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Skills are handy | Feel is gold

by Now Defunkt

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1.
Big Water 06:00
Broken smokes all up in my wheel Loosing it all learning to feel Some fences are for mending Some just to give offense I am 1000 miles past September Living off the empty bottle breath Trying to ride the frayed lines of time Moving beyond my 19 crimes   Is my contempt your greed And your greed my impatience And my impatience the nail Upon which the hammer falls   It is an open ended conversation That stirs through my mind And if it is all the same to you Light it up to loose these 19 crimes   Is my pride your envy And your envy my duty And my duty the toll Upon which the price be paid   Is my self indulgence your anger And your anger my lack of empathy And my lack of empathy the fuel Upon which the match must strike   I am 1000 miles past September Living off the empty bottle breath Trying to ride the frayed lines of time Moving beyond my 19 crimes   Take big water Get me under Lift me up And Let it go
2.
The wind blows where it pleases Billy Sunday preached on Jesus He rounded third and headed home Was he safe? The seeds are sown   The wind blows where it please Madame May has lots of teases Called the queen of the night For 2 dollars she made you feel all right   Now here’s a little story about that time in 1909 Up yonder down the Bellingham line Just around the corner from Devil’s Row Billy and Mae did some talking don’t you know Down in a place called the Horseshoe Did they acquaint Leaving each other’s company A little closer to being a Saint   The wind blows where it pleases Billy Sunday preached on Jesus He rounded third and headed home Was he safe? The seeds are sown   The wind blows where it please Madame May has lots of teases Called the queen of the night For 2 dollars she made you feel all right   Considered the fastest baseball player of his age, Though it was through revival did Billy Rage He preached to more people than anyone In the history of all humanity But so did Mae in her way And that was no calamity   She became one of the richest people in all the town But she used her money to make sure her ladies Did not stay down   Haven made fair by Mae’s plan Fouled off by the likes of man On the sawdust trail did Billy roam Millions of seekers found their way home Mae catches fire so they can watch her burn Wayward ways – time to turn And that’s how she figured it By the spark that she done lit   Billy live by the choices he made Especially for those who played and prayed
3.
If my lines were fire Spun from golden remedy Lit from the eternal Would you take me home?   If my songs were sung By a silent melody Could you hear my heart? Come through the tune   They’re all old and broken Most can’t hear reality Better unspoken Feel the air   How broke to get before you break? How real to get before you fake? How took to get before you take? How many misses before you make?   Just Reach out your hand If your life be empty If your life be full Won’t you help a friend in need   Tho’ light may falter In the dark calamity You must choose The road which rolls under   The muses are king In the land of melody Apollo left the Apollo Still wondering Still wandering   How broke to get before you break? How real to get before you fake? How took to get before you take? How many misses before you make?
4.
Born on the am Raised on the dial ‘Bout 1979 Hells bells came calling I’ve Been back in black Ever since Down to the river Get your face blown out Wooba-goobas green teeth And let me in   Riding with top down Dads Cadillac Listened to Twitty and Johnny cash All those winding roads lead back home Love that dirty water them rainy nights To The radio   Redemptive airwaves over and through The snarl of Wolf man jack is true Percy sledge and Fats domino & Ain’t that a shame Thank god for Buddy holly the big beat and Texas Radio   So listen to this old broken voice Confess Am radio was the best Like magic from So far Away Rock around the clock trying to Find the heart of Saturday night. Nothing can replace the mystery and wonder of the spirit of the radio
5.
The sun danced across The frozen fog in the sky Crunch colors were whirling He never made lady-luck cry Death Valley Scotty was a sun-dried Prospector of souls Making haste slowly, He came to see what can be sold   Up in the hills there is gold Let’s see what can sold   With a white felt hat and a red neck tie A voice a sweet as Honey Howdy y’all he would sing With a wink and a line   Gonna get pretty lonesome Up at the grapevine   From time to time you could hear it If you listened very well The wind had a story A burning story to tell   Leaning, leaning, Safe and secure from all alarm Leaning, leaning on the everlasting arm   The greatest poet who ever rode The gal who wrote the book of Job He said, the great poet who ever rode Was the gal who wrote the book of Job   And he said, don’t keep pouring New wine into old skins   Longer than most He’s been in the headlines He said, your gold pan is Gonna stay thin If you keep on renting your time   So the break the bread and just keep sipping On his wine   Gonna get pretty lonesome Up at the grapevine   And he said, good luck to you all Till your end Again and Again and Again Pass that wine onto your friend
6.
Old Enough 02:54
