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Paper Ball (fdm101)

by Chris Anderson

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Jumping Trains 04:13
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JUMPING TRAINS hi, hi yeah, i saw you in that dream that moved in all directions but you're where you ought to be yeah, i made a fool of you and me it's just something 'bout the fog and the sea oh, my i feel these moments flutter by there's nothing like the feeling when you're feeling kinda high a nod, a wink, a blink, an eye it's just something 'bout the stars in the sky now, don't go jumping trains just to get out of the rain oh, no it's just the fire down below that rages like emotion when you feel you've lost your glow no one's wiser when they're slow it's just something 'bout the way we flow see me i stand as far as eyes can see and maybe even further if it's where i ought to be fallin' like the tallest tree it's just something 'bout the way we break free but, don't go jumping trains just to get out of the rain try try sometimes i want to fly and sometimes i sit and wait for all these moments to arrive i think of you and sigh it's just something 'bout the by and by oh, snap i feel that spirit coming back there's nothing like the weight when it dissolves into the cracks fade to white or fade to black it's just something 'bout those jumping jacks now, don't go jumping trains just to get out of the rain -8/31/15
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43 04:03
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43 with a backwards glance we can still see the sights on the dirt road, before the blinding lights we're like a mouse in the middle of a dog/cat fight a little bit of mary and we'll be alright take a deep breath and get out of your way it's like sunshine on a rainy day put the dog and the cat and the mouse away and get down, get down in spite of it all we were never walkin' out in spite of it all we caught that rabbit runnin' 'round in spite of it all we kept on getting down with a backwards glance we can still see the sights on the dirt road, before the blinding lights we're like a mouse in the middle of a dog/cat fight a little bit of mary and we'll be alright take a deep breath and get out of your way it's like the sunshine on a rainy day put the dog and the cat and the mouse away and get down, get down in spite of it all our wings have never hit the ground in spite of it all we let them monkeys hang around in spite of it all we kept on getting down with a backwards glance we can still see the sight's on the dirt road, before the blinding lights we're like a mouse in the middle of a dog/cat fight a little bit of mary and we'll be alright take a deep breath and get out of your way it's like the sunshine on a rainy day put the dog and the cat and the mouse away and get down, get down i'm taking my time just starin' at the wall sometimes she knows more than me i suppose we'll draw a new line and we'll gather all the gold we thought we saw in the mirror it was me, i'm getting old with a backwards glance we can still see the sights on the dirt road, before the blinding lights we're like a mouse in the middle of a dog/cat fight a little bit of mary and we'll be alright take a deep breath and get out of your way it's like the sunshine on a rainy day put the dog and the cat and the mouse away and get down, get down -1/4/17
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One Of These Days 03:52
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ONE OF THESE DAYS another memory on a string we'll keep it with those other things high and dry, i'll think about all the things we're leaving out it's something that i can't explain like a dewdrop in the rain we're gonna find the lighthouse one of these days we'll see it and go backwards one of these days we're gonna sing that old song one of these days a crooked letter in a line we did it far too many times a fortune just to make it burn for all the times we never learned a higher call for all involved until we claw at all the walls we're gonna find the lighthouse one of these days we'll see it and remember one of these days we're gonna sing that old song one of these days to make or break, to mend or bend we'll follow til the bitter end of all the times we let it go it always keeps us on the road to something bigger than we are you're like a million shooting stars we're gonna find the lighthouse one of these days we'll see it and we'll lie down one of these days we're gonna sing that old song one of these days we're gonna move those mountains one of these days we're gonna move those mountains one of these days -9/2/15
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Wind Chimes 04:16
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WIND CHIMES i'm gonna wave that flag until the angels in our eyes start falling out no doubt, no doubt and when we shake that load we'll feel a million miles between the here and now listen as the wind chimes our names i'll whistle as the sea sprays our face listen as the one true wonder sings a song so fragile and so dear oh my, to be here it's like a half baked ghost wandering the hill between the clouds no doubt, no doubt underneath our toes the mighty tale of what it's all about listen as the wind chimes our names i'll whistle as the sea sprays our face listen as the one true wonder sings a song so fragile and so dear oh my, to be here and all the little ways we crazed about shakin' off the last known peace of mind it's on my mind and all the little ways we lazed around lyin' on the ground, what's on our backs? you're on my mind and every little way we keep it up swingin'' every single day we keep it up, singin' i think about you now and all the time between the rising up and down no doubt, no doubt was it all in vain or shall we set it up to do it all again listen as the wind chimes our names i'll whistle as the sea sprays our face listen as the one true wonder sings a song so fragile and so dear oh my, to be here -12/30/14
