1. |
Whitlin' on the Vine
03:33
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That wall's a lovely shelter, but I wish I could escape her
Now I look for numbers in the patterns of its paper
Hard to keep focus here
Been an hour, been a year
Wish that I could call it a day
It's a long, long time
To hear that awful music
Long time having no fun
But it's a long, long line though I'm wilting on the vine
It's still a long, long time 'til it's gonna be done
It's the kind of place, you know, where clocks are really crackers
They tell ya that it can't be, but I think they're running backwards
They smear their glass reminding me to memorize their plaque words
Wish that I could call it a day
But its a long, long time
To hear that awful music
Long time having no fun
It's a long, long line and though I'm wilting on the vine
It's still a long, long time 'til it's gonna be done
My oh my, I think I found that ray of sunshine
As darkness sets
On middle afternoon
Think of Mr. Kitty, he was stripy with no orange
If ya heard him coming, then he must've pushed the door hinge
If he got meowin', he could make the Mighty Thor whinge
Wish that I could call it a day
But it's long, long time
To hear that awful music
Long time having no fun
Bu it's a long, long line and though I'm wilting on the vine
It's still a long,long time 'til it's gonna be done
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2. |
Vanishing Brook Trick
02:55
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3. |
Cognitive Disconnection
03:28
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I had a notion
But I was groggy
I got in closer
But it was foggy
I touched the notion
It shocked and burned me
I ran and doused it
But something turned me
I found a
Cognitive disconnection
That wended its way from who knows where
If I've that self respect
I'll make my reconnects
I bet I'm one or two away from despair
There was a hard truth
I didn't own it
I made it nice truth
And how I've grown it
It was a fine wine
As it fermented
Now something tells me
That it's demented
Oh, It's a cognitive disconnection
That wended its way from who knows where
If I've that self respect
I'll make my reconnects
I bet I'm more than one or two from despair
Cinderella
Is in my city
I wish she wasn't
But she's so pretty
About that notion
Well, now it's callin'
I'll climb the threshold
Maybe I'll fall in, ending my
Cognitive disconnection
That wended its way from who knows where
If I've that self respect
I'll make my reconnect
I bet I'm more than one or two from despair
I bet I'm more than one or two from despair
I bet I'm really quite a few from despair
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4. |
First Came the Trouble
03:37
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Now you know I've gone away
Like I warned I would one day
Bet you smile
You got that way you mesmerize
That always tangling up my mind
Oooo, that's true
A lot of what ya had before
It ain't coming back no more
Can't tell ya' if the rest will be along
Depends on the puzzle I'm working on
The road is clear, the sky is blue
Cuz I've gone on this bender
From all of the crap I've been through
I promise, though, I might be back if I could more remember
When first came the trouble, then came you
Now you'd find me with my friends
No, this ain't some cold revenge
Friends are good
They're not there tryin' to reel you in
Play the guilt, like violins
Like you would
Unfair, bad luck, what's your call
You never take no blame at all
You got til I return to get your line
Tell you truely, you can take your time
The road is clear, the sky is blue
Cuz I've gone on this bender
From all of the crap I've been through
I promise, though, I might be back if I could more remember
When first came the trouble, then came you
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5. |
Clan Northan
03:18
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Every month of Sundays
We'll be on the beach yeah
Trying to have some good times
While trying to dodge the sun
It's midday shelter
When you got the fair skin
Every sunbeam's poison
Like, every single one
But the sand gets cooler
And the shadows longer
And the beach goes empty
Now we make our move
And the Clan Northan goes marching down
Only challenged by the seagull
And we plant our flags
And court is held
From our kingdom on the shore
We sing our songs
To spite the tide
Look the sun right back in his eyes
Blow those pipes now baby
We will have this time
Coming down the sand now
There's a ruddy couple
Ruddy children too
Kids are splashing
Mom and dad are just watching
67 and falling
What can you do?
But the Clan Northan has a full contingent
As the ship lights start to flicker
And our man in kilts is about to play
From our kingdom on the shore
We will sing our songs
To spite the tide
Stare that sun right down from the sky
Blow those pipes now, baby
We will have this time
But the Nordic clan has a full contingent
As the ship lights start to flicker
And our man in kilts is about to play
From our kingdom on the shore
We will sing our songs
To spite the tide
Look the sun right off of the sky
Blow those pipes now, baby
We will have this time
Let me tell you something
Another month of Sundays
We'll be back again
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6. |
The Neville You Know
04:48
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Here's a story of Neville
He was a British PM
I don't have the fine points about his life
But ya don't want to be him
Way back in 1940
With Hitler well on the move
It ain't what Neville did, oh Heavens forbid
It's all in what he didn't do
Neville Chamberlain, he closed his eyes
Neville Chamberlain got had
Neville Chamberlain he did not do it good
The Neville, ya know, oh, he did bad
He did so bad
So Neville had all this power
He appeased the big bad at the door
He could've seized the day
But Neville went this other way
He didn't want to be in a war
Well now, that ain't all that surprisin'
Wishful thinking's where your bound to begin
He should've known to embrace any kind of malaise
To stop a monster marching on in
But Neville Chamberlain, he closed his eyes
Neville Chamberlain got had
Neville Chamberlain he did not do it right
The Neville, ya know, oooo, he did bad
He did so bad
So, let's not talk about the climate
We've heard all we can 'bout the sky
Hey, I think I've got a thought
Let's talk about this guy
Neville Chamberlain, he closed his eyes
Neville Chamberlain got had
Neville Chamberlain he did not do it good
The Neville, ya know, oh, he did bad
Neville Chamberlain, he closed his eyes
Neville Chamberlain got had
Neville Chamberlain he did not do it right
The Neville, ya know, oh, he did bad
He did so bad
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7. |
High in the Heir
02:40
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She felt the veiling wind
From the rose of the fallen
Crawled through the rolling wade
To the night of the trees
But in her hindsight would she only heed the calling?
