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Movies
03:28
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Lounging behind the mall
We take whatever we can get
Slowing the fall
By dragging on a cigarette
No plan and no scheme
Just living the dream
And killing fifteen quoting movies
Movies
In the passenger seat
Driving down the highway just for fun
A dashboard CD
Reflects the noonday sun
We speed round a curve
Pretending to swerve
The day is a blur quoting movies
Movies
Nothing really to do
The entertainments are few
Well, we try to make due, but restlessness somehow seeps through
Bursting with energy
Tiring of company
Trying to run from ennui but never quite breaking free
Sinking into the couch
With a six pack and a bag of chips
A lazy man slouch
Junk food tongue and salty lips
Bad dick jokes and names
And video games
Just more of the same quoting movies
Movies
Movies
Movies
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Come and rest your feet
And take some time to mend
You look like you’ve weathered
Quite a storm my dear old friend
Don’t you think of trying
To apologize
I refuse to hear
Another of your wheres or whys
We’ll just set aside a couple hours
And we’ll get you good as new
For glass of wine
And a cup of conversation I am told
Will ease a weary soul
Come inside and take
Some shelter from the cold
You poor wreck you know
You’re quite an image to behold
Just sit down
And tell me of your discontent
I will listen for
As long as you have need to vent
We’ll just set aside a couple hours
And you’ll soon be feeling spry
For glass of wine
And a cup of conversation it is said
Will raise a heavy head
More than flowerbeds
Or grinning garden gnomes
It’s your friends who make
A brick and mortar house a home
(VOICE 1)
So just sit down
And tell me of your discontent
I will listen for
As long as you have need to vent and
If you need to put
Your troubles out of mind
You know that you’re welcome
To come over any time
(VOICE 2)
Come inside and take shelter
From the cold
You look like you have weathered
Quite a storm
I refuse to hear any
Wheres or whys
My friend you know you’re welcome
To come over anytime
(VOICE 3)
Rest your aching feet
Take some time to mend
Welcome anytime
We’ll just set aside a couple hours
And we’ll make you right as rain
For glass of wine
And a cup of conversation I am sure
Will be the perfect cure
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Well here we are outside in nature
And that’s all pleasant and well and good, I guess
We spotted a few squirrels and rabbits
And that’s just dandy, but I’m still bored because
I haven’t seen the wolves yet, dear
Hunting in the woods
And after all since we are here
I was rather hoping to
Well here I’ve gone and started something
To push your buttons and get you going, yeah
And I won’t ever back down easy
It’s not my instinct, I won’t give up because
I haven’t seen the wolves yet, dear
Or your snarling mouth
And just as long as we were here
I was kinda hoping to
Alpha males and warning growls
Yellow eyes and piercing howls
Well here it’s been a long and hard day
And you’re exhausted and in no sort of mood
I’ve long abandoned basic kindness
But I keep on prodding and jabbing just because
I haven’t seen the wolves yet, dear
Or your bare-boned teeth
And just to make it crystal clear
I was really hoping to
I was really hoping to
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4. |
So Long
03:05
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5. |
Abigail
02:36
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Are you waiting for the ball?
Like a princess in a fairy tale
Will the good prevail
Abigail?
Are you plucking petals now?
Sealed high up in an ivory tower
Passing all the hours
My little flower?
Can you keep your spirit strong
Waiting for the stroke of midnight?
Will you last that long?
To find a happy ever after ending?
Will you bite a poison fruit?
Or prick your finger on a spindle wheel?
To hide from what you feel
While you heal?
Will you sleep for years and years?
Like a feather on a placid sea
Waiting to be freed
Faithfully
Or will you jar awake
Underneath the shroud of nighttime?
Will that be your fate?
To find a happy ever after ending?
Are you waiting for the ball?
Like a princess in a fairy tale
Will the good prevail
Abigail?
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Chopin in the Moonlight
05:38
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Creation
04:28
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How can I crown
Whether you're up or down?
You have a beaming smile and a repulsive frown.
What do you do
With a soul split in two?
The half you love, the half you wish you never knew
But in the morning
The light's a golden shade
Creation forming
But how quickly feelings fade
A fractured face
Just a vestigial trace
With all the pieces not quite fitting into place
A dirty mouth
Floats near an honest eye
Like separate planets circling inside my mind
But in the evening
The sky changes its hue
Celestial gleaming
The universe bathed in blue
Maybe as things once were
They can be once again?
A carnal plot
Ever the sticky thought
That pulls me always toward the is and from the ought
What do you do
With a soul split in two?
The half you love, the half you wish you never knew
Creation out of blue
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I’ve lost as much as I can bare
I’ve nothing left, not even a prayer
So please don’t take my misery away from me
I’m hanging on by one single thread
Can’t even get out of bed
So please don’t take my misery away from me
You see I’m down to nothing but my shoes?
And now you want me to my give up my blues?
Well don’t ask me to
‘Cause I’ve fallen lower than rock bottom
I’m lonelier than the last leaf in Autumn
So please don’t take my misery
So please don’t take my misery
So please don’t take my misery away from me
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9. |
Coat of Arms
04:21
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Her coat of arms
Was red and yellow
And blazed bright as a fire
It scorched my hand
And left a brand
A burning coat of arms
Her coat of arms
Was pink and blue
And vibrant as the sun
So light and free
It stayed with me
A dancing coat of arms
Her coat of arms
Was black and purple
And nobly restrained
So bold and stark
It left a mark
A regal coat of arms
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10. |
I'm Not Cool Anymore
03:07
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On an old park bench
A man sat next to me
A cheerful smile on his face
He turned to me and hi
Deviant minors
Walked by in revolt
And suddenly he grew weary
He turned to me and said
Man, the 90's, they really were such a chore
But I’m not cool anymore
Remember when caring
Was simply frowned upon?
You showed a little compassion
And people just rolled their eyes?
Scanning the whole park
Of families and their dogs
Just people living their lives
He turned to me and said
I used to think they all were a bore
But I’m not cool anymore
He made a move like he
Was going to get up
But then he paused for a moment
And gave a long, heavy sigh
And then he grew silent
Collecting all his thoughts
He gravely lowered his eyes
Shook his head and said
I used to be the one who kept score
But I’m not cool anymore
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Kyle Sorenson Bozeman, montana
Singer-songwriter hobbyist. Video professional. Philosophy and improv lover.
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