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2beers
03:56
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When Life is a drag and you want out
You’re workin’ too hard and you’re filled with doubt
You don’t know if the causes you fight are your own anymore
I got some medicine for ye
Two beers and a rock n roll show
That’s all you need to have a good time
And if your havin trouble with that kind o’ dough
I’d be happy to lend you some of mine
When you’re startin’ to feel your step is gettin’ a little tight
And your wonderin if anything you’re doin’ is for any kinda right
Life’s bleak man, it’s just no fun anymore
I’ve got some advice for ye
Two beers and a rock n roll show
That’s all you need to have a good time
And if your havin trouble with that kind o’ dough
I’d be happy to lend you some of mine
When the days get longer and longer and the nights are too damned short
And you never seem to get enough sleep, the alarm always pops that cork
The coffee shop just doesn’t do it for ye anymore
I got a few words for ye
Two beers and a rock n roll show
That’s all you need to have a good time
And if your havin trouble with that kind o’ dough
I’d be happy to lend you some of mine
So get a grip man, don’t you slip
‘Cause we’re gonna pitch a fit tonight before we kip
And don’t you worry your pretty little head anymore
‘Cause I’m about to tell ye what tonight’s got in store…
Two beers and a rock n roll show
That’s all you need to have a good time
And if your havin trouble with that kind o’ dough
I’d be happy to give you some of mine
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Goin' Back Home
04:42
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I’m gonna make a road
Stone by ugly stone
I know it’s time to go
I’m goin’ back home
Don’t say that I should stay
I’ve paid and paid and paid
Alone most every day
I’ve got to make my way
I don’t have any more time to waste
I’ve got to look freedom in her face
And that’s why
I’m comin’ home to you
I want you to know
The lazy days are done
And there’s a candle in my heart
That’s been burning so low
But the days are dark and long
And the wax is almost gone
So I’m sweeping out a place
To let a truer fire glow
I don’t have any more time to waste
I’ve got to look freedom in her face
And that’s why
I’m comin’ home to you
If there’s a demon on the road
I’ll kill him with my bow
And in the soft morning dew
I’ll kiss his shadow as I go
And with a mind like a beam
nothing stands between
My life my love, my goal,
To make it back home
“Cause I don’t have any more time to waste
I’ve got to look freedom in her face
And that’s why
I’m comin’ home to you
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Time Factotum
05:20
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King Fool
03:41
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I may be clever witted,
But that don’t mean I’m not stupid
I may be smooth
But that don’t mean I don’t need cupid
I may be a lion
but I cuddle like a lamb
I pretend when no one’s looking
That I don’t give a damn
Chorus:
I’m a fool
I’m a King
Damn king Fool…
I may be strong
But that don’t mean I won’t fumble
I may act straight
But that don’t mean I won’t stumble
I may be simple minded
but I pounce like a cat
and you can call me an arrogant bastard just for thinking that
I’m hunting for reason
But I get lost in the storm
I’m just like everyone else
But I refuse to conform
I’d like to think that women should be obscene
But not hurt
‘Cause I’m a sensitive guy
But I’ve got the horn
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I was an old man
I’m not an old man anymore
I was a courtier in the house
Of common success
I wore the robes they gave me,
I wore what they wore
I used to hate myself
I don’t bend that way anymore
Now I’m a courtesan
In the art of
May you be blessed?
And I’ll never return to that kingdom
If I must leave my treasure chest
Civilization, civilization
Is an Iron Lung
I drank from their golden cup
Wines of the deepest red
Blood of the soldiers dyin’
So that I might be fed
Where is my Love?
Where is my dignity?
This chair fits me like a glove
There’s no room to Breathe
I’m standin up
I’m walkin out on you
I’ll never return to your kingdom
Your way is savage and cruel
Civilization, civilization
Is an Iron Lung
I will live in love
not in obligation
Immerse myself in harmony
And not in isolation
Spread my wings to shelter
Those in sufferation
I will return
My blood is thick and true
For I’m never apart from freedom
No matter what I do
Though civilization may be an iron lung
My breath is mine to choose
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Hair Like a Crow
05:16
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Hair Like a Crow
I was a dragon in his cave
Hording jewels and maids
An epiphany on the breeze
Directed you to me
You crawled into my lair
You didn’t know what you’d find there
I opened up my wings
To protect you, pretty thing
You soon became my star
I hope you never stray too far
Hair like a crow
Cheeks as soft as snow
Your being is aglow
I want you to know
I love you
I love you
I was a cynic in his room
Living only for my doom
In the town I was a fool
A drunken soldier escaped from rule
Always on the lam
Untouched by softer hands
But a flower on the road
Seduced my senses back to home
I stood and watched a while,
Waiting to kiss her with my smile
Hair like a crow
Cheeks as soft as snow
Your being is aglow
I want you to know
I love you
I love you
Bending in the breeze
We fell together to our knees
When her petals touched my skin
I loosed my hold and soon gave in
To a comforting embrace
The sweet softness of her face
Now I find beauty in the things
At which slander I used to fling
I stand so proud and tall,
Against the strength of her, my wall
Hair like a crow
Cheeks as soft as snow
Your being is aglow
I want you to know
I love you
I love you
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Another Crashing
08:10
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Your body bakes
Your spirit quakes
And you throw your self under
Another crashing wave
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Embracing Every Terror
03:08
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My body is the earth
My flesh is clay
My vision is the sun that illumines the day
I’ve walked amongst the living and I’ve tried to believe
I’ve tried to fit in and I’ve tried to achieve
But the ways of mankind just resembled disease
So scared of one another that we can’t stand peace
But GENTLE waves upon the sand are what shapes the beach
I have so much to learn and so much to teach
Embracing every terror
Drinking every joy
Praying in the moonlight
Each step we will enjoy
The wound heals the healer
Through open skin the spirit breathes
The broken flesh of our lives
May find relief in the breeze
What we need is not more anger
But the courage to breathe
So take up your aching body and allow to receive
I want to see you revel in the palace of your heart
I want to hear your lips sing a light in the dark
I want to feel your strength as your eyes widen and spark
This brew is not so bitter, just pleasantly tart!
Embracing every terror
Drinking up the joy
Praying in the moonlight
Each step we will enjoy
If I scribble another line will the earth be saved?
If I find my true nature will my stress fade away?
Can I give my whole life for A truth I can’t see?
Is there a secret part of you that looks exactly like me?
Beyond the towering walls of reason is there a place to be free?
Can I unite with I to sever the ties and just be?
Is there a purpose to these verses? To some the answers are so plain…
Yes. We need to live the questions, not be mired in shame!
Embracing every terror
Drinking up the joy
Praying in the moonlight
Each step we will enjoy
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Dragon March
03:26
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Beau James Wilding Carpinteria, California
Gritty and poetic folk-punk-blues-rock. Organic earnestness with a brazen rasp. “Brilliantly eccentric songcraft” –Aldora Britain Records
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