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Spanish Rain 04:52
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SPANISH RAIN spanish rain, summer landing it all depends on where you're standing when the arrow turns it's head and all the lines are left for dead spanish rain, summer landing spanish rain, in the new moon sometimes you feel it is too soon to feel the weight beyond your eyes and all the movement in your lies spanish rain in the new moon spanish rain, out in the garden before you sing you must depart from all the worry of the years and all the salt in all your tears spanish rain, out in the garden spanish rain, boots of leather she never stays right where you left her she's got a hell of a surprise right between her beady eyes spanish rain, boots of leather spanish rain, a nickel glory on the wrong side of the story it rains like buckets in the night until the first sign of the light spanish rain, a nickel glory spanish rain, america somehow it suits us where we are we feel the heat of the charade that represents the old brigade spanish rain, america -9/27/15
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Wanderlust 03:05
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WANDERLUST when i am at home i can make believe all i want is right in front of me somewhere still the wanderlust is on light up my sails and sail away when i think about all the joy on the run i crack a grin and try to get back on nothing cools quite like a summer breeze at the end of the world we all begin when all the memories fall in place it shakes me like the wind again erase the madness from my face when i talk about it they all run and hide they just don't get what stirs the soul inside some peace of mind and the spirit wakes take over my world once again -12/30/14
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Cut & Run 05:09
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CUT & RUN don't stop the world if you're only gonna think about it don't stop the world unless you want 'em creeping in you can make it real make it feel like the deal has been done don't stop the world if you're only gonna cut and run when the light burns out you better not run to the scene of the black hole as it comes undone whether the sheen or the shadow all depends on what we take it to mean at any given moment don't stop the world if you're only gonna think about it don't stop the world unless you want 'em creeping in you can make it real make it feel like the deal has been done don't stop the world if you're only gonna cut and run what it is is another way to say it's so we break on the waves we keep on rolling til it's time to go whether the ebb or the flow is not for you to know beyond the web is another one, so go slow don't stop the world if you're only gonna think about it don't stop the world unless you want 'em creeping in you can make it real make it feel like the deal has been done don't stop the world if you're only gonna cut and run when the wind blows away another bitter end submit to the way and blink and do it all again a million and one tiny moments in the setting sun a million and one everybody do the cut and run don't stop the world if you're only gonna think about it don't stop the world unless you want 'em creeping in you can make it real make it feel like the deal has been done don't stop the world if you're only gonna cut and run don't stop the world... -6/7/16
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Knockin' Down The Devil's Door 04:41
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KNOCKIN' DOWN THE DEVIL'S DOOR one down, and another whole on the rise knockin' down the devil's door for the prize the scene, it cuts to the two on the hill in the dark nothing but the still of the beat of their hearts let me get a hold, let me get a hold on it now let me get a hold before it slips right though my hands away from the cold and the sting of the bight in the spring it's never the same, every time it comes 'round in the dream the mist in the air and the jewel of the world is right there there's nothing to keep me from the top of the world but the stairs let me get a hold, let me get a hold on you now let me get a hold before you slip right though my hands well, here we are once more we're knockin' down the devil's door we found him lyin' on the floor in wait i made the deal and closed my eyes he tied a ribbon 'round the prize i stole his soul, there was no price just a cost to look down on the world like a god or the sun, it's something to take it all in until the universe spins is the key to what? i don't know but it's a hell of a show anyway it'll be on my mind until i see it next time, it's a date let me get a hold, let me get a hold on me now let me get a hold before i slip right though my hands well, here we are again we're going back to who-knows-when we're gonna take another spin for sure... -1/7/15
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Green Green Garden 04:27
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GREEN GREEN GARDEN take me to the garden and leave me in the rain a world full of wonder a pocket full of pain eyes full of anger the storm washes away right there where i found her on the edges of the fray green green garden i'll see you once again, yeah lead me through the darkness through the scrub and the through the brush these bones have seen the glory of the rattle and the rush those moments always beckon in a hundred different ways and every way, i'd reckon i could do it every day green green garden i'll see you once again, yeah for one more dance or one last chance, yeah take me to the garden and leave me in the rain i ain't got time to bargain ain't got time to feign it's the little things i noticed and i can't shake 'em away she's as fragile as a lotus and grander than the milky way -12/30/14
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Pipers 02:52
