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Eyes Of The Rain
01:57
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EYES OF THE RAIN
if you look into the eyes of the rain
you'll see that every single drop
reminds me of you
the way they gently fall
so perfect in every way
like a teardrop
or a marble
don't roll away
sometimes we get so lost
in all that gets in our way
and sometimes we're tossed
and sometimes we're thrown away
sometimes we're on our own
and sometimes we gotta pay
but today, my love
there is a million things to say
if you look into the eyes of the rain
you'll see that every single drop
reminds me of you
-3/17/08
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Storm Free II
03:07
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Light Of My Life
01:57
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LIGHT OF MY LIFE
i heard the footsteps in the garden
back behind the veil of light
as you were walking out of heaven
on the coldest winter's night
and i could tell just by that moment
the way you knocked me out of sight
that you would be the light, light, light of my life
found me as blind man and gave me back my sight
you are the light, light, light of my life
i didn't have to think coz i knew that it was right
i wanna go back to the moment when we noticed
that it was, right there, just something that would grow
i wanna get right back to the fire and the glory of
the first time out and watch it all explode again
-2/1/10
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THE FURTHEST THING FROM THE TRUTH
mother take a walk
into the center of your mind
see the roman candles
burning from behind
a cold wind blows
into the middle of the sun
and who is left
to be the chosen one
i know
just what you're thinking of
and how you turned your back on love
and now you break down once again
i just can't let go
father, take a look
and see what this has done
you never seem beside yourself
every time you run
left out cold
in this opressive lie
you won't find the truth
no matter how you try
she knows
just what you're thinking of
and now you turn your back on love
and now you break down once again
i just can't let go
how am i supposed to understand
the way you turn and bite the feeding hand
you say you are the product of your youth
well, that's the furthest thing from the truth
so i went out looking
for the meaning of all this
i came back with the secrets
i have always missed
now it comes together
like a boil in my mind
hiding from the tangle
we all left so far behind
i know
just what you're thinking of
and why you turned your back on love
and why you break down once again
i just can't let go
how am i supposed to understand
the way you turn and bite the feeding hand
you say you are disposed of your youth
well, that's the furthest thing from the truth
what are you thinking of?
how could you turn your back on love?
how do you break down, time again?
i just can't let go
how am i supposed to understand
the way you turn and bite the feeding hand
you say you are disposed of your youth
well, that's the furthest thing from the truth
-September 1993
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Hallanah
02:09
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HALLANAH
the summer seemed so cold
reflections of some distant winter
stole out in petticoats
burning skin as i do now
the face i leave behind, i swear,
saw nothing more than it did last year
and all the thoughts
poured out in vain
still rain down again
hallanah spoke to me
like i could see clear through
her fantasy
shut out and crumbling
i've heard enough
don't tempt me anymore
and silence seems to shake
all fortunes won
in games of give and take
and all the love made up in vain
still rains down again
-March 1997
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6. |
No Love For Lucy
06:10
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NO LOVE FOR LUCY
got no love for lucy
got no love for lucy
why can't you see
i got no love for lucy
don't wanna waste my time
with the horizontal climb
when enerybody knows that i
ain't got no love for lucy
i remember her so clear
like i saw her just last year
twisting up my mind
and blistering the signs
in the fertile landscape
right beyond my eyes
got no love for lucy
got no love for lucy
why can't you see
i got no love for lucy
don't wanna waste my time
with the horizontal climb
when enerybody knows that i
ain't got no love for lucy
she had some things to say
some were close, some far away
it just took some time to heal
too many secrets were revealed
as it plowed the fertile landscape
leaving only clay
got no love for lucy
got no love for lucy
why can't you see
i got no love for lucy
don't wanna waste my time
with the horizontal climb
when enerybody knows that i
ain't got no love for lucy
it wasn't just that she was juicy
or that she always made me feel so goosy
it was the way she'd rock
and take me 'round the block
that kept me coming back to lucy
i remember when we said goodbye
in the the thick of the hampton, flying high
we had a good time then
for a while, but when
she took too long to leave my eyes
i knew that it was time
got no love for lucy
got no love for lucy
why can't you see
i got no love for lucy
don't wanna waste my time
with the horizontal climb
when enerybody knows that i
ain't got no love for lucy
-2/28/06
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7. |
Like A Snake
02:49
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LIKE A SNAKE
head over head, on the birthing field
sometimes you just don't know how it feels
it never has to be that way
sometimes we run, sometimes we play
at the back of the rack in the shotgun shack
you know who i am, and there's no going back
saving face in the belly of the beast
the thirteenth caesar dies at the feast
you are me and we're on our way
to the practical point of a practical day
and psychos on the warpath, talkin' trash
i misunderstood myself
the timekeeper, she loses track
it's amazing how she fades to black
well, i'm partially yours and you're partially mine
the candle wax drips on a dime
we're droppin' the deuce on the evening news
it's a blank book of local interest
we're setting sail upon a sea of nails
to the cornwall bridge or the fifth wheel
the language of less is a fountain of light
and you press to press on and bite to smite
there's more bad luck around the bend
it's like a snake that has no end
-2/4/08
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8. |
Summer Envy
02:05
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SUMMER ENVY
staring out the window
at another sunny day
the wind is all behind me
and the clouds have gone away
is there something i should do
or anything that i should say
to make you break these chains
so i can go outside to play?
it's what i've always wanted
but i never have the time
you leave me there in waiting
with the grit and grease and grime
is there something i should ask
or anything you want to know
coz all i wanna do is bask
in that sweet old summer glow
dreaming of a meadow
on another sunny day
the grass between my toes
where i pick a place to stay
dreaming of another sunny day...
-7/27/07
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9. |
The Big Slide
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THE BIG SLIDE
marbellized giants at the head of the state
in a three-legged choir where they curse and debate
their time gets so precious when the hour is late
and they forget what it's like just to wait
lost in a puzzle, a mine, or a maze
the foundation shakes as they while away
petitions and second-hand passengers play
in the opera of all in the way
partial distractions along the canal
where the ground is as hard as the jaded royale
where the scent of decay dominates the locale
where the king has lost all rationale
fortunes, like failures, come varied and wide
like bad liquor, it spills from the lips who have lied
and all the pretenders, on the ledges beside
even they can't resist the big slide
-3/22/08
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CAMPFIRE SINGALONG SONG #1
everybody move
everybody hand in hand
sing a song of protest
sing out your demands
everybody sing out
everybody walk
to every end of every line
and let them know about it
let them know it's time
everybody sing out
everybody fire
with everything you've got
is it really worth it
to see them winning when you're not
everybody sing out
everybody sing
to every evil in this place
to show them that you're not
just some faceless face
everybody sing out
everybody move
put your hands in hands
sing a song of protest
all across the land
everybody sing out
-10/22/07
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11. |
For Grace
03:54
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FOR GRACE
yesterday was forever
and tomorrow's just a blink, oh yeah
moments spread together
or laid out in the drink, oh yeah
we got yesterday's rhythm
and tomorrow's cheap wine
they caught you over there with him
and a bucket of nine, oh yeah
yesterday was a lifetime
and tomorrow is gold, oh yeah
thoughts and roads to ponder
or to do just what you're told, oh yeah
we got yesterday's blunders
and tomorrow's good name
they'll never pull you asunder
just lower your aim, oh yeah
yesterday's excuse
is tomorrow's express, oh yeah
how can you abuse us
when you can hardly impress, oh yeah
we got yesterday's answers
and tomorrow's the proof
she's the one, god bless her
she'll raise up the roof, oh yeah
-4/14/05
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12. |
My Life As A Slug
11:00
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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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