1. |
Be The Wheel
03:47
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Knock on the door
Open the invitation
Lookin' out for
A lemonade situation
Hold out your hand
It's a lemonade stand
You see?
Thousands of years
Stuck to the ocean bottom
Out of the blue
Dayton, Ohio's callin'
Next thing we knew
Man on the moon
You see?
Here comes the hurricane
It's blowin', babe
And there goes the automobile
Don't be the horse and buggy
Be the wheel
Watch the old ways
Fight for survival under
Solemnly sworn
Hands on the Bible, while the
Continents dance
Over the sands of time
Back at the ranch
Look for the Golden Teacher
Lie in the grass
Next to the water feature
Listen in close
Maybe take notes?
Just sayin...
I'm just sayin...
Here comes the hurricane
It's blowin', babe
And there goes the automobile
Don't be the horse and buggy
Don't be the horse and buggy
Don't be the next best somethin'
Don't be the second comin'
Just be that holy one thing:
Be the wheel
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2. |
Hit the Target
02:47
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Six feet of flesh and bones
And sex and clothes and
Toes and legs and breasts and eggs
And toast and coffee
Black and tan, this woman, man
My heart is in the throes
It falls so fast into the trash
And there she goes
There she goes
There she goes
Put down the pistol
Pick up the bow and arrow, my friend
Put down your fist
You can't just hit yourself in the head
You have to hit the target instead
Six years of bouncing 'round the room for patience
Wanes and waxes, likes and follow-backs just ain't the same as
Guts and glory
Songs and stories by the flame
The time is up, the blood is boiling in my veins
In my veins
In my veins
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3. |
Corn Does Grow
03:45
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At the corn ranch
We forget more than we know
But we know more than we think
If we only learn to listen
To the song that's in our hearts
Not the voice that's in our heads
Cuz the corn is where it starts
And the corn is where it ends
And the corn does grow
And the corn does grow
And if you didn't, now you know
That the corn does grow
At the corn ranch
It's alright if we don't see
Eye to eye on everything
We don't have to share a vision
Cuz the water's gonna flow
You and I may disagree
Where the water wants to go
Que sera, sera, baby
I'm betting on the
Sun to shine tomorrow
I'm betting on the rain to fall
Giving my paycheck
Back to mother nature
To sort through it all
At the corn ranch
We don't have no flag to wave
We don't have no face to save
We don't have no ammunition
We just row our little boat
Ever gently down the stream
If the truth is gonna float
Then the lie is gonna sink
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4. |
The Only Chance We Have
03:42
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I had a feeling
I couldn't help it
Kept it a secret
Too scared to tell it
Tried to suppress it, I got desperate
Ten years of friendship flushed down the toilet
Click of a button
And now we're fighting a war
Each on an island, totally silent
But oh, the feeling
When we fall off of the high horse, baby
Onto the track
Face down the high road, baby
There's no turning back
This is the only chance we have
Here come the headlines
Keeping it simple
Like cops and robbеrs
Like good and evil
As if the dеvil ain't in the details
It took a village to raise the children
Click of a button
To leave the children behind
To hate their neighbors
The ones that raised them
But oh, the feeling
Oh, the healing
When we fall off of the high horse, baby
Onto the track
Face down the high road, baby
There's no turning back
This is the only, the only chance we have
The only chance we have
The only chance we have
Off of the high horse, baby
Onto the track
Face down the high road, baby
There's no turning back
This is the only, the only chance we have
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5. |
5-Watt Rock
03:14
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The 5-watt rock, it ain't too loud
It ain't too tough, it ain't too proud
It won't reach the back of a stadium
If you wanna do that, you need a bigger kick drum
The 5-watt rock can still get down
Wake up the block and draw a little crowd
And in that crowd, there's a special gal
Who thinks I'm alright 'cuz I sing so well
All that I got, all that I need
All the way up, let it bleed
It's all that I know, 1, 2, 3
Five watts to make you my baby
The 5-watt rock has got that sound
And the neighbors won't cry "turn it down"
Instead, they'll invite you to their house
With a case of Bud Light and your five watts out
And nobody tries to kill the buzz
File a complaint or call the fuzz
Cuz no one denies when you're drive it home
Gettin’ all of that meat off the five-watt bone
All that I got, all that I need
All the way up, let it bleed
It's all that I know, 1, 2, 3
Five watts to make you my baby
Five watts to set you free
Five watts to shoot you straight
Out of the mystery
Onto the master tape
Back to the potter’s wheel
Into the mirror's gaze
That's where the tree falls down
You know the sound it makes
Remember that gal back in verse one (yeah!)
Would you believe we fell in love?
We had a kid and the kid's a champ
And it's all thanks to my little five-watt amp
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6. |
You Gotta Go Through Me
04:57
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Are you my lover
Are you my friend
Where does one start and
The other end?
We take our clothes off
And we lay down
I kiss your forehead
I kiss your mouth
You gotta go through me
You gotta go through me
I am the distance
From A to B
I am the doorway
But you've got the key
You wanna step into the light, babe?
You gotta go through me
We filled a page up
In a book
The bed we made of
The chance we took
And if it's a story
Worth being told
A heart that's open
Is a heart that's broke
You gotta go through me
You gotta go through me
I am the distance
From A to B
I am the doorway
But you are the key
You wanna step into the light, babe?
