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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Anthology (1976-2024), Caves Suite (1984), LuMPy gRAvY pHAzE 4 (2023), Caught In A Nutshell (1979), Now In Print (1992), Negative Gravity (1991), and A Flaming Bucket of Worms (1977-1986).
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Hard to see in the morning
Hard to stand up and take that walk
Evening shadows surround me
Stop encouraging clever talk
Take some time for your smooth black hair
Don't rely upon what I think
Let me drift more that half asleep
Knowing you, knowing you
Eleven hours confront me
Daily walls for climbing over
Now the sun dares to blind me
Forcing me to admit its over
Look at you such a ready site
Don't rely upon what I think
Let me drift more that half asleep
Knowing You, knowing you
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Home
03:07
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Once upon a time
I fell from grace, I fell from living life
I was on the ground my legs collapsed
My world was filled with strife
I was broke apart, a work of art, you could count the pieces
A jigsaw of a man, the puzzled brand my world releases me
I was lost, I was torn, I was really shattered
I was gone, out the door, and my brains were battered
then you came, into my life, and showed with no doubt
That you cared, when you came, and you helped me work it out
Now I have you here, I have your face, your tongue, your body
And have your near, in any place, you know your duties to
Give it back to me, its hard to give and give it all night
When you’re here with me, I know its right, I know its alright now
And I’m home, and I'm free, and I’m so in focus
And we’re home, where we’ll be, looking from the terrace
And I’m home, and I'm free, and I’m so together
And we’re Home, where we’ll be, we’ll be together
If you have time, I want you near, I want to be with you
And I’ll give it back, I’ll fill you up, I know you want it too
If your time is mine, I want to fill it with connection
So please don’t draw the line, I’ll fill your heart with my affection now
And I’m home, and I'm free, and I’m so in focus
And I’m home, where we’ll be, looking from the terrace
And I’m home, and I'm free, and I’m so together
And I’m, where we’ll be, we’ll be together
And I’m home, and I'm free, and I’m so in focus
And we’re home, where we’ll be, looking from the terrace
And I’m home, and I'm free, and I’m so together
And we’re Home, where we’ll be, we’ll be together
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Rikrok pt l
01:57
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Rikrok pt 2
01:27
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Rikrok pt 3
01:07
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Rikrok pt 4
01:35
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Rikrok pt 5
01:08
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You're lucky that you weren't born a Siamese twin
Think of all the trouble that you would have been in
To be connected to another
How could you find a lover
And if you had a fight, how could you possibly win?
Siamese Twins - With your two sets of hands
Siamese Twins - Oh Won't you get up and dance
Siamese Twins - How could you rock to the beat
Siamese Twins - With your two pairs of feet
Be thankful that you weren't born a Siamese twin
I never really been one, but I don't think its in
To be connected to another
So What if he's your brother
What if you drank vodka and he only drank gin?
Siamese Twins - How could clothes fit you?
Siamese Twins - I hope he doctors could split you
Siamese Twins - Said I just can't imagine
Siamese Twins - Having double orgasms
You're lucky that you weren't born a Siamese twin
Two completely different people living in the same skin
To be connected to another
You'd find it such a bother
Try it and imagine how your life would have been
Siamese Twins - With your two sets of hands
Siamese Twins - Won't you get up and dance
Siamese Twins - Can you rock to the beat?
Siamese Twins - With your two pairs of feet
If you speculate about the possibilities
There doesn't seem to be a rationality
Why this thing called "Mother Nature"
Sometimes she just forsakes you
Take a look around and be glad you and me ain't
Siamese Twins - How could clothes fit you?
Siamese Twins - I hope he doctors could split you
Siamese Twins - Said I just can't imagine
Siamese Twins - Having double orgasms
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You look at all the baby boys
Prefer their moms and not their toys
Along comes Daddy there you go off into the next round
They look exhausted, oh they do
They look so old in front of you oo oo oo
Along comes those payments you go off into the next round
This kind of thing don't taste to you
Not quite the thing you'll ever do
I bet you never thought you'd do that,
even in a notion
They talk of nurseries and things
And all the sleepless nights they bring
Along come salaries you go off into the next round
They look exhausted oh they do
So underpriveledged to you oo oo oo
That kind of strain, no good, you go off into the next round
I bet you never thought you'd do that,
even in a notion
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Relatively Sane, relatively sane,
sometimes I think the world I live is relatively sane,
panic in my brain, here it comes again
each time that things get settled down and relatively sane
You step in and ask just what you're doing
you start telling me all you been thru and
times we had they seem so situated
your life stories been already dated
Never no no, no no never
its a tie I had to sever
Never no no, no no never
I won't let you pull that lever
relatively sane, relatively sane,
all bundled up and miserable, a wretched growing pain
relatively sane, relatively sane,
I won't allow the words you use to penetrate again
I found life without you satisying
Now there is no point in even trying
bitter is the lesson heartbreak teaches
now there is no way that you can reach me
Never no no, no no never
its a tie I had to sever
Never no no, no no never
Get your fingers off that lever
relatively sane, relatively sane,
all bundled up and miserable, a wretched growing pain
relatively sane, relatively sane
I won't allow the words you use to penetrate again
I found life without you satisying
Now there is no point in even trying
bitter is the lesson heartbreak teaches
now there is no way that you can reach me
Never no no, no no never
its a tie I had to sever
Never no no, no no never
I won't let you pull that lever
Never no no, no no never
its a tie I had to sever
No no, no no no no, no no
no no, no no no no, no no
GET YOUR FINGERS OFF THAT LEVER
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Bill: Hello. I'm Peter, where are you from? Originally?
