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Hit the Ground
04:29
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I hear you saying again
that it's all looking up from here
But i ain't buying it man
because it's not what it appears
what it appears
I know that look that you have
when you try to bring me down
But i won't break your fall
when you hit the
hit hit hit the ground
As sure as the silkworm weaves
it's shearing white wisps of floss
I'll wrap a thread around my head for every word you've said
like so much cocoonist's gauze
cocoonist's gauze
I'm aloft in the willow's wilts
suspended by my meshy shroud
This sleep so far sticks both to trunk and twigs
Will you weep when it hits the
hits the hits the hits the ground?
One mile away from you is further than you can see
One mile away from you
is still too close
still too close for me
All those dutch with their diamonds
have been forgiven by time
All those dutch with their diamonds
can't hold a canary
hold a canary to mine
I hear you talking again
but you don't make a single sound
Your words fall out of your mouth
and then just hit the ground ...
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2. |
We Were Not Meant to Be
03:46
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Why don't you ask me again?
I said once more
She just stared at the ceiling
And I at the floor
Suspended in mid-air
holding close
All that's left between us
is what we wanted most
I still don't know
if we were not meant to be
But time always shows us
what we were meant to see
But the ticking clocks have gone silent
So we have to figure it out on our own
And so she asked me again
but just once more
The answer fell from my mouth
and onto the floor
And the love that we had just fell silent
And the love that we had we were left to feel on our own
like two ticking clocks slightly out of time
We'd crafted a new heart just beating like a chime
And that was the beginning of the life we had
And that was the beginning of the life we had
like two ticking clocks slightly out of time
We'd crafted a new heart just beating like a chime
And that was the beginning of the life we had
And that was the beginning of the life we had
But the ticking clocks had gone silent
So we have to figure it out on our own
I still don't know
if we were not meant to be
But time always shows us
what we were meant to see
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3. |
A Penguin in Kentucky
03:08
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4. |
Interesting Times
02:51
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In his quarters he got the orders
And headed into town
He'll be a hero, just count to zero
He won't let anyone down
In the wreckage he sent the message
And headed on his way
He's better dead, he'll check his schedule
What's another day
Reggie must be loving it
Making lemons out of limes
Reggie knows nothing if
Interesting times
She praised the cow and took her vow
and never spoke a word
Evermore, the greatest story
no one ever heard
Lucia now takes slumber with
the sympathetic mimes
Lucia now know nothing if
Interesting times
What's another day?
What's another day gone by?
What's the perfect crime?
Living in these interesting times.
The clock tower never lies
The bell it always chimes
Now we know nothing if
Interesting times
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5. |
Apples for Eyes
03:10
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Apples for eyes
Drawn in
I'm lost in those
Apples for eyes
Apples for eyes
I should just walk away
That would be wise
Apples for eyes
Wide open now
like you're
full of surprise
Don't look away
Don't turn around
I just want to be sure
But don't look at me
it's too clear to see
That I am lost in your...
Apples for eyes
Drawn in
I'm lost in those
Apples for eyes
break off the stem
where another seed lies
Don't look away
Don't turn around
I just want to be sure
But don't look at me
it's too clear to see
That I ... am lost ... in your-
Apples for eyes
Drawn in
I'm lost in those
Apples for eyes
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6. |
Ran Away to Paris
03:27
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What are you waiting for?
Look for an open door
Look at you standing there
Why don't we catch some air?
Run away
Don't wait another day
Come fly with me
We'll run away to gay Paris
They're starting to board
All of your baggage's stored
Learn French in the air
You'll know it when we get there
comment allez-vous?
Bonjour. Enchante.
Madame, sil vous plait
parlez-vous un peu d'anglais
Every time you go
You never want to leave
Every time we go
We never want to leave
Du gateau?
Oui, C'est une bonne idee
Est-ce que vous êtes ivre?
Mon Dieu, comme vos enfants sont laids
Ran away to Paris ... fade
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8. |
The Sniper
01:36
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I took a pot shot at the mayor
because my momma wouldn't change my diaper
it turned me into a sniper
now i'm facing the electric chair
ooo my momma didn't love me
now the state's gonna kill me
my momma didn't love me
now the state's gonna kill me
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9. |
We Keep Them Alive
03:19
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My my compromise
one more little dreamer
never time for wider eyes
but always time for leaving
Why, why cast aside
the one thing you needed
keeping you from suicide
your doubts do your breathing
We keep them alive
for no reason I know
We keep them inside
just as well, I suppose
Left side, angel tried
wishes it was easy
on the right, the devil fights
to keep his world from freezing
One sign left you blind
to any way but home
two fears: the dark and tears,
are everything you own.
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10. |
He Never Said
01:45
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11. |
Late For a Funeral
02:30
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Goodbye to you my dearest friend
I guess I won't see you again
I'm taking a moment of silence for today
to pray that it won't slip away
I won't spend another moment
on wondering why
the first day of the rest of my life was yesterday
and it almost passed me by
If I'm late for a funeral
you won't need to throw me a bone
you won't need to get on the phone
If I'm for a funeral
I'll be happy it's not my own
I'm taking my time. I'm taking it all.
The sky could be waiting to fall
And when that cursed day decides to arrive
I'll be able to say I'm alive
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12. |
New Song
02:57
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13. |
Keep It To Yourself
04:10
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Trying to move, he was trying to prove
That he knew what he knew, like he was cutting it smooth
But the pigs in a poke just laughed at his joke
That he knew what he knew and the piggy was broke
And that's when he saw this muddied up scrawl:
"Make sense of it and Keep it to Yourself
Make sense of it and you won't bug anyone else"
But the piggy was fine, he had lots of time
And he did what he did 'cos it wasn't a crime
Yeah, piggy had class just letting time pass
And he did what he did, y'all can kiss his ass
Then the words came again - like porcine zen
"Make sense of it and Keep it to Yourself
Make sense of it and you won't bug anyone else"
He opened the door, hoofs to the floor
He thought what he thought, a smug and smirking boar
He just stared at their snouts up in the air
But this little piggy he didn't care
He made sense of it and kept it to himself
He made sense of it so he wouldn't bug anyone else.
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14. |
Last Call
00:19
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Adam Rabin Burlington
Where Prog Rock meets Geek Rock. Adam Rabin is a Vermont songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who has also played with Elephants of Scotland, Mailbox, and musical improv troupe She Thicc. You can also hear Adam’s music on the podcasts: Improvised Weapons, Improv Overdrive, What The Hell Are You Watching, and Vermont Favorites. ... more
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