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Slinkin'
05:13
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Down and out, the whole day through, And we bid the light adieu
All beat up, left downtown, As the same sunlight slip down
Layin' back, real real gone, run the same old way 'till dawn
Wanna fade, into black, Chug-a-lug the whole town back
'Nuff canned heat, to drive you blind, Got ole Elmer T on the mind
Cold, cold feet, warm spare tire, Celebrate my heart's desire
Slinkin' back, to the night, Wanna find a dark delight
Wind on up, high and dry, Gonna kiss the gloom goodbye
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The Chorus
05:38
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Moonlight, on such a lovely day
Sailin' along and humming away
Sunrise off such a bitter night
Something so fine when all is black + white
What's the allure not safe but secure
No one abides just trip through the lines
Trailing till daylight comes around
Sleep thru the night on cold forgotten ground
Fading, all sentiment to bear
A haven whose promises are there
What's the allure not safe but secure
No one abides just trip through the lines
The chorus surrounds us, The chorus all around us
The chorus surrounds us, The chorus all around us
Blinded, but who can really see
Why we disown or merely disagree?
Twistin' the string that can deny
Dream of a day that others may untie
What's the allure not safe but secure
No one abides just trip through the lines
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Ever After
04:26
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No time waits for you, go sit and wonder why
Faraway cross the Bay, the sweetest by and by
You are my eyes unbroken sight
You are my ever after
You are this wondrous world's delight
You are my ever after
Overhaul mend it all, bad mama always knows
A seminal original, wrapped in autumn clothes
You are my eyes unbroken sight
You are my ever after
You are this wondrous world's delight
You are my ever after
You radical animal a spirit oh so kind
A chemical miracle echoes in my mind
You are my eyes unbroken sight
You are my ever after
You are this wondrous world's delight
You are my ever after
No time waits for you....
No time waits for you....
No time waits for you....
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4. |
Split The Sky
06:26
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What we forsake what we replace, A life in the present a life in grace
While we remain collecting dust, With hot buttered luck and seared distrust
We hide and get the loneliest view, a kid'll never come around and split the sky in two
Behind every timeliest clue, a riddle that we'll never solve won't split the sky in two
Goodbye, get along - - Goodbye, get along
What we reflect then never face, A time spent in slumber we can't erase
What we condemn through bent belief, The coin of life a wasted thief
What we lay bare then don't expose, Disguise our failure in poem or prose
What we won't see or not forecast, And then life goes on this too will pass
We hide and get the loneliest view, a kid'll never come around and split the sky in two
Behind every timeliest clue, a riddle that we'll never solve won't split the sky in two
Goodbye, get along - - Goodbye, get along
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5. |
Cliché Blues
05:36
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As I set a course bound for somewhere, heading out just the same
Met a belle said Greta was her name
Well she chewed me up here to Sunday, spit me out left for dead
Run aground with devils in my head
But then she sang haughtily like the Lord Almighty:
"While the cat is away all the mice gonna play
But regrettably that's too cliché"
When I made a beeline for Plano, carrying half my clothes
Another bird had fluttered 'neath my nose
Well we bid adieu on the platform, a peck and then jump a train
Die was cast coulda been preordained
But then she sang haughtily like the Lord Almighty:
"Where there's a will there's a way, every dog has its day
Now don't you see, that's too cliché"
And I got a job doing something, couldn't right tell you what
Saw a maiden with an easy strut
Now it didn't take much to tempt me, some of you mighta guessed
Never been too slow to get undressed
But then she sang haughtily like the Lord Almighty:
"You're just a roll in the hay, nothing else left to say
When will you learn that's too cliché?"
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Rinse And Repeat
04:55
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You jump in the middle of a lion's den,
Rinse and repeat it won't wash out
The wheel's always turning for the journeyman,
Skip to the beat of the same drum
You preen through the jungle like a matador,
That same old tale you can't untell
The same explanation that we've heard before,
Leap to your feat profess it all
Just tap to the rhythm of the same refrain, You're only leaving 'fore you go insane
You trip through the simpleness of silence, Now cue the cymbals and the violins
You stroll past the embers of an old sedan,
No new debris to slow you down
All grand destinations of the common man,
A filigree that's next-to-none
You shrink from the violets you represent,
Take to the street and stir it up
More rules to consider and to circumvent,
Your slow retreat into the sun
You wait in the window with that blank old stare,
You better believe it that it's cruel out there
You don't stop to eat until your story's told,
You just keep swimming in your own fish bowl
You snort in derision at the simpletons, A parody beyond us all
New bones of contention that prolong the din, Could they all be Neanderthals
The quiet complications of the mortal soul, The third degree of your Qi Gong
Exact same position that you were before, Rinse and repeat it won't wash out
You drift from the cupboard to go through the mail,
But you don't read you'd rather just inhale
You long to imagine that it's grand outside, And tell everybody that you're satisfied
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Elemental Structures
04:47
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Someday you'll find lullabies, will revive
Someday you'll find a symphony in one pure key
Elemental structures
Picking through the pieces of our registry - carelessly
Elemental structures
Nothing but a pebble and an oversight - reunite
Someday you'll find, your own exhaust is all you've lost
Someday you'll find we're family, you and me
Elemental structures
Never quite resemble the majesty - timelessly
Elemental structures
All at once remind us of our legacy - let it be
Elemental Structures
Maybe wanna tell it in a pantomime - so sublime
Elemental Structures
Might it just be better left to entertain - old refrains
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8. |
Slinkin' (acoustic)
05:36
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Down and out, the whole day through, And we bid the light adieu
All beat up, left downtown, As the same sunlight slip down
Layin' back, real real gone, run the same old way 'till dawn
Wanna fade, into black, Chug-a-lug the whole town back
'Nuff canned heat, to drive you blind, Got ole Elmer T on the mind
Cold, cold feet, warm spare tire, Celebrate my heart's desire
Slinkin' back, to the night, Wanna find a dark delight
Wind on up, high and dry, Gonna kiss the gloom goodbye
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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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