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Over and Over
02:35
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OVER AND OVER
Birds call me out, and I lower the muzzle from my snout
If you’re over-shy, life will pass you by
Then it’s over and over before you know
Life makes a sound: You can hear it vibrating all around
You don’t know the song, but hey, you’ll hum along
‘Cuz it’s over and over before you know
Thoughts cross my mind that my body is rising all the time
When I reach the sky, oh I don’t know why
All is over and over is all I know
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2. |
Requiem for Joe Death
02:06
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(Instrumental)
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(NOTHING) LIKE A ROLLING STONE
There's nothing like a rolling stone
To make you glad that you've got love
And the means of making it last
Grin and bear it all inside
Though you know that's not a cure
But a means to get by
Just look around you now
If you want to see heaven
This life is a beautiful something
If you take it in stride
There's nothing like a blooming sky
Or burning bush to make it all clear
And eliminate the I
Take it as a lesson learned
Take it slow, take it all in
That happiness you've earned
It's all around you now
Keep your eyes and arms open to life
It's a beautiful something
If you give it a try
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4. |
Soulmate
07:32
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SOULMATE
How I know it’s love: It grabs me by the ankle bones
When I see that another standing right in front of me
Is sharing half of my soul
Well a night is long - but it’s longer in an empty home
Put your face in my hands - it’s nothing but a wonder
When we’re sharing half of our souls
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5. |
Bell Jar
04:50
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BELL JAR
And so you shrug it off
The burden of a darkening day
Only to put it on
And heap it higher every day
You put the kettle on
And let it boil o’er
Can’t even turn it off
Can’t even raise an arm
And so you shrug it off
That ever-nagging heartache
And put a smile on
By moving muscles under your face
But Inner-Voice, it howls
And paints the world a glimmering grey
And though you know it’s wrong
Can’t help but sing it anyway
God is a hoax, is a lie, is a comfort for desperate lives
Something is here, but it’s queer to conjecture it lectures on high
Consider the grass that unfurls like a flag as the spirit moves past
Moving in you, as it moves in me too, though it never can last
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6. |
This Lonesome Life
03:07
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THIS LONESOME LIFE
Say what you want--it's a lonesome life
Cast out your demons, but they linger at your side
All the world is waiting for that golden tunnel light
To save us and erase us from this lonesome life
Say what you want, and do what you will
Cup runneth over with a lot of time to kill
All the world’s an oyster, but I think I’ve had my fill
The pearls are few and far, and I’m lonesome still
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(Instrumental)
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8. |
Beleganjur Blues
06:30
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BELEGANJUR BLUES
Praise the Creator who made you
The Preserver who stayed you
The Destroyer who laid you
In your grave
Soon flesh to ashes will flower
Spirit rising from tower
While my heart is devoured
By beleganjur blues
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9. |
Blasphemer Rag
03:32
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BLASPHEMER RAG
Holy smokes, you’re such a holy roller!
Got your bible-thumpin’ to a ‘T’
Pardon me, but I don’t need no threat of burning hell
To lead a life of well-doing and peace...
But that’s just me
All my life I’ve been a lowly pauper
But I never bothered to complain
All the same, it rubs me wrong to see a moneyed throng
Pretending all day long that they do right
In His sight
Holy Cow! Have I come down with fever?
Such a cold blasphemer am I now
And how! Carl Sagan is my revelations
I see all creation as it stands:
No guiding hand
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10. |
Breath of Life
06:28
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BREATH OF LIFE
A little breath of life
That’s what you want
It keeps you up at night
When you remember it’s gone
You’re out of helping hands
Your heart is lower than dirt
Are you a broken man,
Or are you something of worth?
A little breath of life
It’s all you want
One day you lift your head
Only to find that it’s gone
You can fight it, but you know it’s true
All we have is breath of life to lose
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11. |
Snaggletooth Rag
02:15
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(Instrumental)
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12. |
Stranger To You
05:03
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STRANGER TO YOU
Crawl out of bed and you’re already wishin’
That the night would come sooner than soon
Always seem to find that your mind is tangle of troubles
And your heart is a tangle of tunes
When you look around and you’ve found that your life is a stranger to you
How do you even begin?
When you’re at the end of a road that has taken you nowhere
Can you turn back and take it again?
No...
Love’s not what you make it out to be
It’s not a hill to die on
Give it everything you’ve got
Or give it just enough to thrive on
I’m not what you make me out to be
I’m not a coat to try on
Give me everything you’ve got
Or just a cold shoulder to cry on
And on...
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13. |
While Rome Burns
06:54
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WHILE ROME BURNS
Every way I turn my head, I see the smoke of burning fires
All my friends have come and gone, while I just sit and pick my lyre
Tell me, tell me where we stand - Are we caught in a flaming pyre?
Take me, take me by the hand - Are we lost in a loveless life?
Oh heart, why do you beat for things that you’ll never know?
Oh words, why do you fail to come when I need you most?
Every time I lift my head, I feel the sting of wasted hours
All my dreams are moving on, while I just sit, inhaling flowers
Tell Me, Tell me what you can to alleviate desire
Take me, take me by the hand - Lead me out of a loveless life
Oh heart, why do you beat for things that you’ll never know?
Oh words, why do you fail to come when I need you most?
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14. |
That Familiar Feeling
07:17
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THAT FAMILIAR FEELING
Dark as a cloud billowing outward - inward
Stark as a howl shuddering through the timber
Form is a lie - What you are, you ain’t
Death isn’t to die - Only a transformation
Where can I go? Tell me, what can I say
When this song is my only carriage?
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Zac Bauman Sacramento, California
Zac Bauman is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and recording artist specializing in intricate fingerstyle guitar arrangements and layered 'baroque pop' bedroom recordings.
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