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Old Men Music

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1.
FOX NEWS is Bad Acid 03:16
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Fox News is bad acid Distorts reality then highjacks it Better not take high doses You might come down with a serious psychosis This ingestion won’t enlighten More likely to frighten Hallucinations of home invasions Perpetrated by non-Caucasians You might hear little voices tell you Radical socialists are coming to get you They’re gonna kill your papa and inseminate your daughter, you got Nowhere to run, and they took away your guns Fox News is bad acid Distorts reality then highjacks it Better not take high doses You’re liable to come down with a serious psychosis I watched and listened and my pupils dilated I saw the future and really hated it I’m sinking in a terrifying sea of People who don’t talk or think like me Turn on No, no, better turn it off Tune in No, no, no let’s tune into something else Drop out Sure go ahead, but watch out where you land Some people who look groovy are really very bad Fox News is bad acid Distorts reality then highjacks it Better not take high doses You’re liable to come down with a serious psychosis Fox News is bad, bad acid
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Spring Tango 03:48
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Shout hooray for the Spring Juices flowing through every being Buds popping on the lilac tree Birds chirping sweet cacophony ‘Twas the winter of the soul In the thrall of moles and trolls Let the sun drive them underground To be lost in their tunnels and never found Sing praise for the Spring Juices flowing through every being A whisper of clouds above The planet’s creatures making love ‘Twas the winter of the mind Truth caught in a rip tide We’re coming up for air But the jellyfish are still under there When the earth leans in our favour ‘Tis the season we need to savour So we can nestle warm in those memories When winter assails us with its deepest freeze Sing praise for the Spring Juices flowing through every being We take an evening stroll So far, no sign of trolls 'Twas the winter of the heart Lost in the deepest dark Maybe this time we’ll find our way Sorry that I can’t really say When the earth leans in our favour ‘Tis the season we need to savour To give us courage and strength to prevail When vengeful winter storms return to assail us Sing praise for the Spring
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What Kind Of Angel 03:38
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I sit in the light at the edge of the morning Just as the birds remember to sing And I ponder the passing of time And what happens when we die What if there’s really such place as heaven And what if you’re good enough to go there Would you be lost to the world forever Or could you hear our prayers What kind of angel wings would you want to wear A guardian angel might help you not to stub your toe A ministering angel might lift you when you’re heavy with woe An avenging angel smites those who do wicked deeds The angel of death visits judgement upon those who prey on innocent beings So what kind of angel would you want to be I love to behold our child in the morning Just as she grows into her dreams And I hear the songs she might sing Then I fear what the world might bring her What if there’s really such place as heaven And what if you’re good enough to go there Could you save her from evil intention Could you keep her from despair What kind of angel wings would you want to wear A guardian angel might help you not to stub your toe A ministering angel might lift you when you’re heavy with woe An avenging angel smites those who do wicked deeds The angel of death visits judgement upon those who prey on innocent beings So what kind of angel would you want to be But what of the angel who helps us be better Helps us to know what we should do Oh my sweet dear, I have to wonder Could that angel be you
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Forgiveness Waltz 04:26
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Some hearts grow to care for more than they can bear Some hearts grow so cold they are best left alone One freezes and another heart tears This is a love song we cling to There are minds made so small they don’t wonder at all and their freedom from doubt says they’ve figured it out So we follow their big bouncing balls This is a lesson we sleep through Are you sorry, can you forgive me Let all be forgiven for Auld Lang Syne If you’re sorry, and you forgive me we’ll swear to be better next time While the ocean tides rise and the orchards crack dry the landlords build homes with walls high on the hills and the orphans of the virus abide These are some fences we’ve mended And we wring our hands and pray as we lurch past the graves There are too many souls lost in so many holes and we choose who will be saved This is a judgement we render Are you sorry, can you forgive me Let all be forgiven for Auld Lang Syne If you’re sorry, and you forgive me we’ll swear to be better next time There are secrets I hold that will never be told No not even to you though you might want me to Sometimes some bits are best left unknown This is a meaning for lonesome And though I can’t get this right will you stay through the night Forgive what I can’t say and love me anyway When the ghosts come will you hold me tight We are our hope for atonement Are you sorry, can you forgive me Let all be forgiven for Auld Lang Syne If you’re sorry, and you forgive me we’ll swear to be better next time We'll swear to be better next time
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Fiefdom 03:40
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Some Americans have come to believe life would be great in a fiefdom where the lords have their way with fetching ladies, have bloodhounds and servants to feed them A fiefdom needs a fearsome leader who can raise an army when he needs to so the lords are safe to feast and conspire as their mounds of gold grow ever higher And the peasant knows where he fits The soldier knows where he fits And they all get just enough so to fear they could lose what little bits they’ve got The castle has walls thick and tall and a moat deep and wide The drawbridge can go up and down unless they’re too scared to let a stranger inside The black death is ever a threat and the priests say it’s ever god’s will The mead is sweet and helps one to forget and the serf falls into debt to pay his bill And the scullery drudge knows where she fits The midwife knows where she fits And they all get just enough so to fear they could lose what little bits they’ve got
