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Gulaschkanone
02:51
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Cutting vegetables in the rain
Ride my bike to buy propane
Can't stop wondering how I got here
Can't stop wondering why I came
Gulaschkanone
What have I done?
I'm cooking dinner
for everyone
Gulaschkanone
I light your fire
Gulaschkanone
I'm getting tired
Jesus, make me new again
I don't know what I am saying
I can't sit down and I can't stand up
Jesus, won't you fill my cup?
Gulaschkanone
What have I done?
I sang a song
about demons
Gulaschkanone
I light your fire
Gulaschkanone
I'm getting tired
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2. |
Robinson
04:05
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Robinson
O Little Blonde Boy
You were born with
overwhelming compassion
but over the years
you've been changed by the world
and I don't know what happened
Robinson
O Little Blonde Boy
O Hapless Alien
you are a brilliant one
Whatever you believe
you haven't changed to me
eternally you'll be
Little Blonde Boy
Younger Brother
Robinson
Robinson
O how our lives have changed
there are so many things
I'd like to ask you
but maybe we should play a game
and forget about it all
Cause whatever you believe
you haven't changed to me
eternally you'll be
Little Blonde Boy
Younger Brother
Robinson
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3. |
Jingshan Park
02:18
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The grey, faded skyline
absorbed into the ember
Foggy neon characters
suspended like a lantern
And my organs swim through smog--
Apocalyptic splendor
A sleepy buddha stares
From the tallest temple
Stagnant golden skin
where all the hopeful people
Leave offerings and gifts
hoping for a miracle
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4. |
Killin' It
02:58
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Outside smoking
the kids are all in black
they don't need
they don't need to see this act
The dull light
from their phones
And the neon signs
make their bodies glow
Inside
on a wooden floor
There you are
You are pouring out your soul
You're killin it tonight
for twenty people
And twenty people
Are hanging on
to every word
the walls are vibrating now
with something pure
And at the end
of the night
You might've made enough
to cover gas
but you left the people
so inspired
You're killin it tonight
for twenty people
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5. |
Alcoholic Saints
03:29
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This man came to me
and asked if I was his friend
who killed himself last year;
he played in a punk band
He said he was tripping
when he saw me leaning
against the wall of the bar
I never felt so far
And all my Alcoholic Saints
they sang with fire on their tongues
Hymns of desperation
and together they were one
and as I turned to go
they sent their blessings on my way
Good God, I almost stayed
I made my way outside
and stood out in the snow
Ventured into the alley
where I knew I could be alone
Summoned the beer from my belly
and I threw it against the wall
$20 worth of porters now wasted and gone
$30 worth of porters now wasted and gone
And all my Alcoholic Saints
they sang with fire on their tongues
Hymns of desperation
and together they were one
and as I turned to go
they sent their blessings on my way
Good God, I almost stayed
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6. |
UC 4 ME
03:22
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On New Years Eve
we waited for fireworks
but nothing happened
and nobody was there
I didn't care
I walked away and shrugged
what I wouldn't give
for a Utica Club
The decade is half over now
so many things have happened
I can't keep track of who or how I've changed
but I know that I have
Back in the old town again
everybody's dancing with drinks in their hands
I wasn't in the mood
so I just stopped and stared
I didn't care
I walked away and shrugged
what I wouldn't give
to be back in Korea singing karaoke
I didn't care
I walked away and shrugged
what I wouldn't give
to be back with my friends singing karaoke
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7. |
Song About Leaving
03:37
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Two weeks 'til I leave here now
It seems so odd to go again
to give away my things to friends
Friends I've known for less than a year
And Phoenix is an OK place;
the people are nice and the coffee's great
But who wants coffee when it's 110º
So I'm headed to the East again
I'm flying home to Utica
Gonna see some people that I love
Gonna take a trip up to the lake
And wash away the desert there
I'll turn Rainbow down for a cigarette
I don't smoke, but if I did
I'd surely give you one, my friend
Maybe I'll buy a pack just for him
I can't say I'm glad to leave
Try and keep it out of my mind
Cause every time I pack my bags
There's people who I leave behind
People who have changed my life
People who I leave behind
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8. |
Tie in the Silk
03:06
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I've followed the tie in the silk
I've followed the tie in the silk
And I've watched as the fabrics
from her body were spilt
but my ribs had turned inwards with guilt
And I thought of the desert again
I thought of the desert again
How lightly the wind blows
to uncover her hand
She had fallen asleep in the sand
The dogs are unendingly sweet
The dogs are unendingly sweet
Until hunger sets in
and one scrap of meat
falls between the two dogs at their feet
And I watch as they snarl and bite
they put up one hell of a fight
The reward, to keep living
and vaguely survive
if only for a limited time
I've seen her now, naked and cold
I've seen her now, naked and cold
A woman so battered
I've yet to behold
and I wonder if I've sunken too low
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A sickening tongue
reaches to Thee
and finds itself wasted
ghoulish and green
and your eyes are adjusting
to the dim glimmering
of stones and of diamonds
suspended by string
like a savage in the New World
I don't belong here
I've crawled through the tunnels
and whispered to me
were glimpses of wonder
for the future to bring
and there's nothing to know now
from now 'til the end
nothing left to be thought of
but to find You again
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10. |
Jungle Drum
03:44
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Waking up with suddenness
A kiss on the forehead
Nothing needs to be said
In the morning light
the sun glares off of a building
and it shines
even through our curtains
it shines
My back
it aches
as I sit on the edge of the bed
Nothing on my mind
but your rapid beating heart
like a jungle drum
Wild One
Sometimes the prettiest songs
remain unsung
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R. Turner Anacortes, Washington
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