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The sea will swallow Venice
We'll never go there again
Never been there the first time
Hafta cancel my plans with Jane
Cancel my plans with Jane
All things must come to their ending
It's the nature of all in the world
Shame how it's rarely smooth-n-easy
Like how many oysters have a pearl
And it's the nature of us humans
The superior life on planet earth
To lay in ruins and to waste all we touch
King Midas in reverse
Rub a lantern for three wishes
Take a mansion and a yacht
And for the world ... domination
World peace is some kinda joke
These days it's just a joke
If I hear one more vain ultimatum
One more egotistic demand
I swear I will bust - I don't want to hear it
At least into tears, if not in spirit
Oh Satan, here we all come now
The handbasket overflows
How can we derail this cursed train
Before it pulls into the depot
Now Love is no place for the timid
You must be rockem-sockem tough
A steadfast lighthouse on a rocky shore
but sometimes a powderpuff
How 'bout a pumice powderpuff
Lord bless us now and keep us
And in thy mercy sustain
The kind, the tender, and the gentle
Please let me be on that train
I want to be on that train
It's time to zero the balance
Pay the price, 'cause it ain't free
Oh Jane my friend I've lost you
Meet me in Venice in the sea
Meet me in Venice in the sea
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The starcharts of the Old Captain
Won't lead us to every corner of the world
So light a pipe and think it over
While in this harbor town
Not often sure just which choice to choose
What's the difference between one four and two twos
Either way what's the Captain got to loose
Knowing all too well the effects of the booze
Smokin' to relax, or for a minute when uptight
drinks are here and drinks are there - drinks all through the night
(And in the morning too)
Houses so tight with no space to grow a lawn
He'd love a garden, but the soil here is wrong
The tides have come and gone and come and gone and gone
A drop in the ocean - a clear sky at dawn
Raise the mainsail 'cause he can't stop the world
The Old Captains sings the blues
But they don't sound like when old delta men sing
The September breeze will have to do
He got sand in his hair and shoes
Lonely evenings give him the blues
But they don't come out like on the radio
Here in September's new moon
Smokin' to relax, or for a minute when uptight
Drinks are here and everywhere - drinks will last all night
(Into the afternoon)
Smokin' to relax, or for a minute when uptight
Drinks here, there and everywhere to make it through the night
(And I'll have one too)
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3. |
Hey Little Emma
02:07
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Shedding peanut shells across the leafy lawn
Don't even realize it till long after dawn
Drinking bowls of hope tea sweetened up with love
Oh you sapling, oh you little dove
Born to love the mist sailing in the breeze
Born to love the tears running down the trees
If a year goes by and all you do is rhyme
Will you know to be around at the same time
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The Things I'm Not
04:24
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I'm not a flower to be plucked form a garden
I'm not a pencil that needs to be sharpened
I'm not dirt to be sucked up by your vacuum cleaner
Not a steak to be stabbed or a bun and a wiener
I'm not an item to be stolen
I'm not your night to go bowlin'
I'm not a ride to be hitched
Not a train to catch or track to be switched
... a train to catch or track to be switched
I'm not a ride to be hitched ... and ditched
I'm not a car to be hot-wired
I'm not an acquisition to be acquired
I'm not a desert to be savored
I'm not a horse to be favored
I'm not booze to make you drunk
I'm not a special outfit from some old cedar trunk
I'm not your money to spend
I'm not a message to send - no
I'm not a message to send
And I'm not your money to spend
I'm not something soft to harden
I'm not something wrong to pardon
I am not a poem to be written
I am not someone easily smitten
I'm not someone to play your game
I'm not someone who feels the same
I'm not a prize you can claim
I'm not one to feel shame, no no
Not one to feel shame
And I'm not a prize you can claim
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I put myself out to sea
Far from the shore
Goodbye my loved ones at home
I'm gonna live some more
Are you waiting for me
I made friends with the captain
He set me right
Gave me work in the days
Told me stories at night
Oh but I love what I remember I love my home
Yeah I love hat I remember I love my home
The sea is always lovely
When it's smooth and when it's rough
I had a couple close ones
I can't seem to get enough
But will you wait for me
If I were to change my mind
after all that I have done
Know that you're still in my heart
I've sailed beyond the sun
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Saint Beverly
03:23
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Saint Beverly's army of one
Comes to hear your delicate prayer
She hears what you pray and she knows
Thank god she was there
One giant angel on her side
There to catch you if you backslide
With your guidance we abide Saint Beverly
When your borders are troubled and messed up
She'll make things clear
When the window of your heart becomes foggy
She'll make things clear
Thank god she's here
One giant angel on her side
There to catch you if you backslide
With your guidance we abide Saint Beverly
Saint Beverly will whisper in your ear
My child, your love is sincere
Saint Beverly's army has come
You're safe for now
But if trouble rises again
She'll be there for your private pow-wow
With one giant angel on her side
There to catch you if you backslide
With your guidance we abide Saint Beverly
Saint Beverly will whisper in your ear
You may confide in Saint Beverly
Saint Beverly's army of one
Comes to answer your delicate prayer
She hears what you pray and she knows
