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Open Up The Paris Line
03:02
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OPEN UP THE PARIS LINE
The meeting at the airport
Didn't go quite right
Incendiary baggage claim
Documents left drifting in the lights
With a black-ops warrant
And a hotel suite
"Is your polonium stabilized?
Vladimir is going to take the heat."
Open up the Paris line
Get me Jules Deschelles
The Minister is frantic now
Holding back her hair, biting at her nails.
Clean the room and get offline
It's time to blow this town
The motorcade will get us to the jet
As ours goes up, another comes down.
(M. Knight) Copyright 2013, Hipster Media Music Publishing, BMI
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SYMBOLS ON THE WESTERN EDGE
[What do our iconic symbols of the mind, heart and imagination mean?]
The ocean and the water are symbols of the darkness
Symbols of the unknown and the unconscious mind
The ship upon the water is a symbol of the voyage
Floating ‘cross the terror and coming to the other side
The heart and emotions are symbols of intelligence
The center of the body of love that’s come again
The heart with an arrow is a symbol of conjunction
Coming all together, the light and the pain
And there’s the hawk and there’s the dove, now
Wherever they may fly, they’re black and they are white
Like the greatest ghost, the Pharaoh’s coronation
Like a soul that’s leaving its host for a long lost destination
(M. Knight) © Copyright 2009, Hipster Media Music Publishing, BMI
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According to the latest report, certain remarkable events occurred at the same time in Los Angeles & Lake Titicaca, we'll have more details as they become available.
SIMULTANEOUS EVENTS
(I’ll Try To Get A Message To You)
Men in valet parking vests
Are running for the party guests
“Wait, I’ve got your ticket, can I have your keys?”
Girls in borrowed jewelry shine
Balenciaga silky vines
“Here’s your Golden Globes RSVP.”
When the sun disc resonates the waters of the lake
At 12,000 feet they’re crystal blue
I’ll try to get a message to you
Well they thought there’s nothing left of the old land Mu
In 12,000 years no one came through
Anyway, I’ll be looking for you
All along the old 110
The CHP on the job again
“Hey, I found the BOLO on the red hot Z.”
Then the pickup tied in twine
Did a number on the center divide
I saw his ring fly 33 degrees
When the sun disc resonates the waters of the lake
At 12,000 feet they’re crystal blue
I’ll try to get a message to you
Well they thought there’s nothing left of the old land Mu
In 12,000 years no one came through
Anyway, I’ll be looking for you
I’ll try to get a message to you
Anyway, I’ll be looking for you
(M. Knight) © Copyright 2011 Hipster Media Music Publishing, BMI
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Summer is Forever in L-A
03:46
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Appears in the documentary film: "Stock Shock".
... a big hello to the American Corporations now hard at work dismantling everything dear to your heart.
SUMMER IS FOREVER IN L-A
You cannot keep your money; you cannot keep your house
No one prosecutes the swindler or his pals
Every dollar’s being sent down a golden drain
Summer is forever in L-A
You cannot have an answer; you cannot have your dream
Nothing down on Wall Street’s what it seems
Every crouching Congressman has already been paid
Summer is forever in L-A
Try to fix my bank before it blows away
Gimme back my money that you lost today
Give ‘em $700 billion, give ‘em 700 more
Give ‘em power mighty Caesar never had
They’re running through the signals like a madman on a train
Summer is forever in L-A
Take it to the window give it to the man
Someone in the back room’s got a brand new scam
I see a line of dominos; it’s got to end someday
Summer is forever in L-A
The grim reaper’s name is Bill, there’s no one left to pay
Summer is forever in L-A
There’s two fists stuck in the till, an MBA buffet
Summer is forever in L-A.