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PIPERS we fall out of our winter haze and ride out the last of all our days scenery so beautiful, serene nothing less, it's in the way it is not what it seems and the pipers call a new song how about we join along? it's nothing but the only ever it's a part of something too spectacular for words take it now, it won't hold you down don't think of anything aside from what it is that let you be and the pipers call a new song how about we join along? and we breathe in and breathe it out it tastes just like survival from every moment til right now we're stronger than whatever makes us think about it all just let it go it ain't got nothing on you now and the pipers call a new song how about we join along? -2/4/16
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Fragile Bones 04:41
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FRAGILE BONES wanted to run, wanted to stray but didn't want to do it outside, whoa-o together, wrapped up on the wall we sing out to it for the last time so now to run, for if you don't you're gonna wind up in that old cage seriously, you're gonna lie down in your own rage so way to go say, oh my how you've grown too big to fit these shoes so now you lay before the stone and crush my fragile bones the water in these eyes, it ain't enough so read the signs signs they're laid out in a line we're waiting for the dust to clear and then we'll kill the time time, he ain't no friend of mine i walked away from all the lions in their dens i have forgotten now i did the last dance with the queen down on the dock where she was bought and sold now i'm waiting to breathe the air of anywhere and never wind up in that old cage mysteriously we're gonna take upon our own faith so way to go say, oh my how you've grown too big to fit these shoes so now you lay before the stone and crush my fragile bones the water in these eyes, it ain't enough so read the signs signs they're laid out in a line we're waiting for the dust to clear and then we'll kill the time time, he ain't no friend of mine i looked around at all the shadows on the ground until i found mine i followed for a moment til it was too much to carry down that old line to realize beyond the phase align the bars around that old cage seriously, there's gotta be a thousand ways so way to go say, oh my how you've grown too big to fit these shoes so now you lay before the stone and crush my fragile bones the water in these eyes, it ain't enough so read the signs signs they're laid out in a line we're waiting for the dust to clear and then we'll kill the time time, he ain't no friend of mine -4/13/15 (based on a long-lost demo, circa january 2001)
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A Matter Of Dust 03:25
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A MATTER OF DUST here we are dancing out in the rain again there we go it's all just a matter of dust oh, i hope we can see 'em coming round again light, we fade like the moon falling over the hill no one to blame but you know that we always will oh, i hope we can see it coming round again dust to dust we all keep our memories high in the flick of the night when our caverns collide with our eyes what, of the light and the sudden explode into strange it's all just a matter of dust when we dance in the rain oh, i hope we can see it coming round again -8/9/16
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Borealis For One 05:10
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BOREALIS FOR ONE i'm taking my time to get to know me i'm shaking the lines where all the others fell i'm taking my time to get to know me well here and out, it's about all the wonder and joy underneath this fire sheath i carry like a toy here and out, it's about all the poison and pain i let it go and feel the flow and still it kinda feels the same i'm taking my time to get to know me i'm shaking the lines where all the others fell i'm taking my time to get to know me well here and out, it's about all the love anyway i'll carry on, it's scary but who cares i'll keep on moving everyday here and out, it's about all the shadows unseen until it ends, i'll just pretend that i've always been clean i'm taking my time to get to know me i'm shaking the lines where all the others fell i'm taking my time to get to know me well here and out, it's about all the dirt in the breeze i'll shake it loose, what i don't use and take it in with ease here and out, it's about all the stones in the way their hidden story's never boring still i love to throw them anyway i'm taking my time to get to know me i'm shaking the lines where all the others fell i'm taking my time to get to know me well 2/4/16
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Cartwheels 04:12
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CARTWHEELS doin' cartwheels in the wind doin' cartwheels in the wind we spin live it down now there's nowhere to go but along doing it slow we take the world on our chins and go back home we're gonna win again doin' cartwheels in the wind doin' cartwheels in the wind we spin we're feelin' alright it's all in the way that we're seen it seems to be more than an obvious door to send us to the void alone we're gonna win again doin' cartwheels in the wind doin' cartwheels in the wind we spin just take it in stride and forget the way that it was when it came to the end in all the usual ways we got it now, no doubt we're gonna win again doin' cartwheels in the wind doin' cartwheels in the wind we spin -2/4/16
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The Wind And Me 04:13
