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2020 VISION

by Bill White

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The Fishermen & the Priestess
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2020 Vision 03:02
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I came from you but I cant come to you I can fall down but I cant fall up If I had 20/20 Vision Id put the butter back into the buttercup You say you come from Spain I know its Mexico But we are both in Louisiana now And thats all they need to know I dont care where you came from Or how you pronounce your name We all grew up with Elvis And that makes us pretty much all the same I came from you but I cant come to you I can fall down but I cant fall up If I had 20/20 Vision Id put the butter back into the buttercup You are Charlie McCarthy I am Knucklehead Smiff We both got a slice of the same pie But its not the same smell that we sniff There are two dead people In the swimming pool Which one is Joey O Leary? And which one is Leroy Cool? I came from you but I cant come to you I can fall down but I cant fall up If I had 20/20 Vision Id put the butter back into the buttercup If I had 20/20 vision.........
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Don't Fuck with Me, Argentina 03:18
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Ive had days in prison Worse than this Such days were few I had a bad haircut Clothes didnt fit But the friends I had were true So down with Freedom, Death to the French Im parking my ass on this parking bench Up With People, Coca Cola too We got a package war to lay on you Its a little bit of worry And a whole lot of rock and roll Dont fuck with me Argentina Or Ill bounce a bonus arrow Off the bullets in your rotten soul Do your time Stay in line Dont pay attention to them If you stay, you are dead If you leave, condemned Forever condemned Its a little bit of worry And a whole lot of rock and roll Dont fuck with me Argentina Or Ill bounce a bonus arrow Off the bullets of your rotten soul White smoke Rises from the mausoleum The people close and lock their shutters Assassins dance in Vatican robes And all the nuns want to be mothers Its a little bit of worry And a whole lot of rock and roll Dont fuck with me Argentina Or Ill bounce another bonus arrow Off the bullets in your rotten soul
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Just Like You 03:48
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I was reading a book on the fire side When I remembered I left something on the stove I made a beeline to the kitchen You said I moved like a bee From one place to another Noticing nothing in between You never liked the way that I did things But Im just like you and you are just like me Im just like you and you are just like me We just grew up differently You said I never showed you anything I never pointed out constellations I never taught you the names of flowers That were planted in your fish house You didnt know fettuccini from lasagna Or a salmon from a trout But you never hung around long enough for me to figure that out And Im just like you and you are just like me Yeah Im just like you and you are just like me But we just grew up differently I saw you racing down the highway With your new boyfriend smiling He was like a crazy baboon who thought he invented the wheel I never had the money to change all four tires in one day But I bought a new one every month and none of them tire fell off And Im just like you and you are just like me Im just like you and you are just like me But we grew up differently
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Why Did You Pluck Me? 03:10
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I wasnt the reddest apple on the tree. I was too old to be anything but me. You knew all along I was a catastrophy. So why did you pluck me? I was hanging tough from a tender branch. I couldnt take the slaughter at your family ranch. Why couldnt you just have let me be? Why did you pluck me? You say you know what I like And you like doing it But you are going to lose If you keep on pursuing it There was no reason for me to be gagged and bound Soon enough I would have fallen to the ground. You could have waited until I fell out of my tree. Why did you pluck me? I wasnt the reddest apple on the tree. I was too old to be anything but me. You knew all along I was a catastrophy. So why did you pluck me?
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Because I Never Came In 03:59
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In the sparkless rays of starlight The sun is breaking through Nothing ever gets older Because nothing is ever new Still I can hear you calling Sensing your wicked grin But Im not coming out, my friend Because I never came in The moon doesnt seem so far away When it is reflected at the top of the ceiling When you break through the top of the tent It is an entirely different feeling In the sparkless glory Of an embered star We see but cant remember Who we were, who we are Will there be another flesh Arraying you and me? Or are we just broken glades of phosphorous Dissolving in the sea? The bridge was under water When I made my midnight run I crossed the Hudson River with a geiger counter and a gun In the sparkling rays of sunlight The sun is coming through Nothing ever gets older Because there is never anything new Still I can hear them calling Sensing their wicked grins Im not coming out, my friend Because I never came in
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Oh Well, Ah Well 03:49
