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Songs​-​of​-​the​-​Week

by Ira Marlowe

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irrevernd-fike Fantastic performance tonight, Ira. Thanks....especially loved Brother Time!
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SONG FOR DJANGO Django was amazing when he showed up for the gig Just before the downbeat he'd come waltzing in Cigarette dangling as his fingers made their way up and down the Champs Elysee Took you 'round the world broke your heart and stole your girl sang a song nobody else could sing And all you had before you don't need it anymore All you need is just one perfect thing Django had a monkey no place they wouldn't go Hotels didn't like it but it was Django One of the wise ones who knew the only goal: to walk out of the fire with your soul Took you 'round the world broke your heart and stole your girl Left you with the sorrows of a king And everything you knew and all you thought was true You'd trade it all for just one perfect thing Trade it all for just one perfect thing Ah... and you never see it coming Ah... but you always see it go I wish... I didn't know Django was amazing when he showed up for the gig Just before the downbeat he'd come waltzing in
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Brother Time 04:22
Brother time won't you slow down? won't you slow down? and give me a minute to get back in it catch my breath I'm still goin' but I could use a little rest Brother time you know you used to be my friend a big blue sky that went on without end a slow-rolling boxcar on a steady uphill climb I could see where I was going I could hop off any time But now everything's changed Now You got yourself an aeroplane and you fly, you fly, you fly Brother time Brother time Brother time I'm not asking for some machine to take me back take me back See, I'm still strong I'm strong and I'm ready And I'll take on this world if this world'll just hold steady But now everything's changed Now it's not the same you fly, you fly, you fly Brother time won't you slow down slow down and give me a minute give me a minute to catch my breath I'll be fine you go on ahead Brother time Brother time Brother time
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We sat there talking the car still running neither of us noticing the time and even in the dark I saw it in your eyes that shine And each time you laughed just when I laughed I had a thought I almost thought was real That if we were in love this is how we'd feel We've got no business going near this It's something we both know it shouldn't be so hard to see things as they are and let go So you told a story and I told a story and we never came close to a kiss But if we were in love it would feel like this And maybe there's a place somewhere and everything not meant to be is meant to be there where the laughter goes on and the sorrow is gone and the stars all align... We sat there talking the car still running And I told you what I couldn't help but say and you got quiet and I got quiet like that might make the whole thing go away and I caught myself and you caught yourself then you took my hand and said you had to go If we were in love If we were in love If we were in love we would know
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Hung in the dungeon upside down Each day Mr. Bumble comes around Talkin' smack in Funkytown I just wanna win in the end Bang the bell to keep the score Each time that I hit the floor I don't mind the cheap decor I just wanna win in the end Jagged edge, rocky ledge Buzz saw spininin' and the villain grinnin' Rght now I don't care who's winning I just wanna win in the end Gonna feel so right Gonna be so ready I just hold on tight I just hold, hold, hold, hold, hold Steady Sister Sarah, fortune teller draws the hanged man in her cellar She says I'm one lucky fella Handsome for a bottom dweller Throw the dice, spin the wheel Everthing it may reveal I'm well-acquainted with the deal I just wanna win in the end CHORUS Wakin' up in the driver's seat Waitin' out that traffic jam on Easy St. I can hear your estimations Sir, you under-rate my patience CHORUS Princes in their royal chambers Laughing at the lion tamers I ain't asking any favors Lost in space, I lost my crew I scream like Plant on Zeppelin II No one hears, it's nothing new Quick, before the drawbridge closes tip-toe while the dragon doses Look at all the pretty roses
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Rodeo 04:26
RODEO Well, I used to be a cowboy Well not quite a cowboy I lived in Kansas City back in 1892 And I wore me a six-gun but I never got to use it 'cept for shootin' down bottles back of Murphy's saloon And I can't wait for the rodeo to call for the rodeo to call my name One sweet ride and the skies are gonna clear and it's never gonna be the same Oh, sunshine you been on my mind Once I had a partner this old palomino blind in one eye but ever so true And the day that she left me I just stood on the corner sayin' sweet nothins with nothin' to do And I can't wait for the rodeo to call for the rodeo to call my name And I can't wait til the skies are gonna clear and it's never gonna be the same Oh, sunshine you been on my mind wondering' what you'll see come the day you shine my way hi di ho in my rodeo Now I pass a lotta paper and some of it's money and some of it's just wishes for a little more time cuz good days are comin' anyone'll tell you hard as it gets it'll turn on a dime It'll turn on a dime And I can't wait for the rodeo to call for the rodeo to call my name One sweet ride and the skies are gonna clear and it's never gonna be the same Oh, sunshine you been on my mind wondering' who you'll see come the day you shine my way hi di ho in my rodeo in my rodeo in my rodeo in my rodeo
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Two-tone Johnny left it all on the stage Nothing to see but a spot on the floor Old man came and wiped it away And Two-tone Johnny was no more He had a jet-black pomp and a teenage bride Shotgun barrel for a bottleneck slide The undisputed king… of the 1-4-5 So go – down to the crossroads Go – down to the crossroads everything you think you own gonna find one day, was just on loan Did you hear about the man with the blood-red Strat? How he laid it on the counter and he never came bac? Gleamin’ like a ruby on the pawnshop glass And Johnny just a kid… couldn’t let that pass Yeah, his eyes got big and his mouth went dry Boss slumped over with a bottle of rye Johnny snuck it home in a gunny sack Played it all day long But you knew about that So go – down to the crossroads, Go – down to the crossroads, Every love you ever knew Fades away and the bill comes due Two-tone shoes, black and gold Two-tone ‘Vette with the leather rolled Cuttin’ like a solo across the land In every new town another pickup band From '59 to '83 He wore it ‘round his neck like a rosary That blood-red Leo Fender love machine Playin’ so dirty, playing so mean solo Two-tone Johnnie left it all on the stage A shriek of feedback, a flash of light There’s a million people in a mid-size hall who swear on a Bible they was there that night So go — down to the crossroads Go — down to the crossroads Pay that man, pay his price And maybe some day your name'll be in lights (4x) Now go!
