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THE KILLERS

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FLESH AND BONE

Ive gone through work white-knuckledIn the moments that left me behindRefusing to heed the yeildI penetrate the forcefields and the blind

They say Ill adjust God knows I mustBut Im not sure how This natural selectionPicked me out to beA dark horse running in a fantasy

Flesh and bone!And Im running out of time

Flesh and bone!

Somewhere outside that finish lineI square up and break through the chainsAnd I hit like a raging bullAnnoyed by the bloodI take the reignsCut from the clothOf the flag that bears the name

Battle born

And theyll call me the contender Theyll listen for the bell With my face flashing crimsonFrom the fires of hell

What are you afraid of?And what are you made of?

Flesh and bone!And Im running out of time Flesh and bone!And what are you made of?Flesh and bone!And Im turning on the dime Flesh and bone!

This could decay (decay, decay, decay)

This could decayLike the valley belowDefences are downThe stakes are high(Lets get out the crowd for a face of compassion) The fairytale end(To face out the journey to force us no more)The staggering blow(Youll find the truth in the roots of desire)

You lead with your chin(Sitting in your corner, just a compass and the sun)This could be realSimple

And what are you made of?Flesh and bone!And Im running out of time Flesh and bone!What are you made of?

He places forwardTrading his blindnessFor the glow of loveAnd time is ragingNeed to raise your gameAnd ya always had itBut you never knewSo boots and saddlesGet on your feetTheres no surrender Because theres no retreat The bells absolve himAnd theres more starting and We are the descendantsOf giant men

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RUNAWAYS

Blonde hair blowin' in the summer wind,A blue-eyed girl playing in the sand,I'd been on a trail for a little while,But that was the night that she broke down andheld my hand,The teenage rush, she said, 'maybe I'll justrunaway, we got time,Well that ain't much'...

"We can't wait 'til tomorrow,You gotta know that this is real,Baby why you wanna fight it?It's the one thing you can choose, oh!"

We got engaged on a Friday night,I swore on the head of our unborn child,That I could take care of the three of us,But I got the tendency to slip when the nights getwild,It's in my blood,She says she might just run away somewhere else,some place good.

"We can't wait 'til tomorrow,You gotta know that this is real,Baby why you wanna fight it?It's the one thing you can choose".

"Let's take a chance baby we can't lose,Means: "we're all just runaways",I knew that when I met you, I'm not gonna let you

runaway,I knew that when I held you, I wasn't lettin' go.

We used to look at the stars and confess ourdreams,Hold each other to the morning light,We used to laugh, now we only fight,Baby are you lonesome now?

At night I come home after they go to sleep,Like a stumbling ghost, I haunt these halls,There's a picture of us on our wedding day,I recognize the girl but I can't settle in these walls.

We can't wait 'til tomorrow,No we're caught up in the appeal,baby why you wanna hide itIt's the last thing on my mind,I turn the engine over and my body just comes aliveand we all just runaways.I knew that when I met you, I'm not gonna let yourunaway,I knew that when I held you, I wasn't lettin go,(And we're all just runaways)Yeah, run away,(And we're all just runaways)Yeah.

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THE WAY IT WAS

I drove through the desert last nightI carried the weight of our last fightElvis singing dont be cruel And I wonder if you feel it tooIts like were going under

Somewhere outside the lonely Esmarelda countylineThe question of my heart came to my mind

If I go onWith you by my sideCan it beThe way it wasWhen we metDid you forget all about those golden nights?

Maybe a theif stole your heartOr maybe we just drifted apartI remember drivingIn my daddys car To the airfieldBlankey on the hoodBacks against the windshieldBack then this thing was running onMomentum, love and trustThat paradise is buried in the dust

If I go onWith you by my sideCan it beThe way it wasWhen we metDid you forget all about those golden nights?

All of our plansHave fallen throughSometimes a dreamIt dont come true

Darling!Darling!

If we go onCan it beThe way it wasWhen we metDid you forget all about those golden nights?

If I go onWith you by my sideCan it beThe way it was

My heart is trueGirl, its just you Im thinking of

Can it be the way it was?

