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Hunger
02:00
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Hunger in Db
once you’ve known hunger
you’re never completely sure
you can ever
feel full again
with that worry
filling your head
you’re eating
the wrong things
when all you ever needed
was simply being held
patient in my approach
holding that image close
I come to you slowly
In a quick motion it’s over
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Knees
02:56
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Knees (C wholetone)
the night is young so are we
possessed of the charm of chimpanzees
the night is broad we hear
its siren song on repeat
It says,
“Taste my tastes
your own way
move and feel
as you please
but my demands
will drive your days
all the way
to your knees.”
day is long without change
clock’s wrong eight hours a day
waiting for the sun to punch out
becoming something we can’t figure out
“Swallow me when you breathe”
says the day,
“Think of me when you leave”
humming to itself while you’re whistling
city stands beneath it all
city never sleeps
as we go back and fourth
between bills and dreams
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Security
02:02
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Security
all I ever wanted to feel
was safe
attaching myself to things
greater than myself
failing as my dreams
kept me awake
I was living twice
once for me, once for my fears
thinking of myself as the type
who faces dreams alone
as people wandered through my life
I treated them as ghosts
I thought this was the way
to live my life
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Charades
02:39
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Charades Bmin
distant lights are flashing
fireworks or explosions
gunshots or beats
screams or orgasms
the guests look relaxed
playing games of confidence
with other people’s money
the future’s on installments
I’ve done my part
in keeping up this charade
when it was my turn
I put on the party face
as the night went by
in a dylanesque parade
I stayed true
to our little agreement
here comes the hostess
dressed in the moment
touching your shoulder
while looking my way
grab your shoes
I’ll get the pie dish
as the room booms
to climaxes or mortars
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The Film about the House
02:18
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The Film About The House (C Ionian)
we remember the house with the love
it comes back at night to haunt
we go out looking for something now
changing forms its pull still strong
eyes meet eyes
blinking never stops
synchronized frames
flicker in the dark
run it again
you can’t watch it ’til the end
there’s something else
pressing on us now
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A little death
03:37
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little death in A
in other bodies I lose myself
making like I’m someone else
up to the point
of a little death
in other bodies we flip planes
yet we can’t cross over
but it never stops us
from making an attempt
hopes go higher they clear
the obstacles we choose
growing smaller now we disappear
into a molecule
I’d like to think we’re feeling
the same thing
connecting with
something deep
but after all this time
I’m not sure
what you want
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Today's Lab
01:53
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Today’s lab (Bmaj)
No matter how many times
We’ve done it
Under what conditions
We run it
Everything
Is an experiment
The outcome
In question
That we’re alive at all
Is some kind of miracle
How we drive these bodies
Like rental cars
into the only certainty
we’ve ever known
the adventure
of the unknown
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8. |
Reaching for You
02:22
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lost in forests over hills
deep into your mud
you’re wilderness and the river
coursing through my blood
I don’t understand my life
why these aches
this job what’s now
to get away
out of this space
to the only place I know
you can visit my city
busses run on time
streets clean people mean
money on everybody’s eyes
I don’t understand my life
it moves forward all the same
I’m still reaching for you
with every step I take
(repeat 1st ch)
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Strangers
02:32
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Strangers in F#m
she insisted
on keeping her distance
told me
she knew how to use it
bringing things
into focus
putting them
in context
I didn’t mind
feeling uncomfortable
though I never
got used to it
we never met
in the same place
she didn’t have one
to be kept in
she set me straight
about what I’d wanted
said I had the right
to feel surprised
without the right
to be disappointed
a distinction
I’d learn in time
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10. |
The Art of Flimm
02:42
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The art of flimm (C)
we were in love for nine seconds
enough time to caress
grainy outlines
of several old photographs
future and past come together
in a slow-motion scene
of incomprehensible beauty
made for you and me
we read about the film
in an old paperback
only two prints
are known to still exist
taking your hand in mine
we look into each others eyes
taken in by the flickering
unspooling reels fade to black
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Bob Gaulke
SInger/Songwriter/
Rootless cosmopolitan. I sometimes produce others.
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