1. |
Feeling Orange
02:25
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Verse 1:
Woke up this morning & the sky was grey
Opened the blinds anyway
The weak sunlight filtered thru
Grey mornings make me feel blue
Chorus:
I'll be feeling orange soon thanks to you
As sure as oil cures a squeaky door hinge
Pretty soon I'll be feeling orange
I'll be feeling orange soon thanks to you
Verse 2:
The grass is green & the water clear
Horizon's far & my feet are near
1,000 steps begins with one
Let's walk together toward the setting sun
Chorus
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2. |
Book of Changes
04:47
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Verse:
As we’re floating together in this place
As we’re falling forever thru this space
I tell you believing is clinging
Though there’s nothing we can hold onto
Belief is clinging, that is true
But faith, I’ll have you know
Is letting go
Pre-Chorus I:
Change is synonymous with reality
Nothing stays the same as far as we can see
Everything’s in motion, the rocks, the trees
Even the things that make up you and me
Are changing constantly
Chorus:
(Turn some pages in the Book of Changes)
Book of Changes
(Turn some pages in the Book of Changes)
Book of Changes
Repeat Verse
Pre-Chorus II:
Put your faith in change, it is the solid rock
Dogma & philosophy are idle talk
The universe is change alone & so are we
For after all, the world is only you & me
Changing eternally
Chorus
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3. |
Outrunning the Curse
03:01
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Verse 1:
You say hi & I say hello
You say how are you? & I say I don't know
Some days are better & some days are worse
I'm beleaguered and plagued but I'm outrunning the curse
Chorus:
My glass is half full but it's about to get fuller
My outlook is shiny but it used to be duller
Two steps forward & one step back
I'm grateful each time I don't step on a crack
Verse 2:
You ask me why & I say because
It is what it is & it does what it does
The world has its ways, it’s the ways of the world
My path is laid straight, but my bacon is curled
Chorus
Bridge:
I said oh, oh, oh; I said no, no, no
I said yeah, yeah, yeah; I said maybe so
Chorus
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It was a windy morning
When the Ferris wheel broke loose
Bounced twice before it
Hitched a ride on a south going caboose
Said, “Fare thee well,
See thee anon” on orthogonal railroad tracks
“I’ve had enough of the carnival
& I ain’t never… coming back”
The ice cream store has closed its doors
& turned the heat up high
“If I can’t have you no one can”
The confectioner he cried
To the melting dairy treats
& who knows which is worse
To be eaten or be over heatin’
As they get their… just desserts
Thursday’s trash has crashed upon
The shoreline of the street
The sidewalk’s lined with empty wine
& stuff no one wants to eat
As I walk barefooted through the
Tide of yesterday
Discarding all the broken thoughts
I never… got to say
I see you through the picture window
Waiting for your turn to come
To have your hair restyled
To just wear it in a bun
I wait for you to see me
But you never turn your head
So I walk into a store-brand
Future… instead
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5. |
Ball of Mud
03:44
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Religions & societies
Made up human boundaries
Strip away the overlays
& everything is a-ok
Chorus:
Though we’re riding on a flying ball of mud
Hurtling through space, everything is mostly good
Good, bad or indifferent
What seems important sometimes isn’t
Take another spin on the flying ball of mud
Enjoy your ride on the flying ball of mud
The sun is a star, & you, son, are a star
The daughter of the water, Universe is what we are
Children with a gilding of skin on sapphire
It’s well known we are gemstones, that is what we are
Chorus
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6. |
Enough is Never too Much
03:27
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Verse 1:
I’ve been bad & I’ve been good, the outcast of the neighborhood
I bought the Kool-Aid, drank it down, then faced myself & turned around
I read the tea leaves, Portuguese, & smelling roses makes me sneeze
But now I’m on the road, the hill gets closer, though I’m standing still
Chorus:
'Cuz enough is never too much, so buckle up & drop the clutch
I said that enough is never too much; it’s touch & go then go and touch
Verse 2:
When I get to Shangri-la tell your ma, and tell your pa
Send you back to Arkansas, but don’t you tell them what you saw
Lazy nights & lazy days, dip your toes in mayonnaise
But don’t mistake for carrot sticks--regeneration’s quite the trick
Chorus
Verse 3:
Parsnips at the parson’s house, the church bell’s quiet as a mouse
But if that mouse does ring the bell, be certain it will raise some hell
I’ve been good & I’ve been bad, the neighborhood was all I had
I spilled the Kool-Aid, turned around and painted faces on the clowns
Chorus
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7. |
Burning Holes
03:29
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Chorus:
It’s burning a hole
In the pocket of your heart
So give it away
That is how we start
& as it multiplies
The tides will rise
When we each do our part
Verse 1:
Like Lazarus at the rich man’s gate
We all need love before it’s too late
It’s not a matter of who deserves it
Every person’s worth it
Chorus
Verse 2:
Nobody asks to be poor
Or to be left outside that door
Nobody asks to be other
Love your sister, love your brother
Chorus
Bridge:
Save us from weak resignation
In the evils we decry
Disregard status & station
Let dignity reign far & wide
Chorus
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8. |
The Firefly's Lament
01:58
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The firefly says, "Why can’t I
Shine my light on me?
