1. |
Trumpland
03:28
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Imagine I just woke up,
In a cloud of gold....
Sycophants sing praise,
Raise me up above.
A thousand voices' noise and signs
All say I'm great.
Don't mistake the news for truth,
There's a dark, deep state.
I'll give you everything you're due
Just like I promised to.
Let's jail Hillarie,
You bet they're wire-tappin' me,
No one left to trust except for me.
The tallest mountains shrinks,
To anthills in my mind.
Racist themes fuel fevered dreams
And then your mine.
Imagination builds a wall
That goes on for miles.
People love ferocious things.
They're all on my side.
I'll give you everything you're due,
Just like I promised to.
Putin to the left of me,
Bannon to right
Big orange blow-hard spoiling for a fight.
Overseas I've family
Building up my shrines.
You're taxes pay their upkeep,
No one seems to mind.
Hounded by a Press
That can't get past the lies.
Saudi kings make better guests
And make me smile.
I'll give you everything you're due
Just like I promised to.
Trumpcare, Ryancare,
Vote against me, don't you dare.
Let's play chicken I don't scare.
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2. |
Even So
03:07
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You can say anything at all
Anything that comes to mind.
No matter the time,
Any time at all
You can frame this anyway you choose.
Whichever way you pick
i'm sure we lose.
Even though,
It's something that I think you ought to know.
To get you in the flow.
And even though,
It happened such a long long time ago...
We can see everything you feel.
The rest of us just fuss and fight
And find what's right.
But never make the reel.
Your words break my heart in two.
Just what you wanted them to do.
Its worked for you.
Even so,
Let's hold out hope that cooler heads prevail,
And that that ship's not sailed.
And even so,
Unsteady on my soapbox so I go...
Even so,
It's not the place to air out our travails
Being stuck inside a whale.
And I would know
Where silence is injustices just grow.
It started quite some time ago.
And I can't recall who told me so.
Something that you oughta know.
And even so...
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3. |
Way Up In the Sky
03:39
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Way up in the sky
You'll still be crying
All the bad things that you done
Come back to haunt you some...
Way up in the sky
The view gets frightening
Where pushing gets to shovin'
The words back, they hurt you some
I know, I know I know
It was a hum drum stay at home day
I was certain the same
Held true cross the beautiful bay
I will swear to you
On a stack bibles
Taller than the
Empire State
Building
Way Up In the Sky
Way up in the sky,
It's been decided.
If no one else in the race.
Writ large across your face.
Way up in the sky,
A fool could lead us,
The Butthead to the Beavis.
It feels good just letting go.
I know, I know, I know.
it was a ham slam catch as can May.
I was certain the same
Held true cross the beautiful bay.
I swear to you on a
Stack of Bibles rivaling
The Empire State
Building...
Way up high life's sweet here
In the sky
Sometimes I cry.,
When I'm all alone.
Way up in the Sky.
Way up in the sky,
You'd still be dying.
Mr. President I'm relying that the
bad words back hurt you some.
Way up in the sky,
You need forgiving
Friend to do the shriving
Words back they'll hurt you some.
Way up in the sky
Way up in the sky
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4. |
It's Hard to Believe
03:15
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If only you could see me now,
I'm like the tallest tree can be,
I tower down.
If only you could see me now,
I'm fly the fattest bee
To ever sting you, owww.
If only you could hear me dear,
The song I sing would ring,
Right through the evening air.
If only you could hear me dear,
These thoughts of mine,
In time, you find come crystal clear.
Endlessly, the question always seems to be,
What one old man with heart could part the sea.
It's hard to believe...
If only you could feel my love,
It starts your toes to tingling,
Then you're feeling - ohhhh!
If only you could feel my love,
Can't stop your hips to shake,
The aching does you good.
Endlessly, the question always seems to be,
What one old man with heart can part the sea.
It's hard to believe,
It's hard to believe.
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5. |
Pull the Shade Down
04:15
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From time to time Cmaj - Em7
I look up to the sky Am - Em7
I wondered how much more time left Fmaj - Em7
'Fore I'm through Dm7 - Dm7
You can crack a smile Cmaj - Em7
But it's me that's on the line Am - Em7
I'll thank you not to laugh Fmaj - Em7
Until I'm done. Dm7 - Dm7
This darkness grabs me Fmaj - Em7
Makes me afraid of the things Dm7 - Dm7
That I mighty say when Fmaj - Em7
Im feeling this way. Dm7 - Dm7
I push the stone up the hill Cmaj - Em7
Then beyond. Am - Em7
Working this hard's Fmaj - Em
Something that I know. Dm7 - Dm7
You ask me why we Fmaj - Em7
should persist Dm7 - Dm7
Honestly there's a risk Fmaj - Em7
That it'd turn out like this. Dm7 - Dm7
If there's no point left Fmaj - Em7
I'm going home. Dm7 - Dm7
And pull the down Fmaj - Em7
And sing... Dm7 - Dm7
Sad, sad, song Am - Am
What keeps me going on Cmaj - Cmaj
Sad,sad, song Am - Am
What keeps me going on Cmaj - Cmaj
Solo: Cmaj - Em7 - Am - Em7 - Fmaj - Em7 - Dm7 - Dm7 (x2)
Don't ask me why we should persist.
