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Pigeon Hole
02:47
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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's in the way
2:54 and we're heading for the floor
making love to the prisoner of the dust war
strugglin; t to breathe
breakin' 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's in the way
stop a little short, 2:58
now the pigeons on the wire desecrate
they sing their battle hymn
and scurry to defend
the ground below their
aeronautical estate
dreaming of a sunny day
a warmer day, a brighter day
nothing but the weather's in the way
-2/6/07
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2. |
Say It With Knives
01:35
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SAY IT WITH KNIVES
she wears her sweater in the rain
she pulls it over everything
two hundred skirts and shirts
and diamond rings
are tucked inside her sweater
and she sings to the darkness
to the light and to the demons in the night
she talks and whipsers tales of all her lives
she walks and whistles songs about the knives
she pulled her hair and tossed her wig into the gulch
and made her way along the dim lit alley at the break of day
fawning over other types of misshaped heads
and other things that made her sulk and sway
the evening brings those other voices
begging her to take a dive and let her drive
she walks and whistles songs about the knives
-5/10/04
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Imperial Jane
03:08
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IMPERIAL JANE
imperial jane wipes the slate of her name
and dismantles her soapbox and sees
that it's only a ruse, or a quest, or a game
and it's all just a case of degrees
she waits for a day to make it all good
all the passion that put her right here
in the place where she knows that she could
relive the noise and the steps and the fear
imperial jane, she disappears
imperial jane forgets all the pain
that she pressed to the paupers with pride
she hides from the sun and makes love to the rain
before finding a cold place to hide
she fools them aplenty and she cries
to the attics of her ears
and the caverns in her eyes
they're like waterfalls of emotionless tears
imperial jane, she disappears
imperial jane never felt quite the same
as she did on that day in the dirt
when she tackled the dust and spit on the flames
and then had them all out for dessert
she talked of dying like it was the only way
to draw down the years
and the she laughed and shooed them away
to far-off, distant, uncharted frontiers
imperial jane, she disappears
-2/11/07
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Gypsy
04:37
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GYPSY
alive on the outskirts of town
it's a crime to believe that it's more
than paradise, beckoning us down
and rapping on the bathroom door
i heard them rapping on the door
instilled, and instantly gone
it moves like a snake
though the center of the town
and gathers on the porch
where the ghosts have been before
now they're napping on the bedroom floor
i saw them napping on the floor
trust moves like a gypsy
through the backwash of night
eyes all aglow and burning bright
the gypsy dances in the city of lights
tonight
pretend, it's the new thing
in the ways that we move
in the ways that we breathe
don't mind us here
it's just something that we do
when we're tearing at the cinder walls
i remember tearing at the walls
alone, in a white padded room
we felt the cold sting
of the nurse's cheap perfume
it cripples all our senses
and numbed our resolve
and we turned and tripped
and fell into the well
i remember falling down the well
trust moves like a gypsy
through the backwash of night
eyes all aglow and burning bright
the gypsy dances in the city of lights
tonight
we awoke in a haze, or was it just the fog
from a morning of slumber
like a hardly oiled cog
we rely on the sudden
relapse of the day
as we're stumbling and withering away
yeah, i remember withering away
trust moves like a gypsy
through the backwash of night
eyes all aglow and burning bright
the gypsy dances in the city of light
tonight
-2/28/08
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5. |
Wait No More
05:29
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WAIT NO MORE
watch the sun go set on your bad side
you can give it up sometimes or just levitate
it's coming down like the thunder
does the lightning have your back?
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait no more
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait no more
of all the moments i could steal your sunshine
the earth and me, we got a good thing now
the more we keep up, the more we're losing
don't waste a second on the smaller things
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait no more
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait no more
i've lost it
i'm here, on the ground
keeping time here
you think it's not clear
are those bubbles in your tears?
