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Love + Vision
03:39
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Love and Vision
You’re gonna sleep better
Feel much younger
Week of sunny weather
Refund’s at your doorstep
Wrote to say ‘sorry’
Calling after the party
He’s been arrested
On television
You’re gonna feel good
Despite whats going on
You deserve more
Than you got
Gonna feel good
All night long
I’ll get you through
With these songs
From highest peaks of culture
Deepest strands of knowledge
Gonna wrap you like a baby
In love and vision
Recognize a future
Will take our efforts
Let’s make the moment
Touch all potentials
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Forms of Compassion
03:04
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Forms of Compassion in Dm
piece of chocolate
finds a home in your mouth
your vacuuming robot
feels so much love
that new kitten
making nights not so lonely
donating to the cause
I was born yesterday
forms of compassion
of various scales
masked altruism
in functioning mammals
forms of compassion
we exhale
twisting and stretching them
'til they cover our heads
he sponsored his family
out of obligation
she insisted on volunteering
on exotic vacations
they never wanted children
throwing themselves into work
giving his inheritance
to his neighbor’s girls
pledging their millions
for a search for a cure
spending his SSI
on beautiful prostitutes
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Unleash the Goats
03:14
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Unleash the Goats (in Em)
as they rob the banks
drain the pools
cut the power
melt the schools
I’m hanging onto you x2
as they slit throats
fill moats
burn coats
unleash the goats I say
unleash the goats
as we’re winning and losing
come see me
as we’re working and fighting
make time for activities
on barricades
in airports on skateboards
hit by ammunition
they’ll bill us for
in parking lots
of mansions in decay
through kitchens
desserts we’ll taste
chewing the back lawn
eating the croquet
a moment in the garage
before it’s wrecked
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Dancing Check to Check
02:22
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Dancing check to check (C# Aeoiian)
twenty left-make the list
spaghetti sauce bananas
glance at the fridge nothing left
ketchup, mustard, soy sauce
cancel plans social media
no one argues with diarrhea
set mode to “introvert”
no one has to see you
gotta have that
gotta have this
dancing check to check
makes you happy
gets you sex
overdrafts take you there
following steps
representatives in Manila
my credit score won’t buy a candy bar
my English is perfect
I promise I’ll change
voices saying I got to save
feelings won’t go away
my stomach aches
overtime won’t pay for it
dancing check to check
the world burns a crisp
shipping next day air
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Civilization takes Two
04:04
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be lightning
I’ll be slime
be single-celled organisms
I’ll be time
be a reptile
I’ll be the worm
I’ll be feathers
if you be a bird
be the monkey
I’ll be banana
be a land bridge
I’m Siberia
be the sphinx
I’ll be the nose
Julius Cesar,
what’s there to lose
civilization takes two, my darling
civilization takes two
you might find the thought alarming
but there’s nothing we can do
be Guttenberg
I’ll be depressed
be Martin Luther
while I’ll get undressed
be Columbus
I’ll be Taino
be Montezuma
or Cortes
fighting you in bed
I’ll let you win
serve me instead
with a slice of onion
civilization takes two
your highness
civilization takes two
pull back the covers
what we find is
civilization takes two
fossil record
missing link
history abhors
predictability
play the declaration
I’ll be redcoats
be Abraham Lincoln
not Jim Crow
Be Susan Anthony
I’ll be a corset
be the Wright Brothers
I’m a UFO
civilization takes two, princess
civilization takes two
just be yourself, your highness
off with my head with you
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Songs about Songs
03:30
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Song about songs (Am mostly)
Give me a song to fill my head
One I can sing all by myself
When I’m down it lifts my mood
Just like I feel when I see you
Like ones they used to write
In slightly different times
Although their problems were worse
They knew how to feel good
Give me a melody to hum
The kick of a drum
Some sweet harmonies
A chorus that repeats
I don’t think I ever been this down
Listen to the fridge how it hums
Sounds like It’s missing you, too
Holding on to that photo of you
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Boring History Shit
02:34
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Boring History Shit (C Persian)
Someone’s gonna die tonight
Someone’s paying the whole price
For something we don’t understand
To them it’s perfectly clear
Someone’s fighting an invisible fight
Making the ultimate sacrifice
For a higher ideal
Giving them reason to live
We’ll read about it later
Watch a tv special
Maybe there’ll be a statue
Or a day off school
And kids will find it boring
As teachers pass out a worksheet
Yet one will be touched
With feelings so deep
When that darkness comes back again
That one will make the stand
And some lost part of our memory
Will make us stand with them
And a third are against it
Another third don’t care
That’s what history tells us
About how things get better (x2)
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you got a new bike
all I got was love
headstands on mountainsides
all I ever got was love
in a world of shiny things
you’ve gone insane
maybe I can help you
in my own way
you want everything
past the point of embarrassing
when jungles are burning up
what is there left to want
spinning your drink
smoking the latest thing
making enemies with people
with the same needs
dancing in your head
my heart’s in the fridge
quoting songs by prince
about your pretty mess
you got a new job
all I got is love
coming home to the floor
maybe love’s enough
not getting out of this alive
doing what we can to survive
putting aside differences
stepping inside kisses
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Bob Gaulke
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Rootless cosmopolitan. I sometimes produce others.
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