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Barbarians at the Gate
02:24
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Fashions come and go
The classics never die
Your children steal your clothes
Here's mud in your eye
The hell with all your books
Weighty and obscure
All your precious learning
Will not bar the door
Take this Roman candle
Go down to the street
It's been enough time in your head
Try living on your feet
Barbarians at the gate are singing
See all the colorful gifts they bring
Go outside and meet the new mutations
Maybe we'll live to see the spring
Throw your letters on the fire
Flame has power to inspire
Say goodbye to all of that
Behold our friend the humble rat
Digging up the future
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2. |
No Way
01:56
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No, no way
Can I accept my place
Or face the simplest fact
We’re crushed beneath the weight of an angry...
No, no way
Can I escape my fate
To wear this dunce's cap
And ruminate on every miserable...
No, no way
Can I escape this place
This plot of land I claim
Will lead me on to halcyon...
Days
Away
From the strain
You can’t rescue all the little
Strays
That remain
In the wake
Of a world that’s come un...
No, no way
Can I reduce the weight
Of the thing that beat us back
We’re crushed beneath his feet
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3. |
Leavings
02:42
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Down in the underbrush
Thrashing a speckled thrush
I found a doctor's kit
It had your name on it
But it was painted black
Well, do you want it back?
What were you stitching up?
What are trying to hide?
Check out this coffee cup
There's something strange inside
Don't know if this is yours
Let's take it out of doors
The things we leave behind
They're bothering me
There's too many of them
They don't go together
They'll last forever
The plastic, the leather
In all kinds of weather
I think we should pick up after ourselves
A little bit better
Leavings
Leavings
There's no deceiving
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4. |
On the Spot
02:59
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Hey, little one
Have you walked so far
Just to see your shadow growing stronger?
Hey, liitle child
From a distant star
Can you feel the others calling
Far away, "Come go with me?"
You're free, go everywhere.
Climb the highest stair, why not?
It won't last long, I promise you,
Whatever I say, you will remember this day.
Here's a book of days;
Cross them out in your own way.
Let the colors bleed,
Don't try to stamp them out.
Stand on the spot.
What is left must be right.
Choose among the statuary
Soaking up the swollen night.
You're free, go everywhere.
Come and take your share, why not?
You won't get far, I promise you.
It's right to try.
Scratch away the sky.
We'll take your money in the meanwhile.
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5. |
Ozymandias
03:00
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Ozymandias can I buy you a drink
I used to think you were imaginary
And here you are the missing link
Gosh, it's terrible how the days drag on
Must be torture in this field of flowers
Now that all your slaves are gone
Nevertheless carry on
The mob has vanished like a puff of wind
Your priests were banished and they killed your friends
Don't let me stop you go on speak your piece
To this gathering of geese
Oh the pretty face of the ruthless beast
Tell me you lost it when she threw you over
Or stumbled slightly at the least
Interlopers from the East
I hear your story and it gives me hope
You should be dangling from a golden rope
paint me a picture, must have been a close shave
Don't take it all to your grave
Ozymandias
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6. |
Just Got Here
03:25
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Love me like the shadows
Of the falling leaves
Wipe away the memory
Grant me a reprieve
I know I just got here
Yeah, but I can't wait to leave
Why dig in your heels?
It only makes you grieve
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7. |
End Over End
02:35
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Go spinnering up
The barber pole
But the life of the day
Dulls the will of the soul
Got a dog in the fight
Got some ink in the well
Got sold so far
Got told so well
Throw a log on the fire
In the back of the draw
But the losing hand
Of the wild outside
Hid the fob of a watch
In the clutch of a crow
Outside of the reach
Of the tongue
Of the tide
End over end
End over end
We're Tumbling
End over end
End over end
We roll
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8. |
The Shallows
02:14
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Up above the angels sleep without dreaming
Up above the treetops whisper and sigh
Up above jets of silver are screaming
Up above the sun burns a hole in the sky
Down here roots grope blindly for moisture
Down here shadows pool on the ground
Down here we dig in the shallows for oysters
Down here the heat swallows up every sound
You climb the rusty fire escape
To the top of the old bank buuilding
And you stretch out your arms
As though you could clutch the blue
In your greedy fingers
Like a kite tugging on a string
Or a dog straining its leash
There's the sky above and the earth below
And in between there's only you
After the rain
The street awakens
For a while
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9. |
Crippled Bird
02:44
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You'll never make it out
But that's by design
Not yours or mine
And most certainly not divine
But happenstance is best experienced
As a mix of the low and the high
And in the final ledger was writ
The blood red word goodbye
Your obligation to your audience
Has twisted up the sky
The air is dry
And your caravan has left behind
But your best defense has left me curious
About what falls down from up high
Trapped in the wind, torn hedges
The crippled bird that cannot fly
But your last defense made me furious
About the way that I will die
And I swear to you
You'll never make it through
This crippled bird must die
By your hand or you by your lies
What you wear inside
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10. |
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You know you can't get in without me
Cause I've got the money and i've got the key
You're gonna have to talk to me like it or not
Cause I'm the only one that can help you
Mr. Big Shot
If your papers are all in order
I assume you were injected at the border
You see we won't have just anyone
Coming here and spoiling all the fun
These are my things
And this is where they go
And this is what I do
In case anyone wants to know
And these are my memories
And this is my crime
And this is my alibi
It works every time
The calendar fans dust & tears
It sweeps away the thousand years
I've got the money & I've got the key
I've got the money & I've got the key
I've got the money
You talk to me
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11. |
Velvet Overcoat
02:49
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Take back this looking glass
Fold up your paper money
Give in
Give up
The ghost
Hey, I want that velvet jacket
Scream and cry
And claw me if you need to
Babe just don't give nme
That thousand yard stare
Take my suggestions
I'm not going to use them
Or don't do anything
I don't need to know
I had this dream
It got caught in my hair
Maybe I'll lose it
When you finally go
Hey now my head is filled
With smoke and ashes
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come down
Come back
Come back
I'm freezing in your shadow
Give me anything
So I can let go
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12. |
We'll Wait
02:21
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It's cold outside
Hey come on in
It's cold outside
Hey stop on in
We got dinner to feed you
We got fire to burn
We got good company
And everything in turn
Why don't you stay?
There's room for you
Don't drift away
What you got better to do?
We got people to greet you
We got songs to sing
We're all dying to meet you
You don't need a thing
And we'll wait for you
We'll wait for you
And we'll wait for you
Ai lai duh dah
Ai lai luh lah
It's so simple
Just step sideways
Grasp the handle
And put down that knife
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David Morrison Wimberley, Texas
Singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist, producer. Occasional guest vocalist w/The Rudy Schwartz Project, Farrago Ensemble,
The Able Sea & others. Has played hundreds of solo & band shows & been
featured on Church of the Subgenius show. Coproduced the Glimmer Blinkken's Golden Days & mixed the Mustn'ts EP. Currently w/the Lemon Settlement & the Swangles. Runs Rat Palace Recording.
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