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I took a walk down memory street ,
Looking for folk I’d like to meet
Men in suits all shouting “dan” for a wheeze
Where do you look , what can you do
Retreat
No time to think so give a fake smile to please
Give a fake smile to please
Give a fake smile
Just give a fake smile
A naked man selling Edam cheese
A woman walking her dog on her knees
Les Dawson’s gurn or the face of John Cleese
What can you do when you’re splitting your sides , be free .let go and give them a smile
What’s going on in the minds of those you meet ( what’s going on , we can never see)
So what to do to ensure some harmony ( I don’t know ? Buy then a beer or 3?)
Why not try and face it and give them what they need ( what can it be that I have here in me )
It’s with us all and it’s not so costly, oh bloody hell, give them a smile for free
Give them a smile for free
Just give them a smile
Just give them a smile
Give us a smile
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I'm not playing, I just want to go home
I see that sparkle in your eye
I see the smirk upon your face
I know with certainty that I
Will always be in 2nd place
Won't ask if there's another girl
I know there doesn't need to be
I know that in your little world
You're always top priority
You're always going on at me
You always think the worst of me
And I am sick of your condescension
No more fawning over you
No more following you
No more of my doe eyed adoration
I'm not playing, I just want to go home
You see I'm smarter than you thought
And I have got you figured out
You're like a spider who got caught
In her own web now
So let's just bring this to an end
Our little interaction
I don't need you to pretend
I was any more than a distraction
You're always going on at me
You always think the worst of me
And I am sick of your condescension
No more fawning over you
No more following you
No more of my doe eyed adoration
I'm not playing, I just want to go home
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I'd love to hear your thoughts
if you have time to share
you have a poet's way with words;
you claim you're unaware
that the way you work with language
is like catnip to me
and eight out of ten cats agree
but when you caught me out
tapping my feet
to the beat of your conversation
you realised that I wasn't really listening
When you ask me a question
I start to realise
That I’ve taken nothing in;
I am fully hypnotised.
Hey baby, you caught me dreaming
I was lost in the shape of your words
And forgot about the meaning
but when you caught me out
tapping my feet
to the beat of your argument
you realised that I still wasn't listening
I cannot respond
I just want you to go on
so I smile and nod, “how interesting”…
I know that our relationship
is a little bit one-sided
but I bring genuine affection
even if the feeling’s unrequited
please don’t think worse of me
accept my apology
I’ll look the words up later
and explore their etymology
yeah you caught me out
tapping my feet
to the beat of your angry rampage
and realised that I didn’t have a choice
I hope in time you’ll learn to find
a little bit of peace of mind
and learn to love the sound of your own voice…
…as much as I do
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I never was a patient girl
Never still enough to wait for butterflies
Rushing away before the sunrise
Settling for knowledge instead of paradise
But you say if I wait
Things will get better
If I stop to breathe
Looking for the sublime
In a pair of eyes
On a Sunday morning
And I never had it so good
Always flying from the arms of my lovers
Things will get better
If I slow myself enough to watch the flowers grow
Enough to fall in love with the sun
Filtered through the falling snow
Through the falling snow
Through the falling snow
Through the falling snow
Snowflakes fall
Land on my sleeves like butterflies
With the lightness of lashes
Fluttering above bright eyes
Open and shining
Like the gates of paradise
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Did you know that water can remember
How it was held before it flowed away (note for kb: rushed)
And when I go to bed at night
and take my singular position
I wake to find me holding you tho you’re gone
That’s why I came to tell you…
I want you to stay
Stay with me forever
I can’t keep it quiet
No I won’t deny it
Stay
You are my moon and sun
and the only one who
Can keep me together…
I want to tell you something I learned the other day
That Things that matter to each other will always stay that way
Distance, time...it makes no difference
Or how many times they’re mixed up in the fray
So I’m here standing on your doorstep in the rain to tell you I want you to stay
I want you to stay
Stay with me forever
I can’t keep it quiet
No I won’t deny it
Stay
Stay with me forever
You are my moon and sun
and the only one
I would never want our love to feel unnatural
Or keep you from doing
All the things you feel you need to do
To be OK
But that doesn’t mean I have no preference either way…
I know everything happens for a reason
And that’s reason enough for me to make a change
Did I tell you that water can remember
How it was held before the vessel broke away...
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Hey I wanna play around
But I’m working on a new sound
Cuz I found a dream in the clouds
And their feelings are loud
So I’m spinning their tale
And then I’ve got to set sail
To visit mermaid café
They’re closing early today
Soaring across the moon
Stars sleep to my tune
My light will fill the room
A unicorn will come too
A pegasaus will come too
Do you want to come too?
Do you want to come too?
A special bargain for you.
