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Deadpan Tuesday
02:25
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Retired deadpan Tuesday
One afternoon I wonder
Centripetal my seraphim
Unlock the back door for me
Wheel in the washed-out rogue
And remember what it was
She said . . .
Painting on the wall
The clock begins to crawl
Crenellation creeping up on you
Broke without a bound
Asleep without a sound
Suddenly a siren's singing . . .
Retired deadpan Tuesday
One afternoon I wonder
Centripetal my seraphim
Unlock the back door for me
Wheel in the washed-out rogue
And remember what it was
She said . . .
Painting on the wall
And the clock begins to crawl
Crenellation creeping up on you
Broke without a bound
And now asleep without a sound
Suddenly a siren's singing . . .
Lonely weak & silent
Only seek asylum
Lowly weak & silent say . . .
Lonely weak & silent
Only seek asylum
Lowly meek & silent say . . .
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2. |
Microscopic Me
03:23
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Microscopic me
Upstage infinity
Robotic slingshot eyes
Train wrecks that punctuate
Convalescent dreams
Nightmare in Amsterdam
Electric rubber band
Inside it's raining out
And I entertain the notion
If I wade into the Ocean
I may drown
The heart is beating ever-faster
And the echo of it's laughter's
Ringing loud . . .
Microscopic me
So long soliloquy
Necrotic key lime pie
Attempts to demonstrate
Pearly whites agleam
A shoeshine in Amsterdam
This suicidal man;
Shoot him before he jumps
I entertain the notion
If I wade into the Ocean
I may drown
The heart is beating ever-faster
And the echo of it's laughter
Tells me . . .
Break out the tea cups
'Cause we're in for a lovely afternoon
Never run from your childhood
'Cause it won't be tearing after you
Go & chase some fireflies
When you have enough we'll let them go
We're a lot like fireflies
Only we can't fly & we don't glow
We can't fly & we don't glow
We can't fly & we don't glow
And we won't be free
If you don't let go . . .
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3. |
Some Holy Joke
03:25
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It's such a waste
Have I not the balls to tell her
How it feels?
Locked inside some holy joke
That I don't know
'Cause I've not reckoned with my future
She wrecked my car
How am I to get to work?
She cuts her hair
A little shorter every morning
Someone stands
Outside my window when it's dark
I walk around
In the same clothes I woke up in
I lost my job
'Cause I couldn't find a ride to work
She's been worried about a woman
And I've been thinking about myself
She's been picking wildflowers
Holding out for someone else
And it's such a waste
But I ain't got the balls to tell her
How it feels
Locked inside this holy joke
That I don't know
'Cause I've not reckoned with my future
She wrecked my car
How am I to get to work?
She's been worried about a woman
And I've been thinking about myself
She's been picking wildflowers
Holding out for someone else
She's been worried about a woman
And I've been thinking about myself
She's been picking wildflowers
Holding onto someone . . .
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4. |
Little Footsteps
04:08
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I know a man
Who is lookin' for a man
He's searchin' for a man
Quite like me
I am a man
Who can mystify the man
Who can undermine the man
Unlike he
Your little footsteps
Know how to tip-toe outta sight . . .
Your little footsteps
Know how to tip-toe . . .
When I look into your eyes
If & when I realize
When I look into your eyes, yeah
Well I pray these thoughts . . .
Pray these thoughts . . .
I pray these thoughts aren't mine
Your little footsteps
Know how to tip-toe outta sight . . .
Your little footsteps
Know how to tip-toe . . .
When I look into your eyes
If & when I realize
When I look into your eyes, yeah
Well I pray these thoughts . . .
Pray these thoughts . . .
I pray these thoughts aren't mine
Don't turn away I
Fear I must say
I've kissed those lips before
While you were sleepin'
Some years ago . . .
I've kissed those lips before
Your little footsteps
Know how to tip-toe outta sight . . .
Your little footsteps
Know how to tip-toe . . .
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5. |
Lincoln Logs
01:53
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Saturday am I sober?
Lincoln logs around my feet
And I feel
And I feel
And I feel all right
Now that it's over
And that stranger wouldn't let me in
Saturday am I sober?
Saturday am I sober?