Maybe we stole your heart

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HERE WITH ME

Wheels are turningI remember when you were mineNow just to reach youBaby, Id stand in line

But theres another world Were living in Tonight

And theres another heart Thats fading in The light

Dont want your picture On my cell phoneI want you hereWith meI dont want your memoriesIn my head nowI want you here with me

Spent the summerLaying out in the sunTime seemed to move so slowWhen youre taking it as it comes Maybe we were just too young

Your body was tannedAnd your hair was longShot me a smileAnd my cares were goneFalling in loveFilled my soul with frightYou said Come on baby, Itll be alright I must have been a foolTo the bitter endNow I hold on to hopeTo have you back again

A bargain endId fight

But theres a nother world Were living inTonight

Dont want your picture On my cell phoneI want you hereWith meI dont want your memories In my head nowI want you here with me

But I saw you in a restaurantThe other dayAnd instead of walking towards youI ran awayAnd Ill keep on waiting for youAnd youll come around Come aroundAnd say

Dont want your picture On my cell phoneI want you hereWith meDont need those memories In my head nowI want you here with me

Ooooh!Ooooh!Here with meOoooh!Ooooh!Ooooh!Here with me

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A MATTER OF TIME

Youre looking for a way out I can feel itCome on, show me where it hurts

Maybe I can heal itYour feelings are your ownnow you keep them under lock and keyYouve got me driving through the streets For an answer to the mystery

The worlds still weak on Charleston Avenue Outside that vacant starlight motelI see youLaughing with your girlfriendsNot a care in the worldNot a burden on your mind

It was a matter of time

Theres a panic in this house And its bound to surface Just walking through the front doorMakes me nervousIts creeping up the floorboorda Got me wondering where I standI can not put out the fireIve got a book of matches in my hand

When we first metHeadstrong and filled with doubtDid just enough, hustling tablesJust to take you outI was falling back on foreverThen you told me about your heartYou laid it on the line

Laughing with your girlfriends

Not a care in the world

Not a burden on your mind

Youre hanging on the line!

It was just a matterIt was a matter of time

We found ourselves a placePeople longing on foreverAnd I know its all about Make a promise and keep it calmOh, how I ought toWed figure it out It was the night, it was the momentIt was the green grass in the gardenThe victory and the sinI know youre weary, look at me Flailing in the cornerHeres the towel Go on, throw it in

It was a matter of timeCant you see that its tearing me up inside? Look whats laid at your feet its a wreckage of broken dreams And burned out hailsAnd its here on our street

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DEADLINES AND COMMITMENTS

That place we all run toIt cant come down on you The expectation can be great

If you should ever tireOr if you should requireA sudden, simple twist of fate

Dont hide away Theres something to be said for pushing throughWed never ride on horses That discourage you

If you should find romanceGo on and take that chanceBefore the strategies begin

Deadlines and commitmentsEvery morningIn the eveningThey can suck you inBoy, dont I know it

This author would be standingAll youve got to do is call Dont be afraid To knock on the door

If you should fall upon hard timesIf you should lose your wayThere is a placeHere in this houseThat you can stay

Im not talking about Deadlines and commitmentsSold out of confusionThere is a placeHere in this house

That you can stay

Catch you, darlingIll be waiting I am on your side

This author would be standingAll youve got to do is call Dont be afraid To knock on the door

If you should fall upon hard timesIf you should lose your wayThere is a placeHere in this houseThat you can stay

Im not talking about Deadlines and commitmentsSold out of confusionThere is a placeHere in this houseThat you can stay

Catch you, darlingIll be waiting I am on your side

Catch you, darlingIll be waiting I am on your side

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MISS ATOMIC BOMB

You were standing with your girl friends in thestreetFalling back along foreverI wonder what you came to be I was new in town, the boy with the eager eyesI never was a quitterOblivious to schoolgirls lies

When I look back on those neon nightsTheyll let us see the passage right I feel the heat, I see the light

Miss Atomic BombMaking out weve got the radio on Youre gonna miss me when Im gone Youre gonna miss me when Im gone

Facing shadows in the moonlightThrough the desert on a hot nightFor a second there we wereYeah we were innocent and young

