March 29, 2021
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Bulldozer.
Oh those men they frighten mewith their talk of cars and gunsand I was hoping you might comfort mewith sense and eyes and skin breathing is the momentit’s the moment caught inside of youit’s the purging of the pastso when I lie beside you breathingthe moment’s all I askyeah the moment’s all I ask Oh…
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bRIDGE.
I broke my baby’s back todaywith a mother and a father and a Loverthat I’d thrown awaystanding tall and proudwith my knee upon her spine I got gas for a hundred milesmeans I got a whilebefore I got to thinkabout trading a limb for a full fuel tank I’ve only got four but I’d trade…
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Bearclaw’s Mule.
this city is built on the ashes of ratsyou can grind them underfoot if you wishthanks for the warning but I think I’ll stayI sit back and sprawl and stare at it alla curtain in breeze it blocks meI turn away from the window with its lights and its gutters the city screams and she…
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Baliset.
Written for the “sandstorm Love affair songwriters’ challenge at the Java Mammas open mic. I’m headed for the rocks againSilent all the wayOh to go my mother’s wayScreaming all the while By now I know I’ll take anythingAny given chanceMy fear is I’ll take everything and leave no one left standing But Oh my queen…
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Asparagus.
The Wooden Mouse King he surrenderedwith dawn’s early morning lighthis forces were surroundedhe’d been houndedhe had been hounded through the night dust bunnies dropped their armourI think I must’ve dropped my spear around here somewherethe mouse king retreatedhis forces now were beatenI couldn’t see the kitchen through my tears. (whack whack) the march into Amanafroze…
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Ask For Me.
If you go down to the bar, looking for a love song,They tell you I’m the one you need to see.So, come here to my corner, pop a quarter in my heart,They were right when they told you to ask for me.‘Cause you been working hard all day – just let me ease your mind.And…
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Asher’s Prayer.
What a funny kind of heartbreakit begins with hello my shoulder is tight from the weatherand the reading of your letterand the failings of my mouth you know I had a son oncediscarded long agoyou know I was crazy once like youbut I’ve discarded that long ago and the tide has brought you homeEurope failed…
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Argonauts.
“Try the green oneit’s been guaranteedTo sway your head the way you want it to I know you’re tiredOf fighting this fightPut it down nowLet it sleep” So nice to see in shades of grey againI’ll never see the reds that you seeBut I miss crimson just the same “Well, try the red one thenIt…
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An Elephant Joke.
This one-sided blind side was not the right side for meJust cause I’ve got something for you does not mean you’ve anything for meAnd falling through the cracks with no safety net at allMakes the cheap seats even cheaper and gives a surer sharper fall What did any of it mean?Who’s gonna save me?I think…
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Allergy.
All this scratchinghas been getting me nowherethick skin etchinggetting me high thick skin blistersand the blisters bledno-one’s listeningso no-one is fed up finger finds purchaseand the paw’s got to digtunnel down deep till all you seeis what you did gotta have an allergyto the world todayonly way to explicatewhat’s been crossing my head mile by…