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Them Birds That Fly

by Bobby Frisco

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1.
On My Way 03:37
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Everything looks dark & gray All your friends have gone away Is this the way & is this the day? I lend a hand, your hand is gone Was I the one who done you wrong? What did I say, what did I say? But when you’re feeling down Well I’m on my way When you’re feeling scared And there’s no one there So people come & people go You sit & watch the river flow What else can you do? What else can you do? You walk the road Without a sound And find there is No one around But so much to see So many things to see
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Canary 02:56
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Spy two canaries sitting in the sun The first one ponderin’ a-lovin’ someone Other was happy, nothing on its mind Sometimes love can be hard to find Two little black birds sitting on a fence The first won born into affluence The second one born with nothin’ but a song Wonderin’ what did I do wrong A bluebird lands taking in the scene Claiming the whole world’s obscene I watch her fly up into the sky Never did get to ask her why Friend to the padre, the oriole Ask her if she will save your soul If she says no then you’re bound to die You might as well bow your head & cry
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Judas 01:03
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The Argentine 03:25
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Ode to a little turtledove Who sings of spring & who sings of love Reduced to saving souls from door to door But when she sings you’ll want her more Song for a blue jay away he flew If I could fly I would do that too And if you leave then don’t come back no more But if you stay then close the door A day of remembrance, lost at sea When all had strayed towards debauchery The sea can chill the blood right through the bone Lets steer this ship to parts unknown Sad little play friend, all alone Upon her knees she will scream & moan For fifty cents she’ll scrub your feet so clean For thirty more she’ll do the Argentine
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Ride 02:49
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The stage was set for discontent When Jenny brought the wine I walked into the trap she’d set I did not heed the signs So come with me, please take my hand I’ll walk you through the scene Where all good men & all good lands At last became obscene Up the road, round the bend Ride, how we ride Hoist the anchor, raise the flags Ride how we ride A book of days, a waste of time I’ve seen your little scheme I thought this my idea but ‘Twas someone else’s dream At dusk the ships set sail for Spain But the world’s not round it’s bent I spoke to you sweet words of love Though none were ever meant The folks all sat around the fire Well past supper time Passing round the bottle and Telling each other lies Now I hear a rooster early morn There’s panic at the farm I tried to wake the rooster With an electric clock alarm
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Up In My Treehouse 03:32
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Time doesn’t help you sometimes you don’t heal “Is this what you want?” Guess you don’t know the deal I can’t relate to your ‘heaven on earth’ When I don’t know what you want (Still guilty cause I just don’t know what you want) But up in my tree house I’m helping myself Our conversation it just didn’t help Up in my tree house I’m never wrong I’m always the winner but I always am alone I tried to remember but couldn’t explain The difference between the two sides was the same I’ll try to remember what time that it was When I had nothing more left to give
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Curiosity 03:37
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They say it killed the cat my friend But I don’t care about that I’ve always had this strange desire To put my hand into the fire I always say yes when I should say no I go a-stompin’ where I shouldn’t go And I never ever look before I leap Before I know it, I’m in too deep Curiosity killed the cat But I don’t care about that I need to know what’s behind the door And if it’s trouble then I only want more If there’s something I’m not suppose to know It only makes my curiosity grow I need to find out, I need to shoot the gun I need to spy, I need to look at the sun And if I’m a-wonderin’ what’s it all about I won’t be happy ‘til I find out
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Spring Will Follow 02:43
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Seasons came & seasons went For several moons showed full Now seasons haunt & flex with strain How could you be so cruel? For forty days & forty nights Sweet mother earth lay dead Revived by words the first of May What were those things you said? Trapped in a dream for all this time You’ve had no cause for sorrow Now that you’ve lifted up the veil Pain will always follow We were lost up in the hills Without food or water The thirst was more than we could bear But hunger caused the slaughter
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Kick Off Yer Shoes 03:32
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If one & one makes two Then I’ll forgive those things that you do And I’ll forgot those times When all my thoughts seemed set to unwind And when the jury is out on you I will be there to help see you through I was on my way back home When I lost my way Stumbled to your doorstep & you Let me in with a sigh & a grin & said “Kick off yer shoes & stay a while, I’ll do my best to make you smile We all walk the fine line Between the truth & conspired lies” We all walk a fine line… If one & one makes three Then I’ll suppose the joke was on me And I’ll forget those crimes Are all those treasons I always find But the jury’s still out on you And all those wicked things that you do
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Them Birds That Fly 03:15
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Listen good to what I say You’ll have to give them all away Them birds that fly & sing of spring They can do so many things Shining like a diamond ring Denying any suffering And we’ll free them all With Jerome & Simone & Jamal Oh we’ll free them all We’ll fly & we’ll try to free them all Now when I look into the sky I will not trip or wonder why When thoughts go spinning round & round My feet will never touch the ground Flying near the speed of sound A black haired girl sits all alone With a boy she use to call her own She tries & tries & tries to sing Those kinds of girls try anything Spiritual awakenings Denying any suffering

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released May 24, 2004

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