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1. |
Birdwalking
03:25
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you haven't heard about birdwalking
but it isn't very hard to do
just let go of all your thinking
let your feet guide you
and once you get the hang of birdwalking
you may as well be a millionaire
when your heads in the clouds you're breathing
rarified air
you're birdwalking
put your left foot down in front of the right
birdwalking
roll and you glide all day long and into the night
the professor in the upstairs apartment
he bird walks through most of his life
just tugging on the threads of the universe
and smoking on his pipe
some bird walk into the future
others walk into the past
some birdwalk slow
and others birdwalk fast
they're birdwalking
put a left foot down in front of the right
birdwalking
roll and they glide all day long and into the night
I think I know what you mean about birdwalking
cause when something is bothering me
I like to walk out past the door of my apartment
and get lost in the city streets
till I've approached it from every angle
addressed it from every side
birdwalking through the darkness
maybe I'm looking for some light
but I'm birdwalking
I put my left foot down, then the right
I'm birdwalking
I roll and I glide all day long and into the night
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Let's go for a Drive
03:09
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Let's go for a drive
put the top down and we'll set this in motion
we can go wherever you like
turn the radio up, I got my arm out the window
I'm waving at the girls walking by
hey, are you still broken up about how bad you've been treated?
let's bruise this blacktop for a while
we'll put a few pressing things in the rearview,
I need this
I need this town to pass me by
put your foot down, we can really fly
commotion, confusion
they're just an illusion
on the highway
Let's go for a drive
I'll chip a few dollars in for gas and whatever
those little points they place on a line
the AM preacherman says there's no tollbooths in heaven
forget about your job for a while
that jerkoff boss and the path to promotion
behind that wheel you're a star, yes you are
and I'm hooking my apple wagon up
and we're rolling
I need this town to pass me by
put your foot down, we can really fly
commotion, confusion
they're just an illusion
on the highway
Let's go for a drive
but keep it down the middle, I don't need a hassle
and I
don't ever want to go back to that mess that I left,
the monsters I've created..
at least not tonight
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3. |
Slow Down
02:29
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She's got a checkered past
so she lives in the future
she's all charged up and she's ready to go
electricity flash
as she applies the sutures
to a busted seam in the radio
We came from a place where
love is sacred
We came from a place where it's bought and sold
We made it last
by creating a system
with a one time payment of a heart of gold
You got to slow down
she says
you got to slow down
you keep on screaming round the corners of your life
and one day honey you're bound to spin out
like a freight train crashing
into buckingham palace
is the way she describes the new fashion line
that she wears or she tears
making alterations
so it fits with her personal sense of the times
I gave her the gloves
but she only wears one
holds the spare in it's pair like it's some kind of mace
she threatens some
but she's the favorite of others
when she looks my way boy my heart starts to race
You got to slow down
she says
you got to slow down
you keep on screaming round the corners of your life
and one day honey you're bound to burn out
she has a checkered past
and a week of tomorrows
rose colored glasses and a cup of joe
she picks a mean ukulele when it comes to the solo
the fire marshall has to come and shut down the show
he says..
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4. |
Cabin in the Woods
02:57
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I'm gonna move to a cabin in the woods
a cabin in the woods?
a cabin in the woods
a cabin in the woods where I can be alone
I'm gonna move to a cabin in the woods
a cabin in the woods?
a cabin in the woods
a cabin in the woods and I'm bringing my guitar
I'm gonna move to a cabin in the woods
a cabin in the woods
without electric lights
electric lights keep me up all night
a cabin in the woods is where I belong
life in the city just feels wrong
the woods is gonna heal me and make me strong
I'm gonna move to a cabin in the woods
a cabin in the woods where there's all kinds of birds
more kinds of birds than you ever heard
I'm gonna move to a cabin in the woods
a cabin in the woods with a lucky charm
me and my charm hangin off my arm
a cabin in the woods is where I belong
life in the city just feels wrong
but the woods are gonna hear me when I sing my song
the woods are gonna heal me and make me strong
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5. |
Don't Lose Your Head
04:27
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The bridges she burned yesterday
are still smoking in the harbor by the shore
it's nothing that she hasn't seen before
a thousand times
She never was too comfortable
saying things were right when they were wrong
pretending that we all could get along
if we only tried
but don't lose your head
hang on to your mind
cause there's darkness waiting on the other side
you got to hang on, hang on to your mind
i come bearing an offering
i will replenish your coffers with spare change
so keep your rifle pointed down the range
and hold your fire
the crackle of a lighter's kiss
and wind that rustles through the eggshell drapes
downstairs passes by the grand parade
in their fine attire
but don't lose your head
hang on to your mind
cause there's darkness waiting on the other side
hang on, hang on to your mind
she's outside on the fire escape
watching scraps of ticker tape float by
and waiting for her nails to dry.
