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It’s pitch dark out
Shortest day of the year
I’m still looking for signs
Keeping an open ear
For a signal for a sound
A lamp to light my way
As I take the next step
To get out of my own way
If I were a shapeshifter
I’d give everyone wings
Open our hearts wider
Soothe all that stings
Take away the bullets
Defuse every bomb
Return the stolen land to those who've been wronged
In a world on fire
No going back to where we were before
Time to shake things up
Open up all the doors
Air out the house
Shake out the rug
Turn down the heat
Give everyone a hug
If I were a shapeshifter
I’d give everyone wings
Open our hearts wider, have everyone sing
Cure every disease
Make the weak strong
Restore justice
Right every wrong
it’s still dark out
a light rain is on the way
But the sun is rising
lightening the day
I’ll take it as proof
There’s a way around these clouds
I’ll take it as direction
Do my best anyhow
If I were a shapeshifter
I’d give everyone wings
Open our hearts wide
Soothe all that stings
Take away the bullets
Defuse ever bomb
Return the stolen land
To those who've been wronged
If I were a shapeshifter
I’d give everyone wings
Open our hearts wider
have everyone sing
If I were a shapeshifter
If I were a shapeshifter
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To The Bears
04:49
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We had a good life yeah
With money in the bank
and a roof over our heads
But It’s time to leave California to the bears
By the light of an iPhone candle
I just can’t excuse it
it’s time to face the music
It’s time to leave California to the bears
Take away the airplanes
take away the noisy trains
Take away the highways
you take away yours, I’ll take away my ways
Take away the sit and wait
trying to cross the golden gate
Take the smoggy sky line
take away the crime rate
Take away the slum lords
robbers on the roller skates
We had our chance before but now it is just too late
I think our time’s up
Baby it’s no damn good
All the governors have failed
I’d rather have the whales
It’s time to leave California to the bears
Take away the asphalt
Make all the taxis halt
Take away the buildings
Take away the dentists
take away the fillings
Take away the holidays
take away ‘best of the bay’
Take away the sofas
Pilates and the yogas
Take away the living rooms
take away the catchy tunes
Take away the cable cars
make way for the sand dunes
Take the politicians and most of the musicians
No more dumb elections
Natural selection!
Let the grapes grow free leave ‘em to the honey bee
Take away the lawn chairs (unless their needed by the bears)
I think our time’s up
Baby it’s too damn bad
Let’s forsake the golden state now, we blew the chance we had
It’s time to leave California to the bears
Gather up the deeds, the stocks and shares
And hand them over,
Hand them over
To the bears
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Three Days of Rain
03:47
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When the rain is falling, like a memory
Takes me back to where I come from
Cause in those parts, you can take it to heart
There's plenty of rain to go around
Hills round here, so baked and severe
Can we really make the desert bloom?
But looking west see a treasure chest
Of dark clouds, lining, starting to loom
Three days of rain is coming
If it's the last thing I ever do
Stand with my face up to the sky
Let it fall, Let it fall...over me
What's with this fickle rain?
Something's holding back, driving me insane
Let the heavens open up
Come down in buckets, cold and abrupt
Three days of rain is coming
Ain't been this dry since before the Great War
Streams with leaves flowing through the streets
Let it fall, Let it fall...over me
Rainin' in Point Reyes Station
Gonna be headed our way soon
Wind's picking up the pace
Feel the first drops, blessed haste
Sky is turning black
Mt. Tam’s enshrouded high in the clouds
Aint no turning back
Can’t wait to hear that magical sound
Three days of rain is coming
If it's the last thing I ever do
Stand with my face up to the sky
Let it fall, Let it fall, Let it fall
Let it fall...over me
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The Past Is Over
02:36
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Lights over the mountains
Monsters under the bed
Four ravens circling
Ghosts in my head
The past, the past, the past is over
what lives in a body, in stone
Fossils imprinted so long ago
Shadows how they linger
Overall you now know
The past, the past, the past is over
All the way to the river
All the way to the sea
Lay down your troubles,
Lay down with me
We’re on a one-way trip
Moments how they flow
all those old memories
just let them go
All the things you can’t forget
All the odds on which to bet
All of the breaks in your heart
Lay down your troubles and start
The past the past the past is over
The past the past the past is over
We’re on a one-way trip
Moments how they flow….
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