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Second Childhood

by Marshall Brown

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Alright, it's time to end the beginning We clearly should be moving down the road If you're not going fast, it's time to press on the gas (the accident)
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Blew my mind out in a car So desperate and uninspired Was I before the day I found out The world was wider than my boot And deeper than my pocket And to anyone that tries to pinch my dream, I'll say, "Unwanted family friends that hang around my door, I won't feed the dogs of my doom." I wanna tune to something new Live by a different law See what I never knew in the world's eyes I wanna give a gift to you And do what I wanna do See what I never flew in the big sky This is my kite (cue Beethoven) I wanna lie in a bed Of ever-enlightened threads Feels like I got the buzz without the drug I'm prayin for some rain I really need to feel some pain Somebody please pinch my dream before I.... Fall in love with everything Before I fall in love with everything Before I fall in love with everything Ooooohhhh Ooooooohhhh With everything I won't feed the dogs of my doom
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I woke to the sound of little ones I woke to the sound of crying I woke to the sound of later years Disgruntled old man pining I woke to the sound of laughter I woke to the sound of joy I woke to find the sun shining brightly through my window I woke to find the peace of mind to get me through my day I woke to find it's all in the mind So keep your heads high and your hearts open wide The doors of perception will always be open to you When you wake with a nightmare in your head A bad dream that does linger And a wretched ringing in your ear Cold as death's own finger Remember this Make it what you wish
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My window faces a park named for a man With the same name as me And the tall pines grow down the hill To where the children play on dirty knees Then the shadow drops And the breezes blow Through the needles of the pines and then through me When I was a little child I had a streak of wild in my veins And all I knew was love For I still had not yet seen this shadow of a being Creeping up behind me of what I would become Then the shadow dropped And the weight of the world Came pushing through its core and then through me Now I have the whole world Now I have it bearing down Then the shadow dropped And the weight of the world Came pushing through its core and then through me
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Of the past Of the past we know Shall I say we think we know We have learned What we think we've learned But we've only learned to deal To deal To deal To deal, but not to heal In the now In the now is how To put the past to rest and change In our minds We can be endowed If we learn to bow our heads Our head Our head Our head and know our strength Then one day You will find the truth Has snuk(<--yeah) up on you at last And the things That you thought you knew They turned out to be so elementary And you'll go on living like you were meant to be In a state of grace
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The light at the end of your reality tunnel is yours
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Let's go on a pagan holiday Put all our vices on parade When strangers pass us they will say We've lost our minds and lost our way But we won't give a care what they say about us On our pagan holiday You wear your kimono, I'll wear my green beret Cheers to a night of disarray Forget all the bills we have to pay And all obligations that stand in our way We'll just act as if the end of days is upon us On our pagan holiday On our pagan holiday On our pagan holiday
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Rare Birds 04:10
Sitting on the bank a-drinkin and a-smokin All the people think that my heart must be broken But I'm happy as a bumble bee When the trees are puttin out in Spring I don't even mind I don't have a steady job But people treat me like I'm a hillbilly Bob So a hillbilly Bob I'll be Cause their rules don't mean a thing to me Some rare birds they don't bother flying south (Their home is where they make it) Some rare birds they don't bother opening their mouths (But they're singing on the inside) You'd be a fool to say "Why's that little bird bein quiet as a mouse And shouldn't he be gathering to build himself a house?" Why should he spread one wing When he could just be sitting there The wind would brush his feathered hair And he'll feel like a bird of paradise Sitting on the bank of this dirty old river Cloggin up my lungs and beefing up my liver There's one thing that's so plain to see This hillbilly Bob is free Some rare birds they don't bother flying south (Their home is where they make it) Some rare birds they don't bother opening their mouths (But they're singing on the inside) You'd be a fool to say "Why's that little bird bein lazy as can be Shouldn't he be keeping up with the hummingbirds and geese?" Why should he spread one wing When he could just be sitting there The wind would brush his feathered hair And he'll feel like a bird of paradise
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This is your story. Read it and weep. You're such an open book you deprive me of my sleep And when it's all read and done I wouldn't say I feel numb In fact, i don't feel a single one thing except for maybe dumb (It may be dumb) So pay no mind to my verses Cause I just wanna play (rock and roll) I just wanna play (rock and roll) Yeah, I just wanna play (rock and roll) And roll my blues away Humans being human. I'm not surprised. I've got x-ray vision goggles to see through all your lies And judging by your faces, the room is on fire It looks like a funeral for a queen with a gas chamber choir And their singing "Hallelujah" But pay no mind to my verses Cause I just wanna play (rock and roll) I just wanna play (rock and roll) I just wanna play (rock and roll) Yeah, I just wanna play (rock and roll) And roll my blues away
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The Bridge 03:05
I'll cry like the wind and howl at the moon (ba-roo..........meh........ba-roo........meh..........) I'll stare at the sun and laugh like a loon (ha ha ha.........hee hee hee.............ha ha ha) With every passing day and every waking hour I try to shake my mood If I could find a way to turn the sweet to sour And not mix it up with you If I could find the bridge The I could just get over it Standing on the ledge I can see it in the distance, it's BIG Climbing to the peak I'm in pre-flight, but my dream kite isn't here (I haven't dreamt in days, or even months, or even years) HERE IT COMES!
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Can you give a sign so I can know? Can you flag me down if I start to show Signs of slowing up or down again? It's a long way back to just a friend Cause I'm so tired (of going to sleep) I'm glad I have the things that let me rest I can only hope you feel as blessed As I do in your arms tonight And I don't wanna close my eyes And forget everything's alright. Cause I'm so tired (yeah, I'm so tired) Yeah, I'm so tired (yeah, I'm so tired) Yeah I'm so tired (of going to sleep) I'm so tired of going to sleep (on ya)
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zzzzzzzzz.......... wake up turn it off

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The fourth album.

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released August 29, 2015

written and recorded by Marshall Brown
mastered by Zac Thomas at The Jam Room
artwork by Marshall Brown and Daniel Machado

additional contributors:
Adam Mcmillan
Adam Corbett
Daniel Machado
Catherine Allgrim
Alderman Douglas
Kelley Douglas
Kristen Harris
Perrin Skinner
Mary Todd

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