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Mr. Paul McMahon

by Paul McMahon

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1.
lightning song 04:23
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LIGHTNING SONG DID YOU EVER WANT TO GO SWIMMING IN A SWIMMING POOL ON A HOT AND CLOUDY DAY THUNDERCLOUDS ARE ROLLING YOU CAN SEE 'EM FAR AWAY UT ACROSS THE GOLD COURSE LIGHTNING HITS A TREE AND YOU WONDER WAS THAT BOLT OF LIGHTNING REALLY MEANT FOR ME I USED TO HAVE A FRIEND WHO WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING, TWICE WOULD YOU BELIEVE AND THE SECOND TIME IT MELTED ALL THE FILLINGS IN HIS TEETH AND THERE WAS SOME FUNNY STORY ABOUT HIS GIRLFRIEND THAT I HEARD BUT I FORGOT MAYBE IT MELTED ALL OF HER FILLINGS TOO AND SHE LEFT HIM BECAUSE OF THAT WHEN IT RAINS IT SNOWS IT POURS IT GOES A LONG LONG WAY AWAY AWAY (HOWLS) I WAS FLYING INTO TUCSON AFTER MEETING AN INDIAN AND A VOICE SAID LOOK OUT TO YOUR LEFT I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO SEE A UFO I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE OF THOSE THINGS YET THEN LIGHTNING FLASHED AND IT KEPT ON FLASHING LIGHTING UP THE SKY UNDERNEATH THE PLANE AND WHEN WE HIT THE GROUND IN TUCSON I WONDERED WAS IT ME WHO BROUGHT THE RAIN. (HOWLS)
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51% 02:40
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51% HALF OF ME WANTS TO LIVE HALF OF ME WANTS TO DIE IπM GONG FOR 51% AND THATπS NO LIE OUT HERE ON THE BORDERLINE LOOKING FOR A BURNING SIGN IπM GONNA LOOK IN ALL THE EMPTY PLACES INSIDE MY MIND LORD PLEASE GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO LOVE IπM DOWN ON MY KNEES ITπS NOT SOMETHING IπM PROUD OF HALF OF ME WANTS TO LIVE HALF OF ME WANTS TO DIE IπM GOING FOR 51% AND THATπS NO LIE HALF OF ME WANTS TO SING MY SINGS HALF OF ME WANTS TO HIDE IF I DONπT GET 51% ITπS GONNA HAVE TO BE A SUICIDE HALF OF ME WANTS TO CURL RIGHT UP INSIDE THIS GIRL CRAWL INTO HER DARKENED SPACE AND HIDE AWAY FROM THE WORLD OH LORD GIVE ME LIFE GIVE ME LIVING WHEN I GET 51% MY WHOLE LIFEíS GONNA BE THANKSGIVING HALF OF ME WANTS TO LIVE HALF OF ME WANTS TO DIE IπM GONG FOR 51% AND THATπS NO LIE UP AT DAWN AGAIN LOOKING FOR MY FOUNTAIN PEN IíM GONNA TRY TO WRITE DOWN THE DREAM I HAD AND HOPE IπLL UNDERSTAND ALL OF MY ANCIENT FEARS RISE UP STIFF AROUND MY EARS HOWLING LIKE THE WITCHIN WIND I GOTTA MAKE EM ALL DISAPPEAR OH LORD IS THIS LIFE OR ILLUSION AINíT THERE SOMETHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP ME OUT OF MY CONFUSION HALF OF ME WANTS TO LIVE HALF OF ME WANTS TO DIE IπM GONG FOR 51% AND THATπS NO LIE IπM GONG FOR 51% AND THATπS NO LIE
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on a hill by the sea 03:43
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ON A HILL BY THE SEA ON A HILL BY THE SEA IN THE EVERGREEN TREES THERE I LAID MY POOR FATHER TO REST SPREAD HIS ASHES AND BONES IN THE NEEDLES AND CONES IN THE PLACE THAT HE LOVED THE BEST ALL AROUND HIS REMAINS DWELL THE BLUE HERON CRANES AND THE RED FOX THAT STILL CAN RUN WILD AND THE SALT WATER AIR LET IT ALWAYS BE THERE TO REMIND HIM OF WHEN HE WAS A CHILD LET THE FORCES THAT BE OVER MY FATHER SEE THAT HE NEVER MUST WALK ALONE KEEP THE WIND AT HIS BACK KEEP HIS FOOT ON THE TRACK AND PROTECT HIM WHEREVER HE ROAMS AND THE SALT OCEAN AIR THAT USED TO PLAY WITH HIS HAIR LIKE THE LITTLE WAVES PLAY ON THE SHORE FIND THE PLACE IN MY HEART THAT STILL KEEPS US APART LET ME CARRY THIS BURDEN NO MORE SWEET OCEAN BREEZE UNDERNEATH THE PINE TREES LIFT AWAY ALL THE HURT AND THE PAIN AND LET MY SALT WATER TEARS WASH AWAY ALL MY FEARS LET ME BE WITH MY FATHER AGAIN
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arapaho maiden 05:22
