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Uphill Both Ways (2001)

by Murray The Cop

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1.
Kite Stuck In Tree 00:24
2.
Halo Rings 04:01
lyrics
it had been raining for days but when they took her away the sky cleared up and opened the sun had something to say admidst the mood of dismay "don't let your heart get broken" it was the bluest of moods i wished i could play the blues to help my wounds get frozen there's not a lot i could do but hold a picture of you and let my heart get broken my head fell to the floor as i opened the door and met my guardian angel and i had seen her before, a million times maybe more she'll steer me away from danger you turned away from me when i needed you it was so easy just to turn your cheek she saw me from above and came to rescue me can't you see her halo rings around me it had been raining for days but when they took her away the sky cleared up and opened the sun had something to say admidst the mood of dismay "don't let your heart get broken" my head fell to the floor as i opened the door and met my guardian angel and i had seen her before, a million times maybe more she'll steer me away from danger you turned away from me when i needed you it was so easy just to turn your cheek she saw me from above and came to rescue me can't you see her halo rings around me...
3.
Young 03:55
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i had a dream that you were real and standing next to me you played me songs i'd never heard and wrote them down for me you told me to rehearse them all and add some melody then i awoke and everything was gone what message were you sending, could you make the point more clearer? are you trying to speak your peace from other worlds you came and went so fast, but you left your mark for years until we meet again, i'll sing alone all the things you had to prove - we'll never know a gift you had to give the world - they let it go it's hard as hell to catch a break - i'm one to know we're a lot alike in ways - as losers go you will always be young... across the green before the blue turned white with fallen snow i thought of you and made it through to where you'd always go i drank a drink and stopped to think of all you meant to me and everyone who knew you 'in the know' what message were you sending, could you make it more sincere i still wait for you to walk in through the door you came and went so fast, but you left your mark for years until we meet again and write a song all the things you had to prove - we'll never know a gift you had to give the world - they let it go it's hard as hell to catch a break - i'm one to know we're a lot alike in ways - as losers go you will always be young... we're a lot alike in ways...
4.
Please Talk Slower 01:46
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i gave you up for missing you're a welcome sight to these bloodshot eyes how long has it been since i last kissed you goodbye? sorry, i wasn't listening apparently, i'm in a separate state of mind what news have you brought? and please let it be good this time and will you please talk slower if you could the winds blow colder and your teeth are chattering something that i can't make out, i can't understand sometimes i wish you could talk with your hands please talk slower if you could i know how hard it can be to show some restraint to give and not take, to bend and not break to shudder at the sound of a whisper
5.
Control Freak 03:28
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you found me alone, you were there when i needed you the world had thrown me a stone, you were there to see me through soon, we melted our souls, we made one out of two that's when you took control, i never had a clue and i love how you lied when you told me that i was your soulmate you took charge of my dreams and i did everything that you told me and try as i might, i just can't break the grip that you're holding and i know that you're true, but all you wanna do is control me i became someone else and followed all your rules i turned my back on my firends, i lost all my cool regained my senses, i no longer play your fool so i leave you alone like you found me, how could i be so cruel? and i love how you lied when you told me that i was your soulmate you took charge of my dreams and i did everything that you told me and try as i might, i just can't break the grip that you're holding and i know that you're true, but all you wanna do is control me 'cause you're a control freak...
6.
Haven't Been The Same Ever Since 00:37
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i took a blow to the head and i haven't been the same ever since i started many things but i never seem to finish one i put some things in my head and i haven't been the same ever since a brain full of chemicals would make one think of fun but i haven't been the same ever since i haven't been the same ever since i never had a lick of sense
7.
Little Maroon 03:03
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fix me up, i'll be prepared for what i thought would never come thinking of your red dress showing all you are and all you're not walking home with rain-soaked roses kicking trashcans left and right if i never see your face again it'll be alright thanks for nothing you forgot to meet me there you forgot to wear that shade of red i forgot that you don't care you make me see that shade of red you forgot to meet me there you forgot to wear that shade of red i forgot that you don't care you make me see that shade of red i'm a little maroon...
8.
Girls Who Practice Witchcraft 02:39
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dressed in black they are trying to summon the dead they sit in circles like the pictures in the books they've read they have their heart of toad and the skin of fruit tell me, where did you get your eye of newt? full of spite they are higher above anyone but their afraid of water and the light of the sun they have their heart of toad and the skin of fruit tell me, where did you get your eye of newt? stirring up their cauldron and flying on brooms they're making up spells in their bedrooms got their pointed hats and their curly shoes girls who practice witchcraft, they're so cool stirring up their cauldron and flying on brooms they're making up spells in their bedrooms got their pointed hats and their curly shoes girls who practice witchcraft, know no rules girls who practice witchcraft, skip from school girls who practice witchcraft, they're so cool
