1. |
Something's Different
03:17
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The new normal isn’t normal at all
I told an empty room
As the world sped up and hit a crawl
The word I heard was zoom.
I put in my jacket and I headed out
A mask upon my face
I smiled at the cameras placed all about
I’m a little harder now to trace.
Something’s different, something changed
I lost my innocence
I’m feeling cleaner, but more deranged
Trapped by common sense.
Between fear and yoga, in the pixel glow
I laid my options out
That there’s crisis in the midst of opportunity
There cannot be a shred of doubt
Is it Armageddon or a holiday
I could sit here and whine
Or I could look at life and find another way
Might as well remake mine
Something’s different, something changed
I lost my innocence
I’m feeling cleaner, but more deranged
Trapped by common sense.
Something’s different, something changed
I can feel it in the air
I’m feeling cleaner, but more deranged
Am I any more aware.
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2. |
Tâo Party
04:00
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Tao Party
The Tao's mysterious
The Tao is mischievous
The Tao's a paradox
The Tao knocks off your socks
The Tao is nothing and everything, all at the same time.
The Tao, the more you have
The Tao, the less you got
The Tao, the more you are
The Tao, the more you're not
Laozi's laughing, and everything tends to the mean.
Tao Party, the Tao that can't be named
Tao Party, the name that can't be tamed
All hail duality
Black and white, all colors be
Close your eyes to see the light
Strength loses, weakness is might
The Tao rules but makes no sense, no sense at all.
Decay precedes re-birth
Success ain't what you think it's worth
Everything reverts to zero
Perceived failure? you're a hero
Cycles cycles cycles cycles cycles cycles
Tao Party, the Tao that can't be named
Tao Party, the name that can't be framed
Tao Party, it's not a religion
Tao Party, it's more like a vision without circumcision
solo
The Tao's
imPROBable | inCALculable | incomPARable | inconCEIVable
inCREDible | indeFATigable | indeFINable | indesCRIBable
indestructible | indisPENSable | indiVISible | inEDible
inesCAPable | inexhAUSTible | inEXorable | inextinguishable
inIMitable | inscrutable | insoluble | intangible
invariable | invincible | invisible | invulnerable
All ends are just a start
The Tao is at the heart
The reduction of Heaven and Earth,
The reversion of Death and Birth
Chaos is order and order is chaos, and God is irrelevant.
You think you know? you're wrong
You think you don't? you're strong
You yield? That's no mistake
You don't, you could well break
The paradoxes rule, don't get too smart, you fool.
Tao Party, the Tao that can't be named
Tao Party, it can't be followed, tamed or framed
Tao Party, the Tao is beyond all ken
Tao Party, of course beyond all Zen
Tao Party, more basic than Higgs-Boson
Tao Party, the Tao is the one, The Tao is the chosen ...
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3. |
Good Better Best
02:21
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Unbelievably good,
Always does what she should
She’s just great, no debate
Except when she isn’t.
Indisputably nice
She’s a steal at any price
What a star, she’ll go far
Unless she doesn’t
Success is not a cert for anyone
That silver spoon can fall out of your mouth
But if you try you best
To be better than the rest
Then you can make it anywhere
East or west, north or south.
Unbelievably good,
Always does what she should
She’s just great, no debate
Except when she isn’t.
Solo
Good is not good enough
But it’s a start
When the going’s getting rough
You gotta take heart
Don’t shy away from any test
Listen to me and pay attention
That helps memory retention
Then you just do what I suggest
Power through
Good and better to best.
Categorically smart
On the ball right from the start
She’s as quick as a slick
Except when she isn’t
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4. |
I’m Me
03:31
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I’M ME
it’s true that I am not James Brown
But I don’t let it bring me down
No offense, but screw James Brown
I’m me I’m me I’m me
Clearly I am not Brad Pitt
I don’t care even a little bit
Who needs all of that media shit
Not me not me not me
I don’t deny I’m not Jay-Z
I wouldn’t ever want to be
There’s no need to pity me
I’m me I’m me just me。
Bridge
I’m happy being who I am
There’s not much choice, it’s true
For you the deal is just the same
You’re you you’re you you’re you
I guess I never can be Sting
He’s taken every breath
I’m not jealous, I can sing
Oh Sting, where is thy death
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5. |
Real City Heroes
03:18
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Too positive, it’s often said
But that’s the sound inside my head
I wouldn’t want you to be misled
It’s true, these are desperate days
Now you and I, we’ve walked the stage
Perspective comes to those of age
Not to mention fear and rage
Watching as the world decays.