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ARAPAHO MAIDEN A LONG TIME BACK AN ARAPAHO MAIDEN, BUCKSKIN ON HER THIGH RODE HER PONY TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD THE WIND SWEPT IN HER EYES SUNNY CALIFORNIA, UNDERNEATH A MOUNTAIN THUNDER ROLLS HONEY SHALL I WARN YOU, ONLY PLANT THE SEED YOU WANT TO SOW IN MY HEART AN ELECTRIC EXPLOSION DEEP INSIDE THE GROUND WATCH MY LEG TAKE A WALK IN THE GARDEN, THEN HE SETTLES DOWN UNDERNEATH THE FLOWERS EXACTLY IN THE SPOT WHERE BAMBI LAY VERY STILL FOR HOURS WHILE AROUND HER ALL HER BROTHERS PLAYED I WISH I MAY I WISH I MIGHT HAVE THIS WISH COME TRUE O MY LUCKY STAR TONIGHT WONíT YOU BEAM ON THRU CUTTING THROUGH THE PLASTIC CUTTING THRU THE WALLS OF THE VERY WORLD QUESTIONS ARE FOR ASKING DONíT YOU KNOW THE ANSWERS ARE JUST FOR FOOLS IF YOU DONíT KNOW THEN I AINíT GONNA TELL YOU NO MATTER HOW HARD YOU PRAY DID YOU THINK THAT A SAINTíS GONNA SELL YOU A PICTURE OF THE USA LEANING ON A LAMPPOST, LOOKING LIKE A GHOST AT THE EDGE OF TIME SWINGING LIKE A MANHOLE, TIME TO PLANT YOUR FIST IN A BUCKET OF SLIME DID YOU THINK THAT A KNUCKLE WOULD TELL YOU WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW DONíT YOU KNOW THAT YOUíRE BETTER OFF STANDING HERE OUT IN THE SNOW UNDERNEATH THE ASHES, UNDERNEATH A WORLD THAT NEVER WAS THATíS WHERE TIME COLLAPSES, ALL IS LOST AND FOUND IN THE LOCUSTíS BUZZ SWING YOUR CHAINS IN A MIGHTY CONFIGURATION NAMED FOR ME BRING YOUR SNAKES TO THE FORK IN THE ROAD AND LET THEM ALL RUN FREE I WILL BE YOUR WISDOM RIDING ON A HORSE THAT IS YOUR FEAR WHERE THERE IS THERE IS NONE, OUT ACROSS THE BROAD FLAT DISAPPEAR IN MY MIND THEREíS ANOTHER DIMENSION AND PEOPLE TALK ALL DAY AT THE SLIGHTEST HINT OF DISSENSION THEY ALL RUN AWAY THEY GET VERY NERVOUS WHENEVER THE VIBRATION STARTS TO CHANGE THEY ARE THERE TO SERVE US, WHEN THEYíRE GONE THE WORDS ALL COME OUT STRANGE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, UNDERNEATH A MOUNTAIN EARTHQUAKE ROLLS BROTHER SHALL I WARN YOU, ONLY PLANT THE SEED YOU WANT TO SOW © PAUL McMAHON 1990
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Song for Jesse Helms 04:43
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SONG FOR JESSE HELMS Hey Jesse Helms I wrote you a song In the Garden of Eden is where we went wrong the tree ofknowledge of whatπs wrong and right We divided ourselves when we took the first bite Jesus Christ said, ≥Judgement is mine≤ When we judge one another we usurp the divine Know yourself, to your own self be true Thatπs what artists are trying to do The search for self is a twisted road Down many blind alleys you might have to go Before you learn to listen to that small voice within Not hearing that voice we all live in sin Let he who is blameless cast the first stone Have you no sins for which you wish to atone? The Arena Party or the cigarette folks Some penis-faced camel teaching young kids how to smoke Two lovers kissing who happen to be gay Is that an uglier picture than healthy lungs turning gray Or a death squad dragging somebodyπs father away Just how do we define obscenity anyway? Yeah Robert Maplethorpeπs pictures can be hard to take And and evening with Karen Finley is no piece of cake But if you open up your heart I think it just might make You remember a part of yourself you forsaked We see very clearly from modern history Authoritarians canπt deal with lifeπs great mystery Whether Nazi or Communist or Ayatollah If youπre looking for the truth theyπre gonna try to control you But the saddest thing is when god is invoked To whip up the fears that stifle and choke Free expression, the true love of life Which in this country is an inalienable right So hey, Jesse Helms I wrote you a song What makes you think you know right from wrong Know yourself, to your own self be true And donπt waste your time telling other people what to do ©1990 paul mcmahon
