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THE BIG (MYOPIAN) BUCK BOY SPINS
[the solo section]
The world is too much with us.
The world is too much with us.
The world is too much with us and
The world is too much with us and
It's too much.
The world is too much!
The world is too much with us!
The world is too much with us and
The world is too much.
The world is too much with us and
The world is too much with us and....
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LIGHTNING TIDE
In this dream we were riding along
Between the borders of right and wrong.
'Twas there I understood a man
Who came betwixt the golden hand
And went upstream.
O so cheap it was!
And did the diamond skylight fall?!
Or like the trees that grew so tall.
Like it was our time and we would never make it like it was before.
Gross eye taking our time.
We stood as objects made so tall.
Our space was full like a lightning tide.
And like a true word we were taking away a live soul, taking a tide.
I see you before like a doll.
And is the goddess like a sun?
The abacus was on the wending finger snapping time to tide
When we were round
I see you before and it's like a tide when we, once streaming away,
I see you before like a toy.
Sam: "What's that?!"
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SOUTHEAST-ASIAN-AMERICAN BLUES
[rehearsals]
Do you doubt that?
You been nothin’ but trouble, dealin’ me double like I jus’ got off the boat.
You got me goin’ in circles like I must be rowin’ on some kinda moat.
Well I must be sinkin’ but you’re wrong if you’re thinkin’ you got the only thing afloat.
Well I was lost in the forest, not a sample star in sight.
An' I was more than tired and a hoarfrost was sure puttin’ on a bite.
Well I came knockin’ at your door, you knew what for, but you just turned out your light.
I was behind you in line with a dollar and a dime just the other day.
Well I was so damn hungry an’ I was pleased as punch to pay.
Well what could I say when you just walked away with everything on your tray!
Well you should put that look in mothballs before it does somebody harm.
For you to wear a smile upon your face I suppose somebody should have to twist your arm.
We’ll if your tryin’ to take a page from that book about Captain Hook well it’s workin’ like a charm.
I don’t know why you have it in for me, is it because I’m from so far away?
Hey, well, we was just lookin’ for a peaceful place to stay.
I never knew it could be true, and to think that you grew up in the U.S.A!
I never knew it could be true, and to think that you grew up in the U.S.A!
I never knew it could be true, and to think that you grew up in the U.S.A!
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THERE'S A BELL
There’s a bell on the top of us spiraling down.
There’s a bell on the top of your hill.
There’s a bell by the side of a sound that shines.
There’s a bell on your windowsill.
They were like two lovers entwining
On the best carpet in the house.
They burn a fire inside there nightly,
Isn’t that what it’s all about?
There’s a bell on the top of us spiraling down.
There’s a bell on the top of your hill.
There’s a bell by the side of a sound that shines.
There’s a bell on your windowsill.
They were like two cakes of friction
Eaten together out of spite.
They thought dessert should have a reason,
They thought their favorite sense was sight!
There’s a bell on the top of us spiraling down.
There’s a bell on the top of your hill.
There’s a bell by the side of a sound that shines.
Bell on your windowsill.
There’s a bell on the top of us spiraling down.
There’s a bell on the top of your hill.
There’s a bell by the side of a sound that shines.
There’s a bell on your windowsill!
They were like two lovers entwining
On the best carpet in the house.
They burn a fire inside there nightly,
Isn’t that what it’s all about?
There’s a bell on the top of us spiraling down.
There’s a bell on the top of your hill.
There’s a bell by the side of a sound that shines.
Bell on your windowsill!
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EXEUNT: JANETTE WITH BABY AND GHOST
Ain’t this a package of rot, and it’s gotten to me.
Who is this phoney and what is he trying to be?
I have an inkling that soon he’ll be sinking into the tide,
But it wasn’t like you to turn your back on me.
I became a ship of light to turn a sign into a table
Where I wasn’t like before, now glad to add a cradle to the room.
But I thought that tomb was still occupied.
But who’s this between us that stands up and shines on our eyes?
All these are daffodils cloaking my room in disguise.
I have an inkling that there’ll be a sprinkling of everyone
And what I am ready to do is my biggest surprize.
I became a ship of light to turn a word into a fable,
Set my horses free to run from what had seemed a dozen stable grooms.
Brushes and brooms all kicked aside.
The two cats in back of you, which one was it almost died?
