain you feel now
How can I tell you, how can I get through
There’s no way to say it without hurting you
It’s never simple, it’s never easy
When you hold the gun that fires
A shot heard…………
All around the world, all around the world
You must believe me when I say that I don’t need you
When the shots are fired will you freeze or run?
Will you hide away or stand your ground?
Now tear the web away and break the ties
I can’t stand it with that hurt in your eyes
Were you wrong to take the chance on me now?
Never meant to cause the pain you feel now
How can I tell you, how can I get through
There’s no way to say it without hurting you
It’s never simple, it’s never easy
When you hold the gun that fires
A shot heard…………
All around the world, all around the world
You must believe me when I say that I don’t need you
All around the world
All around the world
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It's been the same story since I was young
Somebody telling me to walk and when to run
But you can tell them today
It doesn't matter what they say
I couldn't take it another day
I had no choice but to disappear away
Romeo I am not
Diamonds and money I haven't got
But if love comes that way
I'd just as soon disappear away
Disappear away
Forgotten cars and fast guitars
Is the life that I lead
But you insist that what I do
Is a see through vision empty and blue
But I know that in my soul
The way I've come is the way to go
And if it was any other way
I'd just as soon disappear away
Disappear away
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Lies [Re-recording]
03:00
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I know what you’ve been telling me’s all lies
When something’s wrong it’s in your eyes
I stay awake all night long
C’mon c’mon
Ooooo girl
Ooooo girl
Why do you tell me lies?
You told me, you told me lies you’ve been holding out
Information I should know about
I stay awake all night long
C’mon c’mon
Ooooo girl
Ooooo girl
Why you telling me…
Why you telling me…
Why do you tell me lies?
So hold on and hold tight cause I’m coming on
And don’t you fight
Cause I’m too strong
I stay awake all night long
C’mon c’mon
Ooooo girl
Ooooo girl
Why you telling me…
Why you telling me…
Why do you tell me lies?
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My favorite sex position please
I love the dirt, I love the sleaze
A blue movies, adult TV
We put it down but no one leaves
We’re crazy people in crazy times
Animal instinct is our crime
The dirty dog, the twist and crawl
The tongue in cheek, yellow waterfall
I like the go ‘round – in between
I love submission, I love ‘em mean
I am a pillar among my peers
In this kinky sextown U.S. scene
We’re crazy people in crazy times
We love the filth and we love the grime
Animal instinct our only crime
We’re crazy people living in crazy times
And what about those kinky toys?
For all those risqué girls and boys
Oh bondage fun and leather wraps
Fishnet stockings – garter straps
A rectum plug – erect ‘o cream
For the couple with bordello dreams
And now a Tom is now a Jane
And now a Rita is a ray
“That man in the dress is he a gay?”
No man, he just loves to dress that way
There’s no escaping all this sin
You either shut up or join in
We’re crazy people in crazy times
We love the filth and we love the grime
Animal instinct our only crime
We’re crazy people living in crazy times
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A painted picture hangs from the wall
Slightly tilted it will never fall
She touches her hair and heads out the door
Somewhat confused to what she's living for
He tosses and he turns
Finds his way into his car
Work is a way to keep his visions alive
Though he knows he'll never go that far
There is something in her heart
Reflected through her eyes
Each time that she looks at me
Look at me
She'll be married on a Sunday afternoon
And back to work before it's to soon
They'll lead a happy life with a family
She'll try to dismiss these feelings I see
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I was drawn to the darkness as I walked down the line
And every movement of the city life said “you’re out of time”
People talk of heaven, it’s all in their minds
It’s fantasy fetching, I’d reach for it too
But nowadays heaven is so hard to find
Nowhere to unwind
Nowhere to unwind
My father used to tell me “get a good job and you’ll do fine
That guitar will only get you a life in the unemployment line”
He don’t understand, I’m not that kind
Wasn’t born to be a doctor, wasn’t born to fit in
Wasn’t born to follow the sheep into the lion’s den
Nowhere to unwind
Nowhere to unwind
Oh a place like this it melts your mind
Makes your blood run cold makes your eyes go blind
You run around aimlessly, searching for truth and honesty
But it’s just a pointless search
Just some way to unearth a tide of loneliness that follows you
It has a hold of you, are you going to give in?
No!
Nowhere to unwind
Nowhere to unwind
I’m just a lonely boy finding it hard to keep up the pace
I only believe in me and what lies inside that guitar case
You say I’m a loser, OK that’s what I’ll be
But you can’t change my hopes, you can’t change my dreams
And you can’t keep me from being me
Nowhere to unwind - ain’t gonna be no doctor!
