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I Prefer My Phone
01:47
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I prefer
I prefer the world through my phone
I prefer the world through my phone
I prefer the world through my phone
I never have to be alone
I never have to lose control
Nobody ever has to know
What it is I do to cope
I prefer the world through my phone
I prefer the world through my phone
Helps me keep the mess away
Helps me keep the void at bay
Listen to what I say
Listen to what I say
I prefer the world through my phone
I prefer the world through my phone
I prefer the world through my phone
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2. |
You Can't Change Me
03:13
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You can change my crowd
You can change my scene
You can trade all my friends for a band of thieves
You can turn their love to misery
But you can't change me
You can change my place
You can change my town
You can change the home team's colors from blue to brown
You can turn my whole damn world upside down
But you can't change me
No you can't change me
I'm a sturdy soul
I'm a one man band
And I'm on a roll
I've got a mind and a body, that's all I need
And you can't change me
You can change my look
You can change my clothes
You can dye my hair and you can paint my toes
You can beat me up like goodness knows
But you can't change me
No you can't change me
I'm a sturdy soul
I'm a one man band
And I'm on a roll
I've got a mind and a body, that's all I need
And you can't change me
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3. |
Bedtime Story #1
00:35
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Once upon a time, there was a girl
Who actually looked a little like you, come to think of it
She worked very hard
Got good grades
Went to school, graduated
Landed a solid job with good benefits
Even found a one bedroom not too far from here
Just down the street from where she worked
One night, after all was done and put away,
She lay in bed, gazing at the soft blue light of her phone
And she caught herself wondering:
Will I be remembered, or merely
Replaced?
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4. |
Replaced
04:29
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Just as you have replaced
You will be replaced
Just as you have replaced
You will be replaced
Out with the old in with the new
Before too long that’s gonna mean you
There’s not a thing that you can do
You will be replaced
There will come a time when you’re long forgot
When you’re long forgot
There will come a time when you’re long forgot
When you’re long forgot
You can carve your name into a stone
It’ll wash away like blood from bone
Join us all in the great unknown
When you’re long forgot
It’s coming for you
It’s coming for you
It’s coming for you
It’s coming for you
Just as you have replaced
You will be replaced
(let’s get it now)
What will you do with the time you have?
With the time you have
What will you do with the time you have?
With the time you have
Will you hold old grudges and harbor fear?
Or tell the world that you love it dear
Make some noise and spread the cheer
With the time you have
Does it make you sad or set you free
To know you’ll be replaced?
Does it make you sad or set you free
To know you’ll be replaced?
Your record of games lost and won
Will fade into oblivion
Nothing done can’t be undone
When you know you’ll be replaced
It’s coming for you
It’s coming for you
It’s coming for you
It’s coming for you
Just as you have replaced
You will be replaced
Just as you have replaced
You will be replaced
Just as you have replaced
You will be replaced
Just as you have replaced
You will be replaced
(break it down now)
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5. |
Been There
04:32
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This is a song
For when you’re bored and cruising Tinder
Swiping left and right
And it's far too late at night
And you don’t know where you been
Or where you’re going
This is a song
For the ride home from the party
That you didn’t want to go to
In the first place
You saw your ex there
Doing lines in the bathroom
And you felt like a looney tune
When you said hey that’s not good for you
And they said who let you in
Ooo I been there
Man I been there
You know I been there
Too
This is a song
For when the plane’s been delayed
And you don’t want to engage
With some dumb lyrics
Yet here you are
With my voice in your headphones
And the pilot on the microphone
