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Brainstem Bouquet
03:36
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1. Brainstem Bouquet
When I try to think of you
My thoughts go all askew
Think of all the things you do (for me)
What can I bring to you (I only)
Have this brainstem bouquet today
They say the thought is all that counts
You have my thought in large amounts
Tie them with a red balloon
So when you go out at noon
My brainstem bouquet will follow you
People stop and stare (they gesture)
They want you to be aware (that there's a)
Brain stem bouquet above your
Head - is like the milky way (it's powers)
Constellations bloom every day (like flowers)
In a brainstem bouquet, a brainstem bouquet
I will take my last good-bye kiss
And bet it on a butterfly wish
And when they ask the reason why it’s…
Because - When I think of you
My thoughts go all askew
Think of all the things you do (for me)
What can I bring to you (I only)
Have this brainstem bouquet for you today.
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2. |
Win At The Losing Game
04:08
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2. To Win At The Losing Game (what a shame)
You can build a tower of debt, name it after yourself
Hide the key on the highest shelf
Hide your shame under a golden crown
All hail to the king of clowns
Oh, What a shame to win at the losing game 2X
You may hold the King, you may draw an Ace
You may feel flush when that’s not the case
You can win the hand and still go home poor
if you don’t know what you’re playing for
Oh, What a shame to win at the losing game 2X
Tell your mother, tell your Pa
March down the street ’till you’ve told them all
There’s more to living than the bottom line
Taking care of yours at the expense of mine
Win at the losing, win at the losing game 2X
Clean air to breathe and the water to drink
Food to eat and the freedom to think
You’ll find the simple life the world around
Is the rarest treasure to be found
Oh, What a shame to win at the losing game :3X
You put your name on your tower but power is your game
and the flame is love mistaken for fame
winner or loser it’s all the same
a shower of dollars can’t mask your shame
you built your house on a mountain where you'll feel no pain
Hanging out above the clouds you don’t see no rain
don’t claim to hear the voices from the valley below
saying "the trickle down here’s never been this slow"
You build a castle made of sand right on the shore
for ocean views you can charge much more
lord of the castle you had your day
’till the tide came in and swept it all away.
Win at the losing, win at the losing game XX
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3. 21st Century Country Girl
The heat lamp is on in the brooding house
She gets up at dawn quiet as a mouse
And slips out to check and make sure that the chicks are ok.
She loves to be alone in the chilly morn
Collect the eggs while they’re still warm
And greet the rising sun with a silent song.
She goes to the barn for the smell of hay
And strokes the back her old bay
And says “I’ll be back in a minute with a bucket of grain”.
She breaks the ice off the water trough
And thanks her lucky stars
That she got off the roller coaster ride of city life
She’s a 21st Century country girl
She’s got her feet on the ground she’s a woman of the world
Her hands in the soil and dirt on her knees
Don’t push her around she’ll do what she please
She knows what it takes to grow slow and strong.
She doesn’t need a man but she keeps one around
‘Cause he’s funny sometimes that’s what she’s found
And I’m glad she hasn’t grown tired of the same old shtick.
She lived in a shack in a town called Spink
‘Till her friend burnt it down and it made her think
It’s time to move to Manhattan and sing out on the street
She traveled the world on the wings of song
She could only do it cause she knew it wouldn’t be long
Before she’d be flying back to her country home.
She lives in a cabin with a dog and cat
She walks the beans wearing only a hat
And doesn’t mind who drives by as long as they wave
She’s as happy as a pig in slop
If she wants hot water well there’s wood to chop.
A little quiet time suits her just fine.
She’s a 21st Century country girl
She’s got her feet on the ground she’s a woman of the world
Her hands in the soil and dirt on her knees
Don’t push her around she’ll do what she please
She knows what it takes to grow slow and strong.
She doesn’t need a man but she keeps one around
‘Cause he’s handy sometimes that’s what she’s found
I hope she doesn’t pull too hard on that drawer I fixed.
She’s a 21st Century country girl
She’s got her feet on the ground she’s a woman of the world
Her hands in the soil and dirt on her knees
Don’t push her around she’ll do what she please
She knows how to help you grow slow and strong.
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Easy To Love As You
04:06
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4. As Easy To Love As You (If only everyone were)
It takes all kinds to make a world Boys and girls -
Some swine, some pearls
Doing our best to love one another We discover -
Sometimes, it's a mother -
Everyone created equal -
Equal creators creating a sequel - OM ----
When will everyone be easy to love?
