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1. |
Fly
01:37
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FLY
looking at the world through a window
seeing all the cars go by
and the birds in the sky
it's a sullen day
somewhere in the wind
the leaves all blow
then they gather down below
tie me up
and leave me to the birds
tie me up
and leave me to the birds
i wanna fly
look up to the sky
pigeons on a line
oh, i wanna fly
-10/29/07
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2. |
All Rise Up
03:53
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ALL RISE UP
i took the call
you were in your car
and you drove for miles
and miles and miles
and you sang
when the phone rang
it seems you talked for hours
and hours and hours on end
let's all rise up
let's all rise up
to death-defying
mystifying highs
you were in your house
just like a mouse
when you stole the cheese from me
oh, i let him know
you took it up
and you threw up
and you looked it up
to find that it's a fate
let's all rise up
let's all rise up
to death-defying
mystifying highs
i heard you sing
that old tune
when you took the covers
and stumbled out the door
you made some noise
with your toys
then you took them out
and smashed them in the road
let's all rise up
let's all rise up
to death-defying
mystifying highs
-10/31/07
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3. |
Magic Moments
03:39
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MAGIC MOMENTS
we all believe in magic moments
well, they come to me from time to time
from the moment they come
rolling break of day, no
impressing me, it's a no
we all believe in magic moments
they're like dust
what blows away can carry us too far
if it's cold, let us just waste a minute
talking to the blood
if it's warm, beware the flies
it's all mucked up
don't you walk
and don't you worry
my dear, my caroline
don't you walk
and don't you worry now
we all believe in introductions
they strain us day by day
we close our eyes and
wish that they would go away
knowing me, knowing me,
i'd sing a panic song
knowing me, knowing me
i'd run...
-11/6/07
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4. |
Sally Go Bye
04:09
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SALLY GO BYE
sally go bye
take a look around
take a look around
it's in your eyes
when you run around
when you run around
i can crawl under
the warning bells
to see them in their
winner's cloak
through the haze and smoke
and i can wash my feet
and light out, screaming
for another try
but all i say is
something like
sally go bye
take a look around
take a look around
it's in your eyes
when you run around
when you run around
when they took the keys
and left you underneath
the open skylight, singing
it was a good night then
when we laughed and called it off
we thought it nothing but
a good time then
and so i gotta say now
sally go bye
take a look around
take a look around
it's in your eyes
when you run around
when you run around
i can't save another
penny for you
and i can't waste another
hour on you
and i've been waiting
and i've been waiting
all my life to say
sally go bye
take a look around
take a look around
it's in your eyes
when you run around
when you run around
and we can rake it
through the coals
we're breaking down
on the cathedral steps
and the stones
they throw there
are nothing like
the ones that we
saw back then
it was something
from a deep recess
imagination crawling out
and screaming out
it's time to look her
in the eye, and say
sally go bye
take a look around
take a look around
it's in your eyes
when you run around
when you run around
-11/5/07
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5. |
Bats In The Basement
05:46
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BATS IN THE BASEMENT
i saw you crying
in the closet by the broom
you didn't say what it was
that made you sullen
to wallow in the gloom
i heard your voice
i knew it was you
everything that they
told me to do
was a joke
through hazy din of smoke
i trapped the fly
he ain't goin' nowhere
bye bye
you heard them screaming
in the field
like cars, they collide
and you know how it feels
it's like a crutch
but tender to the touch
in the waterfall kingdom
of the fantasy phase
looking out from a heaven
or some other rotten place
it seems like they're building
but buildings can fall
i trapped the fly
he ain't goin' nowhere
bye bye
sad eyes and crooked blues
how does it feel to topple
with the woods?
or to fly?