Saying you better buckle up folks
It’s gonna be a long night
I been there
Man I been there
You know I been there
Too
This is a song
For your all Sunday scaries
The why should I even caries
The quiet neighbor staring
The black hole as it’s glaring
To which I say
If you need some time take it
I swear you’re gonna make it
Or at least maybe fake it
Even Einstein had some off days
He was flat footed and uprooted
At least you’re not flat footed
And even if you are
You’ve got the internet in your pocket
That’s more than Einstein did
Maybe it’s all relative
Maybe the universe is cooling
And the economy’s unspooling
Maybe your future's in the blender
While you’re stuck here cruising Tinder
And your ex is doing coke
And you’re way too young and broke
Maybe your plane’s been delayed
And all your edges frayed
Maybe the wrong guy got elected
And you’ve been downright disrespected
Maybe you wish you were a stone
But I’ll say this
You’re not alone
Because we all been there
Oh man we all been there
Sure we been there
Too
This is a song
Clearly a very uplifting song
A down out and drifting song
A wish to belong
To live in the along
It's a little right and mostly wrong
But I'll say this
It's a song for you
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6. |
Your Tesla
02:40
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Your Tesla won't save you from the revolution
No, that smart car won't be of much support
When the hungry masses
Come to seize your assets
That Tesla's gonna be the first to go
Your startup won't save you from the revolution
No they won't ask about your IPO
When the proletariat
Take the reigns of the chariot
Your valuation won't be of value anymore
Oh in a sense
You'll be free
Like the old French
Bourgeoisie
Free your head
And let your spirit soar
When revolution comes knocking at your door
Your tech job won't save you from the revolution
No, your options won't matter anymore
Oh, you might reconsider
That investment in Twitter
When the darkness comes to swallow you whole
Oh in a sense
You'll be free
Like the old French
Bourgeoisie
Free your head
And let your spirit soar
When revolution comes knocking at your door
Free your head
And let your spirit soar
When revolution comes knocking at your door
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7. |
Tuesday Morning Blues
03:31
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Staring at the ceiling, I notice the lightbulb’s out
Hear the neighbors laughing, wonder what the joke’s about
Might go make some breakfast see if we’ve still got some eggs
Smells like it’s been raining, maybe I’ll stay instead
And it’s hard
Oh my god it’s hard
When you get the Tuesday morning blues
When you get the Tuesday morning blues
Hear the faucet dripping, I notice the tea’s gone cold
I wonder if the walls are painted brown, or are they taupe?
Try to keep myself busy sweeping the kitchen floor
Though I know I’ll never see you standing at my door
And it’s hard
Oh my god it’s hard
When you get the Tuesday morning blues
When you get the Tuesday morning blues
Oh Saturday night I went dancing
Sunday I stayed in
Monday evening it finally hit me that I’d never see you again
And it’s hard
Oh my god it’s hard
When you get the Tuesday morning blues
When you get the Tuesday morning blues
I said when you get the Tuesday morning blues
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Bedtime Story #2
02:42
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The longest of nights
Starts east and runs west
Chasing the setting sun
Like it’s all that’s left
A bitter cold sets in
Sliding down from above
An early brush
With death’s icy glove
What’s there to live for?
Do I have a purpose?
Where am I going,
Will it all be worth it?
Pondered the traveller
Heading west, heading home
Towards comfort and warmth
Completely alone
If I were to die here
On this leg of my journey
What would they say
And what would endure me?
My cat, my clothes,
My college degree
A wrinkled old paper
From some university
My debts, my checks,
A Roth IRA
Obediently accruing interest
It will never pay
A lease, an inbox
Some Social security
A CD collection
From 2003
A pile of junk mail
With discounts and offers
Uniquely addressed
Though blindly proffered
A thick paper trail
An interrupted CV
A digital thumbprint
A ghost on the screen
A thick Rolodex
Some half paid receipts
A smudged bill of sale
A few dog-eared deeds
That’s it? Thought the traveller
That’s all that I’ll leave?
Just papers and forms
And forgotten dreams?