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Schlitz 02:46
I don't know but I used to hear a man's as good as his favorite beer My favorite beer... was Schlitz It was the beer that made Milwaukee famous When you're out of Schlitz you're out of beer Reach for all the gusto you can find You only go around once in life And I had a friend when I was fifteen with a mustache for a fake ID One weekend at Atlantic City with his folks The boardwalk was shining bright as we set out that summer night with a quart of Schlitz between us and our hopes And he met a girl and they made out on somebody's porch while I kept a lookout learning all I could from across the street with a headache and a bottle at my feet And we snuck home as the sun came up and I didn't feel great but I didn't throw up and either way, I knew that they were right You only go around once in life You only go around once in life Well, I don't know but I used to hear a man's as good as his favorite beer I don't really have a favorite now Used to be there were just a few You made your choice and then you knew and somehow that was comforting somehow Schlitz was the beer that made Milwaukee famous You had to reach for all the gust you could grab Well, I'm still reaching, 'cause they probably were right You only go around once in life You only go around once in life Schlitz was the beer that made Milwaukee famous
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BUCKY'S PAWNSHOP Bucky's Pawnshop don't lean on the glass you got questions, address 'em to the fat man with the eye patch he's diggin' through the racing news interrupt him when you choose he'll look your diamond up and down and grin call it paste and offer you a fin Bucky's pawnshop this ain't no museum those skinny kids come walkin' in each day more and more you see 'em these items here are old and rare don't you stand around and stare You get one solid minute, be my witness Bucky needs to see that you mean business Bucky's pawnshop nothin' stolen here we take it and by law we hold it thirty days to clear once you sign that little note somebody grab you by the throat say you stole the thing they love so dear? Well, you send 'em on but don't you send 'em here And it's all been sold and bought and sold before not one thing new ever did walk through that door whatever you bet that you come to regret we ain't selling sympathy just a ticket out of debt buy some time until you find your way... Bucky's pawnshop yeah, that's a good one there they go down so hard and fast they hardly even care I oughta run a background check I really hate to ask a vet and you don't seem the kind to make us nervous you take it slow and thank you for your service Bucky's pawnshop this ain't your first time through you should know better than to let that time run out on you I hope you're feeling' lucky try to tell that tale to Bucky he don't care who wronged you or who it once belonged to that ticket's got a date and you got cash in this life you gotta pay for anything that you want back And it's all been sold and bought and sold before not one thing new ever did walk through this door whatever you bet that you come to regret we ain't selling sympathy just a ticket out of debt buy some time until you find your way So step up to the window and find out what we pay at Bucky's Pawnshop Bucky's Pawnshop Bucky's Pawnshop
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baby's in bed with a bottle and a book and a jones baby's in bed with a bottle and a book and a jones and it's too late for leavin' leavin' well enough alone baby's in bed with a bottle outta Tullahoma, Tennessee baby's in bed, page 47 of an Easy Rawlins mystery and they're looking for a body somebody like me And I can't go back to the way it was tryin' to put a diamond ring on a boxing glove and I told myself I would never go near now my finger's on the buzzer and I'm already here SOLO baby's in bed with a bottle and a book and a jones three fingers neat, Easy's on the street and all I do is shiver to my bones my better instincts had a coupla of drinks shoulda stayed home And I can't go back to the way it was tryin' to put a diamond ring on a boxing glove but I know myself and I'll never go clean not with one last nickel for the slot machine baby's in bed with a bottle and a book and a jones baby's in bed with a bottle and a book and a jones
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Two white men in bright red ties say, Come here, sonny we've had our eyes on you. Right away I smell the money The manicured hands, the power tans Have a seat. Let me fill your glass. We predict this world will kick your ass. Looks like it's halfway done. Look around while you're still young. Say hello cruel world, you can't make it stop But you can make it big Like the man on top They say he's mad, they say he's crazy, but he's crazy like a fox He knows every opportunity knocks like Fort Knox He's gonna grab with both hands and get all he can Can you take a hint, young man? Say hello cruel world, whatcha gonna do? See it's not so bad, if you're not like you Yeah, I see it your eyes, that softness, that sweetness but cotton candy kids like you got zero chance of beatin' this So before your undertaker gets a text from your priest You better you shut the fuck up how the devil's been released How the code's been broken, how the dream's at risk Oh you poor little babies, kids in cages, stop-and-frisk See we're all just here for a dirty little minute Why not take a taste of freedom and the goodies that go with it? Say hello cruel world, what's it gonna be? Say how do you do... to reality Say hello cruel world, how do you dare? Do you plead and beg with your tail between your legs or find somethin' else down there? See I used to be like you, I know the way it feels I used to see my own reflection in my shiny bright ideals But that dream is just a whore, in patent leather pumps And you're just one more in a long line of sorry chumps One more shill trying to build the great society Puffed up with all your pretty piety But little Chuckie Darwin always had it on straight: In the struggle for survival I can eat off your plate And his plate and her plate and their plate, too If you top me you can stop me but that ain't what you do You just fall and get trampled, a glorious example of the march of evolution, it's a bloody revolution where the weak and the meek and the too unique can't stand up to nature's harsh critique Let's be clear, does the lion shed a tear for the antelope – goin' down his throat? Say hello cruel world Say hello cruel world Hello You’ve got no place else to go We don't wanna keep you, I think we've made it known how the precious few tend to see the world we own It's a battleground that motherfucker stuck us in There’s one goddamn commandment: Says you better win Do you best to grab what you can get your sweaty hands on You could have it all if you just had any balls on Throw 'em down to the ground, stomp on their chest And money is the measure of the ones who do it best. Say hello cruel world Say hello cruel world Say hello cruel world say hello I'm adept, I adapt to any situation I tend to wanna be the doctor not the patient I tend to wanna be the fist not the face I'm gonna fuck it if it's fine I'm gonna kill it if I like the way it tastes We're so high on the human race it belongs to the swift and if your you find your place at the back of the pack well sorry, Jack It's sack you lack
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Terra Nova broke you down Terra Nova broke you down Put you in a trance state Nothing to do right now Nothing to do right now that can't wait Nobody watching Nobody listening Go where you want to Nobody's missing You're free to fall, or fly, or fade away Time to paint your face Find yourself a place to play Worlds are all around Pick one off the ground It's your day It's your day Terra Nova broke you down Terra Nova broke you down Put you in strange place What can they throw you now What can they throw you now you can't shake? How could they stop you? What could they show you? Where would they find you? How would they know you? You're free to fall, or fly, or fade away time to play your hand dance the only way you can Heaven loves a fool stumble as you may It's your day It's your day Hours and hours and hours and hours Hours and hours and hours and hours it's all ours Close your eyes and spin around around around You're only made of stars You're free to fall, or fly, or fade away Time to paint your face Find yourself a place to play Stars are falling down Pick one off the ground It's your day It's your day It's your day Terra Nova broke you down Terra Nova broke you down Put you in strange place (c) 2016 Ira Marlowe/Slow Reveal Music (BMI)
