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Hello World
03:38
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Hello world how ya doing
I'm here to do a little weepin' and a wooin'
And for crying out loud I'd like to raise a crowd
So now world let's get it on
You could do a dance and I could sing a song
And we could carry on as if there's nothing wrong
I could learn your philosophies like dog eat dog and birds and bees
All you need is love and love is free
Hello world how ya been
I'm the latest one to join your sin
So let's get our fill and do as we will
Okay world don't make me shout
All this crap is startin' to stress me out
My stomach's burning a hole like a red hot coal
Cause I've been learnin' philosophies like dog eat dog and birds and bees
All you need is love and love is free
Ooh la la go ahead and sue la la la
Can you get blood from a rock
That's it world I've had enough
You're power trippin' and I’m calling your bluff
I'm sick of living in fear I'm checking out of here
Goodbye world it's been real
But you won't rule me by the way I feel
This dude the other day said "he is the way"
So I'll forget your philosophies like dog eat dog and birds and bees
All you need is love and love is free
Well now world it's getting deep
You better run along you might wet your little feet
Let's ween you off the milk
It's time to feed you meat
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2. |
The Hard Way
03:55
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It’s time for us to go into the great unknown
But we won’t leave you here to suffer all alone
There’s still the monster in your head the one who lives under your bed
He will teach you everything you need to know
He’ll fill your life with fear take everything that’s dear
Until your left not trusting anyone at all
When you try to be good and do the things you should
He’ll throw a stumbling block to make you fall
We really wish that we could stay and it pains me to say
You’ll have to do it all the hard way
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3. |
Orphan Child
06:36
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When I was five you were still alive
When I was born I was destined to be torn
Could not the knees have prevented me
Your silent graves cannot counsel me in times of need
Should I curse the day of my birth
Why was my childhood a whistling babe out in the wood
Oh-huh
Won't someone stay a while
Walk in my shoes a mile
Try hard to make me smile
Yeah yeah I know I know I'm just an orphan child
We had each other sisters and brothers
But after daddy fell we scattered just like Israel
My bitter face moved from place to place
Said goodbye to lots of friends all good things have to end
No foundation not a clue
I stare at the mirror saying who the hell are you?
Uh-huh
Won't someone stay a while
Walk in my shoes a mile
Try hard to make me smile
Yeah yeah I know I know I'm just an orphan child
Oh you poor little thing ya da ya da ya
That's just terrible ya da ya da ya
Bless your little heart ya da ya da ya
I've heard it all before don't care to hear it any more
Oh-huh
Won't someone stay a while
Walk in my shoes a mile
Try hard to make me smile
Yeah yeah I know I know I'm just an orphan child
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4. |
Introvert
03:30
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I’d rather read a book than have to see your dirty look
I like to be alone don’t care to be a social clone
That doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with me
But you’re convinced there’s something wrong with me
My problem is mostly just you
You keep implying I don’t get around
So I must be a future psycho clown
You keep on beating me to make me comply I don’t know why
I like to self-reflect I feel fine when you neglect
Only when you pursue, I want to walk away from you
But I can’t walk away without a beating
I have to listen to your sheeple bleating
I’d rather play guitar than listen to your hardee har
Or jokes about my nervous ticks when you’re the reason they exist
But you’re convinced there’s something wrong with me
Yeah, you’re the reason something’s wrong with me
If you’d just leave me alone
I’m not a faggot or a serial killer
Your conversations are like cereal filler
I’m just an introvert so why can’t you leave me alone
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5. |
The Hypocrite Song
05:32
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You say I'm skeptical. What does that make you?
Are you not skeptical about my view?
Call me a hypocrite and I'll shed a tear, for we're all hypocrites here.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I’m right.
But neither one of us may ever find the light.
Maybe I’m wrong, but what does it matter.
‘Cause neither one of us may find the answers.
Oh no. And live to tell about it.
State your position. State your case.
I may hit hard, but I’ll fall with grace.
Tell me that my beliefs are anything but true.
Then how can I possibly believe you.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe I’m right.
But neither one of us may ever find the light.
Maybe I’m wrong, but what does it matter.
‘Cause neither one of us may find the answers.
Oh no. And live to tell about it.
Open your mind my fellow man and I’ll show you a freak show.
And maybe, just maybe, we could see eye to eye.
Open your eyes comrade and I’ll throw you a curve ball.
And maybe, just maybe, we could see eye to eye.
Open your mind. It’ll open your eyes.
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6. |
Oblivious
03:46
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Why bother feeling down when you could be a happy clown
Come and live with us oblivious
You’ve been staring at the ceiling are the shadows that appealing?
