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First Time
03:29
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We're all entitled to a first time
Each one is special like a snowflake
And you'll never forget it
Though you may well regret it,
It could mean joy of it could mean heartache.
CHORUS:
Was it low, was it high;
Was it wet, was it dry;
Did it take you off to Wonderland?
Was it planned, a surprise;
Bring a tear unto your eyes;
Come with applause or reprimand?
Some folks got theirs in a four-poster bed;
Some folks got theirs from a dude with gnarly dreads;
Some folks were wasted;
Some folks came out basted;
Some folks lied about it just for the cred.
(YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!)
CHORUS
Did yours leave you completely scarred for life;
Did yours saddle you with a husband or a wife;
Did it make you hoot and shout
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth;
Give you bliss or bring you strife?
CHORUS
Mine may have been a Nabokov affair,
Dating older fellers with those pigtails in my hair;
I'll let you speculate
How it shaped me as a mate...
Long as you speculate all night my dear.
It was low, it was high;
It was wet, it was dry;
It took me off to Wonderland;
It was planned, a surprise;
Brought a tear unto my eyes;
Came with applause and reprimand.
CHORUS
END
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2. |
Diurnal Heart
02:47
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My moonlight boy, my sunshine girl
Both wrapped around me as it all unfurls,
The long-lost loves that I never lost
I'll find again at any cost;
My moonlight mister and my sunshine dame
I miss in ways I cannot explain;
Will I find them together, will I find them apart?
Will three melt into one diurnal heart?
BRIDGE:
If moonlight should fall upon his silhouette
And she should cast lazy shadows;
Without the wrap her her rays and his darkened gaze
This field of mine shall lay fallow...
My moonlight Johnny and my sunshine Jane
Whisepering in either ear, it drives me insane;
So soft and so firm, so calming, so strange;
Melting to gray between ying and yang.
My sunshine Siren and my moonlight Posiedon
Wash over me in waves as I lay there beside 'em;
My darlings, my lovers, coeur de la Mer,
Vous-et telement sublime mes chers...
END
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BRIDGE:
I hear the chicken and boat and the gun and train
St. Roch's own ex-super heroin/e
Could you just not bear the thought of never seeing it again?
Only leads to dead ends, dead ends, dead ends
You left behind your dog and your darling Bear
Banging that drum kit in the sky you'll never feel no fear
Dead ends, dead ends, dead ends, dead ends
BRIDGE
CHORUS:
She was the queen of the birds on a wire
A telegraphed soul wrapped in superhero style
Life could not contain her and after awhile
She ripped herself open and she hopped the turnstile
She snuffed out the light and she hopped the turnstile
She ripped herself open and she hopped the turnstile
She snuffed out the light and she hopped the turnstile
Last summer I saw you on a bridge in Berlin
What was it that made you want to jump on in?
At the bottom, dead ends, dead ends, dead ends, dead ends
Now I'll put on your corsage,
We'll wear the skins of our dead in homage
We all got dead friends, dead friends, dead friends, dead friends
BRIDGE:
We hear the chicken and the boat and the gun and the train (x4)
CHORUS
Now there's no one left to cut my hair
And it's getting awful shaggy now that you're not here
Look at these dead ends, dead ends, dead ends, dead ends
I hear that hair keeps growing after you die
Well you'll always be Rapunzel now in my mind,
Dead ends, dead ends, dead ends, dead ends
CHORUS
BRIDGE
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4. |
Leaver
04:06
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CHORUS:
Everyone loves a leaver, darling
Just tell 'em you're getting out of town
I'm your leaver, I'm your leaver darling
You're pulling me up and down
It's the same old story
Yes he caught my eye
Like a hundred before him
Lord I was mesmerized
Then I said I was leaving
Catch a train next week
He perked up, couldn't get enough
Loved losing this winning streak
CHORUS
When I got down to New Orleans
Suddenly I had a fresh start
A country full of untied threads
And a seamstress I am not
I was fixing to ravel up my own ball of yarn
When you came along and gave me pause
Now we're all tangled up in each other's arms
And I wonder if it's just because...
CHORUS
Now we're so hot and heavy
Together almost every day
You're like the whip cream and the cherry
And I'm thinking that I might just stay
But I'm afraid if I tell you
Our love might just deflate
You'll find out that my full allure
Was my expiration date
CHORUS
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5. |
Gypsy vs Mountain Man
04:37
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I came to Montana to watch
mountain men climb swing set poles
And to finish up that novel
while I filled in all those gaping plot holes
Though life on the homestead had been mostly nice
Botching my first pot of Rocky Mountain red beans and rice
In that velvet-covered bear trap you had
caught my wandering soul
CHORUS:
Narcissus staring
into a frosty pool
Gypsy versus mountain man now
who would play the fool
He says that he needs no one
but can't stand to be alone
It's his way or the highway
but the highway is my home
It's his way or the highway
so I went back to my home
It's his way or the highway...
