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1. |
48 Ford
04:27
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SITTIN' IN THE DARK
DRESSED LIKE EISENHOWER
NIXON'S ON THE PARTY LINE
WELL-I LIKE IKE
BUT NOT TRICKY DICK
I FLEW WITH ROCKY JONES
ON HIS SPACE SHIP
FLYIN' THROUGH THE SKY
I WAS ROCKET MAN
LONG BEFORE
ELTON JOHN WENT GLAM
WITH MY SIDE KICK WINKY
AND LOVELY VERNA RAY
1954 IN THE SEVENTH GRADE
*C*~ 48 FORD
CHERRY RED
PICK UP TRUCK
48 FORD
CHERRY RED
PICK UP TRUCK
LET'S DRIVE IT AWAY
DRIVE IT AWAY DAN
b~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
JERRY LEE
WAS BEATIN' THE KEYS
ELVIS WAS
SHAKIN' HIS KNEES
WE ALL HAD
WHITE BUCK SHOES
AND TIGHT BLUE JEANS
THAT HOLY ROLLIN' ROCK DISEASE
NOW WE'RE ALL OLD
AND NOT SO HOT
WITH MONTHLY CHECKS
IN THE MAIL BOX SLOT
BUT THERE'S ONE THING THAT
I'VE STILL GOT
IS THAT CHERRY RED
48 FORD
*C*~ 48 FORD
CHERRY RED
PICK UP TRUCK
48 FORD
CHERRY RED
PICK UP TRUCK
LET'S DRIVE IT AWAY
DRIVE THAT SUCKER AWAY DAN!
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Chippewa Farm
05:34
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THE CHICKENS WERE SQUAWKING
AND THE WILD HAWKS WERE HAWKING
OVER THE GATEHOUSE FARM
THE CHIPPEWA WERE DANCING
OUTSIDE OF THE FENCING
THAT USE TO BE THEIR SACRED LAND
BUT THE AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN
TOOK OVER THIER RANGE
AND THE FRUITED PLAINS
ONE BEAUTIFUL MORNING
A FAT PIG WAS SNORTING
HE ONCE WAS A BLUE RIBBON WINNER
BUT BY NOON HE HAD GONE
TO THAT GREAT SWINE GOD
YES HE WAS A DELICIOUS DINNER
THEN THE FARM BOYS WENT SPEEDING
THIER CARS THROUGH THE GOLDEN WHEAT
OUT WHERE THE DEER
AND THE WILD CATS PLAY
THE CHIPPEWA RIVER FLOWS TO THIS DAY
B~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE FARM OWNERS SAID
WE CAN NOT MAKE A LIVING
WHEN UNCLE SAM PAYS SO LITTLE NOT TO GROW
DAMN THAT COLD RIVER
MAKE A LAKE CALLED ISABELLA
WHERE THE BIG BOYS FROM DETROIT
CAN GO
AND BUILD MILLION DOLLAR HOMES
ON THE SHOAR FOR THEIR VACATIONS
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY DID
MADE THEIR GRAND CHILDREN RICH
RIGHT THERE WHERE THE CHIPPEWA FREELY ROAMED
AND THAT FENCE STILL REMAINS
BETWEEN THE HOMES AND THE BRAVES
ON THE RESERVATION
OUT THERE WHERE THE DEER
AND THE WILD CATS PLAY
THE RIVER FLOWS SLOW
TO THIS DAY
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Larry and I
04:43
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LARRY AND I
PLAYED THE TWO FOOLS
AS THE CHERIONS
WE RULED THE COOL SCHOOL
WE WERE ROCKIN'
DID THE TWIST AND POUNCE
WHEN IT CAME TO DANCIN'
WE GAVE IT EVERY OUNCE
I CALLED HIM OTIS
HE CALLED ME CLYDE
HE DROVE A RED RIM DODGE
I DROVE A POWER GLIDE - 216
WE WERE ROCKIN'
DOIN' THE SHAM AND POUNCE
WHEN IT CAME TO DANCIN'
WE GAVE IT EVERY OUNCE
*C*~ OUT AT YELLOW STONE
WE WERE THE KINGS
MAKIN' OUT IN THE WINTER
AND IN THE SPRING
LISTENING YO THE CONTOURS
"COME ON COME ON COME ON
DO YOU LOVE ME
NOW THAT I CAN DANCE"
Let's go to lamar park
Heat Wave baby
WELL IT DIDN'T LAST TOO LONG
THAT SUMMER OF '63'
BUT WE HAD FUN FUN FUN
DOWN ON SOUTH STREET
IN OUR BEACH BOY SHIRTS
AND BEATLE BOOTS
OH BA DO- BA DO-BA DO
WE DIDN'T GIVE A HOOT
THEN I WENT TO VIETNAM
LARRY WENT TO BOOT CAMP
WE WERE SOLDIER BOYS
FOR UNCLE SAM
"WE DON'T STAND A CHANCE"
WAS OUR FAVORITE LINE
AND THOSE FOND MEMORIES
NEVER FADE WITH TIME
*C*~ OUT AT YELLOWSTONE
WE WERE KINGS
MAKIN' OUT IN THE WINTER
AND IN THE SPRING
LISTENING TO THE CONTOURS
"COME ON COME ON COME ON
DO YOU LOVE ME
NOW THAT I CAN DANCE"
LARRY AND I
TONI AND BIRD LEGS
DO YOU LOVE ME
NOW THAT I CAN DANCE
WATCH ME NOW!
