1. |
Crashing Waves
07:28
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A long time comin' this return
A long time comin' this return
Taking a risk on a burn
Back in front of crashing waves
Do you remember the mountain?
Do you remember the mountain?
Yeah I was there the other day
It's just a dive and stroll away
Before you're back in front of crashing waves
We pray in service divine
We pray in service divine
Sandy skin tangled in a kelp vine
Back in front of crashing waves
I heard 'em say
We'll never leave you for a day
Right here we lay in waiting
At risk of overstating - here we lay
Here we lay
Our purpose figured out
We make way for the edges
In frothy spray / crashing shout I heard 'em say
Poor you, you're leaving today
Poor you, you're leaving today
Well lucky me - I'm in skin
And in skin I just begin
Back in front of crashing waves
Back in front of crashing waves
Back in front of crashing waves
Back in front of crashing waves
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2. |
My Johnny
05:55
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I gave out a cry
I cried as a plover
As a killdeer when you boarded
Your boat to cross over
You left me a puzzle
Of an unfamiliar scene
And I fumbled the pieces
Alone in my keen
Are you waitin' my Johnny?
For I've been taking my time
And I'm corking it up in a bottle
May it ferment as the wine
Whoa whoa
I've been wailing and whining
My brow a dark cloud
Shields The Sun with its shining
Through the darkness
The night is the day
My John boarded his ship
Sailing ever astray
Are you waitin' my Johnny?
For I've been taking my time
I plan to come see you
But not before I finish
This bottle of wine
Let me loosen this necktie
This knot in my throat
That doubles and tightens
With the distance of your boat
Let me sort out what I'm feelin'
With no pressure of words
It may be more descriptive
To cry out as a bird
Ka-ka coo - coo - coo
Coo - coo - coo
Coo - coo - coo!
Ka-ka coo - coo - coo
Coo - coo - coo
Coo - coo - coo!
Are you waitin' my Johnny?
For I'm givin' you this here rhyme
And I'm corkin' in up in a bottle
May it find you in its time
And may it find you in its time
May it find you
In its time
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3. |
Dragon Song
02:17
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That's the sound of the TVs turnin' off
All at the same time
The people gathered round
The center of town
The birds were in air
Just to share this moment
Ooh - ooh - ooh - ooh
Among the crowd
No words could be found
Yet none were missing
When one hand grabbed the next
A chain spread between them
So it had come to this
Traded in for a heart with a fist
Ooh - ooh - ooh - ooh
About this time
We saw the dragon coming down
Out of a storm cloud
The Sun and moon lay set
Atop horizon's edge
They stared across the sky
I tried to tell which was comin' and which was goin'
That's the sound of the TVs turnin' off
All at the same time
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4. |
Slow Down, Joe
03:14
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Slow down Joe
Though it's a magical way to go
With no brakes to stop this speed
I'd like to think that you know where you're goin'
But I've got to be real
And it's hard to be real
Without you comin' down
For some an anchor would drown them
But it could do us some good
Let's rest in the harbor
With the calmness of the bay
And smell of the driftwood
We could park up on the hill
Let's look down on the town
And turn around
To watch The Sun peak o'er the mountain
Slow down, Joe
Though it's a magical way to go
With no brakes to stop this speed
I'd like to think - I'd like to think
Damn Joe just pull o'er to the side there
Let the bloody repetition of the freeway traffic
Give you some clue
Oh-whoa-Oh Joe!
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5. |
Into the Nada
04:14
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6. |
Notion
05:20
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7. |
Ode to Ocean
04:12
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There's a part of me that wants to be a part of you
And when my skin is wet I forget about me
Your waters - my flesh
A simple rhyme, a lasting embrace
Sand from stone after caressing years
Sandy skin, sandy skin
Sand from stone after caressing years
Sandy skin, sandy skin
And there's a part of me that wants to be apart from you
To pant in thirst, witness the worst of myself
In thirst I'll bloom - I want to carry my fallen, brown blossoms
Back into your room
Back to your open arms
Back to your open arms
Back to your open arms
Back to you
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8. |
Ode to Demons
03:48
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Oh my demons
My friends
When I lay
You may rest with me
But when I leave where I lay
You must be on your way
Get on your way
That will be another day
It feels good to communicate
Oh I never wanna hear you say
Never wanna hear you say
I'm sorry
sorry
sorry
sorry
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9. |
Shadow
04:50
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Let the cherry blossoms fall on me
Must I swing alone long from my favorite tree
Is what I thought
Until I looked under me
There floating in silent mimicry
With hummingbird grace and featureless face
A lively ghost of the grass
You who have always been a family friend
That I have never really been alone
Shadow - once locked inside a trunk behind the family tree
Shadow - some lost beneath the blue and green of sea
Now that I blew the candles out
I crawl deep inside of you
I've learned how love is scared of light
Yet it flows free in you
So shadow
Take me away from this
Blow your blackened kiss on my cheek
Let me reek of the night
When I flounder in light
Let me reek of the night
The night I blew the candles out
I crawled the insides of you
Love burns - I once shared of light
Yet I'll turn free for you
So shadow
Take me away from this
Blow your blackened kiss on my cheek
Let me reek of the night
When I flounder in light
Let me reek of the night
When I flounder in light
I'm a fish on the sandbar
Beneath The Sun
And though I too am in the dark
About the why's of wanting you
I started in the womb
I'll end up in the tomb
Beloved shadow
I'm scared of in between times
Gonna dig a deep, dark coal mine
Inside you'll find
My shadow
My shadow
My shadow
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10. |
The Dark, Magic Sea
03:46
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Karl Blau Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
These records are all over the place. My latest studio record Love & Harm consists of a modern country rock sound featuring the pedal steel of Jon Hyde (Introducing) and amazing players you'd recognize from playing on stage with me. Living in Germantown, Philadlephia, started a recording project called Opal Eskar, check that out too. ... more
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