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Bones
02:07
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Another blizzard in June
Another scorcher in January
They say the end is coming soon
We can celebrate, it don’t have to be scary
Or maybe we’ll move to Neptune
And start a life with planetary charm
And Earth will look like just another star
Some will say that’s the easy way
We should stay, lend a hand
To those who can’t survive alone
But they can come along
Bring their friends and their dogs
We gotta share the bones
We gotta share the load
And we’ll dance beneath the comets’ rain
And kiss as though we’re not in pain
They say laughter’s the best medicine
Who cares if that’s insane?
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Old brown box showed black and white
Same shows most every night
One in every home and the dinner’s frozen
Maybe one day I can be on your screen
Oh my, the Hollywood dream
Change my name and move out west
California! Sounds so good in a song
You know the rest
How they string you along
New tube now in color bigger screen more channels
Got sitcoms, sports, and all the news you can handle
Commercial jingles for cola and pringles
Tablets to chew on when your tummy tingles
Watch it every night right after work
Except on Sundays it’s after church
Camped out on the couch with the remote control
A couple of beers and a popcorn bowl
Definition so high we might take flight
Screen so flat and sound just right
Network, satellite, outer space
The luxury earned from winning a race
Amen, Apollo
Hats off to Houston
Relative miracles are just what we’re used to
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3. |
Fell in Love with a DJ
03:06
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I fell in love with a DJ
Played all my favorite songs
How I wish for instant replay
I would listen all night long
I fell in love with a DJ
Such taste what a voice
I don't need a face
Won my heart had me staying up late
Just to hear em speak
Best part of my week
I fell in love with a DJ
And now I never leave my radio
I fell in love with a DJ
Got nowhere else to go
I'm never alone when I hear the show
Every song is my best friend
I'm deep in love
It's more than a habit
You know I'd die if I got static
I fell in love with a DJ
Laid down the tracks to my heart
Sounds so good on the freeway
Or in headphones in the dark
I fell in love with a DJ
And now I never leave my radio
I fell in love with a DJ
Got nowhere else to go
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4. |
Westone
02:31
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5. |
Fireflies
02:54
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Just me and the hounds
This time around
Spit-tooth jaws, soft-soled paws
Like moss feet
And grass-fed cows howl
Near the back plot
Storm, coyote, or young love on the run
A pasture for pleasure
It all stirs em up after a week like this
But just me just me
Just me and the hounds
A quiet weekend is hard to come by sometimes
Harder still when all my week days are filled
With the things I gotta do to pay my bills
And now at last
There’s nectar in my glass
Screen door, back porch
No bugs that bite
Just fireflies
Hey ain’t that nice
Just me and the hounds
And the fireflies
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Longshot
04:56
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Show me something whimsical, Friday afternoon
Part-time ritual, southern sunlight, daydream moon
Get lost in drawn-out thought
Let go for a long shot
I think I’m ready for a change
Been so long just the same
I kinda wanna stay
Wanna feel okay with my feet on the ground
When I can’t fly I feel so down
And it goes round-and-round
First day out the hospital, spring coming soon
Cut out the obstacles, feel free and ready to move
I’ll climb till I reach the top
And let go for a long shot
I think I’m ready for a change
Been so long just the same
I kinda wanna stay
Wanna feel okay with my feet on the ground
When I can’t fly I feel so down
And it goes round-and-round
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Fall
04:12
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Sandcastle poets and middle school know-it-alls
Ideas cobbled together like paper dolls
Professors waiting in the hall
Nothing sudden, slow build
Like a bicycle on an Iowa hill
Like Humpty Dumpty, or Jack & Jill
When you get to the top there’s nothing to do but fall
High top sneakers, demon chat rooms
Zombie brides and frat boy grooms
Cutting cake in a cold tomb
“Could really used to throw the ball
A face with such a view
And friends would always call,”
When you get to the top there’s nothing to do but fall
Canary cocktails, electric shock
Bathroom counter cure-alls
Advice and fortunes, confessions regrets
Scribbled on the walls
When you get to the top there’s nothing to do but fall
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8. |
Home for Lunch
04:49
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I dream away all my precious days
Not asleep - but awake in another time and place
Fantasize over endless hours
About the things I have done and never will with the time I waste
My wandering mind like an unmade bed
Blankets and sheets tangled up in my head
I’m at home for lunch - just out the rest of the time
Hey I’m trying my best to clear my mind
Try to get
Focused like a star at night
Quick as the light and sharp as a knife
Zoned in and confident
Life’s what I want from it
close my eyes let the scenes pour in
Pictures collide like the ocean shore within
Wash away all the noise like a wave
Oh but when it lingers on like city haze
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9. |
Brimstone Butterfly
04:57
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Brimstone butterfly, ever-changing till we die
Taking turns at the lost arcade
When winter comes we hibernate
The colors tell us when to wake
When the flowers blaze
Brimstone butterfly, ever-changing till we die
Floating west on the ocean breeze
Salty smell of the sea
Lured further into deeper dreams
Of the first night’s sleep
Brimstone butterfly, ever-changing till we die
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Erik Jarvis Des Moines, Iowa
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