Oh Me Oh My Tracklisting
1. Tick Eats the Olives
2. Roots
3. The Charles C. Leary
4. Nice People
5. Animals
6. Cosmos and Demos
7. Michigan State
8. Lend Me Your Teeth
9. Hey Miss Cane
10. Soon is Good
11. Tell Me Something
12. The Red Lagoon
13. A Gentle Soul
14. Happy Happy Oh
15. The Pumpkin Seeds
16. The Thumbs
17. Legless Love
18. Marigold
19. Make It Easier
20. Ones
21. Little Monkey
22. The Spirit is Near

Ticks Eat the Olives

Roots

When the roots of the tree are as cold as can be
When the wind in the sea are the moth meets the bee
When the rays of the sun lick your skin with its tongue
And the grass with its green And the grass with its green
And the shine with its sheen And the shine with its sheen
And the trains with their tracks And the spines with their backs
And your sway with its slow And the wind with its blow
And your scream with its soul I don't play rock n roll
And the people with their lungs And the people with their paws
If the sky were a stone made of lips, made of bones
Count my teeth to keep the time

The Charles C. Leary

I lost the gloves that my mother gave to me
While on my ways to the make believe sea
And I lost the rings that my lover gave to me
While on my ways to the Red Salt Sea
Dadaladoo-rargh

And I lost my ways to my happy pen club
And ended up where I still can't say but
I lost my favorite pen on the way
And I lost my friend but that couldn't be
I lost the friend who sang with me
I lost my son but that couldn't be
I lost the son who sat on my knee
I lost my man I let inside me
And I lost my friend that my love and I shared
While on my ways to the make believe cares
Dadaladoo---rargh

And I lost the tunes that stuck to my ears
While on my ways to the make believe hears
And I saw Sapiena she sang to the sea
The only person left on the island was me
Dadaladoo---rargh

And I love the man who took care of me
He owns the ship the Charles C. Leary
Yes I love the man who took care of me
He sails the world on the Charles C. Leary

Nice People

Well you certainly are nice people
Yeah you certainly are nice people, nice people
Certainly are nice people
In your white ass suit and lion tattoos
In your white ass suit and lion tattoos
You've seen it all, seen it all
Pale horse licks your skin, begin
Begin, begin, begin, begin, begin
Well you certainly are, you certainly are nice people,
You certainly are nice people, nice people
In your white suit and lion tattoos
In your white suit and lion tattoos
You've seen it all, seen it all
Pale horse licks your skin
Begin, begin, begin, begin, begin, begin

Animals

Gonna go out in the woods, gonna find some animals
Gonna put them in my play, all in one day, all in one day
Gonna walk to Izabelle, gonna have her comfort me
Izabelle spelled with a z
My sister and me, my sister and me

Cosmos and Demos

I've never told this story to another living soul
For fear it might awaken and the story would unfold
Candles in a courtyard and a paper colored cat
While demos danced on feathers and cosmos held the hat

Next came their profession and a paper colored purr
An umber armed albino and the crowd began to stir
I slid behind a linden to swallow what I'd seen
I slid behind a linden and to swallow what I'd seen
Threads of grass and thumbles, needles made of hair
Leaves a dance that stumbles, limbs laughed in the air
Threads of grass and thumbles, needles made of hair
Leaves a dance that stumbles, limbs laughed in the air

And on the day you fall, who's name would you call
The only thing you taught me is the only thing you know,
How to start a fir once the umbers cease to glow
The only thing you taught me is the only thing you know,
How to start a fire once the umbers cease to glow

Michigan State

My friend has my favorite teeth, they bend backwards when she breathes
And it whistles
Sweetness is all sweetness was
Bees are black eyed birds that buzz
My love has my favorite ears, they lean forward when she hears
Well evil is all evil was
Bees are blue eyed knees that buzz

And I said, oh, Michigan, Michigan state
How I'd love to live in you
I've never been to Michigan state, still I want to live in you

Oh you can't speak without your tongue
Don't try to drown without your lungs
Well my snail has my favorite slow, shell helps the snail still the skin lays low
And if my snail has my favorite slow, then my cold has my favorite snow
But if my snail's cold and comes to a halt, then my sea has my favorite salt
The salt keeps the sea from feeling sweet, and my toes have my favorite feet
And if I sweat salt and the Earth sweats heat
Oh Michigan, Michigan state
How I'd loved to live in you
I've never been to Michigan state, still I'd love to live in you
Michigan st-st-st-st-ate
Ah-ah!

Lend Me Your Teeth

I'm lost in the dark, lend me your teeth
Lost in the dark, lend me your teeth
Come on!

Hey Miss Cain

Hi Mrs. Cain, thanks for the phone call
Isn't it, isn't it strange
Oh things do change, oh they don't change at all
Isn't it, isn't it strange
Oh some things go, oh some things do remain
Isn't it, isn't it strange
Isn't it, isn't it strange
Blood in the veins, and love that's all over
You've got blood in your veins, and love felt all over
Isn't it, isn't it strange
Isn't it, isn't it strange
Isn't it, isn't it strange
Isn't it, strange

Soon is Good

Soon is good, sooner is best
Under evil doorsteps
The end of May, of May, of May, of May DALW!
Mid july, the middle of June
Evil elvis, good afternoon
Soon is yours, but soon to be mine
Prize beats puzzle everytime
Well the end of May, the middle of June
They'll be coming home sooooooon
Soon is good, but sooner is best

