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1. |
My Country Song
03:58
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My country’s fast asleep
and they don’t notice higher power as they beat
The brains of anyone
who guides the flow of capital with downward thumbs
back to those hands of yours
that’s where they took it from
And we won’t get the most out of life til they let go
As long as they detest and despise our human souls
look out below
oh oh oh mhm
Cause if it was up to you and me
We’d bring administration down to their knees
And make them swear to God
That we are gonna be their main concern and money’s not
Cause in the end it all will burn and they will rot.
You and me, we get the most out of life when we let go
As long as we detest and despise one human soul
look out below
oh oh oh mhm
But my country’s fast asleep
and as we all are eulogized
the price tags bleed.
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2. |
People Happy
04:45
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There's a highway man
boy, he lives to entertain
With a virus aimed at the spirit and the brain
He can get you high on emotion for the things
That a life time spent on possession will never bring
Floating up then diving with all the house hold needs
Get some clothes. Get hired. What mortal lives we lead.
When that well runs dry there's another that we'll dig
As the chasms grow til it's what you're standing in
With people happy every where I see
People happy. Everywhere I see there's people happier than me.
There's people happier than me. You think you're happier than me?
As a man climbs higher he's further from the leaves
All that ancient matter we came from now we flee
We were fed and dry. What more comfort could there be?
Then we saw the shelves at the market place of thieves
With people happy everywhere I see
People happy. Everywhere I see
It's people happier than me
Those people happier than me.
You think you're happier than me?
As a soldier dies there's a price that's duly paid
To the master plan to acquire everything
It was hatched in private with so few listening
They can say "don't worry. we're handling everything"
But can you believe 'em, do you believe 'em
should you believe 'em, can you believe?
Do you believe 'em, can you believe 'em
should you believe 'em, can you believe?
Carry me children. Carry me over. Help me deliver. Help me believe
Carry me children. Carry me over. Help me deliver. Help me believe
There's people happy everywhere I see.
People happy. Everywhere I see there's people happier than me
There's people happier than me. You think you're happier than me?
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3. |
Unusual As Usual
02:48
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Unusual as usual the citizens are horrified.
You punched a wall and used your force
But it really didn’t make you wise
Didn’t you know they'll lie right to you
They will say that it’s all in your mind
Get a soul. Get a sign. How do you
think you’re ever gonna beat em’
you never learn to read your lines.
The criminals are casual
cause their behavior’s everyday, so never you mind
It’s the punctual that's crucial
once you bring it to the border line.
Didn’t you know I look right through you
It’s insane what goes on in your mind
Not a soul, not a sign. How do you
think you’re ever gonna beat em’
You never learned to read your lines
Didn’t you know they lie right to you
when they say that it’s all in your mind.
Not a soul not a sign. How do you
think you’re ever gonna beat em’
you never learn to read your lines
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4. |
Dumb Fool
03:58
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Counting down to November in the January sun
the odds if I can remember
just about a billion to one
Cause I gotta get sponsored by a millionaire or two
who wanna get me elected
who wanna say what I do
There's no one listening to you
There's possibility in every little piece of our bones
And I'm a man who pledged an allegiance
to past or present. Won't take me no pretense
I'll testify we've got no one to blame
If we allow them bribing our leaders
The game is rigged so you may as well leave it alone
It's gonna cost lots of dollars
Corporate governance of you
And people should not assemble
and try to run for President too
Now without a full coffer there's no power in your palm
Except to stop help electing all these corporate sons.
To these United States I plead, we need some damage control
Cause these are men who have no allegiance
To past or present. They skate through on pretense.
I'll testify we got no one to blame
If we allow them bribing our leaders
The game is rigged so you may as well leave it alone
Or you just might could help me out
Cause boy, you know what we can do
Vote 'em out you dumb fool
Vote him out, the dumb fool.
There's possibility in every little piece of our bones
And I'm a man who pledged an allegiance
to past or present. Won't take me no pretense
I'll testify we've got no one to blame
If we allow them bribing our leaders
The game is rigged so you may as well leave it
The game is rigged and you may as well leave it alone
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5. |
Until They Find Us
03:24
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I am through with politics and games
Cause we need time to sit and rearrange
Cause no I don't think we'll be emancipated
They'll just drop us all and then leave
They'll just drop us all and then leave
And we're bound by the wheels and the wires
Until they break, let us steal and conspire
to tear them up and down
Until they find us
Brother, what a shame, this hopeless human waste
You think technology can free us, please explain
Cause no I don't think we'll be emancipated
They'll just drop us all and then leave
They'll just drop us all and then leave
You know I don't think we'll be emancipated
They'll just drop us all and then leave
They'll just drop us all and then leave
And we're bound by the wheels and the wires
Until they break, let us steal and conspire
to tear them up and down
Until they find us
You know I don't think we'll be emancipated
They'll just drop us all and then leave
They'll just fuck us all and then leave
And we're bound by the wheels and the wires
Until they break, let us steal and conspire
to tear them up and down
Until they find us
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6. |
Swimming New Orleans
04:04
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It has all been done.
Been done already.
It has all been done.
Been done already.
Yes, it's all been done already
So you might as well just hit the floor
As the tide beats soft, then steady
Watching the water rise
like it's no ones fault
Mother the bathtubs running
Won't somebody get it?
