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1.
ain't got too many silver dollars in the bottom of my cup 01:56
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AIN’T got TOO MANY SILVER DOLLARS IN THE BOTTOM OF MY CUP i got enough to keep me busy though i’m down here on my luck you’re always welcome southern comfort is the lap i’m licking up i never even mind the praying much - one’s bound to fall in love the road is long and ever winding hanging from a heavy sun our hearts beat in (glory) heading forward fists pounding into one can’t blink a second cause you’ll miss it - if you risk it  don’t risk it - don’t (U)dare to fall - don’t (U)dare to fall for love there’s always someone slowly sifting through the pages of my life faithful we keep on cleaning cages mocking changes star struck and striped there’s all this talk of love as having that one big heart of gold same old cliche still getting staler all (of) us (just) getting older AIN’T got TOO MANY SILVER DOLLARS IN THE BOTTOM OF MY CUP i got enough to keep me busy though i’m down here on my luck you’re always welcome southern comfort is the lap i’m licking up i never even mind the praying much one’s bound to fall in love
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i broke it down back home alone again 04:06
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i broke it down back home a lone a gain i threw a stone i hit my mark from where i stand i play my part reluctant 2 pretend my only stance comes from deep within my soul and hopes to make me whole i broke it down my soul be wearing thin i have to walk from here then back a gain i send regards for those new to my train my thoughts R always wandering where i am i’m wondering a free and anxious man i broke it down head home again i’ll swim around those stones so thin for great skipping i throw toward the sun i’m following i have a heavy load i’m swallowing my tongue and i am heading home i broke it down found bones from former friends a long a road so far from where i’d been i picked some up and licked the salt from them with due respect * i left them where the y lay and i went on my w ay i broke i t down back home i roam again up on a plane it flys me with the wind into this/these haze/states to where we’re all feeling i feel amazed to be a part of it
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on the moon demo 04:02
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i found my-self here on the-moon with-nothing left to-do la-menting the re-gret for-all the things we-never-do and never will be done and wondering in the end if all would be the same - this is just who i am i found my-self here on the sun not knowing if i won would things be better then or whether when it’s done that things would be the same - this is just who i am i find myself here in this room with nothing left to do but sit and count the dew drops dripping from the roof there is no one to blame - this is just who i am
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when U gonn AB the dog that's digging me 02:46
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when you gonna be - the dog that’s digging me - have you buried me forever like a bone when ya gonna see - you can’t be wearing me the clothes you wanna wear - is not my own where ya gonna run - the sun is beating down the ray gun set to stun - is burning holes what ya gonna do - you’re hoping that the glue that stuck me tight to you - is gonna hold when ya gonna care - it never has been fair - you always want a share in all this greed what you’re needing now - is never what you want - you’re never wanting what you really need who ya gonna trust - this gold gives such a rush - the drug will finally bring you to your knees when you’re finally full – you’ll’ve traded in your soul - for something that ya coulda got for free when ya gonna come – back to my heart babe - when you do - you’re gonna see - you’ll never be the person that you always say i am when you gonna come - back to my heart babe – when you do - you’re gonna see - that i’m not you and you’re not me - that we can’t be the same you’re stepping on my toes – you’re breathing from my nose - you suggest i take flight to some place higher i am no good for you – i’ll scuff your two good shoes – you’re will - will end up broke along with mine the black they painted me - the shadows of the tree – it’s branches reaching round the neck it ties like a mongrel biting flea – you’re digging into be me - like a dog i’m begging for another bite when ya gonna come - back to my heart babe - when you do - you’re gonna see - that some of you - is going to have - to bend - before i break when you gonna come - back to my heart babe – when you do - you’re gonna see - that i’m not you - and you’re not me – we can not be the same
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i love her 01:52
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i met her in the morning - on a monday - at the market she was trying some summer clothes on - at salvation army prices i love her - i love her i love her - oh - i love her then i saw her there on sunday - it was sunny - she was smiling i knew i had to know her - i’d known it all my life oh - i love her - i love her i love her - i love her the day SLOW-ly unfolding - HER perfume blew my way her smile a dance with daylight - breaking into day her eyes high light out on the ocean blue we both bought us a coffee - and bragged about our haggling then we hooked our hands together and walked our tails a wagging i love her - i love her i love her - oh - i love her
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way down low 04:14
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i’ll meet ya at the bottom of the river i’ll meet you on the sunny side of shore i’ll meet ya in the well in the cold cellar i’ll meet ya as a beggar meets the floor i’ll meet ya way down low way down low when will ya come back to face me to face the greater god of grace you think you’re better in that place, babe but you ain’t any better, babe ya know it ain’t any better sundown i’m down the deepest well down deep even further down than hell way down deep even further than in hell way down low way down low i gave ya all my loving baby you gave me nothing back i gave ya all my healing baby i ain’t got nothing back today no, nothing’s come my way i ain’t got nothing to this day sundown i’m down the deepest well down deep even further down than hell way down (deep) even further than in hell way down low way down low i’ll meet you on the sunny side of the street, i’ll meet you on the sunny side of the street, i’ll meet you on the sunny side of the street will you meet me? will you meet me?