Tell Me Something

Tell me something, do you love him, does he love you too
Like I love you
I know nature is beside me, when he's inside you
I feel it too
Here's a picture of my mother, there's no one like she
And finally, I do goddamn, I do goddamn see

The Red Lagoon

There's one way to whistle, whistle while you work
I know I am the plateau
Just one way to whistle, but it's too soon
My love the red lagoon

Gentle Soul

He told me himself, he's a gentle soul
I saw for myself, he's a gentle soul
Camilla's a calming name, like windowing
Camilla's a calming name, like windowing
There's nobody else with your babe's little eyes
This is number fourteen out of how many tries
Your voice has a calming strain, all whispering
My voice wants to do the same oh brothering
All alone in your zoo of numbers and clues, of colors and hues
He told me himself, he's a gentle soul

Happy Happy Oh

She's got the happy happy oh
She's got the happy happy oh
They had the falling falling oh
They had the falling falling oh
He had the coming out oh
He had the coming out oh
And I thought loving a man takes strength to me
When no one takes you seriously
Sick out tonight, with the flat out flat out

Pumpkin Seeds

There's a lot of love, but not the kind I need
Y'ever made a soup out of a pumpkin seeds
There's a lot of skin and flesh I never should have seen
There's too many half ways in betweens
There's a lot of stays, I think I wish I done
There's a lot of leaves my true love gave to me
There's a lot of stays, I think I wish I done
There's a lot of leaves my true love gave to me
There's a lot of birds people like to draw
There's a lot of sees I wish I'd never saw
There's a lot of birds that people like to draw There's a lot of sees I wish I'd never saw

Thumbs Touch Too Much

If I were more like city girls, if I were more like city girls
If I were more like fancy girls
And thanks little bee, think of me
Here's four photographs, just for laughs
My Miss Shipwreck sinks, yes she sings
My Miss Pitchfork pinch, yes she pinch
My Miss Sidewalk slips makes a mess, tickle flesh
When the night doesn't want you and the sounds all surround you
And the steps to the temple are the breasts made of puddles
And if I were more like city girls, if I were more like fancy girls
And all my thumbs touch too much

Legless Love Snail Along

Legless love and spider love
Webless love and fragrant mud
Caked in birds, cased in words
I buried your hair in a bed of swords
I buried your legs in a knife less snake
And I buried your songs in a drowning snail

Marigold

Catastrophy, imments the sea in sound
Spend a day by the beach and swimming around
Marigold, sunrays to unfold and frown
Spit past the cracks and the cataracks in sound
LalalalaLa

Make it Easier

To lose the love I've had, lose the love I've had
Make it easier on me, easier on me
Said it's cold outside, we should come inside
We should come inside, 'cause it's cold outside

Ones

Ones the most calming tune the others the giving
Ones the softest calming lagoon
The others he's dancing
Ones the I's the O's and the rings
While the others the movement
Ones the sway it slips and sings
The mantles and the blankets
Its four and four time to sing some more
It eight and eight time to celebrate
Better not be late
Don't ya miss it
Don't ya miss it at all

Little Monkey

Little monkey swinging by me from your fig tree

Your Jewish canteen
Baby pigeon yellow diamonds, queen of catskills
So long sweet thing
Tiny spider, tender fighter
Rin tin tin with all of your fathers

The Spirit is Near

Christmas is here, all the leaves are jumping
When will they learn, the spirit is near
All the trees are dancing, ready to burn
The spirit is near, all the roots are singing
What will they learn, they're ready to turn
My father would say certainly lovely weather, I do recall

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Rejoicing in the Hands tracklisting
1. This Is the Way
2. Sight to Behold
3. Body Breaks
4. Poughkeepsie
5. Dogs They Make Up the Dark
6. Will Is My Friend
7. This Beard Is for Siobhán
8. See Saw
9. Tit Smoking in the Temple of Artesan Mimicry
10. Rejoicing in the Hands
11. Fall (blank)
12. Todo los Dolores (blank)
13. When the Sun Shone on Vetiver
14. There Was Sun
15. Insect Eyes
16. Autumn's Child

This is the Way

This is the soup that I believe in
This is the smoke I'm always breathin
This is the way I share my breakfast
This is the way I serve my sentence
I know I know I should lay low
I should stand tall
This is the beard I'm always growin
I know they're here
I see them floating
Her empress beards
They float so holy
Their beards are here
They gently hold me
Well who knows who know
Yeah I may come home
Yeah I may return
This is the way
I'm always leaving
This is the soft voice of the evening
This is the way I hear my father
These are the flames that drown the water
Well I knew I knew
I could stand tall
I could lay low
This is the sound that swims inside me
This circle surrounds me
This is the land that grows around me
And these are the hands that come in handy
Well we've known we've known
We've had a choice
We chose rejoice

It's a Sight to Behold

It's a sight to behold
When you've got some old words to mold
And you can make em your own
Still love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
I'm told
Its like golden corn and I love its golden glow
It's the little head inside your little hole
And out spring some sparkling thoughts
Still love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
I hope
Its like finding hope in an old folk song that you've never ever heard
Still you know every word
And for sure you can sing along
But love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
Love it would be much better
I know
I know

