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1. |
Spaceman
03:30
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As I step out onto the surface of the moon
I think that there can’t be a smaller step from home
Like falling off a dock and proclaiming the
ocean was conquered for all mankind
we’re celebrating the inch we’ve moved and in
forty-five years we have not been any further we need a
Chorus:
Spaceman, tell me again about the Octogrepelectics and the Thermians
Spaceman, tell me again about the secret switch from hyperactive into plaid
Half-sphere of helmet visor a reflective red
an awkward laser blaster levels at my head
my hands fly up and the red curls back then the
view of a smiling blue-skinned man
He says you’re coming with me into space, bring a towel because you never know when you’ll be needing it oh
Chorus
Am I to be a model of the human race
with every imperfection splattered on my face
Turn around and come with us
it’s a shame that you’ve been nowhere
we can only take a single cell and you look like you’ve been waiting just to
jump, to take a leap, to burn it all
down to the ground, just to
jump, to take a leap to turn it
all up to the clouds and to our
Chorus
Spaceman
we need our Spaceman
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2. |
Long Time
03:11
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All’s fair in love, and love has been fair to them
not from the start, but good things in time may come
now there’s nowhere to run
All started in the northwest, hangin’ at the ‘furrest
got together at some party
Sharp, pointy like a cactus, tryin hard to act less
like he’s in puppy love
Give it time now. Please be mine now
Give it time now. Pour more wine now!
Chorus:
Hot dog, he’s curlin’ all over town
Coyote’s, causin’ commotion long as he’s around
now he’s only got eyes, ears, heart, for him; he’s
thinkin’ “This love, is gonna last us a long time”
This desert dog, sharing his life today
they’ll wander on, always and there to stay
in order and disarray
wrapped around him like a hand bag, shakin’ off the jet lag
cause his mind is soarin’ lately
callin’ these the dog days, catchin’ all the sun rays
radiate this kind of feeling
Give it time now. Please be mine now
Give it time now. Pour more wine now!
Chorus and tag
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3. |
I'm Shakin'
03:24
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I've forgotten what it feels like to feel normal, To be normal
I've forgotten what food tastes like, The way it tastes right
The taste buds taste right
I wake up in so much spit and sweat, it is not normal
What is normal?
I go to bed, When I wake up
After cleaning all, All the spit and sweat
Now I’m, Now I’m
sha sha shakin, I'm sha sha shakin
I'm sha sha shakin, I'm sha sha, sha sha shakin, now
I tossed and turned all night 'cause I was, I was
looking for, for an ending
This was SO because, because I watched all day
The Neverending Story with Atreyu
The next day came but not a beam of light
Because the blinds were shut, sha sha sha shut so tight
I fell out of bed laced with spit and sweat
It made me very cold, It made me very cold
Now I’m, Now I’m
sha sha shakin, I'm sha sha shakin
I'm sha sha shakin, I'm sha sha, sha sha shakin, now
I'm supposed to feel better
this nightmare is supposed to end, Oh
I’m holding on, I’m holding on,
I’m holding on, I’m holding on, I’m holding on, yeaaaaah
sha sha shakin, I'm sha sha shakin now
Shakin’ all over
yeah I’m shakin’ now. aw. shakin’ shakin’, etc
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4. |
British Invasion
03:24
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You don't like anyone that sounds quite like they do
still scared of Communism, doubt it but it’s true
they aren’t that red, yeah they still fly red white and blue
in a different shape. bah bah bah bah
Chorus:
Now every time I hear that song (now every time I hear that song)
I think out loud and now the
words can’t come out wrong (can’t come out wrong)
they’re singin’ every time I want to hold your hand
we’ve got the bombs, they’ve got guitars
and yet we say, it’s a British invasion
They’re takin’ over, they don’t need no guns or bombs
already won the hearts of your daughters aunts and moms
invade your laser-discs, your tapes, and CD-roms
cuz they love em so. bah bah bah bah
Chorus
So cute they wear a suit, a tie to blend right in
you blame, you point, and poke, you say that it’s a sin
ooh
Chorus
It's a British invasion (repeated)
we love, love you do
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5. |
Up and Gone
03:52
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Headed to, the next state, got no plans, can’t be late
Carry-on, extra fee, not for him, got it free
Now he calls the tower to gather all the information
“Are we cleared for take off, and hey are we expecting any storms?
If you never hit the ground, you can’t die
we’ll divorce the earth and marry the sky
Chorus:
Yeah, we’re up and gone!
