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What About Now
03:21
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What about now?
What about now?
What about now?
It never seems like i'm ever gonna get there.
After everywhere i've been.
I threw a wish, it didn't fit inside the fountain.
I made it overflow.
But what about now?
I wanna stay right here.
What about now?
I wanna stay right here.
What about now?
I'm still looking for a ride and the right way.
Nevermind where i belong.
The lights are flickering, i'm strippin all the trip wire.
I made the fire glow.
Well i'm on my way to catch a connection.
Destination ain't to know.
But i got dire and i started kicking tires.
I've got a long way to go.
But what about now?
I wanna stay right here.
What about now?
I wanna stay right here.
What about now?
Well i've been running from the same thing i'm running to.
I tried to leave but i arrived.
I put the center of my soul in a centrifuge,
I wanna fall like snow.
But i'm looking around,
For my face in the mirror.
The search for sound,
That couldn't be any clearer.
What about now?
I wanna stay right here. Tie me down, don't wanna disappear. What about now?
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2. |
Reconcile
03:05
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It was a memory
The kind to take you out.
You let your guard down
What's all the fuss about?
We’re in the clear now
So you can go your way.
It's coming back now
Talk about a ricochet
How you been?
It's been awhile.
Are you still living down in denial?
I wanna wash my hands and change my style.
Oh you and me baby gotta reconcile
I'm on a high wire
Man it's such a pretty sight.
But i cant look left
And i cant look to the right.
One false move and the whole damn place could blow.
I wanna run straight home but i think i better take it slow.
Chorus
There's a fly in the room
And its buzzin round an elephants eye.
I got a big one, small one,
None of them is on my side.
Every now and again i believe in myself without a doubt.
But the wind kicks in and i'm back where i started out.
Chorus
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3. |
Letters to the Editor
03:25
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Letters to the editor.
Won't you please but my picture in the sunday edition.
On the front page headline
Take my word and run it.
Cause i'm running out of time.
You got to help me make her believe that i still want her.
You've got to help me make her believe that i still love her.
It's time that i start begging.
What am i to do now that i've done everything that i can do?
I'm through living.
I've arrived at the dead end
At that old stone wall.
Chorus
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4. |
Mountain Lion
03:24
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Everyday is cold
And i'm all alone
On an island of ice
I'm a polar bear
Taking what i can get
Howling at the moon
Nothing's free in the wild
I'm a coyote
Singing in the dark
Everybody run
I'm the king of alarm
I'm a whistle pig
Looking side to side
Blood in my eye
I can't get enough
I'm a crocodile
Flying through space
Nothing on my tail
Cuttin up this place
I'm a killer whale
High above the land
No one understands
I would kill you for free
I'm a bald eagle
Whispers in the grass
Secrets of the hunt
I'm the last one laughing
I'm a hyena
Way out in front
Way ahead of the game
I could strike like lightning
I'm a mountain lion
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5. |
In My Mind
04:16
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In my mind
I think about it all the time
In my mind
In my heart
In my mind
I put you in the valentine
In my mind
Heavy heavy heart.
In my mind
Nothing ever falls behind
Everything all the time
In my mind
Going blind
I think you got me going blind
In the dark
Hidden in the dark
Deep inside
The feeling that you can't define
Deep inside
Hidden in the dark
Deep inside
Nothing ever falls behind
Everything all the time
Deep inside
Chorus
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6. |
Shabang
02:57
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And it was and it was and it was because...
Soul circle!
Well it was off the cuff with dignity
And it was basking in the wreckage
And it was the whole package.
Well it was in the rough
It was rarefied.
It was wide-eyed and unaware
And it was so simple and so debonair.
Well it was crystal blue
And it was saturated.
It was someone for everyone
And it was because soul circle!
It was a giant fish
In a petri dish
And i rode it back to school.
And it was a freefall from gravity.
Well it was natural
Like a spiral
Well it was obviously on.
And it was a ball of energy.
It was a magic trick
Empirically
And it was undeniable
and it was the whole...
SHABANG!
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7. |
Another One
03:06
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Once your flying days are over,
Once they've peeled you from the sun.
Once you find your suit of thunder,
Here comes another one.
Once the mysteries been captured.
Once the fangs have had their fun.
Once the question ceases asking,
Here comes another one.
Once the curtain calls you under.
Once your dying day is done.
It's just some body that you're leaving.
And here comes another one
Once the morning powers wake up.
And the hours flowers on.
A moments all we are to take up,
And here comes another one.
