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Busy busy busy got so much on my mind
Seventeen new episodes I’m falling behind
When I have a sec I’ll text you on my way to the mall
Busy busy busy doing nothing at all
Busy busy busy I got so much to do
Messages, alerts, wassup? In touch with what’s new
Check the stream then poke pin tweet and scratch on my wall
Busy busy busy doing nothing at all
Never not connected, making sure I don’t miss out
Gotta check a message, get my status up to date
Wull yeah I gotta do it now - later’s … late!
And I’m busy busy busy, something new to install
Busy busy busy doing nothing at all
Instantiated, integrated, on-line presence indicated
Busy busy busy doing nothing at all
The buzz, the trending, buddy sending, app alert! oh-oh! unfriending!
Busy busy busy doing nothing at all
Busy busy busy doing nothing at all
Busy busy busy got so much on my hands
Swap, reverse, securitizing, driving demand
I’m monetizing mindshare must be first to the ball
Busy busy busy making nothing at all
I work in the financial sector, advertising, entertainment
Important complicated work you wouldn’t understand it
I won’t even try to explain it
But I’m busy busy busy, no I can’t take your call
Busy busy busy making nothing at all
Got no time for making things, fixing things or baking things
Busy busy busy making nothing at all
Who’s got time for growing things, building things, or sewing things?
We’re busy busy busy making nothing at all
Busy busy busy making nothing at all
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Just Until
02:29
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Just until I can start to right my world again,
I need a friend - this heartache’s more than I can bear.
So I’m asking you to help me like so many times before.
You have a way of making things feel right by just being there.
Just until my heart is healed again
Just until I’m sure I can make it through
Just until I’m back on my feet again
Just until I’m over you.
The funny thing - I know that if you could, you surely would
And isn’t that just why it aches to see you go?
So don’t explain - I know that what I’m asking you can’t give
It’s up to me to bear this on my own.
(Repeat Chorus)
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Don't Want to Know!
02:26
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No, no can’t you see, I’m covering my ears; I really, really don’t want to know
I got this sick feeling when you said you’re saying ‘bye to me
Now I’m terrified that you’ll start explaining why to me!
Spare me, spare me don’t do me any favors -
I really, really don’t want to know
It’s hard enough just to have to hear that you’re leaving,
You really don’t have to enumerate the reasons.
I didn’t ask and you’d better not tell,
I think I’m better off in my own private hell.
What is it that I’m lacking? Am I just too immature?
She hates to hear me sing? I’m a bore, I’m a boor?
Is it something that I said? Something I didn’t do in bed?
Does she have a secret lover? Am I just too insecure?
I really, really don’t want to know. I really, really don’t want to know!
I guess there’s nothing more that I can say to change your mind
But there's plenty more that you could say to torment mine.
So tell me, tell me just one last lie... Then tell me goodbye
Of course if I have no information
I’m completely at the mercy of my own imagination
My brain is a genius at worst case scenarios…-arios…-arios…
When perhaps she’s just allergic to my cat.
…Oh, if only it only was that!
Could be economical, maybe psychological,
Or heaven only knows it could be theological
I think that I could bear it if it's merely philosophical
But lord in heaven save me if the problem’s anatomical!
I really, really don’t want to know. I really, really don’t want to know
No, no can’t you see: I’m covering my ears; I really, really don’t want to know! No! No!
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Stranger (I Choose You)
02:27
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Who is this stranger who lies here beside me
Naked and trusting in sleep?
Who are you, my love, you lie here beside me
So naked, so trusting in your sleep.
You’ve chosen me for your path through the mystery. I am a seeker, too.
To dive with my fears in the ocean of another - I choose you.
Waking beside you and watching you sleeping
I know you as deeply as I know myself.
I look again - and I see the stranger
I know you no better than I know myself.
You’ve chosen me for your path through the mystery. I am a seeker, too.
To dive with my fears in the ocean of another - I choose you.
I am alone in a world full of strangers:
No one could ever know me.
Or maybe alone is just one last illusion,
And I only have to wake - to see.
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Of Diamonds and Tomatoes
02:20
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I wanted to show you just how much I love you, thought maybe I'd buy you a Cadillac car!
I took it for a spin, put the pedal to the floor -
And I could almost feel...
The glaciers meltin' just a little bit more.
On second thought ...yeah, maybe not
Then I thought maybe, just the thing baby, might be a great big diamond ring!
It glittered and it sparkled just like a Christmas tree -
But they couldn't give me what I need:
A guarantee that it was conflict-free
On second thought ...yeah, maybe not
I wanted to show you just how much I love you, thought maybe I'd buy you a long fur coat...
…Definitely not
I still wanted to show you just how much I love you, thought maybe I’d grow you something instead
But the first one died and so I tried another and it did a little better - by comparison.
There isn’t very much sun on the north side fourth flight fire escape, but just enough I guess
‘Cuz nevertheless it kept on growing, and today was harvest day!
So here it is sweetheart – my homegrown tomato.
It’s a little misshapen and not exactly red, but I think it might taste good anyway
Anyway I hope you like it and I hope, too - that you know how much I love you!
