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Lonesome Voices

by Old Men Music

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1.
It Goes Like That 02:36
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It goes like that when it wants to It goes like that, there's nothing you can do It doesn't make sense, it doesn't have to It just goes like that when it wants to Today it's a good life, tomorrow it's a dog's life The tide rolls in and the tide rolls out It isn't fair, it doesn't care And you'll never know what it's all bout It just goes like that when it wants to
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In The Unexpected Eventuality 03:18
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Book the back room at the Cameron House Bring in anyone who ever cared for me Show the alley to folks who like to step out Buy everybody all they want to drink Give out tags that read hello my name is Have our musician friends rise up to play Pass out goodies folks can take to their kids Let everyone who wants to have a say In the unexpected eventuality drink a toast to the ghosts who keep us company Say thanks to folks for sharing those times when we’d hang together puzzling things out Do the hokey-pokey ‘til they all get it right as if that’s what it’s all about When they close the bar take everyone home show them anything that you’d care to share When the sun comes up go out for a stroll and release me to the morning air In the unexpected eventuality drink a toast to the ghosts who keep us company Thank you my sweetheart for seeing to this I hope I haven’t asked for too much You’re the one who could make good on my wish to raise a little post-dated fuss So go to the Cameron House and book the back room Bring in anyone who ever cared for me Ask them to make a list of folks I should spook and post it to eternity Then you and the kids can sing Good Night Irene get some sleep and see me in your dreams
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My Fingers and My Phone 03:05
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Let me keep my fingers and my phone Leave me my fingers and my phone You can take everything else I own Just leave me my fingers and my phone Egad, aw gee, heaven help me I know you had to close the infirmary You had to ration the air I breathe So now it’s over and done, time to pay for the fun Let me keep my fingers and my phone Leave me my fingers and my phone Go ahead and break every other bone Just leave me my fingers and my phone Egad, aw gee, I plead guilty I know I should have tried to save the trees I let the flood rise up to my knees So now it’s over and done, we’ve had too much fun Let me keep my fingers and my phone Leave me my fingers and my phone You can take everything else I own Just leave me my fingers and my phone Egad, aw gee, have mercy on me You had to call out the military You had to spread a social disease Just leave me my fingers and my phone so I’m not so alone Egad, aw gee, I mean seriously You don’t get off so easily You should go down disgracefully Leave me my fingers and my phone so I can find you at home Let me keep my fingers and my phone Leave me my fingers and my phone Then one day I’ll find you at home That’s when I’ll show you how to atone Just let me keep my fingers and my phone
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You've Had Enough Fun 04:10
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You’ve had enough fun There’s work to be done You’ve had enough fun for today Jane loves to play with a dolly she finds in the junk heap Named for her sister Sally who succumbed in her sleep Her brother is owned by a gangster, he’s always away Mama comes home from the Master, she’s sorry to say You’ve had enough fun There’s work to be done You’ve had enough fun for today Dick likes to play with the dollies who entertain in the cat house Swaps his cash for some jollies then gets smashed in his frat house His brother’s a financier, he’ll own some banks someday Daddy calls Dick from his club, to angrily to say You’ve had enough fun There’s an empire to run You’ve had enough fun I cry Mama why’d you have to leave me There’s nobody left who lives just to please me I don’t want to go to work, I just want to play and I Hate hearing everybody say You’ve had enough fun There’s work to be done You’ve had enough fun for today The demigod plays in the world as if it's a sitcom he stars in Pees in the river, poops in the garden Changes shape to seduce the girls, steals eggs like a bluejay Big god smites him with lightning, it’s her way to say You’ve had enough fun Holy wars must be won You’ve had enough fun I cry Mama why’d you have to leave me There’s nobody left who lives just to please me I don’t want to go to work, I just want to play and I Hate hearing everybody say You’ve had enough fun There’s work to be done You’ve had enough fun Had enough fun Had enough fun Had enough fun
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How Could You 03:05