Though it seemed nigh impossible
to dampen our eternal flame
It didn't bother you it bothered me
when or where you came
The damage has been done now, I can't help but stew
Will I get over this before I get over you?
You demand evolution
but always stay the same
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
I don't know how it happened
Were we too different to be apart?
Is against all odds just an incomplete
doomed from the start?
You've got your little piece of heaven
Well the rest of the world is mine
The drama isn't me dear
You're not happy if someone's not crying
Well you better treat 'em right now, cuz some of them are friends
But when it comes to me you'd be tough-pressed to make amends
And I will always be the one that
managed to escape your line
CHORUS
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6. |
Rocky Mountain Flirt
03:41
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CHORUS:
I've got red rock dust in my pantalettes
Fool's gold in my skirt
Sometimes it takes silver in your flannel blouse
To be a Rocky Mountain flirt
Folks are gasping for air
in this mountain town
at the foot of old Zeb's peak
Their hearts are a-flutter
as they swoon and stutter
is it the altitude or me?
CHORUS
If your mind is a-spinning
around and around
like a Conestoga wagon wheel
Perhaps you overgreased the axels
Surely you know the facts are
Application with too much zeal
CHORUS
If your heart is colder
than that old north face well
you might just pass me by
But since my hidden gems
could cause an early melt
Well I'll probably catch your eye
CHORUS
When you're digging deep
into that mining shaft
searching for pay-dirt
Perhaps you'll strike it rich
and find upon your arm
a charming Rocky Mountain Flirt
CHORUS
OUTRO:
Sometimes it take a lump of granite
in your flannel blouse
to be a Rocky Mountain flirt
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7. |
This Thin Air
06:27
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CHORUS:
The lights twinkle like stars on the mountainside
And the clouds gather like gods hovering above
Blossoms pink, yellow and blue roll past the columbine
This thin air breathes a little bit thicker when you're in love
This thin air breathes a little bit thicker when you're in love
Life without love is living
in that lonesome valley
Where the cold, cold wind blows down
from the mountaintop
Life without love is living
in that shady canyon
Where the sun never shines
and the temperature sinks like my heart
CHORUS
When it rains it pours
The way I'd like to pour
all over you
Without rain we are poor
If the sun always shines
how will we ever know what is true?
CHORUS
And the cool, clear pool
frosts over
much to Narcissian dismay
How to play
with that eye turned inward?
Skate along with my shadows
They follow me anyway
Everyday
Can our shadows skate together?
CHORUS
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In the south they're soft and supple
Moist and tender too
Uniform in color
Flow like gumbo stew
But way up in the Rockies
they're hard and miserable
Make us twitch our faces
Make mouth breathers of us all
REFRAIN:
I've got those Rocky Mountain Booger Blues
Rocky Mountain Booger Blues
Did they name the mountains for these boogers?
And Denver's neighbor too
'Cuz it'd take some dynamite
to extract this boulder, ooh
You just blow 'em out
It's like the mining days of old
Keeps up mountain dwellers
constantly digging for gold
REFRAIN
When your baby's lying next to you
Curled up in bed, such bliss
Nothing could disturb the mood
Well, nothing 'cept for this
Your baby nuzzles into you
so glad that you're alone
Except that nose up in your ear
sounds like a slide trombone
REFRAIN
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9. |
Girl of Passing Fancy
03:04
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CHORUS:
I'm a girl of passing fancy
and my eye's alit on you
You'd better move quite fast
'fore it beholds another view
Patience is a virtue
These days virtue's so passé
I'm a girl of passing fancy
Yes my fancy's bound to stray
I'm a girl of passing fancy
so don't let mine pass you by
If you capture my attention
act quick 'fore that well runs dry
Strike that iron while it is hot
For it cools off so quick
While I'm a captive audience
You'd best pull out that... schick
If you have turned this dainty head
may I just recommend
Show my your fancy passes
I may be your “special friend”
Well my fancy list is longer
than a cat in heat's meow
And I will cram it all in
long as Venus will allow
Today may be a sailor
and tonight a banker too
No matter your profession
I've a position right for you
Although I'm quite discerning
I am flexible you'll see
Show me your fancy passes
You may be my cup of tea
BRIDGE:
Life is far too short
for one flavor of a cone
Today it might be chocolate
the next, pistachio
Strawberry and rocky road
I spread it all about
But now and then vanilla
just to keep things balanced out
CHORUS
END
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INTRO:
Addiction's more than just unsightly
So don't think I say this lightly...
