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Heroin and Helicopters

by Citizen Cope

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1.
Duck Confit 02:10
Duck Confit On the path of the direction of the divine You’ll find Vines of women and wine In search of the gentle and kind You can get fooled by the root of the mind Where your strengths lead you To great lakes of weakness Where with tyrants you wash your hands That they stole from the band of chieftains Where admirers turn guns for hire They shrug as you become victims of friendly fire To take a look at all these thieves and liars And ask is this what for the world was truly desired Just who broke in the wax museum And gave these fakes a stage at the Colosseum They won’t melt under the Hollywood lights The West Texas Summer sun Where the pastor is plastic on the podium Where he smiles with his mouth and not with his eyes Where you know deep down inside That something’s not right Like a man killing the mother of his son Cleaning his shotgun I can’t kill the truth of the elephant in the room I can’t hush the thought cause they sing like a convicts gloom Where everybody knows but nobody is talkin’ Where crimes of humanity are concealed and condoned By self preservation and biblical prophecy Cause it ain’t cool to be you over here Or over yonder If the truth sets you free There’s a mute with the key And the goose that laid the golden egg Got cooked for the grease Duck Confit
2.
Justice 04:05
I found this brand new gift Looking for somebody to share it with I found this brand new light Something within me all my life There’s so much trouble in the world Surrounded by miracles There’s so much hatred undeserved But it will not work Cause still our love will be received Better yet still my heart is in need of release Yeah still my love will be received Better yet still my heart is in need of release When it ain’t about justice When it’s not about what was what is When it’s not about what’s left When it’s not about the next step When it ain’t about justice When it’s not about what was what is When it’s not about what’s left When it’s not about the next step
3.
Hours On End 04:36
The moral of the story what is it? Where do I start? A woman collecting bottles in her shopping cart She’s cursing at me as I walk down the block Mad at what I lost, like I forgot One man’s trash Is another man’s treasure map Oh I lost and found my anchor In Good Ol’ New Amsterdam Been looked at like a stranger By my own helping hand Put myself in danger Time and time again (CHORUS) I don’t want to battle I want to lay you down In a bed of flowers For hours on end I don’t want to struggle I just want to love you For Hours on End I just want to get you back Everything that’s been lost and stolen from you Ohh I don’t want to battle I want to lay you down in a bed of Flowers For hours on end Yeah we sing loud and proud for a fifth And it’s not just enough to get a lift See that man on the corner’s gotta gift People pay to watch him hanging off a cliff And his daughter lost everything she knows Now she’s spotted on the light on the shows But still she feels so alone So she had to get good at throwing stones And the bandstand is playing her song And we’re dancing to it all night long (CHORUS) I don’t want to battle I want to lay you down In a bed of flowers For hours on end I don’t want to struggle I just want to love you For hours on end I just want to get you back Everything that’s been lost and stolen from you Ohh I don’t want to battle I want to lay you down in a bed of Flowers For hours on end For hours on End
4.
The River 04:35
They’ll take you down to the river They’ll lay you down by the river They’ll shoot you down by the river Leave you to drown by the river They’ll say it’s love when its not They’ll send you to war and you’ll Return in a pine box Somehow they’ll claim it’s your fault They killed that little child in the park They’ll take you down to the river They’ll lay you down by the river They’ll shoot you down by the river Leave you to drown by the river They’ll say it’s love when its not They’ll send you to war and you’ll Return in a pine box Somehow they’ll claim it’s your fault They killed that little child in the park See I never wanted to lose your love I just wanted to choose your love Lost in a moment of confusion Now it’s all an illusion They’ll take you down to the river They’ll lay you down by the river They’ll shoot you down by the river Leave you to drown by the river They’ll say it’s love when its not They’ll send you to war and you’ll Return in a pine box Somehow they’ll claim it’s your fault They killed that little child in the park New River
5.
War 03:39
(CHORUS) When the war is over When it’s time to recover From the time of the soldier Wanna run but you need to get closer When the war is over When the war is over When it’s time to recover From the time of the soldier Wanna run but you need to get closer When the war is over Government counterfeit Dollar bill you worship it Profit off of pleasure pain Go to war in Jesus name God bless America I must repeat just what I said You killed all our leaders dead Price is on a rebels head Crooked judges crooked cops Crooked system prison locks Wholly owned by advertisers Mother Mary Father Joseph Father Son and Holy Ghosted Crucified and crucifix Life is such a giant gift How’d we come so blind to this (CHORUS) When the war is over When it’s time to recover From the time of the soldier Wanna run but you need to get closer When the war is over When the war is over When it’s time to recover From the time of the soldier Wanna run but you need to get closer When the war is over Yeah our time has just begun Yeah our time has just begun Yeah our time has just begun Yeah our time has just begun
