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Just Like This
01:42
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JUST LIKE THIS
just like this
a faint possibility
brings you to your knees
makes you beg
for anything you think you need
makes you weep
for all the things you never had
it makes you grow
it makes you think that you know
and it makes you think so
it's got a hold on all your senses
and it looks just like this
-2/24/06
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STRAIGHT INTO THE GREAT DIVIDE
sing about the passion
only me and myself
scattering the ashes
from the back of the shelf
smother one another
and get back into the wind
before we get on board
to do it all again
gettin' up, headin' out
straight into the great divide
losing out or winning
it depends on the parade
this story's never ending, dig it
back to back charades
and everything we made
and all our moments in the shade
was taken over by the queen
in her tirade
wakin' up, crashin' out
straight into the great divide
pushing all the buttons
and pulling out the stops
there's nothing else to do but wait
until the hammer drops
spending up to save up
or defending the depraved
their idol's fallen deep
into a semi-hollow grave
and passion has a price
it's never what you want to pay
there's always something necessary
getting in the way
is it real? is it a lie?
is there something to deny?
or are you waiting for the chance
to say it eye to eye?
sittin' up, spinnin' out
straight into the great divide
-2/28/06
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Grey
05:46
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GREY
heard in voices on the phone
felt in choices once unknown
bending only breaks it all again
to be left out standing in the garden
when the story isn't clear
and the clouds all reappear
you grit your teech and trudge away
through trench of black
and saltless sea of grey
left in letters in the box
to think outside the trivial clocks
the posters map it out again
and lead you back into the garden
when the lions barely purr
and the cauldron's left unstirred
undeterred, you toil through
the trench of black
and saltless sea of grey
grey
to think around it
think around it now
grey
to think around it
think around it now
grey - think about it
grey
replaced by circles in the sand
defaced by mercurial hands
they leave you nothing to defend
and send you back to the garden
when the gardens barely grow
and the trees tell you to go
you close your eyes and
spin through the haze
of the trench of black
and saltless sea of grey
-11/11/05
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4. |
Creepin' In
03:38
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CREEPIN' IN
you can slide to the other side
hanging on a window pane
how's the rain?
is she ever gonna speak again?
they give applause and
scatter with the evening winds
and the only way to see
it's just a whim
pretend
when your last of kin
is standing at the other end
singing to themselves
so how've you been?
are you in?
do you need to see beyond
the shadows, creepin' in
it's a shame, what a game
they were handed out to dry
over the right hand lane
slaves of tightened corners
or the fear of the rain
of the washing out
and of the flushing
down the drain
sweet lorraine
said it's like an open book
or a scar, like you took the keys
and left them in in the dark
on your knees
crying please
i think it's just that time to go
don't you know
we got everything you need
under this wide windscreen
where the shadows only
sparkle when they bleed
what'd she say?
did she stray from the point?
or did she wallow in the joints of the fray
of the swallowed and decayed
and underpaid, it's a curse
like the first time you felt the
shadows creeping in
don't you remember the first time
you felt the shadows creeping in
-2/19/06
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Static Pink
02:22
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STATIC PINK
if you think that i knew that i'd find my way back
over the walls and all the heart attacks
you've only a moment before you sink
into the heart of the harvest and the static pink
stopping and starting and snapping and stepped
steeped in the thick while the cheerleaders wept
stalled in the back with the dirt and the stink
and the bars of the cage and the static pink
to twist and to turn
well, it's not what you think
it's only the river
and the static pink
-2/10/06
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The Desire Thing
05:44
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THE DESIRE THING
if you look into the mirror
painted on the surface of the stream
if you listen to the rain
and ladies when they sing sing sing
doin' the desire thing
when you said that it wasn't fever
but something bigger than we are
when you looked around the world
and you squinted at the stars on your ring
doin' the desire thing
when that look is just the look of
loving in the arches of the gloom
when that love is looking for
a corner in your closet or a sting
doin' the desire thing
-3/7/06
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Heavy Steps Ahead
01:33
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HEAVY STEPS AHEAD
take a good look at your boots, my dear
coz you've got heavy steps ahead
no, don't let em crush you
and if the monkeys on your back
keep spitting from the barrel
of the gun that pointed at
the monsters in your bed
don't let em touch you
and in the interim
if everybody's feeling okay
if their shadows never bled
sometimes you just have to see the sights
sometimes you have to sleep at night
sometimes you wanna think it over
sometimes you remember what she said
sometimes there's heavy steps ahead
don't let em crush you
-5/4/06
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8. |
Marcus Said
04:47
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MARCUS SAID
slipping through the fingers
of an angel on a dull day
acting like the devil
in a pinch, to give it all away
tripping through the subtle rift
of agony and grace
just to win the race today
just like marcus said
scratching at the windows
in a low-lit room, yeah
waiting for the troubadour
to sing another borrowed tune
for you to give it all away
tripping through the subtle grey
of everything you keep
and all that's left aside today
just like marcus said
dancing in the shadows
of the pillars of the new day
glancing at the arrows
as they point the other way
tripping through the subtle grey
of everything you say
and all that's left beyond the dirt and clay
just like marcus said
what's in the way
becomes the way
so that's the way it goes
don't you know?
