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Sacramento
04:26
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Rivers and Railroads have made up this town
C
the same waterways that our Trees travelled down
C7 F
to find rest in riverbeds and meet Destiny
Am C F-Em-G-C
Keeping us Sacred in its Grand Canopy
F F-Em-G-C
God Bless Sacramento.....and The Birds in her Trees
A gift for Sierra at the Base of the Hills
left by Saint Francisco and growing ever still
a gateway from the bay to Lago Tahoe
as Varied our Landscape, So be our People
Worldly Sacramento......a Melting Pot Full
Four Major Highways of shimmering lanes
supplanting, surrounding the Museum Trains
in old town, The Whole Town has become a City
heart of one of the largest Economies
God Bless Sacramento, and our Gorgeous County
C - G#7 - C - G#7 - - F#7 - - C7 - A7 - G#7 - G7
Business & Poor Men & Politicians
Artists & Lovers, all denominations
it's much less, our differences age rank and class
Than finding your own spot of Capitol Park Grass
A Peace on Sacramento.....Tranquil as Glass
So Find a Bicycle and ride it all day
the bike lanes all arranged to safely convey
and know that we're lucky although we may sneeze
Metropolis plopped amidst Sanctuary
I miss you Sacramento......everytime I leave
F
God Bless You Sacramento.......
F-Em-G-C
and your stiff delta breeze
and your bats and your bees?........
and the birds in your trees.
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Epiphany 1
01:40
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though I may listen while you tell me all about
how you saw jesus and the angels coming out his mouth,
I do it out of love, a patient reverence of
the thing inside you that just wants to be understood.
but I can't understand how any grown human can
think it more than just a product of the mind of man.
it is the deepest well, and I have seen it swell
my head with demons and a god I thought I knew so well.
but I began to see that what was god was me.
you fill a baby full of rules, that's all he's gonna be;
searching eternally, in each epiphany.
Desperation turns to manufacturing meaning
till it's gotten your thoughts in a dogmatic box,
deliberately blocking the gospel
the most recent news of our evolution.
the collective mind has found devine
(and the night...)
becomes a normal thing, and when the morning brings
our piece of planet back around into the scattering
of sunlight in the air, a blanket blueing,
where the stars delighted, I promise that they're all still there
beyond our atmosphere, way out, we've measured.
where we feared reproachment,
just a vacuum and some burning spheres
and if we go to hell, they won't care.
cuz they're just there.
I've heard it all before;
*"we don't know what's in store.
it takes your life to learn to live and then ya live no more
so it'd be tragic if, instead of magic,
it's just blackness waiting beyond death's door.
this aint all we're here for, there's something more
a meaning to this mess, of this we're all so sure
heaven's doors will open onto all of our rewards
timeless, painless in the bosom of the Lord
all will be forgiven, this reckless way of living
the pain we bring, this human thing - just pray it away
and we'll remind ourselves everyday (or at least once a week)
and it won’t get in the way
I got alotta shit to do, you know I gotta get paid
hit and miss with that decency, it's okay
there’s another world after this one anyway
so right now we should all just be
Breeding and Driving, Yeah! (human race in first place)
BREEDING AND DRIVING, YEAH! (human beans reign supreme)
BREEDING AND DRIVING, YEAH!!!! "
We are living in an ever-growing age of reason
where science is the reason for the seasons
we used to make all of it up to service just one purpose;
a Land without a Law can make alotta people nervous
although still we find the evildoers all around
the say “teach em god is great and the guilt’ll keep em straight
cuz it’s the praying and the rituals that will unite us”*
Like I can’t love a man without a bible in my hand, and so
I cry out Sham, take a goddamn stand
and I’ll cry it again and again and again
and if that magic land doesn’t let me in
I run that risk for reasons far outweighing all my sins
to train the brans to not forget that since the dawn of man
we made the questions and then made up ways to answer them
and been replacing gods with observations ever since
and I got a feeling that we’ll figure out this puzzle yet
and learn to love like we were never told that we were broke and
maybe one day I will see you free of this burden
it’s a tragic distraction
you know you make the magic!
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Epiphany 2
01:00
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Best Band Ever
00:42
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The Book of Love
02:46
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Kiss my mouth
00:54
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Epiphany 3
00:31
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Burning Stuff
05:13
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in lieu of the actual lyrics in this recording, here's the original pre-formed song structure and camp friend ideas that turned into this band song version... it truly started as a campfire singalong, and SCOTT BAILEY had lots of input and played the accordion with me at the campfires... YAY CAMPING!
A C#minor F#minor E
Lukas he is a nihilist, we think it must be exhausting (and)
A C#minor F#minor
Hefley's cooking up some Schwefley’s smoked bowls of wonder
E
and vickie’s singing up a thunderstorm
A C#minor F#minor E
Gaultney's warming up his left cheek, telling stories of a trail, and the comedy entailed (has)
A C#minor F#minor E
Little Dan Feet UP with his head into his beer, and he’s chuckling loud and clear (and)
A F#minor A F#minor A F#minor
Crabtree my sweet crabtree crabtree
I think he likes me
honed my blade to a keen and deadly razor
E - E7 INTO -(ALWAYS END VERSES WITH)
CHORUS:
A C#minor D A
we will falter and we will bleed. we may not fill the needs that we see
C#minor D B
or believe in some days that we lead. Busy excuses, we're just plodding through,
Dminor (x2)
looking forward to…
A F#minor B E B
This Now, This Night. The Grandest Collection of people alighting, drying our wings
E
by the firelight.
A F#minor B E A
This Brief Society, Today I believe that we have done things right.
C#minor D A C#minor
The fight will be waiting, things obligating - so now there's nothing I'd rather do, than
D B
pick a drug or two, and sit amongst this crew,
Dminor (x2)
Burning Stuff With You.
VERSE 2 / VERSE B STRUCTURE (FOR VERSE 2, 4, 6...)
A - C#minor - F#minor - A
D F#minor Bminor A
Trey White, he’s all like: “What the fuck is this shit, man?”
D F#minor Bminor A
Droppin’ yard-berries, talkin’ knuckle babies, Sweet Nessa’s lurking hella hard
D F#minor Bminor A
Nathan Davis pontificates us, pacing a patient trek on the stage, and
D F#minor Bminor A
They may call him Fugly and I know it’s just play, but… those eyes… those eyes
D F#minor E - E7
Bo-De-A (The prettiest sage) Bo-De-A
CHORUS
VERSE 3
Khrista, she’s got the crystals, and a glimmer in her eye, sparklin all the time
While Toddly's gettin' kinda bodily, he's fuckin' quality,
And Lukie-Dookie glugged a nanner down
Keri – she is so very - She threw this trip together, even studied up the weather
and Ray Ray’s mumbling something about something something something stapled to a paperclip
And Kessloff – Kessloff - Kessloff
goes out of his way to make us all happy
gimme the special sauce
CHORUS
Verse 4:
Soph calls a hack, and we got her back “cause that’s just how you do with Brown”
Emily Davis.................... seriously
Serenly marie, most will agree, ties the camp together perfectly
Where’s Nar-Nar? In his car. says he’s on his way, 45 hours late
Kat DeBurgh DeBurgyBurgyBurgh
all new rules she’s MAKING ALL NEW RULES
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12. |
Go Away
02:48
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13. |
God's Song
02:57
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14. |
FIGHT (stinky feet)
03:26
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16. |
You're not crazy
00:34
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