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Peace, Turkey!

by Brian Dale Allen Strouse

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1.
Dinner Joke 01:19
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I wanna pick you out Of a crowd again I think the best of us Is in the atmosphere We are a dinner joke We are a memory I hope the bomb explodes And sends my soul back to me Because I refuse To live angry anymore We had so much, honey Now nothing left to show I wanna hold you near I wanna meet your god I'd like to die again Forever in your arms
2.
Stoned Blues 02:03
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Near the garden of fruit Where the kiwi grows And the naked grape Constantly turns up its nose The side dish of tomorrow Proceeds to grow I’m getting closer to the peace That I’ve had few times before The air’s so tall Our mouths so equipped And a path of silk And a tug of the lip A fancy brawl Your red fingertips And as the song will move So will our hips Well, the lack of emotion Caused the house to burn And the changes aren’t worth Half of the things I’ve learned To see a glimpse of the future Through a true ceramic urn It’d certainly be darker Though, potentially warm What’s near is far Is sometimes correct And the nearest bar Is sometime a friend Poison the ink And put the thought in my head Ah, baby you’re so sweet Too innocent to repent Where did all the lovers go? Trees of blue And a thousand stoners Hang low And exist without knowing That, in order to play You gotta show your love Ah, honey You show me your love You gotta show Show me your love
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Lexicon #22 04:57
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I thought of everything impossible And I thought myself to death I died a younger man Had my ashes burnt And, now they're close to being back I do believe my core temperature Is much lower than it was I'm so pleased To be drinking cups of wine With the ones I'm told I should love Oh, I'm hardly breaking through Though i've extended my hand of stone To all the velvet carpet, gold wearing know-it-all's Who think that Jesus Christ was classic rock And his convictions are worth while But he was put to death for making scenes They were all so religious then They're not so religious now I think the past somehow gets lost somewhere Like a needle in the sand As the memories that once were fresh Are now years beyond repair I hope to something Somehow I'll meet you Oh, and it'll be in the air And, we'll float around and around Above the ground, and be together Alone again I'm so sorry, my love For you Considering how much i've let myself put you through I'm so sorry, my love It's true We must continue doing exactly what we want to do So, I wander around to a strangers house Built with playing cards Her furniture looked so familiar It reminded me of yours Oh, and the way she asks what I want Brings a cold chill up my spinal cord And I forget the strangers name And start to sound out yours So, we stumble into my favorite bar For a drink or two or three And the bartender knows exactly who we are Believes both of us are me And I explain for my companion The only difference is belief I was much kinder then Now I barely even speak Oh, I was young, in love, and filled with hate Strange enough to dream But I'm missing, most selfishly, the heart And the inner peace But it didn't worry her She was so naive And she had clearly gone insane So, I protected her investment And kept my heart deep inside her brain I'm so sorry, my love For you Considering how much i've let myself put you through I'm so sorry, my love It's true We must continue doing exactly what we want to do
4.
Walk you Home 04:49
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If I could leave you Time would have no place left to stand If i could not see you I'd never do anything again You are such a reason for believing There's meaning in just being I want to get clean without a maid And close to your hand And over the universe we will dance Then, i'll walk you home He lives to deceive you He doesn't deserve to speak your name His motives are clear through Yet, you act like you can't avoid the pain Your eyes say you can do If you want to But, to achieve you, you must undo Every brick he has laid And get close with my hand We, in the universe We will dance Then, I'll walk you home My intentions are inside you I would become seventeen again To study right beside you To see how you answer every subtle demand The world has condemned you And condensed you And I'm compulsively thinking about you You're a vault that i never could break through And, I don't mind if you can't Join the Universe to dance Cause, he'll walk you home
5.
Hard to Say 03:06
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Moments come And the seasons stray Don't wanna end that way Telling lovers to change You'd design me, given the chance Now you ask me where we stand So hard to even say So hard to even say So, hard to say Well, the clock tower struck to indicate the time You were fifteen in your mind But years older in life You'd enslave me, given the chance Now you ask me where we stand So hard to even say So hard to even say So, hard to say You read a book of poems and hung a starry night The moon was half as bright As they predicted it'd shine You'd offend me, given the chance And, now you ask me where we stand So hard to even say So hard to even say So, hard to say Good love always tends to end too soon But, when the flowers bloom We'll be conscious, and cool You'll berate me, given the chance And then you'll have the audacity To ask me where we stand So hard to even say So hard to even say So, hard to say I asked a married if he would give me advice He said the secrect to life Is accepting that you'll die And catching moments before they pass Realizing a good one just won't last Ah, cause it's hard to live this way When it's so god damn hard to even think It's so hard to even say
