1. |
Bicycle
02:30
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Bicycle
It was a miracle
I got swept away
Interdimensional
Across time and space
Well you were calling on a local line
The reception was fine
But I wasn’t receiving
Because at first I couldn’t read the signs
Held up between the lines
Behind the heavy breathing
And it was physical
I could feel you there
It isn’t logical
But it was you I swear
I had my doppelgänger bolt the door
As I sat on the floor
And constructed the notions
And although foggy they sure sounded swell
And they commingled well
With the calamine lotion
And it was magical
I have got no words
It’s incontestable
Though it sure sounds absurd
Now every person that I meet is me
There’s no longer a we
Just a you and a me that’s you
And though it seems as though I’ve lost the thread
All the stuff in my head
And the things I was thinking through …
I got on my bicycle
Got on my bicycle
Got on my bicycle!
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2. |
Blows My Mind
04:42
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Blows My Mind
If when I perceive
Everything appears in Mind
And what I receive
Doesn’t come in from outside
Then is there a field
In which everything resides?
What do I believe?
I believe it blows my mind
And as I look into the eyes
Of the profane I see the divine
And you know it blows my mind
Now I can see
For miles and miles
And now it feels
Like it was the first time
I’ve been falling right out of time
Wrapped in red-yellow orange rind
How am I supposed to relate it?
Let alone integrate it?
Just ain’t no way to describe
Because you know it blows my Mind
As I look deeper into your eyes
And move beyond a horizon line
Into kaleidoscope colors
Bleeding into each other
Painting new shapes in my mind
How can I relate it?
How can I relate it?
How can I relate it?
I believe it blows my mind
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3. |
Wunderkind (Part 2)
02:41
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Wunderkind (Part 2)
Well you took it on the chin
Then it all began again
Then you took it in the mixed nuts
And the guts
Well that’s what you get for flying
Your airplane in living rooms
Chasing women in the dunes
Tied to balloons
Well you went out with a bang
As a line of dummies sang
A Lithuanian hymn way out of key
They went ahead and formed a band
When you flew over their land
That’ll only play its songs
In key of dummy
It was impossible to tell
With that god-forsaken smell
And no visibility if you could fly
Well it only goes to show
That there’s nothing you can know
Unless you see it through the lens
Of your own eye
You can’t remember most of it
Or the self-promotion kit
That you brought along for all your fans to see
But the good thing about the past
Is that it doesn’t ever last
You can just turn it in
To what it needs to be
You were falling behind
And you got lost in your mind
I reached out
But you were gone, gone, gone
Fallen angel
Fallen angel
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4. |
Shadow Shaper
03:06
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Shadow Shaper
In the night
I go surfing
On the ocean
For a little while
In my dreams
I ride the breakers
Shadow shaper
Bending it my way
Took the alternate route
Down is the upside of upside down
I pinned the needle down
Just for the record
I skipped out
I skipped out
I skipped out
In the light
Of pure knowing
Where I’m going
Everybody knows
When we sleep
There ain’t no mystery
So come and kiss me
I’ll be waiting here
Took the alternate route
Down is the upside of upside down
I pinned the needle down
Just for the record
I skipped out
I skipped out
I skipped out
In my dreams
I ride the breakers
Shadow shaper
Bending it my way
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5. |
Meat Jamaica
03:55
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Meat Jamaica
Someone dropped a dime upon the subway line
Landed on a track making a little stack
It’s magical the way randomness does display
Underlying systems beneath surface waves
Meat Jamaica
She receive
She will take ya in
When she breath
Trying to make a splash without required cash
Ace up sleeve despite all this I still believe
Shooting arrows from the heart, the ancient Art
The wisdom of the way that mama used to say
Don’t get distracted
Go toward the Light
Never you worry
She will guide you right
Time to Meat Jamaica
You’ve been retrieved
You’re not forsaken
Meat Jamaica
Go toward the Light
She will take ya in
Give up
The fight
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6. |
The Bartender
04:29
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The Bartender
Jesus waits at the bar downstairs
He pulls the shade on the setting sun
He preps his hands, he knows now what’s at steak
Bloody rare, she’ll take it to go
Oh Jackie O
I believed in you
But now I know
What I have to do is tear down
The one I wanted
So much to dance with
And now I’m haunted
And I can’t live with, myself … or you
Counting hours as the clock winds down
Out of time and out of space
All these moments collapsing into one
All those tears and all that fun
Oh Jackie O
I used to dream of you
Now I don’t know
If it was me or you in the dream
In which one of us
Didn’t wake up
As the other rose
And put on makeup
For the boys
This is how it turned out
This is how it goes
I’ve been taken in
I’m breathing through the nose
I’ve got two options left
But only one to choose
I’ve got nothing left … to lose
I’ve got nothing left … to lose
I’ve got nothing left … to lose
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7. |
Keep Me In Mind
03:20
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Keep Me In Mind
Girl you gotta keep me in mind
Gotta keep me in mind
I think about you all of the time
Baby all of the time
I’ve been waiting here for a while
By the banks of the Nile
Girl you gotta keep me in mind
Gotta keep me in mind
Girl you gotta keep me in mind
Gotta keep me in mind
I think about you half of the time
Baby half of the time
Girl you gotta keep me in mind
Gotta keep me in mind
I think about you half a the time
Baby half a the time
Waiting on the line for a deal
On the line for a meal
Sussing out the things I could steal
And the things that I feel
Bringing up the back of the line
With a bottle of wine
Girl you gotta keep me in mind
Gotta keep me in mind
Baby have you heard of denial?
