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Money in the bank only goes so far
when we take it out it’s going to leave a scar
Keep your eyes on what it’s all about
What to do when the lights go out
Fill a bag with beans and rice
Let your cat chase away the mice
cast around for a different route
What to do when the lights go out
Quell your panic walk don’t run
Don’t listen to the men who live by the gun
Read your list through and through
When the lights go out | you’ll know what to do
The tanks are full there’s water to drink
There’s a box of matches by the sink
There’s no room for any more doubt
What to do when the lights go out
In the dark and feeling lost
All your usual signals crossed
Lessons learned were for right now
No space in the car | for a sacred cow
The coffee’s ground and the drag is packed
The lies ran out and left the fact
You felt your way around the house
What to do when the lights go out
Sirens wail and buildings burn / Leaders fail and children learn
The blind will see / the dumb will shout
We’ll all be there / when the lights go out
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103 Degrees
04:43
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We drove all day past the trees and lakes
Out across the salt flats where everything bakes
103 degrees, that kind of heat will bring you to your knees
Got to keep on, got to keep on
No surrender driving till dawn
I’ve got your back you’ve got the sun right in your face
Spinning wheels through time and space
The sun grows strong the days stretch long
Rolling down the highway to get to the next song
The canyon’s deep and the walls are sheer
Something you said rings in my ear
The waves of heat the blur of trees
Time passes by too quickly for us to see
Things aren’t always what they seem
where we’re going to, to the desert to dream
The land won’t care, it will always be there
When the highway crumbles dissolves into the air
103 degrees, hat kind of heat will bring you to your knees
Got to keep on/got to keep on, no surrender….
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Enough
03:48
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A minute each day, don't wait, it goes away so fast
A second each minute, has so much in it, if you look close enough
Enough, enough
An avocado, a potato, a good glass of red
A stone floor, an open door, a soft and firm bed
Enough, enough
Take the dirt road, turn left at the stars
Water in the car, oh here we are
Enough, enough
That sound of the door is so familiar, creak and whine/
wind blowing in, warm sun on skin feels so fine
Enough, enough
strings some truth is plenty of proof, why ask for more?
pick and strum, whistle and hum, four on the floor
Take the dirt road, turn left at the stars
We’ve come so far, oh here we are
Enough, enough
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The King Tides were out
Pulled back from the rising sea
Leaving patterns in the sand
We’re puzzling to understand
All the red flags come to attention
At half mast on high ground
All the things I don’t want to mention
Beyond the safe and sound
Our feet sunk down with each step
Still we made it back to the shore
Blue skies say we’re all ok
Underneath there’s something more
All the red flags come to attention
At half mast on high ground
All the things I don’t want to mention
Beyond the safe and sound
Headlines calling out our crimes (our crimes)
Scandals’ wasting all our time (our time)
People standing in line
just trying to get home
Tossing and turning through the night
We leave on the porch light.
Here’s hoping that we’ll be alright
On our island in the sun
All the red flags come to attention
At half mast on high ground
All the things I don’t want to mention
Beyond the safe and sound
All the red flags come to attention
At half mast on high ground
All the things I don’t want to mention
Beyond the safe and sound
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Masked Marauders
03:59
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Count your blessings and feed the cat, wear a funny face mask
Waking up is where it’s at, everything adds up to now
Today not tomorrow, this minute not tonight
A brand new day to make things all right
Grab your hat hold on tight
Everything adds up to now
Winding road, a running cow, limbs that bend, those that bow
Follow the river, following the Tao
Everything adds up to now
Unprecedented
In the meantime
And nothing will ever be the same
With all you know all that came before
The broken vows the slammed door
Turn around and say it anyhow
Everything adds up to now
missing buttons loose shoelace
Ruby kinglet a moment of grace
Turn around let me see your face
Everything adds up to now
Everything adds up to now
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