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Exhausted
04:16
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I remember all those years in Missouri
When I needed someone so badly to show me
How to get out of the state I was in
I prayed to St. Louis to save me from sin
Jumped in the Mississippi again and again
Begged the current to carry me away
Is there anywhere you’ve ever lived, you didn’t leave feeling exhausted (2x)
La la la….
East coast, west coast, Europe, Japan
Everywhere I went I was still the same man
Ungrateful and dissatisfied
Try to be truthful, try not to lie
Try to see it all from the other side
But eventually it’s always time to go
Is there anywhere…
A woman here, a woman there
Good companions make it easier to bear
Whispering their wisdom while we drive along
Out the windows, out of our minds
Why can’t we leave it all behind
Our sticking point is always we land
Is there anywhere….
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2. |
Miss Myself
03:46
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I’ve got a lot on my mind, seems like we’re running out of time, I try but I can’t explain, I know it’s an old refrain
There’s what can and can’t be replaced, there’s that look passing across your face, there’s something you want me to say, before I have to go away
Well, I don’t know about you or anyone else (3x)
But when I die I’m gonna miss myself
We all know consciousness is a mystery, I think about you, you might not think about me, where we are isn’t where we’ll be, those are secrets of time and ontology
You can see I value your insight, I hope you’ll follow me into the light, will I feel the roots grip down and awaken, far too late for my faith to be shaken
Well, I don’t know about you or anyone else (3x)
But when I die I’m gonna miss myself
We really want it to work out
But it has already worked out
This is how it worked out
This is how it worked out
History could use some corrections, so many riots and insurrections, I’d like to see a better world, and I’d love to see it with you girl
But eternity’s an awfully long time, how many soulmates can you really find, think of all the memories you’d like to keep, before you sink down into your forever sleep
Well, I don’t know about you or anyone else (3x)
Buy when I die I’m gonna miss myself
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3. |
Hey Romeo
05:26
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I think the problem is all the broken promises and still apocalypse it don’t come
Then there’s analysis, we’re seeking synthesis, a little catharsis would be fun
Up on the balcony, you’re waving down to me, you’re saying, Hey Romeo, what have we done?
I think we better run
Well my family they just won’t agree that your love for me is so pure
They’re lousy company filled with insecurity and I can’t guarantee they will endure
From where I stand, I’ll be the better man, and I say, Hey Juliet, what have we done?
I think we better run
Run, run, run, we gotta run
Yeah, yeah, our time has come
Run, run, run, we gotta run
Like our lives have just begun
This new universe might not be the worst, could be we’re not cursed here at all
Fate can be reversed, we’ll talk it over first, no late messengers to call
Up on the balcony, you’re climbing down to me, you’re saying, Hey Romeo, what have we done?
I think we better run
Now we can live our lives, raise our kids with pride and inside they won’t harbor hate
Your Capulets can be our guests as long as they let it rest at our front gate
Then I’m on the balcony, they’re waving up to me, they’re saying, Hey Romeo, what have you done?
We love you like a son.
Run, run, run….
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4. |
Holiday Lights
04:55
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Holiday lights going up in the park, got the inmates hanging them long after dark
I was just walking by, my dog and I, kept my head down, looked no one in the eye
On the side of the van, read it if you can, says we’re saving taxes by using these men
Is this something to celebrate? Anything here we’d recreate?
All I know is it’s getting late
If we didn’t walk by and talked to those guys what would they say went wrong?
What of the guards, their shifts in the prison yards, how does the job warp their whole lives?
Dog pulls me along, and after they’re gone, holiday lights shine until dawn.
Is this something to celebrate? Anything here we’d recreate?
All I know is it’s getting late
We climb into bed, but what if instead we went to sleep in one of those cells?
What would we dream, and what would it mean, to see us all punished for every sin?
