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Leigh Fordham sold me out
46 days and the coal ran out
Please come round here another day
Sit yourself down when you’re ready to stay
She dug down when they took the town
Lookin’ for clues but they couldn’t be found
Leigh found out she was ready to roam
47 days and the coal came home
Taste the fear
For the devil’s drawing near |
The circus is the place for me with bears and clowns and noise
I love the shiny music that descends from overhead
Gordon knew the moment when the stars all turned around
But from that vantage point I frowned
If life were easy and not so fast
I wouldn’t think about the past
I can’t forget to turn the earth so both sides get their share
Of darkness and of light
So now I wander over grounds of light
And heat and sound and mist
Provoking dreams that don’t exist
A circus of light where dreams can take flight
In the peacefulness dreaming dreams bring |
Colonel Forbin stared up at the mountain
And wiped away the beads of sweat
That glistened on his brow
His tired feet were buried in the quagmire
And his bloodshot eyes saw all that lay between him
And fulfillment of his vow
And he felt his fingers wrap around a knotted root
And pulled his body upwards
To a sea green mossy boulder
And he dragged his weary carcass up the mountain
And he climbed so slowly
He climbed so slowly
Ahead
Ahead
Suddenly he heard the crack of thunder
And the rocks began to crumble overhead
And tumble down the mountain to the
Dismal swamp that lay beneath the jagged cliffs
Through which his path had led
And the earth began to quake beneath his feet
And the mighty mountain changed before his eyes
And he stood amidst a sea of dust and rocks and stones
Cascading down the mountain
And a thousand birds were headed for the sky. Oh...
The sacred creed will be yours
And if you wait until tomorrow
The sacred creed will be yours
To devour
Yours
To seize
And to obey
Obey
When the dust had cleared, the colonel lifted up his head
And was driven to his knees by a blazing beam of light
And he saw the silhouette that stood before him
And he bowed in reverence
Trembling in the shadow of the mighty legends form
Icculus the prophet stood before his eyes
Looking down on Colonel Forbin
Where he shuddered in the puddles and the muck
And he quietly addressed him
And he spoke so slowly
He spoke so slowly
Ahead
He said
Colonel Forbin I know why youve come here
And Ill help you in your quest to gain the knowledge that you lack
Ill call upon my faithful friend the mockingbird
To fly and seize the helping book and bring it to your shack
The tree of knowledge in your soul will grow
And the Helping Friendly Book will plant the seed
But I warn you that all knowledge seeming innocent and pure
Becomes a deadly weapon in the hands of avarice
And greed
The sacred creed will be yours
And if you wait until tomorrow
The sacred creed will be yours
To devour
Yours
To seize
And to obey
And to obey
Famous Mockingbird swooped down out of the sky and landed on Icculuss shoulder, and Icculus whispered into the birds ear, and it flew off toward Wilsons castle in the valley below... |
My friend, my friend he’s got a knife
A statement from his former life
When he was easy but alone
Beside him was an empty throne
But what of silver silken blade
Affix his gaze, his features staid
Grasps the handle, clips the cable
One steps up, sits at his table
My friend, my friend, he’s got a knife
My friend, my friend, he’s got a wife
My friend, my friend, the clever ruse
Persuasion through his thoughts peruse
A hidden relic from his past
That wasn’t there when he looked last
He feels it ticking like a bomb
Feeding fear, assaulting calm
Takes the object, starts the game
Moves it closer to the flame
My friend, my friend, the clever ruse
My friend, my friend, he lights the fuse
My friend, my friend, he’s got a knife |
Down with disease
Three weeks in my bed
Trying to stop these demons that keep dancing in my head
Down with disease
And Im up before the dawn
A thousand barefoot children outside dancing on my lawn
Dancing on my lawn
And I keep
Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful but now I’m on my way
But when I think it’s time to leave it all behind
I try to find a way but there’s nothing I can say to make it stop
Down with disease and the jungles in my mind
They’re climbing up my waterfalls and swingin’ on my vines
So I try to hear the music but I’m always losing time
‘Cause they’re stepping on my rhythm and they’re stealin’ all my lines
Stealin’ all my lines and I keep
Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful but now I’m on my way
But when I think it’s time to leave it all behind
I try to find a way but there’s nothing I can say to make it stop |
Friends
If the lord ever comes
Descending from the skies in some fiery fashion
As so many say he will
You will not see me
Going joyously to greet him expecting my deliverance
But running for the hills
For if, such a day should come to pass
This is no God come to save the human race
But a big boat
Like the ones our forefathers sailed
Having made it across the great ocean to our shores
From outer space
And friends
When that boat finally comes
Ascending from the depths of our imagination
To appear within our sight
Well be born again
As weve been so many times all throughout the ages
When we find that were not right
And with darkness lifted from our eyes
Then well find what should come as no surprise
Were on a big boat
Like the ones our forefathers sailed
Headed across the great ocean from our shores
To outer space
Friends |
If you would stop and notice that we number every day
But allow the many moments left uncounted slip away
You don’t have to count them, just enjoy them one by one
Then things would take a different hue and sparkle in the sun
The winds would lift you up into the sky
The winds would lift you up into the sky above
Where you would see a trail of treasured memories you love
A rainbow record of the thoughts and moments you’ve enjoyed
Arcs behind the earth as spectral colors in the void
In the void
Scents and subtle sounds |
Everythings overlapping
To future to the passing
We are only passing through
Were vapor, light, and liquid blue
Take a look around
Its exactly how its supposed to be
Take a look around
The shapes are hanging over me
Take a look around
The shapes are hanging over you
Take a look around
Stop trying to rush nature
Slow it down
We will come to outlive our brains
I see you in the distance as I frown
We will come to outlive our brains
I see you in the distance as I frown
We will come to outlive our brains
I see you in the distance as I frown
We will come to outlive our brains
I see you in the distance as I frown
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Nine cubes
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im a glue in your magnet
Im the glue in your magnet
We will come to outlive our brains
We will come to outlive our brains
We will come to outlive our brains
We will come to outlive our brains
We will come to outlive our brains |
It’s no easy road
This struggle and strife
We find ourselves in the show of life
What’s on the schedule
What’s on your plan
Do you ever ignore
What you don’t understand
Don’t ask me ’cause i don’t know
I just fasten my seat belt wherever i go
It’s been perfectly planned
It’s completely insane
It’s a revolving cast
But it’s the same old game
Waves of people
They come and they go
Shine for a while
It’s a marvelous show
It’s limited time that we exist
We slowly make our way into the mist
My thoughts are racing
I see faces of the friends that i recall
I’d like to take this time to thank you all
Just as the blind imagine
What it is to have sight
We slowly take a stroll into the night
It’s no easy road
This struggle an strife
We find ourselves in the show of life
In the show of life
In the show of life |
Im looking through
And it all would be so crystal clear
If it wasnt for the foam
But the foam keeps getting thicker
And it just keeps getting harder
And Im falling into a deep well
Falling into a deep well
Falling into a deep well
Im looking through
And it all would be so crystal clear
If it wasnt for the foam
But the foam keeps getting thicker
And it just keeps getting harder
And Im fall |
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie
Lets go out to dinner and see a movie |
Kitty Malone sat on a mule
Was riding in style
When suddenly, like the sound of a buzzard’s breaking
Kitty felt laser beams being fired at her head
She said, I hate laser beams
And you never done see me askin’
For a UFO
In Tomahawk County
Well she kicked the mule
And it walked the path
And the aliens fired from behind
Till she stopped the mule
And she kicked the rump
And the big old mule took a big old dump
Scent of a mule, you better watch out where you go
Take your laser beams away
Scent of a mule, you better watch out where you go
You better stop that laser game
Or you’ll smell my mule
She felt the fire against her neck
And it saddened her to feel it burn
When suddenly, like the sound of a breeding Holstein
Kitty said, Stop, we ain’t lookin’ for fightin’
In Tomahawk County.