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6. |
Older Faces
02:48
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Slow down carousel
Make time to worship you well
Into the century
Hold up what you believe in
Through these hollow eyes
We've watched a tragedy rise
Up from the charnel swirl
Looks like we're fast approaching
Clever waves of wonder
Mention what I find consoling
Suddenly I'm taken
Further than my wits control
Holiday's surrender
Situate a thoughtless daydream
Run across the older
Faces that I know
Call to a different wind
White noise in conversation
Down in the wishing well
Blacklist the age of reason
Clever waves of wonder
Mention what I find consoling
Suddenly I'm taken
Further than my wits control
Holiday's surrender
Situate a thoughtless daydream
Run across the older
Faces that I know
That I know . . .
Slow down carousel
Make time to worship you well
Into the century
Hold up what you believe in
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7. |
Lucretia
02:32
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Lucretia
Tell me now
If I should let you go
Girl if you're gonna leave
You'd better let me know
I've traveled way too far
For you to be that way
Lucretia
Tell me now
If you've got something to say
I had to stop;
Take a minute right now
Try to understand
How Lucretia got me nailed
To the palm of her hand
If I had some change;
A nickel or a dime
I'd find some other way
To occupy my time
If I had the choice
Lord if I had to choose
I'd take a shallow grave
Over these wretched blues
I've gotta stop;
Take a minute right now
Try to understand
How Lucretia got me nailed
To the palm of her hand
Lucretia
Tell me now
If I should let you go
Girl if you're gonna leave
You'd better let me know
I've traveled way too far
For you to be that way
Lucretia
Tell me now
If you've got something to say
I had to stop;
Take a minute right now
And try to understand
How Lucretia got me nailed
To the palm of her hand
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8. |
Silhouette of a Madman
02:31
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Violence
I will rise & overcome
Like the silhouette of a madman
Violence
I will rise & overcome
Unlike the West Virginia son
Afraid of the coal mine
The paperboy gives
What the paperboy throws at ya
The paperboy lives
What the paperboy throws at ya
The paperboy gives
What the paperboy throws at ya
The paperboy lives
What the paperboy throws . . .
Violence
I will rise & overcome
Like the silhouette of a madman
Violence
I will rise & overcome
Unlike the West Virginia son
Afraid of the coal mine
The paperboy gives
What the paperboy throws at ya
The paperboy lives
What the paperboy throws at ya
The paperboy gives
What the paperboy throws at ya
The paperboy lives
What the paperboy throws . . .
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9. |
Locomotive Train
03:23
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If I stay too long . . .
God will hate me
If I stay too long . . .
God will save me
If I stay too long . . .
God will find me
If I stay too long . . .
God will cut me down
And you're not around
Well they tell me . . .
I made up my mind
I find that it's easier
Not to complain
And I'm taking that ride
But traveling's so much easier
By locomotive train
If I wait too long . . .
God will hate me
If I wait too long . . .
God will save me
If I wait too long . . .
God will find me
If I wait too long . . .
God will cut me down
When you're not around
Well they tell me . . .
I made up my mind
I find that it's easier
Not to complain
And I'm taking that ride
But traveling's so much easier
By locomotive train
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10. |
Intramurals
03:29
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In the walls the ways are calling
Listen to the wisdom in their words
In the walls the ways are calling you
Better not believe the things you hear . . .
Closer to perception
Fill the answer
Recognize it's worth at any cost
Heel the one foot & follow the other
After all it's only what you make . . .
In the walls the ways are calling
Listen to the wisdom in their words
In the walls the ways are calling you
Better not believe the things you hear . . .
Open to suggestion
Kill the answer
Represent yourself at any cost
Lead the one foot & follow the other
After all it's only what you make . . .
Of it . . .
Amen
Amen
Of it . . .
Amen
Amen
Of it . . .
Amen
Amen
Of it . . .
Amen
Amen
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11. |
Garbage Can Credentials
04:04
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Garbage can credentials
Are ringing my doorbell
Dental flossing daydreams
Are climbing up the fence
But I can't ignore the futility
In dressing up on Sunday
Parading downtown
In a vagabond's clothes I know
Parading downtown
With a vagabond
We remember Sarah
Through a secondhand smoke
A soul that seemed to drift
Into a rusty can of paint
Slower now I've come to find
Despite my second guessings
My mother held the hand
That held the answers all along
My mother held the hand
Where the answers are
Garbage can credentials
Are ringing my doorbell
Dental flossing daydreams
Are climbing up the fence
But I can't ignore the futility
Found in dressing up on Sunday
Parading downtown
In a vagabond's clothes I know
Parading downtown
With a vagabond
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12. |
Ignoble Nightmares
02:41
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Laid-back lazy prophecy
Were my marbles on the floor
Though this veil of vacancy
Had vanished long before . . .
