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Turn This Ship Around
04:30
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Turn This Ship Around
I opened my eyes
The truth came down
I can’t stand still while the earth spins around.
I need to make a change
God only knows
Why I’m so terrified that I can’t let go
Life’s too short
And you’re so pretty
We don’t have to die to go to kingdom city
Some people say you do
But that’s cause they’re insane
They’re painting by the numbers
Their songs all sound the same
We can turn this ship around
It won’t be easy
Fear is the enemy
Faith is gonna set us free
Repeat our history
Or shape our destiny
We can turn this ship around
But it won’t be easy
You woke me from a nightmare
When you shook me awake
I gotta make my own luck
Create my own breaks
Where cynics call the shots
And dreamers look like fools
We gotta leave it all behind
Re-define what’s cool
Cause I’m so tired of being so afraid
of how dumb I’m gonna look if I don’t make the grade
Well I might eat humble pie
Or I might touch the sky
But dreams won’t fly
If I don’t even try
We can turn this ship around
It won’t be easy
Fear is the enemy
Faith is gonna set us free
Repeat our history
Or shape our destiny
We can turn this ship around
But it won’t be easy
But you already know
We die if we don’t grow
But you already know
I’m gonna rise up early
Get down to work
And put the boat in the water
Wash off the dirt
Aim by the stars
With the wind in my sails
And I ain’t gonna quit
So I’m not gonna fail
We can turn this ship around
It won’t be easy
Fear is the enemy
Faith is gonna set us free
Repeat our history
Or shape our destiny
We can turn this ship around
(X 2)
But it won’t be easy
I opened my eyes
The truth came down
I can’t stand still
While the earth spins around
By Rob Fetters / RPF2 Music / ASCAP
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2. |
Scripture
03:56
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Scripture
Knock on her door, she’ll pretend she’s not home
Call her up, she won’t answer the phone
Time ticks by like a metronome
But with a split personality she’s never alone
I tried to be her friend but it didn’t last long
She covered up her ears when I sang her my song
Something’s wrong with this picture
I don’t fit in the frame
She hears the devil quoting scripture
Every time I call her name
Fear wakes her up in the middle of the night
So she can’t get back to sleep but she’s too tired to fight
Can’t shut up the voice inside her head
Says if she wakes up tomorrow she’ll wish she was dead
And she knows it’s crazy and it isn’t a joke
Fells like a rope around her neck and she’s starting to choke
Something’s wrong with this picture
I don’t fit in the frame
Somebody’s singing a lullaby
So don’t be a big baby, you don’t need to hide
Come out and see the monster, it’s tied to a chain
So it rusts a little more every time it rains
And someday soon that beast will break loose
To find another monster and reproduce
Find another monster and reproduce
Find another monster and reproduce
Find another monster and reproduce
Something’s wrong with this picture
I don’t fit in the frame
She hears the devil quoting scripture
Every time I call her name
By Rob Fetters / RPF2 Music / ASCAP
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3. |
Artichoke
03:33
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Artichoke
Saw you at the show with somebody I didn’t know
Heard you got busted DUI
Well things ain’t changed much since we said goodbye
Heart as big as an artichoke, a leaf for everyone
Make way for all these copycats pretending to have fun
Looks like I gained a few pounds
Don’t burn as much fuel like back when you were around
Seen a lot more frauds and fakes
Fancy meeting you here, you lead the parade
Heart as big as an artichoke, a leaf for everyone
Make way for all these copycats pretending to have fun
Heart as big as an artichoke
Heart as big as an artichoke
You sure look sweet and young
Smell like Chanel, probably still suck your thumb
But old enough to know
Nothin’ comes free, everybody says so
I don’t know why I’ll always love you deep down inside
And remember what I learned:
When I saw the light – that’s when I got burned
Heart as big as an artichoke, a leaf for everyone
Make way for all these copycats pretending to have fun
Heart as big as an artichoke, a leaf for everyone, a piece for everyone
Make way for all these copycats pretending to have fun
Make way for all the copycats
By Rob Fetters / RPF2 Music / ASCAP
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4. |
Prophets
04:58
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Prophets
You’d all be prophets if you paid better attention
You’d all be prophets if you paid better attention
We rose up from the muck
We make our own damn luck
There’s nothin’ we can’t sell
We’re poisoning the
Well, well, well
Civil war is hell
When we come ‘round it’s time to duck
We rose up from the muck
I think you better learn
We like to watch shit burn
And stand around the fire
And call each other
Liar, liar, liar
Watch the smoke rise higher
Till wrong and right can’t be discerned
I think you’d better learn
You could see the future
If you would pay attention
Pay attention now
If you paid better attention, if you paid better attention….