As easy to love as you — as easy to love as you
If everyone had a smile on their face, The whole human race -
was in on the joke and laughed in the same place
If everyone had a song on their lips Flexible hips -
an answer to life at their finger tips
Well, everyone created equal -
Equal creators creating a sequel - OM ----
Maybe then everyone would be easy to love
As easy to love as you — as easy to love as you
If everyone was more like you
I think you'd agree
Our problems would be few
The world would sing in harmony.
Everyone created equal
Equal creators creating a sequel - OM ----
Surely then everyone would be easy to love
As easy to love as you — as easy to love as you
If everyone would pick up their socks Turn off the FOX
do the dishes, refill the teapots
If everyone was willing to share All they had with no care
daring to see if life could be fair
Everyone created equal -
Equal creators creating a sequel - OM ----
Surely then everyone would be easy to love
As easy to love as you — as easy to love as you
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5. |
The Money's Gone
03:29
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5. The Money’s Gone
I’m in a fix and I won’t deny it / It’s the last of my tricks but I’m gonna try it
I’m gonna be honest with you, the money’s gone
I know I owe you more than I can say / that’s why I’m here to play
this song, the money’s gone
Well I want to pay you back but I want you to know / It’s not from lack of want it’s from lack of dough
I hate to tell you brother but the money’s gone
I’d buy you a drink but my money’s gone / down the drain of the sink so I brought this song I hope you’ll sing along ’till the money’s gone
I hope you like this song and you fill the jar so I can put some gas into my car - I promise I won’t be back ’till the money’s gone
I went to the banker down on my knees / I said won’t you spare me some money please? I’m down on my luck, my money’s gone
The banker sitting on pile of money / said your bare assets haven’t accrued sonny and I’ve lost interest in you, your money’s gone
I hope you like this song and it makes you feel a little bit better about your deal - I get to sing this song but my money’s gone
I prayed to the virgin out on the lawn in a pink bathtub down in San Antone’
I cried Mary, roll back my stone
She said I love you honey but your money’s gone and I got no use for a tag along I’ll give you this song I hope they sing along
I hope you like this song and you fill the jar so I can put some gas into my car - I promise I won’t be back until the money’s gone
Now the money’s pouring in and we’ll have some fun
We’ll share the wealth with a musician
Then we can sing along ’till the money’s gone
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Zombie Apocalypso
03:20
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6. The Zombie Apocalypso
The boss he is out drinking
He’s been thinking
He buried us alive
Won’t he be surprised
To find that we survived
The Zombie Apocalypso
The Zombie Apocalypso
The Zombie Apocalypso
The Zombie Apocalypso
The Zombie Apocalypso
Get up and dance
Shake off your trance
This is your chance to live though -
The sun may swoon
In the arms of the moon
It’s the Zombie Apocalypso
The Zombie Apocalypso
The Zombie Apocalypso
The Zombie Apocalypso
The Zombie Apocalypso
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10. What’s Not Supposed To Happen (happens all the time)
I went down to the river just to take a peek
What I saw really made me freak
I saw a black bird hanging from a fishing line
Let me tell you brother, nearly blew my mind
That should never happen it occurred to me
Keep the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea
A tree’s no place for a hook and line
What's not supposed to happen happens all the time
Chorus:
It's not supposed to happen (that's what they say)
It's not supposed to happen (not every day)
It's not supposed to happen (to me or mine)
What's not supposed to happen happens all the time
My baby left me, she said she'd had enough
Enough of what? She said “all your stuff”
Took all of hers and half of mine
What's not supposed to happen happens all the time
I took my pain to the doctor, I said, “doctor please
I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't eat at Mickey D’s"
Doctor said “son, I'd like to ease your mind
But what's not supposed to happen happens all the time”
Chorus:
Bridge:
Pick any station, listen to the news
Everybody's singing an eight bar blues
Can't happen here, and it can't happen there
Guess it's not happening anywhere
Politician was the friend of the working man
Salt of the Earth that's how he ran
But the pork got the salt and the earth got the brine
What's not supposed to happen happens all the time
They found a tribe of peaceful pygmies living under the trees
Missionary said, “let me at 'em please”
Corporation said, “not this time,
We need workers who will work all day for a dime”
Chorus:
It's not supposed to happen (that's what they say)
It's not supposed to happen (not every day)
It's not supposed to happen (to me or mine)
What's not supposed to happen happens all the time
What's not supposed to happen happens all the time
What's not supposed to happen happens all the time
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8. Waltzing and Wrestling with an Angel
I’ve been waltzing and wrestling with an angel
Getting all tangled up in her hair
If you see me in darkness it’s only a shadow
I cast as I stand in her glare.
