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Washing Machine
03:06
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When I want to be clean, I put myself in the washing machine
I run myself through the washing machine when it's time to be clean
Yeah when it's time to be clean, I put myself in the washing machine
I run myself through the washing machine, when it's time to be clean
Give me cold cold cycle and a permanent press and the store brand detergent is fine
With my socks and shoes and the sheets in too for about 32 minutes of time
And I can handle all the agitation, it's good, but keep the lid open so I can see
I'm not afraid of the dark but when the whole thing starts I have a difficult time trying to read
Cause man I gotta be clean, I put myself in the washing machine
I run myself through the washing machine, when it's time to be clean
Yeah when it's time to be clean I put myself in the washing machine
I run myself through the washing machine, when it's time to be clean
And I have a multitude of showers in my house, but they don't seem to quite do the job
I spent my whole life in there, mostly shampooing my hair and I still looked like a miserable slob
And the bathtub, he wastes a lot of water they say and I prefer to be a friend to the Earth
Give me gray water washing, violently tossing my body away from the dirt
Cause when it's time to be clean I put myself in the washing machine
I run myself through the washing machine, when it's time to be clean
Yeah when it's time to be clean, I put myself in the washing machine
I run myself through the washing machine, when it's time to be clean
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Ankle Bones
03:33
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Something in my ankle bones, something in my feet
Something in my muscle memory keeps me on the beat
Maybe it's a blessing now, and maybe it's a jinx
Maybe it's a birth defect, I'm not sure what I think
It's got me springing now in a straight enough line, springing now in a straight enough line
Something bout the passages of the air that let me breathe
Tell me what comes close to me and what we might receive
Give me information on the changing of the leaves
Catch the rays of light before the rest of me can see
It's got me springing now in a straight enough line, springing now in a straight enough line
Hold me in position, draw a line away from me
Drag me back against my will and write down what you see
How I look and what I do isn't what it seems
Still alive and locked up in my own infirmary,
It's got me springing now in a straight enough line, springing now in a straight enough line
All day long it's the only thing that's mine
It's got me springing now in a straight enough line, springing now in a straight enough line
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Blue Little Bird
03:04
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Blue little bird, life was so brief
I will bury you lovingly with the young trees
That your simple remains will grow tall still and seed
And bring shade to this place's riparian needs
I have done it before and with mud on my feet
On the rainiest afternoons and in the heat
Several times every April when fledglings are weak
And the smallest ones fall and the strongest will leave when they leave
Thought I was deep, I was baseless and bothered
To be everyone's widow, nobody's father
At work in a daydream's revision of speech
Trading structure and consonance, reaching for each
And I made my decisions with minimal effort
Just my head in the pillows and my heart to the desert
When it's hot in the afternoon, perfect at night
Until 10 in the morning, becoming a new form of life
I buried your body with the young desert willows
Just the earth for a blanket and drink for the minnows
See annual flower rings up in the spring
Just a little bit taller and prettier things
And I promise it's deep enough into the dirt
That no curious animals dig, disturb you again
It's green up above and it's dark on the bottom
This is summertime's price in the first days of autumn
But it's early enough and there's plenty to do
For the living and soon-to-be
Walking the harvest of you
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4. |
Paint All the Colors
02:07
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I'm gonna paint all the colors I love at once, I'm gonna paint all the colors at once
I'm gonna paint all the colors I love at once, I'm gonna paint all the colors at once
Of all the colors in the light of the sun in the visible spectrum I can't choose just one
From the left to the right, make 'em vivid and bright in the particles and waves that will inspire my eyes
I'm gonna paint all the colors I love at once, I'm gonna paint all the colors at once
I'm gonna paint all the colors I love at once, I'm gonna paint all the colors at once
The way I race you'll never see me still I'm on the filthiest ground and the windowsills
In the light, in the lines, take it up to the hills, make it an image in my mind if I think I will
I'm gonna paint all the colors I love at once, I'm gonna paint all the colors at once
I'm gonna paint all the colors I love at once, I'm gonna paint all the colors at once
We'll take it second hand it won't be cheap and we'll trade it for the money I was intending to keep
It will be worth all of the stuff that we are going to need
Cause we've a wealth of material and forms that we feed
I'm gonna paint all the colors I love at once, I'm gonna paint all the colors at once
I'm gonna paint all the colors I love at once, I'm gonna paint all the colors at once
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Sasabe
02:57
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Why is it everyone is looking at me like I've got two heads and I'm covered in bees?
