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If you don't mind we're gonna record thi...On the trail of torn out t...In the path of the hurricane...On the road to Oklahoma...Through the flatlands from L.A....From the shadows in the valley...rom a country where the lizards play...hey drove they kept the radio on...Most people stood against them...With the need for all those ...Paint the words and the pictures on another...We are lovers, warrior...52 barred the door shut from the inside...gunfight started on the front porch...The guy inside the house blew his brai...ho says they've got the rights... any at all to blow the brothers away...To choose the manner of the life he leads...We are lovers, warrior...We don't think so... any of these other things...Over here in the United States...Is a threat to the government...So the government wages war against us...But I'm sure he stood up...They smashed all the rings...The more the closer I was getting to it to the truth...The more they got every...As being the guy that pulled the trigger...Is they broke the whole family up

The cracks appear along the wall wall wall wall...See the people stoop back, once stood tall tall tall tall...I see the buildings crumble see the empires fall ...Nothing but the good things ...Nothing but the good things ...Nothing but the good things ...Nothing but the good good good ...Nothing but the good things ...Count the changes count the cost ...p your station draw the curtain ...Because out there the snipers work the ridges ...The lines are dead and the cars explode ...There's nothing but the good things ...Nothing but the good things ...Nothing but the good things ...Nothing but the good good good good...Nothing but the good things ...On the fence or in the sand ...Against the wall ...Against the wire ...Against the fall ...Against the fire ...Against the sale ...Against the hire ...They say the profits high ...But I know the cost is higher ...Nothing but the good things ...Nothing but the good things ...Nothing but the good things ...Nothing but the good good good good...Nothing but the good things ...Nothing but the good things ...Nothing but the good good good good things

Are we the generation we've been waiting for...Are we patiently burning, ...n they used to lead the way...till believe in all the things...That you stood by before?...I hope they're on the front lines...Do you care to be the layer of the bricks that seal yo...would you rather be the architect...Of what we might create?...They laid out the blueprints...Who the fuck's gonna take t...Yeah, will it be the cynic, the critics galore...etic" passed out on the floor...till believe in all the things...That you stood by before?...I hope they're on the front lines...Do you care to be the layer of the bricks that seal yo...would you rather be the architect...Of what we might create?...d you wanted to set the world on fire?...t you remember when we were young...And we wanted to set the world on fire?...Make no mistake, we are not afraid...To bear the burden of repeating...Let's raise the stakes...On the bet we made...Let's decide to be the architects,...The masters of our fate...Yeah, we still believe in all the things...That we stood by before....nd after everything we've seen...I know we're not the only ones...And we were not the first...We stand behind each w

