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Limbo Jazz
03:05
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What’s past is past
and will pass no more
there’s isn’t much time
and yet there’s so much more
and so we dance
You and I upon the floor
we do the Limbo Jazz
then do it a little more.
I know I was wrong
and I paid the cost
I flipped your heart
and it was you who lost
but into this world we’re thrown
into this world we’re tossed
from our skin into our bones
we will do the limbo jazz
Oh come on and sway
that way with me
just sway that way
just like the birds and the bees
there’s peace and love
in limbo harmony
and so we do the Limbo Jazz
I hope you do it with me
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Lament for Javanette
03:25
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Sunny Oakland Day
03:51
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hey there how are you, I haven't seen you in some time
boy you're looking good, and girl you're looking fine
around here that's what all the folks will say
for Oakland this is just another sunny day
You don't have the fare, you can just gimme what you got
sir do you need a jump, cuz my car's just down the block
around the parts people love to live the simple way
for Oakland thisis just another sunny day
You just take your time, you’re on the East side of the Bay
we slow things down, we like to keep things that way
just sit right down, you may just find you'll want to stay
you'll find we’re never spiteful, we’re rightfully delightful.
Don’t get me wrong I love that San Francisco Mist
but from over here (you must admit) the view’s simply the best
but from the churches to the bars, you can hear them say
that for over in Oakland it is just another sunny day
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Fragments of You
02:21
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your name spelled out the cracks upon the pavement
rings I hear are you on the phone
maybe it's all just a sign of my enslavement
those who are lonely are never alone
clouds paint pictures of when we were together
I'm seeing faces I swear that must be you
My memories are always altered by the weather
I collect the pieces they all fall into
I'm hearing voices from a time of gladness
Don't think it's madness that I'm going through
But I don't mind this thing that I am losing
I'll keep collecting these these fragments of you
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Money is King
03:45
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Just pop him in your pocket, like puppet on a string
We spin him right around, and he'll do most anythingthey vote for Oba ma but his way of giving thanks
is taking all their money just to give it to our banks
but if they need a loan they will quickly come to see
the value of the property just ain’t what it should be.
Not a soul will ask a thing
Just pop him in your pocket
cuz you know that money is king
Time for your bonus, here's a pile it's just for you
because you helped us infect us with this economic flue
but we need more flesh, because we're too big to fail
Whatever we do they can’t ut us all in jail
But from this upper floor you can see people down below
It must be sad to find that suddenly you're poor
It’s such a beautiful thing
Just pop him in your pocket
cuz you know that money is king
Romney’s his name, we think he’ll do just fine
We’ll puff him full of air and well float him on a line
So we got a blue a red one too
We know that he will lose though he looks so fresh and new
you pull a chord to make his teeth move up and down
he’ll give a smile as we spin him round and round
turn a screw he’ll even sing
why bother with the polls because you know that money is king
Just pop them in your pocket like two puppets on a string
we’ll write all the songs and we’ll tell them what to sing
we’ll sell more guns so they’ll be scared to step out side
our superpacs will choke their little chains until they’re wise
and if the Congressmen won’t play with our card decks
we’ll sick the NRA right down upon their necks
simply nothing they can do
In this stinking evil world we love
they know that money is king
And now they’re crying at the Chevron Plant
It’s just a little fire it’s like a nest of ants
They’re whining that it happened only 7 years ago
And now they do not like it when the wind begins to blow
we’ll say we’re working hard to find a simple cure
they know they caaan’t do anything because they’re poor
it’s got a musical ring
just pop them in your pocket cuz you know that money is king
Even a dog can run around and pick up bones,
Salt fish, codfish, meat ond pone;
If it´s a good breed and not too wild,
People will take it and mind like a child.
But a hungry man goes out to beg,
They will set the bulldog behind his leg.
Sad to tell you but it’s true
This country is sewn up because
you know that Money is king
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Here Is Love
01:36
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Empty Pocket Waltz
03:12
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Shall we dine out my dear and dance the night away?
Don’t say you're tired you know we haven't worked all day
we've payed the rent finally and we're free to be free
come now and waltz the empty pocket waltz with me
let's close our door and make believe we're all alone
Grandma can't hear and baby's sleeping like a stone
we've payed the doctor his fee and we're free to be free
come now and waltz the empty pocket waltz with me
Why so unhappy don't be that way
maybe they'll make you queen for a day
We’ll find some jobs probably or be free or be free
to waltz again this empty pocket waltz with me
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9. |
YaYa Blues
03:18
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There is a Vine
01:48
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There is a vine growing on my garden wall
and it is brown and withered in the fall
and in the spring it's leaves are green and blossoms all aflame
but spring or fall still I love you just the same
there is a gate halfway down my garden wall
And in the night I lock it bolts and all
and in the day it's open wide to all who would come through
but day or night it is never locked for you
There is a tree growing by my garden gate
and year by year it seems to stand and wait
and here am I beneath the tree for I am waiting too
and oh my love I will always wait for you
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