(M. Knight) © Copyright, 2009, Hipster Media Music Publishing, BMI
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The Chord Lords
02:20
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THE CHORD LORDS
Well I’m crusin’ down Drake
With my four on the floor
Got a short fuse burning
Gonna see The Chord Lords
With my Moon hub caps
And a tangerine flake
Turn a ’55 Chevy
Into judgment day
C’mon, Let’s go, Tonight, The Chord Lords
On a County night
Shining rock guitars
On the blue suit strummers
On the Rec Center floor
C’mon, Let’s go, Tonight, The Chord Lords
Well he’s back from the dead
In his bloody Levi’s
For a quick farewell
In the hot Larkspur night
C’mon, Let’s go, Tonight, The Chord Lords
(M. Knight & R. 2Shooz) © Copyright 2011 Hipster Media Music Publishing, BMI
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I LOVE YOU FELLOW CITIZEN
[Thanks to Damon Runyon & H. L. Mencken]
We’re easy to excite, we’re hard to dislike
We’re serious, self-conscious and full of strange desire
We’re easy to fool, yet we invented cool
We’re insecure and innocent and always preaching to the choir
I love you fellow citizen for who you think you are
When you’re right you go critical, so far, so far, so far
There’s nothing on our minds, just on our big behinds
We’re gaudy and we’re showy and we’re cheap but our motives are the best
We’re howling with the pack, we’ll stab you in the back
We’re sickos and we’re con-men
When we’re dead we’re going to get some rest
I love you fellow citizen for who you think you are
When you’re wrong you’re just miserable, so far, so far, so far
We need an enemy; it could be you it could be me
We’re moral and we’re horrible but it’s for the public good
We’re always so bizarre, we love an open bar
We’re searchers and we’re preachers, yeah, we’re always so misunderstood
I love you fellow citizen for who you think you are
When you’re kind you are mystical, so far, so far, so far
(M. Knight) Copyright © 2007 Hipster Media Music Publishing, BMI
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LOVE SONG FOR A NEW AMERICA
[Kristin’s love song at last]
Well they took our car, same day that GM failed
And they took our house, same day Citibank was bailed
The pathway to hell is paved with final bills
The pathway to hell is wide and traveled well
They turned off our phone, same day that I called for help
They turned off our lights, the heats gone and the temp just fell
The pathway to hell: anxiety on rails
The pathway to hell: bald tires on a street of nails
Tonight there’s something else that’s overdue
It’s time to tell you that I love you
I know the world out there is black and blue
It’s time to say again, I love you
Hey, they took our cards but they saved the AIG
Oh, they took it all and gave it to the B of A
The pathway to hell is for the population
The pathway to hell not for the corporation
Tonight there’s something else that’s overdue
It’s time to tell you that I love you
I know the world out there is black and blue
It’s time to say again, I love you
(M. Knight) © Copyright 2009, Hipster Media Music Publishing, BMI
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Under the Good Old Sun
03:25
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Based on a particularly strange edition of the Florida tabloid, The Sun ... what is in the water in Boca Raton? You do not want to know.
UNDER THE GOOD OLD SUN
[Thanks to The Sun, July 2005]
The healing tree of life / grows in the desert light
Ten Cubans in a taxi / sail off to see Miami
Under the good old sun
Marion the millionaire / leaves $2-mil for doggie care
Chickens now wear plastic suits / they’re waiting for the hats and boots
Under the good old sun
Giant Pandas on the roam / in the streets of Boca Raton
Condoleezza Rice is making clones / she’s in the shed, can’t come to the phone
Under the good old sun
The White House leads the end of times / the world will end and most will die
NASA translate the ancient codes / the anti-christ wears cowboy clothes
Under the good old sun
(M. Knight) Copyright © 2007 Hipster Media Music Publishing, BMI
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Ozymandias
03:11
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Thanks to Percy Bysshe Shelley and his poem of 1818, "Ozymandias"
OZYMANDIAS
I’m Ozymandias the mighty king
My life and times don’t mean a thing
I’m William Shakespeare, DaVinci too
I dream of wonders that might be
I’m every tyrant and petty thief
My own destruction’s in my seed
I’m Albert Schweitzer I’m Mozart too
Each word and chord make me more free
Be in this world, not of this world
Part of the living spinning pearl
(Look on my works and then despair)
I’m Josef Stalin, Dzerzhinsky too
Our reign of terror now is through
I’m Dalai Lama, Flo Nightingale
If you were me I’d be like you
Be in this world, not of this world
Part of the living spinning pearl
(Look on my works and then despair)
I’m the four horsemen, the Janjaweed
I kill the innocent and weak
Mahatma Gandhi and Lincoln’s fate
Left shining, dying at their peak
Be in this world, not of this world
Part of the living spinning pearl
(Look on my works and then despair)
(M. Knight) © Copyright 2011 Hipster Media Music Publishing, BMI
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America's West
04:10
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It became clear we were not going to clean the planet ... so, the animals and natural forces took over ... you should have been there.