I'll confess.
It's never been as
Grim as this.
And if there's no point
To going on let's pull
The shade and sing
This sad, sad song
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6. |
The Devil's Own
03:21
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Get up in the morning have a think.
Do the dishes in the sink, I like things neat.
Could of woke you but your still asleep
Cat draped across your legs it looked so sweet.
An Action Jackson full on satisfaction
Busy as a bag of bees and got new knees.
Her smile though you know there's nothing brighter
Like a shining sun in the middle of the summer
Back burner of the
Devils own stove.
In a car somewhere I love the stores that you tell
Oh what the hell I love you dear.
The timbre of your voice and the way you told the tale
I'm insane but love's to blame.
We got our plan so we saddle up the sedan.
Gonna ride away find some mountains still got snow.
Her smile though you know there's nothing hotter.
Like a child sauce in the middle of the summer
Back burner on the
Devil's own stove.
I do my best to keep the peace.
you do the rest outfitted in your
Favorite
Fleece.
I get home you're glad to see you made it through your day
The cat meows lets us know its time to eat.
When all is said and done you're the only girl for me
you set me free like a sailboat sailing on the seven seas.
Captain something's happening down below the decks are flooding.
Then a light comes on seems I'm dreaming all along
Of a smile so bright you can see for a hundred miles.
Like an atom bomb in the middle of the summer.
Back burner on the
Devil's own stove.
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7. |
Sideways to Sunday
03:32
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You on the couch
The cat on a cloud for a while
Bundled in blue,
Wrapped in dreams that stream only to you.
I need a smile
When its all gone awry
Sideways to Sunday sometimes
I hear a clock tick
Shift so your feet end to end
The sight of you soothes me
And moves me to make my amends.
I need a sign just a look that confers
Something I can hold on to this time.
I need your smile like a drunk needs his wine
Sideways to Sunday sometimes.
Sideways to Sunday, you could say.
I'll be your best friend or be on my way.
Honesty. Who candepend on the visions you get,
With a cat asleep on your feet.
I need a smile when the
Darkness creeps cross the sky..
Everything I see you see
The same as me, I...
Sideways to Sunday, you could say
I'll be your best friend or be on my way
Honestly who can depend on the visions you get
With a cat asleep on your feet
With the cat asleep on your feet
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8. |
Lately
02:45
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Lately I've been feeling old,
As ancient as my ma.
Who was born some years before
The last great war, and what's more.
As fragile as she claims to be,
I never seen her sad.
Save the time when I declined
I would not go I was being so...
Lately I've been thinking about it some.
What would have happened if it turned out we were wrong?
We'd be standing each one standing on his own.
All alone. Looking for someone like you.
It's a feeling that you get,
When the weather's cold and wet.
And your fingers grow so stiff,
Well you just cry. But you don't know why.
Lately I've been thinking bout it some.
What might of happened if it turned out we were wrong.
We'd be standing each one on his own.
All alone, looking for someone like you
Looking for someone like you.
Looking for someone like you,
I do believe I finally seen,
Tranquility. This lunar face made up of space.
The girl she said all serious,
One day I'll lose my head.
It's Monday now you're by my side,
And I, I don't mind.
Lately I've been thinking 'bout it some...
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9. |
See You Again
03:51
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I hear its real quiet there, as silent as a tomb;
Where you lay in your bed all day just whistling whisky tunes.
What you seen what you heard in the hereafter it's all unknown.
I see you makin' beats that please and melodies that soothe.
We struggled to understand, separating fiction from the man.
That drummer you marched to, I never got to, so sad.
I admit that I laughed when I should of held you up for all to see;
Goggled down, an insulated suit like the world had never seen.
I don't believe that I ever heard anything
Like this even once before...oh no.
See you again, on the other side;
See you again, on the other side.
Good to have some friends, on the other side.
See you again, on the other side.
History happened on that Civil War snare that you saved but couldn't tune.
But you never gave up, no you never stopped thinking bout what the thing could do.
Full of sounds from a million dusty afternoons and evenings when the crowd come in to cheer.
