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Slow Down Pete
04:59
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Slow down Pete, slow down
Slow down Pete, slow down
Running on expectation
Won't get you to the station
Stay on track
For there's no turning back
Stop flapping
Soar
Watch the water
Flow
And wave goodbye
There is no timetable
Do as you're able
Tend the seed
But don't feed the need
Tend the seed
But don't feed the need
Your Happiness was always there
So open the door
Look outside
Don't hide, anymore
Slow the Bus down
Y'gotta slow the bus down
All aboard
All aboard
Slow down...
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Fish Blood 'n Bone
04:20
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Fish blood n bone
These things I've grown with my
Fish blood and bone
Sunshine high, In the sky
Rain soon come
Seed will grow, Flowers show their love
Rise, rise, rise, to the skies
With a little seaweed
Ceanothus
Digitalis
Salix tortuosa
Echinops
Rosa
Lavendula
Nerine
Rhodedendra
Gerbera
Lonicera
Clemetis
Bambusa
Sambukus
Fragraria
Helianthus
Lenisara
Prunus
Actea
Tulipa
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I digest life safely and joyously
Only good comes to me and through me
I am One with all of Life
I am Safe at all times
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If only Love, were all empathic
Then maybe Love, could stop all traffic
So many roads, one destination
Such heavy loads, and complications
It's such a shame, it's all in vain
Can't you see that the journey's in your brain
Humanity. What Planet were you born on?
Whose air do you breath. What water do you share
Can you see over the hill
Do you fear, those that are near or far
Do you drive a car
And the clock is ticking, for your grave you're digging
What colour is your Blood?
(part 2 narration...)
"Imagine yourself as God
You see, all. You feel, All
You know, every emotion
You hear, every side
You see, all pain
You feel, every anger, elation, fear, love and hate
Possession
Obsession
Imagine yourself as God
And you realize
You're Powerless
To save any of them
There's too many. It's too late
And yet
If only
If Only
IF ONLY..."
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5. |
Robotize Me
04:19
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Robotize me. Synthesize me.
Maximize me. Electrify me.
Robotize me
I don't want a body
Just need a brain, Robotize me.
My senses are weak, Robotize me
Enhance, Maximize, Synthesize
Robotize me
No strength left in this body
Too much pain, Robotize me
Digitize, Immortalize me
Don't waste me, cut & paste me
Plug me into the mainframe
For as long as there's a light on
I'll be not gone
I'll keep my soul under control
I'll keep my soul under control
Emotions get filed away
To access on appropriate days
Emotions get filed away
To access in appropriate ways
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6. |
Strawbotamus
04:49
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Be Nice
Be Kind
Strawbotamus
I'm just going to sit here, looking pretty
And if a bird sits on my back
Puts her beak deep in a crack, in my skin
She just might find a Beatle
I have uses. I have uses
Strawbotamus. And I would hate to cause a fuss
Strawbotamus. And I have never used a bus
I knew a snake called Tango
She got into a tangle
And when she ate a rabbit
She couldn't kick the habit
She has uses. She has uses
With a bird sitting on my back
Got her beak deep in a crack, in my skin
Eating Beatles, she found there
They have uses. Wooooooh!
They have uses. Wooooooh!
Strawbotamus
Sitting. Looking pretty
Be Nice. Be Kind
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This Is The Time
03:23
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No time to tease, no time to please
This is the time
No time to tease, no time to please
This is the time
Time to cry.
'coz it's a Beautiful World and it's falling down
Folding in
And I'm happy today
And I'm happy in a way that I never knew before
Contented
It's so simple to see
If you'll just stop and Be
What you never were before
Contented
What choo waiting for
What choo wanting for
What choo living for
What you crying for?
El Strawb 01/01/2020
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I'm In The Future
03:38
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Music is the healer and the Singer is the dealer
Music is the healer and the Singer is the dealer
Realize. Realize. Realize the Now that I'm in
Forget about the Then that I was
Need not forgiveness
Want not perfection
Take no action
Find not bitterness
No medals weigh me down
No approval needed
Nice to be breathing
Good to be feeling
The alternative
Can Wait
For a very long, for a very long time
For a very long time time time
I'm in the future
I'm in the future
Realizing Now
Can only lean forward
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Meteorite : Meteorite
Maybe, we’re all alone in this, universe
What if we are all alone in this vast vast universe
Maybe we’re not the only life in this, universe
What if we’re Not the only life in this vast vast universe
Either way it’s a Miracle everyday
Either way it’s a Miracle everyday
It’s a sin the way we lead this life
This precious precious life
Oh the things that I have seen, done in Mans’ name
Oh the things that I have seen, done in Gods’ name
Tell me Woman... ”It’s a Beautiful World”
Call It EDEN
We all live in the same Mother tree
We all come from the same Mother tree
You and Me, We’re Family
We all eat from the same Monkey tree
We all make love in the same Monkey tree
Ain’t no escape, Ain’t no debate
Eve of Ethiopia Children
"What have we become? What have we done?
To win our Mothers Love
And Our Fathers approval
Oh We fight & We fight & We fight & We fight
About Our Fathers’ Name.
Much to Mothers’ Shame
Eve of Ethiopia Children Shine
SHINE"
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Om Gum Ganapataye Nama Ha
repeat 108 times
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11. |
Hey Mr Crow
05:27
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Mr Crow
Hey Mr. Crow
What do you know
More than me
Indupidably. Ow
Hey Mr Crow
Where do you go
Up in the sky
Do you get high high high high HIGH!
Hey Mr. Crow
What can you see
Up in that tree
Do you feel free
Caw baby. Realy Free
Hit me
No
Hey Mr Crow
Have you heard
You're a Bird
B...b...b...b...Bird
Hey Mr Cow
Do you swim in your dreams
Do you walk on water
Jump like a fish in a stream
If you could
Would you like to wear boots
Get the gang together
And go shoot some hoops
Mr Crow
What do you see
Far out to sea
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El Strawb Bristol, UK
Psychedelic New-Rave Troubadour.
I've been attempting to make Taoist Pop for over 30 years.
Debut Online Only
Album BY THE SEASIDE Now available from CD Baby/i-tunes/Amazon/Spotify etc.
www.cdbaby.com/cd/strawb2
Singles "MY Body Needs an M.O.T." & "Chick-A Boom" now Viewing in YouTube
"My Body Needs an M.O.T." T-shirts in E-Bay.
www.ebay.co.uk/usr/taoboy2011
Namaste Amigos
Strawb
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