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Fake News and Hocus Pocus
Gary Deatherage
November 1, 2018
1. There’s so much energy coming down
From the Sun and the moon and the cosmos spinning ‘round
We take it and make our own
As best we can.
2. Some use it only for their own good
Would lie and cheat anytime they could, and
Sacrifice the Earth to support a man.
Chorus-
We can fake it or we can make it all go another way,
We can try to remember our origins in this warm, moist clay
The days flash past and the years slip by and
So few can find their focus
Their minds consumed by petty wants
Fake news and hocus pocus.
Break-
3. If we rip our own house apart
Leave only Google, Exxon, and Walmart
Where will our children live and
What will they breathe?
Chorus-
We can fake it or we can make it go another way
We can try to remember our origins in this warm, moist clay
The days flash past and the years slip by and
So few can find their focus
Their minds consumed by petty wants
Fake news and hocus pocus.
End-
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2. |
Interesting Times
02:48
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Interesting Times
Gary Deatherage
February 21, 2020
1. It can be a curse to live in interesting times
Where life’s seldom carefree,
One can never relax and contemplate the facts
Because let’s face it, there aren’t very many.
Chorus -
They’re bending and they’re spinning their versions of the truth,
They cannot meet you halfway.
They fully intend to control the world and
How they dream of that day
When everybody will look just like them,
And everybody will think just like them
And they’ll be in their heaven.
Instrument break
2. Can you feel their energy dragging us down
To much less than we could be?
We cannot relax and contemplate the facts
Because let’s face it, there aren’t very many.
Chorus -
They’re bending and they’re spinning their versions of the truth
They cannot meet you halfway
They fully intend to control the world and
How they dream of that day,
How they dream of that day,
How they dream of that day,
How they dream of that day.
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It's Time
04:44
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It’s Time
Gary Deatherage
1. They want to make the world all about power
They know best, will decide for you,
See the world from the top of Trump Tower
And from there, they like the view
And from there they like the view.
Chorus
While a few billion people
Can’t see their children through the haze
So many go hungry
And life is just some hard days.
Break
2. The alarm clock is really ringing
It’s time for us to all awake,
Look at what our future’s bringing
We could all refuse to drink from their cup,
We could all refuse to drink from their cup.
Chorus
While a few billion people
Can’t see their children through the haze
And so many go hungry
And life is just some hard days.
Break 2
3. Perhaps we need some intervention
Before we turn out all the lights.
Intelligence,with good intention,
It could decrease hate, and stop the fights,
It could decrease the hate, and stop the fight.
Chorus
While a few billion people
Can’t see their children through the haze
And so many go hungry
And life is just some hard days. (Repeat chorus to end)
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4. |
COVID-19
02:28
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COVID-19
Gary Deatherage
March 9, 2020
1. I heard that Bill and his girlfriend Iris
Were running from the corona virus
But they called it COVID-19
And all they knew was, they had to keep their hands clean
Chorus
So they washed their hands in the morning
And they washed their hands at night,
Just before making love, and just before a fight.
The doctors on TV all said that’s where the bugs all grew,
And when you touch your face
It lets them now own you.
Break
2. They say Trump can’t see the direst
Consequences of the virus
They call COVID-19
'Cause all he knows is he has to keep his hands clean
Chorus
So he washes his hands in the morning
And he washes his hands at night,
Always before making love, and just before a fight
The doctors on TV all said that’s where the bugs all grew
And when you touch your face
It lets them now own you.
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5. |
Misrepresentation
03:09
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Misrepresentation
Gary Deatherage
October 3, 2015
1. We live in a time of misrepresentation
When the lie becomes the fact
Leaves us confused across the nation
And sets the tone for how we should act.
Chorus
So, how can we exercise our right
Without any clear choice in sight?
Break
2. Well, politicians’ ideas are so funny
So very few make any sense
They’re all designed to bring them money
And to make us all feel fear and be tense.
Chorus
So, how can we exercise our right
Without any real choice in sight?
So how can we exercise our right
Without any clear choice in sight?
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6. |
This History Line
03:10
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This History Line
Gary Deatherage
November 21, 2018
1. I spend my time, traveling down this history line,
But all I see I cannot know.
It seems some feel they must serve themselves even steal
The trust of the people and make them feel their loss.
Chorus
See how their faking is taking our bright sunlight.
They want to keep us down here
Thinking everything is alright,
But it’s not.
Break
2. We feel the pain they send us again and again,
But little realize we could be free.
The shadow reality they impose upon our minds
Lets their selfish plans for us unwind.
Chorus
See how their faking is taking our bright sunlight
They want to keep us down here
Thinking everything is alright,
But it’s not,
But it’s not,
But it’s not,
But it’s not.