A little guy from the UFO
Came on out and said his name was Joe
She said, Come on over for some lemonade
Just follow me now with the whole brigade
Scent of a mule…
They walked into her cabin shack
They had never seen a southern home
And they liked it, better than their UFO
They liked it, they really liked it
They said, Here’s a place of elegance
Here we shower ourselves in lightness |
The shoulder that I leaned on was carved out of stone
But when I’m done freezing I want to be alone
Never want my hand cut off
Never want a hacking cough
Never need a cliffside push
Never turn my brain to mush
Always give me what I lack
Always take the best parts back
Always recognize your fate
Always just a moment late
Left is where I always turn
Left is how I’m forced to learn
Left the route my walking takes
Left alone with my mistakes
Up against a person who
Up ’til now I never knew
Up from hell the answer blew
Up or down it’s up to you
Drop me off the chinese wall
And peel my fingers off the rim
I come unglued while in mid-air
And land to reform
Limb by limb
And I am taken far away
Lingering slowly and melting away
Tossed with the salad and baled with the hay
Pooling like water that drips from above
Trampled by lambs and pecked by the dove |
Now that you’ve deceived me, and played my name around
And hung those nasty flyers, on all the buildings in town
Dribbled my possessions in a ring around the earth
And bought and sold my self-control for less than it was worth
Now I know the reason that I’m feeling so forlorn
I’ll pick you up at eight as usual, listen for my horn |
Every time I see her, she got new fancy clothes
Every time I see her, she got new fancy clothes
She took up all my money
And threw poor me out the door
Lord now standing there, aint got nowhere to go
Lord now standing there, aint got nowhere to go
Ive been down in bad condition now boy
Cause Im alone down here
Lord now standing there, aint got nowhere to go
Lord now standing there, aint got nowhere to go
Ive been down in bad condition now boy
Cause Im alone down here
Every time I see her shes gotten all the boys in town
Every time I see her shes gotten all the boys in town
Till she took up all our money, sure gonna put her down |
I press on the elastic sheet, I’m breathing through a slice
‘Are they worms or are the serpents?’ bubbles through the ice
The source was quite invisible, the ever-present voice
While skating, both legs tracing different shapes, I made my choice
I’m mimicking the image in whose radiance I bask
I’m tied to him, or him to me, depending who you ask
None the less reluctantly reflections tumble in
I slide with all the other on the wrong side of the skin
He’s fallen on the ice, it cracks
Will he plunge in and join me here?
He meets my eyes, to my surprise
He laughs in full light of my frown
My double wants to pull me down
Slipping on the friction slide, my skin peels to the bone
The flesh I leave behind, is something that is not my own
I beg my mirror image for a moment with my soul
He’s leaning back, time to attack, it’s me who’s in control
And every move I make he’s got a hand up just in time
He’s throwing several punches, and he’s blocking most of mine
Defeated now I sulk and squirm above the frozen heights
Waiting, calculating till he ventures onto the ice |
Crab in my shoemouth
Crab in my shoemouth
Crab in my shoemouth
Crab in my, crab in my, crab in my shoemouth
Crab in my shoemouth
Crab in my shoemouth
Crab in my shoemouth
Crab in my, crab in my, crab in my shoemouth |
Guyute was the ugly pig
Who walked on me and danced a jig
That he had learned when he was six
Then stopped and did some other tricks
Like pulling weapons from his coat
And holding them against my throat
He lectured me in a language strange
Then scampered quickly out of range
I’m bouncing like a new born elf
I can’t believe inside myself
Guyute glances in my eyes
And manages to hypnotize
Me as I sleep the sleep of death
He sucks from me my only breath
That I had breathed since I was ten
I hope this happens once again |
Several times, uncontiously
Ive stumbled upon the path
And seen a mountain in the mist
As rain falls on my shoulders
Sun rises in the east
A mourning bruise
But I am here at least
I guess im just an obsticle
A thing to overcome
If I could sneek around myself
Again Ill know Ive won
The moment seems to hang and float
Before me with no end
till Im released, awaken beast
Im on the road again
But now im soaring far to high
A fleck of dust upin the sky
Where tiny clouds go sailing by
Pull me down today
Woven in the fairy-tales
We fabricate each day
Our little golden strands of truth
That glimmer in the light
The colorful material
You hold a certin way
Can keep us from the cold
And help to get us through the night
But now im soaring far to high
A fleck of dust upin the sky
Where tiny clouds go sailing by
Pull me down today x4
Oooooooooooooo
Oooooooooooooo |
I’d like to cut your head off so I could weigh it, what do ya say?
Five pounds, six, pounds, seven pounds
I’d like to go to your house and gather all your razors and pick all the
Little prickly hairs so I can weigh them, what do ya say?
Five pounds, six pounds, seven pounds
I’d like to gather all your friends and squish them all into a small
Swimming pool so I can weigh them, what do ya say?
Five pounds, six pounds, seven pounds
Why weigh on a sunny day?
So much to do so why, why weigh?
On a sunny day, why wei-igh-hey?
Why weigh, why weigh?
I’d like to hear my options, so I can weigh them, what do ya say?
Five pounds, six pounds, seven pounds
Why weigh on a sunny day?
So much to do, so why, why weigh?
On a sunny day, why wei-gh-hey?
Why
Oh Why
Why weigh? |
I come from the land where the oceans freeze
Spent three long months on the open seas
Paddled til it seemed I could take no more
When my ship hit ground on Prussias shores
How was I to know that day
That the winds had swept me Wilsons way
Cause soon towards me from the East
Came Wilson and his men on multi-beasts
Well it seems he didnt like my face
And I quickly learned that Prussia was an evil place
They tied me to a chair with a giant clip
And held a piece of paper to my tender nip
Then they tossed the chair in a tiny shack
And told me not to worry cause theyd soon be back
But I loosened up the binds where my hands were lashed
And ran towards the cove where my boat was stashed
Singing Oh Wilson, someday Ill kill you til you die
Oh Wilson, Punch you in the Eye
When Wilson knew that I was loose
Id surely be subjected to some real abuse
Maybe end up hanging from the nearest tree
So angrily I paddled to the open sea
But the sea was eager to beat me back
And the waves grew huge and deadly black
And the gray clouds rumbled over my head
And I feared in my heart that Id soon be dead
When the morning came and the storm had passed
And the dismal fog began at last
To open up before my eyes
And there I saw to my surprise
Chains and specks of islands curved
Where palm trees dipped and seagulls swerved
And I parked my kayak on a stone
And yelled across the ocean to his evil throne
I said Oh Wilson, someday Ill kill you til you die
Oh Wilson, Punch you in the Eye
Wilson, kill you til you die
Oh Wilson, Punch you in the Eye |
Another oldie originally written by Trey, Tom and Dave around ’81.Taken out, dusted off, and rearranged by Phish
And we’re glad glad glad that you’re alive
And we’re glad glad glad glad glad glad glad
And we’re glad glad glad that you’re a glide |
I am a prince i have it all
I hear your footsteps through the wall
I wait in silence for your call
Then take a shot and watch you fall
I am a ghost but i cannot fly
I’m stuck here as the years slide by
I need a resting place ’cause i
Already felt my body die
If i had a host of ghosts
Living on my street
I’d jive and strive to stay alive
And offer them some meat
I need a different life i think
Perhaps i’d be the missing link
And treasure moments as i drink
Away the memories let them sink |
Harry! Harry! Where do you go when the lights go out
Harry! Harry! Where do you go?
Thank you Mr. Miner
Thank you Mr. Hood
I can feel good about Hood!
