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My Ethnic Autobiography
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I come from a long line
of well-intentioned people
carrying half-burnt ideas
deep into trouble
our women are tall
men too emotional
we've got tiny children
with behavioral issues
what can problems mean
over tea with family
how could you feel lost
you haven't finished your cake with us
these moments
precious to us easily lost
far from home
memories burn up our hearts
I come from a long line
of vibrant dreamers
lost in details
touching hope with fingernails
women are calm
men too emotional
in basement apartments
sitting in silence
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Follow the Prettiness
02:51
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follow the prettiness
do like it does
focus on flowers
in the sun
forget idiots
destroying the world
for moments it's just
the birds and you
Like a children's book
or favorite song
we'll put innocence
in quotation marks
Like advertisements
for new cars
we'll feel a world
made for us
follow the beauty
take it home
install it in a room
full of junk
memories from
a lifetime of love
remind us that
we’re still around
making photographs
in one of those books
pinned to a timeline
in funny clothes
children will laugh
at our naïveté
and wonder if they can
still feel that way
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3. |
New Samba
03:20
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woke up everything was new
I tried to hold the feeling
everything to do
pregnant possibilities
nothing could be the same
as much as we imagined
the moment changed
differences in seconds
past dissolves
future calls
bright and blue
blink your eyes
memories fly
here comes something new
feelings of
gratitude
shifts in
attitude
energy in
abundance
the world’s
looking nuts
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Christopher Walken
03:16
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woke up
with hair
high
on my head
spoke up
silence
suddenly
went dead
got old
front
of a crowd
of graduates
told
only have
a few
minutes left
to dance and sing
to say my piece
before the audience gets
nervous in sheets
anti-heroes love
following trends
punching instead
saying less and less
what did you say
who did you think you were
you’ve become
Christopher Walken
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Negotiable
02:56
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anything you want
is yours for a song
everything you need
is fully guaranteed
if you don’t have the credit
we’ll work with your bank
if you don’t want to spend it
pay later-take half
it’s negotiable I’m flexible
we’re changing all the time
the rates are variable
they go up and down all night
now that we’ve come
to an understanding
the terms you’ll want
we’ll hammer in the morning
now that we’ve gone
through this together
we’ll have time to back out
or reconsider
it’s negotiable it’s changing
it’s a dance we’re doing
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6. |
Human Shield
03:09
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between you and me
there's a third thing
molded in the shape of the world
we deal with it
when we open the door
and become vertical
I'd be lying if I said
I got a handle on it
I ask friends for help
sometimes I stand right
in front of it
and make myself sick
tell me it's rotten
from top to bottom
corrupt from
pole to pole
justice a flash
of imagination
in eyes of hope
to be born
between you and me
there's something else
coated in the dust of the future
moving faster than
ourselves
swallowing tomorrow
lying if I said it's all good
do my best to make it work
other times I isolate when
it seeps into my pores
with a good night's sleep,
something in my belly
I can almost deal with it
all it throws at me
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7. |
Cakewalking
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put on your red dress
I'll wear my pressed shirt
meet me at the place
bring the records
we'll share the bread
with yesterday's soup
go on take a lipstick
and her flat shoes
we'll go cakewalking
like our masters do
they've got things
we’ve got moves
teasing appetites
being the street life
twisting the city
as we unwind
liberty's beneath our feet
stepping over everything
motion makes it true
can you feel
resistance in a groove
we go everywhere
flying over troubles
evidently we don't care
(we’re) incorrigible
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8. |
The Golden Hour
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Bob Gaulke
SInger/Songwriter/
Rootless cosmopolitan. I sometimes produce others.
Bob Gaulke recommends:
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Due South/Donna Summer/Call The Cops
by The Welfare State
Eric Gregory and company are the best.
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StillLife/RealLife
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...because I co-wrote the songs!!!
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