1. |
Rush
03:18
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Rush
can’t wait til we get here
it’s sure gonna change
the future might redeem us
our world rearrange
light danced down the river
the endless rush of now
we would sanctify each breath
if only we knew how
sometimes we seem closer
then others far away
they said it will come to pass
waiting on the day
light danced down the river
the endless rush of now
we would sanctify each breath
if only we knew how
i woke to a zephyr
the air so fresh and warm
we were meant for better things
than chasing down the storm
light danced down the river
the endless rush of now
we would sanctify each breath
if only we knew how
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2. |
The Only One
03:10
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The Only One
i tried to convince you
i couldn’t make a dent
once the fantasy had died
i don’t know where you went
sure we had some tough times
but i knew we’d get through
please forget those fool mistakes
i only wanted you
yeah you were the only one
i thought i could trust
then of course it all blew up
my heart ground to dust
my friends tell me move on
but i just can’t forget
i had been a man transformed
since the day we met
yeah you were the only one
i thought i could trust
then of course it all blew up
my heart ground to dust
now it seems half normal
to lie here all alone
every time i try to call
you hang up the phone
yeah you were the only one
i thought i could trust
then of course it all blew up
my heart ground to dust
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3. |
Just So I'm With You
03:41
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Just So I’m With You
i woke up this morning
one thing on my mind
i saw i’d been wasting time
i had been so blind
don’t care where we go
don’t care what we do
don’t care rain or shine
just so i’m with you
i got home this evening
finally it was clear
why had i been full of doubt
believing in my fear
don’t care where we go
don’t care what we do
don’t care rain or shine
just so i’m with you
i don’t know what happened
no more cloudy skies
i know what i need to know
that love light in your eyes
don’t care where we go
don’t care what we do
don’t care rain or shine
just so i’m with you
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4. |
Sea Change
03:12
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Sea Change
i lay on my deathbed
and found the happy place
so much good in everyone
a smile upon my face
somehow we’d averted
grave perils at the gate
once that seemed impossible
but love was not too late
she held back the morphine
the end was coming near
what was that he babbled
it really wasn’t clear
no one could explain it
the way the spirit spread
petty interests set aside
one common goal instead
i felt almost peaceful
the family suffering gone
we had passed the darkest night
sweet glimmers now of dawn
she held back the morphine
the end was coming near
what was that he babbled
it really wasn’t clear
all i felt was grateful
to watch the sea change start
saw my place in everything
we’d never been apart
she held back the morphine
the end was coming near
what was that he babbled
it really wasn’t clear
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5. |
Autumn Leaves
03:51
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Autumn Leaves
he awoke in cyberspace
he’d somehow found a door
dysfunctional the baseline now
with everyone at war
way out in the cosmos
where men could truly roam
but there were no autumn leaves
and he sure missed back home
we were raised in chaos
and then it got much worse
we’re the people we still need
to void the serpent’s curse
he checked distant choices
but none would really do
didn’t love the real estate
and all so far from you
still the earth mad dangerous
the whole thing falling down
hamstrung by heart sticking points
his dream escape unwound
we were raised in chaos
and then it got much worse
we’re the people we still need
to void the serpent’s curse
dropped back to the struggle
that every human knows
now he would accept his fate
again unpack his clothes
we were raised in chaos
and then it got much worse
we’re the people we still need
to void the serpent’s curse
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6. |
Geese
03:21
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Geese
sundown in the funhouse
dark criminal boudoir
waiting on a blast of light
our genres all gone noir
you could see it coming
old pretense ripped away
brutal thugs and grifters grin
bold malice on display
money men still stealing
their victims thick with hate
blaming some imagined foe
just rage upon each plate
empire has to falter
its pillars fade to dust
robot swarms of locusts rise
each stripping what he must
back here changing channels
i watch the hoopsters ball
one more day in paradise
that pause before the fall
money men still stealing
their victims thick with hate
blaming some imagined foe
just rage upon each plate
i imagine wild geese
smooth wings aloft in flight
passing high above us all
aglow in waning light
money men still stealing
their victims thick with hate
blaming some imagined foe
just rage upon each plate
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7. |
Crevices of Mind
04:55
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Crevices Of Mind
something clearly loitering
in crevices of mind
there was toxic movement here
they said they had to find
it would give new meaning
so much the fault explained
they would prime the calculus
vast force at last unchained
i sent out the manuscript
in which of course i’m right
then they showed me to my cell
and there i prayed all night
there was no real answer
to the riddle that they posed
foggy lines of faceless men
behind his desk he dozed
snow fell on the manger
the doctor shook his head
beauty’s such a fragile beast
but vice plays rough instead
i sent out the manuscript
in which of course i’m right
then they showed me to my cell
and there i prayed all night
they called me to duty
i scanned the mammoth brains
now they knew their time had come
each painted grin the same
i sent out the manuscript
in which of course i’m right
then they showed me to my cell
and there i prayed all night
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8. |
Quiet
03:05
