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The Sea is Coming Out of the Sea

by Bill White

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The Fishermen & the Priestess
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Intro / A New Religion 04:12
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There is a new religion Set up in the old drugstore They offer a free mountain bar With every coca cola they pour Their God Is made of yellow play dough With some orange and purple Slime mixed in The congregation Is on their knees Praying to Renew their sins I took a job handing out flowers Trying to get people inside But ther was goop on the flower That got on my clothes And I had to find a place to hide There is a new religion Set up in the old drugstore They offer a free mountain bar With every coca cola they pour
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Man Unmade 02:57
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They tore down the mountains Blocked off the streams Denied the real to live in a dream Turned the beauty of a woman Into sickly glamour Turned the sheltering sky into a hammer Some still admire what others deplore Does anybody see the world as it was before Man unmade Making himself Miserably What was the world like before it was unmade by man? Ask the domestic cat scampering on the pavement who still things she is a tiger in the jungle. Does anybody see the world as it was before Man unmade Making himself Miserably If God exists, why does he allow this? It is not God who allows this, my friend It is you and me Man making himelf miserably Does anybody see the world as it was made before Man unmade Making himself Miserably
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Summer of Love 03:38
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We used to hit the back of our hands with a comb To watch the blood rise to the surface Thats the way it was when we were young Everythung we did, we did in earnest Chorus Will there ever be another summer of love? Like the one in 1967 Will there ever be another summer of love? When walking down the ave was like beng in heaven When stealing a kiss from a stranger in the street Was as innocent as picking a flower And following a pretty girl on a sunny afternoon Didnt mean you were a stalker The doors used to be open Now they slam in your face But you are the one getting higher In a world that is falling from grace Te holy kiss is now a sin And we shall never see A summer of love again In the summer of love Smoking perumed cigarettes In the golden gardens Listening to the Grateful Dead So many summers have passed since then Will the world ever see a summer of love again Repeat chorus
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The Undisciplined Truth 03:39
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You cant cross in Until the seal is secure Wait unti they bring The bark of the Jambu tree It wil seal borders And let you cross You can push back The edges of the frame Just dont let the picture Fall off the wall How much is too much? How far can I go? Can I touch your knee? How are gonna stop me? I dont ask questions Because I dont ike answers Id rather believe things that are not true Than know the undisciplined truth about you Men kill for love Women kill for hate Sodiers kill to extend The boundaries of State I just pushed the picture Past the edges of the frame Til the signature is burned And the world forgets my name
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Planet of Pride 03:16
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Some say it was pride brought the devil down Same thing for the blood suckin scum of this town They couldnt make themselves immortal Though some of them tried They were all thrown down into the planet of pride Slice the judge into baloney Sew up the lawyers in tripe Make head cheese from the heads of state Before they get too ripe You can throw dirt on their graves But you cant hide The grin on the skull Of the planet of pride Some like to brag Others just stare Into the mirror at the images there Only the greatest are picked for our side We are the kings of the planet of pride Pride is a paste To cover the shame Like the medals on a man Who wins the killing game Put the Congress in a burger bun The Senate in Kentucky Fried Make nuggets out of bankers And bake their children in a pie You can throw dirt on their graves But you cant hide The grin on the skull Of the planet of pride
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Maybe If We Pray 03:14
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I cant bear to see My own baby destroyed Will I just turn away When she looks into the void? I cant stop the fate That humanity shares And I cant save my baby From what waits for us there Maybe if we pray The punishment will end The rain will stop its raining and the sun whill shine again What do we say To the babies weve birthed? That we brought them to witness The death of the Earth? Wht can we say When we cannot pretend? That we will be swallowed When the world meets its end? Maybe if we pray The punishment will end The rain will stop its raining and the sun whill shine again
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Summer is the Killer 03:45
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So dont come to me With songs of fallen leaves And regret Dark rays of the sun Smoked out the Kodachrome And left two silhouettes Summer is the killer Autumn is a magic trick Leaves are changing color It was summer made them sick The flowers were so eager To burst thir buds in summer sun Dont put the blame on autumn It was summer held the gun Th great Houdini Picked two flowers with his teeth And let them slip They lay half dead Beneath the sun. When August came The flame tarnished their silk Summer is the killer Autumn is a magic trick Leaves are changing color It was summer made them sick The flowers were so eager To burst thir buds in summer sun Dont put the blame on autumn It was summer held the gun So let those Autumn leaves drift by your widow But please dont let the seasons take the blame The flowers carried them to snowy rivers Were dying long before the autumn came Summer is the killer Autumn is a magic trick Leaves are changing color It was summer made them sick The lovers were so eager To burst their buds in summer sun Dont put the blame on autumn It was summer held the gun
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Shipwreck 04:09
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Nobody knew the shop had sailed Much less that it had wrecked There was no shore No place to drift against It fell down straight with all its freight Unchecked, Shipwreck The sea consumed The right and wrong The sea consumed The dances and songs The sea consumed The birds and bees The sea consumed Our memories The sea consumed The sticks and stones The sea consumed Our flesh and bones All was lost to no concern What the cargo was will never be learned If it carried the songs of forgotten tribes Or the holy writ handed down by scribes Paintings of faces the way faces used to be Before expression set the faces free Or the love letters of a captain drowned Just another lost treasure that will never be found The sea consumed The right and wrong The sea consumed The dances and songs The sea consumed The birds and bees The sea consumed Our memories The sea consumed The sticks and stones The sea consumed Our flesh and bones Nobody knew the shop had sailed Much less that it had wrecked There was no shore No place to drift against It fell down straight with all its freight Unchecked, Shipwreck
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Krista 02:58
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Krista was your friend I liked her too She inspired this song Im singing for you It was 1987 The ground was getting cod Both of you were such a large part Of the story I told You and I sat by the river In the autumn twilight mist You asked if it would be dangerous If we kissed Krista played the cello You play the violin We could have gone the distance But sometimes you just cant win Krista was your friend I liked her too She inspired this song Im singing for you She was young and coltish You were fanciful and strong I remember every moment Through the years that weather long
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The Sea is Coming Out of the Sea (Second Wave) 03:15
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Tried to leave the elevator Person blocking the door wouldnt move I tried to push him out of the way But he was part of a group Tried to stay on the sidewalk Got pushed out into the street Mountains are fallig off moutains And the sea is coming out of the sea First it crossed the tideline Then it jumed the wall Then it threw the tiny town Ino another port of call The devil took the mighty, The blasphemous, the proud He also took the saintly few Who had fled to higher ground And those who made it safely To the mountains other side Were swept into the valley And buried in the slide She told him she was married He answered No, Youre not Then took her to a hotel Where she gave him what she got Mountains fell off mountains The sea came out of the sea The coastline is broken forever Just like you and me
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These Streets Are Mine 02:34
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Raacing circles Down the mountain In a small car That will squish ya aint no phone call Gonna stop ya anyhow Numbers disconnected Children unprotected And the streets below Are my streets now When the wind blows The wind blows through Why should it be Any different for you? I dont know when I dont know how But these streets Are my streets now

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released September 26, 2019

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