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God Is Not Great
03:37
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God is Not Great
god is not great, not from where I stand
this 21st century man can,
tend to get irate / I rate, on a scale from one to one
less than some, it’s no fun, pounding my fists at the gate
god is not great, I’ll plainly state, it’s not to late, maybe it is
god’s way to mean, for all the power he’s got apparently it’s a lot I
find it all obscene / seen quite enough of this bad play,
yet they stay, day after day, less logic more latrine
god’s way to mean, I’ll calmly scream, and cause a scene
and in a way, it’s a shame, that some folks would remain
in a box, and ignore, what they say he made us for
god’s no ‘of course’, he’s had enough of a chance
a new song needs a new dance, I’ll scream until I’m hoarse/horse
race is lost but jockeys whip, though their grip
starts to slip, never questioning the source
god’s no of course, Christian or Norse, Sauron or Force,
to me it’s all the same- god is not great.
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Everything Alive Will Die Someday
Just remember- everything alive will die someday
and that’s OK. It’s the great equating factor in the world
like some desiccated tractor, we all run out of gas,
this life can’t last ‘cause everything alive will die someday
I used to worry that my folks would someday die
‘cause that meant if they could than that meant so could I
too young to handle this morose philosophy
I’d rather get high my way climbing up a tree
and looking at the small-huge world I could survey
I wondered what it’d feel like on that final day
and calculated the heartbeats left in my lot
then realized I best relax and just enjoy the time I’ve got
and I’d remember- that everything alive will die someday
and that’s OK. From the single cellular to grandiose
seems we’re all destined to be toast
ev’ry leaf, bush, shrub, and tree, will cease to be
‘cause everything alive will die someday
every empire crumbles, every mammoth tumbles to the ground
ally and enemy, both kick the bucket equally
and in this truth there lies a fact if you ignore those who distract
you might get to realize the fairness of unfairness is in everything’s demise
You should remember, everything alive will die someday
and that’s hard to say, but to me it’s more a blessing than a curse
(is this a chorus or a weird verse?)
every hand that’s ever writ- will up and quit,
‘cause everything alive will die someday
BUT IN THE MEANTIME:
I get to see you smile, and that makes it, ok for a while.
To look into your eyes is worth
the eventual demise of Earth
and of ev’ry living cell, what the hell…
we get to be like Deborah and Clive for a few days
So let’s remember, everything alive will die someday
but let me say, you shouldn’t do just whatever you will
don’t ever cause any ill- an historic reversal. Don’t you know?
This IS the only chance you’ve got,
it aught to mean an awful lot,
this is the show and not some rehearsal
talk of an extra inning implies this is just a beginning
but there’s no prize you will be winning
your existence is enough of a reward to keep you grinning
or at least should be…
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3. |
Ms. Information
04:11
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Ms.Information
If there’s a problem you can always rely
on one smart cookie with the masterful eye
no type of problem has a chance to slip by
Mz Information got who what where when and why
Give her a challenge and she rise to the test
a host of answers that won’t be second guessed
her blond ambition simply makes her the best
Ms. Information (got ya covered) north south east and west
If there’s no way, it can be done in a day
she will kick your deadline’s ass with her methods empirical
you won’t believe the results you receive
but don’t think that just ‘cause it’s done that it was not a miracle
Problems are smashed with brick like tenacity
facts packed and backed up by her veracity
she shine despite shade cast by someone like me
Mz. Information knows all- A to Z
If there’s a dilemma with no solution
she’ll clear the page of all eyeball pollution
then spin your task with design revolution
that’s why they call her: Ms. Information
If there’s some way you need it yesterday
and its got to have a sheen though it is just un-glossable
she’ll do the work, but don’t you be a jerk
and assume that what she does is any thing less than impossible
Much more a star destroyer (boom!) than a planet (ah...)
so solid you could mistake her for granite
I should have told her this long ago
should have known better but now I know
If there’s a problem you can always rely
on one smart cookie with the masterful eye
no type of problem has a chance to slip by
Mz Information got who what when where how if and why
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4. |
Fifty Stories
04:09
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Fifty Stories
One way streets and pre-sleet drips fill the trip with anticipation
cautious calls during a busy fall through the all of past times
recollections on the phone of not being alone of passing ships
and skipped trips and paid debts and lost pets,
and man it’s good to hear your voice
Nicely sized and mildly spiced, fifty stories told while fifty stories high
They are something but they don’t know what that something really is
could it be that so much time has passed right by
could it be that so much time has passed right by
A dozen should do nicely I know it’s pricey,
but the pleasure outweighs the cost
adult conversation abrupt relocation a new dispensation
to fill the calendar’s empty squares, smiling stares and pulled out chairs
beginning from the last and, what’s past and, lots cast and…
Nicely sized and mildly spiced, fifty stories told while fifty stories high
They are something but they don’t know what that something really is
could it be that so much time has passed right by
could it be that so much time has passed right…
‘Bye’s been said so many times, here’s to “hello”
Mildly spiced and nicely sized, fifty stories told while fifty stories high
They are something but they don’t know what that something really is
could it be that so much time has passed right by
how could it be that so much time has passed right…
‘Bye’s been said so many times, here’s to “hello”
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FAR
02:55
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FAR
This stuff is FAR.