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Quiet
he’d been gone a long time
before he left for good
he lit out for parts unknown
crept silent as he could
he crawled past the wreckage
and tossed away his phone
there was no one left to call
we come and go alone
it’s too far from here to there
how can he find some peace
seeking quiet in his heart
and then the great release
when they tried to tell him
he didn’t hear a thing
way too many razor blades
in arguments they’d bring
they kept right on bumping
until he knew to bail
now cacophony abounds
more conflict without fail
it’s too far from here to there
how can he find some peace
seeking quiet in his heart
and then the great release
we live in no exit
where man’s a wolf to man
tough when he gets lonely
it sure upends the plan
it’s too far from here to there
how can he find some peace
seeking quiet in his heart
and then the great release
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9. |
The Mast
03:23
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The Mast
in the death of love
in the throes of lies
in the darkened room
there’s no compromise
as the knife sinks in
as the vision fades
as the fog descends
on the ghoul parades
something’s gonna hear us
god will bend at last
doling mercy on the cheap
all tethered to the mast
at the palace coup
at the polar sea
at the barrack dance
got no guarantee
on the final day
on the grassy knoll
on the angel’s lap
with an empty bowl
something’s gonna hear us
god will bend at last
doling mercy on the cheap
all tethered to the mast
from the deepest depth
from the jagged peak
from the beeping phone
when the signal’s weak
to the endless light
to the silent end
to the hymn we sing
and the prayer we send
something’s gonna hear us
god will bend at last
doling mercy on the cheap
all tethered to the mast
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10. |
The Time Has Come
05:26
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The Time Has Come
hope flew like a swallow
the moment here at last
we prayed that it now was done
the worst all in the past
oh brother can’t you see
the time has come
oh sister can’t you feel
the time has come
hope skipped like a daughter
the wind danced like a son
suddenly the streets were filled
new life for everyone
oh brother can’t you see
the time has come
oh sister can’t you feel
the time has come
something was beginning
we meant to make it good
you could feel more dark clouds lift
the whole world understood
oh brother can’t you see
the time has come
oh sister can’t you feel
the time has come
oh people can’t you see
the time has come
oh people can’t you feel
the time has come
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The Truth Has Many Enemies
the truth has many enemies
the lie so many friends
nature full of subterfuge
the arc of justice bends
the truth is seldom absolute
and lies will burrow in
virtue such an asymptote
a badge we never win
spirit called for witness
he offered what he could
all that lay beneath the waves
the terror and the good
the truth so hard to offer
when we fear what they’ll do
pinocchio dodged consequence
and so his long nose grew
the truth so inconvenient
it might undo the plan
feral nation of the lie
just grabbing what we can
spirit called for witness
he offered what he could
all that lay beneath the waves
the terror and the good
the truth can build a scaffold
lies leach like acid rain
deluge of avoidance
come tumbling down again
spirit called for witness
he offered what he could
all that lay beneath the waves
the terror and the good
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You Thought You Knew Lonely
you’re emaciated
with wiggle room now nil
backed into a sweat house
where nature’s come to kill
the fire means to find you
the virus knows your name
you grab for that handhold
but nothing stays the same
you thought you knew lonely
seems you had no clue
they fade in the distance
now there’s only you
your house almost airless
how long before you melt
next will come the locust plague
you play the hand you’re dealt
spinning tragic music
sweet tiny bursts of hope
could this be the end time
scant reservoirs to cope
you thought you knew lonely
seems you had no clue
they fade in the distance
now there’s only you
though the pressure ratchets up
this fever’s bound to break
holding tight no panic
just testing what it takes
you thought you knew lonely
seems you had no clue
they fade in the distance
now there’s only you
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13. |
River Road
05:46
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River Road
i went up past sunset
to the perch outside your store
there i watched the big eclipse
i couldn't take much more
almost near forever
yet terrified to go
trying to prepare myself
for what i could not know
glory and hosanna
dark curses and a spell
i’d forgotten everything
but stories left to tell
still i knew some pleasures
that overrode the pain
married to no meaning
a snowman in the rain
i had shunned the preacher
the junta clearly sick
i held just one fervent hope
transition coming quick
glory and hosanna
dark curses and a spell
i’d forgotten everything
but stories left to tell
i had learned the contours
a way to juke the game
following the river road
remembering my name
glory and hosanna
dark curses and a spell
i’d forgotten everything
but stories left to tell
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14. |
Transfer
03:20
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Transfer
seeping through the skin car
i felt you in the night
had too much of being me
this straining like a kite
so i found your memories
and cried your tragic tears
it felt freeing feeling you
a break from all these years
you must love your own life
as much as i guard mine
every precious sorrow sings
your portrait still unsigned
i fear i’m a vampire
and now it’s likely true
craving new experience
i had to come for you
oh how sweet your perfume
as i come creeping in
even though you seem asleep
the transfer can begin
you must love your own life
as much as i guard mine
every precious sorrow sings
your portrait still unsigned
i walked by the river
a lovesick autumn day
was that me or my new friend
it’s getting hard to say
you must love your own life
as much as i guard mine
every precious sorrow sings
your portrait still unsigned
