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Doorway Effect
03:59
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Try to count all the things we forget eventually
Smile if you know that I merely jest actually
Memory is a fickle flame if we play a simple game
Remember all the silly signs that greet the west instantly
The doorway sees me
It’s laughing at me
Halfway out of the dark
Alone with all of these thoughts
I guess I’ll lose what those were
Once on the other side of that door
Ask yourself all the things that you forget eventually
Grin if you know that I merely jest actually
Memory gives a funny fame if we play the crying game
Remember when the sunny side would kiss the west instantly
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Ephemeral
02:53
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Celebrate the quickly fading harbinger of spring
Enhance the dance with Mary and Jane
Take the transitory trilliums and sing
Nothing gold can ever stay the same
Breeches with bluebells
Heartleaf foamflowers
Springtime heart swells
High times reflecting hours
Peek around the quaker ladies as they sip their tea
Little sweet Betsy is the right girl for me
Tickle crested Iris as she giggles in the wind
Stipple all the toadshade to the end
Lose yourself in color
As you elevate your mind
Float on through the forest
With all the new friends you find
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Sandalwood
03:41
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He kissed her cheek where tears had left
A trail of evidence before whispering into her ear
It’s okay, pretty pet, keep dreaming
Everything will be better in the morning
Promises spill from those lips
Like honey stolen from a dying bee
Trying to fly on one wing
But, we still sting
Then the morning proved that he had gone
Away from everything after whispering into her ear
It’s okay just to keep on dreaming
Everything will be better in the evening
There’s a false calm to our inner landscape
No kisses waiting in the morning
Just a trail of sandalwood
Sandalwood
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Licorice Memories
04:45
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Way back in seventy-something, I guess
Things were so simple and carefree and fun
Spending the summers with black tongue and mess
A flavor of ice cream loved by Mom and son
Yesterday came to play, not to stay
Licorice memories
Though today seems so grey, we still play
Licorice memories
Now that I’m older, I see I’ve been blessed
Things aren’t so simple or carefree or calm
Dreaming of summers with black tongue and mess
A flavor of ice cream loved by son and Mom
Licorice memories
Licorice memories
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Ghost Notes
02:52
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You turn into vapors within an embrace
Are you still here or lost in your lace
It’s creepy and spooky and calming and mellow
Are you still here or did I lose you at hello
We fight to hold on and we fight to let go
Like groovy ghoulies corresponding with a friendly ghost
Your feet are like clouds that float above the concrete
A perfect mystery brings nothing but glee
It’s screechy and smoochy, alarming and charming
When yesterday comes after tomorrow morning
We fight to hold on and we fight to let go
Like groovy ghoulies reciprocating with friendly notes
Jekyll without Hyde is not worth the ride
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Half Century Boy
03:42
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Autumn arrival, Halloween baby
To be fair, a week before that
Fire colored leaves, possibly maybe
Pounced by a calico cat
Half century boy is who I am
Joy is well worth chasing, boy
Catapulted to teenage stardom wasn’t to be
To be fair, I didn’t want that
Fire colored leaves, definitely maybe
Pounced by grey and black cats
Half century boy is who I am
Joy is well worth chasing
Boy, can she be coy
Every day above ground, head in clouds
There’s no better way
Come what may, I love sound, seeing clouds
There’s no better day
Half century boy
Joy is well worth chasing, boy
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How do you feel when you stare into the sun with your ears
And how do you see with kaleidoscopes for corneas
Tell me what you hear
Never take me seriously
I live on my own custom cloud above a sea of simulation
How do you breathe when you stare into the sun with your nose
You know how to see with kaleidoscopes for corneas
Tell me what you blow
Never take me seriously
I live on my own custom cloud above a sea of simulation
How, why
How do you see and why do you feel
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Full Crow Moon
04:48
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The calendar is not so kind when the days start to fall off like hours
I just walk the miles alone while the ground hides flowers
Look into the sky full of diamond lights
Winter is fading into one final swoon
Hear them cawing with the night
No snow, no show, full crow moon
The balladeer is not so blind when the rays start to burn off their fire
I just walk the miles alone while the crow flies higher
Look into the sky full of diamond lights
Winter is fading into one final swoon
Hear them cawing with the night
No snow, no show, full crow moon
No snow, no show, full crow moon
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Randal Prater Seattle, Washington
Singer-songwriter with five solo albums. Former frontman for Creeping Myrtle and The Pagan States.
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