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Love Is The Director
03:12
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Love Is The Director
sometime you give up and float down to the bottom
where the leaves pile up with empty cans and bottles
just another rock and roll escapee box turtle
growing stronger in the dark and waiting for a little spark
sometimes you let go and float out to the jetty
watch the surfers stand and drop, face down in the foamies
rumors of an impressive shark precede the evening then the dark
on the beach there is a fire, shooting sparks and never tires
it's an action film
and love's the director
sometimes you bow down, sagging like a poppy pod
shone too long in the dark and no one even saw it
singing for your mother and your father and your shitzu
a song about the ancient Turk and exactly what is human worth
We came and we saw
got turned into slaw
and now our net mirth
is God's living earth
it's an action film
and love's the director
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Stone Lions (demo)
02:36
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Stone lions need a place to stand
In the morning on a concrete pad
In the shade beside an old brick stoop
Did you forget that summer’s gonna do its loopty loop
Do you chores
Stone lions understand
Go to work
Meet supply and make demand
Stone lions need a place to stand
purple hornets do their lazy dance
Thrumming huminbirds and moving shadows
Has anybody gone to get the mail
Hindu music from passing cars
White suburban morning stars
Street is quiet and infinity
Floats on petals of a cherry tree
In front of me
Stone lions dream
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He finally got a little room, a little room of his own
scratchin’ at his head and lost in the zone
He finally got a little room, a little room of his own
coffee cup, amplifier, slide trombone
She finally got a little room, a little room of her own
She finally got a little room, a little room of her own
for paying bills and reading books and talking on the phone
She finally got a little room a little room of her own
termites hiding in the wood
nothing lasts forever nothing should
dust mites bringing on a sneeze
a mop and a bucket for keeping it clean
The finally found a little place, a little place of their own
everything is temporary but they call it home
a cold refrigerator, a vase and a yellow rose
more than many others have, a privilege out on loan
paint the woodwork linen white
paint the ceiling how you like
throw a rug across the floor
put some pictures on the wall
a sawhorse desk, a lamp in fall
prime it caulk it make it tight
grown up kids trusting the light
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Just woke up...
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The Concave Man
05:21
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Let's hear it for the concave man
caving in as part of his plan
he gets no credit for accommodating
the pressures of pragmatic relating
concave man
concave man
some think they are the flame
then they flash in the pan
let's hear it for the concave man
driving rain gathers now and again
convex, converse, inside and reverse
the footing poured and funding disbursed
who's cheering for the concave man?
caving in as part of his plan
hair growing thin, and just a few sins
the note to self, the thickening skin
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Blood Orange Drone
03:31
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Darling Clementine
04:14
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Concrete Steps
02:49
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concrete steps
I'd like to write a song about our neighborhood
without concern for whether it is bad or good
to share the love I feel for Judy, Jack, and Jim,
and their pets and different ways we choose to live
concrete steps
up the slope
to our porch
footsteps in the snow
There was a party at our house on Christmas Eve
we drank and ate and played a bunch of records too
I focused on the art of hosting carefully
then got drunk and danced around and stood there grinning
concrete steps
up the slope
to our porch
in the spring
I got this weird epoxy stuff you squirt into
the cracks and thin interstices in broken masonry
A jackhammer and dumpster would be most ideal
build the forms and pour it all clean and new
concrete steps
up and down
beautiful sun
lemon lime moments
I like to read and write and draw and play guitar
I'd have no trouble retiring
you like to make a house a home
you are the north star (oh yeah)
For many years I couldn't even finish a song
like mercury popping on a red hot stove
now I hunker down it's just like dusting or bills
concrete steps spiraling upward
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I Bought Two Suits
02:29
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I bought two suits
one black and one blue
for weddings and funerals
and going downtown
I turned forty-eight
I don't understand
how cufflinks works
or what shoes to wear
I threw out my Swedish plaids
and that made me goddamn glad
a 3-pack of undershirts--can't hurt
Tevas won't do unless eating stew
at a stoner sandbar rafting lunch
but what kind of chukka goes with these pants
when out for tapas with liberal friends?
a panel of flannel
a tattoo you drew
a v-neck sweater or two
let your heart of your chest and get dressed
I used to root around in dad's closet
looking for his ugliest shirt
I watched my mother put on paint and powder
preparing for the symphony or church
Now they are old and I am half there
and they still enjoy their day to day duds
suspenders with sweats and velcro kicks
and Mom's floral patterns, like stained glass
I'm standing alone I am seventeen
in front of a giant p.a. tower
I'm wearing a t-shirt, my shoe is untied
I'll never get laid or find my way
ain't it weird when things work out
it's not so weird when things work out
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Mud Daubers
02:04
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Cheese and Crackers
03:10
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The Plodder
03:18
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Instrumental
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Instrumental
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Dan Jones Kansas City, Missouri
Dan Jones is a punk-influenced rock and roll singer-songwriter living in Kansas City,
Missouri.
Rock and Roll Daydreams is his 9th full length release, and third with Dan Jones and The Squids (of KC), featuring hometown pals Steve Tulipana (bass) and Matt Ronan (drums).
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