9.
The Times You Tried 03:22
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sometimes you scare me the way you look into my eyes and give a glaring scream it chills me i guess it's not enough just sleeping with a gun sleeping with the enemy is fun always debating is this love worth saving? is this role worth playing? alone in the dark, only hope is remaining but i would do anything but run from you i'm not afraid of all your inner demons i would just like for you to keep your cool i've been schooled by the times you tried to kill me sometimes you hurt me i'm not a bleeder but i'm still so insecure it confuses me i guess it's not enough to smother you with love to smother me is what you're thinking of always confusing sometimes it's quite amusing always abusing alone in the dark, only love is refusing but i would do anything but run from you i'm not afraid of all your inner demons i would just like for you to keep your cool i've been schooled by the times you tried to kill me then tried to heal me then tried agin to kill me will you make up your mind?
10.
Possibly Possible 01:24
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weather the storm the rain will wash everything clean possibly possible lay on the floor the sirens are pulling the strings possibly possible tear down the beams supporting the weight with your screams possibly possible where it all leads the end will never be seen possibly possible
11.
Checking Knives 02:44
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she's checking knives 'cause she thinks i want to kill her my loving doesn't thrill her but i would not resort to such a crime but still, she's checking knives 'cause she thinks someone might steal them the neighbors all envy them they're peering through the windows late at night she's there, and checking knives she's checking knives 'cause she thinks they came from heaven they were a wedding present from someone who had hoped she'd take her life but no, she's checking knives but you'd think she's slicing onions the tears just keep on runnin' she realizes that she's lost her mind but still, she's checking knives
12.
Solace 02:33
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i'm your apathy, i'll turn my head when you speak i'm your honesty, i'm just too far out of reach you can't be everywhere so i'll be there when you need i'm your industry, i'll fill your world with disease i'm your compassion, i could care less if you breathe you can't be everything or do whatever you please i'm everything you are i just don't have the degrees you misplaced the solace with the grief...
13.
Greenhouse 02:33
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water me, so i will grow turn this seed into a rose and tear off the leaves that go bad there's no room for deadweight in this arc of glass free from the fears, un-phased by the tears and i've been awake for 10 straight years but i won't worry about my fate i know my water is on it's way life's not bad in the greenhouse where you'll always grow and hold your own we're all the same in the greenhouse there's no black or white no wrong or right no government to plan your life hours have passed and no one's showed the doors are locked, my roots are closed the whole world is turning so sad there's too much deadweight in this arc of glass unable to breathe, wanting ot leave and i've been dry for weeks and weeks but i won't worry about my fate i never had the brains anyway life's not bad in the greenhouse where you'll always grow and hold your own we're all the same in the greenhouse there's no black or white no wrong or right life's not bad in the greenhouse where you'll always grow and hold your own we're all the same in the greenhouse there's no black or white no wrong or right no government to plan your life
14.
Mothballs 01:43
15.
Born To Be Alone 02:56
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down for the fold forgetting what i'm told but remembering when i was old thinking about when i never had a friend who'd leave me in the freezing cold bewildered and stoned born to be alone but i don't mind the walk back home i can think of revenge make the perfect plan and execute it before dawn i could bury the axe cover up the facts and tracks with kerosene fullproof alibi and i can tell a lie to make all the world believe throw me a bone born to be alone i'm better off on my own throw me a bone born to be alone born to be alone born to be alone born to be alone...
16.
On About 01:25
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tell me what you're on about are you without your own defense tell me how you feel about your hanging doubt and consequence you're old enough to share or pass the blame and wise enough to give or take the pain what is it about the rain that brings you down? and how can you feel so high when you're underground?
17.
Angels Go Blind 03:26
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angels go blind when they see how you're living your life they're shocked and frightened devils will smile when they find you at the end of your rope and the knot's untightening pull the mask over your eyes you're always a jewel in disguise shining from sea to see your negative waves, they all but surround me all you've ever known is no use trying and all you've ever been is left behind and all you've ever done is down in writing repetitive explosions bend your mind angels go blind just by thinking of the secrets you hide they crash while flying they fall into the clouds unaccustomed to the moisture inside the sky starts crying on all the sleeves you wore reality evens the score on a puppet without it's strings but an angel that's blind can still have wings all you've ever known is no use trying and all you've ever been is left behind and all you've ever done is down in writing repetitive explosions bend your mind and make angels go blind na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na...
