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Our Circus
02:25
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2. |
A Vague Song
03:48
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4. |
Morgen Michelle
03:53
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Coloma
07:00
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NOTES FOLLOWED BY LYRICS:
- Back and Bridge are two of the original streets in old that little Coloma town area.
- The NISENAN native american tribe were who was in that coloma area when the gold rush came
- when that gold rush happened, and "union town" aka Lotus grew, and Coloma formed, Steven Wright, and The Wellers were of the two biggest store owners who came in selling shovels and stuff
- that line "allured sums of america's sons met needed numbers, boys winning, west won" is reference to a theory that at the time of the gold rush, America's western expansion was in jeopardy with land fights all over the place, with indigenous peoples and such, so some might speculate that the gold rush was not only encouraged, but assisted by burgeoning Americas Political leaders, in an effort to get a ton of "Americans" over here to California to overwhelm the opposing native american people, so that that American Westward Expansion was somewhat aided under the guise of a bunch of entrepreneurs just trying to find gold/money... if that makes sense, this article kinda hits on that - https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/native-americans-and-california-gold-rush
Coloma - Be Brave Bold Robot
About ten is the latest that you could possibly sleep in ‘cuz that's when the temperature starts rising
to that heat that slowly creeps until you have to let it inbrightens every corner it's summer timeand I open up the tent flapand then quickly re-zipI'll leave you bugs alone but avoid my baby's bed, pleaseseveral days of nature making my hair stiffand I've never had a better timeI walk a line down 49
and we all are drawn to where the cold water flows cuz we know that's where much more than food growsI approach the banks and take my place amongst the ranks and I walk into the water wearing all my clothes
They came upon the Nisenan, but they still built Sutter's MillSteven Wright's and the Weller's stores came to serve the buyers' will and Ezra Allen died, and a lot of white folks criedBut they still came down from Union Town To steal what mother had insideColoma, Coloma, I could call you homeColoma, Coloma, I could call you home
Mamas praying miles away, still don’t keep those sins at bayBut what those hills would surely payKept them working all through the dayAnd dancing every night, gambling clothes by firelightA bawdy brother brawl delightLike the shiny rays OF greed uniteColoma, Coloma I could call you homeColoma, Coloma, I could call you home
Henry’s big ole fat fruit farmWas seen to crumble under time’s passing charmAnd the Chinese families, God bless their scales,Left to sow seeds in friendlier valesAllured sums of America’s sons met needed numbersBoys winning, WEST WONAnd the quiet corners of Back and Bridgesoothed the anxious rich so they switched to Damming, Traffic Jamming, Boats No SailsAnd our hurried human hubris prevails
And when the air gets as cold as the waterAnd the river folk find new homesYou will feed me stories beyond the scope of my musical mightAnd we will wait for summer to return
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6. |
Gridlocked
05:20
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Dminor F Bb F
A subtle rain’s enough to keep the two of us from lover’s leap
Dminor G Bb
And far away from kayaking in shallow lakes nearby
Where motorboats are not allowed and a family begins to crowd
Toward dryer kitchens in cabins they’ve rented near the shore
Far from bored, we imaginate that we’re experts nearing season 8
On The “Let’s Get Crazy Cabin Crew” HGTV show.
And though we know this can’t last forever, a borrowed shelter in stormy weather
We’ll spend this time we have together, making mountain love
F - C D ?
We leave behind all the things that we’ve made
Hoping to find a more meaningful place
A change in perception, a chaotic wave
To wash us right over while we stand brave
A hole in the fence where the roads are unpaved
And ooze with adventure and lead us to caves
I know that we’ll leave here, we’ve people to save
So if there are gods, let me hold this mindframe
(2nd VERSE)
Dminor F Bb F
A town and country odyssey, a wind star voyaging chevy
Dminor G Bb
Astro mini superVan, and the family contained within
Know not if there’s a better way to make happiness stay so they
Promise they’ll return from home when chilly rain submits to snow.
So down the mountain, down they go, a CEO from old Frisco
A thousand up, a single horse, astride atop shiny new Porsche
There’s hella dudes, huge trucks with racks,
extreme bro-brahs in fitted caps with bills to backs, forgot exactly what sport team they’re for
I was born to self Navigate, but ancient instincts get replaced
By embraced races safely leading fastest to my cage where there’s
F - C D - Bb
Three squared Miles, a habitat encasing all the
Things I’ve made and the places where I made them
Three squared miles of easy flat terrain where
F C D (notes back to Dminor)
Three square meals fill body and brain
Dminor Bb F Bb
With just enough to do to numb down the memory
C F C F
Of rainfall mountainside, and being there at night
Dminor Bb F Bb
Hard as I try to keep an inner energy
C F
steeped in Wild Scents,
C F
evaporation happens
C F
unless it’s soaked again.
Dminor Bb F Bb
Nomadic Tribes may pepper my ancestry,
C F C F
But Nurture must win out, cuz I don’t leave the house
but
Dminor F Bb
What would the caveman do? ( I ask myself)
What would the caveman do?
What would the caveman do?
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7. |
Were I to be a Woman
02:05
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8. |
Bigelow's (Wish I Was)
03:36
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9. |
Take A Deep Breath
02:37
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I'm not sure if it's your saliva or mine, or a mixture of both, but it's been a long time and I'm
Bringing my lip-line up to my nose, oh so much more than one should and I suppose that
Though we speak lately of calling it quits, I'm still in love with much more than your spit and that
scares me more than I can admit, it's always been easy ways out
doubt replaces the fading traces of passion plays (so swiftly my way came) and
Pain, with a whimper, leaves just the same, heart barely broken, effecting nothing
but
this relationship has crumbled me crazy and
ideals fragmented, are falling away.
I've handed over too many pieces to put back together
the face that I would have needed to leave the one place where that
kind of strength
is not necessary
I know that we've been through all this before.
I hear that it's common when sharing same doors
to stop listening before we get bored -
a defense to being angry or ignored.
still I fix you with the blame, like noncommittally playing some game, and
I can imagine that I have become a shell of the partner whose heart you once won and
That must make you so sad
and I'm so sorry for that
it is I who am the hermit crab, whispering apologies
over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...
How we doin'?
Are we doing okay?
I need some reassurance, so I'll always be
Checking in, probably every day-
Endless attention, whenever you need me.
Please let me stay here on your sidelines,
Guarding the safehouse, where you can lay down and
close your eyes, any time, all in return for the comfort of your kiss
because
this relationship has crumbled me crazy and
ideals fragmented, are falling away.
I've handed over too many pieces to put back together
the face that I would have needed to leave the one place where that
kind of strength
is not necessary -
Were I not convinced that you are where I want to be.
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10. |
Hecka Stuff
03:39
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