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Herogi Knows
03:53
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ANCIENT PHOTOGRAPHS
High way 64
a thousand miles above the sea level,
tumblin' on my own
i am just a small boy
watching as the sun comes out at night
scared but standing solid
hesitant but lusting for a ride up to the moon
i try to step inside now,
but mother's voice is crawling through my skin
dissuading me from them
ANCIENT PHOTOGRAPHS / ANCIENT MELODIES
REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME
COULD IT BE THAT I MISSED MY ONLY RIDE
I'VE NEVER FELT SUCH KINSHIP IN MY LIFE
Here i am much older
still cradling the secret revelation they left behind
Sophisticated small toy
a singing 3-d picture that keeps changing,
keeps re-arranging
and though it's made my fortune
drawing music landscapes for a living ain't much fun
but i guess it's worth the pleasure it brings to others when it hits them square
they maybe once were there
ANCIENT PHOTOGRAPHS / ANCIENT MELODIES
REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME
COULD IT BE THAT I MISSED MY ONLY RIDE
I'VE NEVER FELT SUCH KINSHIP IN MY LIFE
Someday if I'm bold
The secrets will be revealed
and I’ll film the story for everyone
And if they don't believe it when they see it
They can come out here and find out for themselves
High way 64
a thousand miles above the sea level, tumblin'
on my own (again)
the circle crops are plenty
and very much the same I've known and loved
standing right above...
ANCIENT PHOTOGRAPHS / ANCIENT MELODIES
REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER PLACE AND TIME
COULD IT BE THAT I MISSED MY ONLY RIDE
I'VE NEVER FELT SUCH KINSHIP IN MY LIFE
I'VE NEVER FELT SUCH KINSHIP IN MY LIFE
NO, I'VE NEVER FELT SUCH KINSHIP IN MY LIFE!
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3. |
Greater Landscape
05:24
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GREATER LANDSCAPE
Hold on
I think there’s a light coming out of the ground
Someone left treasure here with a sign I want to be found
I moved the earth away revealing my prize
A gold box shining, chasing shadows as I lifted it away
a gift beyond measure saying something
But I don’t hear a sound
Don’t put me away me again
Don’t hide me away
Away...
Underneath the earth there in the ground where good things grow
I saved all that you gave me in the corner of my heart that is here
Part of the Greater Landscape
The Greater Landscape
And now I’m not alone
This treasure in my head
On my long walk home
To the heart of my name
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4. |
Befriend The Watchdog
03:40
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BEFRIEND THE WATCHDOG
You’re not a prisoner here down on the ground
Things might look bad but all is well
But you have questions here about a sound
Why does the moon ring like a bell
A myth or ancient rumor will bear itself out sooner or later
We’ll just have to wait and see
No dark to run from here the monsters are all found
Some change to angels I can tell
Befriend the watchdog here and learn to love this hound
Create a heaven from this hell
Depression, frustration, the tie to abrasions grow
If you feed them with lies
But I hope you’re way too smart to drive down that road
The tears that well in your eyes should be used to water dreams of love
A chance to rise above - survey this land
continue up out of this shell
You can’t believe how far now with your hands
You make the moon ring like a bell
The watchdog sends this message
A wise and final vestige howl…
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5. |
Same Circle
04:21
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SAME CIRCLE
I caught sight of my reflection as I headed for the door
straight out to make way
Scanned help wanted sections
and stories of a war that might effect us all someday
Light bounced off me funny from what I seemed to see was a frightened little child looking hopefully at me
Well the vision overcame me and I knelt down at his side
and I told him that it’s ok to cry
For the world is very scary but it’s beautiful inside
and when he smiled I couldn’t take my eyes away
And light traced the image and I recognized my face and my fathers and my brothers
And hints of every race of man that stood before the mirror and asked “Why?”
Why can’t we all hold hands and dance?
Why can’t we all hold hands and dance?
Why can’t we all hold hands and dance in the same circle
In the same circle
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6. |
Driving On The Left Side
04:42
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DRIVING ON THE LEFT SIDE
IF YOU ALWAYS TAKE A CRASH
EVERY TIME YOU SPEAK
EVERY TIME YOU SEEK TO BE UNDERSTOOD...
