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You took the high road
I was keeping low
Invoking Mathew, Mark and Luke
I dropped my payload
On some so and so
In back of Raji’s
trying to puke
I bought a star map
Marked it in red
Twisted over Mulholland drive
Behind the bull crap
Of the things I’ve said
I knew inside I was in a dive
You best steer clear
Of bankers, priests and blow
And lawyers people know
Then there was you
I got a bank slip
From the machine
I got nothing above the point
On that tight ship
I was coming clean
And not the one who you’d anoint
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No Masterpiece
03:34
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No masterpiece to my eye
Too ra loo ra loo la roo lie
If it’s all the same to you, it’s all the same
And same to you
Your troubles came in twos and filled the frame
And aiming to
Here comes the cavalry
But I like the Cherokee and I
I perished any thought in a tiny box and see
Now darkened and forgot behind its locks and me
I'm in the cavalry
But I like the Cherokee and I
I can’t hear no more
Now go close that door for me
No masterpiece to my eye
No masterpiece in you lies
No masterpiece to my eye
Too ra loo ra loo la roo lie
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How Do We Make It Soon
04:19
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If I were a dream, I wouldn’t tell you
You couldn’t pick me out from the air
Tea in the cream that I knew too well to
Stir the clouds into despair
How do we make it soon
You know it’s our ruin
I see
It gnaws at me
How can we make it soon
when inopportune
in reality
In agony
How do we make it soon
You know it’s our ruin
I see
For society
Evening sun in the eye of a sparrow
They bury the dead with a song and a dance
Darkening places you wouldn’t dare go
And that is where you find you by chance
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Devil's Food
05:04
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One spoon leveled down of sugar
Two shakes for the mind
Stirred in ‘til it’s sweet as you are
Baked until you’re kind
Streams of sun came looking for
The darkness round the bend
Hiding in the dust I’m bound for
A taste of bitter end
And here the devil you see
And inside the devil you know
Let stand ‘til you know it’s cool
Season for your taste
Accept exceptions to the rule
That nothing goes to waste
Streams of sun came looking for
The shadows on the wall
Dancing for their supper
Dressed up for the ball
And here’s the devil you see
And inside the devil you know
I wrote a little message
On a tiny page
With a stub of pencil
That’s all the rage
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Reaching Out
04:16
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And if he is reaching out to you
you've half a mind to hope that it is true
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Feeling a Malaise
03:35
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He drove a car
Of his Company
With all of his mistakes
He wrote it off
With piety
And that God was on the take.
And now
Here’s this picture of you
And what’s he look like he is going to do
He kept his speed
The island man
And the good was in the greed
Blue Pfizer pills
Hardened his plans
And he saw he felt a need
And now
Here’s this picture of you
And what’s she look like she is going to do
Feeling a malaise
you know what I mean man?
It spreads like mayonnaise
you know what I mean man?
He likes the wood
In a merlot
And coffee to be sweet
He finds you harsh
His tip is low
snap a shot as he retreats
And now
Here’s this picture of you
And what’s he look like he is going to don’t
Feeling a malaise you know what I mean man?
It spreads like mayonnaise
you know what I mean man?
Feeling a malaise
you know what I mean man?
It spreads like mayonnaise, you know I'm not amazed
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I Don't Believe I Do
04:31
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See
(A tree turned upside down)
the light all around you
don’t you
(Leaves are in the ground)
See
(Conveniently conceived )
What love abounds in all you do
(By who’d have you believe)
It’s true
The Saving of the scared
I don’t believe in you
I don’t believe I do
Elephants and beads
The crops justify the weeds
Saving all the scared
Told that they’ll be spared
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If You Say So
03:26
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Take a step
Toward getting better
You can’t think
Until you get her
For her you could wait a little longer
On a trip
Automatic
You hear a tune
through the static
For her you could wait a little longer
If you say so I’ll move on forget it
If you say so n’ it fades out I’ll let it
Go
Kill the time
Save it for later
Spend an hour
With an operator
For her you could wait a little longer
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Out of this World
04:36
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I need a boat
to get me free
wherever it floats
that’s where I’m gonna be
I need a sea
To open wide
And swallow me
Out in receding tide
Ya
What is there to do
‘Cept turn a page or two
Out of this world
The city leans
The bridges rust
The rain it cleans
Parade balloons went bust
New banks
To hold in the streams
Of hungry counting their change
No thanks
For them taking your home and your range.
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Ghost Town
04:00
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You’re going to ride it out
And you know you ought to leave
A sweating Eagle Scout
With nothing up your sleeve
With a lightning rod
Looking for the juice
See. The finger of god
With a deal you can’t refuse
Your pants squeezing tight
Dead ducks all in a row
Spinning every night
Like Rose of Tokyo
Turning up the gas
Turning down your bed
The pain in your ass
Is aching in your head
Giving you the keys
To Ghost Town
Come down
Take a knee (on wounded knees)
Giving you the keys
To Ghost Town
Tumbling tumbleweeds
In the breeze
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See If You Move Her
03:12
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Who among you dares to speak
With your daddy’s boat springing leaks
And bridges all ablaze
You’re still just hungry for his praise
He shot his leg from in the holster
Screwed the pooch trying to bolster
A sagging bottom line
Are you waiting for a sign
Well...
See, if you move her
I’ll have to doubt it all
In your maneuvers
See if you move her
The born agains had found their pilate
To fly their plane into a riot
Let’s give him another chance
To keep it in his pants
Let’s say the end is near
As you take your final dance
No enemies in your rear
To see
How bad is this next one going to be
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Brian Stevens New Milford, Connecticut
I am an alien that was sent to earth to study humans and report my findings to minister Zolumb on the planet Yat. To fit in with other middle aged men in my area, I took up pretending to make music. Enjoy.
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