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Excuse Me, Sir
05:01
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Excuse Me, Sir
Why just today a drunk man in filthy pants tried to kiss me
in the middle of a song.
Big ole’ wet wine-smellin’ lips comin’ at me,
I of course had my eyes closed really into it.
Oh.......
and I said excuse me sir, didn’t you see me standin’ here?
Pardon me sir, didn’t you see me standin’ here?
Excuse me mister, I was standin’ here.
sometimes I wish they’d all just go away.
Chorus:
I don’t really know who they think I am.
I’m sure they’d say I’m like someone else.
I beleive that everybody’s different.
with a different job here and different stories to tell.
I ran into a door to door preacher sellin’ knives just the other day.
He said you’re going to go to hell if you don’t buy this today.
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
and I said excuse me sir, didn’t you see me standin’ here?
Pardon me sir, didn’t you see me standin. here?
Excuse me mister preacherman, I was standin’ here.
Sometimes I wish they’d all just go away.
Chorus:
I don’t really know who they think I am.
i’m sure they’d say I’m like someone else,
but I believe that every body's different.
With a different job here and different stories to tell.
Well, a nice man strolled up to me just the other day.
he had carnations painted blue.
he did a dance, whistled a tune, threw me a flower and just skipped away.
Oh...yeah.
and I said thank you sir
for seein’ me standin’ here
thank you sir for noticin’ me standin’ here.
See me, I can see you, did you see me standin’ here?
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Evolutionary
04:34
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EVOLUTIONARY
This is only the beginning, this is only the beginning.
Only the beginning gonna’ wake up, gonna’ wake up one day.
Only the beginning gonna’ wake up, gonna’ wake up on the way.
seeing myself as it comes around, comes around naturally.
see it for yourself as it comes around, comes around naturally.
Oh and mother nature knows
we’ve got to get back to the soul
It’s Evolutionary.
Circle on, come around, follow it, come on hurry.
Circle on, come around, follow it, come on hurry.
Come along, follow it, feel it come alive with me.
Come along, follow it, feel it, come alive with me.
Oh and mother nature knows
we’ve got to get back to the soul
It’s Evolutionary.
This is only the beginning....
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Maya
06:08
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Maya
Maya, Maya there she goes
she takes her time but she never knows
where she’s going, even where she’s been
Maya look at the trouble you’re in
She waits with patience, she knows no wrong
she prays her heart out and it keeps her going strong
she thinks so clearly but walks the other way
Maya, she’s lost her heart today.
Chorus:
She talks and laughs about the days that go by
She sees the things that people do and asks why?
There aint’ no way, there aint’ no way
there aint’, there aint’, there aint’ nothin’ left to say.
Maya waits for her train outside
she sings in the stairwell and it echoes thru her mind
her dark hair blowin’, her hands a little cold
she takes a deep breathe and then checks the time
Maya’s waited all her life for people, places really anything at all
and when her fears have all been realized
after that moment another one comes to call.
Chorus:
She talks and laughs about the days that go by
she sees the things that people do and asks why?
There aint’ no way, there aint’ no way
There aint’ there aint’, there aint’ nothin’ left to say.
Bridge:
She lets the cold in
brings with her the rain
she pours the coffee
but caffeine drives her insane.
Maya
close that door.
Close that door.
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Here's My Shoes
06:26
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Here’s My Shoes
Don’t you see? We must move ahead
Check out our feet and take the next steps
We cannot continue, we cannot survive
We simply cannot live without opening your mind
You see there’s this place we haven’t been, well of course you cannot see it
C’mon let me take you in, I tell you you won’t believe it
The most sensually exotic, insatiably erotic place I’ve ever been
Turn your head and look at me for the first time in your life
Here’s my shoes
Just put em on and I would be there right beside you baby
Here’s my shoes
Just put em on and I would be there walking, keeping time
Barefoot beside you
Are you that fucking blind
To think we all just live and die
I have given you my hope
I have given you my heart
I have given you my love and my time and my words and my sight
And my efforts and anger and sex and my pride
And everything I thought you needed to make you realize
Something, anything
And you took all of that. Never listened to a word that I said
Never let me come to a conclusion about if there’s hope for you
I’m sorry to be a little harsh my friend
But things can’t continue as they have been
So listen..