I’ve been waltzing and wrestling with an angel
Getting all tangled up in her hair
Give me a call, drop me a line
Let me know there’s still somebody there.
Blame my burning obsession
Keeps me turning away
When you see me look into the face of my angel
You know that there’ll be hell to pay.
I’ve been waltzing and wrestling with an angel
Getting all tangled up in her hair
If you see me in darkness it’s only the shadow
I cast as I stand in her glare.
It’s the flame of my burning obsession
Keeps me turning away
When you see me look into the face of my angel
You know that there’ll be hell to pay.
When you see me look into the face of my angel
You know that there’ll be hell to pay.
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9. |
Canyon
05:27
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9. Canyon
I’m flying, over the Canyon
Watching my shadow climb the walls
The river’s a sliver of light
A ribbon that weaves a path through the night
‘Till the waters at dawn mirror the sky
While the lovers uncovered stand hand in hand
Poised on the brink of the falls
Then push from the safety of shore
Into the mouth of the rapids’ roar
Feeling the breath of death on their necks
They fill their lungs with the song they’ve sung about …
Flying over the Canyon
Watching their shadows climb the walls
The river’s a sliver of light
A ribbon that weaves a path through the night
‘Till the waters at dawn mirror the sky
And the lovers discover in each other’s eyes
A light that could shine in their world
And push from the safety of shore
Lean into the wave that could flip them o’er
Feeling the kiss of life in the mist
They fill their lungs with the song they’ve sung about ….
Hey-La, Hey-La Shay-la, Hey-La Shay-la Hey-La Oh
Hey-La Shay-la, Hey-La Oh
Ding dong goody goody watcha ding dong go, ding dong go
Ding dong goody goody watcha ding dong go, ding dong go
Hey-La, Hey-La Shay-la, Hey-La Oh
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Sandbag Lane
02:55
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11. Sandbag Lane
She didn’t need a weatherman, she didn’t need a vane
She was prepared for disaster, but when it came
It was the wrong disaster, it didn’t have a name
It came out of nowhere down on Sandbag Lane…
On Sandbag Lane on a moonless night
The darkness gathered ‘round a pale street light
And from the shadows someone sang
Sounding like the wind through a canyon of pain
The wind whistled through a canyon of pain
And it sounded so sweet on Sandbag Lane
On Sandbag Lane
Seven times you stumble, eight times get up again
She threw her duffel in the trunk of her car
And pointed that wagon at the northern star
She didn’t take a map didn’t stop to tie her shoes
She couldn’t get lost she had nothing to lose
On a blue highway where the traffic was light
With no signs to stop her she might take flight
But with a lover named Chance she had nothing to gain
She knew she’d end up back on Sandbag Lane
On Sandbag Lane, on Sandbag Lane
Seven times you stumble, eight times you’re up again
Life will send a message, nine times out of ten
Its eleven times you stumble, twelve times - get up again
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12. Turning Right Against the Light Again
She was laying on the deck, she was catching some rays
She was thinking about how the body decays
She was turning right against the light again.
He was cruising in his car, he was listening to tunes
His mind was an empty thought balloon
He was turning right against the light again.
He drove up on the lawn, he missed the potted palm
He stopped just short of her sarong
He was turning right against the light again.
Two wrongs don’t make a right but
Two rights could right a wrong
A changing light could change a life around
If you have the sense tonight to treat your baby right
She might turn right against the light again.
He said “baby since I’m here anyway,
invite me in I’d like to stay
I turned right against the light again”.
She said, “what the heck, come up on the deck
I was just thinking how life is a wreck
Then you turn right against the light again”.
Now two of a kind they’re sitting on the deck
Wondering how to play it up the neck
And then they turn right, and they turn right
And they turn right, and they turn right
And they turn right, and they turn right
And they turn right against the light again.
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12. |
Living On Earth
05:54
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13. Living on Earth
We’re hand me downs from the lost and found
We’re not put here to stay
We’re refugees, down off the trees
Who hope to walk upright one day.
Isn’t it funny and rather sublime that we’re
living on Earth at the very same time?