-2/24/06
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LOVE SHUTS OUT THE LIGHTS
just like the roses grow
with thorns and upward eyes
just like the oceans flow
she got the blue light shine
she's gonna feed the sky
just like those scattered days
and nervous, sleepless nights
we're like two castaways
where love shuts out the lights
just like the boulders grind
to pebbles, sands so fine
your footsteps trail behind
fade into creeks of wine
i guess we're doin' fine
just like the wind she sails
her fleet of angry kites
i'm like a bed of nails
when love shuts out the lights
love shuts out the lights
leaves you dizzy and numb
and you scratch
at your face in the sun
leave you burning inside
you got nowhere to hide
when you run
love got no reason
just feeling and sight
love counts the seasons
and shuts out the lights
just like the buzzards sweep
and circle round their prey
on rocky ledge so steep
where one wind's slightest sway
and then you're floating away
where time and space collide
in planes of disarray
that shine in shades of white
where love shuts out the lights
-2/24/06
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10. |
Pillow Sphere
02:19
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PILLOW SPHERE
god on a pike
kids in the field
broken down bike
and a missed chance to yield
fortunate empire
check your last check
broke down on the pyre
like a beaten nervous wreck
harvest your greenbacks
make change for a buy
test all the has-beens, jack
don't let all the bad air go by
-2/24/06
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THAT OLD HOUSE ON THE CORNER
take me home
to the house on the corner
to the floods and the mud and the stones
to the attic and the dust
and the static and the lust
and the love in that old house on the corner
let me see again
every splintered wall
let me see again
every picture in the hall
let me see again
every broken frame
and every broken name
take me home
to that old house on the corner
to the U and all the grass in between
feelin' dirty on our feet
up on the front porch
oh, the memory
of that house on the corner
let me see again
every splintered wall
let me see again
every picture in the hall
let me see again
every broken frame
and every broken name
take me home
to that house on the corner
where the gossip and the ghosts are all asleep
and the children stash away, back in the garden
revelations of that house on the corner
let me see again
every splintered wall
let me see again
every picture in the hall
let me see again
every broken frame
and every broken name
-2/24/06
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12. |
Static Blue
03:26
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STATIC BLUE
what you gonna do
with the pigeons
in the static blue?
what you gonna do
when they say they're
coming out to get you now?
it's a tough call
when you see see them
right before they fall
true static in real time
loose static to steal
yeah, she's so fine
in her high-heeled shoes
with hints of the static blue
what you gonna do
when you're hung up
in the static blue?
what you gonna do
when they say that they're
coming to get you now?
it's a con, it's a fight
when you know
they've got you on the right
true static in rush time
loose static
to crush her in line
when she bends and she coos
and she hints at the static blue
what you gonna do
when you're crushed
by the static blue?
what you gonna do
when you're all up
in the static blue?
what you gonna do
when they say that they're
coming to get you now?
-2/24/06
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13. |
Rope
02:59
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ROPE
give em enough rope
and they'll dig too deep
they'll bust it wide open
and go back to sleep
anyway
give em enough rope
they won't stop til it's taut
they'll stumble over the mountain
more often than not
anyway
give em enough rope
and they'll still cut the strings
of love and of life and of
just about everything
anyway
give em enough rope
and they'll burn it away
til it's as short as a cigar
and the ends are frayed
anyway
-2/28/06
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BLOWING KISSES TO THE MOON
late night escapades
episodes and masquerades
elevated promenades
a poor man's crusade
static grey and chardonnay
the tourists sway and are led astray
through old cliches and narrow quays
to await their judgement day
all the while...
i caught her on the back porch
of the broken heart saloon
blowing kisses to the moon
tiny plastic submarines
trampolies and coffee beans
magnetic sheen and woulda-beens
tear down all the old machines
saint marie in dull debris
led the jubilee in tennessee
she couldn't see to some degree
the bourgeoisie of "we"
coz all the while...
i caught her on the back porch
of the broken heart saloon
blowing kisses to the moon
-2/28/06
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15. |
Reality Swing
04:21
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REALITY SWING
step once, step twice
to the three and the four
step over the rhythm
that you laid on the floor
it's a nice piece of melody
ensconced in a song
when the old poets linger
a little too long
strike once for ancestors
strike twice for the ash
you can settle for nothing
if you can handle the lash
look over your shoulder
to the once and again
and think of the new ones
that might have been
step once, step twice
to the three and the four
step over the rhythm
that you laid on the floor
it's a nice piece of melody
ensconced in a song
when the old poets linger
a little too long
it's all for the passage
and all for the crush
all of the masses
feel a little too rushed
it's like an old story
where the end all makes sense
where the hope and the glory
are on the right side of the fence
step once, step twice
to the three and the four
step over the rhythm
that you laid on the floor
it's a nice piece of melody
ensconced in a song
when the old poets linger
a little too long
speak once of opinions
think twice if you don't
step over the minions
that haven't or won't
trust not the pied piper
who leads you to gold
he'll rob when you get there
and leave you in the cold
step once, step twice
to the three and the four
step over the rhythm
that you laid on the floor
it's a nice piece of melody
ensconced in a song
when the old poets linger
a little too long
open the channels
of love and deceit
described in the annals
inscribed in your seat
step it up gently
and stir it around
for the answers are waiting
for your feet on the ground
step once, step twice
to the three and the four
step over the rhythm
that you laid on the floor
it's a nice piece of melody
ensconced in a song
when the old poets linger
a little too long
-2/24/06
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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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