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Sweet For A Day
04:44
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Morning silence it glistens white
Slowly wake and listen right
When the winds of all my mischief blow
A good time coming feels so long ago
And I'm so damn sorry that it ends this way
But my kind's only sweet for a day
Most thankful for the courtesy that you have shown
But this heart, it beats alone
Try so hard to do the right
Make my song a silver light
Oh, too many miles left behind
Ain't no friend like that stronger wine
And I'm so damn sorry that it ends this way
But my kind's only sweet for a day
Most thankful for the courtesy that you have shown
But this heart, it beats alone
See it shining plain as the sea
We've explored all there is with you and me
Go and find something where the heart resides
Only God knows when this dude abides
And I'm so damn sorry that it ends this way
But my kind's only sweet for a day
Most thankful for the courtesy that you have shown
But this heart, it beats alone
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2. |
I Got Mine
04:58
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You said ain't your first rodeo, You blather on self-satisfied
Those cents you may never owe, You get along say "I got mine"
Just build a wall, forget them all
You shake and slide say "bye and bye"
You sprang from Jerry Springer's Show, You mad as hell, how 'bout a fight?
Like dogs sniff a buried bone, Turn back the clock, take it in stride
Right as the road, as bombs explode
You burn through time, say "I got mine"
A kind that you'll never know, long as you're white, you qualify
A place that you'd never go, One last resort you won't describe
You whine and stomp, yell "drain the swamp"
Defend your rights, say "I got mine"
So drawn to the overthrow, Just drift away turn out the light
You find that you're free to go, Sure as you're born, you'll be alright
November Nine, my country died
Here we go again, say "I got mine"
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Mean & Low
06:18
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I'm a sharpened sword, I'm a power chord
Pack up my best mistakes
Rushed from the sky, Kick in the night
Then taste reality, (All of us should know the way) For you and me, (All of us should know the way) For you and me
I'm a lonely dog, In a worn-out fog
But my day has just begun
Look without your eyes, Scan the alibis
Stuck there in memory, (All of us should know the way) For you and me, (All of us should know the way) For you and me
Reason or rhyme, Nothing more to know
No peace of mind. So mean, so low
What's a fool to do? When what's true is true
Mere sounds of liberty
Perched in the sun, And what's done is done
Still it gets so hard to see, (All of us should know the way) For you and me, (All of us should know the way) For you and me
Reason or rhyme, Nothing more to know
No peace of mind. So mean, so low
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4. |
Mid-Air
05:09
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If I could paint you a picture of what's left behind
It'd make you see stars, make you lose your mind
Is there nothing I can do that'll somehow show
What happens when a conscience hits an overload?
So let's go, will we return what we owe?
Can only pretend that it's so, Can't wipe away what we know
Hear the drumbeats thumpin' down the dead highway
Ain't nothin' 'cept the struggle of a brand new day
We're picking up speed to replay the past
'Tween the windows of a dream that wakes too fast
So let's go, will we return what we owe?
Can only pretend that it's so
Can't wipe away what we know
All the pages that we read and the words between
Boy, they sure looked pretty in a magazine
If the meaning is lost, people let you down
To our health we drink, all our troubles drown
Set it in motion or sit and stare, can't understand why we're stuck mid-air
Go tell your story to someone else...Me, I'll just sit here alone
It's just a moment in time that's a-fleetin' by
Can't possibly be fathomed by the naked eye
This sister sees the future on another plane... Gonna pass you by like a hurricane
So let's go, will we return what we owe?
Can only pretend that it's so, Can't wipe away what we know
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5. |
June Bug
04:04
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Blue Dream
05:04
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Tiny seed, becomes a weed
Find I need to get me through
Pretty flower with magic power
Sweetly sour, point of view
Leaves of green explode
Barriers erode
Vision is exposed
Blue Dream
Northern Lights, OG Kush, Purple Haze, mind carefree
Chronic taste laid to waste, aftertaste that changes me
Easy to unwind, altered state of mind
Senses are aligned, Blue Dream
Mary Jane, Morning Meds, Devil’s Lettuce, Feed my head
Bubble gum, Cherry Skunk, Purple Haze, Oaxacan Red
Darling Buds of May, Changes they convey
Sweeten up the day, Blue Dream
Indica behind
Sativa Intertwined
Marriage of the kind
Affecting mood and mind
Sideways, Dog Days, Cliché’s,Purple Haze
Campsites, Satellites, Astral flights, Northern Lights
Natty Dread, Eye’s Red, Glazed Head, Lamb’s Bread
Bloodstream, Day Dream, Sunbeams, Blue Dream
Blue Dream, Blue Dream, Blue Dream
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7. |
Same Story
05:13
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He was a sad deceiver called the Chunky Ton
All pigeonholed at just twenty one
By a long-flowing river like the Rio Grande
Motivation of a slack-jawed man
He ran w/ Jams NoShirt hustling hash on the beach
Ace up his sleeve he soon would unleash
It was the same story undone
Always the same story undone
He took Mayor McCheese and a Hollywood smile
Clipboard Short Pants a whole lotta style
Y'know the tick and flea collar made him look so bad
Revolution all done up in plaid
They sang a backyard boogie with some Lagniappe
Whistle and clap, snare drum with a trap
Took a shine for the side off in Slickville PA
One piggyback ride he had to repay
But the laws of possession just a passed him by
Witness and mole could not testify
Would he do it again for a kilo of grass?
Hook, line and sinker, bet your sweet ass!
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Smokestack Row
04:06
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Underneath the shadows of the smokestack row
Can't see the stars or the clouds below
They callin' it the Richmond refinery
I'm callin' it a mess of the worst degree
Grew up half a mile right from this place
When Moms up and left without a trace
Sister had the asthma, Papa had the cough
Mama had a pain that she couldn't turn off
Gonna shine, really shine,
Ole Richmond got punished but committed no crime
Gonna shine, let it shine
Gonna shine like a steel guitar sometime
Coulda been a sergeant, coulda been the law
Ended up running thru a big buzzsaw
As we sit and stare at the punch bowl brink
Wishin' we could all take a moment and think
Gonna shine, really shine,
Ole Richmond got punished but committed no crime
Gonna shine, let it shine
Gonna shine like a steel guitar sometime
Makes no sense to be layin' roots here
If what they're brewin' kills the atmosphere
They're tearing through my hood like the Amazon
All that we can do is say "Fuck Chevron"
Gonna shine, really shine Ole Richmond got punished but committed no crime Gonna shine, let it shine, Gonna shine like a steel guitar sometime
Underneath the shadow of the smokestack row
Smack dab in the middle of the smokestack row
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9. |
New Year Shuffle
05:23
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10. |
Home Again
04:25
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Maybe strange to some
But it's plain to me
Know it won't be long
Till we're safe asleep
When at last we’re home again,
Oh, at last we’re home again
Staring down the storm
Slip in from the rain
Somewhere safe and warm
Now we’re unafraid
When at last we’re home again
Oh, at last we’re home again
Shining in my mind
Then we're all washed clean
Let's receive the night
While it's flowing free
When at last we’re home again
Oh, at last we’re home again
Better cover up it won't be long
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Alex Wise San Francisco, California
Fog Swamp is a Bay Area-based assemblage of first-call musicians that performs original swamp rock.
Steeped in genres
ranging from rock, New Orleans funk and blues to bluegrass and jazz, Fog Swamp has headlined venues such as the Sweetwater Music Hall, The Chapel and The Boom Boom Room. The band’s members have shared stages with The Meters, Joan Baez, Wilco, Phil Lesh, and others.
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