just never ask why
i heard the children
they were scrambled on the floor
there were bats in the basement
there were lions at the door
it's like a circus
where they wait in the ring
and it's oh so loud
the yellow and the green
of the factory keeper
his eyes are like teeth
to see is to believe
it's like a cross between
the heaven and the hell
that you made
i trapped the fly
he ain't goin' nowhere
bye bye
-11/6/07
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6. |
Stone's Throw
04:07
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STONE'S THROW
it's a stone's throw
to the reckoning
it's a stone's throw
to the light
it's a stone's throw
to your second sight
it's a stone's throw
to the reaches of the night
it's a stone's throw
to the bottom of your purse
it's a stone's throw
to the void
it's a stone's throw
to that world in reverse
it's a stone's throw
that you can't avoid
how does it go?
and how did you know
just to say hello
how low do you go?
how low do you go
just to say hello
it's a stone's throw
to the bottom of the hill
it's a stone's throw
to the bank
it's a stone's throw
to the river where it bends
it's a stone's throw
to the end
how low do you go?
how low do you go
for the stones you throw?
hallelujah! hallelujah!
it's a stone's throw
to the garbage heap
it's a stone's throw
into the bin
it's a stone's throw
to the secrets they keep
it's a stone's throw
to let you in
it's a stone's throw
to the pedal of the chord
it's a stone's throw
into the field
it's a stone's throw
when you wander in the dark
it's a stone's throw
when they know just how you feel
how low do you go?
how low do you go
for the stones you throw?
-10/31/07
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7. |
The Age Of Coming Down
03:32
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THE AGE OF COMING DOWN
take me down to the old saloon
to look the bottle in the eye
take a photograph
so that everyone can think about it
when they're stepping over the line
it's the age for the coming down
let them ring again
it's the age of coming down again
it's the age of coming down, my friend
to come around
take a breath beside the blue wall
if you're lost, you can confide
waste a penny, waste a minute with the girl
she's gonna reawake inside
forsake your needles and your spoon
lie down and wait it out
it's the age of coming down, my friend
it's in the hands
there are no fools who survive
it's the age of coming down
to look the needle in the eye, my friend
well, you know it's all a lie, my friend
who's to believe that you can fly, my friend
there's an angel on the mend
it's the age of coming down, my friend
it's the age of coming down again
it's the age of coming down, my friend
-10/31/07
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8. |
A Moment's Notice
04:58
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A MOMENT'S NOTICE
carnivals and polar scares
if it gets too weird
i'll hold it there
you can build your own backstreet
for the times you need to get there
this window never lies
and you can't tell the difference
when the youth's gone from your eyes
it's all an illusion in your eyes
i feel the wind blow
it's nipping at my toes
on the banks of the old ravine
and when she comes
she'll be standing in the yard
somewhere you can see
the north star fading
and i can't wait for this
like a blade of grass
on a summer floor
and if i wake up here
i wanna be gone in a moment's notice
i wanna be gone in a moment's notice
she's got eyes, she got long hair
now everybody's going over there
she falls down, they gather all around
it's like a jagged coastal edge
but not me, i got something in my eye
compares me to a crawling ghost
this takedown
this breakdown
we're awake now
your highness
it's a breakout
it's a fakeout
we're taking it out
on the ones who are here
this
break up
wake up
check it out...
it's like a movement
this tooth and
nails on the board
it's like a hurricane
right here is a monster
right beside her
she's talking to the wall
and there is nothing here
that makes you want to
chide her, or hide out
with your hands in your pockets
and your feet on the wheel
it's like magic
or a tragedy
do you really want to know
how it comes to be?
this
break out
fake out
check it out
-11/6/07
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9. |
White Plain
03:00
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WHITE PLAIN
looking at the white plain ghost
on the edge of the mound, there
she's tied and she's bound
and driving around
the white plain
edges of a heaven
it's a cool breeze
blowing through my knees
don't cry
just wait for the crush
to get by
to get by
you've gotta turn around
and look to the days
when they took you for
you've gotta turn around
like a has-been
staring at the mirror
on the dirty old ground
like a wash-up
waiting for the chance
to come around
you're looking green
is it forever in your eyes
you seem so
startled and surprised
the whites of your eyes
are folding down
into the white plain
-10/29/07
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10. |
The It
03:49
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THE IT
in your head
i see the garden up ahead
it's in your head
just like the angel said
you took a cold hard look
at the mirror on the other side
you said it's only it
it's in your head
fields of blue and skies of red
it's in your head
fields of bodies, laying dead
it's in your head
undertied and underfed
it's in your head
like a needle and a thread
you took a cold hard look
at the angel in the sky
shoot em high
you took a cold hard look
at the evil in your eyes
it's in your head
at the foot of your bed
it's in your head
there's an eagle up ahead
it's in your head
where the angels fear to tread
it's in your head
everything from a to zed
you took a cold hard look
at the sky
underneath the harbor lights
in the heart of night
you took a cold hard look
at the evil in your eyes
you took a cold hard look
at the sun in the sky
what did he say to you?
