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Mindy Morning
02:47
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MINDY MORNING
Mindy morning
She sleeps until noon
Mindy calls me
“Better get here soon”
“Dreamed a bad dream
Come keep me safe and warm”
“Scheme, baby, scheme”, I say
“You must be puttin’ me on”
Mindy morning
Hit the bed at dawn
It’s a Mindy call-in
I know she’s never alone
Mindy was a fire-eater
Did her flic-flac and then, blow
I know I just gotta meet her
I wonder if she still got that glow
Speaks of the silver moon
The daisies, the howlin’ rain
The air’s a-tremblin’, I’m doomed
– All Mindied again
Mindy morning
Mindy morning
Mindy morning
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LIKE A BIRD OF PREY
All the days have drawn their curtains
All the days lie then and there
All the things I took for certain
now have vanished in the air
I’m in need of a twist or something
You know I’m far astray
Now the night comes closing in
Just like a bird of prey
I watch the she-hawk hover
Over meadows wide and plain
To discover a mate, a lover
Or more likely, something to slay
I recall the scene, I was wild and free
Then suddenly I was swept away
When your love struck down
Like a bird of prey
Two lovers lost in Eden
All’s new, nothing’s wrong
No wisdom, all is freedom
Knew nothing ‘bout the snake’s tongue
Crawled up on my backseat
Blew the skies and heavens away
All was flesh, we all dug in
Like birds of prey
I hear the children playing
Hear their laughter and their tears
I remember a young man sayin’
“No hesitation, no hate, no fear”
All flesh is grass and it’s withering
Its flowers will fade away
Now the night comes closing in
Like a bird of prey
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TAR & FEATHERS
Man, look at that face
It’s the face I’ve been longing for
Written in the lines of my palm
I realize
what I’ve been waiting for
This is the call to call off your guns
Body’s bruised and battered
Your soul’s a cold embrace
Heart, mind and matter
– time to fill the space
Call out my name
Through the breeze ‘cross the milky way
Right through the fear and alarm
Body’s pierced and battered
Soul’s put to waste
Heart, mind and matter
– no smell, no taste
Body’s scarred and battered
Your soul’s an empty cage
Heart, mind and matter
– put the pen to the page
Man, look at that face
It’s the face I’ve been longing for
It’s written in the lines of my palm
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Easter Soul
03:22
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EASTER SOUL
Easter days
have come by my way
Am I here to stay
till tomorrow?
Easter sun
Am I the only one
Who’ll consider
suffering for you?
Don’t wanna dance
Just shake off the rust
Down on your knees
And reach for the soul
Easter walls
have a new call
Down on your luck
Our reliance
Easter sun
You come and you run
Down on your luck
You break in silence
Oh…
All long, for sure
They all got the chance now
Can’t wait for the rain to fall
Got no place to live and love
No high grace from above
Now everyone’s looking
for a new disaster
And I don’t wanna dance
Just shake off the rust
Get down on your knees
And reach for the soul
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Toxicon
02:58
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TOXICON
You go!
Ba-ba-pa-pa - Ba-ba-ba-pa-pa-pa-pa
Ba-ba-ba-ba-pa-pa, you go - Late night show (oh-oh-oh)
Boo-bo-bo-boo - Bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-boo
Poster on a teenage wall
Old days are gone, time to move on
Away from them and those
A dim silhouette, mic n’ cigarette
Oh, that iconic pose
Halfway through the closet 'tween the yellow, red, gold and green
You’re composin’ your toxic queen
You go
Ba-ba-pa-pa - Ba-ba-ba-pa-pa-pa-pa
A star just wanna be born
With a flick of the switch, wicked witch
BOO! HIT! & POW!
With your honey sweet tongue and a huge set of lungs
Everyone took a bow
Ba-ba-pa-pa
Ba-ba-ba-pa-pa-pa-pa
Ba-ba-ba-ba-pa-pa, you go
Late night show (oh-oh-oh)
Boo-bo-bo-boo
Bo-bo-bo-bo-bo-boo
Poster on a teenage wall
will never grow old
Old gods and new - Still got the clue, now
Who do you do?
