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Mind Flip
03:02
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Mind Flip
Dear who ever knows,
I’ve been walking to and fro
I’m amused
As I write along
hate to think I’m ever wrong
or confused
Don’t he look washed away?
Don’t he look washed away?
Don’t he look washed away?
You’ve been laughing at burials
You’ve been chugging your time sip
Eve smile eaten apple glow
My does your mind flip
Flip the channel surf
Ebb and flow for what it’s worth What’s the use
As I walk along
humming tin-eared rhyming songs I’m amused
Don’t he look washed away?
Don’t he look washed away?
Don’t he look washed away?
You’ve been laughing at burials
You’ve been chugging your time sip
Eve smile eaten apple glow
My does your mind flip
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Janet Greene
03:18
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Janet Greene
So when she coming ’round here?
Men turn to margarine
Melt into warm ice-cream
And if you close your ears
you can almost hear
all their hearts a thumping
Janet Greene
Sireness
Janet Greene
Truly blessed
The men all stagger
Ten they rate her
children love her
women hate her
Like Monroe (Bardot)
but slightly greater
Homes
wreck upon her shores
Clocks stop
close all the stores
And if you listen close
what might sound like toast
is really hearts popping (chorus)
Like Farrah but slightly greater
Got my nerve up and
I asked to date her
she just laughed
and told me later
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Fall
03:58
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Fall
Pop her in the car
and take her to the Shaman cause she don’t feel alright
Pop her in the car
and take her to the Shaman cause she don’t feel alright
She’s bluer than blue
Could burst apart at any moment
Pop me in the car
and take me to the slaughter if I don’t fit your life
Pop me in the car and take me to the slaughter
cause I would rather die
I’m truer than true
Could burst apart at any moment
Poke holes in the lid
She can’t float any higher
Close all your eyes;
you’ll see me right beside her
Pop her in the car
and take her to the Shaman cause she don’t feel alright
Pop her in the car
and take her to the Shaman cause she don’t feel alright
Her heart beats in 2, her mind unwinds into the moment
Poke holes in the lid
She can’t float any higher
Close all your eyes;
you’ll see me right beside her
Lay your head in the trees
Set your fears back on ease
I’m your wire, your buttress, your branch and believe
I won’t let you fall
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Green M&Ms
02:57
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Green M&Ms
Matterhorn Mary
I have never climbed
She says I’ve not the rope
Madder than a hatter,
she twists me feel
like a circus monkey dope
She hates me when I’m sober,
loathes me when I’m drunk
and makes me wilt shy awkward
Thinking insecure I thunk
this mickey pill might
shift her will so
Slip Slip Slip her some green M&Ms
’Cause I’m tired of being friends
and I want to be in love
Slip Slip Slip her some green M&Ms
’Cause I’m tired of being friends
and I want to be in love
Matterhorn Mary melts in my eyes
but never in my hands
A trivial pursuit I’ll institute
with emerald coated plans
My dad says I should dose her
but I won’t resort to that
I’d quote her some sweet sonnets
but my tongue’s off with the cat
This candy green might
bring my dream so (chorus)
Can a candy cupid change her mind?
Can it raise my dead or
heal her blind?
Here’s love she’ll never find
(1st verse/chorus)
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Wish
02:36
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Wish
Wish on a falling star
Crashed into my backyard
My wish is granted,
but my house is
black and charred
Dream as I lay outside
All my possessions fried
My wish is granted;
it’s time to rehab inside
I’ll wish for anything
to wake my heart
as soon as my true wish
is granted
Something calls awake
the god of all is new
A feeling all is grand
and bottled up in you
And I never thought
what I know I knew
Today your wish is granted;
it will come true
Careful of what you ask,
for in the gold you bask
will leave you tarnished,
drunk green with nothing lasts
(chorus)
As I pray for more the same
Some grow mold on
their daily bread
Forgive them when
they beg again
Pray your wish is granted;
it will come true.
I’ll wish for anything
to wake my heart
as soon as my true wish
is granted
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The Tops of Trees
03:16
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The Tops Of Trees
When you close your eyes
fear can drag you downstream
I will melt your stagnant ice
and follow-up with this advice
away cast lonely eyes
are heavy count your sheep
Soon you’ll tiptoe
on the tops of trees
I will bring the joy to you
That’s what love is all about
As I watch you sleep
one key unlocks the gardens
I will lay them close by you
and you can listen
if you choose
Hear with both your eyes
are heavy count your sheep
Soon you’ll tiptoe
on the tops of trees
I will bring the joy to you
That’s what love is all about
That’s what love is all about
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Devil Fish
02:38
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Dashboard Christopher
02:55
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Dashboard Christopher
Steers my wheel of karma, keeps me warm and safe from harm and
looks so dapper on my dash
Sir Patron Saint of Cruising keep
my brittle bones from bruising
and to you, sir, I pray never crash
See him riding shotgun
Bet you wish that you
had bought one,
but my saint just ain’t for sale
But if you come a knockin’
he’ll be sure to keep it rockin’
with some Dokken blastin’
hear him wail....
