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Melba
05:48
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I love your jet black wiry hair
when it falls on your skin so soft and fair
I wish I could take you somewhere
And in your museum living room
I smell history on it and you
I can only look at your eyes
they're too deep to look into
But Melba you ease my mind
the things you say I find
are so void of indecision
I could leave my past behind me
I know you survived the war
have values you don't find now
so set in your ways just like a
rock I want to move somehow
Together we sleep at night
I see lines on your face in the moonlight
I can almost count your heartbeats
A clock in space, that no one can wind
But Melba you ease my mind
the things you say I find
are so void of indecision
I could leave my past behind me
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Pondering
06:01
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pondering
all of the things I've seen
cried like a song
raged against the things between
colors become
as through a dusty screen
like a barn on the down
driven to its knee
a tattering
of the wings of mind
try like the sun
to a planet hid behind
- Break -
somewhere stopped
a warning sign
nothing too loud
a subtle turn of tide
penning the lines
for the other side to see
overindulged
in passages of the vine
following
along the shifting mind
over the line
into the crimson deed
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Freon Suitcase
04:18
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Living on the Edge
03:10
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no, how can it be
I'm in the red again
with nothing to hang onto
in this game of sink or swim
running on endlessly
the walls are closing in
even in my dreams I can't escape my predicament
can I get off now, I think I've had enough
memories a child at ease
things are getting way too tough
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Don't cry to me
04:24
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always taking, never making
a fine example yes you are
you cunning vixen always mixin
lies with just a touch of the truth
call me on the telephone why don't you leave me alone
you had the love that made me thirsty and high
you were the one that said goodbye
don't cry to me
you wont admit it
down on your knees
silver tongue lady swallow all that you please
a hard driving lover looking for cover
under the wing of anyone time may bring
call me on the telephone why don't you leave me alone
you had the love that made me thirsty and high
you were the one that said goodbye
don't cry to me
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Curtains
03:00
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I'll be dead for you
you'll see when it's true
I'll watch my short lived life
flowing red for you
you said our love's a game
well isn't life the same?
you quit without regret
maybe I'll do the same
my rotten lungs will wheeze
as I run through the trees
away from where I saw you
begging him to please you
this fantasy is brief
just emotional relief
I'll love you for eternity
or will I love your memory?
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Seven belongings I can't live without
I've been so confused as to what life's about
a trip with a son I don't see anymore
and a daughter who's shadow won't darken my door
when I get back I'll walk down to the lake
I'll fix that squeak on the gate
the house that I built for my own precious few
looks so out of place as it shrinks out of view
His heart in his ears as he heads toward the door
a dresser and bed he won't use any more
no longer a boy, and not yet a man
heads into a world that he'll soon understand
his destiny in his hands
dog seems okay with the plan.....
when he gets back he'll be top of the world
drive up that road with a car and a girl...
your taxis idling outside the door
your empty kiss leaves me wondering more
I place your bags in the back on the floor
I long for the eyes i wont see anymore....
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Crusader
04:47
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in the land of the overlord
ruler of the dark
we come to free the people
leave our sacred mark
we journey through the forest
to our battle to our destiny
we shall reach the hills beyond
to the distance we drive on
slay the one of madness
unfold the wrath of fate
the kingdom of the people
will rise and decimate
damn you and the hate you bring
the battle cry of freedom
draw the sword of spite
extradite the tyrant
warrior spirit might
led by the vision of the all seeing eye
to bring us victory
go back to your land
take the ones you command
so the light may shine again
slay the one of madness
unfold the wrath of fate
the kingdom of the people
will rise in victory
damn you and the hate you bring
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One for All
04:13
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SEER OF ALL
THIS SHIP OF HUMANITY IS LISTING
COMPASS NEEDLES WAVERING STILL
HERE, IN THE CROW’S NEST I FEEL IT MORE
STILL WE HANG ON
PRAY FOR THE DAWN
SPIRIT OF LOVE
PLEASE TEACH US TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER
MAKE PATIENCE THE LIFE WE LEAD
WE NEED
AS WE HOLD IN OUR HANDS THE SOUL OF THE LAND
NEVER GIVE UP, NEVER GIVE IN
SEER OF ALL
BRING US SOME LIGHT WITH YOUR HEALING
STOP THE HEARTS FROM ANGERING PLEASE
WITH A SWEEP OF YOUR HAND
THE GOODNESS IN MAN
JUST NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN
HOLD ON, AND BREATHE
SEND THE FALSE PROPHETS
DECEIVING
LEAVING
SCATTERING
I'D ALERT SAINT JUDE FROM HIS READING
TO LIGHT UP OUR HEARTS
AND GIVE US SOME TRUTH
TO HOLD IN OUR HANDS
LIKE FERTILE SOIL
THE SYMPTOM IS STARING RIGHT AT YOU
THE LIGHTED SCREEN
WASTING DAYS THAT MIGHT BE
ALONE INSTEAD
PIXELS AND DUST
JUST LOOK AWAY
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"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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