1. |
Good Morning, World
05:01
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Look, there's another train rolling through Sydney
Dublin is waking or starting to doze
I get the latest from crawlers at Time Square
Good morning world I'm another year older
I thought I'd look out to see how it goes
Moscow is almost pretty
In morning light
But it won't last long
And lights are all that move in London town
Broward, your tide's in
Seattle's you're lovely
Russia is looking much more like it does
Sun blinded drivers who roll 'long the Danube
Good morning world I'm another year older
I thought I'd look out to see how it was
Waiting for birds fly-by's
Over Istanbul
Under perfect skies
Rio shores are lined in headlights
Midtown siren crawls at midnight
Elephants tolerate riders in Bali
The frozen Niagara is looking bizarre
I'll check out Dealey when I want to feel bad
Good morning world I'm another year older
I thought I'd look out to see how you are
Egypt has quiet time
The oasis waits and the water's fine
The Brooklyn Bridge is showing off again
There's the command
That can find where the stars go
There is my hard-wired feed to the buzz
No sign of jet cars and shuttles to Mars though
Good morning world I'm another year older
I thought I'd look here to see where I was
Rivers teem with boats in Thailand
Music plays on tropic island
There's the command
That can chart where the stars go
There is my hard-wired feed to the buzz
No sign of jet cars and shuttles to Mars though
Good morning world I'm another year older
I thought I'd look here to see where I was
Good morning world I'm another year older
I thought I'd look out to see how it was
Good morning world I'm another year older
I thought I'd look out to see how it goes
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2. |
Golden Town
04:29
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Finally, the salty air, mixes with the sun
Your boardwalk was never there
Never needed one
A mighty storm had its way along your shore
And some buildings that stood before
Have fallen hard
The roll of the waves maintain an unbroken song
Much that was here before, ain't where it belongs
Some with machine, some with barely more than hands
Trying to make it right again
And bring ya back to where you've been
I remember
How you pulled me up when joy was aground
I remember
That your broken beach is my golden town
I remember
How you pulled me back when joy was aground
I remember
That your broken beach is my golden town
Watching the seagulls, the glory-filled sky they roam
What's up with the dumb ones
That hang around back at home?
I close my eyes, I feel a sandy bed
While a fine, fine tune plays thinly in my head
Havens I used to know, here's a tear for them
The fortresses in their place
How I'll cheer for them
And I know
You've been battered many times
And that it's only a narrow line
That keeps you here, that lets you shine
I remember
How you pulled me up when joy was aground
I remember
That your broken beach is my golden town
I remember
How you pulled me back when joy was aground
I remember
That your broken beach is my golden town
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3. |
Eli Dickinson
03:40
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Eli’s sitting at a favorite window
Sizing up the world
That sound's no thunder, just another jet
He might start sneezing now and then
And he's still wigged out by birds
But that all started well before we met
They saw him walking
From the Great North Woods
And no one could find from where he came
And he was trying to make some friends
Upon the point where we came in
Young, thin and sick as hell, but he was charming just the same
It's okay, I got my pal
His name is Eli Dickinson
He doesn't have a lot to say
And he's got much less to hide
A long time ago, survived in the trees
Then he found a life of ease
And left behind some mysteries
That won't be satisfied
Eli lives it like a fun-sized leopard
As the hunting solves itself
He'll dive at piles of paper for that sound
Ya might see fine Bo Diddley walking
Then he flops upon the floor
He handles hallways like The Flash
He thinks that gravity's a smash
It's okay, I got my pal
His name is Eli Dickinson
He doesn't have a lot to say
And he's got much less to hide
A long time ago, survived in the trees
Then he found a life of ease
And left behind some mysteries
That won't be satisfied
I've heard of famed tornado cats
His story ain't so cool as that
But then again, how could I even know?
Were there bats, bears, owls, coyotes?
Moments he could not fail?
Was there nothing left at all when that finish line was on his tail?
It's okay, I got my pal
His name is Eli Dickinson
He doesn't have a lot to say
And he's got much less to hide
A long time ago, he survived in the trees
Then he found a life of ease
And left behind some mysteries
That won't be satisfied
A long time ago, he survived in the trees
Then he found a life of ease
And left behind some mysteries
That won't be satisfied
And left behind some mysteries
That won't be satisfied
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4. |
This or That
03:33
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I saw Annie yesterday
We talked our better times together
A glow so beautiful
Together, oh we'd sing
Yeah, we looked set for everything
But it would end up me and you
Bet you know what I've been thinking
No coincidence I hold that precious priceless note
Of silly wordplay long ago
This or that
All there is
Anyway
And this is what I hope we'll have another day
You think our chance has gone forever
But I don’t believe it's true
My heart holds you through any storm
And when your that goes by
This will still be here for you
All the joy because of you
All that's good because I have you
I can’t remember as my head begins to cloud
Is that stuff I really said out loud
And while we're shiftin into dreams
I think I'll hold another moment
The perfect prophecy that I will always know
In words you wrote me long ago
This or that
All there is
Anyway
And this is what I hope we'll have another day
You think our chance has gone forever
But I don’t believe it's true
My heart holds you through any storm
And when your that goes by
This will still be here for you
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5. |
Absolutin'
04:36
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Hey, look now
Hey, look now
An apparition's at your side
Don't get wigged
I'm at the wrong gig
Now I've got some time to hide
So I'll tell you
A tidbit or two
Things to open up those eyes
But if you doubt
Can't figure it out
Feel free to call them lies
Oh, ambition or tolerance, courage so cool
And humility castle's your king
But you're on thin ice
Any virtue can vice, babe
And none can fix everything
Ain't that wise
You're so specialized
There's a point in every game
When one-track rails
Are destined to fail
Then you'd have yourself to blame
Now the plate-spinner man had a practical plan
So your reach had a shot at brass rings
It's one nasty price
When a virtue goes vice
Baby, none can fix everything
Oooooo absolute is the cat's meow these days
Oooooo absolute and ya live your world a world away
Now the plate-spinner man had a practical plan
So your reach had a shot at brass rings
But it won't be nice
When a virtue goes vice, babe
And none can fix everything
Though it's patience or vigilance shining on stage
Ya consider the rest in the wings
Cuz it's all thin ice
Any virtue can vice, babe
And none can fix everything
Yes, it's all thin ice
Any virtue can vice, babe
And none can fix everything
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooo ect.