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All the hell of the way To Bumfuck India Greasy golpher guts In the mouth of a snake I 1 it... I 2 it... I 3 it... I 4 it... I 5 it... I 6 it ....I 7 it.... I jumped over the fence and you ate it Oh well, Ah well Two different phrases Skeletons on the inside Shadows on the outside Come out, Morgan Come in, Mr Hyde Oh well, Ah well She held that note long after she closed her mouth She knows the difference between a tickle and a scratch Oh well, Ah well Two different phrases What do you do when the singer gets fat? When the singer gets fat You shift the focus of the band to her sister Oh well, Ah well Its the same old words That they use and we use and we use You dont win a war by tryng to survive You dont win a war by tryng to survive You dont win a war by tryng to survive
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A Hole Full of Heads 04:26
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Sometimes I dont know which is worse Sometimes I dont know which is worse Making women cry or causing men to curse Id rather drink whiskey and play the blues Id rather drink whiskey and play the blues Than dance forever through hell in a pair of red shoes The dancers dance faster and the music gets loud The dancers dance faster and the music gets loud She turned into a flower, then a bird, then a cloud We hadnt the time to clear the road So we tramped on the twited torsos Some without limbs, others were headless The rest were past dead, only more so So we broke through the enemy lines Surrouded by slaughter Yeah we broke through the enemy lines Surrouded by slaughter Which of them was wounded , which of them was dead In the end it didnt really matter No shoes for your feet, no pillow for your bed No shoes for your feet, no pillow for your bed You think youve got it bad, try living in a shithole full of shitheads
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Dont Let Me Fall to Sleep 05:53
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What happened to my ride? What happened to my dough? The party is over Ive no place to go All of times markings have disappeared Will somebody show me the way out of here? You cant take the high road because of the fog You could follow the river were it not for the dogs The best route to take is the pathway concealed But dont shut your eys when crossing the field Oh lord, if a cloud be your window Oh lord, if youre watching over me Please send some rest. Im so weary But dont let me fall to sleep My homeland lies beyond the bend If I sleep, my journey ends And Ill never make it home I lift my face up from the grass And try to join the crowds that pass But I am passing into stone Oh if a cloud be your window If youre watching over me Just send a little rest to the weary But dont let me fall to sleep What happened to my friend who promised to return? Did he fall asleep in the courtyard Where the winter flames still burn? What happened to the music? Why did the lights go out? Who stole the water from the river And set their face against this house? Oh lord, Oh lord , Oh lord Listen to my prayer If a cloud be your window If youre watching over me Send a little rest for the weary But dont let me fall to sleep
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Nobody Will See the Wind 02:45
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Those who raise their chidren On a diet of politic germs Send them to boot camp Instead of school What the hell do they think theyre gonna learn? A crying child was begging me to cut off the eagles head I sawed and sawed but couldnt get it off The child just gave up and went to bed I know that it has been said before By those more greater than I But Ill say it again Because you may not live as long or see as much as I When there is only one light left And that light is dimmed Nobody will see the stars Nobody will feel the wind Nobody will see the stars Nobody will feel the wind
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For Peace 05:53
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The judge is a lion The prosecutor is a big bad wolf Twelve jurors make a coven There is a sniper on the roof Broken concrete for a staircase Leading pst him to the tower Innocence is never innocent And the rose is not a flower Isnt anybody praying for peace any more? Isnt anybody singing for peace any more? Isnt anybody marching for peace any more? No...everybodys praying, everybodys singing Everybodys marching back to war Testimonies well rehearsed To support the prosecution Cross examinations struck out As harrassment elocution Every article is faulty Just a premise in the rear Assumptions and presumptions In and out of deafened ears Isnt anybody praying for peace any more? Isnt anybody singing for peace any more? Isnt anybody marching for peace any more? No, no no...everybodys singing, everybodys praying Everybodys marching off to war Give the infantry its guns Give the navy back their ships The sun gets hotter every day What we need is an eclipse Down with the word! Down with the flesh! If you try to stop us now We will wipe your memory clean If you try to stop us now We will wipe you out We’ll wipe you out We’ll wipe you out! Gonna wipe you Out!
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Suave and Elegant 01:56
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“May your days be suave and elegant,” Said another To the other gent “My brother, my double, My enemy friend, You at the beginning And me at the end.”

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released February 15, 2020

All songs written, produced, and performed by Bill White

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