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Buffalo
04:29
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Someday I’ll have that buffalo ranch
Right there on the beach
Where I’ll surf all day and come home late
To the fields where the buffalo eat
I’m gonna marry rich
And then learn how to love
When she’s out working I’ll be home tinkering
In a barn full of old trucks
Just don’t make me stand still
Don’t make me stand still
When I’m old and bald and my hands grow moss
And there’s roots through the soles of my shoes
Don’t make me stand still
It’s been a good year
My favorite fingernail finally grew back
I’ve seen the world every river town
Through the seat of this kayak
But no one gives a damn for old timers
And the money still runs dry
That’s why a man needs a dog and a plot of land
To raise some buffalo high
Just don’t make me stand still
Don’t make me stand still...
When I’m old and bald and my hands grow moss
And there’s roots through the soles of my shoes
Don’t make me stand still
Oh mama where did the buffalo go
And oh mama can’t we take two of them home
Just a boy and a girl
And we’ll leave them alone for a while
They ask me when I’m gonna quit
And I say what the hell does that mean
Cause when you grow up on a farm in Arkansas
There’s just work and nothing between
But somewhere there’s a buffalo ranch
And I swear to you it’s on the beach
Where you can surf all day and come home late
To the fields where the buffalo eat
Just don’t make me stand still
Don’t make me stand still...
When I’m old and bald and my hands grow moss
And there’s roots through the soles of my shoes
You can shoot me
Just don’t make me stand still
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2. |
One Man Up
04:22
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Rise rise she's gone from your bed
There's a cold space where a body once slept
And she's out again and you're mad
But you can't seem to say it out loud
So you stew and you steam and you try to ignore her
Until she's singing, singing in the shower
And then you remember, remember power
And unplug the water heater
If nobody's running who's there to follow
Rise rise we're out chasing shadows
Rise rise the mountain is falling
A river of earth is coming it's coming
The birds have flown there's nothing to own anymore
Oh little Villa De Santa Lucia
The mud and the dirt stopped in the middle of town
Oh the sound when it finally went silent
Sisters and neighbors under the ground
Rise rise look around
Wonder why you live on the living side of town
Singing one man up
And the other man down
One man up
And the other man down
Rise rise and breathe breathe
You're free to walk away
Free to be
Just another mother's son
Just another face
While the other man's lost in the name of keeping us safe
And every rule of every nation
Was born of the imagination
No fate no divine just you can have yours once I get mine
Rise rise there's light in the sky
And a big ol' day to figure out why
Singing one man up
And the other man down
One man up
And the other man down...
Oh sisters and brothers and lovers and lovers
And deep in the mud and salvation above-ers
Blue and red and pale and brown
And forks and spoons all stuck in the ground
This side and that side we're all gonna die
Rise rise
Rise rise
Rise rise better you than I
Singing one man up
And the other man down
One man up
And the other man down…
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3. |
Biggest Rock
04:40
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Candy wrappers, cheeks full
He ducked and weaved I followed
Through the houses row by row
We came upon a mighty stone
He unwrapped another Tootsie Roll
As the plastic fell to the ground
He said that’s the biggest rock in my hometown
We hung a rope from a tree
He tied himself up to me
We climbed and climbed and climbed and climbed
Everyday basketball, I never lost I was taller
We were kings, we’d found
The biggest rock in our hometown
October, in the school gym
I lay in the dark on top of him
We rolled and rolled and rolled and rolled
We don’t mention it
Just run and laugh and curse and spit
Young and proud
And the biggest rock in my hometown
Climb on top, don’t look down
You’re way up high now
It used to rain in the bay in the fall
It poured the day his mother called
Said he was in the hospital
Something growin' up inside his chest
We played hearts beside his bed
His ribs climbing up and down
Like the biggest rock in our hometown
I wonder where you are today
It’s raining here in New York State
It rolls and rolls and rolls and rolls
I’d like to say I just thought of you
But I also like to tell the truth
It was the plastic, twisting, sound
Got me thinking ‘bout
Candy wrappers, cheeks full
You duck and weave I follow
Through the houses row by row
We come upon a mighty stone
You unwrap another tootsie roll
As the plastic falls to the ground
You say that’s the biggest rock in my hometown
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Swimming Song
03:52
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This summer I went swimming
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around
Moved my arms around
This summer I swam in the ocean
And I swam in a swimming pool
Salt my wounds, chlorined my eyes
I'm a self destructive fool
I'm a self destructive fool
This summer I did the back stroke
And you know that that's not all
I did the breast stroke and the butterfly
And the old Australian crawl
The old Australian crawl
This summer I swam in a public place
And a reservoir to cool
At the latter I was informal
At the former I wore my suit
I wore my swimming suit, yeah
This summer I did swan dives
And jack knives for you all
And once when you weren't looking
I did a cannonball
Did a cannonball
This summer I went swimming
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around
Moved my arms around….
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Oh why am I not bored with you
It’s been days since I put on a shoe
These walls have no paint
There’s little left to say
Oh why am I not bored with you
If I were glue
And you were glue too
You’d think by now
We’d be stuck to this couch
Oh why am I not bored with you
Sometimes I take offense
When you want to spend time
With other people too
I used to get restless I used to stew
I used to eat I even used to chew
Now I sit on this couch
Doing nothing but you
Oh why am I not bored with you
Oh why am I not bored with you
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6. |
The One
02:03
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You make me stutter
You make dumb
You make me lonesome
You’re the one
We could do nothing
We could chew gum
I don’t care
You’re the one
I swore off loving
I swore off dreams
I built a fence
Tall as a tree
I swore off puppies
I feared the fleas
But that’s all done
You’re the one
We love the moon
We curse the sun
You keep me warm
You’re the one
I like to change
I like to run
Nothing’s for sure
You’re the one
I swore off rivers
I swore off weed
I swore off swearing
But I was mean
I lay with others
I lay with none
I lay with you
You’re the one
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7. |
Planet I'm From
02:37
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Caves are for thinking
Parks are for kissing
Woods are for peeing
Humans are for being
On the planet I'm from
Nobody's smart and nobody's dumb
And the difference is the thumb is the thumb is the thumb is the thumb
Between us and the Walruses
Wind is for whooshing
Cheeks are for smooshing
Yarn is for weavers
Dams are for beavers
Trails are for loosing
Alarms are for snoozing
Skirts for to twirl
And so is the world
On the planet I'm from
Nobody's smart and nobody's dumb
And the difference is the thumb is the thumb is the thumb is the thumb
Between us and the Pistol Shrimp
On the planet I'm from
Nobody's smart and nobody's dumb
And the difference is the thumb is the thumb is the thumb is the thumb
On the planet I'm from
Nobody's right and nobody's wrong
And the difference is a song is a song
Between us and the Martians
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8. |
Pig On A Leash
00:45
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Pig on a leash
Pig on a leash
Pig on a leash
Rabbit in the house
Rabbit in the house
Ain't no fun
Pig on a leash
Pig on a leash
Pig on a leash
Rabbit in the house
Ain't no fun
We're all talking with nothing to say
We're all talking with nothing to say
We're all talking with nothing to say
There's a pig on a leash
Pig on a leash
Pig on a leash today
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Jenner Fox Sisters, Oregon
There is something that happens inside a good song. A tootsie roll can take you back to your elementary school playground; the voice of a toothless refrigerator man reminds you to say “I love you.” Jenner Fox tells the stories of people and places with unparalleled compassion and respect. His artful tone, poetry, and fluency on his guitar do something only the brave ones do: let us in. ... more
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