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( . )
01:53
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(.)
stop!
don't wander in the rain
some long lost lover's
gonna steal your heart again
even in the thirst of the light
the rhythm of the poets rain
softer than a summer night
stop!
don't wander in the hall
where the ghosts and the geese
run in circles up and down the walls
stop!
don't you know who i am
i'm the long lost cousin
of the man who shot uncle sam
stop!
you're standing too close
to the wires of the eyes of
the liars and their highs and lows
take a look at the sky
do you remember when they
said you shouldn't speak
or think or wonder why
stop!
don't stagger in the sun
if you walk like a lion
then you better know how to run
stop!
don't you know who i am
i'm the long lost brother
of the one who says he's uncle sam
stop!
before you get too far
beyond a precious air of reason
found falling
from a falling star
somewhere on a higher ground
the liars sound better
when they're lying out
of range of sound
stop!
don't you look my face
i'm only saying what i know
even though it's not my place
stop!
don't you know who i am
i knew a guy who knew a girl
who said she got it on
with uncle sam
-3/10/03
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Bulldozer
04:26
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BULLDOZER
wiping the sleep out of my eyes
taking the time to recognize
one of a million passing
momentary lapse of joy
and it's holding on
the night has a thousand lights
wiping belief out of my eyes
taking the time to realize
that everything up must come back
crashing down before me
and we're holding on
keeping it all in stride
what's going on
the night has a thousand lives
the holy ghost is turning tricks again
on and on, he's got a watch that
turns the time into wild window
to the dim din
wiping the sleep out of my eyes
taking the time to prophetize
one in a million babes
have turned the tides
into the sun
and they're holding on
leaving the words for the signs
what's going on
the night has a thousand lines drawn
-4/4/02
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Hole To China
02:32
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HOLE TO CHINA
hold the reigns - i'm sinking fast
but too slow to make a splash
i've heard that tale told time again
the hero always wins
i'd throw the northern lights a line
a moment set aside
i'd dig a hole halfway to china
big enough for you & me to hide
it don't get better than this
masquerades and cheap parades
offensive to the hilt
nobody saw her lying there
where heroes take a spill
i'd take my rest in carolina
where they always give me so much time
i'd dig a hole halfway to china
big enough for you & me to hide
it don't get better than this
peace of mind is overrated
to some and others it's a sin
if that's the case, i'm off to hell
not like i ain't already been
i'd take my leaving now
and kinda take a picture in my mind
i'd dig a hole halfway to china
big enough for you and me to hide
it don't get better than this
-4/8/02
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LUMNIATE ME
virgin of the sea
she rides the waves and
dances, calling out names
i hear my name
she names two things
i'd never live without
falling down
she's falling over
overtop and overground
wise is not the one
who makes a sound
virgin of the sea
you make me shiver
like none have before
liberate me, luminate me
take it all - i need no more
walking out and talking over
everything we ever said
wise is not the one
who winds up dead
TWO DEEP IN THE RED
i'm standing two deep in the red
lost my feet, can't feel my head
i'm waiting for the tide to turn me on
steal the first and be the last
rolling like a freight train off the track
i'm waiting for the time to turn you on
staring at the sea
can leave those waves
of doubt alone
of all the hasty breaks
i made, i never knew
which way to go
just sailed in circles
humming songs of want
and need, and so&so
aquatic mindfuck
can take some time
i'm standing two deep in the red
lost my feet, can't feel my head
i'm waiting for the tide to turn me on
steal the first and be the last
rolling like a freight train off the track
i'm waiting for the time to turn you on
lying on the shore
i had all the time
and maybe more
until the landslide
wiped away those lies
i had in store
i thought to hide away
until that moment
we were waiting for
aquatic mindfuck
can take some time
i'm standing two deep in the red
lost my feet, can't feel my head
i'm waiting for the tide to turn me on
steal the first and be the last
rolling like a freight train off the track
i'm waiting for the time to turn you on
-4/11/02
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Alewife
02:57
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ALEWIFE
chasing the waves
crashing down on
and splashing around my face
amazing that they
never make good
on those threats they make
to swallow me whole
to hollow my soul
defiant, i deny them that
to leave in good faith
believing that they
would somehow find
their own way back
to the shore
and i'd bring you along
if you have a moment left
and i'd sing you a long-forgotten song
about the day my ship came sailing in
and i thank you a lot
every time my eyes awake
and i'll be thinking of you
every time i see that ship come sailing in
-3/18/02
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Leaf In The Sun
03:36
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LEAF IN THE SUN
i've seen the nights go longer
than i ever care to know
i bore that cross again
i felt the sandy salty
water on my skin
is that what makes us men?
