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Vacancy for a Bluebird
04:27
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She and her husband
Try and attract bluebirds
I hear all about it
Whenever I have words to send
Carol’s my typist
She lives upstate in Woodstock
We chitchat for hours
Oh how I miss our long talks
Have you seen any bluebirds?
There don’t seem to be any here
I guess they’ve all disappeared
In a world without bluebirds
When my words are ready
I say goodbye to my wife, put on my coat
I go to the store to buy a manila envelope
In with the locals down on Second Avenue
Who won the lottery? Hey, what happened to your foot?
Their words are a soothing song
With all the bluebirds gone
At least I have my words
In a world without bluebirds
The ones we elected seem to bring us all to our knees
They’ve hitched up their wagons to a horse that has got mad cow disease
This is not what I fought for, the interests of the one percent
Although I am tired, I’m ready to get in the ring again
Have you seen any bluebirds?
My belief in them is firm
We’ve set up homes for them in the yard
For when the bluebirds return
For when the bluebirds return
For when the bluebirds return
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Soul Deliverer
04:22
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I’ve got to deliver some souls today
Pack them in jars and cart them away
Cuz in the backwoods, the mines may spray
A body or two that has gone astray
Souls leave get caught in branches
Where crows eat them like worms enchanted
But it’s quite a steady job, shipping all those souls right out
Oh I really can’t stop smiling, though there’s nothing to be smiling about
I know, I know my days are numbered, from the grounds inside my cup
I think next time I’ll skip the coffee, and get water for my lunch
You know water has done wonders for you
You’d never know that you were 95
Believe me, I’ve tried to kill myself a thousand times
It can be so hard to stay alive
I know, I know my days are numbered, from the grounds inside my cup
I think next time I’ll skip the coffee, and get water for my . . .
Soul deliverer
Wash the bones, bring the body, leave the heart behind
Instructions you must follow to usher souls along
For if you should leave someone in a suitcase in a field, say
All the children will get scared, everything will go wrong
Cold hands, let go and say goodbye
Fold pants, gather belongings before you cry
And listen, we don’t offer rush service
It takes many days, at least forty
So you better notify your employer when it comes time for soul exporting
I know, I know my days are numbered, from the grounds inside my cup
I think next time I’ll skip the coffee, and get water for my lunch
Listen, I’ll meet you at the crossroads but for now let me enjoy my John Dory and rakija
And I am going to keep that Jungle Book with me for now
Besides you’ll get it on that final day that I see you
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Oh baby, show me your superpowers
Oh mine? I can talk for hours
Bore a whole room to death
And barely take a breath
Fly you to top of towers later
But we’ll have to take the elevator
I break necks and never sweats
That would be something you’d regret
Fully dressed I am not mighty,
but you should see me in my tighty-whities
It’s a bod that’s made for fighting,
there is nothing more exciting
Put on this costume, it is form-fitting,
it’s great for brawling and the sheets we’ll be hitting
A freak of nature with a lonely heart
Am I not allowed to experience love
A freak of nature with a lonely heart
I only want the unconditional touch
Oh baby, show me your super talents
Oh mine? I am super valiant
And if I were to be honest
I’d have to say that I am super modest
Oh baby, I’ll save you from the villains
With just a minimal of killing
Besides I like to hear them say
That I will rue the day
Lock me up and cages will rattle
Set me free and I’m ready for battle
Put on this red mask, bring comic relief
Bloated piñata full of killer bees
When I get going there is no stopping
Especially when you mess with my possum
I blow out evil just like a candle
But I’ll leave your city in shambles
A freak of nature with a lonely heart
Am I not allowed to experience love
A freak of nature with a lonely heart
I only want the unconditional touch
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As the roots crackle out their beat underneath the haloed moon
The ants stroke the aphids to get their honeydew
The stag beetle bursts in
A glimmer on this brow
He invites you to lie on his bed of moss
And the budding of the saplings sends desire through the air
And the earthworms keep things happening
Wearing lichen for their hair
And the moths they are such pretty dancers
Underneath the starry skies
And the ferns they never take their chances
In the light of fireflies
There’s a party in the drunken forest
Don’t invite the sun and it will never end
Pendulous branches crack like whips
Fueled by their daily orgy of solar indulgence
With some gentle coaxing, tight flower bulbs will open
And the trees stagger round in their lopsided crowns
With their feet in the ground, and the flickers all pound out the rhythm, mesmerizing
And the sap is running high
And the fungus, tantalizing
Oh the foxfire glows bright
The mushrooms give a pleasant disconnect
The leaves hold patterns from a dream
Some may fall and then they disappear
But in decay there grows a seed
There’s a party in the drunken forest
Don’t invite the sun and it will never end
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When the Big Bell Calls
03:07
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We’ll milk the cows now
Sun is in the yard
We’ll clean the barn out
Time is running short
Leaves they won’t stay in the trees
I know it’s impossible. I know it’s impossible
Icy bullets in the northern breeze
I know they’re unstoppable. I know they’re unstoppable
And with every motion
that you make in haste
Can’t keep things together
frozen in one place
Like the Frisbee, left in the summer stream
Come the snow, we’ll only have the dream
Like the mitten you left in the icy pond
Come the spring, the mitten will be gone
We’ll bale the hay now
Make tight yellow cubes
Pickle the string bean
For our winter’s food
Dust may gather and make balls
Nothing’s invincible, nothing is invincible
Where will you be when the big bell calls?
You are responsible. You are responsible
Idle hands may wander, shrivel on the beach
Make sure every chore gets crossed off of your sheet
Make sure the river doesn’t narrow to a creek
Make sure the wool is taken from the sheep
Make sure the baby doesn’t wake from its sleep
Check the saddle has got the extra grease
And when everything goes all cattywampus
We will still move forward, oh nothing can stop us
When the ceiling droops and the floor starts to buckle
We will keep it together, we will face all our troubles
It’s not impossible, it’s not impossible, it’s not impossible
We are unstoppable, we are unstoppable, we are unstoppable, oh yeah
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Oh-ho-ho, the ocean is a black and rolling tongue
It seems to follow me no matter where I run
Drowning is black and sudden fear
Pull yourself out of it
Sometimes the ocean’s all you hear,
when you are out of it.
But I never counted on all of this violence to wash over me
And I’ll crack the window to set all the bad spirits free
Codeine, make it all disappear,
wake up in a new day
White noise, waves in the machine,
it’s time to drift away
Oh-ho-ho, the ocean is a black and rolling tongue
I want it to swallow me when my work is done
I’m only trying to make all of the wrongs correct
I’ll leave some breathing to show I have some soul left
But I never counted on all of this violence to wash over me
And I’ll crack the window to set all the bad spirits free
By the time the drugs kick in she’ll have no remembrance
In the playground, Lisa’s counting higher than she ever has
I wasn’t counting. No, I wasn’t counting
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Life in a Blender New York, New York
For over 30 years, Life in a Blender has been the canvas for singer and songwriter Don Ralph's blackly comic landscapes. The group has released albums ranging from screaming punk to orchestrated chamber pop, and has brought the high theatrics of its live act to stages from Berlin to Austin to Toronto to Brooklyn and Seattle. ... more
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