When we talk of the saved, how to free the enslaved, no money’s changing hands
No money's changing hands (repeat)
Holiday lights going up in the park, got the inmates hanging them long after dark
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Trespassers
05:35
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Private property, a stranger outside
Keeps on coming, he ain’t gonna hide
This land is your land, it’s his land too
What happened to him it could happen to you
Says I’m not trespassing, I just got lost
Wandering so long, sense of direction is off
You can put down that shotgun, don’t be alarmed
He’ll soon be on his way, no one should get harmed
Words he said well they used to be fine
Spoke without thinking said what was on his mind
But meanings change while you get old
Lose your job head out on the road
Says I’m not trespassing, I just got lost
Living so long, a brain can grow soft
Please stop your tweeting, don’t be alarmed
He’ll soon be on his way, no one should get harmed
Yes he should keep his hands to himself
But he kept on reaching out for someone else
He says he didn’t mean to offend
But that’s a sure way to get to an end
Says I wasn’t trespassing, I just got lost
Lusting so long, loved being the boss
You can keep testifying, don’t be alarmed
He’ll soon be locked away, no one should get harmed
What about you and your every day
Are all your decisions completely okay
Complicity’s devilish, true angels are rare
How many of us just pretend that we care
Say we’re not trespassing, we just got lost
Who’s got time for second thoughts
So much is broken, don’t be alarmed
We’ll all be on our way, no one should get harmed
Are you a trespasser?
Just trying to get across
Maybe we’re all trespassers
And we are lost, lost, lost
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6. |
Dark Times
05:11
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Bleak….
We go like sheep…
So goddamn meek…
And then we’re gone
Need…
The desire for speed….
All of that greed….
And then it’s gone
In these dark times, get lit up inside
Try to be a man who comes through
In these dark days, you’ll be amazed
By all the things you can do
Fake…
We got to wake…
Feel that ache…
And then it’s gone
Win…
Where have you been…
Call it a sin…
And let it go
In these dark times….
Might need a better flow chart, see how it all blows apart
We should have started this long ago
What’s on your agenda, can you change the end or
Do you intend just to watch the show?
Talk….
We should just walk…
Outlines in chalk…
Of all we know
Move…
A way to soothe…
Find a new groove…
Then spin along
In these dark times…
Ba ba ba ba….
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7. |
Little Space
06:38
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How little space can you take up in your own head
Lately you fill too much of my mind
Concentrate and expand, just something you said
A spirit you hoped to refine
How low to the ground while you wander the earth
You crawled not long after you were born
You’ll be given your death like you were given your birth
We all leave here unadorned
I used to stand up so much straighter
My spine stretching out to the sky
I could reach whatever I wanted
I thought I never be denied
My father carried me upon his shoulders
Until I drove him to his knees
Tell your kids that they have to thank you
Do nothing until they say please
I used to stand up…
Out on the town in search of oblivion
She’s hiding there somewhere you can tell
Drink from the bottle that makes you smaller
It was never gonna end all that well
I used to stand up… (2x)
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8. |
Asylum
06:19
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We come here with the clothes on our backs
Our children have less, don’t know what they lack
Guards take our shoelaces and turn us away
They put our papers in plastic bags
Make us cross the bridge away from your flag
That star-spangled banner ain’t waving too proud today
Kidnappers on the bridge in their shiny new trucks
Know how to take advantage of us
They hold us for ransom not one of us can pay
But somewhere a bird sings, its feathers shine
A palm tree waits at the edge of my mind
Are we mere beings or no beings at all
I watch them haul off a father and son
What can I do, once again I run
Close my eyes tight, it’s happening everyday
What does security even mean
So much outrage filling every screen
How many people must die before you feel at ease?
Walls go up, walls come down
A nursery rhyme, sung by a clown
Do you really think you can lock out all that you fear?