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witch wicked way will the wind blow 02:58
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now i have found the way to be the one • i can not see the sun the day is nearly done C but i’m flying high trying to be (much)wiser then i Dwas the day before THE new horizon Ci can’t be sure what is comingUP Dbut (i’m) hoping ATLEAST there might be SOMETHING good how do you know just which way the wind is blowing well ya stick your head out the train window but the flow is Cin a direction (that) you don’t like where you’re going cause you Dbought the ticket B4 your heart was knowing what it really means to be stuck UP here on a thrown and look at all the shit that the wind has blown ummm ummm umm ummm ummm ummm ummm umm umm um umm um umuumm u umm umm umm umm um how do you know just which way the wind is blowing how do you throw a stone out UP on TO the ocean you skip to the beat of THE train down at your feet going clickity back the other way (as if) smelling RETREAT compelling feeling making make believe in your self again
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love love love song 02:52
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love’s a sunny day • warm shelter from the rain a lonely little light ray • leaking true love’s a simple song we allª want 2 sing along united in • love’s great bigº harmony love they often say • will steal your heart away a blind eye turned • to face towards the sun love love love love ♥️love love love love love love’s a summer day • a hammer hot as hades love ’s your favourite flavour • oF ice cream loving is a choice • a tremor in the voice your heart hoisted high • on to the beam love is the sun • shining from above love will always find U • in the end love love love love ❤︎love love love love love love’s often confused • when tried hard • we must choose between the misconstrued • and mis demeaned a heart felt filled with shame • against a window pane the rain tapping • saying please love let me in love is a rose • the calming in the dose a baby sleeping • deep inside a dream an apple every day • 2 keep nightmares away make sure we all R safe • and sound asleep love love love love ♥️love love love love love love love love love❤︎love love love love love
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prayers for bobby 01:23
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a brother killed his brother by telling to his mother he was gay his mother didn’t answer she just prayed for him she hoped he could be saved his sister only saw the sickness, cancer had grown around his brain his father took a stance on it but tried to keep the flow of things the same life’s full of pain ya got ta learn to live with life’s full of rain comes filling up yer bucket, unexpected
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hey you 04:50
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hey you, i find it hard to bleed for you - your blood is cold - and mine is wine hey you, i guess you think you know me -you knew me for a while hey you i tried so hard to see things through - the pink glass you supplied hey you, i never really left you – you’re always on my mind everyday i always think about you – at least a thousand times i was always hoping you’d come to save me - it’s keeping me a live i was always hoping for my baby to come and make me shine hey you, i’ve walked with you a long way - along a jagged line i could not change the day – my ways are always in the night hey you, i guess i always knew - you never could be mine i couldn’t care much less of ya (though) - i’d (still) climb through barbs and wire hey you i’ll wait for you (‘cuz) i promised to - until you make me shine hey you i’ll wait for you (‘cuz) i promised to - until you make me shine
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i'm flying free 04:57
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i’m flying forth • flying free into ANother weather flying from the way • i wander from i’m looking deep into the SOUL of disillusion • i AM reaching for 1 reason to sing PROUD i’m dropping dreams in2 a hole wishing well as they plop way down there at the bottom • OF All sound AND i DO know running WATER leads down HILL • recedingFAR beyond profound i’m flying foward UN • tethered toward better then it ever seems 2B B4 it’s gone i’m flying free • flying north • heading toward the war i am fleeing into HELL • way UNDERground i’m knowing that the sun comes round to shine down on us ALL and keep us warm from harm SO brief in time BUT 4 now we warm up2 the fire • with FAMILY Television hour • OUR BRIEf escape i’m flying over clover • floating Up above this summer LOVE is in the air so sweet2breathe i’m flying free KNOWing no one KNOWing nothing feeling fortune 2 have ANYthing 2B i’m sleeping later living longer playing THE good soldier dreaming of ANADAN and ANEVA or i’m like a bear cranky as the weather that’s been raining lately there or i’m like a bear cranky as the weather that’s been raining lately HERE i KNOW my FAME KNOW my NAME • is just a figment i imagine 4 2 day to keep me SAfE i’m going forth 4ward 2 the north stuck true2 course smiling un2 U • from under grace if left alone to my disgrace i’ll lay back down onto the face 2SMILE if left alone to this disgrace i’ll lay back down but UP 2FACE the lOVE
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virgin chickens singing in a piano wire choir 02:41