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HERE IN THE MAGIC LIGHT I met you at a party Right away you were my friend You were singing in the background While I tried make amends For everything I wasn't and knew I'd never be and then one day you landed here to set the strange ones free Here in the magic light It's got a million colors you can try a million ways and for twenty-five thousand and a couple hundred days you tried everything 'til the very last hour and just to watch you living gave us all a little power Here in the magic light And we can still sparkle and we can still sing and we can still remember how everything changes, changes, changes, changes Well, Shakey threw a party and it lasted all night Well, this one lasts forever now if what they say is right But you say you're a Blackstar and I know what it means It means you keep on shining unseen And we can still sparkle and we can still sing and we can still remember everything changes, changes, changes, changes Here in the magic light credits
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Dr. Pennyback with your mutton chops and your hair pulled back and your two-tone shoes from Sotheby's I can hear your feet on the pavement in a steady beat always catching up to me Every day and every night I never get the damn thing right And I shut my ears And I turn my head And I tell myself I never heard a word you said And I run so far till I'm all alone and you're still right there when I get home Dr. Pennyback No, you're never wrong and you're so exact Shine your light on every crack Doesn't matter where I go You will find me and you'll crash my show Laugh it up in the front row And I shut my ears And I turn my head And I paint the town to drown out every word you said And the colors dance As the music plays And it all goes up and down in waves Pennyback with your needle files and your touch-up paint and your bootblack You don't hold back And I shut my ears And I turn my head And I lock myself inside my room and hide in bed If it all comes down like you say it will I can sit and watch it burning from my windowsill Every day and every night I never get the damn thing right
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Venus de Milo Watch out for beauty somebody said when the world's at your feet it'll go to your head I told myself look inside instead then you come around Watch out for sorrow dressed in disguise I've come this far so you think I'd be wise and look in your heart and not in your eyes when you come around Venus de Milo it's out of my hands all that I've seen is all I can stand you're comin' home late with your arms still 'round some other man Didn't I know? Each time I see you I know what to say It's right on my tongue I rehearsed it all day See, I've got my pride and I won't live this way then you come around And what kind of goddess are you s'posed to be? to scatter your love like the winds on the sea The ships on the bottom they call out to me when you come around Venus de Milo it's out of my hands all that I've seen is all I can stand you're comin' home late with your arms still 'round some other man Venus de Milo all I can do is try to believe what'll never be true that there'll come a day when I'll be holding all of you didn't I know? didn't I know? Venus De Milo
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Frankenstein the matchmaker builds the perfect lover From the faces and the voices and the memory of the others he could almost love Can you see him up all night? Stitching up the final changes Will he ever get it right? Isn’t he somebody you could almost love? Almost Any word that comes so close is only gonna tell you just how far you have to go Stay there Tell yourself there’s someone out there Waiting in a story Now get back to your laboratory Frankenstein the doctor Isn’t it appalling? How it got so out of hand How he missed his calling It was almost love Every chance you wouldn’t take Every flame that couldn’t last Now you’ve got your pictures out You’re drinking to the past and all that almost was Any time a moment came you watched it til it turned away You blamed it on the gods as if you even hear a word they say Cover up your ears before the sound of all that came before Comes calling, yeah it’s calling You’re almost ready now Is that what you’d say? Almost Any word that comes so close Is only gonna tell you just how far you have to go Go there Could you ever dare? To step outside your perfect mind Scary what you just might find
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The Long Con 02:38
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WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE Well, I made my entrance to the sound of broken glass and I told your boyfriend he could kiss my ass Standing in his Docker jeans lookin' like a stockbroker at 17 Well, I never saw you since that sweaty summer night and I thought you moved away to have your 2.5 So imagine my surprise when I see you stumble in my lucky dive Welcome to the Monkey House, my dear Something tells me you might like it here Underneath it all, it's all so clear Welcome, welcome Yeah, I used to see you in your daddy's Cadillac Making pretty circles on the right side of the tracks But the road can take you down Look at all your new friends here in happytown CHORUS Underneath is all, you find out who you are Who'd have ever pegged this girl for Maker's Mark? Every broken dream tonight has a thousand pieces left to catch the light Catch the light Welcome to the Monkey House, my dear Something tells me you might like it here Underneath it all, it's all so clear Weclome to the Monkey House my dear (Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Monkey House (Ooh-ooh, ah-ah) Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Monkey House
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Cartoons 04:25
Jesus and Muhammad walk into a bar and I've already gone too far The Prophet says, "What is this place?" while Satan makes a kissy face I've already gone too far John the Baptist, shootin' pool Says, "Boy, you getter play it cool!" I say "Man, it's just a stupid song..." Lemme go too far, too fast, too much, too soon Damn it all we're all cartoons Big-headed fools, makin' up rules when we ain't got a clue Buddha keeps it simple sips his Shirley Temple While Mother Mary starts to find her groove "Wrecking Ball" is playing, so Shiva starts to swaying now they're making out like some girls do And the Furies fly around me while the Twelve Apostles pound me and I scream between my black and my blue: Lemme go too far, too fast, too much, too soon Damn it all we're all cartoons Big-headed clods, makin' up gods then we tell 'em what to do And I tell mine Please, be patient and kind with this silly thing you made called Man We're all doin' the best we can... Losing my patience, on the road to salvation 'cause I've already gone too far Enlightened ones can't wake me and the cults won't even take me 'cause I've already gone too far Lost, lost, I ain't lost I'm flyin' with my fingers crossed I'm dancin' with the tempest-tossed We'll tumble 'til they turn it off we're slippin' 'round the serpentine with Underdog and Augustine I've never seen a world above the only god I've ever seen is Love Love Love Love Lemme go too far, too fast, too much, too soon damn it all we're all cartoons damn it all we're all cartoons Moses and Krishna Hanging in the Mission Looking for the best burrito in town Mary Baker Eddy got a big placebo ready and prays to keep the damn thing down And Mighty Thor just drains the keg while Pluto works on Satan's leg I can't hear what Confucious said just give us all our daily bread Love Love Love Love
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Here's lookin' at you that remarkable face that starred for awhile in my show Here's lookin' at you who I can't replace in that movie I know you know Boy meets girl loses girl gets her back again The whole room cheers through their tears but that's not how this ends Here's lookin' at you and those trademark curls those eyes so bright and blue I used to call myself the luckiest man Too bad that was only Act Two Boy meets girl loses girl Still believes he'll win Sings his song for someone gone who calls herself his friend Is it really romantic hatching a plan to convince her to fly from the bed of a guy who's got money and charm that's as long as your arm Is he actually making her happy? Don't I want her to be? Even if it's not me? Here's lookin' at you in a bright red dress the one you wore that night Up with a big brass band the town at your command Laughing At Life Boy meets girl loses girl finds himself again He can smile alone awhile but that's not how this ends
