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Reinvent The Lie
03:42
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REINVENT THE LIE
just like the dove
we're hanging on to love
to watch it grow
and flutter through the snow
into a soapy stain
when the idols take the reins
and blow by blow
they cover up the blood and go
to see the future
on the inside of their minds
wasting time
scraping off
the residue
of bygone crimes
and the mystery
of the rain
won't wash away
these sunken eyes
take a moment out
to reinvent the lie
just like the sun
we're barely holding on
to seek the twilight
in the darkest hour of night
to feel the dirty wheel
pressed against this heart of steel
sometimes the only way to know
is just to go
capping off the years
when solace
wiped away the tears
and dried the rain
when the only steps
led down the spiral drain
waiting for the morning
when we'd do it all again
with variations
celebrate the sky
and reinvent the lie
just like the fog
we react like rabid dogs
poison flesh to flesh
it's only just a test
to be the wader now
to release the inner growl
on the first that makes a break
or hesitates
to reenact the moment
when we fell flat on our face
in front of grace
she had no hold
on us, she's really kind of cold
and sometimes she
comes screaming down the wire
just in time
to rearrange the fire
and reinvent the lie
-7/18/06
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Eleven Stories
04:49
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ELEVEN STORIES
take your talk outside
it don't mean nothing to you now
if you leave it all behind
or if you leave it on the windowsill
there's something to be said
or if there's nothing to relay
they've got you rolling down
the hill to yesterday
scenery and half-wits waiting
welcome mat parade
harvesting their tears
and all the progress that they made
if you're tangled out of reason
if you're strangling inside
the road is nothing
stronger than your pride
eleven stories
now we're down by five
and we're looking at the ones
who are still alive
where's the silence
where's the voice of need
it's locked up in the cupboard
with the pits and peas
eleven stories
and that's all
be the open air
while there's still time to steal away
before the dance is done
before the fireworks display
you can call for a new order
you can call it everything
if you only see it through
enough to sing
eleven stories
or a song of need
we're strangling the ones
who bring us up to speed
and if we take a piece
of the prize
we'll hear about it later
when we're all despised
tell me, is it magic?
tell me, is it greed?
tell me, is it anything you'd ever need?
tell me, is it working?
tell me, is it tied?
tell me, is it lies, lies, lies?
eleven stories
and that's all
-7/18/06
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Thought Parade
04:02
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THOUGHT PARADE
hello! don't stumble out that door
hello! don't talk to monsters anymore
we gotta hide our eyes
when it's raining through disguise
and the torture victim's laid
in the pent-up thought parade
hello! don't pass the cherry anymore
hello! don't act so cheerful anymore
you gotta take that ride
and spit it out sometimes
when the torture victim cries
as the thought parade goes by
hello! don't be a stranger anymore
hello! watch out for splinters in the floor
we gotta flee that scene
of broken glass and gasoline
when the torture victim's healed
and the thought parade goes squealing
on by...
-7/17/06
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The Post
03:36
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THE POST
well...what do you know?
it seems you're tied to the whipping post
it seems you lied and you're getting yours
don't you know?
like a moose in his tracks
like a deer in the headlights
like a hand in the cookie jar
they got you red
like a fish on the wrong line
like a bear in a trap
like a concealed cold-caller
they got you red
like a pheasant in flight
like a roach in the night
like a robber in a catfight
they got you red
well...what do you know?
it seems you're tied to the whipping post
it seems you lied and you're getting yours
don't you know?
-7/18/06
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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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