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Nothing You Can Do About It

by Joe Dickinson

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Nothing You Can Do About It 02:30
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Well there’s people out there somewhere You can’t see ‘em with your eyes They’re tired and sick and hungry And they’re more dead than alive Deep down you want to help them But you’re barely getting by You know you want a better world But you’re too afraid to try There’s nothing you can do about it You tell yourself That that’s just the way things go There’s nothing you can do about it You tell yourself It don’t hurt if I don’t know There’s a difference between Who you want to be And who you are Well there’s winners and there’s losers And there’s those that never try There’s those that brave the weather And there are those that sit and cry The end and the beginning Never meant to coincide The truth will never be revealed It’ll find a way to hide There’s nothing you can do about it You tell yourself That that’s just the way things go There’s nothing you can do about it You tell yourself It don’t hurt if I don’t know There’s a difference between Who you want to be And who you are And the wise ones know We can only go So far Well the worry and the fury And the never ending pry Will weigh and stay and prey on you Until the day you die The one eternal circle When you ask the question why Will haunt and daunt and taunt you It’ll suck your brain right dry There’s nothing you can do about it You tell yourself That that’s just the way things go There’s nothing you can do about it You tell yourself It don’t hurt if I don’t know There’s a difference between Who you want to be And who you are And the wise ones know We can only go So far When the human way Is to always stay At war
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Chester's Apple Suit 01:55
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Chester’s got his apple suit on Drowning in the purple poison Stimulation unrelenting Oh hello Thank you kindly Oh hello Follow blindly Bees have knees I don’t deny this Pictures have been circulating Raise your hand if you are special See you in the cemetery Oh hello Kiss your neighbor Oh hello Taste the flavor Stake your claim and sit forever Solving economic riddles Paradise is peace and progress Power is a splitting headache Oh my god you must be joking Oh hello Me is so mad Oh hello Come on comrade Outside forces intermingle Are you really choosing choices Thrown into a situation Where the odds are not in favor Major items must be missing Flashlight Warehouse inventory Oh hello Don’t stop giving Oh hello Keep on living Swimming in the clear blue water In between majestic mountains Where the sun is always shining And the sand is always sleeping Let this be a recognition Of the disconnected feeling That I have been known to long for Oh hello Isolation Oh goodbye Daydream nation
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Time and Place 01:52
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There’s a time and a place For everything It’s so hard To say I love you when it counts You never know You never know There’s a time and a place Where everything Can be cured With a kind word or a smile It’s the place you’ve seen In all your dreams Where sadness has been exiled I want you to go I want you to go There’s a time and a place Where the noise gets so loud You can’t think And your hands start to sweat Where the darkness you hide Makes you want to stay inside And choke everyone that you’ve met Let it out let it out let it out Let it out let it out let it out Let it out let it out let it out There’s a time and a place Where everything Will be revealed Where you’ll feel good again I want you to know I want you to know Let it out let it out let it out
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Fire In the Firefly Fort 01:56
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Amen army Beat with the beauty Cat’s in the cradle Desolated downtown Everybody eating Fire in the firefly fort Fire in the firefly fort Fire in the firefly fort Zeus in the zen zone Young one yearning X-rated x-ray Walrus out walking Veni vidi vici Fire in the firefly fort Fire in the firefly fort Fire in the firefly fort Ghosts in the graveyard Heatwave haircut Intense interest Jackknife joker Kickback killer Fire in the firefly fort Fire in the firefly fort Fire in the firefly fort Question quota Radiation radio Season of the snakebite Tiptop tiptoe Unread unrest Fire in the firefly fort Fire in the firefly fort Fire in the firefly fort Look around and listen Pine tree palace My kind of moment Ousting the outline Now is the new next Fire in the firefly fort Fire in the firefly fort Fire in the firefly fort Fire in the firefly fort Fire in the firefly fort
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Logan Square 02:31
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What do you think about the world outside Do you think it’s messed up Do you feel like you want to hide In your black castle What do you think about the war on drugs Is it working s it Anything at all And does it really matter Logan Square I’ll be there If I’m able You know it takes a really long time On the bus for me But I’ll be there when I can You know I like the neighborhood Pretty much all of my friends Live there now Do you think I’m gonna sit up here When there’s a dance party going on Logan Square I’ll be there If I’m able What do you think about all those fakes I really feel Like they want to make a change They’re just so full of shit Pretty people make bad waves But they can’t touch your heart If you hide it my friend Deep underground Logan Square I’ll be there If I’m able Logan Square I’ll be there If I’m able
