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let gravity do its work
03:51
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Let Gravity do its Work
©Tristan O'Malley
digging
digging with a shovel
digging a hole in your front yard
Thought that I could do it
Thought that I could make it
I never thought the ground
could be so hard
Sometimes I want to sit back
and let gravity do it's work.
Breathing
are you breathing,
laughing, sighing?
I never hear from you anymore
so I'm digging six feet under
a hole in your front lawn
that you can't miss
when you walk out the door
and as it pulls me down,
who am I to argue?
one more prisoner with no will
I tried to float away,
and reach you in the heavens
it holds me down
and keeps me still
it holds me still and it keeps me
it keeps me still and it keeps...
it keeps me still and it...
it keeps me still and...
it keeps me still...
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bull
03:18
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Bull
©Michael O'Connell
Bull:
I'm El Toro on a good day
and Rush
I'm watching your legs speed
We must be rich
they want to bring us down
They wanna chop off my horns
and chew on my legs
my blood, your blood, my blood
This time
This time
This time
there ain't no confusion
this is one fat ass nation
Daniel:
My eyes have got a job to do
My mama done kicked my ass
and shined her shoes
She left me nothin' but years
to figure out
whose blame was whose.
This time
This time
This time
let's case the joint
Sweat:
Your hold is so immaculate
My genius loves my heart
It's all about the pumpin'
of the blood in the veins
I'm gonna pour my core
and bleed and sweat
and cry and push and shove.
This time.
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When I See You in the Rain
©Nick Craine
Don't ever let 'em tell you
not to look back
They only wanna steal you
And when they tell you
that you're the one to blame
Just smile, save face
Show grace and break into the night
When I see you in the rain
Sandra Loo Hoo
When I see you in the rain
that's when I want to be you
And when they say they just
wanna be your friend
They're only trying to fool you
And when all the cheap talk has
worn a hole in your head
Just smile, save face
Show grace and break into the night
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spill
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Spill
©Michael O'Connell
You've got grace
in your running shoes
and your feet are on the earth
and these eyes
that you've never used
your tears are falling, falling, falling
(people's part)
Let it fall into your pocket
Let it have its way with you
Away in Cuba maroons
are drummong
no more sugar they are almost free
feet, sun, hands, a dirt rising shuffle
no radio, no radio
there's no color TV
(people's part)
In his kitchen
he can't see no fifty, no
my mother knew Jack
when he was a kid
she wonders what went through his
mind on Tuesday
before the bullet did.
(people's part)
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harvest
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Harvest
©Tristan O'Malley
Old Man Charley White answered
in an old man's voice
"I will not hear the tales of the
things he's done"
and thus he pruned the tree,
he cast off all former leaves
he raked them into a pile
and burned them
we all think we know better than
the ones we've told
after we've ignored our own words
this I say to you: there was nothing
that you could do
I have spoken, I do not think
you have heard...
I will not see you fall again
I will not hear of the things
you have done
and though my eyes go blind
I have too much pride
to turn them from
the heat of the sun
and so he took the reins
bore the burden and the pain
and covered up all tracks
made by his son
a steady look around,
and with a shovel
cracked the ground
all the while an eye upon
the gun...
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6. |
if i had some
03:37
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If I Had Some
©Dave Withers
If I had some
I would hear what I always say
If I had some
the guards would go
If I had some
and the ghosts around
the crowded door
could come undone
and find there loves'
But you can't go back there
from here
There's a rhyme that you
must find
for a ragged ear and a broken heart
It's little I know
If I had some
a stepping stone in the long run
If I had some
a narrow road
If I had some
and a soul that always knows
I'd be the one
who defines us
But you can't go right there
from here
There's a world beneath the wiind
All the numbers in your years
All that's close and all that's dear
It's little I know
You can't go right there from here
Ode to what and where you've been
Always close but never near
You can't go right there from here
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radio maria
06:18
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Radio Maria
©Michael O'Connell
The highest praises
come to creation
when imagination
inspires its own unleashing.
Turn up Her radio.
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8. |
deeper down below
00:47
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fake
04:56
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Fake
©Dave Withers
He walked from the road
said listen here I'm going on
said listen here I'm going on, on, on, on
She talked to the lord
said listen here I can't wait
and I'm bored
said listen here I can't fake anymore
He walked on the lawn
that somebody put the sign on,
cause every other sign
was always wrong
She took the needle from her arm
said I guess I didn't want to die
all along
I guess I really want to hear
a love song
I just can't fake anymore
Here I've been
Here I've been
Here I've been
I'm going on
I'm going on
I'm going
He talked to his son
said listen here I've made a decision
I've been to far from you
for too long
And I just can't fake anymore
I just can't fake anymore
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10. |
doghouse
05:53
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Doghouse
©Nick Craine
All that road that you left behind
Miles of golden rod
and a big blue sky
Holly marks the schedule,
counts up her tips
She lets down her hair
and fixes her lipstick
In a mirror image
you find your last straw
And you're not dancing anymore
It's such a doghouse to get home to
Without getting hurt
And I feel like breaking the law
Yeah it don't snow here,
it stays pretty green
You ran for the present
and not where you been
'Cause you can fly like an angel
and fall like a tree
Tangle yourself in heartstrings
and not miss a beat
All that road that you left behind
Miles of golden rod
and a big blue sky
Big blue sky
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11. |
la bête
04:23
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©Sheila Gruner
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all the people
03:08
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All The People
©Tristan O'Malley
if all the people in the world
that you had ever hurt
gathered in a hall
and stood before you
would you take the time to try
and find the words to let them know
that amongst all other things
you are truly sorry
if they all sat down upon the floor
and stared wondering
if you ever cared
allowing you a moment to explain
would you take the time to try to
find the words to let them know
or would you slowly turn
and quickly walk away
time is not a river
it's a whirlpool
where all you do comes back to you
and you will meet yourself
coming as you're going
a question never knowing
a puzzle missing pieces
that never left the shelf
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13. |
wheels
05:52
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Wheels
©Nick Craine
I left you on a bus
My name stitched on your collar
Like some formal show of us
To fill each other's shoes
The wheels go round and round
I watched you build a fort
And fly a kite in its
surrounding areas
Yeah, it rained that day
you predicted it
My Jackie paper boy
I watched you drink yourself
Out of a family tree
You hit you head on the way down
All that's left is a melody
The wheels go round and round
on the town
You left me on a bus
Your name stitched on my collar
Like some formal show of us
To fill each other's shoes
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Tonight (the sea is rich with rain)
©Michael O'Connell
Tonight
these dreams keep us alive
Tonight
let's take us for a ride
O glory me, O jealousy
your heart won't break
these paints can make
your eyes yellow or green
up the hill to cure your ill
don't box you in
I touch your skin
the sea is rich from rain.
Tonight
these dreams keep us alive
Tonight
and now we all can thrive
The bottle's full, no need to pull
this drink from me
I'll pour you see
another for my love
Tonight
these dreams keep us alive
Tonight
we're freaks and we survive
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