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1. |
Pigeon Hole
03:27
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PIGEON HOLE
tossing off a thought, 2:52pm
24 degrees outside
lips are cracked, so blue the cold
as winter turns its cheek to the tide
dreaming of a sunny day
a warmer day, a brighter day
nothing but the weather in the way
2:54, now we're headed for the floor
making love to the prisoner of the dust war
struggling to breathe
breaking all the binding just to see
stop and shake and sway it all away
dreaming of a sunny day
a warmer day, a brighter day
nothing but the weather in the way
stop a little short, 2:58
now all the pigeons on the wire desecrate
they sing their battle hymn
and they scurry to defend
the ground below their
aeronautical estate
dreaming of a sunny day
a warmer day, a brighter day
nothing but the weather in the way
-2/6/07
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2. |
Withering Riot
05:14
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WITHERING RIOT
we're gonna keep on down that old dirt road
and see the withering riot house explode
we've been there once or twice
mingled with the rats and mice
now, it's time to burn the riotous abode
and then we'll keep on driving down the road
i've heard talk of the surroundings
and the chaos gone awry
i've heard tell of open-endings
and insincere long goodbyes
i've seen it in the billboards
and i've seen it in the sky
i've seen it in the oceans
and i've seen them walking by
i've seen their indecision
make an old man cry
we're gonna keep on down that old dirt road
and see the withering riot house explode
we've been there once or twice
mingled with the rats and mice
now, it's time to burn the riotous abode
and then we'll keep on driving down the road
i've heard poison's in the water
lick the salt from tears of rage
i've seen them strangle daughters
while singing praises of the coming age
i've seen it on the telly
and i've smelled it in the air
i've seen it on their bumpers
and the way they wear their hair
i've seen it in their eyes
as if they just don 't care
we're gonna keep on down that old dirt road
and see the withering riot house explode
we've been there once or twice
mingled with the rats and mice
now, it's time to burn the riotous abode
and then we'll keep on driving down the road
i've felt the tension in the talking
the way they mention all their pain
i read about the way they looked
a good idea down the drain
i've seen it in the papers
in the rags and magazines
i've seen it from the stage
down through the rows and mezzanines
i've seen it spill from conscious minds
and lunatics who scream
we're gonna keep on down that old dirt road
and see the withering riot house explode
we've been there once or twice
mingled with the rats and mice
now, it's time to burn the riotous abode
and then we'll keep on driving down the road
-2/7/07
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3. |
Helena's Mask
03:46
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HELENA'S MASK
press-on plastic
a ten cent shroud
eyes like the sun
or a gentle nod
hair of gold
or a darker, darker shade
hide from the mess
everybody made
cheeks of rose
painted smile on
eyes on toes
too squint, too sly
arms akimbo
through din of smoke
or the clouds the storm
of which the weather lady spoke
raise a glass
and toast to sweet helena
this simple sin, a no-brainer
cast to casket
she reels from her last great fit
she's home at last
beneath her brittle mask
-2/6/07
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4. |
Wind Me Up
05:32
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WIND ME UP
wind me up, wind me up
wind me out
take a moment in the mirror
just a reflection in a pool
is it close? or getting nearer?
to the footsteps of the last one fooled
and it rings just like a shattered bell
full of shimmer - where's the shine?
