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Why do we do the things we do
Why do we think the thoughts we think
Why do we say the words we say
Why do we act this way
Why do we do the things we do
Why do we pray to the gods who we pray to
Why do we make the deals we make
Why do we take the things we take
Why do we do the things we do
Why do we cling to the things that we cling to
Why do we do the things we do
Why do we pray to the gods who we pray to
Why do we pray to the gods who we pray to
Why do we negotiate the deals we do
Why do we subjugate the truth
Why do we sin the way we sin
Why do we act the part we’re in
Why do the wars we fight begin
Why do we do the things we do
Why do we pray to the gods who we pray to
Your sweet perfume still fills the rooms of my mind
I think I see a HoJo’s up ahead, might wanna stop, check in, take a shower, sleep in a real bed
Your skin keeps changing different shades of red
There’s a Micky D’s across the street
I’m a go out and grab a bite to eat
Holding court with cretins
Just my guess, but I think it’s official, we’re all crazy
But the crowd appears thrilled
Why do we do the things we do
Why do we pray to the gods who we pray to
Why do we do the things we do
Why do we pray to the gods who we pray to
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you (Christianity)
Treat others as you would yourself be treated (Hinduism)
Do unto all men as you would wish to have done unto you (Islam)
What you yourself hate, do to no man (Judaism)
Hurt not others with that which pains yourself (Buddhism)
Live in harmony, for we are all related (Native American)
Do as you will, long as you harm no one (Sacred Earth)
Come bearing gifts of common sense, miracles and wonder
To believe takes a certain kind of weakness
Blindness is the first thing to set in without sustenance
Good friends can become the same as a vague acquaintance
Kindness is usually rare on a sinking ship
And there is no difference between the devil and an angel on an ego trip
In the umbrella of the nightfall, beautiful things fall apart
Some things you don’t know the price of until it’s fully paid for
The magician doesn’t trick you
The magician helps you trick yourself
Some things you don’t know the price of until it’s fully paid for
In the umbrella of the nightfall, beautiful things fall apart
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Are you thirsty for the truth?
Then take a sip said the man
Comin’ from the man in front of the man behind the man in front of the man behind the man in charge of the truth
When nothin’ that was ever believed in is true
Where am I supposed to stand when I don’t have a clue
The view is always better from the high road
Comin’ from the man in front of the man behind the man in front of the man in charge of the truth
He said, well when you love what you’re doin’, it’s not hard to do it
Some roads are made with dirt and stone, but even roads paved with tar, lose the war, to water
It’s not hard to realize
Pandemics can be useful, in certain applications, particularly when persuading sensibly challenged persons
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There's A Revolution
05:53
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There’s a revolution
It’s marching up your street
There’s a revolution
It’s swirlin’ around your feet
There’s a revolution
It’s knockin’ at your door
There’s revolution
Crawlin’ across the floor
There’s a bloody revolution
There’s a revolution from the miniscule margins of the mucky mundane to the max of the mainstream
Fighting a proxy war in a foreign land, picking up momentum, and gathering steam
New-born babies can tell you who you are and fetuses dream, what do ya know, hey, whoa!
Some things are never are the way they ever seem, it’s a common theme, yo!
Don’t for a minute mistake speaking without thought for actually speaking the truth, ya big galoot
It’s the secrets that you think won’t kill you are the ones that always do, it’s true
Follow doctor’s orders, eat fruits and veggies every day, drink wine and whiskey too
For a rainbow of reasons, I do whatever I feel like, mostly absolutely nothing, and nothing new
In the kangaroo court of public opinion, sorry to disappoint, I make real music… You couldn’t possibly be cognizant to
Don’t hang onto the past, the past is gone, but who’s counting, the past is gone long ago, the past is gone, let’s go
In the spirit of having fun, don’t do yourself any favors and go out of your way to go against the flow
(Refrain)
No one ever plans on dying when they step outside the door each day to put up with more
The icy winds of war are blowin’ in the hinterlands and from one shore to the other shore like it’s never been before
It’s persuasive, invasive, pretty pervasive, oh by the way, your house is on fire
You better pick a god to pray to and pray, pull the plug, kick the tires, and cross all the wires.
Take in your recommended daily allowance of weapons-grade mediocrity with a cup of store bought tea
And watch the rock salt shot gun talk show hosts with a liquid crystal display of honesty, geez!
