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Rockets to the New World
03:51
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I exited my high school days
With a Seiko watch, a tassle for the rear view mirror
Go to Disneyland ride the matterhorn
It's gotta be a metaphor for my life, this life
Spurred by the threat of work
I hit the college trail seeking shelter from the real world
But my GPA and the SAT's
Came to haunt me like a bad dream, like a bad dream
And my father said "son, you reap what you sow"
Under the harshest light sometimes a weed can grow
Sometimes a weed can grow
Cradled in the suburbs arms
I was rocked to sleep by music of a white world
But the picket fence was the Berlin wall
And, hey you little faggot get a haircut, get a haircut
Well, they built another mall for me
Yeh, it's just for me, 'bout a mile from my old house
There's a dollar bill on the billboard sign
With the promise of a good job, no, a great job!
And the man said "son, you reap what you sow"
And it's a bright new day, see how we've grown
See how we've grown
Once upon a time I thought
That the dream was real that science was the God
But the perfect life was a perfect lie
Just like rockets to the New World, just like rockets
It's a New World
It's a New world
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2. |
Million Year Picnic
04:50
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Back in '49 2049
We left the Earth a marble floating in the dark
Last rocket out headed for Mars
Tucked my kids into their bunks
Kissed my wife
Things got bad voices got hoarse
We tipped the scales a little too far off this time
Word came down take what you can
Tell your families what you have to
The time is now the time is now
We all dream the beautiful dream
Tell a story to your children
Of a world thats yet to be
We believed there'd never come a time
When that would not be so
When that would not be so
Other rockets came fueled by hope
To an ancient world to try and start again
A handful of seeds thrown to the stars
From a flower that had faded
Lost it's bloom
Chorus
I went down to the red canals
My reflection told me everything I knew
So come gather 'round lay down the blanket
We're on a million year picnic
Welcome home
Welcome home
Welcome home
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3. |
Velvet Sky
06:35
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Standing next to you my hands like wounded birds
I never know just what to say
And all around me is this world a swirling mass
My rusty smile gives me away
I see you as a bud pushed through the soil
How I wish I was the sun
And I can tempt myself to think there's something more
With all this new life just begun, just begun
Don't crack this velvet sky
And wake me from this dream
Of living all my life through you
Just let me walk this world
In love with all I see, all I see
If I speak my peace and take your name in vain
The voice comes from this tarnished soul
For I'm in no position to reproach your faith
And turn this diamond into coal, into coal
Don't crack this velvet sky
And take me from this dream
Of living all my life with you
Just let me walk this world
In love with all I see, all I see
I'm a ghost in this world
I'm a ghost in this world
You have shown the proper kindness for the beast
Then you send me on my way
On my lips the tiny memories will burn
I say your name so they won't fade
They won't fade
They won't fade
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4. |
Sunflower
03:16
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There's a bond that's unspoken
Between the sea and the moon
It's a silent connection
It's between me and you
I could put my roots down
With a view of this ocean
I could put my roots down
'Till I can taste salt
And I imagined that I was a sunflower
Six feet of stalk to the ground
There's a secret we know to keep growing
Turn your face to the sun
But the hardest part sometimes to do
Is to look you in the eye
And be here present with you
For this life is uncertain, but you know that too
And I won't turn away
No, I won't turn away
There's a bond that's unspoken
Between the sea and the moon
It's a silent connection
It's between me and you
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5. |
Crazy Mixture
04:17
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I'll tell you now because you've asked
I feel the need to speak on her behalf
Although it's just my point of view
I did my part I just drove the car
Motor running outside the bar
She turned and said this won't take long
A shot rang out my mouth went dry
It scattered birds off the telephone wire
Then I saw her coming cool and slow
Smoking gun in her shaking hand
She climbed inside and I hit the gas
An hour passed before she spoke
I don't expect you to believe
That he said he'd kill me if I tried to leave
I've got the scars to prove he almost did
An' I don't expect you to understand
Why I stayed with such an angry man
It's a crazy mixture of love and fear
Love and fear
I tried to drink myself to someplace I could hide
Shelter poured into a glass
And at the bottom was a life free from this pain
And I resolved to get that life back again
I'd say I witnessed an act of God
Bullet used as lightning rod
A wolf cut down to save the flock
For judgement rained on that sunny day
The sound of thunder heard a mile away
The sky refused to shed a tear
Well that's my statment did you get that down
Don't bother lookin' she's not around
And even if I knew I would'nt say
I would'nt say
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6. |
Reunion
05:34
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Was a bittersweet reunion
In the front seat of my car
But the distance wasn't miles this time
Just the length of my arm
Well, you tried your best to tell me
With a smile and a steady hand
That the roots you put down finally took
And it was time to make a stand
And we talked about the weather...