Living on Earth
We booked this club for a limited engagement
All the time our luck allows
You be my manager, I’ll be your agent
‘Till we take our final bows.
We’re lotto winners, the original sinners,
We got our apple pie in the sky
We’re rank beginners at senior dinners
We’re trying to see eye to eye
We’re dining on sunbeams and sweet water wine
we’re living on Earth and we’re doing just fine.
Living on Earth
Gentlemen and elephants made out of the elements
Ladies who can dance in pants
Polar bears and burkas, holy men and workers
Salamanders, fleas, and ants.
We’re sailing on sunlight we’re surfing the breeze
We’re living on Earth with the greatest of ease….
Living on Earth
The bought and sold is getting old
The “who owes what to whom”
We’ll pay the price, the web of life
is coming off the loom.
We’re dancing on razor blades stuck in the sand
We don’t want to see what we don’t understand.
Living on Earth
Come along I’ll lay my shadow down
‘Cross the mud puddle in your path
Don’t want to spy on the one on high
But I cry when she does the math.
We’re vagabonds with stocks and bombs
We hope someday will pay
We’re bags of bones with megaphones
That’s all I have to say…
But isn’t it funny and rather sublime that we’re
Living on Earth at the very same time?
Living on Earth
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13. |
Trouble And Glory
03:32
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14. Trouble & Glory
There’s trouble in the water / There’s trouble in the air
There’s trouble on the land / There’s trouble everywhere
No need to chase it / Trouble, it ain’t hard to find
There’s trouble in the body, there’s trouble in the mind
There’s trouble in the morning / There’s trouble in the night
There’s trouble to the left / There’s trouble on the right
Can’t out run it / Trouble leaves no place to hide
Trouble out there, and there’s trouble inside
Amazing grace, the gift, the call
Reveals the Glory shining through it all
Glory, Glory, shining through it all
There’s Glory in the water / There’s Glory in the air
There’s Glory on the land / There’s Glory everywhere
Don’t need to chase it / Glory is not hard to find
There’s Glory in the body, there’s Glory in the mind
Glory in the morning / There’s Glory at night
There’s Glory to the left / There’s Glory to the right
Can’t out run it / Glory leaves no place to hide
There’s Glory out there there’s Glory inside
Amazing Grace how sweet the sound
Reveals the glory shining all around
Glory, Glory, shining all around
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14. |
You Can Be Like Me
03:04
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15. You Can Be Like Me
I want to be a rolling stone / But I don't want to leave my home
I want to catch a rising star / But I don't want to reach that far
I want to be a guiding light / But I keep the door shut tight
I want to see a change / As long as everything stays the same
Don't want to be a soldier
Don't want to be a holy man
Don't want to be a culture warrior
I just want a seat up in the stands
You can be like me, take a seat at my T V
Don't worry I'll be fine just as long as I can whine
Don't want to be a Limbaugh / Don’t want to be a Francophile
I don't want Viagra / I don’t want to do it froggy style
You want to run for parliament / You want to be the president
You want to be a CEO / You want to be rolling in dough
You want to win a season pass
Including housing food and gas
You want a VIP to wipe your
Dirty little windshield
You can be like me, take a seat at my TV
Don't worry I'll make room - Pizza ordered coming soon
You can be like me - take a seat at my TV
My TV!
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7. Let Us Meet at the Edge of the Universe
Let us meet at the edge of the universe
Where galaxies go to unwind
Where time, that boxcar hobo
Can jump from the tracks of your mind
Let's make our home in the cosmos
Under a blanket of stars
We'll dance in the space between spaces
As the pleiades ladies play their guitars
Fly spaceman, carry Adam's prayer
Far, to the dark side of eve
I lost, will find you there
And stay 'till I have to leave
An ocean pounds inside a seed
‘Till a wave becomes a leaf
The leaf becomes a fragile boy
Who grows into a tree
A tree makes temples to the sun
And bends before the wind
Then falls in rows in silent halls
Like all of Noah's kin
Fly Spaceman, carry Adam's hope
Far to a bright new land
All the stars you see are sparks
Thrown from that first fire in the sand
Raise your hands, grandmother's palms
Jesus, Mary's son, Abraham's daughters touch your heart
Let their will be done
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David Lee Densmore Washington
David lives on a people preserve, a small Island in the upper left hand corner. There he lives with his wife, Susan Osborn
and dog, painting and writing songs and fixing things.
David has written lyrics for a number of Susan's albums This is the first release of his own songs.
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