DUSTY MOUNTAINS - 19 April 2003 - Antigua, GT
[chords: DGDGDCD - break: GFGFA]
It is not heat, it's only fire
It is not pain, it's only love
An early rain on dusty mountains
(da da da da da da / da da da da da)
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The shadows crawl across the cobbles
The shadows fall like knife-edge dreams
The shadows sprawl on dusty mountains
(da da da da da da / da da da da da)
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[bridge:]
I dreamed I saw you in the water
I dreamed I saw you in the sky
I dreamed I saw you in the mountains
(da da da da da da)
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It is not new, just freshly-painted
It is not old, just rusted through
A search for gold in dusty mountains
(da da da da da da / da da da da da)
(da da da da da da / da da da da da)
(CARNIVAL OF DARKNESS)
STREETS, HEADS, HEARTS
(early morning) - 19 April 2003 - Antigua, GT
The carnival of darkness is lit by flashes
Cameras exploding from every corner
A sweaty patience that fills the streets
A sweaty patience that fills the heads
A sweaty patience that fills the hearts
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The festival of faith rolls drunken in the park
History exploding with costumes and craziness
Rolling cacaphony that fills the streets
Rolling cacaphony that fills the heads
Rolling cacaphony that fills the hearts
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The carnival of darkness is molten copper
Emotions exploding like silver sacrifice
Determined humanity that fills the streets
Determined humanity that fills the heads
Determined humanity that fills the hearts
MAYAN? WHATEVER - 20 April 2003 - Antigua, GT
(tecno - sampled ethnic drums)
Are you Mayan? Are you Guata?
I don't know just what I gotta do
To make your dreams come true
Give a decade back to you
Give a century back to you
Give a country back to you
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Is it Mayan? Is it your'n?
Let me know, pleas don't cut my throat
Give a lifestyle back to you
Give a lifeline back to you
Give a legend back to you
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Are you Mayan? Are you mad?
Has your village been destroyed?
Give a memory back to you
Give a history back to you
Give a country back to you
WINGS OF WORDS - 21 April 2003 - Antigua, GT
(folky - open-chord guitars)
She flew from Los Angeles on wings of words
Sunset drumming on the ocean below
Taken to Guatemala by green dreams
Taken to Paradise by raging hormones
Taken to the heart of the Ruta Maya
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She's waiting tables at the hippy comedar
Even a living legend's gotta live
She's known throughout town for her beauty
She's known throughout town for her spirit
Everyone's heard her pidgen Quiché
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She flew from LA on titanium wings
Landed in Guáte and scooted away
Tried the villages in lakes and mountains
Finding herself on the roofs of Antigua
Finding herself on the streets of Antigua
Having her say at the internet cafe
GUATEMALA BLUES - 11 May 2003 - Panajachel, GT
(Lightnin'-style, moderato)
I left for Guatemala, with my suitcase in my hand
Yes, I left for Guatemala, with my suitcase in my hand
My baby told me, Baby, I'll take it just as long as I can
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I left for Guatemala, landed on a foreign shore
Oh, I left for Guatemala, landed on that foreign shore
My baby told me, Baby, I don't think we're at home no more
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We ate some avacodos, we walked through Maya lands
We shook with midnite fevers, we shook some helpful hands
O we went to Guatemala, but what else we got to give?
My baby told me, Baby, what kind of life is this to live?
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I left for Guatemala, lookin' for an open door
Hey, I left for Guatemala, lookin' for an open door
My baby told me, Baby, I just can't take it here no more
LITTLE HUMMINGBIRD - 11 May 2003 - Panajachel, GT
(fast rhythmic riff)
LITtle hummingbird, in the LIME tree
LITtle hummingbird, far from THE sea
LITtle hummingbird, don't think 'BOUT me
Don't think 'BOUT me, don't think 'BOUT me
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Lake Atitlán, soaking UP dreams
Lake Atitlán, lost in COOL steams
Lake Atitlán, what does THIS mean?