Here’s my shoes
Just put em on and I would be there right beside you baby
Here’s my shoes
Just put em on and I would be there walking, keeping time
Barefoot beside you
Are you afraid, is that what it is?
Afraid that you actually might find something more intense more primal
More contradictory to anything you’ve ever seen?
Oh, I really think it’s up to you
And I know it’s an easy job to play the fool
And somebody’s got to do it, but baby it can no longer be you
Cuz if I’m in this and I am and you want this as bad as it seems
You gotta give a little, shut up a little, listen to me a little
Quit running away to your safe little world
I’m offering you a chance to see this thru
Let me take you
Here’s my shoes
Just put em on and I would be there right beside you baby
Here’s my shoes
Just put em on and I would be there walking, keeping time
Barefoot beside you
Honey, at this point you really got nothing to lose
I would be right there for you
I would be there for you
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Why would You Want To Do That?
People are always walking away from me like I said something wrong
like words were the disease.
but if you turn your back on me how am I to know if I said something wrong
or offended you without even trying.
You see... honesty isn't about being wrong or right
cuz' you can always hide the ugliness
with a little white lie.
I embrace your differences, now
at least accept mine
are you part of a bigger picture,
or a prisoner in your logical mind?
what is the mind, if we don't feed our thoughts,
and what is hunger if the food passes right thru us?
this cell isn't big enough for both you and me
you could stare through your bars, while we all run free.
but why would you want to do that?
tell me....... I'm asking you..
why would you want to do that?
My house is a library with all the books in the middle of the floor,
I am putting things back in order,
I can't rely on chance anymore.
How can I find what I need, if my house is a mess?
I will put the books back on the shelf
and use the floor to dance.
If I need information, I'll just look it up, I am cleaning up my rooms,
writing page by page, and whistling a tune while I work.
I have opened up my windows.....OH...now I have a view.
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Among the Spirit World
03:39
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Among the Spirit world
Like a ghost, I am invisible
an apparition....
with knowing eyes and a vibrant soul.
but today I am alone.
Simply observing, traveling through dimensions
and ignoring the clock.
Within love, I am mad
wearing white, I silently tiptoe through these halls
with my fellow observers of life.
I AM ALIVE.
I create my own freedom, coinciding with my identity.
I create my own world, and it seems to me that I am alone today,
Maybe its best to be alone.
to remain silent, though I am desperate for a voice.
Constantly seeking, constantly changing, and making my reality.
BUT THERES DAYS
like today
when everything I thought was true and real,
spins and whorls out of control,
leaves a ghostly haze upon my soul,
then scatters to a hundred-billion pieces.
Among the spirit world, nothing seems tangible
though the light illuminates my being.
IN THE SHADOWS
it seems far, far away,
but the road is golden,
paved by those who have traveled that way,
those who have walked the great distance........and cried many tears.
FOR THE JOURNEY
I know..........seems long and dreadful,
but each moment filled with the wonder of life.
My passion is strong, but today
my vision is weak.
so I glide knowing that above the surface of the waves,
I will return safely to shore
eventually.
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Watching Wasps
07:09
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Watching Wasps
Today, I am not afraid to be stung, to be hurt Pain is an emotional teacher, and if it is knowledge we seek
then why are we afraid to experience everything?
For in experience we may truly know,
this is the best teacher....LIFE.
In living we will become aware,
in awareness we, as persons will find that these glass houses
in which we live, are those walls that have been built.
Break the glass? NO.......why, when there is a door?
but now the door is locked from the outside,
and the world is strolling by and we are calling,
"hey somebody let me out!"
but out there the world is the same, and in here our reality is changing,
so we give up, and we grow hungry and tired, and we starve,
and we wither away.