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why believe in any thing at all to be out side is in side me i slept in blood curdling in my ears left on waxed floors dripping tears from screams of snoring in the night my fear of feelings things that didn’t seem quite right was told not to explore all by my self out on my own wrapped in my wool coat warm wandering through the cold struggling stepping in my tracks pacing back wards searching through past footprints still frozen in the snow looking for answers with lanterns shone on questions cord never will quite reach to where the inter sections the light is growing bright the irons in the fire 2 forge a new beginning vegan children singing in A choir llalalala laalalallaala i’m A vegan kidding, sinning, singing in a choir llaalala vegans R so gay please won’t you take my hand and skip A long with me singing lallalalala another lilac vegan grinning casts aspersions stinging double shame falalalala stunned 2stillB living the lie A bovine fool prodding U 2 now Adaze
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down down down by law 01:45
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the right is right from where you are out lying with the flies you can’t see (it) don’t make much sense, it’s right before yur eyes and maybe it has always been that one thing i see wrong that’s right up in the air is in the end up to the law that right up in the end depends on the e nding to this s ong this law that gets so bent becomes the bars through which we’ll crawl lallalalallalallalallalalallalalalalala this law that gets so bent becomes the bars through which we’ll crawl i wonder where you are tonight i’m crying in my milk my tears taste just like lemon juice they drip out all i’ve felt about the way we both well knew good ends are for good health delivery me my destiny it’s too soon still to tell lallalalallalallalallalalallalalalalala delivery me my destiny it’s too soon still to tell
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i haven't got a penny 4 my pocket takeout 03:16
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what if the only chance that we have left is written on a cliff too high and heavy even to lift what if all we need to do is in a shoe the shoe is blue just hidden from view i haven’t got a penny for my pocket i haven’t got a shoe to fit this foot and even though we’re locked inside this locket my love for U forever will be true my love for U forever will be true (but i ) ain’t gonna do no run round baby (i )ain’t gonna buy no rings ain’t gonna get no religion ON can’t seem to budget just these two shoe strings i haven’t got a penny for my pocket i haven’t got a shoe to fit this foot and even though we’re locked inside this locket my love for U forever will be true my love for U forever will be true what if all the world was round AnD all the people thought (again) that it was flat that U could fall off of its edge (down) into a pit i haven’t got a penny for my pocket i haven’t got a shoe to fit this foot and even though we’re locked inside this locket my love for U forever will be true my love for U forever will be true (but i ) ain’t gonna do no run round baby (i )ain’t gonna buy no rings ain’t gonna get no religion ON can’t seem to budget just these two shoe strings i haven’t got a penny for my pocket i haven’t got a shoe to fit this foot and even though we’re locked inside this locket my love for U forever will be true my love for U forever will be true what if the only chance that we have left is written on a cliff too high and heavy even to lift what if all we know is under tow drifting towards a rift in time the grains of sand will shift dragging us along with it i haven’t got a penny for my pocket i haven’t got a shoe to fit this foot and even though we’re locked inside this locket my love for U forever will be true my love for U forever will be true
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flying in the beginning 04:15
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C G F i wish things were simple, things were more like this, then the new kids come in, it all gets inane C G we all go more insane to the end - til the light dies out F G C Am F something about what a dog once told me, we all on, we all must drink the poison from this G C well with no resolve C G C F G F i think that if we can’t breathe the air than maybe we should be the one gets put to death i think that G C G if we(can) breathe the air were gonna find a place to share and if you breathe the air with me i’ll be F free C G Am F G so let me be let me do just what i want ta do - i don’t need ya bugging me C G Am F G C (CG) G i only want to fly and be the wise guy - (i) don’t want to try - not to much anyway C G C G Am F G i want to be free to be lazy - to be humble - to be shy to be wondering why all these people are C G C + always getting on me getting on me - trying to make me be somebody they suppose me to be
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so many ways to fit with in in side this in frastructure c/ joe gillam 03:27
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so many many way to fit within inside this infrastructure x2 when i was a little young boy i thought that everything worked out like that, and now that i get older i miss the way things used to be when i was younger but now am older so it doesn’t matter anyways • i remember things like that so many many way to fit within inside this infrastructure x2 somebody once told me that up is right and wrong is left and all these things made me think that this must be what life is all about, but now i’m having my doubts i’m having my doubts so many many way to fit within inside this infrastructure x1 when i was a little child my daddy sat me down onto his knee he said son, he said son you’re gonna be the light above the moon, that shines down for me it’s all i got(to) keep going on, can’t you see can’t you be who i want to be, like me can’t i • just let it go so many many way to fit within inside this infrastructure
