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You thought you won but it's just begun
The tattoo, the story I rewrote isn't done
She sat and smoked with her loaded shotgun
No .22 pistol, no 6 revolver spun
I'm the villain and heroine and in one
You can play the coward and zero hour and run
I light a cigarette as the cheater wins
But this isn't where the story ends
The blank-paged book had come off the spine
The knife I brought used to work just fine
Got shot, and was washed in the blood to redefine
Out of 10 I'm caliber number 9
I held all the aces at the end of the line
Blank face; the jugular is where I aim every time
I light a cigarette as the cheater wins
But this isn't where the story ends
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Cut
02:20
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I am cut like a drug
You fit like a glove in the grave that you dug
And you shrug, looking smug
I'm a machine you can't debug
I'm a machine pull the plug
I'm a machine pull the plug
Beat the drums with the bones
Burn the witch who atones
Heart of glass? Hand me stones
I'm the one who dethrones
I am cut like a diamond in the rough
I'll cut you off there 'cause I've had enough
Eye for an eye not a bluff
Motherfuckers talk tough
Kill you all off the cuff
Kill you all off the cuff
Beat the drums with the bones
Burn the witch who atones
Heart of glass? Hand me stones
I'm the one who dethrones
Saw red til I went blind
My Evil Eye aligned
So keep that look in mind
I left the explosion behind
I left the explosion behind
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Fox
02:33
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Finally it's my turn this time
Life makes change for a dime
A counterfeit is fine
As long as the blonde is mine
Kneel on the floor now and be good for me
No one ever loved me like I love what I see
The electricity leaves a stain
I am the needle and you are the vein
You'll cut ties but I restrain
You've met the black now meet the pain
Kneel on the floor now and be good for me
No one ever loved me like I love what I see
She was the stone cold Fox and I was the Hare
They're my mark but the ensnare
How do I always end up there
I fell for the young girl who didn't care
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Problem Child
02:27
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From outside the box the fox was not sly
Watch for her tell and you'll see why
Hellcat tracks with her Evil Eye
Child don't even try
When I grow up I want to die
When I grow up I want to die
I smoke a cigarette and smile
I haven't seen you in a while
I've been in exile
You are much less than in distress
The Damsel pulled my hand up her dress
I'll fuck you again and regress
All this is on you and your mess
There's a place I go to to digress
I want you there; I must confess
I smoke a cigarette and smile
I haven't seen you in a while
I've been in exile
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Kaleidoscope
03:12
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Placebo-Eyed girl where have you been
Blue-skied; she turned to grin
Sunbeam, I started singing again
I'm a book you're a wildflower in
Kaleidoscope girl holds my hand as we roam
I'd take your picture but you look just like home
Happiness was a crime and life went monochrome
She was the most vivid girl I've ever known
Stone Fox made the Caged Bird sing
I asked what the stranger had to bring
Off the rails; she wore my clothes home last spring
Child looked around and never took in a thing
Kaleidoscope girl holds my hand as we roam
I'd take your picture but you look just like home
Happiness was a crime and life went monochrome
She was the most vivid girl I've ever known
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Key Phrased
02:45
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Take the key and swallow it
Show me that you’ve got the grit
Who am I well that’s a tidbit
I am a traffic jammed misfit
Whoever it is I am I can’t commit
Such is life and who gives a shit
We are what we are let’s watch it explode
I’ll call you a flower on the side of the road
You can call me a shipwreck that you help unload
I can call us a home with no area code
I’m the face card that went free
My heart is yours and that’s my only key
You were a freight that broke down in front of me
You were the birds nest that fell with the tree
I was a sailor that left you for sea
I’m the rule of nines and you’re the rule of three
We are what we are let’s watch it explode
I’ll call you a flower on the side of the road
You can call me a shipwreck that you help unload
I can call us a home with no area code
Child you’re lost go back home from where you came
I don’t get to have you and that’s a crying shame
I am a forest that took up all the flame
I am a weed and a chrysanthemum all the same
I am the viper they fear ‘cause they can’t tame
The bipolar girl inked black who always takes the blame
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Madam Amnesiac
02:39
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The pot called the kettle black
And the kettle called the pot right back
I don’t have a story I have a stack
I don’t have a master I have a Jack
Not cut from the same cloth
Not on the same rack
I am beaten but not on the track
I put the suicide in attack
Give me all your scars
I am now in charge
The tight wire was ours
The amnesiac at large
I don’t know how long I will remain
Where is the sound now of the train
A year went by and it was the same
I couldn’t sing for the rain
I couldn’t sing for the shame
I forgot what it was like if not for a chain
What’s worse is that it’s worse but I contain
My life goes on like forgotten pain
