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Paul Simon: Surprise

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Warner Bros. Records
Released: 2006.05.09
Time:
 45:21
Category: Pop/Folk
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ********.. (8/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.paulsimon.com
Appears with: Simon & Garfunkel
Purchase date: 2007.07.13
Price in €: 4,99



 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] How Can You Live in the Northeast? (P.Simon) - 3:42
[2] Everything About It Is a Love Song (P.Simon) - 3:57
[3] Outrageous) - Eno, Simon) - 3:24
[4] Sure Don't Feel Like Love (P.Simon) - 3:57
[5] Wartime Prayers (P.Simon) - 4:49
[6] Beautiful (P.Simon) - 3:07
[7] I Don't Believe (P.Simon) - 4:09
[8] Another Galaxy (B.Eno/P.Simon) - 5:22
[9] Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean (B.Eno/P.Simon) - 3:55
[10] That's Me (P.Simon) - 4:43
[11] Father and Daughter (P.Simon) - 4:11

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Paul Simon - Acoustic & Electric Guitar, Producer, Photography

Leo Abrahams - Fretless Bass
Alex Al - Bass
Robin Dimaggio - Drums
Jessy Dixon Singers - Choir, Chorus
Bill Frisell - Electric Guitar
Steve Gadd - Drums
Gil Goldstein - Harmonium, Keyboards
Jamey Haddad - Percussion
Herbie Hancock - Piano
Abraham Laboriel - Bass
Vincent Nguini - Acoustic Guitar
Pino Palladino - Bass
Adriana Simon - Vocals

Nika Aldrich - Technical Support
Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - Art Direction
Tchad Blake - Mixing
Laurence Brazil - Engineer
Jimmy Briggs - Engineer
Dan Bucchi - Engineer
Mike Burns - Instrument Technician
Loreto Caceres - Photography
Charles Duke - Photography
Brian Eno - Electronics, Sonic Environment
Gerard Fiocca - Technical Support
Troy Germano - Technical Support
Wade Goeke - Technical Support
Dan Gross - Engineer
Chip Kidd - Art Direction, Design
Erika Larsen - Photography
Bob Ludwig - Mastering
Scrap Marshall - Engineer
Zach McNees - Engineer
Laurent Millet - Photography
Claudius Mittendorfer - Engineer
Moffat, Derek - Engineer
Charles Paakkari - Engineer
Mike Peters - Engineer
Bryan Russell - Engineer
Ryan Simms - Engineer
Andy Smith - Programming, Engineer
Bryan Smith - Engineer
Brent Spear - Technical Support
Geoff Spear - Photography
Chris Testa - Engineer, Instrument Technician
Zoe Thrall - Technical Support
Jason Todd - Photography
Paul Treacy - Photography
Michael Vitti - Photography
Marlon Weyeneth - Instrument Technician
Tommy Willis - Instrument Technician
Foster Witt - Photography
Peter Zander - Photography


 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


2006 CD Warner Bros. 49982
2006 LP Warner Bros. 49982

First solo album in six years from one of America's elder statesmen of rock and pop, following 2000's 'You're The One'.On this album he teams up with ambient legend and former Roxy Music man Brian Eno, whose warm, spacious and synth-driven production creates a rich soundbed for Simon's elegant, poetic lyricism. Features the single 'Father and Daughter', which was nominated for an Oscar after its inclusion on the 'Wild Thornberrys' soundtrack.



