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Mad Honey
04:02
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behind the wise man is a fool
who pulls the strings and makes it look so cool
oh well, another diamond in the sieve
we just forget it and we keep on living that dream
it seems that we are the honey, you're the bee
but no, although it's kinda funny
now we see beyond what's gone
like a flash in front of me
oh my, just keep dreamin' b'y
along the ledge, we shout and cry
but no one hears us, they keep moving by
who knows how these moments all play out
we're just a fragment and we've gone without for so long
all gone, dried out, from all the dirt up in the snouts
of all those pigs who stomp and shout
and act too big for all those moves
you gotta steer clear of the blues
you fool, just play it cool
around the corner is a curse
that stopped the world and sent us in reverse
oh hell, we couldn't write it if we tried
but we can craft the end if we just play it right, oh my
this time, it's done, it's gotta be the light
because how long can we consume this mad honey
good god, this trip is not what we saw when we signed up
you fool, you broke the golden rule
-9/26/19
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Deliria
06:56
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let's join our hands in deliria
take it like a madman deliria
there's nothing left to prove in deliria
you better not move
empty promises and rain
the storm keeps coming round again
it's getting to the point
where every angle is a joint
beyond the frame
static pause and diamond waste
above the noise and all the haste
we're backed into the wall
but still just inches from the fall
into the space
let's raise our flag in deliria
shake it off the drag deliria
there's nothing but the wind in deliria
you better not bend
heavy haze and righteous reds
below the surface of our heads
the stories that we hear
among the buzzing in our ears
they keep us fed
honey wind and fire spray
from all the outlaws in the way
they sing about the pain
but never stop to feel the rain
rinse it away
let's close our eyes in deliria
cut it down to size in deliria
leave it all behind in deliria
don't ya go blind
boulder shots and cavern swells
beyond the reaches of this shell
we climbed in just for fun
we're hiding out from all the ones
who will never tell
shuttered eyes and downward face
a lasting image of our grace
this time it's more than this
it's nothing that we'd ever miss
do not erase
there's violins in deliria
we've made it to the end in deliria
let's do it all again in deliria
let's do it all again in deliria
let's do it all again
-9/28/19
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Live Out Loud
03:59
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i sit and watch the world go by
i don't know my, i need a friend
a shadow between every side of my dream
and every step that takes me round the bend
yeah, these ghosts are taking over
since the winter it's been nothing but the wind
yeah, these ghosts are taking over
bring the clover, leave the poison out, my friend
it's not over til we say - ring out again
it's time to bring the joy once more
instead of barricading all the doors
well, it all comes down to who's gonna wear that crown
and what we plan to do on the way down
yeah, these ghosts are taking over
too much aching, too much ailing in the fray
yeah, these ghosts are taking over
every angle, there's some evil in the way
it's not over til we say
ring out again
and think about the wind
til it all comes round again
it's time to live out loud
i know there's nothing left to know
except everything, that's why it never ends
it's just the way that it goes when it's under your nose
just to try and sing that same old song again
yeah, these ghosts are taking over
in the evening, in the dim, they fight to win
yeah, these ghosts are taking over
every morning it's the same damn thing again
it's not over til we say it
it's not over til we say
ring out again
and think about the wind
and take a little spin
til it all comes round again
it's time to live out loud
i sit and watch the world go by
i don't know why, i need a friend
-6/16/19
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Rosie In Red
04:34
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rosie, like a thorn, feels the iron wall
backed in a corner where the giants seem so small
take another breath, look around and see what's there
out beyond the bushes where there's no one left to stare
time is an angel
sometimes she flies
over all the dark
and the strings of the sunrise
rosie's in red
sometimes she cries
rosie's got a hand in the dawn of something
better than the fire, let the siren sing
swat 'em off, wait until the moments pass you by
faster than a bullet right between the eyes
time is an angel
sometimes she flies
over all the dark
and the strings of the sunrise
rosie's in red
sometimes she cries
rosie hums a tune to herself and gets on
sliding through the mirrors two times, she's gone
shout it out even when it don't seem like they'll hear
just so you know you've got nothing left to fear
time is an angel
sometimes she flies
over all the dark
and the strings of the sunrise
rosie's in red
sometimes she cries
-10/9/19
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it's a fine line between the devil and the dark
i heard the old man weeping in the corner of the park
on the last day before his angel went away
i shut up for a moment til we went our separate ways
and divided the last of all our pride
there's nothing but disaster in the outward angel's eyes
it's a fine line if you feel you've got the time
to wait for the revival and reverse your paradigm
it's a cold snap when you feel you're off the rails
and nothing will decide it faster than a bed of nails
on the ground where all the firewalkers tread
dancing like a seraphim whose wings were left for dead
in the light, now, there's nothing all so clear
but something like a siren that's been singing all these years
it's a fine line if you feel you've got the guts
to shout it at the ghost
who's living deep beneath the ruts
it's a blind spot where you'll never see it there
speeding like a bullet train from here to god knows where
down the drain we sit and watch it all go down
dribble from my brain off to the darker side of town
there's a point there but what it is i just don't know
it smells just like survival but it tastes like overflow
it's a fine line between the devil and the dark
and the ones who shout the loudest
are the ones who light the spark
it's a fine line
-10/9/19
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Ejector
03:22
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ten ton fire on an ill wind plane
strangled in the mire like a cat in the rain
pleasing me don't take much more than just a word
until i'm flying off the handle like shit in a herd
the time has come for you to get out
half-wit, nit-wit, it's all just shit
delivered to the ether like a hissy fit
there's nothing else standing in the way from here to there
but still he sits there rotting in his golden chair
the time has come for you to get out
tangled in a web that don't make sense
they eat it all up and ask for seconds
diamond dolls on the route of the parade
just another cheap remnant of that old charade
blink twice, maybe it is all some kind of dream
now we're standing in the doorway of a silent scream
the time has come for you to get out
-10/9/19
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7. |
The Degradation Of Mary
04:29
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this is a song about the degradation of mary
she's standing in the corner and she's kinda scared
she satisfied the ghost on the wall with some kind of offering
he smiled at the light, grabbed his hat and wandered off
mary's got flood light diamond eyes
on the back of the mirror she goes flyin' by
mary's got the time to make it right, oh my
along the road to wherever she goes, she will get there
maybe for an hour or two before she's off again
it's a dim kind of light where the shadow's too slow to receive it
a deceiver on the run, it's barely too much to get on
mary's got flood light diamond eyes
on the back of the mirror she goes flyin' by
mary's got the time to make it right, oh my
down, down, down
push the circle back to round
down, down, down
is it all in your head?
