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LOOK AT MY CAR, NOW AIN'T IT KEEN
WITH IT'S BODY OF SILVER AND STREAKS OF GREEN
IT'S GOT A RADIO INSIDE THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE
YEAH, I LOVE THIS CAR MORE THAN MYSELF
YEAH, IT'S GREAT, IT'S MINE, ALL MINE
IT'S GREAT IT'S MINE ALL MINE
IT'S GOT AN ENGINE UNDERNEATH THAT HOOD OF MINE
AND WHEN I PUSH ON THE GAS IT HITS 79
AND THE BRAKES REALLY STOP IT 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FOR
IT'S GOT A BONDO-ED EXTERIOR ANDA HOLE IN THE FLOOR
i WAS TOOLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY DOING 45
WHEN I MOVED THE OLD SHIFT KNOB I WAS FEELING ALIVE
WHEN SOMETHING WENT WRONG - I HEARD A CRUNCHING SOUND
AND I DROPPED THE TRANSMISSION ALL OVER THE GROUND
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I NEVER REALLY LOVED
BEFORE I SAW HER FACE
SHE IS SO BEAUTIFUL
WITH ABOUNDING GRACE
OH I LOVE HER
YES I LOVE HER
YES I DO
SHE'S AN ANGEL WHICH
CAME DOWN FROM ABOVE
AND SHE HAS YET
TO KNOW OF MY LOVE
AND I LOVE HER
YES I LOVE HER
YES I DO
MY PROBLEM LIES IN THAT
SHE LIVES SO FAR AWAY
AND THE ONLY WAY TO TELL HER
IS TO WRITE HER EVERY DAY
AND I LOVE HER
OH I LOVE HER
YES I DO
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Promised Land (1980)
01:52
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THE TIME HAS COME TO STOP AND DWELL
TO CONTEMPLATE ON RUINED TIME
WASTED WARS AND FOOLISH PRIDE
TO SEEK A CLEANER INNOCENT TIME
WASTE NOT YOUR TIME MY FRIEND
YOU TRY TO LIVE WHAT USED TO BE
YOU CAN'T DO IT, CAN'T YOU SEE?
THOUGH YOU FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE
DID YOU SEE THE GRAVES TODAY
ALL BURIED AWAY IN THE SAND?
THEY SEEMED TO PLEAD, SEEM TO DEMAND
THAT THERE BE A PROMISED LAND.
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October 1918 (1982)
03:28
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DUSTY ROAD AHEAD
DUSTY LIFE BEYOND
I GLADLY TAKE THE CHAIN
AND LAUGH
THE REAPER WAITS FOR ME
JUST AROUND THE CORNER
ONE MISTAKE IS ALL I NEED
THEN I WILL BE FREE
WAITING IN THE DARK
HE STANDS IN FRONT OF ME
MANY A DAY AND NIGHT DO WE WAIT
WE WAIT FOR THE END TO COME
THE WAR'S NEARLY OVER THE TIME NOW DRAWS NEAR
ALL THOUGH OCTOBER THEY SAID IT WOULD COME
BEATEN, WE HUDDLE DOWN LOW
WE WAIT FOR AN END THAT WE KNOW SOON WILL COME
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I FOUGHT ON THE LINE
IT WAS MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO
THINGS WERE SO DIFFERENT WE THOUGHT WE COULD NEVER BE BEATEN
SO SILENTLY WE WAIT NOW, JUST SHADOWS OF MEN
WE WAIT FOR THE REAPER TO COME
NEVER AGAIN WILL WE BE AS WE WERE BEFORE
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Space Love (1977)
02:55
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ME AND MY ANDROID TAKING THE SKYWAYS
ALL THROUGH THE GALAXY DOING IT MY WAY
DO YOU WANT TO COME ALONG, COME FLY WITH ME
ONLY YOU, ME, AND MY 'DROID WE COULD BE HAPPY AS CAN BE
SPACE LOVE, YEAH
SPACE TRAVEL, YEAH
SPACE HAPPY, YEAH
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH
WE COULD JET TO VENUS AND LEAVE OUR 'DROID BEHIND
THE LOVLINESS OF VENUS WILL GROW UPON OUR MINDS
WE COULD TRAVEL TO SATURN AND SIT UPON THE RINGS
THE WE GO TO MARS AND COLLECT SOME PRETTY THINGS
WE COULD SIT AND TALK UNTIL OUR 'DROID CAME UP
THEN WE GO FOR A RIDE IN MY ANTIQUE PICKUP TRUCK
BUT THIS ALL WILL END FOR I'M DUE AT MY SHIP
I'LL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN FOR I'M OFF ON ANOTHER TRIP
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A LITTLE BIT LONGER AND I THINK I'LL LOSE MY MIND
i CAN'T TAKE THE PRESSURES OF LIVING THIS TIME
THINGS THEY MOVE SO FAST I CANNOT FUNCTION
AND I'M LIVING ON THE EDGE
ONE MORE PUSH AND I KNOW I'LL FALL
I CAN'T GRASP ONTO THE LEDGE
FEEL LIKE I'M PRESSURED BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY
CHANGES SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO SOMEONE SUCH AS I
I'M LIVING ON THE BRINK OF DISASTER
DON'T KNOW WHY I'M RUNNING AWAY
CAN'T DEAL WITH THESE CHANGES ANYMORE
I SHOULD BUT I PUSH THEM ASIDE TODAY
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING
AND I DON'T WHAT i'M SAYING
BUT I THINK I'M GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME
RUNNING AWAY NEVER SOLVED A THING
BUT ALL I KNOW IS THAT
I'M RUNNING ALL THE TIME
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SITTING ON A BENCH IN A PARK.
