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Something I Forgot

by Richard Haxton

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1.
Something I Forgot 01:24
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I need to be reminded of something I forgot a long time ago
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Teach Love Move Believe 01:17
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It took him years to paint his masterpiece He thought it was about the movement of his hand He was living inside a wind tunnel Painting with colored sand As soon as he would paint a stroke the wind would take it away And he would have nothing to show at the end of every day He kept trying to teach his technique and trying not to give up hope He would tell his kids to put the world into every stroke And though he never saw his painting completed on the ground Now he knows that his masterpiece is scattered all around Teach love move believe
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I Can't Make It on My Own 01:31
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I’ve been down to the river I’ve been out to the sea I’ve been in the place they said I’d be all that I could be I have searched all the churches I have scoured all the sewers To find someone like me in the rest of these TV viewers I can’t make it on my own Somewhere there lies an answer Somewhere there hides a clue Some where there is a bridge where I can cross right over into you I feel so all alone here How can I join your clan? I will give up my point of view just to be a part of your larger plan I can’t make it on my own
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Dragons Love To Dance 01:26
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They’re traveling in a foreign land When thieves surround the caravan Throw down your goods we’ll kill you quick Say no we’ll kill you slow An old explorer ties his horse He has no plan. He’s set no course And he knows the stakes are big So he dances an Irish jig He holds out his hands palms facing up The head thief growls, he’s looking tough He throws his sword upon the ground And starts to dance around The old man does his steps again The thief shakes his head and starts to grin Without a thought of fight or flight They drink and dance all night And with the coming of the day Each group goes its separate way When things look bad take a chance Cuz dragons love to dance
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The Top of the Tree 01:28
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I am a pigeon. I have a mission It’s to crap on all you guys in business suits I lost all my childhood inhibitions Watching your corporations taking root You killed my mother. And you killed my dad Now you’re out there taking aim on me But I’m gonna fight you till my last dying breath Or till every one of us pigeons is all healthy and free Someday, I’m gonna bring back the forest It will be where all these buildings used to be If you don’t like my improvements and you need to talk to me You’ll find me at the top of the tree Maybe there’s nothing I can do to keep us all from harm But that dude down there in the suit down there is gonna meet the board with a message on his arm
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Me and Coyote 01:25
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Mamewo 00:59
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Wish I coulda been there to see Hank Williams and Stravinsky meet Hank say – Iggy ain’t your firebird sweet Iggy say – Hank, I really deeg “your cheatin’ heart” Mamewo Blamewhi Emewe Bomego Franz in the back don’t wanna be seen Just wanna dream a blues insect dream Whatever happened to Tiny Tim He woke up one morning he was Memphis Slim
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Bleepin' 01:23
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I bleeped the bleep out of your lovely bleep bleep til I couldn’t bleep no more You wrapped your bleep around my bleeper. We started bleeping on the floor I love the taste of your bleepin’ bleep when your bleeps are in the air So I can bleep you better while you bleep my bleep till we are bleeping everywhere We’re bleeping, we’re bleeping all night long Cuz when somebody’s bleeping that beautiful bleep you don't know if it's right or wrong But if none of us was bleeping we'd be gone before too long And there is no way you can convey the full cascade of bleeping in this song So I guess we’ll keep grabbin’ ahold of each other’s bleeps like the Romans do in Rome I guess we’ll just keep on bleeping till the cows come home Even though it’s nasty…
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Howdy Neighbor 01:09
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I’m out on my front porch I got me a tale to tell I don’t wear no sheet or burn no torch Come over and set a spell I’ll talk you a bunch of words You tell me if you heard ‘em I can see what you think of me A reductio ad absurdum I don’t use no spittoon Ceci n’est pas un corncob pipe Let’s set and see who turns out to be The bona fide stereotype I don’t wanna own no one Don’t wanna be no one’s massa I’ll take you from Jethro Clampett and Daisy Duke To the redneck tabula rasa Howdy neighbor You say you can read my ways By my accent and my clothing You imply that every word I say Is a case of my own self loathing Let me rustle us up some grits Put on my overall jeans Lemme take you down to Mississippi It’s the capital of New Orleans I’ll be Joe Christmas meets The Misfit Miss Dubois meets Miss Eudora Cousin Lyman meets Bigger Thomas The redneck Jew explora Prevail meets endura Irony is the cruelest month Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote Makes the heart grow to see what used to be Another ignat moota foota Howdy neighbor
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My Muse Went to Vegas with My Credit Card 01:31