I liked you better when you were on the drugs
CHORUS:
I liked you better when
you were on the drugs
That cloud of smoke
counterbalanced your humbug
Now you cleaned up and found God
but I sure miss that heathen slob
I liked you better when
you were on the drugs
Those grams helped you
keep your anger at bay
Now you're feeling every ounce
of your pain
Withdrawl's hard to contain
but detoxing on me's inhumane
I liked you better when
you were on the drugs
CHORUS
Now you're hearing nasty things
I never said
Can't decide if it's you or me
you wish were dead
You clearly took them for a reason
Now your demeanor ain't too pleasin'
I liked you better when
You were on the drugs
CHORUS
I don't do those things
too much myself
People give 'em to me
they just sit up on the shelf
But the way you're acting sober
makes me wanna get messed up 'til October
I liked you better when
you were on the drugs
FINAL CHORUS:
I liked you better when
you were on the drugs
That cloud of smoke counterbalanced
your humbug
Now you cleaned up and found God
But I sure miss that heathen slob
You got that monkey out of your pool
but he sure helped you keep your cool
In your newfound sobriety you're bitching
almost as much as me
I liked you better when
you were on the drugs (x3)
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11. |
Hung Up My Hat
05:10
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Well I know that I'm searching for something
and I can't rightly say I know what
I've traversed the salt seas
I've crossed lochs, bridges, quays
And in each shining place
I think I should stay put
But my restless soul won't allow it
Though my feet might tell me
I should quit
It's a big wide old world
and I'll tramp on the soil
of every darn meter of it
CHORUS:
So maybe I'll just toddle back to my swamp
or maybe I'll stay in Berlin
Or perhaps I'll be guiled
by some tropical isle
while I wait for this cycle
to end or begin
Or maybe I'll just never find it
No matter how far I may roam
Well I've hung up my hat
in so many a town
And I've still never found me a home
And the people I meet are so charming
They have talent and wit and finesse
I have lovers and friends
in the world's far-flug ends
And I'm sad to part with them upon my egress
It's like something inside me is broken
when I dig up a hole to plant roots
I might stick in a toe
but then it's time to go
'Cuz the wind and I, we're in cahoots
CHORUS
Well I'm ready to drink the Kool-Aid
on some magical, mystical place
My soul is all bent
and my flesh is all flayed
And thought the tourism bureaus
have plead a good case
There's something I've always found lacking
Wherever I happen to be
I may do this or that
It's distracting myself
from the one simple constant
It's me
CHORUS
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12. |
The Cat Came Back
05:27
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Well old Mr. Johnson
had a cat he couldn't keep
So he put it up for sale
for a price he thought was cheap
He took her to the neighbor's
to ask him for advice
He said, “Leave the kitty here,
she can help me with the mice.”
CHORUS:
But the cat came back
the very next day
The cat came back
He thought she was a goner
But the cat came back
She just wouldn't stay away...
So old Mr. Johnson
had problems of his own
This little yellow cat
that wouldn't leave his homestead
He tried and he tried
to keep that cat away
But the cat had come back
to stay...
Mr. Johnson found a man
who was driving way out west
He would take the cat along
as his special, honored guest
The steering wheel was wobbly
He drove into a tree
The car was just a total wreck
as anyone could see...
CHORUS
The farmer on the corner
said he'd shoot that cat on sight
So he loaded up his gun
with nails and dynamite
He hid in the garden
'til that kitty came around
97 pieces of that man
were all they ever found...
CHORUS
Mr. Johnson bought a rig
from the human cannonball
He would put the cat inside
with tri-nitro-glycerol
And when he pulled the trigger
the cannon gave a roar
The neighbors all surrendered
'Cuz the thought it was a war...
CHORUS
There's plenty out there
to bring us humans to our knees
Aliens or plague
or rampaging zombies
It may bring hope
or it may cause despair
To think that if we disappeared
somewhere out there...
CHORUS (x2)
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13. |
Gator Thumbs
01:47
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When gators grow thumbs
We'll all be in trouble
When gators grow thumbs
We'll all be dead
When gators grow thumbs
We'll all be in trouble
So let's just be thankful they have killer jaws instead
When gators grow thumbs
you may in trouble
When gators grow thumbs
you may be lunch
When gators grow thumbs
you may be in trouble
Because they will be dining on the slowest of the bunch
Now that gators have thumbs
we all are in trouble
Now that gators have thumbs
just call it quits
Now that gators have thumbs
we all are in trouble
Because they will be dining on hairless chimp and grits
Hairless chimp and grits
Suckers and grits
Chumps and grits
Hairless chimp and grits
Now that gators have thumbs
we all are in trouble
Because they will be dining on hairless chimp and grits
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14. |
The End
00:06
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THE END!
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Reecy Pontiff Manitou Springs, Colorado
Reecy Pontiff is a singer/songwriter specializing in southern-fried vaudeville and Americana on the ukulele.
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