Proud he stands upon my dash,
my mighty Saint Chauffeur
Dashboard Christopher
So guide me safe and sound around the town, kind sir
The Dashboard Christopher
He’s there on the dash,
so we’ll never crash
My Dodge has a soul;
the wheel he’ll control
Always there to guide us, Sacajawea of the highway
tunes the Sun up, fixes flats
Sir Patron Saint of Stuckey’s
Some would say
that were just lucky,
We say make way for
the king of vans
(chorus)
He can de-ice the coldest hearts
He’ll wipe away your tears
He’ll indicate the path you turn
So hitch a ride he steers
Watch him jump start
the dead and tow
all who confess their fears
So let off your brakes
that’s all it takes
to follow his brights so clear
(chorus)
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Head in the Sand Stan
03:10
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Head In The Sand Stan
Soon you’ll be lost in
the yummy party
Try a little, put it on your plate
I’m happy face at the bottom
of your dish
Eat to the beat of
Sir Mr. Steve Bunck
Dine a little on his 1-2-3’s
for every smile around gets
one big wish
What a good boy am I!
Head in the Sand Stan
likes to eat emotions
Swallows them whole with
his soul stuck deep inside
But when he flosses out
the words of doubt—
now the Sun’s in his eyes
Stan slaps a tune on
his white belly
Plays fiddle while
he burns away
He’ll disappear as the
daylight concentrates
See through the glue that
sticks to your eyes
Shake, then awake in
your yesterday
Carve out a marvelous statue
Call it Dave
Do you know what Stan knows?
In my downstairs room, I’m bored
with the one-track train
I can’t afford
In my upstairs room, I’m gold
(chorus)
Deaf-dumb and Tim he likes to grin emotions
Blind Lemon Ken he lets his groove unwind
Let them build a moat
so you can float
to the back of your eyes
to the back of your eyes
Dear Stan,
don’t you want to live forever?
(Only if I get to be in charge)
Dear Stan,
don’t you want to live forever?
(Only if my house is extra large)
Dear Stan,
don’t you want to live forever?
(Only if my wife is big and blonde)
Dear Stan,
don’t you want to live forever?
(Only if I’m buried in the pond)
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Life
02:16
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Life
Life
looks funny in my hand,
brittle and small, naïve
What am I to do with you?
What am I to say?
Feel downhearted with your
sea 1/2 parted,
but life won’t go away
Life
in fashion again,
depression flat out bores me
What am I to do with you?
What am I to say?
Feel downhearted with your
sea 1/2 parted,
but life won’t go away
You know you could be happy
if you could smile again
I don’t know what to say
when you don’t hear or see
What am I to do with you?
What am I to say?
Feel downhearted with your
sea 1/2 parted,
but life won’t go away...
away...
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11. |
Mind Flip (remixed)
03:01
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12. |
Janet Greene (remixed)
03:22
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13. |
Fall (remixed)
04:01
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Green M&Ms (remixed)
02:58
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Tops of Trees (remixed)
03:19
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16. |
Wish (remixed)
02:38
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Devil Fish (remixed)
02:41
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Devil Fish
Caught a Devil Fish and now I wish that it was just a dream
Try to throw it back into the rack but all it does is scream
We were all so surprised about it
How could we ever live without?
How can we ever talk about him? How could we ever live?
Told the devil fish we’d cook a dish and he’s the centerpiece
He promised us the moon
to free him soon
he’d even pay the lease
We were all so surprised about it
How could we ever live without?
How can we ever talk about him?
How could we ever live
without your devil face
to fill my heart?
You gave us everything to fill
the space between our arms
Price is right to save my life
just sign upon my dotted mind
Give you diamond rings and shiny things as soon as you get signed
You’ve taken life out of me
Taken it out of me
Taken it out of me
(1st verse/chorus)
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Life (remixed)
02:28
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Life (original version)
02:43
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The Sun Sawed in 1/2 Saint Louis, Missouri
The neo-psychedelic power-pop outfit, The Sun Sawed in 1/2 was formed in St. Louis in 1990. They were in the top 5 Billboard/Ticketmaster Soundcheck best unsigned bands of 1994 and went on to record several albums for Not Lame Records with famous producer, Keith Olsen (Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac). In the past decade the Sun has made many critically acclaimed albums including 2021-22's Triptych ... more
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