Thank god she was there
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A fair day dawned
And accursed sunlight
Contradicted the darkness
Of my heart's plight
For my lover I surely did spite
Feeling so awkward, in danger and sad
I guarded my spirit as though iron-clad
And to my heart's pain this I did add
I burned all her letters
I returned her gifts
I erased every good memory
Now beside all my life's rubble, torn photos and tears
I have a new enemy
And despite sunny days, it's in me
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Too Much Baby
05:32
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One little path up that mountain
So narrow and steep
One skinny path up that mountain
My footing I could not keep
No, my footing I could not keep
The mountain was too high
Too high to climb
Too high to climb
Too high to climb
The river current is swift and fierce babe
But I went out on a limb
The river current so swift and fierce that
I couldn't swim, no no
I could not swim
The river was too wide
Too wide to cross
Too wide to cross
It was too wide to cross
The valley sinks down into shadow
The paths were crossed
Ohh so far down in shadow
I got lost, oh yes, I got lost
The valley was too low
Too low to see
Too low to see
Too low to see
The mighty ocean is oh so vast love
With raging waves over the brink
The mighty ocean is oh so vast that
My little boat did sink - right down
My little boat did sink
The ocean was too deep
Too deep to sail
Too deep to sail
Too deep to sail
Too high, too wide, too low, too deep
Too high, too wide, too low, too deep
Too deep
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Damage
03:51
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Oh my troubled one
Please don't resort to our tongue
There are weapons more direct
To produce a suitable effect
Like a bare fist or a stick
Make it simple, make it quick
In the long run it'll be
Easier for me
To believe it was a spurt
Of anger from your hurt
But you can't take back what you've said
You've damaged me from inside your head
No, you can't take back what you've said
You've damaged me from inside your head
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Norm's Backyard
04:20
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'Tis Autumn
04:52
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The trees are bare
There's a chill in the air
'Tis autumn I declare
With this fanfare
Everybody who said they were gonna leave
Ain't left town - they're still around
Everybody who said they were gonna stay
They went away - to my dismay
What's mine that I don't share
It's not worth the trouble - I swear
It's not that I'm unaware
But these moments are so rare
I acutely care
'Bout what 's going on out there
Just need a little time to prepare
I must listen to Our Prayer
Everybody who said they were gonna leave
Ain't left town - they're still around
Everybody who said they were gonna stay
They went away - to my dismay
The trees are bare
There's a chill in the air
'Tis autumn I declare
With this fanfare
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Evening comes, I'm with me
Walk the hidden path to smell the sea
Sit on the stairs that go into the bay
Rising tide comin' my way
Nothin' goin' on but the end of the day
I pick up my guitar, I begin to play
after a while, a drag on the pipe
Nothin' goin' on - the moment is ripe
The sun has set down again in the west
If the sky is art I'd say it's the best
It's never the same - the artist won't rest
To see this beauty is to be blessed
Peeling paint on the bricks behind me
The wood and sand I sit upon
A seagull in the wind reminds me
There is nothin' goin' on
Hey, sun in the west, please take the long way home
Ice cubes won't last through the lullaby
Please keep my soul in your golden honeycomb
Come back to religion 'fore I die
I want to feel this peace when the sun of my life goes down
I want to feel this peace when the sun of my life goes down
The sun will take the long way home
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Sail On Silas
05:37
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Sailing far from your home
Forsaking ties that have grown
Into what you don't want to be
Sail on, sail on
Built yourself a new home
Just for yourself as you roam
Hear the wind and the wave symphony
Sail on, sail on
Sail on Silas, live your dream come true
Sail on, sail on Silas
Time to slip away - almost icebound
Give yourself enough rope - have the run of the round
Loving the newness of each harbor town
Sail on, sail on
Daniel the brother of you
Envies and does approve
So carry on captain and crew
Sail on, sail on
Sail on Silas, live your dream come true
Sail on,sail on Silas
Sail on Silas, live your dream come true
Sail on, sail on Silas
You know that love makes no sense
So don't waste your time believing with pretense
After all the sea is immense
Sail on, sail on
Sail on Silas, live your dream come true
Sail on, sail on Silas
Sail on Silas, live your dream come true
Sail on, sail on Silas
Sail on, Sail on
Sail on, Sail on
Sail on, Sail on Silas
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14. |
The Damn Game
02:32
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Beginners are rarely winners
I had my eyes filled with the prize
I had no focus on the hocus-pocus
I didn't see it was lame to play the game
It's a shame 'bout the game
It's a sin if you win
It is too if you lose
But it's free vis-a-vis
All my wits broke to bits
Lost and spent is the rent
On the place lacking grace
Where I stayed and we played
That damn game it's a shame
Didn't think I would sink
Come the news that I lose
By the rule that it's cruel
Just to play the game we played
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Matthew Sanborn Madison, Wisconsin
Matthew Sanborn is a musician & songwriter in Madison, Wisconsin. Long before he ever knew he'd be a musician, his first love was music. After decades of off again-on again times, it has become a long term relationship.
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