Since severing his epochal partnership with Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon's solo career been characterized by restless reinvention. But while it's easy to see such disparate, cross-cultural collaborations as Graceland and Rhythm of the Saints as Simon's quest for new creative partnerships, beneath them lies a more crucial willingness to continually challenge the very assumptions and craft of his own songwriting. Six years after his sublime, underappreciated You're the One Simon has pushed that sensibility into a rewarding, if equally unlikely, partnership with Brian Eno. Yet the former Roxy Music texturalist cum contemporary producer/sound conjurer supreme (aided by such stellar sidemen as Bill Frisell, Herbie Hancock and Steve Gadd) offers barely half the "surprises" here. The playful "Sure Don't Feel Like Love" argues Simon can still beckon his more traditional pop muse at will. Yet some of his best work here turns as much on hypnotic, if no less politically pointed, quasi-spoken word pieces (like "Wartime Prayers" and the gripping, post 9/11 rumination "How Can You Live in the Northeast?") as traditional songcraft. Eno is credited with providing "Sonic Landscape" to Simon's production, but also co-wrote three tracks, infusing "Another Galaxy" with contrasting doses of bracing energy and ethereal elegance, while seasoning the more traditional folk musings of "Once Upon a Time There Was An Ocean" with infectious electro-funk rhythms. "Outrageous," their best full collaboration, suggests that while Eno and Simon may approach world music - and indeed most pop forms - from polar extremes, the common ground they find is truly elevated. In an era when many of his peers are content to craft mere artistic comebacks, Simon's re-emergence here is a bold, compelling step forward.

Jerry McCulley - Amazon.com



There's never been any disputing Paul Simon's status as one of the rock era's great songwriters. But when it comes time to recording those songs, he's always been at his best when teamed with a foil, whether it be erstwhile partner Art Garfunkel or collaborators like Ladysmith Black Mambazo (who partnered with him on Graceland). Here, Simon calls upon a new teammate, one that, not to pun on the disc's title, comes as something of a surprise. Here, Simon has recruited producer Brian Eno, a master of ambient sound who's brought out new facets in just about everyone he's worked with, from U2 to David Bowie -- a streak he continues here. The graceful, introspective songs that Simon pulled together for Surprise are ideally suited for Eno's tinkering, ranging from the angular "Outrageous," which alternates whisper and scream sections with aplomb, to the ethereal "That's Me," a wisp of a tune that brings out the most poignant notes in Simon's voice. The singer has, for now at least, shelved his penchant for serving up aural comfort food. Instead, he brings some of his most challenging notions to the table, such as the lean, emotionally devastating lyrics of the gospel-tinged "Wartime Prayers" and the acerbic self-assessments of "Sure Don't Feel Like Love," which Eno wraps in a groove that somehow reconciles the diametrically opposed funk approaches of Bo Diddley and David Byrne. While there will certainly be some folks still pining for Simon to go another round with his old pal Art, those willing to take a chance will find that Simon's just as compelling when teamed with art of the small "a" variety.

David Sprague - Barnes & Noble



Surprise - Paul Simons wunderbares zehntes Soloalbum trägt seinen Titel völlig zu Recht, hält der Amerikaner hier doch so manche Überraschung für den Hörer bereit. Dazu zählt etwa die Mitwirkung von Brian Eno, der für die so genannte "sonic landscape" verantwortlich zeichnet. Der Altmeister der Ambient-Abteilung, der sich unter anderem mit Arbeiten für Roxy Music, U2 sowie die Talking Heads einen Namen machte, füllt den Klangraum hinter Simons herrlichen Songs mit hervorragend passenden Elektronikeffekten und sphärischen Schwebesounds. Genauso erstaunlich wie die Studiopräsenz dieses Avantgarde-Abenteurers ist die Teilnahme von Jazzern à la Bill Frisell und Herbie Hancock, doch auch deren Beiträge fügen sich nahtlos ins vorgegebene Konzept ein. Bei der Auswahl der Begleitmusiker bewies Paul Frederick Simon einmal mehr ein glückliches Händchen, er entwarf mit ihrer Hilfe ein zeitgemäßes, sehr modernes Klangdesign, das die Fans seiner Folk-Frühzeit sicher verblüffen wird. Denn Grunge-Gitarren aus der Seattle-Schule ("How Can You Live In The Northeast?"), traumgleiche Klanglandschaften im Stile eines Daniel Lanois, Drum'n'Bass-Grooves, die kantige Funkyness der Talking Heads ("Outrageous") und Tanzrhythmen in Housemusic-Nähe ("One Upon A Time There Was An Ocean") durfte man nun wirklich nicht erwarten. Doch es klappt! Der Folktroubadour fühlt sich in der neuen Umgebung, in der er schlaue Gedanken äußert über Schuld und Sühne ("Everything About It Is A Love Song"), die Rückkehr zum Glauben in schweren Zeiten ("Wartime Prayers"), den Tod ("Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean") oder auch den Beschützerinstinkt eines Vaters ("Father And Daughter"), hörbar wohl. Natürlich hätte es sich Mr. Simon leicht machen können. Kein Mensch wäre ihm böse gewesen, wenn er sich auf seinen Lorbeeren ausgeruht, wenn er ein zweites Graceland oder ein zweites There Goes Rhymin' Simon veröffentlicht hätte. Doch der 64-jährige zieht es vor, sich immer wieder neu zu erfinden. Sechs Jahre nach seinem letzten Studiowerk You're The One vollzieht er einen überraschenden Richtungswechsel und zeigt, dass mit ihm weiterhin zu rechnen ist. Hut ab vor soviel Innovationswillen und Risikobereitschaft!