Am I more than the worth
Of what’s written down
Will the world have been changed
Since I’ve been around
Or am I sifting in sand
Like Ozymandias
From the digital age
Where no one will read this
It can’t be, no no
There’s surely more
The traveller thought
Becoming quite sore
At the prospect of fading
Into oblivion
With nary a trace
Not even a one
When o’er the horizon
Peaked a glimmer of light
The first rays of dawn
In the deepening night
The love that I’ve shared
With the people around me
Will last here much longer
Than what’s written down, see
There’s people I’ve loved
Who’ve loved me right back
The memories they have
Won’t suffer attack
The time that I’ve spent
The smiles I’ve shared
The friends whom I’ve helped
The strangers who cared
The meals, the dances,
The laughter in song
The harmony humming
Is how I’ll get along
When this mortal form shirks
It’s earthly duties
When the swimsuit has dried
From the wind in the trees
At least until all
My family and friends
Pass on themselves
Meet their own ends
At which point, thought the traveller
Good riddance, good night!
Who cares who remembers
Once my people alight
The party will be over
Closing time at the bar
Times up for this someone
For another, it’ll start
And they too might think
Near the end of a journey
Without fear, I hope
And without worry:
The longest of nights
Starts east and runs west
I’ll chase that old sun
With all I have left
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9. |
When The Water Rises
04:27
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When the water rises
Where you gonna go
When the water rises
And it don't matter who you know
The lowlands
Will be first to go
When the water rises
Where you gonna go
When the tempest comes
Where you gonna hide
When the tempest comes
And the horsemen ride
The poor among us know
How to get by
When the tempest comes
Where you gonna hide
I'm gonna go to the mountain
And rock my soul
I'm gonna sing for the people
Who lost control
My day is coming
This I know
I'm gonna go to the mountain
To rock my soul
When your love goes under
Where will you be
When your love goes under
Will you be more free
Or will the tears roll down
Like a broken levee
When your love goes under
Who will you be
When the heartbreak's over
What will you see
A dove with a branch
From an olive tree
Or a many horned serpent
At the mouth of the sea
When the heartbreak's over
What will you see
I'm gonna go to the mountain
And rock my soul
I'm gonna sing for the people
Who lost control
My day is coming
This I know
I'm gonna go to the mountain
To rock my soul
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10. |
I Prefer The World
00:26
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I prefer
I prefer the world to my phone
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11. |
Been There (Live)
04:02
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This is a song
For when you’re bored and cruising Tinder
Swiping left and right
And it's far too late at night
And you don’t know where you been
Or where you’re going
This is a song
For the ride home from the party
That you didn’t want to go to
In the first place
You saw your ex there
Doing lines in the bathroom
And you felt like a looney tune
When you said hey that’s not good for you
And they said who let you in
Ooo I been there
Man I been there
You know I been there
Too
This is a song
For when the plane’s been delayed
And you don’t want to engage
With some dumb lyrics
Yet here you are
With my voice in your headphones
And the pilot on the microphone
Saying you better buckle up folks
It’s gonna be a long night
I been there
Man I been there
You know I been there
Too
This is a song
For your all Sunday scaries
The why should I even caries
The quiet neighbor staring
The black hole as it’s glaring
To which I say
If you need some time take it
I swear you’re gonna make it
Or at least maybe fake it
Even Einstein had some off days
He was flat footed and uprooted
At least you’re not flat footed
And even if you are
You’ve got the internet in your pocket
That’s more than Einstein did
Maybe it’s all relative
Maybe the universe is cooling
And the economy’s unspooling
Maybe your future's in the blender
While you’re stuck here cruising Tinder
And your ex is doing coke
And you’re way too young and broke
Maybe your plane’s been delayed
And all your edges frayed
Maybe the wrong guy got elected
And you’ve been downright disrespected
Maybe you wish you were a stone
But I’ll say this
You’re not alone
Because we all been there
Oh man we all been there
Sure we been there
Too
This is a song
Clearly a very uplifting song
A down out and drifting song
A wish to belong
To live in the along
It's a little right and mostly wrong
But I'll say this
It's a song for you
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Cuchulain Eugene, Oregon
Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist born in the Carolinas, based in Oregon. Described as "fresh and clean" by NPR Music. Sometimes compared to Randy Newman, John Prine, Johnny Cash. His visual album of 60-second songs Minute to Win It comes out 11/3. ... more
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