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7. |
Only Serfs Need Apply
02:34
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Only Serfs Need Apply
Gary Deatherage
January 14, 2018
1. Time is bringing us dark days
Born in the minds of men
Whose words and wicked ways
Chorus 1
Take us backward once again
To a time when less than sacred powers reigned
Chorus 2-
We’ll get emperors, kings, and lords,
We’ll make tanks and planes and Fords, and
Only serfs need apply to the henchmen.
Break-
2. Feel how they shift reality
Repeat untruth ‘til it’s true
Make everything just about me and
Ch 1 And take us back once again
To a time when less than sacred powers reined
Chorus 2-
We’ll get emperors, kings, and lords,
We’ll make tanks and planes and Fords, and
Only serfs need apply to the henchmen.
End-
We’ll get emperors, kings, and lords,
We’ll make tanks and planes and Fords, and
Only serfs need apply to the henchmen.
We’ll get emperors, kings, and lords,
We’ll make tanks and planes and Fords, and
Only serfs need apply to the henchmen.
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Brand New Aristocracy
03:19
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Brand New Aristocracy
Gary Deatherage
November 11, 2016
1. How did we get ourselves into this situation?
When they jumped over that cliff
they took the whole damn nation
Woke up this morning felt like I took the wrong fast train
We have left the station and we can’t go back again.
Chorus
We can never return to democracy
Now we have a brand new aristocracy.
Break
2. Suddenly we have ourselves a Baron and a King,
Who now gets to run things though he does not know a thing.
Now he sure loves white folks.
and he wants to make some money,
Wants to rule, increase his fame, and grope another honey.
Chorus
We can never return to democracy
Now we have a brand new aristocracy.
We can never return to democracy
Now we have a brand new aristocracy.
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9. |
Narcissism
04:04
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Narcissism
Gary Deatherage
June 28, 2017
1. There’s no way I can do
All the things they want me to
And just give in to the lies and what the dollar buys.
2. The only word they hear is “me”.
Their only actions to get more,
And convince themselves they’re far from danger’s shore .
3. They’ve got narcissism, egotism,
Greed, and shrinking brains
They’re grabbing everything that still remains.
Break
4. In spite of all the woes of the world
And the things that have gone wrong
It’s OK to still feel good and write another song.
5. For the body and the mind,
For the feelings and the soul,
It always feels good to make yourself more whole.
6. So let yourself just dance
In the pale moon light
And let yourself be free, let the world grow bright.
7. Don’t let all the lies of the world
Be the things that you believe.
Look for simple Lights of truth
Among the paths we weave.
8. For the body and the mind,
For the feelings and the soul,
It always feels good to make yourself more whole.
9. So let yourself just dance
In the pale moon light
And let yourself be free, let the world grow bright.
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10. |
Can't Find Their Way
02:04
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Can’t Find Their Way
Gary Deatherage
March 2, 2018
1. Well, it took a whole month of Sundays
Plus a year within the haze
For the wisdom of the people
To be lost in false new ways.
Chorus
So now they can’t find their way to good ground
And thus they cannot say where they’re bound.
Break
2. So when the eyes of the people
Were finally opened wide,
They saw how all their freedoms
And their beliefs were denied
Chorus
So now they can’t find their way to good ground
And thus they cannot say where they’re bound
(repeat)
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11. |
Hoping To Gain
02:08
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Hoping To Gain
Gary Deatherage
December 20, 2017
1. I’ve been going around in a circle
Hoping to gain some higher ground
Each time I look back I see a complete lack
In new wisdom that we’ve found.
Chorus
And when I look into their eyes
I see dishonesty and lies.
Break
2. I see cracks in the social foundation
Which could cause it to all fall down
Hurt all the families and rock the nation
Lift up the rich and let the poor just drown.
End
When I look into their eyes
I see dishonesty and lies.
When I look into their eyes
I see dishonesty and lies.
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12. |
Fighting This War
04:33
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Fighting This War
Gary Deatherage
April 19, 2020
1. Maybe the things that went wrong
Can all begin healing after so long.
We’ve all been hiding, hiding at home,
Fighting our human instincts to roam.
Chorus
We’re fighting a war without weapons,
We’re fighting a war on our own,
Fighting this war makes us shut-ins,
We’re fighting this war on the phone.
We’re fighting this war by never going out,
We’re fighting this war from the sofa.
We’re fighting this war that we don’t know much about,
And in fact, all we know, it’s a nova,
In fact, all we know, it’s a nova.
Break
2. Maybe some time will bring us around
To a better grip on the future
Or maybe this virus will bring it all down
Or help us respect Mother Nature.
Chorus
We’re fighting a war without weapons,
We’re fighting a war on our own,
Fighting this war makes us shut-ins.
We’re fighting this war on the phone.
We’re fighting this war by never going out,
We’re fighting this war from the sofa.