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I should have paid more attention Should’ve proved my love was true I lost your trust and affection and you found someone new I know that you lost hope but now you’re on a slippery slope How could you How could you go with him He said the world is out to get you They want to take you for a ride And the conundrums that beset you he will simply rectify Well I know that you lost faith but did you have to hook up with a snake How could you How could you go with him If you need a reprieve from him I’ll be there to escort you home If you want to take leave of him come over here, you won’t be alone He patrols a wall around your mind so all you can know are his fallacies So without his eyes you’ll be blind and without his voice you can’t speak Yes, I guess that you felt stuck but I still have to say what the fuck How can you How can you stay with him If you need a reprieve from him I’ll be there to escort you home If you want to take leave of him come over here you won’t be alone We can do better than we did before And be good to each other evermore
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Our Beloved Sinner (free) 04:30
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I telephoned the televangelist Was put on hold until my turn on line Then I asked how can he as a Christian Preach for such a very bad guy I’ll tell you what he told me What I know he really meant How his hero might seem unholy While he’s really heaven sent He’s our beloved sinner With his faults we will abide He’ll always be a winner With Evangelists by his side With Evangelists by his side Jesus said he without sin can cast the first stone So who are we judge a man who just wants to atone All he wants is to atone He might-a groped some woman’s privates Might-a cheated on his wife He might cozy up to tyrants but he’s pro life He’s pro-o, pro-o, life He’s our beloved sinner With his faults we will abide He’ll always be a winner With Evangelists by his side With Evangelists by his side Some say with him the future’s dire, the world will go berserk We say let him set it all on fire, ‘cause he does the good lord’s work He does the good lord’s work Some say he’s does dirty deals to keep them under his thumb But the highest court will grant his appeal ‘cause he’s the chosen one He’s the chosen one He’s our beloved sinner With his faults we will abide He’ll always be a winner With Evangelists by his side With Evangelists by his side Some so-called Christian socialists say he should be deposed They hide illegals church basements that should be bulldozed Their fake churches should be bulldozed And if you worry that we’ve lost the true faith Remember the lord works in mysterious ways The evangelist prays Bring on the end times, end times, end times Bring on the end times now Yippy boom bam zip zap pow Bring on the end times now Bring on the end times, end times, end times Bring on the end times now Yippy boom bam zip zap pow Bring on the end times now
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Worse Times Have Just Begun 03:08
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I dreamed I climbed a mountain, couldn’t see much from up there Was hard to breathe, must be something in the air Stumbled to the edge of a bottomless abyss Stepped on a mutant chipmunk and he bit my lower lip Oh lord-y, what have we done Nightmares coming true Worse times have begun Worse times have just begun I dreamed I went to the desert but the desert wasn’t there Found a brand new shoreline with plastic everywhere Waded through bottles and bags to see if I could swim Swam into a mutant crab and he took my favourite limb Oh lord-y, what have we done Nightmares coming true Worse times have begun Worse times have just begun I dreamed I went to find my home and ran into a great big wall Couldn’t find the gate and it was really very tall Called for help to folks having drinks on the other side One of them shot me and I just up and died I dreamed I up and died Slipped to the other side Looked into a droplet of time Dreamed something so sublime We went to find the ballot box for to have our say They tried to hide it but we found it anyway Stuffed with courage we, stuffed it with good dreams Stuffed it with the truth ‘til it burst at the seams We called out the gun dealers, called out the liars Called out the Nazis and climate change deniers Dreamed better times just might come When I woke up I saw nightmares coming true and my good dreams fading in the gloom Don’t know why I don’t just go back to sleep Staying awake makes me tear my hair and weep Oh lord-y what can we do but keep dreaming dreams we wish would come true Try to make good dreams come true
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Escape From Militia Hoedown 03:16
