1. |
Orb Noir (demo)
03:09
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you glide away and fade into the fog
like you can hear my inner monologue
your heels they echo off the pavement
as it glistens from the dew
you’re technicolor i’m in black and white
my world is shadows and perennial night
i know why you’re leavin
ain no better thing for you
Whatever all it is you’re bout to do
It’s something irresistible
i know your husband was a shady guy
your cool indifference … belied by your eyes
you know they’re gonna drag the river
and that can’t be good for you
Whatever all it is you’re bout to do
It’s something irresponsible
we had our time together… long ago
one of us was very young
i feel for you i feel i really do
but i belong here in the shadows without you
Whatever all you’re bout to do
It’s something irreversible
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2. |
Gwendolyn (demo)
02:24
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the planets aligned when
the gods touched my Gwendolyn
with tresses of scarlet
a phoenix resemblin
the flora aflutter
the fauna a tremblin
the wild things alert
she’s one of their own
the sky itself and the wind
flow through my Gwendolyn
i can’t keep pretendolin
she is my own
when i’m with Gwendolyn
time seems to bendolin
days i’d be spendolin
with her alone
the sun is descendolin
she is transcendolin
forever my Gwendolyn
will be her own
when i’m with Gwendolyn
time seems to endolin
days i’d be spendolin
with her alone
the sun itself and the wind
flow through my Gwendolyn
i can’t keep pretendolin
she is my own
no i'm not contendolin
she is my own
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3. |
Diggit (demo)
03:25
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I …. not guilty
please …. believe me man
well amidst all the ruckus in back of the bar
and the drawer was ajar on the cash registar
and old Billy’s pony saddled up by the door
… Mustang … Shelby GT
What’s a boy to do
Probably woulda done the same if it were you
diggit
I …. was justified
Please …. consider the circumstances
well some kids ran in front of me – thought they were dead
but I swerved hard and hit a transformer instead
and it blacked out the city
which thwarted an alien invasion because they couldn’t see where to aim their space guns…
[voice of authority expresses disbelief; adlib not transcribed]
Well, when you put it that way…
What’s a boy to do
Probably woulda done the same if it were you
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uncle andy feelin fine he
drank a bottle of bathtub wine
wearing skivvies on his head he
went into his andy dance he
snagged a tree and ripped his pants
ripped so bad his pants fell down
running around with his dingle out
runnin around with his dingle out
dingle / dingle out
picked a fight with cousin joe and
bashed a bottle up‘side his skull
shards of glass all hot and red and
blood a gushing from his head
bit off his ear and spit it out
spit it / spit it out
oh boy oh boy
andy finally crossed the line he
went and robbed a five and dime
with his teeth full of ear and his skivvies on his head and his dingle out
dingle / dingle out
went and robbed a five and dime the
jury gave him five to nine
andy’s sitting in a jail he
makes a hat of his chamber pail
andy done attacked a guard his
chamber pail he hit him hard
bit off his nose and spit it out
spit it / spit it out
uncle andy six feet down the
guards they got him and went to town
on old andy no pants
with his teeth full of nose and a pail on his head and his dingle out
dingle / dingle out
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5. |
Death Valley (live)
02:29
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space space | all that space
open space | outer space
quiet space
stars stars | countless stars
so many stars | my god, it’s full of stars
I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid can’t do that
drifting off
back on point
where were we, stars?
weed weed | so much weed
tons of weed | figuratively
play guitar | by the fire
quietly
I can sing the high notes if I wanna
but I don’t wanna
I can go all *showtime!* if I wanna
but I don’t wanna
about the fire I wrote these chords
about the chords I wrote these words
it’s meta
stars stars | milky stars
city folk can’t see them thars
space space | endless space
hardly critters in this place
'cept canis major out in space
and lepus … puppy and bunny
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6. |
The 513 (demo)
03:03
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I’m on the train / a headed your way
you’re on the fence / bout we and me
perhaps you’ll fall / in my direction
cause I’ll be on / the 513
my ticket’s good / until eternity
this is the end / o’da line for me
if you decline / I’ll keep on ridin
into the endless desert reach
you said our love / would last forever
your idle threats don’t roll with me
fyou really think / we’re good together
be at the station / for the 513
well I don’t need / to be forgiven
and I ain’t gonn… assign no blame
I only need / to move on forward
be that with you / or on this train
well, which is it?
still on this train / a headin nowhere fast
you’re somewhere else / I hope you’re well
I understand / I’d tell you likewise
because this train / goes straight to …
somewhere bleak and desolate and lonely
you’ll find me here / out in the desert
I’ll live and die / this lie / on the 513
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GMacGuffin San Diego, California
I write songs about bad people in unfortunate circumstances, then sing and play them standing up (the songs, not the people).
Sometimes I record them so I can play drums and such.
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