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My muse was waiting when I come home from work She was wearing just a trace of a smirk I followed her out. She closed the door She said - I won’t be needing you any more She said – You ain’t nothing but my middleman I been propping you up since the day you began But I always get the short end of the stick Not one bit of credit. Sorry, slick But you got no idea what you been missing Hell, half the time you don’t even listen I’m tired of worrying about what to do When my perfect ideas get filtered through you She said – You’re just a slave to the avant garde And I never get paid though I work real hard Then she threw all my stuff out in the yard Then my muse went to Vegas with my credit card I know I took her for granted but not any more Not since the day she evened the score I’m gonna write my way right out of this box Soon as I figure out these new front door locks She said you got no idea what you been missing Hell, half the time you don’t even listen I’m tired of worrying about what to do When my perfect ideas get filtered through you She said – You’re just a slave to the avant garde And I never get paid though I work real hard Then she threw all my stuff out in the yard Then my muse went to Vegas with my credit card
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Reborn 01:22
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Yesterday I saw a man in town. He was on the street saying – The end of your world is going to happen now No. No. The end of your world is going to happen now. No. NO. The end of your world is going to happen now. No. No. … So I went home and asked the great philosopher, my wife, about this. And she said - He was right. Every time. And I said – But honey, o great master, how can this be? And she said – My son, I mean my husband, what I mean is that the world dies and is reborn in every moment. And I said – But my love, how is this possible? And she said – Because, just as everything that is present slips into the past, everything that is future slips into the present. I said – My dear, do you mean that the present, which is the place where the future becomes the past, is actually an illusion? And she said – No, dear, what I mean is that that, since all exchange of information is limited by the speed of light, to me, you, like a distant star, are in my past. The illusion for you is that I am in your future and to you, I, like a distant star, am in your past and the illusion for me is, or rather was, that you are in my future and at this juncture I must say that I have fallen in love with another man and would like a immediate divorce. And I said – Now I understand, my dear, that that man on the street yesterday was right
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Yo Mama 00:41
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Yo mama say she don’t like me I don’t believe that’s true She can see the way you look at me She want to put a lock on you You say you see right through me To the golden inner core If I could see what you see Maybe I’d like me more
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Pieces 01:04
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There’s a little piece of you lingering in my heart From the time when we hooked up even though we were apart And we did struggle till like young dogs we broke free A piece of you’s still in my heart Did I leave a piece of me? Pieces sometimes together melt But sometimes they leave a cut like a notch on a belt
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Version 1.0 01:17
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To read the manual was rough but it did not lead me to the truth And when I’d finally had enough I called the hotline about you But not one of all the techs could help me see my problem through Cuz I compared you to my ex, that software I used to use Hardware and software sometimes do not interface I thought I should upgrade. She have dazzling features I know But she never will replace version 1.0
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Let's Do Shallow Right 01:12
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He had looked for love in too many places But never stayed long enough to see it succeed She did not expect some deep commitment All she needed was someone to pay some heed They had broken hearts. They had broken laws. They were slowing down because of the fading of the light They’d learned enough along the way for one to hear the other say — If we’re gonna do shallow, let’s do shallow right Let’s start living, start forgiving We know what it’s like when the wind is high and you cannot hear the call We’re consenting, not buying, renting We don’t need no confessions We know the worst way to make a big impression Is to get going really fast and then hit the wall
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The Center of My Heart 01:35
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I can have all the money I want They say – Come and get a taste of it All I got to do to get it is go down in the pit And I can be anybody I want Say anything I want to say All I got to do is fight this dragon every day I’d give anything if only I could bring Some heat to this freezing hell No, I try to convince myself that I’m doing well But the center of my heart is always the part That stays cold the longest If I can warm it up maybe it can keep me strong But since I’ve been living in the fire so long It’s kinda hard to tell
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My Girl, My Woman, My Wife 01:27
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There is a place where I can go Where I can lay my burden down, all my cares and woes And I can feel peace for a little while And build the strength to go another weary mile You are my one shelter from the storm You’re my reason to be traveling through this life And I will do all I can to keep you from harm My girl, my woman, my wife
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Your Index Finger 01:16
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The first thing we did was click on start Then we selected explore There was such chemistry on both our parts I believed we were ready for more But I sensed we were drifting apart When she clicked “find” and typed in “enough” She double clicked, opened my heart Dragged it to the trashcan of love Some say that love lives in the soul And that it will forever linger I say that love’s totally out of control It’s just a twitch in your index finger After trips to Help and Support Finally got myself back in the game I learned that love can wildly distort It’s just a link in Wikipedia under “pain”
