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"I'm Gonna Dance"
I’m gonna dance until I die,
Until I’m dust and swept away;
I’m gonna try and cry, then fly,
To endless empty night or blinding day-
I’m gonna dance until I die.
I’m gonna bend my crippled legs,
I’m gonna work my two lame feet,
Drink all my poison to the dregs,
Kick up my heals, run naked down the street.
I’m gonna dance until I die.
"Barbed Wire Rooftops"
Barbed wire rooftops above the arcade,
Keeping children round about,
In an far away.
Silly silly silly silly
No understanding.
Tall glass seeming an aura to bring;
Found out, finally, killed.
Shock sets in and you listen with haste,
Cry for the sake of you…
Barbed wire rooftops above the arcade.
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Marie, Marie…
02:49
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Marie, Marie,
What’s it gonna take?
Do you want me to cross over the line?
Marie, Marie,
Oh, for pity’s sake,
Do you want me to waste a lot of time?
I can’t wait a million years-
For my Marie.
Marie, Marie,
Have we given up?
We try and try, but then again,
Marie, Marie,
Just tell me what you want;
If you want goodbye, just tell me when.
I can’t wait a million years-
For my Marie.
Marie, Marie,
I guess I’m duty bound
To give my heart when there’s nothin there.
Marie, Marie,
I look but haven’t found,
Just ‘cause I’m dead inside don’t mean I don’t care.
I can wait a million years-
For my Marie.
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3. |
Everything You Do
01:46
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No one’s going to like your song,
‘Cause everything you do is wrong-
Everything you do,
Everything you do,
Everything you do is wrong.
I saw you walking down the street,
I can tell that you can’t keep a beat-
Everything you do,
Everything you do,
Everything you do is wrong.
You quarreled with your family today;
They never really liked you anyway.
Everything you do,
Everything you do,
Everything you do is wrong.
They took you to the ice cream store;
The choices that you made were very poor.
Everything you do,
Everything you do,
Everything you do is wrong.
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4. |
Vixen in the Vineyard
01:49
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Sold my soul,
to Diamond Jim.
I let it go.
I sold it for a pickles worth of tinsel time.
Jim, he said,
he'd sell it back to me.
Interest free?
Jim, he said, "Its broke now, it aint worth a dime".
I got it back
at twice the cost.
Down at the dump.
I'll have to pay a premium to get it fixed.
Junkman said,
"It can't be fixed;
"Ain't worth the cost!
"Shop around for better soul or go without!"
Never mind,
'ain't got the cash.
Nor likely will.
I never really liked the damned thing anyway.
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Hey… cheil!
Ain’t got my
chiel
comin’ home.
I woke up a-lonely,
She vanished with my dream,
Trouble seems things only
Never what things seem,
Cold and dark- slow passing-
Years….
What’s the use of making money?
To give it to another man?
What’s the use of building a home
For a woman who ain’t here?
What’s the use of crying alone in the dark?
God knows where!
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6. |
Everything You Do
00:32
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No one likes the things you say-
Clean out the toilet right away!
Everything you do,
Everything you do,
Everything you do is wrong.
No one likes the things you do;
The world would be better without you.
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7. |
Comin' 'Roun
04:00
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1.
I have rode for days.
And I have kept the nights:
I have pushed the crates,
And I have worked the wheels;
I have see the dogs
That they rolled away;
I have lost the keys,
And I have shut down.
Comin' 'roun-
Gonna sing the platitude, yeah,
I'm gonna make it matter to ya.
I'm gonna chang the way you feel, then,
I'm gonna walk away.
Skipped the Life completely,
Sanctify or treat me,
Verb of noun-
Comin' 'roun.
2.
You might say my name,
You might reach yer peer,
You might watch me when
I might rage in fear;
Or you might wake a fan,
And I might turn a bow,
You might junk the loft,
And I might shut down.
Comin' 'roun
Shall we walk around the room;
Can't you smell the stale cliche'?
Kindly could you not presume
Until I walk away.
Skip the burning issue;
Do you want a tissue
Or a paper crown?
Are you coming' 'roun?
3.
We have walked the lines,
Seen 'em fade away;
We have talked the trash,
Lived to rue the day;
We have grown someone,
But she has run away-
We have cried aloud,
And we have shut down.
Comin' 'roun
Gonna sing the platitude, yeah,
We're gonna make it matter to ya.
We're gonna change the way you feel, then,
I'm gonna walk away.
Skipped the Life completely,
Sanctify or treat me,
Verb of noun-
Comin' 'roun.
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1.
They're Giving You a Plaque!
They say your work is indispensable,
They tell you recognition's due,
I find it cruel and reprehensible,
The shit they always put you through.
You'll make the after hours drive,
Obey the great unwritten rules,
Drink toxic honey with the hive,
So help you try to like those fools...
They're giving you a plaque-
A special dinner at the local chain,
Conflicting voices running through your brain,
Your precious moments sacrificed to praise,
A plateau on your steep careering ways.
Your rivals, starved for opportunity,
Roast you in cheap ironic sauce;
Booze gives them license and impunity;
Its all for laughs, for common cause.
They're giving you a plaque-
A fancy buffet, seven kinds of cheese,
A fine accretion with your stress disease,
With extra mayo on your BLT,
A side of French fries for complicity,
A twelve ounce soda, and a chocolate shake,
Some toll house cookies and an ice cream cake...
They're giving you a plaque!
2.
I'm Gonna Dance (reprise)
You see me dive into a hill;
You see I fight to keep my horn.
You say you got the stronger will;
You say that you're the reason I was born-
I'm gonna dance until I die.
I just keep dancing to the light
Even when chained up to the wall;
Even when shackles bruise and bite
I twist, and strain, and rise, and scream, and fall;
I'm gonna dance until I die.
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Damon Bostrom Arizona
Classically trained composer, performer, videographer, poet, and alternative homesteader in S.E. Arizona
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