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4. |
Yellow
04:33
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YELLOW
WAS THE COLOR OF HER HAIR
WHEN THE BEATLES SHARED
A YELLOW SUBMARINE
RED
WAS THE DRESS THAT SHE WORE
AS SHE TWILLED
ON THE DANCE FLOOR
WITH A GREEN TAMBOURINE
*C*~ SHE WAS IN HER TWENTIES
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SIXTIES
WITH A GOLDEN BAND
BRONZED
BY THE SWEET SUMMER SUNSHINE
SHE WAS TOO YOUNG AND TOO KIND
WHEN SHE GAVE HER FOOLISH HEART
BLUE
WAS THE SKY UP ABOVE
SHE HAD FALLEN IN LOVE
WITH A BEAUTIFUL DREAM
*C*~ SHE WAS IN HER THIRTIES
IT WAS THE SEVENTIES
AND THE THRILL WAS GONE
b- Life is short-it goes so fast
ORANGE
WERE THE LEAVES THAT CAME FLOATING DOWN
LIKE SHIPS COMING TO THIER GROUND
THAT WILL SAIL NO MORE
WHITE
WAS THE COLOR OF HER DRESS
WHEN SHE RODE TO HER FINAL REST
IN A PINK CADILLAC
*C*~ SHE WAS IN HER SEVENTIES
TWO THOUSAND AN TWELVE
THE CROWD WORE
YELLOW
b~Life is short-it goes so fast
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5. |
Dream Catcher
04:01
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SPIDER WEBS OF FINEST YARN
HUNG ON THE WALL
WITH FEATHERED CHARMS
KEPT THE BABIES
SAFE FROM HARM
THE DREAM CATCHER
NIGHTMARES PASSED
RIGHT THROUGH THE HOLES
AND OUT THE WINDOW
TO BE TRANSPOSED
IN TO A LOVE SONG
THEY BOTH COMPOSED
THE DREAM CATCHER
*C*~ HE WOULD PLAY
AND SHE WOULD SING
THERE WAS NO NEED
OF WEDDING RINGS
THEIR LOVE WAS SNARED
BETWEEN THE STRINGS
OF THE DREAM CATCHER
THE WEB OF LIFE
IT CIRCLES ROUND
FROM OJIBWA MORNINGS
TO LAKOTA DAWNS
A CASCADE OF THEMES
THEY WILL GO ON
IN THE DREAM CATCHER
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Potawatame
06:31
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GINGER ROGERS ~ FRED ASTAIRE
WE'RE CUTTIN' UP THE RUG
GENE KELLY'S IN THE PUDDLES
KICKIN' UP THE MUD
PORKY PIG AND PETUNIA
SWUNG WITH ELMER FUDD
AND THEY ALL WOULD
DANCE DANCE DANCE
DONALD DUCK WOULD DUCK WALK
AND DO THE HOOCHY COO
FROGGY BOTTOM BUNNY HOPPED
BUCKY BEAVER PLAYED KAZOO
THE SQUIRRELS ALL WERE GOIN NUTS
LIKE THOSE PEACOCKS AT THE ZOO
AND THEY ALL WOULD
DANCE DANCE DANCE
*C*~ POTA WATA POTA WATA
POTA WATA ME
POTA WATA POTA WATA
POTA WATA ME
COME ON LET'S
DANCE DANCE DANCE
*B*~ "DREAM WHEN THE DAY IS THROUGH
DREAM AND THEY MIGHT COME TRUE
THINGS NEVER ARE AS BAD
AS THEY SEEM
SO DREAM DREAM DREAM"
copyright Johnny Mercer-1944
AND DANCE
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PUKAWISS WOULD SPIN LIKE AN
EAGLE IN THE WIND
BOUNCING LIKE A BABY DEER
THE ANIMALS HIS KIN
THAT MANITOU INDIAN
CREATED THE HOOP DANCE
AND HE WOULD
DANCE DANCE DANCE DANCE
*C*
*B*
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7. |