The Body Breaks

The body breaks and the body is fine
I'm open to yours and I'm open to mine
The body aches and that ache takes it time
But you'll get over yours and I'll get over mine
And the sun will shine
And the moon will rise
The body calls
Yeah the body it calls out
It whispers at first but it ends with a shout
The body burns
Yeah the body burns strong
Until mine is with yours
Then mine will burn on
My flesh sings out
It sings honey come put me out
The body sways like the wind on a swing
A bridge through a hoop
Or a lake through a ring
The body stays and then the body moves on
And I'd really rather not dwell on when yours will be gone
But within the dark
There is a shine
One tiny spark
That's yours and mine

Poughkeepsie

By the banks of old Poughkeepsie
My love swam with me
Nature's tender bones are breathing lungs
Each breaths each breeze
Have you felt it have you
I've felt it too
And so have you
Summer days she stays by her window
Her saggy flesh it sweeps the floor
Down her steps and through her hallway
Comin out her door
Have you seen it have you
I've seen that too
And so have you
Now man holds hands hand neck shaped cobweb
White oil fills each pore
Again down your steps and through your hallways
Jumpin out your door
And have you done it
I've done that too
And so have you
Well love me tender
Viva Las Vegas and now I'm all shook up
Heartbreak hotel
Lordy miss cordy
Blue moon blue suede shoes
And have you heard it have you
I've heard it too
And I know for sure
That so have you

Dogs They Make up the Dark

Dogs they make up the dark
Surrounding mountains they move towards the sea
Light that shines from your womb is blinding
Mountains still move towards the sea

Will is my Friend

Will is my friend
Will sings like John
Going back to California
Will is the west coast with me
Will is a past is a plenty
Will is a blue friend of mine
With whom I spend a whole lot of my time
The lemon tree it laughs at me
It's growing beautifully
The little veins it would unwind
And it'll wrap your whole in time
Now let's have a glass of wine
Now let's have another glass of wine
This is the water in which we wade
This is our father this is how we strayed
This is the wind
And this is the breeze
Will is my friend
Will sings like John
Going back to California

This Beard is for Siobhan

The daughter of a man was a mammal
She wore the mark of fire and of flame
Though they're both the same
Born onto the age of the golden Oh that golden age of endless loss and endless gain
Now because my lips have split
All the little children they are hiding in front, in the middle, and in the behind
And because my nose has froze
But I can keep on smelling
I could smell my little day away
I could smell my whole day away
Now because my teeth don't bite
I could take them out dancing
I could take my little teeth out and show them a real good time
Well a real good time, a good time
A real good time

See Saw

Your head's a seesaw it sees and then saw
Now get some extra fingers growing
Yeah get some extra fingers growing
Your eyes are ramble light of candle
Now get some amber fluid flowing
Get some amber fluid flowing
Your lips are graying
And your mouth is saying
Get some other diamond sparkling
Get some other people talking
You young, dumb ripe thing
You're brave and you're antsy
You strong-lunged new thing
You're here to get this baby dancing
You're here to get this baby dancing
I always knew
I always knew
I always knew

Tit Smoking in the Temple of Artesan Mimicry

Rejoicing in the Hands

In the dark we are without her empress light
In the dark we are without a light
Half asleep we're calmly waiting through her night
Half asleep we wait 'til she arrives
Clouds of birds are governing her dark blue sky
Clouds of birds are governing her sky
A rush of wind is gently playing with their wings
And yellow stones are standing on her eyes
All rejoice we are in her hands
When in here hands all rejoice
Owl eyes her sun will rise and light the land
All rejoice we are in her hands

Fall

Todo Los Delores

When the Sun Shone on Vetiver

When the sun shone on vetiver
When the sun shone on vetiver
When the sun shone down
Well they're silver and they're gold
Well they're silver and they're gold
Well they're silver and they're cold
And I'm longing for the land
And I'm longing for their land
For nature's forgiving hand
And we're drifting and we're sailing
Now the sun aligns your legs
And your lips and arms and breasts
And the moon pulls wet Earth
And your branches crawl around my claws
And my leaves brush up against your arms
And we're dancing
In Thailand, my baby waits for me
In Graceland, my baby waits for me
In Spainland, my baby waits for me
In Ireland, my baby waits for me
In no lands, my baby waits for me
Wimpishly
I fall in love

There was Sun

And I know I was born, I was born
When I slipped out of my mother's womb
And I know it was warm, it was warm
'Cause I slipped out on a hot afternoon
And I know there was sun, there was sun
When I felt it on my human skin
And I know it was done, it was done
When I saw the moon rising

Insect Eyes

And each strand of her hair is really insect eyes
And each hole in her tongue is always occupied by the milk of the sun
And each head on her head is fields of gold wheat
Where I'm lying on my back, where I'm falling asleep
And each lash in her eye is really white roots
And each line in her skin is really red roots
And the neck her head's on is a tunnel of dawn
But darkness will come, darkness will come
For sure, it's gonna come
And the breast on her chest is where I take my rest
Is where I have my fun, is where I have my fun
And one long red nail that shots from her toe
Is tickling my blood and shifting its flow
And each strand of her hair is really insect eyes
And each hole in her tongue is always occupied by the milk of the sun
And I'm always late, always late
And your black tulips of time
And your black tulips of time
And your hands rejoice in mine
And that seed it grows all day
And that seed it grows all night
And our veins are intertwined

Autumn's child

Raise your head
Autumn's child
You sweet young thing
Stay dead horse
Stand dead horse
Run river run
Sun shine sun
Sing child sing
Sing your song
Sing your song
Autumn's child
Come raise your head Autumn's child
Sweet young thing
Sweet young thing

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Nino Rojo tracklisting
1. Wake Up, Little Sparrow
2. Ay Mama
3. We All Know
4. Little Yellow Spider
5. A Ribbon
6. At The Hop
7. My Ships
8. Noah
9. Sister
10. Water May Walk
11. Horseheadedfleshwizard
12. An Island
13. Be Kind
14. Owl Eyes
15. The Good Red Road
16. Electric Heart

Wake Up, Little Sparrow

Wake up, wake up little sparrow
Don't make your home out in the snow
Little bird, oh dontcha know
Your friends flew south many months ago

You're just a babe
You cannot fly
Your wings won't spread up against the sky

Ay, Mama

Ay, mama..

