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Shake the Rhythm
05:35
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We take one step forward and three steps back
To paint a little color between white and black
While that white bread rabble is lining their shoes
Their fuddy-duddy theorem and political views
In The Pink Gardinia sings a manish chanteuse
Crooning away days when her name was Bruce
Jumping upstream there’s no turning back
She got a feline simulator and her Union Jack
She know you got to shake the rhythm
Shake the rhythm (shake, shake, shake oooh)
Shake the rhythm
Shake the rhythm from the inside
A half step duke tangos by the sea
Beautifully natured non-binary
That variegated body comes alive
As a pretty little DJ plays our 45
He know he got to shake the rhythm (shake, shake)
Shake the rhythm (shake, shake, shake oooh)
Shake the rhythm (shake, shake)
Shake the rhythm from the inside
We got to shake the rhythm (shake, shake)
Shake the rhythm (shake, shake, shake oooh)
Shake the rhythm (shake, shake)
Shake the rhythm from the inside
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Monkey Work
04:11
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She day dreams of feelings
Like in ’64
Sharp shirts and neckties
Like before the war
He dropped his briefcase
And took a stand
Came back a monster
Like nothing they had planned
He remembers when she used to be happy
Back in the days when they knew they had it all
She remembers he was handsome and dashing
Like the man in the photo on the wall
Now its all monkey work, work, work
Monkey work, work, work
She pulls out the TV
He’s on his ass
Cuts the coffee
This two shall pass
There’s a growing chasm
Inside the walls
A dark sarcasm
In the silence of it all
He remembers when she used to be happy
Back in the days when they knew they had it all
She remembers he was handsome and dashing
Like the man in the photo on the wall
Now its all monkey work, work, work
Monkey work, work, work
Instrumental break
Now its all monkey work, work, work
Monkey work, work, work
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A.M. got an arm for electric guitar
Tattooed right hand gonna make him a star
Breathes in ambition like his favorite Monet
Says nothings ever gonna get in his way
Kae Ling’s wants to be in the mind of America
Letter for the better, win lose or draw
House don’t match the color of her skin
But in her heart she knows some day she’ll win
Because they’re young wild and beautiful
Young wild and free
Brandi steps light, hides the holes in her shoes
The lack of having only brings her the blues
All assistance gone MIA
Lifts up her eyes to the beauty of the day
Jeremiah dreams of the greatest escape
Small town living has him looping in the tape
Stares are brewing, growing intense
His sexuality no criminal offense
Because they’re young wild and beautiful
Young wild and free
Here you go this generation
A pair of shoes to dance across the nation
Better days are knocking at your door
Always remember there is something to stand for
Because they’re young wild and beautiful
Young wild and free
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Le Kukuwadu
03:17
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They’re building cities
They eat us up
Those pretty pretties
Filling their cups
Home disappears before our eyes
Everything is super sized
Trade us in for dollars, never stop
How did those damn dirty apes get to be on top
Le Kukuwadu
We need you to dance
Le Kukuwadu
Please give us a chance
Le Kukuwadu
Come out of the brush / Give us a buzz
Le Kukuwadu
Its time to elevate us
They took the valleys
They warmed the seas
Luxury houses
Do as they please
Monkey do as monkey says
Blue suede shoes, upright ways
In this story called life, they give us the chop
How did those damn dirty apes get to be on top
Le Kukuwadu
We need you to dance
Le Kukuwadu
Please give us a chance
Le Kukuwadu
Come out of the brush
Le Kukuwadu
Its time to elevate us
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Cosmic Dancer
04:34
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I was dancing when I was twelve
I was dancing when I was twelve
I was dancing when I was out
I was dancing when I was out
I danced myself right out the womb
I danced myself right out the womb
Is it strange to dance so soon?
I danced myself right out the womb
I was dancing when I was eight
I was dancing when I was eight
Is it strange to dance so late?
Is it strange to dance so late?
I danced myself into the tomb
I danced myself into the tomb
Is it strange to dance so soon?
I danced myself into the tomb
Is it wrong to understand
The fear that dwells inside a man?
What's it like to be alone
I liken it to a balloon
I danced myself out of the womb
I danced myself out of the womb
Is it strange to dance so soon?
I danced myself into the tomb
But then again
Once more
I danced myself out of the womb
I danced myself out of the womb
Is it strange to dance so soon?
