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Change Your Mind
02:37
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If I'm trying to change your mind
Would you tell me if I do it the wrong way
Cuz it took me so long to find
short cuts are never as good as the long way
You do yourself a disservice
When those feelings start to surface
If you fail to take the time
to write it all down in a song way
If you don't see this moment
You'll never see it again
Treasure it like something stolen
Share it with all your friends
If I'm trying to change your mind
Would you tell me if I do it the wrong way
Cuz it took me so long to find
short cuts are never as good as the long way
You got it in you to do it
But you gotta get to it
If you fail to take the time
to write it all down in a song way
If you wanna live in the moment
don't give up space in your head
Your brain needs controlling
Make up your mind instead
I'll give you an opinion
you might like to hear
Not everyone has it in them
to be now be here
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2. |
MIraculous Transition
02:23
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Remember all winter
When it felt like shit
Was always just about to hit the fan
And even though
I've seen it come and go
For fifty something years
Spring feels like a miracle
When it finally comes
Miraculous transition
Remember last Summer
When you beat the drums
And the heat came down in waves
Oh hanging out
Like a rag in in the slums
To see the July 4th parade
Autumn came like a miracle
When it finally came
Miraculous transition
I hear George Harrison
Sing to me about the sun
Gonna come
And I wonder
Did he really know?
What did he really know?
Remember last year
You conquered your fear
You paved the way for me
I know that I was not
A little is a lot
Give me something to be
This life is a miracle
Once you're finally living it
Miraculous transition
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3. |
Home
02:43
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Where the Hell can we go to now
We've burned every stick of wood
for five miles in any direction
I can't believe what we've been eating
Handfuls of spices with nothing to put them on
We managed to snare a scrawny rabbit
It wasn't worth more than a couple of bites
If we go out for longer than three or four hours
our eyes start to burn
Wish we could go home
Wish it was still there
Green lawns in the neighborhood
Electricity to power it all
Remember the days
Driving the car
Down to the grocery store
To get something to eat
And bring it home to you
To enjoy while watching our favorite TV shows
We entertain each other these days
Acting out scenes
from movies we can barely recall
I wonder if we'll ever see
One of those things again
Wish we could go home
Wish it was still there
Green lawns in the neighborhood
Electricity to power it all
Remember the days
Driving the car
Down to the grocery store
To get something to eat
And bring it home to you
To enjoy while watching our favorite TV shows
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4. |
Last I Saw Of The Sun
02:59
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Spring arrived in fits and starts
Summer practically never came
Fall was cold and brown and bleak
In Winter it started to rain
It would turn to snow every several weeks
The stores would run out of bread and eggs
The captain of my ship called life
Apparently lost his sea legs
Perhaps a day of sun every now and again
To punctuate the grey and the gloom
The endless rain was always a run-on sentence
That left me stuck in this room
By March the rain became a major feature
Of a season of desperation
The latter part of April was the last I saw of the sun
August was cold
Unbelievably so
In September it started to snow
Oh no no no...
We've been in the caves for 28 days
A week since the power went out...
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5. |
Computer Troglodytes
02:39
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Computer Troglodytes
The Stone Age of computing
The blue screen of death
Changing numbers in lines of code
So addicted are we
to plastic boxes with wires coming out of them
so addicted are we
Now where do the wires go?
Everybody's wireless
gave me a virus
And I have retreated
To a hole in the ground
So addicted are we
to plastic boxes with wires coming out of them
so addicted are we
Now where do the wires go?
Everything sounds like the stone age
there's no WiFi, hot spots or DSL links
No PM, text or instant message
We're living like cavemen here
So addicted are we
to plastic boxes with wires coming out of them
so addicted are we
Now where do the wires go?
Fingerpainting our email addresses on the wall
I can't remember the last time I was so bored
Since I can't download a movie from the iTunes store
No menu from the local restaurant and no asian porn
So how do I know what I need?
And how do I know what I want?
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6. |
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The world is gonna be different
It's as true now as any time
You gotta be ready for whatever, whenever
Cuz it's gonna be different
Everything's changing all the time
Nothing ever stays the same
You can try to find
Comfort in nostalgia
Confuse the slow arc of change
with timelessness
But everything's gonna change
Everything's gonna change
You'd best develop adaptation skills
We have no idea what comes next
But make no mistake it's coming
And you better prepare
Whatever that means
Get in your stance and take good care
When the time is right
You just gotta hope
Your ability to know
When the time is right
Is honed to an edge
Sharp and precise
But everyone and everything
Has a time
A beginning, and end
And the sooner you can make peace with that
The sooner you can recognize
That every moment is unique
And will never be again
The sooner we can truly live
In the moment
Cuz we'll never be here again
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7. |
Something Stronger
03:47
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I need something stronger
What I’m using now should be stronger by a half
I need something stronger
It used to be the truth
But it’s failed the polygraph
I need some assurance
Some certainty in the face of all that’s wrong
Pulled along in currents
That roil and race
And sweep away foundations
To resist I must be strong
So much stronger than I am
Please be something stronger
I’ve read the news and it keeps getting worse
Please be something better
It’s right now.
