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more words
04:01
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silly me when the phone rang at midnight
i thought that it just might be you on the line
been thinking of putting the guitar thru the wall again
but answer and i tell my dad that everything is fine
in my dream the other night we were riding on the train
over snow covered bridges thru some town
i kept falling thru the ceiling you were chatting in the lounge car
and strangers kept pulling me down
well we're coming on a new year
and we've got a chance i swear
i'll try to keep my seat down on the floor
i'm not talking about perfection
we'd both know that was a lie
but there are ways to a better kind of world
well the past's knocked us around
and the now can throw you to the ground
i remember being there its hard to get up any more
can get so damn dark and you get so damn tired
gets hard to remember that there ever was a door
so tonight i've turned the lights out & i'm
burning wicks down here alone
trying to keep my head above the ash
but you know i have a flashlight
and the batteries are still alright
we can kick away these cans and all the broken glass
we stumbled to the new year
and we've got a chance i swear
i'll try to keep my seat down on the floor
i'm not talking about perfection
we'd both know that was a lie
but there's ways to a better kind of world
copyright Sue Jeffers 2006
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birth
03:04
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and our lips our arms our throats
choked with the ashes
clinging greedily to our eyes
like dried starfish grabbing for new life
with the moisture
leaving black streaks
the back roads you'll take home with you tomorrow
while i'm still sleeping
yes we could stand here
our feet planted in the wet gravel and wait
for the rain to melt us away
but we've both swallowed a bit
and we'll cough all night before we forget
this wasn't always a part of us
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foreign fighters
04:34
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foreign fighters crossed the border from kuwait into iraq
200 thousand strong they came and started to attack
foreign fighters in their humvees foreign fighters in their jets
dropping dirty bombs out by the tons & 300 million leaftlets
the foreign fighters' strong man spoke from far across the sea
we must crush the evil doers, that's what jesus said to me
they have botch-you-lism, anthrax, and want yellow cake and tubes
to make nukeyaller devices - and i swear that its all true
after 20 days, 2000 tons of bombs and thousands dead
the foreign fighters climbed a statue, put their flag over it's head
said torture chambers, secret police are gone forever more
then put soldiers in their stead, did the same behind locked doors
and they said we're hear to liberate and not to occupy
we've found no weapons of md but many more will die
if we keep killing civilians we just can't be blamed for that
its the fault of all those foreign fighters we've been shooting at
they started wrapping villages with razor wire and guns
put up signs that said this fence is here for your protection
do not approach or try to cross or you'll be shot -to make clear
the foreign fighters are just here to help spreading violence and fear
the foreign fighters bombed a wedding party and they said
we targeted a compound - those were bad guys in the beds
so the witnesses and video all say that we were wrong
but they were doing foreign terror dances and singing foreign songs
a foreign fighter cheerleader made his position clear
in the affairs of Iraq , for'ners should not interfere
we'll install the proper folks in our brand new democracy
and pax americana will reign from sea to burning sea
copyright 2006 Sue Jeffers
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5 am
03:00
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2 clock in the morning here
it's 5am back home
wish you were here to share this
but i don't have time to feel alone
and i'm not going to call again
but honey after all these years i'm still falling
another pot of coffee
i'll be heading out the door
grab my guitar from the corner
and my sweater from the floor
but i'm not going to call again
tho even after all these years i'm still falling
i don't mean to complicate things
i'm just up for liberation
help me pull our hat down from that
crowded closet shelf
i can deal with compromise
yeah, i've been out here for a while
as long as i can hear you smile
i guess i'll keep it for myself
4 oclock in the morning
guess it must be dawn back there
hours past the time my day should end
got 3 pillows and a king size bed
i'll lay down here and clear my head
but in the morning
i'll still be falling
sitting on the runway now
i can hear those engines start to groan
touch down by midnight
and tommorrow i'll be home
and you know that i'll come calling
cause honey even after all these years
i'm still falling
copyright Sue Jeffers 2006
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masters of war
06:04
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heart on my shoulder
03:38
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funny i've not been sleeping lately
when i do its not for long
but the last time i went under
i was dreaming of a song
"if i got your name tattooed here on my arm
do you think it would help impress your mom?"
