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Olympic Dream/Nightmare
04:17
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2. |
Saving Grace
03:15
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Never wanna become somebody
Who can’t come through when it counts
Worked so hard and trained my body
It’s time to cash it out
I’m ready now
But I’m saving up my best for the time that counts
It’s go big or go home and I won’t take second place
One role for one goal and the gold is what I chase
Saving grace
For the time when I’m under the lights
Saving for that time and place and those cold Norwegian nights
I’ll show everybody
And they’ll all love me ‘cause I’m saving them some grace
A simple life full of simple things is the path that speaks to some
Small pleasures and easy dreams leave you little to overcome
I’m not so simple
I’m a million wonderful things and you’ll see the sum
I’ll go big ‘cause I know that I won’t take second place
One roll ‘cause that gold is the only thing I chase
Saving grace
For the time when I’m under the lights
Saving for that time and place and those cold Norwegian nights
I’ll show everybody
And they’ll all love me cause I’m saving them some grace
Saving grace
I’ll show them something new
Save ‘cause in that special place I’ll know what I’m gonna do
I’ll show everybody
I know that they’ll love me
They say she’s a sadist
But they’ll say I’m the greatest cause I’m saving them my grace
Saving grace – no I won’t let ‘em down at all
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3. |
Trailer Park
03:05
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I was a rocker, I grew up tough inside a trailer park
Without a father; no fancy stuff inside a trailer park
Nasty little rocker; jumping off trucks and bouncing off the walls
The girls would mock her; but I’d kick their butts
And grow to show them all what is up
And it happened in a trailer park
I had to shine a little light in the dark
To play my one card right on the mark
Disembark out of this trailer park
In competition I’d jump twice as high and make the record books
Wasn’t their vision; a girl who can fly should have a classic look
Without permission I rose to the top in all of figure skatin’
All the derision couldn't stop me
And I busted through the trap they laid
But they labeled me as trailer trash
I guess I wasn’t the first role that they cast
And there is one girl I gotta get past
Gonna smash her and then
Finally, an opportunity
To bust out of a trailer park life
Out of the blue with nothing to lose
An unexpected spark to ignite
Sitting there up in their rarified air
They can’t deny the skill I command
Into their world goes a trailer trash girl
Tough luck, I’m gonna fuck up their plans
Get out of this trailer park
I had to shine a little light in the dark
And the freight train’s about to embark
Goin’ far beyond this goddam trailer park
No one’s gonna call me trailer trash
Although I love me a good mustache
And that one girl I gotta get past
Gonna smash her yeah!
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4. |
Watch Ur Back
06:36
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Watch your back Miss Nancy Kerrigan
Sweetheart American princess in pearly whites
Have you tried a triple axel
While in your castle getting bronzed beautified?
You think you got it; you don’t ‘cause I’m gonna deck the stack
Watch your back Miss Tonya Harding
You may be smarting while landing on your feet
Take a leap, you aim to dazzle
You’ll miss your axel the moment you feel the heat
They’ll never know you, ‘cause I’m gonna show you a true class act
So you better watch your back
Yeah you better watch your . . . back!
Woah – ‘cause I’m gonna take your curly ass down a peg
Woah – ‘cause I’m gonna make your trailer trash plead and beg
This isn’t a roll of the dice
And nobody will play nice
The competition’s on ice and I like it on the rocks
Rocks and stones can shatter a limb if you let them
But don’t let them ruin your life
Ruin my life ain’t nothing, came from nothing
Nowhere to go but up, nothing to show but my heart
I’m gonna show you the art of gold
A champion
Knows where she wants to go and how just how to get there
So watch your back
No watch your back
You’re in my way
Get away split or I’ll make you pay
I’m the one who’s got it, you don’t
So you better watch your back
Yeah you better watch your back
No you better watch your back
Woah – you’ll never medal, you’ve got no chance with me
Woah – I’m gonna mettle in your lame fantasy
There ain’t enough room on the ice
Ain’t enough room here
For anybody to play nice
The competition’s arrived
And you better watch your back
Yeah you better watch your back
And when your back’s against the wall
You have to jump the gap or fall
Fall flat the wall don’t got your back
And when you’re falling ice ain’t all that
Cracks
You take it all upon yourself
You pray for luck and guts and health
You nail the jump with perfect grace
And punch your demons in the face
The time is
Now you make it count
You’ll
Count
Count
The
Other out – out
For all the ways you have to prove you’ll win it all
You push for days then trip and fall
But hope to rise again
You sink so low it’s tough to see the light it seems
Awoken from a fitful dream
You live to fight again
And all the time
You hope it’s fine
But teeter on the borderline
You scrape and climb
You know you’ll find the end
Don’t let them win
You’ve only been
Pushed until your soul gave in
Another’s skin
Is what you’re living in
For all the ways you try to prove you’ll win the day
Sometimes the best things slip away
You fight another day
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5. |
Pipe Dream
03:16
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No need to tell me ‘bout original sin
That’s when the first person lied
But now that serpent’s slithered out there again
Gillooly’s on Tonya’s side
A champion needs a companion
Stand on my shoulders and behold
We’ll stick the landing yeah
Cause Harding has an Olympic ring
And we won’t ever have to sweat the small things, no no
I’ve got a friend who knows a person or two
Noone will even know you’re involved
And then the damage that we won’t ever do
Will leave our problem solved
Nancy won’t have a chance, see
A glancing blow will cut her flow
And we’ll be dancing yeah
A pipe dream will be a winning routine
You can’t go dig for gold and keep your hands clean, oh no
You wanna be a big shot, gotta go where eagles dare
I’ll help you climb the mountain into rarified air
It’s all on my election, turn my heart into Stone
They won’t make the connection, you don’t have to condone
I got a crowbar
It’s not who we are
Crowbar!
