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Big Sky
02:50
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Big Sky
Written by Henderson K Shatner and Emily Dolan Davies
Drums – Emily
Bass, Guitar, Vocals - HKS
I’m going to Big Sky to live in the heart of the Land of the Free
I’m gonna put a little cabin on some land where no one can ever mess with me
So I can dream of the Jersey Shore
Uh-out here where the buffalo roam I’m gonna ….
Uh-out here where the antelope play I’m gonna ….
I’m moving to Big Sky where a man can really stretch his wings
They got these very big fish in these tiny little ponds and it’s so easy to live like Kings
So easy to live like Kings
Uh-out here where the buffalo roam I’m gonna ….
Uh-out here where the antelope play I’m gonna ….
I’ve got a trust fund, and you ain’t got one
Don’t let that stop me from holding court, Old Sport!
So what do the deer and antelope say?
I’ll put a fence up, then drive the rents up
So they can dream of the Flathead shore no more
I’ll re-read Chekov, dust Dostoyevsk-off
Looks like time for a new Oligarchy to me
I’m going to Big Sky and ma ma ma ma mama I cannot lie
It’s not enough like California or the streets down in Sedona
So I’m really gonna have to try
Uh-out here where the buffalo roam I’m gonna ….
Uh-out here where the antelope play I’m gonna ….
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Houdini
03:19
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Houdini
Written by Henderson K Shatner
You’ve got to ditch that little queenie
If you ever want to dance again
You need to catch little Houdini
Or we never will be friends
Cuz one’s a noun and two’s a verb
And the next one’s a proposition
Lurking in a preposition
Did that snake bring an apple
Or did he feel too ill to travel?
You’ve got to watch that vicious meanie
If you ever want to walk again
You need to think/act like Houdini
Or this is where the story ends
Cuz one’s a noun and two’s a verb
And the next one’s a proposition
Written like a new prescription
Did it all start to unravel
When you fell down the marble stairs?
You’ve got to bottle up that genie
If you ever want to wish again
Can you decamp like a Houdini
And all the messages he sends
Cuz one’s a noun and two’s a verb
And the next one’s an inquisition
Leading to a full confession
He tried on all your shoes,
& Still you missed all the cues
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Game The System
02:55
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I have a nice chair in which I dare to compare
Trap and snare and life unfair
Katrina took a selfie showed her was outie was an innie
Now she’s influencing them all more than the Oracle at Delphi
Her voice like thunder’s bellowing shout
When you’re six feet under
Every which way is out
That’s right
So check it out.
Game the system, baby
There’s a funny old cushion after a fashion I’ve seen
It’s big
And it’s green
What a strange dream—of cotton-tailed rainbows
And costumes a-glare
And that pair of old jeans, so unfair to wear
When my spirit is down, I am such a clown
So I guess when I’m happy, that means I should frown
That’s right
So check it out.
Game the system, baby
I thought I’d like to run down to the sea
To dance, and play and shout with glee
When I reached that far-off shore
I met with a bluebottle
I am no more
Game the system, baby
I have a big couch on which I like to crouch and plot the demise of those who are bad
But my crouching turned to slouching and I think I went mad
So much of today will be gone as fad
Turn off the TV—I can’t stand the glare
Something is wrong in this sad, sad affair
That’s right
So check it out
I thought I’d like to run down to the sea
To dance, and play and shout with glee
When I reached that far-off shore
I met with a bluebottle
I am no more
Game the system, baby
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The Architecture of Berlin
Written by Henderson K Shatner
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals – HKS
And once she’s said she’s gone you know you can’t go on
We left the Brandenburg Gate and made our way to Café Adler
You can no longer blame the brain drain, because it no longer seems to matter
Ossi & Wessi are still arguing over the fate of the Ampelmännchen
And lots of other little things that I no longer feel the need to mention
I still have time for reflection here, though
The writing was on the wall
I never made much progress here
It was the architecture of Berlin
She said, “I’d like it if we never went to bed.”
