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Sixes Mine

by Pyrophoria

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1.
Sixes 02:51
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There is a mine in mind’s eye Don’t dig deep Don’t reply What money can’t buy Is the white of the lie I don’t see the night of the sky The fight of the try Hold tight but why You’ll see it in every glint you come by I went too deep; so deep I could die Everything had just dripped dry I stood in the pitch and cried There was no white like no bride There was only black inside Like I had tried to hide Tried to set sail for a life ocean wide So keep that in mind When you don’t mind your minds eye In time You only see the shine I am buried like in a mine Deep six, a stitch saves nine But out of ten I’m not nine I missed the borderline The warning of the sign Leave me behind Sixes mine 69 9 to 5 Look alive It’s time Don’t walk the line See the shine Not worth a dime 86 the fix of bomb ticks No 49 The opposite of try is try too hard Because we’re all given a punch card Not everyone gets a trump card But you just sit in the mine yard Off guard, as if barred When I’m scarred Like I was drug down a boulevard Like I was jarred But I’m just a broken shard My calling card Sixes mine 69 9 to 5 Look alive It’s time Don’t walk the line See the shine Not worth a dime 86 the fix of bomb ticks No 49 I made it too far There’s a jar With my name on it; know who you are A box car Broken guitar Make a wish and shoot down a star Write my memoir In 3 words or less and it’d still be bizarre Less is more if you confess You undress in a mess that I guess is to impress But when you go home you’re just a work in progress I always am nevertheless I fluoresce Like a bad hotel at the wrong address My first lie was yes Now I’m here and no one wanted me as a guest So see what’s best Before you go digging yourself in a hole on a quest A mess Go west In a few years and crash test What’s beating inside your chest Because the rest Is how to invest But I was obsessed Six ways to Sunday best They didn’t protest Go home is what I suggest
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California, Here I Come 03:41
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Back to square one I’ve lived on a conveyer belt; felt Myself come undone They had their fun Laughed, have another run Of the names I took none By heart I knew every one Just where do I point the gun The time has come I’m going where the highway don’t hum Welcome me home to the slum This life is a busted open drum I hit too hard, deaf, blind, and numb Fingers bleed on the guitar I strum I hear sounds but I don’t know where from I am shunned They are filled with luck that’s dumb They offer no refund This is zero-sum I could’ve beaten down a wall Ready to brawl I was so mad I knew the forest would fall For a tree that wasn’t even tall I am not small I set fire to the place They call home base Town hall And after all I refused to crawl Not my place to bawl Not my fault But my fault line My bloody asphalt I washed the wounds with salt My default My eye turned cobalt I was made to scald You were the weakest link in my chains Chain reaction all the same Everyone knew my name The girl who doesn’t play games The girl we can tame We can frame Oh put me to shame Kick me out like I’m to blame I already started the flame I was the thief that came I shall forever live in fame They laugh at the bane Kerosene Queen will reign You’ve never known pain I’m a new way to bleed, not from a vein Your hatred is plain My hatred sits in a gas main Hurt me, I’m insane I learned to outsmart from the outside All along I had watched as they lied Kicking and screaming was the flood tide I didn’t make it ashore but I tried My hands were chained not tied I never waited for any of it to subside Now I know where they hide Now free, something solidified I became unidentified You and what landslide I didn’t go digging in the hills No I learned explosions and sounds of drills I went digging in landfills I drowned til I grew gils Went through the mills I grew like a daffodil I spat out every pill I beat open an anvil I was a standstill Never got sorry never will I just wanted the thrill It’s odd being the smartest in the room when not in full bloom People who don’t pick on someone, namely who don’t play tamely, their own size in their eyes Should be ready for a surprise Because I’m fucking coming for you through and through like you wouldn’t recognize Dumb enough about to get struck dumb Eat cake and I’ll see to every crumb A battle cry and a marching drum You never outsmarted me you helped me become So hard that I am numb You don’t know where I came from Me and my army of none Me and the long run So ready or not here I come
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49er 02:38
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Oh 49er No one like her How did I find her A ghost writer Pulled an all nighter No girl finer I’m just a song writer A wild fire A good liar Lover for hire Lover for hire There was no buyer I am an outsider She was the rain and I was the spider She ran from me but I was her driver She was a mood destabilizer A good hider I was unlike her I couldn’t decipher Went digging for gold in the hills Blow it up because time kills I had been digging through landfills Sounds of drills Pile of bills Bag of pills I don’t buy cheap thrills Jar me like when I went through the mill I’ll laugh at you if you’re afraid of me still I self-distill I get off at the station for doraville Talk is cheap but I have nothing to say How much would you pay For me to fuck you so good you start to pray I am worth an evening on a weekday I leave before 12 having lost my way Talk is cheap so talk away Words will never harm me but yours get my time of day Am I okay Reap what you sow but I did it the wrong way What are you willing to trade Mephistopheles never paid I raid With my spade I found jade A switchblade A hand grenade A cat that strayed Deadly nightshade I found myself afraid Stuck to my wound like a bandaid What part of myself could be contained Looking for life that could be sustained I am restrained Though no longer chained No one ever explained The real reason why I had to suffer so much I wanted to die The girl is gone and we were a lie I said I love you and got no reply Everyone else never said goodbye My mirror image on the water ran dry So I’ll tell you what money can’t buy The feeling that you can’t get by
