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Don't Get Owned

by The Imperfectionists

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People are busy All of the time So many working Just to survive The prophets calling— The sky is falling! Oh…and the wind… Is growing tall… How do we profit Doing what where told? Are we just products Being bought and sold? The prophets calling— The sky is falling! Oh…and the wind… Is growing tall… Is there more than This doing duties jive? There is an answer— We are alive! The prophets calling— The sky is falling! Oh…and the wind… Is growing tall…
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So much fragile frazzle, floating in my mind So much razzle dazzle, dangerous divine Your pilot seat is empty boy, you’re just on for the ride We’re carried away by a strange new way What to say, who to pay, another kind of day Truth is a lie we wonder why. Swallow the pill. Believe what you will. So much blather babble, gushing through our lives All that random rabble, truth to be denied. Our pilot seat is empty and we’re just on for the ride Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah So much fragile frazzle, floating in my mind So much razzle dazzle, dangerous divine Your pilot seat is empty boy, you’re just on for the ride.
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"Me Card" 00:16
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I steer my gaze up skyward Stars staring down It lets me forget this whole town And what’s around I send my breath to heaven It’s like a prayer I drink the ink of evening air And I’m not scared Oh and I know love can be found Oh and I know it’s all around I’ve laughed at tenderness and I’ve lived for thrills I’ve tried to run off to the hills Then I stood still This is my sweet surrender I cannot hide Now that I’ve seen the other side My old life died Oh and I know love can be found Oh and I know it’s all around There’s faces in these big clouds Lit by the moon The moon is full of phases too Like me and you The sky is always changing Clouds touch and part There’s windy spaces in my heart And that’s a start Oh and I know love can be found Oh and I know it’s all around
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Rains of death are falling, falling, falling from the sky. I'll be damned if I remember any reason why. I may be damned anyway... running from the cosmic ray- Thunderpower, the cosmic king: He ruled and always did his thing. If fire power brings us down the cosmic flare will melt his crown I am hopelessly aglow. Friend don't touch me - you may go. Don't be sorry, don't you cry You may live but I shall die You may die anyway .. running from the cosmic ray Thunderpower, the cosmic king: He ruled and always did his thing. If fire power brings us down the cosmic flare will melt his crown In this fragile spaceship home There's really nowhere left to roam We mined the moon and built our grave I never thought I'd die a slave I guess we're in the final day .. finally thrown our lives away We worked in space We served the race We died in space Thunderpower, the cosmic king: He ruled and always did his thing. If fire power brings us down the cosmic flare will melt his crown We worked in space We served the race We died.
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I know you are upset with what The world is like— All you humans are I know you are acquainted with Lonely nights— All you humans are Throw back the curtain Let me see you dear Let me be certain You are really here…here…here! I know you are uncertain almost All the time— All you humans are I know you are inclined to chase A wild ride— All you humans are Throw back the curtain Let me see you dear Let me be certain You are really here…here…here! I know you are a dreamer and a Wide-eyed child— All you humans are I know you are unsure the work is Worth your while— All you humans are Throw back the curtain Let me see you dear Let me be certain You are really here…here…here!
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Oh, Please don’t sue me.. I don’t have anything to lose but you And that’s the answer. If you don’t mind I’ll marry you. I would marry you … if you don’t sue me, dear. I’ve got something for you that’s better I’ve got something for you that will last throughout the weather I’ve got something for you to keep us close, make us cry, make us toast If you see eye to eye with me …………. you’ll see that together is the way it ought to be. There’s no reason to bring out the lawyer. We can hang our hats in the foyer. The foyer of love. The envelope of bliss The receptacle of everything is the way it is.
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Is Is Is 04:29
I’m tripping through a meadow with a very good friend of mine. We’ve been looking at a flower and having a very good time. If I’d thought of it before, I would have brought some wine And it is what it is, and I like it that way. Just being here with you is fine. Be pleased for the day. These are the days, these are the days. Be pleased for the day. These are the days, these are the days Of our lives I’m crying, I’m dying. Pain is very real. Do you think I’ll live? I don’t know. Do you think I’ll be able to feel? If I’d thought of it before, I would have checked the rope And it is what it is, and I like it that way. And I haven’t lost my hope. I’m flowing, I’m blowing. I’m growing every day. And if we flow together Well it might work out that way. If I’d thought of it before, I’d have left my pain behind And it is what it is, and I like it that way. Just being here with you is fine.
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Holy Moment 02:23
Found a face In this place A glimpse a glint a sudden little trace A certain flash A glow that lasts A holy moment I can almost grasp Throw it open, holy moment Your boy has found his joy And I know I’m getting down One more time Through all the noise I heard a voice It whispered “Mister you have got a choice” “You can brood In gloom and doom Or use your blues to bend another groove” Throw it open, holy moment Love is like a light And I know it’s glowing now One more time (Don’t think I can tell you something New, I know you know We can be as good as what we know) This glow can show The way to go Catch your breath forget what kept you broke It is clear That while we’re here We ride the tide until we disappear Throw it open, holy moment While we slip and slide We know we’re getting down One more time
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The Path 02:45
As you seek the path You’re already on your way Open the door – And climb through another day Tender and strong you go your own way Wanting to belong to a circle that’s connected and free Inside and outside what is the right side .. Do you feel a guide? Walk down the lane, don’t mind the rain just somebody cried Tender and strong you go your own way Wanting to belong to a circle that’s connected and free As you seek the path You’re already on your way Open the door – And climb through another day Tender and strong you go your own way Wanting to belong to a circle that’s connected and free
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Triptych 01:07
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The meanest Bozos among us are Leaders They teach us Nothing that we are in Need of Let’s get down to The Party And have ourselves some fun Why wait to be there with everyone? The reach of The dizzying kiss of our Freedom Exceeds us And leads us to realms beyond Reason Let’s get down to The Party And have ourselves some fun Why wait to be there with everyone? Our genius The grace and the ease of our Being Beseeches The best blessed breath of our Zenith Let’s get down to The Party And have ourselves some fun Why wait to be there with everyone?
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"Zadeefa" 00:25
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Colour 03:32
Totally wasted lying in bed Closing my eyes to see the colors in my head Totally tuned in walking down the street - I open my eyes to the prisms that I meet. Red orange yellow green blue indigo violet When the rain falls the rainbow is my pilot. Some see black, some see white nothing could be duller Some see wrong some see right, I see things in color. Vivid colors shining, always bright ... Do we see them, hues of golden light? If life is boring for you I can’t sympathize. You are the only person who can use your pair of eyes. Pandora’s box playground, Earth is all around. Naming the colors helps me sum up what I’ve found Red orange yellow green blue indigo violet When the rain falls the rainbow is my pilot. Some see black, some see white nothing could be duller Some see wrong some see right, I see things in color.
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Looking proud, standing tall With our backs against the wall Stuck in the middle of a rumble going on so long Have we lost? Are we wrong? Were we cheated all along? Something in the wind is singing hints of a similar song We’ve all had more or less of this One more time We are all in the mess of this One more time There are sirens blaring all around Everywhere you may be Do you dream of diving underground For relief? Songs on the wind Something’s blessing us again Another battle call that’s growing ever tall, my friend We’ve all had more or less of this One more time We are all in the mess of this One more time There are sirens blaring all around Everywhere you may be Do you dream of diving underground For relief?