I said I’d like to; she said she’d try to, if she could fit it in her head
Unter den Linden, not quite joyridden, they’re selling pieces of the wall
I kind of liked it, she said she’d spiked it; I woke up naked on the floor
I think I found too much license here
To do much of anything at all
I never got much traction here
Amid the architecture of Berlin
Although she said she felt much safer in my arms
From the opening shot, she seemed to believe I was immune to all her charms
With all the ins and the outs—couldn’t work my way around it
So I had to leave it all just as I found it
Still, do do doo, I saw the architecture of Berlin
I touched the architecture of Berlin
She smiled and said, “The architecture of Berlin”
I love the architecture of Berlin
I kissed the architecture of Berlin
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13.13
02:42
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13.13
Written by Henderson K Shatner
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals – HKS
Old man sitting in the park, there’s a statue
A mother clinging to her son
As sunlight stretches into deepening shadows
On the sidewalk, there’s a polished silver gun
Two lovers run away, their arms intermingled
Was that young girl up there playing with her dolls?
It’s hard to see for the steam rising from the gutters
Tags and condensation on brick walls
Songs of joy and songs of fear
Songs that make you want to make it disappear
Songs that just unravel all the lies that they dispel
And never simply – truly – madly – deeply
There is a crime scene, but there’s little resolution
The victim’s family is informed
No one’s expecting some kind of profound revelation
The mean always reverts back to the norm
Songs of joy and songs of fear
Songs that make you want to make it disappear
Songs that just unravel all the lies that they dispel
Never simply – truly – madly – deeply
Truth be told I was only passing by
With the top down on a sunny day—and a long, long way to drive
Refractions, shards & fragments, tired eyes & lack of sleep
Wondering, “As you sow, so shall you reap”
Old man still sitting there, clutching a chess piece
Young mother leaving with her son
I make my way over the bridge and onto the freeway
Hoping to make Vegas before dawn
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6. |
Mainstreamlining
03:08
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Mainstreamlining
Written by Henderson K Shatner
Drums, Bass, Vocals – HKS
Guitars – Ian Weckler
Here lies the man that I used to be
Lost somewhere between you and me
Got a glimpse of it
And then he tried to reach for it but now he’s gone
He’s Mainstreamlining
Caught a whiff of it but then he lost the scent of it and wandered away
He’s Mainstreamlining
What was I supposed to do?
I’d throw it all away for you
A point of view that I haven’t seen before
Like a passing thought crashing on a distant shore
Caught the pace of it
Then tried to catch a ride on it and then disappeared
To mainstreamlining
Got the taste for it, now sick to the back teeth of it
And now he’s gone,
He’s mainstreamlining
What was I supposed to do?
I’d do it all again for you
(Instrumental break)
Felt the first touch of it—then couldn’t get enough of it
So now he’s gone away
He’s mainstreamlining
Caught the gist of it but never learned the rest of it
& drifted away
He’s mainstreamlining
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Bombay & Butterfly
02:43
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Bombay & Butterfly
Written by Henderson K Shatner
Guitar, Vocals – HKS
There’s a spot where the pavement’s warm perfect for a nap & stretch
A shrub that protects me from the pouring rain when there’s mice out to be fetched
I have to walk the perimeter fence,
& chase a butterfly or two
Sit & stare by the fire pit
And contemplate the morning dew
There’s a place back by the kitchen door where I can sit so quietly
It makes me quite invisible when they’re out looking for me
I have to walk the perimeter fence,
& chase a butterfly or two
Watch the deer from the windowsill
And contemplate the morning dew
I just want to be a big part of your life
Won’t you let me be a big part of your life?
I just want to be a big part of your life
Won’t you let me be a big part of your life?
I had to walk the perimeter fence,
And chase a butterfly or two!
Then sit & stare by the fire pit
& contemplate the morning dew
I just want to be a big part of your life
Won’t you let me be a big part of your life?
I will always be a big part of your life
I’ll forever be a big part of your life
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Hill's Belles
01:56
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9. |
No Hope
02:22
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No Hope
Written by Henderson K Shatner and Emily Dolan Davies
Drums - Emily
Bass, Guitar, Vocals – HKS
You say you’re never gonna leave her
You say you’re leaving it to beaver
You say you skinned your knees
You say “I’m begging you—please!”