Matter is everything and everything matters, nothing to see here, move along please
It’s just a small black hole, just a minor black hole, we’ve got it under control (trust us), see?
As time passes we all become who we always should have been, and when we realize it, it’s like a hit to the chin
To see what’s right in front of you is a constant struggle
Can’t really call it a war because wars eventually end
(Refrain)
I’m a 20th century exile holding court with cretins and kings and wing dings
I’m a clinically dysfunctional calcitrant, but I know a few things
I’m a good person, but I’m not that good
I’m unflappable, I cannot be flapped
Cuz you never know when it’s peace out, bro
I know exactly where I am but I don’t know where I’m at
Leaving me on the business end of a 2-barrell shotgun of regrets
In the aftermath of a simple beginning, I’m today-years-old, and taking bets
I’m not going anywhere, just staring into space, and trying to get to a better place
I never focus on how I should feel, I only focus on what I do feel, if indeed I can even focus staring into space
It’s like this, when you love what you do, it’s not hard to do it
All you have to know is when to play the ace
(Refrain)
There's a revolution
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4. |
I Miss The Old Days
04:15
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I miss the old days of innocence and wonder
I miss the old days in my life
Whatever happened to the old days of lightning strikes and thunder
I miss the old days in my life
Playing games one day when suddenly the sky turned black and grey
I looked up to see jet planes against a blue sky
I knew things had changed and they would never be the same
I miss the old days in my life
I miss the old days of innocence and wonder
I miss the old days in my life
Whatever happened to the old days of lightning strikes and thunder
I miss the old days in my life
If I took a time machine to 1969
I would bring back love and a cardboard peace sign
I would make 6 billion copies, distribute them throughout the lands
Maybe then, they would understand
I miss the old days of innocence and wonder
I miss the old days in my life
I miss the old days of lightning strikes and thunder
Whatever happened to the old days in my life
I miss the old days in my life
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Takin' Off The Shades
02:24
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Livin’ in a strange world
With all these strange girls
And all these strange boys
And all their strange toys, and I’m
I’m takin’ off the shades
I’m takin’ off the shades
Why you always gotta own me
Why you gotta try and clone me
Well, go ahead and own me
Yeah, go ahead and clone me, cuz I’m
I’m takin’ off the shades
I’m takin’ off the shades
Why you always gotta sell me
Something I can’t ever need
Somewhere someone cries to tell me
Until my ears begin to bleed
I’m takin’ off the shades
I’m takin’ off the shades
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20th Century Exile
02:55
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I met a 20th century exile
He said he had a few things on his mind
I said stay a while, set a spell, I got time
He told me tales of wisdom and wonder
He said you wouldn’t understand, you’re just a child
I replied, try me my friend, I know exactly what you’re talkin’ about
I’m not a child
I’m a 20th century exile
I can tell you what I was doin’ when I heard that John Kennedy had died at 3:00 in the afternoon
I saw The Beatles live on the Ed Sullivan show, and my sisters sighed and they swooned
I was up at 2:00 a.m. in the morning to watch Neil Armstrong when he stepped on the moon
I was watching Monday Night Football when Howard Cosell announced John Lennon had been shot dead by some deranged goon
I’ve never listened to a Taylor Swift song and I’m not plannin’ on listenin’ to one anytime soon
Of all the idiots in the idiot world universe of idiots, Swifties stand alone. You really call that a tune?
Hospital called, you have stage 4 dumbass, they won’t take you even as an extra anyways in a badly drawn cartoon
I’m a 20th century exile
I’ve been watching Gilligan’s Island reruns lately just to pass the time away in a day dream
That show was really good but sometimes it wasn’t always the way that it could seem
You know, you never know when you’re a 20th century exile what the next thing is that you’re going to…..you’re going to glean
Cuz’, what we got here is a multidimensional train wreck, with a broken neck, playing on a losing team
Some people take the fringe element out of lunacy and going to out of the going to the extreme
I’m a 20th century exile
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Poor Pluto
03:30
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Poor Pluto
Just half the size of the U.S.A.
Doesn’t even have a Wikipedia page
That shows up before Pluto TV
Go ahead and google it, you’ll see
Merely known as a trans-Neptunian object
Classified as a dwarf planet, last I checked
Bah! That’s balona!