even tho when i woke i didn't rush to the corner
to enshrine your name in a heart on my shoulder
it doesn't mean no it doesn't mean
doesn't mean that i've changed my mind
well i sent a note off to the senator
told him i didn't like his plan
he sent back some form letter
talking bout one woman and one man
bein' vital to america's very heart and soul
along with purtectin the flag up on the pole
now he doesn't mind torture and war is just swell
but activist judges will land us in hell
well it doesn't seem, no it doesn't seem
doesn't seem i changed his mind
you know i've not been happy lately
with the way things are turning out
seems there's tyrants everywhere with
excuses and lies that they mouth
so we stand up and keep shouting no
hey we demand that liberation begin at home
just 'cause i believe that the world can be brighter
and i won't let the bastards go without a fight
it doesn't mean, no it doesn't mean
doesn't mean i've lost my mind
copyright Sue Jeffers 2006
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tiltawhirl
03:34
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well i cleaned the house the other day
found the floor and used a broom
and i even cleaned the car out
something that you said i'd never do
been trying to rinse my spirit clean
maybe hot wax my mind
i can feel the mess around us by i swear
that i know that we can shine
its just an observation, i'm not making a complaint
we all make our own decisions here
and you say that i'm free to walk away any time
but i've got no plans
i'm not making any plans to hike without you
just when i think i've got things in control
i'm reminded while i sleep
always someone going to come round breaking things
i find the glass in the morning with my feet
i remember when i asked if you would be my gal
you said you already were
now its like we're on some tiltawhirl with
bolts too loose to hold the floor
i'm just writing incantations here
lighting candles to the night
we all make our own decisions dear
and you may say that i'm free to leave this ride anytime
but i've got no plans
i'm not making any plans for getting off without you
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capital limited
04:11
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6:15 in Union Station
thermos full of wine
down here on track 26
an hour past the time
crawled down to the station
rush hour traffic lakeshore drive
folks with signs up on the bridge
said he lied they died
chorus;
selling us some slaughter and selling us some lies
a torture appetizer with a side of freedom fries
to be eaten over breakfast with a tablespoon of fear
and thrown down in the evening with some ignorance & beer
i've got a camera full of photos
of my niece at 6 months old
and a book full of dead children
never mentioned in the polls
and a child with one mother
one father and one leg
sacrificed to the straight talking
stiff necked corporate USA
chorus:
an hour past toledo
and 1/2 past the last wine
each time i turn out the lights
my thoughts fill with the crimes
operation 'raqi freedom
liberator, lightning, storm
squeeze play, spear, new market
high tech military porn
chorus:
copyright Sue Jeffers 2006
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somebody's mother
04:03
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tonight somebody's mother is lying underneath a wall
brought down by another mother's son
and the people there start digging for the living and the lost
looking for a reason or a why for what was done
one father finds his daughter walking dazed among the rubble
while a brother's huddled crying down beside his sister's shoes
somewhere in the distance
the men who sit in power
well they're calling for a bloodbath
say there's nothing else to do
chorus:
they call for war without an end
to just go on and on my friend
and the leaders will keep fighting
while the others pay the cost
til the people rise to stop them
heal the connection that's been lost
tonight somewhere a mother's told her teenage son is dead
brought down by another child's gun
and the family's told he sacrificed for country and for god
take comfort that he gave his life so the battle could be won
one father finds his daughter on the network's nightly babble
and a mother's crying praying that her son is found unharmed
somewhere down the street
the men who stand to profit
well they're calling up their brokers to discuss their stocks and bonds
chorus:
tonight somebody's mother is lying underneath a wall
brought down by another raytheon bomb
and the people there start digging for the living and the lost
while waving flags some celebrate with patriotic songs
one father finds his daughter walking dazed among the rubble
while a crying down beside her brother's stolen youth
somewhere in the distance
the men who sit in power
well they're calling for a bloodbath
and they will not speak the truth
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frontier red
04:53
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boarding pass out of chicago
got provisions with the money from the show
guitar on the seat beside me
my companion coming home
it's frontier red and girlscout cookies
kafka or the lounge car movie
waiting for the great leap forward when the
train hits eastern time
and there's all this going nowhere
and there's more of moving slow
freight train outside south bend and we'll
be here til it goes
finally connected on the phone
riding in and out of dead end zones
pulling out of elkhart it was good to hear your voice
when the sign outside said waterloo
I was trying to say goodbye
you were fading so I heard just what I
wanted you to say
sometimes we're moving forward
sometimes we're losing ground
I see no point in flying if you're not there
when I touch down
boarding pass home from chicago
running late with a couple hours to go
guitar on the seat beside me
my companion coming home
people round here look confused and drunk
others just are lost
can't find the space they've come from
don't know where to get off
so their time's spent moving back and forth
and time is moving slow
freight train outside cleveland
and there's no place else to go
copyright 2006 Sue Jeffers
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spring
06:24
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well the sky turned black, started moving in every direction
and the clouds came down they rested on the trees
and lay down on the ground
i stay amazed at the power the mother can bring
and what seems so hard now
if we make it to the morning it may not mean a thing
and i will wait for you
while the storm comes thru and we wake up new
now candles light the room i find myself lost in the flame
been careful all this time
i'm finding it's not easy writing down these lines
when i'm with you now
my mind moving in every direction
when your so near i know i want to be here
for all my years
and i will wait for you
when our storms come thru and we
wake up new
and i stay amazed at the power the mother can bring
and what seems so hard now
if we make it to the morning it may not mean a thing
when i'm with you now
and we're moving in every direction
what i mean to say is i want to be there
while you're dreaming
i want to see you when you wake
and i will wait for you
while our storms come thru
and we wake up new
copyright 2006 Sue Jeffers
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sue jeffers Ohio
Sue Jeffers is a folksinger in the finest sense of
the word, in the tradition of Woody Guthrie
and
all Woody’s musical offspring. Her career has
spanned more than thirty years.
Songs give power to movements. If you believe
in solidarity forever, Sue Jeffers’ Up With the
Masses will inspire you, embolden you, and
connect the struggles of the early 20th century
with our.
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