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Workin' For the Queen
07:27
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I took a job working for the queen
from an ad I found in a magazine
I was coming apart at the seam
I was under the gun 8 days a week
I took a job working for the queen
on her fancy flying space machine
It sucked me in like a tractor beam
Back in time to New Orleans
I took a job working for the queen
I'm seeing things I thought I'd never see
high up in her apple tree
feeding all the birds bumblebees
I took a job working for the queen
on a train in the woods north of Abilene
you could smell the smoke and kerosene
all aboard the 219
I took a job working for the queen
working in the Land of Make Believe
working steal and concrete
Laying yellow bricks down in the street
I took a job working for the queen
Now things ain't always what they seem
I feel like I'm trapped inside a dream
in the land of the brave and free
I took a job working for the queen
but she swept me off my feet
She took me for a ride in her limousine
we got lost Between the sheets
I took a job working for the queen
300 and 65 days a week
I fell for her eyes of green
now I love her and she loves me
I took a job working for the queen
in a coat I borrowed from James Dean
she stabbed me in the face with a nectarine
Still got a bit of her stuck in my teeth
I took a job working for the queen
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Honeymooner
03:41
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Here's to the ones who have left too soon
from Albuquerque to Saskatoon
From tucumcari to Kalamazoo
me and Mr Osborne barking at the moon
Mr Guthrie arrived not a moment too soon
Mr Edison showed up in a big balloon
Jackie Gleason come and sing us a tune
me and Mr Osborne barking at the Moon
The good policeman at high noon
said there's nothing to see here let's all move along
mother Mary and her sister June
me and Mr Osborne barking at the Moon
Slowly but surely we're all becoming immune
to that feeling inside us that tells us what we should do
we're all living in a big cartoon
Me and Mr Osborne barking at the moon
now I'm feeling paranoid
Snow blind into the void
Crazy, like a loon
me and Mr Osborne barking at the Moon
Paul said to John John said to George
I'd travel far across the universe
I'm heading back to Where the Buffalo roam
me and Mr Osborne barking at the Moon
me and Mr Osborne barking at the Moon
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Forty Thieves
04:11
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I thought about leaving the world for a while
and hanging my hat on the Stars
I thought about saddling up next to you
I thought about boarding a train
And leaving the great state of Maine
riding it clear across the country
I think of where I'd be
without you in the seat next to me
as you disappeared into the landscape
I think of all the ones
In white gowns and silk gloves
broken wings and songs we sing out of tune
The wild horses and sweet chariots
all the guardsmen with their fixed bayonets
All of the soldiers and the firing squads
All of the mornings in the soft silver Air
all of the magic everywhere
all of it happening right here and now
all of the mileage we travel apart
all of the fibers that make up the heart
The who's the what's the why's and hows
I remember thinking when
is all of this going to end
I remember getting lost inside of you
I keep listening to the wolves
sing your name from the top of the hill
I just keep waiting for a new day to break
Ali Baba and the 40 thieves
can't take anything away from me
it's all a shot in the dark and that's all that we got
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Swoop
03:22
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You could open up my soul
and tell me what it's worth
is it worth more than gold
Or all the money in the world
will I ever have enough
Or always hold an empty cup
could we ever be
Satisfied
I'm an eagle I'm a hawk
Swooping in to tear you apart
I'm a tiger I'm a shark
I'm a lion with a dragon heart
I could fill a bag
if I only had
just a little of the love
that we once made
surely you could be
happy as can be
above and beyond
The mountains of the Moon
I'm an eagle I'm a hawk
swooping in to tear you apart
I'm a tiger I'm a shark
I'm a lion with a dragon heart
Goliath told me
best tread lightly
take the time
To smell the roses
got to take the time
to smell the roses
I'm an eagle I'm a hawk
Swooping in to tear you apart
I'm a tiger I'm a shark
I'm a lion with a Thunderheart
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Imagine You and I
in the darkness with a knife
Beneath the waves
Taking in the sights
on a train
Just along for the ride
in the future
headed back in time
up in the trees
with the meadowlark
In the junkyard
with the junkyard dog
In the city
locked up in the zoo
spending time
in someone else's shoes
imagine You and I
high up in a nuclear sky
magnetized
By what's inside
on a plane
Just along for the ride
In the future
Headed back in time
you and I
could be king and queen
in a future
Galaxy
Just you and me
and the meadowlark
Just you and me
And the junkyard dog
just you and me
and the meadowlark
Just you and me
and the junkyard dog
just you and me
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Meat Breath
01:31
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I woke up with meat breath
cops and robbers, all in my chest
thieves stole what I had left
I went to bed with meat breath
I woke up with meat breath
In the heat of the old wild West
nothing quenched my thirst like death
I went to bed with meat breath
I woke up with meat breath
All is fair, in Love and war I guess
I am lost but I am blessed
I went to bed with meat breath
I went to bed with meat breath
I fell in love with meat breath
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(Maybe) Miami
04:30
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Maybe we can get away
maybe so maybe not
Maybe visit LA
in an old pickup truck
maybe run out in the rain
jump in the puddles like we're five again
Maybe we can paint the night
The color of the morning on a winter's day
Maybe Miami, in the middle of the night
Maybe we can take a walk
Through morning side park
maybe walk around the world
with Art Garfunkel
All the dragons in the jungle
and the monsters in the dark
I'll dream of you Miami
until I'm back there in your arms
Maybe Miami, in the middle of the night
Maybe Miami, in the middle of the night
In this space between
I see you do you see me
dancing on the sand
With a whole world in your hands
I dream of the thunder
on those long cold winter nights
I'll dream of you Miami
And all your blinding neon lights
Maybe Miami, in the middle of the night
Maybe Miami, in the middle of the night
Maybe Miami, in the middle of the night
Maybe Miami
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Abraham
03:43
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They said to Abraham go be free
go find yourself, go Live Your dream
go climb that Hill, go climb that tree
they said to Abraham go be free
they said to Abraham don't look up
keep your head down until the job is done
I said to Abraham here I am
I love you now like I loved you then
to be with you
to be with you
to be with you
when you call me
I said to Abraham do you remember me
from that little town with the dirty streets
I said to Abraham do you remember when
Love Was pure like Oxygen
to be with you
to be with you
to be with you
When you call me
They said to Abraham God is king
Hell's on fire and the angels sing
God said to Abraham love is king
The gates are open, come right in
To be with you
To be with you
to be with you
When you call me
To be with you
To be with you
To be with you
when you call me
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Between a wolf and the Moon
A silver balloon
the color of love in winter
A tornado in hand
Of the TV man
Waving a white flag in a black hole
alone in the dark
with a beat up heart
Still miles apart and growing
Between a wolf and the Moon
someday soon
the funeral bell will ring for you
Between a wolf and the Moon
the wild roses bloom
The twisted pine and the maple
From on top of the hill
Time stands still
fixing to die on a thundercloud
Between a wolf and the Moon
in the back bedroom
of the little red house around the corner
Between a wolf and the Moon
the hunt resumes
love assumes and it just plays dead
love assumes and it just plays dead
Between a wolf and the Moon
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Travis Cyr Maine
Travis Cyr has been creating music & art in Maine for over 25 years. Performing over 1900 shows & releasing 15 original albums. The music is a highly original mix of cerebral, folk balladry and spacey roots music with vivid, poetic lyrics full of heart and ancient soul. "Hypnotizing Psych Folk - Kinda like John Prine from Outer Space!" ... more
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