Another time
Well, I think that I know that feeling
It's the push and the pull of fate
And the tiny bit of wisdom learned
Caught in a state of grace
And the message in between those half worn lines
And the what about me's
No sacrifice for we
And that's a shame, yeh that's a shame
And as for my direction
Well, it's a crooked road that way
I started from the place I left
To the one where I couldn't stay
As we stood there on the sidewalk
Saying our goodbyes
I heard that voice inside my head
As I looked into your eyes
And the message in between those half worn lines
And the what about me's
No sacrifice for we
And that's a shame, yeh that's a shame
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7. |
The River
05:27
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I thought you were so special
Under the clear blue autumn sky
"Cause you lived beneath that faded sign
"You could be home by now"
It seems kind of ironic how
I thought my home was your heart
But you tucked your head back in your shell
And walked my heart right out
Of town
And the little words you left behind
Well, I keep them in the drawer
And when I think I knew you well
I read that note once more
So if you see me on the street
Try not to sound surprised
If I say I'm looking for some girl
With the summer in her eyes
I saw a river
In my dreams
I am floating downstream
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8. |
My Beautiful Lawn
03:38
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My lawn is a beautiful lawn
My lawn is a beautiful lawn
No rocks no weeds the sprinklers sparkle like some
Foutains in Versailles
There goes my wife, my dog, my kids, my life
In our brand new mini-van
I can't believe she won't concede the countless hours
All the love it takes
My lawn is a beautiful lawn
My lawn is a beautiful lawn
Each blade is beauty made there's an electric fence
That keeps out all those pesky kids
Well, there goes my wife, my dog, my kids, my life
My clothes, my job, my mind, oh my
In our brand new mini-van
And I can't believe she won't concede the countless hours
All the love it takes, love it takes, love, love....
Koleria Cristata, er.. crested hairgrass has good winter color,
excellent seed yield, it performs well with less nitrogen
while maintaining dense turf quality...
My lawn is a beautiful lawn
My lawn is a beautiful lawn
I know my worth defined by all the smiling people
That walk by my house
My life is a beautiful life
My life is a beautiful life
A beautiful life
A beautiful lawn
A beautiful life
A beautiful lawn...
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9. |
Big Red Liquid Pump
05:04
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4th of July in '68 I was 13
You seemed much older for your size
I took my chance I tried to kiss you on the mouth
You screamed now look what you have done
You'll break my heart she broke my nose
The taste of blood was on my tongue
My initiation into love
Then in "76 I boogied down
Yeh I like the strobe lights in the floor
I thought you hustled rather well above the noise I tried to say
You're such a fox that's when she said
I'll be right back how longs right back?
I think that she was not sincere
But polyesters here to stay
I think that love is a mysterious thing
Like watching water freeze
My heart is a big red liquid pump
That breaks down all the time
I read this book the other day
That claimed to know just how you think
It was kind of hard to understand there were no pictures
No none at all!
You said I haven't got a clue
Well I'm from Mars what's your excuse
Next thing I know I'm seeing stars yeh I know that feeling
I am in love I am in love
Chorus
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10. |
For The World
04:59
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I keep my eyes closed
Holding my breath
The leaves pass on by
Unknowing, unthinking, what's best
In this world, in this world
I can believe
What I can touch
I trust in my hands
But I'm falling, I'm falling, I'm falling, falling
You pushed away with nothing to say
With arms that are useless and strange
And what has begun will not be undone
By something as simple as words
All that you said
And all that you gave
By cup or by teaspoon
Was measured and weighed
To be fair, to be fair
Tangerine peels
Curled in the sun
Nobody woke me
The parade had moved on, it moved on, it moved on
You pushed away with nothing to say
With arms that are useless and strange
And what has begun will not be undone
By something as simple as words
And you claim the sky is not falling
Your hands covering your head
'cause it's more fun to believe in
The fairy-tale ending instead
Repeat 1st verse
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11. |
Ladybug
03:07
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Ladybug ladybug fly away home
Your house is on fire and your children will burn
Maybe some wiring was faulty and old
A spark from the heater left on for the cold
The flames left the kitchen and crept down the hall
Eating the photographs off of the wall
The smoke curled it's fingers up under the door
And tasted your children asleep on the floor
But the fire is not evil it has no designs
To murder your children and ruin your life
It lives for the moment consumed with desire
Returning it's lovers to earth and to sky
So ladybug ladybug something is wrong
Your house is in ashes your children are gone
Maybe they took to the wing and have flown
This life is uncertain their fate is unknown
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12. |
A Walk in the Woods
00:56
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David Sobel San Francisco, California
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