We All Know

We all know that the wind blows and the moon glows and our lungs grow
We belong to the floating hand that's made by some animals
And we all dance so we can let go and move close and trade lows
Like the type of tongue that roots from your breast 
And it shakes your pretty, little clavicle

A good friend is walking to a homeland, an inside land
And to him I said, 'You can leave your eyes at the horizon's dead door
Cuz you won't need them anymore'

The children spins dawn in and the morning disappearing
They reappeared as a seed of love 
You know the earth births the vegetables
We all know

Little Yellow Spider

Little yellow spider laughing at the snow
Well maybe that spider knows something that I don't know
Cuz I'm goddamn cold

Little white monkey staring at the sand
Maybe that monkey figured out something I couldn't understand
Who knows

Well I came upon a dancing crab and I stopped to watch it shake, I said, 
'Dance for me just one more time before ya hibernate,
and ya come out a crab cake'

And hey there little snapping turtle, snapping at a shell
Oh there's mysteries inside I know
But what they are I just can't tell for sure

And hey there little baby crow, you're looking kind of mean
I think I oughta split before ya start letting off your spleen
For sure

And hey there little sexy pig, you mated with a man
And now you've got a little kid
With hooves instead of hands

And oh all of the animals, all of the animals

And hey there little mockingbird, they sing about you in songs
'Oh where ya been? Have ya broke a wing?'
I haven't heard ya in so long

And hey there little albatross, swimming in the air
'Aw, hey ya know I can't fly and I 
Think we really oughta play fair'

And hey there mister happy squid, you move so psychedelically
You hypnotize with your magic dance all the animals in the sea
For sure

And oh all of the animals, all the animals

And hey there Mr. Morning Sun, what kind of creature are you
I can't stare, but I know you're there
Goddamn, how I wish I knew

And hey there Mrs. Lovely Moon, you're lonely and you're blue
It's kind of strange the way you change
But then again, we all do too

A Ribbon

I'd like to sing to you, if you'd like me too
I'd like to sing to you, if you'd like me too
I'd like to sing, sing, sing, sing, sing to you

I'd like to dance with you, if you'd like me too
I'd like to dance with you, if you'd like me too
I'd like to dance, dance, dance, dance, dance with you

I'd like to sleep with you, if you'd like me too
I'd like to sleep with you, if you'd like me too
I'd like to sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep with you

Ribbons around the fumes, we'll be sleeping soon
Ribbons around the fumes, we'll be sleeping soon
Ribbons around those fumes

At the Hop

Put me in your suitcase, let me help you pack
Cuz you're never coming back, no you're never coming back


Cook me in your breakfast and put me on your plate
Cuz you know I taste great, yeah you know I taste great

At the hop it's greaseball heaven
With candypants and a 

Put me in your dry dreams or put me in your wet
If you haven't yet, no if you haven't yet
Light me with your candle and watch the flames grow high
No it doesn't have to try, it doesn't have to try

Well I won't stop all of my pretending that you'll come home
You'll be coming home, someday soon

Put me in your blue skies or put me in your gray
There's gotta be someway, there's gotta be someway
Put me in your tongue tie, make it hard to say
That you ain't gonna stay, that you ain't gonna stay

Write my in your marrow, stuff me in your bones
Sing a mending moan, a song to bring you home 

My Ships

My ships are frozen sticks, they lay stuck to the floor
My wrists and my breasts are bleeding bricks, they don't float anymore
And my tongue, it's a carbon scroll, ..doesn't burn anymore
And my friends are all useless lens, they don't see anymore
And all my chicks are all useless hens, they don't lay anymore
And my fists are plastic dice, they're the shape of the sun

And my love is a so long song gone forevermore
And I live where I, yeah I love where I, and I like where I live

Noah

Not everyone can relate, to what you and I appreciate
Not everyone can relate, to what you and I appreciate
..to what you and I appreciate

Not everyone can relate to what you and I appreciate
Noah is a cowboy but nobody knows
His cattle's on that hillside still nobody knows
Not everyone can relate to what you and I appreciate

But I know you'd like to run away
But it's hard with horseshoes made of clay
And the selfish friend that I am says stay
My friend, my friend, my friend, my friend

Sister

Sister, sister, keep the fire inside, and your dogs won't die
And now it's all clear, it's all clear, you can see the child before it's born
Yeah it's all clear, it's all clear, it's all your little sun smile for it's shone
Sister, we'll climb, we'll climb 'til the dogs, climb over us
We'll climb, we'll climb, we'll climb 'til the dogs, climb over us
Sister, what you're coming to all the lights out, I can't see no more
Now I reach out, now I feel for, now I reach out, now I feel for
Now I reach out, now I feel for, now I reach out, now I feel for