he said settle down
there'll be plenty left to do
10/31/07
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11. |
Hammer Down
04:20
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HAMMER DOWN
teardrops drip to the oasis
hidden from the desert of my soul
this arid landscape consumes me
and i crawl back into my sand hole
as i am looking out the top
people circle all around me
holding guns and waving flags
yeah, they all surround me
keep it locked inside a box
thirty lashes if you forget it
keep your shoes and mind your socks
if you don't, someday you're gonna get it
hang around, hammer down
do you remember long ago
when we said something that we didn't really know
we found excuses and relied on old charades
we laughed at ourselves through our masquerades
and all those phases in the rain
they've seen my face around
but they don't even know my name
it's kinda quiet on the floor
sometimes we're burning
but we don't know what for
and the numbers, they add up
are they all good? no comment
they never say a word
and all these tables still employ
a little piece of string
at the end of this toy
eat the truth and mind the lie
remember when i said it was a lie
well, you know that i was lyin' then
hammer down...
-10/30/07
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12. |
Cornelia
04:31
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CORNELIA
in the garden
she's writing on the wall
say hello to the
wonders of them all
in the garden
she's writing on the wall
good bye
and i go, and i go
back home
in the hall
you see the garden up ahead
some light
you wander out and shake your head
in the hall
i see you turn and walk away
bye bye
in the wind
she is hanging on a limb
she takes it in and
still she does it all again
out in the wind
she can see the mother
of all light
no lie
and i go, and i go
back home
in the air
she cries and begs for mother's milk
and she sings a song of
freedom of her will
in the air
the flips and dances in the wind
oh my
and i go, and i go
back home
-11/2/07
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13. |
The Void
06:59
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THE VOID
i read the book the other day
i heard it was all she had to say
she wore a white gown
when she danced with the gods
in her basement, by the canal
she wore a red dress on her wedding day
she's walking out
to say goodbye to the summer
she says goodbye to all the winter dogs
she says goodbye to the summer
she let her hair down
she's taken a house or a country estate
at her table, she writhes and she sang
about how the blues has gone away
and someday, you'll see her fading
someday, she'll be waiting for a
one way ticket to the void
she said goodbye to the summer
she said goodbye to all the winter dogs
she said goodbye to the summer
gravel kicking under her brow
she rides with the circus and the clowns
it's a good crush sometimes, if you need it
sometimes you don't
she said goodbye to the summer
she said goodbye to all the winter dogs
she said goodbye to the summer
-10/27/07
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14. |
Your Room
03:20
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YOUR ROOM
in her room
she stares at the clock
as it's winding down
in her room
she sees a widow's shadow
it's fading now
it's a long way up
and it's a long way down
you can have me
if i'm still around
i'll be waiting
on the fringes of your room
in her room
she sees the light
through the cracks in the blinds
sometimes she paints it black
to get the voices out
they say
i've been waiting
i'm still waiting
i feel great
let's get it on
and i can't wait
and i can't fake it
you know it's not
me anyhow
and i can't fall for you
in your room
in her room
she burns the carpet
and watches the telly
in the back of her mind
in her room
she feels the void
it's like a stain
and she can't take it
and i can't fake
and i can't wait
it's nothing i'd want
anyway
and i can't try
it's a cold hard lie
to believe it's just
a wandering eye
to touch, to feel
too much, too real
this painting's gotta
be revealed
to see what's up
we must come down
and take a look around
in your room
-11/6/07
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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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