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Federal Offense
04:13
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Drivin through the city with my kitty by my side
a beauty on the sidewalk draws my sympathetic eye
I know you know I love you and I stare with no intent
still you make the case that it’s a federal offense
no I never want to be on trial like that again
I didn’t know what I was doing would be the end of our romance
I didn’t know what I would do - to you - would be a federal offense
you know I work my ass off even staying overtime
the world is on my shoulders I’ve got problems on my mind
so if I want to meet my friends and have a drink or two
I should not need my riot gear when I get back to you
no I never want to be on trial like that again
I didn’t know what I was doing would be the end of our romance
I didn’t know what I was doing would ever need no second chance
I didn’t know what I would do - to you - would be a federal offense Saturday you ordered me to pick you up at five
I showed up at six fifteen just glad to be alive
I got into a car wreck on the other side of town
you called in the bloody SWAT team to come and take me down
no I never want to see your pretty face again
I didn’t know what I was doing would be the end of our romance
I didn’t know what I didn’t know what I would do - to you -
would be a federal offense.
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The Vortex
04:22
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It’s more than a feeling on the line
you wonder if you are gonna survive
no one has ever been this desperate before
they want to sentence you to die
time doesn’t chase you
time will erase you
don’t run for shelter no helter skelter
if you believe it
you can achieve it
the eye of the storm will suround you and blow them away
swirling around inside your mind
the vortex electrical divine
look for the answers you can weather any storm
you’re gonna make it through this time
time doesn’t chase you time will erase you
don’t run for shelter
helter skelter
if you believe it
you can achieve it
the eye of the storm will suround you and blow them away
it’s late in the evening when the feeling comes around
listen to the sound
feel the energy from deep within your soul
and live for rock and roll!
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Walk on water
but don’t look down
question your luck and you’re sure to drown
look forward to tomorrow with no future plans
convince yourself that you don’t understand
bury your feelings the few that remain
ignore the truth to avoid the pain
keeping the candle lit
in the hurricane
she hurt you
no one’s to blame it happens all the time
it’s just part of the game
she hurt you learn how to forgive it’s the only way to live.
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Calling All
03:10
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Time Unwritten
05:34
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We’ve all heard
the stories over and over
the history written
not stories but true
and the changes we’ve endured
that is we as mankind
are so many
so much is yet unsung
we may be the people of time unwritten
when the future finally rolls around
our plastic defenseless world may soon be over
and all that's left of us will be buried six feet underground.
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Desert Sands
08:56
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You wake up in the morning
realize a haunting new reality
dreams had given you shelter
from the endless sands that stretch as far as you can see
your memory is fading
you can’t recall exactly how you’ve gotten here
fingers burrow in the sand
the sun is rising shadows slowly disapear
on the wasteland
you can hear them
they await you
on the wasteland
you rise up to your feet again
start another quest survive another day
time is only memories
confused and re-arranged and fading on the way
to your unknown destiny
you race toward mirages
visions sent by demons to break your spirit on the way
laying bets on every breath
they laugh and throw the dice and play their cruel game
on the wasteland
you can beat them
they await you
on the wasteland
what can I say to you that no one else has ever said
our life is full of happiness and sorrow
the pain you feel today
will surely pass away
and everything will be alright tomorrow
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Temple of Switches California
"The two mainstays throughout are sections with an often subtle but distinct jazz flavoring applied to them, sometimes from bass and drums, on other occasions by way of the keyboards, and here and there we are treated to almost purebred jazz-oriented music too. The other red thread throughout, albeit perhaps on a slightly lesser note, are quirky, subtly atonal instrument details" Progmessor 5/2021 ... more
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guitar virtuoso Ron Sachs will blow your mind. Drummer David White plays on our "Wings of Mind" and "Temple of Switches 4" albums.
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Excellent calming, ethereal and complex music. Perfect soundtrack for Big Sur.
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For those that remember the Look and Read series in the early eighties (which had such programmes as 'Dark Towers'), in my opinion this music evokes those feelings of mystery and wonder. Very, very impressed.
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