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Fly to the Moon
05:32
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Oh well
I've never been to Kansas
But it must be swell
Just miles of corn
As far as I can tell
I've got to get away
From this place I call home
Or I'll die a young man
And alone
I'll pack my bags
as soon as I can
I can't miss the train
Or the marshmallow man
Well I'll see the sun
In a thousand different ways
And I'll live my life
Every day
I'll end up in a fish town
The fish people nice and tall
Try to fit in
And impress them all
Gills galore
Me they will adore
Til I've reached an epic end
And a bore
My Heart will sing
"Forevermore
The days of being afraid
Are no more
Fly to the moon
You jumping tiger play this tune
And the cosmos will
Come through
Fly to the moon
And I promise to be true
For a friend in me you will find"
I'll listen to my footsteps
And find a better clock
Go to parties or
Hang with all my socks
Well I'll need a friend but
A friend I will not find
For the only one like me
Is my mind
I'll search far and wide
For the perfect kind of drink
One that leaves behind
The foul and the stink
Well I'll find the place
They charge thirty for a taste
But they won't look you
Straight in the face
I'll dance with the Devil
All through the night
And lose my keys
So I'll ask him for a ride
Well all Gods men,
to the castle we defend
For my soul is at risk
Of a win
My Soul will shine
Just like a star
And he will say to me
"I know it's hard
Be true to you
And you'll love that attitude
For your love will become true
Just sing this tune
When you're feeling sad and blue
To find clarity of mind"
I'll lose my way
But I will not lose my mind
Pick up all my pieces
Or at least begin to try
Well I tried real hard
To be a man I know I'm not
Though the man that I am
Is all I got
And as I sit
On this windowsill
Seeing the things that can
Or the things that will
If I go I will
Surely fly
But if I miss a beat
I will surely die
Oh I just need more time
I just need more time
I just need more time
And as I fell
Down from the sky
I thought to myself
Oh what a ride
My Mind said "Who
Is more worthier than you
To be a man just like you
You know it's true
So fly with me to the moon
Where your heart and soul can unwind
Fly to the moon
you jumping tiger play this tune
For a friend in me you will find"
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2. |
I See You
02:16
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I miss you
When I feel of all the longing in my heart
Though you’re in my thoughts
So you won’t go that far
But every time I say goodbye
I feel of this pain
So that is why I’ll look for you
And why I’ll shout your name
I see you
In the rivers, in the valleys of this land
The clouds upon the mountains
And the passing country band
The trees I see their dancing
To a tune that I don’t know,
But where they do their dancing
Is the place that I must go.
I see you
In the raining, in the misty morning fog
The stillness of the forest
At the breaking of the dawn
The birds I hear them chirping
‘Bout the changes in the leaves
But now I cannot trust them
For their spirits are too free
Oh, I don’t know
But I will not back down;
I’ll search through every desert
And I’ll look in every town
Your spirit is around me,
I can feel your beating heart
Oh I see you in everything
And that makes it all hard
I see you
In the rising, in the setting of the Sun
When children are a-laughing
And when people fall in love
I see you in the silence
Yeah, it’s not that hard to do:
Cause in the silence I hear love
And in love, I see you
Oh, I don’t know
But I will not back down
I’ve been to too many places
And I can’t stop now
The love we have is timeless
It is older than this world
For I did not exist until
The day I saw you girl
No, I did not exist until
The day I saw you girl
No, I did not exist until
The day I saw you girl
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3. |
Bet You Didn't Know
02:43
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I bet you didn’t know
That in Texas it does snow
Once or twice storms bring
Snow and ice
That’ll make any desert cold
I bet you didn’t know
That the darkest night do show
The cosmic past of starry
Dust and ash
That forged the world in gold
I don’t know much, but some things I’ll share
Just a traveler traveling on with a mind that’s bruised and bare
I don’t know when or if I’ll ever quit this road
I do know I was born to haul this load
I bet you didn’t know
That I’ve done this all alone
Every June, I go up
To the moon
Just to get the hell out of home
I bet you didn’t know
All the souls you’ve caused to grow
People here and almost
Everywhere
Even those that chose to roam
I don’t know much, but some things I’ll share
Just a traveler traveling on with a mind that’s bruised and bare
I don’t know when or if I’ll ever quit this road
I do know I was born to haul this load
I don’t know much, but some things I’ll share
Just a traveler traveling on with a mind that’s bruised and bare
I don’t know when or if I’ll ever quit this road
I do know I was born to haul this load
Yes, I do know I was born to haul this load
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4. |
I Call My Women Birds
03:01
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One, two, three, four
Well the thing about women
Is there ain’t no point in living
If you don’t got one by your side
If I know one thing
How to make a girl sing
All ya gotta do is cry
Not too much you don’t want to be a baby
And not too little you don’t want to seem crazy
Just find that middle
Pick up your fiddle
Join in my tune
You can call her broad or bimbo
But those are rude nasty words
That’s why I’m gonna sit right here and
Call my women birds
Be stable, little risky
With the right amount of frisky
Be a gentleman overall
Pay for meals
Feel the feels
And when you kiss don’t drop the ball
Now don’t expect a kind, concentrated, nice attitude
To get her into bed, don’t be so crude
When she wants it that way
That’s what she’ll say
But she can always change to no
Be direct, not a boss
Women’s rights, not a loss
Feminism's my middle name
So you should listen to me
Took GS 2-0-3
That’s gender studies there ain’t no shame
Cause women want a softy but they also need a hero
So be Kermit the frog and Robert De Niro
Listen deeply
But don’t come off as creepy
Once you lose a bird she don’t come back
You can call her broad or bimbo
But those are rude nasty words
