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Brown Pennies
03:34
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We took our piggie bank
Smashed it against the wall
And how we sank down
As we counted it all
Why should I try?
Why should I care anymore?
Why should I pick up brown pennies off the floor?
I wanna build it too
A rocket to space
Can you feel gravity keeping us down
And in place?
Why should I try?
Why should I care anymore?
Why should I pick up brown pennies off the floor?
In real life I know
In real time I know
That the world feels so good
And fine
Why should I try?
Why should I care anymore?
Why should I pick up brown pennies off the floor?
In real life I know
In real time I know
That the world feels so good
And fine
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Yellow Clouds
02:36
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When I see the clouds of yellow
Drifting down in my neighborhood
I breathe a little deeper and think about summer
Rain makes the streets psychedelic
Pollen drifts and swirls and floats away
Ride that wave straight into May
Then it will be summer
We’ll swim in the dirty river
Drink beer every day
Thoughts drift to when I was younger
Driving past Durham County Line
Windows rolled down
Nothing on my mind
Then it will be summer
We’ll swim in the dirty river
Drink beer every day
I love the summer
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Orange Planets
03:16
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And all the movie stars
Came in their best clothes
And all the crazy fans came from so far
Just to get too close
And all the rich carpets
Rolled out for painted feet
And all the cameras flashed for the big artists
Until they took their seat
It was a galaxy of pretty people
Planets floating in the sky
A bowl of oranges spilling on the carpet
Outside
And all the big screens
Shined like a watermelon seed
And all the hands clapped
For that 2d dream that they keep selling
It was a galaxy of pretty people
Planets floating in the sky
A bowl of oranges spilling on the carpet
Outside
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Green Feelings
02:31
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Every painter needs a paintbrush
Just like just like I need you
Every seashell needs a seashore
Just like I need you
Green ceilings in grand central station
Green feelings cant be painted
Every bridge over every river
Feels like I'm not over you
Every book about everything
Feels like its about you
Green ceilings in grand central station
Green feelings can’t be painted
Green feelings are not painted
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Gray Space
01:53
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Purple Architecture
02:42
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She sat in the window seat
Wrapping tea cups with old newspapers
and putting them in boxes
Everything she’d ever wanted
Was packed up and put away
She thought she saw his face in a magazine
Walked around her neighborhood
Wondering what became of her life
A wife
She thought she’d have it all
She thought his name was Fred
He passed her every morning on his bicycle
Pedaling towards the station
That took him to the city
Where he worked for an accounting firm
Pushing numbers round on a screen
He looked around his cubicle
Wondering what became of his life
The strife
He thought he’d have it all
She sat in the window seat
He looked around his cubicle
Don't you give up!
Two strangers passing on the avenue
Sharing commonalities
And ignoring architecture
Purple was the color of their love
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Red Feelings
01:13
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I’m waiting all these hours
But the sun will come up in the morning
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Blue and Dark Blue
03:40
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Could a folk singer’s manipulation
Get past those gloomy cerulean eyes
Oh I hope so
Could the soft hills of the Tar Heel State
Be wrapped by that line in the sky
Oh I hope so
Bluer than blue sky
Feels like an upside down ocean
I would look at the starfish
Stuck in slow motion
Could the azure achievements
Of besting the boys be simply busy work?
Oh I hope so
Bluer than blue sky
Feels like an upside down ocean
I would look at the starfish
Stuck in slow motion
Alright
Sand in my eyes
I’m bluer than blue
So blue they invented a new color so you
Could understand the shape I’m in
I’m bluer than blue
Bluer than that lonely whale in Washington
That sings his lonely song
I’m bluer than blue
I’m so blue they wrote a song about me
And they called it blue
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Black Undercloud
03:13
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There was the night sky
Covered with black holes
There was a satellite
Among the lost souls
And as the milky way turned off
It was a dark bus stop where i got off
There was the undercloud
Over the black trees
There was a monsoon
Dried fish with grilled teeth
And by the deep cave waterfall
I watched a jungle sunset snakes and all
Na na na na na na na
I’m not a quitter baby
There was the middle ages
With robes and (unintelligible) queens
There was a long pandemic
There was a quick guillotine
And in the stained cathedral window
I heard those sad voices
Of hell below
Na na na na na na na
I’m not a quitter baby
(Our favorite flute solo)
I’m not a quitter baby
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Indigo Seamstress
03:17
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There’s a book for every line
There’s a friend for any time
But there’s a color I can’t find
There’s a coin that I could flip
There’s a spot but its just a blip
But there’s a shade that does not exist
I told the seamstress ‘bout the rainbow in the sky
Make you a sweater with all the colors sewn inside
And don’t forget the indigo dye
There’s a joke where I could laugh
There’s a story about my past
But there’s a color that does not last
I’m your freighter
In a rainstorm
I’m your waiter
When the coffee isn’t warm
I told the seamstress ‘bout the rainbow in the sky
Make you a sweater with all the colors sewn inside
And don’t forget the indigo dye
I’m your freighter
In a rainstorm
I’m your waiter
When the coffee isn’t warm
I told the seamstress ‘bout the rainbow in the sky
Make you a sweater with all the colors sewn inside
And don’t forget the indigo
And don’t forget the indigo
And don’t forget the indigo dye
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Orange Meteors
01:12
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Sinking like a meteor
In retrograde
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White Light
03:38
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Every day at four she asks me what's for dinner
I want to make the most of our time together
It seems to take forever
To find the place we could call home
Hold on, I’m right behind you
Let’s let the white light shine through our windows
Let’s hold out our arms and love each other
Blinking like a star we can see no longer our words become a ghost
But we should of known better
You don’t have to explain or question the design
Let's watch the whole night sky move
Let’s let the white light shine through our windows
Let’s hold out our arms and love each other.
I hope you know what you’re doing with my heart
I hope the days will last until we depart
(Another amazing flute solo)
Lets let the white light
Shine through our windows
I hope you know what you’re doing with my heart
I hope the days will last until we depart .
The corn was knee high by the Fourth of July
I wanted to tell you
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Bombadil Durham, North Carolina
Long-running folk-pop band, founded in Durham, NC. We look for beauty in the everyday, enjoy vocal harmonies, keyboards, fruity cocktails, and love performing in venues of all sorts.
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