Will she find what they want, and what they need?
Oh, look around
It's the role no one remembers
From high up in the heir
Earth rising from the moon
In a dream from the fallow
Now that the key is found, the young will go on
Life from the rolling side
Has reach in every hallow
Did she find what they need? What they want?
Ooo all that time
The rocks, the water might remember
What took us to this home
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8. |
Dread the Circus
04:20
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instrumental
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9. |
That Didn't Happen Today
03:29
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Yesterday was wrapped in icy cover
Been so long since life was not in gray
The tepid sun could not get through to find me
That's why you found me that way
Yesterday was like those ones before it
Maybe, that's just going to be my way
And tomorrow might rain down the desolation
But that didn't happen today
No, that didn't happen today
I close my eyes to feel your touch
I never want to leave it
As you set me free
And guide me all the same
And joyless waves might sweep on in tomorrow again
But that didn't happen today
I close my eyes to feel your touch
I never want to leave it
As you set me free
And guide me all the same
And a hopeless world might Sweep on in tomorrow, again
But that didn't happen today
No, that didn't happen today
That didn't happen today
No, that didn't happen today
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10. |
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Now I should have been ready to see you
It's inevitable we re-met
There was a time we had ……. something
…….. I’d like to forget
I suppose we could talk about weather
Or those places we’ve been once or twice
But I’ve got nothing to tell you
And I think that’s being nice
Cuz I’ve got nothing to say that’s gonna make it all right
I can’t trust I won’t say something stupid
I can’t know I won’t get it all wrong
One time I had the confidence
Then you came along
I could ask what you scored from your last mark
Have you moved on to somebody new?
But I’ve got nothing to tell you
Cuz I think it’s kinda true
That I’ve got nothing to say that's gonna make the breakthrough
I’ve have lots of ideas and dreams now
I’ve had plenty of time to repaIr
But I’ve got nothing to tell you
And I think that's only fair
There’s just nothing in here that wants a part of in there
No, there’s just nothing in here that wants a part of in there
No, there’s just nothing in here that wants a part of in there
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11. |
Christmastime
03:05
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I love Christmas
And it's loved me
Oh, the best of time
To hug reality
The dark was welcome
So songs and candles glowed
I once saw my missing loved one
Walking up the icy road
Now a missing feeling
But maybe, one I'll find
If the wiser parts of what I've got
Are back by Christmastime
If I could only pull
The Great Undo
Maybe when you look to me
I could look at you
But I've got the part that wants
To crawl away and hide
But hiding was that very thing
That put me on this ride
I hope that we won't party
Like it's 1929
If the braver parts of what I've got
Are back by Christmastime
Well, people often say
There's blame to go around
Feel free to point at me
I know I let you down
And there's still that part that wants
To simply crawl away
But hiding's what I tried before
Didn't work so great
And I'm still out of practice
But finally on the climb
So the better parts of what I've got
Are back by Christmastime
Ya, I'm still out of practice
But finally on the climb
So the better parts of what I've got
Are back by Christmastime
Are back by Christmastime
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12. |
Portrait of an Actress
04:28
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I saw you one summer I drove many miles
For one look upon the stage
I saw long hair and incredible smile
Wander from age to age
When you stood on the ladder
You were wearing that cloak
Oh, the beautiful sounds in the words that you spoke
And you smile for me darlin
Though you don't know my face
And I don't have the path that you're takin' now
And I don't know a trace of the way that you're feeling today
In the car line a-leaving the theater that night
The beacon of fate had shined
I turned and I saw you walk right by my car
But my words, wouldn't come to mind
I was frozen and thinkin'
As ya fade round a bend
Is there any way I might relive this again
And you smile for me darlin
Though you don't know my face
And I don't know the path that you're takin' now
And I don't have a trace of the way that you're feeling today
Now I'm older and thinkin'
As ya fade round that bend
Is there any way not to relive this again
But you smile for me darlin
Though it's bordered in blue
When my mind's barbed wire bars where I want to be
Anytime that I ever got through
I was thinkin' of you
And you smile for me darlin
Though it's bordered in blue
When the barbed wire bars where I want to be
Anytime that I ever get through
I'll be thinkin' of you
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Bill Burke South Hadley, Massachusetts
Photo by Nathan Martin
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