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Weed
02:28
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Weed
All I wanna do is be a weed
A weed that’s gone to seed
And hope some breeze will catch my seeds
‘n blow ‘em to freedom
And hour after hour
Watch my flowers bloom
All I wanna do is be a weed
Weed that’s gone to seed
Why would anyone wanna poison me
Why would anybody have such spite
As I hold up your hillside
And I think ya oughta treat me right
And hour after hour
We could watch our flowers bloom
All I wanna do is be a weed
Weed that’s gone to seed
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Keep your clover bloomin’
Let your grass grow
Please the bees
Let it go to seed
Stop the mowers and the blowers
Let the snakes avoid the rakes
Keep your clover bloomin’
Let your grass grow
What will be in my head
When I’m on my deathbed
Will not be how clean cut and green
My landscaping could be
So I’ll keep my clover bloomin’
Let my grass grow
Please the bees
Let it go
To
Seed
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When Pigs Fly
02:28
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When Pigs Fly
When pigs fly
Will their sty be in the sky
Will they be in cahoots
With the cow who
Flew over the moon
Hey diddle diddle
Grab your bow and fiddle
Let’s jig all night
Then sleep ‘til the middle of the day
When that large lady sings
Will it be a swan song
Making ripples on the lake
With reflections of our fate
Hey diddle diddle
Grab your bow and fiddle
Let’s jig all night
Then sleep ‘til the middle of the day
When this banjo rings
Do you hear ancient tones
Singin’ in your soul
Clingin’ to your marrow
Hey diddle diddle
Grab your bow and fiddle
Let’s jig all night
Then sleep ‘til the middle of the day
When the saints go marchin’ in
Will you be in that number
Whether you be in bare feet
Or fine boots of Spanish leather
Hey diddle diddle
Grab your bow and fiddle
Let’s jig all night
Then sleep ‘til the middle of the day
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Pig
04:33
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PIG
I dig a good salad
But it’s got to have some fat
If so, I’m down with that
Give me the greens
Then watch the pig in me
Eat about anything
I’ll belly up to what you’re makin’
Just as long as you’re packin’ bacon
I’ll be makin’ the scene
Just watch the pig in me
This fool can’t get full
I once had a little bit of money
Just enough to keep me going
Enough to keep me and honey happy
We were doin’ just fine
Enter the swine
Needin’ more than I had in store
I wore my warehouse down and out too
Sang a tune called the Pork Rind Blues
And you wouldn’t sing along
Even when I begged you to
This fool can’t get full
So what have I learned here
As I can’t shake the ham I am
But if I could somehow stand
In one place
And place that smile back on your face
I could be good with that
But it would leave me wanting more
As your happy makes me happy
Makes things seem green
Then brings the pig in me
This fool can’t get full
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It’s a Squirrel’s World Too
I’m misunderstood
In this neighborhood
And this hood
Is all I know
If I walk on this wire
So high from you all
And fall to my death
Just let go
Would you all miss me
And my daily rants
Would you look back
And regret that you never
Gave me and my kind a chance
So I know I’m different
And my life is spent
In a tree, you believe is yours
But I know my family
Was here long before
You and yours
Were ever born
They were all okay with that
They took an indifferent stance
Now you might look back
And regret that you never
Gave me and my kind a chance
So call your kid off
And grab that damned sling shot
Then have that man to boy talk
Tell him of do unto others
As we should do too
Like it or not
As he might just miss me
And my daily rants
He might grow up
And regret that he never
Gave me and my kind a chance
Don’t let him grow up
And regret that he never
Gave me and my kind a chance
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Moth Man
02:37
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MOTH MAN
All my days I’ve been a seeker
Searching for the brightest light
Afraid at night
When the lights go dim
Of what I might discover
Or how I might remember when
My darkest days were creeping in
All my days I’ve been a seeker
Searching for the brightest
Light
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Asteroid (The Minor Planet)
I saw your light from years ago
You moved at speeds I’ll never know
Now I wish upon you
