1. |
No Apologies
04:18
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Honey, ain't none of us
Have gotten, to this place
Where we're at now
By the path of logic, or reason
All the words we spin
And arguments
We make
Trying to make sense
Of the things we do
Don't mean nothing
When we do what we do
And try to explain it later
And understand
Why we make
the same old mistakes
Over and over again
And we say one thing
With our mouths
And another
With our heart
No, ain't none of us
Have gotten, to this place
Where we're at now
By the path of logic, or reason
Need to throw ourselves
Into this life, and our loves
And our passions
With no explanations or apologies
And accept the mistakes
For what they are
Stumble over
As we go on
But ain't none of us
Have gotten, to this place
Where we're at now
By the path of logic, or reason
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2. |
Some Better Place
03:37
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If I could
Break open the sky
And reach out to you
Lift you up
When I know
How hard
You're struggling
When youre so far away
I'd push through the storms
And the darkness
So I could fix everything
That feels broken
Because I know
All those feelings
And the depth
Of the darkness
But I don't know how
To fix it
Or make it better
For you
Even though
I suffer
All my own storms
And fall into my own darkness
But it breaks my heart
That I can't fix it
For you
Or take it on myself
But if I could
I would
Break open that sky
And reach out to you
And lift you up
Out of the darkness
And into
Some better place
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3. |
Thanksgiving
03:45
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When troubles come
In threes and twos
And you gotta hang on
To whatever there is
And be thankful
For something
Even if
You can only find one thing
In the whole week
As small as it might seem
A friendly checkout girl
At the grocery store
Or a pretty sunset
Or maybe
Just an open road
Where you can escape
Into a dream
Of living
A different life
Where the troubles
Don't keep coming
One by one
Every single day
But when those troubles come
In threes and twos
You have to hang on
To whatever there is
And be thankful
For something
Even if
You can only find one thing
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When it's my time
And I've passed away
All I ask
Is you put me down
Into in the ground
With a bottle of booze
And a loaded .44
See, I've spent so much time
Walking through this old hell
Up here on the earth
That I think
When I get down below
Going to set things straight
On that very first day
Offer the devil a drink
Try to make me some peace
But if that don't work out
I'll have that cool revolver
Held in my hand
All cocked and loaded
And ready to fire
Cuz I've seen it before
And i've dealt with my share
Of devils up here
So i'm not puttin' up
With anyone's crap
Cuz I've lived it before
And this ain't nothing new
Gotta' stick up
For yourself
Right from the start
So remember
When it's my time
And I've passed away
All that I ask
Is that you put me down
Into in the ground
With a bottle of booze
And my loaded .44
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5. |
Go Punch Someone
03:56
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None of these old men
Was ever there for you, so
Why do you keep fooling yourself
That the next one
Will be any better than the last
When the bombs and the insults
Against us all
Keep on coming
And we‘re forced to fight
Against the change
We all know we need
Because it's all been lost
In the hatred
And the side picking
And everyone is suffering
From selective hearing
But, because, because
It's us against them
While the fat cats
Keep on
Raking in the cash
At our expense
And buying off the politicians
While we wave our fists
And chant
Go punch someone
For peace
And for love
Yeah
Go out punch someone
For peace
And for love
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6. |
Monty
03:38
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You didn't have to boast
Like Buddy
And you didn't whine
Like Dean
But you could still face down
The likes of John Wayne
Something few men could do
Like you did
In spite of all your demons
Haunting you
And the women who swooned
As well as men
All saying how beautiful you were
In your own way
While never letting anyone
Put words in your mouth
Showing your peculiar strength
In spite of the wounds
And the pain
And the confusion
No wonder you went mad
With booze and drugs
But who wouldn't
Who had given as much as you
So wherever you are now
I can only hope
You've found that place
In the sun
And have melted into love
Escaping from yourself
Like you did on screen with Liz
Somewhere in heaven
Between here and eternity
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When my world
Falls apart
Like it always does
Will you be there
Or will you leave me flat
Like I've been left
So often before
Standing alone
But come what may
I'll keep on going
Protecting my hurt
Keeping it inside
I suppose it goes
Along with being a man
Hiding the tears
in your eyes
When you look out
Past all the train wrecks
To a barren horizon
And the setting sun
And wanting to ride away
From this whole mess
That I've made
Of my life
So baby, I've gotta know
When my world
Falls apart
Will you be there
For me
Or will be I left flat
Like I've been
So often before
Yeah, when my world
Falls apart
Like it always does
Will you be there
Or will I be left flat
Like I've been
So often before
Looking out
Toward the barren horizon
And into a setting sun
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8. |
Winter Song
02:53
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Got this new
Old used coat
From the thrift store
Downtown
But I'm still so cold
Standing
In the bitter wind
My collar's turned up
All the way up
To my ears
The tattered old thing
Trying to wrap it
Around my waist
As tight as I can
Head bent down
Pushing through the wind
Trying to shuffle home
Where there's
A screaming radiator
And clanking pipes
And my little tortoiseshell cat
All curled up
Waiting on the sofa
Where I can get warmed up
Drop the needle on a record
And close my eyes
And listen
As the snow
Comes down
Gently onto the street below
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9. |
Reason to Smile
03:17
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It's your strange
Out of place smile
That I've always been looking for
Because
When life crashes down
And all I can make are mistakes
I can't stop feeling, like
I need to keep finding
Happy surprises
And reasons to laugh
And to smile
Because now
I'm feeling down
And don't know
Whether to hold on
Or to let go
When we're all caught up
In this nursery rhyme
Horror show world, it's
Enough to make you laugh
Or scream
But somehow
We've both found someone
In each other
Who knows
Just how bad it can be
And how good
And it gives me
That reason
That I need to smile
When life crashes down
All around me
Like a nightmare
Horror show
Funhouse ride
That's been built
For all the laughs
And the screams
And the kisses
And then the lights go out
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10. |
Me, the Moon, and My Cat
04:05
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Nothing but me
The moon
And my cat
Sitting inside
On this lonely night
But it's alright
Because it's what I've got
And where life's taken me
With the wind whipping up
Through the trees outside
And an owl calling out
To its owl friend
Somewhere in the darkness
A pack of coyotes
Are causing a ruckus
Doing whatever
Those tricksters do
Like wild boys
Ripping up the desert
And howling at the moon
And laughing like
They don't care
If tomorrow comes
Or it doesn't
But I remember
Having those same feelings
As if I was one of them
In some other place
Or another time
With other people
But tonight
There's nothing
But me
The moon
And my cat
Sitting inside
On a lonely night
But that's alright
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Mark Hahn Tucson, Arizona
Tucson artist and writer, Mark Hahn, grew up in Detroit MI, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and has traveled, lived and worked in many major cities across Europe and the United States. He has now settled in Tucson and spends his time focusing on varied creative projects while exploring the Sonoran Desert and the broken down mining towns that are scattered around the Southern AZ landscape. ... more
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