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forest of the wizard
03:45
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once upon a time
a wizard lived
in northern Ontario
peacefully
but neighbors were scared of his long beard
and scared of his ability to make flesh melt
the wizard was sent
deep in the woods
which wasn't too bad
except for the bears
and after many years had passed
the wizard who's heart was pure and good
wished every night upon the stars
that he would meet
his one true love
pinto (3x)
eventually that forest became known
as the forest of the wizard
and every night he called out loud
pinto because that's what he thought her name would be
pinto...
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sometimes my cat uses claws
most times I just want the paws
sometimes the ceiling is low
most times my head doesn't know
sometimes I stay up too late
most times I make sandman wait
sometimes I don't mean a thing
most times I just need the wings
ch: the world is too big (2x)
sometimes the world is too big
sometimes the sky never stops
most times the bubble wants to pop
sometimes your smile never shows
most times the highs are the lows
sometimes I'm suffocating
most times my breath is waiting
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small girl
05:02
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big man with the bad hand
and a poor face for the game
he looks down when he's bluffing
when he's betting high
you should do the same
small girl with the good hand
she bets high for her size
she taught me what to look for
"you should look for jack"
and both his eyes
ch: yes we both knew who was winning
cause we both had all the money
I think that she's the greatest
and she thinks that i'm funny
old man with the old ways
I can tell he's played before
he knows all the old tricks
we know his ways
and so much more
(ch)
now it's just you and I
cause we kept betting high
big smile from the small girl
it made everything alright
if I lose to anyone
I hope it's her tonight
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jamming with the bathroom light on
someone put in a weird green light bulb
jamming with the door wide open
I think I left something in there
now it's gone
someone must have flushed it down (2x)
bye bye
now we're jamming with the bathroom light on
we just saw a movie and we're terrified
so we're jamming with the bathroom light on
I think I saw someone in there
now they're gone
jamming with a cup of your soul
jamming with the ghost of Levon Helm
jamming with the holy spirit
jamming with Bob Marley's wailers
they're wailing away
on a beautiful Sunday
jamming with the bathroom light on
that green light bulb makes the ghosts
look like they're dead
I wonder if they know
let's tell them
after the jam
the bathroom jam
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a trillion billion stars in the sky
you get a galaxy and so do I
but what I'm looking for ain't that high
ch: love ain't like the stars above (2x)
the milky way sparkles every night
I close my eyes and it's still in sight
I'm not always looking for a light
(chorus)
6 billion people I can't meet 1
I wonder if I feel like the sun
so many others I get to see
I can't meet them and they can't meet me
(I guess)
love is like the stars above (repeat)
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my pa, he gave no guarantees
cept only for just one
he swore that there was but one truth
a one-legged chicken won't run
I told my pa I guarantee
as true as I'm your son
if push came to some mighty shove
a one-legged chicken will run
he laughed and said, my son, you're wrong
this isn't time for fun
in real life, boy, you can be sure
a one-legged chicken won't run
but pa, I plead, on bended knee
I've seen a chicken run
it had two legs, but for a head
that chicken, I'm sure, had none
oh son, you can't compare the two
with legs a race is won
a headless chick will go for miles
but a one-legged chicken can't run
then push came to some mighty shove
and out came father's gun
he shot off my leg but off I went
screaming a one-legged chicken will run
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I'd like to tell you a tale
about a man and his horse
while they were out on the trail
they found trouble, it brought trouble of course
the man's name was Black
he called his horse Blue
they watched each other's back
so when the posse came a'hunting
they were hunting two
they had the 2 on the run
the sun was going down
Black had shot everyone
so now the sheriff was involved
and the sheriff ran that town
ch: trouble ain't got nothin' left to do
it should have run
run away from Black and Blue
now they were sentenced to die
for killing innocent men
they couldn't admit the lie
then the judge through the book at them again and again
so they were put in a cell
but they didn't stay long
they opened the gates to hell
then they left and no one knows where they've gone
ch
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I sit in the bleachers
warming up the wood
but not the wood they use to make bats
or the wood they use to make those big soup stirring spoons
why won't you put me in outfield?
I like playing baseball in your heart
in your heart
in your heart
but I sit in the bleachers
warming up the wood
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a good laugh
06:04
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laughing in the evening
cause this morning I woke up crying
crying in the morning
cause last night
I had a good laugh
I put on my face
I take off my blue
I put on a smile
and cry for you
a good laugh had us down on the floor
a good laugh we were crying before
a good laugh had us begging for more
a good laugh...
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hate that love
02:48
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I was taught to hate love in the morning
and be suspicious when it showed up at night
I was taught to clean love with a dirty rag
and clean the floor when it wants to fight
I was taught to fear love on a holiday
and don't let it in when it shows up late
I was taught to stay away from what I want
and be suspicious when it seems to great
ch: hate that love
for being so good
hate that love
you know that I would if could
I taught myself everything I know
I'd fail myself and tell me where to go
I would say hell where love don't exist
I just can't tell if it's the exit
ch
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miss vicki never went too far
afraid to fly or drive a car
miss vicki never left her town
one day she had to change things round round round
she's gonna see the world
miss vicki's never been to rome
she never went far from home
miss vicki's never seen the snow
one day she just had to go go go
she's gonna see the world
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born to be naked
03:10
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pack up all your silly clothes
and don't worry about them
leave them in the closet
and don't think about them
try to go at least a week
living without them
or are you better off with than without them?
don't leave the house with clothes
you were born to be naked
wear a bunch of flesh-coloured clothes
if you need to fake it
some babies tried to be born with clothes
but they said they hate it
is an egg better off with bacon?
it's born to be naked
let's make a pile of shirts
and burn it
let's make an island of pants
and never go there
let's send our shoes to space
and walk on venus
and if our birthday was decided by clothes
we'd celebrate every day
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locked up tight
02:55
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I don't get my hopes up anymore
they're staying down here with me on the floor
if they were a boat they'd never leave the shore
I don't let my interests roam about
they're locked up tight and never coming out
if they were allowed they'd just be full of doubt
I won't get excited, not again
i'll never dream, or love, or make a friend
if they were a tale, they'd only be the end
I don't get those feelings anymore
they're locked up tight and banging on the door
if they were a fish they'd be flopping on the floor
they're locked up tight and I threw away the door
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lemon cake
04:48
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when i'm alone I think of you
and hope that you can think of me too
I searched for love
below, around, above
when I found you, my search was through
when I fall down you break my fall
my stomach growls I hear you call
you're all I need for bandaids when I bleed
my everything, my love, my all
you're in my dreams when i'm awake
you're in my heart for goodness sake
pound for pound I have surely found
my love is you, my lemon cake
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Dwight Schenk Oshawa, Ontario
5 of these things are true:
1. Wrote a symphony premiered by the Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra.
2. Was a carnie for a summer.
3. Has the world record for tree-chopping (30" diameter).
4. Wrote and illustrated a graphic novel.
5. Wrote a letter to Marineland asking them to change their song because 'not everyone loves Marineland".
6. Has been in many bands in the Toronto area.
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