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Clementine 02:59
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Head rush Never said much Just no rush Wait for the dust I lived in a gold rush I’ve had too much Of what you can touch Diamonds don’t deserve to be cut And locked shut A jewel thief clutched but Did he do much 49er I don’t mind her Admire her Always find her Like a reminder To be kinder I am rough like a miner She is my fire We’re sitting 2am at a diner I’d be a liar If I said no lover for hire Clementine sweet Said get off your feet She’s a treat We’d finish each other’s sentences but mine are incomplete It took a lot of darkness to be so badly beat But I know a gem when I see one in a heartbeat So take a seat Where did we even meet I don’t know but you keep Me dreaming outside of sleep Talk is cheap Outside a warm rainy street I want to watch the heat Want to watch you seep Into me and sweep Across the concrete For you I had to dig deep I weep The girl is gone Don’t know what she had me on But she was a song that went wrong And I don’t belong without her at dawn I am drawn To a light withdrawn To a wet lawn To a blonde I loved for so long Carry on
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Sleep on Your Floor 03:04
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Make me down a pallet on your floor Make me down a pallet on your floor Oh, I love you and I got nowhere else to go She said you can sleep with me you know Why am I this way Give me the time of day I’m pocketed shortchange, short range What do I say At this stage Words in a cage How do I act my age How do I put it plain Does she know my name I don’t remember this game I feel a spark and then shame Put out the flame The girl with the fiery hair looks over I want to know her I want to show her The way I stir But I’m not sure I’m just an amateur And I just prefer Anything but the way things were I wait by the phone The silence is my own I became deaf but for a tone The thoughts were strewn I don’t feel grown There is love I’ve never known Eyes I’ve never shown I hide and that’s why I’m alone I’m so alone don’t Think I won’t Dig a moat I left a note I cried for every word I wrote I felt ocean wide on a sailboat I am barely afloat It said can I sleep on your floor There’s no home for me anymore It’s always you I’m looking for I woke up dreaming washed ashore I couldn’t knock on your door What do you think when you wait I felt like a floodgate I put the blind in date I was rusty at any rate Unlucky number 8 I need a clean slate She called me and it was late She set let’s set it all straight Bring an overnight bag and close the gate
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Stage Name 03:11
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Preaching to a tone deaf choir Take the mic and burn like a tire Came to church and caught fire Stage name open flame No gun for hire I’m a lifetime supplier Try and be a buyer Ugly crier Looking ass My knuckles are made of brass No gold on my wrist now my draw is too fast Take a picture and make it last Don’t fuck with crazy any day of the week I’m on a streak Broke bitch gonna be broke Weakest gonna be weak Coming for your link Stay open for critique I don’t misspeak Gunslingers gonna sling Ringers gonna ring Queens gonna king What you gonna bring Ice for my drink Back my mink Fuck you mean, fuck you think Watch this ball sink I’m the taker you’re the faller Widowmaker, ima brawler Take a number I’m a shot caller Take a shot here’s another dollar I’m fucking cursed Call the nurse Then call the hearse Not me at my worst Not my first outbur I’m st I’m not well, not well in this versed Bloodthirst Voodou sorceress shoulda bought me dinner first Fire reborn Screaming into a bullhorn Stage name let it burn Open flame to overturn Point of no return All hail the firestorm This ain’t no verse form No social norm So do I seem ill cause I feel warm I’m the taker you’re the faller Widowmaker, ima brawler Take a number I’m a shot caller Take a shot here’s another dollar Only you can prevent this dumpster fire That is me From going free Squee Here ye here ye Forest many a tree Your alarms didn’t sound for lack of battery You took that shit out one night at 3 Stop drop and rock and roll I decree I woke up crazed yet here I be On stage rampage Like the teenaged with glee So yes an open flame is not to be Toyed with as you can see Better not hang your hat on me So long as I breathe Best believe A bitch got a trick or two up her sleeve Frances Scott key gonna get keyed Proof of death you gonna proofread Bad blood is gonna get bloodstreamed My rhyme schemes gonna scheme Kickass gonna take names too it seems I’m just gonna stay with my theme I’m the taker you’re the faller Widowmaker, ima brawler Take a number I’m a shot caller Take a shot here’s another dollar So yes I’ll beat your ass Too much crazy to bypass Ran out of meds; better think fast In my life I came in first and last Go ‘head and put it past Ghastlys gonna flabbergast Broads gonna broad cast Liberal tears gonna get tear gassed My knuckles gonna stay brass Not what’s what but that’s that I put the tits and tit and the tattoo in tat I put the rabies in bat I’m gonna let my ass stay fat Comin at you like the a-bomb and stat Comin at you in a cowgirl hat Not stood, shoot you where you sat Ima laugh Would you like an autograph
