Avail - Dixie			Punk-Rock
( Lookout Records )
	Type of Record:	12-Inch	vinyl-color:	black
	Release No:	LK103
	Release Date:	January 1995	pressing-info:
	No of Records:	1	special-info:
Line Up:			Songs: 1. on the nod 2. clone 3. tuning 4. song 5. sidewalk 6. 25 years 7. virus 8. beliefs pile 9. treading on heels 10. model 11. south bound 95

on the nod

could be afraid
of what they'd say
could be afraid
of the things they say
this morning i had the bad taste
i couldn't think straight
i crawled back inside
i've taken this as a warning
i'm gonna rid myself of everything
outside of my ways
could be afraid
of what they'd say
so from now on i know nothing
push it back let it fade
simple words have always meant nothing
i can taste the waste of energy
i always thought it was safe
to be acquainted casually
they're dropping non-stop
casually i make my way directed to
another place to stay until i'm
settled but i'm not afraid
could be afraid
of what they'd say
out of strength watch me go
afraid that it's over on i move
a simple step on my way
to avoid responsibility

submitted: 06.07.2001  by: Holger Straede

clone

day breaks the same
for the expressionless
open the gates at a
stand still routine
media dream, no reality
pressure
eager to be recognized
fighting for promotion
no time for rest no
next door no contact
impersonal glanceafraid to go out
learn to isolate
companionship through
classifieds
a desperate attempt
to put a name on the face
no time for companionship no
ego knows you want
ego knows you'll take it
inconvenience a nightmare
never ending race
four wheels, pavement
ego, poor health
hands of greed grab
whatever they can take
eager to materialize
fighting for a piece
no time for rest no
rise
when it happens friend
no, don't let them break you
rise
no matter what they say
no, don't let them break you

submitted: 06.07.2001  by: Holger Straede

tuning

walking by myself
i took a look around
i think i misunderstood
the magic of this town
it's time to recognize
that i should let it go
it doesn't look like it did
it doesn't feel like it should
i keep waiting for something
don't know how long i'll last
sometimes i think
it could be my turn to detach
can't find the strength to decide
where is should go
i don't think like i did
i don't feel like i should
i saw familiar faces
far from those i knew so well
couldn't think of much to say
didn't know how i felt
so i put them behind me
and i let them go
they didn't look like they did
they didn't feel like they should

submitted: 06.07.2001  by: Holger Straede

song

do you remember when we met
i was so intrigued
you were so intrigued
we spent our time
telling our sides
of our excitement
of insecurities
moving far away
and from that moment on
we were inseperable
a vivid image of ecstasy
it's been a long time
and things i see
well they remind me
they take me to that age
moving far away
moving far away in time
but everyday that goes by
you're further from my mind
try to remember
lies
i know i treasure things too much
instead of pushing them aside
still i tell lies
try to turn around and face it

submitted: 06.07.2001  by: Holger Straede

sidewalk

it was time
when i walked away
we said good-bye
i was confused
i traded everything
for another life
and though i left
i swore that
you would never go
you said you would
save a place
until i came back home
i've got a new design
and i want to
try it on for size
i was hoping you would let me
cause when i think
that everything is
on the brink
i know that you
are there to catch me
spilling time
looking for salvation
in my mind
holding on
holding out for life
i swore i would
never go

submitted: 06.07.2001  by: Holger Straede

25 years

my mother said things were fine
and turned the other way
my troubles she said go way back
far before your day
but things are alright
she said it's all right
you could see it on her face
her days of praise had gone astray
and moved on to another place
my father threw up his arms
in a cold aggressive rage
i've been fighting my consicience
years now every single day
we live alone now
but no one is to blame
his days away go unexplained
things will never be the same
what's there to pray about?
letting go is not so simple
what's there to pray about?
i should have picked another hero

submitted: 06.07.2001  by: Holger Straede

virus

you built a garden to watch it rot
you could get blood from stone
if you want
but for you to be infectious
maybe not
the needle got me and i'll bleed
on you either way
it doesn't matter which way you face
somehow i'm always gonna be in your way
cut from me spend on defense
that's genocide
i'll find myself a hammer now
and construct a box
the size of myself
and when the time is right
they will bring me down
and lay me there on your ground
"a disease maintained by... criminal
neglect so enormous that it amounts
in genocide."

submitted: 06.07.2001  by: Holger Straede

beliefs pile

to be the one to swallow my pride i'll try
but make no promises
and before i go off to collect myself
please don't give up
while there's time
to be the one to swallow my pride i'll try
but make no promises
i'll wash myself of that feeling
while i'm still wet
and before i go off to collect myself
please don't give up
while there's time my goal is to gain
the courage and smile for a while
if i'm the first to open my arms and try
well i've done mine
i have no regrets i wasn't forced into this
so it's all right
to be the one to laugh at my pride i'll try
and make no promises
i'll wash myself of that feeling while i'm still wet
i have no regrets i wasn't forced into this
i'm trying to make the best of my nonsense
before i go off to collect myself
please don't give up

submitted: 06.07.2001  by: Holger Straede

treading on heels

what you are
i'm not your apprentice
don't lead the way
i could care less
of your identity
my first impressions
did not impress
your insecurities
come across as
confidence
it seems convenient
to let others
think for you
when your tired
and your down
can you find
somewhere to be
that you call your own?
try and learn about yourself
then we can have
revolution
my first impressions
did not impress
your insecurities
come across as confidence
could it be a front
concealment
for acceptance
so far
you've shown me little
to believe
so far
hve you seen what
you expected to see

submitted: 06.07.2001  by: Holger Straede

model

i'd do anything
to look that way
when i stop and think again
i want to change my face
and change my skin
no more invisible
to them, you can't compare me
i'd do anything
big is a scar
you'd better get thin
the tanner you are
the more you fit in
bullshit you got a disease
you follow the trends
like the rest of the sheep

submitted: 06.07.2001  by: Holger Straede

south bound 95

boredom in the mobile home
in noweher u.s.a.
somehow gotta make it home
to richmond v.a.
when i'm there i want to go
but when i'm gone i don't
i'll make it
anywhere but here
but here is where
i've got to be
anywhere but here
i've gotta make it
to dixie

submitted: 06.07.2001  by: Holger Straede

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