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We're still waiting in the mine
We're just biding all our time
But we still see sunshine
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Bless the ghost
What it has to go through
We may all know in time
It hopes that we do
I don't know
As much as the ghost
A welcoming host
To the judgments we make
All the while we are judged
By our very mistakes
We don't know
As much as the ghost
Now don't feel to good
You are welcomin' pain
You got everything to lose
The ghost has nothing to gain
Bless the ghost
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Smile and weep
To have and have not
It's all for keeps
It's all for naught
Smile and weep
To have and to hold
The things that you keep
Is worth more than gold
Smile and weep
To have and let go
The things that you love
Is truly to own
It's all for keeps
It's all for naught
Smile and weep
With every thought
Smile and weep
To have and have not
The things that are there
Is all that you've got
Don't let it go to my head
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(A conversation between an old man clinging to the past and a child clinging to a future)
I am an old man
And although I am weak
I will hear you out
Now it's your turn to speak
Old man don't you know that all the things that you now decide
Come to me for the rest of my life, don't you see
That still I feel weird on the fourth of July
I have my reasons
I'm sure you do too
'Tis my last season
To have something to prove
Old man you don't prove anything to me except your pride
Don't you see for the rest of my life I will be
Making up for the things you won't live to survive
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I've got the cosmic blues again
My name is God
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Dance in the woods 'cause the trees are all there
And they're all watching you but they don't even care
Just shuffle your feet without feeling too scared
Dance on a hill while the wind sends a chill
It just wants to join in on your boogie down thrill
Dance on a hill better than Jack and Jill
Dance around town like you know you're a clown
And if some people frown like they're puttin' you down
It's because they are lost while you dance like you're found
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The Love Pilot
03:58
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I turn myself into an honest man
Now I don't know how to be more than just a friend
And I fly real high, it's where I like to be
And they make me cry, the mountains and the sea
I don't know why the people are so scared
It's too scary for me to even care
And I fly real low through the places that I know
But I do not land, I like to give a show
Haven't you heard?
It does exist
Haven't you heard?
That love is real
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Well oh wishing well well yes yes I do wish you well
Could you grant me a wish or if not could you still wish me well?
We're about the same could you please take a look at my mind?
It may grant you a wish just as long as your wishes are kind
Well oh wishing well well I think that we both have a clue
When making a choice between what is false and what is true
Could we work together to combat all bewitching spells
Here's to the power and love of the real wishing well
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One side wants to help
The other thinks that's a burden
One side wants to love
The other has hate to defend
One side wants to know
The other is too scared to think
One side wants to grow
The other just sits there and blinks
One side means Heaven
The other just likes to pretend
One side avoids Hell
The other likes to draw it in
One side can own up
The other will point and bellow
One side is grown up
The other's a poor 'ol fellow
One side wishes peace
The other feels safer in war
One side makes smiles
The other just thinks it's a chore
One side can have fun
And do it at no one's expense
The other side don't think
That type of fun don't make any sense
One side is truly concerned
That all people feel pain
The other side ain't learned enough yet
To walk in the rain
One side can tell ya
That life is something to be shared
The other is too 'fraid of life
To not make people scared
Here we are now
Please call us the peacemakers
We've come here to
Restore peace unto The Earth
You tell us now
What has caused this downright mess
Well we've come here
To now try our very best
Yeah, we all had to form
Now that Franklin Rose is gone
He took off singin' his song
Poor Franklin Rose is gone
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When I read the news
I see some people want some change
But they're all looking' to hide
From a world that seems so very strange
Once, I looked at myself
And I knew that I was kind
It ain't due to what people sell
Yeah it's all due to my mind
Don't need to think about a second time
It suits me like a good rhyme
When I go outside
I see some people want real change
And they're not out to pretend
That the world is so very strange
And love is now in demand
'Tis written in every good book
If you cannot offer a hand
Well then who may be forsook?
Maybe take another look
I'd rather you not be mistook
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Hey won't you please go outside
There is truly so much there to see
If you would only take a look
And take it all in carefully
Ooh baby it ain't no lie
There's no better flag than a tree
To mark this true paradise
The only one known yes indeed
We see it however we choose
I'll take a good look, won't you too?
Here's one thought to help you aim:
Nothing has a God-given name
'Cept it all speaks for itself
Much better than anything else
Please go outside
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Perdy Slow Atlanta, Georgia
These songs are home grown and self recorded with love in mind and with infinite gratitude towards The Magic Earth for being a source of endless inspiration.
Your friend,
Perdy Slow
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