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Greetings from the edge of the rabbit hole

by The Third Verses/ Duane Hultin

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    The collection of tunes came about in the midst of some tough family times. Putting back the pcs of a broken puzzle, and finding our way in the "New Era" has been tough. At the core it celebrates what makes us special, keeps us sane, and attempts to put an artistic spin on a very turbulent couple of years. It rocks, it cries, it reminds us of our families, and hopefully makes you smile and feel the magic in all our lives. I think this one is the best of our productions. Mike and Julie really rocked and made this one jump. Hope you like it as well. Originally released Dec 6, 2011
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1.
Bring down the shamans, the priests and the lamas and the zen masters too. Do the Rain dance, singing your prayers well into the night Stare into the fire, beyond the thick smoke,and let your spirits free The swirling turning flames are calling for you chorus Forever Changed, All things are forever changed The thundercrack splits the tree, the scorched wood crashes with a deafening sound The abandoned miners cart rusted and waisting away. Once the riches ripped out of the earth kept em healthy happy and wise Today nothing but fools gold litters the ground Sometimes we may feel that we're all alone And that the good times have already passed us by Like the roaring train that you just don't see Laying across the tracks the whistle blows for thee! No more apple pies cooling on the windowsill as the sweet smell of summer subsides The friends, the partners the patriarchs, where have you gone? Like a never-ending jigsaw puzzle, with all the edge pieces gone Somehow in spite of it all, we're going to carry on
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If I held you close would it stop the rain Could we make the dreams become sweet again? And if we closed our eyes and conjured up another scheme Would the darkness lift, and what would the future bring? chorus " With alice and frodo with pan and with hook we reach up from the deep rabbit hole single file and one at a time on a broken ladder we climb once getting to the top was our goal. If they invade our dreams are the truly there? do our restless minds race deep into the night? To let the chips fall and still do nothing at all paralyzed no fear and no fright. bridge Clawing our way up, crawling our way up It's just ahead and over the rise I will pull you out, just give me a chance to stand Dancing in the sunlight arm and arm again We walk along the shore sun beating down across our backs The sound of laughter reigns down on the wind Should we do a party crash? What do they know that we don't know? Will we ever be officially invited in?
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I slept in my car again last night was too damn drunk to find my way home It's not like I had a choice, my good friend pocketed the keys Threw a blanket on and left me on my own My mind is a blur, but I do recall ordering a bottle of Don Julio 1942 Being chilled and passed around over the joyful sounds of the laughter before the fall We were out on the town some old friends had come in To see the swallows that had never returned Play alabama yelled towards the band a weekend cowboy stuck out his hand Thats where I'm from and he barged right in There was something about naked girls on the mens room wall a dance floor crowded with shit kicking leather clad feet I caught her stetson just in time , dancing backwards in that line The sweat flying, we were having a ball Pretty soon came the spins and that familiar feeling crept in the cool outside air was calling my name A flashlight shone in my eyes, San Juans' finest , surprise The darkness called and I fell head-first in Sunday morning arrived with a knock on the passenger side My bloodshot eyes straining to greet the day My tail tucked between my legs, and a really aching head Another saturday night roller coaster ride! chorus " glasses up, glasses down, pretty girls twirling around and we don't have a care in the world makers mark, rum and lime, straight up martini time and all the while the band plays on "
4.
I step off the boat and pay the smiling man Shuffling my feet in the soft Caribbean sand The vision that I see slurping a shaved ice treat is hammock hanging harry, cycling up the street He's a legend in these parts they say he even knows the prez Rides around with a crazy parrot that repeats whatever he says He'll stroll the waters edge till the angle of the suns just right takes one shot 2 shots and slumbers into the night chorus " He wears no shirt and he got no shoes but he still gets serviced just fine cocooned in the shade and shooting the breeze he tips back some fine rose wine bridge anything that you want ? need someplace to go? you just call out loud and harry knows the bullshit served with a big white smile " no boats out on sunday" watch harry go! If the truth be told he'd rather rest his soul with the sweet smell of ganja zen and count the days flying by and hear the seabirds cry as the brilliant sun come back up again
