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Flimsy Reed
01:02
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You’re my floating log in the sea and
I can be your flimsy reed so
Reach out and acrosssss
I’m bending for you
Wind give us a gust
A little push
What if we let the moment pass us by
And conditions don’t allow a second try?
If I’m thrashing aimlessly
Gone overboard can’t breathe can’t see I’ll
Stretch my arms and flail
Until I feel your splinters neath my nails
I’m pushing myself up onto you and out of the fray
I’ll live to fight another shitty day
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Checklist
04:00
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I got a checklist
See how I’m restless honey
Sorry bout my attitude
I’m on the front porch messing around
But I wanted to go home with you
And all of my friends have reservations
They’re holding hands under tables for two
Well I had some reservations myself
(I used to have some reservations myself)
But I really couldn’t tell you what about
(Can’t remember what they were all about)
Anyway I welcome change I’m taking pains I’m figuring it out
I wanna hang arouuuuuund
With you….
Is it too cold is it too late are we in quarantine
Are you an early riser or committed to the nightclub scene
Don’t wanna be presumptuous I’m not sure you’d agree
But it seems to me that both of us could use some company
With all I’ve divulged
In this tell-all tell me
would you wanna go to the park or
I got a low pitch patch of roof
The kinda shingles that won’t leave a mark…or maybe
Inside’s more your speed I’m easy
Any music movie or play
Just pick it out and I’ll get us in
Oh I can’t wait to see you again
I’ll play it cool won’t act a fool front mind the perma-grin
I wanna hang arouuuuuund
With you…
Is it the solstice - are you tired - are you still eating “clean”
Or are you two shots down and in the midst of respite post vaccine
Don’t wanna be presumptuous but I hope you agree
That it seems to be that both of us could use some company
What I’m wishing now
Is that you’ll come around
I wanna hang arouuuuund - with you
On a torrid summer day or in the wintertime
When leaves are falling or when cherry blossoms appear overnight
I know I’m laying it on thick
You don’t have to acknowledge it
I just had to mention
Come clear with intention
I’ve changed my stance on some things.
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It was worse, right at first
But give it a little time
When a tidal wave of that enormity
Comes crashing into your life
Some things just don’t make sense…to soldier
on pretend they don’t exist
Can’t look at them head on - you might cease to carry on
But carry on you must
Take the high road leave em in the dust
Your clear conscience calling card’s
Calling your bluff
___________________
It was worse right at first
But we held on through the night
The deeper it sunk in
I resolved not to be resigned
The best we can arrange
Is to stew until the sting’s defanged
Then - we’ll - jump - in the ring
Oh the fury that we’ll bring
We’ll use more brains than brawn
Cuz we know now what we’re taking on
Your clear conscience calling card
Won’t steer us wrong
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Always worst right at first
I had to avert my eyes
If you’re going through hell keep go-ooo-ing
OR if-your’e-go-ing-thru-hell - KEEP GOING
Isn’t that the Churchill Line
As far as I can tell…every
Thing’s still looking horrible
I guess we’re in the weeds
Glad it’s you here next to me
Remind me of our pact
Any counterstrike we’ll counteract
Your clear conscience calling card
remains ——————- intact
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Wisteria Tree
04:27
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Some things i'd like to know
Wish you could show me
Like what's that trick for stopping faucets from leaking
And can you take a fuse apart?
If i squint my eyes real hard
i can bring you back
Your jaunty walk; your penchant for cigars
Saint Peter on a gold chain round your neck
These earthly things still mean a lot to me
They help me remember
Daydreaming bout wisteria vines
running roughshod across your house
I like the patterns and the shadows they make
I've many other windows to look out.
So i'm keeping it the same
I wouldn't like a change like that
Though i know, time's marching forward
I still miss the past! I'll try to temper it...
Remember we were weighing the merits
Of recording daily life?
I said i'd catalogue it all if i could-
Why live it if it fades outta mind?
You disagree, and now there's only me
And i want to remember.
What to do with a story that's too sad to tell
Words that hurt to write -
Or all the inconsequential little things
That take up any old weekday night?
They're happening right now
They're going on at the same time
Balancing act between here and the past
I wanna choose present-time
But it's a trial
I wanna think of you and smile
Even just once in a while, but i can't reconcile
Knowing it's over
In night and daytime dreams, i want to remember
Even if it rattles me, i want to remember
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The Champ
04:26
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Sprung out of the gate
Never knowing what was lacked
Overtook overcome by the pure sight
Seeing what was in reach
Brought a stutter to her stride
Undone by the pressure
of doing things right
Outfoxing her own might
Less has undone more formidable foes
When the party’s over
Will I be the last to know
Nobody’s sayin goodbye
How do you know when it ends
Will I be standing by myself
Mid-sentence with nobody else
I’ll gather my belongings
Clear out for the new party line.
All eyes bound by the spell of a true natural
Excelling in and out of the limelight
You can tell by the way that she runs
she’s still doing it for fun
I know it’s a day dream but if I could have made
It last forever that way
Maybe she wouldn’t have ever had to know
That the party’s over
Standing in a crowd alone
Nobody’s got the time
I think I’ve seen this before!
Like in the movies when the starlet fades
And all the sycophants they do just the same
The lonely mornings after
Add up til they can’t be denied
Do you remember the night
We didn’t know at the time
We were on the precipice of something big
Somehow the stars aligned
Can only chalk it up to luck not fate
I couldn’t recreate it if I tried
But now it’s time to let it go
Cuz the party’s over
Sink into your final bow
Etch in your memory their gaze
It’ll shine down again!
There’ll be a curtain call to collect
I promise you’re not so easy to forget
Champ keep your head up
I know it’s so hard to say goodbye
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