Give me all your scars
I am now in charge
The tight wire was ours
The amnesiac at large
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Explosion Girl
03:24
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Take a seat and I'll tell you how this goes
A bomb threatened and the occasion rose
I'm a land mine where nobody goes
I am vilified and it shows
They follow me with a fire hose
I like to keep them on their toes
I went down but not without a fight
Out with a bang and I ignite
I am a kamikaze, countdown from 10
I just don't care when the count will begin
I burned bridges where I've never been
I have no army, just a firing pin
You're not quite bombed-out so let's do this again
The Bombshell smiled,
We'll all go down then
I went down but not without a fight
Out with a bang and I ignite
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Bandit
02:31
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Jump off the train and brace for the dirt
Outlaw, but I'm above what you assert
This ain't wild; if you want a wild one, it'll hurt
Rifle-handed, it's not your attention I want to divert
I went west with dynamite, but not to flee
I am the Lone Damsel that got herself free
Oh the Jailhouse gives me another go
I killed the Warden; the the others know
Might want to mention it's all about to blow
I'm wanted but maybe that isn't quite so
I went west with dynamite, but not to flee
I am the Lone Damsel that got herself free
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Fire Escape
02:03
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Yeah I burned it and they watched me do it too
You couldn't read between the line of fire now, could you
I was burning down in a life I was passing through
The fire escape broke and I just made do
The getaway car had a flat so I burned the bridge down
I was the wildest fire that ever swept that town
I am out of ash you are only ashes now
It doesn't hurt the Queen to see you bow
The fire alarm sounds and this I'll allow
We're all going up in the flame anyhow
The getaway car had a flat so I burned the bridge down
I was the wildest fire that ever swept that town
A taste of your own medicine isn't enough of a show
The Girl with the Black Tattoos is a Fire-breather who'd know
May kerosene light the way before she'll blow
Take this down: I don't douse; I glow
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.22 Pistol Queen
04:06
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My calling card was a hole held close to my chest
Play the Joker 'cause it's what you know best
The Card Shark lets the Jester jest
I'd say it's in the cards, but be my guest
Not 21 or a hired gun; a volunteer
You don't have to card me, I say with a sneer
Do or die, the Suicidal cries when I appear
BlackJack tilted and shots were fired in fear
The drawing card is promise of my defeat
Let their Twenty-First Queen compete
Let them win although they cheat
I kill the man who has me beat
I kill the man who has me beat
Not 21 or a hired gun; a volunteer
You don't have to card me, I say with a sneer
Do or die, the Suicidal cries when I appear
BlackJack tilted and shots were fired in fear
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Black-Painted Swan
02:16
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God damn it to hell; when will justice be on my side
I thought I killed my jailer, but I guess he never died
A revolver in the drawer on shot number 5
I am, after all, the Queen of Suicide
The Black-Hearted Queen and her Black Hearts marched on
I keep searching my soul for that Black-Painted Swan
I went to the marsh and painted the Swan black
I waited for Lacy Luck to love me back
I killed .22 Pistol Queen and her BlackJack
My house of cards is made from the whole pack
The Black-Hearted Queen and her Black Hearts marched on
I keep searching my soul for that Black-Painted Swan
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Black Magic
02:48
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I sold my soul for free
Now nothing hinders me
Yours is where I left it be
Trapped in a jar in Ayiti
The curse came off of me and I circled round
I was the witch they burned to the ground
The curse on your starts now
First things first: you bow
A jinx alone does not astound
Trust that I don't fool around
Oh the healer heals and the priestess steals
Live evil, live evil, the white witch appeals
My laugh said it all; the afflicted kneels
Black Magic Sorceress had signed and sealed
The curse came off of me and I circled round
I was the witch they burned to the ground
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Vaudevillain
03:19
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I'm a freak of nature tattooed all black
I'll break your leg and your mother's back
Ladies and gentlemen all came jam-packed
Showstopper, jail-breaker, high wire act
A lover on the trapeze, between the sheets untacked
I'll nick you but my talent is no knack
The bank breaks 'cause I came for payback
Besides, I'm the finale; you're a B-side track
If you see what you believe
Then you will never leave
Placebo eyed reprieve
Don't let the fourth wall deceive
I breathe fire into the indigo night
The burlesque dancer sure was forthright
While she sleeps, I wait for daylight
I haven't shown up in the story I rewrite
The knives I juggle were used in a fist fight
The show must go on, even in black-and-white
I wasn't cut out for a smile or the limelight
I put the villain in vaudevillian and set the stage for fright
If you see what you believe
Then you will never leave
Placebo eyed reprieve
Don't let the fourth wall deceive
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Bad Man
