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Make a Map

by Thinkspeak

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1.
When things were like they used to be things weren't like they used to be things were like they used to be back before some day In the good ol' days we had World War I a shortage of cash, stock market crash World War II, a maniacal fool and a dust storm My grand daddy told me 'bout a letter he got from his great grand daddy Everybody talks about the good ol' days but my grand daddy Hayes clued me in he said don't even listen to them 2. When things were like they used to be things weren't like they used to be things were like they used to be back before some day In the good ol' days we had Katherine the Great we got drafted unexpected we had pestilence for breakfast Horace the Lame or whatever was his name heretics in the flames when things were like they used to be things weren't like they used to be things were like they used to be back before some day My grand daddy told me 'bout a letter he got from his great grand daddy Everybody talks about the good ol' days but my grand daddy Hayes clued me in he said don't even listen to them
2.
Purpose 04:56
What's the point to affluence does anyone here care? there are people sleepin in the street garbage everywhere there's wanton waste the air defaced the ocean dressed for death I'm searchin for some purpose in this meaningless ness 2. they plan a baby shower they're baptizing their cat moving to a bigger place to demonstrate the fact that he advanced on merit beyond the other rats that she can set a better plate than others of her class I'm searchin for some purpose in this meaningless ness 3. she won a beauty contest and so a wealthy man artfully exterior executing plans plotting every detail she decorates the den drops into a cushioned chair to telephone a friend I'm searchin for some purpose in this meaningless ness 4. I read that Raphael died young at 37 years and Aubrey Beardsley too cut down a lesson for me here intimidated I won't be distracted nor deceived misspent mis-allocated told what to believe I'm searchin for some purpose in this meaningless ness
3.
This arbitrary set of borders requires that I take my orders from those who rule so purer over here than over there our flag will always flap the air of those who rule 2. I lay my hat where I am warm citizen of where I'm born loyal to those who rule such Christians over here heathen there our cross will always flap the air of those who rule 3. a misanthropic impulse forms against a lesser rising storm from those who rule a just and beneficient share from over there said share will always flap the air of those who rule
4.
Kallio 02:13
Kallio that silly goose she went down to the store to find her self a pair of boots for ridin on her horse she rode off into the sky that marvelous horse had wings and every time I see her now she stands on the saddle and sings chorus: I've been around the sun this year and I'm goin around again that pesty ol' moon keeps circlin me it makes my poor head spin 2. Kallio that silly moose she strode into the war to cast a spell of gentleness on warriors of the corps they sprang up out of the trenches cast their weapons down danced in circles hand in hand their voices made this sound - chorus 3. Kallio that heavenly host she serves stardust with tea mixes whole earth with mercury to jog the memory of days to come and days before and planet without end Kallio she tips her hat and sings to the people again - chorus
5.
Make a Map 04:11
Livin on the edge don't help when you go all stiff forever livin straight and narrow don't help your goodby forever 1. when you go unconscious do we celebrate or do we weep or do those of us with riches keep our minds on other things we could do a eulogy wouldn't that be nice just like on your birthday we could hold your name on ice chorus: and since you're out ahead of us you might you might sort of smooth the way you might sort of smooth the way through the deep grass make a path throught the deep black make a map - chorus 2. if you find the graveyard is cluttered with old bones take heart that though you're worm's meat your molecuels may roam we will visit sundays picnic on the site carry wreaths of flowers but never come at night - chorus 3. you will find us shortly residing where you are will that be unearthly embedded in a star will there be some punishment are there sadistic gods or is there simply nothing dissipation in a fog - chorus & repeat opening
6.
Stanley put his faith in something that failed him like a siren treacherous strait Stanley took to takin heroine born in Leo he must have been born without luck I said Stanley when he called me on the telephone companion of my youth take care of your self Syria we embraced in Marquette in farewell I stumbled but we touched once through the fog god damn what fools live sometime where we are murdered my friend I won't see you again
7.
The sky is dispensable the earth is worth a lot according to Baton Rouge brokers who think they're hot their advertisement their prophesizement time will pass in which our forces turn our resources into cash 2. The president don't hanker to hear the seer at all he's busily representing a street called Wall he stands at the curb explaining in words tellin us why without question we must follow directions he'd never lie 3. I didn't vote 'till I heard that man Agnew said that summer the greatest honor for an American is to fight hard for the right guard politician even if he's a maniac Caesar oh oh even if he's a maniac Caesar oh oh
8.
Paradise 05:06
This is paradise September skies we are one family celebrating life what greater goal to see the whole there is enough for all we hold the spear at our own hearts will it take catastrophe to learn this is paradise such summer skies we are one family celebrating life 2. will we use our wealth to simply serve ourselves there is enough for all we stand to gain infamy or fame will we choose to blind ourselves or see this is paradise September skies we are one family celebrating life 3. across the great terrain no boundaries no frames there is enough for all we face the last turning of the path will we fail or will we find a way this is paradise ice winter skies we are one family celebrating life
9.
Back to One 03:15
By the rocks where I used to dive sits a sprawling fenced in house right where sweet Katie Ref drowned she was just eleven we're not just changin my town we're razin the earth stressin out the vital signs and it's gettin worse chorus: come on everybody sing the tune we can bring it back ain't ya longin for that mastery bring it back to one 2. I lost my youth a lustin after what I couldn't have didn't have the information I needed to act the population of the planet cannot keep on spiraling up the ocean rivers and the atmosphere our life blood not our dump chorus 3. the winners of the tournament got nothin to do with me the borders of the nation state artificial identity the bayonet the F-16 the random market bomb the color of the blood is red the length of death is long - chorus
10.
Take Courage 03:55
I wake up in the night afraid for my life submarines of nuclear off every shore chorus Take courage take courage it's always at your hand this life is framed by deep and peaceful sleep 2. the torture masters in our pay should never work another day whose children shall we subject to their knives - chorus 3. while I'm awake on this planet I'll make a statement nothing grander than we are one biosphere family - chorus

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Free listening, pay for download. From the mid-80s section of my Songbook, the love song is pretty much left behind, in favor of topics less favored in pop music - environmental issues, social justice, consumption, historical perception, crime, death, just who rules for whose benefit etc; like that. The visual is a painting from 1969, done while writing my first songs. The evolution of that thread of painting is viewable at thinkspeak.net

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released October 2, 2012

As with most of these "albums" I'm playing all instruments & doing the vocals. And the songs are recorded pretty much in the order written tho I didn't decide to do it chronologically until the third album. I'm having great fun recording these... and... they are really demos for some ambitious band, coming out of my limited musicality.

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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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