Before you burn out into
This dark night
That leaves me such doubt
In your airless world
Somewhere between
Jupiter and Mars
I’ll search for one more glimpse of you
As I gaze to the stars
I’ll excuse you while you kiss the sky
Pardon you as you fly right by
High above where no wind exists
Nothing like this space and time I rent
In your airless world
Somewhere between
Jupiter and Mars
I’ll search for one more glimpse of you
I’ll search for one more glimpse
As I gaze to the stars
I’ll hope for one more glimpse of you
As I gaze to the stars
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The Milky Way
01:56
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The Milky Way
How many stars
Did it take to fill
The Milky Way
How many moons ago
Did the Universe say
Let’s leave it this way
Yet how many mountains
Have come and gone
How many blades of grass
Are you standing on
Don’t stop and count
All this
You’ll miss
Your time
And there’s
No
Time to miss
How many days
Did it take
To fill up
Your life thus far
You could quickly calculate
The numbers in minutes
Oh, it wouldn’t be so hard
How many hairs have come and gone
On your aging head
How many days
Did you wake
Feeling like the walking dead
Don’t stop and count
All this
You’ll miss
Your time
And there’s
No
Time to miss
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Don’t Listen to This Song
This song is better than it sounds
This song is better than it sounds
The notes you hear
Going down
Got twisted around
And around
This song is better than it seems
This song is better than it seems
The sounds of my mouth
Vibrate just fine
But they don’t match up with the dreams
That are in my mind
So don’t listen to this song
Don’t listen
To this song
Stop
Listening to this song
This verse missed your attention span
This verse missed your attention span
It was meant to come to your emotional rescue
But you missed the cue
And I missed it too
This verse is only for my ears
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First Time Behind the Wheel
There’s just no way to measure
The exact amount of pleasure
Or pain I gained or lost along the way
My first path was dirty
And it gradually got gritty
But, the gravel as I’ve traveled smoothed away
As a teen, I was king of all manly things
A know it all who didn’t know
He was new to it
Now as I get down to it
Lookin’ back on my youth
And it
Seems unreal to feel this, yet I feel
It’s my first time behind the wheel
My first time behind the wheel
It’s my first time behind the wheel
We crawl then we walk
We babble then we talk
We suck then we chew
On the nightly news
We finally make the grade
Find lust
Get laid
If bad luck doesn’t get in our way
Some first or second dates
Lead us to pro-create
And we rinse and repeat this
All through history
When we finally get a grip
The grip somehow slips
Then we regret what was not ours
To regret
It’s my first time behind the wheel
My first time behind the wheel
It’s my first time behind the wheel
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The Growing Season
04:05
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The Growing Season
I’ve had my chance to spring
I’ve had my chance to flower
I’ve been through many seasons
Gone to seed, then regained my power
From months to weeks to days
Of being lost every hour
The growing season
Found the worst of me
I hope the best
Isn’t lost on you
This ain’t my first garden
I’ve hoed many a row
Turned the dirt ‘til it broke my spirit
My heart, my back, my soul
I’ve seen too much rain, too much drought
And doubt to lift my mood
The growing season
Found the worst of me
I hope the best
Isn’t lost on you
Now I could turn your dirt
If I could only spot your spade
I’ve got your seeds in my sweaty palm
Do the nerves show on my face
Man oh boy don’t sprout too soon
As you’ll never make it to the bloom
The growing season
Found the worst of me
I hope the best
Isn’t lost on you
I’ve known you since you were a dream
Behind your mother’s eyes
And the daily grind, love and sunshine
Nurtured your growing mind
I have no right to sing these blues
So here’s to her and cheers to you
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Todd Burge Parkersburg
If it’s been discovered by man, West Virginia’s Todd Burge has written about it. A born ponderer and observer of life, each of his songs tells a story. Whether drawn from personal experience or a tale of poetically woven fiction, you’ll live every second of it through his songs. ... more
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