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The Color Of Music

by Eugene Daily News

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I am in immediate danger of living with a stranger And the strange part is that stranger is me I’ve waited up for her at night, I can’t get her in my sites She comes in, tiptoes around mysteriously Just when I think she’s disappeared She comes in and switches all the gears She’ll say something brave like she’s got no fear She’s got no doubt, got no insecurity I’m still searching for the better part of me Did you ever open up your mouth and something brilliant came right out And you looked around to see where it was coming from That’s the better part of you right then and there - I think you two make quite a pair We should all get together sometime and try to have some fun Just when you think you’ve disappeared You come in switching all the gears You’ll say something brave like you’ve got no fear You’ve got no doubt, and you always know just what to do You’re still searching for the better part of you Hey, maybe our best selves could run away together They could go off to paradise and stay forever Meanwhile back at home, we’ll go on being ordinary birds of an ordinary feather So if you love who you think I could be, I suggest a different strategy Because that one will only leave you unsatisfied We’re all just doing the best we can to do unto our fellow man But mostly we just try and brace ourselves for the ride The birds of paradise disappear They’ll come back around this way next year Until then, I guess we’ll sit right here Holding hands and laughing at the mystery Thinking ‘bout the better part of you and me
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Once flew a feather, then it did fall Now I ask whether, she loves me at all. Loves me at all. Once flew a feather then it did fall. Now there’s a feather, down on the ground. And I ask whether, the lost will be found. Lost will be found. Now there’s a feather, down on the ground. I look to the heavens to find comfort there. Try and fly off on, a wing and a prayer. I look to the heavens, what do I see? A thousand white angels, laughing at me. I look to the heavens, to find comfort there. Try and fly off on, a wing and a prayer. I look to the heavens, what do I see? A thousand white angels, laughing at me. And why the white dancers high in the sky? The cold wind it answers, “you need not ask why”. Need not ask why. They’re just the dancers, high in the sky. Why the white dancers, high in the sky? They’re just the dancers. High in the sky.
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You didn't like my version of you. You couldn't relate to the picture I drew. You said it doesn't ring true. You threw it away, and you called me a such-n-such. You said there are some things we shouldn't touch. Oh you protest too much. Some hidden things might be easier than the crap we live with day after day. What I really mean is, what scares you the most Just might bring on the light of day. It's what you finally need at last, To help you forget about the past-- Some hidden things. You say that I don't know you very well. So bring me inside and walk me through your shell. You got some secrets to tell. My style is firm but my load is light. And I can take it even if you bite. My star is burning bright. I'm on your dark side, and I will tell the truth No matter what you do. What I'm trying to say is that it's not so dark And not so hard to see things through. It's what you finally need at last, To help you forget about the past. Some hidden things, Some hidden things. You didn't like my version of you.
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You say, “I’d break your heart” And that’s fine I knew it from the start There was nothing left to say You were always good that way Saying what you mean Keeping me away Away from your heart Away from your fists at night Clenching and grabbing tight all of those dreams Kicking up the sheets Stealing all the heat Leaving it up to me up to my head and down to my feet There’s a feeling I just can’t explain When the morning time comes rolling in again There’s a light on your cheek where the night slept so deep And now we’re waking, we’re waking again You say, “goodnight my love” And it’s me Barely awake and miles away And it’s me who you’re thinking of While I’m on the borderline Of something fine Something fine with you There’s a feeling I just can’t explain When the morning time comes rolling in again There’s a light on your cheek where the night slept so deep And now we’re waking, we’re waking again But I’m so far away And I keep leaving like a sun soaked sky At the end of the day But you were always good that way Finding where I’d gone Bringing me back, right back home Back where I belong
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I am holding you in a dream where the unreal meets the real where the water meets the desert and the sky I was crawling from the wreckage getting out from behind the wheel with an understanding of the look in your eye Now the curtains on the window are thrown open and the bartender looks at the empty chair and the terror of the deep is interfering with my sleep and the raven makes a nest out of my hair In a minute in an hour in the flash before the flood I could meet you in Wyoming come the fall I could break these empty promises leave ‘em lying in the mud I could buy a telephone in case you call On a lonely country road where the lonely breezes blow Will you take my hand under the winter moon Will you cast away the demons at the cemetery door Will you listen when I sing a lonely tune I am underneath a burden a few thousand miles away I might hop a train and show up at your door We could count the water lilies share a glass of wine and dream a little dream a little more
6.
What you got, in your palm baby? Something sweet, or something damaging maybe? Wont you give it to me, To have a look-see? Greenest green, the sweetest of things The apple falls not far from the tree In the grass, yet it laughs on the way Down Down Down Chorus Like a moth to a light You intrigue me like the moon takes the tide out to the sea.
