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Bears Awake
02:19
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the days are getting longer and the aspens are quaking
the rhubarb is ripe and ready for baking
the rush of the river is really breathtaking
spring is here and black bears are waking
rising from their sleep in hollowed out timber
stretching their legs to keep lithe and limber
the train chugs by with its smoke and cinder
spring is here, it was a long, cold winter
black bears are waking
we're "oso" glad
but lock up your garbage
from here to trinidad
bees begin buzzing 'round the easter-colored crocus
summertime plans are coming into focus
students start slacking because studying is bogus
we're searching the yard for the songbird that woke us
bears awake in their gambel oak thickets
startled by the sound of supercharged pickups
they're hungry as hell, need something nutritious
to see a spring bear is always auspicious
black bears are waking
we're "oso" glad
but lock up your garbage
from here to trinidad
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Big Eddie's House
02:35
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staring up at the cosmos
on a cloudless night
lying on a trampoline in
our backyard campsite
at big eddie's house
at big eddie's house
built with care by the man himself
it's big eddie's house
camping with the randibles
we turned our shoes to sandibles
by cutting them with scissors
with help from cuatro's sister
talking about lucid dreams, aliens,
and the punk rock scene
happening in durango back then
billy's got a three-ring binder
filled with a hundred songs
he's been writing them all summer
and he's teaching them to us now
at big eddie's house
at big eddie's house
built with care by the man himself
it's big eddie's house
camping with the randibles
we turned our shoes to sandibles
by cutting them with scissors
with help from cuatro's sister
talking about lucid dreams, aliens,
and the punk rock scene
happening in durango back then
we took a flashlight and hiked up to falls creek
the water shimmered coming down from the peaks
at big eddie's house
at big eddie's house
built with care by the man himself
it's big eddie's house
camping with the randibles
we turned our shoes to sandibles
by cutting them with scissors
with help from cuatro's sister
talking about lucid dreams, aliens,
and the punk rock scene
happening in durango back then
planning shows in old cortez
ignoring what the good book says
smoking marijuana
and drawing megafauna
talking about lucid dreams, aliens,
and the punk rock scene
happening in durango back then
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Amazing Greys
01:29
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It’s not a satellite
It’s not a drone
It’s not a shooting star
That’s for sure
It’s not a passenger plane
Above the haze
It’s a UFO
Full of Greys
Aliens! Aliens! Aliens are real
Aliens! Aliens! Aliens are chill
It’s not the Goodyear blimp
It’s not the moon
Not the planet Mars
Or a weather balloon
It’s not the FBI
Not the NSA
It’s a UFO
Full of Greys
Aliens! Aliens! Aliens are real
Aliens! Aliens! Aliens are chill
Aliens! Aliens! Aliens are real
Aliens! Aliens! Aliens are chill
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4. |
Smelter Mountain
02:55
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smelter mountain in a photograph
of someone skiing down uranium waste
now this place is a dog park
and I guess by now it's probably safe
you told me you were in town for the day
and you had some time to kill
we got navajo tacos nearby
& ate em at the top of the hill
500 tons of uranium ore
processed daily at smelter
500 tons of uranium ore
pink dust on the shelter
glancing down at the town below
all the people look like antz
the alleyways and streets aglow
full of tourists and transplants
you left this town after high school
for the "ocean white with foam"
but standing here on top of smelter
you point out your childhood home
500 tons of uranium ore
processed daily at smelter
500 tons of uranium ore
pink dust on the shelter
500 tons of uranium ore
processed daily at smelter
500 tons of uranium ore
pink dust on the shelter
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5. |
I Saw a Hobbit
02:47
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Last night I saw something funny
Walking in the woods alone
Saw something quite uncanny
It chilled me to the bone
Last night I saw a Hobbit
Of that I am quite sure
I may have been high on mushrooms
But I know what I saw
He wore a dark green cloak
He leaned against a tree
He puffed a pipe and blew smoke rings
The best I've ever seen
I saw a Hobbit I saw a Hobbit
Dressed in yellow and green
I saw Hobbit I saw a Hobbit
He's the littlest man I've seen
Tell me have you seen that Hobbit
Play his game of hide and seek
Walking in the San Juan Forest
Just North of Junction Creek
And what's that little Hobbit doing
So far from his Shire
Who would have guessed that
The Southwest's the place where he'd retire
He wore a dark green cloak
He leaned against a tree
He puffed a pipe and blew smoke rings
The best I've ever seen
I saw a Hobbit I saw a Hobbit
Dressed in yellow and green
I saw Hobbit I saw a Hobbit
He's the littlest man I've seen
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Navajo Dam
03:20
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they're smoking black and milds
with the plastic tips
lighting bonfires on the sand
drinking coca-cola
they stole from houseboats
cooking mini ravioli cans
they're jumping off of rocks
that look like silhouettes
of abraham lincoln
going for a swim
in the moonlight
doing backflips without thinking
cocaine cove, the first day of summer
all your friends were there
propane stove, cooking up a burger
a radio played "like a prayer"
some slept in sleeping bags
some slept in subarus
parked up closer to the dam
the stars shone down on them
like friendly night lights
while they slumbered like little lambs
cocaine cove, the first day of summer
all your friends were there
propane stove, cooking up a burger
a radio played "like a prayer"
cocaine cove, the first day of summer
all your friends were there
propane stove, cooking up a burger
a radio played "like a prayer"...