Don’t forget fancy shoes.
Don’t forget fancy shoes.
Hey I’ll wear my witchy disguise
And bring my broom that flies
So no need to get on the train
And I’ll bring my monkey that’s tame
Pink hair, please wear your pink hair
Pink hair, please wear your pink hair
I’ll dance like the trees
Rain drops
Wind flops
Tree tops
Bird flocks
I am free
I am me
I am me
Just be
Let’s just...
Hey I’ll let you climb in my tree
But you know it’s not free
And it’s protected by bees
Cuz you’ve been friendly to me
Let’s ride on the sea
Let’s go climb the tree
Let’s drink fairy tea
Let’s go and be free
Let’s go and be free
Let’s go and be free
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I've got the feeling
I've got the groove
I got that soul power
Sho nuff gon make U move
I've got the funk
I've got the the juice
Mr. Party comes fully loaded
I'ma 'bout 2 cut loose
Do U wanna get funky?
Or would U rather stay put?
If U wanna know how 2 dance
Start on the good foot
Don't crowd me on the dance floor
Get out of my way
I'm a top line party machine
'Bout 2 make your day
Chorus 3x
Mama let me do my thing, Mama let me do my thing
It's my bag
Up jumps the boogie
When I rock the house
I tear the roof all out the frame
I turn this mutha out
I get off on the 1 & 3
I get sexy on the 2 & 4
The way the jelly just comes 2gether
Make U wanna get more
VAMP
Just dancin'
I got ya shakin' that money maker
I got U whippin' that 'do
I got U feelin' all loose and lithe
My funk up in U
I'll make U break in a cold sweat
Hot pants while U dance
We can ride on the night train
Just take that chance
U can get your boogie down
Ride on the groove line
Yeah - ain't we funkin' now
And doin' just fine
Chorus 3x
VAMP (to the end)
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Life is like a winding road
Lots of twists and turns and then
You find someone who shares the load
The one who'll stay right to the end
We've had our share of ups and downs
It's not always been the greatest time
But you've always been my closest friend
Always given reason to my rhyme
I know that our love won't end
With the years it grows and grows
As we wander through this world
To wherever God leads on
I know that I can depend
That your love for me goes on
I know that our love won't end
With the years it grows and grows
as we watch our kids grow up
As we feel the weight of age
I am glad you are still here
as life turns another page
And at the end of each day
I reach out and hold you tight
I am thankful you're with me
As we fall asleep at night
I know that our love won't end
With the years it grows and grows
I know that our love won't end
With the years it grows and grows
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I saw a long road out ahead for me,
5 years he said
but the world i used to have wasn't true
I had to get out of there
how to realise the loving care
you didn't know what was real
all i had was me and you for good
Would it last for good??
The one day i realised
there's more out there for your eyes
somewhere judgement don't exist
but real lives and nature flourish high
I wanted the perfect life
no trouble and no more strife
all that came from others you see
so all that was perfect but was only a story
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One time some wealthy friends
Invited me to play
At the local country club
On a pretty sunlit day
My car was an old beater
An Olds with standard shift
It also had a lot of rust
If you start to get the drift
I dressed up in my nicest
Clothes and shoes for fancy play
And started with high hopes
On that pretty sunny day
When suddenly a fluid
Came gushing tween the seats
The heater core had busted
And put Prestone a foot deep
Coming to the country club
The stuff had sloshed on me
The windows were all fogged
And I could barely see
I went ahead and played that day
Smelling of antifreeze
My shoes were soaked, my socks too
And my pants up to my knees
One time some wealthy friends
Invited me to play
At the local country club
On a pretty sunlit day
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You always liked to play the
Knight in shining armour
Out to save the damsel in distress
But life is not a series of
Trials and monsters and fights to be won
Life is so much more complex
Someone
Stop me
Don't let me go
Help me
Climb back
Up again
Your fairytale would never
Come to anything
You're too caught up to see reality
Someone
Stop me
Don't let me go
Help me
Climb back
Up again
What will it take to see you?
What will it take to free you?
I'm on the edge
I'm looking down
I'm on the edge
I'm hanging on
With fingertips but I am not gonna fall
It won't take valour or brawn
To win this fight
Compassion takes so much more
Someone
Stop me
Don't let me go
Help me
Climb back
Up again
What will it take to see you?
What will it take to free you?
