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Every Day the Sun Rises
03:59
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every day the sun rises i smile
at least for a little while
every chance i get to roll out of bed i am laughing
at least through my breakfast
every day the sun rises i smile
at least for a little while
i, i, i
combine i with i
a billion i's collide
i, i, i
i am living the collision
i am making decisions
i, i, i
combine me with mine
at one and separate from the rest
thank the stars i won't be round to clean up my mess
every day the sun rises i smile
at least for a little while
every chance i get to fuck up my day i am laughing
mistakes tend to happen
every day the sun rises i smile
at least for a little while
i will die
but the sun will still rise
at least a trillion more times
i, i, i
what comes after i?
who am i to define?
but in the meantime
i will be put to good use
i will try hard not to abuse
the power i am given
the weight and the motion
the particular fission
every day the sun rises i smile
at least for a little while
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2. |
Bag of Bones
03:02
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i thank you kindly
i thank you well
for my bag of bones gaining interest annually
a lifetime loan
mixing syrup in my whiskey honey tea
my bag of bones is personal to me
i am sipping of the nectar humbly
i know the road
think i know the way
one day my bag of bones will let me go
so i drive slow
defrosting windshields full of foggy clarity
that happy sack sits pretty in its chassis
unmoving less you see it relatively
i roll the dice
a chance of snow
i never leave my bag of bones out in the cold
though it be freezing premonitions
knee-deep in salutations
this parcel can withstand a frigid breeze
mixing syrup in my whiskey honey tea
my bag of bones is personal to me
yes, my bag of bones is personal to me
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3. |
Ten Thousand
04:57
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hold your breath, suspended in jelly
staring contest - it comes from the belly
sit and sweat, give up on your salty
go - run fast - run without stopping
give up on exhaustion
try, try, try
10,000 years
cry, cry
10,000 tears
relapse
10,000 fears
speak the cure
10,000 words
hear the songs
of 10,000 birds
10,000 sheep
tend to the herd
10,000 voices
tender and clear
try, try, try
10,000 years
will you love me in 10,000 days?
i built a heaven - who the hell did i save?
a linen halo envelopes our forms
will you accept 10,000 mistakes?
10,000,000,000 eyes
watch from the sky
each billion born,
10,000,000,000 die
10,000,000,000 heros
have 10,000,000,000 fears
their graves are empty
10,000,000,000 saved
10,000,000,000 clusters
of fresh, burning clay
dance, unashamed
for 10,000,000,000 peers
10,000,000,000 voices
tender and clear
try, try, try
10,000,000,000 years
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4. |
Sparky
05:50
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sparky, sparky
can't unwind the coil
your line is waving in the night
you left your sparkle in the dark
without a light
sparky, sparky
are we fit to toil?
did we break the vacuum seal?
we'll find the pieces in the grass
barefoot next spring
winter evening
can't unsing the rain
the lines are weaving through the hall
i left the light on in my room
to guide them in
stinging spirit
release us from our brood
c'mon, sparky, shake that winter mood
moldy mossy
can't unload the scroll
the lines were written long ago
the meat i move moves only now
only now
sparky, sparky
spark ignites the dawn
frozen tendrils crack the sun
as i rake the spinning ground
it feeds our fortune
stinging spirit
release us from our brood
c'mon, sparky, shake that winter mood
stinging spirit
shock our sad excuse
c'mon, sparky, shake that winter mood
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5. |
No More Will I Roam
03:41
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when the train cars all are empty
when the rivers have run dry
the buses have stopped in their tracks and slowly turned to stone
no more will i be out darlin'
no more will i roam
when brambles have reclaimed these walls
there's no metal left to rust
there's no way you could reach me, not by letter, not by phone
no more will i be out darlin'
no more will i roam
when darkness has descended
the mountains turned to dust
fires ravage city walls like a jester on a tomb
no more will i be out darlin'
no more will i roam
i will have my day of rest
among the rubble and the dirt
til then i'll keep on searching for the perfect place to leave my bones
and no more will i be out darlin'
no more will i roam
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6. |
Rollin Tom
02:33
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rollin' tom
he's no buddhist drinkin' beer
doesn't even have a beard
a genuine idealist
rollin' tom
didn't bring no sleepin' bag
gave up women, gave up cigs
goin' out to the island
rollin' tom
he'll roll right out one day
not before he doesn't have his say
sittin' on the island, silent
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meet me between the trees
we'll light a fire, roast veggies
we move our mouths but cannot speak
i'll come from west, you come from east
i will not see your ancestry
we move our mouths but cannot speak
between the space between the trees
a steady stream runs clean and clear
we cannot speak, but still, we hear
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8. |
Waken
09:07
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Liam O'Brien's Faithless Followers Wisconsin
Liam O'Brien is a producer and songwriter from the American Midwest
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