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Want no trouble but it comes my way fifth of each month like judgement day scrapin' by is how you play try to make do, try to make my way I keep up with the day's events but each day leaves me in suspense in spite of all my good intents... Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents I got sixteen dollars and fifteen cents Not like I don't know the deal keep my shoulder to the wheel pushing harder everyday All it does is roll away I can say in my defense I can't live at no expense look at all the evidence Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents I got sixteen dollars and fifteen cents But there's a place somewhere Where it aint what you got, it ain't what you got but what you share So if you need it you can have it it's all there I paid my bills, I paid my rent Here it is: what I ain't spent (Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents) Bangin' 'round here collecting dents (Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents) Here it was and there it went (Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents) Can't live without those dead presidents (Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents) American dream got a 'lectrified fence (Sixteen dollars and fifteen cents)
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PICTURES Just a picture in my head drawn from something that she said or maybe wrote, I can't remember Either way, it doesn't matter Just a picture in my mind some imagined time I never gave it much attention Now it's hardly worth the mention Still I remember some colors I could almost see it taking form Pictures come and go, there wil be others All you do is close your eyes to realize you still can make some more Just a picture in my head drawn from something that she said Except that she meant something different Either way, it wasn't vivid Nothing hanging on my wall hardly anything at all Barely even started Just a doodle in the margin Still I remember some colors I could see her coming into view Pictures come and go, there will be others All you do is close your eyes to realize there's always someone new Just a picture in my head Just a picture in my head Just a picture in my head
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Mayhem 02:58
By the third Boulevardier I had nothing more to say There were other cards to play Mayhem Mayhem Hips like a rail on the freeway Left me too much leeway Played me like a DJ Mayhem Mayhem A crash of flesh and bone Won't you take me home? Won't you take me home where it all gets wasted And every lost tongue is tasted All I know All I know On the far side of Heaven's Gate Every single line is straight There's a reason it can wait Mayhem Mayhem Knocked down into a spiral Slapped up for revival I can love my rival Mayhem Mayhem A crush of broken glass See the red light flash See the whole damn world going down in a blender Elvis singin' Love Me Tender All I know All I know In the dark on an unmade bed I got an aching head I got a bleach-blonde girl who could swear she left me back there Standing on a corner when in fact there never was a place to go puzzle pieces on the floor All I know A crush of broken glass See the red light flash See the whole damn world going down in a blender Cheap Trick singin' Surrender All I know All I know All I know All I know
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My Spirit Guide says yeah, there's a curse Nothing I can do, he's seen worse All those petty crimes from other times just hang around Whatever ya did, kid Whatever ya did, kid drags you down My Spirit Guide he preaches in my dreams Everything is triple what it seems All those catty angels talkin' trash and throwing stones Whatever ya did, kid Whatever ya did, kid Who knows? And I'm so confused and bashed and bruised and spinnin' round and round so disconnected And I'm so exhausted, doubled crossed and tossed into the fire so unprotected My Spirit Guide says that's to be expected In my dream he's got a loud bow tie and as lacy sweater vest Just another shade of you and I ridiculous at best My Spirit Guide said yeah, there's a curse If you don't like the chorus change the verse Every note you ever wrote is written on your face Whatever ya did, kid Whatever ya did, kid Too late And I'm so exhausted, doubled crossed and tossed upon this sea in stormy weather and I'm so confused and bashed and bruised my ways to lose are born and born forever Spirit Guide says get your shit together
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Gonna float like a cloud That’s so full of rain that it falls to the ground And won’t get back up again Let me stay here Safe from the troublesome sky Gonna swing like a door Open so wide That hills and the fields Can all come inside Sit yourself down Safe from the troublesome sky You will not falter You will not run You will not lose your way Despite how lost you may become There will be thunder Sounding its might You will walk under As it goes by Gonna sing like a sailor Drunk as the sea That knows everything And all things to be Rising and falling Watching the troublesome sky Gonna fly like a leaf Borne on the wind Just to see where I go And look where I been Nowhere and everywhere Up in the troublesome sky You will not falter You will not run You will not lose yourself Despite how lost you may become There will be thunder Sounding its might You will walk under as it goes by You will walk under Safe from the troublesome sky
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Scarface and Ginger at the Castaway Bar never gonna happen anyone'll tell you -- He's too soft and she's too hard Picture in her wallet Some kid she doesn't know Scarface has a dream he's gonna quit this scene get a radio show But you can't say no when your heart says go when your heart says that's the one, that's the one that's the one, that's the one hits you like a body blow Scarface loves so bravely Ginger can't be bothered Necessity's the mother of one thing or another but no one knows the father Sitting 'cross the table making eyes at her double-D's He says you're looking good No reply, again he tries This time she agrees Still you can't say no when your heart says so when your heart says that's the one, that's the one that's the one, that's the one hits you like a body blow up and down like tremolo everything turns indigo It's talking like Pinocchio solo Scarface and Ginger at the Castaway Bar the way you hear 'em tell it every one of 'em could smell it like a Mexican cigar Ginger met a Cuban when he tried to steal her phone Scarface went for a ride They dropped him by the riverside Left the gun took the calzone But you can't say no when your heart says go when your heart says that's the one, that's the one that's the one, that's the one hits you like a body blow up and down like tremolo everything turns indigo you can't stop or even slow 'cause every sky's a rainbow you're walking under misteltoe you're dropping like a domino you're pulled out by the undertow and you can't say you can't say you can't say you can't say no credits
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ONE SWEET MOMENT Silver shoes Way too young Walking where the stars are hung Lately I'm not who I am at all Turn away 'fore she sees Such as fool it makes of me Lately I'm just headed for a fall And it's all because Something that once was I was yours and you were almost mine One sweet moment One sweet moment in time Smoky voice Star tattoo Any time I think of you I know I'm not who I was at all Stop myself 'fore I go Tell her she reminds me so Someone from a dream I still recall Chorus Pirate smile Blue green eyes I have lived a million lives How can I still feel you on my skin? Anyway Time to go Never even said hello Walking out the way that she walked in Chorus
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Big Girl Now 04:03