ght in, it's around the back ... a half a mile from the railroad track ...'s about Alice, and the ... Restaurant" is not the name of the restaurant, ...That's just the name of the song. That's why I call the song "Alice's ...p to visit Alice at the restaurant. ...ice doesn't live in the restaurant, she lives in the church nearby the ...Restaurant, in the bell tower with her husband Ray and Facha, the dog. ...And livin' in the bell tower like tha...Where the pews used to be, an...Out all the pews), they decided...We got up here and found all the garbage in there and we decided that it'd ...ture for us to take the garbage down to the city dump. ...So we took the half-a-ton of garbage, put it in the back of a red VW ...On toward the city dump. Well, we got there and there...Chain across the dump sayin', "This ...We'd never heard of a ...Our eyes, we drove off into the sunset lookin' for another place to put the ...We didn't find one till we came to a side road, and off the side of the side ...-foot cliff, and at the bottom of the cliff was ...ile of garbage. And we decided that one bi... bring that one up, we decided to throw ...s down. That's what we did. ...Drove back to the church, had a Thank...didn't get up until the next morning, when we got a phone ...bie. He said, "Kid, we found your name on ...The bottom of a half a ...The telephone, we finally arrived at the truth of the matter and he said ...That we had to go down and pick up the garbage, and also h...Speak to him at the Police Officer Station. So we got in the red VW microbus ...With the shovels and rakes a...Toward the Police Officer Stat...was only one of two things that Obie could've ...The Police Officer Station, and the first was that he c...brave and honest on the telephone (which wa...Likely, and we didn't expect it), and the other thing was tha...' garbage around in the ...gain, which is what we expected. ...But when we got to the Police Officer Stat...That we hadn't even counted upon, and we was both immediatel...ie, I can't pick up the garbage with these ... up kid, and get in the back of the patrol ...And that's what we did . . . sat in the back of the patrol car, and dro...The quote scene of the crime unquote. ...t to tell you 'bout the town of Stockbridge...Car, but when we got to the scene of the crime, there was fi... police cars, bein' the biggest crime of the last fifty ...dy wanted to get in the newspaper story abo...Around the Police Officer Stat... and a paragraph on the back of ...be used as evidence against us. ...Took pictures of the approach, the getaway, the northwest corner, the ...at's not to mention the aerial photography!...After the ordeal, we went back to the jail. Obie said he ...Money to spend in the cell, but what do y..."Kid, we don't want any hang... 'cause he took out the ...n't hit myself over the head and drown, and...Out the toilet paper so I couldn't bend the bars, roll the toilet paper out ...The window, slide down the roll and have an es...ty words to Obie on the ...us out of jail, and we went back to the church, had another...didn't get up until the next ...Morning, when we all had to go to court. We walked in, sat down...In with the twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and ... and a paragraph on the back of each one, s..., said, "All rise!" We all stood up, and Obie stood up with the ...lossy pictures, and the judge walked in, sa...og and he sat down. We sat down. ...Obie looked at the seein' eye dog . . . then at the twenty-seven 8 x 10...lossy pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the .... . . and looked at the seein' eye dog . . ...The twenty-seven 8 x 10 colored glossy pictures with the circles and arrows ...And a paragraph on the back of each on and...ecause Obie came to the realization that it...ld do about it, and the judge ...asn't gonna look at the twenty-seven 8 by 1...The circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one ex...be used as evidence against us. ...And we was fined fifty dollars and had to pick up the garbage... in the ... here to talk about the draft. ...(got good and drunk the night before, so I ...wanted to look like the All-American Kid ... . . I wanted to be the ...f mean, nasty, ugly things. ...See the psychiatrist in roo...d down with me, and we was both jumpin' up...L! KILL! KILL!" and the sergeant came over,...Sent me down the hall, said "You're ...Proceeded down the hall, gettin' more ... was doin' to me at the thing ...finally came to see the very last man. I wa...nt?" He said, "Kid, we only got one questi...oceeded to tell him the story of Alice's Re...oceeded to tell him the story of the twenty-seven 8 x 10...Pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one ...nd I walked over to the bench there, and th...oral enough to join the army after committi...y-lookin' people on the bench there . ...tin' right there on the bench next to me! A...On the bench, and the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one . . . the meanest ...dollars and pick up the ...ved away from me on the bench there, with the hairy eyeball ... shook my hand, and we had a great time on the ...Of groovy things that we was talkin' about on the bench, and everythi...We was smokin' cigarettes and all kinds of things, until the sergeant came ...But we had fun fillin' out the forms and playin' with the pencils on the ...I filled out the Massacree with the four-part harmony. ...Turned over the piece of paper, and there . . . on the other side . . . in...The middle of the other side . . . away from everything else on the other ...The following words: "K...I went over to the sergeant. Said, "Se...I'm sittin' here on the bench . . . I mean ...Sittin' here on the Group W bench, 'cau...Enough to join the army, burn women, k... me and said, "Kid, we don't like your kind! We're gonna send ...And the only reason I'm singin' you the song now is 'cause ...Walk into the shrink wherever you... that's what it is: THE ALICE'S ...Sing it the next time it comes around on the guitar.