You cover one with a sheet, carried the other inside.
Let this be a good time for me to take one good look around the room.
Isn’t there someone here ready to lay ghosts aside?
I became a ship of light to pull the flowers from the vases.
But everything about my place has changed, and who can just go back to being
A thousand things all right away?
And there you have it.
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MISTER RABBIT
[rehearsal]
Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit?
Your ears are mighty long.
Yes, bless god, they’re put on wrong.
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine.
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine.
Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit?
Your ears are mighty thin.
Yes, bless god, they’re splittin’ the wind.
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine.
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine!
Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit?
Your coat is mighty gray.
Yes, bless god, it’s made that way.
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine.
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine!
Mister Rabbit, Mister Rabbit!
Your eyes are mighty red!
Yes, bless god, I’m almost dead.
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine.
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine.
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine!
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine!
Yes, bless god, I’m almost dead.
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine.
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine.
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine!
Ev’ry little soul must shine, shine!
Can ya dig it? Can ya dig it!
Ruben: "Ya know it's good when it gave ya goosebumps!"
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PALINDROME [rehearsal]
02:20
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PALINDROME
[rehearsal]
No good winking at the fashionable plate,
She’s the least likely to make a break.
It’s not that your approach is too abrupt,
She hasn’t had the chance to size your wallet up.
History is written in the buff,
But by the time you read it it’s all window dressing stuff.
The mannequins may get a change of clothes,
But look, they’re in the self-same pose.
No good winking at the fashionable plate,
She’s the least likely to make a break.
It’s not that your approach is too abrupt,
She hasn’t had the chance to size your wallet up!
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8. |
WHEN WINTER COMES [live]
03:40
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WHEN WINTER COMES
So where you bound?
I’m mountain bound
Eyes on the ground
I can’t turn around
I can’t turn around.
My dogs and me
My flock of sheep
We’ll climb up high
Before we sleep
Before we sleep.
The stars have spilled
Upon those hills
The air is clean
The grass is green
The grass is green.
Go tell Marie
I sing for her
I play for her
Beneath the fir
Beneath the fur.
I sing to sleep
My flock of sheep
My words to her
The moon will keep
The moon will keep.
Go tell Marie
To think of me
When she does see
The apple tree
The apple tree.
Go tell Marie
To think of me
When she does taste
Those apples sweet
Those apples sweet.
If it’s a boy
If it’s a girl
In wintertime
We'll see our child
We'll rock our child.
ROCK!
The trees will change
The air will chill
I’ll think of you
I’ll love you still
I’ll love you still.
The wind will chase
My dogs and me
And my flock of sheep
To your embrace
To your embrace.
Long nights for love
We’ll lay as one
We’ll rock our child
When winter comes
When winter comes.
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SCIONS OF TOADIES [live]
04:03
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SCIONS OF TOADIES
As we walked along beside our beckons us on
I'd run a dog an' wonder while
The sea was shining like my other sister.
Up the while we walk towards a deafening crowd
And on the street it was below
I wandered for my life to see his facia
We painted faster away…
You were smart.
As I tripped upon my life conjectures abound
Lights shining green and blue…
We often wondered why it weren't so viral.
To you my tide and time I offered up what is mine
We came a distance between us all
Then shadow for my life until a moon space sheds,
You stole my lighter again...
You are smart.
All my friends would ask it came no longer so strange
And hip between the palliative time there was a light
More on my eyes we lost so vague poor lighting.
Yes I’d say to you we are together again
And passing all the war away
I beg you for my time to say one question:
Oh please, oh please
Please take my life on the lie!
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NEW SOCIETY
[studio rough mix + live]
[instrumental]
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CLASH OF THE TITANS
[live]
In the Clash of the Titans no surprise will arise tonight.
All this feeling closes in it’s like I’m finally drawing a bead on life.
We cross the bridge to the city and my heartbeat picks up the time.
Can you feel it? Can you see it in my eyes that I’m treadin' on a fine line?!
It’s getting faster now, brothers of mine!
Let’s climb the tower now, brothers of mine!
In the glare of the moment we owned all of space and time.
Then the negative results were all dashed on the street behind.
Only you and I know how it feels to smash that borderline.
Can you feel it? Can you see it in my eyes that I’m treadin' on a fine line?!
