V I O L E T
is a collection of songs that for the most part are composed, performed, and recorded by Richard Riley between 2008 and 2024.
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      HEAD IN A HOLE a coming attraction thats two for the show a common reaction my head in a hole seems like something less is more than she can give thers a box down in the floor she keeps it hid I thought I would to tell her I thought I would know going blind inside my mind my head in a hole up high on the mountain down here on the ground the minutes are countin its up and its down Head in a hole now hea d in a hole now now something from nothin no faith no more a kind of corruption a hole in the door seems like something less is more than she can give thers a box down in the floor she keeps it hid I thought I would to tell her I thought I would know going blind inside my mind my head in a hole 
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      OPEN SEASON I see the stars fallin down from the sky now i see the moon and the sun in the sea seven times seven times seven times now its open season its open season yea i see the sky turning red in the night now i hear the angel of death at my door seven times seven times seven times now they keep on knockin they keep on knockin yea i hear trumpet of God in the sky now the heavens shake and they cry and they moan Get in line Get in line Get in line now its open season its open season yea 
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      SISTER TRANSISTOR (a robot love song) hey there sister sweet transistor where you goin with out no soul so synthetic photogenic she’s got a face and a mind of her own Look out hello sister ruby slipper Kansas calling they couldn’t twister she’s fantastic automatic so hard to hear though all of that static xray vision blocked transmission hard luck stories that seem so strange hands on fire electric wire I’d stay on the phone but im all out of change 
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      SUPER NOVA i can see your war paint in the shadows i dont think that im the only one So put on your lipstick Put on your face I’m all out of words Lets get out of this place every thing about it is a cryin shame I said it before I’ll say it again Drive to the sun in my supernova My supernova It’s 1961 In my supernova My supernova the Satalight is calling from the sky now I dont think that we’re the only ones the mercurys risen transmission dead The speeds a narcotic It will go to your head every thing about it is a cryin shame I said it before I’ll say it again this thing goes at lightspeed when you drive her something tells me im th only oner That’s one for the moneyr two just for more keys on the dashboard four on the floor Reach for the sky now Reach for the stars She’s a solar eclipse From the surface of Mars 
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      sing birds of prey 40 nights and days now shadows fall as angels to the sand you only you Know its true the sky is blue as heaven up above now And I just sit here waiting on the man and i feel alright like a cowboy junkie and i feel alright Im a wanted man and i feel alright yes i feel alright now yes i feel alright im a seventh son hey whats the plan neither rocket ship nor man can follow where im going pray for rain sing birds of prey and i feel alright like a strung out monkey and i feel alright im a setting sun and i feel alright yes i feel alright now yes i feel alright now pray for rain sing birds of prey 40 nights and days now shadows fall like angels to the sand And I just sit here waiting on the man sing birds of prey 
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      kick 17 honey back on the scene well it’s late for the show now don’t matter no how go get a shoe shine you got a real fine soul kick 23 now the damage is done she’s an envious mistress I’m a penniless son it’s just a fact now headed strait for the door throwing gravel and lipstick apocalyptic stains on the turnpike stains on the floor where she bleeds 
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      SO TOMORROW SEES Looking for something more than convention Something more than a scene Was she a kind of devine intervention So tomorrow sees I wanted to tell her something I wanted to know So tomorrow seems So tomorrow seems So tomorrow seems Al of the souls adrift on the ocean All of the fish in the sea Stare at the blind for devine misdirection So tomorrow sees I wanted to tell her something I wanted to know So tomorrow seems So tomorrow seems So tomorrow seems she used to swim through the sky like an ocean Sun with the fish in the sea Time after time after time everlasting So tomorrow sees I wanted to tell her something I want you to know So tomorrow seems So tomorrow seems So tomorrow seems 
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      x lookin for something gonna ease my mind maybe a woman maybe some time here’s what I’m thinkin’ bury the money bury your soul down in a coal mine deep in mexico it’s just an illusion heading south this fall cigarette money a hole in the wall Cralin on my knees for miles and miles now crawling on my knees here’s what I’m thinkin lookin for something gonna ease my mind maybe a woman maybe some time it’s just an illusion a thing in the head the cost of confusion or something I read 
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      I wanna be a cat on a string I wanna be your diamond ring See her there when the night comes down with her hands on fire and her lipstick on name any date she’ll tell you what she wore 
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      I left the coast on sunday for a pleasure seeking ride a man in black with cane and hat sat down beside my side didn’t say a word until we hit the rio grande takin bout that 59 dollar man he produced a deck of cards and drew an able looking hand his fingers they were those of welth as any self made man I figured I had lost the bet while sitting out the game talking bout that 50 dollar man. well I hit the ground a runnin just like able run from cane I spent a moth of Sundays, just hoppin train to train wislin dixie, passion time spitting in the wind talking bout that 50 dollar man. Well I stole a car in Austin and I headed for the west it soon broke down just east of town I laid my sole to rest I woke up to the purring of a long black limosine talking bout that 50 dollar man. I found my way way to prescott and I come in from the rain I turned the key to get a room and saw a hat and cane a note there on the table on a 50 dollar bill writings from the 50 dollar man He say I am a man of prescience though surprised from time to time was unexpected seeing you out east before your time I go by many names and many faces I have worn you know me as the 50 dollar man. 
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      seven angle grace out on the maker line caught down the razor edge cut from the the braker mine wait for tomorrow it most always comes around seven towers down out west they burn the sun seven times seventeen looks out on everyone wait for tomorrow it most always comes around seven spirits down beneath a subway tie a seven mile town under a velvet sky I’m thinking of her skin of love and methadone the way she brakes for pain of empires overthrown wait for tomorrow it most always comes around 
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