Water May Walk

Water may walk
Daughter may walk
Mother may walk 
Father may walk
Marth feel asleep in a perfect fire

Water in hands
Mother in hands
Brother in hands
Held in the hands
Of one million bending bones

I know its name
You know its name
Never above
Never above
One thousand mending moans

The fire inside
The silver inside
The hollow inside
The echo inside
The red setting sun inside

The earth has its eyes 
The sea has eyes too
Brown mother eyes
Blue mother blue
And eyes are the stems of space

Mother may grow
Daughter may grow
Father may grow
And swallow the seed 
Of trees in the chest of my mind

I've got some to give
I've like to give some
Love will still live
When our time is done
And earth be light, be light

HorseheadedfleshWizard

Hose down the dead before they die, before they die
Hose down the dead before they die, before they die
Who do you hear a dying fire a dying fire
Oh can you feel a golden soul one golden soul

Now I put the ovaries in my bath
And all the dogs will die and 
The devil will call the cats home
And he looks up to the sky

I put the ovaries in my mouth
And all the dogs will die
The devil will call the cats home
And he looks up to the sky

Hose down the dead before they die, before they die
Hose down the dead before they die, before they die

An Island

And all my fingers ran off 
And I just couldn't follow them
Your eyelash was an island 
And your eyes were someone's friend

Oh could that have been
Well I hardly was a real sweet thing
Now when my smells grew some new smells
And I just couldn't smell them all
I smell my sister in the winter 
And my father in the fall
Cross and then snow
A tired moan

Be Kind

Be kind, baby be kind
Be kind, baby be kind
The light of this might
Align your legs to time
They give me up as I got mine
Oh and that's too many times
Baby be kind
And my eyelids are fine
Don't let your eyes pop out boy
You may drop your black candy apple
From the fright of having your eyes pop out
And someone else buys seeing double
So be kind baby be kind
Won't cha be kind baby be kind
And the way he drops the ants will cover him up
I said you'd get 'em back dear
Don't cha try to puff them all up
Baby dear don't cha try 
To be kind baby be kind
You know the light of this whole world and mine
Aligns your legs to time
The lake it ain't your fire
And that is all I've had
Too many had done
These eyelids mine
Don't let your eyes pop out
You might drop them on your stove
And they'll wiggle on home

Owl Eyes

Send me up hollow eyes unwinding Asia and all your little diamonds
All your little diamonds
Everybody that's inside me buries the body that's behind me
The body that's behind me

The Good Red Road

It ain't hard to adore ya
Thread ya into my town 
Put your guard down, explore ya
And I'll always be around

I want to live in Jamaica
Yeah I wanna live in Jamaica

..hair down
How'd they get their nose
..your hair down

I'm in love with an anchor
I can floss with her tail
She's the island above me
And I can tell, I can tell

When ya finally break my legs
And I can never leave the house again
Then I'll finally love you
And we can have some kids

The Electric Heart

The electric heart shines for you
It's given up sparks
But that's nothing new

The electric heart
Spins its lightning web
The spider sparkle lights the way ahead

I eat the biscuits, a gift for her
I eat the fishes, they got no fur

The open road
Oh God's final town
I'll take a little sip from its high drip
The earth hurts sky say your name
The earth was dry until you came

A little baby begins to grow
A happy belly begins to glow

The electric sky combing in the snow
He's always high 
He's a gentle soul
My winter friends with Christmas legs
And cold, cold beards
And frozen heads

We keep them shiny
We keep them shone
Cuz though they're tiny, they're valuable

I've lost my nails
But that's nothing new
And goddamn thumbs
Thumbs, goddamn you

And if all else fails
As all else do
There's someone else for sure will take my place

Now flung from dreams your voice reappears
And it almost sings like you're almost here
Singing an ancient chant, spreads his dusty lens
And I'm coming in in my head
Electric heart sang for us
Shining love

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Cripple Crow tracklisting
1. Now That I Know
2. Santa Maria De Feira
3. Heard Somebody Say
4. Long Haired Child
5. Lazy Butterfly
6. Quedate Luna
7. Queen Bee
8. I Feel Just Like A Child
9. Some People Ride the Wave
10. The Beatles
11. Dragonflys
12. Cripple Crow
13. Inaniel
14. Hey Mama Wolf
15. Hows About Tellin' A Story
16. Chinese Children
17. Saw Kill River
18. I Love That Man
19. Luna De Margarita
20. Koreandogwood
21. Little Boys
22. Canela

Now That I Know

Now that I know the way it goes
You gotta pay back every penny that you owe
Twelve years old in your mama’s clothes
Shut the blinds and lock up every door
And if you hear someone’s coming near
Just close your eyes and make them disappear
Years away finds me here today
On my own and always my way now
I send my friends gifts from where I’ve been
Something for the hand I'm never there to lend
Better keep those eyes climbing paradise
And don’t pretend you won’t reach it in the end now
Dearest dear I know you’ve been near
Why’d you run, tell me why you’d disappear
That you’re not here with me
Seems to be the only time I can see you clearly
I may not know how to treat or give you what you need
But I am a gentle man who says what he means now
And now I sing upon my knees
And praise the kindness of a gentle breeze
I see it swell like a story in me to tell
Told years away and past my day of dying
So you raise them up to have and always have
They're unaware of share or give a hand to help some
Or you give them away
But they’ll come back to you someday
Wanna know why nobody was ever there to help them
And no it ain’t fair
And if god forbid you care
It’s enough to get you in a whole lot of trouble
I realize it ain’t wise to idealize
Or put your life in the hands of any struggle
Never renounce or ever claim to be
Never buy that freedom just ain’t free now
Ella sang sifting in the sand
Like a hymn within to help us understand
Heaven awaits
We’re making our last stand
Glory bound and sparrow in our hand

