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Simple Man
04:34
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I'm just a simple man
I do the best I can
I'm just a simple man
Got no attention span
Wash my windows, clean my floors
Go outside then back indoors
I'm paralyzed, I'm just not sure
What I'm terrified from, I can't ignore
I'm just a simple man
Got no attention span
God made a simple man
I'm just part of his plan
Now that I have done my chores
Who's the T.V. asking for
I'm paralyzed, I'm just not sure
What I'm terrified from, I won't explore
I dream dreams at night that I can't recall
I turn on the light, walk down the hall
Standing at the sink, I let it run
Listen to it think, it speaks in tongues, it's done
Tie my robe up tight and walk outside
Stars are shining bright where they reside
I pull out my hair but it grows
I recite a prayer that I know and it goes . . .
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2. |
Young Moms
04:55
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The doctor's head won't stop shaking
Says he's never seen anything like this
The kids grow horns and they piss blood
In quarantine where mom can't kiss them
Young moms give up
You didn't ask for this
Her fingertips on the glass
Wonder how much time must pass until
The children's faces are books in the rain
Her daughter's voice is a bird call miles away
She takes the train but it breaks down
It's in the tunnel when it breaks down
Cell phones open, cigarettes lit
But they die and they extinguish
I'm all alone
at the center of the earth
Something's wrong with
Their birthday cakes and songs
Won't be sung here
We can't hear but we can seize
All my memories
Wrap them in the clinic's sheets
Paint them black
The train and riders gone for good
Her old friends fight ancient wars
The dreamless sleep of the dead
An evening sky with no stars
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Fantasies
03:28
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Drive through the snow
Work's rough, I know it
Smoke break outside against the wall
Small talk they don't know, they wanna know
If only I stayed in the van when he unzipped his jeans I could have
Trembled, froze, and not ran from the scene as he reached for my hand
I'd only confide in you so you felt like you knew the pain
Pick up the kids
Weekend with them planned
Camping upstate and they can't wait
Silence lakeside, I dip my feet and close my eyes
If only my pops packed his bags, absconded with his porno mags
In divorce court there'd be no white flags
At home my mom would make drinks for her dates
They'd wait and wink while she picked out a negligee
I race through time to find old gray me pouring tea
He speaks, he sighs and describes what he sees but I run
If only I were locked up in a cellar somewhere without food
And all my captors burnt me with their cigarettes and stripped me nude
Three months later cops would show and neighbors and the news crews
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Barn Burning
05:10
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Lanes of grim faces
Dirt on my hands under my fingernails
Cold, sterile places
Feet on the marble floor, I must take the stand
And I feel
The old fierce pull of blood again
The eyes of law are taking in
I'll lie straight through my teeth and then
My pa will limp away
Wipe your feet
Were you born in a barn or what?
Twice your fee
That's what the rug cost in gay Paris
So I'm told
The flames are rising
Our shame subsides again
The rich will burn, they seldom earn
The trust of common man
Enemy
What do you see
What do you say
You're standing in the way
I'll burn you for us all
Kerosene
Boy go fetch my kerosene
And don't you know that
Wood and hay can burn
And flesh, and crops, and coin
It all can burn
I'll burn it to the soil
Run and warn them
I should've known you don't take after me
You can't choose your blood
You'll see and you'll scream
The white man burns
He never learns
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5. |
Get Chose
04:09
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We'll get down on our knees
We will stick our tongues and wait
Let the crackers melt down
We were told that there would be wine
Save our souls, eager souls
We're your lambs
Cut our throats
When the red ball burns high
The sticks, bamboo, and straw supplied on the peak
We pray and tweak the bird's right arm
What a sight from afar, a great sight from the sky
The giant silver bird will land once we've proven we can wait
Once we've lived up to it's demands
You're so humble, god-like
The freshest of robes
You say that god's like,
“Y'all gotta get chose”
Bathe our feet in the mud
We'll get down in the dirt
This world's a dog that just won't
Lie down before the bird
This's world's a dog that needs killed
Before the bird returns
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6. |
wb
05:00
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7. |
Kid's Bones
06:12
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You knocked me up and then (Kid's Bones)
You knocked me down the stairs
You chalked it up to god
You packed your bags for church
Kid's bones in the yard, dry as the sun bakes
I'll gather them all as my hands shake
You left me all alone (two months)
To bleed and bleed
You called me on the phone (to say)
You were type AB
Hours in the house spent scouring for your things
Fires in the yard devour all your things
Ashes in the baby bottles from your things
Hunger in the days to come craves your things
Kid's bones in the yard, dry as the sun bakes
I'll gather them all as my hands shake
Piece him together as best I can with what I can find
He drags his skull, doesn't mind
I draw a bath and wash the dirt from his mouth
He starts to laugh, but nothing comes out
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You Can Be Anyone
06:30
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The front yard crawls up to my waist
The mailbox retches bills and junk bills and junk bills and junk bills
Last month's news stacked neatly
The corners waving at passing-by cars
Please, I sit and wait for you
Won't hesitate for you
You can be anyone that you want
Crane my neck back and I'll just howl at the moon
Looking back I never learned how to care
For now it's quiet and my hands are still clean
No broken glass and no leaves crunching outside
Come one, come all
Squatters, lifters, curious kids
I've got nothing but time and a chair and my hands
You're invited to trespass
My guest of honor
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