Harald Kepler - Amazon.de



Irgendwie hatten wir Paul Simon schon in der staubigen Schublade "Helden von gestern" verschwinden lassen. Öffnete man diese Schublade, drangen die vertrauten Klänge von "Graceland" heraus, ohne dass man Lust bekommen hätte, jenes Meisterwerk von 1986 mal wieder ganz durchzuhören. Nun ist Simon zurück. Seine Platte heißt "Surprise" - und sie hätte keinen besseren Titel tragen können: Zusammen mit Sound-Genie Brian Eno hat er ein Album gemacht, das in jeder Hinsicht überrascht. Keine wiederaufgewärmten Kamellen, sondern eine spannende, frische, quicklebendige Sammlung exzellent arrangierter Songs.

Tobias Schmitz - Stern



Der Titel erzählt uns etwas, was wir längst wissen. Nicht nur Paul Simons Rückkehr nach sechs albumlosen Jahren ist eine †berraschung, sondern auch die Wahl seines Produzenten: Brian Eno! Die Ambientlegende schuf als Künstler und Produzent Albenmeilensteine (etwa für U2), die vor allem eins waren: unkonventionell und frappierend - also all das, was Paul Simon solo nie war, selbst auf „Graceland" nicht, seinem größten Erfolg. An dieses Werk aber soll Enos vielfältige, globalpoppige Instrumentalspur offenbar erinnern - und zugleich das leicht onkelhafte Image Simons mit einem Hauch Avantgarde veredeln. Man muss sagen: Experiment gelungen. Auch wenn die Songs des Hitschmieds der 60er („Sounds of Silence", „The Boxer") bei weitem nicht mehr die Prägung der frühen Jahre besitzen, so verleiht Enos eloquentes Klanggewusel zwischen Ethnobeat, Tüftelpop und geschmeidig luftigen Bluesanklängen dem Ganzen eine sommerliche Interessantheit, die glatt in ein kleines Comeback münden könnte. Und das, obwohl Papa Paul seine Kinder mitsingen lässt, was immer eine schlechte Idee ist.