...the boat patrol gave them a scare
always stay bear aware
'cause garbage can kill a bear
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8. |
The Galloping Goose
03:34
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the galloping goose was a hell of a thing
one part truck and one part train
delivering mail to the San Juans
these ugly ducklings flew like swans
It's the only way to fly
Over Lizard Head we'll ride
See black bears
See Blue Spruce
Take a ride on the Galloping Goose
Past mesas
Past Twin Buttes
A quick flight for the Galloping Goose
like a Rocky Mountain Frankensteen
engines drinking gasoline
a monster waddling cross the trestle
you'll hear a honk but not a whistle
It's the only way to fly
through the purple mountainside
See black bears
See Blue Spruce
Take a ride on the Galloping Goose
Past mesas
Past Twin Buttes
A quick flight for the Galloping Goose
In '52 they shut her down
Abandoned like an old Ghost Town
They ripped up rails and scrappers came
But the goose lives on in railroad fame
It's the only way to fly
Over Lizard Head we'll ride
See black bears
See Blue Spruce
Take a ride on the Galloping Goose
Past mesas
Past Twin Buttes
A quick flight for the Galloping Goose
Ridgway Telluride Placerville Trout Lake!!
Sawpit Enterprise Mancos Mayday!!
Rico Dolores Glencoe McPhee!!
Hesperus Carbon Junction Perrins Peak!!
See black bears
See Blue Spruce
Take a ride on the Galloping Goose
Past mesas
Past Twin Buttes
A quick flight for the Galloping Goose
See black bears
See Blue Spruce
Take a ride on the Galloping Goose
Past mesas
Past Twin Buttes
A quick flight for the Galloping Goose
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it was a terrible night at curly wurly's
a fight broke out after the bikers arrived
a chair got thrown into sopranos pinball
blood was spilt at curly's dive
my cousin was there at curly wurly's
waiting for his date and drinking gin
he barely escaped from curly wurly's
I don't think he'll be the same again
who's gonna clean up the glass?
who's gonna clean up the glass?
who's gonna clean up the glass?
I hope curly wurly has some help
curly came from blackpool in 1995
he opened up a tavern on edgewater drive
curly, he loved chocolate
kept kit kats in his car
in fact, he got his nickname
from his favorite candy bar
it was a terrible night at curly wurly's
the pickled egg jar lies smashed on the floor
the cardboard dos equis man is in 3 pieces
curly's looks like london after the 2nd world war
a blaze lit up the billiards table
curly got hit with the big buck hunter gun
the jukebox was playing a beach boys record
the bikers fought to "fun, fun, fun"
who's gonna clean up the glass?
who's gonna clean up the glass?
who's gonna clean up the glass?
I hope curly wurly has some help
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They're shooting a movie up past the ridge
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid at Bakers Bridge
I was grilling burgers down at the diner
Known locally as the Chief
When I heard what the Texan man said I
thoroughly burned my ground beef
I called my friend Eddie, he called his friend Georgie
and they picked me up in her Jeep
We sped past the aspens like drunken Alaskans
to see Paul and Robert's big leap
Parked off the side of County Road 250
The Animas turquoise below
There were catering trucks and barricades were up
We couldn't get close to the show
A production assistant let us watch from a distance
The three of us sat on a stump
Watching Redford and Newman, the director and crewmen
shoot the famous Bakers Bridge jump
John Wayne stayed here and liked it
But he never leapt off Bakers Bridge
Michael J Fox rode the Narrow Gauge Train
and went for a hike on Missionary Ridge
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