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Temple of the Dog – Temple of the Dog (Album)

totd — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:09:09 +0000

Say Hello 2 Heaven – 6:22
Reach Down – 11:11
Hunger Strike – 4:03
Pushin Forward Back (Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Cornell) – 3:44
Call Me a Dog – 5:02
Times of Trouble (Gossard, Cornell) – 5:41
Wooden Jesus – 4:09
Your Saviour – 4:02
Four Walled World (Gossard, Cornell) – 6:53
All Night Thing – 3:52

Temple of the Dog – Your Savior

totd — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:51:57 +0000

People like you, I know myself
Walk in the shoes of somebody else
Whisper to me, my tragic fate
Whisper to me, my tragic end
But don’t give me your savior

People I choose, life on my own
Burn me your fuse, throw me your stones
Give me your brand, burn on my hand
Whisper to me, my tragic end
But don’t give me your savior

People I choose, I know myself
Lay my need out, give you my help
But you give me your blues
And you whisper my fate
But don’t give me your savior

Temple of the Dog – Wooden Jesus

totd — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:50:43 +0000

Wooden Jesus, where are you from?
Korea or canada or maybe taiwan?
I didn’t know it was the holy land
But I believed from the minute
The check left my hand, and I pray

Can I be saved? I spent all my money
On a future grave
Wooden jesus I¡ll cut you in
On twenty percent of my future sin

Porcelain mary her majesties pure
Looking for virgin territory.
Coat hanger halos don’t come cheap
From television shepherds with living room
Sheep, and I pray

Can I be saved? I spent all my money
On a future grave
Wooden jesus I’ll cut you in
On twenty percent of my future sin

Temple of the Dog – Times of Trouble

totd — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:48:37 +0000

When the spoon is hot
And the needles sharp
And you drift away
I can hear you say
That the world in black
Is upon your back
And your body shakes
So you ditch away
And you close the shades

Dont try to do it
Dont try to kill your time
You might do it
Then you cant change your mind
Youve got a hold on to your time
Till your break through these
Times of trouble

When you try to talk
And the words get hard
And they put you down
Dont you stay
Dont you ditch away

I saw you swinging
Swinging your mothers sword
I know youre playing but
Sometimes the rules get hard
But if somebody left you out on a ledge
If somebody pushed you over the edge
If somebody loved you and left you for dead
You got to hold on to your time till you break
Through these times of trouble

Temple of the Dog – Say Hello to Heaven

totd — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:47:07 +0000

Please, mother mercy
Take me from this place
And the long winded curses
I keep hearing in my head
Words never listen
And teachers never learn
Now Im warm from the candle
But I feel too cold to burn
He came from an island
And he died from the street
He hurt so bad like a soul breaking
But he never said nothing to me
So say hello to heaven

New like a baby
Lost like a prayer
The sky was your playground
But the cold ground was your bed
Poor stargazer
Shes got no tears in her eyes
Smooth like whisper
She knows that love heals all wounds with time
Now it seems like too much love
Is never enough, you better seek out
Another road cause this one has
Ended abrupt, say hello to heaven

I never wanted
To write these words down for you
With the pages of phrases
Of things well never do
So I blow out the candle, and
I put you to bed
Since you cant say to me
Now how the dogs broke your bone
Theres just one thing left to be said
Say hello to heaven

Temple of the Dog – Reach Down

totd — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:35:10 +0000

I had a dream the other night
You were in a bar in the corner on a chair
Wearing a long white leather coat
Purple glasses and glitter in your hair
And you said hey this is where I’m gonna sit
And buy you a drink someday
You were going to the dog shows
But you kinda lost your way
You say now I got all this room
And no money to decorate it, so some
Local customer put me in touch with the man
Upstairs, he said little man you got no
Business gettin’ frustrated, you gotta rest
You gotta rest you gotta reach down

And pick the crowd up
Carry back in your hands
To the promised land

Now I had some angel shine my wings, she said
Nothin but the best for the golden boy
She made me promise not to tell I had her under
A spell singing golden words in a broken voice
And I caught some blessing on the wind i’m
Feeling lighter than a whisper from a dove
Ive got no hands to tie behind my back
And I’m sparking like a heart attack, now I’ve got
Room to spread my wings and my messages of
Love, yes love was my drug, but that’s not
What I died of, so don’t think of me
Crying louder than some billion dollar baby
Cause I gotta rest I gotta rest I gotta

Reach down and pick the
Crowd up, carry back in my
Hand to the promised land

Temple of the Dog – Pushin’ Forward Back

totd — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:32:27 +0000

Mother mother found me on her step
Gracious mother held me to her breast
Until the day I started pushin’
Too late to cry she turned away
I started pushin’
I saw no future in this lack
I started pushin’ forward back

Baby brother clinging to her hair
Gracious mother pleading not another
Soul to bare he started pushin’
All my kings have fallen down
I started pushin’
Fallen heroes feed the ground
I started pushin’ forward back

Falling down, now I know her
I know Ill never drown

I was pushin’ forward back

Temple of the Dog – Hunger Strike

totd — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:28:16 +0000

I dont mind stealing bread
From the mouths of decadence
But I can’t feed on the powerless
When my cup’s already overfilled
But it’s on the table
The fire is cooking
And they’re farming babies
While the slaves are working
The blood is on the table
And their mouths are choking
But I’m growing hungry

Temple of the Dog – All Night Thing

totd — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:26:10 +0000

She motioned to me
That she wanted to leave
And go somewhere warm
Where wed be alone
I do not know, whats going on
But Im guessing its an all night thing

If its an all night thing
Nobody is gonna make it end
And if it doesnt begin
Dont worry that Ill that offense
And if its an all night thing
And we fall like a tear falling
To the ground
Ill never come around
And youll never hear a word from me
If its an all night thing

I walked along, feeling at ease
And falling like rain
Into her scheme
She wont let on what that will be
But Im guessing
Its an all night thing

If its an all night thing
Nobody is gonna make it end
And if it doesnt begin
Dont worry that Ill take offense
And if its an all night thing
And we fall like a tear falling
To the ground
Ill never come around
And youll never hear a word from me
If its an all night thing

Temple of the Dog – Four Walled World

totd — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:20:12 +0000

Well she cried, and she cried
All night to the sound of the freeway hum
And she swears shell be gone
When the sun hits the ground
And she aint coming back to my cell

Well shes tired and shes tired
Of this life shes been leading too long
And the times turns around
Through the walls that surround
To the chimes of a jailors song

In my four walled world

Well she tries and she tries
But my feet just wont leave the ground
And Im tired and Im tired
Of this prisoners life, and these chains
That drag me down

In my four walled world

And now the sun is low
And these walls try to break my soul
And now the moon is full
And I wont see nothing tonight
But the tears in her eyes and
My four walled world