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Butterfly
05:43
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Just another fool climbing a rainbow
Just another dream weaver spinning a web (of illusion)
Just another juggler holding the Earth, Moon and Sun
Just another manchild playing until he's dead
And just like that butterfly I'm floating free
Just like that butterfly I'm discovering what's inside of me
Just like the sunshine sleeping on the grass
Just like the moonlight swimming in the sea
Just like the raindrops laughing from the sky
Just like the wind playing the leaves on the trees
And just like that butterfly I'm floating free
Just like that butterfly I'm discovering what I could be
Just like a fisherman in the desert
Just like a scarecrow watching over a barren field
Just like the lark without a song for the rising sun
So I was until I set down my shield
And just like that butterfly I'm floating free
Just like that butterfly I'm discovering what it's like to have wings
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Leaves
05:04
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Jester's Crown
03:54
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There's a monkey in a tree swinging about so carefree
He looks down from his tree to see a man in a suit that's me
He has no regret as he asks me what it's like to be someone's pet
He has no confusion he knows the fool is me not him
And he sings down to me as he swings he sings
Sha la la la la la la la la la my life away la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la today hey, hey, hey
There's a clown in a circus tent on a mute parrot his last dollar he just
spent
His wife gave him the boot 'cause he can't pay the rent
I say to him: “ Man your life is bent”
He said: “Don't ever forget this is a play,
“no use letting yesterday and tomorrow ruin today
“you with your ideals, your pride and fine clothes – it's you who's
wearing the clown's nose”
And then he came up to me and he shook my hand and he smiled
and he danced and he sang:
Sha la la la la la la la la la my life away la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la today hey, hey, hey
There's a king on a golden throne with knights, nobles, servants
yeah, he's alone
The smile on his face there has been sewn happiness he can't own
In a craze he takes off his crown puts it on his jester and gets down
Gives the queen, his wife, a sideways glance Then he starts to dance
Singing no more kingdoms for me I've got to be free
Sha la la la la la la la la la my life away la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la la today hey, hey, hey
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4. |
The Return of Icarus
05:04
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5. |
Snowflower
04:28
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6. |
Open Up the Window
05:40
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Open up the window Open up the window
Please open up the window It's raining outside
I'm standing out here in it getting wet You're sitting there feeling dry
But the rain feels alright from here
It's washing away my doubts and my fears
Please open up the window It's raining outside
Please open up the window It's raining outside
I'm not askin' to come in I'm askin' you to come out from your hidin'
You see if you wait for the sun's shining You might wait a lifetime and
You who cry for the world Don't you see the world's cryin' for you
And when you stare out from the window It can all seem so very blue
Please open up the window It's raining outside
(interlude)
The weatherman said today Don't leave home without an umbrella
But he's sitting there in his dark studio I wouldn't let him tell ya
Open up the window Leave your umbrella behind
Come on and stomp in the puddles Come on out and feel how the rain shines
Please open up the window It's raining outside
I'm not askin' to come in I'm askin' you to come out from your hidin'
You see if you wait for the sun's shining You might wait a lifetime and
You who cry for the world Don't you see that the world's cryin' for you
When you just sit there looking out of your window It can all seem so very blue
Please open up the window Come on out inside
Leave the cold gray behind you Feel how the rain shines
Feel how the rain shines
Please open up the window
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7. |
Sunshine Blues
04:22
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I've got the
I've got the
I've got the sunshine blues
Shining down upon me
Shining down upon me
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8. |
Eck Beck (A River Haiku)
02:19
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9. |
Invisible Rain
06:56
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Black cloud is your sunshine Laughter is your pain
Streetlights are your forest Television is your ball and chain
Your volcano has retched upon my world
Concrete and asphalt burying the Earth
Mr. Bluebird won't you fly me away
This vision I see is too much for me today
I know these people are really not to blame
For their love is like a frightened child that's hiding from an
invisible rain
The sun in your eyes is setting Leaving mine frightened in the dark
You close the door between us And so I close my heart
Our love was like a poor child Begging at the gate
But the king would not let us in And our hunger wouldn't wait
Rocket now Mr. Bluebird Won't you take me beyond the stars
To the place where she waits with open arms
I know my sweet lady was really not to blame
For the love she wanted to give me was denied to me by an
invisible rain
(interlude)
And so I'm wandering Down the open road
Where my feet will take me I don't really know
Maybe I'll find out When I reach the end
My ever wondering mind Will have to wait 'til then
Mr. Bluebird won't you sing me a song
I'll follow your voice 'til I end up where I belong
I know my lonely old self is really not to blame
For the restlessness that's inside me I could never tame
So I'm caught in an invisible rain...
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10. |
Rabbits Turn
05:59
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All of my rabbits turn from white to blue
Just as all of my habits have led me to you
You look for a reason you look for a sign
But the tracks criss-cross there's no straight line to find
I've got my ear to the ground
listening for the sound (of them coming to take me)
I've got my sight to the skies
waiting for the clouds to water my eyes
All of my rabbits turn from white to red
Just as all of my habits have been overfed
It's a chance mistaken but it's the choice I've made
Now I'm trying to awaken the last of my dreams left to save
I've got my hands tied
to keep them from opening wide
I've got my feet – they're turned from the door
yet here I am still walking backwards trying to find more
All of my rabbits turn from white to black
Just as all of my habits have lost me time that can't be gotten back
The carriage is waiting for me on the wooded knoll
I go and climb in Pass through the gate and down into the hole
I've got my mind locked in a box
I take it out on Thursdays to go for short walks
I've got my heart locked in a drawer
I only let it out when the rain starts to pour
All of my rabbits turn from white to gold
One karat for each of my possibilities that I've sold
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