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the world is getting harder to live in 04:49
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THE WORLD IS GETTING HARDER TO LIVE IN (MR) THE WORLD IS GETTING HARDER TO LIVE IN ALL THE TIME NATURE'S GETTING LESS FORGIVING OF ALL OUR CRIMES DISPOSABLE CIVILIZATION IS THROWING ITSELF AWAY THE HUMAN IMAGINATION IS CREATING A JUDGMENT DAY THE WORLD IS GETTING HARDER TO LIVE IN ALL THE TIME THIS EARTH IS OUR MOTHER WE CANNOT MAKE ANOTHER LOOK AROUND SHE'S STARTING TO SMOTHER IN THE POISONS SHE'S STARTING TO SUFFER IN THE GASES THAT WE'RE MAKING THE CHANCES THAT WE'RE TAKING THE RULES THAT WE ARE BREAKING THE TRUTH WE HAVE FORSAKEN THE WORLD IS GETTING HARDER TO LIVE IN ALL THE TIME ALL THE TIME THE WAY WE'RE LIVING I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT COPS AND THUGS I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT SEX AND DRUGS I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT MORALITY THE WAY IT'S PREACHED AT YOU AND ME I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE OPEN UP YOUR EYES AND ASK YOURSELF CAN THE WORLD KEEP GOING ON DOLPHINS WASH UP FLOODS TORNADOES EARTHQUAKES SHAKES OFF BECAUSE THE WORLD IS GETTING THE WORLD OO-OO EXOTIC SOUNDING WAILING THE WORLD IS GETTING HARDER TO LIVE IN ALL THE TIME NATURE'S GETTING LESS FORGIVING OF ALL OUR CRIMES DISPOSABLE CIVILIZATION IS THROWING ITSELF AWAY THE HUMAN IMAGINATION IS CREATING A JUDGMENT DAY THE WORLD IS GETTING HARDER TO LIVE IN ALL THE TIME ALL THE TIME MORE WAILING
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anytime 02:07
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nANYTIME ANYTIME YOU WANT MY LOVE ANYTIME YOUπRE THINKING OF IπLL BE THERE, IπLL BE BY YOUR SIDE IπLL BE THERE ANYTIME, ANYTIME ANYTIME YOUR SKY TURNS BLACK AND YOUR TRAIN JUMPS OFF ITS TRACK IπLL BE THERE TO HELP PUT IT BACK IπLL BE THERE ANYTIME, ANYTIME WE ARE TWO BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLYING THROUGH THIS UNIVERSE TOGETHER ANYTHING I CAN DO TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER ANYTIME ANYTIME YOU NEED A FRIEND ANTYIME YOU NEED TO MEND IπLL BE THERE TIL THE END IπLL BE THERE ANYTIME, ANYTIME ANYTIME YOU JUST CANπT GO ON THE LOADπS TOO HEAVY, THE ROADπS TOO LONG YOU NEED SOMEBODY ELSE TO BE STRONG ANYTIME ANYTIME THE TABLES GET TURNED YOU GET A HEAVY LESSON TO LEARN OR YOUπVE JUST GOT SOME TIME TO BURN IπLL BE THERE ANYTIME, ANYTIME, ANYTIME © PAUL MCMAHON 1986
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wild geese 02:22
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WILD GEESE I’M LOOKIN IN MY HEART I’M LOOKIN FOR PEACE OH WHEN I’M GONNA START FLYING LIKE THE WILD GEESE FLY AWAY FLY AWAY BACK TO MOTHER NATURE’S ARMS THIS CITY’S TOO MUCH WITH ALL OF ITS CRUSH I GOTTA GET AWAY I’M A-LEAVIN’ TODAY LEAVIN IN MY MIND LEAVING EVERLOVIN NEW YORK CITY BEHIND GONNA GET A CAR LIVE OUT ON THE ROAD SLEEPIN UNDERNEATH THE STARS ANYWHERE I WANT TO GO BADABADA BOMPOMBADABADABUMBADABAPOMPADAPAPA-AHPOM I HEAR THE WILD GEESE AS THEY FLY OVERHEAD THEY SEEM SO RELEASED AND I FEEL SO DEAD ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE A-HURTIN MY HEAD MY MOTHER IS THE EARTH MY FATHER IS THE SKY THEY GAVE ME MY BIRTH I DON’T HAVE TO WONDER WHY GONNA LEAVE THIS CONCRETE SIDEWALK GOODBYE GONNA GET A CAR LIVE OUT ON THE ROAD SLEEPIN UNDERNEATH THE STARS ANYWHERE I WANT TO GO BADABADA BOMPOMBADABADABUMBADABAPOMPADAPAPA-AHPOM I GOTTA GET AWAY I’M A-LEAVIN’ TODAY DON’T KNOW WHERE I’M GONNA GO DON’T KNOW WHERE I’M GONNA STAY LEAVING EVERLOVIN NEW YORK CITY HIP HOORAY
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bluish night 04:22