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Whiskey Sour 02:37
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Well, I like my Whiskey sour When the days turn into night I thought i'd meet you down in georgia But I guess you change your mind I thought I'd never love again Oh, I've been accused of being a rambler Because I like my whiskey sour It makes you easier to forgive But when you walked into my life You quenched the love that I had thirst for You've been replaced by whiskey sour Because you don't live here no more I always felt around closing time You couldn't stand to see me with her Whiskey sour'd make me kiss her And now she's all that's on my mind How long must I wait? How much must I drink? How can you stand so close to fate... And disregard her?
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Honey, Don't Go 02:13
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Seems like you're uptight Brain going side to side High sold high, allowing lowness to buy mine Train set station's bent Cold is a touch, a hand Dives by drive bys We all die We're born to live Try to live inside when you're homeless Smoke much Drink much Spike punch Goin' to lunch Restless 100 ft ceiling dealing children Sold to a mad man Cold man Sad man Not worth saving Monotonous living, i will owe you tomorrow If you show me this evening Don't go Be me See me Your eyes wanna change color She costs much My boss pays the insurance Hate me Pay to see guitar playing misery God damn Whoa mam You're such a good looker And the blinds don't tell What happens when you undress So don't go Put the blame on the lack of fame I tried hard Couldn't win Wasn't born to give entertainment Feel the rain on your neck Conquer your fear of having god piss all over your brown hair Well, just stay in Just stay in baby And don't go
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Birth Weight 02:57
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With your eyes towards the sun Tension towards the band Who will ever want to court you again? You weep as you sew And look as you think Nobody ever leans on what they break Got to feel to know And i've been warning you Of the tell tale signs Yeah, it's a part of me I've left behind A part of me that i've left behind Leave your town Burn your remains Sad, sad look on your lovers face Your past is gone Learn to speak A wordless type All language binds us Not to who we are But to what we know And i've been warning you Of the tell tale signs Yeah, it's a part of me I've left behind A part of me that i've left behind
9.
Ain't Gonna Work on Me 03:30
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well, you're a charming little mama but it ain't gonna work on me yeah, you're a charming little mama but it ain't gonna work on me cause i got so many pills in my belly, baby makes me see what i shouldn't see well, i'm looking through your window looking straight into the eyes of your loving man i'm looking right through your window looking into the eyes of your loving man i don't know if he loves you but i know he can't love you as much as i can well, i've never been too sentimental never seen the joy in life never asked for too much of it, baby and 'it' has been so hard to define well, you're a good looking mama all the boys wanna be your car well, you're a good looking mama when all the boys wanna be your car well, you can ride me if you like you can ride me till the wheels fall off well, i've never been too sentimental never seen the joy in life never asked for too much of it, baby and 'it' has been so hard to define
10.
Spanish Mysteries 01:46
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Wake to fine moonshine Every minute feels a mile Lordy, please don't let it be You gonna take that girl away from me Now I don't mind any line Though I can see no sense in trying And, a heart that seems too good to find You're always way beyond two steps behind The meanest rain i've seen thus far Cut straight into the crossing guard When I returned, all I felt was stoned And the one I love in bed, alone But i cannot be the one she adores She'll never see her bedroom floor All the bluest things are left up to choice These spanish mysteries control my life
11.
Grand Ole Opry Blues 04:26