You can feel GOOD! |
I’m up, and I can take what you give
I’m here, but I don’t want you to live
With me, cause all I want is a taste
For free
I’m down, and I will drag you along and
Around, until you burst into song and
Unwind, and leave your new life behind for
A while
Cause I can see through the lines
I can see through the lines
I’m down, and I will drag you along and
Around, until you burst into song and
Unwind, and leave your new life behind for
A while
I’m out, and I will stay here alone
And without, someone controlled by the phone
And tv, ’cause what it’s doing to me
Is fine
Cause I can see through the lines
I can see through the lines
Step into space
Alter my place
That someone else made
Why I have stayed
Into things i could be
Or if I could see
Into fog that surrounds
And pins me to the ground
I can see through the lines
I can see through the lines
I can see through the lines
I can see through the lines |
All the way home we felt we had a chance
To review the coulds before we were born
And to invite a new game of cant’s
Absorbed in the clouds, a voice from afar said
“With the right device you can make a pattern grow
Or you can tune up your car”
So we stayed on the train admiring the time
As the lights of the city drew near
We drank a little wine
They were blurry and green, outer space in between
With a depth and a form unclear
Then we saw it up ahead
A flickering lantern lit up on the tracks
In the rugs that had covered up the bridge
From the banks of a river
To the bed of a valley upstream
To the place where you live
The glass from the lantern cast back the sight
Of a drive-in movie we drove by below
We saw where we’d been in the pictures within
Projecting all the places we would go
So we followed the scene and flowed up your steps
To a smooth wooden floor in a trance
The train whistle melody wove through the trees
And in through the door to signal the turns of a dance |
Meanwhile, in the main square in Prussia, the state of the revolution was taking another turn for the worst. A crowd of townspeople had gathered to witness the hanging of Wilsons accountant, Mr. Palmer. It seemed that Palmer had been a revolutionary himself and had been extorting Wilsons money to fund the revolution. Palmer stood on the scaffold with Wilson and the AC/DC Bag, an electrified robot-hangman with a black bag over his head. Wilson seemed pleased as he began to speak
Mr. Palmer is concerned with the thousand dollar question
Just like Roger, hes a crazy little kid
Ive got the time if youve got the inclination
So cheer up Palmer, youll soon be dead
The noose is hanging, at least you wont die wondering
Sit up and take notice Tell it like it is
If I were near you I wouldnt be far from you
Ive got a feeling you know what you did
AC/DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
DC Bag
Time to put your money where your mouth is
Put em in a field and let em fight it out
Im running so fast my feet dont touch the ground
Im a stranger here Im going down
Lets get down to the nitty gritty
Lets get this show on the road
Ill show you mine if you show me yours
Im breathing hard, open the door
AC/DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
AC/DC Bag
DC Bag
Brain dead, and made of money
No future at all
Pull down the blinds and run for cover
No future at all
Who wouldve thought it, thats where I am
No future at all
Dont sweat it, thats where I am
Whoa, carry me down, down, down, down |
She started a blaze from one tiny spark
I didn’t even detect
She loved the light, was dismayed by the dark
The stars though she seemed to respect
The faint light that flutters at night to the earth
Would land in her eyes and collect
Luminous creatures she’d find in the surf
I never thought to inspect
Pebbles and marbles like things on my mind
Seem to get lost and harder to find
When I am alone I am inclined
If I find a pebble in sand
To think that it fell from my hand
She gave me ideas
Planted the seed
But she never stopped to reflect
The course that she’s on, wherever it leads
I never would redirect
Pebbles and marbles like words from a friend
Make us hold tight but are lost in the end
When we’re alone we all seem to tend
If we find a marble in dust
To wish someone left it for us |
Much ado is all I see
And I feel like it’s surrounding me
The crowd intrudes all day
’Til I’m finally swept away
Im finally swept away
Im finally swept away
Im finally swept away... |
Had to have that
Had to have that
Your wombat
Had that
Had to have that
Had to have that
Your wombat
Had that
You gotta take it with you when youre going forward
If youre moving on youve got to leave it behind
You gotta take it with you when youre going forward
If youre moving on youve got to leave it behind
Your wombat
You had that
Your wombat
You had that
You gotta take it with you when youre going forward
If youre moving on youve got to leave it behind
Its kinda like the theme from the Fish TV show
You know - with Abe Vigoda
The Fish TV show
You know - with Abe Vigoda
You gotta take it with you when youre going forward
If youre moving on youve got to leave it behind
Little red wagon took a big jump
That pup was caught in a centrifuge
Never did tumble over the side of the hill
Kept flying down to Baton Rouge
Spit out the seeds
Gnaw on the pulp
Suck on the juice
And simmer the rinds
Look at everything
You had to have
Bring it forward
Or leave it behind
Cuddly, but muscular
Herbivorous, crepuscular
Cuddly, but muscular
Herbivorous, crepuscular
Cuddly, but muscular
Herbivorous, crepuscular
Cuddly, but muscular
Herbivorous, crepuscular |
I spoke your name for many days
Pronouncing it in several ways
And moving letters all around
And when you heard the end result
I told you it was not my fault
If you were here more of the day
It wouldn’t twist around that way |
Theyre tying a blindfold cross my eyes
I rest my face down
Skidding on switchbacks near the sides
Gonna try to bust out
Get up, jump out, dont wait, gotta get away
Hop off, roll down, spring up, live another day
Sprint on cobblestones past the tracks
They kept my money and my water
Don’t wanna run ‘cause I want it back
But I know I really ought to
If I dont break away clean
I might stray from the scene
Make an escape when it arrives:
The 555
They bought my soul for a pile of cash
Everybody else got paid out
Theyre closing in I gotta dash
I gotta find a way out
Hop off, roll down, spring up, live another day
Get up, jump out, dont wait |
Bottle of claret for you if Id realised
Id forgotten all about it George, Im sorry
Will you forgive me?
Mmm yes
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
Number nine, number nine, number
Then theres this Welsh Rarebit wearing some brown underpants
About the stortage of grain in Hertfordshire
Everyone of them knew that as time went by theyd
Get a little bit older and a little bit slower but
Its all the same thing, in this case manufactured by
Someone whos always umpteen
Your fathers giving it diddly-i-dee district was leaving
Intended to die
Ottoman
Long gone through
Ive got to say irritably and
Floors, hard enough to put on
Per days md in our district
There was not really enough light to get down
And ultimately
Slumped down
Suddenly
They may stop the funding
Place your bets
The original
Afraid shell die
Great colours for the season
Number nine, number nine
Whos to know?
Who was to know?
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
I sustained nothing worse than
Also, for example
Whatever youre doing
A business deal falls through
I informed him on the third night, when fortune gives
People ride, people ride
Ride, ride, ride, ride
Ride
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
Ri-i-i-i-ide
Ri-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ide
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
Ive missed all of that
It makes me a few days late
Compared with, like, wow!
And weird stuff like that
Taking our sides sometimes
Floral bark
Rouge doctors have brought this specimen
I have nobodys short-cuts, aha
Nine, number nine
With the situation
They are standing still
The plan, the telegram
(Hubbbbba, hubbbbba, hubbbbbba, hubbbbba, hubbbbba
Number nine, number Hubbba)
A man without terrors from beard to false
As the headmaster reported to my son
He really can try, as they do, to find function
Tell what he was saying, and his voice was low and his hive high
And his eyes were low
Alright!
It was on fire and his glasses were the same
This thing know if it was tinted
But you know it isnt
To me it is...
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
Number nine, number nine, number nine
So the wife called me and wed better go to see a surgeon
To price it Yellow underclothes
So, any road, we went to see a dentist instead
That gave her a pair of teeth which wasnt any good at all
So I said Id marry, join the fucking navy and went to sea
Block that kick, block that kick
In my broken chair, my wings are broken and so is my hair
Im not in the mood for whirling
How?
Dogs for dogging, hands for clapping
Birds for birding, and fish for fishing
Them for themming and when for whemming
Only to find the night-watchman
Unaware of his presence in the building
Number nine, number nine, number nine, number nine
Number nine, number nine
Industry allows financial imbalance
Thrusting it bewteen his shoulder blades
The watusi, the twist
Eldorado
Take this, brother, may it serve you well
Maybe its nothing
What, what oh...
Maybe, even then, impervious in London
Could be difficult thing
Its quick like rush for peace because its so much
Like being naked
Its alright, its alright, its alright, its alright
Its alright, its alright, its alright, its alright
Its alright
If, youve become naked
Block that kick, block that kick, block that kick, block that kick
Block that kick, block that kick, block that kick, block that kick
Block that kick, block that kick, block that kick, block that kick
Block that kick, block that kick, block that kick, block that kick |
The old man knows very well
Going down by the snowbank, there’s a mound
A mound that an old man knows good
Look who raises his shoe all over this mound
Right over the world that’s another rewind
And it’s time, time, time for the last rewind
For a broken old man and a world unkind
He buried all his memories of home
In an icy clump that lies beneath the ground
No one knows how far he traveled
Oh! I heard he walked miles from the little mound
Can he find some shelter?