Cast out of the night where youve got a foolishheartSo you took your place but the fall from grace wasthe hardest partIt looks just like a terror buried deep in your backYou overcome it but you cant escape the secondattackHer soul was innocent you kissed her and painted itblackYou shoulda seen your little face [a bullet throughwhole night?]For your lifeAll that I wanted was a little touch, a littletenderness and sugarI didnt ask for much, no Talk about being at the wrong place at the wrongtime

Miss Atomic BombMaking out weve g ot the radio onYoure gonna miss me when Im gone Youre gonna miss me when Im gone Raising shadows in the moonlightWere taking chances on a hot night And for a second there we wereYeah we were innocent and young

Dust clouds settle, my eyes are clearBut sometimes in dreams of impact I still hearMiss Atomic Bomb, Im standing here Sweat on my skinAnd this love that I cradle is wearing thin

But Im standing here and your hands in mine Your shockwave whisper has sealed your fate

(It feels just like a dagger buried deep in your back)Its a proving ground (You run for cover but you cant scape the secondattack)And you took a chance(Your soul was innocent, she kissed him and shepainted it black)On a losers game (You should have seen your little face, burning forloveholding on for your life)But you cant survive (All that I wanted was a little touch)When you want it all(A little tenderness and truth, I didnt ask for much,no)Theres another side (Talk about being at the wrong place at the wrongtime)

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THE RISING TIDE

The streets of persuasionAre plated with gold

Your hearts in the right place, But you travel down the wrong road

Like so many before youThe gates open wideHere comes the rising tide

Lets go out tonight Theres a mystery underneath those neon lights

Before life and dream collideCuz the truths gonna come and cut you open wide And you cant escape the rising of the tide

Keep up your appearance, you join the choirWith everybody singing out Glory Hallejuah

The song gets you nowhereTheres nowhere to hide Here come the rising tide

And the company you keep,Well they plan your crucifiction as we speakSo, baby til life and dream collideTheres gonna be a mystery of the people neonlightsYoull petition, but you r access was deniedAnd you cant escape the rising of the tide

Can you tell me bro was I deceived, or in denial?I was there, in the back of the room, when youtestified

You took the stand, you licked your lips, and youliedUntil life and dream collide

Well I gotta believe theres something on my side. When the venom in your veins is satisfiedYoull be running, but there aint no where to hide

You cant escape (you cant escape) You cant escape (you cant escape) You cant escape the rising of the tide

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HEART OF A GIRL

Looking out my window an angel in robe appearedand nearly pulled me apartA million miles of freedomA million miles of roadShe wrote her number downShe gave it to meThey had to scrape me off the floorIn this transient townWaiters and dealers trying to get their foot in thedoorThat night I called her, she said

Daddy, daddy, daddy, all my life Ive been trying to find my place in the world I said to herBaby, baby, babe I got all night To listen to the heart of a girl

I can see the time dripping down the clockWeve been trying to hear that ancient refrain Its the one that knows us when our heads aredownIt reminds us of the place from where we cameWhere we came

Daddy, daddy, daddy, all my lifeIve been trying to find my place in this worldBaby, baby, babe I got all nightTo listen to the heart of a girl

What happened here? What is this world?Its too far from the heart of a girl Ripping the heart from the drop of a pearlIm on the shore waiting for the heart o f a girl

? Knock on oneStanding still, time is ragingStaring down the mouth of 100,000 gunsYoure still here, youre still here I believe that we never have to be alone

Yes I believe its just around the bend You can hold it in, or you can scream it on themicrophoneThere is no endThere is no end

Deep in the night, I feel a presenceOf something that was long ago, told to meThere is a hand guiding the riverThe river to wide open sea

And deep in my heart, ?On any mountain, no Im not afraid Standing on stone, you stand beside meAnd honor the friends that were made