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BLUISH NIGHT AS I WALK INTO THE THE BLUISH NIGHT A LITTLE DOG BARKS AND HE WANTS TO FIGHT IN THE SNOW COVERED PREDAWN EARLY LIGHT IN A NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE TOWN I WALK TO THE WALL WHERE THE FOREST LIES AND THAT CRAZY DOG JUMPS UP AND OVER MY SHOULDER HE FLIES AND A SKINNY GIRL WALKING A SKINNY DOG GOES BY HEADED IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AND THE PRIMIEVAL FOREST IS BLUE AND WHITE IVERY FOXES MOC=VE IN CLEAR SIGHT AND I SCREAM TO THAT DOG YOU BETTER TAKE FLIGHT THEY’LL MAKE A MEAL OF YOU THEN THREE FIGURES APPROACH LOOKING LIKE ANCIENT KINGS WEARING NOBLE BEARDS AND ANIMAL SKINS AND THE FOXES CHANGE INTO WHITE LIONS KING OF BEAST AND KING OF MAN THE LEADER OF THE MEN GOES FIRST FEARING NEITHER BEAST NOR CURSE DARING THE WORLD TO DO ITS WORST HIS HEART KNOWS NO FEAR AND HE DOES NOT FEEL THE LION’S BREATH HE DOES NOT SENSE HIS OWN IMPENDING DEATH IN A FLASH THE MIGHTY JAWS HAVE SNAPPED HIS NEACK AND FLIPPED HIM UP AND OVER LIKE A RAG DOLL IN A TRICE THE OTHER LIONS BOUND AND PIN HIS LIFELESS BODY TO THE GROUND WHILE THEIR LEADER JERKS HER JAWS AROUND RIPPING THE CORPSE TO PIECES THE OTHERS BY THEIR FALLEN IDOL KNEEL THEY DO NOT BEGRUDGE THE LIONS THEIR MEAL THEY KNOW THAT WHAT HAPPENED SIMPLY HAD TO BE THEY ALL RESPECT THE INEVITABLE BUT THE PATH I’M ON LEADS RIGHT PAST THAT SITE AND SUDDENLY I AM TAKEN BY FRIGHT AND I DISREGARD THE STILL SMALL VOICE INSIDE TELLING ME I’VE NOTHING TO FEAR AND I SCRAMBLE TO THE RIGHT OVER A LOW STONE WALL AND UP A STEEP GRAVELLY GRADE I CRAWL INTO A FULL-COLOR WORLD THAT IS ALL FILLED WITH MUDDY CHILDREN SCREAMING AND POINTING THEY’RE WANTING TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE WOODS THEY WANT THE FULL BLOW BY BLOW IN FEAR AND FASCINATION TO THEM IT’S JUST ANOTHER SHOW OF WHICH THEY HAVE NO COMPREHENSION AND GOD FORGIVE ME FOR MY FALL I’M MUCH TO EAGER TO TELL THEM ALL FROM THE VERY FIRST MOMENT I FEARFULLY DID CRAWL INTO THIS WITLESS WORLD I FEED THE HORROR GOSSIP MACHINE WITH THE STORIES OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN THE OVERCAST SKIES THE MAGAZINES ARE FILLED WITH MY PICTURE I AM FAMOUS IN THIS WORLD OF FRIGHTENED LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS WHO LIKE ME HAVE ABANDONED THEMSELVES IN THE SWIRL OF USELESS ANTICIPATION BUT ME I HOPE ONE DAY THE TIME WILL BE RIGHT AND I CAN SLIP BACK NTO THAT NIGHT WHERE LIONS PROWL IN BLUE MOONLIGHT AND I CAN ONCE AGAIN WALK ALONG MY RIGHTFUL PATH WALK ALONG MY RIGHTFUL PATH WALK ALONG MY RIGHTFUL PATH
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that's so profound 01:43
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THAT'S SO PROFOUND AS I WANDER THROUGH THIS WORLD OF PAIN LIKE A CARPET WITH AN UGLY STAIN I THINK I MUST HAVE PASSED THIS WAY AGAIN BEFORE CUZ THERE'S A CERTAIN ODOR IN THE AIR LIKE A WINDUP TOY THAT SCREAMS BEWARE OR A DEADEND STREET THAT LEADS NOWHERE AT ALL WHAT DO I KNOW WHAT DO I CARE FRIEND I GOT A WOUND THAT JUST WON'T MEND WHAT DID HE SAY WHERE'D I HEAR THAT TUNE? ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON SO COME ON ALONG AND FLY WITH ME TO A PICTURE PERFECT GALAXY AND WE'LL PRETEND TO BE THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE MEET ME IN MY DREAMS TONIGHT OR IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT MEET ME IN TORONTO NEXT WEEK WE'LL HAVE FUN WE'LL DO THE SAMBA WHILE THE RADIO PLAYS LA BAMBA AND EVERYONE FEELS ALL RIGHT WHAT DO I KNOW WHAT DO I CARE FRIEND I GOT A MOOD THAT JUST WON'T END WHAT DID HE SAY WHERE'D I HEAR THAT TUNE? ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON SO COME ON ALONG AND GO WITH ME TO A PICTURE POSTCARD GALLERY AND WE'LL PRETEND TO BE THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE WE'LL PRETEND TO BE THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE
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men 03:33
