Aunt
Catherine’s Secret Recipe
Know
your enemy
it could be anybody
Maybe it's him, or me
or someone in your family
Know
there is a back door
Always ----- another way out
You are brave to keep on running
Just know yourself, know yourself
to be free
Aunt
Catherine's Secret Recipe
Know
that the reason
you live has still not been determined,
and may never be
Remember
that there is a back door
and you can drive your shoulder through it
and break free
Force yourself, force yourself
to stay free
Aunt
Catherine's Secret Recipe
And
when you crash down, and you will
dust yourself off and get back up
because I can not help you
but I'm there still
And
in your darkest hour
never cower,
remember you alone control the power
To
stay free
Aunt
Catherine's Secret Recipe
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Too
Rambling,
Trying to pull some sense out of the ether
Disconnected
Not sure at times if I'm a chief or clown
but then my misfit antics crack your smile
Your
eyes dispel the clouds
Twisting,
Turning tight to cap my Irish temper
Striving, (no…praying)
I never let you down
You won't allow yourself to hold it against me
but I can press into you
compress into you, when blue you do it too, too, too,
too, too, too
That's
why I run to you
your grace makes Princes bow
I'd die for you and be glad to
You
know I want you
I'd bleed to feed you
you've always been electric to me, my love.........
That's
why we're true we two
our love can slay the foul
and it's all because you love me too
too, too, too, too, too.
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Cyclone
A
little lie, delivered warm and convincing
might work real well, but only in the beginning
and once it starts it cannot stop its' spinning
But
she's afraid to know the truth
and he's afraid to show her why
it's hard to be strong,
in the heart of a cyclone
She
was a landmine, soft, glossed, and sticky
but the urge and the promises, were conflicting
But
she just can't say no ----- to him
and he just can not grow ----- up
It's hard not to be wrong
when your heart is a cyclone
Dance
the fantasy, for a while
kiss that lie from her glossy smile and pretend for a moment,
it's not a knife, stabbing you in the heart
Pretend those lips are not...are not a razor, slashing your pride apart
it's not a trial, it's a trail
into the heart of a cyclone,
how these feelings could wreck a home
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Pari
Passu
We
sit together talking, watching the sun dissolve into the trees
You always probe for answers, how do you stand with me?
"PARI PASSU, PARI PASSU, my brother
we move together,
Synchronously"
But
don't you drag behind, or you'll find
That it's hopeless on your own.
It takes every one
We
drink at the edge of greatness, daring fate again.
Laugh at the deadly questions which determine traits of men
We move together, or we die
So
damn hard to keep your stride
Marching into the rising tide
Side by side we may support each other,
Side by side
----------------
But don't you drag behind, or you'll find
It's useless all alone
We've got to join together, side by side
Expose ourselves, refuse to hide
And Fuck those bastards who never try, fuck 'em. Fuck 'em!
We
stand together smoking, watching the moon glide across the night
How could we ever do what you've proposed tonight?
"PARI PASSU, PARI PASSU, my brother
If We move together, Synchronously,
PARI PASSU, PARI PASSU, my brother
We move together,
Or we die."
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Show Me
When the time comes, to stand and fight
will you be there?
When the time comes, to give your life to it
will the meaning be as clear?
It’s all so problematic,
words fly, people talk, about interest and the glory of money
When the time comes, and you’re afraid
will you continue anyway?
alone if necessary, unsure, afraid,
because you have to, because you need to, even all alone
It’s all so symptomatic,
words fly, people talk, about Heroes and the glory of violence,
what about Love, what about blood, what about an honest handshake?
What about accepting your vision, and seeing that mission to its end,
what about it? what about it? what about it?
so may words, so many times I’ve heard them, used so cleverly to guard your point
so many words, so many times I’ve heard them
SHOW ME, SHOW ME, SHOW ME, man
so may words, so many times I’ve heard them
SHOW ME, SHOW ME, SHOW ME, my friend
When the time comes, to right the wrong,
will you apologize and move on
admit you’re wrong
When the time comes, if the time comes,
SHOW ME, just SHOW ME.
