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Circle Same
05:03
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CIRCLE SAME
a comic blunder you can't get back
the days of yonder you can't go back
i'm just fine sitting here
watch the wheels go round
in a hurricane or a clear blue day
wish them all goodbye
is it any wonder that things don't change
there's the sound of thunder there's the sound of rain
well the rain may come any day
and take it all away
everything you think you had
sweep it all away
i know i know i know
it's the circle same
i know i know i know
it's the circle same
i'm just fine sitting here
watch the wheels go round
in a hurricane or a clear blue day
wish them all goodbye
i know i know i know
it's the circle same
i know i know i know
it's the circle same
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Missing
03:44
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MISSING
who are you? i would ask
try to find but if you have to ask...
you're just the water flowing underneath
a bridge that i can't build or see
you travel far you're a lot like me
we're eye to eye we walk easily
and all the hotel rooms were fresh and clean
but they're not home and they're not free
i heard your voice from so far away
you were lonely you were feeling blue
from tokyo or maybe st. petersburg
it hardly ever was los angeles
as i stood by glass and box
where they say oswald shot
i watched you walking down off the plane
there's the start and there's the end
i heard your voice you sounded far away
you were tired you were feeling used
from paris, france or maybe timbuktu
it hardly ever was los angeles
missing you missing me
missing you missing me
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Oh, Monkeywrench
03:33
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OH, MONKEY WRENCH
we the willing prisoners
caught in a landslide of circuitry
begging for more endlessly
using it up meanwhile
they're heading for the exits
losing all the halos
in modern day eclipses
winds of change come roaring in
super-colided modern days
sacred and holy industries
nothing can stop the march
they're heading for the exits
and burning all the halos
modern day eclipses
monkey wrench oh, monkey wrench
a call to arms to re-intrench
against the mad dog machinery
against the rising tide
they're flooding all the exits
harvesting the halos
making modern day eclipses
making modern day eclipses
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Dear Sara
05:52
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DEAR SARA
sara
these are things that you will know
it's happened for years and it comes and goes in waves
oh i feel like i'm dying
and there's nothing i can do
sara
the light just goes away
i'm left out in the dark as the demons head this way
it's like being swallowed
it's like being caged
sometimes i feel like skipping right straight down to the end
i guess it's all just part of being born
sara
i know you'll understand
because you've said as much to me but you seem to fend it off
oh i wish i could join you
and maybe get free
sometimes i feel like heading right on straight down to the end
i guess it's all just part of living life
i'll meet you there
let's go out, i'll meet you there
let's go on, i'll meet you there
sara
there are mysteries in life
some are born to fight and others born to leave
oh it doesn't seem fair
but nothing really is
sometimes it feels like waiting
waiting around to die
i guess it's all just part of living life
i'll meet you there
let's go out, i'll meet you there
let's go on, i'll meet you there
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5. |
Airport Road
03:39
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AIRPORT ROAD
when you're on airport road you're almost there
up where the road divides you're almost there
oh the road will rise along the way
it's not too far to go
you can see the planes take off sometimes
and watch them as they go
and i believe in this
we're almost there
yes i believe in this
we're almost there
and when the trains collide across the way
the echos will spread out take you away
oh you hear the sound most every day
ringing in the ears
of the birds that sit on power lines
but soon will disappear
and i believe in this
we're almost there
yes i believe in this
we're almost there
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UNDER WIDE UNBROKEN SKIES
grace be with you and luck and speed
may all your roads be worth the ride
along the byways, forgotten places
under wide unbroken skies
peace be with you and all of yours
and may your dreams become fulfilled
i hope you find some joy and laughter
under wide unbroken skies
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7. |
False Positive
04:18
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FALSE POSITIVE
all those words of kindness ring like hollow bells
although the sky ain't falling with you i could never tell
they say that junk don't want to shine
but still they polish it like it's a diamond mine
oh it's happened for ages robbed with a fountain pen
what you gonna do about it, it was like this when we got in
sell you down the river and tell you it's a flood
while they stick you in the back and say, "don't it feel good?"
yeah, yeah, it feels pretty good
yeah, yeah, it feels pretty good
to all those talking heads now all you hairdo jerks
pale faced lying suits yeah, oh man you just don't work
in the time it takes to locate the truth
they try and bury it, re-write the book
yeah, yeah, does it feel pretty good?
yeah, yeah, does it feel pretty good?
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Belated
03:52
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BELATED
you know that I'm forgetful
i forget so many things
i couldn't find the pencil
it was right there in my hand
i forgot to call you yesterday
i forgot again today
i'm not much of a keeper
of dates and times and things
i wonder what it is you're thinking
i wonder what you wore today
i wonder what it is you're dreaming
i want to be there today
with you
i know that it's your birthday
and i didn't buy a thing
i'd like to buy you diamonds
or take you out for drinks
i'm just so forgetful
i'm selfish, hard and proud
but when i make it back to you
i'll make it up somehow
i wonder what it is you're thinking
i wonder what you wore today
i wonder what it is you're dreaming
i want to be there today
with you
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Proof
03:19
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PROOF
looking out at something
looking out on this
doesn't make much sense well I confess
you can pick and choose philosophy
decide who you will bless
oh, I love it when you wear that dress
there must be ways to prove that god exists
find it among the dirt and faults and cracks
you're a walking poem
you're a walking metaphor
you can walk on water through that door
a hummingbird will flap its' wings
just to stay in place
leave the wild horses in the race
there must be ways to prove that love exists
damaged and beaten up a bruised lip kiss
nothing is much better
nothing more than this
a smile on your face is all I wish
so take off your shoes
and take off your dress
leave them on the floor and get in bed
that's all the proof I need that god exists
that's all the proof I need that love exists
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10. |
Pajarito
04:34
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PAJARITO
well you got a little piece i am happy to report
jumped the fence into the stands
before they had their way
before they had their end
i wish i could have seen the face of everyone who was there
to see the angry little bird
jump into the seats
flying through the air
oh you got them good
yeah you got them as they sat
you had them by the horns
before they got you in the back
so what'd you say
did you whisper in their ears
then fly away
then fly away
pajarito
ferdinand used to sit underneath the shady tree
and smell the flowers as they grew
sleeping in the grass
dream the days away
oh you got them good
yeah you got them as they sat
you had them by the horns
before they got you in the back
so what'd you say
did you whisper in their ears
then fly away
then fly away
pajarito
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11. |
Winter Coat
04:03
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WINTER COAT
it's getting cold outside and the leaves are falling down
the days are shorter now as the shadows have grown long
around this time of year the landscape starts to change
soon the snow will come and the drifts will fill the days
then you'll have to find your winter coat
hat and gloves and scarf and boots
stay inside until the winter's gone
spring will come and be reborn
ah ah
ah ah
it's that time of year when the green goes in the ground
blazing out in glory killing time until the sound
of melting ice and snow and the wind and rain and sun
that time is months away under mother natures thumb
now you'll have to find your winter coat
hat and gloves your scarf go up
stay inside all winterlong
or find a river to skate away on
ah ah
ah ah
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Pink Clouds
03:04
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PINK CLOUDS
in the last light of dying days
giving us those star shot lazy rays
i heard you laughing i recall just what you said
that time is fixed in me and so it never ends
what you said is, "choices must be made
there's time to act and time to find the shade"
the sun is racing down the hills not far away
pink clouds are there right now
then gone without delay
without delay
ahahahahah
without delay
time goes on, everything shall pass
all are one - one is all you have
it's all equations all just numbers on a page
pink clouds are there right now
then gone without delay
without delay
ahahahahah
without delay
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