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Left of the dealer goes first
Follow instructions or you cannot play the game
The game
Trapped in a box
Feeling pressure to be someone I’m not
I’m not
Smile for me a little bit
Stupid is happy, so tell me - what is smart
Smart
Freedom is what you make it
I make it nothing because I am nothing myself
Am I
I want you so bad baby
I’ll give you pleasure give you pleasure give you pleasure give you pleasure
Pleasure
I’m all alone when you knock on the door
I’ll give you pleasure give you pleasure give you pleasure give you pleasure
Pleasure
Step away from the screen door
A unicorn is being burned I can tell by the air
Air
So sorry I missed you
Sleeping beauty on a mattress made of rain
Water
Suburban promises lead to a lie
Old friend what have you become
Become
I’m sleeping naked but you’re still covered up
A big dog playing around on a sunny day
Day
Broke broken and blind
I’m still trying to find the feeling I’m looking for
Thanks for the letter
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All In a Day's Work
03:08
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Got your message to give you a call
Wonder how you are
I hope you’re feeling better
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen your face
But I still know the way to your place
And when I pick you up we have to stop so you can put on your makeup
And you still haven’t changed
You’re exactly the same
You just follow your friends
If you can call them your friends
And you put on your makeup
Yeah you put on your makeup
But I wish you’d take it off
I sit in silence and I don’t feel right
When I think about last night
And maybe it’s just me being stupid
But I can’t shake the feeling
That I’m losing a friend
I’m losing a friend
I’m losing a friend
I’m losing a friend
I lost you a long time ago
All in a day’s work
All in a day’s work
All in a day’s work
All in a day’s work
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Trying To Believe
02:44
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I’m trying to believe
I wish I could believe
In an omniscient friend
The invisible helping hand
One set of footprints
Instead of two
I’m trying to believe
I wish I could believe
In a story I can’t get straight
I find it hard even to relate
To a system that preaches love
But causes hate
I’m trying to believe
I wish I could believe
It’s so hard to face death
But when it comes I’ll be ready for it
Bring it on
Wait - please don’t send me to hell
I’m trying to believe
I wish I could believe
I’m trying to believe
I wish I could believe
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Every day is a waste of time
Every day is a waste of time
Every day is a waste of time
Every day is a waste of time
Every day is a waste of time
Every day is a waste of time
Every day is a waste of time
Every day is a waste of time
Every day is a waste of time
Every day is a waste of time
Every day is a waste of time
Every day is a waste of time
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Garden growing
Whiskey flowing
Bottomwell blues and the sunlight blinds
I’m calling you you girl I’m calling you
To pick up all the pieces that you left behind
Time time the moon is mine
Stuck in armageddon ‘til the flowers bloom
Babies crying
Arrows flying
Strike me in the heart
Lay me in my tomb
Love love I’m counting on your love
If you want to save my life
You’d better do it soon
Ohhh nothing lasts
Try to make the best of whatever you find
Garden growing
Whiskey flowing
Bottomwell blues and the sunlight blinds
Bottomwell blues and the sunlight blinds
Bottomwell blues and the sunlight blinds
Bottomwell blues and the sunlight blinds
Bottomwell blues and the sunlight blinds
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Moonlight Over Venice
02:51
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Moonlight over Venice
Starlight in your eyes
Wind will blow by and by so it goes
I see no clouds in the sky
Moonlight over Venice
Romance in the air
One more kiss time no longer exists
We don’t have any cares
I don’t need a vacation
Baby I need to disappear
Start all over with you love
No more tears
‘Cause we can’t be happy here
Moonlight over Venice
Strolling down the street
Hand in hand as we look at the land
No pressure no one to beat
Moonlight over Venice
I just can’t help but smile
When you’re near all my blues disappear
Please stay with me for a while
No one said it was easy
No one said it’d be fun
You make my life better
You’re the one
You are my midnight sun
Moonlight over Venice
Everything over there
Stay by my side and we’ll go for a ride
We don’t have any cares
We don’t have any cares
We don’t have any cares
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I Have No Home
02:49
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I
I can’t stay here
I don’t belong
I
I have no place
I have no home
Phone
It never rings
Why do I
Even have a phone
I