it echoes where the eagles dwell
and waste their time
press the pretty head
and push the petals to the floor
punish those who said
they could not take it any more
wind me up, wind me up
wind me out
take a walk beside the shoreline
or a precipice above the ancient wall
sing like an angel
smell like cheap wine
she staggers, then she stops
and starts to crawl
no one knows the path she's taken
if only she could see the point
when she sings, they stop and revel
in her awakening
if she stops, they ask her if she's still awake
wind me up, wind me up
wind me out
above all the mountains
of the media and lights
above all the voices
and the cowards of the fight
above all the tokens
of the evening and the night
wind me up, wind me up
with all your might
sit and scream and whine
and curse, lament those other days
just like the tortoise and the hearse
reversing everything she says
she walks just like fallen star
and burns her markings on the lawn
and says "i'll take you far
but i cannot take you on"
closing eyes and shuttered tongues
dismiss the old decay
of frigid hearts and fire lung
divisions of the fray
wind me up, wind me up
wind me out
wind me up, wind me up
wind me out
and carry me away
-2/6/07
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5. |
Disastering
05:15
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DISASTERING
smash this face on an empty wall
call it art or call it excuse
crooked mirrors dance in the
debutante's ball
in the evening they seduce
diamondbacks or a double deuce
harnessed they retreat
into the corner
they got nothing left to eat
their eyes upon the ceiling
some palatial cage
fueling the rage
of the killing stage
perish convoy reckoning
hubris on display
polished like a beacon
angel lost at play
for once, the air is stagnant
save the spirals on the lawn
stay away - it's like a magnet
for the pressers-on
a field day to remember
all that's lost, if they were there
on the eighth day of november
underneath the slanted stairs
we're all waiting there
pious arch-revival
at the entrance to the cave
stranded in denial
that he coulda saved
a set up, a moving target
a game of chance that no one wins
the pieces never fit, so they just forget it
truth is, after all, a basic yes
a building block, if all the fables fit
after that, it's anybody's guess
but still they always wash their hands of it
-2/7/07
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6. |
Love Over Yonder
05:28
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LOVE OVER YONDER
it's in the way that you shatter sometimes
the way you gotta deal with the blues
it's not just a feather in a dunce cap
or some half baked or cheap excuse
it's in the way that you loose the chains now
relax and take it on your own
rescind, the devil's peeking in
he better stay away from you
do you see all that you do?
don't look now
but there's love over yonder
there's love over yonder
as sure as the cold wind blows
there's love over yonder
there's love over yonder
you can see the tracks of its toes
on the surface of the snow
scattered souls shiver singing sad songs sometimes
and sometimes they shoot out the lights
and sometimes they take up all your sweet time
and sometimes they say good night
shattered souls shiver singing sad songs sometimes
and sometimes they can't see the sights
and sometimes they're higher than kites
no, they can't be good for you
do you see all that you do?
don't look now
but there's love over yonder
there's love over yonder
as sure as the sun still shines
there's love over yonder
there's love over yonder
you can see it between the lines
on the surface of the snow
there will come a time
when the snakes don't lie
when the only sound heard
is the wind in the sky
there will come a time
when the creeks don't freeze
and we'll never have to beg
for mercy on our knees
fragile is her smile
so evil is her frown
let me sing to you a little while
don't let it get you down...
don't look now
but there's love over yonder
there's love over yonder
as sure as the cold wind blows
there's love over yonder
there's love over yonder
you can see the tracks of its toes
on the surface of the snow
don't look now
but there's love over yonder
there's love over yonder
as sure as the sun still shines
there's love over yonder
there's love over yonder
you can see it between the lines
on the surface of the snow
-2/6/07
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7. |
The Sleepin' Life
03:12
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THE SLEEPIN' LIFE
i wanna be asleep
and in the darkness
all my secrets keep
tossed and turned
or still as stone
crossed and burned
like winds, i'm blown away
you can
bend me, break me
offend me, shake me
upend me, fake me
transcend me, forsake me
but you better not wake me
sometimes i dream the same dream
sometimes they take me for a spin
sometimes i dream a different dream
but see the same faces time again
you can
bend me, break me
offend me, shake me
upend me, fake me
transcend me, forsake me
but you better not wake me
i wanna be asleep
and in my blanket
all my chaos keep
tossed and turned
or still as stone
crossed and burned
like winds, i'm blown away
you can
bend me, break me
offend me, shake me
upend me, fake me
transcend me, forsake me
but you better not wake me
-2/7/07
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8. |
Daughters Of Morley
04:07
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DAUGHTERS OF MORLEY
she tears a different tear
and lies awake, indifferent years
her eyes are slim and sunken in
retreating from her fear
casting stones at a cast of one
she's overboard, she's overdone
sometimes she looks beyond the sun
she dreams a different dream
she'll toss and turn
and writhe and scream
