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TURN AT THE TURNING POINT
Headin’ down the same old road I’ve been down So many times
And I don’t know if I’m gonna turn off
Any time soon
Well I went down to the crossroads To flag myself a ride
But I just kept on walkin’ straight ahead
Well I know which way it’s headin’
‘cause it’s straight and narrow
but this old road ain’t no friend of mine
I know it’s breaking me down
Well I went down to the crossroads And riding by my side
Were all my fears
But now I hear a voice
Telling me to follow the signs
Yeah now I hear a voice
That says turn at the turning point this time
Well the sign’s there for a reason
Pointing the direction
Now I know they’ve been there all along
I just never paid attention
Well I went down to the crossroads
And down upon my knees
I finally found the key
And now I hear a voice
Telling me to follow the signs
Yeah now I hear a voice
That says turn at the turning point
That says turn at the turning point this time yeah this time
NACHO COLLECTOR
I'm a nacho collector and I do it real well
Some folks would say I'm insane
I'm a nacho collector, so they can go to hell
Jesus still loves me the same
And when things go wrong
I just sing this song
'Cause I'm a nacho collector
A nacho collector
So get off my back if you please!
She's a nacho collector - she's a beautiful thing
She's got big cheese balls fro eyes
She's a nacho collector with a Barbie doll string
Pull it and watch what she buys
And when she's overdrawn
She helps me sing this song
'Cause we're a nacho collector
A nacho collector
Collector of cheese
A nacho collector
Nacho collector
Collector of cheese
Sheeple it's easy to see
Buying cheesy goods is in our DNA
Sheeple get down on your knees
Let's worship the God of plastic cheese
Ms. Nacho : Ohh, that's pretty. I want one of them. They're shiny.
Give it to me now!
Sheeple here's what we need
See that magic number crawl cross the TV screen
Sheeple someday we'll be free
When our warranties expire
And when we're overdrawn
We can sell our lawn!
'Cause we're a nacho collector
A nacho collector
Collector of cheese
A nacho collector
Nacho collector
Collector of cheese
Disney for you and me
Collecting aluminum pennies will keep us busy trolls
Sheeple get down on your knees
Collecting aluminum pennies to fill our rubber souls
We like cheese
We like cheese
We like cheese
We like cheese...
Cheesy baby!
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BAD NEWS FOR SNOWBOARDERS
Your fans all want to know what you're smoking
Waiting for the next trick in the pipe
But your season's on the wane with your hairline
And your sponsors think you're seven shades past ripe
I know that's bad news for snowboarders
North of the 41st parallel
No time to go back to school now!
Big boys muscling in on your action
Wants to ride the next wave all alone
Mom and pops are fading from the shoreline
Hope your happy chewing on that bone
I know that's bad news for snowboarders
South of the 41st parallel
Everybody out of the pool now!
This is the bridge over trouble waters
You know I'm gonna name my next storm after you
Take no prisoners, making you wet all over baby
Pull up your hoodie honey, and revel in my wicked brew
Corporate doesn't know about the sparrow
(Maximize your leverage...)
They kill it as they beat around the bush
While we're squeezing rubber chicken through the pipeline
(Working for the man!)
And dropping tax-bombs on the Hindu kush
I know that's bad news for boardroom snores
East or West of the 41st parallelogram
But it's time, it's time to come back to shore now!
Pull up your hoodie honey, and revel in my wicked brew
Pull up your hoodie honey, and revel in my wicked brew
Pull up your hoodie honey, and revel in my wicked brew
Pull up your hoodie honey, and revel in my wicked brew
No one lived happily ever after
We all just went about our day
(I'll have a mocha frappacino latte to go...)
Think I'll make a bee line for the ocean
Dive in through the jaws of the fray
I know that's bad news for bored reporters
Somewhere east of 41st and hell
No time or dime to retool the store now
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Soldier Town
03:56
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SOLDIER TOWN
In Soldier town there's plenty to see all around you
So come on down town
Where we can do anything we let you
(don't think it's censorship)
Don't you worry I'm too hip
(scream shout never mind)
I'll just keep my place in line
(sit back enjoy the show)
My days are just a hazy glow
But just who slaves to make it so I don't wanna know
in soldier town there's plenty of clowns in the streets
Well, in Soldier town baby there's never a frown
So order around, all around
In Soldier town there's plenty of work look around you
But keep your eyes on the ground
Or we'll leave you right where we found you
(we know what's best for you)
Sometimes i believe it's too
(we'll say how much you need)
Please let it be enough to eat
(you'll get what you deserve)
Working past my last reserve
Some are only made to serve and to say yes sir
In Soldier town
Land of plenty there's plenty to eat
Well, in Soldier town baby
You'll all come around and around and around and around...
Jesus saves in the blood of sacrifice
Money talks but it's not afraid to fight
So who cares if a few have got to die
For our rights like our right to this life
In Soldier town there's plenty of blood in the streets
Well, we wash them down baby
And it keeps them nice and neat
In soldier town almost anyone can be bought cheap
Well, in Soldier town baby, let's fire around
All around and around and around and around and around
and a round and a round etc…
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Blame Gravity
05:21
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BLAME GRAVITY
I couldn’t do what you do
Spend my whole life in a room with no view
Watching the world through a pinhole lens
Image inverted
Now I know you refuse to see the sun
Your eyes closed tight, still here it comes
You won’t light a single candle 'cause you’d rather yell
“You stupid darkness!”
And you blame gravity each time you fall
Yes you blame gravity each time you fall
Seen the laws of attraction try to pull you in
to a level of understanding where you've never been
but the forces that you repel are only so strong
and you slip down your black hole
then you blame gravity each time you fall
yeah you blame gravity each time you fall
Now go on and tell me how hard this life is
yeah go on and tell me do you think I don't know?
do you think I don't know?
well it's not easy but you've got to rise above it
just for your own sake
Now this weight on your shoulder is bringing you down
but you're not the only one this world's revolving around
open up and accept the truth now it's all on you
we don't live in a vacuum when that feather drops
it'll take a lot longer to hit the ground than your
bowling ball
And you blame gravity each time you fall
yeah you blame gravity each time you fall
yeah you blame gravity each time you fall
oh you blame gravity each time you fall
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John Tabacco Stony Brook, New York
John Tabacco is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and visual
artist.
Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined.
For more info : www.johntabacco.net
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