Now the old holes flowing over,
Into another one.
Here comes another one.
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8. |
Ever-Expanding
04:09
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Ever-Expanding!
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9. |
Grateful
03:59
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To the ones that i've let go
To the ones i'll never know
To the friend and to the foe
I will be grateful
Call it fate or call it chance
Set in stone or like a dance
Chalk it up to circumstance
But call me grateful
I will be grateful
For the pain i've seen for the peace
For the pressure for the release
For the times i felt the least
I will be grateful
I will be grateful
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10. |
Restart
03:26
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Somewhere in the back of your mind
You know she gonna leave you behind.
And i guess that’s why they say love is blind,
Cause when it don't look good you can just close your eyes.
Well i hate to have to break it but your baby is the cheatin kind.
And the odds ain't no good but you still gotta roll the dice.
Well what's in store? Well what ya signing up for?
If you got someone to share your time
Why ya feel so alone?
If you want some of love's sweet wine,
Well ya ain't gonna squeeze it from a stone.
Well i hate to have to break it but your baby's gonna take your heart.
It’s as plain as the light of day when the storm clouds part.
And the sooner this ends...
Yeah the sooner this ends...
The sooner you can restart.
Well it ain't easy to love someone
Who would drag you face down in the dirt.
And if you really feel like he’s the one,
Well why ya so scared?
Why’s it gotta hurt?
There's a difference between slaving and the labor of love.
One i call hell and one i call the heavens above.
And you been underground...
Yeah you been all over town...
Yeah you been so low down...
For so long you can't remember.
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11. |
Ace in the Hole
04:09
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Nothing on the other side
Nothing on my mind
Just rolling around in time and space
Feelin fine
And i haven't got a clue
What i'm gonna do
Got a blank page staring right back at my face
Oh well
I'll just sing what i wanna sing
And i'll do it for free
Blow out the microphone and waste a while
Silos and a laundromat
I like the sound of that
Line all the catacombs with lace
That's nice
For a spirit
A simple force to follow for a misfit
Hidden in the hollows with a transmitter
There's always been another side of it.
Well everybody's in here
But i can't see a thing.
Feeling around in the crowd
For a trace of a friend
As sure as the moon is black
I'm gonna get off track
I'm only hoping i embrace the fall.
For a spirit
A simple force to follow for a misfit
Hidden in the hollows with a transmitter
There's always been another side of it.
One of these days i'll come back
Like a slow motion sneak attack
The rat races the wheel around.
For a spirit
A simple force to follow for a misfit
Hidden in the hollows with a transmitter.
There's always been another side of it.
Lighter than mountain air
Higher than everywhere
Coyote likes to call the place her own.
If your looking for a grand design
Come again some other time
The bottom line is hiding like an ace in the hole
The bottom line is hiding like an ace in the hole
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12. |
Diamonds in the Snow
04:10
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Diamonds in the snow
Go for tokyo
Heavens every time
I been making off
Violets in the glow
Fall upon chateau
Flowers in the glass
Low light on my brass bed
Jesus what a waste
Brenda's been replaced
Palace liquified
Now and then collide
Save your tears for later
And be my alligator
Ravaging my mind
Last bus to madrid
You slipped and flipped your lid
Walls are all we know
The windows are indigo
And i could pass for a casio
The moments on a limb
Here we go again
The damage is never done
I found my sound down at avalon
Stolen like a moon
Some criminal raccoons
Life is over due
So find yourself a haunted bridge
Diamonds in the snow
So climb aboard a fire
Run and catch a wire
Laugh on and levitate
Cash your checks and disintegrate
Diamonds in the snow
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13. |
Worried Mind
04:16
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Arizona, hit record
Sharp and bright like a harpsichord.
Lost in my kaleidoscope
Cross the big river i'm smokin my dope.
And i got high up above my worried mind.
The monsoon soaks the ironwood
The train horn blows out my neighborhood.
And i'm under the spell of the undertone
Somebody get me a microphone.
I'm getting way out in front of my worried mind.
Oh my darlin
Oh my land.
I got a dream in the palm of my hand.
Oh my sweet one
No compare
Stuck in my heart like a prickly pear.
I'm getting way out there
Beyond my worried mind.
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Scott McMicken and THE EVER-EXPANDING Asheville, North Carolina
Here you'll find an array of various different albums made by Scott McMicken as he makes a growing collection of solo works ranging from fast-wheeling bedroom recordings to full-on big rig operations.
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