I'm on the edge
I'm looking down
I'm on the edge
I'm hanging on
With fingertips but I am not gonna fall
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push her down because she's not like you
the mask is just what she was told to do
it makes me sick that you did this in my home town
I hate to think there are people like you around
fuck you man, I have no patience
for this kind of racist statement
what would you think if this was done to you?
oh God forbid your children too?
do you really think your actions were right?
would you do it, if you knew that you couldn't win the fight?
fuck you man, I have no patience
for this kind of racist statement
you pushed her down because she's not like you
what is the justice that you desire?
what is the answer that would tame this fire?
do you think that you can uphold the law?
by pushing helpless women down to floor
fuck you man, I have no patience
for this kind of racist statement
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(sit back, close your eyes and relax)
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14. |
Moon Tower 2
04:47
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Offbeat Feelings
03:33
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Chief, you’re really doing great
But don't you really think that eight
Is just a little too much axing?
You’re Fired
Boss, I think you’re quite a man
You gave a 30 year guy the can
Do you really think that this is wise?
You’re Fired
There has never been a lead
Who dismissed with this much speed
Do you think that this is a good thing?
You’re Fired
I know you make us 'great'
But terminations at eighty-eight
Which way are the ratings going now?
You’re Fired
Maybe what we really need
Is for the people to intercede
And finally have the guts to tell this guy...
You’re Fired
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Leelanau Trail
04:27
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18. |
Last Day of School
03:49
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sometimes it seems we stand
in the shadows of greater men
but you should cast your own shadow if you can
it's a wreckless optimist
who sees a flaw in every wish
but never second-guesses if true dreams exist
we plot a course uncharted
right back to where we started
i've only been here with you, it's true
but you still have to make
a fistful of new mistakes
and things might not even be yours to break
sometimes i see the stars
and want to put them all in jars
to carry on a pilgrimage afar…
we plot a course uncharted
right back to where we started
i've only been here with you, it's true
and after we've departed
we take each step wholehearted
i wish this journey for you
and sometimes it feels like all
you hear is a cannonball
bouncing up and down and off your mental walls
the truth is, you've got the sun
to your back and you are the one
to make sure your own future is one to remember
we plot this course uncharted
right back to where we started
i will go anywhere with you, it's true.
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Hyahhhhh!! Rope them cassettes!!
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When driving down the highway
At a nice safe 55
Some nut goes flying by me
Like he’s tired of being alive
Not only does he drive too fast
He’s very rude as well
He gives me a quite dirty look
And yells you go to hell
I may be somewhat older
Than these unruly clowns
But my driving’s not so bad
They shouldn’t put me down
I just get over that dumb nut
When I look behind my car
An idiot’s just a foot away
And maybe not that far
I think my nineteen ninety-one
Can go another year
Especially since I never drive
Above my second gear
I may be somewhat older
Than these unruly clowns
But my driving’s not so bad
They shouldn’t put me down
I think my nineteen ninety-one
Can go another year
Especially since I never drive
Above my second gear
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Circular Thoughts
09:50
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It has come to me
That over time
My closest friends
Are gone
I stare at my telephone
And realize
There’s no one
Left to call
It once was true
That we would chat
About the game
Or this and that
We’d swap the
Latest jokes we that heard
And we'd laugh out loud
Like silly guys
Now the telephone
Is dead and silent
No more the friendly call
My buddies are gone
How long before
I join that crowd
My phone goes silent
As I bid the world goodbye
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24. |
Elegy
06:04
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25. |
Pompeii (4-track collab)
07:19
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O Pompeii, I was loving you today
gorgeous mosaic in every splendid room.
Wine in the courtyard, then love beside the stairs
afterwards we bathed in thermal pools
O my love, it's true
I adore the politic
Come, my love let's stroll among the alleyways
I'll buy you the finest silk
O Pompeii tonight I'll take you back to Graeci
And we'll sit under the stars.
Tragedies from before my grandfather's grandfather
the actors love us with their eyes.
O my love then I know the perfect place
I'll dine there my love, with you.
Feed me olives as I gaze into your perfect face
we'll dine on food the mountain grew.
What could ever change, my love?
we'll always stay the same, my love.
Bury me in fire and ash, my love.
You'll find me and it's you I'm thinking of
O Pompeii, I want to scrawl my love upon your walls
just o everyone here knows.
I would fight or you, a gladiator for your love
you'll cheer as I vanquish your foes.
O my love, the way we cheer the bloody ground
something touches in our soul.
The Gods and Goddesses must smile upon our ancient grounds
what else explains us all?
O Pompeii, as we slip between our finest sheets
smile with love upon our lives,
if the world erupted and ended so suddenly
I know somehow we'd survive
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ZeCoop Kalamazoo, Michigan
I love playing music and keep learning new instruments. My songs are in a wide range of styles, from indie-rock to surf, to
folk to rock to electronic... I never know. I record at home in a studio I put together in a spare room. I work (via the web) with a lot of vocal/lyric collaborators from all over the world.
You should check out fawm.org
Enjoy and download for free!
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