1. |
Hey Steve
04:10
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(spoken) Hey Steve, I don’t want you to worry. It’s all gonna be just fine.
Hey Steve, make it bad
Blame it all on the weather
Brace for the wind, storm on the hill
You’re better off alone
Better off alone in all this
Hey Steve
Hey Steve, say you’re mad
Take it down in a letter
Turn it around, kick up the dust
Are you still alone
Are you still alone in all this
Hey Steve
[chorus]
When you’re older
When you’re older
When you know your mind, oh
Will it make you
Will it break you down
Hey Steve
Hey Steve, don’t be mad
You are one born forgetter
Turn it around, kick up the dust
Are you still alone
Are you still alone in all this
Hey Steve
[chorus]
Hey Steve
Will it break you down
When you’re older
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2. |
Ain't That a Bitch
03:48
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Come on boy, it’s your season
Don’t you even ask for my situation
‘Cause every man has got his reason
Ain’t that a bitch?
So someone told you you’re special
You know you are, especially ‘round here
So walk with your head high
I ain’t gonna tell you you’re special, but you are
Ain’t that a bitch
Well I’ve been thinkin’ about what happens next
The time has come to prove it to you
‘Cause every man in the place is watchin’
Fight, flight or fuck or play the fool
Baby, ain’t that a bitch
So come on over here, pull up a chair
Make yourself at home
Everybody’s got their story don’t you know
I don’t wanna hear you cryin’ no more
Well I’ve been thinkin’ about what happens next
The time has come to prove it to you
‘Cause every man in the place is watchin’
Fight, flight or fuck or play the fool
Baby, ain’t that a bitch
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3. |
November 1971
05:39
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Leaving Portland is such a lonely guy
He can’t tell his story, so we’ll give it a try
You see he must have loved somebody
Where there’s a will there’s a why
He was no dummy, he knew how to travel light
On thanksgiving, you can get a cheap flight
And in seat 18C he wore sunglasses at night
And a tie
He wrote the stewardess a note, (her name was Flo)
And she dropped it in her purse (oh no)
She thought it was his number (was she looking for love)
But she never loved the man
Cuz he had a different plan
“Miss you better take a look at that note…”
Bourbon and soda and a half a pack of smokes
He was no Che Guevara in his lightweight raincoat
His tie was clip-on
He politely paid his tab, and barely spoke
200,000 in unmarked bills ‘
Four parachutes and a fuel refill
Florence told the pilots
And DB Cooper had another smoke
It was a windy northwest night (November)
When 305 took flight (it always rains)
Florence caught a glimpse of the homemade bomb (in his briefcase)
By the time that plane touched down
Cash was waiting on the ground
And the passengers deplaned, unaware
But she never loved the man
So she never broke her heart
And she never tumbled spiraling into the dark
So she watched the jetway lights
As the wheels left the ground
And she knew she’d always wanted a safe….. place to land
Back in the air, 10,000 feet high
The cabin shuddered, air pressure warning lights
No one saw his body falling through the night
One chute may have opened, the other was a fake
He may have touched the ground, and missed the frozen lake
Fate is uncertain – was it a mistake?
So we’ll always love the man (love the man)
Who dares a different plan (different plan)
And if only for a minute he can fly (flyyyyy)
And everything we know (on a riverbank)
Even all the dough (rotten from the worms)
Washes down and buries without a trace
Now he spends his life alone (he’ll die alone)
No kingdom - just a throne (all alone)
And he waits for the worms like the rest of us
In the sands of what you’ve done
Were you hurting anyone
Did you pay for your drinks or did you keep your cash in a safe dry place?