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White Boy 02:36
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You don’t know where I grew up I’ll introduce myself as girl who blew up Explosion girl the screw up White girl at the party that threw up You must’ve had it rough I see not a single scuff I grew up until I was tough Then that wasn’t enough Me, you can’t see through Success is revenge, if only they knew But I’m just making do They shot me down on my debut Reborn out of the blue I have myself to live up to You’ve never known hardship You know ownership I know pistol grip You know ego trip I know pink slip You know throw a fit I know didn’t ask for it You know hypocrite I know grit You know counterfeit I know earn it You know give a shit I know misfit I am the girl with the black tattoos The one with loose screws The last one they’d choose Your’e wondering who’s who Thought I came here ‘cause I missed a cue But no I stand right next to you And run circles around you too So welcome I fell from Grace and then some Rape me again chum Utter scum Papercut on my thumb From this page but I’m numb This book is dumb Like you but you took A page to look for a cage And how to put on on stage I rage You’re wrong in so many ways And that pays And will always Why am I here when it’s free for your kind Sometimes I’m out of my goddamn mind In time I find I’m fine If blind Leave the girl behind With eyes wide I’m in my prime You don’t have shit but daddy’s name This is just a game The real world is not quite the same It will beat you tame Shame How an open flame Doesn’t live in fame They wouldn’t speak my name I am the girl with the black tattoos The one with loose screws The last one they’d choose Your’e wondering who’s who Thought I came here ‘cause I missed a cue But no I stand right next to you And run circles around you too
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Bicycle for Two 03:51
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Together forever Bicycle ride in this perfect weather Never, one better, more clever, I go get her, my treasure, stuck together, birds of a feather Time changes things but not for the better I put each love letter In the shredder You fucking bitch Flicked me off like a switch Hit by a wild ass pitch Go make me a sandwich You basic lookin ass witch Normally I’d say come get it But all your shit Is in flames as I sit In a lawn chair, my outfit A fur hat completely counterfeit Grandma bathing suit ‘front the fire pit My lawn is sun and gasoline lit July something like 5th Your goddamn mouth, goddamn skit Don’t need you, don’t need a permit Don’t need a wrist to slit You have little girl ass grit Fuck the sweater you tight knit That was first to go with the rest of it You get what you get Whatever don’t fit I just get a kick Chain smoking and I flick Hotter than hell at this picnic Would make you homesick I smack on lipstick While I shake a stick Get me a bbq chip On this wrecked ship Waving the pirate flag on this round trip Im laughing with a bloody lip Picture perfect Pistol whip Pistol grip Domestic dispute Throw a chair that’s cute I’m in a pinstriped jumpsuit High kick in a cowgirl boot I run because she can shoot She is in pursuit Oops On it like substance abuse Who cut her loose Is crazy is as crazy does an excuse Tooth and stick on nails put to use May she never reproduce No foreseeable truce This may make the news It’s all fun and games until you fucking lose Out popped all the loose screws I could beg but I couldn’t choose I lit some kind of Molotov fuse I ain’t got on the right shoes Impressed with how fast she moves I would like to be excused Knives come out that have never been used This is all a bit rude She found the hardware; I’m screwed She’s just in a mood I’m bringing karate to this feud The coffee in that pot was freshly brewed Your face meets a broom See you in hell I assume I throw her over my shoulder like a whore We fuck like never before Contusion from when my head hit the floor I think we emptied out every kitchen drawer I never seen a blender soar Bed bath and beyond what you ask for Where did you get the sword I’m taking you to the psych ward Sirens outside out door Get my coat on for the liquor store You cunt, this means war Love is a bore I want to hate you even more
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Silver 02:22
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Three hundred and one Was done The empty weighs a ton I found silver does it mean I won None to make a lining from I spoke but with no silver tongue Gold is silence without a hum No silver spoon from a slum What I was handed I had to overcome No silver bullet in my gun No silver screen for our story hun I’m in no rush Done this before hush Virginia City you could brush Off the silver like blush But I dug like I tried to crush Already gathered the crust Gone in a flush Maybe a bust Left in Nevada having grown rust I kicked the ground and cussed I looked around and everything was dust I had learned to adjust I’m an overstayer a later payer, no naysayer Ghost town, no mayor I’m wanted round here on every acre No law here for the lawbreaker Everywhere they call me Widowmaker I came all the way from Arkansas Nothing in that dirt worth a thought Ain’t no one alive I came across Shoulda free known I was coming when you heard shots I was at a loss Or maybe lost I’m firewater that’s what I got This ain’t home; ain’t the story plot I blew that place up on the spot No more silver on this lot I’d go home but that’s just where I squat So I search for my treasure wherever proclaimed It’s the only time I am no-named No one sees the outlaw’s fame She is just another one that came I pull a knife when they look at me plain They have a home though off their chain To go home I just hop any train Then rob it to recklessly entertain I am just a girl who smokes in the rain But we’re all here hoping through the pain