You’re setting such a low bar
Crowbar!
Just wait in the car
Well if you say
It’s the only way
To be a big star . . .
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6. |
Why Me??
04:32
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7. |
The Jump
03:53
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It’s almost to the time I’ve been waiting for all my life
I’ve known since I was one I’d get it right
When the pathway isn’t clear you gotta persevere
And keep a thousand road blocks in the mirror
Take it slow but don’t wait
It won’t come down to fate
So I’ll take it and I’ll win it
If it’s paused then I’ll begin it
I’ll mold it and I’ll spin it
I’ll push it to the limit
I’ll close it in a locket
And hide it in my pocket
Then spring up like a rocket and nail the jump
They tried to count me out, tried to fill my head with doubt
Didn’t think I’d have the guts to pull it out
But I won’t be so deterred; I’ll have the final word
Cause the story can’t be done till I’ve been heard
Tear it all to pieces
And cast them up in light
Then wash away the fire
And see what’s left behind
I’m gonna blow their fucking minds
Now it’s almost time
To take it and to win it
If it’s paused then I’ll begin it
I’ll mold it and I’ll spin it
I’ll push it to the limit
I’ll close it in a locket
And hide it in my pocket
Then spring up like a rocket and nail the jump
I’ll nail the jump
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8. |
Oksana
03:51
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Cut to the chase it was a good horse race
People come and go and they get replaced
You shocked the world, small miracle
But for a comeback kid no pot of gold
You rained and poured; crowd wanted more
Left everything on the floor
But you could not thwart Oksana!
It was a perfect storm; we all got us some
The nightly news beat a daily drum
The stage was set for a longshot bet
Then a longer shot rang across the net
She came in hot and blew up your spot
Almost like the judge was bought
And you could not stop Oksana!
Could not stop Oksana!
Fate does not love drama
In the end it’s fine; find the silver line
Silver’s classic cool, gold is past its prime
And to speak of which, your old nemesis
Fell through the ice into a deep abyss
She’s gone for good; fed to the dregs of Hollywood
We never really thought she could
Or that she would defeat Oksana!
Could not stop Oksana!
Do you feel bad for Tonya?
Are you glad she’s a goner??
Saving up your grace to get your only chance
Laughing in the face of every sideways glance
Never second place you’re gonna jump the fence
Everything erased by simple happenstance
Random Russian medaling ruins your lifelong goal
Everyone’s convinced that you just got the hose
Wondering ever since how things might have unfolded
If you weren’t a victim of a senseless blow
Hey it’s just your life, you only get one go
The truth you know
Even fairy trails grow cold
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9. |
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Moments in the limelight can be few and far between
Most folks live their whole life in the shadows never seen
But that moment
Can make you feel whole but can also destroy your soul
It’s your big night in the limelight
We hoped you’d have a fine night
But the pressure had you wound tight
You spun out from all the spin
Well your axel wouldn’t spin tight
On your big night in the limelight
Was it laces or the faces?
Did the world begin to spin?
Don't waste your pity on me for sorry's what I never was
And now that they finally let me free I will try to forget the man I was
Remember me in reveries of comedy, Gillooly be a friend of yours!
Rake me through the red hot coals of history
I'll show you how a man ignores
It’s a lifetime in the limelight
Where a shocking lack of foresight
Led to misery in hindsight
Stood you up and did you in
When you’re living as a scandal
And your world becomes dismantled
Grab whatever has a handle
The world will always spin
Trailer park, they really hit the mark
I can’t escape the pull of the call
Up in flames, got so many to blame
I gotta seek revenge on them all
But sitting here everything in the rear
I dream about a way to let go
Away from you and what you dragged me through
At least you got a hell of a show
All my inner lies
Never could disguise
Magnified in the limelight
Banished to the woods
Dreams destroyed for good
Never could stand the limelight
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10. |
Bad Guy
04:26
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The Ninth New York, New York
The Ninth is a band based in New York City. Its first full-length album -- a rock/funk/theater concept album inspired by the Nancy/Tonya story -- will be out on Oct 18, 2019
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