Little Butte Creek
04:31
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HIMALAYAN BLACKBERRIES
ARE A THORNY PROBLEM
FOR THE SALMON
AND OTHER NATIVE FISH
BROUGHT FORM EUROPE
IN THE LATE EIGHTEEN HUNDREDS
THAT NOXIOUS WEED
HAS BEEN HERE EVER SINCE
DISPLACING VEGETATION
FAILING TO PROVIDE
THE SHADE AND SHELTER
THE SALMON NEED
THE BUSHES SHALLOW ROOTS
DON'T HOLD THE SOIL
REDUCING
THE WATER QUALITY
*C*~ LITTLE BUTTE CREEK
THE SALMON ARE SPAWNING
THE HUCKLEBERRIES
ARE WAVING HELLO
THE CRICKETS
ARE SINGING
GOODBYE BLACKBERRIES
FROM THE BANKS OF
LITTLE BUTTE CREEK
b*****************************
*C*
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8. |
Short Part of Forever
03:32
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SOME PEOPLE WAIT
UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE
TO SHOW THEIR SWEET LOVE
AND AFFECTION
THEY MUST TWIST AND TURN
TRY NOT TO GET BURNED
GO OFF IN A SKEWED DIRECTION
YOU WILL RECEIVE
ALL KINDS OF BAD ADVICE
FOR A FUTURE CHANGE OF HEART
BUT IT'S NOW OR NEVER
FOR YOUR LIVING PLEASURE
IN THIS SHORT PART OF FOREVER
YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE BIG
BUT THE GAME WAS ALL RIGGED
YOU'RE BEYOND THE REALM OF PROTECTION
YOU WILL FIGHT IT I KNOW
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU ROLL
BUT WE'RE ALL ON THE ROAD
TO INFECTION
YOU WILL RECEIVE
ALL KINDS OF GOOD ADVICE
TO TRY AND CHANGE
YOUR SHRINKING LIFE
WE'RE ON A SINKING BOAT
JUST TRYING TO STAY AFLOAT
ON THIS SHORT SIDE OF FOREVER
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9. |
Climate Change
03:36
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STOP PRETENDING
THAT YOUR HEART IS MADE OF GOLD
AND THAT YOUR MEMORIES
ARE LINED WITH SILVER
YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING
THAT DON'T EXIST
ALONG LIFES LONG
WINDING RIVER
YOU SAY YOU WANT TO LIVE
YOU WANT TO GIVE
BEFORE YOU GET TO OLD
TO FALL IN LOVE WITH
SOME ONE WHO THINKS YOU'RE COOL
IN AN OCEAN FILLED WITH FOOLS
YOU THINK CLIMATE CHANGE
IS SURELY ON IT'S WAY
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10. |
Duck and Beaver Show
04:29
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THE TRUMPETER SWANS
BEGAN WITH A BLAST
AS THE CACKLING GEESE
FLEW OVER IN MASS
TO START THE SHOW
THE DUCK AND BEAVER SHOW
JUST OFF THE DESCHUTES
BACK IN THE WOODS
THE ANIMALS WERE DANCIN'
LIKE BOLLYWOOD
AS THE MUSIC GROWS
AT THE DUCK AND BEAVER SHOW
*C*~ THE TURTLES GURGLED 'ELENOR'
AND 'HAPPY TOGETHER'
THE MOSQUITOS WE'RE BUZZED
BY THE FLAPPIN' FEATHERS
OF THE OWLS WHO WE'RE SHAKIN'
THEIR BOOTY BOOTY BOOS
SINGIN' "HOOTY HOOTY HOO"
THEY WE'RE SINGIN'
"HOOTY HOOTY HOO" - LET'S GO!
