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[fox69]

"Halfway To The Moon"

"Halfway To The Moon"


I close my eyes as the curtain draws
Ear toward the tracks
And ever after the rhythm soars
Flyin' right past the facts
Hold the times that I brought to light
Keep the pattern till June
Make the other side right
Half the way to the Moon
Im old enough to repeat myself
Im not tryin' to defend
Holdin' onto the thoughts I have
Back to circles again
Holdin' back the emotion train
Headin' back to Duluth
All aboard for the tour
Ridin' next to the truth

I found a place that I cant explain
In my state of mind
I move myself as I search the stone
For any lines to unwind
I grabbed some change when I thought I could
Left my wallet behind
I did my best to refine
I put my shoes out to shine
A little star that reveals itself
Little matter of time
Holdin' on to the thoughts I have/wheel I know
Not the devil I'll find
Raise the bar and roofbeams high
Help me carry this tune
Make the other side right
Half the way to the moon

 

[fox69]

"Halley's Comet"

"Halley's Comet"


Halley's Comet, I-said-a Halley's Comet...

How could you know that I lived in a desperate world?
How could you dream that we were all made out of stone?
What is the truth, what is the faithful lasting proof?
What is the central theme to this everlasting spoof?
Knock on my windows, link up the chains
It's gotta be easy, no splinters no pain
It's Cadillac rainbows and lots of spaghetti
And I love meatballs so you better be ready

I'm going down to the central part of town
I'm going down to the central part of town
Central part of town, I'm going down
I'm going down to the central part of town

Halley's Comet, I-said-a Halley's Comet...

What did I do?
And don't be blamin' eat my cashew
For everything I do to get the story
And everything I do to pull me in
And everything I say to get the title
But when they use it on me I reject it
What would you do if you ate my daddy's shoes?
What would you say if it was naturally for you?
How would you feel if it rained on [?]
How would you like to have your thick strawberry goo?
I'm sinking down, it's a glorious feeling
To make a big difference, my body is reeling
Even Carl Sagan can't shine my shoes
'Cause I know deep inside it's got some mighty fine (jews) (juice) (shoes)[?]

I'm going down to the central part of town
I'm going down to the central part of town
I'm going down, central part of town
I'm going down to the central part of town

 

[fox69]

"He Ent To The Bog"

"He Ent To The Bog"


Some guys once asked me what kind of a motion
His words were to
Of course it's a hamburger
One single large poffy bun with dots on it
Science asked me what the word was
I said, of course, the word is no...

It, nuvit, nuvit, nuvit, nuvit...
Weary, weary...
Word...

 

[fox69]

"Heavy Things"

"Heavy Things"


Things are falling down on me
Heavy things I could not see
When I finally came around
Something small would pin me down
When I try to step aside
I move to where they'd hoped I'd be

Vanessa calls me on the phone
Reminding me I'm not alone
I fuss and quake and cavitate
I try to speak and turn to stone

Tilly reaches through my vest
To do the thing that she does best
She probes and tears my ventricles
Steals my one remaining breath

Things are falling down on me
Heavy things I could not see
When I finally came around
Something small would pin me down
When I try to step aside
I move to where they'd hoped I'd be

Stumbling as I fall from Grace
She needs my vision to replace
Her ailing sight throughout the night
Leaving two holes in my face

Mary was a friend I'd say
'til one summer day
She borrowed everything I owned
And then simply ran away,

Things are falling down on me
Heavy things I could not see
When I finally came around
Something small would pin me down
When I try to step aside
I move to where they'd hoped I'd be

 

[fox69]

"Home"

"Home"


I'm feeling like I used to belong
Running around this place
My theory was 'head home before dawn'
Or end up without a space
My future was some merry-go-round
On horses that learned to fly
My problem was I'd barely slow down
But found myself back at my -

Home, rest assured
And a life, unobscured

I'd toss way some days at a time
Into the folder now
Ain't feeling it
Stop stealing my lines
Over and over now
Outstanding with both hands in the night
Looking for local life
Years older I resist and refine
All that I can when I'm -

Home, rest assured
And a life, unobscured
Wide open door
While I hide by the shore

My feelings are best left to the side
First I get off the road
I wish I had more time to wind
But I haven't cracked that code
My history, I tend to revise
With chapters upon the floor
I tell myself I'm part of a tribe
And that I've been here before

Home, rest assured
And a life, unobscured
Hide by the shore
While outside of the door

 

[fox69]

"Horn"

"Horn"


Rhine wine, Car horn

Now that you've deceived me, and played my name around
And hung those nasty flyers, on all the buildings in town
Dribbled my possessions in a ring around the earth
And bought and sold my self-control for less than it was worth