And there’s no hope for you
There is where & when you’re going down
You say it that never changes
You say that it’s like the Middle Ages
You say you’re really making progress
You really say nothing at all
(break)
And now you say you feel excited
And that this time there’s just no hiding
Now you’ve worked your way inside it
This time they’re going to push you to the wall <- metal scream
You say that nothing ever changes
You say you’re ready to turn pages
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Hope
02:55
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Hope
Written by Henderson K Shatner
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals – HKS
Didn’t go to school—now your girlfriend thinks you’re cool
While everything around you’s burning down down down
Your place remains a mess, so your brother stole your dress
And everyone you meet is just a clown
But there’s hope—you’ve still got hope
There’s always hope—you’ve still got hope
You just ran out of cash and you couldn’t find your stash
And the things around you all seem dim and brown
You never catch a break and you leave chaos in your wake
And most of all your friends are leaving town
But there’s hope—you’ve still got hope
There’s always hope—you’ve still got hope
Life around you terrifies you
When it ought to galvanize you
Meanwhile they run rings around you
But you’re not changing places
Silly games and wasted faces
You got back into school—now your mother says you rule
And everything around you’s going right
Now there’s hope—you’ve still got hope
There’s always hope—now you’ve got hope
Ooh!
Ah!
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Redhead
02:52
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Redhead
It’s time to get out of your head and focus on the road instead
Every dread event that’s ever gonna happen is gonna happen
It’s still a long road ahead, and you’re still 300 miles from the wrong side of dawn
You’ve got to get out of your head and put the here and now to bed
Every dog has its day and every cat’s gonna get its cradle
You’ve got to get out of your head and not dwell on what was said
You’ve got a long way to go so forgive yourself for trying
It’s not a baby you left crying
It’s still a long road ahead—and it’s still 200 miles from the other side of dawn
You can take it or leave it now
No longer have to believe it now
There’s no need to achieve it now
So fly, blackbird, fly
It’s time to get back in your head, reflect on all that lies ahead
Every path that you take will
Reshape each tomorrow
And you can dwell on all your sorrow
And all the things you had to borrow
So fly, blackbird, fly
Redhead
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12. |
Waiting For Goodyear
03:34
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Waiting For Goodyear
Written by Henderson K Shatner
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals – HKS
Did you never hear about the new & secret code for happiness?
Like a hidden golden key to manifest a life well-lived
Spend all your time informing everyone and everything
When you could be spending much more time on just being a friend
And while we’re at it can you please not go on to tell me all about your opinions and positions about everything
And do I – do I really want to know
Do I – do I really need to see
Do you – do you need me to believe?
(solo)
And do you – do you really want to know
Do you – do you really need to see
Do you – do you need it to believe?
Facts must be checked
And wrongs must be wrecked
Then opinions and positions can conspire to lead the way
Sometimes you just need to change a tire
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13. |
Sharp White Teeth
04:06
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Sharp White Teeth
Written by Henderson K Shatner
And now the time has come to say our first goodbye
I look into your eyes and now I can’t deny
That lust is all and everything we seek
I’ll try to hold on to you for another week
Now just leave me alone
I must be going home
I think that I might stay for a while
I watch you cross the bar with your calculated steps
You seem so set upon making your request
Your smile rings a set of sharp white teeth
Now I know what treasures lie underneath your wreath
Just leave me alone
I must be going home
I think that I might stay for a while
(solo)
Please leave me alone
I must be getting home
I think that I might stay for a while
I wake up in the morning light to chase your morning breath
You seem more human now—like some kind of minor Death
Your smile rings a set of sharp white teeth
Now I know what’s it’s like to end up crashed upon your reef
Please leave me alone
I must be getting home
I think that I might stay for a while
…for a while—I gotta get home
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14. |
The Nature of Birds
02:44
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The Nature of Birds
Written by Henderson K Shatner
Mouth percussion, Double bass, Guitar, Piano tinkling – HKS
Cello – Jessica Catron
It’s cruelty and cowardice that make us brave and kind
The black and white of good and bad can make you lose your mind
So fly --- just fly
Don’t repeat the mistakes we both made in the past
Life speeds up already so make every moment last
So fly – just fly
They tell you “spread your wings” but now everybody sings
Laying beats down in Garageband and then strut around like Kings
So fly – just fly
They think they’re bigger, badder, brainless unicorns who swagger
Trying to convince themselves their opinions really matter
So fly – just fly
It’s in the nature of birds to fly
You can begin again
If it’s in the nature of birds to fly
Then you can begin again
You name the game, you’ll see everyone’s the same
They wouldn’t know a bad ass if we handed them a brain
So fly – just fly
So fly – just fly (repeat)
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