1. _ Most Precarious
Music & lyrics: john popper
Don't you give up don't allow disaster
Don't you give up don't you let her win
We're talking about a "forever after"
Don't you give up don't you dare give in
Don't you give up don't you dare give in
Doesn't it seem most precarious
Doesn't it seem such a chance to take
Doesn't it seem most precarious
Why does it feel like a big mistake
Please understand and hear what i'm saying
The time is now and you don't have long
She could be oceans away tomorrow
So soon your chance will have come and gone
So soon your chance will have come and gone
Doesn't it seem most precarious
Doesn't it seem such a chance to take
Doesn't it seem most precarious
Why does it feel like a big mistake
The tight-wires strung and you're out in the middle
All eyes upon you no net below
Inches to go and you're almost home free
Feel the wires swaying to and fro
Feel the wires swaying to and fro
Doesn't it seem most precarious
Doesn't it seem such a chance to take
Doesn't it seem most precarious
Why does it feel like it would be a damn shame
Would be forever if it meant a day
How stoically i exclaim
As she turns from me and walks away
The light in her eyes explanation escapes you
Longing to please and not feel alone
And she doesn't know it but really she loves you
Some day so soon you're gonna make it home
Some day so soon you're gonna make it home
Doesn't it seem most precarious
Doesn't it seem such a chance to take
Doesn't it seem most precarious
Why does it feel like a big mistake
Doesn't it seem most precarious
Doesn't it seem such a chance to take
Doesn't it seem most precarious
Why does it feel like a big mistake
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2. _ Justify The Thrill
Music: chan kinchla
Lyrics: john popper
Break away break away
Blinkon and nod
Carelessly with matches play
Telling you you're odd
Foolishly he lets it burn
Aware of different shapes
And so he makes his hand a fist
And never looks at what he rapes
And who am i to say i don't understand it
And if feeling better justifies the thrill
Who'd be stupid enough to say it doesn't have to be that way
I will
Sing a song of sixty pence
For a pocket full of rye
And kill all that he represents
To ensure that he will die
Chase him from the public square
Or hang him from a tree
And tell his kind they best beware
Because he's different from me
And who am i to say i don't understand it
And if feeling better justifies the thrill
Who'd be stupid enough to say it doesn't have to be that way
I will
Twinkle twinkle little star
We have you in our sights
Dangerous, we come this far
The serpent giggles with delight
The pigs head on a stick does grin
As we teeter on the brink
He's singing you are all my children
My islands bigger than you think
And who am i to say i don't understand it
And if feeling better justifies the thrill
Who'd be stupid enough to say it doesn't have to be that way
I will
I will
I will
I will
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3. _ Yours
Music & lyrics: john popper
You, with your hand outstretched
Finger on the key
This lock that you release
Is opening but isn't free
And i hope that you can see
How it beats inside of me
Instead of pushing fear aside
I want to run i want to hide
I am vulnerably yours
She, who is wanting me
Whose touch can make me cry
I can only understand
By never asking her why
Hear the contradictions fly
And as hard as i may try
Every truth becomes a lie
In the ache of her reply
I am passionately...
Yours
And the saddest eyes are
Yours
And the softest skin is
Yours
And the hope i borrow is
Yours
So won't you let me in i'm yours
All that i begin is yours
Every prize i win is yours
At your feet again i'm yours
All i am is yours
All i am is wanting you
I've fallen down and i can't seem to come to
If i should die before i wake
I commend my soul into this ache
Up above the world so high
Where the water tends to meet the sky
She's all i'm after by the toe
And i won't let go...
And i wanted you to know
That if you reap what you would sew
I would take it blow by blow
All i am is...