What does THIS mean? What does THIS mean?
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Big volcanos, smoking and SIGHing
Big volcanos, living and DYing
When you spasm, who's left CRYing?
Who's left CRYing? who's left CRYing?
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Lake Atitlán, tropical OH-cean
Lake Atitlán, minimal MO-tion
Not a dreamscape, not a NO-tion
Not a NO-tion, not a NO-tion
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There's a lemon, in the LIME tree
LITtle hummingbird, what does THIS mean?
LITtle hummingbird, don't think 'BOUT me
Don't think 'BOUT me, don't think 'BOUT me
(Take It To A) FIXER - 18 May 2003 - Antigua, GT
(rappish - moderate multi-rhythmic)
You got problems, y'don't know what to do
You got trouble, and you been screwed
You got problems, but they can be fixed
Take'em to a fixer, take'em to a fixer, take'em to a fixer
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Yer sister's knocked up and ya don't know how
Ya went hunting deer but ya shot a cow (cow)
Ya meant to be honest, that was then and this is now
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[chorus:]
Take it to a fixer, take it to a fixer, take it to a fixer
Take it to Jesus, Jesus is a fixer
Take it to Allah, Allah is a fixer
Take it to Moses, Moses is a fixer
Take it to Buddha, Buddha is a fixer
Take it to Isis, Isis is a fixer
Rely on Maximón, Maxi is a fixer
Take it to a fixer, take it to a fixer, take it to a fixer
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Yer face is weird, yer teeth are funny (funny)
Somebody dangerous owes ya piles of money
Explosions in the sky turn yer intestines runny [chorus]
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Ya just gotta give the fixer yer heart
Ya just gotta give the fixer yer soul
Ya just gotta give the fixer yer roll [chorus]
HOW LONG - 21 May 2003 - over Mexico [inflight]
How long can I stare into your face?
How long can you stare at me?
How long can you stare at me?
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How long can I fall into the volcano?
How long can the volcano fall on me?
How long can the volcano fall on me?
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Which is the worst of your nightmares?
When will the nightmares set you free?
When will the nightmares set you free?
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[instrumental] [repeat first verse]
I AM NOT THINKING OF YOU - 21 May 2003 - [inflight]
The bats aren't flying overhead
We are not dancing with the dead
There is no melted cheese on bread
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[chorus:] I am not thinking of you
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The rituals are not extreme
Words aren't always what they mean
They are no answers in our dreams [chorus]
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[bridge:] Your face is not before me
Nothing comes in my memories
Only moments fading into smoke, into smoke
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I do not taste your breath
I do not see your eyes
I would not tell you lies [chorus]
MAYA VILLAGE - 30 May 2003 - Reno, Nevada
Maya village, holy village
Incense burning on the church steps
Maximon and the ancestors
Maya village
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Maya village, mountain village
Scene of pillage, scene of slaughters
Kill the brothers, rape the daughters
Maya village
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Maya village, tourist village
Handicrafts for hairy strangers
"Buy one from ME-ee! Good price for YOU-uu!"
