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The Rain and other Stuff

by Paul McMahon

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mighty time 05:04
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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love bombs 03:10
LOVE BOMBS WHAT IS LOVE ITπS WHAT THE ANGELS USE FOR MONEY THEY COLLECT IT HERE LIKE BEES MAKING HONEY THE LOVE YOU GIVE HELPS THE SUN TO SHINE KEEPS THE MOON IN PLACE AND THE STARS IN LINE YOUR HEARTπS THE DOORWAY TO ANOTHER DIMENSION WHEN YOU FIND THE KEY FEEL A WARM EXPANSION YOUπVE GOT TO FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF DONíT BELIEVE IN ANYONE ELSE LOVE BOMBS BOOBY TRAPS IN YOUR SPINE WAITING TO EXPLODE WHEN YOU TURN OFF YOUR MIND RELAX YOUR BODY YOU DONπT HAVE TO BE DEAD TO HEAR THE ANGELS SINGING INSIDE YOUR HEAD WHAT IS LOVE ITπS WHAT THE ANGELS USE FOR MONEY THEY COLLECT IT HERE LIKE BEES MAKING HONEY THE LOVE YOU GIVE HELPS THE SUN TO SHINE KEEPS THE MOON IN PLACE AND THE STARS IN LINE
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SPECIAL FORCES IN THE JUNGLE NORTH VIETNAM SKY OVERHEAD TELL ME WHERE I AM SPECIAL FORCES IN THE NIGHT MAKE EVERYTHING COME OUT ALL RIGHT SECRET MISSION NO IDENTIFICATION SHOT THAT MAN SHOT HIM SO HARD SHOT HIM FIVE TIMES RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART SEE RIGHT THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE TOOK FOUR HOURS FOR HIM TO DIE SPECIAL FORCES IN THE NIGHT SPECIAL FORCES IN THE NIGHT SPECIAL FORCES GONNA MAKE EVERYTHING COME OUT ALL RIGHT SACRED MISSION RATTLESNAKE BITE GOT TWO FEATHERS GONNA BE ALL RIGHT SAID THE SHORTEST DISTANCE IS A STRAIGHT LINE AND THATπS HOW THE CROW FLIES WHEN YOU OPEN THAT DOORWAY BETTER BE SURE OF IT CAUSE NO ONE CAN TELL YOU WHERE THE LIGHTNINGπS GONNA HIT YOU PURIFY YOUR HEART PURIFY, PURIFY, PURIFY PURIFY YOUR HEART GET READY FOR THOSE SPECIAL FORCES SPECIAL FORCES IN THE NIGHT BY THE CAMPFIRE SPIRITS ROAM SPECIAL FORCES COMING HOME SPECIAL FORCES SPECIAL FORCES IN THE NIGHT SPECIAL FORCES MAKE EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT ©paul mcmahon 1990 THERE IS ONLY ONE TRUTH SPECIAL FORCES MOVING THROUGH SPECIAL FORCES
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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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My Life! 02:54
MY LIFE! MY LIFE! MY LIFE IS A CATASTROPHE OF BROKEN-HEARTED MEMORIES AND PROMISES I HAD TO BREAK AND COMPROMISES, LIES AND OLD MISTAKES MY LIFE! MY LIFE IS LIKE A SPIDER WEB INSIDE MY HEAD WHERE THINGS ARE DEAD OR DYING FAST FOM POISON GAS THAT MAKES ME GASP AND I CANπT FIND MY PATH MY LIFE! MY LIFE IS LIKE A WICKED CURSE WHERE SCARY PEOPLE DO THEIR WORST THEY TURN MY HAND AGAINST MY HEART AND SQUASH MY HEAD AND PULL MY SOUL APART MY LIFE IS LIKE A WISHING WELL AMBITIONS SWELL AND OVERFLOW THE BOUNDS OF MY IDENTITY I CANπT REMEMBER WHICH OF US IS ME MY LIFE! MY LIFE IS A GEOGRAPHY A PINBALL GAME MADE OUT OF ME WHERE BODY PARTS LIKE KNEES AND EARS AND DOUBTS AND FEARS FROM ALL THE YEARS ARE STORED MY LIFE IS NEW IMPROVED AND HIGH TECH FANTASIES COME TRUE AND SEXY HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA I TUMBLE LIKE THE WALL OF JERICHO MY LIFE IS AN EXCITING BLEND OF COMEDY AND HIGH ADVENTURE TRUE ROMANCE AND BIG SUCCESS IπVE GOT IT ALL AND LIVE IT TO EXCESS MY LIFE HAS THE AROMA OF A SKATEBOARD IN A COMA WITH A WOODEN DUCK WHO NEVER CRIES AND LOTS OF LUCK AND LOTS OF ALIBIS MY LIFE IS SUCH A POWER GAME THAT EVERYBODY FEARS MY NAME AND NO ONE MAKES A MOVE WITHOUT MY SAY I MAKE THEM CRAWL FOR MY OKAY MY LIFE! MY LIFE IS WHERE MY DREAMS COME TRUE FROM WISHING ON A STAR AND YOU CAN SEE IπM SUCH A HAPPY GUY IπM NEVER BLUE AND I WILL NEVER DIE © PAUL MCMAHON 1987
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MIRROR MIRROR MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL WILL YOU CATCH ME WHEN I FALL MIRROR MIRROR BE MY GUIDE TAKE ME TO THE OTHER SIDE IT IS COLD IT IS DARK MIRROR HELP ME FIND A PART FIND THE CENTER FIND THE KEY MIRROR MIRROR SET ME FREE MIRROR MIRROR DEEP INSIDE FEEL YOU TURNING FEEL YOU GLIDE MIRROR MIRROR BE MY FRIEND TAKE ME TO TO THE END INST MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL DO YOU HEAR ME WHEN I CALL CALLING SOFTLY CALLING LOW MIRROR MIRROR HERE I GO
