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1. |
If I Should Fall Down
03:16
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IF I SHOULD FALL DOWN
if i should fall down
in a heap of sighs
would you care to follow
or would you epathize
if i should fall down
would you light my way?
or would you sit and analyze
my every step away?
look it up
or just look away
if i should fall down
or if i should fly
would you care to reckon it
or would you sit and cry
if i should fall down
and if i shall burn
would you duck and walk away
before you got a turn?
look it up
or just look away
if i should fall down
before it was my day
would you dare to correct me
or would you hesitate?
if i should fall down
and then forever rise
would you right the wrongs of
a hundred million passers-by
look it up
or just look away
-2/4/08
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2. |
False Gravity
03:50
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FALSE GRAVITY
run around the jokerman
he says "i got an offer to give"
i'll sell it for cheap
i won't reap you like the others did
a long time ago
sentimental bless-you's
and excuses for the way that we live
packing it up, she wears iron
and a cross that she keeps well hid
early in the morning
time for the baby
take another photo
of the icing on the cross
we do it all the time
and still we always find
that this gravity is false
don't show another sign now
singing to the ones who lick
the icing off the cross
we do it all the time now
still we always find
that this gravity is false
run around the iron man
he says "i got no future for time"
i'll lose you for nothing
i won't speak of the lines
that we lost long ago
sentimental baggage
and excuses for the way that it goes
kissing the ground, she spoke up
like a petal-less rose in the wine
-7/21/03
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3. |
Bittersweet Hurrahs
04:32
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BITTERSWEET HURRAHS
i took a moment to reflect
and saw that everything was
damn near perfect
i took a moment out to breathe
and felt your breath
on the back of my neck
under all the stars
and all the bittersweet hurrahs
there's nothing left to
keep us lying underneath the cars
no scars or bars or bad guitars
or bitter bittersweet hurrahs
i took the prize
and saw the road was cluttered
line by line and curb to curb
but hardly undisturbed
i took a moment out to breathe
and held it in as they all
turned to leave
under all the stars
and all the bittersweet hurrahs
there's nothing left to
keep us lying underneath the cars
no scars or bars or bad guitars
or bitter bittersweet hurrahs
every last lunatic
has a hand in the shape of the day
like every last heretic
they'd like to see you wasted away
i closed my eyes and thought about the race
i thought about the people
and i thought about their place in the sun
i thought about the wise
and i thought about the burning cross
i thought about the lies
i thought about the lies
and the bitter bittersweet hurrahs
the bitter bittersweet hurrahs
-2/24/06
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4. |
Illumination
06:02
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ILLUMINATION
and the lights are hanging low
to illuminate the incredible
as if it is nothing at all
to the movers and the shakers
to the liars and the thieves
to experience the unbelievable
as if it is nothing at all
lights out - illuminate!
and think about the rivers
rushing over now
to the poets and their graves
it's like the ancients say
if you keep throwing it away
just think it over now
and if the writing's on the wall
lie down and meet your maker
like he is nothing at all
or a little less extraordinary
and when the hero takes the fall
and if the bottom's hardly scary
like it is nothing at all
lights out - illuminate!
and sleep among the ravens
on the other side
where they keep hiding you away
it's like the hopeless say
when they swagger and they sway
and stumble over now
and if the creatures take you home at night
when you're feeling kind of restless
feeling shaken, kinda stirred
the fool's awakened, have you heard?
he sees the truth behind the lies
of bitter youth and tired eyes
scream - illumination
when the pawn becomes the king
and if the proxy doesn't notice
that he is nothing at all
he's just a marker for your glory
and if the silence doesn't end
or emancipate the inconceivable
like it is nothing at all
lights out - illuminate!
scream - illumination
luminate, luminate me
-5/5/06
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5. |
Dust Bowl Fever
06:16
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DUST BOWL FEVER
2am on the great plains highway
stashing dust behind my hiding eyes
got my feet on the floor, there's an opera in my way
i cough and paint sweet circles 'round the lies
i heard the same thing of you
stars fall on the prairie
bringing the burning like the tide
of oil or dust, to my contrary
this fever fills my soul
strike up the band on the great plains highway
breaking the chains of the day
clapboards crackle and curse the night
they stole the thunder and stashed the rain away
i heard the same thing of you
stars fall on the prairie
bringing the burning like the tide
of oil or dust, to my contrary
this fever fills my soul
leave it at the bottom of the great plains highway
feel the simple rhythms of your soul
if you wait a tiny moment til you fly away
you'll only have to pay a single toll
i heard the same thing of you
stars fall on the prairie...
-2/7/07
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6. |
The Will Of The Bear
05:17
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THE WILL OF THE BEAR
waiting for the last chance
to throw away your past
you got nothing left
but your saviour on your back
clinging to the threads
they're blowing in your head
you loose the shaking chains
and claw your way back into bed
you're dreaming, sweating, shaking, screaming
tossing, turning, waking up
like kaleidoscopes we scatter
through the shards of our minds
hopelessly tattered
and left somewhere behind
oh yeah, well the last princess waits
she's on the curb, she's got no crown
she curses and she contemplates
and she tears her kingdom down
she's dreaming, she's sweating
she's shaking, she's screaming
she's tossing, she's turning
she's waking up
she's dreaming, she's sweating
she's shaking, she's screaming
she's tossing, she's turning
you better wake up!
the will of the bear
cracks under the weight of the rain
the will of the bear
cracks under the weight of the rain
you better wake up!