Flying foxes, well just look around, more likely than you’d think
you might find them hangin’ out in the pilot’s lounge
From Phoenix up to Reno, find the jet stream and carry me off
Out of this world, are those nose-prints on the windows?
eatin’ up the miles like they’re cheesy jalapeños
15 thousand feet can eliminate our consternation
Those traffic jams and big-rigs roll on somewhere far below
If you never hit the ground, you can’t die
we’ll divorce the earth and marry the sky
Chorus
If you never hit the ground, you can’t die
we’ll divorce the earth and marry the sky
if you never go, you’ll always ask why
(Every morning when he gets up out of bed there’s no)
Climb aboard your wings and baby you’ll fly
(ticket counter no TSA, you just start the engines and fly away)
Chorus x2
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6. |
Song For Kaiden
03:01
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In a Virginia hospital, they’re
losing track of time
How many hours, how many days
Through the fever and the medicine
she barely feels a thing
muffled pain, muffled sound
Ooh, the waves come in and the atmosphere turns
Ooh, please take a breath
She’s waiting, like her husband,
for a monumental cue
drifting in and out of panic, cuz they
told her she could not be what she is
but she don’t know it
there’s nothing left to do
Ooh, the waves come in and the atmosphere turns
Ooh, please take a breath
When you’ve run out of options
when there’s nowhere left to go
some give up, some double down
and the way that he got here
the strength within his heart
don’t give up. push a little longer
Miracles have never hedged their bets
the die is cast and everything is set
the cries arise from bleary eyes and
right away they know, it’s you
(I’m so glad) it’s you
I'll give you my heart and I'll give you my soul
Don't think it's alright
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7. |
Blood Ritual
03:12
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Reach across the table, take a pinch of salt
Pick up the ammonia, breath of the occult
Sharpened and serrated to do what must be done
Sacrifice a llama, but it was lots of fun
Chorus:
No you don’t think twice in front of normal guys
but you don’t give a fuck if I love you, no you
don’t cook rice because you bone bad guys
and we’re not about to be without you
In the bat country we were flyin and the
Heavens preach that our love could be a liar
the angels teach that despite your desire
here in this hotel, you can’t say “Dragget” anymore
No you can’t say “Dragget” anymore
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8. |
Nobody's Hero
01:05
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I don't know what's happening to me
I'm getting all the blame for things I didn't do
Can anybody tell me just what I did wrong?
I'm all alone and I'm so confused
I don't know what everyone wants me to be
I only know just how to be me
Once I was the ape of the hour
Now they think I'm a coward
An absolute zero
I'm nobody's hero
An absolute zero
I'm nobody's hero
I'm nobody's hero
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9. |
Rise To Fight
03:03
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Chorus:
Take one step, make another wish
die tonight or it’s the long way home
fire or run when you hear the other comin'
Rise to fight another damn day
I was a young man of 16 years
oway oway oway oh
Me mother had begged me not to go
but me heart belongs to the
rifle and the road
ay oway oway-ee
Chorus
The empire made a grave mistake
by taking a gift not meant to harm
their war machines got a glowing lucky charm
Then one dark day in Somerton
The people said they could take no more
so the streets ran red, there were bodies by the score
as a private in the service i made my stand
we marched halfway to Myrtleglade
and we set up camp by the river in the shade
Me regiment awoke to the flash of blue
those mixers took what they could find
’twas the life of a sister and the leg I left behind
It’s been a long year since I got back home
this stump may ache when’er it rains
but the songs of rebellion take away my pain
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10. |
It's Me and It's You
03:52
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I walk down all the empty hallways
ears unhearing eyes unseen
safe in my silence, secure in my isolation
on the inside as numb as I can be
Suddenly an open doorway
I take a leap, or more a shove
and even though I’m falling, all the warmth, it lifts me up
and now too much of you can never be enough
Chorus:
When you touch me, love
I still can’t quite believe it
when you kiss me, love
It’s hard to comprehend
I’ve been wandering so long
I had no hope left at all
I thank god above that it’s me, and it’s you
Can’t get far, by yourself
now I’m by your side
through it all, we need some help
hold me now and, I’ll be fine
Chorus
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Late on a Friday at the Walmart
She stops to wash her hands
it just seemed to make sense
One word rings out somewhere behind her
Does she understand?
Does she think she’s a man
A middle finger in her face
We feel ashamed of the human race
She got no badge, but she’s still pullin’ out the mace
Oh!
Chorus:
You got a ticket from the sex police
You got a ticket from the sex police
Usin’ a stall you got no hope at all
cuz the po po be out of control woah!
You got a ticket from the sex police
You got a ticket from the sex police
You got a choice, and you got a voice
Do you die on a hill of bad opinions or let it go?
They wear no uniform, no dress code
You might not know they’re there
you might not think they care
What kind of congregation is this
have you tried minding your own business
on your way into the bathroom
Been “going” for a thousand years
reject the manufactured fears
didn’t want it in North Carolina and
now we don't want it here
Bridge:
There has
never been a single person male or female in this case that
“changed their gender” for a day to sneak into a private place or
occupy a typically feminine or other space and
creep up on your grandma in the hospital or other quite ri-
diculous assertions that there’s sinister intent behind the
use of public restrooms where they previously went inside the
bastion of a stall and if you look you should “get bent” decide the
gender of yourself because you’re not the sex police
when you go into a bathroom
you choose for yourself
not for someone else
We’ve already solved this problem
We’re all wearing pants or skirts
You know what I mean, of course now come on!