You ponder the universe and a look comes ‘cross your face
You try to fathom distances of all the stuff in space
but you can’t wrap the bacon of your mind around the fig
of all the terms required to describe how big is big
so let me get specific, and use words scientific
go whip out your thesaurus, for this exacting chorus
this stuff is far, [it’s really far] this stuff is far far far away
we’re talkin’ far, [like uber far] you can’t get there by car in a day
it’s super-duper crazy far but not just pulsars quasars and stars
I mean it’s far, [far], far, [far], far, if there’s some doubt listen to us shout
[THIS STUFF IS FAR]
I sense all the explosions going off inside your brain
as your mind gets blown by what I just did explain
sorry if my words might drive you all insane
but that’s what happens when precision is your middle name
so with an exacting factor, like some sextant or protractor
using details quite semantic, I’ll show how huge is this gigantic
this stuff is far, [it’s really far] this stuff is far far far away
we’re talkin’ far, [like uber far] you can’t get there by car no way
it’s super duper crazy far but not just pulsars quasars and stars
I mean it’s far, [far], far, [far], far, if there’s some doubt listen to us shout
[THIS STUFF IS FAR]
too big to explain in any concise ways,
it might just have to take 365 days
I hope that I have offered up some technical assistance
and haven’t caused your ticker too much ventricle resistance
but you have got to listen and trust my insistence
that I am very accurately describing the distance
one more time
this stuff is far, [it’s really far] this stuff is far far far away
we’re talkin’ far, [like JAMIE FARR] you can’t get there by car in a day
it’s super duper crazy far but not just pulsars quasars and stars
I mean it’s far, [far], far, [far], far, if there’s some doubt listen to us shout
THIS STUFF IS FAR
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6. |
Remora
04:08
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Remora
Do you know how lucky you are?
Do you know how lucky you are?
Do you know how lucky?
Orion used to be my favorite set of stars
now I’m reminded of longing looks cast from cars
When I look to the sky, I just see hirsute/her suit guy
and want to go all “Townsend” on my guitars
Do you know how lucky you are?
Do you know how lucky you are?
Do you know how lucky?
Explained by some as a kind of acquired taste
I no longer find the appeal in eating paste
shot for copasetic, ended up just pathetic
like the circus fat lady one fuck of a waist/waste
Do you know how lucky you are?
Do you know how lucky you are?
Do you know how lucky?
Why don’t you learn to shave, it’s a concept you could conceive
from cradle to the grave, what exactly did you achieve
why don’t you learn to shave, it might look good on you
just who are you trying to save, what exactly do you do?
what exactly do you do? What exactly do you doo doo.
My cutting dictionary has been A to Z’d
but I can’t find the words sharp enough to proceed
so in its own dull way, there’s one thing left to say
seems everybody’s got precisely what they need
Do you know how lucky you are?
Do you know how lucky you are?
Do you know how lucky?
Do you?
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7. |
Sviatoslav Lobster
05:02
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Sviatoslav Lobster
On the stage on the fly on the chance he’s asked to play it
with a wink and a collect call
like a sage with an answer refusing to say it
it’s assumed he can do it all
while every train that arrives at the station,
is booked without a fee
though he appreciate the destination
his fare is always paid by me, by me.
White and black keys, are played with ease the memories,
which used to tease no longer affect him
though it was late in his life when he realized the notion
he still had plenty notes left to play
not a friend or a wife, but something from the ocean
could give him the will to stay
all the intense scrutiny and crazy pressure resulted in a desperate plea
so by summoning the will of this red companion
he could do it all because of me, because of me
White and black keys, are played with ease the memories,
which used to tease no longer dissect him
some would call it drastic yet made out of plastic this crustacean’s job is to just regulate the flow so it’s all a “go” a type of devotion not quite from the ocean but insuring motion that the piddling of the ivories always comes with ease audience to please common enemies one bows from the waistband obsessive dirty word. Pah.
