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by Brother Jack

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1.
Lost Cause 03:19
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Grandma is up a tree Waiting for the rapture I guess I should mention She’s completely nude She’s up there waiting For her Lord and Savior to return She shed her earthly garments She thinks she’s wearing her heavenly raiments Grandma is up a tree With absent minded zealotry I guess you could say She’s a real lost cause Lost cause, cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause It’s lost cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause I’m in a band Waiting for the noise to begin I got an audience of one It’s just lonely old me When you play the kind of music That not many people want to hear You can’t be surprised When there aren’t many ears Well, I’m in a band And we play weird folk music I guess you could say It’s a real lost cause Lost cause, cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause It’s lost cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause Old Uncle Leroy He’s in the garage having church See, he met a girl, went to some meetings And changed some things Don’t think for a second That he’s fooling anybody It’s the same old bottle With a different label Old Uncle Leroy Is in the garage drinking his sacraments And I guess you could say He’s a real lost cause Lost cause, cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause It’s lost cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause I guess we are all Like ducks sitting on the water Floating steady, nipping at bugs Enjoying every kind of weather But underneath it all We’re kicking just as fast as we can We’re in a great big hurry Even if we’re already there So lace up your running shoes And plop right down in the grass If you got somewhere better to be Then it’s a real lost cause Lost cause, cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause It’s lost cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause Lost cause, cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause It’s lost cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause Lost cause, cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause It’s lost cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause Lost cause, cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause It’s lost cause It’s a lost cause Lost cause
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Raise Your Hand 04:19
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Sometimes it’s hard To catch your breath Your chest gets tight Oh, what a mess You can’t see Any good reason You feel so foolish This is happening again Everything is spinning Moving so fast You don’t know how long You can last It’s OK I know things are tough It’s OK You feel like you’re not enough You want to scream It won’t do any good It doesn’t matter That’s understood So stand up And raise your hand And let us know You’re here I’m right here too They said, time is a gift Spread your wings and fly But you just want to lay in a heap Huddled up to cry They said, it won’t kill you It will surely make you stronger But you don’t know If you can go on much longer They said, it’s a shame You should do great things But all you can think of Is the fear tomorrow brings It’s OK I know things are tough It’s OK You feel like you’re not enough You want to scream But it won’t do any good It doesn’t matter That’s understood So stand up And raise your hand And let us know You’re here I’m right here too I’m screaming into the abyss It seems no one hears I’m calling out for help But nobody cares I’m giving up I’m giving up again I just can’t Go on It’s OK I know things are tough It’s OK I feel like I’m not enough I want to scream But it won’t do any good It doesn’t matter That’s understood So I’ll stand up And raise my hand And let you know I’m here We’re right here too
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Chicken Skin Shake 03:29
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Pops has had too much coffee He’s pacing a hole in the floor Mom is, um, paranoid She’s checking the locks on all the doors It’s not that she doesn’t want anybody busting in She doesn’t want us getting out It’s a quarantine, honey Stomp, and shimmy, shake, and shout Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Strut around in a great big circle Your legs have got to quake Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them arms Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them bones Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake We ate everything We had up there on the shelf Every cracker, every crumb We shoved them in our mouth We ate everything From off this gravy train Now we’re calling for some delivery It’s the veggie lo mein Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Strut around in a great big circle Your legs have got to quake Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them arms Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them bones Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Strut around in a great big circle Your legs have got to quake Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them arms Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them bones Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Come on children We’re gonna dance it all night Step it, step it, step it, step it You gotta step it right Spin around, spin around, spin around, spin around Spin around like a top It ain’t over till The fat lady stop Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them arms Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them bones Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them arms Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them bones Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them arms Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them bones Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them arms Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle them bones Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake Dancing in the living room The chicken skin shake
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Maps 03:06
