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Quarks and Quasars

by Thinkspeak

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Quarks and Quazars 04:40
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Time passes spring fashion coronation war victors published papers paltry proton aura borealis super nova singularity chorus: quarks and quasars quarks and quasars what is the coming thing 2. time passes Saint Francis aristocracy earth quaking ice aging patriarchy teeming tundra molten lava photosynthesis - chorus 3. time passes random chances swirling atoms short-term pay-off long term chaos infinity curved space time daily drug crime application fee chorus
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Money Stream 03:15
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Got a dream of ownin a country house lyin in the mornin with my country spouse buildin up my saggin sorry self-esteem holdin up the prism to the star beam chorus: got to divert some of that money stream over to the personal projects of my dreams 2. got a dream of turnin off the golden spout the laws of economics turn inside out buildin one just nation of community holdin up the prism to the star beam - chorus refrain: God is not a petty tyrant policin the rules caretaker of hair fashion dictator on a stool 3. dreamin of hunger satisfied dreamin of potential actualized leanin in the seat of the predicament holdin up the prism to the star beam - chorus
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It's All Real 03:21
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It's all real I mean it's just as real to be on the street beat as to chauffeur up your windin drive and it's all possible and it's probable if we continually strive after the chauffeured drive planet will throw up planet lymphoma it's perfectly possible have you seen oncology death wards have you heard the rattle of pneumonia have you been the family at the last breath have you have you have you have you 2. it's all real I mean it's just as real to be underneath the steel wheel as to try to flag a taxi and it's all possible and it's probable that as we give the store to disciples of war planet will throw up planet will blow up it's perfectly possible have you seen Hiroshima have you seen Chernobyl have you seen the glowing cloud come from Fukushima have you seen the floating crude have you heard the warning have you have you have you have you it's probably probable
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The Way of the Flesh 04:24
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one elder man at the end of his days said i'm contented I was entirely unswayed by the ways of the flesh, ways of the flesh one elder man on his bed of death said i'm a wishin i'd a had more 'n better flesh more 'n better flesh refrain a hundred fifty pounds of body sittin in a chair steppin up the stair risin in the air a hundred fifty thousand heavy souls are standin at the bar are gazin at the stars 'n bars listenin for the guitar leanin to the too far too far 2. one wicked woman with her eyebrows arched said i'm weary ready for that wheelless cart it's the way of the flesh way of the flesh one righteous woman with her hands on her breasts she sang to her lover of the ways of the flesh ways of the flesh refrain
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Somebody Died 04:38
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Somebody died who's friends filled the streets with grief how can that be the friends cryin that's natural but the dyin how can that be somebody died whose power touched gently mine how can that be a thunderhead gone to a wisp of a trace in an otherwise iron blue sky chorus: It's deeper than I thought It's deeper than I knew It's further than the false it's way beyond the new It's gulls on Lake Superior, Ice on Hudson's Bay death in Santiago birth in Zimbabwe 2. somebody died now joining the numberless names how can that be magnificent furious a wave swells crescendo white then wanes somebody died a fading shadow dim light how can that be walking on top then buried beneath an earth bed womb-like long night - chorus
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So Far So Fast 03:09
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Ridin down the turnpike burnin up the ozone turnin on the AC get the planet stoned ridin my bicycle gettin so far so fast gettin so far so fast gettin so far so fast gettin over my dependence gettin sober gettin over gettin sober leanin on the lever sink into the sofa standin on the surface thinkin on the new law startin to recycle gettin so far so fast gettin so far so fast gettin so far so fast gettin over my dependence gettin sober gettin over gettin sober consumption reduction preaching alignment consignment briefing taming the macho learning to see whole envisioning moving beyond war moving beyond more worship of things Ridin down the turnpike burnin up the ozone turnin on the AC get the planet stoned get the planet stoned get the planet stoned
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The Preacher 04:00
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Grandfather's gone and so is father how much longer can mother last and look who's next i'm foolin around wastin away more frivolous supercilious each day serious play chorus: as one generation passes away I listen to the preacher say eat drink sleep rise and be merry for who can say what will follow who can say what will follow? refrain: the last of a cigarette like the bottom of a beer half way through the swagger I use to rule the mirror 2. I'm vain as a rooster vexation on my mind my knowledge and possessions are dust underneath the sun my vineyards and my servants multiply like rabbits my land abundant reaches as far as I can see far as I can see - to chorus
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The Blue Coats 04:25
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Not all of us were gentle when the blue coats came not all of them were killers the effect was the same in the past true it was when the blue coats came bringing devastation continuous today chorus: who do you call the savage who laid the long trail of tears? 2. whirling dervish death when the bluecoats came harvesting the children the women and men massacre without warning when the bluecoats came martyr red early mornin like buffalo from the train - chorus refrain: winter and spring mountain stream birch bark boat on the great lake summer and fall adobe wall prairie wind scented my way 3. the land that we walked when the bluecoats came no one of us could sell what was not in our name spinning in the firmament when the bluecoats came spiritual spiraling ancient star plan - chorus
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For Those 04:16
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Lookin over the cityscape drawbridge on the rise traffic briefly unemployed coal boat goin by holes along the avenue of those old and gone winter chill summer breeze moan for those chorus: the winding river underneath the trees goes back in space as far as I can see not withstanding pestilence and plague and war and economic downturn it just rolls there 2. citizen of Attica chair of some board servant of analysis subject of some lord rice field in the first light marked by mountain sage child at book child at breast love word on a page - chorus
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Funny Money 04:18
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Once I was a truck stop jockey Once I ate truck stop slop now I own truck stop stock (2x) Once I thought Jesus was the son of a God Once I thought I could find love in his blood now I know that he just sunk (2x) chorus: funny how money can change how you see things look different when you're on you own and you can buy anything 2. Once I looked up to the leaders Once I bowed down at their feet now I don't accept heat (2x) Once I thought America pure as Snow White Once I thought presidents truthful and wise now I don't think like no child (2x) - chorus 3. what if you woke on the mean streets unable to catch any eyes would you love free enterprise (2x) what if we lived in the third world without two cars in the garage would we love the U.S. army (2x) - chorus

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The songs on this album are from the early 90s. Getting an electric guitar brought me to using bar chords and so broadening the keys I worked in. The excitement for me of what REM was doing as well as The Dead and other groups I was getting access to via my nephew's grand collection had me starting to get more into the music without missing the opportunity to say something with lyrics.

The cover is from an oil painting called "Itself". I did a series in the early 70s based on imagery that impressed me on a trip to Morocco.

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released December 4, 2012

As with all these albums, except the first few where Nevin Lash plays keyboard on some cuts, I'm doing all the instrumentation and vocals using Garage Band.

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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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