and where's the good
in all the lines we cross today
they always find our way
and when the last great leader
stumbles from his soapbox seat
is that where you want to be
holding on
like a leaf in the sun
the light is good enough
to find my own
tracks again
but still i know
they ain't real
i'll take my leaving now
it's time to ride the waves
i'll see you all again
on some other sunny day
until then, don't forget
to take what you can get
that's all i have to say
-4/8/02
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New Song
05:18
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NEW SONG
she could dress me up and leave me out
on some kind of higher plane
where the foundations are scattered about
along somebody else's shame
she could tell me that it's all a joke
while sending me out to dry
using language that we never spoke
to accurately describe the hole in the sky
it's time
to sing a new song
one that sends those
shivers down my spine
one that seeps and lingers
in the back of my mind
one that you can sing along to
oh my oh my oh my oh my
it goes something like this
oh my oh my oh my oh my
celebrate this moment
with a paused reflection
and we'll sing a new song
she could bury me in sheets of gold
or melt me in the cruel cruel sun
and send me down the river cold
to the sheer delight of everyone
it's time to draw these pictures out
those scenes from that last parade
where everyone was talking about
the state of the nation and the mess they made
it's time
to sing a new song
one that makes no
sense for the times
or one that's so obscure
that no one cares if it rhymes
one that you can sing along to
oh my oh my oh my oh my
it goes something like this
oh my oh my oh my oh my
forget about this moment
with a staunch indifference
and we'll sing a new song
-5/7/02
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8. |
Acquiescence
04:49
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ACQUIESCENCE
beneath the lowest drop of light
old poets stop and linger
a well-read vision in the night
no one stops to see if she's still alive
sad acquiantence, you may find
these oceans never deeper
take a moment for the signs
were never any clearer
smoke, in bellows, in the cold
release the wind and take a
step away from what you're told
it's all a ruse, a way to fake
a lie
and the sun
it sinks so fast
acquiescence, oh my love
just take a look around now
we pull the feathers from the dove
and lie awake and dream about how
they'd fly
still alive...
-1/4/03
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Save It For A Rainy Day
03:30
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SAVE IT FOR A RAINY DAY
put it away
save it for a rainy day
you don't care what it's worth
you don't care that it hurts
lying awake
dreaming up what at stake
you don't care what it's worth
you don't care that it hurts
save it for a rainy day.
-11/24/02
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10. |
Doppelganger Girl
04:37
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DOPPELGANGER GIRL
we got a good thing on
just like a soft spring rain
just like a waterfall
we got a good thing on
like a brand new picture
hanging on my bedroom wall
we got a good thing on
all the other ghosts, they dissipate
they leave the hall
we got a good thing on
it's a new dimension
now i think i've seen it all
she has the same name as me
come a little bit closer now
i can hardly see
she has the same name as me
come a little bit closer now
i can hardly see at all
we got a good thing on
like a desert well
to stash those demons in my world
we got a good thing on
she's spun me right round
she's my doppelganger girl
she has the same name as me
come a little bit closer now
i can hardly see
she has the same name as me
come a little bit closer now
i'm a little bit older now
it's a little bit colder
and she makes me wanna save the world
we got a good thing on
like a sunny saturday
just like a well-worn suit
we got a good thing on
like me and her and she and me
and me and you
she has the same name as me...
-4/26/04
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(I'M GONNA SEE) A MAN ABOUT A HORSE
the evening bells ran quiet
the gates of hell, a riot
they dug their nails into the dirt
you don't leave well alone
a brighter light, i don't know
a smashing sight but, oh no
it's enough to shake them til they hurt
you don't leave well alone
trigger hand's so tired
a bigger man than i would
keep on shooting til they fall
you don't leave well alone
i felt the angel shiver
i gave all i could give her
still i'm for sure to take a fall
for not leaving well alone
i'm gonna see a man about a horse
and wait until this tide has run its course
and just leave well alone
-3/22/03
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12. |
Sucker Window
04:41
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SUCKER WINDOW
sucker window
shrouded in blinds
shaded from light
behind
a sucker window
no screen to protect
against the effects
of this time
shaken from the storm
awaken with thorns
planted from out your side
sucker window
sucker window
can't leave it alone
for fear of my own
distance - vain
sucker window
still hiding below
in the light of
its glowing panes
staring at the sun
glaring at the one
who left me here
all this time
sucker window
drink from the lighted dawn
embrace what you never owned
drink from the lighted dawn
tasting the fruit of light
drink from the lighted dawn
so dizzy afraid of heights
drinking the life from the
sucker window
believing that chance
will finally dance
in the daylight
sucker window
revealing these walls
restricting
and all too slight
waiting for the night
to fall before the light
reverting its eyes from this
sucker window
drink from the lighted dawn
embrace what you never owned
drink from the lighted dawn
tasting the fruit of light
drink from the lighted dawn
so dizzy afraid of heights
drinking the life from the
sucker window
-8/26/02
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Drifter In My Own Town
02:28
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DRIFTER IN MY OWN TOWN
i'm gonna take my time
and barter with reason
throw my sheets to the wind
and wait for a season
come around this house
almost as splendid
as her nightgown
i'm gonna save it all
for the rainiest day
pretend my hat's on straight
and my boots are laced
can't take it back now
always a drifter
in my own town
these tiny voices
barely make a sound
always a drifter
in my own town
-3/10/03
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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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