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all i know right now(fool 4 love) 03:35
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all i know right now love’s gonna make a fool of me so tired of bending down • and begging her • please leave me be but even though somehow • i’m dropped again • weak in the knees i’m compromised 2 vow 2 C true love through faith fully all i know right now • love’s gonna • make a fool of me instead of falling down • i’m getting up again 2C my heart so full of doubt • but brave•2bold•2B believed i’m finally finding out • it’s not love’s fault • this we air we breathe (is LOVE) all i know 4 now • you’re gonna make • a fool of me safe and sound inside • a mother’s homemade recipe if i’d made up my mind • by now my soul • would B set free and floating from above • oh say i’d SAY(la C) • what i can C (with love) all i know right now • love’s gonna • make a fool of me from down here on my knees • my eyes can ‘t see • what i believe the west has justice won • all change still chained to slavery still focussed on desire while wandering round what really needs (our love) all i know right now • love’s gonna • make a fool of me she’s got me locked somehow • my head’s undone • without a key my stomach’s up in knots • she cooks 4 me • but i don’t eat in helping of my self •i think i’ll take 2• love sick leave all i know right now •is i’m thinking about calling you don’t know where you are • or whether you’re still feeling blue i’m trying in my mind • to remember to forget how 2 instead i find a way • into your folded arms•a new (i’m missing you) all i know right now • love’s gonna make a fool of me • she’s cut me off somehow • i’m turning blue • i gasp 2BREATHE • my heart is slowing down • 2KEEP PACE with this change in me
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how many ways R there 2 say Ilove U 02:04
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the sun is always shining and the rain don't seem to mind 01:12
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the dogs are in the kitchen – licking up the chicken you’re wife is in a mood – the moon has got her itching and the sun is always shining - your flag is up and flying the sun it keeps on shining and the rain don’t seem to mind the pigs are in the pen - being pigs again they’re rolling round the dirt – flirting with the hens and the sun is always shining – the moon is high from rising the sun it keeps on shining and the rain don’t seem to mind the boys are in the bars – driving fast their cars driving in the nails - a little bit too far but the sun it’s always shining – the boys are drunk and smiling the sun it keeps on shining and the rain don’t seem to mind the cocks play centre stage they’ve made it in the shade the hens peck in house to cook and clean his cage and the sun is always shining the cage is clean and shiny the sun it keeps on shining and the rain don’t seem to mind the cocks are in their cage they’ve made it in the shade the hens are in the house to slave the better part of day and the sun is sometimes sighing – the moon so tired but(still) trying the sun it keeps on shining and the rain don’t/does seem to mind the hens are in the house boasting up their roast waiting on the men to do their better part of work/host but the sun is always shining the sky is blue sunshine buying time the sun it keeps on shining and the rain don’t seem to mind
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the sun is always lying and the moon's all in her eyes 01:43
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dogs paddling in the river swimming ‘gainst the current i’m trying to wash my head free of all sin i’m wondering where is right, i’m wondering what is wrong, i’m wondering ‘bout a world turned on one end and the sun is alway lying and the moon’s all in my mind today we’ll drink like merry men for tomorrow we must die i walk this lonesome road i see you in the door i wonder what is good when all went wrong it’s such a hopeful world I’d like to take you home I’d like to take you in to try you on but the sun is alway lying and the moon’s all in your mind today we sleep as merry men tomorrow we must die
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sunshine early demo 01:48
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C G F F C G love only comes to U once in a while every little while she F F comes to U C G F F it’s there be fore you it’s right before your eyes C G F F singing from the heavens down on U C G F yeah sun sun sun sun shine C G F F sun sun sun sun shine x2 C G F F C there’s only 1 chance we gotta take the leap of faith G F and get up from down here on our knees C G F F if all of life’s so precious then why if there’s no reason C G F should faith not B what makes us stomp our feet C G F we gotta jump jump jump and stomp our feet C G F we gotta keep our hands up clapping in the air C G F F love only comes to U once in a while

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released August 31, 2021

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this diary on this scary day is one of warmth again and play i am not going to say what my feeling really is in fact it’s just a lark that i have any at all no one’s left to listen, no one ever has, my bed’s been made un-wizened so been judged to be the best, but somehow just one wrinkle in my head is always left. ... more

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