If the sink runs over we're gonna regret it
But it's all been done already
So you might as well just take the fall
As the tide beats soft then steady
Watching the water rise
like it's no ones fault
In the near future the land will recede
Making more homes ocean front property
A few cites will sink, baptized by the sea
Houston, New York
you will be two of these
But New Orleans, New Orleans
of all that I've found
Your streets always dusty
your wickedness grander
but summer got warmer
the poles both don't freeze
and soon you'll be swimming New Orleans
So come paster, come minister
Hands we will need
Dry off those faces
Be good company
There's salvation in labor
and safety in threes
swimming the streets of New Orleans with me
Well, New Orleans, New Orleans
of all that I've found
Your streets always dusty
and pilgrims abound
We will gather this wreckage
And haul out those seas
Willing to build a new Orleans with me
New Orleans, New Orleans
of all that I've found
Your streets always dusty
your wickedness grander
but summer got warmer
the poles both don't freeze
and soon you'll be swimming New Orleans with me
Well, New Orleans, New Orleans
of all that I've found
Your streets always dusty
the pilgrims abound
We will gather this wreckage
And haul out those seas
Willing to build a new Orleans
A new, New Orleans with me.
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7. |
Dead Mans Cause
03:30
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Get your clappers out cause it's time to feast.
Some of us must suffer and it won't be me.
I seem to think it's doubtful that I could offer you defeat
If one of us goes down while the other sleeps
Now I call on all my citizens
cause I say we've all got faults
What we need's not to win again
Til harvest for me leads to harvest for all
The hardest to plead is a dead mans cause
You say ya got this offer that you would like me to see
Well write the offer down then get on your knees
And verily the anger will rise under the summers heat
As one of us bows out while the other speaks
Now I call on all my citizens
cause I see we've all got faults
And success could walk back in again
If harvest for me leads to harvest for all
The hardest to seize is a dead mans cause
Ooohhh
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8. |
In Remembrance
01:26
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9. |
Tree of Evolution
03:46
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Well it started in a soup now add the passage of time
I find when evolution happens it can take forever
Molecules pooling, grouping, growing in sizes
Some take hold. Others relinquish. We're still finding records.
Time was resolute and now they're swimming the tides.
They climb upon the rising land and here they stuck together
Humans did not arise for eons of time
Then crawling from the trees and forests
We start building weapons
And Jiminy Cricket y'all
you think the tree of evolution just a tree of thought
I will concede indeed that once
we thought the tree of evolution just a tree of thought
but it's not. Nope, no, nu-uh it's not.
And as time was resolute the tribes are pitted and fighting
Wandering one continent but here some cut the tether
Walked out of Africa to settle beside the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Here they planted the earth. I think they planted it first.
Well Jiminy Cricket y'all
you think the tree of evolution's just a tree that starts with Adam and Eve
Repeat that cause you think that Eve was feeding Adam from a tree of
You think that Eve was feeding Adam from some tree.
You think that Eve is feeding Adam from a tree of
So you think that Eve was feeding Adam from her tree of thought
But she's not. Nope, no, nu-uh she's not.
Cause it started in a soup now add the passage of time
I find when evolution happens it can take forever
Millions of years elapse things living than dying
Some took hold. Others relinquish. It's right there in the dirt.
But Jiminy Cricket y'all
you think the tree of evolution's just a tree of thought
I will concede indeed that once
we thought the tree of evolution just a tree of
We thought the tree of evolution just some tree
You think the tree of evolution's just a tree of
Well you think that tree of evolution just a tree of thought
But it's not. Nope, no, nu-uh it's not. Nu-uh it's not.
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10. |
Twin Void
03:17
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One of each. I fell in love with twin boys.
Incomplete I ran around with twin girls.
One of Each. I fell inside a twin void
And I think you should know
That underneath it's all the shine and none of the glow
Only teeth, skin, and bone
All of it smoke that rises to shadow
As it all came from nothing
And into that nothing we leap
A pattern persisted. Pushed out of the mist
An assembly of mirrors and clones
One of Each. I fell inside a twin void
And I think you should know
That underneath it's all the shine and none of the glow
Only teeth, skin, and bones
All of it smoke that rises to darkness
Forces lead onto a side
the other my foe
Fell in deep and had you both
There's disbelief that out of a pattern chaos will grow
over teeth. Into bone
All of it smoke that rises to shadow
It will fade into darkness.
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11. |
The Bomb Stops Ticking
04:31
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The ashes will fall. The lights will fade.
Gentlemen and ladies
it's the end of the human race.
It's the end. No.
Hey man settle down
It begins with a climate change
then the sky turns brown
It's abandoned and abused
Well time is running out
for you and I together.
But no ones listening
and the bomb starts ticking
and we're gone, gone, gone.
But we'll lie together
Humans in the world and ground
Will you think the price was worth it
once it leads to the end of the human race?
The end of the human race.
The end of the human race.
It's the end. No.
We devalue life
Grind it into dollar signs
til the profits rise
for the wealthy and amused.
Your time is running out
You will die forever
but no ones listening
and the bomb stops ticking
and we're gone, gone, gone.
But we'll lie together
Humans in the world and ground
All the thieves and liars know they're
gambling with the end of the human race.
The end of the human race.
The end of the human race.
It's the end. No.
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the Grey A Washington, D.C.
the Grey A is a folk rock band led by BMI award winning songwriter Grey Jacks.
Sept. 6 2022
features the release of the bands second album D8 UR ELDERS. The first single, Providence is based on the singers relationship with his spouse who's 22 years older than him.
On the LP Grey focuses on romance and secrets, privacy and surveillance, new beginnings and endings, as well as unity and love
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