“In a world that’s gone wrong it’s just a matter of thongs”
’s what he wrote, the old goat
The loudest and the proudest - An outlet for the outcast dream, yeah
Decomposin’ the toxic queen
You go
Ba-ba-pa-pa
Ba-ba-ba-pa-pa-pa
A star just wanna be born
Don’t wanna grow old
Oh, oh…
Flick of the switch
Wicked witch
Flick of the switch
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THEM CATS
Black cat down the alley
A riot at the city hall
An upcoming rally
And they’re building a wall
I couldn’t care less
‘bout the marching on the streets
I listen for your footsteps
Just tryin’ to keep the beat
Tomcat’s been missin’
since you went away
Prowlin’ ‘round the graveyard,
that’s what they say
Say God cursed this city,
say God cursed our home
It sure is a pity,
ol’ tomcat’s gone
Rats big as cats
Satan gets his share
It’s a town of plenty
n’ evil everywhere
Adam raised a Cain
Gonna lead a better life
I’ll meet you at the train
Better bring me knife
Oh…
Hear them cats moan
from the pines to the rooftops
I hear their song
Oh…
I hear them moan
from the pines to the rooftops
I hear their song
Wait a minute -
There’s blood at your door
Didn’t come to meet me
See a crowd, hear a roar
There’s a fire ‘hind the fence
and a rope from a tree
Black cat on the branch
looking down at me
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THE BITCH IN ME
Wish you were deeper
Now, you couldn’t be much sweeter to me
Everything about you
brings out the bitch in me
Now, ain’t it funny,
the way you stack your money
You used to be special
when you were playin’ for keeps
Now, is it an obsession?
This thing about possession
This wolf can’t be dogged
Just hold your leash
An’ baby, baby, it’s killin’ me
to see the way you drag your face
down in the mud
Yeah, I wish you were deeper,
now you act the gatekeeper of love
Love can’t be owned,
now that’s what I’ve been told
An’ baby baby, I’ve been told
you already got someone new
in the sights of your gun
I wish you were deeper,
now you couldn’t be much sweeter to me
Everything about you
brings out the bitch in me
Wish you were deeper, yeah
now, talk
couldn’t get cheaper than this
Rich man, poor man,
now I’m the shut the door man
Good love, bad love,
gonna be a ‘ve had love
Can’t you see,
you bring out the bitch in me
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THE BULLFIGHTER
There she sat,
with her back against the wall
Solitaire. Scotch.
Neat.
My neck felt bare
Where you been
“Around”, she said
and looked around
Old Carter
reciting a children’s book
Once he was Achilles,
now he can barely walk
Sisyphus
A millisecond at the top
Outside the ships were crashing
against the cliffs
The waves were smashing
Sirens of the apocalypse
There they blow
Oh, had to know
She copes
Oh, had to know
Change of scene, an old motel,
busy stairs everywhere
Most doors are locked, they lead nowhere but to empty rooms and darkened streets
where there used to be
a market square
It’s the end of the 19th century,
I hear somebody callin’ me
and I’m fallin’ –
Like Loki, without a realm,
@theendlessocean
Oh
Love is a ghost
She knows
Flash by, the latest posts
Look at him go
Oh, had to know
There he blows
Pick up his horn
Little did I know
Oh, there he blows
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A MIDNIGHT DREARY
Midnight dreary
Clockwork float downstream
Love laid near me
Life was but a dream
Whispers echo in my head
Sirens wailed, the muses played
a blessed guitar
Silken robe, lips burning red
Eyes a maze of floating stars
Entangled
Pride’s ugly web
See my heart, how it dangles
Hangin’ by a thread
Si Sol Mi Si Do Mi Tay Sol Si
Yonder dawn unfolds
I’m at the steep, down below,
the endless sea
Wonders of the old please hear me
I’m beaten and I’m chained
and I cannot speak
Then, the deep it trembled,
and made way through the sea
A path through the great waters
Yet your footprints were unseen
Them chains, chains, chains,
chains cried and jangled and cried –
Laid down
on the beach.
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Vargen Varberg, Sweden
Over the recent years the Swedish singer-songwriter and Bob Dylan interpreter Vargen, has carved a reputation for infusing his music with mystery and raw emotions. After releasing his debut album of original work, a self-titled project promoted by a concert video, Vargen gained widespread attention from the international indie press, with coverage from Earmilk, Vents, The Big Takeover and more. ... more
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