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Thought World

by Thinkspeak

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1.
Never the Less 03:28
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Never the less not withstanding this is a mess no alien landing comin home it fell on us all unexpected stumbling dizzy too dyslexic dissatisfied with mere maligning desperate search for silver lining Never the less not withstanding this is a mess no alien landing comin home retreat to repair an inner broken repeat that chanting mantra notion come out of rest an eager energy applied with focused sensitivity Never the less not withstanding this is a mess no alien landing comin home Never the less not withstanding this is a mess no alien landing comin home coming onto some daft conclusion thinking thinking is no solution re-releasing airy wishes accepting it is what it is then Never the less not withstanding this is a mess no alien landing comin home Never the less not withstanding this is a mess no alien landing comin home
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Karma Karma 04:58
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I threw my lot with criminals thought they were the police took me to the cleaners that's where I was fleeced nothing left for me gots to start again their income took a bump what does it profit them to gain stuff that's quickly gone traded for a sweet song karma karma karma karma karma gonna git ya karma karma karma karma karma gonna git ya 2. happened on kind folks kind a hard to find someone who'll risk it someone color blind who'll take your bag put their arm around ya guide ya to the guest room and sing ya halleluja a note like that is rare something for your ear karma karma karma karma karma gonna git ya karma karma karma karma karma gonna git ya 3. el sol en el cielo how did it get there? and all this star stuff come to gather here some sort of uncanny magic trick in there brought out of a hat world out of thin air beauty and abundance between waves of pain forgetfulness bookends us nothingness both ends karma karma karma karma karma gonna git ya karma karma karma karma karma gonna git ya
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Every Other 03:44
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Fame and fortune will slip away meetup on some morrow no matter what you say friends and neighbors memories passin right through ya like taters and peas stumble into failure blow that bloody test repair that tire have a modest success run you right off with the overflow pack up everything everything you know dancing is the word that comes to mind swing around a rhythm and sing yourself a line 2. love and marriage beauty and the brute kiddies in the kitchen and sugar on the fruit pizza in the parlor take out on the roof ferry in the harbor flawed method in the proof every other opposite every other twin entertain the question if they ever have to win certain of the circle cycles satisfy the need to have a fine acquaintance with ol' primordial seed dancing is the word that comes to mind swing around a rhythm and sing yourself a line 3. several of the inmates vandalize the wall some will make it over some will have to fall make off with the hermit hidden in the wood find a city limit friends and work and place and food manuscripts and finger prints docents in the school teachin and a preachin on about the ones who rule standin in the courtyard memorize the text it will come so easily you won't have to guess dancing is the word that comes to mind swing around a rhythm and sing yourself a line
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The Twain Shall Meet 03:10
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there are strange and wild beliefs more than you might need the right ones and the wrongs ones survives the one you feed in your pumpkin head and when they're factored down what is revealed is shown the orange beside the violet the sunrise or the sunny set the thoughtless side of your pumpkin head across the street alcoholic tee-totalers never the twain shall meet never the twain shall meet 2. you might not find the right one on the day that you might want it it might not serve the purpose for which you think you bought it in your pumpkin head and when it's boiled down what remains is shown the gentle touch the message sent the sunrise or the sunny set the thoughtless side of your pumpkin head across the street alcoholic tee-totalers never the twain shall meet never the twain shall meet 3. and if you're ready to believe in nonsense or the truth they are equivalent you know fantasy or proof in your pumpkin head and when it dissipates what is revealed is shown as something that is worse than less is worth far more than you can guess the thoughtless side of your pumpkin head across the street alcoholic tee-totalers never the twain shall meet never the twain shall meet
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Curvature 03:17
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balance on a ledger and run rain on a parade signal with your lingo so you have your lemonade mortify opponents and proceed to profit share stagger into fortune so you will be prepared many of the incidents happen by themselves tumbling down the narrow streets faring very well selling everything in sight money with both hands standing on the curvature which separates the land what if we were witnesses to wondrous weekly working walkers willing to be wedded what if we went waddling winters without withering wit nor washington's wiley weeds washington's wiley weeds 2. listen to the lecture and note that it has said that we are pleasant pleading portraits of the head for most of the afternoon clicking on the links stumbling cross the river of my infant instinct lifting on the corner pry-bar in my hand opening the curvature which separates the land what if we were witnesses to wondrous weekly working walkers willing to be wedded what if we went waddling winters without withering wit nor washington's wiley weeds washington's wiley weeds 3. survey every landyard and produce a minimal lean into the effort to embrace the animal several of the afterwords ring out lofty claims clergy all insist upon eminent domain lifting up one of my eyes the other straight ahead sipping on excelsior alchemical lead what if we were witnesses to wondrous weekly working walkers willing to be wedded what if we went waddling winters without withering wit nor washington's wiley weeds washington's wiley weeds
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Cest la Meme Chose 03:36
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you call it heaven she calls it nirvana Tolle calls it presence it's all the same thing you call it sacred she calls it holy Tolle calls it Now it's all the same thing different words but pointers illuminate what's pointed at bring it into focus ain't it such a fine purty place only thing missin one major component justice is lacking for many this moment we might need a committee to wrestle with that a special committee to wrestle with that something really certain is lowering the curtain knowing we are now all the same thing you call it oligarchy they call it democracy Tolle says it's thought/emotion all the same thing they call it patriotic you call it alcoholic Tolle says dysfunction it's all the same thing different words but pointers illuminate what's pointed at bring it into focus ain't it such a fine purty place only thing missin one major component justice is lacking for many this moment we might need a committee to wrestle with that a special committee to wrestle with that
