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Blowbuth
06:44
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BLOWBUTH
Music and lyrics by Todd Mikkelson
Up the spiral stairs now,
a misty fog moves toward the land.
To be there in time I don’t know how.
Its mysteries I don’t understand.
It doesn’t see the jagged rocks.
It’s sinking! It’s drowning!
Still the sea remains so quiet.
Tragedy so beautiful tonight.
I’m having thoughts about their lost lives.
Some are happy, some are sad.
I can’t believe the time has come
its time has come.
Still it sends its helpless cry
across the sea, across the sky.
The sadness of its fear to die.
And from the sky there’s no reply.
Now it’s under.
There’s nothing left.
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2. |
Searching
04:02
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SEARCHING
Music and lyrics by Todd Mikkelson
Some people seem to have it all.
Have already answered their call.
They keep searching
for something to make them better.
They keep searching.
I can’t explain what I can’t understand.
Some people seem to make everything
oh so perfect.
The same people, they’re scattering,
oh so scared.
Eyes shifting and they shake and shake.
Oh so perfect?
I think its all a game of
give and take.
They keep searching
for something to make them better.
They keep searching.
I can’t explain what I can’t understand.
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3. |
Your Crime
03:22
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YOUR CRIME
Music and lyrics by Todd Mikkelson
Walk in the sun and walk in the rain.
Everything still much the same
though I’ve become a victim of your scheme.
A fingerprint. It will be your last.
I can see you in my looking glass.
Your crime.
You broke into my heart
and stole the jewel that you were a part of.
You broke in and you cracked the safe marked “we”.
Awake to find a ransom note.
I start a search for the antidote.
The poison of your love weakens me
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4. |
Longest Day
02:52
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LONGEST DAY
Music and lyrics by Todd Mikkelson
I’m still waiting.
It’s the longest day.
Alone.
Waiting for yesterday,
alone.
If there was no tomorrow
and there was just today,
it’s too long.
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5. |
All Us Humans
04:42
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ALL US HUMANS
Music and lyrics by Todd Mikkelson
Things we miss much from our past
we should learn how to live without.
And things we long for yet to come
we should live and not think about.
Are we the only species who…?
We wrench in the system.
All us humans.
We trip over emotions with a long tongue.
But if we cut that tongue our glories won’t be sung.
We step on the fingers.
Just when you get something you want
you think of it as just more to lose.
I think of that more with age.
Finally get something you want.
You’re just wanting something more.
Are we the only species who think this way?
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6. |
To Sir With Love
06:14
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7. |
Illusions
04:22
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ILLUSIONS
Music and lyrics by Todd Mikkelson
Look for the birds in feather,
something to make it better,
to be a legend in my own time.
I feel inclement weather.
Something to make it better.
I’m just a legend in my own mind.
I’ll not boast about my situation
because it conceits me, repeats me.
All illusions of my life,
These illusions of my life,
All these illusions won’t turn me down.
Take time to smell the roses.
A pocket full of poses.
Take on the world and make it mine.
A new way of thinking, and I will shine
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8. |
Stroll Thru China
02:40
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Instrumental.
(well that's not the lyrics…there are no lyrics…it's really just an instrumental)
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9. |
Time Traveler
05:16
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TIME TRAVELER
Music and lyrics by Todd Mikkelson
Jetting through a-hundred-thousand,
still the sun and the sky looks the same here.
Now I can see no reason
for all the conflicts.
I know of a place in time where…
If only they could see what I’ve seen.
Quick to judge and slow to understand.
Keep an open mind when you’re looking at things
and swallow your pride.
I’ve seen the past and I’ve seen the future.
I’ve traveled time and there’s one thing I can see.
So much energy is wasted
on things that won’t change
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SPACE BEING (wish I could sing like the)
Music and lyrics by Todd Mikkelson
Wish I could keep a simple mind
just like the dog does.
Then I’d stay content
like the dog does.
Wish I could sing like the space being.
Wish I could sing just like the Vulcan.
Not be impatient for tomorrow.
And not always long for the past.
Live in today just like the dog does.
And then my worries wouldn’t last.
I find this highly illogical.
Act out of instinct like the dog does.
Others would act with me too.
And void emotion like the dog does.
I wouldn’t care if I was with you.
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11. |
Simpleton
03:28
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SIMPLETON
Music and lyrics by Todd Mikkelson
I’m just a commoner all day,
I always look the same.
And I don’t believe in color
‘cuz I only see in black and white.
You’ve got what I want,
you’ve got just what I need,
you’ve got what I want.
One track mind.
One track, simple mind.
Simpleton
I walk with the same sized steps
and never look to the side.
My only change is day and night
and I only dream in black and white.
I’m just a commoner all day,
my name stays the same.
And I won’t pick a color
‘cuz I always think in black and white.
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12. |
Searching Dance ReMix
07:45
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SEARCHING
Music and lyrics by Todd Mikkelson
Some people seem to have it all.
Have already answered their call.
They keep searching
for something to make them better.
They keep searching.
I can’t explain what I can’t understand.
Some people seem to make everything
oh so perfect.
The same people, they’re scattering,
oh so scared.
Eyes shifting and they shake and shake.
Oh so perfect?
I think its all a game of
give and take.
They keep searching
for something to make them better.
They keep searching.
I can’t explain what I can’t understand.
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13. |
Cauliflower
03:54
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There were some lyrics at one time. I talked the verses and Martha sang a chorus line. But this instrumental version is just so much better. And I can't find a version with the vocals, so...
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14. |
New Life
02:50
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Instrumental.
No lyrics.
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Todd Mikkelson Minneapolis, Minnesota
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