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Suburban Primative

by Tom Watson

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1.
Headlines roll like thunder, scream like lightning in the night Nuance, colors, shades of gray reduced to black and white Hostile forces lead the chase, U.N. forces are in place As refugees return to face devastation and disgrace It's time for rebuilding, and reflection, and revenge A truce has been declared But the war it never ends The Russian bear's now null and void, communism's bit the dust That iron will and steel resolve has been taken out by rust After centuries of history, the future's still in jeopardy As megatons of atom bombs are a black market commodity Once bitter enemies now uneasy friends Wonders never cease And the war it never ends Wisdom's passed down through the ages, a road map for the soul I guess lives are lived between the pages as things spin out of control While there's temples, mosques, and miles of pews For Christians, Muslims, Catholics, Jews And all their different points of view Some preaching peace some practice cruel Can you really cast the first stone in defense? There's always more room on the cross So the war it never ends Hatred keeps the poor in chains, it's a bottomless black pool Hatred is a burning flame, hatred is a fuel As the fathers sins pass to the child, New atrocities are stamped and filed As old debts are repaid in kind It's an eye for an eye until we're all blind Here's the only message that it sends Life is cheap So the war it never ends The last battleground is the hearts and minds and the souls of the young It's the last thing in this universe that can be lost or won Kids you'll stab with forks, you'll cut with knives until you become all that you ate If you only do one thing in life, take care what you put on your plate Because the truth not only twists, it turns and bends Inner peace may be in reach But the war it never ends
2.
The stockings once hung by the chimney with care Now missing in action in the debris here some where It's December 26th now and I just don't care Thank goodness Christmas is over Once everyone's favorite time of the year The lights and the magic, good will and good cheer But right about now, I've had it right up to here Thank goodness Christmas is over For months we've been bludgeoned by ads on TV Showing how perfect our Christmas could be With a Lexus, some diamonds there under the tree There'll be peace on earth and we'll be happy The boundries of greed have somehow been blurred The joy once in giving now vague and obscured Expectations so high, disappointment's assured Tank goodness Christmas is over
3.
Changes 03:00
Little hands I held in mine Not so long ago Now turn car keys and wave goodbye As I just watch them go No more slamming doors Or stomps down halls That was just a phase Now we're on to long distance calls And cards on major holidays Changes, changes The pieces of the puzzle rearranging Changes, changes The only constant is, is things keep changing Paint it fades, leaves they fall Old cars rust away More memories to lose or recall In technicolor shades of gray Faith is lost or faith is found Abandoned or confirmed As some times people leave Never to return Changes, changes The rear view mirror's crowded, things are fading Changes, changes The only constant is, is things keep changing
4.
Trophies 02:19
On the playgrounds, in the school yards The lesson quickly learned It's not good enough to simply play the game Score is kept, we're measured by the trophies that we've earned Forget the fun it's glory or it's shame From the guns of fallen soldiers To Olympic bronze and gold As the reasons for our actions fade It's the trophies that we hold And so it does continue, as we race through our lives Until we're looking back and measuring ourselves Will we count up all the hearts we've touched or all the tears we've cried Or the shiny things up there up on our shelves From the guns of fallen soldiers To Olympic bronze and gold As the memory of our actions fade It's the trophies that we hold If the ribbons blue, it shows the world that we've prevailed Any other color, the degree to which we've failed Hit or miss, win or lose, one day the game it ends The lights go out the clock runs out of time As we become a memory to our loved ones and our friends And the boxes of the junk we leave behind In the thrift shops, at the tag sales The local churches old The trophies of a lifetime Are ungloriously sold
5.
Oil 03:55
