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Farther Down That Road
01:57
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Farther down that road
you said you'd be going "all the way"
you'll make golden hay
while the sun still shines for you
but when that winter creeps up like an icicle
on a rusted bicycle - twirling rotor blades
not too much to show for all the time that you were hiding
in the shade
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3. |
Forced Optimism 1
01:45
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Love is gonna win...
Love is gonna stay....
(etc)
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4. |
Wash-Out
03:04
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Some day the rain is a-gonna fall
just when you need it to
a deluge from the sky
will pour down just for you
and wash away the web
spun round and round your head
and leave you free
to fly again
(until the next time that you get snagged...)
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5. |
Hanging In There
01:55
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Change what you can
"hang in there"
the story may end
better than you feared
hold on tight
or hold on light
love what you can in the gaps between the bites
ho ho ho ... away we go
happy to be breathing
chests for sale
scavenging around
for any solid ground to stand on
stepping stones
hop, skip and jump
boo hoo hoo or laughing
skippy kangaroo
happy hands or two fingers
making devil's or hare's ears
shadows on the wall
ghosts in the hall
sunshine out the door
open up the blinds
the shuttered-window-minds
the rays of every sunbeam's dream
float on the dust
the motes in eyes that rust
the cataracts dissolve by hanging in there
...hanging in there
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Waste your time and go and place your bet
and damn your debt
and damn your stupid "reason"
like you know there's more to life than what you get
by towing the line
like you're chained to an anchor on the floor
evermore.. ever more
life in the real world now
life in the real world now
[well there really should be more lyrics to follow but instead I ended up repeating the same words three times over.. too bad].
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7. |
Running Free
02:21
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You were running baby
you were free
you had no fear of destiny
on the wet sands - in the sun and sea
it was your life/ you were meant to be
and it felt like you could run forever cos your heart was like the ocean tide
a force beyond confines - a force beyond your mind
and although it lasted but an instant in your head before the walls caved in
... till you were back inside a bucket - crawling with the crabs again
You were running baby
you were free
you had no fear of destiny
on the wet sands - in the sun and sea
it was your life/ you were meant to be
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Life is all you've got
in a body that is real
but your mind to which you pay mind
that seems to be some whole other deal
if you could turn off your controls you might live happy blind
but then... at the same time: you can't disown your mind
I'm groping for the soap
that once was on the ledge
now its in the tub
steam gets in your eyes
I can move my hands
I can make some plans
I can refuse and even make demands
I can take my car for a drive.....
Life is all you've got
in a body that is real
today your mind is fogged
but was it ever really sharp as steel?
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9. |
Amphibian
04:38
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To sink or swim: turn amphibian
to go paisley or black be a chameleon
but whether to lie or tell the truth - then be a torn up human
oh what's it take to speak your mind?
which is for real?
"such a janus face"
what sealed the deal for the whole anus race
played my part till my heart was disgraced
beats arhythmic evermore...
its time the code was finally cracked
time the lie was shown to be
time you finally got to act
like youre living in "the now" you see
so shrug the chains and shrug the need
to be accountable to bores
live your myth and fuck the facts
before your own extinction
where have you gone?
yeah where have you been?
under whose thumb and into what scene
growing so sour as you're growing obscene
i've seen you shrinking in your wraps
masks only last for the shortest time
foundation cracks and the eyes fail to shine
and you've been round this circuit 1009...
