1. |
House of Cards
04:16
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London bridge is falling down, is falling down is falling down down down...
Hahaha hah...
The house of cards is falling down...
The morning is dawning is dawning is dawning
The morning is dawning is dawning down down down
The rain it is pouring, it's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring, it's pouring down...
Open your ears, open your eyes, open your mouth, open your heart
Open your mind, find the key in your chest, now you're ready to start.
Leave behind the valley of the shadow of death
Ride back home on the wings of your breath...
For it's better to sing and wildly swing than to suffer in stone...
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2. |
Way Down South
03:29
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A little sparrow came by today
Making her little bird's way
Way down south x2
Mangos and pears just a-waiting for your mouth.
And what do you suppose became of our friend the sparrow?
Did she shiver her bones on down to the marrow?
Oh no,
She went way down south x2
Mangoes and pears, just a-waiting for her mouth.
Well shiver me timbers and what do I do?
Slap on my sneakers and throw on my shoes
This little sparrow likes to go it alone
And this little piggy goes wee wee wee the way home,
Wee wee wee the way home.
Her mother stands by the open door
Says, "Won't I ever see my darling daughter no more?"
Oh no,
Chorus
Way way way way way down south down south down south !
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3. |
Mister Lady
05:15
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Mister Lady
C-Am
1. If you're a boy or girl
or somethin in between
or way out in... left field,
I can tell you that I love you
and the love I feel is... oh so real.
2. Beauty's a computer chip
they planted in your mind!
Dig a little deeper
nothin's what you'll find!
When everything you love becomes beautiful in your wake.
And everytime you kiss me,
I begin to shake a little, little little
Chorus
Sing a little ditty for you my darlin
Little ditty dootin darlin for you
I been a-rootin tootin tootin for you
to come on home.
I been achin-agitatin n a-waitin for you
to roam... on back to me.
3. Gender's a mind-bender
puts a shitty spin on your pretty little head.
But honey let me tell you
there's no rules
once you hop into bed.
Boys who do girls like they're boys
who do girls like they're--
I can't keep it straight!
But what's the point of keepin it straight
when that line just leads to hate?
Chorus
4. It's like tryin to hide
the sunlight in the clouds.
This love I feel just won't go underground!
I'm a fe-she-he-ze-Mr. Lady
and I... like me that way.
Can't quite pinpoint what you are
but honey, that's okay.
I know that you're scared,
I know you're afraid.
But there's no reason to be ashamed,
for our bodies don't define us,
they remind us of the infinite earth.
And nothin that confines us can define us
as less than…infinite worth.
Coda:
(Out of my mind,
I must be out of my mind,
I must be down in my heart,
I must be out of my mind. )x2
Finale
Sing a little ditty dootin darlin
Little ditty dootin darlin for you.
I been rootin tootin tootin for you
I been achin, waitin, agitatin.
I been waitin for you
(to come on back to me.)x3
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4. |
No-Good Do-Gooder
03:32
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Key of E
Somethin in your eyes
Unwillin to get back in line
that I could recognize
on the streets of anywhere.
1.
The skyglass color of your eyes
dawns a wild wily tide
on the wide-eyed ocean of my heart.
Take me, oh take me,
take me in your secret underground tunnels.
To your creaky, leaky,
hollow wooden house, high on a windy hill
Chorus 1
Filled with radicals, no-gooders, do-gooders
3-legged dogs, and musicians.
b/c I wanna breathe, sleep, live revolution.
3.
I'm drownin in anmesia goop
Swimmin in suburbian soup
Oh shake me, and awake me
Pull me by the hand atop a spire.
And we'll stay there
watch bats play there
pretend the city's
goin down in fire
Chorus 2
'Cos we're radical, no-gooder do-gooder
3-legged dogs and musicians.
And we're breathin sleepin
laughin weepin lovin revolution.
Somethin in your eyes
Unwillin to give up and die
That I could recognize
on the streets of anywhere.
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5. |
Mother's Brine
06:08
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Mother's Brine
Key of C
C-Em-Am-Em
Intro: Ahhhhh.... Ahhhhh
1.Far beneath the sky, you lie
Far beneath the waves, you'll stay.
2. There goes a sea horse
and there goes a snail.
There goes a boat
with a bright white sail.
3. Up above the waves clouds billow.
So make the sand your pillow.
You came from your mother's brine
and now you drink your days like
sweet wine.
Chorus:
On and on and on, the waves roll on.
On and on and on, the days go on.
Riff (C-G7-C) x2
3. How many times
has the earth circled with you
as the earth circles the sun?
That's how many times
you have circled in space
and you'll just keep making circles
til you're done.
-Chorus
-Riff
-1.
-Intro
ff(You're alive)x6
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6. |
Zombies of Abundance
04:17
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key of C
Why you gotta sing
about things you can't do nothin about?
Why don't you put that damn banjo down
And go on and go home and get out?
Well I been up and down too many roads
and it's not like I've got a choice.
I've been up down too many roads
and there's too many folks without a voice.
There's enough food to feed us all
There's enough room to house us
in those strip malls
There's enough love to go around
Just listen deeply to my sound:
Chorus:
Why? Why? Why? Oh lord, please tell me why.
It's our fear that keeps us separated and agitated
Lines of division perforated and serrated
We're all zoomin around, rushin to survive
(Zombies of abundance in a land that's so alive) x2
Chorus
I guess it's easy to hate someone you don't know.
I guess it's easy to waste the crops you didn't grow.
I guess it's easy to buy into this capitalist show,
if you're guilty of violence you can say you didn't know.
It's about time we realized where our true wealth lies
(In our soil, in our water, in our clear blue skies
In our health, in our kindness, in the soul behind our eyes.) x2
Chorus
But it's easy to plant a garden
with your neighbor.
And bein a good friend
is a little like bein a saviour.
Why don't you follow that pipe dream
to become a sailor
Or just read a book
that's written by Byrd Baylor.
'Cos the real revolution is in our hearts
(the real revolution is in our hearts) x2
and nobody can do nothin about it.
Let go and let love.
Why? Why? Why?
Oh lord, you're my reason why.
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7. |
Mirror Eyes
03:50
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G-D
1. I think I must be falling in love again,
oh thank you mam.
And I think I'm falling
in love, in love again.
Sing (doon dadn doon dadn doon
dadn doon doon die, oh I oh oh.) x2
2. I looked in your mirror eyes
and I saw the light I've been longing for.
I've been longing so long
lonely so long for you.
3. I think I could love you
through and through.
Or at least tonight,
at least I could lick you once tonight
Lick you once good lookin
so lonely for you.
etc.
end: GGGG DDDD GGGG DDDD
GG DD GG DD
G D G D G!
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8. |
Trap Door
07:30
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Chord progression:
C#-Fm-C#-Fm / C#-Fm-A#-Fm
Reverb, Piano 1
[12 C# octaves in a row]
Intro:
The clock strikes twelve.
It's my darkest hour.
1. I'm at the bottom of my well x3
It's my darkest hell.
2. I'm down on my knees x3
and you reach out to me.
3. Sayin it's alright.
It's alright x2
Instrumental
(Faster, happy)
Chorus:
You're my trapdoor x3
And you're sayin it's alright
It's alright, it's alright, it's alright my child.
[end on F]
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9. |
Here I Am
05:53
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10. |
Dam Dam Dam
05:13
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11. |
Concrete and Asphalt
06:15
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