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6. |
Angelina's Eyes
03:56
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The rain is so cold
Like a night that I remember
Staring out at the freezing puddles way down on the road
We were still there
For so many different reasons
Any charm that the skyline once held vanished long ago
We had time to talk
From the mountains of St. Mary’s
Though by then it was mostly empty with Christmas on the way
But late in the night
We could play the Chinese checkers
All around you could hear the voices
The dying and the safe
And in that world it’s all so clearly drawn
Like love’s the only age you’ve got to know
And the song that I’ve forgotten over time
If I could only find it now
Could it really take this long, and make it through somehow
The glow from the trees
And the sacred songs were faded
In the light of an ancient hallway that we walked arm in arm
And in that world it’s all so clearly drawn
Like love’s the only age you’ve got to know
And the song that I’ve forgotten over time
If I could only find it now
Could it really take this long, and make it through somehow
Been so many years
Now the wooden stairs are rotten
And I know that a demolition is out there in the wings
I’ll think of those days
But they’re mostly left forgotten
But Angelina’s eyes
Oh, that’s another thing
But Angelina’s eyes
Oh, that’s another thing
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7. |
Time Waster
03:29
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Time waster back in my brain
Time waster is at it again
The time waster is hardly a friend
But he loves to spend time with me
Time waster hates Q and A
Time waster all TBA
I tell ya, I don't like his way
But he loves to spend time with me
My best-cooked plans are all marzipan
I’ll pretend that they really taste better
If he would go it would help me so
As I never get on before he gets there
Then we're joined at a hip or somewhere
Time waster, we've been here before
Time waster what's left to explore?
Please tell me what's in the decor
That you want to spend time
You want to spend time here
I think of things that might get me springed
Ain't it funny how fast I forget them
If he would go, that would help me so
As I never get on before he gets there
Then we're joined at a hip or somewhere
Time waster hates Q and A
Time waster all TBA
I tell ya, I don't like his way
But he loves to spend time with me
Time waster back in my brain
Time waster is at it again
The time waster was never my friend
But he loves to spend time
He loves to spend time here
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8. |
Another Shindig
02:46
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Maybe somebody somewhere
Played this one in ancient times
And sang of beautiful maidens or silence of their king
Tree frogs trill at midnight
As the stars shine off the bay
Or just a ballad to mark this holiday
The counter striker has waited
The battle scars too smooth and faded
Nobles gathered their power
For wenches, cake and ale
Open-hearted messenger
Made haste to find her way
Just in time to mark the holiday
Another shindig has ended
The business world no more suspended
The road you long for release from
Is snaking on ahead
Don't know what you're feeling
Cuz I lost what I should say
But, I'm hoping it's happy anyway
But, I'm hoping it's happy anyway
But, I'm hoping ya come back anyway
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9. |
Fool for a Feeling
03:52
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I never warmed to fake fireplaces
I never heard an album by Tom
But there I was at last with my true one
To find transcendence there in her arms
There'd been all that time that I'd wished she were her mine
But it hadn't worked out that way
Imagined us walking - the people would talk
And then nothing can crush that fate
I'm a fool for a feeling
A tool for the fall
We steered a ship through spring and midsummer
And I ignored the clouds in our sky
A mighty fate had brought us together
So all the storms were bound to go by
Nirvana was out there but slowly the doubt
Was unveiling across her face
And I couldn't tell that she saw it so well
And we needn't prolong the chase
Of a fool for a feeling
And a tool for the fall
And now I'm cool with fake fireplaces
I got those songs of Tom in my soul
I got some dreams to guide me forever
But I would never let them control
Nirvana was out there but slowly the doubt
Was unveiling across her face
And I couldn't tell that she saw it so well
And we needn't prolong the chase
Of a fool for a feeling
And a tool for the fall
I'm the fool for a feeling
And a tool for the fall
And a tool for the fall
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10. |
The Solstice
05:04
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The tall trees are already barren
Their dead leaves are gone from the ground
I think of this land in the promise of springtime
Though next time, we won't be around
We know very well that it's ended
Just hard to accept that it's true
To wish it all different won't change where we're headed
It won't fix what we're going through
A solstice has found us
A hard chill is growing
But look out the window and you'll see a ray
With all of the cruel of the season awaiting
The sun's veering back
The sun's turning back
The sun's coming back every day
So this is goodbye to the good times
And this is goodbye to the fight
We tried very hard, but it won't go no further
Can’t feel this wrong and be right
But some day I bet we'll be back here
And maybe I'll see you again
All of this talk now - what's won and what's
wasted
We'll have the answers by then
A solstice has found us
The hard chill is growing
But look out the window and you'll see a ray
With all of the cruel of the season awaiting
A solstice has found us
A hard chill is growing
But look out the window and you'll see a ray
With all of the cruel of the season awaiting
The sun's veering back
The sun's turning back
The sun's coming back every day
The sun's veering back
The sun's turning back
The sun's coming back every day
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