He doesn’t know to behold what the cold frost can do
And at last till he realized he’d circled back around
Round a back circle, round a back realized
And it’s time, time, time for the last rewind
For a broken old man and a world unkind
He buried all his memories of home
In an icy clump that lies beneath the ground
Ice is all he was made of
The bitter blue, and frozen through
He went over to the mound
Reclining down his final thoughts
Were drifting to the time this life had shined |
I’m leaving you a message, I’m leaving you a trace
I’m leaving thoughts for you I hope that time will not erase
And when the moment comes to read the words that I engrave
You’ll find them on the walls of the cave
I know you heard the question but you didn’t make a sound
And when it fell you caught my heart before it hit the ground
But if you ever need the names of those you couldn’t save
You’ll find them on the walls of the cave
Look at me
The time stands still
The mountain here is now a hill
Look away
The time goes past
These rocks will fall away at last
Maybe you will see it as you’re passing by alone
Below the moss forgotten where some words adorn a stone
It might have been an etching on a marker of a grave
Or maybe on the walls of the cave
Listen to
The silent trees
But still your words float on the breeze
Look away
I see them all
Carved into the cavern wall |
Party time!
Party time!
Party time!
Party time!
Party time!
Party time!
Party time!
Party time!
Party time!
Party time! |
Got a blank space where my mind should be
Got a Clif Bar and some cold green tea
Got clouds that seem to follow me
Got strange demands piled up on me
Got memories
Memories of being free
Gonna steal time from the faulty plan
Gonna act as though I’m still a man
Gonna give you one last chance to see
Gonna shrug demands off of me
Gonna dream
Dream of being free
Gonna steal time from the faulty plan
Got a blank space where my mind should be |
1,2,3,4
You wont steal my poor heart again
You wont steal my poor heart again
You wont steal my tape recorder
Ill call the lawr
And put you in the pen
You wont steal that thing again
I didnt even know your name or what was your game
But stealin things has sure brought you to fame
Ill hound you so much
Its one of a kind
Not sayin if youre to blame
Life will never be the same
You wont steal my poor heart again
You wont steal my poor heart again
You wont steal my tape recorder
Ill call the lawr
And put you in the pen
You wont steal that thing again
I cant track you anymore
Detective work has sure become a bore
So tell me what you did with it
And stop this shit, give up yourself
Before they come knockin at your door
You wont steal my poor heart again
You wont steal my poor heart again
When I feel the blade of that Cupid sword
Ill call the Lawr and hell put you in the pen
You wont steal that thing again
You wont steal my poor heart again |
Im feeling like I used to belong
Running around this place
My theory was head home before dawn
Or end up without a space
My future was some merry-go-round
On horses that learned to fly
My problem was Id barely slow down
But found myself back at my...
Home, rest assured
And a life, unobscured
Id toss way some days at a time
Into the folder now
Aint feeling it
Stop stealing my lines
Over and over now
Outstanding with both hands in the night
Looking for local life
Years older I resist and refine
All that I can when Im...
Home, rest assured
And a life, unobscured
Wide open door
While I hide by the shore
My feelings are best left to the side
First I get off the road
I wish I had more time to wind
But I havent cracked that code
My history, I tend to revise
With chapters upon the floor
I tell myself Im part of a tribe
And that Ive been here before
Home, rest assured
And a life, unobscured
Hide by the shore
While outside of the door |
I can’t spare a moment on the dog faced boy
I won’t lend another hand to the worm girl of Hanoi
Don’t deplete my oxygen for the guy who’s turning blue
But ask me, and I’ll do anything for you
Whenever I think of you it only makes me feel sad
Whenever I think of you, the best friend I ever had
Before I gave it up all for nothing
Well, I lied and I cheated
And it made me feel bad
It made me feel guilty for not being true
Oh the months I spend trying for a way to explain
In the end all I could do as turn my head in shame
Whenever I think of you it only makes me feel sad
Because you deserve better and once I was it
But somehow my good intentions just got up and git |
Sanity never came my way
Sanity never came my way
I dont know what Ill do today
Cause sanity never came my way
Lost my mind just a couple of times
Lost my mind just a couple of times
You can spend your nickels, spend you dimes
But I lost my mind just a...
You can trespass anywhere
You can trespass anywhere
But when you go youd better beware
Cause you can trespass anywhere
I forgot the rules I forgot my pride
But now I need a place to hide
I forgot the rules I forgot my pride
But now I need a...
The stars in the sky are very bright
The stars in the sky are very bright
The stars they really suck tonight
The stars in the sky are very bright
And I dont care if the world explodes
I dont care if the world explodes
You can save the whales, you can save the toads
But I dont care if the...
Sanity never came my way
Sanity never came my way
I dont know what Ill do today
Cause sanity never came my way
Lost my mind just a couple of times
Lost my mind just a couple of times |
I can’t describe the feeling when
I’m in my bed asleep and then
I wake up with a vision blurred
And all my efforts are deterred
To reconstruct this image lost
There’re certain things my mind won’t do
And even though they’re very few
The image glistens like a gem
Repairing is not one of them
So i’m awake though in my mind
The image that so unrefined
Is calling to me from the deep
Tempting me to fall asleep |
I cant stand it I know you planned it
But Im gonna set it straight, this water gate
I cant stand rocking when Im in here
Because your crystal bal aint so crystal clear
So while you sit back and wonder why
I got this fucking thorn in my side
Oh my, its a mirage
Im tellin yall its a sabotage
So listen up cause you cant say nothin
Youll shut me down with a push of your button?
But Im out and Im gone
Ill tell you now I keep it on and on
cause what you see you might not get
And we can bet so dont you get souped yet
Youre scheming on a thing thats a mirage
Im trying to tell you now its sabotage
Why; our backs are now against the wall
Listen all of yall its a sabotage
I cant stand it, I know you planned it
But Im gonna set it straight this watergate
I cant stand rockin when Im in this place
Because I feel disgrace because youre all in my face
But make no mistakes and switch up my channel
Im buddy rich when I fly off the handle
What could it be, its a miracle
Youre scheming on a thing, thats sabotage |
Summer sitting out by the pool
A ray of sunshine getting in my way
Close your eyes and wish that it were cool everyday
And I wish it could be back the other way
But whats dissolved aint coming back today
Close your eyes and wish that it were
Close your eyes and wish that it were
Axilla, axilla, axilla, axilla
Never understood what my body was for
Thats why I always leave it layin out on the floor
The shape a curiosity
Where different faces fit before
And tracing my image in the sand
To pass the time from slip to fall
The line I trace begins to weave
A tangled web from wall to wall |
Lost my shape
Trying to act casual!
Cant stop
I might end up in the hospital
Im changing my shape
I feel like an accident
Theyre back!
To explain their experience
Isnt it weird
Looks too obscure to me
Wasting away
And that was their policy
Im ready to leave
I push the fact in front of me
Facts lost
Facts are never what they seem to be
Nothing there!
No information left of any kind
Lifting my head
Looking for danger signs
There was a line
There was a formula
Sharp as a knife
Facts cut a hole in us
There was a line
There was a formula
Sharp as a knife
Facts cut a hole in us
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
The feeling returns
Whenever we close out eyes
Lifting my head
Looking around inside
The island of doubt
Its like the taste of medicine
Working by hindsight
Got the message from the oxygen
Making a list
Find the cost of opportunity
Doing it right
Facts are useless in emergencies
The feeling returns
Whenever we close out eyes
Lifting my head
Looking around inside
Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts dont do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
Facts are nothing on the face of things
Facts dont stain the furniture
Facts go out and slam the door
Facts are written all over your face
Facts continue to change their shape
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
Im still waiting
Im still waiting |
It’s time I sling the baskets off this overburdened horse
Sink my toes into the ground and set a different course
Cause if I were here and you were there
I’d meet you in between
And not until my dying day, confess what I have see |
The feelings not the same
In fact its getting pretty tame
Its just not that great anymore
I guess Ill go outside
And flag a weasel for a ride
And take it on down to the shore
Wallowing in fear
The days and weeks that youre not here
Was all the waiting in vain?