In the blacklight bathroom of a North Beach barroom She checks her makeup I guess I look okay One day, I may go home again There's a million like her and it's no big story when you're just fifteen and counting on heaven's mercy One day, I may go home again Let it go now Put it all away before you cry now Something's gonna work out somehow Oh... Baby you're a big girl no And the traffic and the lights and all the noice it's gonna brighten up that dark place And the people that you meet they're gonna show you what you need to know in this place Anything that comes around don't let it get you down It's not for always Let it go now Somehow Baby, you're a big girl now A big girl now When it's after midnight and you're on that corner You can swear you feel the angel standing at your shoulder One day, I will go home again Let it go now Put it all away before you cry now Something's gonna work out somehow Oh... Baby you're a big girl now Baby you're a big girl now Baby you're a big girl now
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King Hotel 04:09
Somewhere between what I thought would happen and what my father told me would I got a room at the King Hotel where the rent would do me good Mirrors in the stairways so you can see what’s coming Bathroom down the hallway Rent due every Monday Somewhere between the lies I’ve told and the things I meant to do I ran afoul of some great law I guess I never knew Mirrors couldn’t show me I just wouldn’t see I’d just comb my hair and stare right back at me Someday I will rise above this story Wake up to the sunrise all that’s waiting for me Someday I will be somebody new Enough for me Enough for you Way up on the seventh floor there’s a man who used to play Three weeks back in ‘64 for the Kansas City A’s Just one taste of glory All you really need He’s got a box of photos he pulls down for me (instrumental) Long before the summer night you had to walk away Something put a mark on me I carry to this day Miracles do happen Caterpillars fly You can make a new start If you’ve got the heart (chorus)
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Patience 02:23
If I gotta wait for the next time around livin' in the lobby with a book I found elevator numbers go up and down doors open I'm always hopin' if I gotta wait til hell runs cold finger in my ear just like the prophets told wrinkled in the bathtub it's gettin' old gettin old Never had it never had it never had it never had it patience Gimme what I want when I want it fuck patience Telling me to slow this freight train down how'm I gonna get-- how'm I gonna get around? If I gotta wait through one more day tunnel and a teaspoon to chip away double shot of dynamite is what I say what I say... Never had it never had it never had it patience Gmme what I want when I want it fuck patience telling me to be that guru man when you know I never can no, I never can Life's too good to fit in every minute of the day There's no time to wait around for somebody to say stand in line Tellin' me to mellow with the elevator music never had it never had it never had it patience never had it never had it never had it patience gimme what I want when I want it
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She’s bookish and lookish and twice what you’d expect and you’d expect a lot she’s clearly got something You were knocked out Now you’re locked out eyes wide in surprise and all you see is wool two bags full of nothing So why should you be proud of stories read out loud or songs you didn’t write but only played? And why would you be sad for a thing you never had that went away? Gray skies were never bluer Tall tales never truer You say I'd know if I knew her You’re a mystic so you missed it She’s practical as a paperclip still wrapped around your colored paper heart But you know what? Any robot worth the wire inside him says that colors fade and papers pull apart So why should you feel more than the backside of the door telling you it’s time to move along? And why would you despair for a girl who wasn’t there when the girl who wasn’t there is gone? And the girl who wasn’t there is gone The girl who wasn't there Gray skies never bluer Tall tales never truer You say I'd know if I knew her
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St. Willie’s jukebox neon and gold playing songs nobody ever heard the singers came and went but their songs were heaven-sent and that jukebox knows every word St. Willie’s jukebox in a corner of the sky harmonies above and below a chorus of stars and sixteen bars all full of people who know So drain your glass forget the past stand a little taller See your name etched in the glass hear your song hear ‘em all sing along St. Willie’s jukebox the letters and the numbers press any button and you’ll see the words and the rhymes and the difficult times all written just the way they had to be So drain your glass and find your coat you’ve got a long drive home you can’t rest on all you wrote there’s more to do you still got more in you solo So drain your glass and find your coat you’ve still got a long drive home you can’t rest on all you wrote there’s more to do more to do
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HEAVEN NEVER CLOSES You walked in with your thrift store shoes and no chance and you lost your head to the retread with the implants Woke up on a table jukebox playing Layla Lipstick on your collar and your arms around a sailor But don't get down so far Look around Remember where you are Heaven never closes set 'em up and knock 'em down All the world's a bar and every day's another round We're dancing and we're singing 'cause there's no place else to be They left us here with all this beer so won't you come come and dance with me You caught a break when the repo man went AWOL skipped right off the table like the 8-ball barkeep with her sleepy eyes is cracking jokes like ice Tonight she hopes she's smart enough to take her own advice And don't get down so low Somebody went and got us all tickets to the show Heaven never closes Set em up and knock em down All the world's a bar and every day's another round We're dancing and we're singing 'cause what else can you do but take a shine to what you find and I would like to dance with you Came all the way from Richmond with your trap kit but they dressed you up with that monkey suit that don't fit still you got your throne and those Japanese Pearls tonight that silver sparkle's flyin' all around the world And the doomsday parade is gettin' nearer you can see 'em comin' in your rearview mirror Reapers in their hoodies tryin' to kill all the fun but anybody still around is on the list, plus one Heaven never closes it's the only game in town All the world's a bar and every day's another round We're dancing and we're singing 'cause there's no place else to be so raise that chin and take it in and come and dance, come and dance come and dance with me
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Adelena 03:38
The game goes on forever and a few hours after that And if the dollars let you down the dimes can bring you back See, every town is Vegas once the traffic lights start blinking but every face on every queen Well, I know what they're thinking Adelena, Adelena Even now I feel your head against my shoulder Even now I hear you breathing by my side I don't sleep I barel try The game goes on forever some nights you get the cards That night I fell under your spell I hit the floor so hard They say the key to magic is where you lead their eyes mine were looking down at yours To the heavens, to the skies Adelena, Adelena Did you know it's where you left it on the table Did you know I never read the whole way through? either way I guess I knew Yeah, the money splashes in and the money trickles out So many things I let fall through my hands But each night I came home to you with my pockets inside out I was still the luckiest man Adelena, Adelena When you get this, could you do me just one favor? Find a silver coin and let it spin Heads I lose tails you win Adelena Adelena My Adelena
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THE INVISIBLE MAN (As It All Goes By) Jesus in the firmament holding it so high Head hung low arms out wide Every star with its own place in the sky As it all goes by Atlas on the bottom holding up the ground Shoulders aching as he turns it all around What I'd give to lay the whole thing down As it all goes by Moses in the river Moses in the sand Moses on the mountain orders in his hand Orders, orders ancient commands from The Invisible Man The Invisible Man Someone wrote a story told through the ages so unreal, so outrageous and we walk on the words and we live on the pages and we rattle our chains while we sing in our cages And the wars go on And the wars go on Crosses on the hillsides like little white pawns And you justify, you justify Your silver tongue, your silver purse You taught us all so well We know it chapter and verse And the greed goes on And lines are drawn Stretching 'round the corner where they're sleeping on the lawn Armies underneath the flag with silver carts and plastic bags And the Bible our witness says they'll always will be with us Mohammed up in paradise Shadow grown so long Dare I name him in my song? But there's kid in a vest climbing out of a van Chalk up one more for The Invisible Man Jesus in the firmament holding it so high Head hung low arms out wide Every star with its own place in the sky As it all goes by