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Swarming 03:34
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swarming 'round my breathing corpse old indictments still in force nettle me really nettle myself dysfunction ruins my health the Kaiser told the people we can win so quick they'll know before they know it who has the bigger dick and every generation who doesn't learn this con will ly down in their grieving lost another son and every generation who doesn't learn this con will ly down in their grieving lost another son 2. their damage is collateral their damage is at heart a psychopathic yearning to play the central part and I am that in miniature so long as I am ruled by ego-driven vanity use me as a tool and I am that in miniature so long as I am ruled by ego-driven vanity use me as a tool mix it with a key change and jack that tempo up jinx it with a me-first or shout it non-corrupt bring it to a free fest overflow our cup sing it with a fee-less volcano non-erupt 3. so if you want to breath free listen to your self your self is not the ego that's not going to help the ego is a construct that's all in your head will lead you to the junkyard a sad and soiled bed the ego is a construct that's all in your head will lead you to the junkyard a sad and soiled bed mix it with a key change and jack that tempo up jinx it with a me-first or shout it non-corrupt bring it to a free fest overflow our cup sing it with a fee-less volcano non-erupt
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Trauma, Drama & Peace 06:54
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Drama as the speculator acts out in fear trauma as the rainforest disappears peace is way beyond the enterprising entrepreneur peace a comfort zone beneath the fleeting hour a comfort zone beneath the fleeting hours what arises in the pathway what happens in audio array what is felt in the hallway what is thought in the brain wave is what flows in the breezeway is what lands with the gamma ray is what crosses in the headline and the details of the story line rock and lava as the backdrop rock and lava as the backdrop and dancing frequencies music vibrant strings bridges and buildings and aero planes whoa in our element socks scissors but atomic bombs? whoa are we intelligent? 2. Drama as the war machine locks in another magazine trauma as the sociopath acts out another ruthless scheme peace is way beyond the enterprising entrepreneur peace a comfort zone beneath the fleeting hour a comfort zone beneath the fleeting hours what arises in the new day what happens in the bomb bay what is felt in the middle way what is thought in the hurricane is what stands in the damned way is what sounds in the first wave is what crosses the high line and spirals down the long line brain and breath as the backdrop brain and breath as the backdrop and dancing frequencies music vibrant strings coffee shops and carriers and fast trains whoa in our element tophats sweaters but nuclear waste? whoa are we intelligent? Drama as the war machine locks in another magazine trauma as the sociopath acts out another ruthless scheme peace is way beyond the enterprising entrepreneur peace a comfort zone beneath the fleeting hour a comfort zone beneath the fleeting hours
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Thought World 06:13
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Drivin the coastline north in the sun suitcase in the back seat only the one fleein something wherever I'm from knowin now future is draggin me on that I can stop here or further along but I am not I in the sense of that line that I am not bound by the strictures of time in thought world otherwise most of the way no memory of bridge or river or bay in thought world otherwise most of the day delighted to look up suddenly awake 2. the color of iron weed delicate and bright even of the billboard breathtaking sight the people on Craig street vibrate like Christ their gestures Shakespearean elegant and right the lapping of ocean babbling stream aching beauty a musical dream the commonplace enchanted like nothin I've seen in thought world otherwise most of the way no memory of bridge or river or bay in thought world otherwise most of the day delighted to look up suddenly awake to many widows too many scars songs in the teacup songs in the stars something is a lurking out beyond the clouds arrival after sunset laid out in a shroud but there will be a morning like there always has being in the heartland that is what we have a wave of despair rolls across the bow we let it slip on by an old trick we know don't work no more when bank mistake puts your sofa in the rain does his honor judge money lender just the same does sheriff come with handcuffs subdue the CEO billy club and pepper spray concussion bloody flow? you can buy my startup I will with the cash buy myself a horse farm run it with a lash a million at the auction all that for a stamp my chauffeur will deliver straight up to the ramp armed security always at my side even at the gallery collecting is my pride even at my breakfast taters that are fried even at the conference looking at the slides there are my competitors and those that I have fired await an opportunity to take me for a ride in thought world otherwise most of the way no memory of bridge or river or bay in thought world otherwise most of the day delighted to look up suddenly awake
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Begone 05:15
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Breakfast in the morning out before first light workin as a stevedore don't leave me time to write seems like only yesterday my first day at school hangin in around 70 like a rocket it all flew we're gone as good as good as good as gone we're gone as good as good good as good as gone we'll go on without you not to say we won't miss you like those we leave behind will miss us for awhile left me my possessions not needed where I'm goin gotta seize the day imagination reachin long the flight of the jet goes right on through cumulus clouds and the molecues meet the runway tires pitchin smoke a sigh of relief among the travelin folk might come back as a cockroach that might be my fate or just go deep unconscious and never come awake or settle in some heaven tormented in some hell diminish into the woodwork fade like an old church bell we're gone as good as good as good as gone we're gone as good as good good as good as gone even the Mona Lisa will turn to dust one day and the sun will rise one mornin in one gigantic bang but it's all right all is well we are beyond harm ultimately underneath the heartbeat bottom essence we are we're gone as good as good as good as gone we're gone as good as good good as good as gone

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free listening - guest singer Willie Oliver (willEYE) on this one. The songs are more stream of consciousness play this time, channeling the muse,... what social commentary arises is just part of what comes up. Four of the songs (or five if you count Thought World as two) were written before my bout with cancer and reflect some on that mortality-inducing awareness. The other six were written since, mostly in a single burst 2017. The cover art is a detail of an oil painting called The Elder. more paintings at www.thinkspeak.net

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released August 8, 2017

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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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