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Teary Deluge

by Thinkspeak

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1.
So It Is 03:57
Walkin on the street Ponce de Leon the sun was not in sight long gone down a big ol' car with Cobb County plates lookin for paid sex must be some mistake held up a gesture as he drove away... left me feel in not ok chorus: my father was abused and so was his and so was his and so was his my father was abused and so was his and so was his and so it is 2. walkin on further Ponce de Leon an old junker pullin to the curb have you any money have you any loot if you hand it over I might not shoot runnin in the dark bullets flyin by ... left me feelin not ok 3. walkin on along Piedmont Drive feelin lucky still alive another ol' beat up out of county plates askin my opinion of the battle flag I honestly couldn't concentrate... left my feelin not ok - chorus 4. movin on along Ponce de Leon ran into a brother with a song he could see I was hangin on a cliff his estimate was accurate I could use a lift he sang some words some peculiar way... left me feelin ok - chorus
2.
Teary Deluge 05:17
Break on through the great beyond smarmy double helix ladder itinerant assembly agenda of song teary deluge of matter at the end of the corridor turn to the right oh descend the stair to the black water edge oh push off the skiff infinite night oh late of Denver lent of din revealing garments tattered mercantile barrister unspoken hymn teary deluge of matter somewhere there is someplace waiting for we and when we get there we will fly by to somewhere where there is someplace waiting for we oh digital monolith insipid flame Martinique kitchen a clatter aura borealis intaglio range teary deluge of matter oh at the end of the corridor turn to the right
3.
In the meadow there's a miracle little gnat flyin past a tortoise slow in a blossom tree labor without fee a pollinating polyphonic buzz (twice) in the river jumping for the sky ordinary days fish can't fly openin a window in the cumulus cloud burst buckets for the benefit of us (twice) chorus: I live in the country (2x) where there are no street lights (2x) everytime I think I see the sun go down wood goes dark that's what i've found that's when I stop chasin my shadow around 2. movin in the morning guided by the light one eye on the bushes she don't want no fight babies just behind moma just ahead hopin that red fox won't be out of bed (2x) in the median there's some animals made it past the northbound headin for the south they might make it by they might have to die they don't use no crosswalk they're too damned wild (2x) 3. take it to the city take it to the street take it to the tenement where the people meet now you see the warship now you see the grave look out for the rulers look out for their flag there are no forevers there is only ONE stretchin from Alaska to the blazin sun and beyond the nearest star... past the galaxy it goes on like that in time I think infinity (2x) - chorus
4.
Brownshirts 04:30
They were active in the 20s came into power in the 30s they were more than indifferent to the liberty of others their billy clubs and their blitzkrieg echo through the rubble they desecrated the temple they pillaged the nation bloodied a decade devastated a generation their madness and their sadism echo through the rubble chorus: brownshirts came and went back they came back they came brownshirts came and went back they came changed their name back they came 2. in forest and rice field napalm and agent orange in hamlets where bounties were paid on Asian ears where search and destroy echo through the rubble they're to be found as police in Central America bound to be around when the landlord calls their blunt souls and sharp instruments echo through the rubble to chorus 3. a child is bent by cigarettes pressed to her precious skin and fierce words that cut deep straight to her self strangled magnificence echoing through the rubble slashing daggers reappear inconvenient years mutated angel suffocating rage poison love and violence echo through the rubble - chorus
5.
Whether the wages for labor are to be low whether the free press is faithfully in tow whether the bottom line is profit or loss whether the legislator remembers who's boss chorus: In whose special interest are these? 2. whether the trees are to be clear cut clear to the bone whether the earth is commodity or home whether the leaders have integrity or are knave whether the people are free or slave - chorus 3. whether the poor will live and die on the edge whether the rich will expand their privilege whether for all of the fine high rhetoric whether we all will choke on what we've spent - chorus 4. whether the races will heal or rupture whether the women will speak without interruption whether the prisoner will be abused whether the cursed money drug will rule in whose special interests are these?