Once upon a time I awoke to find myself
torn and tattered.........but I could see until the ends of the earth.
and I stood and looked upon a whole new world,
a place of possibility where so much more could be done by
everyone.
and I turned to see the glass was now a mirror and there was me.
and I looked into my own eyes, and saw that which is truly me.
and I ran.... towards the image, towards the glass
shattering,
I fell to the other side
into the world
unlocked
FREE.
With the scars of my imprisonment, I stepped into life,
and now I am ready, and I am ecstatic.
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Krishna
05:06
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Krishna
Had some time to kill, too restless to sleep
Figured I’d come see you, that is, if you’d like to see me
So, I’m here to see you and I watch you
while a scattered barfly rambles on beside me
You’re so smooth, tending the sheep
feeding the flock, and I think, you make me think
Chorus:
Does anybody really know you?
Have you ever been alone?
Does somebody love you?
Is there something in there you can’t let anyone see?
Are you afraid of affecting people, of affecting me?
So in a sea of blood red light and late night chatter
I touch you and attempt to take you in
And over and over curled on the bottom of the ocean floor
I hear the melody, show me your soul
And I wonder and I wander and we move
And I think
Chorus:
Does anybody really know you?
Have you ever been alone?
Does somebody love you?
Is there something in there you can’t let anyone see?
Are you afraid of affecting people, of affecting me?
I listen closely to your heart beating ferociously
Inviting me to come inside, where it’s warm
where it’s bright, where no one has anything to hide
And there is no fear and we can all just love one another
Come on people now smile on your brother
And you make me think
Chorus:
Does anybody really know you?
Have you ever been alone?
Does somebody love you?
Is there something in there you can’t let anyone see?
Are you afraid of affecting people, of affecting me?
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Who I Am
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Who I Am
People are so protective of what they make
What they create could be shared and bared
so that I could really see you
You know, I’m not trying to steal your precious truth
I just think we should all start talking
about the things we know
Maybe we’d find we’ve been wrong
Then maybe we’d finally be right
A friend of mine and I were talking about dust clouds
And how you gotta leave a few behind
And how the space between crushing and uplifting
Seems a very fine line sometimes
But I give myself freely; I am who I am
Let’s give ourselves freely, so we can be who we are
Chorus:
The earth shows us how to die
every year when the winter comes
Last year I died with her
I came into this world screaming
and I’m gonna leave it singing
How come we stop growing, but we still grow old?
People are so protective of what they make
they create more and more ways to be afraid
and with an ego bound mainstream
and a world governed by fear
I just think we all need to realize
there’s a revolution going on here
Maybe we’ll be blind and never ever see
Or maybe we’ll find we don’t have to be
It’s such a shame to see dreams die
like watching a baby cry
But if we give up when life becomes too hard
How can we ever expect to survive?
So I give myself freely, so that I can be me
Let’s give ourselves freely
so we can be who we need to be
Chorus:
The earth shows us how to die
every year when the winter comes
Last year I died with her
I came into this world screaming
and I’m gonna leave it singing
How come we stop growing, but we still grow old?
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Teach Me To Love
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Teach Me to Love
I can fly
when the wind is high
and washes through my widespread wings.
Silence is my velocity
free from ground
I can see everything.
The night has been calling me
in the white light
of the new moon.
The day sends me a message,
I said I'd be there soon.
Teach me
teach me to love
teach me to love my hunger.
I can glide through the silver sea
like the wind
it carries me.
A letting go, a soaking in
free from ground
I can be everything.
The tide has been calling me
from the boundless depths of the timeless deep.
It whispers come be a part of me,
but I have already gone.
Teach me
teach me to love
teach me to love my hunger.
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Brink of Things
04:27
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Brink of Things
When I’m feeling on the brink of things
And I’m starting to think about things
And if I’m acting a little insane
It’s simply cuz’ I was waiting to be saved
Chorus:
I start to think, why do people think
That this day ain’t anything.