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Swing your partner dos-i-do Over the abyss and the fires below Swing your partner ‘til you stub your toe Swing your partner like a tornado Circle left then promenade Roll away to a half sashay Pass though, separate and go home Grab somebody, don’t leave alone Ball change Two, four, six, eight, ten alarm fire Wrap your castle in barbed wire DEFCON five, four, three, two, one Stand fast and tall, don’t you dare run Mind your Ps, mind your Qs Work harder, pay your dues Go to the store, get more stuff You can never have more than enough Turn right here, don’t stop Peal out, make your tires pop Shift into high, take the passing lane Honk til that sucker gets out of your way I ask you please come close, closer So it feels like we’re far away from here Don’t want to hear the leader’s hoedown calls Just your whispers in my ear Hold hands, bump knees Give your partner’s tushy a squeeze Get to third base, go all the way When they start looking old, throw ‘em away Touch here, touch there You can touch ‘em anywhere Make ‘em blow your nose when you sneeze Take away clothes so they can’t leave Ball change Two, four, six, eight, ten alarm fire Wrap your castle in barbed wire DEFCON five, four, three, two one Stand fast and tall, don’t you dare run Get your guns, have some fun The Culture War has begun Go to church, fall on your knees Jesus chose you, you better believe Fall in, fall out Present arms for the talent scout Fix bayonets, fire at will Make ‘em dance on the barbecue grill I ask you please come away with me Before they see who we really are We’ll slip away while these crazy rednecks sleep We’ll need to go very fast and far
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Have Mercy On Me (free) 02:47
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Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy I’m not as good as they think I am I hold grudges, I’m a trivial man I don’t like people who don’t think like me Not as kind as I appear to be I’m riddled with resentment, jealousy and spite But none of that keeps me up at night, so Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy I detest every fundamentalist and the Rich entitled brats with their grabby little mitts I want everybody to be free But I’d lock up the alt right and throw away the key I hate so much about how the world goes I make like I help but I don’t have much to show, so Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy Throw me on the alter where they sacrifice the chaste Let me mingle with the rightous, atone for my bad taste Burn all my papers, erase my fingerprints Stir me in the stew of hope and fearful teary squints And may those I have loved so impefectly Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy I lie around instead of saving the earth I write things down but I don’t know what that’s worth I’ve never been a searcher or a seeker of the light I can’t say what’s what and that’s all right And if there’s a god in heaven or a satan in hell I don’t believe at all that time will ever tell, so Have mercy on me Have mercy on me Have mercy Throw me on the alter where they sacrifice the chaste Let me mingle with the rightous, atone for my bad taste Burn all my papers, erase my fingerprints Stir me in the stew of hope and fearful teary squints And may those I have loved so impefectly Have mercy on me
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Theists 03:56
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A boy tells a tale on a girl Just because she makes him mad The tale is cruel and untrue He’s a very vindictive lad Lots of kids believe him It feels good to deceive them Good to see her run and hide Good to feel the power of a lie A young man questions authority To be part of a wiser minority But what if a healthy skepticism Becomes a conspiracy fetishism Might make him feel important To have what he thinks is his own world view So a future mis-informant Embraces alternative truths The earth is flat Jack Sprat could eat no fat The moon is made out of cheese Your heart stops when you sneeze The pandemic is a hoax Climate change is a joke Dead people steal our votes People kill people, guns don’t, and Everything is rigged, everything is rigged against us Some folks who feel they’re being left out Might come to believe they’re being abused Anger and fear make them need to lash out Even if what they shout is untrue And those who believe the tales Might not see how they’re being fooled Might not see how the logic fails Might not see how they’re being used Some tale tellers don’t believe their theories But they spread them anyway So to raise up those they revere So to bring down those they hate They tell tales about the people they fear Or facts they don’t want to be true If you disagree with what you hear They’ll tell a tall tale all about you London Bridge is falling down Jack fell down and broke his crown A cat can steal your breath Socialized medicine is certain death The TV is spying on us Main stream media is lying to us The deep state is real and Liberal elites are pedophiles and Everything is rigged, everything is rigged against us We know what became of the boy who cried wolf No one believed him when he told the truth We’re not sheep, we know how to think Our world gets bigger while their world shrinks We say hey come on over here It may not be great but at least it’s real Come on over, there’s nothing to fear You’ll have a safe place to heal You can get your head out of the ground And take a really good look around