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MEN MEN WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A MAN? IT MEANS YOUíRE SPLIT YOUπRE EITHER GAY OR STRAIGHT BUT DONπT HESITATE MEN CAN YOU TELL ME WHATíS IN MY HEART? WHATíS IN YOUR HEART? CAN YOU TELL ME WHATíS IN HOUR HEART? I PLUCK THE BERRIES FROM GODíS TREE OF LOVE MEN HAVE THE COURAGE TO OPEN YOUR HEART HAVE THE COURAGE TO FALL APART AND GET PUT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN AS REAL MEN MEN OPEN UP TO THE WOMAN INSIDE OPEN UP TO THE PART THAT DIED AND LET HER GUIDE THERE ARE NO RULES I AM THE LAW I WALK IN THE LIGHT THERE IS NO DEATH MEN HAVE THE COURAGE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH WHAT YOUπRE MADE OF HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE REALLY REAL MEN I PLUCK THE BERRIES FROM GODπS TREE OF LOVE THERE ARE NO RULES I AM THE LAW I WALK IN THE LIGHT THERE IS NO DEATH MEN WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A MAN? IT MEANS YOUπRE SPLIT YOUπRE EITHER GAY OR STRAIGHT BUT DONπT HESITATE MEN HAVE THE COURAGE TO OPEN YOUR HEART HAVE THE COURAGE TO FALL APART AND GET PUT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN AS REAL MEN © PAUL MCMAHON 1990
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i love you exactly 02:15
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I LOVE YOU EXACTLY AS YOU ARE I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU EXACTLY AS YOU ARE I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU EXACTLY AS YOU ARE EXACTLY AS YOU ARE I LOVE YOU IN THE MORNING BEFORE YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH I LOVE YOU IN THE EVENING WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING DEEP WHEN YOU'RE FAST ASLEEP I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING IN THE MIRROR I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU WHEN YOU'RE TOTALLY FILLED WITH FEAR TOTALLY FILLED WITH FEAR I LOVE YOU WHEN YOU'RE PARANOID I LOVE YOU WHEN YOU'RE DEPRESSED I LOVE YOU WHEN YOU'RE AT YOUR WORST AND WHEN YOU'RE AT YOUR BEST WHEN YOU'RE AT YOUR BEST I LOVE YOU WHEN YOU FAILED THE TEST I LOVE YOU WHEN YOU PASSED I LOVED YOU WHEN YOU CAME IN FIRST AND WHEN YOU CAME IN LAST WHEN YOU CAME IN LAST I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU WITH A LOVE THAT WILL NEVER END I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU AND I'LL DO IT ALL AGAIN I'LL DO IT ALL AGAIN I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU EXACTLY AS YOU ARE I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU EXACTLY AS YOU ARE YOU ARE A SHINING STAR EXACTLY AS YOU ARE EXACTLY AS YOU ARE
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earthquake 05:25
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EARTHQUAKE WELL THEREπS SOMETHING VERY WRONG BUT I JUST CANπT PLACE IT INSIDE MY CHEST BEHIND MY HEART AND I FEEL IT AWFUL STRONG BUT I DONπT WANT TO FACE IT I WANT TO MAKE IT STAY MAKE IT STAY AWAY IN THE DARK OUT OF THE DAYLIGHT MAKE IT STAY IN THE DARK BEHIND MY HEART THEREπS A PRETTY LITTLE GIRL SO YOUNG AND INNOCENT WOE SHE GOT RAPED YEAH SHE GOT RAPED AND I JUST WANT TO HOLD HER UNTIL SHE STOPS CRYING AND HELP HER DO WHAT SHEπS GOTTA DO CALL THE COPS AND TELL THEM WHO DID THIS TO HER IF SHE WANTS TO, IπLL BE THERE WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES I SEE SAN FRANCISCO DEVASTED CITY BY THE BAY PEOPLE GOT NO PLACE THEY CAN DEPEND ON BIG EARTHQUAKE ROLL WATCH HER ROLL I GOT AN EARTHQUAKE IN MY SOUL OUT OF CONTROL LET IT ROLL LET IT ROLL BIG UGLY LUMPS OF CANCER MEATY TUMORS BREAKING APART YEAH SHAKING LOOSE AND I JUST FEEL SO ANGRY YEAH IπM ON FIRE IπM UNCOMFORTABLE I FEEL TOO FULL I WISH THAT SOME BIG HAND WOULD PULL IT ALL OUT A HOLE AND LEAVE ME ALONE LEAVE ME ALONE LOOKING AT MY FATHER AS HE LIES DYING WASTING AWAY AND THEN HEπS GONE ALL THE PIECES