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4. |
Bayocean
04:45
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Bayocean
City by the sea
Gonna take it back
What you took from me
I came out in 1908
To buy a piece of Paradise
And open up a general store
They had a fancy yacht
To bring the people down from Portland
Until the roads came to the shore
Bayocean
City by the sea
Gonna take it back
What you took from me
They built a jetty to the north
To make the journey safe
They said we needed two but the price was too steep
The Army Corps of Engineers warned us it would change the tides
We could have saved our town but we were just too cheap
The last house fell
In that great storm swell
It took the post office, the dance hall and what was left of the hotel
And then in ’53 it took your health as well
I watched my paradise turn to hell
If I could stay
Oh if I could stay
I'd move heaven and earth
Before it all gets swept away
This is my home
Here's where I belong
And I'll be damned if I can't make it right
Before it all goes wrong
Now I'm out here every day
With my wheelbarrow and spade
Building back my dream that washed away
Sand, earth and till
Will bend to my will
The ocean is a beast that I can tame
Bayocean
I remember when
Gonna take it back
Make it great again
Bayocean
City by the sea
Gonna take it back
What you took from me
If I could stay
Oh if I could stay
I'd move heaven and earth
Before it all gets swept away
This is my home
Here's where I belong
And I'll be damned if I can't make it right
Before it all goes wrong
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5. |
Please Please You
02:58
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Last night, I said these words to my girl
I know how hard you’ve been tryin’
You’d walk a mile,
But you’re not on trial
With me
‘Cause I don’t want you down on your knees for me
It’s tough in this world, but it’s harder inside
For some folks it’s easier to please somebody
But here’s something else,
Just please yourself
For me
‘Cause I don’t want you down on your knees for me
So many lovers in this cruel and lonely world
Come to you thinking you’ll give it for free
But when they want your touch
Don’t give them too much
Take it from me
I know there’s something you’d rather do
And everyone’s got expectations of you
But love that’s not me
My loves for free
Don’t you know
I don’t want you down on your knees
For me
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6. |
Ravoneer
03:19
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What did you say that your name was today I’m confused
Isn’t everyone my dear
But I’ll wait in the light cos tonight
You’ll be my Ravoneer
Didn’t you fly when the smoke filled the sky that was you
You were everywhere that year
And we wept as you leapt from your perch
And we cried Ravoneer
Fixin your eye on the world going by
You pick up the scent of the weakest to torment
It seems like we’re sharing the same dream
Same Dream
Or is it a nightmare
You shook your shiny black cape for effect
And it worked
It was so beautiful I shed a tear
I could not look away so I stay fixed on my Ravoneer
Morbid magician, who really cuts the lady in half
Feed my addiction, with a flashlight and a parlor trick
No words are needed
But you feed me a paragraph
Sucking in the casuals
Saving them by making them sick
Fixin your eye on the world going by
You pick up the scent of the weakest to torment
It seems like we’re sharing the same dream
Same Dream
Same Dream…
Or is it a nightmare
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7. |
I Sing the Song
03:36
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Where have you gone
My good strong son?
I know you’re out there somewhere
Where is my joy?
My reckless boy?
I thought you’d always be there
I sing the song
Our mothers were singing
That should never be sung
Where is the sound
Of freedom ringing
What peace has it won?
I brought you in
With love light shining
Into this land
Sheltered you from
The darkest danger
Troubles and strife
I sing the song
Our mothers were singing
That should never be sung
Where is the sound
Of freedom ringing
What peace has it won?
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8. |
Don't Break My Heart
03:21
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Don’t break my heart
I was only joking
So don’t break my heart
It’s up to you
When I was down
Where were you hiding
Where were you then
When I was down
Waiting for you
All of these wrongs
You could be righting
Like I told you
You don’t need to get down
On your knees
And beg
Just don’t break my heart
I was only joking
Don’t break my heart
It’s up to you
When I put you down, down, down
I was insane
I was crazy mama
(When I put you down)
Oo, I was a fool
I should have just shut up
And held you
And loved you
That’s what you wanted
Because girl you don’t need me
Mansplaining your problems to you
Just don’t break my heart
I was only joking
Don’t break my heart
It’s up to you
Don’t break my heart
I was only joking
But don’t break my heart
It’s up to you
Don’t break my heart
I was only joking
It’s tearin’ me apart
It’s up to you
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9. |
Balloon Bomb
01:58
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A little girl sits
A desk with paper and paste
She makes a balloon
“We’re so proud of you
We all do what we can do
Your gift flies today”
High on winds above
Over an ocean it flies
Finding rest in snow
A little boy runs
“Quick everyone come see it”
He’s found a balloon
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10. |
Canada
05:35
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You held your hand for me to take it
But I never took the cue
You made bread and kept the garden
And I paid the debt when it was due
They paint lines on the highway
To keep me straight and guide me home
It seems I’m always pullin in your drive
With no idea where I’m goin
I've been gone so long
Feels like we’re tryin to find a signal
On some broken radio
Here you go
Here I stay
You can go if you have to go
Back to Canada
We’re both staring at the big sky
Like we’re supposed to do
Stars exploding in the distance
Don’t mean a thing to me and you
This is long overdue
You said your heart was in the country
I guess the country broke your heart
Here you go
Here I stay
You can go if you have to go
Back to Canada
Here you go
Here I stay…
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Wonderly is pan-idiomatic music for film, records, podcasts, and radio shows, by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk.
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