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She Wants A Baby
03:11
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I checked out of the Memorex motel
They dubbed my mind
The things I could tell
When I got home it was not my own
They stuck a song in my head, this is how it goes
Some girls, they want babies
Some girls, they don't want babies
You better check which kind you're with
If you need to split or get her a spliff - you hit it!
Some write letters to the government
And make out with evil men
My girl she's not that kind
She knows what she wants
There's no gettin' around it
She wants a baby
She wants a baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah
She wants a baby
She wants a baby
The girl can't help it
I went inside the animal kingdom
I went to where my dreams come from
Starfish and narwhal were breakin' the foam
I put a tape in my walkman and I headed back home
Some girls - they want boyfriends
Some girls - they don't want boyfriends
It's hard to tell who is who
When youi're under the spell
And the feeling is new
Some girls are raised on random play
They make their mamas pay and pay
My girl - she's no clown
She knows what she wants
There's no gettin' around it
She wants a baby
She wants a baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah
She wants a baby
She wants a baby
The girl can't help it
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I was stuck inside Port Townsend
Stuck outside a dream
Listening to Pete Townsend
Wonderin' if you think of me
I remember when I first saw you
You were dancin' at the grange
It was a reggae buffet and you thought I was gay
And the words were out of range
Hey - I know what you're thinkin'
Hey - I know what you're thinkin'
I caught you stealin' from the tip jar
You caught me cryin' in my car
But your American mind and your Canadian body
Left me sleepin' in your yard
You left a high and wasted scene
When you bought a pair of high-waisted jeans
You found a new town that you could bike around
Got a job at the bakery
Hey - I know what you're thinkin'
Hey - I know what you're thinkin
I was halfway through some novel
That I did not understand
I was hopin' for a story that would
Make me a better man
And I know what you're thinkin'
"Why did I pick up the telephone"?
But I still know my Tai Kwon Do
You should hear me play the slide trombone
Tonight we're startin' somethin'
Tonight we're startin' somethin'
Tonight we're startin' somethin'
Tonight we're startin' somethin'
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Detective
01:46
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Jimmy wasn't jokin'
When he said he's broken
But he's alright
You see it in the movie
You see it in the motion
He's losin' the fight
He's been takin' punches
He's been takin' punches
Takin' punches for you
(When the night comes around)
He's been takin' punches
He's been takin' punches
Yeah what else could he do
He sees it in the photos
He sees it in the bedroom
He's on the case
You better stop your cryin'
You better not be lyin'
Get a - slap in the face
I know you don't wanna
I know you don't like it
But you're fallin' in love
When you see him bleedin'
You know what you're needin'
Yeah you're fallin' in love
When you see him
See him bleedin'
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Athena From Bow
01:44
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Hey! Athena from Bow
I heard your dad has called you home
He cannot throw the bolts no more
His aim is off, he has a real bad cough
Hey! Athena from Bow
You never had a mom at home
Your dad he cut you from his head
Or so I heard
How could I know?
It's not the kind of thing
We talked about
Hey! Athena from Bow
You can't find shit on the radio
You're choppin' wood out in the snow
And all the boys that you turned blind
They say hey! Athena from Bow
You're never gonna leave this land
Or let a man come kiss your hand
And all the time
You'll wonder why
But it's not your fault
It's just how the story goes
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Beaten Path
03:16
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Back off the beaten path
The last time that I hit the road
It turned the other cheek
And left me no choice
He who knocked up the pregnant sky
Gave the promise of rain to fall
Was he who found me without coat
Nor dry face
Now I'm countin' all the ways that I've paid for my stay
Countin' all the crows baked in this pie
Changin' all the leaves to colors unseen
Keepin' all the kids happy and dry
I've felt the blows from your waves goodbye
Struck the chords that made you cry
All the hits unheard stacked high on the curb
Now I'm countin' all the ways that I've paid for my stay
Countin' all the crows baked in this pie
Changin' all the leaves to colors unseen
Keepin' all the kids happy and dry
Findin' all the ways to feed
Two birds with one seed
Yeah - I feel the blows from your waves goodbye
(goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye)
But not before I pulled your heart strings and made you cry
(cry, cry, cry)
I fell for punch of drums absurd
Kicked the habit, flipped the bird
Choked the gas and flooded streets with exhaust
Now I'm countin' all the ways that I've paid for my stay
Countin' all the crows baked in this pie
Changin' all the leaves to colors unseen
Keepin' all the kids happy and dry
Findin' all the ways to feed
Two birds with one seed
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Stray
02:17
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Stray - wandering hill and dale to your
Gate - begging for bread and bed for it's
Late - as surely as wolves may bite
They'll turn around to sing under moonlight
No slave - to anyone or place
No way - to compromise this state
No hate - nothing to give away
Not wine of violence nor devil's bread
Make a state - meant for the kids but who's to
Say - who's not a child in her own
Way - pictures of olden days
Where nobody smiles - comin' back in style
Today - gold embers glow but they won't
Stay - howling child grows and goes a -
Way - echoing wind strenghens
Pivotal point at your face
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8. |
Sadder Days
04:13
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Past the mask that casts the shadow over otherwise blue skies
Cigarettes turned on their backs
Filling lungs a-wild
Past the rusty, orange facade
Silver streams for sale
Toward the white-robed sisters
That gaze on their mother there
Past the twin dragons stretching
Lengthwise o'er the moat
Hissing positive to cross
But have you fed your hungry ride?