Nowhere to unwind ain’t gonna be no lawyer!
Nowhere to unwind ain’t gonna be no soldier!
Nowhere to unwind ain’t gonna be no failure!
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There’s no regrets, please no long goodbyes
We did the best that we could with our lives
And if our eyes shall never meet again
Keep in mind; I’m still a life long friend
Goodbye to sadness, goodbye to sorrow
Here’s to what we will find tomorrow
Let’s say farewell, cie la vie
And just move along
No room for tears, they’re now forgotten years
You’re free to roam without remorse or fears
If you must remember me, remember me this way
As a companion, a friend, and so I say…
Goodbye to sadness, goodbye to sorrow
Here’s to what we will find tomorrow
Let’s say farewell, cie la vie
And just move along
Goodbye to sadness, goodbye to sorrow
Here today and gone tomorrow
Let’s say farewell, cie la vie
And just move along
So I’ll move fast or I’ll move slow
But from now on girl you I don’t know
And why feel bad and why feel sad
When baby… we should feel glad
Goodbye to sadness, goodbye to sorrow
Here’s to what we will find tomorrow
Let’s say farewell, cie la vie
And just move along
Goodbye to sadness, goodbye to sorrow
Here today and gone tomorrow
Let’s say farewell, cie la vie
And just move along
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8. |
Let Me Be [Re-recording]
03:14
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Please don't mistake me or try to make me
The shadow of anybody else
I ain't the him or her you think I am
I'm just trying hard to be myself
Oh, society's goal is to be part of the whole
That may sound good to you, not to me
Let me be, let me be
To think like I want to
Let me be, let me be
That's all I ask of you
I am what I am and that's all I ever can be
Don't try to plan me or understand me
I can't stand to be understood
I could never give in to or ever live up to
Being like you think I should
I've got some inner need which I'm tryin' to heed
I can't take hand-me-down destiny
Let me be, let me be,
To think like I want to
Let me be, let me be
That's all I ask of you
I am what I am and that's all I ever can be
Don't try to change me or rearrange me
To satisfy the selfishness of you
I'm not a piece of clay to mold to your moves each day
And I'm not a pawn to be told how to move
I'm sorry I'm not the fool you thought would play by your rules
But to-each-his-own philosophy
Let me be, let me be,
To think like I want to
Let me be, let me be
That's all I ask of you
I am what I am and that's all I ever can be
I said that's all I ever can be
I said that's all I ever can be
I said that's all I ever can be
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[instrumental]
Top of the world and heading down
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10. |
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We got a good thing going
Now why go ruin it now?
I’ve been waiting all night
Now don’t you go ruin it now
C’mon baby, you know I wouldn’t do it to you
So why frustrate honey when I’m in the mood
I’m not asking for promises, the moon, or the stars
All I want to do is make love to you
In the back of my car, in the back of my car
I want to borrow your body
I want to look into your big green eyes
Woah, little girl
You got to show me that you want to be mine
C’mon baby, you know I wouldn’t do it to you
So why frustrate honey when I’m in the mood
I’m not asking for promises, the moon, or the stars
All I want to do is make love to you
In the back of my car, in the back of my car
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And all around they go driving and settle on a place icy dark
He tells Diane who is waiting, he doesn’t know where he should start
Tonight here nothing else matters, his body will take hers to spend
They park down by lazy water, in the chill of the night they begin
You’re old enough to know better
You’re old enough to beware
You’re old enough to know better
But young enough not to care
The wind rushes by in wild torrents, drowning a young couple’s moans
With skin on skin wild eyes glisten, down by the sacred stone
Tonight here nothing else matters, I love you like you were my God
She pulls him close to her soft breast, her body wet in the fog
You’re old enough to know better
You’re old enough to beware
You’re old enough to know better
But young enough not to care
He takes her cold hand by the boardwalk and they cruise down by the arcade
He pulls out a smoke and he jacks it, the next moment he will be saved
Down by the main music’s playing but he’s not in the mood for a dance
Let’s go away my sweet angel for I’m in the mood for romance
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I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone
I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone
You're trying to make your mark in society
You're using all the tricks that you used on me
You're reading all them high-fashion magazines
The clothes you're wearing, girl, they're causing public scenes
I said, I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone
I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone
Not your steppin' stone
Not your steppin' stone
When I first met you, girl, you didn't have no shoes
But, now you're walking around like you're front-page news
You've been awful careful 'bout the friends you choose
But, you won't find my name in your book of "who's-who?"
