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The Wounded Astronaut
06:10
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The Wounded Astronaut
Everyone loves the spot where the wounded astronaut
Came down onto the earth and kissed a bit of dirt
And everyone loves to say, “It’ll be different in a day”
You do all that you can and hope you make dry land
I’m rolling out again
Can’t find that ground, can’t find that ground
I’m rolling out again
Can’t touch that sound, can’t touch that sound
Everyone loves to spot the wounded astronaut
Walking ‘round the town his head up in the clouds
And everyone loves the fool, especially when it’s you
You do all you can and say that it was a plan
I’m rolling out again
Can’t find that ground, can’t find that ground
I’m rolling out again
Can’t touch that sound, can’t touch that sound
(Title inspired by Kevin Grealey)
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Come Off
03:30
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Come Off
Come on, come off let’s begin
To cure the evil that lurks within
It’s on the table so let’s begin
I’m spinning, I’m dizzy
From all these sirens turning ‘round
Useless specters that make no sound
Coming back from wicked town
I’m willing, I’m able
Hi, how ya doing?
Fine, where you going to?
One-foot forward at a time
Keep your balance and walk the line
No one’s looking you’re doing fine
Still breathing, just living
Dreaming something once again
I want you naked in the skin
And when were there doing other things
It’s simple, it’s easy
Hi, how ya doing?
Fine, where you going to?
Sometimes clouds just go away
Leave me here with better days than these
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Everyone Will Shine
05:41
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Everyone Will Shine
The day was clear and beautiful
But I couldn’t hit a thing
The words you whispered in my ears
Oh, everything will shine
Oh, everything will shine
Oh, everything will shine, oh yeah
Oh, everything will shine
Come on baby tell the truth
Have you ever been so down
That down looks up and up looks down
Oh, you’re missing all the fun
Oh, you’re missing all the fun
Oh, you’re missing all the fun, oh yeah
Oh, you’re missing all the fun
“Honey, it’s an easy thing
Come on we’ll ride away”
White horses running through my head
Singing everyone will shine
Oh, everyone will shine
Oh, everyone will shine
Oh, everyone will shine
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I Found You
03:34
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I Found You
You put your fingers on me and try to soothe me out
But still I burn
A little dust storm fever I’m high up on the hill
Yeah still I burn
And I hope that it is catching
How much you’ll never know
And I feel the itch you’re scratching
How deep do you go?
Well I found you
Black and blue they’re painted all in one the same
And still I burn
I can drive that car across the northern plain
And still I burn
And I feel your skin a stretching
Around again again
And it seems that it’s a blessing
Ah once more again
Well I found you
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Fast And True
03:57
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Fast and True
I stared the statues down for days
And walked around in a blue haze
I watched these four walls closing in
But heard the music in the din
And then the phone rang
Colonel Bob on the other end
Said there’s one thing you should do
Oh, la la
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
I watched the birds fly overhead
And felt this far from being dead
I watched the sun begin to rise
But the stars were still stuck in my eyes
And then the message came
And the words were very plain
You’ve got to make it fast and true
Oh, la la
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
I know that some say rock is dead
But I never heard a word they said
Cause my guitar was set on fire
As I destroyed my amplifier
Then I heard from crazy Tom
Said keep those circuits on
You’ve got to keep it fast and true
Oh, la la
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
Oh, la la
Oh, oh
Yeah, yeah
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The Smile
02:40
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The Smile
Words from “The Smile” by William Blake
There is a Smile of Love
And there is a Smile of Deceit
And there is a Smile of Smiles
In which these two Smiles meet
And there is a Frown of Hate
And there is a Frown of disdain
And there is a Frown of Frowns
Which you strive to forget in vain
For it sticks in the Hearts deep Core
And it sticks in the deep Back bone
And no Smile that ever was smild
But only one Smile alone
That betwixt the Cradle & Grave
It only once Smild can be
But when it once is Smild
Theres an end to all Misery
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