The day that you arrived
My sleeping monkey is revived
But you sent him home on the train
Home on the train
Whyd you send my monkey on a train?
The day that you arrived
My sleeping monkey is revived
But you sent him home on the train |
I had a dog. His name was Jim
Took all of my old clothes with him
Whoa-ooooooooooooooo oh Runaway Jim
Whoa-ooooooooooooooo oh Runaway Jim
He was twelve years old when his trip began
Hauling down the highway in my old sedan
Now I wish someoned tell me where old Jim went
Cause he took all the money that I saved for rent
By the time he came home he was seventeen
Thats a hundred nineteen to you and me
Now Im gonna go up to the mountain
Singing for Jim whos swimming in the fountain
(Runaway, runaway, runaway |
Slave to the traffic light
Slave
See the city, see the zoo
Traffic light wont let me through |
Where I end and you begin
I wanna find that line
And cross it back and forth
Until it disintegrates
By our footsteps
By our footsteps
Where I end and you begin
I wanna find that line
And cross it back and forth
Until it disintegrates
By our footsteps
By our footsteps |
Where I end and you begin
I wanna find that line
And cross it back and forth
Until it disintegrates
By our footsteps
By our footsteps
Where I end and you begin
I wanna find that line
And cross it back and forth
Until it disintegrates
By our footsteps
By our footsteps |
Walkin across the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
Walkin across the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
Ive been walkin across the lawn
Ive been walkin through the dawn, dawn, dawn
Walkin across the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
Ive been walkin across the lawn
Ive been wonderin where my dog done gone
Stepped upon a log, log, log, log, log, log, log
Stepped upon a log, log, log, log, log, log, log
Bout stepped upon a log, while I was walkin through the fog, fog, fog
Stepped upon a log, log, log, log, log, log, log
It was a dog log, ya hear
And I knew that she was near, it was still steamin
Walkin across the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
Walkin across the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
Ive been walkin across the lawn
Ive been walkin through the dawn, dawn, dawn
Walkin across the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
Ive been walkin across the lawn, Ive been
Ive been walkin across the law-haw-awn
Ive been walkin across the lawn
Ive been wonderin where my dog done gone
Wheres my dog gone?
Wheres my dog gone?
Wheres my dog gone?
Wheres my dog gone?
Dog Gone
Dog Gone
Dog Gone
Dog Gone
Dog Gone
Dog |
Why do I sit and cry
Without a reason
I dont know why
Its my soul
Its my soul
Its my soul people
Its my soul
If I should jump up and hollar
Without a reason, straight from the collar
Its my soul
Its my soul
Its my soul people
Its my soul
Mamamamamamamam soul
Its my soul |
You say its your birthday
Its my birthday too, yeah
They say its your birthday
Were gonna have a good time
Im glad its your birthday
Happy birthday to you
Yes were going to a party party
Yes were going to a party party
Yes were going to a party party
I would like you to dance
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance
I would like you to dance
Dance
I would like you to dance
Take a cha-cha-cha-chance
I would like you to dance
Dance
You say its your birthday
Well its my birthday too, yeah
You say its your birthday
Were gonna have a good time
Im glad its your birthday
Happy birthday to you |
Oh tequila I turn to you like a long lost friend
I want to kiss my Mexican cousin once again
We’ll cover every emotion from happiness to sorrow
And the conversations I forget you’ll tell me about tomorrow
When the phone calls start, am I in bed or in a hearse?
The things you tell me about myself can’t make me feel any worse
Well I’m awful sorry you got pissed
Just have to cross you off the list
Of my true friends…
And tequila’s where that starts and where it ends |
Listen as she speaks to you
Hear the voices flutter through
The barriers arranged by you
Close the shutters draw the shades
Filter out the everglades
Glistening with evening dew
Thunder calls through waterfalls
Rising tide and ocean walls
I can hear you when you sigh
Watch them and let them lie
I can hear you when you sigh
Through the water in the sky |
Just got back from Kill Devil Falls
Draped my water-logged clothes in the hall
Reach for a beer, glad that I’m here
When I realize that you’re not around
Turned on some music and then the tv
Go through the pile of mail waiting for me
Something I spied makes me pull it aside
A letter from your hometown
How could you leave me?
You heard what I said
I’d be at the waterfall clearing my head
Soaking up nature and thinking of you
And leaving’s the last thing I thought you would do
I didn’t plan to stop at the bar
But Kill Devil Falls is really so far
Who knew a day would turn into a week
But I learned my lesson
And I can still remember the last one
But this time will be different
Until I do it again
Stared at the ceiling for over a day
But none of my questions are answered this way
Won’t make any calls
I’ll just bounce off the walls |
Da da da da da, Minkin
Da da da da da, Minkin
Da da da da da, Minkin
Da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da, Minkin
Da da da da da, Minkin
Da da da da da, Minkin
Da da da da da da da da da
The paintings of Marjorie Minkin
Have exploded into the world
The dynamic influctuous paintings
Always seem to fit perfectly
Into that empty space on your wall
The texture of a Minkin painting
Is so vividly intransient
That it seems to reach out
Into the room and grab you
The colors have been described as
Quote, More vibrant than any
Sunset, Unquote
Fellow artists are often amazed
By Minkins work
Sometimes the edge of a painting
Will grab me
Sometimes a corner
And it will attempt to wrap me up
Often succeeding
And suffucate me
And then spit me out
Who would you say is the single
Main influence of Minkins work?
The Ubiquitous Smokey
Marjories paintings are influenced
By her radical philosphy of art
Some would say art is from within
You know, a spiritual thing
I dont buy that crap
Not for a single second
I would have to say
Art is from without
A painting is like life
Not your life, not my life
In fact, not life at all
Who do you consider to be
Your main influence?
That would definitely be
Our family cat
The Ubiquitous Smokey
Minkins own mother
Has been an encouraging supporting
Source of encouragement and support
Mrs. Cherry
How do you perceive
Your daughters paintings?
I think theyre absolutely stunning
Mom, can we go out and buy a
Marjorie Minkin painting, please?
After you eat your dinner!
Yes, you can buy your own painting
Fresh from the Minkin studio
This month only
Bite-sized paintings also available
Da da da da da, Minkin
Da da da da da, Minkin
Da da da da da, Minkin
Da da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da, Minkin
Da da da da da, Minkin
Da da da da da, Minkin
Da da da da da da da da da |
Ocelot, ocelot where have you gone
Morning is over and noon slouches on
Your stripes could all fade in the poisonous day
When you see the sunlight move out of the way
You prance with the beasts who parade every night
And silently slouch through the forest by light
Don’t be the only one left on the block
Come hide in the herd
And float with the flock
Ocelot, ocelot where are you now
You never listen to me anyhow
You wandered and ambled, you walk now you run
Knowing you’ll bake like a snake in the sun
Ocelot, ocelot where are you now?
