1. |
What Isn’t There
03:31
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You get along just fine without
You still don’t know what it’s about
But every time you truly dare
To look deep down inside
You miss a lot what isn’t there
You get along without just fine
It’s just an itch from time to time
But when you’re lonely, sad, and bare
You look deep down inside
And then you miss what isn’t there
Chrous:
You’re made of water
And of light
Unclose your borders
Let it all inside
There’s many ways to live in pain
There’s plenty cause to go insane
But there’s a chance for sanity:
Look deep down inside
And fill the void with amity
There’s many men who wish you ill
There’s even plenty bound to kill
But you might find serenity:
Look deep down inside
And plant the seed of love and glee
Chorus
I’m well aware I sound naïve
But it’s not science, it’s belief
Life’s so much more than what you see
Add a little love and light to that what isn’t there
Add harmony and empathy to that what isn’t there
Soon you’ll realise there is a lot that wasn’t there
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2. |
Time Out
04:41
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This is your soul speaking, hear me out
You can not listen if you shout, shout, shout
Relax a while, try on a smile and be silent
This is your soul, I got news for you, you’ll
Miss out on life if you just do, do, do
Sit down a while, try on a smile and be idle
… Take a
Time out in your hide out
Settle down, calm down and doze
… Take a
Time out in your hide out
Rose is a rose is a rose
This is your captain speaking, keep your seat
Enjoy your heart, feel it beat, beat, beat
For hours now we won’t allow any trouble
This is your captain again, be aware
Best thing to do now is to stare, stare, stare
For hours now we’ll float around in a bubble
… Take a
Time out in your hide out
Turn off your phone and read prose
… Take a
Time out in your hide out
See, hear and feel with your nose
… Take a
Time out in your hide out
Lie on your porch, twist your toes
… Take a
Time out in your hide out
Try to be one with your clothes
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3. |
He Tender, You Tough
03:58
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Let him do the dishes
Have him hug a tree
Never grant his wishes
’Cause he tender, you tough
Keep him on a tight leash
Don’t pretend you care
He will love you, oh!, all the more
’Cause he tender, you tough
Forever yours
He’ll do your chores to score
Never say you’re sorry
Tell him he’s to blame
Give him woe and worry
’Cause he tender, you tough
Make him mock his mother
Alienate his friends
Granny, uncle, brother
’Cause he tender, you tough
Forever yours
He’ll do your chores to score
Never let him know you
Never let him in
Let him rack his brains about you
’Cause he tender, you tough
Be his big enigma
Be Schrödinger’s cat
All of his wonder’s Sigma
’Cause he tender, you tough
Forever yours
He’ll do your chores to score
Watch him wait for guerdon
Like puppies wait for treats
Watch him bear his burden
’Cause he tender, you tough
Never catch him tripping
Let him fall and crack
Let his worries wip him
’Cause he tender, you tough
Forever yours
He’ll do your chores to score
Surely any day now
He will grovel back
Deep in shame he will bow
’Cause he tender, you tough
Surely any day now
Or maybe in a week
Maybe in a month, maybe more
Or maybe not evermore
Nevermore yours
Tired of your chores he’s gone
Who cares for scores
Who’s tough who’s tender now?
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4. |
White Like Snow
03:47
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White like snow
light like clover
leaves, we will
fall down
to a
place called
home
Little lies
in disguise will
kill you be-
fore you’ll
ever
know you’d
lived
See them fly
cross the sky to
many fine
places
where they
settle
down
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5. |
When Mom Was Young
05:15
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When Mom was young
She was oh so giving
Then things went wrong
Now she’s barely living
Hear her pleading
See her bleeding
Still we party on
When Mom was young
She was only beauty
Then we did wrong
Now we got a duty
We must heal her
Save and shield her
Still we party on
Rap:
Little do we notice, little do we see
Patient’s in a coma, we still can’t agree
To get her tired body to the ICU
Still we don’t act on the simple truth
Our mom is dying of our carelessness
We beat her, choke her, cause her airlessness
We still exploit her though we do know better
We act like seven billion mad hatters
When Mom was young
Little did we hurt her
We were just some
Legions now pervert her
We should feed her
Yet deplete her
Still we party on
When Mom was young, we
Might have even pleased her
So bright, so strong
Now we give her seizures
Let’s not kill her
Let us chill her
Let’s not party on
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6. |
A Dog Named Blaire
03:47
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Hold your head outside the window
Let the wind confuse your hair
Like your dog did in the old days
What was her name, wasn't it Blaire?
