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Bramblethorne Watlz
02:29
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YOUR LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL
They don't like you sharing your life with your best friend
They say it's sin. Just stop listening.
They don't like you doing what's natural like holding hands
That's not Gods plan. Just rise above.
Cause you're love is beautiful.
Don't ever feel ashamed about loving who you love.
People living in fear deny what poets have known
For a thousand years.
Your love is beautiful
People live in chains bound by guilt bound by shame.
But that's not your problem
And this life's a scary place Till that one funny face
Takes your pain away.
And your love is beautiful
No one ever gets to decide about
Loving who they love
People living in fear deny what poets have known
For a thousand years.
Your love is beautiful
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Circus Parade
04:28
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CIRCUS PARADE
Can't you hear the thundering drummers
Can't you see the parade
Bound to be the best week all summer
Cancel all the plans that you made
Flammable Man and the Flying Fellinnis
Colonel Crazy's Clown Car Crew
Here come the pachyderms and their trainer His lovely daughters too
Now I see the lions and tigers
Such a frightening sight
Followed safely by the Peencott Brothers juggling dynamite
You buy peanuts and I'll buy the candy
You share, I'll share mine
Look, Mr. Marzio's Magic Stallions dancing in a perfect line
In the warm sunshine
The circus is in town
Has it been a whole year? It passed so quickly
The circus is in town
It's time to break the piggy bank it's three night only
The circus is in town
Let's go down and watch them
Raise that big tent up off of the ground.
Mamma says it's a sin
But my idea of heaven is filled with ponies and clowns.
When you hear the colliappe calling
You'll know it's time to go
Down to widow Johanson's forty past the old silo
There the greys all turn to color there in that dirty tent
High wire and prestidigitators you'll wonder where the time went
It's money well spent Pastor Miller, for an hour on Sunday,
Decried the wages of sin
He said a demon can't enter your home
Unless you invite him in
He shouts " those circus devils are forsaken"
Believers tremble and shake
He says " one tiny step towards evil is all that it takes
Then they all danced with snakes
The circus is in town
Has it been a whole year? It passed so quickly
The circus is in town
It's time to break the piggy bank it's three night only
The circus is in town
Let's go down and hear those people make a joyful sound
Preacher says it's a sin
But my idea of heaven is filled with jugglers and clowns.
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Mary, Queen of Arkansas
03:34
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Light of Day
03:27
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LIGHT OF DAY
they were young and they were strong and quite insane
Days stretched before them like the great north plains
They talked though the night
And they shared their dreams, their crazy schemes
But it all went away
When seen by the light of day
They were high in bright tie dye and they loved to dance
Swore they could change the world given half the chance
They planned for land with no possessions or money
A land of milk and honey
But that just wouldn't pay
When seen by the light of day
Don't let your dreams desert you
But machines built in the dark of night can hurt you
When seen by the harsh morning light
They were loud and quick to laugh and a bit obscene
Trying to make every moment last
Like some kind of libertine
They told their tales of the battles they'd won
Revolutions to come
But they had nothing to say
When seen by the light of day
Don't let your dreams desert you
But machines built in the dark of night can hurt you
When seen by the light of day
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Johnny Came Marching
02:17
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JOHNNY CAME MARCHING
His parents are proud of him
Although they have not seen him in years
And at night he wakes wet with sweat and tears
But nobody talks of it
When Johnny came marching home
The girls call out his name
As the parade, it rolls down the street
And that night at the game the croud were on their feet
As they wheeled him on the field
When Johnny came marching home
Last night I saw him on TV
Daring to ask the big question, Why?
And the called him a coward
They called him a traitor and a spy
And they called him a terrorist
When Johnny came marching home.