On and on the engines roar As they take our children off to war Wave the flag and then get on your day The very thing that made us strong Now stands poised to tear us down How on earth could things turn 'round this way In the eighteenth century The whaling ships set out to sea To kill the beasts and strip their flesh to boil To fuel the lamps and grease the gears They set the course that we still steer And that is we'll do anything for oil On and on the engines roar To work, the bank, to school, the store Deafness is a minor price to pay For power speed and luxury And the illusion that we are still free Something has to fuel and light the way In the nineteenth century There came a great discovery That fortunes could be pumped out of the soil Land was raped kings were made The die was cast as plans were laid Assuring we'd do anything for oil From the four points of the compass To the dark side of the moon Somethings got to change It better happen soon As everything we've gained Is displaced by what we've lost And the price we've paid And everything it's cost On and on the engines roar On and on and more and more It's not carved in stone but still we all obey The powerful are subsidized by our leaders With our children's lives Money is the truth the light the way In the last two centuries We've made a lot of enemies As the good we've done is replaced by what we've spoiled From the smoke up in the atmosphere To the plastic shit that's everywhere From dead fish and birds on tar stained shores To our soldiers limping home from war To love and live their lives and then They're sent back to do it all again That's the legacy of anything for oil
6.
I see it in your eyes There's no use pretending Our story is now over There will be no happy ending There was a time and place We knew loves wild embrace Though I've been set adrift I'm putting on my bravest face But tonight when I get home I'm alone and out of sight No family or friends To ask if I'm all right I'll turn off the phone So I won't have to lie Tomorrow I'll move on But tonight I'm going to cry I'm still here and you are gone A once true now faithless lover There's only one way to move on Take one step and then another The warmth of love is gone The hurt so cold it freezes Here lies my broken heart I'd better pick up all the pieces 'Cause I know my heart will mend And I will love again But the trouble with tomorrow Is all the time "tween now and then So tonight when I get home...........
7.
What on earth is going on My paycheck isn't all that small By the time I meet my obligations There's hardly nothing left at all How we gonna put the kids through college How we gonna pay these doctor bills I know sometimes the road gets rough But does it always have to be uphill? I am of a generation to taste and dream the American dream But now I bolt upright in bed, with sweaty palms and start to scream 'Cause it's official now, it's been confirmed, I'm not too big to fail But working folks we've still got choices. Sink or swim or learn to bail Some times I just want to get into my car and drive But with the price of gas that's not so smart Once the streets were paved with gold, now all roads lead straight to Walmart We're all here in the front row Of this dogma and pony show They couldn't say it if it wasn't true Actually they can and do The preacher says when times are hard You've got to put your trust in the hands of God Banker says when times are hard You've got to have a little faith in Master Card Politicians say when times are hard ''' It's not my fault, it's those guys there"" We need to vote those clowns on out of office Elect someone who really cares The trouble is, no one cares Unless you've got the Do Re Mi Money talks, bullshit walks And the road is getting kind of slippery Money talks, the poor folks walk And the road is getting kind of slippery (dedicated to the great and sadly late Joe Bageant)
8.
My Country 02:31
My country Different things to different folks To some it's the shining city To some it's the butt of jokes To some it's the Great Satan I suppose that could be true To others it's the garden I can see that too My country Has been there when the chips were down Unless of course it was the one Who threw those chips around Not that one up on it's shoulder Or that heart up on it's sleeve My country Home of the brilliant and brave Land of the dim and free The common thread which binds us all Is fragile, frail, and slight Pulled tighter than a fiddle string Across this great divide My country It's got a fever and a cough Watch it roll on 'till it's better Or the wheel's come off But my country's where the tired and poor Still come to cast their lot It's anything to any one There ain't nothing that it's not
9.
Time 02:26
You might have a mansion A palace of your own But it's time spent with the ones you love That makes a house a home It's time Time is everything But like patience or a paycheck Time it does get spent It tends to fly and when it's gone You wonder where it went Time Time is everything Time is like the ocean Time is like the sea I stick my big toe in And the waves wash over me In the western part of your heart There's a place where you decide To settle down or saddle up That pony and ride Time Time is everything

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Dipping my big toe into the cyber sea with this collection of demos.

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released April 20, 2012

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