WHEN FROGGY PLUNKED HIS MAGIC
TWANGER AND SASSED
MILLIE THE MALLARD QUACKED UP
AND LAUGHED
"IT'S SOLID GOLD"
AT THE DUCK AND BEAVER SHOW
BENNY THE BEAVER
WAS SLAPPIN' HIS TAIL
GIVIN' THE HICCUPS
TO WILLIE THE SNAIL
HE DANCED A SLOW STROLL
AT THE DUCK AND BEAVER SHOW
BACK IN THE PAST
WITH THE CAYUSE THICK AS HOPS
AND THE NEZ PERCE TRIBE
WE'RE DIGGIN' THEIR CROPS
THEY SAW THAT SHOW
THAT DUCK AND BEAVER SHOW
*C*~CHORUS
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11. |
Serrena Cannon
04:31
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12. |
Golden Alexander
04:12
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GOLDEN ALEXANDER
PREFERS IT WET
MOIST BLACK SOIL
MESIC WOODLANDS
SAVANNAHS AND THICKETS
LIMESTONE GLADES AND BLUFFS
POWER LINE CLEARINGS
ABANDONED FIELDS
5-SEPALS
5-PETALS
5-STAMEN
THOSE LITTLE YELLOW FLOWERS
LOOK LIKE TINY GOLDEN EGGS
LET'S GO! ~ LET'S GROW!
I'M LOOKIN' FOR A PUNCH LINE
IN THIS FIELD OF STUPID
DIG UP GEORGE CARLIN
WE NEED HIM NOW
THERE'S PLENTY OF FERTILIZER
AND GMO CORN
BUT NOT ENOUGH CLEVER GROWIN'
IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE I WAS BORN
5-SEPSL
5-PETALS
5-STAMEN
THOSE LITTLE YELLOW FLOWERS
LOOK LIKE TINY GOLDEN EGGS
LET'S GROW! ~ LET'S GO!
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13. |
Roy's Crazy Quilt
05:42
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DUCK AND BEAVER IMAGES
WERE SPINNING ON THE TABLE
WITH MARLON BRANDO'S FACE BETWEEN
THE THIGHS OF BETTY GRABLE
VERLANDER'S ON THE MOUND AGAIN
SPITTING BALLS OF FIRE
SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE
TOOK A STAND
THEY COULDN'T GET MUCH HIGHER
AND ROY ORBISON
HAD A DREAM
OF A CANDY COLORED CLOWN
A YELLOW HAND
HELD A WEDDING BANDS
IN A FIST OF FINE BLACK FEATHERS
THE URB QUEENS DANCED
TO THE CHEYENNE DRUMS
AROUND THE ASH CREEK FIRE
CHICKENS RAN
AND THE GEESE THEY FLEW
RIGHT THROUGH KUSTURICA'S WINDOW
WHILE THE GYPSY WITH THE
GOLD CAPPED TOOTH
PLAYED A CHINESE BANJO
AND ROY ORBISON
SANG THIS SONG
"HOW LONG MUST I DREAM"
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NOW THE KIDS IN SCHOOL
THEY LEARN OF FOOLS
LIKE BUSH AND RICHARD NIXON
HOW HISTORY'S A TWISTED TREE
OF POPPYCOCKIN' FICTION
A USED CAR IN A PARKING LOT
SOLD BY THE 'COMB OVER MAN'
AS GMO AND DIRTY COAL
DOT THIS CORPORATE LAND
AND ROY ORBISON
WAS CRYING
"ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM"
I'VE BEEN CARBON DATING
LOOKING FOR A PRETTY WOMAN
ON BLUE BAYOU IN MY BLUE SUDE SHOES
I'M SURE MY BLUE ANGEL IS WATING
OH SHE WAS BORN TO LOVE ME
HEY LOLLY LOLLY POLLY VON
LIKE A WOODY GUTHRIE SONG
IN THE CALIFORNIA SUN
I'M AN EVERGREEN GREAT PRETENDER
A ROY ORBISON
BEAUTIFUL DREAMER
SO DREAM
BABY
DREAM
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Bazza Portland, Oregon
BAZZA HAS WRITEN AND RECORED OVER 7 THOUSAND SONGS 1963-2017
AVERAGING 10 ALBUMS A YER SINCE 1989
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