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Our Weight
03:14
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OUR WEIGHT
I weigh one eighty five
My son weighs sixty-eight
We both like our weight
Our weight
Jesus was Mohammed
And Mohammed took the bait
We both like our weight
Our weight
Everyone makes money
Off Americans that hate
We both like our weight
Our weight
Livin’ as we die alone
And maybe that’s our fate
We both like our weight
Our weight
I believe in miracles
Unless they come too late
We both like our weight
Our weight
Jesus licked Mohammed
And Mohammed had to state
We both like our weight
Our weight
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I Loved That Too
04:05
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I LOVED THAT TOO
I was loved and I was left
I was loved and I was left
I was left, left by you
I loved that too
I was lost when I was found
Diggin’ dirt from the ground
Plantin’ folks I never knew
I loved that too
Save me
Only you can save me
Only you behave me better than I do
Pay me
If you’ll just repay me
For all of the maybes
Maybe we’ll be two
I was old when I was young
Missed the boat, I missed the fun
Makin’ signs like I was through
I loved that too
I was here and I was there
Didn’t think or didn’t care
And still I’m tossed without a clue
I loved that too
Save me
Only you can save me
Only you behave me better than I do
Pay me
If you’ll just repay me
For all of the maybes
Maybe we’ll be two
And when I’m dyin’, Lyin’ in wait
Take my hand; it’s not too late
Look in my eyes the way you do
I’d love that too
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M&R Blues
03:23
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M&R BLUES
Whatever we have gotten wrong
It doesn’t matter when we’re gone
Nobody there to wave us in
No one to drag us down again
The mystery of every drink
That makes it easier to think
Oblivion is under way
And reservations are OK
I got no hope today hope today
I got no hope today hope today
I got no beat today beat today
I got no love today love today
I got no God today God today
I got no sin today sin today
I got no deal today deal today
I got no weave today weave today
Whatever else we might have been
Won’t matter to the next of kin
Piano bars in every room
A luxury we all assume
The allergies collecting dust
Economy’s that boom or bust
Oblivion is underway
And everybody has to pay
Wherever else we won’t belong
It doesn’t matter when we’re gone
The fashion and the history
It won’t be there to pester me
The TV sits there all alone
Just waitin’ for the news to phone
Oblivion is under way
I only wish that I could stay
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Yo Yo
03:42
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YO YO
When I get my head back
When you give it back
I will go on living
For this heart attack
I’ve been up and down
Up and down this string before
Ands I have walked the dog
‘till my hands were sore
Baby rock the cradle
Rock me all night long
And I will set your table
Set it with this song
Were the neighbors knocking?
Knocking from above
Feel just like a yo yo
Like a yo yo in love
When I get my head back
When you give it back
I will go on living
For this heart attack
Were the angels watching?
Watching from above
Feel just like a yo yo
Like a yo yo in love
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My Love's Gone
05:10
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MY LOVE’S GONE
My Love’s gone
My love’s gone
It got all used up
Now my love’s gone
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Trio
05:31
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Housewife
05:37
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HOUSEWIFE
Everyone’s waitin’ for my decline
I don’t blame them, so am I
But what’s the hurry?
There’s baggage to unload
The end’s beginning
The rubber meets the road
Chorus:
They say love is blind, well I know that
‘cause I was left behind with a roadmap
But I have tried to find any life like mine
Where the sun don’t shine and the weather’s fine
If you’re so inclined
But you can’t deny it was worth a try
When it’s do or die, when you say you’re my housewife…
Time’s a waistin’, like all my time
I’m not complainin’; baby it’s your dime
Keeping a record of who was left behind
It’s while we’re sleepin’
That’s when we change our mind
Chorus
If’n I got an ax to grind
It’s while we’re sleepin’
That’s when we change our mind
I saw it comin’, I knew if from the start
The end’s beginning
The first to go is art
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Love.Gov
04:05
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LOVE.GOV
If this ain’t love
If this ain’t love
From up above, love.gov
If this ain’t love
If this ain’t hope
If this ain’t hope
Well here’s the dope: I bought the rope
If this ain’t hope
If this ain’t life
If this ain’t life
Then don’t think twice, it’s paradise
If this ain’t life
If this ain’t fair
If this ain’t fair
Then don’t despair; you’re almost there
If this ain’t fair
If this ain’t God
If this ain’t God
Then spare the rod, even or odd
If this ain’t God
If this ain’t love
If this ain’t love
From up above, love.gov
If this ain’t love
If this ain’t love
If this ain’t love…
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9. |
The Law Of Love
03:22
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10. |
Weather Was Lost
05:01
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WEATHER WAS LOST
Bless my handsome face
Worn away with grace
Put it in its place
Never miss the stains
Weather in my veins
Kiss me when it rains
Weather was lost on a cloudy day
Cover the cost, days that slip away
Every now and then
Wondering where I’ve been
Fall is love again
Given what I get
Placing my lest bet
Even as we met
Weather was lost on a cloudy day
Cover the cost, days that slip away
Even as we scheme
Measuring the dream
Hopeless as it seems
Maybe I’m OK
Somehow washed away
Life is here to stay
Weather was lost on a cloudy day
Cover the cost, days that slip away
Bless my handsome face
Worn away with grace
Put it in its place
Even as we scheme
Measuring the dream
Hopeless as it seems
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(TELL GOD THAT) I SAVED YOU
You’re a wall, you’re a wall
You’re a mighty wall
So when I do this…
Born and died here
And you do that…
Laughed and cried here
Wild and delirious
Never thought I’d find a way
So when I do this…
Secret Santa
And you do that…
Drinkin’ Fanta
Wild and delirious
Leave your life at home today
And tell god that I saved you
Tell his Son it’s time to make his bed
Tell God that I saved you
With a crown of thorns around my head
So when I do this…
Cain and Abel
And you do that…
Set the table
Wild and delirious
Never thought they’d find a way
So when I do this…
Cher and Sonny
And you do that…
Paper money
Wild and delirious
Leave your life at home today
And tell god that I saved you
Tell his Son it’s time to make his bed
Tell God that I saved you
With a crown of thorns around my head
And tell god that I saved you
Tell his Son it’s time to make his bed
Tell God that I saved you
With a crown of thorns around my head
I knew you were on my mind
And I thought that grace was blind
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Mikel Rouse New York, New York
Mikel Rouse is a New York-based composer, director, performer and recording artist hailed as “a composer many believe to be the best of his generation.” (NY Times 2002) His works include 25 records, 7 films (including Funding and Music For Minorities), and a trilogy of media operas: Failing Kansas, Dennis Cleveland and The End Of Cinematics. ... more
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