Santa Maria Da Feira

Pensando
Cada dia cada hora
Pensando en ti
Caminado
Mi sesta llen de moras
Son para ti
Temprano
Por la tarde y por la noche
Sueno de ti
Comiendo perra
En Santa Maria De La Feira
Que placer ir
La gente Buena
Solo gozan nunca hay pena
Paque sufrir
Jugando en el mar en la arena
Viviendo haci
Ventana Blanca hay que venga la manana
Hay que venga otra vez
Esperdano
Haco es como yo paso mi tiempo
Esperandi a Inaniel
Y resando
Por su calor por su aliento
Sobre mi piel
Te digo todo aqui va bien conmigo menos dormer
Amigo te suplico te lo pido que me ayuded a mi a mi
Buscando
Con mi ankla en la marea
Nadando en ti
Yo voy andando
Oyeme te estoy llamando
Te amo a ti
Por el valle
Me encontre un rio Escondido
Y me augue ayi
Me recuerdo
Hacia calor pero tenia frio
Bianca, ay Paloma, ay Angelina
Por fin te vi
Por fin te vi

Heard Somebody Say

I heard somebody say
That the war ended today
But everybody knows
It’s going still

On motherlands and motherseas
Here’s what we believe
It’s simple
We don’t want to kill

I heard somebody say
That the war ended today
But everybody knows
It’s going still

On motherlands and motherseas
Here’s what we believe
It’s simple
We don’t want to kill

Long-Haired Child

A midwinter's day and I know for certain
When I go outside and my head will start hurtin
It’s a winter’s day and I know for certain
When I go outside my head starts hurtin
So I wrap it up in materials
Keep my hair from getting cold
I’ll wrap it up in materials to
Keep my hair from getting cold
And I said tell my friends when I have kids
Yeah I said tell my friends when I have kids
I’m gonna want that child to be a long-haired child
I’m gonna want that child to be a long-haired child
When I go outside to mingle in the snow
My head looked like a globe
Ain’t no hair on it at all
Should I buy a wig
Should I grow my beard
And comb it upwards
And around my ears
Well I can’t wait for the kids to come
I can’t wait for the kids to come
Say hey babe you ain't going to no barbershop
‘Cause I want yeah I want I know for certain
I want the child to be a long-haired child
I’m gonna want the child to be a long-haired child
Baby that’s for sure
When the snow it hits my temple
I want to rush home
Put on the kettle now
And warm my little brain
And bald head
I’m too cold to know if I’m alive or dead
But when my baby slips out my mama’s womb
When my baby slips out my mama’s womb
We’re gonna enter a new life
Enter a new life, that’s for sure
You’re gonna enter your self back through your baby’s front door
Now if you want that child to be a long-haired child
You’re gonna make that baby be a long-haired child that’s for sure
Baby, baby, that’s for sure
Shoobop, shoobop
Shoobop, shoobop

Lazy Butterfly

Lazy butterfly napping on me
Dreaming of the sky and roly polys
Wake up, wake up, clouds are coming, clouds are coming
Wake up, wake up, rains are falling, rains are falling
Colors in my eye are staring at me
Anchor at my side as sweet as silver
Pleasure, pleasure, don’t forget her, don’t forget her
Love her, love her, I won’t forget her, I won’t forget her
Seashell fingernail scratching at me
Brown eyed lullaby singing at me
Come on, come on, try and catch me, try and catch me
Come on, come on, try and catch m, try and catch me
Cardinal cloud smoke I know he feels it
Rising from an oak because I feel it
He burn, he burn, mesmerizing, mesmerizing
He burn, he burn, hypnotizing, hypnotizing
Hopeful wise old worm in his temple
Digging in the dirt staying simple
Married, married, to the desert to the desert
Climbing, climbing, up a ladder up a ladder
New born hummingbird in the meadow
Suckling at the flow of its shadow
See the day fish will fist ya, fish will fist ya
It’s never too late, I’d like to think so, I’d like to think so
Knife stuck in her paw someone help her
Gather sticks and straw and build it shelter
Don’t you, don’t you, let her die yeah, let her die yeah
Don’t let, don’t let, let her die yeah, let her die yeah

Quedate Luna

Yo no eh tomadao
Pero me voy a tomar un tragito ahora
Se que lo que mas espero
Lo mas que se denamora
Tes, siete, diez
Ya no me ves
Pero si alvez
Te digo mi nombre saberas quien es
Soy el perro a tus pies
Que te murde las Costilla
Y las estrellas brillan
Y la Luna se sienta en su silla

Que tomas Lunita
Y porque estas tan amarilla
Bueno ya estoy cansada y mis hijas me llama viejita
Mi pelo esta seco y mi piel ya no brilla
Pero el mundo es tuyo
Pero esta noche eres mia
Haci que
Quedate quedate Luna
Mira Dios en el aire
Mira Dios en al Mar
Yo te doy toda mi vida
Para oire te cantar
Siente Dios en el Viento
Prueba Dios en la Miel
Dios vive afuera
U adentro tambien
Haci que dimelo dimelo Luna
Dimelo dimelo Luna

