1. |
Short Love Song
00:55
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I first saw her in a restaurant
she was sippin wine by candle light
she looked so seductive
eyes lookin for a fight
she told me she was a leavin
she didn't lie ain't seen her since
now I ache from laughin
I've loosened up my pants
it helps me when I dance
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2. |
Louise
03:48
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It's a long stretch to August from September 31st
but I'd spend that time dunked deep in lime
just to have you walkin by
chorus:
Louise I'm glad that you left Len
he was layin on you oppressively
lockin you in his pen
2.
there's an alter piece at your feet and it's there I pilgrimage
in this holy year though steeped in fear
that your magic will have passed - chorus
3.
It's a hard road through mountains slings and arrows there to bear
but if to hear your voice I've got no choice
I'm mountain bound to day - chorus
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3. |
Nancy
01:55
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Nancy
are you appreciative of your effect on me
palpitation, indecision, stereotypic symptoms of being in love
pre-occupation with the object of love
Nancy
I'm conditioned predictably
just like that Russian dog
salivation follows love
and I lust after you
Nancy
they're not metaphors my words
your face glows and my blood roars
I'm afraid of what I'll do
I'd throw it all away for you
Nancy
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4. |
Spider's Web
01:27
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I chanced upon a spider's web
as many have before
a winged thing there was struggling
to free itself once more
2.
the spider was approaching
to secure her catch she came
to spread her thread about the thing
resisting now in vain
3.
I wanted so to rescue
the spider answered no
what right have you to interfere
my dinner's getting cold
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5. |
Alaska
03:51
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When I was down in Louisiana
I was never harried like here in Alaska
It's so bloody cold when the sun goes down
night time falls thickly for months
It's as cold as death 'till the Yukon thaws out
that won't be 'till July
I'm dreamin of the bayou tonight dreamin of the bayou tonight
2.
I wake in the mornin the windows are frozen
I scrape it away and the snow's like an ocean
steel stove is red hot but the coffee is cold
the wood pile gets smaller each hour
my breath turns to icicles clear to the floor
I guess I can't handle this life
I'm dreamin of the bayou tonight dreamin of the bayou tonight
3.
I swear that I'm leavin but I never remember
'till I'm standin too late in the snows of September
I ain't heard another voice my radio died
I'm sick of the echo of mine
It's muffled by the howlin wind that roars without pause
I fear that I'm havin a fright
I'm dreamin of the bayou tonight dreamin of the bayou tonight
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6. |
Memory Net
03:42
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I'm pickin up some images for later on (do do do dooo)
when I'm alone (alone) I can be with them then (intimately)
whether on the street or at the laundry mat
I'm ever on alert for somethin I can catch
in my memory net memory net
2.
my lease is up in just two days I gotta race (do do do dooo)
one bigger place (bigger place) I can be with them there (intimately)
whether on my feet or at my sittin shack
I'm ever on alert for somethin I can catch
in my memory net memory net
3.
my hat is up my head is not I'm landin late (do do do dooo)
so I don't forget (don't forget) I can be with them there (intimately)
whether at my peak or at my ground floor flat
I'm ever on alert for somethin I can catch
in my memory net memory net
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7. |
Chaos Woman
04:06
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It looks as though I've got to go
some place where I'm not known
Chaos woman is passin through my town
her goin price a lovin wife a family for a night
she's merciless but she's the best
chaos on the road
2.
It's her again I think I've been
through this some time before
chaos woman is just outside my door
she'll turn to me and then she'll leave
a sick and sorry day
she's merciless but she's the best
chaos on the road
3.
she does just what it is she wants
she calls the cautious clown
chaos woman is passin through my town
she'll grant the dark a special spark
which fades when she's gone
she's merciless but she's the best
chaos on the road
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8. |
Quittin Today
04:03
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Every arrangement that I made this week
has left me lookin down at my shoe
and everyone of them politicians
they seemed the kind that you could trust
chorus:
I'm quittin today may my head turn grey
if I ask another to stay
I'm tryin to go it alone I couldn't stand another no
so if you see anyone with me that ain't me that ain't me
2.
I met a man in Macon in a boogie bar
I looked into his holy face
he was so sincere but after just three beer
he wanted me to join his church - chorus
3.
the rain comes fallin on my afternoon
a chill comes up under my door
the magnolia clean it's a winter green
melancholy in my room - chorus
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9. |
Whale Song
03:09
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The sea the sand the grass the sea shore
the gull the tern the herron the seashore
the wet sand sticking to your feet
the pebbles the shells the crab on the seashore
the wind blowing sand across the seashore
the mist rising up out of the sea
the whalers passing out beyond the seashore
the harpoons glinting in the sunlight
the red whales hauled out of the red sea
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10. |
Tuisku
05:40
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I can hear your footsteps as they're fading away
I can't believe you're getting farther away
It's too late now and it's gettin too later
you must be to Ohio and it's gettin too later
take this with you I love you
2.
I can feel you missin in the places you've left
I can put my finger in the hole you have left
the leaves are frozen brittle on this winter day
ice is on the window and this cold winter day
you were good to me you were good for me
thank you for being when you were where I am
I'm havin my breakfast cat on my lap
I'm stoppin to think of you on your land
your cabin with paintings fine winter books
dulcimer sound in the wood
you touch things with order you speak a soft word
I can hear you from here I can hear you from here
horizontal fence lengths parallel the wide mile
beyond the yawning hill
the hogs are in the hog pen potatoes in the patch
the fog is down this morning there's a green Kentucky chill
astounding moon this morning sliver thin of light
the sun implied your yellow side the mountains I can't climb
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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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