1. |
Beasts of the Spirit
03:05
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BEAST OF THE SPIRIT, SPIRIT OF THE BEAST
© Bill Burnett
Ah ooooooo
Beast of the spirit spirit of the beast
You see it and you hear it and the wonders never cease
Listen to your heart pumpin’ blood in your head
Stare at the moon till it turns blood red
You gotta listen to the words that the lioness said
And watch the spider workin on the spider web
Cause the spider’s connecting all the famines and the feasts
Beast of the spirit spirit of the beast
Ah ooooo
Beast of the spirit spirit of the beast
You love it and you fear it as the mysteries increase
Go swimming in the ocean of the sweetest pain
The blood and the semen and the milk and the rain
We are bodies of water in a liquid chain
Bound together again and again
And the tie that binds is the struggle for release
Beast of the spirit spirit of the beast
Beast of the spirit spirit of the beast
You can try to get near it with your bible and your priest
But there’s no holy grail no golden fleece
Just the whisper of the wind making love to the trees
And the fury of the storm on the open seas
The bleat of the lamb and the buzz of the bees
And your own gasp of wonder as you fall to your knees
Ah ooooooo
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2. |
In the Orange Grove
04:44
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Orange Grove
© Bill Burnett
In the Orange Grove
I lay out my sacred offering
Cause the Orange Grove
Is where she's known to pass by
I have rhymes and songs
Maybe she will stop to hear me sing
In the Orange Grove
Maybe I can catch her eye
Now there have been times
We have kissed beneath these dancing trees
And I told her tales
As I touched her tenderly
Ah but there have been times
When nothing I could say or do would please her
And she walks these groves, never giving a thought to me
Ah but when she shines
She can turn the scorched brown earth to green
Yes and when she shines dead fruit ripens on the the tree
And the birds sing rhyme
And clear fresh water swells in every stream
She gives life to all
Yes and she gives life to me
So In the Orange Grove
I lay out my humble offering
It's not a treasure trove
But it's the best that I can do
And if she drives me blind
I will wait her for her breath of spring
In the Orange Grove
In the Orange Grove
In the Orange Grove
In the Orange Grove
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3. |
Angeleno Girl
02:41
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Angeleno Girl
© Bill Burnett
I’m telling you up until the day I met her I was like an unraveling sweater oh
Then she began to mend me
Hugs and kisses and laughs in batches, that’s what she uses to make her patches
Oh
She heels the wounds that rend me, she set out to befriend me
And now I’ve been mended by this Angeleno Girl
I was a rake and a rover, now I’ve been taken over
My heart’s been awakened by this Angeleno Girl, Angeleno Girl
Im telling you I laid all my cards on the table, I even read her my warning label oh
She still wanted to be near me
She’s moving in and that’s just ducky, how’d I ever get so lucky oh
She likes to feel and hear me, she sees me and doesn’t fear me
And I see so clearly with this Angeleno Girl
I quiver and I quake about her, I go all William Blake about her
My love seats been taken by this Angeleno Girl, Angeleno Girl
You don’t know how hard i dreamed
That my heart would be redeemed here in this world
So I’m tellin you I’m jumping over all the walls and fences
She’s taken leave of all my senses oh
That’s ok I don’t need em
Chart my stars and read my palm, I’ll stay cool collected and calm oh ho
I’m not afraid to read em, say the vows and I’ll repeat em
I feel such freedom with this Angeleno Girl
And I hope I’m not mistaken, cause my heart’s too old for break-in
The last came I’m stakin’ is this Angeleno Girl, Angeleno Girl
Ohhhhhhh
Angeleno Girl, Angeleno Girl
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4. |
No God Good Enough
02:46
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No God Good Enough For You
© Bill Burnett
When you blur the line dividing wrong from right
Can you trust in the guidance of your appetite
Can you tell if you are standing in the dark or in the light
When there's no God good enough for you
No God good enough for you
Can you tell if you are standing in the dark or in the light
When there's no God good enough for you
So you search until you stumble on an ancient holy map
And you spread that brittle parchment like a napkin on your lap
Do you tremble at the power or just laugh at all the crap
When there's no God good enough for you