Past the ghost of the most photo'd house
Ride Padilla on the ridge
Past five dormers on your right
And when the view is almost in sight
When the hue could not be truer
When the sky could not be bluer
Would you come on over - sadder days?
Would you come on over - sadder days?
When the hue could not be truer
Let your body glide
Ochre and green valley
Ocean of food
Past the river that carries
My mind to childhood grounds
All the way into town
And at the elbow, turn around
When the hue could not be truer
When the sky could not be bluer
Would you come on over - sadder days?
Would you come on over - sadder days?
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Rio Grande
03:13
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Lucifer stands at the Rio Grande
With innertube, with lotion
Gonna put it in the water
Pray to heaven's daughter
She will lead him to the ocean
Through Las Cruces, Nuevo Laredo
Reynosa, Heroica Matamoros
Jealousy can, jealousy can call you
Should you chance pick up the phone
Jealousy can, jealousy can talk you
Into leaving your house and home
What of my plans to procure some land
Or buckle down in an 18 wheeler
Aye said Sand then aye said Ash
But tonight we all head south through the border
Through Las Cruces, Nuevo Laredo
Reynosa, Heroica Matamoros
Jealousy can, jealousy can call you
Should you chance pick up the phone
Jealousy can, jealousy can talk you
Into leaving your house and home
Jealousy can, jealousy can call you
Should you chance pick up the phone
Jealousy can, jealousy can talk you
Into leaving your house and home
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Dentist
01:53
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When my dad died
They came to me and said
"Son you're gonna have to fill these teeth"
You gotta solve the mystery
I stayed around
I made the crowns
But I could not fight the history
It was all too much for me
I had to cross that sea
Just get across that sea
When my wife arrived
She said to me - she said
"Kid, you're gonna have to fix this smile
I can't be seen out in the wild"
I played the game
I made my name
But I could not fill the vacancy
It was all too much for me
I had to cross that sea
Just get across that sea
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Gentle Reminder
02:19
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May we park here and walk it out
Just a gentle glide that we might buy ourselves some time
To come to and talk it out
The way that only time can unwind tangled balls of twine
For you - I am available, reachable, beseachable for you
Leave the car here, let's leave this kind
Juxtaposed inside you fear losing your life
Let mend all mind, let fruit and leaves drop
Tell me what you want, what you really, truly need
For you - I am repairable, wearable, comparable for you
This is just a gentle reminder - a-whoo!
This is just a gentle reminder - a-whoo!
This is just a gentle reminder - a-whoo!
This is just a gentle reminder - a-whoo!
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She fell down
Headfirst in the sound
She tried to stop herself from moving
But it was too profound
Touch your pants
And try to quit your glance
Cause you just noticed the dirty way that
American girls dance
Did she go right to your head
When she danced upon the bed
Is she dream or is she drag?
Can she do the shag?
Later on
You found out she was on
There's nothing so unbearable as
Knowing that she's gone
Dream away
And try to make her stay
You know that you'd give her everything
But she does it anyway
Did she go right to your head
When she danced upon the bed
Is she dream or is she drag?
Can she do the shag?
There's one thing that you will never know
It's how she got to be so - whoa whoa whoa...
Beautiful
She's unreal
Exactly how you feel
I think they've got a line for it
She's invented sex appeal
You'll undress
And try to get some rest
But you'll just dream of her Summer hair
And her wintery caress
Did she go right to your head
When she danced upon the bed
Is she dream or is she drag?
Can she do the shag?
There's one thing that you will never know
It's how she got to be so - whoa whoa whoa...
Beautiful
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13. |
Knock On My Door
02:54
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Come on over and knock on my door, on my door
Come on over and knock on my door, on my door
I've been waitin' all day
I've been waitin' all day
I've been waitin' all day
Come on over and knock on my door, on my door
Come on over and knock on my door, on my door
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Eddy
02:07
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Just past the elbow
Is a swirling tattoo
Conversation rollin' along
With an equal and opposite song
Not unlike the golden hour
Changing whole perspectives
Yeah, in that vein
Sweep our feet from underneath
Before we're pulled out by the main
By the main, by the main, by the mainstream
Why perpetuate elitist colonization
Oh Eddy takes you back
Why not instigate a contradictory resignation
Eddy takes you back
Back to the original will
To just say no or at least stay still
Sweep our feet from underneath
Before we're pulled out by the main
By the main, by the main, by the mainstream
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15. |
Man Vacation
01:15
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I was broken in the basement membrane
Awoken by the wind and the rain
News had gone round
You were gonna leave town
I was never gonna see you again
Famous basements are callin' your name
Doctors' daughters don't mind
And the kids they wanna get you high
And we all know you've been waitin'
So long for this
I broke into the research station
Tryin' to take a look in my brain
Wonderin' where I went wrong
I was nodding to a popular song
I tried to laugh - huh -
About the change in staff
I just wanna see you again
I only wanna see you again
But we all know California
Would never be my home
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16. |
Come and Take It Away
01:33
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Set myself on display
Hope you come and haul it away
All the dirt and rocks
All the sand and clay
You can pick my brain to
If you choose to stay
But come and take it away
Take these cumbersome ways
With you when you leave the gate - open
Say you got a roll to play
Go and give the dice a shake
With a burst of hot, wet breath for luck
Broad side of a barn, you give a darn!
But come and take it away
Take these cumbersome ways
With you when you leave the gate - open
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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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