Blaire came to me
In a dream lately
Blaire came to see
If you and me were alive and in love
‘Sorry, Blaire’, I had to tell her
‘She’n’me was long ago’
‘Don’t be sorry, times are changing’,
Said old Blaire and waved her toes
Blaire came to me
In a dream lately
Blaire came to see
If you and me were alive and in love
Search for God not any longer
If in need for help call Blaire
Cats, and dogs, and even rodents
Know of life their own fair share
In fact, they help way more than prayers
Blaire came to me
In a dream lately
Blaire came to free
Me of you and my reminiscence of love
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7. |
The Fall
02:29
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Like the ocean beads ashore
Like a seagull cries for more
Like the wind joggles the door
Like a dog curls on the floor
Like the rain remains to pour
Like a crab crawls back the shore
The sun won’t shine now nevermore
Like the land lies calm and still
Like a finch exclaims a trill
Like the breath shapes clouds of chill
Like a deer absconds uphill
Like the snow enfolds the hill
Like a crow caws sharp and shrill
The sun don’t shine, nevermore will
I know I’m not the only one
But it sure feels like all is gone
I love you,
I love you,
I love you sti———ll
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8. |
Better Days
04:27
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Chorus:
Better days coming on
Better days come with glory
Better days not for some
Better days for us all, we
Only need cease to believe
Belief is a state of mind
making you colorblind
makes you see black and white,
makes you lose sight of what’s
left and what’s right, what is
real and what’s not, makes you
hope rather than do anything
miss out on too many things
makes you discriminate
all those in a different state
makes you dislike all who
dare to believe differently
or don’t believe entirely
who choose to think skeptically
who try to be impartial and
rid the world of martial roar
bringing actual peace by
parleying global cease-fire
Chorus
Convictions and opinions and
ideas are like religion and
religion is for pidgeons and for
people who scare easily, who
need to be told what to do, who
need someone to lead them to
the promised land, to paradise, to
peace or to the battleground, who
need to be delivered hope and
happiness and purpose, dope and
meaning, who refuse to choose their
own ways, leave it up to some un-
known, unseen, unkind old man in-
stead who'd rather punish them than
pet, who'd rather just ignore their
needs and make demands of incon-
ceivable severity giving
nil back in return
Chorus
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9. |
It’s Time
03:59
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These are the days of bigmouths
The days of make-believe
The more you shout the more you will be heard
Tell any lie that strikes you
The trick is to decieve
The more you lie the more you'll awe the herd
It’s time to lose your niceness
To gain a thicker skin
It’s time to be a man and act the part
It’s time for you to grow a pair
To lead instead of trail
It's time to shoot your mouth (off) and shut your heart
It’s time for me to carry
A gun to every meet
Cause everyone seems steelier than me
It’s time to cease to worry
About the other’s needs
Cause everybody wants a piece of me
It’s time to lose my niceness
To gain a thicker skin
It’s time to be a man and act the part
It’s time for me to grow a pair
To lead instead of trail
It's time to shoot my mouth (off) and shut my heart
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10. |
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Rosa Lee
Walk with me
Talk to me about your
Feelings for me
I love you still
Don’t you still love me?
Rosa Lee
Look at me
Crooked teeth
A crooked Smile and almost bald
I’m still alive
Are you still lively?
We fell in love like lightning
Like rain we fell apart
Like clouds and sun keep fighting
We struggle, tide-in, tide-out.
Rosa Lee
What did she
Do to me to make me
Feel this fever
Our love was meant
To be forever
Rosa Lee
How did she
Make me want to get her
Back each time she
left I thought I’d
Stand again not ever
We fell in love like Lightning
Like rain we fell apart
Like clouds and sun keep fighting
We struggled, tide-in, tide-out.
Rosa Lee
Let me see
Obviously there is no
You and me no
More, so let’s not
Wait for things that won’t be
Rosa Lee
Let me be
And I promise I will
Let you be too
I’ll let you go
I’ll let you leave me
We fell in love like Lightning
Like Rain we fell apart
Like Clouds and Sun keep fighting
We’ll struggle no more, I’m out.
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11. |
Sweet Sixty
03:24
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I’m a man of many moods
I’m a man of many manners
I’m a man, sometimes too good
Sometimes bad and sometimes badass
I’m half man, half humble-bee
You can call me Sweet Sixty
I’m a man of many miens
I’m a man of many meanings
I am sometimes somewhat mean
Sometimes kind and sometimes caring
I’m half He and half a She
You can call me Sweet Sixty
Many years I’ve walked this world
Still a boy, still full of wonder
Many times cocooned and curled
Ever back, forever young
I’m a man of many skills
I’m a man of many talents
I’m a man, not keen on thrills
rather calm, retaining balance
I’m half mute, half melody
You can call me Sweet Sixty
I’m a man of many souls
I’m a man of plenty solace
I am sometimes crouched in holes
sometimes rise against all menace
I’m half hero, half lychee
You can call me Sweet Sixty
Many years I’ve walked this world
Still a boy, still full of wonder
Many times cocooned and curled
Ever back, forever young
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12. |
The Light
01:46
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Babu Menos
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