Queen Bee

Well I do like a certain girl
She moves like a dancing dream
I saw everything I’ve seen
And I meant everything I mean
Oh queen bee you’re always happy and free
Oh queen bee land by me, by me
She’s kissed everyone I’ve kissed
She’s missed everyone I’ve missed
And her guess is always as good as mine
And I’m blessed, she treats me so damn kind
She’s grown every seed I’ve grown
She’s known everything I’ve known
And our dreams they always coincide
And our boats always float in time
And oh queen bee, I’m always happy to see
Oh queen bee, sting me, sting me

I Feel Just Like a Child

I feel just like a child
Well I feel just like a child
I feel just like a child
I feel just like a child
From my womb to my tomb
I guess I’ll always be a child
Some people try and treat me like a man
Yeah some people try and treat me like a man
I just they just don’t understand
Well some people try and treat me like a man
They think I know shit
But that’s just it
I’m a child
Yeah I need you to tell me what to wear
I need you to help and comb my hair
Yeah I need you to come and tie my shoes
Yeah I need you to come and keep me amused
From my cave to my grave
I guess I’ll always be a child
I need you to help me reach the door
And I need you to walk me to the store
And I need you to please explain the war
And I need you to heal me when I’m sore
You can tell by my smile
That I’m a child
And I need you to sit me on your lap
And I need you to make me take my nap
Could you first pull out a book and
Read me some of that
Cause I need you to make me take my nap
And I need you to recognize my friends
Cause they’re there even though
You don’t see them
They got their own chair, plate, and a seat
You know I won’t touch my food
Unless they eat
From the roof to the floor
I crawl around some more
I’m a child
And I need you to help me blow my nose
And I need you to help me count my toes
And I need you to help me put on my clothes
And I need you to hide it when it shows
From be my daddy’s sperm
To being packed in an urn
I’m a child
And when I steal you gotta
Slap me til I cry
Don’t you stop til the tears run dry
See I was born thinking under the sky
I didn’t belong to a couple of old wise guys
From sucking on my mama’s breast
To when they lay my soul to rest
I’m a child
Well I guess I’m always be
A little child

Some People Ride the Wave

Some people ride the wave of generosity
Some people ride the wave of mediocrity
Me I ride the wave of never gonna drown
Oh just fooling around
Now I gots the balloons
And you you gots the mud
And me I gots the snail
And you you gots the slug
Well you got so much more than I figured was in store
Oh I ain’t foolin no more
Now some people ride the cat when asleep or when awake
Some people ride a cat for riding a cat’s sake
Me I ride this cat cause its claws have got my eyes
I’ll get ‘em back in a few more tries
Oh I’ll get ‘em back in a few more tries
Some people write the books that tenderize their names
Some people ride the books that bastardize our claims
Me I ride the book that’s sifting in the sand
Aw, some day I’ll understand
Aw, some day I’ll understand
Some people write the songs that stay inside our souls
Some people write the songs that really ain’t songs at all
Me I write the song that ends right when it starts
They’ll split before they part
Oh they’ll split before they part

The Beatles

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr Are the only Beatles in the world
Do you feel like dancing are you getting hungry
Do you wanna be my girl
Rikitikitiki Canta el Troubador
Como la flor mas gorda que no tiene sabor
Que rica es la vida que rico es el amor
Mata el Toro no mates al toreador

Yo si oigo a Donovan
Yo si oigo a Marc Bolan
Yo si oigo a Ben Chasny
A Six Organs me gusta a mi

Dragonflys

I don’t… owe me any money
You don’t… owe me a thing
When we… drink beer
Dragonflies appear
Dragonflies appear

Cripple Crow

When they come from the over the mountain
Yeah we’ll run we’ll run right around them
We’ve got no guns no we don’t have any weapons
Just our cornmeal and our children
Dusk drowns, the dark clouds, but not us, but not us
While we pay for mistakes with no meaning
All your gifts and all your peace is deceiving
And still I pay dissolves with believing
That peace comes, their peace comes, that peace comes, their peace comes
Now that our bones lay buried below us
Just like stones pressed into the earth
Well we ain’t known by no one before us
And we begin with this one little birth
That grows on, that grows on, that grows on, that grows on
Crippled crow say something for grieving
Where do we go once we start leaving
Well close that womb
Or else keep on bleeding
And change your tune
It’s got no meaning

Inaniel

Inaniel Miel Laeilani
Inaniel mile
Cuando dios va caminado
Cuando Dios va, va
Cuando dios va cantando
Cuando dios va, va

Inaniel Miel Leilani
Cuando dios va saltando
Cuando dios va calmando
Cuando dios va, va

Inaniel Miel Leilani Cuando dios se rie de mi alma
Cuando dios se, se
Cuando el sol calienta el agua

Inaniel Miel Leilani

Ese sol
Con su pierna guapa
Tu dolor
Es pura santa

Hey Mama Wolf

When I’m in the woods
I know what to call you now
When I’m in the woods
I know what to call you now
Hey Mama Wolf
Hey Mama Wolf
Well maybe the mountains know what
To call you now
Maybe the mountains know what
To call you now
Hey Mama Wolf
Hey Mama Wolf
When I’m in a womb
I know what to call you now
And when a belly blooms
I know what to call you now
Hey Mama Wolf
Hey Mama Wolf
Well out in saint Marie
I know what to call you now
Swimming in the sea
I know what to call you now
And when you swim with me
I know what to call you now
And when you’re under me
I know what to call you now
Hey Mama Wolf..