YOU KNOW I ALWAYS THINK OF YOU
YOUR LIFE HAS LEFT IT'S MARK
ALTHOUGH I KNOW WE'RE THROUGH
BEING FRIENDS ONLY MAKES ME SAD
I THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I COULD HAVE HAD
HAD YOU STAYED WITH ME
WAITING FOR THE DYING SUN
TO SINK OUT OF THE SKY
MY LOVE FOR YOU HAS BEEN UNDONE
AND I HARDLY KNOW WHY
BEING FRIENDS ONLY MAKES ME SAD
I THINK OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I COULD HAVE HAD
HAD YOU STAYED WITH ME
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THE TEST TUBE HAS FALLEN AND BROKEN ON THE FLOOR
THE ONCE MIGHTY TEST TUBE IS A TEST TUBE NO MORE
FINELY TEMPERED GLASS, QUITE A MARVELOUS THING
NO MORE DISCOVERIES SHALL IT AGAIN BRING
IT DID A GOOD JOB WHEN IT WAS AROUND
BUT NOW IT'S BEEN SWEPT IN TO A LITTLE MOUND
IT COULD BE RECYCLED, MELTED AND BENDED
BUT IT'S CAREER AS AS A TEST TUBE HAS JUST BEEN ENDED
INTO THE TRASH COMPACTOR, THERE IT GOES!
WHAT IT COMES OUT AS, NOBODY KNOWS.
THE TEST TUBE HAS FALLEN AND BROKEN ON THE FLOOR
THE ONCE MIGHTY TEST TUBE IS A TEST TUBE NO MORE
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AUGUST 'TWAS THE TWENTY SIXTH
TWENTY ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX
THE ALIENS DID IN AMBUSH LAY
SOME VERY VALIENT MEN TO SLAY
THE NAMES OF WHOM I'LL NOT LEAVE OUT
JOHN ALLEN LIKE A HERO FOUGHT
AND THOUGH HE WAS SO BRAVE AND BOLD
HIS BODY NO MORE SHALL WE BEHOLD
JEFF, THE PILOT, WAS KILLED OUTRIGHT
BEFORE HE HAD TIME TO FIGHT
THE ALIENS BEFORE HIM HE DID SEE
AND WAS RAYED, AND KILLED IMMEDIATELY
PHILIP ESTANSON, HE WAS SLAIN
WHICH CAUSED HIM MUCH GRIEF AND PAIN
PETER ESTANSON THEY FOUND DEAD
ABOUT A PARSEC FROM HIS HEAD
ALGERNON URSON WE DID HEAR
DID LOSE HIS LIFE WHICH WAS SO DEAR
ALFRED PARSECOND TREADED TO TEWATER
AND SO ESCAPED THE AWFUL SLAUGHTER
MARY LONG SAW THE ALIEN RACE
AND HOPED TO ESCAPE THROUGH HYPERSPACE
BUT HAD NOT A NOVA STOPPED HER
THE AWFUL CREATURES WOUDN'T HAVE CAUGHT HER
THEY LASERED HER UPON THE HEAD
AND LEFT HER IN DEEP SPACE FOR DEAD
JOHNNY JONES, OH LACK A DAY!
WAS MET WITH A GLOWING RAY
AND SO THE ALIENS TOOK THE SYSTEM
ONLY A REBELLION NOW COULD HALT THEM
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Care of Myself (1980)
02:50
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I'VE BEEN FEELING KIND OF LOW
ABOUT THE WAY I'VE BEEN PLAYING
HAVEN'T BEEN TO HAPPY
ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING
BUT YOU KNOW THAT'S
BOUND TO CHANGE SOON
WON'T BE TOO LONG
BEFORE I SING ANOTHE TUNE
I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF
I DIDN'T ASK FOR YOU
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING
I DON'T NEED YOU
ALL YOU EVER DID
WAS MAKE ME BLUE
I'M TIRED OF RUNNING AWAY
AND I'M TIRED OF THE GAME
EVERY TIME I SEE YOU
IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME
I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF
I DIDN'T ASK FOR YOU
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING
I DON'T NEED YOU
ALL YOU EVER DID
WAS MAKE ME BLUE
I'M TIRED OF RUNNING AWAY
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
YOU MAKE ME NERVOUS
EVERYTIME I SEE YOU
I CAN TAKE CARE OF MYSELF
I DIDN'T ASK FOR YOU
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New Beginnings (1993)
02:28
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I MISS YOU MY FRIEND
AND I FEEL SAD AT YOUR LEAVING
A PART OF ME DIES
AND I FIND MYSELF HERE GRIEVING
I AM GRATEFUL FOR
THE TIME I'VE HAD KNOWING YOU
BUT NOW YOU ARE GONE
AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO
AS WE PARTED WE SPOKE
WORDS HEARTFELT AND STRONG
WE MUST GO TO WHERE WE BELONG
I SAID THAT I HOPED
TO ONE DAY SEE YOU AGAIN
YOU SAID THAT WOULD HAPPEN
BUT YOU DIDN'T SAY WHEN
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Stephen Berg Minneapolis, Minnesota
Stephen is a singer, songwriter, and recording artist from Minnesota, He has been active since the early 1990's as a solo artist. Stephen's acoustically driven songs explore the themes of toil, mortality, loss, politics, greed, nature, regrets, faith, and love. He's also a pretty swell guy! ... more
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