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Abandoned
You
want to know the story, the whole damned history of this mess you see?
I
will feed you everything that you could ever want to hear,
but
in exchange, don’t ever fucking lie to me.
I’ll
show you shadows source-less,
and
wounds that won’t heal,
with
a salad of self loathing should you never feel.
Slip
down this alley, I’m sorry it’s dirty and dark
Here
past this dumpster, climb down through this broken window
I
swear it’s abandoned, I swear it’s abandoned!
Stay
within the flashlight, don’t look left or right,
there
may be lots of things you’re not prepared to see.
Boxes
of words rot in corners, all that shit on the shelves,
Pieces
of life that meant something to somebody else
Just
splash with me down this cluttered corridor
I
promise I will show you more and more
Come
here down this staircase, feel your way into sub-basement rooms,
the
darkness helps focus, step over this soaking mattress
Down
there in the boiler room, lit with a 40 watt bulb
that’s
where the story is told
once
upon a time
there
was a boy afraid of things no one should be afraid of
and
he
GOT
MAD
and
decided
that
he would fight the winds that tried to push him around.
and
he
FOUGHT
HARD
but
when
there
was no one to beat, he assaulted himself.
You
want to know the story, the whole damned history of the pain you see
I’ll
feed you everything that you could ever want to eat
but
in exchange don’t ever lie to me
don’t
you ever lie to me.
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Truth Hurts
The
truth stared at her across a crowded room of two.
She
was the crack in the wall, getting longer and deeper,
How
could this be true?
Truth
is, there’s really nothing wrong, the time has come that’s all.
Yeah
the sex was excellent but I can never real love you
so
I’ve got to ramble on.
Truth
hurts
You
THINK you want to know
Truth
lurks
It
will sneak up and ambush you
The
truth can bludgeon coldly, you’re favorite one has died.
Rites
are administered before you’ve even had a chance to say good bye,
or
prove that you tried!
Truth
is, there’s really nothing wrong, her time had come that’s all.
Exhale
all of your fears and pray “they’re in a better place”
But
the Truth is that you’ll never know
Truth
hurts
You
THINK you want to know
Truth
jerks
at
the chains around you
The
truth has always stung me, but
when is far too far?
I
know the crack in my soul is getting longer and deeper
and
it’s widened in my basement bar.
Truth
is, there’s really nothing wrong, my time has come that’s all,
to
admit I’m just a lonely loser, substance abuser,
who’s
never satisfied no matter the bounty in his jar.
Truth
hurts
You
Think you want to know.
Truth
hurts
you
think you want to know.
I
don’t think so.
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Trial
It's
anything and everything
It's bigger than you think
It's all around you, inside your head
It's incredibly complex
But you can use it, you can make it something
Come swim against the current
Don't let the fear confine you
Don't let frustration make you freeze
It's
a trial, you've got to walk the extra step the extra mile
It's a trial, you've got to stand before the judge and jury
Stake your claim and face the fury,......
...of the ignorant
It's
anything that you will it to be
If you're willing to fight for it, willing to die for
A magic carpet ride or a nightmare sequence, you decide.
We could join together, take our chances
Build a wall to thwart advances on our liberties
Just give your hand to me,....
...and remember
It's
a trial, you've got to walk the extra step the extra mile
It's a trial, step forth and give your testimony
(funk)
It's
everything, it's anything
It's everything around me, anything inside of your head it's everything
It's anything I love and everything I hate, all those things I'm trying to
avoid,
I'll stake my claim, give my testimony, it's everything
Come on man,....
...you've got to stand up.
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Ghost
Lover,
Come out and play
everyone says you're afraid,
of what they don't know.
