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The first in a series of albums from my Songbook, 1969-2009 (which actually goes beyond 2009 to current). The songs deal with power and being, creativity and play... and are © 2011 Tom Ferguson. Cover photo includes painting White Cap (detail) Tom Ferguson

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released 01 January 2012
Tom Ferguson, guitar, keyboards (drums, percussion, etc;) bass, vocals, songwriter
Nevin Lash played keyboard on some of these songs

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tags: alternative georgia folk-rock alternative alternative rock country folk original music political rock rock singer-songwriter social commentary Atlanta

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Tom Ferguson has been writing songs since 1969, all of which are collected in Songs, 1969-2009, which actually continues to ... more grow beyond 2009 - but I like the even number 40 in that title. It's coil-bound to nicely fit a music stand, available at lulu.com just search tom ferguson there. I'm now in process of recording those songs and bunching them in albums on bandcamp. less

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Track Name: Consumption Junction
Those new cars they don't stay shiny very long
those cigars don't leave you merry very long
movie stars don't need you when you're hungry

television is violence and product hype
decorative women superficial stereotype
hard hearted evil men and cops in tight pants

2.
newspapers only say what they think is good for them
corporations only say what they think will profit them
you have to only say the truth to get burned

see it in religion desire for authority
see it in politics flaming demagoguery
see it in the military see it in school

3.
blue skies ain't what the future is now offering
disguised holocaust big power is now promising
their lies come in patriotic cover

we can take it back from them there is still democracy
we can make our energy assertion of some sanity
leave them to their all men's clubs we all live here too
Track Name: All Around Here
chorus: Ego is so funny wants power and money
wants to dominate nature feel superior and always overlooking the safety ego's seeking is all around here

1.
The president, congress and the judge
turn around spinnin their wheels in the mud their eyes up in the rafters cause they think that what they're after is up there in the cloudy banks anywhere but here

2.
Violence entices you to say
will give you everything you want some day
take away their lives and all that that implies
and take away the lovely spoils anywhere but here
chorus
3.
Most every bridge and building that we made
embodies the values that we need to change
enough to bring a tear the core emotion fear
is runnin the show so anywhere but here

4.
Dollars into Euros Euros into Yen
none of it will bring you to the state of Zen
that will only happen when you get your satisfaction
from the moment you're in not anywhere but here
repeat 4. and chorus
Track Name: Dancing Without Words
Things are getting hairy ain't no virgin mary
bringing in the sheep
listen to the head voice giving you no choice
but you can choose the deep
things are on the level at the macro-level
just like on the micro everything insightful
dancing without words

when you have a minute recognize the limit
the edge of knowledge
sliding on your clean socks standing on the equinox
or any other edge
one way to say this it is what it is
another way to say this it is what it is
dancing without words
Track Name: Glasnost
In 1898 my country interfered with fate
put down the people up-rising in the Philippines
in 19 and 20 my country made an enemy
put down the people up-rising in Nicaragua

chorus:
my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty

2.
in 1954 my country went to war
overthrew democracy in Guatemala
just one year before my country went to war
overthrew democracy in Persia (and Zaire) - chorus

3.
in 1963 my country disappointed me
overthrew democracy in Brazil
in 1973 my country disappointed me
overthrew democracy in Chile - chorus

4.
in 1965 my country showed its pilgrim's pride
leveled the neighborhoods of IndoChina
in 1970 my country disappointed me
overthrew the government of Kampuchea

5.
in 1965 my country showed its evil side
sent soldiers to the Dominican Republic
in 1984 my country went to war
sent soldiers just once more to Nicaragua

end:
my country tis of thee sweet land of liberty
of thee I sing, land where my fathers died
land of the pilgrim's pride
from every mountain side let freedom ring
Track Name: Green Mountains
I've been all around this land and I've seen green green mountains
and I passed through the last
place I've been without trouble

2.
down the rapids of the river I have torn worn worn river
and I stayed where I laid as I wanted on the way

refrain:
traveler I am and I've watched the winter come and go
and my friend the wind blows

3.
many a pace my feet have tread this earth and they feel
real real pavement
and they stay though they fade
as I wander on my way - repeat refrain
Track Name: Never Gonna Get Enough
Got a coat and a moat and an SUV
country place big screen TV

got a list of stuff would fill a bus
the actual stuff ain't near enough
never gonna get enough never gonna get enough

got a trainer and a tamer of investigations
a voyeur and a lawyer who carries a gun

got a list of deeds would try a judge
a list of needs that'll cost some blood
never gonna get enough never gonna get enough

got a private jet will take me anywhere
a matching set of Michael Graves' chairs

got a list of things would make you green
a solid gold engagement ring
never gonna get enough never gonna get enough

refrain:
never gonna ever gonna never never ever gonna
ever ever never gonna never gonna get enough

got a horse and a source of market tips
a yacht that dwarfs the Queen Elizabeth

got a list of wishes would fill a page
a page as big as the London Stage
never gonna get enough never gonna get enough

repeat refrain
Track Name: The Same You
It seems so solid you can whack it with a stick
the stick'll bounce back a lick being solid too
but it used to be something way else in the way past
you'll never step in the same river twice

chorus:
Hell, hell, ain't even the same you take a deep
phenomenology ... let it out.... now now

2.
It's so slippery, try to grab a holdt
It'll leave you failin dry and oldt
as much as you reach it'll slip off to the way past
you'll never step in the same river twice - chorus

3.
It passes like a siren but somewheres underneath
is somethin that'll be heah like all through
and that somethin is so me, is so we
you'll never step in the same river twice - chorus