ight in it's around the back... a half a mile from the railroad track...p to visit Alice at the...ice doesn't live in the restaurant, she lives in the...Church nearby the restaurant, in the bell-tower, with he...Fasha the dog. And livin' in the bell tower like tha...om downstairs where the pews used to be in....w they took out all the pews, they decided ...We got up there, we found all the garbage in there, and we decided it'd be...ture for us to take the garbage down to the city dump. So...We took the half a ton of garbage, put it in the back of a red VW...On toward the city dump....Well we got there and there was a big sign and a chain across across the... Thanksgiving." And we had never heard of ...h tears in our eyes we drove off...Into the sunset looking for another place to put the garbage....We didn't find one. Until we came to a side road, and off the side of the...n foot cliff and at the bottom of the...ile of garbage. And we decided that one bi...n bring that one up we...That's what we did, and drove back to the church, had a thank...didn't get up until the...Next morning, when we got a phone call fr...We found your name on an envelope at the bottom of a half a ...rty-five minutes on the telephone we...Finally arrived at the truth of the matter and said that we had to go down...And pick up the garbage, and also had to go down and speak to him at the...ficer's station. So we got in the red V-W microbus with the...nd headed on toward the...was only one or two things that Obie coulda do...The police station, and the first was he could ...brave and honest on the telephone, which wa...We didn't expect it, and the other thing was he ...ving garbage around the vicinity again,...Which is what we expected, but when we got to the police officer's st...rd possibility that we hadn't even counted upon, and we was...Can pick up the garbage with these ...Get in the back of the patrol car."...And that's what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car and drove to the...Quote Scene of the Crime unquote. I want tell you about the town of...olice car, but when we got to the...Scene of the Crime there was fiv...Being the biggest crime of the last fifty years, a...Get in the newspaper story abo... had hanging around the police officer's st... and a paragraph on the back of each one ex...be used as evidence against us. Took pictures of the approach,...The getaway, the northwest corner the southwest corner an...Mention the aerial photography....After the ordeal, we went back to the jail. Obie said he ...Us in the cell. Said, "Kid, I'm going to put you in the cell, I want your...y money to spend in the cell, but what do y... And he said, "Kid, we don't want any hang..., cause he took out the...n't hit myself over the head and drown, and...Out the toilet paper so I couldn't bend the bars roll out the, roll the...Toilet paper out the window, slide down the roll and have an es...ty words to Obie on the side, bailed us out of jail, and we went back...To the church, had a anoth...didn't get up until the next morning, when we all had to go to co...We walked in, sat down, Obie came in with the twenty seven eight-... and a paragraph on the back...n said, "All rise." We all stood up,...And Obie stood up with the twenty seven eight-...Pictures, and the judge walked in sat...Sat down, we sat down. Obie looked at the seeing eye dog, and then at the...And a paragraph on the back of each one, and looked at the seeing eye dog.... and a paragraph on the back of each one an...'cause Obie came to the realization that it...ld do about it, and the...'t going to look at the twenty seven eight-...Pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each...be used as evidence against us. And...We was fined $50 and had to pick up the garbage in the snow, but that's no...Came to talk about the draft.... got good and drunk the night before, so...Look like the all-American kid fr...To feel like the all-, I wanted to be the all American kid fr... o' mean nasty ugly things. And I waked in and...er, said, "Kid, see the psychiatrist, room ...nd down with me and we was both jumping up..., "Kill, kill." And the Sargent came over, ...Sent me down the hall, said, "You're...Proceeded on down the hall gettin' more i...At the thing there, and I ...Ugly things and I was just havi...n I finally came to the see the...nt?" He said, "Kid, we only got...oceeded to tell him the story of the Alice's Restaurant ...The phenom, and he stop...oceeded to tell him the story of the twenty seven eight-...lossy pictures with the circles and arrows and the paragraph on...The back of each one, a...ked over to the, to the bench there, and th...oral enough to join the army after...Looking people on the bench there. Mother...ting right there on the bench next to me! A...ype guys sitting on the...nch next to me. And the meanest, ugliest, nastiest one, the meanest...ble and all kind of things and he sat down nex...$50 and pick up the garbage." He said, ...ved away from me on the bench...There, and the hairy eyeball and a...And we had a great time on the bench, talkin' abou...all kinds of groovy things that we was talking about on the...verything was fine, we was smoking cigaret...Things, until the Sargeant came over,...-sentences-58-words-we-wanna-...Know-details-of-the-crime-time-of-the-crime-and-any-other...aining-to-and-about-the-crime-I-want-to-kno...d that he said, but we had...Fun filling out the forms and playing with the pencils on the bench there,...And I filled out the massacre with the four part harmony, ...fine and I put down the..., and I turned over the piece of paper, and there, there on the...Other side, in the middle of the other side, away fr...The other side, in parentheses, capital letters, quotated, read the...I went over to the sargent, said, "Sar...Sittin' here on the bench, I mean I'm sittin here on the Group W bench...m moral enough join the army, burn women,...Said, "Kid, we don't like your kind, and we're gonna send you f...y fingerprints. And the only reason I'm...The shrink wherever you...that's what it is , the Alice's Restaurant ... to join is sing it the next time it come's around on the...With feeling. So we'll wait for it to come around on the guitar, here and...ight in it's around the back... a half a mile from the railroad track...So we'll wait till it com...We're just waitin' for it to come around is what we're doing....ight in it's around the back... a half a mile from the railroad track... , The Bicycle Music Compa

