-- ALASKA --
NEW MOON BOOGIE - [piano honkeytonk]
9 September 2005 - Dyea AK
He felt the storm blow in from the islands
He's feeling pretty crazy tonight
Kicking up choppy waves on the swell
Orcas dancing, dancing just below
He's feeling pretty crazy tonight
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He lashed down everything real tight
He's feeling pretty lonely tonight
He staggered back into town after dark
A new moon; none of the trees are talking
He's feeling pretty lonely tonight
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The wind is chanting songs in his ears
He's feeling kinda uptight tonight
A little green glow from beyond the horizon
A little red glow from inside his window
He's feeling kinda uptight tonight
A BEAR CHEWED ME UP - [fiddle waltz]
10 September 2005 - Dyea AK
I usta be good-lookin', I usta be a god
I usta be a model, then a bear chewed me up
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[chorus:]
A bear chewed me up, a bear chewed me up
I usta have it all but then a bear chewed me up
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I usta be immortal, I usta be immune
I usta be insured but then a bear chewed me up
[chorus]
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It happened in Alaska, I was living off the land
Just a trapper in a crapper, then a bear chewed me up
[chorus]
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She chewed off Mr Happy and she chewed off my face
I ain't been much to look at since a bear chewed me up
[chorus]
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She chewed off my navel and she chewed off both my ears
I can't hear you talking since a bear chewed me up
[chorus]
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So now you've heard my story, let's have another round
I haven't been to town since a bear chewed me up
[chrous]
INSECT FEAR - [loud electro-punk]
10 September 2005 - Dyea AK
The mosquitos are coming for me
The mosquitos are coming for me
The mosquitos are coming for me
I can't run fast enough
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[chorus:]
Insect Fear! Insect Fear! Insect Fear!
Insect Fear! Insect Fear! Insect Fear!
[Repeat that with: cockroaches, beetles, bees, ants, wasps,
scorpions, bedbugs, spiders, maggots, fireflies, etc.]
EVERYTHING YOU GIVE ME IS HAUNTED - [flowing pop]
10 September 2005 - Dyea AK
I can't use your computer or your TV
They really give me the creepy-cruds
They're haunted by the electrons you left behind
They're haunted by the ghosts in the machines
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[chorus:]
Everytime I think of you, I'm haunted
Everytime I look at you, I'm haunted
Everything you give me is haunted
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I can't wear your old clothes or your shoes
They're worn out in uncomfortable ways
They make me hink of some happier days
They're haunted by the games you used to play [chorus]
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I can't live in your house or in your old car
I get a feeling like I'm gonna melt down
They're full fo what you saw and heard and felt
They're haunted by the way you move yourself [chorus]
THEY'RE DREAMING IN STEREO - [fast rock]
11 September 2005 - Dyea AK
They're dreaming in stereo, some nightmares
Some anxieties about nurturing and sexuality
Something they hadn't thought about before
Something they look at and it looks back
And it moves across the room and down the stairs
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They're dreaming in stereo about dogs and guns
And waking up naked on a crowded crowded beach
And making excuses to a burning burning policeman
While something is moving behind their backs
And the church bells never stop ringing noon
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They're dreaming in stereo, they can't stop
Something out of nothing, nothing out of something
Something moves forward and there's a tip-tap
There's flames from their ears and their eyes pour tears
Then they awaken and say, "Who needs this crap?"
