1. |
Living Earth
04:15
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expensive woman in a jaguar gold
successful man by any measure not his own
Buddha makes it bearable understandable clear
Juda makes it bearable understandable clear
sailing on a high over worker's heads and backs
valet always there to park the yacht out back
extensive investment in armaments and gold
safety sought in strategies of old
Jesus makes it bearable understandable clear
Mohammad makes it bearable understandable clear
U.S.A. Atlanta Braves makes it bearable understandable clear
never enough never enough never enough
I'd be somewhere else in this traffic
had I left a different time taken another turn
home birth living earth makes it bearable understandable clear
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2. |
Windblown
03:32
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There is an old poplar tree sittin on a ridge
and I could see it every day when I was a kid
during everything we did all that we can list
it just stood there everyday blowin in the wind
shiverin in the snow high above the milky glow
bendin in the storm that goes away to be reborn
2.
there is an old creek that goes lazy by that tree
and I could see it everyday rollin to the sea
during everything we did all that we can list
it just lay there everyday blowin in the wind
languid in the shade Father boy Mother maid
blink and they are gone one journey on and on
3.
there is in the atmosphere lightning black clouds
seagulls unaffected by thunderclap sound
during everything we did all that we can list
they just glide there stoically blowin in the wind
shivverin in the snow high above the milky glow
bendin in the storm that goes away to be reborn
languid in the shade Father boy Mother maid
blink and they are gone one journey on and on
There is an old poplar tree sittin on a ridge
and I could see it every day when I was a kid
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3. |
My Opinion
03:04
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I've got my opinion gimme some evidence
I will reconsider I well reconsider
2.
listen to the talk show represent the rich
who owns the radio? who owns the radio?
3.
news on the TV represents the rich
who owns the TV? who owns the TV?
4.
daily paper news represents the rich
who owns the free press? who owns the free press?
5.
look it the elections represent the rich
who owns politico? who owns politico?
6.
who owns the radio? who owns the TV?
who owns the free press? who owns politico?
7.
I've got my opinion gimme some evidence
I will reconsider I well reconsider
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4. |
I Forget It In Between
03:36
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I think in a minute what would take a lifetime
I recognize it when I see it comin next time
but I forget it in between but I forget it in between
2.
in the morning resolutions good I make
in the evening I am folly on the take
but I forget it in between but I forget it in between
refrain:
beezelbob bita e gaka deska dozo
ide wa ship sha bodi bodi schnell
3.
every space is everywhere everything is all
every hour is everywhere everything is all
but I forget it in between but I forget it in between
beezelbob bita e gaka deska dozo
ide wa ship sha bodi bodi schnell
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5. |
Grand Child
05:12
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I sort of knew there were others here before me
I could tell by the words and pictures in our history
but I never really knew it inside of my fluid
'till the incident of which I speak
an elder and grandchild exchanging a grand smile
they opened that window for me
they were riding a wave of a generation
on every level I could imagine
the yankees were winning the salmon was swimming
a hand touched the young face of love
the takers were taking the fakers were faking
a hand touched the old face of love
2.
I could not hear what was obvious to the musician
the crow of the cock and the traffic din in which it was hidden
I filtered the range to dance on my membrane
'till the incident of which I speak
an old one and grandchild exchanging a grand smile
they opened that window for me
they were riding a wave of a generation
on every level I could imagine
the tankers were clanking the bankers were banking
a hand touched the young face of love
the soarers were soaring the borers were boring
a hand touched the old face of love
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6. |
Love Law
03:29
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we built a road best left unbuild
it fell upon the wetlands
we fell upon the creatures with our law
we counted up the profits now higher than a felled tree
now higher than the mountains we lay low
we fell upon the river we fell upon the wetlands
we fell upon the creatures with our law
2.
our coughing-blood earth movers make property of land
from tundra south to desert lay waste to what we can
we fell upon the river we fell upon the wetlands
we fell upon the creatures with our law
3.
in the grime and crud of our city in the crime of our foul air
comes a glowing infant ember a growing vision there
we fell upon the river we fell upon the wetlands
we fell upon the creatures with our law
let's fall upon the river let's fall upon the wetlands
let's fall upon the creatures with our love
let's fall upon the creatures with our love
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7. |
Sweet of You
04:09
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I had a dream last night it was sweet of you
wherever whomever you are it was sweet of you
you were hesitant to hold me I was too
our spouses would mitigate about following through
beached in the morning out of the deep
tide running low both of us captive to the moon
somewhere there is a dream I'm in awakened too soon
I had a monster deal it was sweet with cash
wherever whomever it hurt it was sweet with cash
you were hesitant to risk it but I was not
grab the short-term profit and damn the long-term cost
I wanna be top 'o the heap sometimes when my view's obscured
I wanna be king of the mountain up there where the view's assured
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8. |
What I've Got
03:03
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no jacusi no sports utility
no baseball box tickets for me
no jet airplane no view of the bay
what i've got is what i'm not doin today
2.
no obligation to work on Maggie's farm
don't compete 'r cheat or do nobody harm
my stock options are limited at best
no down sizer preying on the rest
3.
I just wanna waken feel the light on my face in the mornin
reach for my breakfast from the bough hangin by my hand
4.
no occasion to blush and mumble shucks
no military war money bucks
no transfusion of latent capital
no mumbo jumbo double-speak scenario
5.
no jacusi no sports utility
no hotel room service for me
no chauffeur no valet no personal secretary
non one on retainer no tax accountant attorney
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9. |
Open Hands
04:29
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There's a plant name of Sellafield on the northwest English coast
leaking radiation leaking radiation
those folks would apparently
sell it all for currency
what else can I conclude?
we built magnificent monuments
bridging chasms of awe ediface to the sky
we've been inside the atom's sphere
and outside the atmosphere
if we're so smart we'll put our mind to this
turn dollar signs and fists
into open hands sacred land and dance
into open hands sacred land and dance
2.
There's a plant in Carolina Savannah River Site
leaking radiation leaking radiation
those folks would apparently
sell it all for currency
what else can I conclude?
we built us highways shore to shore
concrete everywhere and more laid down everyday
we sing our God development praises to the firmament
if we're so smart we'll put our mind to this
turn dollar signs and fists
into open hands sacred land and dance
into open hands sacred land and dance
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10. |
No Mo
04:48
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The bomb plant spillage is in or creepin toward the aquifer the aquifer
I don wanna know no mo (3x)
2.
releases in the air have been routine like in the water and
I don wanna know no mo (3x)
3.
plutonium decays in just a million years and all that time
you gotta keep it away from here and
I don wanna know no mo (3x)
4.
tritium is in the fish the crops the birds and
I don wanna know no mo (3x)
5.
Sellafield spews its trail of death from Ireland to Denmakr
I don wanna know no mo
Savannah River Site leaks its trail of death
downstream to Savannah
downstream to Atlantic and
I don wanna know no mo (3x)
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Thinkspeak Atlanta, Georgia
Tom Ferguson has been writing songs since 1969, all of which are collected in Songs, 1969-2018. It's coil-bound to nicely fit a music stand, available at lulu.com just search tom ferguson there.
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