-4/21/05
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7. |
Thirty Years Flat
03:16
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THIRTY YEARS FLAT
another one down
we're all getting old
no time for for the treasure
no time for the gold
in the howling wind
i see a young me driving on
out of the traffic and into the fields
like children, we're laughing
like the wind in the wheels
there's a hurricane
blowing me over the edge
and though i've heard it all before
i nailed my notice on your door
in ten cent photographs
from when we used to laugh
and sing "hallelujah"
and i never saw the face you made
when they sang "hallelujah"
and i never knew the reason why
they sang "hallelujah"
thirty years flat like a cat in a hat
like a kite in the rain
like the silence of pain
it's like the distance
between the splits of
your old hairs
we're out of our heads
and we're into this mess
we got another unfolding
and it's anyone's guess
we got the best drugs
your money will not ever buy
and though i've heard it all before
i laid my torch upon your door
and danced around the flames
while calling out your name
i sang hallelujah!
and i never saw the face you made
when they sang "hallelujah"
and i, now i know the reason why
they sang "hallelujah"
halle - hallelujah
another one down
we're still growing old
no time for the pleasure
no time for the goals
there's that hurricane...
-12/21/04
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8. |
Quadraphobia
02:36
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QUADRAPHOBIA
another bluff - another stalemate
but it was not enough to make you blush
but did you contemplate these big ideas
that spill over the page
and leave you standing
in your tears of rage
your solitude
you better act your age
at least until the moment
when you climb out of the cage
and crawl around the stage
tomorrow - dice your words and mark your wage
tomorrow - paint your ghost a darker beige
tomorrow - weigh it in or weigh it out
the candyman won't leave without
his pity or a doubt
it's quadraphobia
the plane hits high
near the bottom of the sky
and all the ravens
oh, they howl and scream
just like a donkey
on a balance beam
a million moments
how they slip away
to pay the toll
and move along the road,
their backs are turning
from the sun
that feeds the river's veins
that feed the sun
she's colliding with the rain
yeah, she's the one
she makes me sweat out all this pain
just like the candy girl. she spins around
my head, i kiss the ground
ain't got no phobia
just like the candy girl - quadrahobia
another bluff - another stalemate
but it was not enough to make you blush
but did you contemplate these big ideas
-8/5/04
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9. |
Blame
05:12
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BLAME
Maybe the weather
Is not what you're after
It's not why these lines are so cold
It's not where you're going
Or what you believe in
Deliberance takes its toll
High roads lead my own
Days lost beneath the rows
Blame it on weather
Just blame it on life, I suppose
Waiting for answers
The rain, it kept falling
These voices are crawling to bed
Their eyes on the ceiling
They leave there believing
That all of the signs have been read
High roads that no one knows
Night falls, you're left with those
Blame it on answers you found in your life
I suppose
If all rays of light are shown
The walls razed would spite your own
Fall from grace, to waste alone
And sleeping by the windowsill
Waiting for the sun to shine
Laughing at that moment still
One last time
Watching the sunrise - distorted reflections
A hazy, infectious view
Counting the seasons to leave without pleasing
More than a reasonable few
If time stood between all those
Lines drawn between your toes
You'd blame it on nothing
And wait for the lights, I suppose
Blame it on nothing and wait for the lights
Blame it on answers you found in your life
Blame it on nothing
Just blame it on life, I suppose
-February 2001
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10. |
Today
05:19
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TODAY
the ravens, they block the skyline
today, today
and clouds are falling in beads of white
today, today
i got half of a penny
and i'm gonna share
i got half of you waiting
and half that don't care
today, today
the crowd keeps smiling outside my house
today, today
and the passengers, they all scream and shout
today, today
i got half of a penny
and i'll share it with you
if you got got half of your pity
you can bring that too
i've been waiting
i'm still waiting today
the lights have gone down all over town
today, today
and the pied piper, he don't make a sound
today, today
and the king, he's falling off of his throne
today, today
and the hungry child, he ain't got no home
today, today
i got half of a penny
and i'll share it with you
if you got half of your pity
you can bring that too
the crown, it's erupting
and the crowd's interrupting
today
-10/30/07
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11. |
Standing Around
04:01
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STANDING AROUND
standing around and waiting
looking for bugs in the breeze
waiting for it to stop raining
waiting for some kind of tease
she's left me guessing now
standing around at the station
looking for some kind of train
i heard she was on a vacation
jamaica, beantown, or bahrain
she's got me guessing now
i'm on way way back down
standing around in the kitchen
cooking up some kinda feast
they told me that she's kinda bitchin
they told me that she was a beast
she's left me guessing now
i'm on my way back down
i'm standing around
she's left me guessing now
-7/21/03
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12. |
Wasting Time
04:35
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WASTING TIME
savage grace
curse the lions on a string
in whorish shades
the fools await their pain
keep it bottled up inside
don't find a new place to hide
like the blue, blue-green
of the alleys in your eyes
make time to take your load
or say hello to the open wind
and time, when it's gone
you can't hold on
just wait til it opens up again
the white-wash gaze of the angels
selling poker chips at the arcade
she shoots to win, but then
she looked the jokers in the eye
they told her it was time to fly
off to some remarkable estate
make time to waste it all
when the dogs keep marching on
the evil's in your eyes
not that the light's no longer on
you see a light go off ahead
through the dim, dim black
and the cobwebs in your head
it's bleeding red, somebody said
don't forget to make your bed
and lie down, crushed, to the warm
so the last thing on your mind must be
to think beyond your eyes
to the worn-out, seedy wreckage
of the missteps in your life
the war's still in your eyes
you're wasting time, wasting time
it all comes to your eyes
wasting time
we're all just wasting time, wasting time
-10/30/07
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Chris Anderson Alexandria, Virginia
Chris is a wildly prolific songwriter who has hovered among the outskirts of the music world for over 30 years. On his own
label, Flying Dachshund Music, Chris has released 154 CDs, 96 of them being full-length albums. That's just the tip of the iceberg and there are no signs of stopping. Ever.
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