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Cleopatra Drones
03:54
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Oooooh cleopatra drones coming in low
Oooooh cleopatra drones coming in low
Moving across the desert in tandems, in twos
Tandems, in twos
Shoe-box satellites orbit from the heavens, looking on you
1V - Watching from the heavens, watching on you
Bringing dreams, bringing means, bringing vaccines
Bringing critical remedies
My image stored for purposes we may never learn
— Oooooh cleopatra drones coming in low
Oooooh cleopatra drones coming in low
2V - Giving away our secrets, giving away life-saving dreams and means
Stars from heaven moving to the ground
Sparkle like crystals, a fluttering sound
Going out to see Ezekiel and the wheel
— Oooooh Ezekiel and the wheels coming in low
Oooooh Jericho drones coming in low
3V - Omens, portents from the heavens, mirror, mirror in the sky
A woman clothed in the sun, moon under her feet
Tag - I see’em, creepin’ in, creepin’ on the clay
I see a problem and a saving and a grace
I’ll take the good, the good and the bad
Drones and drones sparking paranoia and gratitude as well
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2. |
Time, The Thief
03:09
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Time the thief has stolen away
All move away- time is change
But you and I can move as one
Time’s elastic change
Our world is nothing but change
Elastic change
Time slows down, for me
Bending, curving beam
This is our time, our finite time
Seize it- with serenity and clarity
Lose ourselves in our every passing whiles
Passing little whiles
Times elastic change- a lasting change
Time the thief has stolen away, away
Thief
Time passes slowly for those who move
I’m sentimental about
One minute ago
But I move on, on and on
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3. |
Non-Secure Connection
04:32
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I found a non-secure connection
Or a thousand
I’m routing attacks
Through an unsuspecting little shop
Seventy-five hundred miles away
I’m no part of any sleeper cell
I lurk happily on forums and bad code
I do it just for fun and out of boredom
Flip the kill switch to unleash an erasing virus
I’m a low-grade threat just fooling around
I put a red skeleton picture on your screen
I’ve got all your data, I’ve got all your secrets
Good luck, you can’t stop it, no way to protect it
I infect, I attack, I steal, I take, I disable
And I taught myself manuals are weapons to enable
The too-big-to-fails find their money funds exchanged
And the men in charge are totally enraged
Epic poets of the future will write
The soul of the warrior must fight
Avenging every insult and slight
Down to his last megabyte
Helen who launched a thousand ships
Inspiring ego trips with microchips
Movie scripts with wetted lips
All worldly worth lies twixt two hips
As the sun lights your face in the morning
As my hacking loud tempests are storming
Your inbox will give you its warning
Of attacks from the suitor you’re scorning
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4. |
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I’m standing up proud
Soaking it all in
All applauding me
And giving some skin
All this is going away
Going the way of the motor midway
But I’m number one and feted as such
On today’s Salesman Recognition Day
Encomiums, they never get old
In this old racket you are what you’ve sold
Only I can fix it, that’s what they say
Only I can move it, at least some every day
Clipboard and the clock
You either hit the mark or not
But I’ll do better
This is what I do best
Clipboard and the clock
You either hit the spot or not
This is what I do best, but I’ll do better
At least I’m the king, I’m the king
The king of the rats
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5. |
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Ash plumes rise
In electrified skies
Incandescent light
With flash bolt eyes
And no one knows why
I’ve been drawn to this life
I’m downwind and high
On a survival line
In my resolve I move the rock
Or maybe fall down trying
My ineptitude stares me down
In its face I cower
I try to stand above the fray
Stand apart, not buying
And I move on up, up the hill
To maybe fully flower
I flower
Reach for the heights
Then thrown to the depths
I look for someone wise
With a soft caress
Will I find myself alone
Repeating numbing tasks
You could help roll it up
‘Cause I’ve got no back-up plan
Chorus
Oh with my resolve I move the rock
Or maybe fall down trying
My ineptitude stares me down
In its face I cower
I try to stand above the fray
Stand apart, not buying
And I move on up, up on the hill
To maybe fully flower
I flower
Move on up then I roll back down
Crampons broke, no one hears my sound
Upward, downward for so long
With my resolve I climb and climb, and I fall
Chorus
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Here we are at last
Light of our bright star is cast
Moving inexorably, insistently
Moving to free
Out of a hard past
Now our bright star is cast
Now we stand at last, post-impasse
Triumphantly
It’s supposed to blast away
Intermittently throughout the day
My internal weather feels in sync
