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"Rise & Shine (pheonix dactylifera)"
Delaney
Hello out there
It's been a long, long time
Two-thousand years
One of a kind
And here to seize
My moment in the sun
To rise and shine
Rise and shine
I remember
When Jesus was young
The carpenter
The carpenter's son
And then one day
The word come from the sky
To rise and shine
Rise and shine
Stuck in stasis
Lonely, dark places
Perfectly patient
And always waiting
For you
They put me here
For some kind of reason
That isn't clear
But I must believe
And if you're looking for a sign
I'm plain as any you might find
That you can start again
Just drink the light in through your skin
And rise
And shine
Rise and shine
Rise and shine
Rise and shine
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Light & Shadow
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"Light & Shadow"
Delaney
Well The Creature from the Black Lagoon
Rolls out of bed at 6:02
Puts on his sharkskin jacket
Fake alligator shoes
And he works in insurance sales
Used to be famous
But who could tell?
He's just a fish out of water
Little green around the gills
Light and shadow
On a silver screen
Sometimes you gotta laugh
Sometimes you wanna scream
Sometimes you're sitting through the credits
Still wondering what it means
Light and shadow
Light and shadow
Well The Bride of the Monster
She calls up her sponsor
Had some trouble with her man
Had to deal with the doctor
And she promised him forever
But now she's trying to find the best words
To say the spark has gone out
She can't put him back together
Light and shadow
On a silver screen
Sometimes you gotta laugh
Sometimes you wanna scream
Sometimes you're sitting through the credits
Still wondering what it means
Light and shadow
Light and shadow
At the edge of my seat
Waiting on the big reveal
Though I kinda got lost
Back there in the second reel
Light and shadow
On a silver screen
Sometimes you gotta laugh
Sometimes you wanna scream
Sometimes you're sitting through the credits
Still wondering what it means
Light and shadow
Light and shadow
Light and shadow
Light and shadow
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"Seven Wonders (Requiem for Andre the Giant)"
Delaney
From the sweaty halls of some convention center
You'd duck the doorframe as you would enter
And the crowd would go insane
As I waved a homemade sign
And called your name
And I've got a crumpled photograph
Wish a smudge that was your autograph
Should've taken care back then
Still it's a treasure cause you held it in your hands
Your big, giant hands
Heroes rise
And heroes fall
World has room for seven wonders
And that's all
Fifteen years undefeated streak
And you kept it up til Wrestlemania III
We all saw what happened there
Ninety-three thousand out their chairs
As the giant goes down
Heroes rise
And heroes fall
World has room for seven wonders
And that's all
From the scenic Alps of Grenoble, France
To the USA with Vince McMahon
And across the world for New Japan
To umemployed
Unemployed in Greenland
Spent my childhood wishing I could be like you
But looking back, I believe it's the truth
There were times you wished you were like me
As you crammed yourself into and airline seat
The giant's headed home
Heroes rise
And heroes fall
World has room for seven wonders
And that's all
That's all
That's all
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Midnight
03:36
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"Midnight"
Delaney
Oh to be seventeen again
Cat piss house and a mean old man
A couple friends who understand
Cause they grew up just the same
Connie, Chuy, Jack, and Beth
She's in love with Meredith
Who's been saying she'll kill herself
Since I can't remember when
While the whole damn world's a 4A football game
Well, we knew where we'd be when Friday came
Midnight
At The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Eyeliner and pantyhose
That's where I wanna go
Someday
I believe I'm gonna leave this town
Cross that bridge and burn it down
But I ain't thinking about it now
Tonight it's me and my best girl and the old routine
And those fearless bastards shadowing the screen
They punk me every day at school
Call me faggot in the locker room
But hell I'll get it worse at home
If it's one of those bad days
So I just keep quiet and try to bide my time
Singing "Science Fiction" in the back of my mind
Midnight
At The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Eyeliner and pantyhose
That's where I wanna go
Someday
I believe I'm gonna leave this town
Cross that bridge and burn it down
But I ain't thinking about it now
Tonight it's me and my best guy and the old routine
And those fearless bastards shadowing the screen
Things changed
Back in '99 when we lost M
Chose our paths and off we went
Never did the Time Warp again
At midnight
At The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Eyeliner and pantyhose
That's where I'd wanna go
Back then
Before I up and left that town
Crossed that bridge and burn it down
Well I'm thinking about it now
About me and my best friends and the old routine
And everything I was at seventeen
Midnight
At The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Bad Poetry
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"Bad Poetry"
Delaney
She looks down at the coffee she won't drink
And lays out all the evidence you'd need
To find again whatever summer brings
In autumn leaves
You lie in bed and try to sleep away
The shivers and the shortening of days
While you fill your notebook page after page
With bad poetry on how the seasons change
And outside you'll find blinding snow
Biting wind and bitter cold
Why dig out your overcoat?
