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1. |
A Lovely Place
04:42
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A LOVELY PLACE
it's funny how we turn our
backs against each other now
standing silently, we're
racing violently back home
breaking down another
place where we discovered love
get your act together
they said, better head back home
it's such a lovely place
such a lovely place, and i don't know
she's got a lovely face
got a lovely face that i don't know
stand up, look back to your
childhood ends and i begin again
the storyteller speaks
a sign and sign, and endless pantomime
how did we ever come to
look in reverie to our time
take me back too long
back to the place where i belong
it's such a lovely place
such a lovely place, and i don't know
she's got a lovely face
got a lovely face that i don't know
where were you when we ran to
to that place so far behind
i cannot remember
that december sky, so cold
now we've moved along
we're singing different songs
way out of key
if i could, i'd see you
one more time
just out of novelty
it's such a lovely place
such a lovely place, and i don't know
she's got a lovely face
got a lovely face that i don't know
-1/6/93
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2. |
Privacy
04:27
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PRIVACY
i walk this subtle monument
a memoir of another life
a life i left behind
pardon me, as i shall walk away
and dream upon another day
another frame of mind
what you say cannot affect me now
but what you do can anger
so forget me now
what you hear and what i say to you
may not amount to anything
so leave me now
yes i know, i know
that time moves on
flare dog baby
has an open book
a chapter torn and sold to you
resting in your head
filthy secrets garnish everyday
like everyday was yesterday
yeah, that's what she said
the passage to utopia
is barred and locked for none to see
so you may never leave
it's just like a lie does not exist
unless there's someone to believe
yes i know, i know
that time moves on
walk along and toss aside
the evidence of your own lie
to forget the past
and live tomorrow as a brand new day
not focused on yesterday
it can never last
but if you don't believe in yesterday
there won't be another day
to be left behind
blinders only rose your view
the skeptic's criticism's leaving you
and, as all, you're blind
yes i know, i know
that time moves on
-March 1993
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3. |
Dream Town
07:29
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DREAM TOWN
i have seen your falling-down
playing in my head
it's coming back in season now
these darling dreams in red
was it just the wrong time
to wish for a better dream?
it's been such a long, long time
and i'm coming back
you picked your perfect timing, love
for going out of style
you lied to me so subtlely
and returned it with a smile
was it just the wrong time
to wish for a better dream
it's been such a long, long time
and i'm coming back, i'm coming back
bridie, don't you turn around now
and bridie sang a sad, sad song
and the lies we shared
have long since gone
and if my dreams can swallow me
calm down and see it now...
welcome to dreamtown!
you walked into my garden of lies
and dreamed your dream again
i turned and walked away from you
i left you drowning in the rain
coz, oh my god, right now
it is just the wrong time
to dream a better dream
it's been such a long, long time
and i'm coming back, i'm coming back
bridie, don't you turn around now
and bridie sang a sad, sad song
and the lies we shared
have long since gone
and if my dreams can swallow me
calm down and see it now...
welcome to dreamtown!
-March 1993
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4. |
All Fall Down
02:28
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ALL FALL DOWN
ring around the rosie
a pocket full of gold
with a dream in my head
and my feet on the ground
we all fall down
every tear turns to hide away
with many rivers to cross
with a dream in my head
and my feet on the ground
we all fall down
yes i know, it's been said before
everything coincides
with that dream in my head
and my feet on the ground
we all fall down
the fires keep to their flicker and flame
the dancer closes her eyes
with a dream in my head
and my feet on the ground
we all fall down
the sky turns dark
as we all run and hide
memories start to fade
with a dream in my head
and my feet on the ground
we all fall down
yes i know, it's been said before
everything coincides
with that dream in my head
and my feet on the ground
we all fall down
ring around the rosie
a pocket full of gold
with a dream in my head
and my feet on the ground
we all fall down
-Fall 1993
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5. |
I Don't Believe
04:29
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I DON'T BELIEVE
i don't believe that we can celebrate
i don't believe that it's never too late
i don't believe in the powers above
i don't believe there is a reason for love
i don't believe in guantanamo
i don't believe in the stories we're sold
i don't believe in the stars in the sky
i don't believe there is a reason for why
and it's all the same, in different ways
i don't see it anymore
the lies are all the same
i don't wanna hear it anymore
the joker's wearing a different hat
don't talk to me, don't talk to me
it's all the same, it's all the same
i don't believe in the kingdom come
i don't believe that he fired the gun
i don't believe in the war in the gulf
i don't believe that you can save yourself
i don't believe it's anything i need
i don't believe there's anything but greed
i don't believe in the republican
i don't believe in the american
and it's all the same, in different ways
i don't see it anymore
the lies are all the same
i don't wanna hear it anymore
the joker's wearing a different hat
don't talk to me, don't talk to me
it's all the same, it's all the same
i don't believe in it took a toll
i don't believe that he sold his soul
i don't believe in rock and roll
i don't believe that we can save the world
i don't believe the walls are fallin' down
i don't believe that they'll stick around
i don't believe in theology
i only believe in me
-February 1993
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6. |
Take The Sun And Sing
06:05
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TAKE THE SUN AND SING
...and another passerby
eclectic, without wearing hats
he goes into town
he's scraping by on what he has
and that's not much
mrs. green is washing windows
for her christmas day, so long
and it rains so hard
that the other side is fading
and i can't tell what the signs read
it's as dim as a fireplace burnt out
the sky, it crumbles
landing in my two hands
where's your payment?