 Some Americans have come to believe life would be great in a fiefdom where the lords can lie about anything and the peasants are keen to believe them When the black death takes its toll, they burn a witch or two at the stake The priests say it’s ever god’s will The lords giveth and the lords take And the jester knows where he fits The gravedigger knows where he fits And they all get just enough so to fear they could lose what little bits they’ve got When the serfs are steeped in misery they find a dead horse to beat on Like a dog barking up the wrong tree that’s life in the fiefdom But we live in Canada, and as Frank Zappa said, it can’t happen here. This is Canada Don’t want no fiefdom ‘round here
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Be My Rebel 04:10
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I remember this music Loved it then, love it now even more Love how it moves me Ooh-sha-la-la, it includes me Ooh-sha-la-la, it infuses a craving for life A craving for love It’s the music of my adolescence Transistor radio transcendence Ooh how it takes me there Ooh-sha-la-la, we dig each other and there will be so many other loves in our lives So many loves But oh, you better duck and cover some heavy shit’s coming down Whoa, better hold on tight to each other some real big boots come to kick us around The commies could nuke us the rednecks could shoot us There are riots in the city say good buy to the hippies Uncle Sam wants us Viet Nam haunts us These drugs make it better These drugs make us deader Yeah this music is magic Doesn’t really need to go anywhere It spins in eternity Ooh-sha-la-la, play it for me Play it when you need to dream of the loves in your life All the loves in your life But oh, you better duck and cover some heavy shit’s coming down Whoa, better hold on tight to each other some real big boots come to kick us around The welfare state enslaves us The market will save us No the market enslaves us The welfare state could save us The priests want to turn us Holy men want to burn us The world is our playground The world belongs to ravenous hounds It’s a rebel’s music Love how it gooses me Let’s do some goosing together Ooh-sha-la-la, be my rebel Ooh-sha-la-la, don’t say no, say you will, say you will Be my rebel, don’t say no Be my rebel, don’t say no Please, please say you will
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Arts & Science 03:31
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Science puts us to shame takes effete artistes right out of the game With our navel gazing reveries regurgitated philosophies pop culture banalities science takes us out of the game Science puts us to shame makes sure the world 
is never the same With those miracle medications nuclear detonations biogenetic permutations the world is never the same Science puts us to shame No matter what we make we’re barely in the game Never stare at a painting that can tell you where you’re waiting Never contemplate a poem that can carbon date a bone Never read a book that can see what drugs you took Never hum a tune that can jump you to the moon Is there is no kind of fiction that can generate the necessary friction Science puts us to shame takes effete artistes right out of the game With solutions for problems it causes buttons to get us through the pauses always looking for ways to prolong us science keeps us in the game Science puts us to shame while art fans imaginary flames Makes you wonder why Maybe makes you want to cry Might make you dance like a banshee all night Art fans imaginary flames Science puts us to shame No matter what we make we’re barely in the game Never stare at a painting that can tell you where you’re waiting Never contemplate a poem that can carbon date a bone Never read a book that can see what drugs you took Never hum a tune that can jump you to the moon Is there is no kind of fiction that can generate the necessary friction Science puts us to shame Makes sure the world is never the same But maybe, maybe, maybe maybe we’re still in the game
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State of the Union 03:57
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This sea is so beautiful you need to share it with somebody Better mind who you turn to This can be a dangerous country It’s not the gangstas or the junkies or illegal immigrants It’s the Good Old Boys and their flunkies the gun dealers and their friends The Good Old Boys and their siege mentality make it a dangerous country This sky is so mysterious you need to solve it with somebody Better mind who you trust This can be a troubling country It’s not the Muslims or LGBTQ It’s not the left wing vipers It’s the Good Old Boys with their propagandized news Their bullies, their bashers, and their bribers The Good Old Boys’ and their conspiracy theories make it a troubling country These people seem so nice you’ll get along if you’re not grumpy Better mind who you like This can be a disheartening country It’s not the old and scruffy the freeloaders who gobble up your taxes It’s those who could but still do nothing while the Good Old Clear Cut Boys swing their axes The Good Old Boys, their talking heads and do-nothings make it a disheartening country The desert is such a great trip you need to make it with somebody Find an oasis and take a dip This is still a beautiful country It’s not the captains of industry Its not the good old boys It’s the people who set each other free The folks who make a brilliant noise The people who set our minds free make this a beautiful country
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T-Rex-T 04:12
