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A Cast of Thousands

by A Cast of Thousands

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Paranoia 02:56
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Paranoia Are you my guardian angel or a member of the CIA? Is your proximity earnest or the means to a wage? I guess it won't take long to find out, for sure You feel like a shadow, a presence I've felt before. The shutter snaps a picture, I look out my back door. Is this truth elixir or the drink that I just poured? Soon enough I'll find out if some body is really there. Better yet, I just won't even care. You think I think too much. I think I think too much. Me thinks we think too much. About you, about you, about me. You're my guardian angel You're the FBI You're the Secret Service You're the eye in the sky You are my reflection, a virtual mirror Please don't be afraid to sit next to me.
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Another Day 03:45
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Another Day When thoughts come to pass Engaged inside your mind Purged with some regrets Left you more than you could find So time to move on Seal the box, put the gown away For another day Letters so brittle, lines old Yet read so new They disintegrate too Falling just beyond your view So time to move on Pack your bags, play a different song The one that goes on. When bodies collapse, Decay is one reward For those of us left Guess what waits...another war So time to move on Close the box, put the dress away For another day
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Sunday Says 03:02
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Sunday Says Sunday says, "Don't wake up just to read. Gotta write it down, it's what you need. To figure the whole week while you're weak in the knees. Standing dizzy upon your feet.” As you feel light in your head, as the light hits your head Ooo - Sundays says, yeah Sunday says. Sunday says, "I can sit and watch you dream. While I wait for coffee, I'll have some cream. If there were three of me, we'd still be asleep Counting clouds of floating sheep.” That fly over my bed and the newspapers I've read. Ooo - Sundays says, yeah Sunday says. Oh, yeah! It’s Monday’s face they all dread As the future week conspires ahead The invisible fence you’re up against. Sky is green, the sun turns red. Lightning striking again To match my last cigarette. Ooo - Sundays says, yeah Sunday says.
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Crazy 03:36
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Written by Beth Beer
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(((GB))) 03:29
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(((GB))) Hey baby man Why you crying again Every time I turn on my TV There’s you blubbering, blubbering About some nonsense That never was And never will be Hey baby man Why are you angry again Choking on chalk dust Terrorizing us End the lesson now If you start grow up We won’t show up And get down Crybaby man Crying like a crocodile Crybaby man, crybaby man Crying with the crocodiles Crybaby man, crybaby man Crying with the crocodiles Lying man You are so like me You can think for me Sitting on your millions Just like me, apparently Face turning red Tantrum brewing, Ooh better watch out You get ahead Cuz you yell loud enough So when you shut up And we turn off You’ll be crying yourself to sleep Wah-awah-wah-awah Crybaby man Crying like a crocodile Crybaby man, crybaby man Crying with the crocodiles Crybaby man, crybaby man Crying with the crocodiles Lying man
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To Forget You 05:07
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To Forget You People see me comin’, They always act dismayed I guess I stayed when I should have left And you left when you should have stayed I don’t see why my future has turned into my past Let me thank though one more time You set me free at last Now I have time for all the things You said I’d never do And tonight I promise I’ll forget you. I remember the day that we first me It was at the county fair You had on a dress of blue cotton Red ribbons–in your hair You said your name--it was Cara Finn That was the first of many lies But I didn’t know it, at the time I was arguing with your eyes Those like eyes like angel sapphires From a dark bayou And tonight I promise I’ll forget you. You said that I reminded you Of your first real love affair I wish you’d fill me in A little more before I care Now you say that your doin’ better You say it’s a brand new day Ahhh...people say all kinds of things It’s amazing what people will say And meanwhile a stand each afternoon Staring at my shoes And tonight I promise I’ll forget you. So these days I’m studying architecture I build buildings in my head I married Cheryl, she’s a senator’s girl And I’m happy inside of her bed But now and then she catches me staring into space And I hate to see that disappointment written all over her face ‘Cause I know she that thinks the world of me. I know she’s always true. That’s why tonight I promise I’ll forget you.
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Trust Lust 03:07
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Trust Lust The voice of a whisperer says, “Hello, New York! Wake that pretty head of yours.” In touch with all of your alter-egos That means you can always quit. The alphabet is spinning backwards A story to entertain us after Headphones will ring A bee will sing To my wonderful darling I can’t conquer lust It sticks to the heart Like truth to trust Love must conquer lust As it does, then we must be in love Gamblers, cowards and picture takers Sneak inside the dressing room Offering up last minute instructions The referee to count to two The leisure suit from head-to-boot Obscuring the cameras view Believe me now, you must believe me You can only see it, when it’s leaving I can’t conquer lust It sticks to the heart Like truth to trust Love must conquer lust As it does, then we must be in love
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Nowhere Fast 03:54
