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a Seed of Questionable Origin
put it deep
in the ground
u don't know if it spouts u don't know
u put a seed
in the ground
u don't know what you're getting into
until
u
see the fruit
if it's sweet
teardrop
if it was
a tree
it would make a hundred thousand
tear-drop leaves
and you'd live
in the shade
happily ever
after one short century
better off
as a flower
a dandelion in the heat of summer
and a wish
you'd receive
one wish only guaranteed,
but wish for a hundred yellow weeds.
put it deep
in the ground
u don't know if it spouts u don't know
u put a seed
in the ground
u don't know what you're getting into
until
u
see the fruit
if it's sweet
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2. |
the Morning Light
03:33
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the Morning Light
the morning light
came into
the room where i
was sleeping
now it's much too bright
and i
must look upon the things
i left behind
and u,
u are gone
up on a mountain side
with a pack
full of food
and a very small knife
to protect u
from the lonely nights,
and the bears
that will eat u alive
your skin and all your
tender insides
your sweet juicy heart
like a cherry
and your blood
as rich as wine
that will feed
the poor creatures
just
like
Jesus Christ
in the morning light
the day was much too bright
and i
must look upon the things
he left behind
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3. |
the Desert
04:43
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the Desert
they say the desert
is hot and lonely
and only
ho-spitable
to some
and truly,
de-solate,
and hot
but it is not
so terribly
lone-some
see i went to the West
u have to go
al-one.
to see the things that appear
only
to some
and i went, the the West
to turn over some stones
and find the things you can
only find
al-one
and the Desert, if given time
and s p a c e
eventually,
will turn to the
sea
so that the ocean waves
make fog to feed
the endlesss
redwood
trees
turned the car, to the North
to find some clear and cold
come twilight
I will
fill
the sky with
sparks
and there, in the Dark
by the light of fallen
trees
I found a little
plastic effigy.
still many more miles to go
and where ever I stop
will be home
and should
u forgive me,
I'll go to
where ever
u are.
Because there
in the Dark,
by the light of fallen trees
I found u
in the dirt
while I was digging
for me.
And there,
in the Dark,
Eight thousand miles
from the start,
it still,
is u...
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4. |
put Michael in the car
02:13
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put Michael in the car
From my
Dark there is a door
it leads out to the porch
Michael's making dinner with charcoal
My room is 10x5
there aren't any lights
but there's maps on all the walls
because...
i got to go
there aren't no stars in the sky
and if i get real high
i might remember
why i get real high
and lots of other lies
maybe michael... will walk... tomorrow
And Tallahassee
is a place i visit frequently
i gotta go there
because there's lots of trees
And how much shit could you fit in a 1996
volvo 850
oh god i gotta go
but are you comin with me?
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5. |
Out of Tune Guitar
03:04
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Out of Tune Guitar
out of tune guitar
out of tune
just
like
my
bro-ken
heart
it wasn't bro-ken
by a man
it just split into two
i walked from room to room
one half was in each hand
but we…
we were all out of glue.
they say,
if u have no band-aid
pour whiskey on the wound,
until…
the pain it goes a-way.
they say,
if u are
dying in the desert
put sand all in your eyes
you'll see
the thirst it goes a-way.
out of tune guitar
out of tune
just
like
my
brok-en
heart.
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6. |
into the Mountains
03:56
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into the Mountains
and i don't know
why we have to go
but we do
and soon
and i don't know
how the flowers grow
in the cold
but they do
told my mom i'd miss her so
but we agreed real long ago
but we agreed long time ago
if i got thru school
i could be a hobo
said oh my darling daughter
how i love u so
i once was a traveler
i've seen many roads
with songs in your heart
who needs a home
with songs in our hearts
who needs a home?
but what if it starts to snow
and they close all the roads
and we're stuck in the cold
in Colorado
at thirteen
thousand feet
we'll write songs inside of the jeep
and we'll be warmed by the harmoniees
and the whisskey
and oh my darling we've come all this way
and is it just me or has the sky turned gray?
oh my darling traveler,
how I love u so
but the snow is falling faster
and soon will take the road
and oh how I'm so scared of the cold
oh how I'm so scared of the cold.
oh my darling traveler,
no we shall not die
the snow storm it will take us
and cover us in ice
but in seven hundred years it will be alright
when the scientists bring us back to life
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7. |
Shugga Shug
05:09
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Shugar-Shug
Dearest Sugar cube,
last on in the bowl.
What is this life dear?
And why,
must we go?
Where are your brothers?
Where are your brothers,
have they gone
to tea?
Where are your brothers?
Where are your brothers;
I thought them all
so sweet.
And oh how you've changed,
from the sugar cane.
From the forgotten planes
the places we've drained
of
Florida.
Such a shame
And when you sleep
what do you dream?
Are your nightmares
coffee and cream?
Is it death dear,
was there much pain?
When the tiny
black ants
came to
take u
grain
by
grain?
And back to the tunnels again.
Dearest Sugar cube,
last one in the bowl.
What is this life dear?
And why
must we go?
Where are your brothers?
Oh, where are your brothers,
have they gone,
to tea?
Where are your brothers?
Oh, where are your brothers;
I
thought
them
all,
so
sweet.
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8. |
Go
02:03
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Go
go
go
go
to the middle of
no
no
where
and make
make
make
a lovely
home
home
where
the cotton grows
two more years to go.
when u go
let some skin
show
'cause no one
wants to
be alone.
even though,
only cotton
grows.
No
No
No
vember put
ladybugs in your hair.
no
no
no
one know what's
goin on up there
Is it fall?
Did he come home
after all?
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9. |
Winter
05:19
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Winter
Winter moves all around,
slowly,
until it climbs in bed
and holds me.
and my hot blood from Florida
froze quick in Montana
and in came the Cold
thru a small mouse hole.
He moved into my room
took bites of all my food
and shit all over the floor
so…
I wouldn't be so…
I would be so lo…
I wouldn't be so lonely, anymore.
Winter comes back around
now with all his friends,
the Dark and the Cold
they have found u again.
and my paper heart from Florida
got soaked thru in Louisiana
all the dry courage I found in the West
and held tight in my chest
got left out in the Rain
and thru the leak I forgot to mend
the Dark found his way in
and
then,
Held mass every Sunday,
the choir composed in my chest
we gossip and complain
coffee and cake,
and
then
to God
we raise our voice
and pray
we say
Rain
Rain
go away
come a-back another day
Rain
Rain go
and give the tired hearts a break
and warm the bed I fin'lly made
and dry the church for Sunday
and forgive
the tired hearts.
Rain
Rain
go away
and come a-back another day
rain
rain go,
and forgive the tired hearts.
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