I glowingly illuminate
Everything I see.
People, trees, dogs & bees
Are illumined by my presence.
Of all the things that are near to here,
I’m the only thing that isn’t."
The firefly’s got it right
She shines her light at night
As during the day the sun
From dawn till day is done
As you & I shine clear
Our awareness on all near
But like the firefly
I can never shine on I
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9. |
Midnight Ride
03:19
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Verse 1:
It's dark outside & the traffic light
Refracts in the rain-streaked glass
That reflects despair.
Well, I've paid my fare but it just ain't fair
That this bus ain't slowing, don't know where it's going,
No stops anywhere.
Chorus:
Cause the rain won't stop & I just want off
Of this midnight ride,
Cause I just can't stand to be alone again,
I need you by my side
To shed some light, make everything alright,
On this midnight ride.
Verse 2:
I lost my cool & you lost your patience.
I was a fool
& I haven't seen you since,
& there's a vacant seat where you used to be.
In the rearview is the woman who
Once sat by me.
Chorus
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10. |
Mountain Hymn
01:59
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In the forest there’s a creek
That winds down from the mountain peak
He flows & goes, his path is chosen
In the winter He is frozen
But anytime of any season
The stream meanders for secret reasons
And here & there along his bank
An eddy forms & gives his thanks
To the mountain She's his guide
Cradling him on either side
The mountain stands for eons strong
The eddy bubbles & is gone
Singing of the mountain
Singing of the mountain
Singing of the mountain
Ooh, ooh
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11. |
Reputably Immutable
03:40
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Part I:
A nostalgia act, for amnesiacs
Playing empty shows
No audience, but the ambience
And acoustics were, you know?
Part II:
So I tried a new tact, changed my hair and my act
Wrote some new songs & now here I go
But is it still me that you all came to see?
& who answers that, I'd like to know
Part III:
Some say that everything changes
Time pushes on, space rearranges
But I’d like to think that somewhere within
There’s someone who is still the same person
Part I (reprise)
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12. |
Exocosmic Rebirth
03:27
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Sailing thru the failing solar winds
Return to the beginning once again
Spacetime evaporating
Heat death is awaiting
Our cargo shall determine how this ends
An alloy we’ve invented seems able
To hold matter-energy & keep it stable
But the elements we need
Are rare and out of reach
So we take this hero’s journey, like a fable
In our vessel is a vessel made the same
The smaller vessel holds our claim to fame
It’s a piece of universe
Uncorrupted by the worst
Of what makes everything around us be the same
We must throw it in a black hole or die trying
Either way we’ll probably end up dying
But if we toss it in
The theory is that then
It’s the end of everything we’ll be defying
A tiny dense nugget of existence
Hurling through the void with such insistence
Until it lands and it expands
With a big but silent bang
& everything begins again with life’s persistence
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Lance Eads Portland, Oregon
Portland-based singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist
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