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Edge of the World 00:44
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Take a little walk along the edge of the world And you will not believe what you’ll find There is this government run by the people You’re gonna say it’s all in my mind But all the people vote Like to rock the boat Don’t believe the lies Don’t need alibis Get this. The leaders always try to tell the truth to the people Cuz if they don’t they’re out on their ass And they don’t believe their work is done Till everyone helps everyone How can all these people make a System that carries on working so well from its feet to the top of its head They saw the alternative and they all said We got to change it up now or we’re dead As a species
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From the Waist On Down 01:34
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I was out on the highway thumb in the wind No shoes, no shirt, depending on friends These two picked me up. I was really in luck When I looked on his forearm I saw the word ‘fuck’ In big black letters in the gothic style She didn’t say nothing, not a trace of a smile We drove to the beach. Sharp rocks cut my feet They said - Hey, let’s get something to eat When we got to the house I should have bewared There was a big plate of pork chops already there They didn’t taste good but I was polite I ate two or three then we checked out the sights We drove to a place called the sunset pier Halfway there I felt a fire in the rear All the way to my stomach. I was covered in sweat The last thing I needed was a stupid sunset I stumbled, my legs buckled, my head spun around The world became wet, warm and profound You don’t know lonely til you’re in a strange town Covered in brown from the waist on down The rest of the day was all in a blur Somebody helped. Was it a him or a her? I got cleaned up, got back on my feet And now here I am back out on the street I know I met the devil on the road that day I didn’t see the sunset but I learned the hard way that You don’t know lonely till you’re in a strange town Covered in brown from the waist on down
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El Papel en Mi Mano 01:12
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Tengo una oja de papel No la quiero en mi vida Y mi pregunta es – donde la pongo ¡Ay! Allá e la planeta No está tan lejos de mi mano Es muy facil de poner El papel allí Todos las problemas tienen la respuesta para un humano Si él us su cabeza y su corazon El papel no está en m mano Ahora está en la planeta Y mi corazon está en paz Y ya puedo seguir caminando
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The Paper in My Hand 01:12
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There’s a piece of paper in my hand I do not want this in my life And my question is – Where do I put it? Ah! There is the planet Not so far from my hand And it would be very easy to put it there Each one of the problems of mankind has a solution If only we use our heart and our mind The paper is no longer in my hand. It’s on the planet And my heart’s filled with peace So now I can walk on
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Educated Thumbs 01:27
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What's It's Like When You Understand Ignorance 01:16
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When you understand ignorance. Ignorance walks in mysterious ways People as a species are ignorant And being a person I’m ignorant Ignorant of the nature and even the existence of my own ignorance But that ignorance gives my insight Into almost everything About the nature of other people’s ignorance And even though I understand their ignorance Being ignorant myself I find it hard to forgive But luckily I don’t have to forgive my own ignorance Since I’m too ignorant to even know it’s there And that’s what it’s like when you understand ignorance
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Self-Centered 00:53
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This person I live with is so self-centered She thinks the whole world revolves around her And that my one and only purpose is to serve her Seems like she couldn’t care less About what I want About what I think I clean up I fix all the meals She never offers to help Not with anything It ain’t working out. Something’s got to change I can only hope it will After her second birthday
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Nary Nanny 01:24
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They was this boy, lived deep in the forest And there wasn’t nobody for to take him in So he got raised up by the squirrels and the rabbits He learned to run and climb, not to fight to win He’d climb a tree and sing nary nanny, nary nanny, nary nanny One day he got heard by this country music producer Walking through the woods, not a hit in years That dude hired some goons. Dragged that boy to Nashville Put him on the stage, he’s at the top of his cage singing through his tears He’s singing nary nanny, nary nanny, nary nanny Everybody said that boy was the real thang. Gonna be a star Til a squirrel come along and chewed through the bars They’re out in the woods singing nary nanny, nary nanny, nary nanny
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Self Lobotomy 01:05
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I was living in perfect disharmony The constant war was bringing with it so much pain My government suggested self lobotomy They said - It’s like self vasectomy for the brain So I’m enjoying the absence of thoughts in my mind, when, suddenly, a thought It is the thought that I’m enjoying the absence of thoughts in my mind So now I am no longer enjoying the absence of thoughts in my mind and I am led to wonder how is it possible to enjoy the absence of thoughts in my mind without a thought letting me know that I’m enjoying the absence of thoughts in my mind With these thoughts I am led back to the enjoyment of the absence of thoughts in my mind.