No - stay inside
And dream about the coming spring
Of gentle rains and fields of green
Knowing sure that everything
Is running right on time
As you hold on to whatever still remains
You can't speak the words but you hum its sad refrain
And you stare up at the ceiling and pretend
Like you won't get up and do it all again
While you stare up at the ceiling and pretend
Like you won't get up and do it all again
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"The Day The Dead Begin To Rise"
Delaney
On the day the dead begin to rise
I'll be punching some damn clock
At some nowhere nine to five
And playing a show that night
Where everyone ignores me
And I will watch the realizations
As their phones light up their faces
And I will pack up my guitar
And cut out a little early
On the day the dead begin to rise
I will meet you at the place
Like we planned a thousand times
Stocked up with weapons and supplies
For this very occasion
And amidst the failing strategies
That people learned on AMC
We will share a silent moment
At the end of civilization
And if it should to pass during the war
To find your ex lover's face among the horde
No waste of breathe "I told you so"s instead
I'll hide my smile and shoot him in the head
Goodbye Romeo
On the day the dead begin to rise
We'll be clear on this one thing
Neither one of us
Was in need of rescuing
But we sure do like the company
Holding hands there are the turning of the tide
On the day the dead begin to rise
Bowie's back and everything's alright
On the day the dead begin to rise
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"Stop Me If You've Heard This One"
Delaney
There's a story of a lady hitchhiker
On the side of a lonely dirt road
She steps out of the fog around midnight
She's got her thumb out, she wears old timey clothes
And the good Samaritan happens upon her
He pulls over and he offers a ride
And the stranger don't say more than "Thank You"
As he opens the door and she climbs inside
Stop me if you've heard this one
Stop me if you've heard this one
And there is an oddness to this young woman
With the hint of a stain on her shirt
And the way that she can't take her eyes off her hands
And the way that she smells of the earth
And the driver he makes conversation
But she don't know the news of the day
She says "yes sir" or "no sir" or nothing
As he tries telling jokes all in vain
He says "stop me if you've heard this one"
Stop me if you've heard this one
And in a while she asks to pull over
Though there really ain't nothing out here
And he turns to give some kind of warning
But she's gone like she weren't even there
And he drives that dirt road and he shudders
But for reasons he cannot recall
Then the clock on the dash strikes midnight again
And a lady hitchhiker steps out of the fog
Stop me if you've heard this one
Stop me if you've heard this one
Stop me if you've heard this one
Stop me if you've heard this one
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The Comedian
03:42
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"The Comedian"
Delaney & Pedigo
Well you can't see the stars in Gary, Indiana
At least not on that stage or at least not tonight
And streets are as cold as the looks that they gave me
When I did the one about the president's wife
And I'm sorry if I get lost sometimes
Just trying to find what makes you smile
Is this thing on?
Is this thing on?
It's buzzards on blue in Barstow, California
Got my hair of the dog, where's the Greyhound at?
Cause last night they taught me why they call it Death Valley
Then they paid me the door and the slots took it back
And I'm sorry if I get lost sometimes
Just trying to find what makes you smile
Is this thing on?
Is this thing on?
The ceiling fan's limping here in our apartment
I got back from the road and I can't meet your eyes
The sad clown cliche done washed off the makeup
And now if you ain't leaving, I'm wondering why
And I'm sorry if I get lost sometimes
Just trying to find what makes you smile
Is this thing on?
Is this thing on?
Is this thing on?
Is this thing on?
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Stars
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"Stars"
That was me
Lying on a blanket staring skyward
Tracing constellations with my finger
Knowing every story they were named for
That was me
Drifting off to dream so I could wander
Among the planets and the gods - among the monsters
King of all the cosmos and the backyard
But now I look up at the dark
And all I see are stars
And it just breaks my heart
All I see are stars
That was me
The mutineer pirate on the playground
Tamer of the tigers in the treehouse
I wouldn't even recognize me now
But that was me
Before I started answering the questions
And boarded up the windows to the kingdom
And shut it all away and called it wisdom
So when I look up at the dark
All I see are stars
And it just breaks my heart
All I see are stars
And I don't know, but I believe
That you were just like me
And you look up at the dark
And all you see are stars
All you see are stars
All you see are stars
All you see are stars
All you see are stars
And don't it break your heart?
All you see are stars
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Scattered
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"Scattered"
Delaney
I'd rather be scattered
Than smothered and covered
Y'all spread my ashes at a Waffle House
And be good to each other
And you can visit
Every Sunday morning
On your way into church
And there's a spot by the window
Where the sun comes in just so
I don't need a lot of space
Just a dash in that flower face
And they're plastic
So you don't have to worry
About them changing me out
So let us pray
That what we order comes out that way
And if it don't
We won't complain
Maybe she's had a hard day
I'd rather be scattered
Than smothered and covered
Y'all spread my ashes at this Waffle House
And be good to each other
And you can visit
Every Sunday morning
On your way into church
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Andrew Delaney Dallas, Texas
Postmodern anti-folk or something.
"The Alfred Hitchcock of singer / songwriters." Rich Warren - WFMT Radio, Chicago.
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