There’s no time to rehearse
Every time I hope we
Will rise to the occasion
Every time I think that
I tell myself it’s almost over
We need something larger
Than ourselves to care about
We need something stronger
Than greed, celebrity and lust for power
Every time I hope we
Will rise to the occasion
Every time I think that
I tell myself it’s almost over
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8. |
Hey Daffodill
03:04
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Hey daffodil
The first to say I will
So willing that
I worry about your chances
The blushing debutante
Everybody wants
You daffodil
Hey daffodil
You know I love you still
The killing that
You made in our romances
Standing and saluting
Everybody's rooting for
You daffodil
Hello dandelion
I thought you were a friend of mine
They keep mowing you down
But you keep coming around
I cannot help but admire your style
But I must tell you I'll
Never love you
Like I love sweet daffodil
Hey daffodil
You say you would, you will
And yet you stay
Immune to my advances
You're so beautiful
Everybody's pulling for
You daffodil
Hey daffodil
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9. |
An Amazing Opportunity
02:06
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When this is over
And we start to move again
They're gonna try to sell you
Things they had convinced you
You couldn't live without
Don't let this opportunity
to live without those things
Lure you back into
That old way of barely living
We were so busy
We didn't have time to care
About each other, about the world
About ourselves
Now that we're learning
the benefit of slowing and stopping
We can't let the temptation
To go back to normal
Lure us back into
The comfort of familiarity
We are being offered
A once in a lifetime chance
to decide who we really are & why we're here
We're in the middle of a process
None of us can understand
Scary sure
But it needs to be reframed as an
Amazing opportunity
When this is over
Don't let them tell you
Nothing happened.
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10. |
Silver Linings
03:30
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Nobody's driving
Nobody's flying
The sky is clearer
The birds are louder
I've never seen a blue sky like this
So alive with bits singing
The days have been so long and beautiful
I don't know what to think
I get out into the woods every day
And I see life abound
The air is so clean and clear
No one dares make a sound
Nobody's driving
Nobody's flying
The sky is clearer
The birds are louder
It's like Earth is breathing
A big sigh of relief
Everything sparkles on the edges
The green is beyond belief
But no cars, no sound
Nothing but the wind
Whispering between the buildings
Nobody's driving
Nobody's flying
The sky is clearer
The birds are louder
My heart's beating
In case you can't see it
I'm scared to death
Just like everyone else
But I'm trying to find
The silver lining
That I'm sure is there
Its always there
You just gotta know how to look
You just gotta know where to look
You just gotta know when to look
You just gotta know who to look to
Silver lining
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11. |
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By the end of the month
We had all had more than enough
And down to the man
We suffered the year's other plans
The calendar page stayed the same
By January 45
We awaited our Valentines
But they never came
The calendar page wouldn't change
No matter how we played the game
Please say something that will upend
The January that wouldn't end
Please do something real that will rescind
The January that wouldn't end
When Spring should be filling the Earth
Celebrating the year of my birth
Not saying what it's supposed to say
It should be near May
But the calendar page wouldn't change
No matter how we played the game
Everything we did to rekindle the flame
But the motor stopped running we're all to blame
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12. |
Blue Sky Celebration
04:51
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We lose hope
Underground the tunnels are so cold
And we grow old
Biding our time until
The sun comes out
I saw light
Coming down as I was climbing up
I reached the top
I broke the seal
The sun was out
We go out
Clean off the panels as we've been taught
Let the sun shine in
Unfurl ourselves
The sun shines in
We can't wait
The time the clouds were parted
Never really started
We were only dreaming
Undeserving
Pause to let the light come in
Stop to let the sun shine in
Blue sky celebration
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13. |
Hot Summer Day
02:11
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Well it's a hot summer day
And I think I skipped a beat
I'm not thinking straight
Because of the heat
If I evaporate
It would be bittersweet
Chocolate melting on hot concrete
There's gotta be a way for me to cheat
Everything I say is incomplete
On this hot summer day
Back in the cold I couldn't believe
The heat would get old enough to relieve
Inside the household that I never leave
If you had told me on Christmas Eve
In my overcoat and under my sleeves
I'd call a misquote, no chance of misery
On this hot summer day
But here I stand covered in sweat
Hopelessly fanned and wringing wet
A desperate man never forgets
To meet the demand, losing a bet
We shoulda planned but don't get upset
Get in command of your best etiquette
On this hot summer day
I have to believe the heat's gonna break
One of these days and it'll be great
Until then we'll just sit and bake
And play guitar
Cuz that's who you are
So play it...
It's Hot!
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John T. Baker Knoxville, Tennessee
John T. Baker is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, bassist and recording producer in Knoxville TN. He's been making original music since since the 80's. Owner of The Arbor Studio in Knoxville, he has recorded many prominent artists in the East Tennessee area. ... more
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