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1. |
Genki?
02:45
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Genki? (Dm)
yanked from bed
by your handle
propelled to work
by those shoes
neither rain, nor sleep
nor depression
can get to you
‘cause you’re genki
there’s no other word
genki all day
she’s genki she says
are you genki they ask
we’re genki all in
over cement-lined rivers
under polluted skies it don’t hurt
smiling as time goes clicking by
genki till you’re food for worms
with a little more effort
that will surely go unrecognized
find the pleasure in doing it together
in this very social exercise
I’ve never been genki-er
feeling it coming down
dancing genki
in this yokohama spot
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2. |
Doublage
01:56
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Doublage (Bbm)
one’s not enough
need more stuff
and someone
to carry it home
you want a double
maybe a triple
one’s not enough
it all gets lost
support or enforcement
multiplication for what
who needs more
you can’t get enough
something could happen
you could easily snap
you could run
become totally lost
she senses something
completing sentences
so much for your individuality
it’s gone
she could use
another pair of hands
but maybe not
another mouth
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3. |
Running
02:23
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Running (C#maj)
it goes unsaid
like gazelles
we get the signal
we’re off
between lines
holding skirts and ties
one wrong move
you’re gone
held in place
in space
through tunnels
of consciousness
there you are
there’s the door
hold your breath
as it closes
I feel the signal
I feel the strain
I move the muscle
I am the train
coming home to the mirror,
straw floor frozen dinner
where’s the weekend now
the girlfriend you can’t afford
to the future
on the ferris clock
to the future
on the water front
to future
through you
to future
through you
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4. |
Worst Cliché
03:25
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Worst Cliche (Amin)
I tried the opposite
and liked it
left nothing behind
not missing it
on this island
I found myself
with you now
I’m someone else
things are complicated
you’re difficult
we tried simple
with mixed results
mind chews on you
nearly chokes
dog with a bone
won’t let go
I’m someone else now
I like it that way
I don’t care
if we’re the worst cliche
You’re someone else now
I like it that way
I don’t care
if we’re the worst cliche
now that everything
has opened up
wanna do with you
what I never figured out
travel the world
celebrate holidays
wear ugly things
like my dad
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5. |
Disappointment Mgmt
02:38
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Disappointment Management (Fmaj)
I’ve taken a job
in disappointment management
the hours are odd
the pay is negligent
I try to make things better
I really do
I try to get over
over to you
I run campaigns
oversee budgets
deal with pain
I got a lot of it
it takes all my time
and I can’t always
leave it at the office
I make my play
I hide your embarrassment
You would never humiliate
yourself this way
but you reserve
the right
to embrace
all disappointments
I come see you
without expectations
I talk the language
of encouragement
I come to offer
you some options
they’re limited but
something to consider
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6. |
Disposable
03:30
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Disposable (A#m)
we are meant to bend
we are meant to break
there’s only so much
we’re meant to take
that fact that we
survive at all
proves we’re the exception
to the rule
disposable
breaking it to you
disposable
how we’ve been used
disposable
only meant for now
disposable
few recyclable parts
going beyond
what we’re taken for
against force of habit
common sense and law
reaching for
higher truths
complexity embedded
in molecules
recyclable memory materials
oh one day the science will come to you
we take off our wrappers
bunch ourselves together
separating blood from plastics
our hearts from paper
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7. |
Overbored
03:10
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Overbored (Dmaj)
lived in your head
most of the year
paying no rent
living off fears
hard to end
as we grew restless
breaking the bed
sailing the mattress
I fell overboard
currents carried you home
another world to explore
you could say I drowned
and you think of me
as a tragedy
I keep pearl diving
in the mud
you try to forget
these regrets
I doubt if i’ll
ever be found
over bored again
I don’t ask when
over bored again
I’d rather be in trouble
these feelings I have won’t let me rest
rather feel pain than nothing at all
deeper I go the more to explore
this ocean feels wonderful
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8. |
Skilled Passivity
02:56
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Skilled Passivity (Cbmaj)
somehow we manage
to avoid the damage
calmer heads wait
adjustments are made
structured drives
are built inside
as delicate as strong
as transparent as intricate
classifications matched
behaviors graphed
no one comes close
without being attacked
wisdom in pretending
bending and blending
as prey move closer
as defenses relax
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Bob Gaulke
SInger/Songwriter/
Rootless cosmopolitan. I sometimes produce others.
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