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T Rex, Rex T big time figures of history From sixty-five million years ago on up to this day, here’s what we know T- Rex boss dinosaur, largest ever carnivore Supreme predator Tyrannosaurus king dinosaur Rex-T boss of ExxonMobil largest ever supplier of oil Supreme climate change denier Rex Tillerson big time oil supplier Then came an asteroid and the atmosphere was destroyed Dust and debris blocked out the sun The dinosaurs time had come Exxon scientists foretold burning fossil fuels would melt the poles So they bought oil leases where the ice would melt and built drilling platforms to out-rise the swells T Rex, Rex T big time figures of history From sixty-five million years ago on up to this day, here’s what we know Oxygen went first then everything green Herbivores perished with the grass and leaves T-Rex ran out of critters to eat Carnivores chomped on each other’s meat Rex-T and his friends funded institutes to cast climate change into disrepute They used their financial and political might to make sure nobody could put up a fight So here’s to Ayn Rand and her virtue of selfishness Paul Ryan, Mike Pompeo, the Koch brothers and Trump Here’s to the hell they’ve conspired to sentence us Here’s to toxic plastic ocean dumps T-Rex only acted as nature dictated Rex-T and the rest perfected laissez faire We can’t let these guys get away with this If there’s such place as heaven they should not be let in there T Rex, Rex T big time figures of history From sixty-five million years ago on up to this day, here’s what we know Rex-T and his friends came out really well and we get a cataclysm Even if they don’t burn in hell they should surely do time in prison
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A Serious Girl 02:45
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You were such a serious girl Always so good, did what you should Would’ve been lost without you It was all about you I’m the luckiest lover in the world Sometimes memories are a jailhouse Sometimes memories are everything That’s all there is Hey sweet lady, I’m hoping you might maybe come out with me to see the eclipse moon Please sweet baby, don’t go if you can’t take me Don’t slip away so soon, no not so soon. I would never ask you not to cry You should rage at this, the unfairness of it A hard part for me is the uncertainty I’m not going to know Won’t know when to say goodbye Sometimes hope is quicksand Sometimes hope is everything That’s all there is Hey sweet lady, I’m hoping you might maybe come out with me to see the eclipse moon Please sweet baby, don’t go if you can’t take me Don’t slip away so soon, no not so soon You were such a serious girl Always so good, did what you should Would’ve been lost without you It was all about you I’m the luckiest lover in the world
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Welcome to the Relish audience 00:27
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Destinations (live) 03:05
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I could meet ya in Costa Rica Away, away, hooray, hey let’s go An eclectic cuisine and no army it’s a zip line economy But I won’t see ya in North Korea No way, no way, don’t want to live there Forced labour retreats for class enemies it’s the marching-est society Away, away oh wherever shall we go Oh where, oh where, can we learn how to build a good home I’d run as fast as I can out of Iran Away, away, away I would go The clerics make you pray, watch out if you’re gay and don’t be a woman with something to say You liked what you saw in South Africa Away, away, hooray, hey let’s go In Brazil, Japan and Malawi you can worship your favourite celebrities Away, away oh wherever shall we go Oh where, oh where, can we learn how to build a good home Let’s not emulate the United States No way, no way, it’s not really that great Too many guns and kids in deep in need Repunklicans and unbridled greed Oh Canada, what have you done Away, away, oh where did you go Your colonial ways are still a disgrace and you’re losing yourself to the marketplace Away, away oh wherever shall we go Oh where, oh where, can we learn how to build a good home We like to be in good company Away, away, hooray, hey let’s go We could puzzle out what needs to be done to build a good home for everyone before planet earth is engulfed by the sun Away, away oh wherever shall we go
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You Should Be Sleeping (live) 03:01
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Ooh, ooh, ooh, you should be sleeping Ooh, ooh, you know it’s for the best Ooh, ooh, you take care of sleeping let us look after the rest We won’t let the boogie man get you We won’t let the cat steal your breath So good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bugs bite close your eyes and try to forget Ooh, ooh, ooh, you should be sleeping Ooh, ooh, you know it’s for the best Ooh, ooh, you take care of sleeping let us look after the rest You don’t want to go outside, there’s a wind on the rise rip the skin right from your bones But the sandman’s here to dry up your tears You’ve got nothing to fear, you won’t be sleeping alone Oh no, but you should be sleeping Ooh, ooh, you know it’s for the best Ooh, ooh, you take care of sleeping let us look after the rest Nobody said tomorrow would be brighter Those in the know are singing the blues But you sleep sound, safe and warm we’ll keep watch through the storm and wake you when it’s all through You don’t want to go outside, there’s a wind on the rise rip the skin right from your bones But the sandman’s here to dry up your tears You’ve got nothing to fear, you won’t be sleeping alone Oh, no. Hey what are you doing up? Don’t worry sweetheart everything will be just fine. Come on, we’ll take you back to bed and get you a little drink of water. You can read a chapter of your favourite book, we’ll on your night light, and you can go back to sleep. You take care of sleeping let us look after the Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bugs bite close your eyes and try to forget Goodnight

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This is a mix of home studio recordings and songs recorded live at
Relish Bar & Grill, Toronto.

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released January 4, 2021

Jay Bowen – lead vocal & kazoo
Keith McNair – words, music & production

Home Studio Recordings
Ryder McNair – additional music & mix; vocal & production, Forgiveness Waltz
John Roby – recording, mix/additional music, Fiefdom, Arts & Science and What Kind of Angel Would You Want To Be
Kevin Barrett - mixing mentor

Live at Relish Bar & Grill
Mixed and mastered by Kevin Barrett
Recorded by Jason LaPrade

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Old Men Music
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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