right now     les lokey
right now
I catch up with myself
y'see I find my mind's spent
a whole lot of someotherwhere time
with you
i don't think about it
once i'm done with it
i've got no time
right now
i gotta ask myself
can i really stand here sayin'
'oh how time has flown'
when you damn well I do
not even think about it
before i rip it up and run from it
then i just run myself right back into
right now
i've got all i've got & i'll give it right now
you've got all you've got & you want to give
it some time
(i've got all i've got ~ you've got time)
all i'm asking is what time is it
right now
right now
when you've got it all to yourself
will you really tell me
how well time has
stood still
when I know it was you
I don't think about it
once I'm done with it
just look what we've done
right now

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landmine      les lokey
I got it wired that there's
strength in weakness
take pride in the survival of another crisis
the more you love me the more I'm a mess
I do my best work when my life is shit
I thrive on it
don't do me good, don't "honey" me,
It'll be alright. stay on your toes
at the edge of a fight
don't you dare recognize
the only hope we have
you only keep out of spite.
me, I'll keep it out of sight.
I could tell you it's a natural way of life
It's a cycle ~ a wave you drop in on & ride
make believe & you might never see what's
behind all that calculated cryin'
all that manipulative sighin'
You're mine, little monkey
with a landmine.
I could tell you it's a naural way of life
it's a cycle ~ a wave you drop in on & ride
make believe & you might never see what's
behind all that calculated cryin'
all that manipulative sighin'
you're mine, little monkey
with a landmine.

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burned up & shining      les lokey

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y' know that glow that comes over
a big city sky kinda like
a perpetual sunset?
well I saw it as I took a drag off my
very last cigarette, funny thing is
you don't ever really know if the light is
coming or going,
it's just a beautiful kind of
in between burned up and shining
I see all them shades coming down like
sleepy eyes, all I see is wide open space
I'm peaking inside, now, to some,
emptiness might mean vacancy
all I ever see is possibility, that way,
a whole helluva lotta everything gets left
up to me. I fall down on my knees & say
God, I'd need a miracle & I feel it comin' on
I feel a miracle comin' on
I wonder if I'm some kind of angel returned
remembering it all before I begin
or just some kind of animal
raised up one more rung
I'm a beast with empathy thrown in
a beast with empathy thrown in
you don't even really know if that light is
coming or going, it's just a beautiful kind of
in between burned up & shining
I come from mud in all of it's darkness
damp & fertile feet of clay
the light shines in all his heat & hardness
I'm only human but watch me play
in between instinct & deity
I feel a miracle comin' on
It might turn my tears to blood, might be
a fire, might be a flood, I don't know it all
but if I could all I'd be is a beautiful kind of
in between burned up & shining
so, y'know that glow that comes over a
big city sky kinda like a perpetual sunset?
well I saw it as I took a drag off my
very last cigarette, funny thing
(and what I like about it is) you don't ever
really know if that light is coming or going,
It's just a beautiful kind of
in between burned up & shining
it might turn my tears to blood, might be
a fire, might be a flood, I don't know
it all but if I could all I'd be is a beautiful
kind of in between burned up & shining.

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being simple      judybats
hearts cannot be broken
they're small squishy things
they don't break like glass
but they do bruise easily
this one you've bruised
words cannot be spoken
never knowing what they mean
sticks & stones hurt my bones
promises have broken me
each one you break
I want to be good, good is being simple
simple means forgeting
I simply cannot forget
I want to be great, but greatness is giving
giving leaves me empty oh great emptiness
eyes are always open even when we sleep
mine are mostly closed while yours are
wandering you look where you please
souls cannot be taken
they are large & they are loud
yours merely whispers, lately seems
It's shrinking, I wish it would speak
I want to be good, good is being simple
simple means forgetting
I simply cannot forget
I want to be great, but greatness is giving
giving leaves me empty oh great emptiness.