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We continue to coax an ethos outside of our sandbox with psychedelic entreatment: free and responsible search for truth and meaning, rippling glimpses of awareness. Playfully, seriously tuning in and out.. Don't get owned.

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released June 23, 2018

Produced by the Imperfectionists and Erik Walker
Engineered by Erik Walker of Wackoworld
Mastered by Myles Boisen
All Songs Copyright 2017 and 2018 by the Imperfectionists
Images and Artwork by Leah Wingard, Marc Theobald, and Mariah Theobald

The Imperfectionists
Bill Cole: Accordion, Digital Accordion
Thomas Radwick: Guitar, Voices
Marc Theobald: Violin, Voices, Viola, Harmonica, Autoharp, Kazoo

Special Guests
Erik Walker: Bass, Piano (Tracks 1, 6, 16), Drums (Tracks 1, 6, 15), Percussion (Tracks 10, 11), Organ (Tracks 2, 4)
Randy Odell: Drums (Tracks 2, 4, 9, 13, 16)
Tina Smelser: Flute (Track 9)

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The Imperfectionists San Francisco, California

The Imperfectionists: Marc Theobald Thomas Radwick
Bill Cole, singer-songwriters, effusively illusive creative mind bender types.

Thomas belts it with a solid six string, Marc haunts a savory mix of strings & voice. Bill brings the accordion circus tent.

Production/ Engineering:
2016 Ian McKee
ianmckee@pacbell.net

Now: Erik Walker
wackoworldmusic.com/studio/studio.htm

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