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the world is a track for things which have wheels
tracks are everywhere they take me to your house
i run really fast but i like things with tracks
do you wanna see if you can beat me
on my pretty fast golden dirt bike?
i used to like trains, i still think they're cool
come on the finish line is this way
you might have 20,000 points and then you just have one
don't be afraid of the darkness you can see with your lights on
the finish line is this way
even if i'm losing i still think i win
dirt bikes make noises but the announcer is louder
i also like chess in the rain
if you put somebody in checkmate, you win
watch out i'll always steal your queen
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be a tornado, crank it up when hot meets cold
systems of pressure, one above and one below
thinking in pictures, thinking not in words-
thinking in pictures, can you see what i just heard?
be a coyote, tell the truth and say you lied
see who believes you, then sit down and cry and cry
be a tsunami, pull it in to let it go
how come the animals get away but people don't?
be a volcano, sleep and sleep 'til you explode
be a buddha, don't tell anyone what you know
thinking in pictures...
the sun came a-honking like a goose in my dreams
did you know the amazons were ladies swinging in the trees?
something will happen tonight when you go to sleep,
i will come find you and you'll fly away with me
do you remember gryphons and lion-birds?
do you surrender what you know to what you've heard?
so what does it matter different paths to the same goal
i have lost all fear of men, we must let the children know
be a coyote, laugh and laugh 'til you explode
love everybody, turn your tail and hit the road
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damn everything but the circus
damn everything not behind the curtains
keep your eyes on things way up high
there is always a woman who knows how to fly
find your seat in the circle
you won't believe your eyes
there are clowns who act silly
to hide that they are wise
and a clown's only problem
his solutions make new ones
and he's got a wound as big as his shoes
taught him to
damn everything but the circus
damn everything, even these curtains
certain things lead you home
certain things leave you lonesome
"when ancestral kings corrupted their captains
and the church blessed both captains and kings
the court jester got laughs simply sniffing the air
implying that the stink in the herring begins in its head
in such times it's not surprising to find
men and women crowding the nightclubs
in hopes of seeing somebody sniff the air
in such times clowns become witnesses"
in such times kings live in fear
i will meet you here
we can damn everything but the circus...
...even these curtains
give me something to believe in
give me something i can wrap a dream in
keep your eyes on things way up high
there is always a woman who knows how to fly
she says things are curious from the sky
nothing is blurry but i am speeding by
she is one hungry angel, her heart is mostly cold
somebody should have loved her better long ago
taught her to
damn everything but...
cassiopeia has her favorite stars
she's gonna fly there, got wings on her car
because she damns everything but the circus
damns everything even these curtains
things are curious from the sky
nothing is blurry but i'm speeding by
(in quotes: poem by Nelson Algren. title from e.e. cummings poem)
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not hell
03:10
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these pictures in my mind
make me blind to reality
i'm gonna fall back, let my head relax
give things a chance to be what they really are
it doesn't have to look like hell
it doesn't have to smell like hell
it doesn't have to be like hell if it is
it doesn't have to break your heart,
make you curse the dark, what's so bad
about the dark and what you see?
do you speak the language of trees?
do you know what your soul really needs?
do you care for the art of the bees?
have you kissed your lover in the sea?
just ask your questions, don't be defensive
the life that you have is the one that you know
just ask your questions, don't be defensive
the life you have is the one and you know
but these pictures...
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desperate blossom
02:33
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desperate blossom, i don't care what's your name
desperate blossom, where is it that you came from?
desperate blossom, there ain't no water 'round for miles
desperate blossom, and i heard you been here a while
desperate blossom, i don't care what's your name...
have they robbed you with evil jealousy?
do you hide out here from those who would be mean to you?
was it the east wind, was it the west?
you wear the colors that you like best
desperate blossom, i don't care what's your name...
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soup
03:51
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me & bigfoot
01:47
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Jen Taylor East Haddam, Connecticut
Jen Taylor is a musician, Co-Executive Director of The Sanctuary (a solar-powered 501c-3), and Artistic Director of OmFly (re-wilding for domesticated times through circus arts, trapeze & flying yoga).
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