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Bright New Future
04:07
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I’m lying in the road with my head in a hole
I’m looking down there for a sugar lode
I got a mighty bad time and my moto is low
The juice has run out and nobody knows
But all I want is a world of drinking
With no beginning and no real ending
So I throw myself into the LA River
Which is my idea of holy water
I’ll hold my tongue for tomorrow’s flavor
But save my bile for one worthwhile
And I’m still looking for my bright new future
You fall off a horse, you gotta go back
Tie her right up and put on the tack
Rub on her belly then take her out to the track
‘Cause you never can tell what the pony pack
All I want is the kind of ride
That comes tomorrow and lasts forever
And to bring her home on the final furlong
My desperation all forgiven
And though I don’t think my star is rising
I know my comet is just arriving
And I’m still looking for my bright new future
I hold on for something new
If I hold on the future too is mine
All I want is a world forever
That comes this minute with no real limit
So I throw myself into the nearest ocean
Which is my idea of true salvation
I’ll put my faith in a gut-shot straight
And save my prayer for when I dare
And I’m still looking for my bright new future
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2. |
Pure Oblivion
02:57
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I think of you sweet
I think of you perfect
I think of you so unlike the place where I found you
I think of you dared
I think of you daring
I think of you not afraid to go where nothing’s found
Playing in the ruins of the garden of lost men
The boys you’re entertaining are pure oblivion
I think of you sweet
I think of you perfect
I think of you so unlike the place where I fell through
There’s a wasteland by the river
Where the swans float by like nuns
Solemn in the ether of pure oblivion
I think of you sweet
I think of you perfect
I think of you so like the place where you fell too
You fell through
You fell through
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3. |
Beside Me
03:16
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If you would light my hair on fire
I’ll know exactly who you are
And that you’ve come to run my trial
And make sure everything is heard
You will come
You will come
And when you do my heart will listen
My tongue will burn
Cooled off by hearing your name mentioned
And knowing your name sung
You will come
You will come beside me
To go with me is what I want from you
To see you looking through me is what I get
But it’s all right
So if there’s a balance in your hand
And a blindfold on your face
Then you are the one who must decide
That I am all that you can see
You will come
You will come beside me
Beside me
Beside me
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4. |
For The Love Of Ivy
03:50
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What would you do for the love of Ivy,
Ivy who’s perfectly fair?
Would you stand on a table and dance like her mother
Would you do it with everyone there?
Would you act out the title of her favorite novel
Naked and drunk if she dared?
What would you do for the love of Ivy
Ivy who’s so far away?
Would you get in a bar fight and break all your fingers
And care less that you couldn’t play?
Would you hold up your bandage like it had the power
To bring back your Ivy today?
Oh, Ivy
Oh, Ivy
What would you do for the love of Ivy
Ivy who’s brave and who’s bold?
Would you go to the seashore and cast your net widely
And bring back the silver and gold
And all of the oysters and all the red snappers
Your Ivy’s arms could hold?
What would you do for the love of Ivy
Ivy who’s perfectly true?
Would you sail on the ocean through treacherous waters
From island to island to island, no end?
Would you vanish discretely into the sea easy
And never be heard from again?
Would you know in your soul that Ivy was happy
With her sister and all of their men?
Oh, Ivy
Oh, Ivy
Na na na na…
Would you vanish discretely into the sea easy
And never be heard from again?
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5. |
Junipero Serra
05:44
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You say anything you want to
Not like they can understand you
It’s too easy for you now
It could be time to end the mission
Father Junipero Serra
That’s not easy for you now
See the girls dancing in the courtyard
Hear them singing, singing Alelujia
In this Eden there’s more than Eve to tempt you
In the New World not even God can stop you
At this moment the reason that you came here
Is precisely the reason you must go
At this moment the King of Spain is dreaming
Of mission water flowing through his toes
In your sleep you play the end game
With every dream there is a new flame
You think at dawn you’ll burn the whole thing down
Ships bring word from Porto Vigo
What is up in Capistrano?
Is it time to bring the padre home?