Somewhere in the middle between trauma and nirvana Laughing ‘bout some memories we used to call drama I miss the summa Before we had to grow up I miss getting drunk and not getting hungova For real though Candle light and vino Built the studio they started asking bout credo If they made a movie bout my life I’d like to think we’d make it regal Imma bring out all my people Even grandma in the B-roll   They used to tell me wait until you’re old enough Lately I’ve been thinking am I old enough ‘Cause the party don’t stop Till we say so But we only growin up When we sober up   If you’re looking for the love you can come my way Looking for the plug you can come my way If it wasn’t for the squad then I’d have no way no way Yeah yeah   So if we goin in We goin all in Where you wanna be when the world ends You can’t bring me down You can’t bring me down No We gon’ live it up While we still can The party don’t stop till we say so And we only growing up when we sober up
7.
Creeping Cthulu How Could I, Carry Your Baggage Waiting For Suicide   I Like Validation I Like Manipulation A Mirror Those Before Me I’ve Been Sent Here To Destroy Me   Distance from People A Face In The Darkness My Solution Accept For Emptiness   You Seem To Love Me And, I Feel Nothing I’ll Heed Peeps Warning And Leave You To Your Morning   Pinhead In A Sweatshirt Black Dog He Can’t See Boneyard Can’t Cut It He’s 5150   I Like Validation I Like Manipulation
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All my friends Head ablaze Soul on fire Lost in your loss Forever gone your spark In my life. Another loss love forsaken... Another black tie knotted/occasion   Winter leaves Hearts on fire Wind blows cold Forever gone your spark In my life Another friend gone not forsaken Another black tie knotted
9.
Teachers 03:21
The future generation is growing today Please help them find their way They don’t need to conform to this shit The system can suck my dick   Children need personality   Thank you, teachers, for all that you do Inner connection, communication We’re not a brick the system can place We all have a peculiar taste Thank you, teachers, for all that you do Making sure we get through   I like to learn when its taught by you; Collaborative originality Why does a number define my brain? It really makes me go insane It’s not your fault we feel like robots but that’s why some of us smoke pot How does a test know what’s best? when it makes us pressed and stressed?   Children need morality   Thank you, teachers, for all that you do Helping us find the clues hank you teachers for all that you do Making sure we get through Each one, Teach one, Reach one, We one   We’re all looking for something to find, To really expand our minds We grow, learn, and succeed That should be a guarantee We know you love us, that’s why you teach But sometimes it makes us screech We students want to feel free Children need vitality
10.
The Dogs of Sayulita Running up to greet ya The Dogs of Sayulita Letting loose to free ya Your Ghosts are in their eyes   A Louisiana spirit wakes up high afield While dogs o the parish ground try Chasing a fear phantom astray She spreads his wings and fly away   Can your smile be any sweeter than when you dance in sand?            Puede ser tu sonrisa más dulce que cuando bailas en la arena   If I lived inside the color of your eyes, could you still feel my embrace?                   Si viví dentro del color de tus ojos, ¿aún me puedes abrazar?      If Calypso caught the falling Ember would Stardust fill the sky?                            Si Calypso detuvo las brasas cayéndose, ¿el polvo de estrellas cubrirá el cielo?   The Dogs of Sayulita Letting loose to free ya Your Ghosts are in their eyes   The land of lupino cries Far beyond the Eastern Rise A Los Muertos spirit makes a sound Birds in the fold fly aground   Does the blue fairy grant all wishes or merely promise to cut the puppet strings.                        ¿El hada azul concede todos los deseos o simplemente promete cortar las cuerdas de la marioneta?   How far beyond, far behind, far across the turning line are we from Neruda?      ¿Qué tan lejos y tan atrás, estamos de donde dio vuelta Neruda?   Are we living in the 11th hour or are we 2 minutes too late?     ¿Estamos viviendo la onceava hora, o llegamos 2 minutos tarde?   The Dogs of Sayulita Running up to greet ya The Dogs of Sayulita Letting loose to free ya Your Ghosts are in their eyes   The wolf that you feed will be the one to win   How far does one have to run to leave the sun behind?               ¿Hasta donde ay que correr para dejar atrás el sol?
11.
Hey Friend Everything Will Be All Right Everything Will Be All Right Hey Friend This Too Will Pass Like the Night In The Morning Everything Will Be All Right In The Morning Everything Will Just Fine Hey Friend Can you the children Laugh Again Their Voices Carried on the Wind This Is Not The End In Time What Was Weak Will Be Made Strong And That Which Was Spent Won’t Be Too Much The Courage That It Take Comes From Above The Solace That You Seek Comes From Love Hey Friend I Can Hear You Laugh Again Your Voice Carries On The Wind This Is Not The End

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Now Defunkt is a creative collective producing primordial sound-box of the soul shifts. We have worked to collaborate and create music from our respective places of isolation.

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released October 20, 2020

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Now Defunkt is a creative collective producing primordial sound-box of the soul shifts.

We have an emerging story to share. It is a story of 3 families during pandemic times coming tougher to do something unexpected. We have worked to collaborate and create music from our respective places of isolation.
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