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ETV
04:05
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When emperor TV gave his wealth away to me
I was wandering on the back of a bay
through the Iron Corps territory.
It was only a year since the information had disappeared
So I sharpened my spear as the facts became clear
I was a foolish girl then, I am a foolish girl now
My rucksack bursting with cakes and custards, fruit soaked in gin
I was craving the meat of a savory beast
My face obscured with reddish mud, I crouched inside a hollowed stump
To the west of where I hid, I heard the crying of a little kid
His gold hair in mattes, covered in purple rags
What I learned is all it takes is just one love to change it all
As I snuck away, fate had her way
I heard the boy cry out, I heard the boy cry out “Mama”
I looked and saw, the boa
The next thing I knew I was covered in blood, clutching that boy like a bear to a cub
As I checked the boy for wounds and scrapes
I found three golden rings on a silver chain
Gold was the stuff of legends, silver I’d heard used in song
I don’t think he knew what that shiny stuff meant, and I barely did too
He lifted it from over his head and said,
“This will be yours if I can come with you”
From then on my horsey, she carried two
I took that fortune to the middle of a lake
I tied it to a stone, and we watched it sink
What I learned is all it takes is love just love to change it all
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Aquatic Bird
06:18
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I was meeting a man, a man for a date
I was sitting at the park by the lake (by the lake)
and from the water emerged a very friendly-looking aquatic bird
wearing a mask made of mud, sticks and feathers
she looked at me and said “what’s on your mind
you hairless thing, what’s on your mind?”
She was very friendly looking, so I thought a moment and I said
why is everything so difficult for me
why is everything so difficult?
I keep thinking it’ll get easier
will it ever get easier?
That’s a very foolish thing to think she said
you poor misguided thing
death is closer to you than it ever was before
i know these things because of the way I live
She disappeared beneath the glassy water
my date arrived wearing a jacket made of leather
there were many people gathered at the park that day
mastering some number of wheels beneath their feet
whether it be 2 4 6 or, 2 4 6 or 8 wheels beneath their feet
that man and I, we talked for hours
we watched the sun set slowly behind those purple mountains
he was a student of western philosophy
i think he thought he understood me
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Balloon Man
04:14
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Two doves fly by my hot air balloon in the sky
sunbeams cover my eyes
I've never flown this high
As I pass above our house
I imagine you inside
the ground I am no longer bound to
looks like a fabric from this height
Do you fear me now?
My hands grip the sides of the basket
as I feel a presence from above
A man the size of a mountain
this must be the one we always speak of
in his image I am surely made
he reminds me of my dad
so bright with figure unforgiving
and in his gaping mouth he says
Do you fear me now?
what is this creature carrying you
she is not one of mine
in a trembling voice I replied
it is but fabric and fire
Have you learned nothing from the towers I've toppled
surely you know who I am
I know you, John son of Daniel
your feet tread best on land
Do you fear me now?
Finger like a tree
he brings it close to me
Smile like the son
my child, my son
I was the mouse, he was the cat
he lifted me by my helmet hat
and with a sickening speed I arrived at our front door
and you and I both heard that knee-bending roar
Do you fear me now?
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Wormy
03:05
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Just like the worm I am empty
one long tube but I can dream
take off my clothes see my shiny skin
kiss me again this weekend
Show me something bright so I can crawl towards it
a screen in the night so I can laugh at it
If it makes you happy, then I’m happy too!
In his gleaming jaws I hang
but my feelings are unchanged
I know just what to do
I scream and say, “I love you!”
Show me something bright so I can crawl towards it
a screen in the night so I can laugh at it
If it makes you happy, then I’m happy for you!
The evening of my grand escape
he gulps me and then I wait
I crawl out through his ass
squirming in the dewey grass
Show me something warm so I can crawl towards it
sunbeam on the floor so I can lie in it
If it makes you happy, I’m unhappy but I’m happy for you!
I know just where to go
underground and wait for snow
Oh will I find him again? I will surely find him again!
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Made A Meal
05:05
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When I was a kid I was the king of Walnut Creek
moved by the many whims of hunger, fear, and sleep
There is a story on the lips of every man
Longing to love me forever if he can
God loved man till he made the machine
Man loved to talk so he wrote a magazine
Man loved to read so he put it on the screen
I love to lie in my sweet and flowing creek
The water pools between my legs
a pleasure cold and mean
I love to lie in my sweet and flowing creek!
Look here, look here! Some ancient tool from a time before kings.
How many rabbit by that tool made to a meal?
How many rabbit by that tool made to a meal?
Look here, look here! The decomposing carcass of a crawfish.
How many minnow by that claw made to a meal?
How many minnow by that claw made to a meal?
Do you want the world to remember your name?
Whispered in the wind
Whispered in the water
Whispered in the wind
Whispered in the water
Mama is calling me in now
when she sees me soaking wet she'll ask me, "How?"
Skin turning red from touch rough towel
Secret of falling golden hour
Like a sparrow to a seed
a chicken leg for me
with yams and gravy.
Oh who will be the beast
to open my belly?
To feed the baby
Warm milk made of me!
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Friends of Animals
05:14
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The bug killers came today
To kill all the bugs in my house
I didn’t hear them knocking on the door cause I was sleeping on the couch
I’m watching men and women
Kissing on the television
When I close my eyes I can act like her
Where is my romance?
Where is my romance?
There’s babies crawling on the floors of my house
in the corners of my house
and underneath the couch
There’s babies crawling on the floors of my house
in the corners of my house
and underneath the couch
I cannot keep on as I was
sweeping them beneath the rug
I’ve got to feed them
I’ve got to read to them
I’ve got to tuck them in at night
Kiss them right between the eyes
Where is my romance?
Where is my romance?
My babies will grow up to be
friends of animals, friends of animals
My babies will grow up to be
Stewards of the rotting world
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7. |
Gabriel
02:58
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In my past and secret life
I was a good man
till love was slapped out of my hand
memories all slip away but
the house where love was made
the house we lovers make
she was another man's wife
I saw all the colors she brought to life
earth blue
I wanted to be the creek
she stood in ankle deep
and that old name she called
Gabriel
And in that dark and dusty structure
my only thought remained
I love her
Her kisses over me
this is my sad and simple dream
Gabriel
Shouldn't a man want more than this??
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Duck Turnstone Denver, Colorado
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