Right before your eyes
Behold the lords of flies
We paint the outside gold
But we ain’t got no
Soul, soul soul
Just an empty hole
It can’t be filled but still we try
Right before your eyes
You could see the future
If you would pay attention now
You could see the future
If you would pay attention
Pay attention, pay attention, pay attention
Now
You’d all be prophets
You’d all be prophets
By Rob Fetters / RPF2 Music / ASCAP
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5. |
Can't Take It Back
02:52
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Can’t Take It Back
If you think it don’t say it
And if you write it please don’t send it
Open your mouth: already made a mistake
You say you’re sorry but it’s a little too late
Silence is golden like truth unfoldin’
So baby don’t say nothin’, just keep it in the oven
Open your mouth: already made a mistake
You say you’re sorry but it’s too little too late
Can’t take it back, can’t take it back
Can’t take it back, can’t take it back
Can’t take it back, can’t take it back
Can’t take it back, can’t take it back
Zen Master Huang Po sittin’ in the zendo
Meher Baba: way to go
So Jesus Christ make it so !
Open your mouth: already made a mistake
You say you’re sorry but it’s a little too late
Yes, no, yes, no, yes, no, yes, no: No!
Can’t take it back, can’t take it back
Can’t take it back, can’t take it back
Can’t take it back, can’t take it back
Can’t take it back, can’t take it back
By Rob Fetters / RPF2 Music / ASCAP
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6. |
Me & Eve
02:40
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Me & Eve
Eve stole an apple from the apple tree
She took a big bite and she handed it to me
Well, Eve was pretty and the apple was sweet
She spit a seed in my face and then I chased her down the street
We both had our clothes off within the hour
Just goes to show: knowledge is power
Well, I got molested when I was 4
I talk about it now, it ain’t a secret any more
And you might think that was childhood’s end
But I learned to play and laugh again
He had all our clothes off within the hour
Just goes to show: knowledge is power
The strong exploit the weak
They think they’re pretty smart
But it takes real genius to turn
Nightmares into art
Me & Eve took a walk, she said: Marry me
I’ll let ya build me a house by that old apple tree
We’ll have a bunch of kids and rewrite history
And I’ll love you until the world sets me free
We both had our clothes off within the hour
Just goes to show: knowledge is power
Yeah, we both had our clothes off within the hour
Just goes to show: knowledge is power
By Rob Fetters / RPF2 Music / ASCAP
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7. |
Dog Is God
02:08
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Dog Is God
The great artist is the simplifier
Come on everybody lets start a new church
We won’t keep any secrets, we won’t sell any merch
And nobody has to die to complete the research
So come on everybody let’s start a new church
Dog is God. God is Dog. Dog is God. God is Dog.
Dog is God. God is Dog.
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
Come on everybody lets start a new church
Go all the way with it
Do not back off
For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters
The great artist, the great artist is
The great artist is the simplifier
Keep it simple stupid, keep it simple stupid, keep it simple
Keep it simple stupid, keep it simple stupid, keep it simple
Come on everybody lets start a new church
There won’t keep any secrets, we won’t sell any merch
And nobody has to die to complete the research
So come on everybody let’s start a new church
Dog is God. God is Dog. Dog is God. God is Dog.
Dog is God. God is Dog.
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing
Keep it simple stupid, keep it simple stupid, keep it simple
Come on everybody lets start a new church
(“The great artist is the simplifier” – Vincent van Gogh)
(“Go all the way… with what matters” – Ernest Hemmingway)
By Rob Fetters / RPF2 Music / ASCAP
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8. |
Not the End
03:30
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Not the End
Save a whale
It’s not the end of the world but it’s the start of something new
Thank God it’s not all up to me
But there’s something you could do if you wanted to
You could start off with a smile when you wanna hurt somebody Then wait a little while
Show some faith, show some style, and you just might save a whale my precious little child
Trust me now, it’s not the end of the world
Save a whale
It’s just the start of something new
This place could use a lot of love
There must be somethin’ we could do if we wanted to
If we could start with some restraint instead of yellin’ at each other there’s a picture we could paint
Of a universal truce led by angels running loose
With the wisdom of the saints
Trust me now, it’s not the end of the world
There’s nothing to like about fear
Nothing to fear about love
Someday you will be a god: the day you learn how to forgive
And the angels will adore you because you live and let live
Like they want you to
Trust me now, it’s not the end of the world
Trust me now, it’s not the end of the world
Trust me now, it’s not the end of the world
Trust me now
You just might save a whale
By Rob Fetters / RPF2 Music / ASCAP
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She's a Musician
03:29
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She’s A Musician
She’s a philosopher, she founded my religion
She makes the soul connection ‘cause she’s a musician
And she sits at her piano and catapults through space
And channels the Enlightened Ones
You see it on her face
She’s a Musician, she’s a musician
And my only ambition is to be part of her life
Ghe message for the masses you can’t put into words
But when the world was born it’s what the angels heard
And she closes her green eyes and plays her sweet guitar
And melts it down to one pure note
Until I’m seeing stars
She’s a Musician, she’s a musician