I have no place
I have no home
I know there’s love out there
But I’m too sad to even care
When I was in need
That’s when they threw me out in the cold
I
I have no place
I have no home
All this lovely scenery
What is it supposed to mean to me
Another mother will weep
As another baby is born
I
I have no place
I have no home
Gave you my heart and you
You turned it to stone
I
I have no place
I have no home
I
I know no love
I am alone
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Out of nothing
Comes something
‘Til the opposite is true
Everyday is a play unwritten
I’ve been lying here trying here
If only you knew
That in the smoke I’d choke
I’d be bitten
When the world wears me down
And everything is a mess
I dance a waltz
With a lady in a dark blue dress
Paradise
Would be nice
But I can’t think that way
I’d stew
Much ado
About nothing
Can you see the little trees
As they struggle to stay
Awake as they bake in an oven
When the world wears me down
And I don’t feel my best
I’m in the clouds
With the lady in a dark blue dress
Every road
Is closed
‘Cept the one that I’m on
No choice
No voice
Nothing sadder
It’s a shame
And it’s lame
But you’ve got to stay strong
You’ve got to rise
And realize
It doesn’t matter
When the world wears me down
And there’s a pain in my chest
I make love
To the lady in a dark blue dress
I’m your friend
‘Til the end
In this rest assured
I’ll be there
And I’ll care
If I’m able
When you’re burning
And you’re turning
Toward the face that is cured
Think hard
And put your cards
On the table
When the world wears me down
And everything is a mess
I dance a waltz
With a lady in a dark blue dress
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You broke my poor heart
And you left me so sad
Alone in that dark by and by
Yeah you left me so blue
I don’t know what to do
Guess I’ll sit here in silence and sigh
But you’ll always be darling to me
You’ll always be darling to me
You’ll always be my beautiful
First true love see
You’ll always be darling to me
Well the wind and the rain
Try to trap me indoors
Alone in that dark by and by
I can still see you there
With that bow in your hair
Smiling as we lay down for the night
You’ll always be darling to me
You’ll always be darling to me
You’ll always be my beautiful
First true love see
You’ll always be darling to me
I feel older than I am
And bitter like a lemon
Alone in that dark by and by
There’s nothing I can do
I’m a million miles from you
I’ll just lay here and look at the sky
But you’ll always be darling to me
You’ll always be darling to me
You’ll always be my beautiful
First true love see
You’ll always be darling to me
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Welcome
It’s unfortunate
I don’t think I can make it
Ashamed to show my face here anymore
A smile can be faked
There’s nothing they can’t take
Everything’s become a total chore
The world is not real
The world is not real
Existence is my palette
And my body is my paintbrush
(Left)
To board the train
Is to start again
And like a firefly
I am burning
My nocturnal energy
All in hopes
That you see
(Right)
A bored request
Made in half jest
Frightens me into feeling
Like I have no place to go
Or like I’m only a speck
Of dust or whatever
That I happen to be
(Center)
A little girl
In a made up world
Makes me feel bad
Because I think
That she would rather
Be an animal
Than be free
It’s a flash of sight
A vision of that night
And days and weeks and months and hours and minutes
Oh dear oh dear
What’s happening here
Up or down or stay ok I’m in it
The world is real
The world is real
Existence is my palette
And my body is my paintbrush
(Left)
I heard that four years ago
There was a man from the hills
Came down here looking for gold
And some local guy named something
Told him that the gold was up in them hills
And easy to find
So the drifter went up looking for it
And he had a hard time
And never did find anything
(Right)
I never really felt too connected
To anyone or anything
Well kind of
There are people and places
I guess I’ve always just felt a bit isolated
I’m looking for someone to just knock me off my feet
Now I’m talking major here
At this point though I don’t even care
Honestly
I’m just rolling along
(Center)
Last night on the train
I kind of realized
How everything is connected
Yest not connected
I think I compared it
To a stack of something
One thing piled up
On another thing
And so on and so on
Until something big happens
And the pile just collapses
Thank you
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Joe Dickinson Chicago, Illinois
Hi, I’m Joe Dickinson.
I'm a DIY singer/songwriter from Chicago,
IL.
It's not easy, balancing the external demands of work/life with the internal demands of creativity, but I'm working toward a set of sustainable internal systems that will allow me to continue to write, record, and release songs. Hopefully for the rest of my life.
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