No God good enough for you
Do you tremble at the power or just laugh at all the crap
When there's no God good enough for you
You think I'm preaching a sermon here
You think I'm pointing a finger
But there's no lesson we're learning here
The mists may rise but the mysteries linger on
So you feel a holy spirit swirling round your little shack
Do you throw the door wide open or just open it a crack
Is there any book can tell you what's a rule and what's a fact
When there's no God good enough for you
No God good enough for you
You just have to keep on dealing
And hope the deck's not stacked
When there's no God good enough for you
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5. |
Gotta Get, Gotta Get
01:44
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Gotta Get Gotta Get
© Bill Burnett
Gotta get rich, gotta get thin
Gotta get the wrinkles off my skin
Gotta lose lose, gotta win win
Gotta get, Gotta Get Gotta Get
Gotta get tough gotta get smart
Gotta find a bulls eye for my dart
Gotta make break, gotta make art
Gotta Get, Gotta Get Gotta Get
Gotta Get all my ducks in a row
Gotta get on on on with the show
Gotta get dressed up with someplace to go
Grab my chapeau and shout look out below
Gotta get loose, gotta get tight
Gotta get juiced up for the fight
Gotta get all my answers right
Gotta Get, Gotta Get Gotta Get
Life is tough there’s a never ending list of stuff that a guy’s gotta get
Get laid, get paid, get it made in the shade, get a girl get a car get a pet
Get a house get a hit get a car get fit
Are you ready, on your mark get set
And then get up and go cause the one thing you know is
Gotta Get Gotta Get
Gotta get up up up to get down
Gotta get round round I get around
Gotta get over and over and cover some ground
Get with the program or get out of town
Gotta get a shot, gotta get a lot, gotta get hot or I don’t get squat
Gotta get everything YOU got
Gotta Get Gotta Get
Gotta Get Gotta Get
Gotta Get Gotta Get
Gotta Get Gotta Get
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6. |
Close Enough for Love
05:39
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Close Enough For Love
© by Bill Burnett
We gaze into the heavens
To see those shooting stars
And when they show we give them oos and ahs
They go blazing through the heavens
And then they vanish--puff!
They aren't real stars but they get close enough
Close enough, close enoughm Close enough, close enough
Close enough, close enough for love
Close enough, close enough
Once a woman loved me
A we called our love true
Now she's left me for a love called "new"
I don't blame her I don't hate her
Or any of that stuff
I'm grateful that we once got close enough
And we did, we got
Close enough, close enough, Close enough, close enough
I do believe we got, Close enough, close enough
For love, Close enough, close enough
Every truth is only partly true
And no piano is quite in tune
And all our lives we settle for a view
Of just one side of the moon
So gather round this campfire
Watch each glowing spark
Rise and disappear into the dark
The air is chilly around this campfire
The ground is cold and rough
But you can stay warm if you cuddle close enough
Just find somebody and get
Close enough, close enough, Close enough, close enough
You can be happy if you just get close enough, close enough
For love, Close enough, close enough, close enough, close enough, close enough for love
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7. |
Life is Still Very Wow
03:10
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LIFE IS STILL VERY WOW
© by Bill Burnett
Life is still very wow, Life is still very wow wow
Life is still very wow Life is still very wow wow wow
I got a right to complain
It's insane, know what I'm sayin'?
Had it locked then I got rocked and now I'm on the street again Sometimes it makes me want to drop and go Pop pop pop
But I'm not gonna stop cause I know in spite of everything
Life is still very wow, Life is still very wow wow
Life is still very wow Life is still very wow wow wow
Our world is battered, splattered, shattered, and getting sadder
We look for leaders, but all you find are madder hatters
There’s nothing vague about the plague that’s sweeping over us
There’s nothing calm about the bombs they want to drop on us,
But long as there’s a dove that can still take wing
I’m gonna keep on “on” cause I know in spite of everything
Life is still very wow, Life is still very wow wow
Life is still very wow Life is still very wow wow wow
(Bridge)
Life is still very wow
Life is still very wow
(solo)
You got the nectar and the stamen WOW!
You got the body that you came in WOW!
You got the seeker and the shaman WOW!