02:24
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Mr. Fucking Hell-Bent sits in his white office alone
Wondering how Hellcat cast the second stone
It takes two villains, I'll show you how to pick a bone
Tooth and nail but no tooth for a tooth will atone
You play the dead cop and I'll play the robber
You play the jailbird and that's my final offer
You thought I wouldn't wrench that crown off your head
Motherfucker, I am Queen and if not, I am dead
You're as small as you are defeated, the Lone Damsel said
And just like that, Bad Man succumbed to Little Red
You play the dead cop and I'll play the robber
You play the jailbird and that's my final offer
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Deep Water
02:15
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The day I drowned high ground got higher
High tide, my eyes no wider
The need was dire
Spun around, a widow or a spider
I tread water like a surviver
I'm an inland outsider
Wading out in full attire
I sink 'cause I'm a liar
Price-tagged with a buyer
Glock for hire
Cock and open fire
Preaching to a tone-deaf choir
I said I'm a fucking fighter
Give me the gas pedal and a lighter
I put the drive in drive-by driver
Who wants tooth and nail
Tooth for a tooth and derail
I say the Queen you all hail
I learned to swim in a whale
I learned to see red in Braille
I rock the boat; my ship has sailed
They found me asleep on the shore
I can't be me anymore
I'm washed up, an eyesore
I am built-up and two-by-four
Shipwrecked to the core
Under siege not underscore
I'm a Ghost you can answer for
The memory locked behind your door
The lost at sea that you ignore
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Motherfucker
03:00
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I light a cigarette off the dynamite wick
I fuck like I never missed a trick
I'm a bomb you're afraid will tick
You'll feel the revolver and hear a click
The Shotgunned girl checks on her lipstick
I didn't come here for tea so I'll make this quick
A Spitfire and a godless whore
A fearless Queen declaring war
a Bombshell kicking down the door
The beaten down who asks for more
.22 Pistol but on the pain scale a 9
Millimeters will measure up just fine
I'm a Motherfucker at motherfucking baseline
I came out of nowhere like a land mine
The Bandit offers Bad Man some moonshine
I'll see you in hell, my darling clementine
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Forbidden Fruit
02:57
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I climbed the tree and ate the fruit
I sang when I had been mute
I put on a pin up sailor suit
I’ll be dammed if I don’t look cute
I broke the meddling angel’s flute
An ass kicking with a cowboy boot
Hands can go up but I’ll still shoot
God came down on a parachute
He said I’ve got to cut you from the root
Oh oh oh the sinner girl who won’t atone
I’d send her to hell but she’d take the throne
I sold my soul and it sure was sweet
That Mephistopheles was a real treat
I will never bow at anyone’s feet
You all are living life from the backseat
I am a motherfucker and an elite
A ringer is just someone who’ll cheat
I’d rather have the rest of them beat
I went dancing on the warm rainy street
I’m a drummer girl and ima fuck up that beat
Oh oh oh the sinner girl who won’t atone
I’d send her to hell but she’d take the throne
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LongShot
02:46
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The Thief opened me up to ransack
I'm the lone Wolkpack
A water-logged paperback
Pitch isn't as dark as my heart charred black
My life is a failed suicide attack
I am cut from cloth not on the rack
Always beaten on the track
Blow it up when I blow my stack
Blow it up and never look back
Take the gun and run
Hear the glock cock; come undone
Pull the trigger and it's done
It's me against everyone
No one knows my name but it changed
I come somewhere that isn't far ranged
LongShot; pocketed short change
You can call me that for your name in exchange
Mu gun is far outranged
But I'm knifed and inhumane
It's a long way but they can't contain
Take the gun and run
Hear the glock cock; come undone
Pull the trigger and it's done
It's me against everyone
I became the Ringer when they opened up their eyes
the LongShot, rug sweep, wasn't a pleasant surprise
I made a promise and I keep them, you guys
So here's the knife you used to incise
I'm waiting for you to apologize
This is the part where I win
Word to the wise
Don't ever give me something I can weaponize
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Jailhouse
04:05
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I open up with the key on my tongue
Out I came and indeed I swung
Bars are just iron but not like a lung
I climbed the ladder and you were each rung
Of freedom I never sung
There was a place in there where my hat was hung
I sat far off on the grass and watched the flame
I’m the Jailer and I shall forever live in fame
I was no good ‘cause I didn’t play to their crowd
I was caged but I never bowed
My life was a rigged battleground
I dreamt everyday of a mushroom cloud
I dreamt and I started dreaming aloud
The jugular is where I struck the crowned
I sat far off on the grass and watched the flame
I’m the Jailer and I shall forever live in fame
I am the Queen now and all the townsfolk run
I am a freak, the Tattooed Girl with a Gun
I am the armed Bandit in the setting sun
I am the explosion, once a figure of fun
I am the Damsel whose work here is done
I am a Villain Misunderstood and unsung
I am a happy ending that’s just begun
I am the Longshot that finally won
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