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Now there’s a cat in the weeds beside the road And whether he should stay or whether he should go Is a choice only the cat can make Everywhere you go it’s the same place Everyone you see it’s the same face Spooky feeling, you just can’t shake Everything you read it’s the same page Every wingnut it’s the same rage Another day you wake up staring at your frosted flakes Every rush hour it’s the same jerk Every new job it’s the same work You can wait and wait and wait for your lucky break And there’s a cat in the weeds beside And whether he should stay or whether he should go Is a choice only that cat can make Yeah there’s a cat in the weeds beside the road And whether he should stay or whether he should go Is a choice only the cat can make Puddles in rumble strips Rainbow sunrise Whispers “Open Your Eyes” And there’s a cat in the weeds beside the road Every face you kiss it’s the same lip Every leaky faucet it’s the same drip Another day another strangely familiar ache Every swing you take it’s the same chin Every time you do it it’s the same sin Gotta pinch yourself to see if you’re really awake Every new stage it’s the same play Every sun rise it’s the same day You can give and give and give But she still won't take But there’s a cat in the weeds beside the road And whether he should stay or whether he should go Is a choice only the cat can make Yeah there’s a cat sittin’ twitchin’ beside the road And whether he should stay or whether he should blow Is a choice only that cat can make Every crime scene it’s the same vice Every cool drink it’s the same ice Every new breath it’s the same air Every new do it’s the same hair Every sundown it’s the same night Every Mad Dog it’s the same bite Every smooth talker it’s the same lies Every Double Whopper it’s the same damn fries
8.
Did you see the invisible man (oh no, oh no) Did you see the invisible man (oh no, oh no) He was right over here a minute ago I saw him soft shoe shufflin' right toward the door Now what do you think he'd go and do that for Did you see the invisible man Did you hear the invisible man (oh no, oh no) Did you hear the invisible man (oh no, oh no) No words were deciphered, no meaning made out When he stood there before you and opened his mouth But four and twenty blackbirds went flappin' about Did you hear the invisible man Do you fear the invisible man (oh yeah, oh yeah) Do you fear the invisible man (oh yeah, oh yeah) He's all gristle and bone but stylin' rags Got no eyeballs but big black bags A flag holder, a cool breeze, but no flag Do you fear the invisible man Did you see the invisible man (oh no, oh no) Did you see the invisible man (oh no, oh no) He was right over here a minute ago I saw him slip slidin’ right toward the door Now what do you think he'd go and do that for?
9.
Stagger and Sway So far gone, escape Cook County crimes; they say a good friend is hard to find. Okay, oh well, nevermind. Valleys crossed to face steep canyon climbs, they say a good friend is hard to find; okay, oh well, nevermind. Now whatcha doin', since the stagger and the sway came across the static on the phone? No regret in placing second bets; lift a smile through embarassment, like a bumbershoot in the cold and in the wet. Clutch in coast down a slow decline, they say a good friend is hard to find. Okay, oh well, nevermind. Now whatcha doiní, since the stagger and the sway came across the static on the phone?
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I went down to St. James Infirmary To see my baby there, She was lyin' on a long white table, So sweet, so cool, so fair. Went up to see the doctor, "She's very low," he said; Went back to see my baby Good God! She's lying there dead. I went down to old Joe's barroom, On the corner by the square They were serving the drinks as usual, And the usual crowd was there. On my left stood old Joe McKennedy, And his eyes were bloodshot red; He turned to the crowd around him, These are the words he said: Let her go, let her go, God bless her; Wherever she may be She may search the wide world over And never find a better man than me Oh, when I die, please bury me In my ten dollar Stetson hat; Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain So my friends'll know I died standin' pat. Get six gamblers to carry my coffin Six chorus girls to sing me a song Put a twenty-piece jazz band on my tail gate To raise Hell as we go along Now that's the end of my story Let's have another round of booze And if anyone should ask you just tell them I've got the St. James Infirmary blues
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I saw the fall of fall and winter won One red leaf still hanging on It fell like blood upon the fallen snow End of war, the final blow I saw the fall of fall and winter won No redress, what’s done is done The sky’s a battleship shade of grey Dispatched to keep the sun at bay Snore, snore, the brown bear’s bound to snore Soar, Soar, the bluebird’s bound to soar And o’er the land, the seeds, like spies, are planted in the underground Snore, snore, the brown bear’s bound to snore Soar, Soar, the bluebird’s bound to soar And o’er the land, the seeds, like spies, are planted in the underground

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Some of Eugene's finest talent has been assembled to help raise autism awareness and funding for Kindtree - Autism Rocks - a local non-profit that specializes in helping children with autism and families with autistic children.

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released June 5, 2012

Kelly Asay - Producer
Erik Larson - project coordinator

Artists:
Beth Wood, The Sugar Beets, John Shipe, Tyler Fortier, Satori Bob, Betty and the Boy, Lea Jones, Barefoot Leroy, Stagger and Sway, The Comfortors, The Harmed Brothers, Low Tide Drifters

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