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You Are Here
05:02
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YOU ARE HERE
(words & music by Nate Butler)
Used to live down the lane; houses always stayed the same
Homes they don't stay as laid; move about while houses stay
Move
Move
Took your home over there -- couldn't be just anywhere
When I come to you near, the map tells me you are here
The map tells me I am there
The map tells me you are here
Move
Come to me on the line -- want to be sure that you're fine
Soon we will know that we will be where we want to be
The map tells me I am there
The map tells me you are here
Move
Move
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Kiss Off Or Come On
04:00
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KISS OF OR COME ON
(words & music by Nate Butler)
It’s too late to buy booze and you might lose
But I’m not goin’ home
It’s not the blues if I’m not the dude she chooses, but I can’t be alone
Tell you how, If you’re ever down, I’ll show you the town
Hand-me-down, weathered class clown
The other guy talked better -- “Bye, bye, bye, good night!”
Would a strong man shake it out of them?
Or bury it with booze?
Or should the class clown cry and let them all down?
Then who’d be getting whose?
Let them kiss some unfamiliar clown?
When it gets down, come down
Come down, down, down, down
The other guy gets to kiss her – bye, bye, bye!
Get high!
Kiss off or come on, come on or kiss off or come on,
Come on or kiss off or come on, come on or kiss off or come on, come on
Kiss off or come on, come on or kiss off or come on,
Come on or kiss off or come on, come on or kiss off or come on, come on
There’s not a limit to the effort that it takes
But I’ve called in sick to work, and lied to my best friend, for chrissakes!
I can’t read women, but they can’t read me
Guess that’s a fair exchange
They’ll put me up and then they’ll bring it all down
And start behavin’ strange
Let me stay, and try another way of getting away from her gaze
The maze she made
… Oh dammit, here comes another of life’s loveless long nights!
Just tell me what’s on your mind!
Kiss off, or come on, but don’t just laugh
Kiss off, or come on, but don’t just laugh
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Stability
04:03
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STABILITY
(words & music by Nate Butler)
I've got a clue what I have got to do
Make up a plan, and try to see it through
She's calling (in my head)
I am falling (out of bed)
She will be a rift in my stability
I couldn't sleep for tossing around my bed
Good memories gone bad inside my head
But dreaming (won't go on)
Reality streaming (right along)
Can this be my responsibility?
I can't find the time, for getting things squared away
I can't find the time, or peace of mind
And the days go by
Reality, it doesn't make dreams for free
Stability, it takes a lot of steam from me
She's calling (and she knows)
That I am falling (when she goes)
This will be so good my stability
I can't find the time, for getting things squared away
I can't find the time, and the days go bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye ...
I can't find the time--there must be something to believe
I can't find the time, or peace of mind--and the days go by...
(I'm getting things squared away)
Bye (there must be something to believe)
I can't find the time, there must be something to believe
I can't find the time, there must be something to believe
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4. |
Contradiction
04:14
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CONTRADICTION
(music by Darren Embry; words by Darren Embry with Nate Butler)
Say whatcha mean, mean whatcha say…
Well, I think you know more than you think
You throw it all, but choose to save the kitchen sink!
You know it all, but choose to show
What’s on the wall, and there you go!
Well, are you ‘this’? Or are you ‘that’?
It’s not for me to choose the color of your hat
Though I’m not sure just what you mean
You won’t repeat where we have been
A contradiction you can’t predict
A contradiction, no need to fix what’s in the…
A contradiction you can’t predict
A contradiction, no need to fix what’s in the mix!
‘Gonna stay in’ – I’ll be out all night
Gonna say when, ‘I think I might call it a night’
Just how I’m feelin’ – I might be right, I might be wrong
I might be singin’ the same old song!
A contradiction you can’t predict (you dig?)
A contradiction, no need to fix what’s in the…
A contradiction you can’t predict
A contradiction, no need to fix what’s in the...
Say whatcha mean, mean whatcha say
Say whatcha mean, mean whatcha say!
The world is full of you – and people like me, too
Don’t think you’ve got the view, or are one of the ‘chosen few’
Nobody is too sure what they want anymore
Then I know what I want, and what I want is your
A contradiction you can’t predict (you dig dig?)