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PROZAC LULLABY I woke up tonight shotgun in my head And I said to the clock When’s it gonna stop? And the clock said to me When I turned away It stops when you listen It stops when you say Don’t let me sleep any longer I hear other places Since I was eight or nine the curses coming down the mercy just in time I see the ones who try to help us From the other side They've got their hands tied And every grave has something that hangs above the ground every heart that bruises turning yellow, blue and brown But who would ever know How could they know with all the red ones still around? Don’t let me sleep any longer Mr. Pill Mr. Peace Mr. Merciful Potion no you don't kill the pain you just kill the emotion and under your spell there is something so broken and I can't sleep I woke up tonight shotgun in my head And I said to the clock When’s it gonna stop? And the clock said to me When I turned away It stops when you listen It stops when you say Don’t let me sleep any longer
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You've got secrets I don't ask the things I know about you are enough to last last me forever 'til the next world comes you're a book I savor you're chocolate on my tongue Natasha Fatale Natasha Fatale How I try to justify my rationale that you'll come in from the cold to have and to hold to have and to hold That guy you're seeing he's no good for you he's in with some bad actors and I know you must be, too but the way I sleep when I'm holding you the sleep of the just if it just were true CHORUS You're being followed You know that a tall one and a short one It could almost make me laugh but to see you in such danger from without and within You don't know how close I am to giving in Natasha Fatale Natasha Fatale when I finally sing The Internationale we'll come in from the cold to have and to hold to have and to hold to have and to hold
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Monkey's muse is off the booze Now he's found another way to love and lose Monkey's muse has flown away Now Monkey hasn't got a goddamn thing to say Slow down Quiet now It was never in your power anyhow Slow down just let it fall She was never really yours at all Monkey's muse long abused Hiding in the shadows while he made the news Now she's gone She's flown away See him with his notebook and his Perrier Slow down Quiet now It was never really you you knew somehow Slow down just let it go You never wanted anyone to know
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I won't stand to be the victim of a cruel joke while you hang around and dangle all your false hope smile that smile move that way you do Take it on home or show me something true I won't take another puff of that pipe dream Telling me things are all they seem Let me down it's all they seem to do But you could still surprise me and show me something true So tonight I'll dream myself to sleep Even if it's all skin deep I won't stand to be the victim of a cruel joke and you ain't gonna fix it if it ain't broke No, I suppse I suppose it works for you And it's too much work to show me something true Still tonight I'll dream myself to sleep cause you could still surprise me yeah, you could still surprise me and show me something true something true something true
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Prescott went slummin' tied a rope around his waist and headed up to Harlem stopped into Sylvia's for coffee and dessert ripped the alligator off his Izod shirt Prescott went slummin' singin' Waiting For The Man and chasin' round the women Bonesaw Joe saw him trippin' up the street saggin' so low and movin' to the beat of the-- Music, anyone can hear it anybody listenin', anybody with a spirit Music enough to keep you alive in these dark dark days, in these dark dark times Twistin' and jivin' scared half to death ut never more alive and trying to get Muffy on his iPhone 10 grinnin' with the livin' and dancin' to the din of the-- CHORUS Prescott went runnin' lady with a baby carriage-- thought he saw a gun and did the uptown flag-down, first cab on Powell Coverin' his ears from the clatter and the howl of the-- CHORUS Prescott went slummin'
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She’s not like you, it’s not like that She’ll turn away and not look back She’ll make a plan and not let on Then she’s gone Then she’s gone You thought you had this all the way And you knew every word to say But she knew what you know today All along All along Vive la difference Je suis un fou je sias Je suis un fou je sias Je n'avais connais Je n'avais connais Vive la difference Je sais que je suis un fou Jamais plus Jamais plus How she smiled and how she moved How her laughter filled the room All that’s left are only clues Now she’s gone Perhaps her eyes betrayed the change A language beautiful and strange And you believed you spoke the same You were wrong You were wrong chorus
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Everything that's happened up til now the typewriter tapping in the background that old ghostwriter up all night again starting a story and no idea where it ends Everything in all imagined time molecules dancing in rhythm in rhyme and every chance nothing happens at all Throw on that dress somebody asked you to the ball And the sonnets and the stories and the planets and the stars and the spray paint names and the tailfin cars blue haired laides singin' oh my grace And I can feel your love just by the look on your face I can feel your love just by the look on your face Everywhere I used to want to go boxes in a basement where I'd tread on tiptoe all that worry, all that wasted love out in the sunlight, we dance like that's enough And the bottles in the alley the radicals and kings and the chariots fly and they're squeaking like porch swings turnpikes and Lucky Strikes and pawnshop stones sycamores and pintafores you'll evefr walk alone And the catcalls and the pratfalls and the barroom songs twirling with the fireflies for summertimes gone radio playing somewhere deep in space and I can feel your love just by the look on your face I can feel your love just by the look on your face Everything that's happened up til now the typewriter tapping in the background that monkey's fingers flyin' 'cross the keys Heaven and Earth It's more than you could dream Heaven and Earth It's more than you could dream
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I guess you think you've got me figured out I guess you know what I'm about to say I've dug a path so deep It's hard to keep from going that way And I guess you must be tired of everything I do to keep myself from answering the truth that won't stop knockin' I just shut my ears and keep on walking Ah... Let me just stay here Let me just stay here And walk around my private town look at that skyline Baby, it's all mine And no one here to tell me how to be Shouldn't they see? Shouldn't they see? See, I used to think that I could sort it out the mystery of Superman in doubt one day you can fly next day you're just tryin' to do without And now everybody wonders where I've gone Maybe to the one place I belong It's not so complicated I just go where I'm appreciated Ah... Let me just stay here Let me just stay here And walk around my private town under that street light out of the spotlight And no one here to tell me what to do Cuz isn't it true? Isn''t ti true... That we're all just robots, robots with the voices of the gods inside You try to listen, you to try to steer but you're mostly just along for the ride Chorus
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Going Home 04:26
I have no idea all these mad events that take the place inside my heart of something making sense You have no idea but of course you do everything you gave and everything I still owe you In this time, in this life, in this dream Everywhere I go, you'll go with me In this world, the sweetest thing I've known a love so pure that now is going home I have no idea what I'm s'posed to do every time I turn around I can swear it's you I can hear your feet clicking on the floor Can I hear you say my name just one time more? In this time, in this life, in this dream Everywhere I go, you'll go with me In my world, the sweetest thing I've known a love so pure that now is going home a love so pure that now is going home