And my only ambition is to be part of her life
And you don’t know her name
She’s not in the Hall of Fame
But I’d trade my soul if I could let her know
The critics may not understand, her fans might disappear
But I will still be listening ‘cause I know what I hear
She’s a Musician, she’s a musician
And my only ambition is to be part of her life
She’s a Musician, she’s a musician
And my only ambition is to be part of her life
And I know what I hear
By Rob Fetters / RPF2 Music / ASCAP
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10. |
Nobody Now
03:26
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Nobody Now
I was a somebody once but I’m a nobody now
I used to be loved by millions, now I’m a face in the crowd
Fans crawled out of the woodwork, I thought my fame would last
But now my agent won’t take my calls, I’m just a pain in the ass
But I still have you to show me what I am
I had respect from my peers, you saw my face in the news
I sang a song that made everybody happy
Even the critics approved
God’s own light shined through me, I heard that heavenly choir
I can’t describe the warmth that I felt when I got tossed in the fire
“Cause zi had you to show me what I am
And look at you, you can see the wheels turning
You want to use me again
A human resource made for exploitation
You’re anything but a friend, you make me glad it’s the end
Gold spilled out of my pockets, I let it fall to the floor
I used to have more than I needed, I ain’t got it no more
She promised she’s never leave me ‘cause I’m a really nice guy
She swore she never even looked at other fellas
But it was all a big lie, but it was all a big lie
It was a big fat lie
I was a somebody once but I’m a nobody now
I was a somebody once (now you’re a nobody)
But I’m a nobody now, I was a somebody once
(Now you’re a nobody) Now I’m a nobody
(You’re a nobody now) I was a somebody once
(Now you’re a nobody, you’re a nobody, you’re a nobody now)
I was a somebody once (now you’re a nobody, you’re a nobody,
you’re a nobody now) I was a somebody once (now you’re a nobody, you’re a nobody, you’re a nobody now
You’re a nobody now, you’re a nobody now, you’re a nobody now, you’re a nobody)
By Rob Fetters / RPF2 Music / ASCAP
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11. |
Believed
03:16
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Believed
I believed in love ‘cause I received her love
So I believed in love
First it found me, then it bound me, then it drowned me again
I wanted more, but I was shown the door
And now I don’t know what I’m living for
I believed in love ‘cause I received her love
So I believed in love
If you do God’s will, then hold still
Maybe then the gods will hear you pray
So I stood in line till I lost my mind
‘Cause I blew the only time I had the chance to say:
I still love you, I still love you, I still love you, I still love you
I still love you, I still love
I could lay in bed and feel the dread
Or get up now and walk away
No need to know where I’ll go, just get up now and face the day
I believed in love ‘cause I received her love
So I believed in love
By Rob Fetters / RPF2 Music /ASCAP
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12. |
Queer Year
03:19
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Queer Year
You told me you were gay, we both know that’s OK
I’ll always be your friend until the bitter end
A bond no one can break till they burn us at the stake
And they’ll burn us at the stake
I don’t care if you’re queer, I still love you my dear
Though we have separate beds and the world has lost its head
They think you’re on the fringe but love is not a sin
Love is not a sin
Hey!
But everybody’s weird ‘cause maybe everybody’s queer this year
You’re a Gibson, I’m a Fender, you don’t fall in love with a gender
The music that we make is all for heaven’s sake
There is a common goal for every living soul, every living soul
But everybody’s weird so maybe everybody’s queer this year
Everybody’s weird this year, everybody’s queer this year
Though we have separate beds and the world has lost it’s head
I’ll always be your friend: love is not a sin
By Rob Fetters / RPF2 Music / ASCAP
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13. |
Shakin' Street
04:13
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Shakin’ Street
[Composed by The MC5: Fred (Sonic) Smith, Wayne Kramer, Michael Davis, Dennis Thompson, Robert (Rob Tyner) Derminer (Warner-Tamerline/ASCAP)]
Little Orphan Annie and Sweet Sue too
They've been coming around, gives 'em somethin' to do
Their mamas all warned 'em not to come to town
It got into their blood, now they gonna get down
Shakin' street: it's got that beat
Shakin' street: where all the kids meet
Shakin' street: it's got that sound
Shakin' street: say you gotta get down
Streetlight Sam decided to make the trip
All the way from New Jersey
On his girlfriend's tips
He pulled into town and met Skinny Leg Pete
Said, Come here, boy I heard about the street
I heard about the place where all the kids go
Now, I'm about to flip, I just gotta know about
Shakin' street it's got that beat
Shakin' street where all the kids meet
Shakin' street it's got that sound
Shakin' street say you gotta get down
Well the kids on Shakin' Street never give in
'Cause all of their lives they've been livin' in sin
They know that they're bad, you know that they're mad
They take for the takin' and they shake for the shakin'
The folks keep complaining, they find it so shockin'
All the kids wanna do is just keep on rockin'
They ain't got no time to think about stoppin'
They gotta get down and do a little stompin'
Well Sally Baker wants to shake her shaker
And Bobby C. (Sayler) says he's gonna take her to
Shakin' street: it's got that beat
Shakin' street: where all the kids meet
Shakin' street: it's got that sound
Shakin' street: you gotta get down
Shakin' street: it's got that beat
Shakin' street: where all the kids meet
Shakin' street: it's got that sound
Shakin' street: you gotta get down
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