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15. |
Vagabond
04:07
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Vagabond
if i were another person
and i’d lived a different life
maybe i'd have traveled often
maybe brought along my wife
i would razz my pals from college
my close family i’d adore
i would treasure every christmas
grateful to have had one more
now outside the fire rages
while inside a fever clings
such a vagabond of atoms
once i felt the beating wings
if i were another person
i’d have followed straight lines through
one clear solid path from childhood
static even as i grew
i would see myself in pictures
hey of course that’s basic me
never broken never searching
being who i’d always be
now outside the fire rages
while inside a fever clings
such a vagabond of atoms
once i felt the beating wings
if i were another person
i’d be proud of my gold plaque
born into a deep belonging
not soul driven by some lack
i’d have made a proud godfather
trusted deacon of the church
i would tend my blooming garden
nowhere near this naked perch
now outside the fire rages
while inside a fever clings
such a vagabond of atoms
once i felt the beating wings
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Now The Light’s Returning
deep below the surface
beneath competing claims
we spin ever in an arc
the dance of many names
each a revolution
we circle round the sun
it’s been ever just like this
since global time begun
now the light’s returning
stays longer every day
february’s all in love
with what will come in may
today i went out walking
and shed my heavy coat
i stood on the nearest hill
renewal less remote
mountains in the distance
peaks sharp against the sky
all the world soon waking up
with folded wings to try
now the light’s returning
stays longer every day
february’s all in love
with what will come in may
we descend to darkness
when will it ever end
til we reach the tipping point
where hope’s reborn again
now the light’s returning
stays longer every day
february’s all in love
with what will come in may
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17. |
Waterfall
03:40
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Waterfall
floating for the waterfall
the drop so sheer below
right now you act in control
then suddenly you go
it seemed hard to fathom
so many couldn’t see
caught up in the endless lies
the veil of liberty
i hiked up into the hills
where beauty touched my heart
life in such profusion
our solace from the start
the state of things endangered
like seldom here before
yes of course there’s always change
but could we trust the core
maybe by a miracle
this peril would shoot past
then the country might survive
perhaps our species last
i hiked up into the hills
where beauty touched my heart
life in such profusion
our solace from the start
normal deaf and simple
all hail the bottom line
picnic on the precipice
king dow jones doing fine
every day a blessing
the pleasure tinged with fear
watching as more dark clouds raced
now what would happen here
i hiked up into the hills
where beauty touched my heart
life in such profusion
our solace from the start
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18. |
Keeping On
04:48
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Keeping On
the sky goes on forever
the moonlight ghostly pale
out there on the mesa top
it seems we lost the trail
i am older than the waters
i am silent as the dawn
i’m the dust of constellations
we’re the people keeping on
the river has to claim you
the thunder booms above
now the roaring harvest burns
dark power play of love
i am older than the waters
i am silent as the dawn
i’m the dust of constellations
we’re the people keeping on
thought i felt a tremor
again the rising sun
walking down the arbored aisle
in line with everyone
i am older than the waters
i am silent as the dawn
i’m the dust of constellations
we’re the people keeping on
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19. |
Everyman
03:41
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Everyman
everyman’s a hero
in the grinding of it all
never truly valued
by the sisters down the hall
once the future beckoned
back then he had a dream
now he nibbles crackers
and pours the cat some cream
it’s too much to handle
such chaos to surmount
brave determination still
somehow he will count
everyman’s a hero
the world stays much the same
trying to do the best he can
and no one is to blame
he intended better
back then when he was young
if the children ever call
he’ll try to bite his tongue
it’s too much to handle
such chaos to surmount
brave determination still
somehow he will count
everyman’s a hero
so much he’s overcome
trying to find some balance
in the madness that he’s from
he packs up the scrapbook
small glories in the past
sure he’s disappointed
yet hopeful to the last
it’s too much to handle
such chaos to surmount
brave determination still
somehow he will count
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20. |
Dark Waters
05:45
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Dark Waters
humans can be programmed
receptive minds like clay
poisoned in a brief of lies
just waiting on the day
seething with frustration
incited to a froth
servants to their master’s voice
like fire woos the moth
we are sunk in history
it’s not just musty past
all the birds come home to roost
dark waters swirling fast
reason such a little boat
atop a churning sea
symbols set off tremors
spark raging fantasies
who controls the weapons
who shapes the shallow mind
cookie cutter avatars
a mob that charges blind
we are sunk in history
it’s not just musty past
all the birds come home to roost
dark waters swirling fast
we had been so stupid proud
that it can’t happen here
rag dolls of the viscera
await their puppeteer
we are sunk in history
it’s not just musty past
all the birds come home to roost
dark waters swirling fast
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Kito Peters Santa Fe, New Mexico
Kito Peters has released (like doves!) quite a few CDs, has garnered his share of esoteric radio airplay, and has won a baker's dozen of New Mexico Music Awards, including twice for Best CD of the Year and four times for Best Pop CD. He is a big fan of Harry Bosch, Al Kaline, and Laura Nyro. ... more
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