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The Faustian Bargain

by Wayfarer State

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My Best Suit 03:08
My Best Suit words/lyrics – Trey Yip she woke me up one Saturday and all she said was, I'm going away leave me alone, I'm leaving you I'm moving home, without you I'm not the same ,as I once was moving further, away from love a canyon deep and this divide this is no place, for me to hide so ill escape, and take a plane a thousand miles, and change my name I finish this, here tonight and throw away, a shallow life far away from this cold place into the arms, of saving grace where I can go, erase my thoughts and drink away, a broken heart a corner table, the darkest bar to the depths of hell, if I can go that far I'm out of luck , its been that way since I read out loud, Hemmingway all things truly wicked, start like this they fall apart, from innocence I lost my nerve and went insane but I'm still compelled to take the train I don't want to die, a cowards death would you even care, if I left I'm not the same, I couldn't be I'm waiting here , please wait with me I wrote a letter , they're my last words I hung rope, on top the world I like the rope, around my neck a cigarette for my last breath its misery and lonesome blue this is of course, is my best suit goodbye world goodbye love goodbye God and its been rough
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The Abolition Of Mankind words/music – Trey Yip Breathtakingly brilliant a writer of fiction a book of poems to carry along with him the human divide the line in the sand this detached soul the depressed man string theories, dark matter, the death of the sun you can love her so much and then shes gone a history of mankind, all death and filth genocide suicide greed empires and pills green pills, blue pills, pink and red pure white powder to rip through your head hallucinate and fornicate, pay with gold coins diet plans , viagra, magazines and porn pop psychology says “there's nothing to fix” you don't work the red light, but you still turn tricks congress men lawyers presidents and priest covered in sex and covered in greed you're not righteous, not one bit and neither am I you're coming up aren't you?, let me see your eyes the wretched history of mankind but who's to blame we'll string him up by his neck, just give me a name is it Hitler? Or Stalin? Or The devil himself? The Romans? The communists? Or Americas wealth? The system? The man? Or is it rap music is it cocaine? Or facebook ? Or Phillip Morris we've seen it all? Haven't we You and I and to get what we want but sometimes we have to lie we've smoked it, we've bought it, we've drank it dry, if they filmed it I watched it and put my fingers inside paid for it? Stole it? This the smokers cough to serve yourself? Or use her just to get off she says "it good to feel high" , just like anything at all I need meaning , this cubical is a fucking brick wall the cell phone, the automobile , the Internets a tool technology, progress, a human race of fools kill for it? Gamble. Fight to the death its all over your hands, I can smell it on your breath the abolition of man, the lose of the self but if you try, you can still her the bells the places you have not been, there's meaning and truth there's books to read , and there's art too the gardens to plant, and stories to find look at your watch, now is the time if you search long and hard, you'll find it I swear and if you don't, you'll dying fighting, on your feet like a man it might be in buried in the ocean or in dark side of town or ii Oklahoma in the songs of a rodeo clown or a train in Deli or in your wife's kiss a cathedral Spain or a place like this or at someones death bed, the look in there eyes the warmth of a fading hand, just to be at there side wel tell them they're loved, tell them their worth tell them the gospel you've seen and the gospel you heard the birth of child , the joy and the fear the coming home of a son, darling hes here
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One Woman Is Enough words/lyrics - Trey Yip I had a cigarette this morning to knock me off my feet cigarettes and sweet Louise is all that I need roll me another one, one woman is enough for me look at me honey, I may be deaf dumb and blind I got the dark matter running through my mind I'm may not be Einstein but I know one woman is enough for me I could talk to other women I could try to run around I could lose my soul to the women in this town they cant move like you, one woman is enough for me somewhere is this town, a woman will bring a man down to his knees but this night oh Lord, don't let it be me its getting late momma, its dark in this place a crime is brewing, the thief and the jewel case I need to go home, one woman good enough for me a got the devil on my shoulder, whisper in my ear go ahead young man, have shot of whiskey and one more beer lord I know one woman is enough for me my woman is fierce she would hunt down she will cut your throat and leave you dead on the ground for your sake honey , trust me one woman is enough for me
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Sundried Golden Hair music /words by Trey Yip oh my darling I see those red boots coming down the road I see your scraped up knees and I see your white nose with your sun dried golden hair and the moonstone bracelet that you wear wooooohooo use me tonight oh my darling I see those red boots coming down the road I see your scraped up knees and I see your white nose with your sun dried golden hair and the moonstone bracelet that you wear wooooohooo use me tonight oh my darling wont you sing me those country songs ill pretend tonight your my wife and this is OUR home with your sun dried golden hair and the moonstone bracelet that you wear wooooohooo use me tonight oh my darling I see you heading out that door now you dont look at me, the way you did an hour before with your sun dried golden hair and the moonstone bracelet that you wear wooooohooo use me tonight oh my darling I know you been around this town every man knows how you smoke that cigarette naked in moonlight with your hair down with your sun dried golden hair and the moonstone bracelet that you wear wooooohooo use me tonight Oh my darling I see your on the road again yes I got your letter where you told me you love me more then all the other men with your sun dried golden hair and the moonstone bracelet that you wear wooooohooo use me tonight
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Night Owl 05:00