But somewhere a bird sings, its feathers shine
A palm tree waits at the edge of my mind
Are we mere beings or no beings at all
Asylum, is it too much to ask
A helping hand to carry us past
A time when the world seems so lost
You might not understand what it’s gonna cost
Asylum, we don’t mean to beg
And it hasn’t always been this way
And it hasn’t always been this way
It gives me no comfort, it gives me no joy
You can share this news with your own little boy
Your precious borders, they’re bound to be swept away
There are camps for us, they’ll be camps for you
We’ll all have to answer for the things we do
When you’re running you’ll learn it’s awfully hard to pray
There are those seeking and those who find
Rest assured it reverses in time
And those shoelaces you steal might just bind you up someday
And you’ll hear a bird sing, its feathers shine
A palm tree waits at the edge of my mind
Are we mere beings, or no beings at all
A bird sings, its feathers shine
A palm tree waits at the edge of my mind
Are we mere beings, on no beings at all
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9. |
Keep It Shut
06:12
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So much to say, but no one wants to hear it
I shout at the cars, but the drivers don’t fear it
The people in the park, they want me to be clear
Been here forever, I was a pioneer
I thought for sure that I would be anointed
As went on I grew gradually disappointed
At first my complaints they were loud and disjointed
Then I realized it didn’t much matter what this boy did
And I, I was out of luck
And I, I learned a lesson and it was rough
And I, I knew enough, more than enough
To keep my mouth shut
I kept it shut….
We’ve all got friends who get under our skin
Search for an ending, a new way to begin
I listen to their stories, they want me to weigh in
But I know better now, won’t make the same mistake again
And I…
Hold your position, want to make a stand
It can feel good sometimes to ignore all their demands
It’s already decided, can’t change your plan
Why stop behaving like an old white man
And I…
Talk of opinions and you’ve been around
Rightside up and upside down
When you’re the king, you get to wear the crown
When you’re dethroned, you’re crawling on the burning ground
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10. |
Permanent Migraine
04:23
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I got my reasons
You know what they are
They might not make sense
But they got me this far
I’d sure like to help
Would it matter to you
You must be tired
Of how I don’t come through
Like a permanent migraine, puts a stop to it all
Permanent migraine, makes sure you fall
Turn up the pressure
Demand a response
Run hot and cold
Am I your king or your pawn
Right behind your eye
Pit of your stomach
Start to sweat
You’re gonna be sick
Like a permanent migraine…
Is this enlightenment, a higher realm
Is this enlightenment, or some fresh hell
I once was charming
Sent visions your way
The pain that followed
Lasted less than a day
Now I won’t leave
I’ve set up camp
Bury your head
No mirror, no lamp
Like a permanent migraine…
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11. |
Us People
05:07
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Spring is here again, don’t tell the snow on the ground
All the people in their heavy coats, they want to get out of town
But don’t worry, the sun shines, the planet’s gonna be just fine
It’s us people, we ain’t got much time
A friend got sick the other day, infection would not go away
Strongest drugs not strong enough, say goodbye to all you love
But don’t worry, the sun shines, the planet’s gonna be just fine
It’s us people, we ain’t got much time
Remember all the power we had, drove so many people mad
The gasoline, the fossil fuels
We used up every drop, we poisoned all the crops
How could we be such fools?
No point in looking back, our kids they’ll never adapt
Of course, of course, they call us cruel
When you’re living underground, the silence grows profound
End days have finally come, there’s nowhere left to run
But don’t worry, the sun shines, the planet’s gonna be just fine
It’s us people, we ain’t got much time
So next time you’re blessed with excess, try to be a little more generous
To all those waiting in line, for the world we’ll leave behind
But don’t worry, the sun shines, the planet’s gonna be just fine
It’s us people, we ain’t got much time, time, time
It’s us people, we ain’t got much time, no, no
It’s us people, we ain’t got much time
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Doctor Baker Albany, New York
Doctor Baker started out as an acoustic duo featuring singer-songwriter Ed Schwarzschild and guitarist Iggy Calabria, two wayward Philadelphians who met in Albany, NY. After adding Danny Goodwin on drums and Chris Gockley on bass, Doctor Baker sounds a lot louder, and the band's strong, sound medicine has begun to heal audiences in the Capital Region and beyond. ... more
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