You got the match you got the candle and the flame and
Life is still very wow
Life is still very wow wow
Life is still very wow
Life is still very wow wow wow
I went and rambled in the brambles I served my time
The thorns wrote my sin on my skin they spelled out my crime
And then I understood the reason I was left behind
And I knew a new house would have to be designed
A house to hold my heart a house to grow my soul
With room for Jean Paul Sartre, Jesus and jelly roll
A house fit for a queen a house fit for a king
That's what I'm building cause I know in spite of everything
Life is still very wow, Life is still very wow wow
Life is still very wow, Life is still very wow wow
Life is still very wow Life is still very wow wow
Life is still very wow Life is still very, (very very very very) wow wow wow!
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8. |
Leaving Eden
04:35
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Leaving Eden
© Bill Burnett
Leaving Eden, Leaving Eden, Leaving Eden, It’s always sad to see…somebody
Leaving Eden, Leaving Eden, Leaving Eden, That’s how it’s meant to be
Now back in the garden
God told Eve and Adam
Dontcha eat the fruit from that tree
But he hung the fruit low
And he’s God, dontcha know
He had to know that they would soon be
Leaving Eden, Leaving Eden, Leaving Eden, It’s always sad to see…somebody
Leaving Eden, (take their hand) Leaving Eden (understand)
Leaving Eden, That’s how it’s meant to be
We arrive in the womb, such a comfortable room
Where we’re totally flotally free
There’s a cold world outside
We should stay put and hide
But the pull of the tide makes us push out to see (and we are)
Leaving Eden, (being born) Leaving Eden (keeping warm)
Leaving Eden, It’s always sad to see somebody
Leaving Eden, (take their hand) Leaving Eden (Help them stand)
Leaving Eden, That’s how it’s meant to be
First we squirm then we roll, then we crawl,
then we fall then then we walk and run
Parents cheer every step every year
Though they know when the race is done
The child will be gone
And they’ll be gone for good
Gone for good
Gone for good
It’s always sad to see
Now my mama’s in bed hanging on by a thread
Looking up through her watery eyes
She is close to the end and her family and friends
Have all gathered to say our goodbyes
Like a garden of flowers we stand there around her
My brothers and sister and me
And it’s clear what she’s needin’ from her final eden
She’s seeking permission to set herself free
So in our own way doesn’t each of us say…Mom
It’s okay to be
Leaving Eden, Go ahead, Leaving Eden, Leave your bed
Leaving Eden, although it’s sad to see
Go on ahead Mom
Leaving Eden Take Dad’s hand, Leaving Eden, Like you planned
Leaving Eden, although we’re sad to see
It’s only destiny, And that’s how it’s meant to be
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9. |
Imitation Me
03:54
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10. |
Luminous Moose
00:42
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Luminouse Moose
© Bill Burnett
I was lost in a deep Maine wood
I was scared I’d be lost for good
When a Luminous Moose showed me the way
He was flashing like a firefly, he led me to a trail nearby
And that’s the only reason why I can sing this song today
Thank God, for the Luminous Moose
Genetic Engineering has finally found a use
For those big galumphing creatures that wander through our woods
Once again mankind has salvaged Mother Nature’s damaged goods
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11. |
Methuselah Falls
04:33
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Methuselah Falls
© Bill Burnett
Last week an owl awoke me at dawn
I heard it calling my name
That's when I knew it was time to move on
Down to Methuselalh Falls
Down to Methuselalh Falls
That's where my destiny calls tonight
Down to Methuselalh Falls
Tell Any Monday to play me a tune
Give my old banjo away
I'll find the path by the light of the moon
Down to Methuselalh Falls tonight
Down to Methuselalh Falls
That's where my destiny calls tonight
Down to Methuselalh Falls
Ohh stepping into that stream
Bathing my weary eyes
Feeling my spirit rise away
And there in the morning if you come you'll see
Down where the sun hits the spray
There'll be a rainbow that used to be me
Down at Methuselalh Falls
Down at Methuselalh Falls
That's where my destiny calls tonight
Down at Methuselalh Falls
Whoah Whoaeee whoa whoaee whoa oh
Whoaee whoa whoaee whoa oh
Whoaee whoa whoaee whoa oh whoaee whoaee
Eeeee
Mmmm....
That's where my destiny calls tonight
Down at Methuselalh Falls
I'm gonna be mist, I'm gonna be mist, I'm gonna be mist
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