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Another Mule
03:54
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MULE (from Is Heaven Real)
I got my eyes on you
You got your eyes on him
You was my wife
He was your cousins only friend
Thought you was being sly
But I ain’t been fooled
Eye for an eye
You broke the golden rule
Another mule kicking in my stall 3x
I wanna murder my old lady
Flowers in my head
You sowed’em there
They was the color of blood
Same color as your hair
It ain’t that I don’t love you
It ain’t that I don’t care
But a mean mistreating woman
Don’t deserve a teddy bear
Chorus
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Is Heaven Real
04:18
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IS HEAVEN REAL (from Is Heaven Real)
There’s a place beyond the sea
Where everyone’s happy and free
It’s a place beyond the grave
Where all the masters now are slaves
Is it real you best believe
We say hello, then we leave
I’ll see you there, we’ll reminisce
‘bout all the people that we miss
You call it Oklahoma,
I call it the promised land
That’s where I started my very first band
We had some fun but we drifted apart
We weren’t that good,but we had a lot of heart
Is heaven real, how would I know
My daddy told me it was so
Toe the line was his advice
Go down three times, come up twice
Chorus
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3. |
Ice Pick
03:59
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ICE PICK (from Is Heaven Real)
I fell in love – at the age of eleven
Could have died – before my twelfth birthday
Cause I’d already been to heaven
I can’t look at her picture
I can’t breathe her name
It’s like sticking an ice pick
Into my brain
Well, I was drinking a coke – at the local drugstore
The scales fell from my eyes – My heart cried out for more
Chorus
So what, we were young – Does that make it less real
I can’t forget – the way she made me feel
She’s a memory – a memory that’s gone
“I Only Have Eyes For You” – was our favorite song
On my twelfth birthday – it all came to an end
I was no longer eleven – I was no longer ten
Chorus
So what we were young – I know that it was real
I’ll never ever feel again – what she made me feel
We’ll meet again – before too long
“I Only Have Eyes For You” – was our favorite song
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4. |
Pillow
03:13
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PILLOW (from Is Heaven Real)
Being and nothingness
French philosophy
I never ever thought
That would apply to me
Am not human
Not flesh and bone?
Why does right
Feel so wrong?
It’s a situation
With ambiguous connotations
There’s a dearth of information
Bout the Zulu nation
The path it is short
The road is long
I am beginning
To hate this song
I go to bed
I fluff up my pillow
I’m hearing the wind
As it’s blowing through the willows
I tuck the covers up
Under my chin
Morpheus is my old friend
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5. |
Shook Up
05:20
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SHOOK UP (from Is Heaven Real)
This is a gathering - of family and friends
To say goodbye - to make amends
It's not the time - to fuss or fight
Let it all go, it’s gonna be all right
I'm all shook up, I'm all shook up x2
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire
Is it Christmas - or is it Halloween
Holidays - that’s not really my scene
I'd rather be alone - inside these prison walls
With the front door locked and the light on at the end of the hall
Some say the world - is coming to an end
They’ll tell you why - they won’t tell you when
The past is always – gonna eat the future
That why you got to practice the - Kama Sutra
Chorus
You contemplate - your own demise
While you’re eating breakfast - I hope includes some home fries
There’s just one song - on my music box
Rock of Ages cleft to me, let me hide myself in thee
Let me hide myself in thee
Chorus
Great balls of fire
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6. |
Hope
03:56
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HOPE (from Is Heaven Real)
I had a date – for a quarter to eight
It’s midnight – she must be running late
The bar is empty – except for me
That’s when the bartender – had an epiphany
Another beer, another shot
Some folks say I drinks a lot
Johnny, she stood you up – she’s played you for a fool
Now you’re just sitting on your barstool – trying to play it cool
It’s time to go home – It’s time to go to bed
It’s time to get that stupid girl – Out of your head
Chorus
Well I hear what you’re saying – but one more round
Maybe later – she’ll come back around
Hope springs eternal – that what I believe
Good night, bartender – it’s time for me to leave
Chorus
I went to my car – had a final cigarette
Something told me – don’t leave yet
She may appear – as if in a dream
She may be part – of Gods grand scheme
Chorus,repeat
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7. |
LSD
03:26
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LSD (from Is Heaven Real)
I blew my mind back in ‘63
Psychedelics made a man of me
I saw some things I can't unsee
when I was tripping on LSD
I hope on this we can all agree
We're all just apples on a tree
I fought Custer and Robert E Lee
when I was tripping on LSD
Sometimes the mind gets so confused
Sometimes your mind is what you need to lose
I realized that back in 63
when I was tripping on LSD
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8. |
Fire and Dust
04:55
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Fire and Dust (from Is Heaven Real)
You were married – and so was I
We said hello – we should have said good-bye
We’d meet in the shadows – of motel rooms
Sometimes forever - comes too soon
You were breathing fire - I was blowing dust
It was like getting hit - by a bus
My wife found out – your husband, too
We did not know – what to do
You moved to Memphis - or was it Arkansas
Adultery’s wrong – we broke the law
I sit alone – staring at the walls
I would come – if you would call
But that’s a call – I’ll never make
My love was always more – than you could take
Chorus
There’s no return – unless you leave
It’s over now – you best believe
What we shared - was a mortal sin
But I would do it again
I would do it all again
But I would do it again
I would do it all again
Picnic on the Mississippi – it’s so trippy
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9. |
Black and Shiny Crow
08:03
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ME (from Is heaven Real)
Shiny black crow
Flying high in the sky
Like Melvin Van Peebles
He’s super fly
Smarter than everybody
Badder than Mr. T
Why couldn’t I have been that crow
Instead of being me x3
Dressed up in black
Like a funeral director
Looking just as evil
As Hannibal Lector
Crow crow crow
Lord of all he can see
Why couldn’t I have been that crow
Instead of being me x3
Crows in my brain
He’s going caw caw caw
In crow language
That means ha ha ha
Having a laugh
At my expense
Why couldn’t I have been that crow
Instead of being me x2
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Johnny Dowd Ithaca, New York
Over the last thirty years, Johnny Dowd has been a musical explorer who has charted expeditions to genre-defying destinations that, at their heart, question, challenge, and dissect in their own way notions of the American Dream. Hope you like it.
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