's about Alice, and the ...s Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, ...that's just the name of the song, and that's why I called the song Alice's ...ight in it's around the back ... a half a mile from the railroad track ...p to visit Alice at the ...ice doesn't live in the restaurant, she lives in the ...church nearby the restaurant, in the bell-tower, with he...Fasha the dog. And livin' in the bell tower like tha...om downstairs where the pews used to be in....w they took out all the pews, they decided ...We got up there, we found all the garbage in there, and we decided it'd be ...ture for us to take the garbage down to the city dump. So ...we took the half a ton of garbage, put it in the back of a red VW ...on toward the city dump. ...Well we got there and there was a big sign and a chain across across the ...Thanksgiving." And we had never heard of ...h tears in our eyes we drove off ...into the sunset looking for another place to put the garbage. ...We didn't find one. Until we came to a side road, and off the side of the ...n foot cliff and at the bottom of the ...ile of garbage. And we decided that one bi...n bring that one up we ...That's what we did, and drove back to the church, had a thank...didn't get up until the ...next morning, when we got a phone call fr...we found your name on an envelope at the bottom of a half a ...rty-five minutes on the telephone we ...finally arrived at the truth of the matter and said that we had to go down ...and pick up the garbage, and also had to go down and speak to him at the ...icer's station. So we got in the red VW microbus with the ...nd headed on toward the ...was only one or two things that Obie coulda do...the police station, and the first was he could ...brave and honest on the telephone, which wa...we didn't expect it, and the other thing was he ...ving garbage around the vicinity again, ...which is what we expected, but when we got to the police officer's st...rd possibility that we hadn't even counted upon, and we was ...can pick up the garbage with these ...Get in the back of the patrol car." ...And that's what we did, sat in the back of the patrol car and drove to the ...quote Scene of the Crime unquote. I want tell you about the town of ...olice car, but when we got to the ...Scene of the Crime there was fiv...being the biggest crime of the last fifty years, a...get in the newspaper story abo... had hanging around the police officer's st... and a paragraph on the back of each one ex...be used as evidence against us. Took pictures of the approach, ...the getaway, the northwest corner the southwest corner an...mention the aerial photography....After the ordeal, we went back to the jail. Obie said he...us in the cell. Said, "Kid, I'm going to put you in the cell, I want your ...y money to spend in the cell, but what do y... And he said, "Kid, we don't want any hang..., cause he took out the ...n't hit myself over the head and drown, and...out the toilet paper so I couldn't bend the bars roll out the - roll the ...toilet paper out the window, slide down the roll and have an es...ty words to Obie on the side, bailed us out of jail, and we went back ...to the church, had a anoth...didn't get up until the next morning, when we all had to go to co...We walked in, sat down, Obie came in with the twenty seven eight-... and a paragraph on the back ... said, "All rise." We all stood up, ...and Obie stood up with the twenty seven eight-...pictures, and the judge walked in sat...sat down, we sat down. Obie looked at the seeing eye dog, and then at the ...and a paragraph on the back of each one, and looked at the seeing eye dog. ... and a paragraph on the back of each one an...'cause Obie came to the realization that it...ld do about it, and the ...'t going to look at the twenty seven eight-...pictures with the circles and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each ...be used as evidence against us. And ...we was fined $50 and had to pick up the garbage in the snow, but thats not...Came to talk about the draft. ... got good and drunk the night before, so ...look like the all-American kid fr...to feel like the all-, I wanted to be the all American kid fr... o' mean nasty ugly things. And I waked in and...er, said, "Kid, see the phsychiatrist, room...nd down with me and we was both jumping up