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Nowhere Fast Stand still My new life has begun It’s bright With all the stuff I’ve never done It’s coming fast right up my throat hope it lasts The spot Where I showed my pedigree It’s dry from the blazing of my feet A shooting star straight to the bar hope it lasts Oh road! Where do you go? Nowhere fast My mark Made with disappearing ink It shrinks With all the wisdom that I speak About my life rolling on hope it lasts The time speeds by without a pause The lines And gray show my flaws The time is near or never more hope it lasts Oh road! Where do you go? Oh road Nowhere fast
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Seasons Change 03:33
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Seasons Change Well I didn’t mean to bring you down, but I just can’t help it It seems like the weather is getting to me Outside my window the wind is blowing colder Only you could make the seasons change Winter snow may soothe the soul on December mornings As I hold you tightly in my arms We danced before the fire as you took me higher Than embers from the setting sun Maybe it’s the way the days are closing short Maybe it’s the way you breathe Maybe it’s everything you mean to me Only you could make the seasons change Spring came so quickly, I really didn’t notice The flowers in your golden hair I looked into your deep blue eyes and I felt an ocean Summer sun may promise fun to you my darling As long as it is to you it is to me No matter what I do or say, I just can’t help it Because only you can make the seasons change
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The Drifter 04:45
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The Drifter I was headin’ for Denver—tryin’ to change my luck Everything that I owned I had ---in a pickup truck That’s when I first saw her In a small town café Who’d ever thought I’d still be living here today Cause I was always dreamin’ of the clear blue skies above us And her eyes were the color of the solid earth below And how we stayed together through all kinds of weather I guess God only knows Cause I was a drifter and she brought me home I was a stranger—just passin’ through And she was a hometown girl—that everyone knew I was tired of driftin’—it’s just another town Had my head in the clouds/—she was flat on the ground Cause I was always dreamin’ of the clear blue skies above us And her eyes were the color of the solid earth below And how we stayed together through all kinds of weather I guess God only knows Cause I was a drifter and she brought me home Just like a leaf that’s caught ---in a storm blown wind Too many storms came thro-ugh—so I could never begin To find some--body—yeah a girl like you Cause when you took my hand—that’s when the sun broke through Cause I was always dreamin’ of the clear blue skies above us And her eyes were the color of the solid earth below And how we stayed together through all kinds of weather I guess God only knows Cause I was a drifter and she brought me home A-ha-ha-ah-ah Wo-ho-oh-ho-oh
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Night Farming 02:56
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Night Farming Lights on the field The crop I must yield Brings me to your doorstep I may be poor caught under the gun I need some understanding Night farming Night farming Night farming Call it research As long as you stay I call it vocation If it keeps me sane Around the corner I cannot see The silence follows It's following me Night farming Night farming Night farming
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Bad Times 03:27
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Bad Times It’s the time to Give all that stuff away Yeah-yeah It’s the time to do instead of say Yeah yeah We’re all here to put on a big show Yeah-yeah This time near, no one can say no Yeah-yeah Stop all the mail and cheer We’re gonna celebrate Even bad times All the monies gone To the big old banks Yeah yeah We sure know which guys we’ve got to thank Yeah yeah Nothing left to give to you or me Yeah yeah And all the work is done overseas Turn off the phone And say We’re gonna celebrate Even bad times Ooh ooh ooh ohh Ooh ooh ooh Ooh ooh ooh Folks just finally coming awake Yeah yeah To all the life that’s at stake Yeah yeah No more so no more millionaires Yeah yeah No more noise clogging up our air Get offline And see We’re gonna celebrate Even bad times. Go outside just be
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Prayer 04:32
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Prayer Sexually humorous situations got perversions of every kind They're required to weigh like broken box springs sprung from and on my mind I need this to keep me laughing Cuz if I stop now I start crying every time Somewhere I know the sun is shining If it's not here for now we'll paint it outside the lines Please carry this prayer as a reminder of God's love for you and all of us who care I hope you will ask God to help you To do what you've gotta do To get well again Use your unique talent to always help humanity This will give your life a purpose and help you break free from the prison inside yourself Please carry this prayer as a reminder of God's love for you and all of us who care I hope you will ask God to help you To do what you've gotta do To get well again
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I've Been Leaving Too Long 02:56
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I’ve Been Leaving Too Long I never knew if this day was coming It seemed as though somehow it would go on and on But I can tell that tonite’s gonna be a hard one Cause I’m always hopin’ for one last song Cause I’ve been leavin’ too long I wish that I could sing just one more song But it’s too sad –though sad isn’t wrong It’s just that I’ve been leavin’ I’ve been leavin’ too long I can’t pretend I can’t pretend any longer That things are going the way you want them to I wish I could cause honey I want to please you But it’s too much it’s too much for me to do Cause I’ve been leavin’ too long I wish that I could sing just one more song But it’s too sad –though sad isn’t wrong It’s just that I’ve been leavin’ I’ve been leavin’ too long

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released October 30, 2010

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A Cast of Thousands Auburn, New York

A quartet from "History's Hometown", Auburn, New York. Their songs have been described as “barnstormers”, “simple stabs at precious pop”, with a “rough and ready sonic immediacy.” Since 2010, they’ve recorded seven albums.

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