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THE WIND AND ME shine like a diamond in a middle of the dark of night this bliss, it cannot hurt to hide like a darkened house you sit and wait until the coming freeze til then, you're crying on your knees two down, you see the end beyond the tallest tree right there, it's not too far to see don't you wanna be free like the wind and me? no sound is greater than a stifled, muffled cry no light is brighter than those eyes that contain a mystery vast a fortune deep inside where all those other worlds collide to see between the lines is nothing new to me just gotta know just how to be don't you wanna be free like the wind and me? how many times must we careen around the bend until we find out where it ends? take a note, a breath and think about those weeds and vines just cut 'em out, you'll be just fine to make your way out of the maze you need the key just swipe it off your enemies don't you wanna be free like the wind and me? -8/24/16
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High Wire 05:11
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HIGH WIRE tell me of a time not long ago look me in the eye and tell me where i ought to go i thought it was a thing in the air that day i heard the angel sing and i set out on my way there was a fire in the sky and it burned my wings like a two-bit dancer in a circus ring i thought about the way we moved and breathed but i forgot to see the devil hanging over me that day there's nothing like the scent of the air so sweet she flutters like a moth on the downbeat, drifting away there was a burning in my soul and i fell flat out praying i could make it there and leave no doubt i'm on a high wire i thought about the waves and the open sea and the way the dirty city washes over all of me there's nothing like the stars in the open sky when there's nothing in the way but our open hearts and eyes there's a yearning in my soul and it melts right there in between the carriage and the rocking chair i'm on a high wire -9/1/15
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Fadin' Out 02:31
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FADIN' OUT we ain't got time to walk around on wires it's enough to take them down talk gets tough when there nothing left of the fire, baby burn it to the ground and the lights keep fading, the lights keep fading out there's no one here but the shadow and his lover losing ground, there's nothing gained they hide between the lines and under cover in the guise of the falling rain and the lights keep fading, the lights keep fading out we saw it once and then we threw the towel like some damn fool on the run and lied awake and made fun of the owls who hid in spite of the falling sun and the lights keep fading, the lights keep fading out -12/30/14
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In The Still Of The Day 03:18
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IN THE STILL OF THE DAY in the still of the day we all ramble on, we all ramble on, we all ramble on sometimes we all get along, we all get along we're moving down that same old line at the beat of our own time at the speed of our own time we're leaving by the light of night to make it to the dawn, to make it to the dawn we're breaking when we stay too long in the still of the day we all see the sun, we all see the sun, we all see the sun sometimes it's not enough to see it there, not enough to stop and stare we're sharing what we got sometimes it's a burden just to be a simple word among the trees we flutter like the birds and bees to make or break that old charade we're at the head of what we made that old parade has got to stop sometime in the still of the day we sing out for the wind, we sing out for the wind we sing out for the wind to cry some busted blues or wicked soul a mighty fuse down in the hole we're waiting for the perfect light just like the angel sitting there between the dresses and the stairs it's such a mess, sometimes it feels so right in the still of the day we all ramble on, we all ramble on, we all ramble on sometimes -9/2/15
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A Simple Wreck 06:47
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A SIMPLE WRECK i played the pauper once again and held my glass up to the wall i felt it crawl across my skin a blank reminder of it all to see the light is to submit to what it is you think it is of all the times to shake and spit it's always now, it's always now behind the wall there's nothing left but the cobwebs of the past, they're passing on you can color me inspired by the theft and leave me to the mercy of the dawn i heard the song the solider sang it rang out like a cannon on the field we went not with a whimper nor a bang but something in between that left us healed of all the simple plays we're bound to make there's something to be said for how it goes we kept them all at bay, for our own sake not just to keep us on our toes i looked around and closed my eyes there was nothing left to trip me up, it seemed until it came again and compromised every actor in the movie of my dreams the way it plays is so serene if by serene you mean disasterous, okay i'll hold my court in every scene until the last act in this everlasting play it's just a simple wreckage in your hand it's just a faint reminder what is,. what is should never be the past, it's come to dance with me again -1/7/15
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When I Lie 05:06
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WHEN I LIE my heart's made out of stone i can feel it deep in my bones like a darker shade of red like the stories i've inside my head this garden is overgrown with weeds and woods and vines and i miss you most of all when i lie i can sing it to the sky to the fences in my eyes there's nothing like those times when they settle deep in these rhymes this garden is overgrown with weeds and woods and vines and i miss you most of all when i lie i got no sense of joy like i had with all those toys that took me back to that place with those wizards behind my face there's something to be said about every moment that we are not dead it's all, every time that i breathe out those demons inside of me this garden is overgrown with weeds and woods and vines and i miss you most of all when i lie -7/28/16