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6. |
Bricks & Mortar
03:02
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I need the fountain of youth in my glass
A love potion that erases my past
a couple lengths of barbed wire
and a log for the fire
because this city won't let me relax
I pitched a penny in the fountain in the park
i made a wish i made a deal i crossed my heart
now i can bark at the moon
i can sing like a loon
and i can rattle like a train in the yard
give me just enough bricks and mortar
to build a wishing well
Got tired of slouching in the corner ignored
started dancing like i'm shook to the core
tried to line up my shots
and be something that i'm not
until my face was rushing up at the floor
glass shattered i was floating in space
nothing mattered i reached out for your face
but the driver is lost
he's damn near tripled in cost
and i can't tell him how to get to my place
give me just enough bricks and mortar
to build a wishing well
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7. |
Gloomy Monday
02:52
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Gloomy Monday
gonna rain all day
wish that I could lay in bed and dream the clouds away
but work starts early, I"m already late
I think my daydreams are gonna have to wait
Gloomy Monday
rain came pouring down
everybody's walking with their eyes stuck to the ground
I say hey to the super while he mops the lobby floor,
turn my collar up and walk out the door
monday got me in my mind
lightly battered, deeply fried
with hard boiled eyes
home in the evening
sitting on the couch
rain is tapping on the window, that's my favorite sound
come and sit beside me, put your arms in mine
suddenly, I wish it could be monday all the time
monday got me in my mind
lightly battered, deeply fried
with hard boiled eyes
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8. |
Falling in Love Again
02:54
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I'm changing habits that I learned in the past
I got a new drink and I'm tapping the cask
I even keep a little extra here in my flask
so I can sip on it now and then
My heart is moving and it's picking up speed
I got to go with it wherever it leads
even if it cuts me and it makes me bleed
I won't feel any pain
As long as I'm falling in love again
As long as I'm falling in love again
Your friends look at me funny when I come around
I hum a new tune, they don't like how it sounds
talk behind my back til I'm the talk of the town
but I think they'll be alright
Maybe we could cut out for an evening jaunt
burn some rosemary in our old favorite haunts
maybe we could go and do whatever we want
It's just that kind of night
A night for falling in love again
a night for falling in love again
There's a string inside of my body that runs from the crown of my head to my toes
when you're around it starts buzzing like as if we're tuned up to the same note
and all of the space up above us is taken by towering stacks of our overtones
you're filling my world up with music and all I can think is to let you know
that I'm so glad to have you to fall with
I'm so glad to have you to fall with
and I'm falling in love again
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9. |
Keys to Paradise
03:35
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Behind a broke down palace
there's a jester stealing coins
from the glove box of a rusted out old chevy
he tries to spin a nickel
but he flips it every time
he's trying to hold on to the river
he just can't let it be
maybe a fate can be written
with a roll of the dice
but when the garden talks, don't listen
it hands out bad advice
I can't stay long
I'm sleeping in the brig tonight
I got busted trying to steal the keys to paradise
I knew a guy who worked his whole life
and never managed to escape
the steel and glass middle finger flipping off the clear blue sky
he always said, "a wise man doesn't play games
unless he knows they're gonna tilt his way."
and then he waited for his moment to hit
until the day he died
maybe the years can pass as quickly
as a roll of the dice
tumbling down a green felt canyon
and shining in the light
I can't stay long
I'm sleeping in the brig tonight
I got busted trying to steal the keys to paradise
but papa needs a new pair of shoes
papa needs a new lease on life
and the house can always tell
whose here to sell
and whose ready to buy
behind the broke down palace
where the jack is always lost in the cut
you know, it's natural for a wave in the water
to come and go
and the jester takes another hit
cause some hands you just hate to fold
but whose gonna tell the joker who the joke is on
if the joker doesn't know?