(mw) - kulturnews.de



The obvious surprise of Surprise, Paul Simon's tenth solo album and his first since 2000's underrated You're the One, is that the singer/songwriter has enlisted Brian Eno as his collaborator. At first glance the pairing seems odd, even awkward, since they seem to come from opposing backgrounds: Simon the folk-rock troubadour and Eno the avant-garde art rock adventurist. Dig a little deeper, and the similarities do surface. For one, there is the mutual shared interest in world music -- most evident in Eno's productions/collaborations with Talking Heads at the turn of the '70s and on Simon's 1986 Graceland and its 1990 follow-up, The Rhythm of the Saints, but there are undercurrents running as far back as Simon & Garfunkel's "Cecilia." But more than any other singer/songwriter of his generation, Paul Simon has demonstrated a keen interest in having his albums sound unique and distinct from each other, using each album as an opportunity to explore a different sonic characteristic, so working with a sonic landscaper (as his back-cover credit on Surprise calls him) is not out of character. Similarly, Eno has not been entirely adverse to pop, either, as his ongoing collaboration with U2 proves, not to mention his productions for James or even the flamboyant pop of such early Roxy Music singles as "Virginia Plain." So, their collaboration here is unexpected, but not unnatural -- in fact, it's anything but unnatural, since Surprise is as seamless and graceful as Graceland, which it resembles greatly in how it blends a new sound with Simon's songs. But where Graceland found Simon writing around existing rhythm tracks, the opposite is true here: Eno fills in the space behind songs, creating an evocative, dream-like bed for Simon's words, which, more than ever, scan equally well as poetry as they do song lyrics. Simon was shifting toward this direction on You're the One, but he pushes even harder here, largely abandoning familiar song structures -- only two cuts here have something resembling a conventional chorus, and one of those is "Father and Daughter," originally released on the Wild Thornberrys soundtrack and the only track not treated by Eno -- for elliptical, winding songs that demand attention.

These are songs that cry out for the kind of cinematic sounds Eno brings to them, since he helps give them structure, momentum, and emotional weight, and his "sonic landscapes" do this precisely, following the contours of Simon's words and enhancing his meaning. And while Surprise glides along easily, thanks both to Eno's seamless work and the warmth of Simon's voice, it's an album meant to be listened to closely, and it pays back that effort handsomely. With repeated plays, Simon's songs don't seem as open-ended, and there's more to discover within Eno's production, particularly in how it plays off Simon's recurring themes of faith, aging, fatherhood, and getting by in George W. Bush's U.S.A. But this is not by any stretch a protest record; "How Can You Live in the Northeast?" and "Wartime Prayers" are about the uneasiness of living in the post-9/11 America, yet they're not statements of outrage, they're about the emotional toil of the time, and they have counterparts in the wearied narrators of "Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean" and "Outrageous." It adds up to a bittersweet undercurrent that runs through Surprise, not unlike the melancholy threaded throughout Hearts and Bones, which this also resembles in its overall introspective tone and arty bent, but this is hardly a one-dimensional record; there is gentle hope and wry humor as well, giving this music a rich elegance that makes it stand among Simon's best work. Unlike such deservedly praised comeback albums from some of his peers -- such as Dylan's Love and Theft, the Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang, Paul McCartney's Chaos and Creation in the Backyard -- Simon doesn't achieve his comeback by reconnecting with the sound and spirit of his classic work; he has achieved it by being as restless and ambitious as he was at his popular and creative peak, which makes Surprise all the more remarkable.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



1/2 Eno outfits some of Simon's most elegant songs yet with spacey accouterments, ranging from the shimmery atmospherics of "That's Me" to the buzzy electro-folk groove of "Another Galaxy."

Christian Hoard - Rolling Stone


[Grade: A-] Patience is rewarded with moments of stellar songwriting. ''I Don't Believe'' is practically an album unto itself.... Eno finds smart ways to accent Simon's worry lines.

Chris Willman - Entertainment Weekly



The surprise this time is that Simon isn't globetrotting...in search of new sounds. But he hasn't stopped exploring, either.... Simon remains the most intelligent songwriter of his generation.

Ben Greenman - The New Yorker



[Grade: B] "Surprise" is challenging, and in a pop music world ruled by burn bright-flame out familiarity, that could be its finest quality.

Barry Gilbert - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 

 L y r i c s

 

How Can You Live In the Northeast?

We heard the fireworks
Rushed out to watch the sky,
Happy go lucky, fourth of July

How can you live in the Northeast?
How can you live in the South?
How can you build on the banks of a river
When the flood water pours from the mouth?