I said, I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone
(No, girl, not me!)
I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone
Not your steppin' stone
I'm not your steppin' stone
Not your steppin' stone (step-step-steppin' stone)
Not your steppin' stone (step-step-steppin' stone)
Not your steppin' stone (step-step-steppin' stone)
Not your steppin' stone (step-step-steppin' stone)
No, girl, I'm not your steppin' stone
Not your steppin' stone (step-step-steppin' stone)
Not your steppin' stone (step-step-steppin' stone)
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From the beaches out to the countryside
My kind of crowd is out tonight
We pour out of cages for nights in the street
And end up getting hassled by authority and police
C’mon, C’mon You Better Let the Young Live
The boulevard’s crowded and loud tonight
Pretty women to the left and right
They want you to be what they think you should be
But your not in chains at all, your free!
C’mon, C’mon You Better Let the Young Live
They say put up curfews, close the clubs
Put limits on age, so they’re not old enough
They think maybe that we’ll then go home
But baby are you wrong!
They pressure all to follow silly rules
They lecture and preach like we’re some fools
All rules will be broken, nothing’s gonna give
It doesn’t matter what you say anymore “let’s live!”
C’mon, C’mon You Better Let the Young Live
They outlaw all dances, bar all bands
Knot their laces together, tie their hands
You’re old enough to know about it
Too young to try it out – let’s cut the bullshit now!
You better let the , you better let the, you better let the young live!
You better let the , you better let the, you better let the young live!
C’mon, C’mon You Better Let the Young Live
C’mon C’mon
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You can shout but my ears don’t hear now
Take the time to look at things more clear now
When the shots are fired will you freeze or run?
Will you hide away or stand your ground?
Now tear the web away and break the ties
I can’t stand it with that hurt in your eyes
Were you wrong to take the chance on me now?
Never meant to cause the pain you feel now
How can I tell you, how can I get through
There’s no way to say it without hurting you
It’s never simple, it’s never easy
When you hold the gun that fires
A shot heard…………
All around the world, all around the world
You must believe me when I say that I don’t need you
When the shots are fired will you freeze or run?
Will you hide away or stand your ground?
Now tear the web away and break the ties
I can’t stand it with that hurt in your eyes
Were you wrong to take the chance on me now?
Never meant to cause the pain you feel now
How can I tell you, how can I get through
There’s no way to say it without hurting you
It’s never simple, it’s never easy
When you hold the gun that fires
A shot heard…………
All around the world, all around the world
You must believe me when I say that I don’t need you
All around the world
All around the world
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In the backseat of his Plymouth, he lays her down
“Life is such a crazy thing, am I still too young?”
She’s nervous, wincing as she falls gently beneath him
He thinks “My God, she’s lovely still she’s not a woman yet”
He thinks maybe he should hold off at least another night
“I’m young, give it time, soon it’s gonna happen though”
He fumbles about awkwardly as her fingers melt down on his back
She feels all resistance fading as her legs wrap around him tight
Is the time right in my life
What would mommy say?
Would she think of me the same
If I went all the way?
“Have you been untrue to me girl?” he thinks and then forgets
Whispering she lays motionless on a seat moist with sweat
He puts his shirt on and bends to wet her forehead with a kiss
Thinking “in twenty years, will I still remember this?”
He smiles shyly, quietly with her nestled to his arm
She felt the need inside of her, it was done without no harm
He places the shift to “drive” and then cautiously puts to the gas
For two young lovers in their young lives
Tonight – the time was right
Is the time right in my life
What would daddy say?
Would he think of me the same
If I went all the way?