Yours
And the saddest eyes are
Yours
And the softest skin is
Yours
And the hope i borrow is
Yours
So won't you let me in i'm yours
All that i begin is yours
Every prize i win is yours
At your feet again i'm yours
All i am is yours
Yours
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4. _ Canadian Rose
Music & lyrics: john popper
Autumn air it carries me there
Less than an hour to go
Six hundred miles an hour
And still it feels so slow
I'm trying to get back to burlington
To a square in the center of town
To a spot on a wooden table
Where her feet didn't reach the ground
And shen she kisses me it tasted like cinnamon
And her skin smells of cider and rose
And when she looked at me we both got quiet
And my heart beats so hard we were in so close
Once for such a beautiful while that still makes me smile
And she called me her ugly american
And i would call her my canadian flower
And i don't think that we'll ever get there again
We had such power
And she would call me her ugly american
And i'll remember my canadian rose
Especially when the fall comes to burlington
We were in so close
I finally made it this town looks rearranged
I don't know these people anymore
But in the best ways not much else has changed
From the way it was before
And at least they still have this certain table
Where i once carved a particular name
I run my finger through the weathered carving
And i almost can feel the same
And my mouth it almost tastes just like cinnamon
As i ponder what my pilgrimage means
And i try to figure out where vancouver is from here
And i listen to the leaves
If only for a beautiful while that still makes me smile
And she called me her ugly american
And i would call her my canadian flower
And i don't think that we'll ever get there again
We had such power
And she would call me her ugly american
And i'll remember my canadian rose
Especially when the fall comes to burlington
We were in so close
And every single hope and dream i could ever conjure up
Passionately springs in me and all things are possible
Plausible and perfectly both of ours forever after and every day
At least it seemed that way
Once for such a beautiful while that still makes me smile
And she called me her ugly american
And i would call her my canadian flower
And i don't think that we'll ever get there again
We had such power
And she would call me her ugly american
And i'll remember my canadian rose
Especially when the fall comes to burlington
We were in so close
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5. _ Great Big World
Music: brendan hill
Lyrics: john popper
Gauntlets
Town one by one
See how
They run
And when the check doesn't clear
And it's time to pay the bill
Some are gonna ride it out
Some can't and they never will
'cause it's a great big world calling you to take a ride
And it's a great big world singing come and see and come inside
Oh yeah a great big world reminding you you're not alone
So hold on this great big world we only get to rent we never get to own
Inches fill a yard stick
Feet slowly walk a mile
Make one move then another
And then you try to live a while
Keep your head and you might make it
But that ain't no guarantee
'cause it take debt and obligation
To fly around so free
And it's a great big world calling you to take a ride
And it's a great big world singing come and see and come inside
Oh yeah a great big world reminding you you're not alone
So hold on this great big world we only get to rent we never get to own
Whatcha gonna do first
And where will you make your mark
How are you going to get there
And can you find a place to park
Seasons coming slowly
But still they always come
And then it feels like just a second
And then suddenly you're done
And it's a great big world reminding you you're not alone
And it's a great big world we only get to rent we never get to own
'cause it's a great big world calling you to take a ride
And it's a great big world singing come and see and come inside
Oh yeah a great big world reminding you you're not alone
So hold on this great big world we only get to rent we never get to own
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6. _ Make My Way
Music & lyrics: john popper
When you roll down your window
And ask for directions
Can you count on the answers
That you would receive
If you've ever been taken
By that passed along pay back
Why ask in the first place you might not believe
But i won't be confined to road maps
Or let assholes decide
And i'd rather be lost
Then afraid to take a ride
And if it's a sing
No place on earth will i ever fit in
And i don't mind
Someday i pray i just may
As i make my way
Well i might have been helpful
Or a mischievous bastard
But when i'm thinking about it
I do what i can
In the infinite halfway
Where everyone always meets me
And by the laws of pure error
Do we exchange and understand
I'm yelling as loudly
As my lungs will allow
I wish i could whisper
Can you hear me now
And if it's a sing
No place on earth will i ever fit in
And i don't mind
Someday i pray i just may
As i make my way
Could be no one has the meaning
Of what anybody says
But so we don't feel so lonely
We decide that we do
Well now we might be speaking english
But what does that mean
And can you honestly tell me
What color is blue
Well you could try an explanation
Or try to wonder why
But if i'm lost in your driveway
All i really can do is try
And if it's a sing
No place on earth will i ever fit in
And i don't mind
I've looked and searched her over countless times
And i'll do it again
Someday i may finally want to stay
Someday i pray i just may
As i make my way
As i make my way
As i make my way...