I feel at one with an inclement link
I don’t know but I’ve been told
Trials are one more river crossed
For the humble, meek and bold
For the humble, meek and bold
Chorus
No matter what you do then
I’m determined to feel fully human
Through unique, bold,
arresting self-expression
We’ll create our own names,
own songs, own style
Our way to be free and wild, wild
We are all wanderers
We are diaspora bound
We all strive and strain, through hail and rain
Songs louder than bombs
Chorus
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7. |
Shit's Crazy Out Here
05:14
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Wood floor, glass board
Fine place to go up and down
Metal door, rubber ball
Some place to run aground
Shit’s crazy out here
Shit’s crazy out here
I’m up, and then I’m down
I’m in, and then I’m out
Shit’s crazy
Dream big, and beautiful
Swirl and blossom fragrantly
All rigged, we’re pitiful
Floor shifts under my feet
Shit’s crazy out here
Shit’s crazy out here
I’m good, and then I’m bad
I’m happy, and then I’m mad
Shit’s crazy
Painted lines, laugh at me
Say this room has plans for you
Judgment, it’s blunt, blunt and clean
Sit your ass down, it’ll be over soon
Shit’s crazy out here
Shit’s crazy out here
There’s the anointed, and then there’s me
Grinding silently
Shit’s crazy
I’m strong, and then I’m weak
I’m an inconsistent geek
(Yes, that’s true)
They say you don’t guard,
They say you just don’t play hard
But don’t worry,
They might cut you soon
Shit’s crazy
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Oh little darlin’ I know you’ve been down-hearted inside a bad dream
Say you just can’t seem to get started, can’t be as bad as it seems
Hey listen- girl I’m watching you
I can come up with the ending
The middle, beginning and then
I’ll follow you all the way there and back again
— Anything can happen right here and now
From the very bottom to the highest cloud
Just keep believing and loving strong
‘Cause anything can happen
Keep me on track darlin’ help me get back, throw me a line
When I’m crazy
Baby, just give me one chance, let me make good romance
Let me wear the pants and you wear nothing
Know that I’ll love you forever
Always together and then
I’ll take you all the way there and back again
Chorus
There’s just one thing I want to say before I go
There’s always somebody out there in a darker place, no more tears to cry
No more time to waste
Somebody outside the reach of helping hands caught inside
The storm of passing chance
Anything can happen
Anything, anything at all
Anything can happen
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9. |
Porn Hour
04:39
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She bought tube socks on Amazon
I watched girls remove their bras
She wrote a paper on Babylon
While she’s busy, time to toss
Gutenberg, then Sony too
D.V.D.s, the cloud, what’s next?
Next big thing when this one’s through
Will be huge if it’s got sex
We salute the industry of the San Fernando Valley
We got everything we want with a mouse click
Because of the mighty porn flick
Innovation of the Internet
Was driven by a couple on a film set
We thank the hard boys and the naked girls
For the coming of our beautiful cyber world
I make new friends on pornstar chats
I know all the big-boob sites
She likes YouTubes with funny cats
We embrace the web’s delights
Internet’s capacity
Compounding since it was born
Boundless in veracity
But in truth it’s mostly porn
Chorus
Nod reluctantly to the industry
Grudgingly to the industry
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10. |
No Limits
03:34
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Shot me out of a cannon
And I maintained
altitude and speed
The power of the
thrust of inspiration
Sustained my flight
like a dream
At all times
I’m ready to receive
Wreaks havoc
on a nervous system
I can’t stop
and I can’t sleep
Synapses firing,
neurons wired
— I feel no limits
I know it won’t last
I’ll kiss the moment
And watch it run away
so fast
I feel no limits
In a euphoric state
but it’ll move away
So I’m gonna cling
While I’m riding this wing
Now and then, all things fall
Into place all the
right moves made
A series of moves
Stabs in the dark
One big guess, all the
right cards played
I imagine something
never experienced
New insights from new stimuli
Try to provoke the imagination
Image of brightly-colored lines
I feel no limits
I know it won’t last
I’ll kiss the moment
And watch it run away
so fast
I feel no limits
In a euphoric state
but it’ll move away
But I’m gonna cling
While I’m riding on
this ephemeral wing
Something clicked,
clicked upstairs
Wish I knew
what happened there
Sharp synaptic,
connective tease
I could catch-
and not release
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Bruce Hornsby Williamsburg, Virginia
Despite his early mainstream successes, Hornsby has pursued a more personal, idiosyncratic musical path, focusing on projects that sparked his creative interest, , including collaborations with the Grateful Dead, Spike Lee, Ricky Skaggs, Don Henley, Ornette Coleman, Bob Dylan, Bela Fleck, Justin Vernon, Bonnie Raitt, Pat Metheny, and Robbie Robertson. ... more
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