you can stir them up and set them down here
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait no more
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait no more
set it down or set it off
my memory always pulls apart
i've hit the ground again
i'll be alright sometime
i only need you to be there
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait no more
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait no more
little baby don't cry
come down and celebrate
the freeze and the fire with me
don't wanna wait
don't wanna fall
don't wanna sleep
gotta bring it all around
don't wanna feel
or break the silence pool
or talk, talk, cheap talk
have mercy
have mercy on me
have mercy on the fool
have mercy on the night
have mercy on the sun
have mercy on the rain
have mercy on the ones
who bathe in this love
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait no more
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait
i don't wanna wait no more
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6. |
Estrange Me
01:28
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ESTRANGE ME
estrange me - leave me in the dust
don't think about these moments
all these moments are just
a figment of your mind
or a mindless charade
a wreck, a celebration
a lie, a parade
in a moment, it will pass
and pass out right on the floor
forgetting all the notions
of the night before
in a moment, everything
will clean itself in degrees
while we're talking
and we're walking around
and the clock in the corner
says it's 12:07pm
and the clock in the corner
says it's 12:08pm
and the clock in the corner
says it's 12:09pm
and the clock in the corner
says it's half-past time to leave
-8/13/04
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7. |
Molly Bring The Water
03:49
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MOLLY BRING THE WATER
molly bring the water
do a dance, a jig, a reel
to remind us of our daughters
and the splinters in the wheel
take a breath and bring the cup
to these cold and fractured lips
faces down, eyes looking up
at the sails of the sinking ships
molly bring the water
bring a pitcher and a gun
down here, i swear it's hotter
than the surface of the sun
i thought i saw advancing
from the fringes of the wood
these days are all just chances
to do it up and do us good
molly bring the water
'fore we stumble to the ground
where before we may have fought her
now we wither at the sound
of her gravel voice and heavy feet
in the mud and on the stone
in the wind, the sun, and sleet
she's more than a taste of home
molly bring the water
bring the whiskey, bread, and wine
for to celebrate the slaughter
in the trenches with the swine
that swirls 'round the madness
that we feel here, in our heads
when we're trapped under the lattice
and they set fire to our beds
molly bring the water
i can't go a minute more
molly bring the water
don't ya spill it on the floor
molly bring the water
bring the water to the war
-2/19/08
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THE SOUND OF ONE HAND CLAPPING (PART THREE)
Rain, rain, rain
It's like the rhythm of the rain
Falling down on a
Merry go around and around
Such a shame
That they left it all behind
In the rain
Just to take a moment out
To do it again
And the mirror never looks quite the same
As any other mirror that you have ever found
They do their dancing in the sun and the shade
To the sound of one hand clapping in the rain
Well, well, well
It's at the bottom on the well
Hidden deep in the lost and found
You can never tell
What is what, where is where
And who has taken you there
To the edge of the fire
And the cusp of dispair
And the fire never looks quite the same
As any other fire that you have ever seen
They do their romancing in the sun and the shade
To the sound of one hand clapping in the rain
Fall, fall, fall
It's where the hero takes a fall
Back and forth, bruised and burned
His ego, chained to the wall
And his likeness - lightning
In your hand are the chains
As he slides through the shackles
Just to do it again
And the river never looks quite the same
As any other river where you have ever drowned
They take their chances in the sun and the shade
To the sound of one hand clapping in the rain
-8/8/08
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9. |
False Gravity II
03:51
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FALSE GRAVITY II
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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10. |
Mr. Green's Retreat
02:20
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MR. GREEN'S RETREAT
Mr. Green, he don't know 'bout anything
and he walks by the river
holding hands with himself
Mrs. Green, as he sees her in his dream
she got long hair, a-flowin'
like that old river's stream
Wave that flag
by the river
holding hands
with yourself.
-5/10/04
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11. |
Kingdom's Castle
02:23
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KINGDOM'S CASTLE
free, lift the gates
the army marches in
everybody was delighted
any moment, they'd begin
another army followed
throwing spears and broken arrows
the people ran and hid
between the straights and lonely narrows
of the kingdom's castle
the winning army lost
the losing army won
and everybody suffered
from the blazing sun
and those who didn't die
were left to go out on the run
looking out for number one
we hear that song..
of the kingdom's castle
-November 1988
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12. |
Coming Round Again
03:30
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COMING ROUND AGAIN
look at me, love
take a look at me
you'll see i'm not
the fool who's
coming round again.
-July 1997
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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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