Save yourself even though no one wants to. You got to. You got to save yourself.
But then you disappear in a puff of smoke that smelled so...
Sweet as the sunlight coming down, the only way it plays, anyway.
See you again, on the other side;
See you again, on the other side.
Good to have some friends, on the other side.
See you again, on the other side.
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10. |
I Became the Fool
03:23
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11. |
Try and Be Brave
03:34
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What's the matter Mike and Dave
They kiss and say "I do."
The fact they love each other
Oughta do.
And if they want to serve
As soldiers, sailors and marines
I'm thinking you should thank 'em
Not be rude.
I heard it on the news
The growers in Humboldt be blue
Cuz legalizing the outlaw life
Come true.
Patron paid politicians
They're about to change their sides
Tax the snot out of Grandma's pot
But won't get high.
Let's try to be strong
Strong for once
Joining hands with those
That aren't the same as us.
Let's try and be brave
Brave for once
Unafraid of those who
Aren't the same as us.
Burning oil gets rising seas
Gets myths that make us weak
You're a firm believer in the things
You can touch and can see.
You're RNC PAC stitll denies
What we all can see.
The dumb things Donald Trump tweets
Makes us weep.
Let's try to be strong...
Where in the hell did these
Strange ideas come from?
I think an elephant thunk 'em
The one that's in the room with you and me.
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12. |
While I'm There
03:46
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The fog hides the pines,
While the sun takes it's ease.
There's a breeze that's a freezing,
Yet I'll stand her taking my time.
The salt stings my eyes and my ears
Burn with what's being said.
All that's missing was a confession,
That's the trouble with a world that grows so unkind.
Then the bell tolls for us,
There's a rush then a sit-down
And a count-down till the next sound's
Us getting up without ever having said much.
While I'm here,
Relaxing in the ocean air,
I'm all there,
I'm all there,
There on the coast,
Old men linger like ghosts.
Gathered in by a strong wind
They were blown in and flown in for love.
While I'm here,
Relaxing in the ocean air,
I'm all there,
I'm all there.
Inclined as I am,
I'l not judge understand
I'm a fan,
Yes I am.
With the sun setting slow,
Man the air feels real cold.
In a place this amazing they were praying
You'd stay all night long.
Then the bell tolls for us,
There's a rush then a sit-down
And a count-down till the next sound's
Us getting up without ever having said much.
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13. |
The Creepy Neighbor
04:32
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Twenty-something,
When the girl made her way to the park.
Where she sat down, settled in,
Channeling her Gunga Din I heard.
I was there,
Close enough to see her breath in the air.
And her silver-painted eyelids
flashing S.O.S everywhere.
Forty bucks will get your
Car into Yosemite Park.
Half that if you come on horseback
But it's twice as far.
Twisting trails got no signs
Or a place for yer feet.
There's other ways to go but
You never know who you're gonna meet.
I was your creepy neighbor
From way back when.
In the house at the end of the road
That you never went in.
I'd like to be the kind of
Neighbor that just fits in.
Not some creepy old dude
Working in the mailroom named "Jim."
-interlude-
And in my mind it's just
her and me, makin' our way.
I've a feeling she's the one
That I seen back at Bass Lake
I catch you later maybe
Say it's not but a dream.
But the hello kitty backpack will
Make it number six or so it seems.
I was your creepy neighbor
In the house at the end of the road
I like to be the kind of neighbor that just fits in.
Not some creepy so-and-so in a dingy overcoat
Like him.
I can say anything that I wanted to say.
I do anything that I wanted to do.
You can feel everything cause feelin' is real.
You can take anything you think you could steal.
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14. |
You Think We're Wrong
02:48
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The kids stood their ground.
They said no guns allowed.
I was so proud.
The power that comes
From within just like him
Going downtown.
You think we're wrong
We're a hundred million strong.
I invite you to come along.
In for a pound that's the sound
of us righting what's wrong.
The judge got it right.
You can't take kids and hide
Them out of sight.
Not much of a plan.
Way more wrong than it's right.
After all that's been said and done, it's when
We realize as we rise as one.
On your hands a big fight
You choose life or not that's your right.
Until they snatch it away in a heartbeat
And say that's their right.
There were times when I thought that I couldn't go on.
Then I'd realize you'd never let me go with so much undone.
I don't think we're wrong
We're a hundred million strong.
We're a wave coming down
Putting right everything that's gone wrong.
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15. |
Heater Vent Redux
03:21
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Some times I'd like to see your real face
Strip away the make up join the human race.
Dialation of the things you crave
Would lead you deep into an early grave.
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16. |
Whuttevah
03:01
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