A contradiction, no need to fix what’s in the…
A contradiction you can’t predict
A contradiction, no need to fix what’s in the mix!
Say whatcha mean, mean whatcha say…
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SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DRAGON
(words & music by Nate Butler)
When I go to hell, I want a wishing well
New Year’s Day … well, it’s all over the 80s!
On a New Year’s Day, in the land of the dollar sign
We’ve got the Big-Mac brain, from leaving yesterday behind
But in Chinatown, the big beat goes ‘round
And everything they did to bring him, they put down
Shakes hands with the dragon … New Year’s Day
Shake hands with the dragon, if you would – hey!
It seems a perfect way to start a brand new day
But it seems so queer to the people here
As if we got the proof, because we’re a super-power
As if we got the truth? When we gonna face the hour?
Our turn to face up to the dragon … New Year’s Day
Fake hands with the dragon, if you would!
And we got the chance, but we go to bed
We ain’t gonna dance, unless we take a tough stance on the Reds!
Because we’d rather be dead!
Facin’ up to what we’ve done is just the test
And if you face that dragon you had better come prepared to be your best!
When I go to hell, I want a wishing well!
There’s no complacency when spreading our democracy
We got the answers for the biz, and want to show you what freedom is – huh!
But if we got solutions, why do we have such bad pollution?
Georgie, while you play their plans, you ask them how they run their land
What do they do about hunger? What do they do about farms?
What do they do about the population?
Couldn’t do no harm.
What do they do about drugs? What do they do about crime?
What do they do about the homeless?
Don’tcha think that it’s about about time?
Mr. Bush to
Shakes hands with the dragon … New Year’s Day
Shake hands with the dragon, if you would!
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BOOK OF MATCHES
(words & music by Nate Butler)
We're goin' bong, bong, bong, that's the way we live
And workin' all day long, forty hours we give
There is nothin' wrong, in fact it's out of sight
You wanna come along, you better help me find
Boogah, boogah, boogah ...
Book of matches (and it's alright)
A book of matches (I got the light)
And it's not for me to choose the words you use
Whatever gets you through the night
Well, it's another day, so pack it tight
And where you gonna stay? Can you spend the night?
You're gonna always say that it's not right
But I don't wanna fight today -- hey, you got a light?
Boogah, boogah, boogah ...
A book of matches (and it's alright)
A book of matches (I got the light)
And it's not for me to choose the words you use (and it's alright)
'Cause it's what you choose; face what you lose
Sooner or later, we've all got to choose
Whatever gets you through the night
We're goin' bong, bong, bong …
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7. |
Deal With It
04:30
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DEAL WITH IT
(words & music by Nate Butler)
You got pressure, thinkin’ ‘bout the deficit
You get your pleasure smoking on that cigarette
Well, it's so hard to think – well, take a look at your party drink
Even Jesus knows that it's hard to swing -- you’ve gotta deal with it
You got pressure, ‘cause you know you wear that ring
While you get pleasure watchin’ others shake a thing
Well, it's so hard to think -- well, take a look at your party drink
Even Jesus knows that it's hard to swing -- you’ve gotta deal with it
(Now you know) Everybody's got to deal with it
(Now you know) Everybody hurts a little bit
(Now you know) that you're never all alone
Ah-ha, me and you! Ah-ha, me and you!
Now you know ... now you know ...
You got pressure, friends tell you to stop and think
From gettin' pleasure, gulpin’ down your party drink
You got pressure, thinkin’ ‘bout the deficit
You get more pleasure smoking on that cigarette
Well, it's so hard to think -- well, take a look at your party drink
Even Jesus knows that it's hard to swing -- you’ve gotta deal with it
(Now you know) Everybody's got to deal with it
(Now you know) Everybody hurts a little bit
(Now you know) that you're never all alone ... ah-ha, ah-ha!
(Now you know) Everybody's got to deal with it
(Now you know) Everybody hurts a little bit
(Now you know) that you're never all alone ...
Ah-ha, me and you!
Ah-ha, me and you!
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Nate Butler Fresno, California
Nate Butler is an artist, actor, musician, and singer/songwriter from Fresno, California, USA.
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