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THREE WHITE BOYS (Painting the Town) Three white boys sittin in the back row Center City, Cinema 19 It's the Blaxploitation 70's Pam Grier and Richard Roundtree Curtis Mayfield flying high Super Fly Three white boys sittin' in the back row taking off as soon as they take roll It's the Richard Nixon 70's free to take our liberties gettin' over any way we can fuck the man It was a time when we were wise we saw it all we saw it all we saw it all see it in our eyes Three white boys on the subway tracks North Philly Station, 2 AM It's the Blaxploitation 70's that world that Opie never sees but we were danger lovers honorary brothers It was a time we had it down they knew our names they knew our names they knew our names we painted the town Nunchucks and kung fu stars and bags of cans don't let em rattle let your sweet hand do your talking blockin', NY style scope the booth and hop the gate late night date to set the record straight get our heads above that crowd colors singing loud Germantown to West Oak Lane every car on every train David Bowie singin' Fame (what's the name?) Catchin' up with the Hip City Swingers gun slingers, gold teeth and silver fingers, it's a pity that mob can't paint it pretty like we three KCD Klub City Decorators 8' foot high balloon inflators all for three and three for one we can't we can't be stopped from doin' what can't be done pumpin' up the underground nation night by night, station by station throwing color on these dirty walls all it takes is smarts and balls and Jericho falls Lombard South is reeling decorated floor to ceiling Baby, you don't know that feeling Baby, you don't know that feeling livin' in the city of love, brother city of love, brother brother, say one thing we'll do the other brother, say one thing we'll do the other brother, say one thing we'll do the other
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ONE HAND FREE Lightning's on a power trip trying to see if he can rip the sky in tiny pieces till it falls to the ground and the rain's comin' hard in his rusty old car driving like a madman and raving at the stars The wind is whipping like a wicked overseer and the trees all cower in fear Put it all together and you're singin' Stormy Weather in God's dark bar room he opened down here But I've got my coat got my hat got this big umbrella And one hand free I've got one hand free Stand with me Since you got created you been perforated Punched so full of holes you can see right through So I know you're not lyin' when you say how hard you're trying You give your all until there's almost nothing left of you Hurricanes get names like baby girls and boys They twirl and twirl in joy Here on the ground we're runnin' around Trying not break like a toy But I've got my coat got my hat got this big umbrella And one hand free I've got one hand free Stand with me Standing alone Is it all we've ever known? But you and me together Can you imagine that? You and me could take 'em with one hand behind our back And one hand free One hand free One hand free Stand with me Stand with me Stand with me
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The man from beyond snickered and yawned he said, c'mon, c'mon I was not ready Nothing I could do elevator in his shoe felt my stomach jump as we started to move Goin' down, goin' down, goin' down In the thrid ring of hell I finally found my wallet sticking from the pocket of the devil by my side all very well call it what you call it first thing that they teach you is forget about pride It's not like you think they handed me a drink I was graded with a letter I'd hoped for better Led me to a room and there in the gloom leaning 'gainst the wall it was Brockie after all Goin' down, goin' down, goin' down CHORUS Pride -- that deadly sin every hour they drum it in you just can't win Pride -- they beat you down But they don't know their underworld... has an underground (Meet behind the bust of Virgil circle in the dark beside the black fire whisper in the blue black a cello with a slow attack you heard it right jack pitchfork sons of bitches better watch thier back This ring has been decoded Pluto's been demoted Meet the new dog, Rover This boy is takin' over!) CHORUS
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Candyland 03:28
If big fat Freddy had just been right she’d have gone far by now If big fat Freddy had just been right she’d be a star by now known to the glitterati soul and body watch her watch the falling sand in Candyland doing the best we can square to square, hour to hour trying to figure out this power before it fades Would you like to play? Candyland If big fat Freddy had just been real I coulda found my way If big fat Freddie knew the deal I wouldn’t have to pray to the glitterati soul and body Every day I scrap my plan in Candyland doing the best I can square to square, door to door and there’s always something more you just don’t see Would you play with me? We know nothing is forever Let’s you and me get lost together Candyland doing the best we can square to square, year to year We could help each other here in some sweet way Would you like to play? In Candyland Candyland Candyland
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SONG FOR WILE E. I knew Wile E. when he was just a kid He was smart, hardworking, had a future But he couldn't lose face He got caught up in the race and falling down was just one more adventure From the top of the cliff all you see is sky blue and wide when the ground runs out you can't hold on to a cloud but still you try I knew Wile E. when he was comin' up Boy with a world of promise Such a waste that wild goose chase Pride is strong but truth is always strongest Yeah, there's always someone faster Always someone better So pick up where you started, boy Shake off that vendetta Always some lucky bastard born to win Let it go while you can still get up again I knew Wile E. when he was just a kid He was smart, full of heart, but couldn't listen So it's no surprise, after seven hundred tries He's still sure this time will be different From the top of the cliff all you see is sky blue and wide when the ground runs out you can't hold on to a cloud but still you try
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It rhymes with chump It rhymes with county dump And each word he speaks, leaks From a sump pump A bloviating mogul throwing xenophobic hate Onto the plate of people hungry for somebody they can blame PT Barnum would be proud about The one-a-minute crowd and how He works ‘em to a lather with inflammatory blather And then there’s the ‘do, the trademark ‘do Combover king (Combover king) But there’s the thing (here’s the thing) That’s a misnomer! It’s not a combover! It’s a mad creation, a mad creation A Dada MOMA installation A magic puffy forelock With a crack team working ‘round the clock And it’s teased, and it’s sprayed, and it’s moussed, and it’s blown And it’s blown and blown and blown and blown and blown and blown and blown and blown and blown and blown and blown and blown and blown Until it takes on a life of its own BULLHORN: Attention! All citizens are ordered to remain indoors until law enforcement can contain the large hirsuite life-form now approaching Des Moines. Iowa is gone, as the thing slithers on Next comes New Hampshire, you can be damn sure It swallows Carolina and always leaves behind a trail Of steaming gel and mousse BULLHORN: The election is coming and the thing’s still loose! And the crowd gets louder as victory seems surer And the crowd shouts out, “Hail the Coiffürher! Hail the Coiffürher! Hail the Coiffürher! Hail the Coiffürher!” It rhymes with lump It rhymes with Forrest Gump But even if you’re simple, you should recognize a pimple And America’s rump A self-made man, a self-made man Who once was a lad, a struggling lad A struggling lad, who had it so bad Starting out with nothing but the forty mil from dad A political phenomenon, not at all uncommon In the Thirties when in German and Italy they rose Modern day Caligulas stoking the amygdalas Of all the angry masses from the shrinking middle classes How far can people stick their heads up their asses Heads up there asses, heads up there asses? Hail the Coiffürher! Hail the Coiffürher! Hail the Coiffürher! Hail the Coiffürher! Hail the Coiffürher! Hail the Coiffürher!