OF MY BODY ARE STREWN ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE AND WHERE EACH PART OF ME IS LYING A LITTLE SECTION OF MY MIND CRIES IN THE NIGHT CRIES OUT IN FRIGHT IπM ALL ALONE WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES I SEE SAN FRANCISCO DEVASTED CITY BY THE BAY PEOPLE GOT NO PLACE THEY CAN DEPEND ON BIG EARTHQUAKE ROLL WATCH HER ROLL I GOT AN EARTHQUAKE IN MY SOUL OUT OF CONTRO LET IT ROLL LET IT ROLL LOOKING AT THE CITIES AND ALL THE BUILDINGS I SEE THEM FALL I SEE THEM FALL I FEEL THE TURNING OF THE SEASONS HEAR THE HONKING OF THE GEESE AS THEY FLY OVERHEAD AFTER WEπRE ALL DEAD THE SEASONS TURN THE GEESE RETURNING TO THIS LAKE WHERE THEY WILL MAKE THEIR SUMMER HOME LAYING ON THE GREEN GRASS UNDERNEATH THE MOONLIGHT ITπS BRIGHT AS DAY YEAH ITπS BRIGHT AS DAY I FEEL THE POWER OF THE MOTHER SHEπS LIKE NO OTHER MY MOTHER EARTH WHE GAVE ME BIRTH MY LOVE FOR YOU JUST TAKES ME FURTHER INTO ME WHERE I CAN BE COMPLETELY FREE WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES I SEE SAN FRANCISCO DEVASTED CITY BY THE BAY PEOPLE GOT NO PLACE THEY CAN DEPEND ON BIG EARTHQUAKE ROLL WATCH HER ROLL I GOT AN EARTHQUAKE IN MY SOUL OUT OF CONTRO LEIT IT ROLL LET IT ROLL
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hush little baby 02:10
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HUSH LITTLE BABY HUSH LITTLE BABY DONπT YOU CRY EVERYBODY HAS TO DIE EVERY SINGLE BOY AND GIRL GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE THIS WORLD LEAVE IT SPINNING IN THE WEB OF TIME FIND A LADDER AND START TO CLIMB UP ABOVE THE SKY SO HIGH LIKE A TEATRAY IN THE SKY AND ITπS ALL RIGHT NOW SWEET BABY DONπT BE AFRAID CAUSE ITπS ALL RIGHT NOW THESE GAMES HAVE ALL BEEN PLAYED HUSH LITTLE BABY DONπT YOU KNOW AS ABOVE SO BELOW GOT TO LET THE SPIRIT FLOW FROM THE HIGH DOWN TO THE LOW AND WHEN YOUπRE DEEP DOWN IN THE GROUND TAKE SOME TIME TO LOOK AROUND AND REMEMBER THE GREAT BEYOND WHERE YOUπLL BE GOING HOME CAUSE ITπS ALL RIGHT NOW OH BABY DONπT BE AFRAIOD CAUSE ITπS ALL RIGHT NOW THESE GAMES HAVE ALL BEEN PLAYED
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next bus to new york city 02:09
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NEXT BUS TO NEW YORK CITY I'M GONNA TAKE THE NEXT BUS TO NEW YORK CITY CAUSE NEW YORK CITY'S WHERE I WANT TO BE I'M GONNA TAKE THE NEXT BUS TO NEW YORK CITY CAUSE NEW YORK CITY'S WHERE I CAN BE ME I'M TIRED OF KICKING AROUND THIS LITTLE TOWN WHERE ALL I SEE IS FROWNS AND THE PEOPLE PUT ME DOWN THAT'S WHY I'M TAKING THE NEXT BUS TO NEW YORK CITY CAUSE NEW YORK CITY'S WHERE I WANT TO BE THE PEOPLE HERE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND ME THEY DON'T WANT FOR ME TO BE THE WAY I AM BUT I CAN'T ALLOW THEIR SMALL MINDS TO COMMAND ME I'M LEARNING TO BE MY OWN MAN THAT'S WHY I'M TAKING A RISK THAT'S WHAT SOME PEOPLE SAY BUT I'VE GOT TO MAKE A WISH TO LIVE MY LIFE MY WAY THAT'S WHY I'M TAKING THE NEXT BUS TO NEW YORK CITY CAUSE NEW YORK CITY'S WHERE I WANT TO BE I'M GONNA TAKE THE NEXT BUS TO NEW YORK CITY CAUSE NEW YORK CITY'S WHERE I CAN BE ME
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can't let go 03:05
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CANπT LET GO CHORUS (CONSISTS OF ANY TWO OF THESE THREE SECTIONS): CANπT LET GO CANπT LET GO CANπT LET GO OF EVERYTHING I KNOW NO, I CANπT LET GO CANπT LET GO CANπT LET GO CANπT LET GO OF ANY PART OF YOU YOUπRE A PART OF ME CANπT LET GO CANπT LET GO CANπT LET GO I NEED YOU MUCH TOO MUCH YOU ARE MY CRUTCH IπM HOLDING ON TO THE BOND OF WHAT USED TO BE CANπT RELEASE FROM THE NEED OF YOUR CHEMISTRY ALL ALONE I DONπT WANT TO BE JUST CANπT STAND, JUST CANπT STAND ON MY OWN TWO FEET CHORUS: WE HAD A SECRET, WE HAD A DEAL YOU WERE GONNA PROTECT ME FROM WHAT WAS REAL I WOULD BE OUR MISTRESS, SING YOU PRETTY SONGS AND BRING YOU FLOWERS WHEN THE COLD NIGHT GREW TOO LONG CHORUS: I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE HERE INSIDE MY SKIN I DONπT KNOW WHERE I END AND WHERE YOU BEGIN LIKE A BABY IN A GREAT BIG SCARY WORLD I DONπT FEEL SAFE, I DONπT FEEL SAFE, NO I DONπT FEEL SAFE AT ALL CHORUS:
