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Yellow Shoes
02:26
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I was wearing yellow shoes
stepped into a puddle of blue
my jacket was yours
At least, it belonged to you yesterday
that is, if it belonged to you at all
Doesn't take time to remember
make time to do your chores
All my life comes from this ground
Make love in the morning
before breakfast
aloud you read from a newspaper
cat licks oats from a pan
faucet drip in the kitchen
Who knows what it might feel like under the shade of an orange tree?
Who knows what it might feel like in the moments from now
Glass door
I caught/sought/fought my reflection
(if I) don't look close
only see myself
Opened the door
there was nothing on the other side, but,
it smelled like fried chicken
leaned forward, fell,
hit my head so hard I forgot what I was singing
Maybe I'll buy some boots,
buy some green laces,
lace em' up
and walk across the Americas
I saw an eye in and 'o'
couldn't see where it was looking
candle painted shadows on the ceilng
outside heard the newsboy shoating
"Hey dude, whats the news?"
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2. |
Roman Dove
03:32
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Memory comes without a force
from curling toes to catacombs
Would you leave me alone?
In other words,
come back to me
in some new incarnation
Salutations on evading schemes of
progression during your eveloution
Life is no institution
but they're passing out some manuals for free
thats right,
I said it
F. R. E. E. and nothing can be better
not even down blankets made
of roman dove feathers
alakazam,
it takes a woman to turn me into a child
It don't matter wherever you are
I'm bound to run into you
I'm off catching rain water in a jar
just to get a drink
Why can't I get a look at the bright side of love?
Did I learn that in the womb?
Thank you mommy,
thank you daddy.
We've got decisions to make
We've got hearts to feel it out
We have satellites to communicate
Shall I bite my tongue?
Shall I turn a stone just to skip it upon the surface of the river?
My only question is whether we'll flower or wither
so I keep it together for another day
although, its possible that
it ain't I
whose decisions lead
to these strange combinations of letters
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3. |
Equal Parts
03:13
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The crows are crowing
as the cows are mooing
and the pigs, they're squealing
and the moon, she hides
all of the light that she shines she cannot contain
the eye in the sky
the bright caboose
and some potions to keep me going on
The squirrels are squirreling
all around the trash can
and the plants are growing
in glass jars and terra cotta pots
If I sound insane try to imagine my circumstance
honey, I'm in love and of a kind that
does not know but still keeps going on
The clouds are shifting
and your spirits rising
and the people are trying
if they're not stuck in their pain
each time I touch down I forget that my body left
sometimes when I get high
I hear the clockwork gears in motion
and if I break my heart
please don't think that
you have to do the same
all we leave to ourselves will
surly come down again
so, whats going on?
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4. |
Gonnago
01:01
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Where ya gonna go?
Where ya gonna go?
Where ya gonna go?
Where ya gonna go?
Where ya gonna go when you absolutely, positively, do not know?
Where ya gonna go?
Where ya gonna go?
Where ya gonna go?
Where ya gonna go?
Where ya gonna go?
Where ya gonna go?
Where ya gonna go when you certainly do not know?
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5. |
Time Travel Saga
02:20
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Now you've found you're down
when you were feeling real sure
and you want to give it up
I time travel each time I change clothes
and this time it don't feel the same
Only find you down
when the lights turned off
You were coming around
you were moving real slow
Are you afraid these moving machines can't sustain?
Of course not, honey,
we're gonna have to change
gonna have to learn on the fly
Why would a miracle carry so many disguises?
Come to find you're looking for the same thing
you're only looking for a different trip
Good time to check your karma
even if you don't believe
everybody needs some way to release
A sensitive crown
nor right nor wrong
If I were to come back as a
button on a blouse
would clay remain as easily undone?
Every word is working toward the
same thing
its only changing for a different look
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6. |
Absorb
02:40
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Surprised by the way that you walk when you talk
with a parrot atop of your shoulders
and he's speaking to the
monkey in me
who lays accordions
in seashore trees
Pardon, the miss is calling
to tell you about the race
and the chatter amongst the street
In efforts to test the purity of love
I put it in a jar and hold it to the sun
the day possessed an echo of spring
we'll tend the gardens
throw jalopies in gear
Only magnifier could see the escape
just then the whole thing went into a blaze
Surprised to see you made it
out alive
on second thought, I'm quite lucky
to be able to speak
Try to forgive follies decree
while picking a seat on the balance beam
or the bus
Don't pretend that you know how to survive
Honey, flowers don't have to ask
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7. |
Heel
05:16
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Are we feeling the same thing?
How strange!
This ain't the notion I arrived with
Who are you?
I've grown suspicious from both ends
Why not three?
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8. |
From The Mouth
03:51
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Your teeth hang from the roof of your mouth
as I'm staring out from the inside
reality removed from the objective lens
soon to be discovered as faux
Time folds like the legs of the week
While the sun is still above
seek the root of misunderstanding to transcend
in the name of peace
while the face of the mirror is empty
Have no fear for your lack of experience
Freedoms envied but it disappears if it goes to the head
The fluid trail,
the spirit guide's mistaken scent
The winter wind coming
arrives as a cleanse upon your skin
Love springs up big bang style
there might be something in our air
the primordial gardens perennial rose for you
now unfolds her hair
A year ago yet now its come back again
All that come between:
it still remains
Where do we go?
Who may we follow?
Where might we go?
What might we swallow?
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Alex Perez Grand Rapids, Michigan
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