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The Baghdad Battery

by George Brown

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==================================================== Soft-spun around Does elocution make a sound? Echoing lost & loud Some move along When 1st impressions prove them wrong We travel near & gone She's unknown But leave it alone . . . You know the last lines give it away So far & felt Go feign a fortune for yourself Wound up on someone else you know Uh-oh! Soft-spun around Does disillusion make a sound? Echoing lost & loud She's unknown But leave it alone . . . You know the last lines give it away She's unknown But leave it alone . . . You know the last lines . . . The last lines . . . The last lines give it away ===================================================
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=================================================== I went out with my baby one Saturday night; Ev'rything was doin' alright 'Til I took a little baby And shook it like never before She said if I shake another baby She won't be my baby no more We got back to the house About half past 10 That's where I did it again I shook a little baby Just like I did before She said if I shake another baby She won't be my baby no more Well . . . Shake-a-baby . . . Don't shake a baby Shake-a-baby . . . Don't shake a baby Shake-a-baby . . . Don't shake a baby Shake-a-baby . . . Don't shake a baby Shake-a-baby I won't shake-a-baby no more! We got back to the house About half past 10 That's when I did it again I shook a little baby Just like I had before She said if I shake another baby She won't be my ol' lady no more Well . . . Shake it baby . . . Don't shake a baby Shake-a-baby . . . Don't shake the baby Shake-a-baby . . . Don't shake a baby Shake-a-baby . . . Don't shake a baby If you wanna shake-a-baby I don't shake-a-baby no more! I went out with my baby one Saturday night And ev'rything was goin' alright 'Til I took a little baby And shook it like never before She said if I shake another baby She won't be my ol' lady no more Yes . . . Shake-a-baby . . . Don't shake a baby Shake-a-baby . . . Don't shake a baby Shake-a-baby . . . Don't shake a baby Shake-a-baby . . . Don't shake my baby If you wanna shake-a-baby I don't shake-a-baby no more! ===================================================
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=================================================== Sunny days end We all know this Are we thankful for the time That we've spent? In the morning I hope you notice I'm still waiting for my chance To get . . . Whatchu owe me Whatchu owe me Whatchu owe me I don't want any more Sunny days end We all know this Are we thankful for the time That we've spent? In the morning I hope you notice I'm still waiting for my chance To get . . . Whatchu owe me Whatchu owe me Whatchu owe me I don't want any more Whatchu owe me Whatchu owe me Whatchu owe me I don't want any more ===================================================
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=================================================== No time out in the street On two belligerent feet she stands But it's out of my hands One to remember the veil Three for emotional sale I know I'm not willing to go home But she thinks comin' along Well, she thinks comin' along She thinks comin' along is a good thing She thinks comin' along Well, she thinks comin' along She thinks comin' along is good And I told her I would Hear out the devious plans Made for a lecherous man She's gone but I wanna be wrong Face down over my head Give me a bullet instead I could but I know that she would now Because she thinks comin' along Well, she thinks comin' along She thinks comin' along is a good thing She thinks comin' along Well, she thinks comin' along She thinks comin' along is good And I told her I would Yes I told her I would Well I told her I would now now No time out in the street On two belligerent feet She stands . . . ===================================================
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=================================================== Microscopic me Upstage infinity Robotic slingshot eyes Attempts to demonstrate Convalescent dreams Nightmare in Amsterdam Electric rubber band Inside it's raining out 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 . . . Poor ol' microscopic me Microscopic me So long soliloquy Necrotic key lime pie Train wrecks that punctuate Pearly whites agleam 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's Screaming loud . . . Poor ol' microscopic me Poor ol' microscopic me ==================================================
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=================================================== My broken leg Seems to feel all right And I don't scream In the middle of the night I haven't danced too much Since the fall No, I don't dance too much Now at all . . . My doctor said . . . But I feels it's time To break it down once more Too many times I've felt like this before No longer do my crutches Hold me down I'm free to fall Into fantastic sound . . . It sounds like this . . . It's too late You've seen my face; Alien to commonplace It's too late You've seen my face; Alien To Commonplace ==================================================
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=================================================== Gamma ray sobriquet Lightning sabotage Einstein suicide Rocket science space gone Gamma ray sobriquet Lightning sabotage Einstein suicide Rocket science space gone ====================================================
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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 may undermine a 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 realign When I look into those eyes, yes 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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=================================================== I saw her on the showroom floor She struck a pose & I wanted more I said I loved her summer line Then she undressed me with her eyes The way she won me over Was like a bangle to the brain I wanna push her over . . . Is that strange? When they lock the doors at night I wonder if she comes alive She's metal rods & plastic parts But I know what's in her heart Blow-out sale event! I said, "I bet!" Why's this mannequin The one I can't catch? The way she won me over Was like a bangle to the brain I wanna push her over And see if she can say my name Oh, I'll make sure to show her 'Cause I know she would do the same She'll come before it's over . . . Is that strange? ===================================================
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=================================================== Well, I lost my wooden nickel On the porch swing where I laid I found a girl to tickle But she had a wooden leg She said, "I can give you money, If'n you take out the trash!" Well, I had to give her credit 'Cause she didn't pay with cash Bye, bye birds Get back home It's a long way down So you'll know There's a song in my head And a bum in your bed I don't know where I'm bound But I still got to go If you see me when I'm drunk Pick me up down the road Well, I found her at a wedding Where we bargained with the lord He called us up to heaven But we wound up on the floor Paul Woodhouse played a stand-up That he stole from Woody Pines He said, "That boy's just a chooch, I wouldn't trust him in a bind!" So bye, bye birds Get back home It's a long way down Just so you know There's a song in your head And a bum in my bed I don't know where I'm bound But I still gots to go If you're drunk when you see me Pick me up down the road (But don't get another DUI) ===================================================

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I saw her on the showroom floor
She struck a pose & I wanted more
I said I loved her summer line
Then she undressed me with her eyes

The way she won me over
Was like a bangle to the brain
I wanna push her over . . .
Is that strange?

When they lock the doors at night
I wonder if she comes alive
She's metal rods & plastic parts
But I know what's in her heart

Blow-out sale event!
I said, "I bet!"
Why's this mannequin
The one I can't catch?

The way she won me over
Was like a bangle to the brain
I wanna push her over
And see if she can say my name
Oh, I'll make sure to show her
'Cause I know she would do the same
She'll come before it's over . . .
Is that strange?

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~This album is dedicated to Japhyth Fyre Elias

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released July 27, 2013

THE BAGHDAD BATTERY was recorded & mixed by George Brown
~All songs written & composed by George Brown

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