How can you be a Christian?
How can you be a Jew?
How can you be a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Hindu?
How can you?

Weak as the winter sun, we enter life on earth.
Names and religion comes just after date of birth.
Then everybody gets a tongue to speak,
And everyone hears an inner voice,
A day at the end of the week to wonder and rejoice.

If the answer is infinite light
Why do we sleep in the dark?

How can you live in the Northeast?
How can you live in the South?
How can you build on the banks of a river?
When the flood water pours from the mouth?

How can you tattoo your body?
Why do you cover your head?
How can you eat from a rice bowl
The holy man only breaks bread?

We watched the fireworks 'til they were fireflies.
Followed a path of stars over the endless skies.

How can you live in the Northeast?
How can you live in the South?
How can you build on the banks of a river
When the flood water pours from the mouth, from the mouth?

I've been given all I wanted,
Only three generations off the boat.
I've harvested and I've planted.
I'm wearing my father's old coat


Everything About It Is A Love Song

Locked in a struggle for the right combination of words in a melody line
I took a walk along the riverbank of my imagination
Golden clouds were shuffling the sunshine

But if I ever get back to the twentieth century
Guess I'll have to pay off some debts
Open the book of my vanishing memory
With its catalogue of regrets
Stand up for the deeds I did
And those I didn't do
Sit down, shut up, think abou God
And wait for the hour of my rescue

We don't mean to mess things up
But mess them up we do
And then it's "Oh, I'm sorry"
Here's a smiling photograph of love it was new
At a birthday party

Make a wish and close your eyes: surprise, surprise, surprise.

Early December, and brown as a sparrow
Frost creeping over the pond
I shoot a thought into the future
And it flies like an arrow
Through my lifetime, and beyond

If I ever come back as a tree, or a crow
Or even the wind-blown dust
Find me on the ancient road in the song when the wires are hushed
Hurry on and remember me, as I'll remember you
Far above the golden clouds, the darkness vibrates

The earth is blue

And everything about it is a love song
Everything about it
Everything about it is a love song
Everything about it


Outrageous

It's outrageous to line your pockets off the misery of the poor.
Outrageous the crime some human beings must endure.
It's a blessing to wash your face in the summer solstice rain.
It's outrageous a man like me stand here and complain.

But I'm tired, nine hundred sit-ups a day.
I'm painting my hair the colour of mud, mud, okay?
I'm tired, tired
Anybody care what I say? No!
I'm painting my hair the colour of mud.

Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Tell me, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Aw, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

It's outrageous the food they try to serve in a public school.
Outrageous, the way they talk to you like you're some kind of clinical fool
It's a blessing to rest my head in the circle of your love.
It's outrageous I can't stop thinking about the things I'm thinking of.

And I'm tired, nine hundred sit-ups a day.
I'm painting my hair the colour of mud, mud, okay?
I'm tired, tired, anybody care what I say? No!
Painting my hair the colour of mud.

Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Tell me, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
Tell me, who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?

God will,
Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.
Take me, I'm an ordinary player in the key of C,
And my will was broken by my pride and my vanity

Who's gonna love you when your looks are gone?
God will,
Like he waters the flowers on your window sill.


Sure Don't Feel Like Love

I registered to vote today
Felt like a fool
Had to do it anyway
Down at the high school
Thing about the second line
You know, felt like a fool?
People say it all the time
Even when it's true
So, who's that conscience sticking on the sole of my shoe?
Who's that conscience sticking on the sole of my shoe?
Cause it sure don't feel like love

A tear drop consists of electrolytes and salt
The chemistry of crying is not concerned with blame or fault
So, who's that conscience sticking on the sole of my shoe?
Who's that conscience sticking on the sole of my shoe?
Cause it sure don't feel like love
How does it feel?
Feels like a threat
A voice in your head that you'd rather forget
No joke, no joke
You get sick from that unspoken
Sure don't feel like love
No joke, no joke
Some chicken and a corn muffin well that feels more like love

Yay! Boo!
Yay! Boo!