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It's been the same story since I was young
Somebody telling me to walk and when to run
But you can tell them today
It doesn't matter what they say
I couldn't take it another day
I had no choice but to disappear away
Romeo I am not
Diamonds and money I haven't got
But if love comes that way
I'd just as soon disappear away
Disappear away
Forgotten cars and fast guitars
Is the life that I lead
But you insist that what I do
Is a see through vision empty and blue
But I know that in my soul
The way I've come is the way to go
And if it was any other way
I'd just as soon disappear away
Disappear away
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17. |
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A painted picture hangs from the wall
Slightly tilted it will never fall
She touches her hair and heads out the door
Somewhat confused to what she's living for
He tosses and he turns
Finds his way into his car
Work is a way to keep his visions alive
Though he knows he'll never go that far
There is something in her heart
Reflected through her eyes
Each time that she looks at me
Look at me
She'll be married on a Sunday afternoon
And back to work before it's to soon
They'll lead a happy life with a family
She'll try to dismiss these feelings I see
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I was drawn to the darkness as I walked down the line
And every movement of the city life said “you’re out of time”
People talk of heaven, it’s all in their minds
It’s fantasy fetching, I’d reach for it too
But nowadays heaven is so hard to find
Nowhere to unwind
Nowhere to unwind
My father used to tell me “get a good job and you’ll do fine
That guitar will only get you a life in the unemployment line”
He don’t understand, I’m not that kind
Wasn’t born to be a doctor, wasn’t born to fit in
Wasn’t born to follow the sheep into the lion’s den
Nowhere to unwind
Nowhere to unwind
Oh a place like this it melts your mind
Makes your blood run cold makes your eyes go blind
You run around aimlessly, searching for truth and honesty
But it’s just a pointless search
Just some way to unearth a tide of loneliness that follows you
It has a hold of you, are you going to give in?
No!
Nowhere to unwind
Nowhere to unwind
I’m just a lonely boy finding it hard to keep up the pace
I only believe in me and what lies inside that guitar case
You say I’m a loser, OK that’s what I’ll be
But you can’t change my hopes, you can’t change my dreams
And you can’t keep me from being me
Nowhere to unwind - ain’t gonna be no doctor!
Nowhere to unwind ain’t gonna be no lawyer!
Nowhere to unwind ain’t gonna be no soldier!
Nowhere to unwind ain’t gonna be no failure!
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Since you’ve gone
There’s been such a change
My thoughts are blurred
And my mind’s been getting strange
Trying to forget you
My friends no longer know me
Trying to forget you
Oh, he nights are long and lonely…
Since you’ve gone
I can’t find no happiness
And I swear
I can’t take this awful loneliness…
Since you’ve gone
Since you’ve gone
I’ve heard talk
You’re seeing someone new
If it makes you happy
There’s nothing I can do
Trying to forget you
My friends no longer know me
Trying to forget you
Oh the nights are long and lonely……..
Since you’ve gone (gone in a glimpse and never coming back)
Since you’ve gone
bridge
Oh I’ve been all alone
I’ve been walking the street
Cold and tired, feeling dead on my feet
Caught down and confused
I’m just wasting my time
Pouring powders and pills
I’ve been losing my my my my mind
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I know what you’ve been telling me’s all lies
When something’s wrong it’s in your eyes
I stay awake all night long
C’mon c’mon
Ooooo girl
Ooooo girl
Why do you tell me lies?
You told me, you told me lies you’ve been holding out
Information I should know about
I stay awake all night long
C’mon c’mon
Ooooo girl
Ooooo girl
Why you telling me…
Why you telling me…
Why do you tell me lies?
So hold on and hold tight cause I’m coming on
And don’t you fight
Cause I’m too strong
I stay awake all night long
C’mon c’mon
Ooooo girl
Ooooo girl
Why you telling me…
Why you telling me…
Why do you tell me lies?
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I see you giving her a passing eye
Don't want to bring you down, buy I can't lie
I'm not trying to pull a fast one or two
I'm just giving this advice to you
That you - better watch just what you do I'm telling you now
So that you - too will not get fooled
By the same woman who once held me for so long, yeah
And who would never let me down
I'm telling you now...
So that you - will not get fooled
So that you - will not get fooled
I never knew it but I lost control
She said goodbye, I felt my heart explode
I know you want what all the others want too
But I'm giving this advice to you
(Chorus)
I'm telling you once, I telling you twice
Try too hard, you must pay the price
I held on to her as tight as I can
But she slipped through my arms like sand
And I can't say enough
For she was someone who I once loved...
(Chorus)
I see on you a non-believer's smile
Mark what I say, I'll stand on file
I paid the price, but it's up to you
And I'm giving this advice to you
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22. |
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[instrumental]
Top of the world and heading down
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23. |
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I once tried to out run life
Found I ran on the edge of a knife
Though I thought I was moving ahead
I found life outrunning me instead
I learned –
Ain’t no one lese can solve all your problems
You’re going to have to solve them yourself
And if you’re having troubles with the answers
Don’t put the blame on anyone else
You’re guilty, guilty but carry no guiltiness
guilty, guilty but carry no guiltiness
I know a girl on the sad side of town
Love has always seemed to let her down
And so she hides in her room at night
Refuses to come out into the light
What do you think it is I should tell her?