Won’t you come out to play? |
Instrumental |
I can hold my breath for a minute or so
Five days without food is as long as I’ll go
I didn’t sleep once for four days and three nights
I once didn’t stop for seven red lights
I jumped into water that’s fifty degrees
I rowed in a kayak in thirty-foot seas
I stayed in the woods for a week with a knife
A flint when I lost it nearly cost me my life
Twenty years later
I’m still upside down
It’s a small world
And it’s turning real fast
Here upside down
It’s a new day
And the mourning has passed
Turned upside down
It’s a short road
But the mountains are tall
Land upside down
It’s a small world
But we all start out small
I hurtle through air though I feel I’m alone
I stick with the others to the skin of the stone
I stop for a stranger just to give him a lift
I cling like a lizard to the side of the cliff
I treat every minute like an hour and then
It seems like a year has just flashed by again
We build a foundation but where do we stand
When all air is water and all water is land
Twenty years later
I’m still upside down
Feel it turning in circles
And you’re never the same again
Spin slowly while sounds cascade
And became
I’m here upside down
Inside this silent scene
All are free, all are free
Second time around |
Take a piece of tinsel and put it on the tree
Cut a slab of melon and pretend that you still love me
Carve out a pumpkin and rely on your destiny
Get in your car and cruise the land of the brave and free
But dont forget to understand
Exactly what you put on the tree
Dont believe the florist when he tells you
That the roses are free
Take a wrinkled raisin and do with it what you will
Push it into third if you know youre gonna climb a hill
Eat plenty of lasagna till you know that youve had your fill
Resist all the urges that make you wanna go out and kill
But dont forget to understand
Exactly what you put on the tree
Dont believe the florist when he tells you
That the roses are free
Throw that pumpkin at the tree
Unless you think that pumpkin holds your destiny
Cast it off into the sea
Bake that pie and eat it with me
Throw that pumpkin at the tree
Unless you think that pumpkin holds your destiny
Cast it off into the sea
Bake that pie and eat it with me |
Walkin across the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
Walkin across the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
Ive been walkin across the lawn
Ive been walkin through the dawn, dawn, dawn
Walkin across the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
Ive been walkin across the lawn
Ive been wonderin where my dog done gone
Stepped upon a log, log, log, log, log, log, log
Stepped upon a log, log, log, log, log, log, log
Bout stepped upon a log, while I was walkin through the fog, fog, fog
Stepped upon a log, log, log, log, log, log, log
It was a dog log, ya hear
And I knew that she was near, it was still steamin
Walkin across the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
Walkin across the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
Ive been walkin across the lawn
Ive been walkin through the dawn, dawn, dawn
Walkin across the lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn, lawn
Ive been walkin across the lawn, Ive been
Ive been walkin across the law-haw-awn
Ive been walkin across the lawn
Ive been wonderin where my dog done gone
Wheres my dog gone?
Wheres my dog gone?
Wheres my dog gone?
Wheres my dog gone?
Dog Gone
Dog Gone
Dog Gone
Dog Gone
Dog Gone
Dog |
Won’t you step into the freezer?
Won’t you step into the freezer?
Won’t you step into the freezer?
Freezer, step into the freezer
Step into the freezer
Won’t you step into the freezer?
Step into the |
A flash of light
Another moment stolen from my soul
A thunderclap
Again I must surrender all control
Sudden noises startle me
And strange things in my mind
Haunt me and Im running scared
Running out of time
There are days when sunlight
Seems to lift me from my bed
And other times I face the light
With eyelids full of lead
Light and dark pass quickly by
With no dividing line
I follow but Im running scared
Running out of time
Light and dark pass quickly by
With no dividing line
I follow but Im running scared
Running out of time |
Id catapult downtown
To see the galleries
And my favorite fiancee
In a lavender gown
But Im hooked up to a machine
It performs my daily functions
Through a tube in my wien
And today that thing malfunctioned
Like a forest fire
It burnt a hole in me and I perspired
So there aint gonna be a wedding
No love affair
No art to which none compares |
Anger he smiles, towering in shiny metallic purple armour
Queen jealousy, envy waits behind him
Her fiery green gown sneers at the grassy ground
Blue are the life-giving waters taken for granted
They quietly understand
Once happy turquoise armies lay opposite ready
But wonder why the fight is on
But theyre all bold as love, yes, theyre all bold as love
Yeah, theyre all bold as love
Just ask the axis
My red is so confident that he flashes trophies of war and
Ribbons of euphoria
Orange is young, full of daring
But very unsteady for the first go round
My yellow in this case is not so mellow
In fact Im trying to say its frigthened like me
And all these emotions of mine keep holding me from, eh
Giving my life to a rainbow like you
But, Im eh , yeah, Im bold as love
Yeah, yeah
Well Im bold, bold as love
Im bold as love
Just ask the axis
Yeah, yeah, yeah |
Up all night and Im waiting for you to come home
Waiting all night
Waiting all night
Mind is racing and Im wondering what I did wrong
Waiting all night
Waiting all night
Where could you be
Im so alone
Wont you please come home
Suns coming up
And Im rolling over
But Im holding on
Waiting all night
And I said Im sorry
Waiting all night
But you went so far away
Waiting all night
Don’t know why you
Waiting all night
Left me this way
Waiting all night
Just sail on, sail on |
I can see the light between me and my mind
I can feel memories fall behind
And the light is growing brighter now
I see the future is less and less there
And the past has vanished in the air
And I’m left and I’m now with a wondrous glow
I think I’m still me
But how would you know?
It takes a few moments of whirling around
Before your feet finally leave the ground
And fending off fears and hearing the call
And finally waiting for nothing at all
Obstacles are stepping-stones
That guide us to our goals
Fences are filters
That purify our souls |
Tela reached out her hand and helped Forbin on to the back of the multi-beast, and together they rode off into the forest
As they rode, Tela explained to him about Wilson and the Helping Friendly Book. She told the colonel that she was part of a revolution to overthrow the evil king. The leader of the revolution was a Lizard named Errand Wolfe who was out to avenge the death of his son Roger. Roger, she said, had been executed by Wilson at the age of fourteen on suspicion of treason. He had been abducted from his home and hung in the public square |
Blue, splinter and grow
New crystals of snow
Seen several kinds
Through seven below |
I can’t talk my talk with you
Nothing’s ever soaking through
The filter that surrounds your thoughts
And holds out lessons left untaught
I can’t sing my song with you |
Take me to another place, she said
Take me to another time
Run with me across the oceans
Float me on a silver cloud
If I could I would, but I dont know how
If I could I would, but I dont know how
If I could I would and Id take you now
Stay with me till time turns over
I want to feel my feet leave the ground
Take me where the whispering breezes
Can lift me up and spin me around
If I could I would, but I dont know how
If I could I would, but I dont know how
If I could I would and Id take you now
Hear you laughing as we go
Flipping backward through the doors and through the windows
Im melting into nothing
If I could I would, but I dont know how
If I could I would, but I dont know how
If I could I would and Id take you now |
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly
Fly
Fly famous mockingbird
Fly |
No more promises that no one could keep
No more lies to keep us from sleep
No more phone calls when you dont say what you mean
Ive got faith in a fairytale, devotion to a dream
Its today the vows are broken
Its today the charade is over
Its today the curtains coming down
Now the battle-lines are chosen
Its today my eyes are open
Its today the time to turn around
No more knowing glances or places we can hide
No more chances to keep this thing alive
The two of us together it wasnt in the grand scheme
All it was was a fairytale and devotion to a dream
Devotion to a dream
No more promises no more keeping score
No more wondering what I stay here for
We broke the awkward silence with polite and practiced lies
While images occupied our minds
An uneventful voyage that stranded us upstream
All it was was a fairytale and devotion to a dream
Devotion to a dream
Yesterday my path was chosen
Yesterday my smile was frozen
Yesterday my doors were closing down
Tomorrow I can cross the border
Its today a new world-order
Yesterday my will was broken down
Ill ignore where this is leading
Tomorrow glaciers are receding
Now Im mending things I broke inside
Im completing thoughts unspoken
Now I see that webs were woven
Now I keep the windows open wide
Its today... |
The fog has just lifted, revealing the gray
Hills that are rolling, rolling away
Bird songs invoking an echo of home
Sigma Oasis is waiting alone
Ooh-ooh
A stone in the harbor, a ripple at sea
The breeze in the parlor, the bend of your knee
The water train lurches and floats off the track
Sigma Oasis is calling us back
So take off, take off, take off your mask
The fears an illusion, so dont even ask
Youre finally weightless, so take to the air
Sigma Oasis, youre already there
Its always a search or a hunt from the start
Seeking a memory dear to the heart
Youre finally weightless, so take to the sky
Sigma Oasis goes sailing on by
Take off, take off, take off your mask
The fears an illusion, so dont even ask
Youre finally weightless, so take to the air
Sigma Oasis, youre already there
Youre already there
Youre already there
Our ligaments falter, we scatter like art
In furrows assemble what tides pulled apart
The work on the bone fragment jigsaw may cease
Sigma Oasis holds the last piece
Sigma Oasis, adrift on a breeze
A waterlogged train traversing the seas
Sigma Oasis alone on a beach
Protecting a castle the tides never reached
Am I protecting or breaking an oath?
