The Child
I don’t want to kill Trump. Just want to see him dead.
I don’t want to kill Trump. Just want to kill his friends.
I wish that Cool Hand Luke would descend from the clouds
In a cast iron time machine.
He’d light an unfiltered cigarette, look me in the eye,
And scream, “are you not seeing what I’m seeing?
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Wild Mountain Thyme
Oh, the summer-time has come
And the trees are sweetly bloomin',
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows all around the purple heather;
Will you go, laddie, go?
And we'll all go together,
To pull wild mountain thyme
And all around the purple heather;
Will you go, laddie, go?
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The Crime
God bless the bureaucrats
The suits one step back
From the arc of the spotlight’s powerful sweep
God act like rebar
And steel the taupe backbones
Of career bureaucrats; nourish them please.
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Let That River Roar
Let that river roar
Cutting through the valley floor
Let that river roar
Cutting through the valley floor
River hold me tight
River hold me deep
Valley open up it’s arms
In the river it will keep
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Still Call
Summer looked fine to me
Pale lightning burning in the sheets
Coffee on the front porch, laughing in the tub
Wondering what you were thinking of
Mountain living’s harder every year
Wasted nights just wiping off the tears
We were growing distant like silence in the trees
We just smiled and turned on the heat
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Less of the Same
Turn off that light
Pull on that door
Hand me your mouth
Tell me I’m yours
Tell me you’re mine
Tell me I’m fine
Dull out the ache in my domicile, stay a while
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Rita
Where did you go drinking last night
Were you alone were you alright
I could have called you by your name
Would things have changed or stayed the same
Rita I can’t listen to you anymore
It’s my time, it’s my time
And Rita I can hear you knocking at my door
It’s my time, it’s my time
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How Come You Call Me
How come you call me your baby
When I’m the one who makes it run right
Why do you call me your baby
When I’m the one who makes it run
I’m the one who makes it run
The one who makes it run right
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Tell Me How
Mary is young
Watching it bloom with her eyes wide
I've seen it too
I know the trains are on time
So goodnight Hollywood
Goodnight Paris
Goodnight to the banks of the Zuiderzee
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Quittin' Again
I’m quittin’ again and nothing can stop me now
I’m beginning the end; the old times are new again
Been low and high, don’t know that I can tell the two apart
And it seems to me like it’s time to start quittin’ again
I’m quittin’ again for the first time today
But my oldest friend still wants to play
Take me by the hand may this bottle never drop
Now it seems to me like it’s time to stop quittin’ again
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Finger On The Button
Well you got your finger drummer desk
How ‘bout you get some rest now
You ain’t been doin’ jack
‘Cept hang around the office
And wait around for talk that’s
Bound for behind your back
And you got your finger on the button, finger on the button
Ain’t you been talkin’ big about something
Penny roll a’guttin’ a cannibal cannonball
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Three Months Of Darkness
The colors are faded, the shadows half gone
Still eating breakfast with all the lights on
Closed all the windows, 'cause they're of no use
Three months of darkness is nothing to lose
For just one look at you
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All The Love Anyone Ever Gave Me
When I sing I know it’s not me
It’s just all the love
Anyone ever gave me
I’ve been pretending
Putting it on like lipstick
Rubbing it off before
Anyone sees me changed
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