Farmhouse


Welcome, this is a farmhouse.
We have cluster flies, alas.
And this time of year is bad.

We are so very sorry
There is little we can do,
But swat them

She didn't beg, oh not enough.
She didn't stay when things got rough.
I told a lie and she got mad
She wasn't there when things got bad

I never ever saw the Northern Lights
(This is a farmhouse)
I never ever heard a cluster fly
(Cluster flies, alas)
I never ever saw the stars so bright
(This is a farmhouse)
In the Farmhouse things will be alright.
(Cluster flies, alas)

Brought this one to the stinging lash
Every man rise from the ash
Each betrayal begins with trust
Every man returns to dust

I never ever saw the Northern Lights
(This is a farmhouse)
I never ever heard a cluster fly
(Cluster flies, alas)
I never ever saw the stars so bright
(This is a farmhouse)
In the Farmhouse things will be alright
(Cluster flies, alas)

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Twist


I spoke your name for many days
Pronouncing it in several ways
And moving letters all around

And when you heard the end result
I told you it was not my fault

If you were here more of the day
It wouldn't twist around that way

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Bug


There've been times that I've wondered
And times that I don't
Concepts I'll ponder
And concepts I won't ever see
God is not one of these
Former or latter
Which did you think I meant
It doesn't matter to me

Bug
It doesn't matter
(Don't need it)
Bug
It doesn't matter
(Don't need it)
Bug
It doesn't matter
(Overrated)
Overrated

Gold in my hand
In a country pool
Standing and waving
The rain, wind on the runway
Spending or saving
Credit or death
Which did you think I meant
Nothing I see can be taken from me

Bug
It doesn't matter
(Don't need it)
Bug
It doesn't matter
(Don't need it)
Bug
It doesn't matter
(Overrated)
Overrated

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Back On The Train


When I jumped off, I had a bucket full of thoughts
When I first jumped off, I held that bucket in my hand
Ideas that would take me all around the world
I stood and watched the smoke behind the mountain curl
It took me a long time to get back on the train
When I jumped off, I had a bucket full of thoughts
When I first jumped off, I held that bucket in my hand
Ideas that would take me all around the world
I stood and watched the smoke behind the mountain curl
It took me a long time to get back on the train

Now I'm gone and I'll never look back again
I'm gone and I'll never look back at all
You know I'll never look back again
I turn my face into the howlin' wind
It took me a long time to get back on the train

See my face in the town that's flashing by
See me standing at the station in the rain
See me standing there beside the car
I left it all behind, again I'll travel far
It took me a long time to get back on the train

When I jumped off, I had a bucket full of thoughts
When I first jumped off, I held that bucket in my hand
Ideas that would take me all around the world
I stood and watched the smoke behind the mountains curl
It took me a long time to get back on the train
It took me a long time to get back on the train
It took me a long time to get back on the train

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Heavy Things


Things are falling down on me
Heavy things I could not see
When I finally came around
Something small would pin me down
When I try, to step inside.
I moved to where they'd hoped I'd be.

Vanessa calls me on the phone
Reminding me I'm not alone
I fuss and quake and cavitate
I try and speak and turn to stone

Tilly reaches through my vest
To do the thing that she does best
She probes and tears my ventricles
Steals my one remaining breath.

Things are falling down on me
Heavy things I could not see
When I finally came around
Something small would pin me down
When I try, to step inside.
I move to where they'd hoped I'd be.

Stumbling as I fall from grace
She needs my vision to replace
Her ailing sight throughout the night
Leaving two holes in my face

Mary was a friend I'd say
'Till one summer day
She borrowed everything i own
And then simply ran away.

Things are falling down on me
Heavy things I could not see
When I finally came around
Something small would pin me down
When I try, to step inside.
I move to where they'd hoped I'd be.

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Gotta Jibboo


"Momma sing sing thatcha gotta jiboo.
Papa sing gotta jibboo"
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Gotta jiboo and keep on drinking, too... (whoo)"

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Papa sing gotta jibboo"
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Gotta jiboo and keep on drinking, too... (whoo)"

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Papa sing gotta jibboo"
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Gotta jiboo and keep on drinking, too... (whoo)"

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"Momma sing sing thatcha gotta jiboo.
Papa sing gotta jibboo"
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Papa sing gotta jibboo"
"Momma sing sing thatcha gotta jiboo.
Papa sing gotta jibboo"
"Momma's been saying thatcha gotta jiboo.
Gotta jiboo and keep on drinking, too... (whoo)"

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Dirt


I'd like to live beneath the dirt
A tiny space to move and breathe is all that I would ever need
I want live beneath the dirt
Where I am free from push and shove like all those swarming up above
Beneath your heals I'll spend my time
I'll wiggle in the earth and dew
And somtimes I will think of you

And if you ever think of me
Kneel down and kiss the earth
And show me what this thought is worth

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Piper


Piper, Piper the red red worm
Awoke last night to the sound of the storm
The words are the words I sailed upon.

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Sleep


I Can't describe the feeling when

I'm in my bed asleep at night
I wake up when the visions blurred
And all my efforts are detered
To reconstruct this image lost

Their certain things my mind must do
And even though they're very few
The image glistens like a gem

Repairing is not one of them
So I'm awake though in my mind
The image thats so unrefined
Is calling to me from the deep
And tempting me to fall asleep

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Sand


If you can heal the symptoms
But not affect the cause
It's quite a bit like trying to heal
The gunshot would with gauze
If you instead attempt to rest
The pistol from the hand
Then I would not be able to
Equate my life with sand

Flowing through the hourglass
Pushing through the funnel
Turn once more and racing
All your siblings for the tunnel
Slide like the silicone
Embrace you as you fall
Then bounce around
And let your brothers
Crush you to the wall

I would choose my own religion
Worship my own spirit
But if he ever preached to me
I wouldn't want to hear it
I'd drop him a forgotten god
Languishing in shame
And then if I hit stormy seas
I'd have myself to blame

If you can heal the symptoms,
But not affect the cause
You can't heal the symptoms

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