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Rusulka
If you're out in the nighttime walking
and you hear a strange melody
Don't you listen to her plea
by the water there softly singing
her love songs to the moon
don't you listen to her tune
beware of Rusulka
Born a water goblin's daughter
sister to the sprite
and she sings there every night
she sings for her unrequited
she sings for every woman scorned
as she takes on human form
beware of Rusulka
She has hair like pure spun gold
hypnotic eyes of the deepest green
and the finest skin you've ever seen
by the water there softly singing
don't you fall under her charms
or you'll die there in her arms
beware of Rusulka
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Doctor Krowe
04:47
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Doctor Krowe
He's a black hat surgeon
a devil of degrees
he carries death upon his shoulder
his Hippocratic oath is pure hypocrisy
But no one will ever know,
no one alive will ever know
no one alive will ever know
what goes on behind the eyes of Doctor Krowe
Cryptic carvings on a three lock door
symbols and footprints dance on a dusty wooden floor
leather-bound tomes of forgotten rites and lore
ancient face seems like you've seen this man before
But no one will ever know,
no one alive will ever know
no one alive will ever know
what goes on behind the eyes of Doctor Krowe
He's a black hat surgeon
a devil of degrees
he carries death upon his shoulder
his Hippocratic oath is pure hypocrisy
you enter the room the air thick with danger
what doesn't kill you can only make you stranger
sounds of lost languages in a laudanum haze
you'd sell your soul for just another taste
But no one will ever know,
no one alive will ever know
no one alive will ever know
what goes on behind the eyes of Doctor Krowe
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10. |
Eleanor
04:15
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Eleanor
Eleanor I know that you've been crying
I know things couldn't be that bad
Anything you want in this world,
Anything you want if you'll just reach out and take it
It's time to let go of what's gone
don't you know the past is prologue
Eleanor i know that you've been trying
there's a lot of luggage on that train
the future is coming on fast
but you prefer to nurture all your sorrow
leave yesterday in the past
take my hand lets embrace today
And when i see you in the morning
with the sunlight in your hair
tear stains on your pillow and that million mile stare
I'll try to make you happy until my face turns blue
cause now I know it's my pain too
Eleanor I'm not sure what you're implying
I know men have hurt you before
we all have some pain in our past
a place where our secrets lie silently sleeping
but I'm the one who's standing here now
the others have no power they're only memories
And when i see you in the morning
with the sunlight in your hair
tear stains on your pillow and that million mile stare
I'll try to make you happy until my face turns blue
cause now I know it's my pain too
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Ordinary Man
02:57
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Ordinary Man
He's such a clever lad and so much like his dad
not like all the other kids we have here in this town
but we can turn him around
he'll be happier as an ordinary man
when it was time to go, the blue above and the black below
and miles and miles of endless broken white and yellow lines
until he finally finds
that he's just another ordinary man
never before had they seen anyone as bold
he would swear that night was really day
one day he'll look over his shoulder
and be happy that he's an ordinary man
Not knowing right from wrong he tries to wright things with a song
extinguished or distinguished by the words he sings and plays
and at the end of the day
he finds he's just another ordinary man
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12. |
Test Flight
03:17
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Fare Thee Well
05:04
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Fare Thee Well
If I had wings like Noah's dove,
I'd fly up river to the one I love.
Fare thee well, my Honey, fare thee well.
I got a woman, she's long and tall,
she moves her body like a cannonball.
Fare thee well, my Honey, fare thee well.
I remember one night, in the drizzlin' rain,
Round my heart I felt an achin' pain.
Fare thee well, my Honey, fare thee well.
One of these days, and it won't be long,
They'll call my name and I'll be gone.
Fare thee well, my Honey, fare thee well.
If I'd just listened to what mama said,
I'd be at home in my own warm bed.
Fare thee well, my Honey, fare thee well.
But I'm no bird, flying high above
Life ain't worth living without the I love
Fare thee well, my Honey, fare thee well.
Fare thee well, my Honey, fare thee well.
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14. |
JHC
03:00
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JHC
JHC could do anything
He could play the ukelele He could dance and sing
balance a teacup on His head without a drop wasted
and His angel food cake is the best you ever tasted
JHC could do anything He tried
He could tell a funny story that made you laugh till you cried
make a dry martini with water and no vermouth
and if you said you liked His haircut He'd know if it was truthful
Anything, anything He pleases
He always says "God bless you" right before somebody sneezes
He keeps the party rockin' you know someone has got to
He can swim better than you although he chooses not to.
JHC did just as they said
He raised up Lazurus from the dead
He said " my friend, now that you're better,
are you thinking what I'm thinking
get me a pail of water I could use a good stiff drink"
Oh anything, anything he wishes
He'll feed you loaves and fishes, you know they'll be delicious
His blintzes are amazing, his matzo soup is great
He could fly if he wanted but He finds it's ostentatious
JHC did as was foretold
He brought in humanity from the cold
He always knows the winner before the game's begun
and if He wanted He could write
a funny song better than this one
Anything, anything He desires
He came into this world to save us from the fires
When you think of all the lessons
He taught us about living
keep in mind as you hear this song
the part about forgiving
Anything, anything He pleases
He always says "God bless you" right before somebody sneezes
when I feel all of His blessings coming from above me
I know there's one thing He can't do
I know He can't not love me.
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