I danced myself out of the womb
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Forever
05:18
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He lay upon my bed
the soft weight of the dead
the light overhead
I can’t I said
The dead, they come to me
I see them in my dreams
and I say (I say) how now? (how now?)
I say how now and how come
and they nod and they smile
I’m trying not to worry
so scared, so in a hurry
and I just want to understand
Forever forever forever
no things and all things last forever
I know (I know) it’s so (it’s so), it comes and it goes
but somehow some things hold together
sometimes, some way or another
but what things? (what things?) And how long? (how long?)
What things, and how long and how come
and what can be done?
Here where the veil is thin
life ends and so begins
I know it’s so
I bade him go
The weight upon my bed
gone where the light has led
And a breath (a breath) on my skin (on my skin)
through the window the wind
On my skin is a world without end
and I’m no longer worried
or scared or in a hurry
as I begin to understand
Forever forever forever
no things and all things last forever
we know (we know) it’s so (it’s so)
we come and we go
and sometimes some things hold together
but now, only now is forever,
forever forever forever,
this moment, this feeling,
this light, this breath, this love
this breath this love
this light this love
forever forever forever forever
forever forever forever forever
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Go To the Ghost
04:28
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She haunts him with her innocence
Hopeful heart and lit-up face
Adulthood has battered and bruised her
Running with rats in a race
She hovers above and around him
Longing and lost in the rush
Pushed aside and forgotten
Like a heart left in the rain to rust
Go to the ghost
Go back and find her
Back to the hopeful little girl
Help her find her place in this world
He haunts her with his innocence
Hopeful heart and curious mind
Time and miles wore down the dreams
Too much ugliness made him blind
He hovers above and around her
Asking to reunite
Still has hopes for the future
For ways to turn dark into light
Go to the ghost
Go back and find him
Back to that hopeful little boy
Help him find the light in his joy
One ghost dreams, one ghost fades away
One ghost now, one ghost yesterday
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Brides of Jupiter
06:26
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The streets and the stars
Have darkened as my heart
Memories they fade
And emotions be mislaid
Apollo, pull back your arrow
Every night I hear that train
Every night I hear that train
Remember when we could fly above the world
We’d sing along with the lines of light and the brides of Jupiter
Sounds of the city fade to grey
My eyes are marked like a watery grave
Apollo, release your arrow
Every night I hear that train
Every night I hear that train
Remember when we were high above the world (Note: Open to ideas on the chorus)
We could walk through the fire of life with the brides of Jupiter
Every night I hear that train
Every night I hear that train
Every night I hear that train
Every night I hear that train
Every night I hear that train
Your voice ringing back again
Every night I hear that train
Like a sorrowful refrain
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Virtual Love
05:45
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Plug in the line
Pull down the shade
Reality begins to fade
The digital me
And the digital you
Meet in the wires
For a new world view
Come on man be my woman
Come on woman be my man
In this world of virtual love
I know you all understand
She’s now a high end hippie in nuclear boots
Spinning out love with those electrical roots
His team of service men and serviettes
Are layin down pleasure with no regrets
Come on man be my woman
Come on woman be my man
In this world of virtual love
I know you all understand
Nana is in her VR Room
Making love with the QB2
(In here she’s a girl on fire
Hot pants and a dark night squire)
Chanting to the anthem of their white trash drag
Everything you need in that stimulator bag
(In here their star is shining brighter
On top and living like a fighter)
Come on man be my woman
Come on woman be my man
In this world of virtual love
I know you all understand
In the world outside tired of bein sick
From that bourgeois gender politic
(In here with all things equal
Shoot fast, and write out the sequel)
Those hot guns and your hurricane hips
The taste of you on these virtual lips
(Don’t know if its you I'm streaming
But outside of you I’ll be dreaming)
Come on man be my woman
Come on woman be my man
In this world of virtual love
I know you all understand
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Like a Time Machine
03:27
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Breathe out like its your last breath
Breathe in like its your first
Breathe out like its your last breath
Breathe in like its your first
This is the energy that animates us
This is the energy that navigates us
This is the energy that animates us
This is the energy that navigates us
A boy like you is a time machine
A boy like you is a time machine
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New album 'On Some Planets This Is Pop' out now!
Alphanaut is Mark Alan (vocals), Jeff Kingfisher (keys), Jeff Beardaux (drums), Austyn James (bass), Paul Rabbit (guitar)
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