Maybe your fate could be rewritten
with a roll of the dice
but you can't get back what you lost
by losing it twice
I can't stay long
I'm sleeping in the brig tonight
I got busted
trying to steal the keys to paradise
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10. |
Remain 2 b Seen
03:24
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In this corner of the universe
there is space between the stars
it's a neverending precipice
a good place for collecting scars
We're got acrobat millenials
we're out here killing ourselves for fun
we've got aggregated fairytales
that fall like patterns on a drum
you can escape all this madness
shut your eyes
fly around in the jet stream
but there will still be things here
which remain to be seen
You can order in this restaurant
but the dishes won't be served
cause the head chef rules with an iron fist
and the tables have yet to be turned
he's got this pressure cooker mentality
he's got a finely sharpened blade
he says he got it in atlantic city
where that type of thing gets made
you can escape all this madness
just shut your eyes
go where the hills are lush and green
but there will still be things here that remain to be seen
I'm frightened by your tendency to look the other way
like there's nothing you could do
like there's nothing you could say
the latest fad in medicine is full removal of the spine
you end up invertabrete
but somehow they keep you in line
I am easy to dismiss as just
a tryhard or a nerd
and I could scream until I lost my voice,
that doesn't mean I would be heard
a grain of truth is as commonplace
as any grain of sand
but there's no supply of bullshit
that could meet the world's demand
you could escape all this madness
just shut your eyes
live where your waking life meets your dreams
but there will still be things here which remain to be seen
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11. |
Longshot
03:45
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I was thumbing through my emails the other day
thinking how lucky I am to live in the USA
when suddenly, I found myself in the strangest place
when I looked in the mirror, I didn't know that face
and a long shot is all I thought I could be
when I was young and I believed in a dream
before the years piled up here like rings on a tree
now I want to know
what's become of me?
take the tall one and the short one, set them up side by side
because I paid for my ticket, boys, I want to take the ride
I thought I could find my own way through the dark by feel
I thought the weight on my chest would give me an even keel
but a long shot is all I turned out to be
like when I was young and I believed in a dream
before the years added up like rings on a tree
now I want to know
what's become of me?
while the cat stalks the mouse camped out in the toaster
and the cars roll by outside, and the world turns itself over
one more time..
sing it one more time..
please mister singer man, sing it one more time..
I was breathing into a paper bag the other day
thinking how lucky I am to live in the USA
I never saw myself in those comfortable shoes
dressed like a man with something to lose
no, a long shot is all I thought I would be
when I was young and I believed in my dreams
but the years stacked up like rings on a tree
now I want to know
what's become of me?
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12. |
Skipping Stone
04:49
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the princess who lives upstairs has lost her mind
sending all her handmaids into overdrive
visiting castles in kingdoms far and wide
leaving their resumes and calling cards behind
I feel just like a stone
that's skipping all along the water's edge
singing, I don't ever want this thing that we have to end
you're part of a plan that's written down on someone else's page
you've been trading years in and getting nothing back but pain
if you feel like you're running, running out of sand
I could be your lullaby, or I could be your marching band
I feel just like a stone
that's skipping all along the water's edge
singing, I don't ever want this thing that we have to end
it's always been me and you since forever
you lift me up when i need it we stick together
from the old dam to the lonely city, we've played them all
every heartbreaker, every siren song
I feel just like a stone
that's skipping all along the water's edge
singing, I don't ever want this thing that we have to end
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13. |
Stranger
02:50
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I have a small part to play
in this whole charade
just a moment in the sun
before I go back to the shade
so when they call my name
when they pull me out on stage
I will face the music
I won't look afraid
Well the harp marks the time
and reads between the lines
just counting up the moments
that I have to act alive
I was raised in a cave
where the brass is tucked away
and the door must not be opened
lest that wrathful chord be played
so help me, cause I don't know how
my soul will ever touch the clouds
I'm a stranger and I'm new to town
and when I leave I don't expect to take a bow
Count for me,
1, 2, 3,
show me where I need to be
count for me
I'm getting old,
I'll be blind soon, I can barely see
count for me
let me see your face
count for me
let me stand in your place
count for me
let me go on my way
cause the riots
they started early today
and help me, cause I don't know how
my soul will ever touch the clouds
I'm a stranger and I'm new to town
and when I leave I don't expect to take a bow
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14. |
1000 Songs
04:22
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Now that it's over
now that it's behind us
now that there's no more
no more between us
do you find yourself like I find myself
thinking on the past
do you find yourself
having to remind yourself
that it just couldn't last.
how did we go so wrong loving each other
that now we act like we never did
if I shut my eyes
and go with the tide
will I sink or will I swim
how did we lose the light
that we were making
were we fooling ourselves
or were we mistaken
i'll sing 1000 songs
but I'll never have the one
that could change me like you did
keep me safe in your heart tonight
i have a long long way to go
say that you're satisfied
that's all I want to know
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Jasper Lewis New York, New York
Jasper Lewis lives in New Jersey and makes music in his garage.
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