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Her picture frame has gone insane Showing pictures of other men I could feel bad, but I don't I could leave her, but I won't Oh me oh my She's a long in the jaw type of woman Lots of tears that child cried Cried them from her eyes Yes she did Give me drink or give me drugs mama Cause I can't live sober with you Take a short walk to the equator With a six pack and a constant hum Well, a short walk turns to a long run And the day has suddenly lost its fun So, I return to our cabin To see you kissing there With your old friend blue What should I do? Give me drink or give me drugs mama Cause I can't live sober with you And you know it's true Well, we decided to test our will and faith And descended right into the cave It sleeps 666 people comfortably And everybody knows your name Cheers! We said as we grabbed the glass And filled it with our pain But as I drank her hate I remembered Precisely the reason why we came Give me drink or give me drugs Mama Cause I can't live sober with you Come out with the moon at set It feels good to live alive, alone When you're under the ancient script We got a big old plan to see the green in the earth From the hills that are shaped by the mounds of the dirt I'm patiently awaiting for something bright to appear And if it don't or it can't, it's a shame But not nearly as shameful as I declare Myself to be as this minute of this year I wish it weren't true But I love you my dear Give me a drink or a drug I just can't live sober with you Well, the harvest soon will crumble The earth will start to rumble What you believe will become more jumbled And your earthly possessions will tumble Into the depths of Gods frustration It's a cataclysmic vacation Warm truth Until then, here's what I ask of you Give me drink or give me drugs mama Because I can't live sober with you
12.
Tone Arm (You'll remember me) 01:33
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We're between here and now Moving Mountains, under clouds I'm in Love with someone I wish I knew We parade around town like we're criminal and we're allowed We'll, Honey all i got is this memory of you And why should I stay? You Don't even like me
13.
Where are you now? 06:16
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Paradise lies straight beyond these two american streets My dime's worth ten cents to some Others disagree The bathtub has become so fragile now The mirrors finally see I'd like to know just what you're up against But i find it hard to think. You"ll end all your stories with what happens next No mainstream doctor cares about it And only true friends want to guess Only a billion miles between us and god And i've heard that it's a she I watch the hours pass inside a-clearest glass And believe it's close to three Marylou and Duncan left They now sail in the sea They won't touch land, and less to help Poor old dad and me When the roof caved in i yelled for you But not much did i receive You're a ghost to me, In a nightmare dream I can't feel you when you speak
14.
Tough Tennis 01:52
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Our feelings replaced our thoughts somehow I'm drunk again writing nonsense for you You're quite possibly the best thing I lost You won't find it in the roses You won't find it on the shelf I need the heart in you You always knew the right things to say I walk behind your shadows best friend, Jim Well, he didn't say much But, when he did He said you might not know it I can't begin to show you How to reach the heart in her I bought a book that explains it I bought a potion that changes it Ah, but it don't seem to work on you Ah, honey please don't blow it I'm in love with your spirit But it all must fade like Jim Feelings replaced our thoughts somehow I'm drunk again writing nonsense for you Quite possibly the best thing I lost You won't find it in the roses You won't find it on the streets I need the heart in you
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I'm still in love with you 03:08
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Well, I don't want nobody else You're quite important like the moon I hold the moon with such a high regard Expect the sun to blush too, soon Laying concrete on your porch outside Well, it mostly makes me think of glue Like the rays of sun are hot Or how the sunshine is bright Never once have I stopped loving you And I'm still in love with you And i still want more from you Well, you know I will You know I wish that I couldn't But I can't because I'm still in love with you Oh, even when I drink my mind to the mush Oh, even when I drink because of you I generally wake the next day, then i'll take A long look at who i'd be without you Now, I don't need no woman to shine my shoes I don't need no woman to read me the news I don't need no woman No woman unless it's you I need a place to lay my head And kill my blues And I'm still in love with you And I still want more from you Well, you know I will You know I wish that I couldn't But I can't because I'm still in love with you
16.
Fishing 01:31
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Well, I was gonna go outside and go fishing But, now I'm sitting here with you listening You got a strange kinda way of breaking me down All I ever think about is how I miss you Well, I was gonna wake today to go fishing But, now i'm in trouble with the law of your kitchen I look to plan my escape Prepare for a mission Cause I'm missing good sun for the fishing I was gonna catch The biggest fish you ever did see But you didn't let me Go fishing Now, I'm trying to prevent myself from crying But, it's flowing all over your table Well, if I cry long enough Then the fish can come-a-swimming I can fish right in your kitchen Oh yeah

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Collection of demos recorded in Doylestown, PA and Kutztown, PA.

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released July 5, 2011

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