like a blinkered horse you ran
its time the code was finally cracked
time the lie was shown to be
time you finally got to act
like youre living in "the now" you see
so shrug the chains and shrug the need
to be accountable to bores
live your myth and fuck the facts
before your own extinction
[snores through the day and on into the night
through moon or sun
through dark and light
through decomposition then growth from the ground
till the spanner hits the spokes
its time the rider left the wheel
went head and torso over heel
and landed on the right-side up bloody scarred but more in touch limping on to other wars or rotting on the golden shore (dur! lyrics get lame and silly)]
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10. |
When You're Dead & Gone
02:38
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when youre dead and gone
and theres nothing you can say or to change
when youre dead and gone
and you cant look back to wonder at how life was strange
w yr d and g and you wished you'd had an ounce of social guile
when youre dead and gone and you wish you'd turned the tables in the aisles
when youre dead and gone like some old computer hardware on a pile when youre dead and gone and you wish youd stayed connected all the while
when youre dead and gone
and theres nothing you can say or to change
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11. |
1000 Dreams
01:19
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inside yr mind live 1000 dreams
some are recurrent; some aren’t so clean
some will get lost, some will not go away
into your life that you never know (never really know)
patterns recur every day
you're holding the wheel
you think you're mind's made of steel
but you’re still driving blind all the way
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well it was dark on one side
and it was light on the other
yeah it was cold on one side
and it was warm on the other
there was grass on one side
looking greener on the other
they seem kind on one side
and they seem meaner on the other
you make the best of yourself
you pull yourself together
you make the best of yourself
from just about whatever
you find some straw for your head
you make a nest for your heart
and then you drive down the middle afraid to fall apart
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13. |
Stories
01:31
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life keeps giving you stories
from now and from so long ago
”heard ‘em before” see you yawn and snore
but you will be gone while they go on
people hide in these stories
paper gets made from the trees
new trees form from the acorns born
old leaves fall and the page gets torn
(page gets torn)
a man he picked up the pieces
the pieces of the pages torn
blown around scattered on the ground
new pages form - from those once gone
the tale goes on
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14. |
Don't Lose Your Noodle
01:34
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when you think you have no words to follow
still you find your fingers find the keys
thoughts can be like knots you can't unravel
but in time they may come loose with ease
some people do fall prone to knitting needles
thinking that their frontal lobes are noodles
no I think this line has got confused
chop-sticks is what I meant to say
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15. |
Ships
03:23
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"Ships leave the harbour"
but no longer do they truely set sail
and "trains leave the station"
but there's no steam or smoke to inhale
people "set foot"
but they walk on paved terrain
hearts still "pine"
but it feels like they're beating in vain
verse still rhymes
even when you're short on good things to say
the "future" - is now..
but its tied to yesterday
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16. |
Improv Song
02:11
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17. |
Forced Optimism 2
01:46
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things come round again
the obvious
the very same again
things return to you
they always do
the boomerang came true
and now still disatisfied
unique but underfried
unique but ossified
uniquely petrified
and tho you still can change
be rearranged
be de-estranged boo hoo
it seems its still the rhyme
that rules the reason
when your feet are pigeons made of clay
so grab your weapons aim at anything
the clay birds sing
till the ufos are gone
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19. |
Fires Of Doubt
02:52
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as you’ve grown you’ve found you need
new ways to look at things
they’ve helped so far
but not far enough it seems
and you’ve got spun out on the carousel of dreams
till you're so dizzy that your brain is a bag of beans
now you’re thinking what’s the best way to go out
with a bang or with a fizz
either way fuelled by fires of doubt
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20. |
Any Old Time
03:57
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21. |
Old Crooked Buildings
07:48
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old crooked buildings
with portholes for windows of mystery
looking with frosted glass eyes out on the sea
happily hungover
white cliffs of hand over hand till tea
wafts on the breeze of your history
hey hey youve got time to kill
time to murder by three
time to fish for a fish by four
doorways are never locked to me
not in this world now
what do you know
when you're caught in the snow of your own self doubt
what do you know when your mind aint right
fishing for sane thoughts or fresh perspectives to dig you out
out of your hole to another dream
tears waiting for years
just waiting to bring on the flood
but hey hey hey im on fire!
drenched by your own hand
dampening down the sand
resurrect the pyre!
dont give that doorway the credit of floorway obstruction now
crossing a line's been as hard for me
old faded chalkmarks still hold you in place like a chimpanzee goosestepping in a blind stubborn line
lost chances haunting the mind
sanity dragging behind
thinking succumbing to madness might just land you back on your feet or striking the gongs
to break yourself free from the song
that keeps you in a deep deep sleep.
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22. |
Sanity Song
01:41
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yknow when you're good
and y'know wen yr bad
yknow when yr sane
and yknow wen yr mad
and you know somewhere there
deep inside when you're right that you are
you know when you've been dumb
and you know when you've been wise
you’ll sometimes need hindsight
to know the truth from lies
still you know in your marrow
where the line between self deception and truth lles
you know you know you know you know
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23. |
Sentimental Nonsense
03:51
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Sometimes when the dawn's in gentle light
its raining but the sun is still in sight
and all the might of being
sparks a fire-dance in your head
in the morning, morning light..... etc
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24. |
Beyond Repair
02:38
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fire in the day
and maybe fire through the night
fire in the afternoon
cheezy and wet though the image is yet
you can bet you might be there soon
cos you know theres always something there
that takes you to the other side
yeah you know you always land up safely on the other side
folks made a bet you wouldnt last in this world
you'd freeze or burn either way
that is a lie - whether you skate or you fry
you'll still get there any way
coz somehow baby
theres always something there that takes you to the other side..
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26. |
Minding The Time
01:48
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27. |
Last Room [Bonus Track]
03:43
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Donald McPherson New Zealand
Donald is a home recording artist who is on the one hand an improvising acoustic guitarist, on the other a songwriter.
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