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Good evening Mr. Trump you seem surprised to see me but you rubbed yourself in such a way to summon up the genie no need to be embarrassed I understand your plight it has plagued you all your days but it all will change tonight You say there is "no problem there" you say you "guarantee it" but behind that puff of pubic hair I do not even see it You with all your riches in untold amounts The man who has everything ...except where it counts But it's gonna be so great! It's gonna be so great! Just you watch! Just you wait! I am bound to serve your will Your wish is my command Tt's gonna feel so big in your tiny little hand Such a tragedy, a curse and your psyche was affected You tried to make it right with every tower you erected You tried pills of every color every size and every shape There were cremes and gels and ointments vacuum pumps and fishing weights And then that prosthesis how my heart ached for you There was simply not enough to attach it to All that time and money spent yet nothing could enhance it your medical anomaly featured in The Lancet A man like you, so powerful and handsome deserves a "zib" proportionate and then some! Now it's gonna be so great! It's gonna be so great! Just you watch! Just you wait! I am bound to serve your will so I must let know I am, or course, a Muslim Would you for like me to go? No??? Then prepare to be the envy of the gods! When you now become the size of Johnny Wadd's Close your eyes, it's okay Do not open til I say Keep your eyes closed Now reach down with your hand Behold the the mighty weapon now at your command With apologies to Zeppelin the schlong remains the same But on a vastly different scale on a vastly different frame Now, Little Donald, it hardly seems so small Open your eyes now, Mr. Big! You're 14" tall And it's gonna be so great! It's gonna be so great! You'll finally see the world from below Perhaps you'll be re-born making little people porn A garden gnome's another way to go Time for me to run it's getting late But whatever happens next It's gonna be so great!
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They think they got all the answers Eggheads and smartypantsers High brow, high brow Laughing at the low brow This is the dawning of The Age of the No-Brow! Join the crowd! Have you seen the polls? Ain't no limit what this clown car holds! Dumz the new smarrt Dumz the new smarrt Dumz the new smarrt I was feeling stressed and so uptight Took a rubber mallet to my head last night It went boing boing boing atil I hit the wall By the seventh time it hardly hurt at all Come along! Do your part! !t's never too soon to start Dumz the new smarrt Dumz the new smarrt Dumz the new smarrt If there's spittle on my face it means I want to kiss you Cuz you're sweet as a toaster and I'm sharp as a tissue No one can stop us No one can tame us We're marching to the orders of a famous ignoramus When your mouth is hanging open And your finger's in your ear And a clue just can't be found Tell 'em Donny sent ya As you join the mass dementia Moronic is the tonic and it's coming to your town Dumz the new smarrt Dumz the new smarrt Dumz the new smarrt
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Yesterday I was stronger And the daylight lasted so much longer And the stars were promises left in the sky And then you came and said goodbye My favorite Martian My favorite girl Visitor from a far, forgotten world Why won’t you why won’t you why won’t you why won’t you stay here? I’m losing my way here losing my way I saw you as a stanger here like me Looking ‘round for anything familiar like me And the stars were promises places to roam A million worlds but you were home My favorite Martian My favorite girl Visitor from a far, forgotten world Why won’t you why won’t you why won’t you why won’t you stay here? I’m losing my way here losing my way
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Modern Times 04:01
In the void and the haze and the six long days When the dark and the light went separate ways Dark and light, noon and night Man and woman, wrong and right And the question came when it all was young Fork in the road on a serpent’s tongue And the question said: do you still want more? Do you want whatever’s behind that door? It’s always modern times Always modern times Every lucky day we ride Our rocket to the other side And don’t let go ‘Cause there isn’t far to go Baby, hold on tight Just keep your hands inside Came the rain and came the flood Two by two in a river of mud Two by two in a sea of love Ocean covering all that was And the walls came down The walls came down The waters parted and the men were drowned And the sinners lost, the good ones saved The unbelievers all enslaved It’s always modern times Always modern times Every magic day we fly Our rocket to the other side And don’t be scared Can’t you see we’re almost there? Baby, close your eyes Just let it all go by And the crystal cars and the men from Mars If they never did come, well they can’t be far Gonna pack out things, place we’re told Top of the world where it still gets cold And the water runs down, the water runs down The sea came up where there once were towns And you can’t go back, you don’t look back, You never look back It’s always modern times Always modern times Every precious day we fly Our rocket to the other side And don’t despair Don’t you see we’re almost there? Baby, close don’t you cry Just let it all go by It’s always modern times Always modern times Always modern times
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Jukebox 02:49
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Down and Low 03:18
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released February 19, 2016

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Ira Marlowe Berkeley, California

Ira Marlowe's songs have appeared in indy films, been featured on NPR and Dr. Demento, and received a Parent's Choice Award. He's taught songwriting at UC Berkeley and penned the tunes for four shows by a Tony-winning theatre troupe.

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