Tell her to be more like me? ha!
Answers are only questions for questions
That is until you learn to be……
guilty, guilty but carry no guiltiness
guilty, guilty but carry no guiltiness
(guilty!) of caring for others reactions
(guilty!) of falling for others pettiness
(guilty!) you gotta stand for your own actions
you gotta, gotta, gotta accept it………..
guiltiness
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I'm taking a northbound train and getting' out of here
I don't know when I'll see you again
A leave of absence, a long earned holiday
I'm forced away from family and friends
So northbound train lead me to the hinterlands
Let me roll on your rail with bottle in hand
Diesel engine just keep on a pullin' me
Let me count the counties I've been passing in
So roll, roll, roll it right out of here
Roll, roll let it blow
Roll, roll wait that whistle engineer
Roll, roll, roll
I want to be where it snows hard in the winter time
To see if four seasons are more than a myth
I'm tired of everyday being summer time
A month of rain's something I can live with
So roll, roll, roll right out of here
Roll, roll let it blow
Roll, roll wail the whistle engineer
I'm leaving you here because
Because I love you
Roll, roll, roll right out of here (north bound train)
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25. |
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I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone
I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone
You're trying to make your mark in society
You're using all the tricks that you used on me
You're reading all them high-fashion magazines
The clothes you're wearing, girl, they're causing public scenes
I said, I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone
I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone
Not your steppin' stone
Not your steppin' stone
When I first met you, girl, you didn't have no shoes
But, now you're walking around like you're front-page news
You've been awful careful 'bout the friends you choose
But, you won't find my name in your book of "who's-who?"
I said, I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone
(No, girl, not me!)
I-I-I-I-I'm not your steppin' stone
Not your steppin' stone
I'm not your steppin' stone
Not your steppin' stone (step-step-steppin' stone)
Not your steppin' stone (step-step-steppin' stone)
Not your steppin' stone (step-step-steppin' stone)
Not your steppin' stone (step-step-steppin' stone)
No, girl, I'm not your steppin' stone
Not your steppin' stone (step-step-steppin' stone)
Not your steppin' stone (step-step-steppin' stone)
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26. |
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I've called you on the phone
I call but you're not home
Communication's barred
Tonight I wonder where you are
I bet you're having fun
While I'm home having none
I think of only you, alright
You think of only whose holding you tonight
It's been so long since I've held you tight
I know I can't be with you
And I feel so lonely tonight
What have we got to lose?
What have we got to lose?
How long must this go on?
How do I get along?
Don't I have the right?
To be with you tonight?
I don't like the feeling
Of when it's hard to let you go (and it's hard to let it go)
But if this has to be goodbye
This will be my only way to go
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Watch the way he walks, he’s got the upper hand
Sparks fly, electric air and the bashing of the band
The pretty maids are out and the dance floor’s hot
If you can breath in here
Lord it ain’t hot enough
(chorus) He has no clicks or cons, he runs with no ones’ crowd
It’s in his eyes what others say out loud
And no one knows for sure if he is saint or sin
He lets them knock but let’s no one in
The posers dress in flash and practice high class trash
Yet he’s always heard without speaking a word
No obligations here and no attachments to fear
There’s only one thing sure
And that is nothing’s sure
(chorus)
And where he walks is where the fire’s blown
Comes in himself but never leaves alone
His stare hypnotize and seduce the careless eye
Your heart and brain are stung into thinking he’s the one
But pretty baby don’t get too close
Cause there’s a fire he’s yet to reveal
And you won’t be the first to learn
How long it takes for burns to heal………..
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The Palisades Hawthorne, California
Dominating the South Bay music scene for two years (1982-1983), the Palisades were from Hawthorne CA (the same home of the
legendary Beach Boys). Punk, Power pop, surf music, ska! No one sounded like the Palisades in 1982 and 1983. The music they wrote and performed was the music of being young – a celebration of youth.
It was a magical time in a magical place…come on in
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Power pop-punk that would have been perfect on the soundtrack for the movie "Clueless."
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Leave Your Worries At Home, They'll Be There When You Get Back
by Lunatics On Pogosticks
Crunchy and catchy Aussie pop-punk that has hooks for days.
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Try Not To Freak Out
by SLØTFACE
A massive punk record made for the height of summer or drowning out the rest of the world.
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