How About Tellin’ A Story

Well how’s about tellin’ a story
One that’s really about somebody
What they saw and what they did
How they died and how they lived
By the time I found a name I moved onto another game
Called write a song about toes and spines
'Cause I can’t think of any story lines
But you know I’d love to try and sing about a person, place, or thing
Mount Sinnai and the Wolfman, Katmandu, and Honest Abe
Something happens up in Tucson and then it happens again in Maine
San Francisco, sweet thing, ladeedada da..na na!

Chinese Children

If I lived in China I’d have some Chinese children
If I lived in China I’d have some Chinese children
Well out of my toes my little black baby grows
And that’s my fact

Well if I lived in China, I’d have some Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in China, I’d have some Chinese children
Well if I lived in China, if I lived in China, uh huh
Well out of my ears my little black baby hears
And that’s my fact

Now if I lived in Russia, I’d have some Chinese children
If I lived in Prussia, I’d have some Chinese children
Well if I lived in India, they’d still be Chinese children uh huh
And out my toes my little blue baby grows
And that’s another fact

Now if I lived in Ireland, I’d have some Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in Ireland, I’d have some Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in Ireland, if I lived in Ireland, uh huh
Well if I lived in Spainland, they’d still be Chinese children
And if I lived in Greeceland, they’d still be Chinese children
But out of my thumbs my little red baby runs
And that’s another fact, an unchanging fact

Now if I lived in my land, which I do, I’d still have Chinese children
And if I lived in Iceland, I’d still have Chinese children
Well if I lived in Greenland, I’d still have Chinese children uh huh
But out of my ears my little gray baby hears
And that’s my fact

Well if I lived in Thailand, I’d have some Chinese children
Well if I lived in Japan, I’d still have Chinese children
If I lived in this land, if I lived in that land, uh huh
And up from my lungs and standing on my tongue
My little blue baby sung

Yeah if I lived in Brooklyn, I’d still have Chinese children
Yeah if I lived in Oakland, they’d still be Chinese children
Oh if I was an engine yeah, if I was an engine, uh huh
Whatever I do they’re Chinese through and through, uh huh

Well I got Chinese children
I got Chinese children
Ooh hoo hoo
Hoo hoo!

Saw Kill River (instrumental)

I Love That Man

I love that man when he’s onstage
I hear bad things in a good way
And how I thank you all the time
So don’t refuse this thank you of mine

And I arrive at your feet in peace
And I spend my time as I please
And I can’t stop light from shining in
My goddamn breath keeps breathing

And at your end and your leaving
May you have no sin worth grieving
And I hope that I can someday ask
Something new to you at last

Now you talk, I’ll pour
And our nearness grows
And when I’m bored, I’ll let you know

This black ink that’s on our palms
Let’s keep them on
And never wash them off
It ain’t for God, it’s just for us

Once my friend but never again
And once we’re dead, we never end
We never end, we never end, we never end

Luna De Margarita

Luna de margarita es
Como to luz, como to voz, como tu amor
Frente a ti, el mar de las Antillas
Frente a mi, tus caricias sensillas
Para vivir, para gozar, para sonar contigo

Koreandogwood

Red oak sugar and korean dogwood and korean dogwood
Vibes turn to rubbed rum
Lit by mission moonlight
Kangas on that hillside
You are my life
And you baffle me some
Like vanilla's maple
Inca cornflower
You’re my baby’s blue eyes
And when your gown dissolves in a prayer
You’ll hear a sound
That rings true and fair
Black king lightning
And all the orange blossoms and orange blossoms
My friend Keegan
Drawing endless love songs, endless love songs
Calm breath, sweet being Show me what you're seeing
Show me what you’re seeing
And go right and loud and proud
Every little word
It’s still ain't heard
Strange prayer looming
Over all our brothers, over all our brothers
Prism life served but Navajo Gospel
Is a rope thrown helpful
But for sure all that we’ve made
Will be swallowed by the Earth
For it’s got no worth

Little Boys

Life is tough and love is rough
For the man who just can’t ever seem to get enough
The days go by and the women come and go
So many that you decide to get rid of your front door
So you don’t have to hear them all disappear

You just sit and you wait
Staring at your empty plate
And you can say I’m a lonely sailor
Rockin’ gently on my dreams
‘Cause I have it all, but I don’t want it all
It ain’t like I’ve never ever ever ever tried
I just never been fully satisfied

Just a’tie a little shoelace
And to share a sleeping bag
And I look ahead to the day
When I look back at all the fun that I’ve had
But still, but still, but still..

I see so many little boys I want to marry
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have
Even when the moon goes out
Even when the sea dries out
I still see so many little boys I want to marry
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have now
Even when the seas all freeze
And everything is lying underneath
Even when the sun ceases to shine
I won’t care, I’ll still have on my mind
So many little boys I want to marry yeah yeah
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have

And in the shower I get my breathing done
I hold my breath and I wait for the day to come
Oh little Billy, little Timmy, little Jimmy, you’re the one
I may not look it, but I swear my heart is young for so many..
Little boys I want to marry uh huh
I see plenty little kids I’ve yet to have you know you know

Canela

Don’t the flowers at your feet smell sweet
Well it sure smells sweet to me
And don’t the moon way up high shine bright
Well it sures shines bright to me
And don’t the water on your lips feel good
Well it sure feels good to me
And don’t the lips on your lips fell good
Well they sure feel good to me
Oh oh oh..