You gotta go through me
You're gonna get to the light, babe
But first, you gotta go through me
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7. |
She's In My Shoe
04:16
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She's in my heart
She's in my brain
She's in the clouds
She's in the rain
The windows down
Radio's on
And on every station
She's in the song
There's a lion in the lion's den
There's a fountain flowing from my pen
There's a road that I walk
And she's walking it with me, too
She's in my shoe
I tell myself
This could be worse
This could be a blessing, baby
Dressed as a curse
The samurai
Keeps an open wound
Now I know why
I’ve got one too
I know that time
Will do its thing
My winter heart
Will warm with spring
And when it thaws
And floods my eyes
I will sail her lifeboat
To the other side
There's a lion in the lion's den
There's a fountain flowing from my pen
There's a road that I walk
And she's walking it with me, too
She's in my shoe
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8. |
Smiling in Your Sleep
05:24
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Before the sun has risen in the morning
While lanterns are still glowing on the street
Before that faithful rooster starts his crowing
And hours have passed since you last brushed your teeth
Ages till your eyes have opened
Long before your lips have spoken
Softly as you sip your cup of tea
That's when I will kiss you
In the middle of the night
So I can see you smiling in your sleep
Before the workday's journey starts a-knocking
And phone calls not so gently tumble in
Before that damned alarm clock does its clocking
And all your worldly worries start to spin
Before you're forced to lift your head up
From the right side of the bed
And slide your slippers underneath your feet
That's when I will kiss you
In the middle of the night
So I can see you smiling in your sleep
When all the world is slipping by
While the stars all shooting arrows ‘cross the sky
I’ll fight the urge to float upstream
Cuz nothing I could ever dream
Would make me feel the way that I do
Lying wide awake beside you
After the workday's journey is completed
After we've cooked up something good to eat
After we've made love long into the evening
And after we've tucked underneath the sheets
I'll wait until you've closed your eyes
And drifted off into the night
Surrounded by the comfort of a dream
For if the lord should take me from you before I awake
I want to make this be my final memory
And that's why I will kiss you
In the middle of the night
So I can see you smiling in your sleep
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9. |
That's the Life
03:39
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I wanna be from somewhere
I wanna stand for something
The price of my freedom
You couldn’t pay me nothin
I wanna die an old man
In the presence of loved ones
With a special someone
Sitting right next to me
When I go to the cafe
For to get my coffee
They know exactly what I want
They don't even ask me
And if I keep up the good work
Make a visit to the tip jar
Well, every couple days, now
They forget to charge me
I say howdy to my neighbor
When I'm takin out the trash can
And we talk about some bullshit
In the early evening breeze
And even though I am the new kid
And he's been living on the old block
We still ask each other how our day was
And that's the way it oughta be
Who's talkin bout a movement?
Who's talkin bout money?
It shouldn't take a revolution
To get some milk and honey
Who's talkin bout living
A little closer to the bone, yeah
Who's talkin bout the one thing
I thought everybody wanted to be from somewhere...
I wanna get off the outrage
I wanna get on the same page
I wanna ring in the new age
I wanna get off the screen
I wanna listen to the ancients
Find the glitches in the matrix
And get back to the basics
I betcha we could all agree
We wanna be from somewhere
We wanna stand for something
The price of my freedom
I hope nobody could pay you nothin
I wanna die an old man
In the presence of loved ones
With a special someone
Sitting right next to me
With a special someone
That's the life of my dreams
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10. |
Desperate Times
04:34
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You took a selfie with
Your dog, this morning, you said
While you were sleeping in
Smokin a spliff in your bed
I’ve never felt so much
From so little, so quick
It seems to good to be true
Which means it probably is
You live in San Antone
I’m in Los Angeles
That ain’t exactly close
But now that you mention it
I saved some sick days up
For a solo road trip trip
And Texas is on my list
Cuz when the big get weird
The weird get high
It’s when you dance with death that you know you're alive
I’ve got some good mezcal and the will to survive
Yes, these are desperate measures
But these are desperate times
I bought a camper van
Off of a teenage kid
Hail Mary to the Gods
California Craigslist
Cashed out my bank account
Gave away all my shit
Just to shake things up
Just to scratch that itch
I probably should not say
Just how down I am
To meet you in the bathroom of a gas station
A thousand miles away
From anywhere I’ve ever been
Just to feel like a human again
How many glasses of wine
Over a 6 inch screen
Before my will resigns
And my judgement recedes
Across these divided states
Into a strangers arms
Hail Mary, keep me, keep me from…
Harm
It’s when you dance with death that you know you’re alive
I’ve got some good mezcal and the will to survive
Yes, these are desperate measures
Yes, these are desperate measures
I'm taking desperate measures
But these are desperate times
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There is a woman
North of Santa Fe
She lived in New York
Back in the day
Before the yuppies
Took over Chelsea
Before the Beatles
Took over the states
My first apartment
A 9-month lease
My food and water
Provided for free
I broke the door down
And left her in pain
But she forgave me
And gave me my name
Nobody loves you like your mother
Nobody loves you like that girl
Not your father, sister, or brother
Nobody in this whole damn world
Not every question has an answer
But this is one I know for sure
Nobody loves you like your mother
Nobody loves you like that girl
I came to know her
In all of her grace
Her words of wisdom
The smile on her face
I learned to listen
Instead of just scream
I heard the music inside her heartbeat
And when she leaves me
To go her own way
I will be broken
I won’t be ok
But I’ll remember
The gift that she gave
Just like my father
My father would say
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Theo Katzman Los Angeles, California
Big Heart.
High Voice.
Strong Song.
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