I'm busy working on my next big piece and it's quite complex with horns and strings
And nobody gets to hear it, it's only for me, and it jumps up, bites, and keeps me free
But I relate to what you're trying to see, what a man really thinks, what he needs,
And why he counts, it's all a breeze, singing five four three two one two three
I spent the summer watching chemical leaks coming down from the hills to the east northeast
Most days they kept it just as dry as can be until the first of July when the sky turned green
And this guy showed up wanting residency without a line or ties or plans to leave
He said you take yourself too seriously
I said I'm all I've got and I'm all I need
And I hike for days along the creek
Pick up trash, rake up leaves
He said hey man what are you some kind of freak?
What kind of person walks from Tubac to Sasabe?
I guess you don't know me, I'm a stone-cold loner, just a stone-cold loner, just a stone-cold loner
There's something valuable I found in the street and it shines like a talisman, it's precious to me
It's got four legs and four gold feet, brings me luck, helps me see
I close my fist and clench my teeth and I used to show it off but nobody agreed
They told me that I am ridiculously out of touch with the world and society
And all that smoke has poisoned me, need to wise up, get my GED
Make some honest bucks and cheddar cheese
I say stop right there and hear me
I guess you don't know me, I'm a lone cold stoner, just a lone cold stoner, stuck in Tucson, Arizona
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6. |
Arivaca Creek Song
03:41
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There's no telling what differences didn't say, one now divided by two
And there's no believing how greenery scenes we have seen are now all coming true
Know that you'd have to vacate a place to find out what inspires in you
And hits you like bricks, the next scripts in two languages fixed up to weather balloons
And I can't believe my eyes this time
Only mud in the lakebed I see, I guess this place will probably be
Dried out and soon in the stillness of noon out of reach of the shade of the evergreens
And this body's bigger than it might have been and I can't reach the opposite shore
Crept on a wave, the last breath I can save and the energy for a bit more
And I can't believe my eyes, I can't believe my eyes this time
Could it be that this sentence's words are more true than I would care to know?
They're close enough now that the waves of her sound pick me up and give me to Mexico
Over the ridge I can see it, it's not like I thought how it would seem
It's rolling and beautiful here with humanity's crew and the new rescue team
And I can't believe my eyes, I can't believe my eyes, I can't believe my eyes this time
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If you're stepping out tonight, just take my advice
And keep your eyes straight ahead and your hands to your side
And don't wear those clothes, too dark or bright
And maybe those shoes shouldn't be too nice
And if a man asks you why you're walking around
You put your feet on the ground, put your body on the ground
I got a new dance and it goes like this, you lay perfectly still I'm talking motionless
And just do it like me, we'll get there quick and we might see tomorrow if you learn this trick
And if a man asks you why you're walking around, you put your feet on the ground, put your body on the ground
Put your feet on the ground, put your hands on the ground, put your face on the ground, put your body on the ground you put your feet on the ground, put your hands on the ground, put your face on the ground, put your body on the ground
If a man asks you why you're walking around, you put your feet on the ground, put your body on the ground
I got a new dance and it goes like this, you lay perfectly still I'm talking motionless
And just do it like me, we'll get there quick and we might see tomorrow if you learn this trick
And if a man asks you why you're walking around, you put your feet on the ground, put your body on the ground
Put your feet on the ground, put your hands on the ground, put your face on the ground, put your body on the ground you put your feet on the ground, put your hands on the ground, put your face on the ground, put your body on the ground
If a man asks you why you're walking around, you put your feet on the ground, put your body on the ground
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8. |
Arizona Early Risers
03:11
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Heat making the hours impossibly long
With toes to the sun's new song that now we play
Now we will play it
And these used to be flowers that fell to the ground
On cushions of springtime sounds
And here they lay
Here they're made to lay down
String shaking our fingers
And racing around
The high pressure atmosphere
And now we've found
Now we've found it
You need to get up now
Cause you wasted too much time in here
It's time to get out now
Quit wasting all your time in here
You know you need to get something done
Cause it's now been nearly one full year in here
And it's all growing clear
It's all growing ever clearer
All the early risers
Making us proud
Keep making us all feel proud
All the early risers
Making us proud
Keep making us all feel proud
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9. |
Returns Will Diminish
03:01
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You're so pretty that I can't even stand it
I wake up at five to demand it
Stumble around 'til I land it
And play my guitar like I planned it
They say it's an ordinary planet
Just limestone deposits and granite
And radio waves set to span it
In seemingly infinite transit
