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Songbones 88​-​84

by Jeff Smith

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1.
Down To Your Nest Mama 03:24
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I've been down to your nest mama Down to your nest While you was out I seen your babies Been down to your nest mama While you were out And it filled with a fever I just can't forget And I'm back here baby And I'm standing' in your nest A long time ago I seen you with your walking babies on I held your hand and man was it grand And I felt like walking' with you that day I never will forget when i was walking with you baby
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It's The Little Things 05:13
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It's The Little Things I am not a fool prone to flying off the handle And I am not so bored that i have to cause a scandal But I might punch the wall in a rage that's been growing I keep it inside without ever known I'm doing the best I can without my innocence When I could take it in stride and use it as my defense But it's the little things that makes me nuts The everyday scrapes and cuts that just tear me up I'm doing the best I can living with the bomb Even when they alienate every you and me citizen Tom I try to hold my tongue around joking racial bigots But I know they've been too long drinking from a poison spigot I find it alarming how little we show we care It makes me stop and wonder why do we make life so unfair Im doing the best I can to improve my attitude Sometimes it comes easy sometimes I come unglued I carry the world with me upon my new wrist watch TV But it's the little things that makes me nuts The everyday scrapes and cuts that just tear me up
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I Think We've Got a Holdout 05:13
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I Think We've Got a Holdout You're out there on the street doing what you've been taught Believing it's survival without a second thought Dressing for success and not missing the tricks A suit and tie or a bow at the throat to hide the scare of office politics But I think we've got a holdout someone whose not joining in I think we've got a holdout someone who is not blending in Be careful what you say your'e in mixed company Bit your lip if you're offended there's no pity for the uppity Now here come your future with it's studied attitude Inside this box is your guarantee send it in with your gratitude But I think we've got a holdout someone whose not joining in I think we've got a holdout someone who is not blending in The gears turn your mind you've become part of the machine I can still remember you but I miss the human being People still love to talk whenever they're together Pour a drink to break the ice common ground is talking the weather But I think we've got a holdout someone whose not joining in I think we've got a holdout someone who is not blending in
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Everybody's Talkin About Your Talk 02:49
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About Your Talk Your words come easy But you make it so hard To believe the stories You turn into art You get so tangled In your twisted plots Your motor's always running And you just can't stop There's always someone You want to impress You think if it's worked once You've cast your nets And the ones your thought were fools Are lining up Even your entourage Has had enough Everybody's talking' about your talk And the way you act like it's not your fault The way you rattle like a big dumb doll Everybody's talking about your talk I used to laugh at it Like it was a bad joke But it kept getting worse Every word was an ego stroke Now you're so puffed up With your own deceit People avoid you Just for relief Everybody's talking' about your talk And the way you act like it's not your fault The way you rattle like a big dumb doll Everybody's talking about your talk
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Mr. Anderson and Dig Dag Ratbone and The Drum of Poison Finger Sam 05:51
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MR ANDERSON Mr Anderson has a fever He sits two rows over His wavy red hair Is on fire And sweat beads up On his upper lip. And then he burps very loudly And I cover my ears with my hands And I turn my head Cause Mr Anderson is throwing up Mr Anderson is throwing up DIG DAG RATBONE AND THE DRUM OF POISON FINGER SAM Plastic spatula spaz boy stomp I seen my baby in Steinman's swamp Her blue pajamas full of flannel fuzz Bees all around her head talkin' jive buzz buzz The alligators talk and swim away Sh know the language turns night to day The air could drown you it feels so thick She stir it up with a gris gris stick. Did Dag ratbone the dragon's den Everything is slow motion when Each breath is fire, each breath's a curse When you've seen your baby in the devil's hearse Toy boat red slips downstream Disappears in a fevered dream Hear the drum of poison finger Sam Sing the song called I'll be damned Birds of prey hang on wires Vampire moon conducts the choir The mimosa strangled in her vines Begin to moan shake and whine Did Dag ratbone the dragon's den Everything is slow motion when Each breath is fire, each breath's a curse When you've seen your baby in the devil's hearse The ledge overlooking the waterfall held you in mid air. (Verse below to be sung by the listener in between the recorded verses) Broken bones brittle and sharp Rattle like diamonds in the dark A dog with wings flew into town Demon fairies came out it's mouth Dig Dag Rat Bone
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Glarp Wave 01:40
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Glarp Wave You can write the lyric.