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Gotta Think 01:05
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Day of the recital All the music is bi-tonal My father's new pieces. I've got to find me a way out The audience is farmers, farmers, farmers. I'm only ten What can I do so my dad won't force me to play Gotta think Farmers can be patient But they'll hate it. I can't take it Big bowl in the kitchen mixing up some food coloring I dip my head in, head in, head in. No way they'll make me go Look in the mirror my whole head is brightest green Daddy's there, mama's there, they are mad. Now it's Bathtub, scrub down, get dressed, let's go I look like a tree frog
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Two Moons 01:28
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When I woke up this morning there were two moons in the sky I turned on my TV, they say the planet’s gonna die The weather has gone crazy, fire and ice and drought And the tide cannot decide if it’s in or out They say the worst thing possible has come to our door But for me it’s so much more – it’s rhyme and metaphor Junes – naw Gershwin tunes – ha ha ha They swoons at the moons – maybe in Utah Our sensibilities have gone the way of the spittoons How do you write an honest smash mega-musical comedy that’s honest when there are two moons?
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Doggie Bag 01:35
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Everyone get out your doggie bag Put some pedals on the old ox cart Better quit trustin' internal combustion Put some meat tenderizer on our heart We can close our mind, we can’t close our nose To the dark clouds around our door We been folded, been spindled, our resources been dwindled We’re headed down the road of the dinosaur So everyone get out your doggie bag Put a mainsail on the old ox cart Better quit trustin' internal combustion Put some meat tenderizer on our heart Cuz time gon’ put a lien on our machine Gon' put a hold on our black gold And when we burned up our candles and our extra hoe handles The wintertime gonna get mighty cold Everyone get out your doggie bag Solarize the old ox cart Better quit trustin' internal combustion Put some meat tenderizer on our heart
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Comfortable Shoes 01:00
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I have one great hope for you That when the shit hits the fan You’re wearing comfortable shoes Because you might have to walk a while And most emergencies are indifferent to style And that you won’t, won’t forget to carry water OK that’s two
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Not Much Matters 01:16
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First I ran the hundred in nine seconds flat Then I climbed Mount Everest while I carried my cat I found a cure for cancer. I patched up the ozone I put every homeless person right in their own home I build the first perpetual motion machine And figured out a way to keep the rain forest green Then there are my rock hard abs and perfected pecs And I know I’d win if they had contest for sex But in these matters, not much matters unless it matters much to you Makes me wonder if I’m crazy What the hell’s a girl gotta do? To get through to you By the way I bench press three fifty, too
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Shut U Up Shut U Down 01:39
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Me, I sell people everything that they don’t need Wanna sell them a bandage, got to get them to bleed So you target the armpits, the crotch, and the feet Tell them that’s the location where they’re incomplete They buy your product. It’ll make them smile They may go out sooner, but they’ll go in style It ain’t even real. Just an indoor sport Where the only referees are those four reports And the world doesn’t care if you’re lost or found You can’t let it shut you up before it shuts you down Me, I’m gonna be thirty early in the next year It’s the culmination of my long career But just because I’m getting kinda long in the tooth Doesn’t mean I have to stop fabricating the truth I watch the demographic go from lower to low Cuz you can find more suckers, yo, the lower you go If I can show my bosses that I’m still alive Maybe I can make it all the way to thirty five
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Set It Free 01:23
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I wander these streets alone Since the day you closed the door Only the memory pushes me on Of a world that was filled with love My heart is in your hand I trusted it to you To you and to no other To do what you must do This heart that you have opened Does not belong to me So please set it free set it free

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released December 12, 2014

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Richard Haxton Los Angeles, California

From the middle of Mississippi, served in Viet Nam in Thailand, lives 5,000 feet from the world's oldest freeway. Searches for transcendence - or something - where science meets the spirit. Never quit fighting the war for the groove!

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