We’re fighting this war that we don’t know much about,
And in fact, all we know, it’s a nova, repeat X4
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13. |
Well, It's True
02:59
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Well, It’s True
Gary Deatherage
August 19, 2015
1. I took the train from Dallas on down to New Mexico
And I chose a long, long way to go.
Running from the feelings of a love affair gone wrong
Hoping that this pain will not last long.
Chorus
Oh, it’s true, what they always say
That the memories of love refuse to go away.
Break
2. I looked out the window as the dry, brown earth passed by
While I analyzed her bitter lie.
And I saw that I would heal, do more than just survive,
Be OK when my heart revived.
Chorus
Well, it’s true, what they always say
That the memories of love refuse to go away.
Well, it’s true, what they always say
That the memories of love refuse to go away.
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A Spark
03:21
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A Spark
Gary Deatherage
August 23, 2012
1. Do you have a friend to comfort you,
In times of need, to see you through?
Who’s got your back, and knows your Heart,
Someone you know you can trust when you’re apart.
Chorus 1
Some say the human soul is but a spark,
Just a brief trace of Light through the dark,
Living through it’s time out here alone,
With the Dream of finding its way home.
Chorus 2
With another soul who seeks the Light
Moving in the throes of rich delight
Sometimes they spark children of their own
To form a family of blood and bone.
End
Some say the human soul is but a spark
Just a brief trace of Light through the dark,
Living through it’s time out here alone
With the Dream of finding it’s way home.
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A Different Universe
02:50
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A Different Universe
Gary Deatherage
September 30, 2019
1. One guy living in a parking lot,
One lady in a penthouse
He’s rigid as a robot and
She’s quiet as a mouse.
Chorus
Some are living in a different universe
They’re always fearing, putting themselves first.
So she’s hi – hi- hiding, hi- hi- hiding in the penthouse,
He’s ri- ri- riding , ri- ri- riding on the juice.
Break
2. One country living in a gun world
Where fighting and shooting cannot cease,
One country living in a new world where
Each and every person desires peace.
Chorus
Some are living in a different universe
They’re always fearing, putting themselves first.
So she’s hi – hi- hiding, hi- hi- hiding in the penthouse,
He’s ri- ri- riding , ri- ri- riding on the juice.
She’s hi – hi- hiding, hi- hi- hiding in the penthouse,
He’s ri- ri- riding , ri- ri- riding on the juice.
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A Million Power Trippers
03:26
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A Million Power Trippers
Gary Deatherage
December 31, 2019
1. It’s been a long year down here in the trenches
Where we can’t see a goddamned thing,
Where they’re really busy with their lasers and their wrenches
There’s not much left for us to do but sing.
Chorus
While a million power trippers all demand their view
One hand in your pocket and you still pay, too.
And when you’ve give nup your very last cent
They won’ t even care, even ask where you went.
There’s plenty more where you came from
And they don’t want the smart,
They just want the dumb.
Break
2. Far into the future when we look back
Will we clearly se e through?
Will we finally see how we went off track,
And what we needed, what we needed to do?
Chorus
While a million power trippers all demand their view
One hand in your pocket and you still pay, too.
And when you’ve give up your very last cent
They won’t eve care, even ask where you went.
There’s plenty more where you came from
And they don’t want the smart,
They just want the dumb.
There’s plenty more where you came from
And they don’t want the smart,
They just want the dumb.
Break to end
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17. |
Stop!
00:48
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Stop!
Gary Deatherage
December 26, 2017
1. Stop!
Don’t come around here flashing all the enlightenment at me,
boy.
Don’t play us your rhythm and blues.
Don’t brag, lie, or show off that new toy,
Don’t grace us with your latest views.
We’ve really had it with B.S.,
We’ve really had it with news,
We’ve really had it with your fake religion,
Stop making us pay your damned dues.
Stop, stop, you’re going to stop,
Even if we have to make you.
Stop, stop, you’re going to stop,
Even if we have to break you.
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Got It Made In The Shade
Gary Deatherage
1. It’s the time of week that I get paid.
Compensation for the time I trade,
So now I’ve got it made in the shade.
Chorus
Got it made in the shade
Right now.
Got it made, in the shade
Right now.
Break
2. I’ll dance to the left and boogie to the right,
Keep the party going all damned night,
‘cause now I got it made in the shade,
I got it made in the shade,
Right now.
I got it made in the shade,
Right now.
Break
3. So take me down to funky town
I’ll play the blues and buy a round
‘cause now I’ve got it made in the shade
Chorus
I’ve got it made in the shade
Right now.
I’ve got it made in the shade
Right now.
I’ve got it made in the shade
Right now.
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Gary Deatherage Creston, British Columbia
While my more polished songs usually gravitate to II Cosmic or Howling Wannabes albums, the Deep Dude albums often provide homes for simpler songs, songs that are topical, or ones that are somehow different than usual for me..
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