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one km high
04:11
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doh-ja doh-ja-ay oh-jay-ah-oh
doh-ja-day oh-ja-day oh-ah
we are interconnected now
we are interconnected now
doh-ja-day oh-ja-ay oh-ah-oh
i jumped over the ocean one kilometer high
i jumped over the river one kilometer high
i jumped over the city one kilometer high
i jumped over the mountain one kilometer high
we are interconnected now
we are interconnected now
interconnected now
come and join come and join come and join my tribe
come and join come and join come and join my tribe
come and join come and join come and join my tribe
come and join come and join come and join my tribe
i jumped over the river one kilometer high
i jumped over the mountain one kilometer high
i jumped over the city one kilometer high
i jumped over the ocean
doh-ja oh-ja-day oh-jay-ah-oh
doh-ja-day oh-ja-ay oh-ah
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spinning
04:41
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(i had this little tape recorder. i used to go down to the coffee shop, record people, play it back later. was that wrong?)
you spun around, you turned me on,
you left me on, and then you left me here
spinning
like an old jazz record, like a waring blender
on a merry go round in the galaxy
you spun around, you turned me on,
you left me on, and then you left me here
spinning
(on a walk through the woods one day, i heard a bird that sounded just like charlie parker. i was amazed, but i didn’t have my recorder with me, so i just stood there and listened.)
like a cyclone storming, like a snail shell forming
on an orbiting ball round a yellow star
you spun around, you turned me on,
you left me on, and then you left me here
spinning spinning
(on the van ride home i was tired and sad. then you reached across and grabbed my hand and i felt warm and held.)
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psychic xombies
03:39
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psychic xombies in our midst
telepathic anarchists
they got that goo up in their head
psychic xombies, post-human dread
ain’t got no mama, ain’t got no pa
ain’t got no money, ain’t got no law
they’re telepathic anarchists
psychic xombies in our midst
she might be dozing
she might be blind
commanding robots
with her mind
she got that goo up in her head
psychic xombies, post-human dread
i'm only human, flesh and bone
they lure our children away from home
and then humanity will all be dead
or have that goo up in their head
psychic xombies
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utopia revisited
03:55
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(that was my dream day job, back when i couldn’t find a friend to listen to me complain)
taking the old roads now
taking the old roads now
trees claw at the edges
sinkholes implode
taking the old roads now
taking the old roads now
we are stories
we are not wolves
(as a leader, i had an ideal)
further and further on the edge of the horizon
(but not enough power. if i had a song, in the public square, i could make it sweeter)
utopia, utopia
(if i had more power)
we are not tigers
we are not wolves
we are stories
we tell about ourselves
trees claw at the edges
sinkholes implode
taking the old roads now
taking the old roads now
(come about, pack your bags, all my past regrets)
utopia, utopia,
utopia, utopia
further and further on the edge of the horizon
(further and further on the edge of the horizon)
further and further on the edge of the horizon
(further and further on the edge of the horizon)
(i shouldn’t have landed here, i didn’t do nothing wrong. under the wall, and floating in the ocean)
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nobody
03:56
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emily swam out past the breakers
emily left her lies behind
over and round the broken wreckage
of the sunken shoreline
above her the moon was shining heavy
below her the bottom dropped away
behind her she heard the first explosion
in the court house by the bay
her uniform was on the ground
she left it purple, gray, and muddy
they would assume that she had drowned
after all she was nobody
wouldn’t they know what she had done?
wouldn’t they curse her phony name
didn’t she worry didn't care
they had themselves to blame
emily swam away from anger
emily swam away from pain
emily swam away from fire
when the explosions began to wane
her uniform was on the ground
she left it purple, gray, and muddy
they would assume that she had drowned
after all she was nobody
emily swam
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hum
03:10
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there’s a hum in my head –mm-mm
there’s a hum in my head –mm-mm
and i send it out to you, i send it out to you.
there’s a hum in my head and i send it out to you.
there’s a buzz in my ear –bzz-zz
there’s a buzz in my ear –bzz-zz
and i send it out to you, i send it out to you.
there’s a buzz in my ear and i send it out to you.
can you hear it, can you feel it?
can you shake it, can you beat it?
there’s a hole in my heart –oo-ooh
there’s a hole in my heart –oo-ooh
and i send it out to you, i send it out to you.
there’s a hole in my heart and i send it out to you.
oo-ooh
bzz-zz
mm-mm
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the tide
05:32
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doh-ja doh-ja-ay oh-jay-ah
doh-ja-day oh-ja-day oh-ah
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wheel
04:25
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i make my way with offerings
come try my beautiful bread
i make my way with pottery
come see my beautiful room
and i can feel the world beneath my wheel
i can feel the world beneath my wheel
i can feel the world beneath my wheel
turning
i make my way wandering
come ride my beautiful road
i make my way wandering
come share my beautiful view
and i can feel the world beneath my wheel
and i can feel the world beneath my wheel
and i can feel the world beneath my wheel
turning
i can hear the song left in my heart
and i can hear the song left in my heart
and i can hear the song left in my heart
burning
i make my way with offerings
come try my beautiful bread
i make my way wandering
come share my beautiful road
lighted eyes are always upon me
i can’t find a new thing to share
who am i if everyone wants me?
i can’t hide anywhere
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Jim's Big Ego Boston, Massachusetts
Perform a Google search for "the Greatest Band in the History of Recorded Music" and your top result will be none other than Jim's Big Ego. Hailing from the small New England village of Boston, Jim's Big Ego compares itself to such major players as The Great Wall of China, The Grand Canyon, Antarctica, and other things you can see from space. ... more
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