Have you heard of denial?
It’s been going on for a while
Ain’t just a river in Brooklyn
Girl you gotta keep me in mind
Gotta keep me in mind
I think about you some of the time
Baby lotta the time
Keep me
Keep me
Keep me in mind
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8. |
Hey Superman
02:27
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Hey Superman
How did i end up here?
Who am i supposed to be?
Somebody left instructions
But i think
I mislaid them
How long have we been traveling?
Where did i miss my turn?
We already passed the exit
Gotta learn
To remember
The things i forget
Before i forget them
Look up in the sky
Is it a bird a plane or just
A cloud formation
That is leaping over bald-faced facts
In a single bound?
What have i been destroying?
With whom have i been in league?
Where is the hall of justice?
Superman
Is flying over
He doesn't see us
Hey Superman
We're down here
We're down here
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Edge Of The Night (For Danny Torrance)
When the world’s gone awry
And there’s no way out that you can buy
And you’re losing your way
In the hedges of a horror maze
I’ll arrive with flashlight
Cutting through the blackest night
I’ll get to you
When there seems no way out
And there’s no one there to hear you shout
When you can’t find the words
To express how you hurt
I’ll come round with knife
The protector of life
I’ll cover you
At the edge of the night
When you’re lost and you’re frightened
In the dead of the winter
Night
I will be your light
When there’s a way
There’s a will
When there’s a catch
There’s a kill
But the monster
In this film
Has got
A surprise
Coming his way
At the edge of the night
When you’re lost and you’re frightened
In the dead of the winter
Night
I will be your light
Your light
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10. |
Oh Believe Me If
03:53
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Oh Believe Me If
We were buying a lemon
Got ourselves in a squeeze
Shopped around for a four-door
Seems now they grow’m in trees
Satisfaction on Sunday
Got me singing the blues
A body builder in Bombay
Lifting barbells on the news
Oh Believe Me If you could only see me now
Got my milking fingers firmly on the cash cow
I was on a vacation
When I received a call
A lady asked for my information
And so I gave her it all
Seems that there was a mix-up
Somebody down at the bank
She said she’d fix it and hung up
I called her back and said thanks
Oh Believe Me If you could only see me now
Got my milking fingers firmly on the cash cow
And it all could change but it can’t get stranger than now
(Bridge 1)
I can see you walking in the sun down
Wearing facial gestures of an undressed clown
(Bridge 2)
Heavily sedated he
Went under to the
Sound of bowling pins
Falling from a ceiling
Fan who got his autograph
In crayon
Ma genta red she
Opened up a
Door that led to other doors
That opened
In to the place where
Everything began
The film reran
Someone was fleeing from lawmen
Got in the back of a van
It was the son of Samantha
Or the daughter of Sam
They made a run for the border
Quite unaware of the risk
To everything there’s an order
Saved on an invisible
Disc
Is there anything I can say to melt the ice?
Something nondescript that’ll leave me seeming nice
There’s a football game on a television screen
In a mind inside of a mind
Having a lucid dream
In a mind inside of a mind
Having a lucid dream
In a mind inside of a mind
Having a lucid dream
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What Do You Do (When The Drugs No Longer Work)?
The proportion was correct
Should’ve lasted ’til dawn
Everything was right on
But something about it
Just somehow seems wrong
Cause the feeling is gone
So what do you do
When the drugs no longer work?
When the drugs no longer work?
Then suddenly it hits you
You’re as far out as hell
From the heaven you’ve known
The one thing you counted on
Has left you lost and alone
Mumbling, “There’s no place like home.”
So what do you do
When the drugs no longer work?
When the drugs no longer work?
You walk on by
But you’ll come back running
Can’t quite say goodbye
But you’ll learn
Well what do you do
When the drugs no longer
When the drugs no longer
When the drugs no longer work?
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12. |
A Drone
03:57
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A Drone
Standing in the pouring rain
Lifting up my dress again
I see you sneaking peaks
From behind that limousine
What the heck went on before?
I don’t know but someone
Opened up a door and let me in
To this strange place
What was that just there
I was feeling an emotion?!
Keep it up
Halliburton said
I was nowhere near the ocean!
Keep it up
Keep it up
Keep it up
Keep it up
A secretary found a crate
Of trilateral commission paperweights
From 1978
As gifts they’re great
Hey man you looking at me?!
One and one and one makes three
At least it did
When triangles were triangles
What was that just there
I was feeling an emotion?!
Keep it up
Valerie Harper said
I was nowhere near the ocean
Keep it up
Keep it up
Keep it up
Keep it up
Who can turn the
World on with her
Smile?
Who can take a
Nothing day and
Suddenly make it all seem
Worthwhile?
Someone went and dropped A Drone
On a village full of faithful
Hovered around a sitcom show
From forty years ago
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Mark Lesseraux New York
Mark’s mother is Irish Catholic. His father was a Russian Jew. In the 2nd grade, Mark veered “off course”… secretly. It is not clear how the "thread" was lost, but it had to do with a botched reading assignment; a chapter in a blue and yellow book left unread. Later, there were 2 nervous system glitches and at least 2 ecstatic dot connecting sessions. Finally, a Need… to sing. ... more
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