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I want to be wealthy 04:15
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I WANT TO BE WEALTHY I WANT TO BE WEALTHY BEYOND ALL DREAMS I WANT TO LIVE IN A PALACE SURROUNDED BY NATURAL STREAMS CAVIAR AND CHAMPAGNE FROM DUSK TIL DAWN AND A CADRE OF FLUNKIES ON ME TO FAWN I WANT TO BE WEALTHY I KNOW YOU THINK IT'S BAD BUT TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE ME MAD I KNOW YOU CRITICIZE ME I ALSO KNOW YOU'RE A FOOL I KNOW YOU CRITICIZE ME I ALSO KNOW YOU'RE A FOOL CAUSE EVERY TIME OUR EYES MEET YOU JUST STAMMER AND DROOL I NEED TO KNOW THAT NOTHING CAN HARN ME I'VE HAD MY FILL OF CONQUERING ARMIES I LUST FOR POWER I'M FILLED WITH GREED I NEED THESE THINGS TO SATISFY MY NEEDS FIVE BILLION DOLLARS IS NOT TOO MUCH I NEED TO PUT MYSELF PERMANENTLY OUT OF TOUCH OF THE CRUEL AND STUPED INSENSITIVE CLUTCH OF THIS WORLD OF MISFITS I HATE SO MUCH [INSTRUMENTAL] I'VE HAD ENOUGH IT'S TRUE I'VE SUFFERED ENOUGH AND I'M THROUGH WITH WANTING TO BE HAPPY WANTING TO BE NICE I'LL BE SATISFIED WITH A HEART OF ICE I WANT TO BE HEALTHY BEYOND ALL DREAMS TO LIVE IN A PALACE SURROUNDED BY NATURAL STREAMS AND I DON'T CARE IF THAT SOUNDS MEAN I WANT TO BE WEALTHY BEYOND ALL DREAMS
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angry clown 02:42
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ANGRY CLOWN IπM GOING DOWN TO THE ANGRY CLOWN AND HAVE MYSELF A BEER IπM GONNA PAINT MY FACE TO LOOK LIKE FIRE IπM GONNA BRING MY CATTLE PRODs AND gIve THE BOYS some FEAR WHEN I THROW SOME JUICE INTO THE WIRE CHORUS: YEAH, LETπS GO DOWN TO THE ANGRY CLOWN WITH THE TOPLESS GO-GO CHICKS LETπS STICK FISHHOOKS IN THEIR BREASTS AND TIE THEM TO OUR DICKS YEAH THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING THROUGH THE MARGARITA MUSH AND THE ANGRY CLOWN KEEPS HUMMINπ AS MY BRAIN TURNS TO MUSH ON MONDAY NIGHT THEY CLOSE UP TIGHT AND I GET DOWN ON MY KNEES AND THANK THE LORD THEREπS FOOTBALL ON THE TUBE CAUSE WHEN IT getS too QUIET I GO LOOKING FOR MY GUN CAUSE I JUST Never KNOW WHAT Iím goNna DO CHORUS: CALL MY BOSS A JERK AND GET OFF WORK ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON THE ANGRY CLOWN IS WhISPERING IN MY EAR HE SAYS THE GIRLS ARE ALL EXCITED WANT YOU BOYS TO GET HERE quick THEY WANT TO Stick THE POOL CUES UP YOUR REARS CHORUS: © paul mcmahon 1990
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stronger hand 03:16
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STRONGER HAND CLOSE YOUR EYES; GO INSIDE GIVE UP CONTROL LET A STRONGER HAND GUIDE YOU BACK TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE DRY YOUR EYES, DONπT YOU CRY ITπS ALL A DREAM ITπS A NIGHTMARE YOUπVE BEEN SLEEPING ITπS A BAD DREAM THATπS ALL IT IS THEREπS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU REALLY YOUπRE PERFECT JUST AS YOU ARE WEπVE ALL JUST BEEN ACTING SILLY BUT NOW THE GAMEπS OVER AND WE KNOW WHO WE ARE NORTHERN STAR, SHINE ON ME FILL ME UP WITH STARLIGHT AWAKEN MY SOUL MY HEART AND MY TRUE DESIRE WALK WITH ME, TAKE MY HAND TRADE LOVE FOR FEAR YOU DONπT HAVE TO BE PERFECT THATπS NOT WHY YOUπRE HERE THEREπS SOMEONE WAITING TO FIND YOU THEREπS SOMETHING WAITING INSIDE PATIENTLY LOVING AND GUIDING PROTECTING AND WAITING FOR YOU TO DECIDE CLOSE YOUR EYES, GO INSIDE GIVE UP CONTROL LET A STRANGER HAND GUIDE YOU BACK TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE LET A STRANGER HAND GUIDE YOU BACK TO YOUR TRUE HOME © paul mcmahon 1990
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full moon lady 03:12
