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Baby Songs
04:57
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Melvin made a million had a mansion by the sea
greed and jealousy
Martha sings her baby songs in the morning love and trust
2.
Ronnie stalks the coffee shop
with a stage fright you can see inferiority
Emily looks up from her paragraph love and trust
refrain:
Sidney his SUV bumper in your mirror
someone hurting someone in a prison cell and being hurt
rage and revenge
violence is to justice as anger is to pain
3.
Tommy took a do-o-nut to feed anxiety
melancholia
Martha sings her baby songs in the afternoon love and trust
4.
Dina stood to knock on wood to protect her misery
fear and doubt
Martha sings her baby songs in the evening love and trust
Martha sings her baby songs in the morning love and trust
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2. |
You Toe Pee Yah
04:53
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Lookin around the corner here it's stick-up time for the poor again
a heist on the heels of a heist again
and some of us are questioning
chorus:
you see something on the horizon glittering appeal
walk on toward it with your focus
utopia utopia
2.
measuring what is measured here it's privilege time for the rich again
a heist on the heels of a heist again
and more of us are noticing - chorus
3.
ecological ex-entrepreneur sees matter in space and time again
sees billions in stars and years again
sees billions diverted to the rich again
and there is growing resistance - chorus
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3. |
WTO
04:18
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Chorus:
There is a sorry situation manifests itself in WTO WTO
there is a misinterpretation, the phenomenon of globalization WTO WTO
1.
the rulers use their power to expand their wealth and privilege
supercede the people's law disregard biology poison in the river
2.
the rulers use their power to influence lawmaker
tap you with their night stick tax your chilly prison cell toxins in the river
chorus
3.
the rulers use their cannon to call the shots
determine what is newspaper enable talking right winger
poison in the river
4.
the rulers have the power to create a zealous palace guard
instigate a coup d'etat institute dire consequences toxins in the river
chorus
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4. |
Out of Their Mind
03:46
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my friend Basil healthy as a horse
dances with his toes while sittin on the porch
Basil in the kitchen when Julianna came
stepped out through the screen door in the pourin rain
dancin went out of his mind my friend Basil out of his mind
courtin courtin nothin but courtin night and day
Julianna in his eye night and day
2.
my friend Julianna healthy as a horse
ran from the rain up onto the porch
Basil in the kitchen when she arrived
stepped out she looked up in surprise
rationality went out of their minds
Basil and Julianna out of their minds
kissin kissin nothin but kissin night and day
nothin else in their eye night and day
3.
my friends now are sittin on the porch
both of them friends are healthy as a horse
20 toes dancin 4 feet thick
screen door slappin little ones six
screen door out of their minds
little ones out of their minds
courtin kissin singin laughin
nothin but singin night and day
laughin and singin night and day
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5. |
These Days
04:13
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these days they disappear unavailable out of here
more time has passed than time will come
more future left than time has passed
and legions lost alive to be
here I am now now I am here
I am now here now am I here
here am I now
2.
these days they disappear unavailable out of here
no matter what matter's size you see
there is surrounding something empty
and matter may consciousness be
here I am now now I am here
I am now here now am I here
here am I now
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6. |
Workaholic
04:15
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a flash in the night catches my attention
like anybody else's instinctive reaction
but i'm not a raven shiny object search
I can get back to my work
the day is flash-in-the-night enough for me
it comes in repetition it still surprises me
flash in the night don't blind me
flash in the night don't describe me
flash in the night ain't we a flash in the night
workaholic cries jobs jobs mister minister calls god god god
entrepreneur wants everything easy
2.
a loud noise catches my attention
like anybody else's instinctive reaction
but i'm not a dog tail tucked between my legs
I can get on with my list of things
the day is big-bang-enough for me
it comes in repetition it still surprises me
flash in the night don't blind me
flash in the night don't describe me
flash in the night ain't we a flash in the night
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7. |
Foggy Morning
03:07
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chorus:
I love foggy mornings when white gulls shriek and swoop
they play in their ancient way in gatherings out at Black Rocks
1.
they are not in town for a conference
they are not flagging a cab
they are not sliding into home plate
nor putting drinks on a tab - chorus
refrain:
you get tangled in chains chasin money
and you're laid in a grave just the same
best to hold back awhile and savor
the minutes that won't come again
2.
they are not muddying the waters
nor masking the slaughter house odor
no nuclear waste trucked 'cross every state
no mines to explode at the border - chorus
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8. |
Soon with the Stars
05:00
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I couldn't believe my fortune I saw my baby girl
her crown the only part of her so far in this world
chorus:
I couldn't hold the tears back I didn't even try
it seemed so appropriate to cry to cry
it seemed so appropriate to cry cry cry
2.
I heard her speak her fist word there for her first step
I held her on her bicycle and suddenly she left
when I tried to guide her she didn't want my help
always was determined to do it by herself - chorus
3.
I told her once the rain went up after it came down
I had to hide my smile as she made that child face frown
she said the water from my hose washin on my car
would run down fast the driveway and soon be with the stars
chorus
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9. |
Ronnog & Stevens
03:06
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Ronnog and Stevens were lovers so naturally they moved to the south
they were yankee liberal bohemians didn't know no status quo
they were color blind didn't know black from white
2.
Ronnog picked the words right up out of the air
put'em in a basket of books
but they didn't lay there no they kinda sang there
a song of Atlanta singin for we singin for we
3.
Stevens was a sculptor a sculptor of the flesh
made his flesh of wood and wire
put his finger to the metal of everything skeletal
of humor and mortality singin for we singin for we - repeat 1. then,
Ronnog and Stevens were lovers
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10. |
Sisco and His Dad
03:26
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Goin west ol' Missoura findin me a friend
haven't seen'em since the army turned us outside in
chorus:
ever visit has a leave takin ever road a bend
ever clock has a tock tickin ever song must end
2.
suit case bus station street scenes from a cab
in the doorway bungalo haven Sisco and his Dad - chorus
refrain:
sittin at the table comaraderie leadin to the observation
that this sad veil may not be on the button may not be
this sad veil
3.
goin east ol' north Georgia a little spring now in my gait
haven't known since deep sensation nothin else need change
chorus
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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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