I’ll take the position Assume the missionary part You work by committee, You had me pegged from the start. I’ll be pounce pony, Phony maroney, Pony before the cart. I’ll be pounce pony, This ceremony Only fills my heart. Who cast the final stone? Who threw the crushing blow? Someone has to take the fall […]
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7 Chinese Brothers
This mellow, sweet, short-haired boy, woman offers pull up a seat Take in one symphony now, we’ve just begun to battle Wrap your heel in bones of steel, turn the leg, a twist of color Autumn waited hold it to you in the colored come another Seven chinese brothers swallowing the ocean Seven thousand years […]
Hyena
Night time fell at the opening, In the final act of the beginning of time. Hyena take your role, the stage is set. The town is safe again tonight Hyena (I see the day ahead) Hyena (and all that I’ve cried through) Hyena (God knows you’re doin’ that, don’t you?) Hyena, sister look to your […]
New Orleans Instrumental No. 1
[Instrumental]
Stumble
We’ll stumble through the yard We’ll stumble through the yard We’ll stumble through the A-P-T We’ll stumble through the yard Force fields. Explorer racing home, the ancient star. Yellow mixed with golden hue. Scan the graveyard, dead there be. Ball and chain. Ball and chain. Ball and chain. Ball and chain. (Repeat 1st verse 3 […]
Cuyahoga
Let’s put our heads together and start a new country up Our father’s father’s father tried, erased the parts he didn’t like Let’s try to fill it in, bank the quarry river, swim We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red This is where we walked, this is where we swam Take […]
I Took Your Name
I wore the clothes you wanted I took your name If there is some confusion Who’s to blame? I signed your living will I smiled your face I’m ready to close the book on NASA and outer space If there is some confusion Who’s to blame? Who’s to blame? I sequenced your arrival I sealed […]
Driver 8
The walls are built up, stone by stone, the fields divided one by one. And the train conductor says "Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break We’ve been on this shift too long" And the train conductor says "Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break We can reach our […]