In the vineyard the fruit hangs down like rapture
And the crushings (are) like morphine in your mouth
In the tallow the pearl of the candle
Melting down into the fire from the south
At this moment the reason that you came here
Is precisely the reason you must go
At this moment the King of Spain is dreaming
Of Mission daughters sleeping in his house
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6. |
Little Folder
04:49
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Your little folder
I wanna hold her
I’m not saying
I’m just saying
She rolled me over
She made me rub her
She rolled me over again
I coulda told her
She rolled me over again
I looked her over again
Well I’m not tongue tied
A little wool dyed
I’m not saying
I’m just saying wow
I’m not asking
I’m just asking how
How can I hold out another hour?
Is that projecting the future now?
Your little folder
Has all the power
It’s now or never
‘Cause I’m a tower
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7. |
My Best Side
03:57
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She sleeps
She dreams of being born again
She breathes
And sighs and feels the world again
If I should be here when you wake up
Then I’m taken in
‘Cause this isn’t your fresh faced baby
Kicking in
Don’t change this body
Don’t change this soul
I fit into this skin like it’s cut from stone
The edge is rough
But the eye is keen
And that’s the side you’ve never seen
She thinks
She knows that it begins again
Each time she goes
She feels like new again
If you should be here tomorrow
Then you’re taken too
There isn’t a best side, baby
Pushing through
Don’t change this body
Don’t change this soul
I fit into this thing like it’s cut from gold
The shapes aren’t even
But the lines are clean
And that’s the side
And that’s the side
And that’s the side that you will never see
Never
If you should be here tomorrow
Then you’re taken too
There isn’t a best side, baby
Pushing through
Don’t change this body
Don’t change this soul
I fit into this thing like it’s cut from gold
The shapes aren’t even
But the lines are clean
And that’s the side, so
Don’t change this body
Don’t change this soul
I fit into this skin like it’s made of stone
The edge is rough
But the eye is keen
And that’s the side
And that’s the side
And that’s the side you’ve never seen
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8. |
Stand In The Sun
05:43
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She’s water
She’s the grape and she’s divine
And I always want to drink too much
She’s flora
On every petal there’s a sign
That’s where I get dusted off
I learn to follow my nose
To get to a sweeter place
Anywhere a garden grows
And that is where I lay my head
Next to her silver face
Shining in a brighter shade
She stands in the sun
She’s tide pool
She’s the oyster in the shell
The one I want to open up
She’s ocean
In every channel there’s a swell
I’m going to ride every one
And when I dive into her line of waves
Swept by a hurricane
I’m never going to swim away
And when I’m netted in her golden braids
And pulled to the deepest place
I’m never going to feel the same
She stands in the sun
I can feel her near
It’s then that she appears
Under a ray of sunlight
As I’m just about to lose my breath
I forget who I used to be
And what the world was like before
I let all the waters fall
Just like they always will
Anytime I hear her call
She stands in the sun
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9. |
Still Sleeping
03:02
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What do you think when you see me asleep
As you slip away from the life that we keep
Do you remember the mornings
When nothing could hold
All the things you were feeling
Instead of the cold
What do you think as you leave me for dead
Do some of the moments go ‘round in your head
Like all of those nights in the City Of Ice
When nothing could pull you away from my bed
The door opens wide
Clearly there’s no place to hide
I can’t help thinking that you’re the one sleeping inside
Sleeping inside, let it pass by
What do I think when I see you asleep?
I see that the water around you is deep
When you open your eyes I will throw you a line
If there’s something to save then please show me a sign
Oh show me a sign
Or let sleeping dogs lie
What do you think when you see me asleep
Forgetting the words of the language we speak
You look down upon me then close the door lightly
And slip away desperately
And you think
Why am I still asleep?
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10. |
Perfect World
06:56
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That’s me
I’m letting out the spring-line ‘round my waist
To drift on the sea
Not stranded, not free
And I’m letting in the spring tide and the waste
To comb through my gill
Where I lost my will
I know that it’s real
In my perfect world
And you
You’re netting all the nauts that are undone
So what do you learn
Looking astern?
Do you see me
Measuring the leagues that we must bridge
Before there’s a pier
To cast off your fear?
Make sure you hear this…
It’s my perfect world
Between you and me
Above and below a sea
Measuring the miles that we must close
And then it appears
As sure as the tears
Right next to my nose…
It’s my perfect, perfect, perfect world
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