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Do you know how to read a map Use your finger and trace that line Any town, any place Where we end up God only knows When this is over We’ll get in the car and go Do you know how to write a letter Write down anything Whatever comes to mind We’ll grab a stamp Send it out to someone you love It’s a great way to Share what you’re going through Do you know how to plant a seed Pinch it real careful and Drop it in the dirt It’s a lot of waiting Rain, sun, and wait some more Wait long enough We’ll find out what you will grow Do you know how to see the world You don’t need much Maybe just an extra shirt Pack your stuff See where the road might take us When this is over We’ll get in the car and go
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Agoraphobia 03:33
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I turned on the six o’clock news All the faces and all the names Pretty sure it must be a lie All the faces and all the names It’s not real, it can’t be real All the faces and all the names It’s an elaborate trick of my mind All the faces and all the names I don’t know you Are you out there Is anybody out there Are you out there Is anybody out there Are you out there Is anybody out there Are you out there Is anybody out there I’m looking at some photographs It’s all honeybees and daisies It was a warmer time With honeybees and daisies And I walked with someone Through honeybees and daisies That was a different me Honeybees and daisies I don’t know you Are you out there Is anybody out there Are you out there Is anybody out there Are you out there Is anybody out there Are you out there Is anybody out there I’m looking in the mirror And it’s vaguely familiar I think I remember you It’s so vaguely familiar You were always there So vaguely familiar I think it’s going to be OK
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The Way 02:42
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Neighbor to neighbor And nose to nose Fighting and fussing Is how it goes You don’t agree So, you’re wrong I’m sure I yell at you And then we fight some more Your way is not my way My way will never be your way Maybe there is a third way Where my way and your way Can find a way To walk away My way and your way Can find a way To be the way
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Bleeding Time 03:37
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They say that we are all In the same boat Looking around, I don’t see nobody But me, myself, and I Maybe it’s not the same boat But the very same ocean If you’re in this ocean too Then brother, I pity you Cause things are bad Real bad I am lying on the deck Bleeding out time Stretched too thin Squeezed too tight I wonder when I am Bruised and battered Without an anchor All we have for sure is time I’m watching mine bleed away Ive been stuck in the same storm For nigh on six weeks Tossed and turned and pitched about Then pitched about again When it all seemed over I looked up at the soggy stars And near as I can tell I’m stuck right here I was stuck right here Where I had began I hadn’t moved at all Not one single wave I am lying on the deck Bleeding out time Stretched too thin Squeezed too tight I wonder when I am Bruised and battered Without an anchor All we have for sure is time I’m watching mine bleed away Next, I found myself Stuck inside a doldrum Not a wind, a breeze, or a seagulls fart To move that sail I thought I’d be stuck right here For all eternity When I looked down I found I was racing fast I was moving just as fast as I cold go Speeding towards the very edge of the map There is nothing I could do to stop it Right towards the very edge of the map I am lying on the deck Bleeding out time Stretched too thin Squeezed too tight I wonder when I am Bruised and battered Without an anchor All we have for sure is time I’m watching mine bleed away Up and down on the waves It’s a natural motion No matter how steep or severe It’s something you can always count on I’ve been plunged right in In and out and sideways There is noting natural here at all Nothing natural on which I can rely I am lying on the deck Bleeding out time Stretched too thin Squeezed too tight I wonder when I am Bruised and battered Without an anchor All we have for sure is time I’m watching mine bleed away Even though we are tossed about Just trying to hang on We got no ritual, no routine No port in that storm I look up at the sky And the stars still shine And I am confident we’ll find I am sure that we We’re gonna find We will find our way We’ll find our way Again
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Pancakes 02:43
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That smell gets me every time It’s coffee and a hot griddle You loved to make me some pancakes Your kitchen was a special place Pancakes dripping Butter sliding Syrup running down Warms me up And reminds me Makes me think of you Waking up to the sound of your radio It’s fighting with the sizzle of the pan Sounds like we’re having pancakes Sounds like we can handle anything Pancakes dripping Butter sliding Syrup running down Warms me up And reminds me Makes me think of you When I am feeling uncertain Maybe even a little scared I can always count on some pancakes To make me feel ok Pancakes dripping Butter sliding Syrup running down Warms me up And reminds me Makes me think of you That smell gets me every time It’s coffee and a hot griddle I love to make you some pancakes Our kitchen is a special place Our kitchen is a special place Our kitchen is a special place Pancakes dripping Butter sliding Syrup running down Warms me up And reminds me Makes me think of you
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Visitors 02:05
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When the visitors come from outer space Will they find anyone left of the human race Will we all be destroyed by an evil pandemic Because our fussing and fighting is systemic Republicans versus Democrats, the virus doesn’t care Lock-downers versus opener-uppers, the virus doesn’t care The richest amongst us are holed up with their maids While the weak and the old wheeze away their last days Scratching and clawing, we want to control what we don’t know It’s got to be my way or the highway, don’t want to end up alone Instead of the problem, we fight each other, it’s an enemy we understand I gotta have what’s mine and damn my fellow man When the visitors come from outer space Will they find anyone left of the human race

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released July 27, 2020

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Brother Jack Altoona, Pennsylvania

Brother Jack gleans inspiration from old fashioned gospel music, foot-stomping drinking songs, and long winded storytellers. He has a love for words, both written and sung. If you like weird folk music and storytelling, check out Brother Jack!

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