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Quicksilver 02:09
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My hands shake The mine walls quake Who speaks for my sake Distill me I am uptake I am fake I rarely shine; I flake I gouge myself awake I can’t see straight Behind the eight 28 24-7 too late I forgot the hate The gas main is where mine waits My mouth is metal to the taste My mind raced Somewhere there’s a rabbit chased I laugh because I can’t remember my place Drill dust hits my face My life goes to waste Now I can no longer stand Please open and get me out if you can I’d go home but I am banned No one seems to understand Home too close to the heartland I dug for no reason but demand They were outmanned I’m a spider on a strand What’s with the program That I get with when I can’t I am because I am No one gives a good goddamn The water stopped its drip The candle flame was stripped The train tracks lead my trip It wasn’t supposed to be like this I laugh because I made the blacklist They just needed the gist I creep along like there was something I missed My life was dismissed The light don’t shine if you don’t exist I think that’s what I resist I begin to use my fist Stumbling and I wish I had slit my wrist That I was born an anglerfish Quicksilver, filter, distill her, refill her, with a painkiller, or kill her, can’t quit her, as if she still were, still her, this will still hurt
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Grimm 02:55
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I told the story plain Say my fucking name I live in fame You’re locked up for shame What ever came Of the false claim Who do you blame Dead all the same I’m insane The last straw won’t meet acclaim I won’t help you unchain The rule of three always got to me Let the girl be She didn’t flee The wolf came inside and it was meant to be She became, did not go free I killed a man for a glint I could see Cutthroat times, death on a spree Long ass golden haired dear A siren if her voice reaches my ear These stories are fucked and it’s fiction I fear But 49 was a bad year Mad as a hatter buried alive with drear No one’s story ends with cheer I put back on my headgear Lay hands because I’m rusty My lungs are dusty I must be Bloody My head feels fuzzy I’m muddy not ruddy It’s dusky I waited for gold so touch me How much we Pay to get paid yet they fuck me The tales all lied and it struck me Hug me They dug me Up to drug me The light goes dim It’s looking pretty Grimm What’s your story if you skim What’s death when you didn’t know him What’s sink when you don’t know swim I’ll sing a story of little girl that drowned Never mind that’s not mine is it now I’m a Georgia girl; you’re not common ground I’ll tell you about a mining town In sixes where a city grew around It still sits past a creek; never came down That’s where I was last found California later became the crowned And I moved on westbound This is the part I can barely say aloud I lost myself in the crowd I was in too deep to shout No doubt So I blew it up before the bastards came out
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Good As Gold 02:56
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I’m leaving here Ain’t nothing good left anyway Ain’t no more gold left in them hills That you ain’t sat on every everyday I am as good as gold Don’t give them the time today Ain’t no one tell me different anymore anyway Up in them hills I sang of gold It’s here I was told A fool foretold Winter was cold I was still sold Widowermaker drill; heart of gold I yearned for someone sixfold For my marigold Georgia is a story untold They became 49 we became old And died off as if sold I was a stone that never rolled Girl with golden hair Fared well in farewell She’ll never tell Fell hard or hardly fell The girl with fiery hair knew damn well We both been through hell No southerner; California belle She taught me not to dwell I said sad stories get boring to tell I barely have a soul left to sell She said I just want you out of your shell San Francisco I can barely speak of Peaceful like a dove Everything that died went above I found the girl I loved Tattooed head to toe; I went numb With the breeze and big guitar strum She was a song I had to hum Those hills were made for me to run 49 and the time had come Struck gold struck dumb They always told me I was no one But they were just humdrum When it was all said and done She and I weren’t just anyone Finally someone saw the glint in my eye I smiled so hard I could barely reply I never thought I’d strike under a blue sky And find a love that didn’t run dry I’m gold dusty was rusty and awry I kissed the hollow hill goodbye Blew it to smithereens and stood nearby Watch my previous life die Make from scratch more like purify I found a new battle cry Your first is never your last try Carry on, carry on, no goodbye

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Sixes mine is a mine in Georgia that was used during the Georgia gold rush before the California gold rush in 1849.

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released July 6, 2021

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