Something Waffle This Way Yums...

by Stephen Becker

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1.	Beanie Baby 01:28	lyrics	buy track
Wrapped around my head Like a pillow case Soften up my ears Sing myself to sleep Like a basket case Growing old and grey You know what they say, wear the ones that stay Stitched onto my head it seems Covering my eyes it sees for me  So how were you misplaced so easily My sorting sat You only sort of sorted me out it seems My red sox cap A temporary name that pertains to me My same old crap Is easier to bare when I'm under thee My off grey beanie Oh why oh why oh why did you run from me
2.	Old Hands (windy pines) 01:36	lyrics	buy track
Stay inside Try to pass the time With songs like these in mind This might be the one But you say that every time you lie Can’t take me anywhere with me Go outside  You’ve been right before Kubb is a valid sport It takes me back in time Back to Windy Pines once more To hang around the porch
3.	Quietude (i am just going outside and may be some time) 04:32	lyrics	buy track
Covered in the leaves Dwindling philosophy Juggling the reasons I’m alright Sensitivity Some things I can hardly bare Portioning the perils of my mind They can’t understand Floating in a sea of lies Honking the streets Wakes me before morning can Probably should have woken up by now Hope they rest in peace Ghosts sometimes they sail away Wonder what that’s like such Quietude They can’t understand Floating in a sea of lies
4.	Open Arms 04:00	lyrics	buy track
I thought of something funny I made it up But the bigger pictures scary And all we’ve got Are labors that distract the thought We rushed here in a hurry With open arms Yet they grew sick and weary And shut their doors I'm surprised it doesn’t happen more Don’t feed the fire feed the boar Watch me sink into my chair And save me From pulling out my Hair Picture something perfect In front of you Etch-a-Sketch a compass In black and blue And led it lead me west to you Just careful how you’re stepping To get across And quit you’re prophesizing You’re better lost Unless you notice somethings off Just leap when you want to leap off It’s a shame but not a shame enough
5.	Water Flower (my name is silence) 01:30	lyrics	buy track
Silence treats me well Enough to know its name So take me by my hand Let’s both go to insane Through tunnels made of trees Hold your nose To fight the allergies A giant in the well Can barely feel my feet Atop the ocean floor A sea anemone Or just my enemy Water flower That’s hungrier than me Not a coward Just someone here to please
6.	Favorite Song 01:47	lyrics	buy track
What’s your favorite song Hopefully I like it Also what’s your last name It's getting kind of warm But not enough to bike out To my planet fitness Wasn’t made for photosynthesis The things I try to hide from you If you had to choose Between a faithful moose or Mind control of geeses (sic) It's cheesy pick up lines That aren’t supposed to work but Maybe just tonight I’ll try to tell you Something simpler The things I think but never say And censor like the magistrate I’ve seen much worse for first dates
7.	Blue (the nostalgia to become spheres) 03:05	lyrics	buy track
It’s getting harder and harder To stay asleep and get through the night Thinking 'bout all this clutter No wonder my knots won’t untie You can drive yourself crazy Thinking back through all of your songs Cruel how the things you love most Can turn around to haunt you Where else can you go at 4 in the morning I’m trapped in bed like a beach boy buggin out Plus these meds are making me crazy They’re clogging up my head till its blue  Some say it takes a village To raise a little buck like yourself But I think it takes some pillage To add a couple bucks to your wealth And though I might feel crazy Insomnia is better than most Tough medical conditions that Turn around to haunt you Where else can you go at 4 in the morning I’m trapped in bed like a beach boy buggin out Plus these meds are making me crazy Surely sleep will come soon to save me Don’t think about it or else the thought will Clog up your big head till its blue Flip your shoulder side to side it’s hurting you Whisper thoughts and close your eyes it’s helping you Focus on your long slow breathe i think it’s true, I think its true Who knows whats true,  I know its true
8.	Daytime Blues 04:15	lyrics	buy track
Turn a page Mystic sage The kind of things that bothers you And puts you in a maze Golden lime Colored wine Is all you find important A wasted use of time Overjoyed Fill your void With all those things You thought wouldn't hurt you Underused Daytime blues Hold your breath So that I can breathe for you All that’s good Livelihoods Are not meant to fulfill you In other ways that could Steal those lines Hope Chris won’t mind He knows much more than anyone What occupies my time Maybe I Can’t recline Until I find A better set of chords Let me in Elliot Though truth be told He probably would avoid me
9.	Ninety in the Shade (even the evergreens) 04:01	lyrics	buy track
Sound the trumpets You can’t hide from this Though you may have The whole day off You can’t win No imposter Can exemplify All wrongdoings Childish mood swings More than him This might be the last time that you hear from me This might be the last time that we walk down this dim lit streets Towards our separate condiments Think of rectitude As a parachute When you collide With the hillside I’lll be standing there Just another mind at work too scared to show Just another long day off to prove what things you still don’t know Fatalistic attitude Bring a chair Sit beside the tallest tree Ninety in the shade ain’t free
10.	Inside Joke (the mirror you break your nose against) 01:17	lyrics	buy track
Get in on the joke It’s not funny less your high Laugh until your blue Wave a motion towards the sky Out of sight, Out of mind That feeling that I felt when things were not quite right And makes me run in circles  Got in on the joke Didn’t laugh because I cried Not the happy kind More like tears of rage at strangers walking by Out of sight, out of mind That feeling that I felt when things were not quite right Hopefully, I’ll go blind The tingle in your bones that cuts me like a knife And hurts until you're purple
11.	Wonderer 02:59	lyrics	buy track
Laugh until I split my sides Break a bone but not in real life Cut a deal with that old timer’s knife Sing a song about your day Play with little kids then walk away Need a reason to wake up today Till then I’ll wait here macabre And wonder how I should pronunciate Fell asleep behind the wheel Homer Simpsons daydream’s real Overworked but not quite overpayed Missed my chance so typically   Raced the clock and lost so expectedly A constant fear of bees illogically So then I’ll wait here quietly And wonder how to find you casually
12.	Substitute (the hum is the silence) 05:28	lyrics	buy track
Gather round my friends Quiet down and then Listen to a story i don’t know Eyelids closing shut Words are falling up Help this reader Won’t amount to much The substitute don’t mind He whispers while he rhymes He’s not gonna hurt you He’s not gonna hurt you He’s not gonna hurt you Manic energy Fills the library Hope it doesn’t Bother others much Read along the words Careful pictures turn Where’s the bear who Hides from his own book And the substitute don’t mind He whispers while he rhymes He’s not gonna hurt you He’s not gonna hurt you He’s not gonna hurt you

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acoustic miniatures made in the confines of my bedroom cubicle at the crossroads of a dog run, basketball court, and chicken coop.
fear not the gluten, something waffle this way yums.

all songs and sounds by Stephen Becker

~ one is three ~
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