Come and live with us oblivious
We’ll all forget the pain we’re in
We’ll pull it down from deep within
Your grin is so moronic and the music’s super sonic
Come and live with us oblivious
You’ve been curled up there for hours looking at the pretty flowers
Come and live with us oblivious
We’ll make the sorrow disappear
We’ll make tomorrow bright and clear
At first it was terrific but now it’s tenebrific
Come and live with us oblivious
I was running from disaster but my past is running faster
Come and live with us oblivious
We’ll turn the darkness into day
We’ll let the third eye show the way
Oh the pain oh the pain can I make it go away
Oh the rain oh the rain can I have a sunny day
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7. |
High
04:52
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You give your sword but I’m no squire my desire is for my own
You send a wave I’m not receiving I like believing I’m all alone
So I stay high
I stay high but I’m in control
And I lie
And I lie to my soul
You tear down walls but I build fences I numb my senses cloud my mind
I know as long as I’m not thinking there’s no linking of any kind
I peek out the window there’s a lamb at the door
Well I’m not quite ready to settle that score
I hear him bleating out that it’s a lie
But you’ll never catch me mixing with the rye
My world is beautiful I’m at my peak
But when morning comes it’s back to being bleak
Boy if you only knew if you only knew just what I have for you
You give your sword but I’m no squire my desire is for my own
You send a wave I’m not receiving I like believing I’m all alone
So I stay high
I stay high I’m out of control
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8. |
Niles of Honor
04:50
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I take a good close look at myself the dams break down in my eyes
I try to slow the current down with lies
But the source of the river is as vast as Victoria
And the streams flowing down my face are the Niles of honor
Truth hurts truth can kill truth can take your life
When you face the facts over and over
But when you lie to yourself to keep from falling apart
It lingers in your heart and you live like a coward
Failure after failure can lead a man from the stage
Change your hair your cloths your name your image
When it all comes down to it inside you're still the same
Your life is just a game but you're losing the pieces
I lock myself in a little room a place where life is a breeze
But the wind outside blows harder and harder
Till i find my little room is in the eye of a storm
The wind won't do me harm but it's made me a prisoner
My gums are bleeding 'cause I haven't been eating drugs screwin' up my mind
I'd come up for air but I haven't the time
Suffocating any form of light shining in my eyes
Thinking of alibis to keep me from ruin
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9. |
Autumn
04:06
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As the leaves of autumn fall and crumble on the earth
So do I
As the leaves of autumn are scattered round by the wind
So am I
As the leaves of autumn are gathered for the bon fire
So am I
There is no 5 second rule
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10. |
Space Cadet
05:30
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Space cadet
You’re floating further and further away
Space cadet
You’re twice as far now as you were yesterday
When will you come back down to earth
We really miss you for what it’s worth
Space cadet
You must be light years away from home
Space cadet
Please come back we’ll make you feel alone
We just don’t understand what you left here for
We don’t have you to bully ‘round anymore
You’re not here to berate and control
Can’t hang your dirty laundry high up on a pole
We can’t interrogate you over our delusions
We’ll have to settle with our uninformed conclusions
Why are you doing this to us
We don’t understand what’s all the fuss
Space cadet
Could you forgive and forget
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11. |
In the Rye
03:40
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I stood before the congregation nervous as a youth
I tapped my foot a count of four and stared up at the roof
I thought if I avoided eyes the words would flow with ease
But I had to strain and feel the burn of a thousand flaming trees
Your non-descript blank faces were gray behind the haze
Time stopped for a moment yet I still could feel your gaze
My voice rang like a bell so loud I was sure it pierced the sky
And when the song was done the cloud dissipated in the rye
I shrugged off any form of praise but hoped that you were phased
As I packed my twelve string guitar gently back into her case
And my effect was probably just imagination running wild
So I left that place behind me like I left behind a child
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12. |
Horse Hair Bed
03:24
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It’s time for us to go into the great unknown
But we won’t leave you here to suffer all alone
There once was a monster inside my head
Who lived underneath my horse hair bed
I’d jump to the top at night to avoid his razor claws
But that would not stop him from pointing out my flaws
So I would move around try to shake him off my tail
But he’d be there underneath every bed along my trail
And I tried everything to make him go away
But he would always be there and still to this day
It took me years and years to finally figure out
That I had the weapon of faith that could drown him out
So now a muted monster follows me around
I see him talking shit but I don’t hear a sound
If I had known I could’ve laid my little head
On a down feather pillow on top that horse hair bed
I could have lived a life where victory was mine
No sense in looking back now everything is fine
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13. |
Drifting
05:46
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Drifting off in outer space
I believe I’ve finally found my place
No static waves it’s all so clear
From here I have the greatest view
My mind is far away from you
No static waves it’s all so clear
Everything is so much brighter
You’ll have to pull the string tighter
But I’m not holding on to the other end
I’m free in my head I’m free in my head
I’m free as long as I pretend, you’re dead
Dead to me
Earth to Kurt Earth to Kurt can you show us where you hurt
We brought some salt for old wounds and we’re digging up some dirt
You can’t stay up there forever space cadet
We’ll drag you down somehow and fill you with regret
That is where you’ve all gone wrong
I found the place where I belong
And I hope that you can find your way as well
I’m flying at the speed of love
Compelled by them that fly above
And they don’t fly like this in hell
I’ve broken off the ball and chain
No reason there that I remain
No way that I could ever win your heart
While drifting on I hope and pray
That you may figure it out one day
But I won’t be around to play that part
I’m going home yeah that’s my goal
Eternal arms around my soul
And there’s no comparison on earth
A love that lasts beyond all years
A love that casts away all fears
And every timeless moment filled with mirth
I’m going home
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Kurt Paul Fort Lupton, Colorado
www.kurtpaulmusic.com For all the info visit the link above. Thank you.
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