That’s why I’m gonna sit right here and
Call my women birds
Make it fifty-fifty
Sentimental and gifty
But don’t put too much faith in things
This world's temporary
Can be weird and hairy
But real love beats all the flings
Now don’t get me wrong I’m a fan of having fun
But after a while it’s sure gets overdone
Just settle down
And turn that frown
And sign your soul on the dotted line
In all truth and honesty
I don’t no ornithology
I haven’t even been with three
Everything I know
Comes from movies and shows
So you can blame it on society
Women are just people, there’s no need to generalize
We all got arms, a couple ears, and two eyes
Bold or meek
We’re all unique
But Imma still call my women birds
You can call her broad or bimbo
But those are rude nasty words
That’s why I’m gonna sit right here and
Call my women birds
You can call her broad or bimbo
But those are rude nasty words
That’s why I’m gonna sit right here and
Call my women birds
I'm gonna call my women birds
I'm gonna call my women birds
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5. |
Upright Man
03:05
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O mighty wilderness
What secrets do you hide
Deep within your heart of hearts
Your valleys vast and wide
Tell me something different
That the world has never said
Tell me, what i do is right
And my wrongs are not a sin
I don’t wanna be a saint
And I don’t wanna be your friend
All I want to be is a
Upright man
Mother thinks that I’m a saint
But my dad he knows the dirt
Family life is oh so quaint
Til my brother he got hurt
So tell me what I’m doing
Is what everyone has did
And I’ll go on living like a
Man inside a can
I don’t wanna be a saint
And I don’t wanna be your friend
All I want to be is a
Upright man (x2)
Tv man he says to
Buy his shit
Preacher man says to
Give him it
Well I just tell myself
That all the penitent are dead
I'll go on living like that
Man is dead
I don’t wanna be a saint
And I don’t wanna be your friend
All I want to be is a
Upright man (x3)
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6. |
C'mon
03:23
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Never went north but I’ve never been west
I never been caught beating on my chest
Checked all the boxes, passed all the tests
C'mon
Didn’t say yes, but I didn’t say no
I can see me in the light, center of the show
Everything I am, everything I know
C'mon
People want to be
Famous and on tv
But all I want to be
Is happy
I know too much, and there’s too much noise
I’ve never really said, “I did it for the boys”
Everything I did, I didn’t have a choice
C'mon
I’ve never been a fan of the corporate greed
How’d you make money off a fundamental need?
We never learned to write, we never learned to read
C'mon
People want to be
Married by thirty three
So let’s ignore our neighbors needs
Whoopee
Sulfur in the air and poison in my eyes
I remember when blue was for the skies
Would you like to take your pill with your soda or your fries
C'mon
And people try to tell me that nothing makes sense
Yet they pray to nonbelievers, gypsies in a tent
I try to tell them God wouldn’t live behind a fence
C'mon
People don’t want to be
In a world where they’re free
They’d rather listen to their tv
C'mon
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7. |
Roll with the Punches
03:17
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I don’t think they know who I am
What I do or where I stand
Well if they know my name, then I guess that makes us friends
Got paper cuts all up in my brain
Every time I’m out all I see is rain
When you’re feeling nothing, that's a different kind of pain
If I choose from wrong or right
There's a chance I’ll have to fight
I don’t wanna do this run-around all my life
Well this big black bird came and took this girl
Took her freedom and it took her world
Left her sick and it left her mind all twirled
Every act is an act of war
And saving face has become a chore
When your meds wear off, all that’s left is wanting more
If there’s order to our lives
Why’s there so much strife
Can no one justify, our cries
I’m gonna
Roll with the punches
Cause there ain’t much else to do
Just pay no mind
To the things they do
The things they do
Well it seems like they’d do anything
For a little money or a little bling
How was I supposed to know it was all a game
So blow off the roof of a mountaintop
Poison kids just to lower costs
You don’t need a heart if you never plan to stop
Just keep on keeping fast
Until there’s nothing left
You'd rather die on top, then live your life in last
There’s so much pain in the world
But the world don’t seem to care
There’s so much pain in the world
And all they want to do is stop and stare
I’m gonna
Roll with the punches
Cause there ain’t much else to do
Just pay no mind
To the things they do
The things they do (x2)
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8. |
Arizona Dreaming
06:04
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The air is cold, and my world is flat
This Midwestern town never comes around
That’s a matter of fact
The days are dark and they fall apart
One by one
And I can’t remember when
I last seen
The sun
I can’t seem to find, where my mind is now
My body’s going through all the moves
But I don’t know how
The thoughts in my head, they have ran and fled
Away from me
To the place where my spirit
And my soul
Can be free
Arizona
Please make me stay
I wanna be right there between
Your summer days
And desert breeze
Arizona
Won’t you come my way
Take me there your mountain air
And let me lay
Among the trees
I see
The big blue sky, so I lie real still
Wispy clouds make their way, never turn too gray
But always give a thrill
Like a mountain stream, they are free to dream
And free to roam
With no purpose or guide out into
The unknown
Where canyons are grand, and every land serene
Mighty rocks colored red, like my heart and head
My body’s evergreen
The Wind calls out to me to come out and see
The desert’s soul
And every cactus flower
Beckons me
To come home
Arizona
Please make me stay
I wanna be right there between
Your summer days
And desert breeze
Arizona
Won’t you come my way
Take me there your mountain air
And let me lay
Among the trees
From Sedona
Straight through Camp Verde
I’ll march on through those Tonto views
To Phoenix days
And Tucson nights
From every Mesa
And mountain range
All the desert sand and forest land
All share my name
And share my life
Arizona
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