Maya village
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Maya village, Maya people
So modern, so traditional
Whatever it takes for survival
Maya village
ANTIGUA WILL - 30 May 2003 - Reno, Nevada
Out under the coffee sky
Out under volcanos smoking
Antigua will ask you why
Antigua will leave you choking
Antigua will leave you choking
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Out walking the midday streets
Out walking the narrow shadows
Antigua will feel your heat
Antigua will cook your marrow
Antigua will cook your marrow
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Behind multicolored walls
Inside all the hidden spaces
Antigua will let you fall
Antigua will show you faces
Antigua will hide the traces
GUACAMOLE BLUES - 30 May 2003 - Reno, Nevada
(moderate flute/pipe riff)
Another guacamole, some more tortilla chips and beer
Another guacamole, some more tortilla chips and beer
Otro aguardiente, everything is perfectly clear
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Desayuna typica, just eggs and plantain, rice and beans
Desayuna typica, just eggs and plantain, rice and beans
Otro aguardiente, I almost know just what you mean
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A little bit of herb, a little bit of salt
And if I fall down in the street, it ain't nobody's fault
[instrumental]
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Another guacamole, another Panza Verde day
Another guacamole, another Panza Verde day
Otro aguardiente, there's really nothing more to say
HARD LIFE IN GUÁTE [tecno] 30 May 2003 - Reno NV
Hard life in Guáte - you know it's true
For 2Q I will polish your shoe
For 4Q I will fix you with glue
For 6Q I will fill you with food
For 8Q I will give you a screw
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For 10Q I'll kill someone for you
For 10Q I'll kill someone for you
For 10Q I'll kill someone for you
For 10Q I'll kill someone for you
For 10Q I'll kill someone for you
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Hard life in Guáte - you know it's true
Hard life in Guáte - you know it's true
Hard life in Guáte - you know it's true
COME TO GUATEMALA [reggae] 30 May 2003 - Reno NV
Life in Guatemala is not what it seems
The men with the shotguns, the men with the dreams
The women wrapped in colors, the women moving fast
Come to Guatemala, but don't bring the past
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Life in Guatemala is not very clean
The mountains so brown, the garbage so green
The city air so thick, the village air so thin
Come to Guatemala, but don't forget your sin
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Death in Guatemala, it happens all the time
The end result of living, and giving, and crime
The funeral processions move down the village roads
Come to Guatemala, but don't talk too loud
TO THE LAKE [bolero] 30 May 2003 - Reno, Nevada
We'll go the the lake and we'll sing to forever
And we'll pray to the sky and we'll dance in the water
And we'll dance in the water and we'll dance in the water
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We'll go to the lake and the water will free us
And the water will take us and the solar will bake us
And the solar will bake us and the solar will bake us
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We'll go to the lake and we'll swim in forgiveness
And forgiveness will take us and forgiveness will bake us
And forgiveness will bake us and forgiveness will bake us
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[instrumental] [repeat first verse]
YOUR FATHER'S DRUNK [hard] 30 May 2003 - Reno NV
Your father's drunk in the street again
He's burnt nearly black by the sun, by the sun
I don't know if he'll come home again
I don't know if he'll come home again
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Your father's drunk in the street again
The dogs have been chewing his feet again
He'll never walk in a procession again
He'll never walk in a procession again
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Your father's drunk in the street again
Worshipping Maximón, Maximón, Maximón
Finding his way into heaven again
Finding his way into heaven again
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Your father's drunk in the street again
Your uncle's drunk in the street again
Your brother's drunk in the street again
Your cousins're drunk in the street again
HELLO ALEXANDRA [jazzy] 4 June 2003 - Volcano CA
Hello Alexandra, how are you?
We're happily at home today
In the mountains where the grey squirrels play
And they never have a nice thing to say
And they rather wish that we would go away
Hello Alexandra, how are you?
There are so many things we could do
Perhaps we should be sitting in the zoo
Between the wildebeest and the gnarly gnu
Enjoying all the peanuts that you threw
Hello Alexandra, how are you?
We sure enjoyed beautiful Anigua
And all the great things we saw
With colors on every wall, every door
And marimbas and volcanoes by the score
We walked around 'til our feet were sore
And we hope to talk with you some more
CABLE TV [rockish] 24 June 2003 - Volcano CA
We saw the Chupacabras in Antigua
They played pretty good, they sang pretty good
Not the hairy goatsucking monsters
That were all over Cable TV
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So many red omens on CableTV
The End is at hand, The End is at hand
The world dances on a volcano's rim
Prophets ant pragmas on Cable TV
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We saw Satan's Circus in Panajachel
With blasting sound trucks, blasting sound trucks
Spider monkeys playing with themselves
Spitting llamas and fiery frenzy
Pathetic clowns making obscene gestures
Like a news show on Cable TV
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