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is it real?
03:01
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is it real? when you see a light ripping thru the cloud
is it real? when you hear the angel trumpet loud
is it real? you feeling all the power now connected
for only a moment divine protected
is it real? do you know? is it spirit? or another diagnose
is it real? all the things that they're telling me live in my head
cuz they like to lock ya up and put ya on meds
I know the eye will see me with it's sight
I know the light will light me with it's light
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wild connection
02:48
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walking down the aisle carrying your books
boys you used to date give me dirty looks
but i don’t mind the evil eye lookin my direction
they’re all worried about stupid shit
making model trains from a kit
and placing online bets from an application
i’ll read her tarot card
show her animal in the yard
and ask her several questions show my attention
people like shiny things
and your diamond doesn’t gleam
you’re duller than a woolen mallet
slapping old potato
looks like me and your friend we got a wild connection
and i’m sorry that you have to see em walking my direction
i can’t hear ya
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3. |
I operate
01:53
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don't make the cut, don't make the cut
it doesn't heal
it doesn't feel
they make incision, not your decision
it's a religion called circumcision
it's out of date
it isn't great
it isn't clean, it isn't green
can't get it back you not intact
it is a fact, not an act
I was ten years old and they circumcised me in a car going downtown
threw it right out the window and hit a woman who was wearing only a nightgown
they desperate to share your fate
it isn't great they operate
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4. |
little seed
02:49
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little seed I know you're good for little bite to eat
little seed I will give you water any time you need
i don’t need a cover for the wagon, pushing
i’m not taking nothing with me when i’m moving
but i can take a little satchel of seeds with me
throw em out the window when the van is moving
when you you come back again the field is blooming
when you drive around again the field is blooming
dirty old man
why you so lonely let me give you a hand
HAND IT OVER
dirty old gal
you ain’t too old to make another pal
I’LL BE A TRUE FRIEND
old grey mare
i can give you a carrot if you take me there
it’s been a while
since i saw you creepin with a flashing smile
little seed
i see you turning to a growing weed
little seed
give me your apple or your apple seeds
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5. |
100 bill is gone!
02:57
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100 DOLLAR BILL IS GONE
you been working every night
shoveling snow till light
getting dusted off the window sill
now you’re paying off the energy bill
keep runnin catch the bug
you run out and you’re under the plug
back to to work at the end of your shift
working for more than just the tip
always knew you were selling the cat
but i didn’t know you traded for that
i don’t mind you seliing flavors
but you do it for a party favor
disappear round a corner and I’ve been waiting way too long
disappear round a corner and I’ve been waiting way too long
bought something didn’t read the tag
or did ya spend it on another bag
100 bill is gone
100 bill is gone
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peekaboo hand
03:22
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not real
02:53
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there’s a punishment for being honest
with yourself
or with the others
made to mask at an early age
repress expression of rage
so you’ll accept your situation
and never give in to confrontation
so this culture of conflict avoidance
creates people who internalize cowardice
everywhere liars in control
and everyday people aren’t real with their soul
they internalize conditional acceptance
emotional prison
life sentence
not real
not yet maybe this about is close as you get
a hungry ghost tries to drain life from others
with such people you’d rather not bother
trust your gut
not your heart
because these ghosts want to take it apart
not real
not yet
maybe this about is close as you get
not real
not yet
got to remember when you they make you forget
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who could it be?
02:40
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WHO COULD IT BE
There is a cruel knight at the gate
He rides invisible waves
His weapon is evilly curved
His glance reminds of a snake
Who could it be?
Another stranger
You can knock but you can’t come in
Who could it be?
Another stranger
And his face doesn’t look like a friend
You been away too long
And I’m fried in butter
Hey
You been away too long
And I’m tired of strangers
Hey
The peasants are moaning in anger
And I fear it’s my jewels they will take
They are pissing in a manicured garden
Over me they will celebrate
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9. |
circus clown
02:05
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CIRCUS CLOWN
no i don’t blame the circus
i blame the clown
i try to lighten you up
but you weigh me down
when i was your little dog
you tied me to the ground
i’d be chained up out back all thel while you’re running round
i used to be your marionette
dancing on your string
now i am a real boy
and i begin to sing
i’ve got a beating heart
not made of wood
you wouldn’t be crying tonight
if you did as you should
no i don’t blame the circus
i blame the clown
i try to lift you up but you keep on weighing me down
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hurricane
01:59
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without a word to shout
in the hour of the hurricane
and now all the powers out
and so from power we are saved
the windows are shaking now
and the trees are crying out in pain
there’s some things i didn’t know about
fore the minute that i went insane
some boys in their wet house
hanging their heads in disgrace
and it sounds like a cannonball
with the hurricane in your place
and i see that i’m dreaming now
that kind of dreaming put me in a my place
to the face among the waters
you were only dreaming while awake
HURRICANE
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white hot coal
02:53
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WHITE HOT COAL
in the center of a ticking bomb
in the center of o wrecking ball
white hot coal
white hot coal
i’m the captain of a sailing ship
and when you fall off you fall in the shit
i’ll make a record with out a skip
or touch a pistol to my lip
and the pressure make a diamond i’m told
but but being diamond isn’t always gold
so i’ll be in my rocking chair
if you need me i’ll be over there
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