Harold: (whispered) A full torso apparition, and its real!
Bill: Could you come over here and talk to me for a second please?
Could you come over here and talk to me for a second please?
Could you come over here and talk to me for a second please?
come over here please? Come here Fritzy
Dan: Our courteous and efficient staff is on call 24 hours a day to serve all your supernatural elimination needs
Bill: They hate this
Sigourney: The closet
Bill: I like to torture 'em
Bill: I want it to happen to me first
Sigourney: The closet
Bill: They hate this
Sigourney: What is that thing you're doing?
Dan: Past life presence intruding on present times
Harold: Clairvoyance or telepathic contact
Dan: psychic turbulence
Harold: Tobin's spirit guide
Bill: I like torture 'em
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Aunty Nosey lives across the street
her home is paid for with maturing bonds
Not a thing to fear except for being left out of my modest get around
It's terribly disturbing she sees fit to haunt my days
And I've tried, Oh, I've tried
I'll set her up with subtle men, she sends them all away
And I've tried, Oh, I've tried
Aunty Nosey does me favors, I prefer she lets me crumble to the ground
Makes us chicken dinner,
then she checks the paper so that we can take her out
Arrangements with my wife are gaining past the bottom well
No use to say its alright
There's got to be a way of sending Aunty off to hell
And I've tried, Oh, I've tried
Aunty why you never had a man to inspire
We don't know, We dont know, Oh oh
Putting up my house for sale may be the only logically fit answer
Then she has a brainstorm that we buy a double-family together
Together
Together No no no
Together No no no
Together
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There you stood with an error in your head
Nothing given, not much said
Here I come with a definate sign of direction
Feeling good having gotten out of bed
Looking made up, yellow and red
Here they come with a definate kind of intention
Never knew if we could take you or leave you
Never knew if we could take you or leave you
Was there someone in your eye to retrieve you
Never knew if we could take you or leave you
Never knew if we could take you or leave you
Was there someone in your eye to retrieve you
Take a walk to the bottom of town
Take a good look trying not to fall down
Lets all talk with a bit of old time reflection
There you stood with an error in your head
Nothing given, not much said
Here I come with a definate sign of correction
Never knew if we could take you or leave you
Never knew if we could take you or leave you
Was there someone in your eye to retrieve you
Never knew if we could take you or leave you
Never knew if we could take you or leave you
Was there someone in your eye to retrieve you
Never knew if we could take you or leave you
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Women and girls, the way glisten like pearls
You feel you just can't compete 'less you own one
And yet for all of the times I conquered psychotic minds
I don't know was it worth it to hold you
The times I struggled, seduced,
How could it ever produce
A state where I won't even bother
I think I've given up faith
You'll be the last of your race
It seems so pointless to search for another
Thought you were the one who made it work
Thought you were the one, how I'd get hurt?
Weren't you the one I chose instead
Weren't you the one who always said?
Don't you Worry, Worry, Worry, Worry
Worried Boy
When I first saw you girl, the way you shattered my world
I felt I couldn't compete 'less I owned you
But now its just one more time,
One more life on the line
And I still wonder was it worth it to hold you?
The times I struggled, seduced,
How could it ever produce
A state where I won't even bother
I think I've given up faith
You'll be so hard to erase
It seems so pointless to search for anoth
Thought you were the one who made it work
Thought you were the one, how I'd get hurt?
Weren't you the one I chose instead
Weren't you the one who always said?
Don't you Worry, Worry, Worry, Worry
Worried Boy
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Koto Song
02:35
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Shadowland Theme
02:14
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Can't you see that....
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Brandenberg Concerto
06:15
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Uru Kambi (2024 remix)
01:57
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The Nugot (2024 remix)
01:38
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Everybody Nugot
Yes, Yes, Do The Nugot
Its sweet as sugar, it melt in the sun
Melt outa shape like evryone
Do The Nugot
Ain't happy with what you got?
So do the Nugot
Easy as candy, Easy as cake
A Piece of pie, yea that's what you say
Sweet as honey, a piece of cake
Easy as pie like tyin' a shoelace
Do the Nugot
Ain't happy with what you got?
So do the Nugot
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Heximbue (2024 remix)
02:29
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Desert Jig (2024 remix)
01:06
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Dallas Rag
00:56
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Vaseline Machine Gun
02:17
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Robin's poem
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Kreeps Ahoy (2024 remix)
01:22
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Hedropolydron
02:44
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Prelude to the Curtain
03:59
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The stars are brighter than i've seen them before
since you opened my door to a new kind of daydream
helped me forget about the clock on the walI
all the things I adored, pulled me out of the mainstream
why did you compromise
open my eyes, tell me I dreaming
is it so? Otherwise, pull me aside tell me the meaning
The stars are brighter
I tried to focus on a new point of view
One not including you, I found it was torture
The nights we spent beneath the Calico moon
On a beach in the dunes, I could never forget 'cha
I didn't realize, those were the times
carefree and easy
you had me hypnotized, kisses like wine
helped me to see that
The stars are brighter
The trails of comets glow revolving the earth
signal omens or curses, I could never tell either
I only know that in mysterious ways, things that I can't explain
I remain a survivor
Once I was victimized, clown in disguise
laughing in anger
You had me itemized, minimalized,
professional stranger
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Fermi on the Pier
02:18
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Carlos Pt 1
04:40
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Carlos Pt 2
05:09
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Mule Beach
04:20
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3 Legs (FBOW)
02:33
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