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Song Lyrics

(Smith/Shanahan)
(C)1997 druse music, inc./slea head music
(ascap)

Listen to my story. Got two tales to tell.
One of fallen glory. One of vanity.
The world`s roof was raging, but we were looking fine;
`Cause we built that thing and it grew wings,
in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.

Wisdom was a teapot; Pouring from above.
Desolation angels
Served it up with Love.
Ignitin`[g strife] like every form of light,
then moved by bold design,
slid in that thing and it grew wings,
in Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.

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It was Blood, shining in the Sun;
First: Freedom!
Speeding the american claim:
Freedom; Freedom; Freedom; Freedom!
******************

China was the tempest; [And] Madness overflowed.
[The] Lama was a young man,
and [he] watched his world in flames.
Taking Glory down by the edge of clouds;
It was a cryin`[g] shame.
Another lost horizon. Tibet the fallen star.
Wisdom and compassion Crushed, in the land of Shangri-La.
But in the land of the Impala, honey, well,
we were lookin` Fine,
`cause we built that thing and it grew wings;
In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.
`Cause we built that thing and it grew wings;
In Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.

It was the best of times, it`s [was] the worst of times;
In 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959; 1959.
It was the best of times; It was the worst of times.
[In] Nineteen-Fifty-Nine.

Release History

1997

1959

1. 1959 (3:58)

0000-00-00

Farewell Reel Peace And Noise

1. 1959 (3:58)
2. Blue Poles (5:20)
3. Dead City (4:14)
4. Death Singing (3:45)
5. Don't Say Nothing (5:51)
6. Last Call (5:09)
7. Memento Mori (10:34)
8. Spell (3:18)
9. Waiting Underground (5:20)
10. Whirl Away (5:02)

18 March 2002

Land (1975-2002)

1. Dancing Barefoot (6:58)
2. Piss Factory (4:41)
3. Babelogue (1:30)
4. Redondo Beach (Demo) (3:45)
5. Distant Fingers (Demo) (4:57)
6. Rock N Roll Nigger (6:25)
7. 25th Floor (Live) (5:43)
8. Gloria (5:55)
9. Come Back Little Sheba (studio outtake) (2:35)
10. Pissing In A River (4:09)
11. Free Money (5:28)
12. Wander I Go (4:56)
13. Dead City (Live) (4:35)
14. People Have The Power (5:07)
15. Because The Night (3:30)
16. Spell (Live) (6:41)
17. Frederick (5:30)
18. Wing (Live) (5:05)
19. Boy Cried Wolf (Live) (5:49)
20. Summer Cannibals (4:10)
21. Birdland (Live) (9:43)
22. Ghost Dance (4:41)
23. Ain't It Strange (6:34)
24. Higher Learning / Contemplation (7:21)
25. 1959 (3:58)
26. Notes To The Future (Live) (6:05)
27. Beneath The Southern Cross (4:34)
28. Glitter In Their Eyes (3:03)
29. Paths That Cross (4:20)
30. When Doves Cry (4:59)

18 March 2002

Land (1975-2002) (disc 1)

1. Dancing Barefoot (6:58)
2. Gloria (5:55)
3. Pissing In A River (4:09)
4. Free Money (5:28)
5. People Have The Power (5:07)
6. Frederick (5:30)
7. Summer Cannibals (4:10)
8. Ain't It Strange (6:34)
9. 1959 (3:58)
10. Beneath the Southern Cross (feat. Jeff Buckley) (4:36)
11. Glitter In Their Eyes (3:03)
12. Paths That Cross (4:20)
13. When Doves Cry (4:59)

12 September 2011

Outside Society

1. Gloria (5:55)
2. Free Money (5:28)
3. Ain't It Strange (6:34)
4. Pissing In A River (4:09)
5. Because The Night (3:30)
6. Rock N Roll Nigger (6:25)
7. Dancing Barefoot (6:58)
8. Frederick (5:30)
9. So You Want To Be (A Rock'n'Roll Star) (6:02)
10. People Have The Power (5:07)
11. Up There Down There (4:49)
12. Beneath The Southern Cross (4:34)
13. Summer Cannibals (4:10)
14. 1959 (3:58)
15. Glitter In Their Eyes (3:03)
16. Lo And Beholden (Radio Edit) (4:19)
17. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Radio Edit) (5:49)
18. Trampin' (album version) (2:52)

30 September 1997

Peace and Noise

1. Waiting Underground (5:20)
2. Whirl Away (5:02)
3. 1959 (3:58)
4. Spell (3:18)
5. Don't Say Nothing (5:51)
6. Dead City (4:14)
7. Blue Poles (5:20)
8. Death Singing (3:45)
9. Memento Mori (10:34)
10. Last Call (5:09)

30 September 1997

Peace & Noise

1. Waiting Underground (5:20)
2. Whirl Away (5:02)
3. 1959 (3:58)
4. Spell (3:18)
5. Don't Say Nothing (5:51)
6. Dead City (4:14)
7. Blue Poles (5:20)
8. Death Singing (3:45)
9. Memento Mori (10:34)
10. Last Call (5:09)

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30 September 1997

Word Of Mouth [3 Songs From Peace And Noise]

1. 1959 (3:58)
2. Don't Say Nothing (5:51)
3. Dead City (4:14)