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Big City Dreams
02:55
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You be miney and I’ll be Moe
just tell me when it’s time to go
keep on dreaming big city dreams
you be Nora and I’ll be Nick
we can travel in our own clique
keep on dreaming big city dreams
Are you going to hold my hand?
are you going to understand?
are you going to make things go as planned?
You lean Louie and we’ll be jake
any less is a big mistake
keep on dreaming big city dreams
I’ll bring goodies and we’ll be good
livin’ life in the way we should
keep on dreaming big city dreams
Are we going to be a pair?
are you going to curl my hair?
are you going to take me everywhere?
You be Jackie and I’ll be John
making hay on a foreign lawn
keep on dreaming big city dreams
I’ll be Andy and you’ll be Anne
sure, it’s ragged, but that’s the plan
keep on dreaming big city dreams
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2. |
Building Up Steam
03:29
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just give me two arms to hold me
baby, don’t you scold me
not tonight
just show me some understanding
don’t be too demanding
not tonight
whoa ho ho
now the steam heat is building up
and the pressure’s growing every day
whoa ho ho
now the steam heat is building up
and there’s nothing you can do or say
just give me a warm reception
warm with no exception
warm in love
just show your appreciation
your consideration
and your love
I was so denied so long
I jumped at every chance
will you, won’t you
will you join the dance
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3. |
A Thousand Roads
04:25
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A thousand roads, a million miles
a billion flowers turning into smiles
the sun comes up, the sun goes down
the sun is shining on this one horse town
The hidden world, the secret life
the peerless pageantry, the drum and fife
a burning bush, a burning cross
a burning vision of unending loss
And it’s all here, everything that you hold dear
it’s all here, polished up and crystal clear
it’s all here, it’s all here
Another day, another dime
another arbitrary slice of time
a time to work, a time to play
a time to dream the lonely night away
Without a word, without a doubt
we only want to turn the inside out
it’s where we’re from, it’s where we’ve been
we only want to turn the outside in
And it’s all here, everything that you hold dear
it’s all here, polished up and crystal clear
it’s all here, it’s all here
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4. |
I Just Stare in Wonder
03:43
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My head is full of thunder
my thoughts are blowin’ round
I feel I’m going under
but you just can’t keep a good man down
I’m riding on a rocket
that’s taking me to Mars
I’ll put you in my pocket
and we’ll go dancing among the stars
And I just stare in wonder
as brand new worlds unfold
and I just stare in wonder
as green turns into gold
I’m bangin’ my piano
though it’s so out of tune
my baby loves the banjo
it sends her over the paper moon
And still I get the visions
from something so mundane
a thousand indecisions
that keep on rattling through my brain
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5. |
Randall Random
03:05
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Randall Random, here he comes, Fuhrer of the pharma bums
he’s two left feet and all thumbs
gonna use his silver spoon to build a cage around the moon
just to prove he’s a buffoon
Maybe he’s a psychopath
who won’t give out his autograph
maybe he just walks the path less taken
Randall Random, there he goes, savior of the sloppy Joes
comes out smelling like a rose
just say yes to his big nope, he’ll be glad to sell you rope
if you find it hard to cope
Maybe he’s a polymath
who didn’t pass the polygraph
maybe his life just goes unexamined
He’s a crass catastrophe, he’s a faux pas factory
he’ll go down in history as a walking World War III
Randall Random, here he is, nexus of all crisises
unmoved by your grievances
drink the Kool-Aid, kiss the boots, kissin’ cousins in cahoots
it’s all going down the chutes
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6. |
Cut
04:16
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She’s fire and ice, she’s paradise
she is a prison
best and the worst, last and the first
each time a vision
Yeah, you better run, boy
she caught me off guard and I took it hard
and I took a leap
I outlived my use so she cut me loose
and she cut me deep
When she was young she was among
such broken people
they taught her to be damaged too
tired and feeble
Take all you can grab, run up the tab
see everything you can see
grab all you can take, and if it breaks
it just wasn’t meant to be
She had to smile for quite a while
now she’s too proud to
drowned in her downs, she always frowns
‘cos she’s allowed to
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7. |
What Could I Do?
