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Ho Ho Ho
04:06
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He took his first life when he was 15
Then God came to him in a rum and coke dream
He said, "Buddy, the law's after you
But here's what I'm prepared to do
I'll help you to beat that whole rap
And here's how you can pay me back
Chorus: Just sit back and watch it all flow
Ho Ho Ho..
So they shook on the deal and he went back to sleep
But he woke up in Nam, in the back of a jeep
And they tied both his hands round his back
And they forced him to lead the attack
And when all the killing was through
Here's what they told him to do...
Then they gave him is hat and they showed him the door
And he wound up engaged to a Mexican whore
And he saw his whole life hit the skids
with an overweight wife and six kids
but a terrible flood came one day
washed his whole family away..
you know what he did...
Now he eats and he breathes through a tube in his face
In exile so high, the first outlaw in space
And someday they may set him free
But there's no place that he'd rather be
And the satellites ring in his ear
but nowadays he don't even hear
He just sits back and watches it flow... Ho Ho Ho..
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Nikki
05:05
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Different Kind of Free
05:59
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I've been flying for so long, where the air was cold and thin
I was stuck in my old song, couldn't find a place to land
You were always taking in every wounded bird you found
I think you got beneath my skin
'fore I even knew that I was coming down
Chorus:
I crashed into you like a bird through a windowpane
Thought if I just flew I could skip all the rough terrain
You took care of me but you never tried to hold me down
Now I've come to see there's a different kind of free
here on the ground
I could never really see why the caged bird likes to sing
I would cling to being free like a puppet to his string
But a fort can be a jail if it's too big to escape
Your heart did not fit my scale
Every time I ran you let me get a way
I ain't afraid to die alone, just afraid of wasting time
Once you find a kindred soul, letting go is such a crime
When I look into your eyes, see myself stare back at me
Know you see through my disguise
So amazing that you still like what you see
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Jay Williams Bainbridge Island, Washington
Grew up in L.A., next door to Rodney King. Foster kid, on welfare, muttsville. Heard John Prine at the Roxy when I was 16, changed my life. Stumbled into KROQ in the 1980s, got my 15 mins of fame. Moved to the Northwest, found community, then lost them when compassion became their justification for fascism. I'm over humans. These songs feel like phantom limbs. Cats are my gurus now. ... more
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