So I sit in my place offering up no resistance
making sure one and one are two
though the calm on his face is due to my assistance
I do not want the credit due
as the notes and the chords light up the arena,
it’s not the stand light that helps him see
the repose on the stage is pure fabrication
as he travels back and forth across the nation
acting like stud despite castration
all thanks to this plastic crustacean
he achieves it all because of me, because of me
Plucked from the seas, to help appease his strange disease,
no thanks no pleas I decide to protect him
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8. |
When I Was Your Age
03:47
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When I Was Your Age
When I was your age-
the phone was tied to the wall with a
kinky twisty three and a half foot chord
it’s hard to believe but it had a ring
that could not be turned off or ignored
we couldn’t choose the sound of the ring
it was just the sound that we called “the phone”
we’d never heard of a ring tone
When I was your age-
our video games looked nothing
like the illustration on the box
all of the graphics consisted of nothing
more than simple lines and dots
missiles were just a few pixels and
the jungle swinging guy was a stick figure, nothing bigger
When I was your age-
When I was your age
we had this stuff called “film” you would
stick in a camera before you took a shot
and then you had to wait like a week
until you could tell what pictures you got
you would hand the film to a guy in a
parking lot who lived in a booth, yeah it’s the truth
When I was your age
you had to wait till the movie was
either in the theater or on TV
you couldn’t rent an adventure if you
wanted adventure you just had to wait and see
and once you were watching you couldn’t
stop or pause or even try to rewind, but we didn’t mind
When I was your age-
You see me as a grown up, singing from the stage
I bet you can’t believe, I was ever your age- I was your age.
When I was your age
I loved Star Wars but I hear you love
watching Star Wars more than me
I wanted to be Indiana Jones and
Dr. Jones is who you aspire to be
and I liked playing with Legos and
Legos are what you currently build and rearrange
I guess some things never change
When I was your age
I didn’t like doing homework
but when it was finished it always felt real good
I didn’t like brushing my teeth
but I brushed my teeth because Bert and Ernie said that I should
I didn’t like listening to Mom though
I knew deep inside it was the right thing to do
and so do you, you know what’s true? Before you can say “boo”
You’ll be my age too
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9. |
Trebuchet
03:21
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Instrumental
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10. |
Atlanta
05:37
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Atlanta
I was lost, the roads left did not seem right
covered the cost with spare change picked up after each fight
saw the path that I was bound to take
although I checked the math, I refused to admit a mistake
How could I know what would happen at the end of that night
Atlanta you saved me, you saved me.
Time went fast, courting kindness not easily dismissed
first to the mast with sounds of sirens too hard to resist
a captain in part, reading maps filled with ways of because
although I had the chart, I refused to admit where I was
How could I know that my rescue was just out of sight
Atlanta you saved me, yeah you saved me.
Atlanta you saved me, yeah you saved me
Past paths more pathetic than the forest before us
to think it's synthetic for someone to adore us
but I found the trail though the sands had all shifted
overwhelmed by the weight of the load that was lifted
suddenly, all the words that used to weigh me down
get to be the same words lifting me off the ground
how could I know, that my falling would turn into flight
Atlanta you saved me, yeah you saved me.
Atlanta you saved me, yeah you saved me
yeah you saved me, you saved me
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11. |
Death From The Skies
03:46
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Death From The Skies
The fairness of unfairness is in everything’s demise
These are the ways the world will end- these are the ways:
odds of dying by asteroid impact: 1 in 700,000
The overall risk of dying from an impact in your lifetime is one in seven hundred thousand- somewhat less than being killed by a fireworks accident, but still more probable than being killed on an amusement park ride or by an act of terrorism.
These are the ways the world will end...
Odds of dying by supernova explosion: 1 in 10,000,000
Supernovae happen about once per century in any given galaxy. Assuming the event would cause a mass extinction killing everyone on earth- the odds of you specifically dying from one during your lifetime are about 1 in 10 million.
These are the ways the world will end...
Odds of dying by solar flare or coronal mass ejection: ZERO* but with an asterisk.
While a whopping big solar event can seriously impair or destroy a nation's infrastructure and economy, in general it will not directly cause deaths. We have to rate this a zero* chance for human fatality, but with an asterisk, as a nod to the destructive power it has in other ways.
Odds of dying by gamma ray burst: 1 in 14,000,000
Gamma ray bursts are dangerous from distances of more than 7,000 light years. You would have to be in the path of a relatively narrow beam to get hurt. Your odds of being killed by a GRB are one in 14 million. You're about as likely to be killed by a shark attack. These are the ways the world will end...
Eventual odds of dying by death of the sun: inevitable
These are the ways the world will end...
Eventual odds of dying by galactic doom: inevitable
These are the ways the world will end...
eventual odds of dying by death of the universe: inevitable
These are the ways the world will end...