My mind’s confused, my senses blown, my thoughts flown into Spring.
I look back to where I’ve been, can’t see where I’m gonna go
Doesn’t really matter, then again
What do I know?
Do, do, do, do ,do, do……
I’ve been there, once or twice
Oh, no, no, no, no
Maybe three times
When I’m feeling on the brink of things
And I’ve gotta gotta let loose of things
And I’ve lost my direction and I’m afraid
It’s simply cuz’ I was waiting to be saved
Chorus:
I start to think, why do people think
That this day ain’t anything.
My mind’s confused, my senses blown, my thoughts flown into Spring.
I look back to where I’ve been, can’t see where I’m gonna go
Doesn’t really matter, then again
What do I know?
Do, do, do, do ,do, do……
I’ve been there, once or twice
Oh, no, no, no, no
Maybe three times
Maybe three times
Maybe three times
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Back to the Oneness
06:12
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Back to the Oneness
We fade into each other
From an ancient time and place
Blue became and then fluttered
Oh, our saving grace
And I did not hear the thunder
In the flame of the morning, now it’s day
And the sky oranged with the break of wonder
Oh, I am taken away.
Chorus:
Somehow a thousand faces, become one
She reflects on yesterday, while he is gone
And the waters that flow, bring a rush of letting go
And we sail into a calm
On a wave of peace
On a wave of peace
Each piece of you wrapped, neatly folded
I feel circle inside these bones
Unlocks the door for all to see
It is what sustains our breath.
Inside we are each other, making us all one another
Tell the new stories my friends, as we complete the ultimate
Concrete journey back thru time
We discover we can uncover a misuse of time
And now here we are again, asking the questions but then
Finding the answer. Lets head back to where we came from.
Back to the one, back to the oneness
Back to the one, back to the oneness
Chorus:
And our course cannot be broken, for our roots have grown to deep
And we drift into one another, floating, floating on a wave of peace
And tranquility, tranquility, oh, let’s go
Let’s head back to the one, back to the oneness
Back to the one, back to the oneness
Back to the one, back to the one, back to the one, back to the one
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'Til the Sun Rose
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‘Til the Sun Rose
Hiding in the shadows, he was waiting for me
Took me by surprise, as I turned to see
I didn’t expect to fall, but I woke to find him catching me
He saved my soul, saved my life thankfully
He was simple, as was I, livin’ life from day to day
Had a dream in mind, just looking for a place
Something missing, could it be a person, place or thing
Oh Murphy smiled at me and I knew that it was him
Chorus:
When we held the time, we traveled thru the night
Chasing a blind man, telling a tale
Of some wanderer who robbed a man with an arrow
We spoke words of wisdom and the night became day
We had all the answers and we rode ‘til the rose
‘til the sun rose
He bought me a drink and we talked about our adventures
He toasted to our soon to come future
He said, “to you”, “no, to you….to us.”, I said
And then we drank a few just to celebrate
He went away that day, promised to return
How can my life be content while that fire still burns?
Once upon a time, he told a fantasy
Oh Murphy smiled at me, then he to leave
Chorus:
When we held the time, we traveled thru the night
Chasing a blind man, telling a tale
Of some wanderer who robbed a man with an arrow
We spoke words of wisdom and the night became day
And we held all the answers and we rode ‘til the rose
‘til the sun rose
Oh, ‘til the sun rose
Oh, ‘til the sun rose
Oh, ‘til the sun rose
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Astra Kelly San Diego, California
With a lyric-based, melodic sound and soaring vocals, Astra fuses her Chicago roots in blues and soul
with indie folk
and alt-country. The lyrics read like poetry, speaking of emotional transformation and freedom. She's been nominated for nine SD Music Awards, her music video was showcased in the SD Film Fest. She wears many hats in the industry including helping others find their music mojo.
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