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Chris Anderson's 67th full-length album, and third studio double album.

I started writing the songs on this album immediately after returning from a five month road journey through Newfoundland. The songs that quickly came were odes to that beautiful place, notes to friends I met there, and generally songs about movement. Those songs were set aside, revisited often, and set aside again. Other songs and albums would come but every song I wrote (that was not for a specific project) was added to the pile. Soon there was enough for a double album (and then some). After spending 2017 recording 14 albums of repurposed older songs, the time came to record this beast. Then my recording gear got fussy. So the album continued to gestate. Immediately upon replacing my recording gear (and we're talking maybe fifteen minutes) I set about recording the album you see here. By that point, those songs were ingrained into my soul, and the recording happened blindingly fast (and then I recorded three more albums, but we'll get to those later).

While Paper Ball is one of many albums that have come about recently, this is the album I have been gearing up for all this time. A statement of the last four years of my life, and is one of my dearest projects. I hope you like it.

-CA, 9/15/18

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released September 15, 2018

"produced" by Chris Anderson
Recorded & mixed in The Room, August 2018

CA: acoustic & electric guitars, bass, acoustic & electric mandolin, banjo, drum programming, percussion, vocals, other shit.

All songs written by Chris Anderson
(c) CA / Flying Dachshund Music (BMI)




(p)(c)2018 Chris Anderson / Flying Dachshund Music. All rights reserved. Share this music but don't rip me off lest ye be crumpled like a paper ball.

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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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