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Don't Forget to Breathe
03:52
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Don’t forget to breathe.
Just relax. Piece by piece.
Don’t forget to.
Don’t forget to breathe.
Cool your jets. Let off steam.
Cool your motor.
Hold your horse.
Power down the circuits.
Steer from the crash course.
Smell a rose.
Robot, use your nose hose.
Don’t forget to breathe.
Don’t forget to breathe.
Don’t forget to breathe.
Don’t forget to breathe.
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2. |
Go East, Old Man
05:35
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Go back, old man.
Back. Way back.
Old man, go back.
Go back, old man.
Back. Way back.
East. Where you’re from.
Go east, old man.
Back to where it all began.
Go back to see the sun.
Rise up where early daylight was oh so bright.
So bright it turned you away.
Before your day is done, west in setting sun.
Go back, old man, go back.
Go back, old man.
Go back, old man.
Back. Way back.
Old man, go back.
Go back, old man.
Back. Way back.
East. Where you’re from.
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3. |
To Be Young
04:32
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To be young. Young to be.
So free to be. Free to be.
Oh to be young. Young to be.
So free, to be so free!
To be young! To be free!
Find a road.
Have the time to see where it leads.
Time to turn back.
Time to find a new path,
A new scene.
There’s time to groove a new way,
If old ways prove a mistake.
I’m not too old.
There’s still time.
Time to be bold.
To be young! To be free!
To be young! To be free!
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4. |
Scapegoat
05:55
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Just a little goat.
Just a little cute goat. So tame!
Just a little goat.
Just a little scapegoat. You blame!
I’m a little scapegoat and I’m really tame.
But you say so, say so. I’m the one to blame.
Precious kid to you when your fortunes are good.
Dice rolled bad, so bad. I’m blood sacrifice.
Have not come so far from days of old.
Please the gods with goat or cow or virgin.
Everyone’s searching.
Who’s the next scapegoat?
There you are.
Who’s the next scapegoat?
There you are.
Who’s the next scapegoat?
There you are...
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5. |
Inching Along
04:11
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Inching along, inching along,
Inching along the road.
Just inching along, inching along,
Inching along the road.
Just inching, just inching along the road.
Just reaching, just reaching each goal.
Well-known sign posts.
So slow. Ever so lowly.
Inching along where inchworms belong.
Measuring. Never wrong.
Heads up! Some wild rabbits dash by.
Soon they’ll be crashing.
Watch out! Team Tortoise blows past.
Why risk their shells smashing?
Slow down. Better slow down.
Out of the way. That’s the best play.
Let’s just stay inching along.
Just inching along, inching along,
Inching along the road.
Just inching along, inching along,
Inching along the road.
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6. |
Sparse
03:27
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Sparse. Enough. Sparse. Enough said.
Sparse. Enough. Sparse. Enough said.
Sparse. Enough. Sparse. Enough said.
Sparse. Enough. Sparse.
Sparse. ‘Nough said.
You hit the nail on the head.
Spare. Bon mot.
You got it right on the dot.
Edit first. Cut out claptrap.
Short verse can give all that you got.
What you say has all been said so many times.
What a farce. Keep it sparse. ‘Nough said.
What a farce.
Keep it sparse…
’Nough said.
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7. |
Vultures Hover
03:57
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Vultures hover.
Beautiful wings.
If it’s over, at least soon returning.
Free flying.
Borne again and born again on bird wings.
Just asking:
Vultures, vultures, why the nasty face thing?
Why the yucky face thing?
Smile and fix that face thing.
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8. |
Please
06:06
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Looking up high to the buds on the trees,
To open for me, for me, for me.
Looking up high to the buds on the trees,
Oh please. Oh please. Oh please, please.
I’m looking to the buds on the trees.
I’m waiting for these. Please.
I follow them up high, as they sway.
Sway high in the breeze. Please.
Please open for me. Open for me.
Hoping, hoping tree, please.
Pollen for me. Nectar for me.
Buzzing here. Buzzing, just us bees.
I’m praying to the buds on the trees.
Please. Please. Please…
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9. |
Mostly Holes
05:11
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Waiting to fill up. We’re waiting to fill up.
We’re waiting to fill up. We’re waiting to fill up.
We’re waiting to fill up. We’re waiting to fill up.
We’re waiting to fill up. We wait…
Mostly, mostly holes.
This life we’re living,
Is mostly...
Just waiting...
To fill up.
Fill up all the holes...
Waiting to fill up. We’re waiting to fill up.
We’re waiting to fill up. We’re waiting to fill up.
We’re waiting to fill up. We’re waiting to fill up.
We’re waiting to fill up. We wait…
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10. |
Reset
05:55
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Reset. Now I’m OK.
Restart. A brand new day.
Erased things that you said,
That keep reverberating here in my head.
A blank slate…
I’m clear again.
I’m all ears…
Now I can hear what you’re saying again.
Now all the reverberations will end.
Now I can hear that you speak as a friend.
Reset.
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