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If You're Gonna Make Somebody Believe You 03:37
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If You're Gonna Make Somebody Believe You I got your number and I still don't understand Why you think it's cute to be a liar and tying your hands It's so easy to be the fool none's gonna hand you the buck But it takes some character and interest in the follow up If you're gonna make somebody believe you I used to let you twist me up I'd hang on every word You rearranged your promises until you weren't even sure So much like a boy and his wolf alone in your emergency But it takes some guts, something more than sympathy If you're gonna make somebody believe you You say you're alone with no one to call you're left holding the bag because you dropped the ball Sometimes your'e gonna be wrong sometimes you just won't know But it takes some force of will and a desire to let things grow If you're gonna make somebody believe you
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Blood is Blood 04:04
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Blood is Blood Well an evil wind stirring up the scent Bad thoughts rise and are given vent Vicious thoughts that are cruel and vile The world's off center and the victim's stand trial These thought are harbored and they poison the soul Something snaps and the evil takes hold Blood is blood ounce for ounce Don't you know by now it's the thought that counts What is this thing we call hate Now I heard of a man with a necklace of bone Show you the corpse and where the weapons were thrown Two men and women drinking talking like fools Don't realize when the jokes turn cruel This is how the evil begins this is how it starts Fills in an emptiness where there should be a heart It's like a virus moving in the wind Everyone is helpless when the violence begins Blood is blood ounce for ounce Don't you know by now it's the thought that counts
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Your Dark Hair in the Yellow Flames 05:02
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YOUR DARK HAIR IN THE YELLOW FLAMES (w&m JeffSmith c1982) Hey we are all looking through the glass We see different scenes of what may pass A crystal ball with deceptive moves, dark magic circles lines and screws. I remember the first time we met The chemical reactions were a dare and a bet Then I saw you in another light The surface dissolved and everything went white Sometimes I'm dreaming in bright colors And I can hear you say my name I turn away and I from these memories Of your dark hair in the yellow flames I was allowed one moment's glance When I held you in broken hands Terror and danger in a life of suspense I'm all tied up in sickening spins. Your sharp blue teeth and your frozen stare Your magic so wicked so terrible and rare I see your vapor in the hall I hear the scratching of your claws
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I'm Always Gonna Be Here 04:37
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I'm Always Gonna Be Here I am just a little guy Out here looking up at the sky Im not well and I'm very cold I'm all alone and I'm three days old My momma left me here and she never looked back Wrapped me in a blanket and a garbage sack I'm so tired and full of fear Why did my mamma leave me here Oh momma am I so bad you threw me away like a beat up old hat You left me for dead But I'm always gonna be here in your head Somebody found me and gave me some food I felt warm and I began to dream But I'm too little and I'm way too sick I can'd hold on much longer like this I need some big loving arms around me I need somebody to say hey baby I love you I need some contact, I need some skin I need somebody to take me in Oh momma am I so bad you threw me away like a beat up old hat You left me for dead But I'm always gonna be here in your head I'm always gonna be here I'm always gonna be here I'm always gonna be here In your head.
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Mercy Missions 03:50
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Mercy Missions You knew I'd make the drive To pick the pieces up You were feeling so low down I couldn't get there fast enough You said you were out of control You closed your eyes just to watch them roll you said you were surrounded by yourself you had had surrendered you were saved by the bell Mercy missions in the grey zone Stealing someone's heart Mercy mission, the psychic grief patrol Always hear the saddest part On mercy missions Mercy missions get no relief I got the pitch morning call To pul you out out out You slipped into that slump And tried to fill it with doubt I suggested and you resented You had an open wound You thought it took real nerve For me to treat it like a bruise

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A collection of songs using wide brush strokes, lo-fi and hi-fi mixes, demos/recordings made on cassettes, 1 inch tape, 1/4 tape and digital recording machines. Primitive as in how I (as a kid) I thought of 78 rpm records. Maybe thats a lost image to/for some folks.
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released May 26, 2015

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Jeff Smith Virginia

Inspired and influenced by early country, blues, rock and pop
Jeff Smith writes songs and tells elongated and elliptical stories about them. Jeff's Appalachian drawl slides in and around his guitar playing and Smith says “on a good night the stories and songs swing on top of a funky kind of country blues pop stomp”. Now residing in the swamps of Virginia, Smith performs club gigs and
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