Why, why, must you hide in the shade?
the light won't dissolve you, I promise
it will make you feel warm
Girl,
please feel what I say
it's not about death on parade
life's just a carnival show
Why, why, does it need to degrade us?
This sadness will eat us for breakfast
LET
GO ----- Make peace with your ghost
LET GO ----- take the hooks from the flesh of your soul
before I swallow them all
Lover,
come out anyway
I'm also a bit afraid,
of the same things you know.
Why, why, must we camp in the shade?
The light can't dissolve us, I hope
It should make us feel warm,
if we can
LET
GO ----- Make peace with our ghosts
LET GO ----- because there's nowhere else to go
let
it go, before your hooks get snagged on my soul
before I swallow them all
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Blue (Honey,
don't go out tonight)
It's
cold out there, an edge is in the air
Honey, don't go out tonight
It's
dangerous, you could get into an accident
Honey, don't go out tonight
Stay
with me I'll play the octopus
I can do as you please
There's plenty we can do inside
And you can learn to hide, with me
Honey don't go out tonight
The
leaves are gone
The moonlight feels all wrong
Honey, don't go out tonight
It's really late, and probably can wait
Honey don't go out tonight
'Cause
I don't want to be alone
I should not have to be alone
I don't want to be alone, with me.........
Stay
with me I'll play the octopus
I can do as you please
There's plenty we can do inside
And you can learn to hide, with me, with me, with me
You
have no clue, I'm feeling really Blue...............
I beg of you I'm saturated Blue
really Blue
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Energy Wasted
dainty
naïve cherry love crushed red upon her blouse
plotting her next terror move out
no man will take advantage without tasting her revenge
even if they both get dragged down
energy wasted on scenes out of control
throwing
stones at police cars is what the young men do
striking at the keepers of this self created zoo
energy wasted on icons ill-defined
energy wasted, energy wasted, energy wasted
closing
ranks and closing doors, disciples turning screws
make you see the god that I do
and then I'll legislate what I hold true
halleluiah
()......feel the time roll away
another
smoky barstool, bloody Mary on the rocks
plotting his next fifteen minutes out
could never take advantage but can laugh and play pretend
as a typical eddy sucks, sucks, sucks him down
energy wasted drowning in ourselves
energy wasted, energy wasted, energy wasted
and gone...........
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She,
Electric
Ooooh,
I bask in the revelry,
The clinking of glasses the smoke and the laughs whirl
around me
but it's She I see
Ooooh, I watch intently, She, barefoot on Her queenly chair
on the fire escape out there
Ooooh,
I buzz with Her symphony
Her vibrating strings and those lofty wood winds dance
around me
fevered mystery
Ooooh, I dream I conduct Her, as She passes by my back
feel the hairs rise on my neck
Ooooh,
She is Electric
Ooooh, She is Electric.....
And I don't care what you have to say
you don't believe in love anyway
She electric, She flows right through me
She believes in love.
Ooooh,
like a rosary
each blink and each breath is a prayer to be sung by me
to the stars and trees
Ooooh, we worship together, as She slides over my skin
let this,.. STUFF begin!
Ooooh,
She is Electric
Ooooh, She is Electric....
And I don't care what you have to say
I'm gonna love Her anyway
She Electric, She flows right through me
She believes in love
She believes in love, she believes in love
She believes in love,
Like I do,
power
provided by She Electric
more than enough to keep my motor rolling
anything else residual electric
tickles on down my spine
illumination provided by She Electric
like a lighting bolt flashing the landscape
someone should probably call me a medic,
SHE BELIEVES IN LOVE!
