original recordings and lyrics
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Superman
Funny thing about Superman
He only flies 'cause he knows he can
And all the super feats he dares
They only work 'cause he knows he cares
With pure desire
He only knows that his heart's on fire
All the weight that his shoulder bears
With yours and mine and the world's affairs
So with the funky suit he wears
He's calling out all the foes he squares
With pure desire
He only knows that his heart's on fire
Funny thing about Superman
He only flies 'cause he knows he can
And all the super feats he dares
They only work 'cause he knows he cares
With pure desire
He always tries 'cause his heart's on fire
Funny thing about Superman
Funny thing about Superman
In-Between
The teacher who brings the golden rule
Waits for his children after school
To show them all why.
But somewhere deep out in the woods
The big bad wolf waits, he feels he should
To rip us from our try.
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And so, you and I
Dance here in-between.
A long time ago some ancient dudes
Laid it all out with perfect tools
Then somehow they died.
Now up on the hill they make the rules
And sometimes from here they seem like fools
But God knows they try (and God knows what they do try)!
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Her beautiful smile so full of grace
A new mother's loving first embrace
Love's humbling power
His sweaty red face a boisterous stage
He stokes up the fire of hatred's rage
Hate's putrid sour
Always Cage
This hole that we're digging is getting too far deep!
From where that I'm sitting, the sides look very steep!
My eyes feel like tearing, my voice says talk is cheap!
And if we don't soon start climbing, this ride's a dead-end street!
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My tired eyes go glancing along the page.
My tired mind goes dancing around the rage.
Is this my always cage?
Is this my always cage?
The message we're sending is selfishness complete!
As a man bleeds to dying, there's looting in the street!
This house we're dividing is falling 'round our feet!
For most go on starving, a few sit down to eat!
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Our children will see us as something of a creep!
If we send their small, bright blue ball, crashing in defeat!
The last treat we'll give them is something really sweet!
For all that is left is a burning front row seat!
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[repeat first verse]
Factory Farm
Down on the factory farm.
Down on the factory farm.
Spreading her monocrop arms.
Spreading her monocrop harms.
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Hey you! Leave my seeds...
Hey you! Leave my seeds...
Hey you! Leave my seeds...
Alone!
Down on the factory farm.
Spreading her monocrop harms.
Now winds do scatter the seeds.
With patented, redefined genes.
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Down on the factory farm.
Spreading her monocrop harms.
Now winds do scatter the seeds.
With patented, redefined genes.
And if they corner the show.
We'll have but one place to go.
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Down on the factory farm.
Spreading her monocrop harms.
Down on the factory farm.
Spreading her monocrop harms.
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Dancing on the Moon
Drill, baby drill!
I need to fill my car today.
Drill, drill deeper still.
Simply the cost for the price I pay.
So, deep water news!
Horizon with crew, she caught fire today.
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Wasn't it yesterday, we were dancing on the moon?
We were dancing on the moon!
Maybe just a tad too soon,
But we were dancing on the moon!
Up there dancing on the moon!
Now, I think it's critical, we need to get back there, and soon!
Oo, deep water blues!
Top kill's a lose, she still spews away.
Oh my god what did we do?
Subsurface plumes with loop currents through!
Oo, riddled with crude!
Countless will lose their lives too soon.
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Drill, baby drill!
I need to fill my car today...
My Bell
I hear the bell for whom it tolls, everybody knows.
I hear the bell for whom it tolls, everybody knows.
This sound is always in my head, though it comes and goes.
This sound is always in my head, though it seldom shows.
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I think and therefore, I may be.
Can't let my thinking get to me.
I sit and watch as all around me the shadows grow.
I sit and watch as all around me the shadows grow.
I wonder just exactly what do the shadows show.
I wonder just exactly what do the shadows know.
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I see the light at which the end of the tunnel glows.
I see the light at which the end of the tunnel shows.
Paralyzed with fear, can't clear these tracks, as the whistle blows.
Paralyzed with fear, can't clear these tracks, as the whistle slows.
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[repeat first verse]