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FULL MOON LADY FULL MOON LADY KIND OF SHADY BUT MIXED WITH AN EVEN, MYSTIC LIGHT THAT LIGHTS UP THE NIGHT FULL MOON LADY BRING ME OUT DID YOU EVER HEAR THE COYOTE SONG DON'T YOU WONDER WHAT HE'S SINGING ABOUT ALL NIGHT LONG WHEN HE SEES THE MOON HE SEES A BEAUTIFUL GIRL THAT HE ONCE KNEW IN ANOTHER WORLD FULL MOON LADY SHINING OUT ACROSS THE DESERT SAND clouowddcr FULL MOON LADY HOW I LONG TO HOLD YOUR HAND HIS LOVE FOR HER WAS SO COMPLETE HE TURNED INTO A DOG TO BEG AT HER FEET HE CALLS TO HER TO TAKE HIM BACK AND BE HER LOVER IN THE NIGHT SO BLACK FULL MOON LADY PEEKING OUT FROM BEHIND THE CLOUDS FULL MOON LADY HEAR ME CALL YOUR NAME OUT LOUD WOW WOOWWOOWOW HOW I LOVE TO SING FOR YOU HIGH ATOP A DESERT VIEW FULL MOON LADY BRING ME OUT
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mighty time 03:33
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MIGHTY TIME WHAT A MIGHTY TIME WE'RE LIVING IN WHAT A MIGHTY TIME WHAT A MIGHTY TIME WE'RE LIVING IN WHAT A MIGHTY TIME WALLS CRUMBLE TUMBLE DOWN HEAR THE RUMBLE UNDERGROUND THUNDER ROLLING AROUND IT'S A MIGHTY TIME WHAT A MIGHTY TIME WE ARE LIVING IN WHAT A MIGHTY TIME OH OH DON'T YOU SEE OH OH IT'S PLAIN TO SEE OH OH DON'T LISTEN TO ME WATCH YOUR MIND WATCH YOUR MIND IN THIS MIGHTY TIME WHAT A MIGHTY TIME ALL MEN'S PRIDE FALL BEFORE THE TIDE OF THIS MIGHTY TIME WE ARE LIVING IN WHAT A MIGHTY TIME WE ARE LIVING IN SHIVA DANCE ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD ALL HIS BEAUTIFUL FLAGS UNFURLED SHIVA DANCE ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD ALL HER TERRIBLE FLAMES UNCURLED IN THIS MIGHTY TIME WHAT A MIGHTY TIME BABY GOTTA CRY WIPE YOUR DIRTY EYE BABY GOTTA CRY AND MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT A MIGHTY TIME WE'RE LIVING IN WHAT A MIGHTY TIME WHAT A MIGHTY TIME WE'RE LIVING IN WHAT A MIGHTY TIME WATCH THE AGES TURN WATCH THE FIRES BURN WATCH THE AGES TURN THIS IS HOW WE LEARN IN THIS MIGHTY TIME WHAT A MIGHTY TIME IT'S A MIGHTY TIME WE'RE LIVING IN
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i get high 04:13
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HIGH DOWN BEHIND THE FOREST WHERE THE RAILROAD USED TO RUN THEREíS A CLEARING IN THE WOODS AND THEREíS ONLY ROOM FOR ONE PERSON AT A TIME TO GO THAT WAY I THINK MAYBE IíM GONNA TRY IT ON SOME DAY I GET HIGH I I LOVE TO GET HIGH (REPEAT) DEEP IN THE WOODS I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT IíM TALKING ABOUT YOU CAN SEE THEM GATHERED AROUND THE FIRE THAT NEVER GOES OUT PASSING AROUND THE BOTTLE AND THE GYPSY VIOLIN COMES FLOATING OUT OF NOWHERE RIDING ON THE WIND WE DONíT KNOW OUR PURPOSE HERE WE DONíT EVEN KNOW OUR NAMES WHAT DOES IT MATTER, WHOíS TO BLAME ONE MAN SAYS ONE THING AND ANOTHER MAN SAYS THE SAME IF I SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT ARE YOU GONNA LOCK ME UP INSANE I GET HIGH I I LOVE TO GET HIGH (REPEAT) LYING ON THE CEILING WATCHING THE SHADOWS PLAY IN THE BOOK OF MY MIND THE TIME HAS ALL RUN AWAY DEEP IN THE FOLDS OF MANIFOLD REALITY YOUíRE GONNA FIND ME IN THE WOODS WITH THE GYPSY COMPANY WEíRE GETTIN HIGH OH I I LOVE TO GET HIGH (REPEAT)

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released July 9, 1990

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Paul McMahon Woodstock, New York

From a musical family he explored folk, jug, blues and rock quitting music at 20 for art, returning as a punk rocker at 27. Then a long oddysey, solo and band in search of the real real deal; the songs becoming a diary of psychological and spiritual experience; shamanism and ordination as an Interfaith minister.
January 2020 tour of DC Ba Ph & Bk was his first at 69 organized by Goodflavor45 ... more

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