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Narwhal
03:58
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Here I go chasing after rainbows
Through ice flows or wherever the wind blows
Water's cold but I'm in it for the long haul
Raise my horn like all the other narwhals
There's so many things to see in this watery world
I hope I have the time to do it all
Hold my breath and dive down to the trenches
Pay respects to the Orca Princess
Oceans of deepest blue and vast seas of green
Long submerged mountain ranges set the scene
Sometimes I close my eyes and soak in the silence
It's good to get away from chaos and violence
And think about what it means
To be a good narwhal in these troubled times
Off I go wherever the waves take me
Roll around and let the ocean shake me
I sure am grateful for another great day
I wouldn't have it any other way
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I was a fool I'll admit it my friends
Now I'm on tour and I'm making amends
I was the village idiot
Now I've come to flip the script
And so it should come as no mystery
I want to be on the right side of history
I did things wrong now I'm making it right
Next stop is Wichita on Saturday night
I'm driving round in my old van
Doing everything I can
To say sorry for all the dumb things
I did when I didn't know better
I'm on a mission until the end
Gonna get my redemption
And be someone that I'd be proud to
Consider a friend and contemporary
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Milky Way Getaway
03:33
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What a day let's getaway to the vast Milky Way
And we'll visit every star in the sky
Look that way out the bay you'll see Sagittarius A*
It's that black hole that looks like an eye
Castor and Pollux are near
Sirius is beautiful this time of the year
So come on let's rally the troops
Betelgeuse is offering discounts for groups
And let's stay for a day on a moon far away
Circling a planet with no name
Turn your face out towards space soak in interstellar rays
And we'll leave a different way than we came
So many places to go
New worlds around us above and below
Watching the galaxy flow
Feeling the breeze as the cosmic winds blow
It's been great but now it's late and we've filled up our plates
Now it's time to turn around and head home
I was amazed now we've blazed our way back across space
There's still so many places to roam
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Silver Siphons
04:14
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Sometimes I wish it was yesterday
Tomorrow's forecast is cold and gray
Could use an invention to save the day
Something to siphon the crud away
Something that's pure maybe made out of silver
And cured in the fires of the Earth
To help see things different, from a better vantage point
And stop the rain from falling on me
Sometimes I wish that I was elsewhere
Another planet with cleaner air
And different people that I could bear
Instead of these psychos lurking everywhere
As long as I'm dreaming, I'd also like to fly
And have the power to talk to dogs
At least give me something, my magic silver siphons
To stop the sleet from freezing my bones
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5. |
Return of Space Coyote
03:54
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Wings of Aurora
05:30
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Lights flaring green and I'll spread out my wings
And it's time to start soaring through the skies
I look below at the white arctic snow
As I fly over oceans of pure ice
Wings of aurora spreading all around the poles
And I don't even feel the cold winds blow
The time without the sun just seems to pass so slow
And it's my job to set the sky aglow
Long endless nights, but I'll set them alight
As I glide on my wings of purest green
Look up above and I'll shower you with love
As you breathe in the air so crisp and clean
I'll always try my best to light the sky for you
And no one ever asks if I feel blue
It's an exhausting task but I will see it through
There's nothing else that I'd know how to do
I'll spread my wings of aurora
I'll spread my wings far and wide
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Gateway to Hiccup City
02:30
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On the bottom of the ocean there once lay a sunken monolith
Undisturbed for vast millennia til one day its stone eye opened
Somewhere across the great divide of expanding spacetime
There was a corresponding stirring from its companion
Off in the stars
And then came the great awakening all of the worlds rose to consciousness
And fulfilled their various purposes living on in galactic harmony
Within the ever changing tides and flow of the cosmos
One tiny planet fell out of sync, got lost in the darkness
And grew cold
Oh poor Earth where did you ever go?
Cut off from the rest of everything this world became sad and ignorant
And its lifeforms just fought endlessly over nothing of any importance
Someday perhaps they'll hear the call from the furthest reaches
Of spacetime inviting them to come back into the fold
But heaven knows
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Whirlwind Effect
04:44
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All these days just blur together
As they race their way along
Always wrong about the weather
So I'm getting drenched here
I just wasn't prepared
To be caught out in the storm
When you'd think that I'd know better
And dress up in something warm
Or at least put on a sweater
All the leaves are blowing round me
Caught up in a whirlwind
Not so different from the people
I see running around
Stranding themselves aground
And after all these years
You would think that we'd know better
We're children of the Earth
But we so often forget her
And I lie down in the trenches
Staring at the stars above
Wondering if it's all the same
Out there where nothing's been touched
In the cosmic nonesuch
But if I had to guess
It probably isn't any better
Stuck on another world
The rain gets you even wetter
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Grim Trigger
04:16
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Cooperation is the answer
If we could only trust each other
Don't you cross me
Don't you cross me
I won't forget
I won't forget
I've got a long unblemished memory
And I remember who my friends are
Don't you cross me...
There's only one way out for everyone
And that's to look out for each other
Don't you cross me...
If you should ever try to flip on me
I'll be forced to pull this grim trigger
Don't you cross me...
And then we'll all end up in ruins
But at least I'll know that you won't win
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11. |
Zzyzx Road
03:52
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I don't know but I've been told
You'd better take a trip on down to Zzyzx Road
Where you'll take a rest
Get yourself refreshed
Zzyzx Road is the place to be
Come on and take a dip in the mineral springs
And relax all night
Get your head on right
Out in the desert where the sun always shines
It's sure to put you in a better state of mind
And soon you'll see
You'll be worry free
Come on in get yourself on track
If you're not satisfied you'll get your money back
That's a guarantee
So put your mind at ease
Zzyzx Road will be your second home
And you won't want to go
Anywhere else at all
And you'll see Zzyzx Road is everything they say
And there's no other place
As nice to get away
Let's go!
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12. |
Banished From Xanadu
06:00
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Good morning frost giants it's time to shake all your sleepiness away
It's fifty-five below and we might not even see the sun today
Looks like a perfect icy cold morning
Blizzards coming down without any warning
Avalanches off in the distant mountains
Look just like a pure white flowing fountain
I know your bed feels good but now it's time to get up and seize the day
So walk out of your cave and headed towards glaciers that stretch across the bay
Snow is swirling around everywhere
Maybe you'll befriend some local polar bears
Later on make your way to the human village
They've built a new castle and it's waiting to be pillaged
It's been a long full day and now it's time to head home and go to bed
I look forward to waking you but now it's time to just rest your weary heads.
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Chasing Falling Stars
04:07
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No city lights and the sky's dark tonight
Feeling the pull of a trillion worlds
Nowhere at all in particular to go
Seeing whatever the fates will unfurl
And we'll travel onward and it's forward ho!
It's a long ways out there, it's a long way home
Our destination is still an unknown
Just chasing after all the falling stars
Where we end up is a matter of chance
Might be Antarctica, might be on Mars
And we'll travel onward...
Keeping an eye out for bright streaks of light
Pointing the way to the next place to go
And in the end it'll turn out all right
I don't know how, but I know that it's so
And we'll travel onward...
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Cosmic Cairns Nevada
Cosmic Cairns is a one man band/recording project featuring Ethan Slaughter on numerous instruments. I've been making home recordings since 1995 and am in a constant process of learning, growing, and exploring. And hopefully recording a few halfway decent songs along the way. ... more
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