this roaming red
another drop from the fountain of moods that are lifting
take it as it comes, you don't ever want to drift apart
what the old man knows, he will tell you but first you must go there
and weather all the tricks of the storm as it blows you away
mary's got flood light diamond eyes
on the back of the mirror she goes flyin' by
mary's got the time to make it right, oh my
down, down, down
push the circle back to round
down, down, down
is it all in your head?
this roaming red
this growing spot on the surface of what's never ending
it gives us pause....but never are we bending down
and begging at the feet of that ghost as she's quietly drifting
back into the shadow of the rift that she knows so well
mary's got flood light diamond eyes
on the back of the mirror she goes flyin' by
mary's got the time to make it right, oh my
down, down, down
push the circle back to round
down, down, down
is it all in your head?
this roaming red
this is a song about the degradation of mary
-9/28/19
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8. |
Paint By Numbers
03:32
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just like a diamond in a sieve
we cross the line before we give a damn
i can feel the rhythm of the rain
beating down on me again, oh man
this talk
is kinda like a big show
oh my god
i swear it's gonna blow sky high
this fraud
a paint by numbers world
it's what we've got
between the oil and the fog
this troubled toil is a dog, no doubt
i find it funny how it burns
a hole between the yanks and yearns throughout
our lives
mean nothing to that big man
in the sky
it's everything we can do
to just get by
this paint by numbers world
is ours, oh my
another day to wash away
all the shit we stirred while playing god
until it ends we just ignore
the shadows deep beyond the door's facade
it's there
bubbling beneath that old man's chair
until it starts to break
we're standing there
this paint by numbers world
is ours to share
-10/9/19
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9. |
Low Rise
03:43
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it's a long way out
to the edge of the world
like a mirror beside the wall
i'm looking on
take a breath, my dear
and think about that ride
there's something about the wind
that makes me high
i'm taking my time
on the low rise
i'm taking my time
underneath the blue
there's a diamond wild
dancing around the edge
and shooting smiles
what about that train
it never rolled away
just hiding beneath the brush
until the new day
i'm taking my time
on the low rise
i'm taking my time
i've got it figured out
but i don't know what it was
that drew me to the flame
and built the buzz
maybe this is it
breathe and dance and fly
back into the void
i've been passing by
i'm taking my time
on the low rise
i'm taking my time
-10/17/19
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10. |
Gangbusters
03:07
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diamonds on a razor blade
never mind the mess we made below
a spiral or a shooting star
on the edges of a broken-down halo
believe me, just this once
were gonna go gangbusters
a portrait of a jay who walked away
she never stopped to say hello
a pinch, a move to make it whole
from the cellar to the spires of my soul
believe me, just this once
were gonna go gangbusters
we'll bathe in the light
you'll never know it, babe, until you try
this time, i've got this trick up my sleeve
i'm never gonna leave it alone
no how, it's going down
gangbusters!
silicone, my shadow
in the dark, its just another faded glow
beyond this field of crows
is that other one we left so long ago
believe me, just this once
were gonna go gangbusters
-3/13/19
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11. |
Sanctuary Man
04:52
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i am a sanctuary man
i never get hung up
on those little things that tear this world apart
i have a sanctuary plan
so everyone can breathe
coz you know we’re all just human after all
look away
if you don’t like what you see
just look away
mind your own
if it’s not right in your path or in your home
and anyway
who’s to say the world is better off your way
just go away
just shut your mouth
before the sheep come to their senses
shut your mouth
open up your mind
and maybe you will see that you’ve been blind
sing it loud
let the love right in and let it move about
just let ‘em in
breathe it in
and relax, it’s only life
so breathe it in
there is no time
to get so worked up from drawing all these lines
distract your mind
turn off the fucking news and live your life
with everyone
i am a sanctuary man…
-8/10/19
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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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