We need
Real City Heroes
To chip away, to face the slime
One smile at a time
Real City Heroes
They balance out each awful crime
Match the vicious and vile with sublime.
Happiness is a butterfly
Try to catch it, before you die
Start by working on those nearby
What do you have to lose.
Wake up every morning
And treat everybody right
Try to do more good than bad
Don’t be black, be white - in moral terms
Human nature is good not evil
Call me naive, but I believe in
Human nature is good not evil
Call me naive, but I do believe in
Real City Heroes
To chip away, to face the slime
One smile at a time
Real City Heroes
They balance out each awful crime
Match the vicious and vile with sublime.
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6. |
Satellite
04:59
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SATELLITE
[Gmaj7 Am7 | Gmaj7 Am7 Dsus4 D]
The satellites are sailing slowly cross the sky [Cmaj7 Bm7]
I wonder who they're talking to [Cmaj7 Bm7]
Signals spinning through the night [Am7 Bbdim7 Dsus4]
Climbing half way to the moon [G9]
(On a summer's night)
Dishes gazing quietly into outer space [Cmaj7 Bm7]
I wonder who they're listening to [Cmaj7 Bm7]
Like flowers to the sun [Am7 Bbdim7 Dsus4]
Like disciples to the One [D Gmaj7]
We turn our eyes to heaven [Gmaj7 Am7]
We take what we are given [Bm7 E9]
From the skies above [Am7 Bm7]
It's nothing to do, it's nothing to do with love [Cmaj7 Dsus4 D Gmaj7 ]
We sit our minds wide open [Gmaj7 Am7]
Accept the future hoping [Bm7 E7#9]
That it's clear and bright [Fmaj9#11 Fmaj7]
Satellite. [Dsus4 D Gmaj7 .. Am7 D]
A daisy chain of beacons laced around the world [Cmaj7 Bm7]
A few more stars to light the way [Cmaj7 Bm7]
I'm standing down below [Am7 Bbdim7 Dsus4]
In an electronic glow [G9]
(On a summer's night)
Flocks of feathered modems flying overhead [Cmaj7 Bm7]
They've had their day, they've been retired, [Cmaj7 Bm7]
The bigger birds have won [Am7 Bbdim7 Dsus4]
Flying closer to the sun [D Gmaj7]
Chorus
Oh they control the telephones, and they control the screens [Am FM7 Am Dm7]
This isn't how we planned it, the plan isn't ours it seems {BbM7 F BbM7 F G]
Oh they control the battlegrounds, a myriad machines [Am FM7 Am Dm7]
When will they, Oh, when will they, control our dreams? BbM7 Bdim7 C Dsus4 D]
Chorus
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7. |
Lady Road
03:40
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_LADY ROAD
Graham Earnshaw
1-2 3-4
I‘m tearing down your dotted line, loving your soft shoulders
1-2 3-4
There’s no speed limit in this loading zone, there‘s no lights to hold us.
1-2 3-4
It’s a love affair so sweet and rare, blessed by the driving code
1-2 5 1-2 3-4 1-2 3-4
Your smooth grey skin did me in, I‘m in love with Lady Road.
Your freeway spirit turns me on, there’s no waiting for an answer
Lying before me so slim and sleek, curved lime a dancer
You‘ve been used by many men before, you’re a tramp as it‘s been showed
But I’ve no right turn and no turn left, I‘m in love with Lady Road.
6 7 6 7
With Lady Road, Lady Road, Lady Road, Lady Road
6 7 6 7 8 9 10 1-2
Lady Road, Lady Road, Lady Road, I said Lady Road.
I’m overtaking much too fast, I see detours up ahead
I see you shake your head and smile, as the traffic lights turn to red
I‘ve gone too far to slow down now, there’s no way to ease this load
No parking or waiting or standing around, I‘m in love with Lady Road.
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8. |
Twin Circles
07:34
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Graham Earnshaw China
Graham Earnshaw is a businessman, writer & musician and publisher of Earnshaw Books. He has recorded a number of albums of his own songs, of which there are many. He fronted the best rock band in China 1979-1984, helped revive live music in Shanghai’s in the mid-1990s, and continues to write and perform whenever anyone will let him. He plays the guitar, the harmonica and the fool. ... more
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