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On Day Six 03:48
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On day six god made the heavens and the earth Took a look and said this is really good Then the newlyweds ate forbidden fruit And from paradise were given the boot Then they knew what an angry god will do Later on, the earth was populated God took a look and said I hate it They are sinful and uncouth Gonna drown most and spare a righteous few Let them begin the whole damn this again In the beginning god was vengeful We keep sinning but god is neglectful Where’s the fire and brimstone, the gnashing of teeth Where’s the wrath of god when we need it In olden times god had a very big presence Sent plagues of frogs, boils and pestilence Hail storms, rivers flowing with blood Death to the oppressors’ first born sons God brought to their knees those who preyed on innocent beings I dreamed that god was real Took a look at us and said you broke our deal I gave you dominion over every living thing You forsook them for the sake of your greed Gonna smite you for your sins, let the righteous begin again In the beginning god was vengeful We keep sinning but god is neglectful Where’s the fire and brimstone, the gnashing of teeth Where’s the wrath of god when we need it The planet maintains its rotation But what happens in the world is our creation The universe unfolds as it should But god would take a look at us and say this isn’t good Who will guarantee the dignity of innocent beings Who will begin the whole damn thing again The whole damn thing again
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So Said Plato 04:21
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Promises made, promises broken Apologies never spoken Those betrayed imprisoned in a cave Eyes glued to a shadow play Believing the shadows they see Are the very stuff of reality The shadows are very engaging Sometimes hilarious, sometimes enraging Prisoners compete to guess what shadow comes next The winner is praised for his savvy intellect They’ve got to believe the shadows they see Are the very stuff of reality A prisoner escapes the cave Feels the sunlight caress her face Returns with news of the wonders to be seen Prisoners choose not to believe The shadows say there’s nothing else to see And someone should slay the escapee The escapee is a traitor and she’s crazy Promises made, never kept Promise makers said they paid but it was really theft Those betrayed imprisoned in a cave Eyes glued to a shadow play The shadows tell them who they should blame When their lives are riddled with a sad kind of pain Promises made, promises broken Apologies never spoken Those betrayed imprisoned in a cave Eyes glued to a shadow play Believing the shadows they see Are the very stuff of reality They say one man’s meat is another’s poison There’s no accounting for taste You can lead someone to reason but you can’t make ‘em think You might never redeem a faith once it’s been misplaced The shadows say don’t change horses midstream I say abandon all hope if you stay in this dream The shadow’s play will make you crazy So said Plato
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Slacker's Lament 04:19
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I like to while away some time and putter in the garden Do something for the chipmunks The hummingbirds and bigger birds too It’s nice to do Then I have to stop and cry ‘cause I stood to the side and watched the rising tide of these little turds and bigger turds too Now what do we do I like to get a little high and make toys for the wind with a very good friend who knows wrong from right and archetypes too It’s fun to do Then I have to wonder why I didn’t want to know this world of woe I took little bribes and bigger bribes too How about you Then I’m amazed from my dome to my toes at the hope that still echoes from deep in the wishing well Aren’t you amazed that although it’s all dying we persist in trying to build heaven on his road to hell I like to sip a little wine and feel like I’m younger wrapped upon that hunger for those little bites and bigger bites too And bits of you to chew Then I have to give a sigh ‘cause time is pushing me faster to that ultimate disaster I live a little life maybe sometime a big life too Is it that way for you Then I’m amazed from my dome to my toes At the hope that still echoes From deep in the wishing well Aren’t you amazed that although it’s all dying we persist in trying to build heaven on his road to hell I like to while away some time and putter in the garden Do something for the chipmunks The hummingbirds and bigger birds too It’s nice to do

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released April 17, 2022

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is Jay Bowen and Keith McNair. Erstwhile thespians and members of the singing group Sweet Lips, they perform songs written by McNair.

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