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6. |
Ordinary Time
01:51
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Just another day
Things I gotta do.
Guess I can’t complain
But, still I guess I do.
Ordinary time. Nothing ordinary about it!
Face the dawn with open arms
But don’t turn your back on the setting sun.
Long as I remember
The days rolled on and on.
Far as I imagine
There’ll always be another.
Ordinary time. Nothing ordinary about it!
Face the dawn with open arms
But don’t turn your back on the setting sun.
Don’t turn away.
Don’t turn away.
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7. |
Not Buyin' It!
02:13
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You’re telling me I’m not hot enough - but you can make me really stand out.
You’re telling me I’m not cool enough - but you can make me fit right in.
You're telling me my phone’s not smart enough, and your car will make a man out of me!
You're telling me that I could have a beautiful life, but I gotta get a bigger TV!
I’m not buyin’ it! I’m not buyin’ it!
I’m not buying what you’re telling me, the message you keep selling me:
The gospel of never enough!
Such incredible deals on super-sized meals. And if I worry that it might make me fat?
You’ve got aisles and aisles of potions and pills - And piles of books to cure me of that!
You sow dissatisfaction then you sell us the solution. You creep inside my brain and whisper buy, buy, buy!
No matter what you’re pushing, it’s really all the same: Newer, Smaller, Faster, Bigger – more, more, more!
I’m not buyin’ it! I’m not buyin’ it!
I’m not buying what you’re telling me, the message you keep selling me:
The gospel of never enough!
(repeat)
The gospel...of never enough!
No No No!
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Time after time, I’ve watched you fall for other guys
And heartache after heartbreak, it’s to me you turn to cry:
“Oh! What’s a woman to do?”
Well, here’s a thought you might pursue:
Why don’t you just fall in love with me?
Instead of falling for that fella who’d start yellin’ when he’d had a drink,
Or falling for the man who said it’s not a woman’s place to think,
Or the one who really seemed to be everything you dreamed could be,
Except for his other lovers, one, two, three.
You’re too good for the kind of man who seems to catch your eye.
And I’m so gone on you, no other woman could catch mine.
We’ve both got a problem you see -
I think the answer’s elementary…
Why don’t you just fall in love with me?
Instead of that businessman who always had assistants plan his dates with you,
Or the dude who’s gonna get up from the couch as soon as his muse inspires him to,
Or the one who never respected you, who only ever expected you to cook and shop and clean and – smile.
Time after time I’ve watched you fall for other guys
And heartache after heartbreak, it’s to me you turn to cry:
“There’s just no solution, you see!”
Ahem - I humbly beg to disagree
Maybe you should … I think you could … Why don’t you just fall in love with me!
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9. |
Stay With Me
02:13
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Stay With Me
You could stay with me
Or you could gently take your leave
I’ll just wait and see
No way to make this easy for you
But I’ve told you now at last
There’s relief in that at least
I’ve been worried now for weeks
Wondering if you’d choose to stay with me
There’s where we’ve gone and what we’ve seen
And maybe who we’ve been
But now there’s only who we are
And that’s where we begin
I have never felt
And may never feel again
A love for one like my love for you
A love I hope I’m not about to lose
In the fading light
I can’t really see your eyes
But I’ve never sensed a touch from you
...Quite like this before
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The Work of Hands
02:54
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The Work of Hands
On my walk I came across the town of Temniac
Where? you might well ask. Exactly
In the town I came across a church of ancient stone
A large church, it seemed, for what was just a village
I tried the door, they’d left it open. A gentle push, I let myself in
I like to think the people of this town left it open …for me
Simple colored tiles, uneven hand-hewn pews
Stones cut a little rough, fit together well enough
Alone I sat and gradually became aware of
A kind of quiet I only know from deep in woods
The very air here speaks of something…
Oh, these places that we build to say - what can’t be said
I know a bit about history and who has all the power
Who does all the work, and who takes all the glory
And yet, before I leave this church I touch the stones
This was the work of careful hands and hope and love
Beautiful for all its flaws - just like us
This was the work of careful hands and hope and love
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11. |
I Remember
03:11
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Don’t remember how we got to Redding.
Thinking now it must have been the train.
All those days of hitching rides, and all those nights spent by your side
And all that I remember now is that last day in the rain.
You said something harsh, or maybe I did
Cold and wet and no one else to blame
You only turned and walked away, or was it me that left that day?
Then we lived for half a lifetime since – that last day in the rain
I’m seeing now these roses from your garden
In that special vase, arranged with loving care
The walls hold all the many little treasures that you saved
From journeys that I’ll never get to share
Forty-four years later in the city
I turned a corner – stopped - for it was you
A momentary hesitation, an hour of dawning realization
A day in which we found ourselves feeling love renew
We talked about our children, wife, and husband
And even, briefly, why we’re now alone
We’ll never know what might have been, but what we had could not have been
If things had ended differently… all those years ago
You come and sit beside me by the window
To have lived a life without you now seems strange
But now at least I know I was not the only one
Haunted by that last day in the rain
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Brian Hicks Oakland, California
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