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Forty days, what's wrong with me?
I've spent so long in Gethsemane
Snake was whispering, lying in the dirt
wearing silver pants and a disco shirt
Silver pants and a disco shirt!
A kiss from Judas when I came back
What you put me through, man, really hurt
All dressed up and looking fine
wearing silver pants and a disco shirt
Silver pants and a disco shirt!
When I think of Abba it's not the band
I think of my father and his master plan
But Barry Anderson hit pay dirt
wearing silver pants and a disco shirt
Silver pants and a disco shirt!
My sister's a 420 hippie chick
She's the spitting image of Stevie Nicks
When she goes out - for what it's worth -
she wears silver pants and a disco shirt
Silver pants and a disco shirt!
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Wendy Waters
02:42
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Wendy Waters... Wolfe!
Wolfe!
She owns Out of the Blue and she empathizes with goalies
Wendy Waters... Wolfe!
Wolfe!
She loves poetry, art, and music, and her cat, Bo.
She owns Out of the Blue and she empathizes with goalies.
Wendy Waters... Wolfe!
Wolfe!
Hitch-hiked across Ireland and donated to Starroom Junction.
She loves poetry, art, and music, and her cat, Bo.
She owns Out of the Blue and she empathizes with goalies.
Wendy Waters... Wolfe!
Wolfe!
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Longest Ballot
04:24
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From the ballot I was barred in 2015
I tried to take on Harper but Elections Canada intervened
They wanted from me money, $1000 bucks put in their hand
I laughed, "You must be joking!" I've got the Charter right to stand
So to court I took the law and the judge agreed with me
She struck down the rule that set the federal election entry fee
I pleaded so politely, they saw no firebrand
Yet all the while I'm dreaming of the longest ballot in the land
Because Electoral Law is written by the victors to favour them, that's fair to say
But the longest ballot can't be beaten, so see my name on Election Day.
A promise made was broken, next election had begun
So I cruised through Andrew's riding, Qu'Appelle South, Saskatchewan
Signatures I gathered, saying "Wouldn't it be grand to
nominate everyone for the longest ballot in the land?!"
First two candidates approved, nominations certified
But then the up-tops got alarmed, the next ten they did deny
The boss is Qu'Appelle ordered the ballot short and bland
She said, "In Andrew Sheer's own riding? None of this will stand."
Because Electoral Law is written by the victors to favour them, that's fair to say
But the longest ballot can't be beaten, so see my name on Election Day.
With COVID cases rising, by-elections were declared
Door-knocking for signatures? Maybe once we could be spared.
The question posed so kindly. My brother took the stand.
"The pandemic changes nothing," said Justice Strictdland.
In the fourth wave of the virus, Election 2021,
Ali drove to Winnipeg, said "I'm vaxxed, let's have some fun."
Sixteen-hundred signatures, names copies all by hand.
Elections Canada lawyered up but they couldn't stop our plan.
Because Electoral Law is written by the victors to favour them, that's fair to say
But the longest ballot can't be beaten, so see my name on Election Day.
We'll take down the broken, be gone taboo, apathy
'Cause I don't vote for them and they don't run for me.
We have a secret power, oh the stagnant quo is damned.
Come join the longest ballot - you got the Chart right to stand!
Candidates, friends, strangers - from near and far away,
from Surrey to Waterloo, Maples, Provencher
Twenty-one names listed, Dan cried "I DON'T UNDERSTAND!"
But a half a meter victory - the longest ballot in the land.
Yeah - a half a meter victory: THE LONGEST BALLOT IN THE LAND!
Because Electoral Law is written by the victors to favour them, that's fair to say
But the longest ballot can't be beaten, so see my name on Election Day.
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4. |
Psycho on my Cycle
04:20
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Ten speed missing and I'm drunk in Rome
saw Whitey on my bike, too drunk to chase him
took another mushroom, washed it down with gin
now Whitey isn't Whitey but a cat named Jim
There's a psycho on my cycle and I'm drinking too much
Running out of Lira, three sheets about to sail
salvation sounds like freedom but it feels like jail
There's a psycho on my cycle and I'm drinking too much
Too drunk for St. Pete's where the Pope is giving mass
Jesus is my saviour but god is an ass
now I'm floating on my back counting psychedelic ducks
must be the psilocybin or maybe damn luck
There's a psycho on my cycle and I'm drinking too much gin
Ten speed missing and I'm drunk in Rome
saw Whitey on my bike, too drunk to chase him
took another mushroom, washed it down with gin
now Whitey isn't Whitey but a cat named Jim
There's a psycho on my cycle and I'm drinking too much gin
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Kaleidoscope
02:11
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I have never been here since the day I was born
but coincidentally others have been
The space in the air with this breeze is like
a mouthful of breath held tight
Words describing what it's like
Calm mixed with arrogant emoting
Not angry, we push and kiss the mirror
It's like a tidal wave, it's like a kenneled waste
It's a cramping felt in the stomach
I'm ashamed for all of my later days
Let us share in this shrouded haze
No loss 'cause everything is gained.
Calm mixed with arrogant emoting
Not angry, we push and kiss the mirror
Something like this but never again
Kaleidoscope
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