KNOW YOU’RE NOT ALONE
WHEN THE FEAR STRIKES HOME
WHEN THE DEEPEST CUT
SPARES THE WEAKEST BONE
SOME SAY TRUCK ON FAITH
AND YOUR LIFE LINE WILL FIND MEANING
SO I'M DRIVING ON THE LEFT SIDE
LOOKING FOR THE SUNSHINE IN THE RAIN
DRIVING ON THE LEFT SIDE
BLINDED BY THE HEADLIGHTS AGAIN
IN HOPES TO FIND A FRIEND
NOW SOME CALL ME A FOOL
‘CAUSE THEY DISAGREE
‘CAUSE THEY DO NOT SHARE MY PHILOSOPHIES
BUT I WILL STAND BEHIND MY FAULTS
ENCRYPTING ALL THE THOUGHTS
THAT ARE REAL TO ME
YOU KNOW THAT I WON'T BREAK
I HAVE TO TRUST MY FEELINGS
SO I'M DRIVING ON THE LEFT SIDE
LOOKING FOR THE SUNSHINE IN THE RAIN
DRIVING ON THE LEFT SIDE
BLINDED BY THE HEADLIGHTS AGAIN
DRIVING ON THE LEFT SIDE...
IS IT ALL IN VAIN?
TO FIND THE PERFECT LANE
(TO FIND THE PERFECT FRIEND)
YOU KNOW THAT I WON'T BREAK
NO I HAVE TO TRUST MY FEELINGS
SO I'M DRIVING ON THE LEFT SIDE
LOOKING FOR THE SUNSHINE IN THE RAIN
YEAH I’m DRIVING ON THE LEFT SIDE
BLINDED BY THE HEADLIGHTS AGAIN
I'M JUST DRIVING ON THE LEFT SIDE
IS IT ALL IN VAIN?
PERHAPS WE'RE ALL THE SAME
PERHAPS WE'RE ALL THE SAME
OR MAYBE I'M INSANE?
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7. |
Watch You Fly
05:01
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WATCH YOU FLY
The head winds are strong
And you’re running as fast as you can to catch a little lift
You reach wide out with your hands
And the struggle to believe that you have within your heart a fire
Pull you off the ground
Now your wings take you higher
Through every bank and turn
It’s a wheel across the sky
I’ll be right off your wings
And I’ll watch you fly
It’s cold here and it’s dry
So high above the earth the sky is
Stars turn at your request
This way might be better, might be best
But through every bank and turn
It’s a wheel across the sky
I’ll be right off your wing
And I’ll watch you fly
As high as you can
This flight lesson learned
And now I’d like to rest a while
And glide down with you
And walk among the blessed, wise
The head winds have calmed
Running as fast as I can to keep up with you
Yeah, you
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8. |
5 Subject Notebook
04:52
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5 SUBJECT NOTEBOOK
JD: Book pages sound too thick. We’re out of minds..
Sunday wake up find myself alone inside my bed
And right beside me a rusty pen and tablet by my head
Well 5 subject note book is all I need when my dreams are over load
5 subject note book for all to read
5 subject note book
Empty pages, waitin’ for the right words to call home
Maybe later after I get through these pizza bones
Well 5 subject note book is all I need
when the inspiration cries
5subject note book can set me free
5 subject note book
180 sheets of love
I don't need no proof of jesus walking on the pool
Don't need no change of seasons ust my writing tools (just my writing...)
And 180 sheets of love
180 sheets of love 180 sheets
When there's no truth or fiction flowing through my veins
It's like a crucifixion on another plane
Sleep time Sunday just about to give up on ideas
But then like lightning the line that i've been looking for appears
Well 5 subject note book is all I need when my thoughts are clear to see
5 subject note book eternally for you and me to read
180 sheets of love
I got 180 sheets of love etc.
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9. |
You Gotta Be Kidding Me
03:29
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YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN’ ME
You gotta be kiddin’ me
You gotta be on the wrong track
I can’t believe a thing I see
Another straw to break poor camel’s...
Back in time I travel
Trying to unravel this crazy state of affairs
Crazy...
You gotta be kiddin’ me
You gotta be pullin’ my leg
Of all the things that could possibly be
I wanna know just who it was
Exactly who went fishin’
After giving us permission
For this crazy state of affairs
Crazy...
WOTW Interlude...