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My Brain Is Broken, My Mind Is On Fire 02:54
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I’m a broken record I’m a broken record I don’t know what I’m doing today I don’t know what I’m trying to say I’m a middle class thief I’m a middle class thief Disappear if you so desire Come back when you’re feeling tired My brain is broken and my mind is on fire I’m a typical talker I’m a typical talker Run away from another week Sit around do nothing Then you sit around and speak You got a lotta nerve I got a lotta nerve To trust myself I know I’m a liar Everything that you’ve ever admired My brain is broken and my mind is on fire I’m a feeling deep down I’m a feeling deep down This is not the place for me This is not Where I wanted to be I take the good with the bad And try not to be sad In too deep Waking up on the wire No man’s land And another flat tire My brain is broken and my mind is on fire My brain is broken and my mind is on fire My brain is broken and my mind is on fire My brain is broken and my mind is on fire
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This Heirloom and This Memory 02:48
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I’m falling in love with you I never said I wanted to But now I’m in too deep I’m going back to sleep Soldiers swirl in my head They tell me that they wish They weren’t dead And I say yes I wish that too Then I hand the soldier The laces of my shoe Confidence and hope are key There’s nothing that they’ll give us For free Except a little more load On our backs Though I’m not sure it’s really them That gave us all that The careless lovely life Of the breeze Reminds us that existence Is a tease Here and then gone So fast Only this heirloom and this memory Will last
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The Iron Trees of Wolcott 02:46
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Oh the iron trees of Wolcott Stand guard over the city And all I see is silence As I cross the street Horizon full of raindrops The people all fall through them And I can’t help but wonder What is really real Oh the iron trees of Wolcott Stand guard over the city And all I see is silence As I cross the street The innocence of friendship And laughing about nothing Growing up too quickly Leads to a black heart Oh the iron trees of Wolcott Stand guard over the city And all I see is silence As I cross the street I’ll tell you something sister Have you ever seen a rainbow Have you ever felt so happy You forgot to feel at all Oh the iron trees of Wolcott Stand guard over the city And all I see is silence As I cross the street I saw a homeless person I thought I’ll give a dollar But my wallet was empty So I just passed by Oh the iron trees of Wolcott Stand guard over the city And all I see is silence As I cross the street The weather doesn’t faze me I try to just ignore it When the sidewalk’s made of ice, though It’s harder to ignore Oh the iron trees of Wolcott Stand guard over the city And all I see is silence As I cross the street As I cross the street As I cross the street
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Try Not To Be Disappointed When 01:53
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Time Time There goes my time Out of sight and out of mind Don’t fight it Don’t be that person The weight The weight Of the world is crashing down There’s evil all around On a lighter note I just wrote To a friend I haven’t spoken to in ages Remember Remember Without fail Every detail of my life Every face Every place Every word I’ve read It’s impossible I know So why am I trying Arise Arise Ye all must arise With fire in your eyes What’s right and fair Most don’t care Do the best you can To understand And smile and love And laugh and cry And try not to be disappointed when Try not to be disappointed when Try not to be disappointed when
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So Damn Bad 02:46
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With every face And every place Every deck of cards Has been erased I know it because it’s true And because I knew you We left it there There was nothing we could do Sometimes I miss you so damn bad History of shame A frozen flame I should have shown my love I should have used my brain But now the wind has blown And I’m alone What a shocking surprise Just proof of what I’ve always known Sometimes I miss you so damn bad Fingerprints Can make a difference Though there’s truth in that I can’t help but wince Because what I can see What it looks like to me Is a social club Just another place for you to be Sometimes I miss you so damn bad Evolve or die That’s the battle cry We can make it through We can if we try Remember I was there I was the one who cared Don’t abandon me Aw please god don’t This isn’t fair Sometimes I miss you so damn bad I won’t give up on you Unless you tell me to And even then I just don’t think it’s something I can do

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released June 12, 2010

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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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