Now I know the reason that I'm feeling so forlorn
I'll pick you up at eight as usual, listen for my horn

Rhine wine, Car Horn

 

[fox69]

"I Always Wanted It This Way"

"I Always Wanted It This Way"


As I found out that I
Had a lot to learn
It turns out the tide
Had to take its turn
The line we had drawn
Wasn't straight enough
Though timelines were burned
We rebuilt the trust

I always wanted it this way
I always hoped it'd be this way

I shielded my heart
To make sense of this
The time spent apart
That my conscience missed
My mind
Wandered thoughtlessly
In that land
Of uncertainty

I always wanted it this way
I always wanted it this way

I've stayed
At my station on the scene
And frayed
Like the circuits in between
And played
As the part of a machine
And I found out that I
Had my mind to learn

 

[fox69]

"I Been Around"

"I Been Around"


-Hey! Where've you been?
-Where I've been?
I been around a while...
I lived in town a while...
I threw it down a while...
And the town threw down on me
(still here)
(oh yeah)
I been around a while
I lived in town a while
I threw it down a while
And the town threw down -
I been around a while
I lived in town a while
I threw it down a while
And the town threw down on
Me...

 

[fox69]

"If I Could"

"If I Could"


Take me to another place, she said
Take me to another time
Run with me across the oceans
Float me on a silver cloud

If I could I would, but I don't know how
If I could I would, but I don't know how
If I could I would and I'd take you now

Stay with me till time turns over
I want to feel my feet leave the ground
Take me where the whispering breezes
Can lift me up and spin me around

If I could I would...
Hear you laughing as we go
Flipping backward through the doors and through the windows...
I'm melting into nothing

If I could I would, but I don't know how
If I could I would, but I don't know how
If I could I would and I'd take you now

 

[fox69]

"Introduction (Wilson Prelude)"

"Introduction (Wilson Prelude)"


Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson
Wilson

Once upon a time there was a mountain that rose out of a vast green forest. And in the forest there were birds and lakes and rocks and trees and rivers. The forest was also inhabited by a small group of people called the lizards. The lizards were a simple people and they had lived in the forest undisturbed for thousands of years in utter peace and tranquillity. Once a year when spring came, and the first blossoms began to show, the lizards would gather at the base of the mountain, to give thanks for all that they had. They thanked the birds and they thanked the lakes and they thanked the rocks and the trees and the rivers; but most importantly, they thanked Icculus. Icculus lived at the top of the mountain, or at least everyone thought so, for no one had actually ever seen him. But they knew he existed, because they had the Helping Friendly Book. Icculus had given the Helping Friendly Book to the Lizards thousands of years earlier as a gift. It contained all of the knowledge inherent in the universe, and had enabled the Lizards to exist in harmony with nature for years. And so they lived; until one day a traveler arrived in Gamehendge. His name was Wilson and he quickly became intrigued by the Lizards way of life. He asked if he could stay on and live in the forest; and the Lizards, who had never seen an outsider, were happy to oblige. Wilson lived with the Lizards for a few years, studying the ways of the Helping Friendly Book, and all was well. Until one morning when they awoke and the book was gone. Wilson explained that he had hidden the book, knowing that the Lizards had become dependent on it for survival. He declared himself king and enslaved the innocent people of Gamehendge. He cut down the trees and built a city, which he called Prussia. And in the center of the city he built a castle, and locked in the highest tower of the castle lay the Helping Friendly Book out of the reach of the Lizards forever. But our story begins at a different time, not in Gamehendge, but on a suburban street in Long Island, and our hero is no king sitting in a castle, he is a retired colonel shaving in his bathroom.

Colonel Forbin looked square in the mirror and dragged the blade across his cold creamed skin. He saw the tired little folds of flesh that lay in a heap beneath his eyes. Fifty-two years of obedient self-restraint, of hiding his tension behind a serene veil of composure. For fifty-two years he had piled it all on the back burner, and for fifty-two years it had boiled, frothing over in a turbulent storm inside of him. It had escaped through his eyes, reacting with the cigarette smoke and the fluorescent lights and slowly accumulating into a sagging mass. He ran his dripping palm across the stubble on the nape of his neck and thought again about the door. He had discovered the door some months back on one of his ritualistic morning walks with his dog McGrupp. It had started out as a typical stroll with McGrupp bounding joyously ahead of the preoccupied colonel. As they reached the apex of the hill, he saw it and he knew it had always been there, and felt foolish for overlooking the door for so long. At first, he tried to ignore it, but he soon found that it was impossible, and slowly his newly acquired knowledge transformed his dreary life into a prison from which there was only one escape. And on this morning, Colonel Forbin stepped through the door.