AMERICA’S WEST
[A report on revenge and retribution from the edge of the wilderness]
In the mysterious canyons of a Colorado dawn
Multi-national corporations work their john
In the Humboldt forests walking down right to the sea
The saguaro cactus and the poppies wave goodbye to me
I wanna be close when the buzzards leave their nest
To go crusin’ by the pyre and the pillage of America’s West
As the sun in the Navajo dream turns the sand to pink
Then the crows and the lizards and the coyotes buy a round of drinks
When the brujo makes the shadows dance on the sandstone cliffs
Then the rattle of snake, yeah, moves the hieroglyphs
Maxfield Parrish running naked on the redwood deck
While the think tank ran the numbers and invested in America’s West
In the mysterious moment at the hummingbird hole
There’s the roar and the ash and the heat of the volcano
And the night in the Navajo dream turns the sand to black
The owls and wolves and lions take the planet back
I hope I’m watching the Kahuna when he casts his nets
On strategic data managers in meetings in America’s West
The bills and promises and shit loads of outstanding debt
Are the product line and sales force of America’s West
So, we’ll stand with the L-A River crumbled at our breast
Near the burning tires and tabernacles ruined in America’s West
(M. Knight) Copyright © 2007 Hipster Media Music Publishing, BMI
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Everything's Cool
03:58
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EVERYTHING’S COOL
[Mathematically, there is one band too many in Hollywood, The Rebel Sleaze is, unfortunately, that band.]
We changed our name for good luck, we’re now The Rebel Sleaze
We’re libertines, scoundrels and visionaries
The Times says, “Boys, you have a masterpiece”.
Can’t get it in the stores, our tickets are free
Everything’s cool, if you know what I mean
We see ourselves as the modern Marlon Brando band
With Harleys and film clips and other show biz shams
The marketing, the interviews, the PR soul queen
Can’t get it in the stores, our tickets are free
Everything’s cool if you know what I mean
Every time we plug it in, the public goes berserk
The guy who called it rock ‘n roll was right, but still a jerk
We’re buried in the underground, a bitter sweet vignette
I’ve had my fill of destiny, I’ve seen all that I need to see, and yet -
Our whiskey show was hallowed ground
So everyone must come on down
In Cedars-Sinai dressing gowns
With Gram Parsons in the ground
You can’t mistake our mournful sound
We’re running wild, we’re gagged and bound
They’ll never love us in this town
Can’t get it in the stores, our tickets are free
Everything’s cool if you know what I mean
(M. Knight) Copyright © 2010, Hipster Media Music Publishing, BMI
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Rockin' Baghdad
02:57
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ROCKIN’ BAGHDAD
A military spokesman spoke somewhere today about a roadside bomb
A military spokesman said all he could say about a car bomb blast
Shiite Muslims blasted overnight rockin’ Baghdad
Smoke is rising they’ve set the town ablaze, rockin’ Baghdad
Rockin’ Baghdad until they turn us loose
Rockin’ Baghdad but I wonder what’s the use?
RPG’s wailing somewhere in the night, rockin’ Baghdad
Find your courage, brothers, might is never right, rockin’ Baghdad
The CIA is saying what you want to hear, rockin’ Baghdad
The army poster sells a wonderful career, rockin’ Baghdad
(M. Knight) Copyright © 2007 Hipster Media Music Publishing, BMI
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