Sirens ring, the shots ring out ...d my world strapped against my back ...And the same black line tha...On the steps alone, his gu...It's fifty years, stood where he stands ...The river winds move my...They stood by me, just like mo...Look out the window, down upon t...is six strings laid against that wall

You wait in the car, ...On the side of the road. ...I want to know the touch of my own ski...Against the sun, against the wind. ...The grass was high, it brushed against my legs. ...I just stood and looked out at the open space, ...nd I wondered about the people who live the...To a place where the wild things grow, ...I want to know the touch of my own ski...Against the sun, against the wind

I remember the boys who took a sta...Who stood there strong when things got rough, ...shout and scream at the things that were tough, ...No weapon formed against them would live, ...A punch to the face, a kick to the rib ...hen their knees hit the floor, ...d and I'm ready for the attack. ...Raise up the flag let them see, ...We fight against evil, we fight against sin,

You wait in the car ...On the side of the road ...I want to know the touch of my own ski...Against the sun, against the wind ...The grass was high, it brushed against my legs ...I just stood and looked out at the open space ...nd I wondered about the people who live the...To a place where the wild things grow ...I want to know the touch of my own ski...Against the sun, against the wind

I remember the boys who took a sta...Who stood there strong when things got rough,...shout and scream at the things that were tough,...No weapon formed against them would live,...A punch to the face, a kick to the rib...hen their knees hit the floor,...d and I'm ready for the attack....Raise up the flag let them see,...We fight against evil, we fight against sin,

Sirens ring, the shots ring out ...d my world strapped against my back ...And the same black line tha...On the steps alone, his gu...It's fifty years, stood where he stands ...The river winds move my...They stood by me, just like mo...Look out the window, down upon t...is six strings laid against that wall

You wait in the car...On the side of the road...I want to feel the touch of my own ski...Against the sun...Against the wind...The grass was high and it brushed against my legs...I just stood and looked out at the open space...nd I wondered about the people who lived in...To a place where the wild things grow...I want to feel the touch of my own ski...Against the sun...Against the wind

She's got the future to do the things she wants to do....The plans she made for ...The pressure's on, is i...to feel, wind brush against her skin...She got the courage up to go ou...She took the little child and fo...t's so hard down at the factory....With little pay at the end of the day she can barely ...it seemed like time stood still...oor, she could feel the winter's chill....She looks to the horizon where she sees the setting sun...She feels the urge inside her and...to feel, wind brush against her skin...uldn't trade it for the world...The treasures that she ...And when she feels the old desires,...to feel, wind brush against her skin