MAKES ME THINK OF YOU - [folksy]
11 September 2005 - Dyea AK
Morning in the coastal woods, the trees are thick & green
The banana slugs crawl in and they make me think of you
Yes, they make me think of you
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[chorus:]
Everywhere I go, everything I do, every munchy moment
It makes me think of you, yes, it makes me think of you
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I crawl out of my tent and I find a tree to piss on
The steam comes up in clouds and it makes me think of you
Yes, it makes me think of you [chorus]
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I start a little campfire out of duff and bark and pine
The smoke comes billowing out and it makes me think of you
Yes, it makes me think of you [chorus]
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I mix some pancake batter and I pour it in the frying pan
The cakes are thick and round and they make me think of you
Yes, they make me think of you [chorus]
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I look up at the mountains, the undulating tree-line
The snowy craggy peaks, and they make me think of you
Yes, they make me think of you [chorus]
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I hike up in my heavy pack and I step into a moose turd
I wipe it off my boot and it makes me think of you
Yes, it makes me think of you [chorus]
THE GHOSTS GOT UP LATE - [big-band bump]
12 September 2005 - Dyea AK
The ghosts got up late this morning
Ate a lazy breakfast, dressed in their finest
Walked out in the morning fog and on into town
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The ghosts peered into empty shop windows
And peoples' empty eyes and books' empty pages
And all the empty virgins and their empty heroes
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The ghosts stood on a corner like horrid things
They watched the empty world go by and they laughed
No incubus nor succubus, no soldiers, just old goblins
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The ghosts went back to bed and missed nothing
The end of the world came and went without notice
Tomorrow it'll end again, another morning
DIAMONDS AND DIAMONDS - [bluesy]
12 September 2005 - Dyea AK
We walk down an Alaska street and
Everywhere we look it's diamonds
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[chorus:]
Canada diamonds, Alaska diamonds
Loose diamonds, falsified diamonds
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Skagway was the Gold Rush main street
But now all we can see is diamonds [chorus]
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Goodies for suckers in off the cruise ships
Tee-shirts and smoked salmon and diamonds [chorus]
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Dance hall queens hanging out windows
Video postcards and funny hats and diamonds [chorus]
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Flite-seeing tours over glaciers and fjords
Native carvings and wind-chimes and diamonds [chorus]
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Ten-dollar burgers and five-dollar gas
And diamonds and diamonds coming out their asses [chorus]
THE SEAL-FOLK - [dulcimer and autoharp]
12 September 2005 - Dyea AK
Beyond the sand dunes, in the bright sunshine
Three seal-folk sit in the middle of the seaside highway
Looking straight out with their eyes like merlot wine
Looking with eyes that pierce the pupils of yours and mine
Our skins shine, our skins crawl, our skins get up and walk away
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[chorus:]
And the seal-folk own all this
And all we can do is kill them
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We have to get naked to dance lightly with the seal-folk
Our skins shine, our skins glow, our skins tell lonely tales
Our skins and their skins do much more than talk
Our skins and their skins do much more than walk
The seal-folk put on our skins and our sights and our smells
[chorus]
I'M SO HAPPY I COULD FART - [slow country]
12 September 2005 - Dyea AK
The cowboy took his dress off, said how tired he was
The trucker kicked her boots aside, said "You're damn right
But I feel pretty good tonight; I'm so happy, I could fart!"
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The cowboy had a purple nose, veins stood out like highways
The trucker was a dainty thing, underneath her tattoos
But they look so good together, so happy, they could fart
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The cowboy put his high-heels on, made up his pretty face
The trucker smoked a Havana cigar like she owned the place
They never stood apart; they're so happy, they could fart
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The trucker said she'd snort a piston when they're together
The cowboy said "I like that - how 'bout a leather jockstrap?
It goes straight to my heart! I'm so happy, I could fart!"
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They drove off a bridge and watched the world sail slowly by
They laughed and sang, didn't hit bottom 'til next Saturday
And the sun is sailing down; they're so happy, they could fart
DON'T TELL THE ARTHROPODS - [string quartet]
12 September 2005 - Dyea AK
Don't tell the cockroaches where I am
I'll never be the same again
If they ever catch up with me
Don't tell the cockroaches
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[chorus:]
No arthropods ever done me any good
No arthropods ever treated me right
I don't wanna see no arthropods tonight
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Don't tell the wasps where I'm hiding
They'll come in buzzing, swooping, gliding
And they'll sting me until I'm giddy
Don't tell the hornets [chorus]
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Don't tell the spiders where I've gone
I've come a long way from their home
They always treated me frightfully
Don't tell the spiders [chorus]
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Don't tell the scorpions what you know
They'll come and then I'll have to go
Like a refugee from the city
Don't tell the scorpions [chorus]
WE'RE IN FOR NASTY WEATHER - [piano boogie]
13 September 2005 - Dyea AK
Rain on the roof and rain on the windows
Rain in his eyes like a winter storm
Rain in the air and rain on the ground
And rain in his heart like an acid downpour
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A flood on the mountain and a flood in the river
And a flood in his veins like an icy avalanche
A storm in the sky and a storm on the sea
And a storm behind his eyes like a whirlpool cacaphony
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Rain in the gutters and rain on the tombstones
Just the endless rain that keeps pouring down
Storming in heaven and storming in hell
And storming in his heart like a funeral bell
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Storming in the city and it all washes away
Storming in the world, it ain't no use to pray
We're in for nasty weather every week, every day
The storm surges over him and carries him away
The storm surges over him and carries him away
The storm surges over him and carries him away
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