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I
Look For You (Oleander)
the
most common question wrongly answered, more elusive than the cure for cancer
or maybe there's no truth all, we neither rise nor burn and fall
perhaps a three pound brain contains the whole, ----- of it all
locked
outside of the gate here, thinking I should return a little bit later
but maybe it's not manned at all, another ornate party hall
three million tons of stone without a soul
I
don't know
I've been troubled since I was five,
When no one could adequately explain why we happened to be alive
Always hidden behind these lies and disguises
I continue
To look for you, maybe the answer is you, I look for you
Not
in the places that they say, always hidden in the hearsay
In the gilded halls of justice, or my lonely kitchen room
I look for you, I look for you
To
know the nature of an atom lost in the tranquil of a midsummer's twilight
I look for you
Bubbles
at the bottom of my glass, the knowledge of a dream in which the embers last
underneath the ashes of our everyday, I pray for you, TO STEP UP (and fan the
fire)
I look for you
OLEANDER
You thought I would have know by now, didn't ya, didn't ya
I, I, sometimes I wonder why, why, I need to try so desperately
To
look for you, I look for you,
OLEANDER, poison but beautiful
The
moon reflecting on the water, In the smile of my daughter
In the bloody efforts of my hands that no one seems to understand
I look for you, TO STEP UP, and fan the fire, I look for........
I, I, I look for, I, I, I don't know what to do, I, I, I thought I knew I thought I knew, that it was I, I, was it always I, I, was it always me, always was it.......I
I look for you, Maybe some day you'll leap through
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The
Democracy Song
Breakdown,
shakedown,
Just you wait and see
Shakedown, breakdown of Democracy
Our freedoms are evaporating, listen to me!
They tie you down, they're tying us down
they just keep chip, chip, chip, chip, chipping away
at the cornerstones of real liberty
chorus
so I scream
LET THE PEOPLE GO, brother, SET THEM FREE
LET THE PEOPLE GO, you bastards, LET THEM,...... BE
Not
bad for a serious affliction
they make it so it doesn't even hurt.
With the TV we're anesthetized to waste our lives and not assert
while big business whores the earth
Breakdown,
shakedown
what's it gonna be
Shakedown, breakdown of Democracy
your money is evaporating, check and you'll see
chorus
and
every day it keeps on getting worse,
the politicians deeper in our purse
grabbing all the fruit of our bloody toil
while they push our noses into the soil
just you wait and see
One
day you'll wake up, and be surrounded by the Man
who don't need no warrant now, no, no, no
to come right in.
Watch the fourth amendment fly away, as well
Breakdown,
Shakedown sister,
What's it going to be
Shakedown, breakdown of your sexuality
your movement is evaporating, listen to me!
chorus
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The
Prison Me
I
stand naked on the ramparts looking downward
on the world of men, and men's devices
And I shout onto the boiling mob to listen
to the heart that beats within.
It seems distraction has become our lone bedfellow
as we waste our time on material pursuits,...
but the words fall short and bounce around to echo
alone inside my skull
Only the wind blows free, around the Prison Me
So I
track across the paths of human history
to define who we are and what is our reason
we seem to strive to try and reach a fulcrum
that will deliver us to some final purpose
but distractions have become our loved bedfellows
as we blindly grope to climb
Only the wind blows free, around the Prison Me
I
stand naked on the ramparts looking downward
at the mess we've made of man
but the words fall short and bounce around, my efforts
are tossed into the can again
Only the wind blows free, around the Prison Me
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The
Fragrant Vagrant
it
was a gorgeous day in February,
when she broke our oath and ran away
she had the nerve to take my children from me man,
she had the strength to leave me here.
that was thirty years ago,.... thirty years ago
you
know I probably seemed a lot like you back then
let me tell you there's a lot of things I would not do again,
I wouldn't drink, control the fight, I'd learn to swallow my pride
I wouldn't leave her alone
I know now how it hurts
you
probably don't want to know I felt like you back then
I thought I could survive with just me to depend on
I was right.......lord have mercy I was right
I
tossed and turned but couldn't trick myself to sleep
my mind kept playing footage of that vagrant lying on some street
the empty casing of a man that life had eaten
never
saw his vessel sinking
until his tongue tasted the sea
oh, is there a bit of that vagrancy in me
I can't see
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