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1. The Gilded Age I
2. Home and Dry
3. Sundrenched
4. The Elizabethan
5. Velveteen
6. Prelude
7. Ping Pong Crickets
8. The Ballad of Johnnie Grinder and Orange Li
--Velveteen--
Good night my friend
Now the day will end
Velveteen and myrr
While the shadows stir
And no more cares
You're falling fast
Through rain soaked air
On a winding path
--Ping Pong Crickets--
We took a long way in
We took a long way out
We took the long long long way in
We took the long long long way out
We took the wrong way home
We took the long way out
We took the wrong way home
We took the Long long long way out
Strong way now
Strong way sin
Strong way wow
We took the wilds in the south
We took the madness in the game
We took the hunger on the plain
We took the songbird on the Seine
We took the one who knows it best
And we forgot about all the rest
One way home, one way back
You're not alone, one way back
We took the long way in
We took the long way out
We took the long way in
We took the long way out
(Yoko-Nilsson ad libs)
Long way in, long way out
Long way in, long way out
Long way in, long way out
Long way in . . . .
I'm afraid that's all.
--The Ballad of Johnnie Grinder
and Orange Li--
She played guitar
He loved to sing along
And the lyrics seem to write themselves
On treasured skylines
Paintings of the portrait's light
Rembrandt evenings spent
They called out the names
As the abstracts flowed
The gallery rains
In the darkness, shown
When they fell into the warm café
And their friends were all there
They bought a round,
Sang until they couldn't anymore
Never knew a better time…
They called out names
And they drank each other's health
And they spent their money unwisely
Never knew a better time, never better
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Viva
03:26
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Thirteen-thousand lies or more
The constitution unenforced
Political hacks and money whores
No adults in the room
Squirming under scrutiny
Investigations and inquiry
Guilt beyond all certainty
And Vladimir calls the tune
Now the house is on fire
We're walking on wire
And everyone knows where home is
If you want to resist you have to insist
By raising your fist
Overwhelming evidence
From Giuliani up to Pence
We’ll drain the swamp of the president
Let justice have its day
Black and white simplicity
You're not going to gaslight me
The facts are plain for all to see
Step away
Now the house is on fire
We're walking on wire
And everyone knows where home is
Now resistance is king, it's everything
The strength of the opposition
Weave the cloth with threads
Drawn from your heart
Sew the seeds with tenderness and joy
Build the house as if you lived there now
Now the house is on fire
We're walking on wire
And everyone knows where home is
If you want to resist you have to insist
There's nowhere to hide . . .
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Myrrh
02:09
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1. The Gilded Age II
2. Just a Libertine
3. Viva (reprise)
4. Soft Night Within
5. Cage of Words
--The Gilded Age II--
The Rabbit gentleman gave
peppermint juice to Nurse Jane
--Just a Libertine--
He was just a libertine
Focused on a gilded dream
In an age when no one spoke of self
The paintings and the tapestries
The pride of all society
Millionaire and nabobs set the tone
Pointed roofs and towers soar
Belgian carpet on the floor
Grandiose and spired was the home
--Cage of Words--
Somewhere I'll see you
And somewhere you'll see me
Talk to everyone who stops by
Talk to me
Tell me how you are
And tell me what you know
I want to see you smile
I want you
Our love is an ocean
Our love is a library
With books of devotion
Which only you and I can see
Within this cage of words
My heart sings like a bird
I want to see you smile
I want you
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Patrick Burke Portland, Oregon
"When I first listened to this CD, I felt like I was experiencing some kind of magic — the music and lyrics reach the
listener with ease and echo in your head afterward, leaving you wondering about the inspiration."
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