You gotta be kiddin’ me
You haven’t heard a word I’ve said
There’s no one smilin’ on TV
‘Cause it wasn’t a plane
Was aliens instead
Aliens instead of something simple
Now there’s whole new kind of wrinkle
In this crazy state of affairs
You gotta be kiddin’ me
You gotta be kiddin’ me
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10. |
All The Things We Need
07:01
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ALL THE THINGS WE NEED
I was lost on a fault line
Lonely and scattered and crying like rain
Until I heard a voice from inside
Guide me and ride me to a place without pain
Where I could fly and be beside you
It's a such a trip to be so free
Don't you know that all the things we need are right here
Tap in to the wormhole that connects us to any time
All the things we need are right here
And they've always been here for us to share
Especially when we do not need them
Like a sun flare dancing cross-eyed
It's beaming and bending exciting the waves
It's like a telepathic truth guide
Loving and singing and pointing the way
Giving up is not an option when it's time you will break through the wall
Then you'll fly through any mountain
It's such a trip to be so free
Don't you know that all the things we need are right here
Tap in to the wormhole that connects us to any time
All the things we need are right here
And they've always been here for us to share
Well, Giving up is not an option when it's time you will break through the wall
Then you'll fly through any mountain
It's such a trip to be so free
Don't you know that all the things we need are right here
Tap in to the wormhole that connects us to any time
All the things, my friend are right here
And they've always been here for us to find
What's that I hear them singing? :
Lo Be Hold The Watchdog - yeah -
(I still feel the pull - I still feel the sway)
Lo Be Hold The Watchdog - yeah
(I still feel the pull - I still feel the sway)
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QUESTIONS KEEP GETTING DEEPER
Lo Behold the Watch Dog Yeah... etc...
Many times we’ve been stranded here
when the water gets too high
Pay respects to eternity waiting for a hopeful sign
Well the questions keep getting deeper
as perfection swells the tide
As the answers smile the wise old child within us flies
And the questions keep getting deeper
Sons and daughters out to sea
As the aeons ebb and flow
The answers will unfold
Many ships will have traveled here
in the name of many gods
Charting clues, bobbing up ahead
where the even meets the odd
Where the questions keep getting deeper
As perfection swells the tide
As the answers smile the wise old child within us flies
And the questions keep getting deeper
Sons and daughters out to sea
As the aeons ebb and flow
The answers will unfold
How long is on and on?
How long for the dead and gone?
Well these questions keep getting deeper
As perfection swells the tide
As the answers smile the wise old child within us flies
And the questions keep getting deeper
Sons and daughters out to sea
As the aeons ebb and flow
The answers will unfold
As the aeons ebb and flow
The answers will unfold
How long is on and on?
How long for the dead and gone?
As the aeons ebb and flow
The answers will unfold
How long?
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12. |
Share In The Dance
03:59
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13. |
Kaleidoscope
04:17
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KALEIDOSCOPE
(I am a...)
Broken glass, shiny piece of metal
I’m upside down the hole again
Made of brass. like a little window
I see right through the world
From here to here I see right through
And in your eye, a shiny peaceful vision
Circles slowly around and ‘round
From here you see so many people holding me
And see right through the world
Where the light from outside turns around in the mirror
Where the scream becomes a cry, becomes a laugh,
Becomes a whisper
(I am a...)
Light from outside turns around in the mirror
And dark is turned away at the door
Where the scream becomes a cry, becomes a laugh,
Becomes a whisper
In the KALEIDOSCOPE
Turn you around
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14. |
Line By Line
04:19
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LINE BY LINE
Too many lines for to follow but I’m tired of parallel
I wanna close the gap and open a new line
Curling around these empty spaces on this funny infinity sign
I wanna hold your hand and start on a new line
I’ll write a book I’ll write a poem I’ll write a song alright alright
It’s not enough I’ll write a letter right a wrong I’ll draw a picture
Line by Line...
And all along I’ve been following traces weaving them line by line
And all along I’ve looking in faces wondering what I see, remembering
Line by line
I’ll write a book I’ll write a poem I’ll write a song alright alright
It’s not enough I’ll write a letter right a wrong I’ll draw a picture
Line by Line...