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12. |
Help Me Smile
03:40
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Make the requisite appointments and try to
keep them, dragging the carcasses of ambition
tie them to my legs, and see if I swim
I am picking up the sandwiches and the
french fries, that someone had left behind at the table
a wipe of sanitation spray and
I’m in a dream. I want to scream!
Chorus:
Help me smile today all the
rain keeps falling on me but I
Can’t turn away, oh the
Sky is falling I am falling ah
Ma’am, can I take your order please
no nachos. This is a Murder King or a Blendy’s
I haven’t quite decided yet, don’t rush the creative process
Now, I‘m picking up my father from the outlet mall
did you sell any stoves today?
Bury me with pillows and I
just want to sleep. Why can’t I sleep?
Chorus
I’m just eatin’ breakfast like I’ve done
a thousand times before, it creeps
first in silence when you’re driving
or makin pancakes but it grows
to deafen all your thoughts and joys
just ask anyone, they know
one can’t maintain on bread alone
but it’s a start
Chorus x2
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13. |
Keep Hangin' On
02:21
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Chorus:
Few things growing in dry sand
Your rock and your island.
But they keep, hangin’ on
Raise your sail. It will take you.
Might shiver and shake you,
but still, keep hangin’ on.
Finally I know what it’s like to
Be a grain, a single speck
alone amongst a crowded backdrop
How tiny and significant that
Grain becomes, when lodged inside a shoe
Chorus:
Gods above don’t hear the simple scrambling
Up the mountain, or the screaming
When we fall
Make or break enough that whether fast or slow
We will surface just in time, to see the light
Fall back into its prison, yeah
Chorus
Ooh help me get along
Help me get along
Help me get along with who I need Repeat
Ooh help us get along
Help us get along
Help us get along with who we need Repeat and fade
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14. |
I'm rising
04:20
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Looking out and I’m finding no solution
Listen round and I find no words to say
Hesitate do I have my own permission
Are my own feet standing in the way
Realize I’m tired of pretending
that we can’t tell where we’re right or wrong
Think I don’t know what I’ve been defending
All I wonder is “What took so long”
Oh let it go (repeat x3)
Chorus:
I’m rising up with my eyes on the horizon
can’t give it up
I’m rising up, and it’s hardly surprising
can’t get enough of the sunshine
like a bird flies, like a satellite
like I’m leavin’ the atmosphere
I’m rising!
C’mon gimme some more (repeat)
Long ago I had this kind of feeling
Like my heart was a burnin’ but it had nowhere to go
Every moment without this rush I’ve been stealin’
Gonna spread this fire so stand back and watch it grow
{oh let it go} x3
Chorus
Feelin’ rounded like an egg man
crawling up my leg man
lookin’ now to take off runnin
faster than a meteor cookin’ up in the ether my
blanket is hydrophobic so you
can’t damp my spark
and it’s electric in fact
we have elected to take it to eleven
elevate it’s my directive gotta rise
The ground ain’t fallin’, I’m flyin’ I’m high above you x2
Chorus
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15. |
Chinese Pie Balloon
04:52
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What do I see in the crisp Alaskan air
I didn’t know, didn’t think they they would dare
A super secret machine
Forbidden orb that’s in my dreams
That lacks ability to steer or control its speed
Who knows the purpose of this dastardly device
That can’t be stopped by the sleet or snow or ice
Wherever the wind may blow
Is where this pie balloon will go
I bet they’ll never suspect it
even though it’s detected by looking up
Chinese pie balloon
Can I get you filled with meat or fruit
In the morning or the afternoon
There’s a Chinese pie balloon
2Million bucks is small small price to pay
To make the big scary balloon go away
How did they miss the first shot?
The F-22 doesn’t know
2 hundred feet tall and unable to dodge
Could they hit the broad side of a
barn, on a barn, on a barn, on a barn
Chinese pie balloon
Brighter than the sun in July, balloon
Aint no way that you can hide balloon
They see my Chinese pie balloon
Chinese pie balloon
Hear about it on the evening news
They don’t know who blew up Nordstream 2
But they love my Chinese pie balloon
Now feeling confident living off the thrill
That fat balloon was its first air to air kill
Not simple hobbies or toys
There’s pie balloons coming from Illinois
Aint gonna look like a clown take these balloons lying down
we gotta blow them up
Chinese pie balloon
Floating up into the sky balloon
Coyotes think they’re howling at the moon
But it’s just my Chinese pie balloon
(BUT DO THEY KNOW ABOUT THE)
Chinese saddle light
Helping me to guide my horse at night
Wanna hold you in my arms so tight
I need my Chinese saddle light
(ONE MORE TIME NOW)
Chinese pie balloon
Anybody tell me why balloon
Daddy had to shoot you down so soon
I want my Chinese pie balloon~
天下一家 Tiānxià yījiā
I want my——- Chinese Pie Balloon
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Pepper Coyote Phoenix, Arizona
Pepper has been recording and performing music since 2010 with bands like Look Left and Foxes and Peppers, along with solo
work. From Australia to Singapore to Scotland, Pepper's music continues to delight and inspire with its focus on clever poetry and vocal excellence.
Pepper continues to operate as an independent musician with no label or corporate funding.
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