i said that i was tapped out for the fall
greed is money
and the grass is growing
greener over there
the grey cloud's bursting
drenching us with all the
tears from up above
and this hole in my wall
is growing
well, i don't know what to say
my silence is my only solace
don't make me speak when
i have nothing to say
and she'll take the sun and sing
but i'd never know the tune
that she sang to me back then
so i'll hum my own melody
yeah, she'll take the sun and sing
but i could not care less
just leave me be, just leave me alone
just leave me the fuck alone
there goes that man
who begged me for my change
though i had none
here comes the sun
burning brighter
if i could sleep, to sleep, to sleep
i'd sleep a quarter century in red
the plate glass window
is breaking, pane by pane
so i pick up my pieces
of a broken yesterday
wake up! your dream is over
tell me what's going on
the sun is taken
sing a song, a futile hymn
the sun is taken
but if you ask me
i don't believe it...
-12/11/92
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7. |
Simone (part one)
04:35
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SIMONE (part one)
i woke a morning, fire and sand
smother me to heaven
hero and hand, my love
sit down
we go together one and the same
she never looked past
to catch a name
simone, sit down
no, i've never seen you before
i'll never see you again
back down
no, i'm not coming back for more
no, i'll never return
we go together once in a while
i can't stand up
against her vicious smile
my love, go on
i felt a silence shudder my brain
and left her cold
out in the burning rain
simone, go home
no, i've never seen you before
i'll never see you again
back down
no, i'm not coming back for more
no, i'll never return
i saw her weeping
like a newborn child
left out frozen in the wold
simone, sit down
no, i've never seen you before
i'll never see you again
back down
no, i'm not coming back for more
no, i'll never return
-9/21/92
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8. |
Cry (what do you know?)
07:33
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CRY (what do you know?)
if you cry
don't make me feel hollow
if you cry, cry, cry
i won't be there
and if you die
don't wait for me to follow
if you die, die, die
i won't be there
when you call
if you sigh
don't look to me for sorrow
if you sigh, sigh, sigh
i won't be there
and if you lie
don't think about tomorrow
if you lie, lie, lie
i won't be there
when you call
i go out of my mind
so what do you know?
not this now
and you cried
when you said that you
were coming home
and you lied
when you said that you
were leaving home
around and around
and around and around
i know you'd go
and you cried
so i am never coming home
when you call
i go out of my mind
so what do you know?
not this now
-April 1993
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9. |
Lady In A Pool
03:31
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LADY IN A POOL
i saw you in your black dress
and your satin shroud
and i tasted you, you were sweetness
under a black cloud
if you don't mind my asking
say, what the hell was i doing there?
hazy shades and seasons
changed a blank stare
your puling gave me grief
as i turned to walk away
temptation, and your sweet sin
beckoned me to stay
you think that i'm surprised
that i remember everything
but i can not forget this
despite all i have seen
it's not as if i walked away
it's not as if i'd said i'd stay
keep hiding in your frozen time
to stay way out of line
i shudder as i think back
to all those other days
it was then that i gave that sevret
that gave my life away
but it had been such a long, long time
since i'd seen that side of you
well now, i have seen enough
i've got better things to do
it's not as though i walked away
it's not as though i said i'd stay
keep hiding in your frozen mind
and stay way out of line
-June 1993
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10. |
Tommy Blue
04:29
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TOMMY BLUE
he was a man
more of a dreamer
a token of rigidity
and his best defenses
the paint runs thin
the bottle is empty
nothing more to show
but the naked truth
inside of me
tommy blue, where are you now?
tommy blue, i spoke through you
he'd call the shots
but he'd always back down
always knew what to say
when there was nobody else around
he could leave a stone in my heart
or put a demon in my soul
so alive to saint a sinner
but he could not save his own
tommy blue, where are you now?
tommy blue, i spoke through you
to the common artist
he seemed so insecure
always apt to sell his soul
and then buy it back for more
a dolphin in his daily
and a shark behind the wheel
a washed-up political satirist
with his arms around the world
tommy blue, where are you now?
tommy blue, i spoke through you
-October 1993
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11. |
This Is The Last Time
05:51
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THIS IS THE LAST TIME
this is the last time
i cannot explain
but when you come down too
this is not the same
this was your last chance
darling, head back home
i'll call you when i come to
if i'm all alone
i know, i know
don't talk that way
don't talk that way again
and i thank you
and i thank you
now look at what you've done
just leave me alone
this is the last time
don't see it anymore
and if you believe me
get back off the floor
this is the last time
fading every day
when will it come down to
those child's games you play
i know, i know
don't act that way
don't act that way again
and i thank you
and i thank you
now look at what you've done
just leave me alone
this is the last time
kings shall always fail
to cut this line i walk
dust shall block my trail
this was your last chance
now i'm on my way
i'll see you in good time
when i've more to say
i know, i know
don't walk this way
don't walk this way again
and i thank you
and i thank you
now look at what you've done
just leave me alone
this is the last time...
-December 1992
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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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