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P T Barnum and zip the pinhead and general Tom Thumb too Their brilliant scams being resurrected anew The grand old elephants dump, and the whiny jackasses bay The thieves are left to watch over and care for you chorus So lets all go to the circus 3 blind mice scurrying for the drivers seat You can purchase your own clunker chariot with a shattered windshield, broken radio and no heat. The sideshow has begun, come and take your seats Cotton-candy face sits with an empty sticky treat a buffoon from the balcony shouts out " you lie! " Throwing fits and kicking the crap out of a crushed and rusty tin can However I feel , therefore I am. They came in on a wave and go out with a smack " For the American People" the mantra goes Well who do we have here? Dealing with a loaded deck How many wolves have dissented from the pack? Well damn you all to hell! Lets bitch slap em with our angry hands Little minds can only come up with little plans When we take care of the least (and no more trickle down please ) Poor John, Don't cry, Only big boys can govern the land Hear Ye, Hear Ye, another sucker on the line How dumb do you really think we are?
6.
The Fly Trap 04:02
It was not supposed to be this way The freebird was meant to fly The captives prisoners convicts and thieves Left to rampage and plunder LIke Blackbeards men on spring break They will burn your pretty dreams down to the ground The classic double down A five of spades then a six Your heart races as you push out the stack A ten or a two Your future rides on the flip of a card The grim reaper now dancing on your back chorus The fly's in the trap The fly's in the soup The fly's coming out of the fruit The soup's on your lap Leaving burn's on your legs Your legs should have got up and walked away! Are you gonna take a chance again? Hell yeah Are you gonna keep sticking your neck out? hell yeah Will you ever find your mojo again? Hell yeah And mister, today's gonna be the day! Its easy being green when your kermit, not the hulk The envy flows like lava down the mountain side Tomorrow they'll either be a hanging, or the governors reprieve Up the styx without a paddle, redemption waiting on the other side You can knock down the walls You can sweep up the mess You can chew till your fingers are raw But a life without passion And the absence of a dream Would truly be the death of us all!
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Hard Times 03:37
Bruised blasted and battered by a hot relentless rain Your shouting in the middle of a busy street You can shout but it wont matter Quasimotos' just rang the bells Your swinging back and forth to the hangman's beat Hard times, Hard times, You can kiss my ass Hard times ! It's lonely out here waiting for the worm to turn The troubles arrive like a tempest, no you wont blow me down again Cause hard times your miseries wont return! I inherited Neros' fiddle and don't you know just my luck The squeaky screeching mother just wont burn. Monkey see and Monkey do, A shiny new cage built for two Key's around your neck but you're still awaiting your turn You used to love to donate, now they just call you a regular sopping up the soup and cleaning the plate Hard times, Hard times and the checks in the mail again Your Guardian angel arrives a little too late
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Everybody's got their own story Everybody's got their own version of the truth sometimes they'll even use perverse logic To twist the rope and make their own noose chorus Half way there, you only get half the way there Half way there, you only got half the way there What my eyes can see you cant imagine what me mind knows you can't compute If they would do as i say, this would be so easy The risk's to great to leave it all up to you Pride is a word that never goes down easy sometimes it slow, one foot at a time To gracefully bow out and defer to the masses To stand in their tainted sunshine With knowledge there's hope that the questions will be answered that the mysteries of life will be clear and intense The bells will ring loud, Let the little bastards in stacked up and scraping against my barbed wire fence. Bridge " A tap on the shoulder and Atlas just Shrugs I'm not going to tell you again But with each passing winter the games will get older It seems to me that nobody else ever had a chance to win
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Once upon a time there was a little boy who like to sing and would never go to sleep Cause in the music room the pipers played a hypnotic sounds that reached his ears the melodies of the troubadours of the times Chorus " We're gonna keep on singing til the sun comes out gonna keep on playing til the sun comes out gonna keep on believing til the sun comes out And blow all the dark clouds away ! Saturday night family sing along kept on going till our voices were gone calling mom to put another pot of coffee on pete would bang the wood and ed would slap the bass Dad would strum And me, I 'd smile and soak it all in There's something about the sound of friends and family gathered around a player piano, and watching the scrolls go round Their voices are all still here We have to just fine tune our ears Their spirits live on in the music we're playing right now!
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Fathers' Day 03:57
Can I see you? Can I Touch You? Are you there among the stars? Can You see us? Gazing upwards Trying to make some sense of it all. ( chorus) It's so hard to understand That the simple touch of a hand And your gentle smile wont pass this way again The sun came out today Your green guitar to play But something big is missing It's not a card or a fathers' day call The sky's never really supposed to fall Without you, Life's never going to be the same ( bridge ) You always said " just do the best you can " So that's what we'll do and I'm sure you'll understand So we all hop into the car Low on gas, who knows how far this journey we call life will take us on It takes big shoes to fill ( I know ) The little ones wobble and then they go to the future and a brand new day When "Promoted to Glory" well be looking for your hand On that fine day, We will all meet again!

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released February 18, 2014

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