And returns will diminish for all things except for this
And I know it cause I feel it in your everlasting kiss
And there is a limit to the ocean's deep abyss
But forever finds its meaning in this kiss
I used to think up negative things that
Would kick me around and leave me flat
Tie up my blues in a contract
Until I met you and in contrast
The grains of the sand look amazing
And I was just thinking the same thing
That we should indulge every craving
And write down in concrete engravings
That returns will diminish for all things except for this
And I know it cause I feel it in your everlasting kiss
And there is a limit to the ocean's deep abyss
But forever finds its meaning in this kiss
Returns will diminish for all things except for this
And I know it because I feel it in your everlasting kiss
And there is a limit to the ocean's deep abyss
But forever finds its meaning in this kiss
Forever finds its meaning in this kiss
Forever finds its meaning
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10. |
Marty Drinks Tea
03:03
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Well he lives in a magical forest home at the center of the desert sea
And he spent his life here making it grow
And he shares his crops with the neighbors and me
And you've never once seen him out on Saturday night
Cause he's got some place to be
And you've never once seen him drunk
Cause Marty drinks tea
It's a four day's journey from Iowa proper if you rest at night to sleep
But it's worth the trip if you have the heart and some tunes from 1933
You should see what's come from that burnt up dirt
It's all grass and shade and trees
And rocks with tunes of jazz and blues and one track harmonies
And he knows all of the music
It's filed from A to Z
In five thousand editions every decade locally
He rattles off the people who wrote down every note
Whoever played an instrument and made it big and broke
My man, no joke
And Marty wore a lawman's badge
Was paid to keep the peace
In 1800s village that may not or may be make believe
And weekends drove himself off cliffs
And stayed up until three
But not these days, he's only drinking tea
Not these days that's over, he drinks tea
Yeah keep your beer and coffee, make it tea
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Lonely Little Sunlight
02:52
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I'm alone in the morning time and I wonder what today will bring
And I'm waiting for the sun to rise in the sky but it's late and I don't see anything
And I'm listening for the rooster's crow but it's quiet and he's still asleep
So I go for a walk with the moon and the stars and I wait until I can see
My lone little sunlight
My lone little sunlight
My lonely little sunlight
My lonely little sunlight
There are times when I'm by myself and my thoughts they get me all afraid
That the things that I want to have most in my life are out of reach and too far away from me
But then I feel that the hands that I love are so close and a voice that's asking me to try
And a rage that compels me to work a little harder and a thirst for what I could find
My lone little sunlight
My lone little sunlight
My lonely little sunlight
My lonely little sunlight
Will it be cold when December comes and when everyone has gone away?
And will I be in a better place for myself when I reach those old winter days?
And will I have someone to keep me warm and have the strength to fight?
And have one last fire burning still and one last verse to write?
My lone little sunlight
My lone little sunlight
My lonely little sunlight
My lonely little sunlight
My lone little sunlight
My lone little sunlight
My lonely little sunlight
My lonely little sunlight
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I am going to sleep in a bed tonight, for the first time in a year
It's gonna have dozens of pillows and comforters waiting
And shades on the windows and life is amazing
And I might not beat the excitement and haziest dreams I have seen in my life
I have been walking Arizona for five long years
It's almost eight fucking hundred miles around
I had to share my water with cattle and busted my ankle
And ran from a bear in a serpentine angle
At eight thousand feet up above the sea level
And I wouldn't trade it at all
And I am going to sleep in a bed tonight, for the second time in over a year
It's gonna have an army of pillows and comforters waiting
And screens on the windows and life is amazing
And I might not sleep from the joy and the haziest dreams I have seen in my life
I have been waiting since October to end up here
This is my 22nd year on the road
I kind of blew out both my front tires
Imagined a fire and burned up my fingers on gas station lighters
And mingled with bums and professional liars
And I wouldn't trade it at all
And I am going to sleep in a bed tonight, for the third time since last year
It's set up with a couple of pillows and sheets for the taking
And double pane windows and it's still amazing
And I might not sleep from excitement and fear for the things I have seen in my life
I am the ghost of Pima County if that's not clear
I was alive when I was walking the coast
I had to make my way through El Centro and it was quite mental
I lost several people and banged up my elbows
And hid from the sun in the afternoon shadows
And I wouldn't trade it at all
And I am going to sleep in a bed tonight, for the first time in a year
It's gonna have dozens of pillows and comforters waiting
And shades on the windows and life is amazing
And I might not beat the excitement and haziest dreams I have seen in my life
The dreams I have seen in my life
Oh, all the dreams I have seen in my life
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