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12. |
Never Knew
04:06
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Never Knew
I never knew why apples were worth bobbin
I never knew what Batman saw in Robin
I never knew why Gene insisted on singing while getting wet
I never knew how Will Rogers liked every single man he met
but now it’s true, because of you, I do
I never knew how Sherlock could be so good at solving
I never knew how Chuck could just observe,
and come up with “evolving”
I never knew why zombies had such a taste for brains
I never knew why high plains drifters
insisted on drifting while high on the plains
but now it’s true, because of you , I do
I never knew how Laird could dive headfirst into 30 foot swells
I never knew how the professor could
make so much stuff out of coconut shells
I never knew how gamblers on a
winning streak could assume that they’d never lose
I never knew why the squares of the sides of a right triangle
equal the square of the hypotenuse, but now it’s true, because of you
Despite my situation, of unending frustration
it seems my education is affected by your location it’s true
I never knew, how much I never knew.
I never knew what rhymed with orange
that’s till you asked me to fix your squeaky door hinge
so now it’s true, because of you, I knew
I never knew what I didn’t know ‘cause I didn’t know
if I ever get to know, what I never knew- it’s true
I never knew what I didn’t know ‘cause I didn’t know
if I ever get to know, what I never knew- ‘til you
I never knew what I didn’t know ‘cause I didn’t know
if I ever get to know, what I never knew- it’s true
I never knew what I didn’t know ‘cause
I didn’t know if I ever get to know,
what I never ever never ever knew- ya know?
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13. |
Hai Yookito 'Ya
03:00
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Instrumental
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14. |
Where Have You Been?
02:58
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Where Have You Been?
You made him leave his guitar behind
That’s something never not ever on his mind
unfair distraction with light and with heat
one stop later gladly gives up his seat, for you
Made to think the things that he’d never thought
look, mind, and thinker had him fished in and caught
no sides of equation to figure out
knows value of X now he can shout-
where have you been?
All of the planning he would have to forget
one touch and forward puts it back of the net
saying the words he said that he’d never say
unbelieving heathen now will willingly pray, for you
surfs on the notion that this all could be real
hopes that your trial bell will ring with appeal
you removed the staples from the sides of his mask
sun shines on his face now he can ask-
where have you been?
He was searching and searching for you (through all humanity)
and he thought that it had to be true (despite insanity)
so if nothing else comes of all this (here comes profanity)
at least he can say “you exist”
Where have you been? Where have you been?
the thing that told him that it was real that time
you made him leave his guitar behind
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15. |
One Hypnopompic Jerk
08:03
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Instrumental
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16. |
Small Comfort
03:40
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Small Comfort
I don’t believe in heaven, and I know that there’s no hell,
I don’t think you’ve gone anywhere, and I guess that’s just as well
‘Cause I want to remember the last look in your eye
it was the best and worst thing, to get to say goodbye, to you
They say we’re not supposed to comprehend, but I want to know more
being there with you at the end, was a pain I had hoped for
Did you know where you were going, did you like the time you’d spent
I wish that you’d stayed longer but that’s not how it went
now I know there’s no forever, but of all the hearts I’ve met
I think the place we ended up was as close as one could get, did you?
They say were not supposed to understand, that doesn’t help me
watching you leave by my own hand were the cards that were dealt me
some would blame the dealer some would blame the deal
some would make up stories that never could be real
I hope when you left you were glad to be back home,
I think that you knew you would never be alone
I’ve no need for heaven or some eternal bluff
I prefer what’s real and what we had here was enough
I’m glad I get to miss you but that you can never miss me
thinking you’ll wake up and see us is your eternity,
small comfort.
I miss you. I miss you. I l
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Happy Birthday Baby
03:17
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Happy Birthday Baby
Happy birthday baby, Your special day is here
Happy birthday baby, I get to love you for another year
Happy birthday baby, time can go so fast
let’s do everything to make your day last
Happy birthday baby, make a wish upon a star
Happy birthday baby, I wished for you and here you are
Happy birthday baby, enjoy every last crumb
may today be the best day so far
but the worst of what’s to come
I wish I could control the sun
that way your day could last until you wanted it done
Happy birthday baby, lots of cake to go around
Happy birthday baby, I hope your feet never touch the ground
Happy birthday baby, one thing I know is true
every day’s my birthday ‘cause I’ve got you
I wish I could control the sun
that way your day could last until you wanted it done,
‘til it was done
Happy birthday baby, here’s to many more
Happy birthday baby, to the person I adore
Happy birthday baby, two things I know are true
this day is your birthday and I love you
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George Hrab Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
George Hrab is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, story teller, science advocate, producer, composer, & vigilant defender of the Theory of Gravity. He’s produced seven studio albums, 800 plus podcasts, two books, one concert DVD and is determined to keep making more and more stuff everyday. ... more
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