Wrong again, wrong again
Maybe I'm wrong again
Wrong again
Maybe I'm wrong again
Wrong again
I could be wrong again
I remember once in August 1993
I was wrong, and I could be wrong again
I remember one of my best friends turned enemy
So, I was wrong, and I could be wrong again
I remember once in a load-out, down in Birmingham
Yeah, but that didn't feel like love
Sure don't feel like, sure don't feel like, sure don't feel like love
Sure don't feel like, sure don't feel like, sure don't feel like love
It sure. Don't feel


Wartime Prayers

Prayers offered in times of peace are silent conversations,
Appeals for love or love's release
In private invocations
But all that is changed now,
Gone like a memory from the day before the fires.
People hungry for the voice of God
Hear lunatics and liars
Wartime prayers, wartime prayers
In every language spoken,
For every family scattered and broken.

Because you cannot walk with the holy,
If you're just a halfway decent man.
I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind
With a genius marketing plan.
I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
Even a little drop will do.
I want to rid my heart of envy
And cleanse my soul of rage
Before I'm through.

Times are hard, it's a hard time
But everybody knows all about hard times.
The thing is, what are you gonna do?
Well, you cry and try to muscle through
Try to rearrange your stuff
But when the wounds are deep enough,
It's all that we can bear,
We wrap ourselves in prayer.

Because you cannot walk with the holy,
If you're just a halfway decent man.
I don't pretend that I'm a mastermind
With a genius marketing plan.
I'm trying to tap into some wisdom,
Even a little drop willdo.
I want to rid my heart of envy
And cleanse my soul of rage
Before I'm through.
A mother murmurs in twilight sleep
And draws her babies closer.
With hush-a-byes for sleepy eyes,
And kisses on the shoulder.
To drive away despair
she says a wartime prayer


Beautiful

Snowman sittin' in the sun doesn't have time to waste
He had a little bit too much fun
Now his head's erased
Back in the house, family of three
Two doin' the laundry and one in the nursery

We brought a brand new baby back from Bangladesh
Thought we'd name her Emily
She's beautiful. Beautiful

Yes, sir, head's erased, brain's a bowl of jelly
Hasn't hurt his sense of taste
Judging from his belly
But back in the house, family of four now
Two doin' the laundry and two on he kitchen floor

We brought a brand new baby back from mainland China
Sailed across the China Sea
She's beautiful. Beautiful

Go-kart sittin' in the shade
You don't need a ticket to ride
It's summertime, summertime
Slip down a water slide
Little kid dancin' in the grass
Legs like rubber band
It's summertime, summertime
There's a line at the candy stand
Keep an eye on them children
Eye on them children in the pool
You better keep an eye on them children
Eye on them children in the pool

We brought a brand new baby back from Kosovo
That was nearly seven years ago
He cried all night, could not sleep
His eyes were bright, dark and deep


I Don't Believe

Acts of kindness, like breadcrumbs in a fairytale forest
Lead us past dangers as light melts the darkness
But I don't believe, and I'm not consoled
I lean closer to the fire, but I'm cold

The earth was born in a storm
The waters receded, the mountains were formed
"The universe loves a drama," you know
And ladies and gentlemen this is the show

I got a call from my broker
The broker informed me I'm broke
I was dealing my last hand of poker
My cards were useless as smoke

Oh, guardian angel
Don't taunt me like this, on a clear summer evening as soft as a kiss
My children are laughing, not a whisper of care
My love is brushing her long chestnut hair
I don't believe a heart can be filled to the brim
Then vanish like mist as though life were a whim

Maybe the heart is part of the mist
And that's all that there is or could ever exist
Maybe and maybe and maybe some more
Maybe's the exit that I'm looking for