For Sigma Oasis, its neither and both
Youre finally weightless, so take to the air
Sigma Oasis, youre already there
Youre already there
Youre already there
Youre already there
Youre already there
Youre already there |
Im gonna pull this timber fore the sun go down
Get it cross the river fore the bars come down
Drag it on down that dusty road
Come on Jerry, lets dump this load
I said Timber, ho!, timber, woah this timbers gotta roll
I said Timber, ho!, timber, woah this timbers gotta roll
My old Jerry was an Arkansas mule
Been everywhere and he aint no fool
Weighed nine hundred and twenty-two
Done everything a poor mule can do
Jerrys shoulders stood six foot tall
Pulled more timber than a freight could haul
Workin heavy old Jerry got sore
Pulled so much he couldnt pull no more
The boss said Jerry and it made him jump
Jerry ran and kicked the boss on the rump
My old Jerry was a cool mule
Had it been me I woulda killed that fool
Boss tried to shoot old Jerry in the head
Jerry took that bullet and he stomped him dead
Stomped that boss til he heard him scream
Sure dont care he was so damn mean |
Some guys once asked me what kind of a motion
His words were to
Of course its a hamburger
One single large puffy bun with dots on it
Science asked me what the word was
I said, of course, the word is no...
It, nuvit, nuvit, nuvit, nuvit...
Weary, weary...
Word... |
Colonel Forbin stared at the fourteen bars that stood at the end of the cell. He ran his hand across the cold, damp dungeon wall and thought again about the door. He had traveled through the door out of necessity. Once he knew it existed, he simply couldnt leave it alone. Just like Wilson. Just like Tela. Just like Errand Wolfe. And he sat in the dungeon, and he realized that he was back again, through the door. And through the tiny window in the corner of his cell, he heard the distant strains...
Errand...
Errand...
Errand...
Errand... |
Give me a word and give me a sign
Show me where to go and tell what will I find
What will I find?
Lay me on the ground and fly me through the air
Show me where to go and tell me will love be there?
Will love be there?
Yeah
Oh, heaven let your light shine down
Oh, heaven let your light shine down
Oh, heaven let your light shine down
Oh, heaven let your light shine down |
I got a bird wanna whistles
Baby, got a bird
Honey got a bird will sing
Baby, got a bird
Honey got a bird will sing
Without my Corinna
Sure dont mean
Sure dont mean a natural thing
Oh, I learned to love you
Baby, for I call
Honey, for I call your name
Baby, for I call
Honey, for I call out your name
I wouldnt trade your love for money
Baby, youre my warm hearts
Honey, youre my warm hearts flame
Oh, oh, oh
Have mercy, have mercy, baby
Honey, youre my hard luck
Baby, youre my hard luck soul
Honey, youre my hard luck
Women, on my hard luck soul
Got a rainbow round my shoulder
Shine like silver
Looks like some ol fools gold
Oh, oh
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, ooh
Well, I love you so much, honey
Gotta tell the world
Baby, baby, tell the world I do
Oh, honey tell the world
Baby, tell the world I do
You know, you know, you know, you know
Aint no man, aint no man in fourteen countries
Gonna love me baby
Baby like the way you do
Hey, hey, hey
I got a bird wanna whistle
Baby, got a bird
Honey, got a bird will sing
Honey got a bird
Baby, got a bird that will sing
Oh, without my Corinna
Sure dont mean
Sure dont mean a natural thing
Gotta say it one more time Oh
Oh
Aint nothin, nothin, nothin, nothin
Tell the world, tell the world about it
Sing!
Ooh
hee, hee
I like it when you
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh
Corinna
Corinna, Corinna
Corinna, oh, oh, Corinna |
Much ado is all I see
In fact it is surrounding me
The seething crowd intrudes all day
’Til finally I’m swept away
Although I thought my roots were deep
I sank them into hillsides steep
And riverbanks that soon erode
Near canyons that have overflowed |
Little Suzy Greenberg, with her head caved in
Soon to let me drown beneath the undertow
Aughta put that woman in a looney bin
Cause you know Id really like to be a part of her show!
Suzy is an artist - she paints quite a lot
An artist she may be, but a genius she is not
She says she wants to be a sociologist
But she better first get checked by a neurologist
Chorus
Suzy, Suzy, Suzy, Suzy
Suzy, Suzy Greenberg
Suzy, Suzy, Suzy, Suzy
Suzy, Suzy Greenberg
Suzys bout as faithful as a slot machine
Pays off once in a while, then she robs you clean
Shes always afraid that shes not sure what shes worth
Shes out of her mind, and shes not of this Earth
Woman walks the streets like shes queen of the town
Doesnt talk very much, shes very profound!
Little Suzy Greenbergs always playing a game
Since the day we first met, shes probably forgot my name!
Chorus x2
Little Suzy Greenberg, with her head caved in
Soon to let me drown beneath the undertow
Aughta put that woman in a looney bin
Cause you know Id really like to be a part of her show!
Suzy is an artist - she paints quite a lot
An artist she may be, but a genius she is not
She says she wants to be a sociologist
But she better first get checked by a neurologist
Chorus x |
I close my eyes as the curtain draws
Ear toward the tracks
And ever after the rhythm soars
Flyin right past the facts
Hold the times that I brought to light
Keep the pattern till June
Make the other side right
Half the way to the Moon
Im old enough to repeat myself
Im not tryin to defend
Holdin onto the thoughts I have
Back to circles again
Holdin back the emotion train
Headin back to Duluth
All aboard for the tour
Ridin next to the truth
I found a place that I cant explain
In my state of mind
I move myself as I search the stone
For any lines to unwind
I grabbed some change when I thought I could
Left my wallet behind
I did my best to refine
I put my shoes out to shine
A little star that reveals itself
Little matter of time
Holdin on to the thoughts I have/wheel I know
Not the devil Ill find
Raise the bar and roofbeams high
Help me carry this tune
Make the other side right
Half the way to the moon |
Zither, Rachel, Cardamom, Frost – But at what cost?
Threshold, Skin, Fortress, Win – A life of sin
Pliers, Tension, Toy Store, Grace – The human race
Raking, Fourteen, Basket, Screw – Now how ’bout you?
Passion, Cardboard, Raisin, Stop – A better crop
Field, Cater, Open, New – Who’s mocking who?
It’s just a mock song
Gas, Thirsty, Rattle, Tick – A bone to pick
Fountain, Egg, Treason, Cave – Will you dance on grave?
Throat, Carrot, Meeting, Choke -I got that joke
Temper, Thistle, Rodney, Wilt – The house I built
Fewer, Pink, Kyle, Ball – I’ve known them all
Penny, Thistle, Cell Phone, Blow – Reap what you sow
Because it’s just a mock song
Call it what you will |
The next morning at the camp, Errand Wolfe and Rutherford stood frozen in awe as the Famous Mockingbird flew out of the sky and laid the Helping Friendly Book at their feet. The quest for the book had dragged on for so many years that its sudden appearance left the men staring in disbelief, unsure of what their next move should be
The shock wore off quickly though, and Errand Wolfe shot into high gear. He snatched up the book with one hand and the Famous Mockingbird with the other, and began to inform Rutherford of this plan. He would first kill Wilson, and then put the Helping Friendly Book to work for him
With Rutherfords aid he fastened the Famous Mockingbird to a pole, with glue and rubber bands, to insure the secrecy of his mission, and then set out to find the only man in Gamehendge who could handle the job of eliminating a King |
By that night, news of Palmers death had traveled back to the camp. Spirits were low and Colonel Forbin felt devastated. Even though he had only been in Gamehendge for one day, he had already developed a deep hatred for Wilson. He wanted desperately to help the revolutionaries, but without Palmer, it seemed hopeless
He wandered slowly through the camp and passed Errand Wolfe, sitting by the fire with Rutherford, who had returned that afternoon. He walked on and soon found himself outside of Telas hut. Forbin knocked and walked in. Tela sat behind a makeshift desk in the center of a room that was littered with small cages containing spotted stripers, a tiny three-legged breed of animal. The unit monster sat in the corner. The colonel took a step toward Tela and spoke. I needed to come here tonight, he said, to tell you that Ive fallen in love with you. He looked to her eyes for approval, but her face remained frozen in an expressionless stare
An awkward blanket of silence fell over the room and hung for a long moment before being shattered by the sound of the door swinging violently open. It was Rutherford the Brave. The ironclad knight rushed across the room and gripped the throats of Tela and the unit monster in each of his mighty hands. They struggled to break free but even the unit monster was no match for Rutherfords power and soon it was over. The bodies fell to the floor in a lifeless heap. Colonel Forbin stepped forward from where he stood in the corner, unable to contain his confusion and rage and screamed Wh?