18.
Squirtguns 02:19
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they put us in a cage to protect us from all the creatures who would feed on weaker beings they covered up our eyes so we wouldn't see all the beauty in belonging they lost us in a world full of decadance and we barely made out to save our lives we hide in the caves with our innocence on display for the wronging the hills are attracted to fields and rivers to oceans we're all separated by shields but we have squirtguns the friends that were with me took a different path and i ended up on solitude and main the pleasures of the earth held a greater wrath than the pain of longing the hills are attracted to fields and rivers to oceans we're all separated by shields but we have squirtguns
19.
Arapahoe 03:10
20.
Looky What I Can Do 02:18
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i slashed my wrists to spite you i shot poison in my veins i took beatings to remind you of the hurting that remains i jumped from 30 stories and i hung myself with wire i drenched my clothes with gasoline and set myself on fire i get behind the wheel when i've had too much to drink i shoot the bullet in my head so i won't have to think don't let on, don't give up don't let your feelings get the best of you again don't let on, don't give up don't let your conscience be the thing that does you in don't let on, don't give up don't let the world rest it's weight on all you've been
21.
River Burning Down 05:49
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forests will rise when the darkness arrives and winter will steal your skin blankets are burned and cars overturned there's no one who's safe from sin an image is saved through a picture frame a memory of what could have been water turned to sparks at the slightest remark and the fire caught life through the wind i live in the stars outside your window i look in everytime that you go by but deeper in my dreams, you're just a cinder in a river burning down, i'm floating underneath they fought it for days through a smoke-filled haze and admitted defeat to the flames the thunder had roared through the ocean's floor and the ashes were all that remained we both ran for cover, away from another i held my breath as it came now i'm going under and you're left to wonder what faces will match the names i live in the stars outside your window i look in everytime that you go by but deeper in my dreams, you're just a cinder in a river burning down, i'm floating underneath there's a river burning down and i'm floating underneath...
22.
He's Pete! 01:58
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let him in, let him in let him in, let him in let him in, let him in let him in, let him in let him in, let him in let him in, let him in let him in, let him in let him in He's Pete Rose... let him in, let him in let him in, let him in let him in, let him in let him in, let him in let him in, let him in let him in, let him in let him in, let him in let him in He's Pete Rose... He's Pete... Let him in... HE'S PETE!
23.
Suture Self 01:29
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i know you need to see inside of me i know you need to see inside of me i know you need to see what's inside of me but don't cut me open i know you need to see what's inside of me but don't cut me open i know you need to see what's inside of me but don't cut me open i know you need to see what's inside of me but don't cut me open
24.
Curled Up In A Ball On The Floor 04:22
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lights flashing blue and i'm seeing red again eyes turning to glue i'm lying in bed again and when i think i can go it alone i'm so wrong i roll over and play dead rocks in my head i should go outside but i'll lie here instead passed me by in a rush i'm feeling flushed again my whole world's turning to dust the paint is wearing thin and when i think i can go it alone i'm so wrong i roll over and play dead rocks in my head i should go outside but i'll lie here instead i've turned off the heat i've bolted the door boarded up the windows tore up the pillows and scratched the sores and i'm tired of being taken for granted and being ignored and when the time has come that i am done and can take no more i'll be curled up in a ball on the floor...
25.
Giant Hand 02:02
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you can take this world, i've had it i wish a giant hand would grab it shake it up and down and smash it get me out of here you can take this whole damn planet and everything we took for granted all the seeds and weeds you planted get me out of here this world is all i fear the giant hand is near you can take this world, i've had it i wish a giant hand would grab it shake it up and down and smash it get me out of here you can take this whole damn planet and everything we took for granted all the seeds and weeds you planted get me out of here this world is all i fear the giant hand is near

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A mammoth song cycle from Murray the Cop. "Uphill Both Ways" delivers 25 tracks of pure psych pop and new wave excellence. Uplifting at times, depressing at others, many stories are told. A highly recommended release and Murray's personal favorite of all his releases!

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released February 12, 2001

Bunk Nesbit - vocals, music. 2001 Red Nail Music. RNM062

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Red Nail Music is a cassette, CD, and digital label, founded in 1987, featuring recordings from 1979-present. All artists on the label are from, or have a connection to the small town of Keyser, West Virginia and its punk, new wave, electronic, experimental, progressive, indie/alternative origins (and beyond). Thanks for listening! ... more

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