It’s getting faster now, brothers of mine!
Let’s climb the tower now, brothers of mine!
In the glare of the moment we owned all of space and time.
And all the negative results were all dashed on the street behind.
Hey baby, only you and I know how it feels to smash that borderline. Wooo!
Can you feel it? Can you see it in my eyes that I’m treading on a fine line?
It’s getting faster now, brothers of mine!
Let’s climb the tower now, brothers of mine!
Faster now, brothers of mine!
Let’s climb the tower now, brothers of mine!!
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NOCTURNAL BLONDE
This is nocturnal blonde coming your way.
We’ve got meaningful lawns
Rolled and written upon,
And we will boost zenith towards a new day.
And we will boost zenith towards a new day.
We’ll try being good nuisance for modern man.
Drink, recycle the can,
Read Joyce (rejoice!) even if banned.
For you has this new jargon party been planned.
For you has this new jargon party been planned. Yeah you!
For you has this new jargon party been planned.
As mind geese migrate towards a warmer chicane,
We’ll be moving along,
Leaving you with this song,
This unction engine has labored to gain.
That this unction engine has labored to gain.
That this unction engine has labored to gain.
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THE HANGED MAN
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THE BIG (MYOPIAN) BUCK BOY SPINS
Tra-la-la, la-la la-la, la-la la la la-la la la laaaah.
Ooooooooooooooooo.
Tra-la-la, la-la la-la, la-la la la la-la la la laaaah.
Ooooooooooooooooo.
Tra-la-la, la-la la-la, la-la la la la-la la la laaaah.
Ooooooooooooooooo.
Tra-la-la, la-la la-la, la-la la la la-la la la laaaah.
Ooooooooooooooooo.
Tra-la-la, la-la la-la, la-la la la la-la la la laaaah.
Ooooooooooooooooo.
Tra-la-la, la-la la-la, la-la la la la-la la la laaaah.
The world is too much with us and leaning on the horn.
I like his place and I like his pipes.
There's no way he be where winter ripens well
Aren’t those magnolias that live on your street
Beneath the city’s noxious heat?
Old justification sold back to your head.
It’s the only thing that keeps us dead.
Well, once we were ten of many many many many many men,
But now it’s just nine of good fine friends of mine.
(We’re all helping each other, right?)
So I guess your father was a vapid space,
And I guess I guess your mother was a shoreless shape.
Well they bore it longer than was due
Their station or their circumstance.
(Hey, wait a minute, that doesn’t rhyme. O no!)
And don’t he believe like a four-mind man
Yeah, he’d rather be right here where I’m standing but
Does it not occur to him that
Life on earth surrounds each spin?
And this time is this day and everyday.
This time is the toe-to-toe total turning away.
Yeah, life on earth surrounds each spin.
So go tell your mama:
The big (myopian) buck boy spins
Like a broken door on a broken hinge.
The world is too much with us and leaning on the horn.
The world is too much with us. The world is too much. The world is too much with us, yeah. The world is too much with us and it’s too much. The world is too much. The world is too much with us. The world is too much with us and the world is too much. The world is too much with us, yeah, the world is too much with us and it's too much. The world is too much. The world is too much with us. The world is too much with us and leaning on the horn!
Is history an empty rind?
While the Greek city states flourish
Mound builders inhabit the Ohio Valley.
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GROOVE A LITTLE
02:53
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GROOVE A LITTLE
You call can call somebody "Captain",
Under pressure you can flip.
You can be a rock commando,
But you can't pilot the ship/pile up the shit.
Groove a little, baby.
Groove a little, now.
Groove a little, baby.
You might know what you want...
But I'll show ya how!
You can trip the light fantastic,
Become a space grotesque. Ahhh!
You can fossilize your thought-dreams
Behind a rusty desk.
Groove a little, baby.
Groove a little, now.
Groove a little, baby.
You might know what you want...
But I'll show ya how!
Cuz I was born to boogie!
You might know what you want...
But I'll show ya how!
You can read the works of Shakespeare...
You can read the works of Shakespeare...
You can read the works of Shakespeare...
You can read the works of Shakespeare...
You can read the works of Shakespeare...
You can read the works of Shakespeare...
You can read the works of Shakespeare...
You can read the works of Shakespeare...
You can read the works of Shakespeare...
You can read the works of Shakespeare...!
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