02:33
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what could I do but get high
no longer trying to try
let the anointed feel so disappointed
what could I do but get high
what could I do but get lost
nervously counting the cost
no longer willin’ to fall for a villain
what could I do but get lost
I’m playing hooky but I ain’t no rookie
I know how to cover my tracks
I will surrender myself to a bender
and maybe learn how to relax
what could I do but get out
running away from the doubt
life is too fleeting to take such a beating
what could I do but get out
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no one’s gonna bring me down, no
push my buttons with a frown, no
no one’s gonna shake me
no one’s gonna break me
no one’s gonna hold me back, no
knock my engine off the track, no
no one’s gonna judge me
no one’s gonna budge me now
you could burn your fingers carrying a torch
you could get your feelings scorched
you could hold on tighter when you should let go
but sometimes you just don’t know
no one’s gonna lock me in, no
when they don’t know where I’ve been, no
no one will suspect me
no one will reject me now
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9. |
That Distant Beach
03:49
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make the time to be out of time
take your place in deep space
don’t fuss over us
oh, you’re a lonely soul
selling all your stole from your father
hey, were you cursed from birth
was it really worth all the bother, bother
when I’m out of reach on that distant beach
make the choice to raise up your voice
take your truth to the booth
don’t quit over it
I got wiser and stopped growing older
I got sunshine sleeping on my shoulder
the universe is in my lap
but I just stuff it in my cap
and slink away to take a little nap
I got weirder and I grew more hairy
and I learned that life’s too temporary
to be all things to one and all
to show up for the cattle call
and let them shrink me down to one inch tall
make your mind up to know your mind
take your fun on the run
don’t kill for a thrill
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I didn’t think to save your address
I didn’t even catch your name
I didn’t foresee revelations
the day your air mail parcel came, oh yeah
the day your air mail parcel came
a hundred unfamiliar voices
delightful in my atmosphere
a thousand reasons to keep living
curated by a careful ear, oh yeah
curated by a careful ear
thank you, brother
you brought back the mystery
thank you, brother
for your sense of history
thank you, brother
honestly, belatedly
yes, it really means that much to me
you fueled a flame that had been flickering
and that’s why I say it’s a shame
I didn’t think to save your address
I didn’t even catch your name, oh yeah
I didn’t even catch your name
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11. |
Blood & Glitter
03:40
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another costume crisis
one more awkward change
you think the best advice is strange
they’ll cut you into slices
when they get in range
who is this phantom your pursue
down every dark and lonely avenue
you swear this time you’re really through
but blood & glitter always stick to you
another pounding heart
another restless mind
the good times are so hard to find
this time you’ll fall apart
this time will strike you blind
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12. |
Complicit #2
03:12
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We are all complicit, anyone can see
we are all complicit but we say “not me”
we are all complicit, everyone discuss
we are all complicit but we say “not us”
Good to see you, where you been?
All the tops refuse to spin
and there’s something funny in the air
supernova superstars
ride around in big black cars
and no matter where they are, you’re there
All the robots speak all caps
in their Turing tourist traps
where the trumpeter plays “Taps” downstairs
big palookas on the ropes
isolate their isotopes
while the people send their hopes and prayers
Put the children in a box,
counterclockwise all the clocks
and the western world still rocks and rolls
gonna make some men their slaves,
gonna send some to their graves
no religion’s gonna save their souls, NO!
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13. |
Sky Ranch
03:55
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what is a man consumed with worry
what is a man engulfed in flame
what is a man who’s in a hurry
what is a man who takes the blame
and how's he gonna get back home?
what is a man who has his freedom
what is a man who feels unfree
what is a man drove by a demon
what is a man who waits to be
and how’s he gonna get back home?
one day his destiny will meet him
one day a great big cheer will greet him
one day somebody’s gonna treat him good
what is a man whose heart is hollow
what is a man who’s gone astray
what is a man no one will follow
over the hills and far away
and how's he gonna get back home?
what is a man without a mission
what is a man nobody needs
what is a man eyed with suspicion
what is a man who slowly bleeds
and how’s he gonna get back home?
one day his destiny will meet him
one day a great big cheer will greet him
one day somebody’s gonna treat him good
and then he’ll know the way back home
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Rubberstamp Records is a DIY indie record label based in the Saint Louis, MO area and helmed by local music scene veteran Brian Andrew Marek.
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