And all along I’ve been following traces weaving them line by line
And all along I’ve looking in faces wondering what I see, remembering
Line by line
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15. |
Keep Wide Your Open Eyes
05:17
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KEEP WIDE YOUR OPEN EYES
Write your name like a firefly light
Only you can see it
You ask the others to come and look
but they all turn away
And let them go ‘cause now you know
Hope they will believe it when they see their own names shining there
Their mark upon the world
Hide
Don’t hide
Just one more thing before you go outside
Keep wide your open eyes
Made your claim in the middle of night
Only you could hear it
You ask the other to listen close
But they don’t know what to say
They have to smile ‘cause they think they’re on trial
They’re struggling to deceive it
But it’s high and clear
And the more they hear their mark upon the world
Hide
Don’t hide
Just one more thing before you go outside
Keep wide your open eyes
And someone says the magic word
It’s just like you heard it would be
You find a room where it’s locked up tight
Only you can find it
Some of the others would pick the lock
But you know that’s not the way
You have to see to find that key out here in the hallway
Just- a - back’em each down
until all you found the mark upon the world
Hide
Don’t hide
Just one more thing before you go outside
Keep wide your open eyes
Keep wide your open eyes
Keep wide your open eyes
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16. |
Inside
04:55
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17. |
March Of Life
07:33
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MARCH OF LIFE
Some other time on someone else's planet
Was a world just like our own
Made of ice and made of fire
Where the children never tire of hearing stories
About the way it was before
When all was right on this march of life
Moving along on roads that keep dividing
Don’t forget to leave a trail
And you can follow back to the little cul-de-sac
we were hiding
That I’d love to share with you
And tell you all I know
That I know I’m right in this march of life
Yes, I know I’m right
It’s like a race but you’re marching in place sometimes
Whoa I know...
When the field marshals scatters and it’s safe to go on
So maybe tonight I come to some conclusion
About the world is my home
It’s brighter than before
Lifts me from confusion
So I hid my head inside and pass on what I know
That I know I’m right in this march of life
Yes, I know I’m right in this march of life
Yes, I know I’m right
Left
Left
Right
Left
Left
Left
Right
Left
Left
Left
Right
Left
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18. |
The Big Conclusion
06:34
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THE BIG CONCLUSION
Here we were together tracing problems in the sand
Stuck for some solutions and that got you mad
You said our relationship was a pointless waste of time
Why were we together - we must have been blind
but keep in mind
It's the journey not the destination that matters in the end
But we're waiting for the big conclusion everyday of our lives
It's the journey not the destination that keeps us on the edge to survive
But when the bus stops rolling another journey arrives
You and I are different planets each with different gifts
We would take from one another like twins
That instant magic - rare attraction had friends roll on the floor
Our brand of humor will leave their memories with smiles
and all the while
It's the journey not the destination that matters in the end
But we're waiting for the big conclusion everyday of our lives
It's the journey not the destination that keeps us on the edge to survive
But when the bus stops rolling another journey arrives
All this time you're wondering where you're going to
It's a mystery to me and a mystery to you
Well I love a mystery
Do you love a mystery too?
Onward motion like the ocean waves to us goodbye
Our trip is done - it's time to make other plans
so understand
It's the journey not the destination that matters in the end
But we're waiting for the big conclusion everyday of our lives
It's the journey not the destination that keeps us on the edge to survive
But when the bus stops rolling another journey arrives
© 2012 by John Tabacco and Jim Dexter
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19. |
5 Subject Postlude
05:12
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20. |
Only Joy Remains Here
05:35
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ONLY JOY REMAINS HERE
Tick-tock watch the hands race ‘round the clock, they’re on a mission
Now they’ve just ticked off another day for us to wish on
The bright line is what’s become of time
Here’s our position
Now take and spin it around till the circle meets completion
And in out hearts it will stay
As the hands will come around to take the pain away
And only joy remains here
Grain by grain as the hour glass refrain and never changes
All you need is the rhythm to proceed on through the ages
Drums and chants as we begin to dance it is contagious
The heart keeps time on the beat as it plays us
And in our hearts it will stay as the hands come around take the pain away
And only joy remains here
As innocence we stand and face the moment with a full heart
It’s time for change as we seek to re-arrange and get a head start
Each as a child who wondered the sundial and it’s meaning
As it seems alright that for all our lives it takes shadows and light and courage to keep our hearts from leaving
And in out hearts there it will stay
Aa the hands come around to take the pain away
And only Joy remains here
And only Joy remains here
And only Joy remains here
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21. |
Home
06:21
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Dexter / Tabacco Setauket East Setauket, New York
Jim Dexter is a guitarist. songwriter and painter residing in Setauket, NY. He is also co-founder of the duo "Beginning Of
The Day" with guitarist Rich Stein. The duo released one CD in 2012 entitled "Beginning Of The Day". The CD is produced by John Tabacco.
John Tabacco is an American composer, vocalist and recording engineer who has worked with Jim on various projects throughout his career.
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