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angels' envy     les lokey
over into a lifetime's bridge we pass,
crossing inadvertent paths
i curse the god of chaos, Chance
tangling us in circumstance.
do angelhearts ever resent
their chastity or hold contempt
exchanging lust for firmament
and vows to all of earth transcend
it's angels' envy
the angels envy you & me
trapped in our flesh wrapped in our flesh
rapt in our in our flesh
This what costly sacrifice,
bloodheat for eternal life
within forevervescent light
that all wordly boundary denies...
(we're taught to deny our flesh)
it's a great paradox, temporal chains
the freedom that confinement brings
to embody passion, kisses & screams
pales bloodless angelic wings...
(to embody passion kisses & screams)
if this mystery we test,
spirits in hearts fathomless,
would such divinity express
itself within sweet mortal flesh?
Over into a lifetime's bridge we pass,
crossing inadvertent paths
I curse the god of chaos, Chance
tangling us up in circumstance.

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unusual      les lokey
i'm not used to this, but i could be
it's not what i normally do,
but it's alright
you amuse me, but not as much as
i amuse myself
it's unusual, but i've learned to like it.
you abuse me, but not as much as
i abuse myself

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lullaby for love      les lokey
I go to bed every morning
& I think about you
Little bits of agony we all go through
I still love you - who can explain
If there's a lullaby for love
mine's best put to sleep
Lay to rest the promises that
lovers never keep
I still love you - who can explain
There's whispering & sweet simple things
like laughing at the pain
Makes me want to turn around
& try it again
But if there's a lullaby for love
maybe mine's best put to sleep
Lay to rest the secrets that
no soul should ever keep
I still love you - who can explain
Lullably for love

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dangerous world      e arnold
yippies in the park, punx in the yard
solidarity for the plebes
collecting your money
dispensing baloney
donations for flowers for PEACE
I am not impressed, It's a cranial recession
we're a whole lot brighter than our fear
if the mega hurts, I'll kill a watt
for the punctual essence of a sneeze
It's hip, so hip, so help ya hippie
It's a dangerous world, emotional curls
the rapture of Moon everyboy w/ anygirl
mmm baby mm ba-baby it's a
dangerous world
satellite communication/
media sublimination ain't it a
dangerous world
wall to wall dogs in the wall, nothin' left
but a lotta dog momit on the radio
baby, ain't it a dangerous world
It's hip, so hip, so help ya hitler
yippies in the park, punx in the yard
solidarity for the plebes
collecting you money
dispensing baloney
donations for flowers for PEACE
I am not impressed, it's a cranial recession
you're a whole lot brighter than your fear
baby it's a danger ain't it, but it's hip.

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good day     les lokey
I'm too old to hate my life
I savor every minute I've got
I'm gonna suck it dry.
I've seen a lot of miles of bad road
it hasn't changed my mind
as far as I know I've still got hope
if I can pull the sheet off my face
and still see light.
It's a good day.
I am a life.
It all surrounds you.
Good byes and too bads
usually it's true
it's too late before you see that you've been had.
Agony is a luxury
for the hopeless & the lost.
Confusion is a good excuse.
A fool prays to pay what that costs.
It's a good day.
I am a life.
There is no fairy tale.
Nothing comes guaranteed.
You make it all up
it's a story you get to tell you might as well
end it any way you please.
It's a good day.
I am a life.

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hollow bodhisattva      les lokey
shadows stick close by a real bright light
that's how they know who they are
you're forever travelling
penumbrant satellite
shifting in & out of the dark
but you're no fish outta water
no lost angel on this earth
hallow bodhisattva swallow up the glow
swallow it up for all it's worth
balance & resistance are the threads of life
you weave a-void faithfully
rapt in your vision of blood & sacrifice
spilling your seed all over me
why don't you go hypnotize some blindman
make him believe that he sees
reach inside & teach a few of your own
sleeping demons to be free
you might be the devil or a little demi-god
time will only tell & then you decide
I'll just keep my eye on you
while you're drifting in & out of the
(slipping in & out of the) light

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mother      john lennon
mother, you had me, but I never had you
I wanted you, but you didn't want me
so I've just got to tell you goodbye
father, you left me, but I never left you
I needed you, you didn't need me
so I've just got to tell you goodbye
mother don't go father come home
children, don't do what I have done
I couldn't walk & I tried to run
so I've just got to tell you goodbye
mother don't go father come home

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