Your bluest of dreams
Lay dormant below
Maniacal schemes
Crack open & grow
Amidst my chagrin
I sleep unaware
Residing within
Ignoble nightmares
Slipshod slapdash voodoo doll
Sits naked next to you
While the stench of ridicule
Resolves what we renew . . .
Your bluest of dreams
Lay dormant below
Maniacal schemes
Crack open & grow
Amidst my chagrin
I sleep unaware
Residing within
Ignoble nightmares
Home again
Tonight is for your
Lonely friend
Tomorrow we'll be
Home again
Tonight is for your
Only friend
Tomorrow we'll be
Home
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13. |
Well Alone
02:41
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Saturnine cloud;
I don't wanna stay here
Saturnine cloud;
I don't wanna stay here
I won't hide for the rest of my life
Behind someone I've known
What I need is a piece of advice
And let love well alone
Saturnine cloud;
I don't wanna stay here
Saturnine cloud;
I don't wanna stay here
No more
I won't hide for the rest of my life
Behind someone I've known
What I need is a piece of advice
And let love well alone
I won't hide for the rest of my life
Behind someone I've known
What I need is a piece of advice
And let love well alone . . .
Give love let alone . . .
Take love let alone . . .
Let love well alone
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14. |
South
03:12
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Crazy little one
Disco on the Moon
Peeling off the soles
Of my shoes
Exit-only sign
Scarecrow's got the blues
Why can't people seem
More like you?
Drifting to sleep
Well, I'd hate to interrupt
But find what you keep
When it all goes down
I don't wanna look up . . .
Crazy little one
Scarecrow's got the blues
Peeling off the soles
Of my shoes
Exit-only sign
Disco on the Moon
Why can't people seem
More like you?
Drifting to sleep
Well, I'd hate to interrupt
But find what you keep
When it all goes to hell
I don't wanna look up . . .
Fashion depends
On waves of deja vu
Likely to lend
A hand to the ones
Who would play us for fools . . .
Lest we paralyze
All these words mistaken for truth
I can't memorize
Mysterious taste of yesterday's tongue
Lingers in my mouth
When the last of my kind get back from the war
I'll be headed
South
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15. |
Shipwreck Mindset
03:23
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I could tell you what it means
If you had the time to doubt
That superstition's what you need;
One less crime to care about
But who could question what seems real?
Where were you when I was gone?
Only answer what you feel
Was set in motion all along . . .
Tell me if it hurt . . .
Someone got there first . . .
I got the six-pack smokestack
Shipwreck mindset
Verging on a vague catastrophe
I got the low-rise high tide
Upset alibi
Suffer is the only shade I see;
Step under this parasol . . .
Step under my parasol . . .
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16. |
Down to the Grave
02:49
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Even though my guess was wrong I feel you
What's the point pretending that you don't?
If you'd be so kind let me have just one wish
If I could remember what it was . . .
And if you find that Outer Space
Is closer than you thought;
Take it back otherwise I'm taking what I've got
Down to the grave & there's no way you can . . .
Down to the grave & there's no way you can . . .
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17. |
Circle Back
03:10
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Callous are the hands that pull your weight around
And blistered are the feet that walk your miles
Withered are the lips that sing you lullabies tonight
When you close your eyes I just disappear . . .
Forgotten shades of gray remember who we are
And moonlight smiles play upon your skin
A midnight masterpiece is painted far beyond the stars
And someday you know I'd love to meet you there . . .
But I don't understand why your attempts are all in vain
And you don't realize what I am
And I doubt we'll ever find that this dusty road we're traveling down
Is the only way we'll find out where we've been
When we circle back again . . .
I don't understand why your attempts are all in vain
And you don't realize what I am
And I doubt we'll ever find that this dusty road we're traveling down
Is the only way we'll find out where we've been
When we circle back again . . .
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18. |
Charcoal Rd.
03:31
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Sometimes she takes
Way too long
And all those mistakes
Make me strong
But somehow she knows
What I want
Through my window
Flies her stone
When it comes
There she goes
Ramble on
Down old
Charcoal Rd.
Sometimes I take
Way too long
And all those mistakes
Leave her strong
But somehow I know
What she wants
Through my window
Flies her stone
When it comes
There she goes
Ramble on
Down old
Charcoal Rd.
Ramble on . . .
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George Brown Asheville, North Carolina
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