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7. _ Carolina Blues
Music: chan kinchla
Lyrics: john popper
Trying to make a train by sunrise gonna have to run a red light
Trying to make a train by sunrise gonna have to run a red light
Tangling with my carolina you know the girl kept me up all night
And when my carolina throw down you know the girl knows how to fight
Don't think we're gonna make it there's nothing else that anyone can do
Don't think we're gonna make it there's nothing else that anyone can say
Almost got the feeling that carolina's liking it that way
I'm waiting on the train man, to wait and take the pain away
All aboard
All aboard
Wait for me
Wait for me
Train man kept his promise gonna try and go on back to bed
Train man kept his promise gonna try and go on back to bed
Can't sleep anyway thinking 'bout what my carolina said
And oh my carolina running like a freight train through my head
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8. _ Felicia
Music & lyrics: john popper
And if my two left feet could settle down and split the difference
Tripping over myself in every way that i know how
Perhaps in time i could surpass my coy facade of vast indifference
But i've already reached the maximum of what my law allows
You tell me to relax you tell me
Not to try so hard
But in the end it only makes me want to more
To figure out some way to play some major part
So i watch her move and i watch her work
Satisfy my voyeuristic quirk
Old habits they are hard to break
Just harder than it is to take
And when she looks away i tap my feet
I try my best to be discreet
Careful so she won't find out
How much i want to shout
Come on and dance with me felicia
And show me how to do that step i never thought i could
You always move so gracefully
And i was never any good
But maybe if you'll dance with me
I'd feel as nimble as a cheetah felicia
The momentary soaring of an eagle would be me
Come on felicia set me free
And when you start to close your eyes
You know you move so beautifully
I want to dance with you come on and dance with me felicia
I suppose the thing that gets me most is that if i'd bothered ever
I wouldn't feel so much like casey who never got to bat
You cannot help but laugh at me singing better late than never
And more and more i realize i have no argument for that
I can almost work up the nerve for a declaration
I can almost hear me speak the words as i gain resolve
But then you move and you twirl and you smile at me
And my inhibition and my courage both dissolve
And so i'm standing there and i do not move
In spite of her momentous groove
And for a moment i can barely see
A glimpse of how good it could be
And then i must admit that i want to try
To look felicia in the eye
And when the music starts to play
To smile at her and say
Come on and dance with me felicia
And show me how to do that step i never thought i could
You always move so gracefully
And i was never any good
But maybe if you'll dance with me
I'd feel as nimble as a cheetah felicia
The momentary soaring of an eagle would be me
Come on felicia set me free
And when you start to close your eyes
You know you move so beautifully
I want to dance with you come on and dance with me felicia
And so i'm standing there and i do not move
In spite of her momentous groove
And for a moment i can barely see
A glimpse of how good it could be
And then i must admit that i want to try
To look felicia in the eye
And when the music starts to play
To smile at her and say
Come on and dance with me felicia
And show me how to do that step i never thought i could
You always move so gracefully
And i was never any good
But maybe if you'll dance with me
I'd feel as nimble as a cheetah felicia
The momentary soaring of an eagle would be me
Come on felicia set me free
And when you start to close your eyes
You know you move so beautifully
I want to dance with you come on and dance with me felicia
I want to dance with you come on and dance with me felicia
Dance with me i want to dance with you felicia
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9. _ Last Night I Dreamed
Music & lyrics: chan kinchla
It's the part of the dream that leaves me when the sunlight hits my eyes
It's the part of the dream that rolls me over and over as i sleep
It's the part of the dream that leaves me wanting for the darkness
It's the part of the dream i can't remember it at all
I dreamed about you last night
I dreamed about you last night
I dreamed about you last night
Last night i dreamed
Last night last night
Something about a big jet plane moving fast off into the sunset
Maybe a mustang moving fast up to the sky
Mor like a great big boat drifting off to nowhere
I know that in the end you were waiting on the other side
I dreamed about you last night
I dreamed about you last night
I dreamed about you last night
Last night i dreamed
Last night last night
I can feel the dream long before it makes my mind
I know the dream like the scent of the evening air
I need the dream to keep me safe until the morning
When i open my eyes you're there
I dreamed about you last night
I dreamed about you last night
I dreamed about you last night
Last night i dreamed
I dreamed about you last night
I dreamed about you last night
I dreamed about you last night
Last night i dreamed
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10. _ Battle Of Someone
Music & lyrics: john popper
Well i love no one and i don't care who knows
Don't care if you're far away
Don't give a damn if you're close
I'm the vacant distraction of a broken old man
I lack shape or color
Not even gray or even tan
I'd hate all i see but it makes me too tired
I'm much more at home when left uninspired
So damn me to hell and resist if you must
But lower your eyes once and i'll emerge from the dust
For i am nothing
Yes i am nothing
Yes i am nothing
And i love no one
Well i love everyone i am filled with delight
I understand all your feelings i don't see from wrong or right
I'm the look in your eyes when you're telling the truth
I'm the wisdom of age and the beauty of youth
I am shape substance color darkest black palest white
Speckled gond ringing mirror sharp soft and bright
I'm rage passion laughter and the need to know why
Come sample all my riches i'm pure stimuli
For i am everything
Yes i am everything