I got a call from my broker
The broker said he was mistaken
Maybe some virus or brokerage joke
And he hopes that my faith isn't shaken

Acts of kindness
Like rain in a draught
Release the spirit with a whoop and a shout
I don't believe we were born to be sheep in a flock


Another Galaxy

On the morning of her wedding day
When no one was awake
She drove across the border
Leaving all the yellow roses on her wedding cake
Her mother's tears, her breakfast order

She's gone, gone, gone

There is a moment, a chip in time
When leaving home is the lesser crime
When your eyes are blind with tears
But your heart can see
Another life, another galaxy

That night her dreams are storm-tossed as a willow
She hears the clouds
She sees the eye of a hurricane
As it sweeps across her island pillow

But she's gone, gone, gone

There is a moment, a chip in time
When leaving home is the lesser crime
When your eyes are blind with tears
But your heart can see


Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean

Once upon a time there was an ocean
But now it's a mountain range
Something unstoppable set into motion
Nothing is different, but everything's changed

It's a dead end job, and you gets tired of sittin'
And it's like a nicotine habit you're always thinking about quittin'
I think about quittin' every day of the week
When I look out my window it's brown and it's bleak

Outta here
How am I gonna get outta here?
I'm thinking outta here
When am I gonna get outta here?
And when will I cash in my lottery ticket
And bury my past with my burdens and strife?
I want to shake every limb in the garden of Eden
And make every lover the love of my life

I figure that once upon a time I was an ocean
But now I'm a mountain range
Something unstoppable set into motion
Nothing is different, but everything's changed

Found a room in the heart of the city, down by the bridge
Hot plate and TV and beer in the fridge
But I'm easy, I'm open, that's my gift
I can flow with the traffic, I can drift with the drift
Home again?
Naw, never going home again
Think about home again?
I never think about home

But then comes a letter from home
The handwriting's fragile and strange
Something unstoppable set into motion
Nothing is different, but everything's changed

The light through the stained glass was cobalt and red
And the frayed cuffs and collars were mended by haloes of golden thread
The choir sang, "Once Upon A Time There Was An Ocean"
And all the old hymns and family names came fluttering down as leaves of emotion


That's Me

Well I'll just skip the boring parts chapters one, two, three
And get to the place where you can read my face and my biography

Here I am, I'm eleven months old, dangling from my daddy's knee
There I go, it's my graduation
I'm picking up a bogus degree
That's me
Early me. That's me

Well I never cared much for the money
And money never cared for me
I was more like a land-locked sailor
Searching for the emerald sea
Just searching for the emerald sea, boys, searching for the sea

Oh my God
First love opens like a flower
A black bear running through the forest light holds me in her sight and her
power
But tricky skies, your eyes are true
The future is beauty and sorrow
Still, I wish that we could run away and live the life we used to
If just for tonight and tomorrow

I am walking up the face of the mountain
Counting every step I climb
Remembering the names of the constellations
Forgotten is a long, long time
That's me
I'm in the valley of twilight
Now I'm on the continental shelf
That's me
I'm answering a question I am asking of myself


Father & Daughter

from The Wild Thornberrys Movie soundtrack

If you leap awake
In the mirror of a bad dream
And for a fraction of a second
You can't remember where you are
Just open your window
And follow your memory upstream
To the meadow in the mountain
Where we counted every falling star

I believe the light that shines on you
Will shine on you forever (forever)
And though I can't guarantee
There's nothing scary hiding under your bed
I'm gonna stand guard like a postcard of a golden retriever
And never leave till I leave you with a sweet dream in your head

Chorus:
I'm gonna watch you shine
Gonna watch you grow
Gonna paint a sign
So you'll always know
As long as one and one is two
There could never be a father who loved his daughter more than I love you

Trust your intuition
It's just like goin fishin'
You cast your line and hope you get a bite

But you don't need to waste your time
Worryin' about the market place
Try to help the human race
Strugglin to survive its harshest night.
 

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