she wonders why
behind her bloodshot eyes
that it was so that it was so extreme
she needs a different need
like the birds and the bees
she takes the fruit and the seed
you now, she done 'em un
she wonders where theyall have been
while she's wrapped in her velvet skin
fragile eyes belie a desire to bleed
she dreams a different dream
she'll toss and turn
and writhe and scream
she wonders why
behind her bloodshot eyes
that it was so that it was so extreme
she laughs a different laugh
takes it off and takes it back
sirens wail on the boulevard
at the break of dawn
she heard 'em but forgot to scream
beyond the dungeons in her dreams
over it, she kept on down the line
she dreams a different dream
she'll toss and turn
and writhe and scream
she wonders why
behind her bloodshot eyes
that it was so that it was so extreme
-2/9/07
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9. |
Interior Brain Policeman
02:40
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INTERIOR BRAIN POLICEMAN
all is quiet on the cerebral front
no dogs or rats in the maze
crush each thought and call off the hunt
and level the fog in this place
all is quiet for a moment at least
the haze and the hate, off at play
press and depress and devour the feast
and forget all the lions of the day
all is quiet till the days draw down
and the pushers and the watchers all retreat
from the gates of the field in the old ghost town
they're lying in state out in the street
all is quiet on the cerebral front
just a hint of a sound that's so pleasing
the sirens of reason, piercing and blunt
of the interior brain policeman
-2/7/07
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10. |
Ripsy's Gift
03:05
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RIPSY'S GIFT
"i don't feel the rain no more"
said the old man at the cellar door
"it's not my style to while away
thinking of whatever came before"
our dreams, they shatter like mirrors
with a twist that's as simple as fate
pining away like our still-fallen heroes
who are too consumed by waiting
so long and thanks for the offering
so long and thanks for the sting
so long, like it never meant anything
we lie awake
and dream about the day
and i never meant to bleed you
and i never meant to need you
more than i do
they said it wasn't true
"i don't hear that song no more"
said the old man at the cellar door
"i feel slightly misled
but it's nothing i've never heard before"
and the light still flickers like a halo
that's as bruised and beat just like everyone's
it takes me back to those moments in the corner
when all we did was try and run
so long and thanks for the reckoning
so long to the deacon of the wreck
so long, is it worth the cost of everything
to live a while
with it wrapped around your neck
and i never meant to hurt you
and i never wanted to desert you
but it was all that i could do
i felt it all from you
and they all knew it too
when you said it wasn't true
their ghosts drift around the empire
and they bless it while fanning the flames
just like nero, we sing to the fire
and we never escape the blame
-2/12/07
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11. |
Heart On The Wall
03:25
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HEART ON THE WALL
it's the way that she moves
the way that she breathes
the way that she tells me
she still loves me
it's the way that she beckons
the way that she calls
the way that she says
she's fallen for me yet again
she's my diamond, my saint
my any and all
yeah, sometimes i
wear my heart on the wall
it's the way that she sings
the way that she cries
the way that she brings
tears of joy to my eyes
it's the way that she walks
the way that she coos
the way that she smiles
that erases all the blues
she's an angel, a flower
my goddess of all
yeah, sometimes i
wear my heart on the wall
it's the way that she laughs
the way that she sighs
the way that she splinters
me down to size
it's the way that she dances
the way that she screams
the way that she loves me
beyond what it seems
she's my diamond, my saint
my any and all
yeah, sometimes i
wear my heart on the wall
she's an angel, a flower
my goddess of all
yeah, sometimes i
wear my heart on the wall
-2/6/07
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12. |
End Of An Empire
01:07
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END OF AN EMPIRE
it's the end of the empire
the end of all crowns
the thorns are too wicked
to keep around
it's the end of the empire
the end of all crowns
too bloody for brilliance
ideals abound
it's the end of the empire
the end of all crowns
bury it two thousand years deep
in the ground...
-2/7/07
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13. |
The Plague Rat
03:42
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THE PLAGUE RAT
stay away from the plague rat
he's got the fever in his teeth
stay away from the plague rat
he's got the evil underneath
he's like rhyme without reason
he's a pisser, mister treason
refuses to bend or retreat
stay away from the plague rat
stay away from the plague rat
he's coughing up his fit out in the street
stay away from the plague rat
he's no one that you really want to meet
he's like poison and pain
he's a thief in the rain
he'll chew the toes right off your feet
stay away from the plague rat
stay away from the plague rat
he's the first up in the queue by default
stay away from the plague rat
he's quick to the blame and the assault
his eyes are like glass
he's a pain in the ass
and he's not even worth the insult
stay away from the plague rat....
-2/7/07
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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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