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TALKING WORLD WAR 3 BLUES WORLD WAR 3 JUST CAME AND WENT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE TOO MUCH OF A DENT I MUST ADMIT I WAS REALLY SURPRISED WHEN THE WHOLE THING BLEW UP IN FRONT OF MY EYES I GOT DOWN IN FEAR AND TREMBLING PRAYER AND DEEP MEDITATION UP INTO THE FORMLESS SPACE TO SEE WHAT THE GODS WERE TALKING ABOUT THEY WERE LAUGHING THEIR BUTTS OFF GOT A FRIEND IN TEXAS HE'S GOOD COMPANY SAYS THE US REMINDS HIM OF NAZI GERMANY I SAID OH MAN YOU MUST BE PUTTING ME ON HE JUST SMILES I SAY WELL I HOPE YOU'RE WRONG HE SEES THINGS DIFFERENTLY THOUGH HE'S NOT WHITE HE SEES THINGS DIFFERENTLY WELL THE SAVINGS AND LOANS COST 40 TIMES MORE THAN THE ENTIRE PRICE OF THE MIDEAST WAR WE USED TO HAVE A DEMOCRACY BUT IT GOT SOLD TO A GREEDY FEW WHO NOW CONTROL THEY GOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND IT'S ALMOST FUNNY BUT THEY STILL WANT THE REST OF OUR MONEY HOW COME TAXES ARE SO HIGH AND THERE'S NO MONEY FOR SCHOOLS I GUESS WE MUST ALL BE EITHER COWARDS OR FOOLS POLLS SAY PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH LET THE GOVERNMENT CONTROL THE NEWS PROBABLY BETTER WE DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH IT MIGHT ONLY JUST MAKE US FEEL OUT OF TOUCH "I HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN" "I HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN" PEOPLE SAY THE EARTH IS DYIN BUT I SAY THEY'RE LYING SHE'S GONNA BE AROUND FOR A LONG LONG TIME BUT THERE'S SOME TRUTH TO THAT INFORMATION SHE'S BECOMING UNFIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION DOESN'T SEEM TO BOTHER ANYBODY THOUGH WHY SHOULD IT BOTHER ME? WELL I'M JUST SITTIN' HERE IN THE DARK LOOKING FOR A MATCH TO SPARK THE NIGHT IS LONG AND IT'S GETTIN COLDER I'M SINGING MY SONG AND GETTING OLDER ABRAHAM LINCOLN ONCE SAID YOU CAN FOOL SOME OF THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL OF THE PEOPLE ALL OF THE TIME UNLESS THEY WANT TO BE FOOLED. RONALD REAGAN SAID THAT. OR WAS IT ADOLF HITLER? WELL I HAD A DREAM THE OTHER NIGHT THE ENTIRE WORLD IS MADE OUT OF LIGHT AND WE GOT NOTHING TO EVER BE FRIGHTENED OF BECAUSE WE ARE ENTIRELY MADE OF AND SURROUNDED BY LOVE "I'LL LET YOU BE IN MY DREAM IF I CAN BE IN YOUR DREAM" BOB DYLAN SAID THAT I'M JUST FEELING KIND OF WEIRD I SAID THAT TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND THE OLD OAK TREE AND HOPE THE BOYS GET HOME SAFELY TIE A YELLOW RIBBON AROUND YOUR HEART AND HOPE YOU REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE I BEEN DRIVING THREE WEEKS I'M SO HORNY I FEEL SICK I THINK I'LL TIE A YELLOW RIBBON ROUND MY DICK
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I JUST CAN'T GET OUT OF BED I JUST CAN'T GET OUT OF BED THIS MORNING IT'S JUST AWFUL HARD I JUST WANNA STAY IN MY HEAD DREAMING DREAMS ABOUT MY OLD BACK YARD AND WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES I FEEL WARM AND GREEN YEAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH ETC THE WAY IT OUGHTTA BE YEAH I JUST CAN'T GET OUT OF BED THIS MORNING IT'S JUST AWFUL HARD I T'S JUST AWFUL HARD I'M PLAYING WITH MY BOW AND ARROW AND THE SUN IS WARMING ME DOWN IN MY MARROW I'M RUNNING THROUGH THE EMERALD GREEN THROUGH THE MISTY MORNING DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN AND WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES I HEAR THE FLOWERS SINGING SO DELICATE LIKE LITTLE BELLS A-RINGING I'M IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE OLD RAT RACE NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH NAH ETC AND WHEN I CALL IN SICK I HEAR MY BOSS A-SCREAMIN BUT I DON'T CARE I GOTTA KEEP DREAMING I JUST CAN'T GET OUT OF BED THIS MORNING IT'S TOO HARD.
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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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released July 7, 1991

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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
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