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FROM HERE ON OUT

a little birdie whispered in my earyou been cooking up a world of fearput your hands in things you shouldnt have known you was riding in the danger zone

but you had us all fooled with your quater backsmileand your crocodile tears there for a whileand my paradise shifted, man youre making meshout

yeah from here from outfriends are gonna be hard to come byyoure just wondered what it was all about you had it easy but you chose the hard waydown that old, lonely road in a shadow of a doutfrom here on out

should i pass over the side and crossyou may wonder what the trouble costthat dont matter now, life goes onhallelujah, the troubles gone

no sence and no purpose and ? to forgivethese are the things that i must learn, to practicemy ?and my paradise shifted, man youre making meshout

yeah from here from outfreinds are gonna be hard to come byand im just wonderin what it was all about yeah you had it easy but you chose the hard waywalk that old, loney road in a shadow of a dout

yeah from here on outlet the people pour salt on these timesyoure just wondering what it all was about you make the night cos you carry it with ya

down that old, lonely road on a shadow of a doutyeah. from here on out

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BE STILL

Be stillAnd go on to bedNobody knows what lies aheadAnd life is short to say the leastWere in the belly of the beast

Be stillWild and youngLong may your innocence reignLike shells on a shoreAnd may your limits be unknownAnd may your efforts be your ownIf you ever feel you cant take it anymore

Dont break character, youve got a lot of heart Is this real or just a dream?Rise up like the sunLabour till the work is done

Be stillAnd one day youll leave Fearlessness on your sleeveAnd when you come back tell me what did you see(what did you see?)Was there something out there for me?

Be stillClose your eyesSoon enough youll be on your own Steady and straightAnd if they drag you through the mudIt doesnt change whats in your blood Over rock, over chains(Over chains!)Over track over plainsWhen they knock you down

Dont break character youve got a lot of heart Is this real or just a dream?

Be still Be still Be still Be still

Over rock and chain, over sunset plainOver trap and snare, when youre in too deep In your wildest dream, in your made up schemeWhen they knock you down, when they knock youdown

Dont break character youve got so much heart Is this real or just a dream?Oh, rise up like the sun and labour and till the workis doneRise up like the sun and labour and till the work isRise up like the sun and labour and till the work isdone

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BATTLE BORN

You lost faith in the human spiritYou walk around like a ghostYoure star -spangled heartTook a train for the coastWhen you shine youre a hilltop mansion So howd you lose the light? Was it blown by the windIn the still of the night?

Youre up against the wall

Up against the wallTheres something dying on the streetWhen they knock you downYoure gonna get back on your feet

(No you cant stop now)

I always saw you as a kind of keeperA mother to a childBut your boys have grown softAnd your girls have gone wildFrom the blue ridge to the black hillsTo the redwood skyThe season may passBut the dream doesnt die

Now that you dropped the ball

Up against the wallTheres something dying on the street When they knock you downYoure gonna get back on your feet

(No you cant stop now)

When they break your heartWhen they cause your soul to mournRemember what I saidBoy you was Battle Born

You was Battle Born

When the night rolls on the landAre you haunted by the sound?Its gonna take more than a hand To turn this thing around

But you needed.rescue, set me free

Up against the wallTheres something dying on the street When they knock you downYoure gonna get back on your feet

(No you cant stop now)

Did they break your heart?And did they cause your soul to mournRemember what I saidBoy you was Battle Born

Come on show your faceCome on give us one more spark of the fire Unless we fall into the dark

You never knowYou never learnYou never shineIf you never burnThe rising tideThe undertowThe venom andThe overflowYou turn awayWelcome home

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CARRY ME HOME

Let me outDont tell me everything Start it outLike any other dayMust have gave the wrong impression

Dont you understand where I belong Im not the one

Stand againThey say nothing comes for freeAnd thats the truthIve been living in a fantasy

Slip and slide ahead trip heavenSelf-denial such a wonderful and powerful thingBut Im not the one

The morning dove sings with two broken wingsCarry me home, Im not afraid The stars in my eyes with shimmering lights carryme homeDont let me fade away

Stop the press the kids light is growing dimIt took a month long slide and then came caving inWhen you self-destruct you wind up looking aglimmer of hopeBut the writings on the wallIm not the one

The morning dove sings with two broken wingsCarry me home, Im not afraid The stars in my eyes with shimmering lights carryme homeDont let me fade

Just how thick is your skin?Just how sharp are your teeth?Oh, youve got a lot to learn

Is there somewhere else that I can winIs there something else to start over againFrom the summits edge to the cutting room floorI will be afraid no more

The morning dove sings with two broken wingsCarry me home, Im not afraid The stars in my eyes with shimmering lights carryme homeDont let me fade away Carry me home, carry me