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if i could make friends with the television
maybe i won’t feel so alone
like i do, like you do
tune out, it’s just tradition
baby, be american, boy
it’s good for you
it’s what we do
think i need a different drug
the ones i take just ain’t enough
maybe something new is waiting for me on the tube
so maybe i should look again
if i could make friends with the television
maybe i won’t feel so alone
like i do, like you do
they could make jokes i’d laugh along
have a couple beers maybe write a song
to the story, but it ain’t my story
think i need a different drug
i’ve tried sex and i’ve tried love
maybe something new is waiting for me on the tube
so maybe i should look again
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Fantasy Maker
03:23
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well i’m sorry your wheels keep turning round and round
sometimes silence is an awful sound
and then you let go
there’s some feelings that you can’t afford to show
and then you move on
places that you know we don’t belong
i’m your fantasy maker
i make your monsters go away
i’m your fantasy maker
i’m sorry for what i could not give to you
you know i understand
and then you let go
there’s some feelings that you can’t afford to show
and then you move on
places that you know we don’t belong
while i’m your fantasy maker
i make your monsters go away
i’m your fantasy maker
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Kung Fu
02:27
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wake up, move softly ‘cross the floor
i can’t hang around here no more
get no calls that i cannot ignore
i’m on my own frequency
but i never feel that far from you
cuz you stayed up with me
and watched kung fu
if you miss me, know that i miss you too
i just got some shit to do
mr. richardson, i heard the news
scratch-off, jackpot, what’s to lose?
with whatever you decide to do
just remember karma follows through
but i never feel that far from you
you stayed up with me
and watched kung fu
if you miss me, know that i miss you too
i just got some shit to do
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Listen
02:16
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all your life, you’ve been hiding here in plain sight
while the ones you trust just tell you to be fine
but we don’t listen…
when fear subsides, northern flicker flying right by
the infinity of planetary plights
and we don’t listen
no, we don’t listen
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Birds of North America
03:10
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colors around me as i am wrapped in fireworks
i can slide between the bits of universe
only gravity could ever let me touch the earth
you await the day when your own wings unfurl
goblins underneath have grown obsessed with their own names
toiling endlessly, searching for golden flames
is madness in me? is madness of the world?
is madness the diver, or is it the pearl?
surely there is more
do you see
the way she loves you?
will you ever walk away
if something undoes you?
you see
the way she loves you
could you ever walk away
for something above you?
colors around me have shown a fire where to rise
swingin’ ‘round the star for yet another prize
if you will your love
if you give your love
if you send your love
then only your hope remains
do you see
the way she loves you?
will you ever walk away
if something undoes you?
you see
the way she loves you
could you ever walk away
for something above you?
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Island World
03:05
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images of an island world
in my periscope
i hope to invoke
a spirit from another life
who’s been here before
and walked on the shore
they only love you when you’re leaving
they only love you when you’re gone
remnant from an ancient try
we’ve been here before
we chose the wrong door
golden as the afterlife
but silent as shame
no one left to blame
they only love you when you’re leaving
they only love you when you’re gone
they only love you when you’re leaving
they only hear you when you’re wrong
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Southern Summer
03:27
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you are not alone
we were made for others
in the shade of mother
in a southern summer
you and i alone
couldn’t stand the seasons
it’s so easy leavin’
where do we land?
come back to me
guess i wonder
was i ever your person?
guess i wonder was i ever your one
and only?
you are not alone
we were made for others
in the shade of mother
in a southern summer
you and i alone
were held for ransom
in new orleans dancin’
by the sea
come back to me
guess i wonder
was i ever your person?
guess i wonder was i ever your one
and only?
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James Reed Austin, Texas
"A Different Drug" is the latest offering from Austin-based singer/producer James Reed, vocalist & guitarist for the retro- pop band Mamahawk. “A Different Drug” follows his 2018 solo EP “Casita” and a 2016’s EP “Strange Games” - a collaboration with fellow Austin producer Christopher Norman. ... more
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