It has a a heart-shaped glacier the size of Texas and Oklahoma
Pluto, I miss you so
You were my favorite planet
Where did you go?
Oh Pluto, where did you go?
Romulus & Remus used to fight each other like Popeye & Bluto
Charon is in a binary system with Pluto
So maybe they should be planets 9 & 10
At least let’s make Pluto a planet again
After all Charon is the one with theolin organic macromolecules
Which may be the ingredients for the emergence of life, according to Wikinews
Like Caesar said to Bruto
Et tu, Pluto?
Pluto, I miss you so
You were my favorite planet
Where did you go?
Oh Pluto, where did you go?
Pluto, you're just a warm fuzzy little ball of ice and rock
Light itself, takes four and a half hours to travel from Pluto to Earth
It appears as if ice crystals form the same way on Pluto as they do on Earth
When I was standing on Pluto at 380 degrees below zero
It was like I lost my heart and there was no place for the blood to flow
But your heart shaped glacier, vacillating between cellular and non-cellular nitrogen
Transcends all of humanity, and sends a message of peace on Earth
Hey, does anybody know what time it is?
My lucky astrology mood watch has stopped
Roger
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Look at you, on the dance floor tonight
Every move you make is clean outta sight
With just a little touch of savoir faire
Like Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire
I’m a bein’ with a bombshell
No buntah she fo sho
And I ain’t no Charlie neither
Cuz I’m her daddy-o
(refrain)
She’s fading in and out like the Cheshire Cat, meow
Steel-eyed stare with a tip of her hat
Listen up hepcats, killer-diller, kopesetic, let me tell you where it’s at
Where’d ju learn to dance like that?
She be cuttin’ a rug
While the fat cats with their dough
They can’t buy her love
Cuz like I said, I’m her daddy-o
Zoot suit, hep cats, not bent, Cadillac
Bust loose with the cats and the chicks
Creeps out like a shadow
No jivin’ with an ickeroo, NO!
(refrain)
Frisk those whiskers, and lick those chops
The Gabriels are sounding good tonight
Hit some Armstrongs, play it hot
The joint is jumpin’, it’s a jammin’ spot
But no one stops to lookin’ at her
She’s dinner, she’s a barrelhouse
She’s a mess, she’s a blip, she’s ready
Reap this righteous riff
(refrain)
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In mountain streams, pure water gleams, children’s dreams fulfilled
I love my Green Mountain State
Unity, diversity, equality for all
I love my Green Mountain State
Oh, freshly fallen snow like a veil
Winter, spring, and fall, 4 seasons hail
The beauty of a sunset, at the lake on a summer day
I love my Green Mountain State
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Legend In My Own Mind
09:12
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All my ships have been burned and destroyed
To save my soul, I had to swim to shore
The natives tried to run me down, ran me out of town
And I don’t think they even knew what for
All my dreams have yet to come true
Always leavin’ me with nothin’ to do
Better times, and better rhymes
Is all I ever wanna do
Some day
Some day, baby
Some day, ooh….
I bin double-crossed, bin deceived, yeah
And I don’t even know just how
And when I look around me, no one here has found me
Why I didn’t know by now
There are lessons to be learned
From all the bridges I have burned
Nothin’ lost, but man, what a cost
I keep payin’ all I’ve earned
Some day
Some day, baby
Some day, ooh….
How many times will I turn around to find nobody standin’ there
In the darkness when I’m sleepin’ I can see the future
And it makes me get up and turn on the light
People talkin’ bout me, got no cause to doubt me
Still I just don’t think it’s right
I’ll be so proud one of these days
To see a smile on your face
Shinin’ on me, for all to see
To see your wisdom and your grace
Some day
Some day, baby
Some day, ooh….
Some day, yeah
Some day, baby
Some day, ooh….
I’m a legend in my own mind
Just waitin' for the right time
I’m a legend in my own mind
Just waitin' for the right time
I’m a legend in my own mind
Just waiting for the right time
Just waitin' for the right time
Just waitin' for the right time
Just waiting for the right time
Just waitin' for the right time
Na na na na na na na na
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Dave Kleh Burlington, Vermont
Dave Kleh is a 20th century exile, a singer-songwriter making music, recording music, playing most of the instruments...you get the idea. Real music, real good!. Rock on!
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