His question was answered by Errand Wolfe who had quietly slipped through the doorway during the confusion. She was a spy, he said, and explained to Forbin that she had been sending information to Wilson using the spotted stripers as carriers. Rogers death had aroused his suspicion, and Palmers had confirmed it
The colonel stood in silence in a world that had turned up-side-down so many times that he no longer knew which way was up. It had all seemed so simple when he first arrived. Good versus evil, and of course he had sided with good as he had done all his life. And now, he stood and stared into the eyes of Errand Wolfe and he saw evil. The entire picture began to seem like an enormous puzzle with one piece missing, and the colonel knew what that piece was. Within twenty-four hours, he said to Errand Wolfe, you will have the Helping Friendly Book. And even as the words were leaving his lips, he found himself running out the door and into the forest, not towards Prussia, but toward the great mountain looming in the distance |
Verse:]
Time is me, and I should know
I knew this several months ago
I knew more than I do now
For I’ve been turned around somehow
Relax, the world will spin beside itself and suck you in
With threats and hopes beyond compare
I change the landscape as I pass
Meandering from sand to glass
I suction there for one whole day
Until the feeling goes away
I don’t need these orbits in my life
Revolve and cycle through
Don’t keep coming back for more
I don’t need this circular design
Wheel and spin away from me
You’ve been by here before
I’ve lost my mind
I’ve lost my way
I’m bound to lose
You wonder where I am |
Bring it
Whoo!
Unh, unh, unh, unh
Hoo cah cah
Hah hah, hah hah
Bicka bicka bow bow bow
Bicka bow bow bump bump
What, what, what, what
Hah hah hah hah
Unh
On your mark ready set lets go
Dance floor pro I know you know
I go psycho when my new joint hit
Just cant sit
Gotta get jiggy wit it
Ooh thats it
Now honey honey come ride
DKNY all up in my eye
You gotta Prada bag with alotta stuff in it
Give it to your friend lets spin
Everybody lookin at me
Glancin the kid
Wishin they was dancin a jig
Here with this handsome kid
Ciga-cigar right from Cuba-Cuba
I just bite it
Its for the look I dont light it
Illway the an-may on the ance-day oor-flay
Givin up jiggy make it feel like foreplay
Yo my car-dee-o is Infinit-
Ha ha
Big Willie Styles all in it
Gettin Jiggy Wit It
Na na na na na na na nana
Na na na na nana
Gettin jiggy wit it
What you wanna ball with the kid
Watch your step you might fall
Trying to do what I did
Mama-unh mama-unh mama come closer
In the middle of the club with the rub-a-dub, unh
No love for the haters, the haters
Mad cause I got floor seats at the Lakers
See me on the fifty yard line with the Raiders
Met Ali he told me Im the greatest
I got the fever for the flavor of a crowd pleaser
DJ play another
From the prince of this
Your highness
Only mad chicks ride in my whips
South to the west to the east to the north
Bought my hits and watch em go off a go off
Ah yes yes yall ya dont stop
In the winter or the
I makes it hot
Gettin jiggy wit em
Eight-fifty I.S. if you need a lift
Whos the kid in the drop
Who else Will Smith
Livin that life some consider a myth
Rock from south street to one two fifth
Women used to tease me
Give it to me now nice and easy
Since I moved up like George and Wheezy
Cream to the maximum I be askin em
Would you like to bounce with the brother thats platinum
Never see Will attackin em
Rather play ball with Shaq and um
Flatten em
Psyche
Kiddin
You thought I took a spill
But I didnt
Trust the lady of my life she hittin
Hit her with a drop top with the ribbon
Crib for my mom on the outskirts of Philly
You trying to flex on me
Dont be silly
Getting jiggy wit it |
Im the man on the mountain, come on up
Im the plowman in the valley with a face full of mud
Yes, Im stumbling and I know my car wont start
Yes, Im fumbling and I know I play a bad guitar
Give me little drink from your loving cup
Just one drink and Ill fall down drunk
Im the man who walks the hillside in the sweet summer sun
Im the man that brings you roses when you aint got none
Yes, I can run and jump and fish, but I wont fight
You if you want to push and pull with me all night
Give me little drink from your loving cup
Just one drink and Ill fall down drunk
I feel so humble with you tonight
Just sitting in front of the fire
See your face shining in the flame
Feel your mouth kissing me again
What a beautiful buzz
What a beautiful buzz
What a beautiful buzz
What a beautiful buzz
Oh, what a beautiful buzz
What a beautiful buzz
Yes, I am nitty gritty and my shirts all torn
But I would love to spill the beans with you til dawn
Give me little drink from your loving cup
Just one drink and Ill fall down drunk |
Steal away, let’s steal a car
You’ll never win a major only shooting par
Step outside, feel the sun
It’s only you, be you, ‘cause you’re the only one
And it feels good ‘cause it feels good
And it feels good
Nothing lasts, nothing stays
Caught in this procession of unchanging days
What’s new is old, what’s old is gone
You’re pushed up to the edge, so put your wingsuit on
Put your wingsuit on
(And it feels good ‘cause it feels good
And it feels good)
And gliding away, you fly where you choose
There’s nothing to say and nothing to lose
Steal away, paint the sky
Put your wingsuit on
And gliding away, you fly where you choose
There’s nothing to say, and nothing to lose
Time to put your wingsuit on |
Sometimes when the evenings young
The wind dies down, the setting sun
Crochets the clouds with yarn so fine
And fills the oceans with red wine
The trees, the sky, the forest fair
Bring a flavor to the air
I raise my glass and in a while
You answer with a secret smile
Hold on, hold on to me
An airborne leaf that landed near
Has carried Dionysus here
Hell slip away but only when
He sees our glasses filled again |
The winter queen looks up and sighs:
I wish that I controlled the skies
For up above is where to stand
To rule those who walk on the land
The summer queen flies by and sees
Her realm of butterflies and bees
And said, I wish I lived below
Instead I sail where breezes blow
And the rain came down
It tried to seep
Into the ground
But water deep
Pecked and poked
And sodden soil
Already soaked
Began to roil
The prince of silence walks below
Inside a cave of ice and snow
He says I wonder why? but words
Are locked in glaciers, never heard
The prince of music on guitar
Neglects to play a single bar
But music trapped inside his head
Resounds and fills the space instead
The winter queen looks up and sighs... |
The terrible thing about hell
Is that when you’re there you can’t even tell
As you move throught this life you love so
You could be there and not even know
But you say so what i’m doing just fine
The irony is that is’t all in your mind
And that is why hell is so vicious and cruel
But you’ll just go on an oblivious fool |
Instrumental |
I’m floating in the blimp a lot
I feel the feeling i forgot
Of swimming weightless in the womb
Or bouncing gently ’round the room
In a minute i’ll be free
And you’ll be splashing in the sea
I feel no curiosity
I see the path ahead of me
In a minute i’ll be free
We’ll hear a tiny cry
As the ship goes sliding by |