6.
Downwinders 04:28
Once up on a time there was a propaganda campaign to divert attention from nightmare weapons beautiful words hid the terrible sword chorus: we were innocent we were trained to be the rulers like a free hand so they lie to we live better electricity too cheap to meter vicious strategy and now we're all downwinders 2. up went the cooling towers across our trembling planet did the devil's dance in the state of France 60 sites in that little space - chorus 3. rows of drums 55 gallons big and little leaks in the aquifer in a million years it'll all decay meanwhile we'll just keep it someplace safe in Europe there were volcanoes ten thousand years ago and glaciers in Wisconsin - chorus
7.
Paper Tiger 04:50
1a Who is my customer are we potential clients do we manage worker units are we so compliant chorus: we are rather siblings siblings in the wild take another metaphor make another world 1b dining on the 7th floor embassy U.S.A. overlooking French colonial Saigon zero Asians present other than the help paper tiger gnawing on the fawn 2a who is employable are we passive wage slaves do we possess other resource are we without option - chorus 2b bobbing in the southern winter get away Carribean friendly plotting overthrowing Haiti agent camaraderie veterans of Chili paper tiger eating on our baby 3a who is occupying me is our lord our boss are we subject to the whim of business state or both - chorus 3b dancing on the holy temple marble floor terra firm put your foot down kick your heels up in waltz-time whirling dervish to the toe-tap curtsy to the other paper tiger cannot swallow all time
8.
Goin Killin 06:05
It's a sunny sentimental day an old and sentimental art not so innocently violent chorus: I'm goin down the road straw hat bare foot bamboo pole goin killin 2. Its a dark and long cor-i-dor day a long line creatures consciously awake another day they will not know to do this to frightened living things life thief for roast beef the sacred breath is wrenched in play like children pulling butterfly wings - chorus 3. it's a long and dusty winding road a long line soldiers march again lying hemorrhaging civilians to do this to frightened living things death sower for power the sacred breath is wrenched in play like children pulling butterfly wings - chorus hard hook hard knife hard heart goin killin steel hat steel gun steel heart goin killin like children pulling butterfly wings
9.
Irene 03:35
Matthew had a wife who told him how to live how to think how to act when to blink what he lacked that he never done nothin right Matthew was defenseless he couldn't retaliate accepted her pronouncement he wasn't worthy 2. Irene had a mother who told her how to live how to think how to act when to drink what she lacked that she never did nothin right Irene married Matthew walked in her mother's step brought children into this world whom she taught 3. Irene had a daughter she told her how to live how to think how to act when to blink what she lacked that she never did nothin right daughter was defenseless she couldn't retaliate accepted her pronouncements she wasn't worthy 4. daughter had children she told'em how to live how to think how to act when to drink what they lacked that they never did nothin right children were defenseless until they came of age rejected her pronouncement they were worthy
10.
Maybe you'll starve to death perhaps a bayonet will bring you home again to his lovin arms maybe the landlord's thug perhaps a billy club will bring you home again to his loving arms chorus: it is no secret what god can do what he's done for others he'll do for you 2. maybe some child abuse perhaps a naughty noose will bring you home again to his loving arms maybe a hurricane perhaps Zan Zinger's cane will bring you home again to his lovin arms refrain: when you are on the street steppin across the street look that you don't chance to meet a bumper from Detroit 3. maybe some celebrant with consciousness so bent will bring you home again to his lovin arms maybe a lovely lay will bring you your first aids and bring you home again to his loving arms - chorus finale: like the fishes in their swirling dance we are subject to the nets of chance don't it make you wanna go 'n prance in his lovin arms - chorus

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Teary Deluge deals, lyrically, with being, death, war, nukes, race, gender, metaphysics, class, environment,... did I leave anything out? Free Listening. Visual, an oil painting titled, End of the Line, Tom Ferguson

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released May 1, 2013

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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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