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Huck Finn
04:12
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will i find you
in the cold
biting winter
all alone
all is naked
but the pines
they may tell me
where you hide
and somedays i come to find
that the answers to my mind
drift away with the snow
so it goes
will i find you
in the heat
on the pavement
in bare feet
as the pleasure
turns to pain
i look for remnants
of the rain
and one day i'll come to find
that the thing i call my mind
will float away like a steam
as if a dream
will i find you in the dark of night
will i find you in that white hot light
will i find you in the cold blue smoke
will i find you at the butt of a joke
will i find you
in the haze
of a memory
far away
as i reach out
to touch your face
i go right through you
and awake
and one day i'll come to find
that the one who's gone to hide
always has and never will
that is until
until
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Stasis
03:46
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a celebration
or conflagration
the light i can't seem to see
to riends and relations
my reputation:
good luck making sense of me
i wish i knew what
i knew what to wish for
how 'bout a reason
to peel myself off the floor
i curse the sun the stars the moon and the sea
woe is me
my mind moves fast
it never lasts
i exist in brevity
i want what's real
that's how i feel
and now i'm busting at the seams
and on a good day
you know i brag i beat i boast
and i believe that
i am a greater man than most
i curse the sun the stars the moon and the sea
woe is me
i'll get along
write a song
and now i'm on my merry way
but you can bet
my sun will set
and i'll repeat this mystery
all i am doing
is doing it again
over and over
on the never ending bend
i curse the sun the stars the moon and the sea
woe is me
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Solitude
04:05
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if i didn't have to work in this place
well i wouldn't have to that smiling face
i see it's a lie, i see it's no good
the game i don't play but know i should
you keep it locked up and you keep it away
confront it when wiser on some later day
solitude
there is no other lover
you'll carry me out of this world
you toil you wait and waste all your time
while the eyes in the mirror say you're losing your mind
they give you an answer you give them a nod
then leave to go worship bottle or god
tell me the words tell me again
that i'm doing exactly what i should my man
solitude
there is no other lover
you'll carry me out of this world
here comes my angel, my savior, my muse
to whisper the words of my desperate tune
i like when you smile but i love when you laugh
won't you walk a bit longer down this path
but soon i'll awake and meet morning again
the last of my steady companionable friends
solitude
there is no other lover
you'll carry me out of this world
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No Good Thief
02:51
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hey baby have you heard the news
i'm in love you
it's true
i feel so good
good god
i'm starting to shake
i will kiss your hand
and you will laugh
and then you'll know
how truly low low low
i can go
ooo wee
how about i take you to the movies
or a show
i don't beg
i don't borrow
i just steal
now here's a joke
i'm broke
i'm afraid i don't have any dough
the truth is always funniest
you know
but i do respect
your intellect
as you keep me on my toes
and they're gonna tap tap tap
till you shake your hips
ooo wee
how about i take you to the movies or a show
i don't beg
i don't borrow
i just steal
i will love you until i love you no more
it's true
i'm sorry but that's the way it's gotta be
one day i won't
feel for you as strongly
as i do now
but you're lucky
cause that's the day
that i die
ooo wee
how about i take you to the movies or a show
i don't beg
i don't borrow
i just steal
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Faith
04:53
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i have wondered out
and wandered in
these rabbit holes
deep through the pin
i'm looking in
it unfolds
i just close my eyes
and keep on through
all is true
shake all the hands
of all the men
i used to be
they whisper on
oh carry on
tired son
faith
now i have kept my life
on the edge
of reason
close to all thought
yet i could not
receive it
known but not revealed
and not until
you hear it
so i have washed my feet
and gone complete
in the river
faith
i have reached the end
oh the end
the glorious end
and i
will touch the face of god
faith
faith
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Ryan Rickenbach New York, New York
"The little king of cosmic folk"
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