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Jack in the Box
03:18
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You're a spring time flower
That pops up in the autumn
a shower in the sun
the underdog that won
It's the power still there
when the plug has just been pulled out
The static in your hair
the truth that's in your prayer
You're a jack in the box, yeah
you're a twisted rubber band
a battery that's more than fully charged
You're a cuckoo in a clock and it's 11:59
a wave that's gonna crash into a rock
When the stars align with the moon and all the planets
is it a sign that we're ok? does it mean we're here to stay
or is there someone else who lives behind the curtains
a hand that draws the lines, a hand like yours or mine
...a wave into a rock
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Rasputin
04:14
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R a s p u t i n
(c) Kurt Kramer, Dean Wolfe 2002
verse
If I could write a song I would
but words don't come easy to a thick head like mine
If I could find the words I'd find them
and play them like I feel them
But my fingers are weak- they won't press the steel
prechorus
But I'm on the road again
and I'm on the road and blue
Thought I had the time in hand but I feel it slipping through
Whoever said I'm gonna change my mind said I'd change a time or two
You know everybody's got a line, I guess mine'll have to do
chorus
It's just another day with Rasputin
It's just another day with the poison crown tryin' to burn me down
It's just another day with Rasputin
It's just another day in the part of town that's crumblin' down
verse
If this is as good as it gets then I better be gettin' on, gettin' on
Because a life half-lived ain't worth too much
and I've yet to pen a decent song, o so long
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pre-bridge
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh
bridge
Something must lift me and take me far from hell
Some word, some deed, someone to...
Something to lift me
outro
ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh (times four)
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How can it be that your mind is leaving me
It's a stranger that I kissed when I came through your door
Why did you leave? Do you even know you're gone
while the leaves pile on your lawn, and they're blowing away
A spark of life resides inside while you're gone, while you're gone, you're gone,
A spark of life resides inside
A spark of light resides inside while you're gone, while you're gone, you're gone,
A spark of light resides inside
Is there a place where the lost sheep go to stay
and the wolfs are kept at bay til the shepherd returns,
Is there a place where the darkness won't creep in
where the silence breaks the spin and the straw on your back
While you're away I can sweep your floor each day
I can rake the leaves up high - should you fall out of the sky
While you're away I can sort your mail in piles
And I promise not to peak through the files you never keep
and I promise not to tell, but there's nothing left to tell...
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Routine
02:42
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Reality
03:34
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R e a l i t y
© 1999, Dean G Wolfe
Recording (p) 2005, Dean G Wolfe
Your ticket's at the airport now
go pack your bags go tell your wife
you've got two weeks to take some shots
pick up some film and your camera
this is no dream, this is reality
show what you see
through your own eyes
Need your focus after tonight.
Capture the essence of the light.
You've got no choice, you love so much.
To turn life to art with just one touch.
Why allow envy the light of the day
everyone's gifted in some way
it's more than the paycheck
it's more than the fame
it's in the service you find your gain
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Threw Your Pearl Away
03:28
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T h r e w Y o u r P e a r l A w a y
(c) Dean G Wolfe, 2002 Mendocino Cal.
Dyed your hair blonde, tried to soften the bomb
In a deliberate mood
The men who cross your path aren't prepared for the bath
and you can baptize
You do whatever you want- a ghost in search of a haunt
and then you leave a chill
You're searching for the wrongs guys
A ship in search for a rock is gonna capsize
You're a shell lost in the waves
'cause someone threw your pearls away
Your a shell tossed by the waves
'cause someone threw your pearl away
When you're ready to do whatever you need to do
well then I'll be there
But if you're gonna complain and marinate in your pain
well then I'm hangin' up the phone
You're acting like it's too late- like nothing else can be done
and so you run and run and run
When all you needed to do was stop and say- I need you
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Lived In Your Light
03:10
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Lived in Your Light
© Dean G Wolfe, 2002
Time is just my excuse for sitting on fences
Chasing my tail, so many moons wasted
Caught in a room with carnival mirrors
Delays were once so convenient and now they're offensive
Running away has left me so pensive
Why do I sit when I should stand up?
For so long I lived in your light but I stayed in the shadows
For so long, till I figured it out, till I knew I was ready
Power: I thought it sweet but sometimes it's sour
When you've grow all your seeds and can't smell the flowers
The place where it starts is down on your knees
I guess I can forgive myself and take another step
I guess I could forgive myself and take another breath
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So Naive
03:51
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Dean Wolfe Victoria, British Columbia
Prolific Canadian Guitarist/ singer/ multi-instrumentalist/ producer living on Vancouver Island. AKA Prog Dog on YouTube
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