6.
On My Love 04:04
They’ll tell you that life is short That love truly endures And I’ll tell you to shine your light On what truly touches your soul In distant times on foreign lines I never had nothing to lose I’ll take a travel plane To go find you Truth to be told You’re gonna knock em’ cold Well you’ll miss what you’ll miss But you’ll get what you give Ahh. On My Love On My Love On My Love On My Love
7.
Yea the moon lit the Pacific Under Caribbean stars Under Caribbean skies Under Caribbean stars The moon lit the pacific Under Caribbean stars They locked on one another And they barely had a draw See she comes from Venus And he comes from afar He robbed a shop punched a cop And he ran off in a car Many can’t defend it But it wasn’t built that way So light a spliff and keep it lit And sit and witness judgement day The thief of Monte Carlo Isn’t really who you blast So sit up close and get a pulse We can both learn from the past Yeah the moonlit the pacific Under Caribbean stars Under Caribbean skies Under Caribbean stars He made his grand appearance In this wedding colored mask And he made it to the stage somehow Someone got him a pass If I was in the building When the band of villains froze But I was at the window Once was opened now was closed And damned if they just thought They fit could go and break the mold Cause Wonder Woman’s bracelets Got them losing their control You could really love her Or just want her for a rest They say that man he knew the truth So true they want him dead
8.
Sally Walks 02:55
Farewell fairytale end Look who’s dancing With them demons again Dolly got a body That will make you Want to stop Use to have a talent Now a victim of the block Sally Got them vines Sally so fine got em standing in line Got em baited in Cali All the way to Caroline Last seen in Dallas Headed for the state line You know just how the book begins You won’t hear the truth From her family or her friends We used to be together from my mouth to God’s ears We used to be in love but I ain’t seen her in years Saw her walking Walking in the alley It’s no mistaking it was long tall Sally The way that Sally walks That’s the way that Sally walks baby There’s no changing that dialogue Cause its bold and cold And its written in stone The way that Sally Walks That’s the way that Sally walks Walk Sally walk Sally walk ......
9.
Yella 02:32
What happened to this small forgotten town Where words use to carry the weight And silence wasn’t drowned Everybody left for a better life downtown And the baseball rolls slowly off the pitcher’s mound As I stood in the batter’s box once they struck me out I showed a sign a weakness and I swung my bat And the fire that once burned yella turned to ash Then Sir Lawrence of Philadelphia gave me some facts And they lifted the weight of Olympus off my back Sometimes when you lose my friend you win Why does it end the good times when the good times just begin Fortunes have nowhere left to spend Everybody’s differences have a common ground We let ourselves get in the way of our leaps and bounds You’ve shown a sign of weakness when you lack And the fire that once burned yella turned to ash And the fortress you built around you one day will crash And will lift the weight of Olympus right off your back
10.
Silver Bush 03:41
My lady love stardust silver blush Running in and out of love I hate that I want you so much You’re out of reach out of touch My lady love stardust silver blush Running in and out of love I hate that I want you so much You’re out of reach out of touch Yeah who broke in the wax museum And gave these fakes a stage at the Colosseum Still waters pirates yacht in the harbor We’re here today and we’re gone tomorrow Yeah Peace has an unfamiliar ring to it Yeah they put the youth in jail but they couldn’t prove it And just as the gladiator can’t never change the heart Of Caesar or Cleopatra either My lady love stardust silver blush Running in and out of love I hate that I want you so much You’re outta reach out of touch (Repeat) She left her lover left her lover Left her lover left her lover last night She had enough had enough She made a turn and she ain’t coming back She left her lover left her lover Left her lover left her lover last night She had enough had enough She made a turn and she ain’t coming back My lady love stardust silver blush Running in and out of love I hate that I want you so much Your outta reachout outta touch
11.
Forbidden 02:32
I’m waiting You know that I’m calling for you But you don’t show Forbidden Forgotten You look at me Like I’m Not A villian You said you Knew the way But you don’t show Forbidden Forgotten You look at me Like I’m Not A villian You said you Knew the way But you don’t show

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released March 1, 2019

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