Night Owl words/music - Trey Yip you're a night owl , you're a raccoon baby your papas a thief, ain't he look out in the distance, look up at the stars shake your fist to the heavens, it don't look that far, you been in the bars, rings round your eyes tell me a riddle , a word to the wise gypsy rings, the glitter and skin black tattoos, one for every place you've been take the tall ship baby, haunted by spirits the moon is calling,can you hear it? come with me, like the wolves we'll run there's nothing here, there never was half moon night, with the sun come the day what is this strange place? it Doesn't matter anyway vengeance baby, that's my last request I wanna feel the blade , go inside your chest I wanna become wrath, I wanna become the night I wanna become the wolf , I wanna become fire do you still speak to God? he still does not speak to me can you be this lost? Out at sea? well if you speak to God, tell him not to wait I'm not coming up. Its too late
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Waiting in Goa For The Train words/lyrics – Trey Yip I have run round the world I have run myself ragged, I have slept out in the rain I have loved her deeply and I've loved her madly, I'm waiting in Goa for the train We have been smoking hash , our eyes are dry as deserts my lungs are gray,and with every breath comes a cough I couldn't call this home, I have none everything I own is second hand borrowed or stole the sand is drawn a line, from the devils finger but what side of the line am I on most of my thoughts, just memories of regret now on whiskey and whores I spend what little money I have and I still sing , sometimes if I'm lonely if the full moon compels me with evil blue glow its not easy but you know that don't you, I traded away my soul a long time ago I pray oh I pray, who am I really kidding im just a wretched man, a scoundrel and crook and its a crime, its a shame , its the truth of it id be a fool to think she'd ever have me back
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The Devil's Proposition words/music – Trey Yip We can help you see the world to dream yourself a beautiful girl beneath the trees and the sky the stars and the fireflies we can help you close the doors when here your mind is at war and I and I could take your place all you have to do is change we can help you end the war she cant hurt you any more and I am not what I appear but these Ideas are full of fear
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Roll Me A Cigarette music/words - Trey Yip Hey momma look in my eyes and tell me what you see Do you see all the good things you bring out in me? Hey momma look at these tattoos on my feet Drawn there to remind me of all the things I desperately need I was a fool before but I could be better I swear its true If they don't catch up with me, know they won''t catch up with you Darling don't be so sad you are the best thing I have won't you stay up with me all night and roll me a cigarette we'll sleep when we're dead yeah we'll sleep when we're dead There's lightning tonight out on this foreign coast where have all the poets gone? the poets have all moved on I could still swim across the wicked sea to prove my love A man could not be a man unless he's had his face in the mud well come on with me pack a bag, lets leave tonight I wasn't born like this but I could sure force a fight The road is full of danger and a man may have no friends well follow the Australians from Barcelona to San Sebastian And Jesus is waiting for you, he looks out over the island rock and the bay that was when Benjamin had a beard, Benjamin could show you the way
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We Get High 06:58
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Wasted Life 07:09
Wasted Life words & music by Trey Yip Well the morning train is ticket out of this place Steam & steel & rolling thunder, mother mary full of grace The train tracks don’t bring me closer today Wont you come down here lord and take me away This cant be the way that the story goes You know It turns out different in my mind, in the story i wrote Then it must be courage, is one thing I lack  so then ill leave this place a coward and i'll never come back Theyll never find me on memorial road Ill hide out in the red light, with the sinners, the topless shows Im not righteous momma, ive always been vain I still belong to anne marie, like a ball and chain I couldn’t show my face, not here in this town Elan says theres price n my head, they got blood hounds I lost all my nerve, my hands shake, its a crime the first night that i saw you, baby, was the night i went blind Your father could forgive me , I know that he could Its cold dark evening amsterdam, it’s a haunted wood And you cant tell me with confidence, what is right and whats wrong  my concience keeps me up , all night long I am the wreck of ship, I am a broken down train its a cold night, a rough life , to caught in the rain  I got nowhere to go, darling you know I cant sleep This picture of you on the steps, is the only thing im gonna keep
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Keep Me Safe On The Road words/music by Trey Yip help me run like a river keep me safe on the road courage for to face my demons that i may recover my soul comfort me in my sadness help me mourn and weep make me humble and honest give me only what i need when im thirsty give me water my compass heart to lead give me truth and goodness show me every man can bleed give me books of stories and teach me how to read stay up with me till the morning lead me away from greed give me courage to stand give me peace that i may sleep im made of so much pride cut me down to my knees give me patience that i may love give me suffering that i may be wise sail me across the great ocean make me the one they despise help me run like a river keep me safe on the road courage for to face my demons that i may recover my soul

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"Have we traded a better why for a better how?" - Trey Yip

Better Magic Music Co. Production

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released July 15, 2011

Music & Words - Trey Yip

Vocals - Trey Yip
Acoustic Guitar - Trey Yip
Harmonica - Trey Yip
Electric Guitar - Robbie Erickson
Organ/Keys - Gabriel Joseph Ulfan
Stratocaster - Gino Brann
Horns - Greg Dolezal

*Voodoo Magic - Pete Neonakis

*Producer - Gabriel Joseph Ulfan & Pete Neonakis

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