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School's Out
04:02
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Let me swim and keep on swimming
Bordered by two beginnings
Because the waves between are life
They live between an unknown darkness
And another unknown darkness
Volcano, spare our only daughter
She was not made to be a martyr
And the way your lava flows
It beckons like a moon so bright
We mistake it for first light
The snow is now falling
Now school can begin
The snow has all melted
And school’s out again
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Sacrificial
03:34
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A barefoot man led me up the mountainside
With every step he left a trail of pain behind
He said “If you can’t pay, you musn’t climb—
This rock asks nothing but it knows your blood from mine.”
The sun’s not going down, the sun’s just being shy
The clouds look heavy like they’re duct-taped to the sky
But it won’t rain and I know why:
No one’s dancing, no one’s praying, no one bleeds and no one cries
Sacrificial
At the crosswalk I lost a flip-flop in the street
Kicked off the other and walked the distance in bare feet
Over sharp terrain and dreadful heat
I left this blood for you so you might favor me next time we meet
Sacrificial
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Mexican Coke
04:03
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You ask me why I carry cash around with me all the time—
Don’t you see all these “Yard Sale” signs?
When I flip this first edition for a cool grand
Then maybe you’ll understand
Where there’s a will, there are ways
So take this five-dollar bill
And go and buy yourself a Mexican Coke with the change
There’s no using all the unused hours down the line
You can’t stockpile time
What has the night to do with sleep
When there are promises to keep?
Remember all that you pass
Make the first thing the last
The innocent get to dream, the rest of us crash
If you leave the doors open so the flies can escape
You’re just inviting the rattlesnakes!
We can always do more harm than good
Our best intentions misunderstood
Whether we drink from the stream
Or find it’s just a mirage
Bet you a Mexican Coke it comes out in the wash
--For Simon Joyner--
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Mallow T'ward the River
06:37
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Mallow t’ward the river passing Perry on the way
When you see that water that’s where Perry’s ashes lay
Perry was my uncle and his heart was black and cold
He cheated many women and he murdered men for gold
“Uncle, oh dear uncle, is there nothing that you fear?
The women plot their vengeance and the men are drawing near.”
“Nephew—silly nephew!—you are such a foolish one.
I’ll be here tomorrow, same as river, same as sun.”
Soon my wicked uncle was half deaf and mostly blind
His body shrank and withered like the skin snakes leave behind
When they came upon him they beat uncle like a beast
The river changed direction and the sun set in the East
We tried to bury uncle but the Earth refused the bones
Each time we started digging we would always strike a stone
Mallow t’ward the river passing Perry on the way
When you see that water that’s where uncle’s ashes lay
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One Can Only Love
08:43
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I knew you from birth
I knew you from birth
I knew you from birth, when our tears dampened the Earth
I knew you all along
I knew you all along
I knew you all along, you were in all my favorite songs
You made me feel at home in a lonesome place
I knew you would be mine
I knew you would be mine
I knew you would be mine, it was only a matter of time
Beneath a nickel moon
Beneath a nickel moon
Beneath a nickel moon the crickets sang all afternoon
You taught me to find peace where there is no grace
One can’t just believe
One can’t just believe
One can’t just believe, there must be something more achieved
One can’t just believe
One can’t just believe
One can’t just believe, there must be something more achieved
But one can only love, one can only love
One can only love
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Clipper Ship
04:45
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Clipper ship
Like a falcon: steady strong and swift
Hurtling past
With a painted moonsail on the mast
Peering out
Could it be the famous Flying Cloud?
Clipper ship
Cracking through the dawn like a horsewhip
Built for speed
It tracks an ancient sky that cracks and bleeds
But can’t prevail
With icicles and shadow on its trail
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Mood Indica (Reprise)
04:00
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Three Lobed Recordings Jamestown, North Carolina
Three Lobed Recordings is a boutique record label that specializes all flavors of psychedelia. The label was started in 2000 and is largely operated by cats.
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