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Universe of You
04:43
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I have my friends
I have my true love
you are where you are
the world in which we're staying
once I felt lost
but now the space feels right
now I do what i do
and I feel alright
in my universe of you
sundays born again, smooth mondays followed by
dull tuesdays, wednesdays filled with sorrow
thursdays they turn around, fridays have saturdays for tomorrows
can I stay inside
the orbit in your eye?
sleeping in your ear,
i can hear the wind blow
laying low,
never want to go
so many places I left behind
now I am where I am
I do what i do,
in my universe of you
when you are near
happy to see you
I can be myself
wrapped up in your cosmos
the world could collapse
but I'd do all right while you are here
the birds would all agree
I am what I am
I do what I do
in my universe of you
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Letter From Cambridge
04:22
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I don't remember if the sky that day was blue or gray or even the season
I would have seen it as gray anyway- I disconnect from the time and the reason
old man squawking on his erhu
a couple kids banging on pots and pans
have I ended up in a foreign land?
I've been walking a really long time.
split in the road, shops underground
bookstores, tuning out the sound
and getting struck with the question
what matters?
in my paper cocoon I travel far
pen in hand I pillage your village
wood smoke and bars on the windows
I slip inside and I piss on the privilege
what do they know of survival?
these iron gates that keep me at bay
well they can all just fade to gray
what does it matter
what matters?
split in the road, shops underground
bookstores, tuning out the sound
and getting struck with the question
split in the road, shops underground
ink spills on musty ground
and getting struck with the question
what matters?
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Sorrow on Mass Ave.
02:55
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Happy Monkey
04:44
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I'm a happy monkey in solid pastel color
swaths of paint from Japan
I'm a happy monkey in solid pastel color
swaths of paint from Japan
the river runs by like a people mover
trees wave bye to the rusty bridge
horizon opens and out in those hills
smokestacks, auto plants
and water towers
the old man says
the sun will rise high
the sun will rise high
light the sky
make a big sky
the old man says
the sun will rise high
lights the sky,
the sun will rise high
light the sky
make a big sky
turn around the corner, step into the picture
mangoes hang from a branch
looking down through I-beams at the murky water
sun reflects off the glass
receeding lines in a flattened landscape
blissful views of a peacock tree
fragments of vision through holes in the canvas
work space challenges boundary
the young man says
the tree will rise high
the tree will rise high
touch the sky
fill the big sky
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Drifting
01:08
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Southern Tier Suite
06:21
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Quiet Revolution
05:27
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tall grasses
hide behind the tree
make it to the boat
hope to stay afloat
when you wake up feeling
in your empty space
are you in a rush to fill it
and let the outside take its place?
sit back and feel the rush of the machines
as they fill the spaces in between
lead a quiet revolution
beating wings
are part of your solution
it's OK not to speak
you can choose instead
eye contact in a crowd
a smile says it all
just not aloud
hide behind the sun
cannot see
stay behind the lines
lose the forest for the trees
leave no stone unturned
stop and count the leaves
hush my booie
lead a quiet revolution
beating wings
are part of your solution
voices on the surface of the water
speaking very slowly
you just have to wait
there's no need for intrigue
they have happy things to say
beat them with a slow stare down
blink and make them go under
foresight not to plunder
do you have the will to wait?
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Winterburn
04:50
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Tea With Warriors Allentown, Pennsylvania
Tea With Warriors is John Neumann.
John is from Western New York, and has lived in Ohio,
Arkansas, Oregon, Pittsburgh, and currently, Allentown PA.
John loves classic rock, especially progressive rock, and is influenced as well by contemporary classical music.
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