1. |
My Porcupine
03:29
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stickin' with me in bad weather
stickin' with me whenever
not like it's my decision
I want an exorcism
you want to get analytic?
call it an inner critic
pointedly parasitic
jeering me, spearing me
My porcupine
poking in right on time
Yes it's my porcupine
friend and foe, rain and shine
my porcupine
every spine, pain sublime
mine, all mine
porcupine
It’s gotta be making trouble
tryin' to burst my bubble
raising its cranky hackles
making my life a battle
you gotta admit it's sharp
every illusion's popped
so many starts get stopped
no win with
livin' with
my porcupine…
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2. |
Shine
04:47
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The summer evening breeze is
silk across my skin
It's getting late but I don't
feel like turning in
Sometimes I think I've lived the
whole day half asleep
Is this contentment maybe
priced a little steep?
Is it just ego makes me
want to leave a mark?
or do I need to feed some
fuel to a spark?
sooner or later
we're gone anyhow
got something to do
better do it now
I've seen beyond the wall
at moments, now and then
but my illusions snapped back
into place again
we're so determined to have
faith in the mundane
questioning reality just
seems a bit insane
but there's no time to waste
no space for what's not true
and I'm not here to fear the
message coming through
sooner or later
we're gone anyhow
got something to do
better do it now
Light, shine on us now
Light, shine on us now
Light, shine on us, now, now, now
I'm singing to myself the
truth I need to hear
my mind is cloudy and then
other times quite clear
and I'm surrounded by these
miracles on feet
I open for a moment, and
then I'm in retreat
but as I run away I'll
say I wish you well,
and if you have a dream,
my friend, then what the hell
sooner or later
we're gone anyhow
got something to do
better do it now
Light, shine on us now
Light, shine on us now
Light, shine on us, now, now, now
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3. |
Inside Out and Over
03:48
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selling something, buy your freedom
or something like it, zero sum to nothing
caught in a game,
rat man’s rules
can you win it, can you be that cruel?
inside out and over
cast your spell you’re getting bolder
inside out and over
you’re sick of eating cold shoulder
as the chessmen multiply
pretty pieces lining up to die
yes it’s a maze, rat man’s rules
play an new game, drown this ship of fools
inside out and over
cast your spell you’re getting bolder inside out and over
burning bridges, ashes smolder
legerdemain, tricks and lies
saving your skin, worth the compromise?
cuz it’s a maze, rat man’s rules
play a new game, drown this ship of fools
inside out and over
over and out
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4. |
Green Tea and LSD
03:11
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Molly always was a weird one
but don't blame it on the drugs she said,
the human brain is the biggest trip there is
and you know it really bugs her
when people say oh Van Gogh
must have been eating mushrooms
no it's just he had imagination
even before he went crazy
well, cigarettes and booze she would never use
but when she puts on her dancing shoes
green tea and LSD
green tea, I see
she does something with computers
she does something with crafts
she does something with her face that
makes everybody laugh
she's got a poem by Rilke
tattooed on her arm
she's got an open invitation
to go and live on a farm
she's got eyes in her head for lookin' around
and her feet on a street called Shakedown
green tea and LSD
green tea, hoo-whee
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5. |
Commercialized
05:18
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hear the humming of machinery
hands assembling some small novelty
another long day in the factory
work cheap, hourly
hollywood is busy cranking
formulas on which they're banking
creativity is tanking
so much wanking
egos idolized
children sexualized
bullshit supersized
the world commercialized
gotta fuel our fossil engines
trouble with complex dimensions
middle east in endless tensions
drunk on vengeance
we are at an intersection
more than ever, need direction
but who's buying the election?
whose connections?
congress polarized
values marketized
rainforests pulverized
the world commercialized
egos idolized
children sexualized
bullshit supersized
the world commercialized
old friend, it's been so
long since i've seen you
hold my hand
how've you been?
i want to know
what's on your mind
dear friend, looking in
your eyes, just for this
moment, i
need nothing more
humans can be very clever
we might learn to work together
share our home in crazy weather
make it better
if we question all our chasing
change the goal to which we're racing
in the very center placing
all-embracing love
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6. |
Dream On It
04:28
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hush little baby, don't you cry / when you're asleep i'll tell you why
awesome and fierce the world you'll walk / where are the words to lull you by?
i don't discount the power of mind / in the nick of time, a way to find
by some grace to even learn / to use our strength to be wise and kind
dream on it
work for it
oh, let it be
tell you a secret, i don't feel brave / but we must walk the road we pave
and if we plant a seed of storm / we'll have to ride a tidal wave
dream little one, while your mother sings / grow up to love all living things
so it may be that the sun will rise / on a better world shining in your eyes
dream on it
work for it
oh, let it be
dream on it
work for it
oh, let it be
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in summertime the livin' is easy
under a log or in some kind of hole
but when the rain begins to fall
the newts all hear the call
they feel it in each slippery little soul
they're steppin' out
they will survive
and they're glad
to be alive
yeah those newts
go crossing South Park Drive
in the hills of Berkeley
well, sometimes homo sapiens look both ways before we cross
and some will wait until the light turns green
and some have glowing sneakers
but these naked little creatures
are not luminous, and not so easily seen
they're steppin' out … etc.
they're looking for love in all the right places
in the streams and ponds they'll do that mating dance
but there's a big road to cross
on tiny little paws
so let’s give those naked newts a fighting chance
they're steppin' out … etc.
they'll go truckin' cross the drive
try their luck and cross the drive
they will finally cross the drive
in the hills of Berkeley
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8. |
Silence
07:14
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Luminous Newts Berkeley, California
Eclectic, original, melodic prog-pop-rock group headed by two singer-songwriters. Based in Berkeley,
California.
Not derivative and not predictable. Not good at describing ourselves. Interested in hearing your take on it.
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