Yes i am everything
And i love everyone
Well i can only love someone i am just a person
My father loved my mother and i am her son
The preceding verses are the halves of my soul
I'm just the battlefield and that is my role
There's a tug of war between what i can and can't feel
The inevitable compromise determines the real
The equation the reason for my being here
The struggle resulting in my invention of the tear
For i'm only something
Yes i'm only something
Yes i'm only something
And i can only love someone
And it's the best i can do
It's the very best i can do
You're probably someone too
So perhaps i love you
Perhaps you'll love me too
Perhaps you'll love me too
Perhaps you'll love me too
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11. _ The Gunfighter
Music: chan kinchla
Lyrics: john popper
I'm taken aback
But still i let it ride
No sudden movements
I ease my hand real slow
Then my hands are like lightning
And the bullets start to fly
I was almost in the clear too
With just inches left to go
And if it's the fool who likes to rush in
And if it's the angel who never does try
And if it's me who will lose or win
Then i'll make my best guess and i won't care why
C'mon and get me you twist of fate
I'm standing right here mr. destiny
If you want to talk well then i'll relate
If you don't so what cause you don't scare me
Time comes when i'm older
And a new kid hits the street
They'll say he's fast and he looks for me
And he says i'm going down
And though i try to avoid this man
Eventually we'll meet
He draws faster than i can see and knocks me to the ground
And if it's the fool who likes to rush in
And if it's the angel who never does try
And if it's me who will lose or win
Then i'll make my best guess and i won't care why
C'mon and get me you twist of fate
I'm standing right here mr. destiny
If you want to talk well then i'll relate
If you don't so what cause you don't scare me
So i'm lying in the street there
And the lights are getting dim
Preacher man comes and tells me
Repent it's time to pray
You only have to lose once
But you never always win
I smile at him with my last words
And this is what i'll say
Well if it's the fool who likes to rush in
And if it's the angel who never does try
And if it's me who will lose or win
Then i'll make my best guess and i won't care why
C'mon and get me you twist of fate
I'm standing right here mr. destiny
If you want to talk well then i'll relate
If you don't so what cause you don't scare me
C'mon and get me you twist of fate
I'm standing right here mr. destiny
If you want to talk well then i'll relate
If you don't so what cause you don't scare me
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12. _ Business As Usual
Music: brendan hill and chan kinchla
Lyrics: john popper
Sue him now and i'll tell you how
He's gonna milk like a cow
And if you want to fill a bucket
Simple as pie if you care to try
Just look him in the eye like you're high
And you want to die to cry
Fuck it
He's stuck it
Where it's ripe and i can pluck it
And it's a jewel
And it's cool
And hell i ain't no fool to school the rule
Business as usual
System never fails
Everybody's constitutional
Bargain back room sale
Bought and sold don't you catch a cold
It's going around i'm told
And it's survival of the healthy
Early to rise gonna win a prize
It's the other guys who realize
Their demises' size will fantasize
I'm stealthy i'll be wealthy
But they deny with a lie
As they try to sigh their sly good-bye
To like it or lump it
And if it's back is turned
The jump it so pump it out
Business as usual
System never fails
Everybody's constitutional
Bargain back room sale
Like it or lump it
And if it's back is turne
Then jump it or bump it or pump it
Have your tea and crumpet
On a stump it
Doesn't matter to me you see
If i can let it be then i'm free
In the sea of my destiny
And that's key for me
You know chi for me
And if rivalry is chivalry then c'est la vie
Or c'est la guerre
Let the buyer beware of the fare
And if you dare to bare the air to care
Then something is there
But if it's bought or leased
Let it be deceased
With the beast released
Then the palm is greased
And we can gather for the feast
Business as usual
System never fails
Everybody's constitutional
Bargain back room sale
Business as usual
System never fails
Everybody's constitutional
Bargain back room sale
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13. _ Psycho Joe (goes To The Electric Chair)
Music: bobby sheehan
Lyrics: john popper
He took a rifle
And killed a disciple
So that those nagging thoughts would leave him in peace
He'd drown a puppy
Or shive-shank a yuppie
Just to make the voices cease
Goes on a bender
Then he surrenders
Taken into custody
So satisfying i would be lying
If i didn't want to hear the plea
And so we gather round psycho joe
The quiet loners always blow
Strap him in the chair
And killing bad guys is such fun
Too bad we only captured one
Are there any more out there
Are there any more out there
And in the weirdest way it sets him free
He's finally rid of you and me
Joe and his electric chair
He worshiped satan
And liked iron maiden
And now he's in the cold cold ground
For more exciting
Staging and lighting
We waited till the sun went down
Killed someone's daughter
With the chain that they bought her
What's a daddy gonna do
But the most annoyed
Were the talk show tabloid
Because they couldn't get an interview
And so we gather round psycho joe
The quiet loners always blow
Strap him in the chair
And killing bad guys is such fun
Too bad we only captured one
Are there any more out there
Are there any more out there
Any more out there?
You've got your heroes
Ceasars and neros
Men of infamy and fame
Now we've got jo jo
Have we sunk so low
Guess i've got myself to blame
An eye for an eye
Won't get you by
Good book says that it's a sin
But the ratings war
Says that if we kill more
Psychopaths then we will win
And so we gather round psycho joe
The quiet loners always blow
Strap him in the chair
And killing bad guys is such fun
Too bad we only captured one
Are there any more out there
Are there any more out there
And in the weirdest way it sets him free
He's finally rid of you and me
Joe and his electric, joe and his electric
Joe and his electrical chair
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