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Irwin's Sloppy Seconds
03:56
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Tiny Little Bird
04:36
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No matter where you’re from
No matter where you’re going to
No matter who you know
No matter if you’re in who’s who
The night is gonna come
The night is gonna come
The night is gonna come
No matter what you do
No matter how you pass your days
No matter if you make the rules
No matter if you make your plays
The night is gonna come
The night is gonna come
The night is gonna come
And when it comes
It will be not like a cloak of darkness
But exactly like a tiny little bird
She will push through the chaff to look inside
To find a tiny little seed
She will lift that seed into the sky
And let the wind take hold
No matter where you’re at
No matter if you’re this or that
No matter what you own
No matter if you’re fully grown
The night is gonna come
The night is gonna come
The night is gonna come
And when it comes
It will be not like a cloak of darkness
But exactly like a tiny little bird
She will fly up high
Into the treetops to look for the strands
Of tightly woven brightly colored yarn
She will lift that yarn into the sky
And let the wind take hold
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3. |
Funny Things
04:29
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It's the funniest thing
You never heard of a thing
Like the funniest thing.
Not funny, "ha, ha,"
But funny like I ain't never seen
Nothing like it before.
Amusing and odd,
Floating upside down
'Round the kitchen door.
With two cans and a string,
Two cans and a string,
We can talk all day about funny things
I put the can to my ear
and you tell me a thing
I can hear what you say
Then I take a turn, and tell you thing
That will brighten your day.
I'm drinking it up.
I'm drinking it up.
Gonna fill my cup.
I'm laughing up my sleeve,
At the every day, every day absurdities,
Like machines that make machines that make machines.
That won't help you keep a garden green.
They put a man on the moon, put a man on the moon,
And now I want to eat this beautiful pear with a spoon.
But they can't seem to make a label that doesn't take the skin off a pear.
It's just not fair. It's really not fair.,
Tell me, how's that fair?
I'm drinking it up.
I'm drinking it up.
Let me pour you a cup.
Clouds are funny things, trees are funny things
The beautifulest thing is a funny thing.
The funniest thing is a beautiful thing, is a beautiful thing.
I'm so happy to be with you and with me,
As we beautiful be.
I'm drinking it up.
I'm drinking it up.
Let me pour you a cup.
I'm drinking it up.
I'm drinking it up.
Wanna share a cup?
I'm drinking it up.
I'm drinking it up.
Gonna fill my cup.
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4. |
Drinking Water
03:44
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I asked them, so they told me
And now I don’t know how to feel
More) precisely, they put it nicely
As if blood and flesh and bone could turn to steel.
This time there were nine,
But it could be a hundred
Or a hundred thousand more
I’m drinking water instead of wine,
So let it pour.
It doesn’t seem like the words are spoken
They’re more like broken pictures drawn in shifting sand
Still I read them because I need them
I guess it’s good to know exactly where you stand
This time there were nine,
But it could be a hundred
Or a hundred thousand more
I’m drinking water instead of wine,
So let it pour
Now the voices begin to tell me
That I need to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes
But they don’t know me, and I’m so weary
You shouldn’t push someone with nothing left to lose
Now the words that are spoken seem
Like broken lights
Beyond a closing door
I’m drinking water instead of wine
So let it pour, let it pour, let it pour
I’m drinking water instead of wine,
So let it pour
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Toast
03:55
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Weaving the web is like a rhyme
The spider bides her time
Makes sense in the unfolding
Toast, you gotta butter while it's hot
Don’t pop it if it's not
See the heated coils glowing
Odd and even are the same
It’s best not to play the game
‘Til you've hung around awhile
If you don't step on any toes
And wear your snappy clothes
They might give you points for style
Don’t worry that your words
Or your deeds ring true
Shed your skin now and then
Or you’ll stick like glue
Antics that are way beyond the pale
Someday you’ll all wind up in jail
And the sooner than the better
Follow the money to its source
Now you know who sets the course
And you’ll follow to the letter
Leaves around the flower give me pause
Their shape bespeaks a cause
Prefer the bird without the cage
Let’s take a quick dip in the stream
So much older than it seems
Telling jokes about the ice age
Tuning your imperfect self
Gets you ship shape soon
Listen to your imperfect self
Playing out of tune
Show us all the things that you’ve learned
It’s what you love most
Wonder at the mysteries of bees
Honey for your buttered toast
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6. |
Another Sunny Day
04:28
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We've all got our bycicles
So let's go for a ride.
I'm so glad to be alive,
I just want to be outside
The grass is green and the snd is warm,
So let's go for a walk.
We've got all day to go and play.
There's no need to watch the clock.
It's another sunny day,
Another sunny day.
Let's go out and play.
It's another sunny day,
There are so many trees to climb
And a meadow to explore.
I can hardly wait to find out
What else might be in store.
Let's make some little paper boarts
And float them down the stream.
Lie on out backs and watch the clouds
Form the shapes of our daydreams.
It's another sunny day,
Another sunny day.
Let's go out and play.
It's another sunny day,
Let's go together all of us.
We're the very best of friends.
Let's chase a cloud of blackbirds,
And watch as it ascends.
And if the day should end too soon,
W'ell walk home down the lane.
Sleep beneath the silvery moon,
And wake to play again.
It's another sunny day,
Another sunny day.
Let's go out and play.
It's another sunny day,
La la..
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8. |
I'd Rather Be a Tree
04:33
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I’m sitting in this chair
May the world pass me by
May the everlasting sky envelope me
In my longing to be free perhaps I’ll become a tree
Watch the river flowing by
I am rooted in this place
May the sunlight on my face envelope me
In my longing to be free perhaps I’ll become a tree
Let it go, let it go, let it go
You’ll never know so let it go, just let it go
It might be so, but if it’s so you’ll never know
So let it go, let it go, let it go
Ain’t it funny ain’t it strange
To experience the range of simple motion
I might be rooted in my ways
But I’d rather be a tree than an ocean
Everybody wants a piece of me
But I am rooted in rebirth
May the sunlight on the earth envelope me
In my longing to be free perhaps I’ll become a tree
Let it go, let it go, let it go
You’ll never know so let it go, just let it go
It might be so, but if it’s so you’ll never know
So let it go, let it go, let it go
Ain’t it funny ain’t it strange
To experience the range of simple notion
I might be rooted in my ways
But I’d rather be a tree than an ocean
Ain’t it funny ain’t it strange
To experience a brain so filled with notion
I might be rooted in my ways
But I’d rather be a tree than an ocean
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9. |
Either Or
03:41
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10. |
Plastic Romaine
05:34
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Small Birds of Sound Lawrence, Kansas
Small Birds of Sound is an indie-alt-rock duo (plus daughter) born in Santa Cruz CA, raised in Taos NM, and happily settled in Lawrence, KS.
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