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I Love Birds

by Coyote Wall

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you're gonna lose your mind lose your mind they’re gonna tear your soul apart they’re gonna cut your bleeding heart they’re gonna leave you in the dark till you believe that’s all you are until you lose your mind lose your mind you're gonna lose your mind lose your mind
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well my baby wouldn’t pass a turing test but i love her just the same she’s got a camera lens behind her eyes and a circuit board for a brain well my friends don’t understand it they say that i’m insane oh but i still love my baby just the same well the government showed up at my door and they took my baby away they said that she was born in a lab somewhere and had been runnin’ around for days i said over my dead body so they called the green berets and the government came and took my baby away and i miss the feel of her cold steel arms wrapped around my shoulder and i know as i grow old and die my baby won’t get older she’s got a heart of carbon fiber beating in her chest but my baby wouldn’t pass a turing test well the silicon chip inside her head got set to overdrive and my baby broke out of her cage didn’t leave no one alive a couple hours later she showed up at my door and they’re not gonna take my baby anymore and i love the feel of her cold steel arms wrapped around my shoulder and i know as i grow old and die my baby won’t get older she’s got a heart of carbon fiber beating in her chest but my baby wouldn’t pass a turing test well my baby’s got new sensors and her legs have been upgraded her voice is smooth like mercury and her tits are carbon plated she never needs recharging isn't she the best my baby wouldn’t pass a turing test well my baby wouldn’t pass a turing test but i love her just the same she’s got a camera lens behind her eyes and a circuit board for a brain well my friends don’t understand it they say that i’m insane oh but i still love my baby just the same yes i love the feel of her cold steel arms wrapped around my shoulder and i know as i grow old and die my baby won’t get older she’s got a heart of carbon fiber in a tungsten alloy chest but my baby wouldn’t pass a turing oh you know she’s so alluring feels just like a human during baby wouldn’t pass a turing test
3.
clap your hands on the ones and threes down at the singalong jamboree and come and stay awhile with me at the singalong jamboree i’ll meet you there by the old oak tree you can sing like a bird or hum like a bee but we’ll be there i guarantee at the singalong jamboree well i don’t drink beer and i don’t smoke weed down at the singalong jamboree cause i got everything i need at the singalong jamboree we live up north by the rolling sea there’s water in the river and the food is free as long as you’ve got a mouth to feed at the singalong jamboree oh they might come through with a big army down at the singalong jamboree and they might command us all to leave at the singalong jamboree but they won’t stay for long you’ll see when we sing out what we believe and they will turn and let us be at the singalong jamboree we don’t care about your money or your college degree down at the singalong jamboree there ain’t no banks or ivy league at the singalong jamboree set aside your pedigree and stay until you’re good to leave we’ll be here a while indeed at the singalong jamboree so i’ll meet you there by the old oak tree and you can sing like a bird or hum like a bee but we’ll be there i guarantee at the singalong jamboree
4.
it’s the one situation i can’t talk my way out of no amount of talkin' can save me now they will lay me out on my sorry ass and it will be glorious to watch me go down and i swear he was seven foot two not sure what i was doin' sayin' hey buddy i ain’t scared of you cause that wasn’t true and all things considered it coulda been worse i could be in the back of a hearse or a shallow grave but the hole that i dug for myself was just metaphorical so i guess it’s not horrible guess i got what i gave and the consequence hits like a truck all things considered i got pretty far on my luck before it dried up in the dark night in the parking lot of the bar that my friend used to own well i told you i'd never be lonely but my god right now do i ever feel alone it’s the one situation i can’t talk my way out of no amount of talkin' can save me now
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Miracle 03:27
another summer in a gospel haze another waste of the sunny days a couple weeks of the same malaise and then i’m on my way an irresistible invitation sing a hymn for all creation last train at the empty station and nothing more to say every day is a miracle red yellow and blue every day is a miracle with you cool water in the jersey heat empire of empty streets never one to admit defeat but never one to win bare skin and barley wine ran out of our endless time too close to the finish line too far to start again every day is a miracle red yellow and blue every day is a miracle with you never had a master plan the sun must set on everything i’ve delayed it all i can we were lucky to have what little we knew every day is a miracle with you every day is a miracle red yellow and blue every day is a miracle with you
6.
i wouldn’t mind being torn asunder not by you i hear the rolling thunder shake me through i wanna dance on thin thin ice howl at the moon and the good book says that jesus christ is coming soon roll thunder roll i went down to the riverside met an old man there who looked me in the eye said son if you wanna get across that river there are things about yourself you’ll have to deny so i stood by the river for a good long while i was thinking bout the things that i hold dear and whether i could let 'em go and the river ran dry and the old man died and far away i heard that thunder roll roll thunder roll roll thunder roll roll cause you’ve got a voice that can stop a heart and put a mind at ease and you’ve got a face like a work of art and it makes me weak in the knees roll thunder roll i wouldn’t mind if you robbed me blind i got a lot to lose (thunder roll) meet me out by the cemetery where the dead men play that rhythm and blues (thunder roll) and i am singing for my supper (thunder roll) and i am stuck inside a twister (thunder roll) and it’s gonna be a long long winter (thunder roll) without you by my side (thunder roll) and i am living at the end of the line (thunder roll) and i i wanna leave the things i know behind (thunder roll) and it’s a long long winter baby i got time so roll thunder roll thunder roll roll thunder roll roll thunder roll roll
7.
you make my world shake you’re my orogeny from your crust to your core baby i want more isn’t it plain to see and you told me to sit and be patient i can’t help it i love your formation oh you say i’m a fool, i won’t wait till you cool geologic time up on pangaea when i see ya there’s gonna be an eruption cause when we collide we’re gonna slip and slide i’m a master of subduction in the glow of the molten rock we can bask in the aftershock heaven-sent to my sediment geologic time geologic time you have been around for a long long time and i i’ll be steep and shallow if you’re so inclined i’ll build my city on your fault line you’re magnetic and oh so fine and if it’s true that you wanna be mine bring the heat and pressure baby we’ll make a diamond you make my world shake deep in my ore deposit and just know when i finally blow you’ll be the one to cause it well my heart beats all supersonic in awe of your force tectonic i wanna grow old with you baby you’re gold geologic time geologic time
8.
Dog 02:21
out in the summer heat taking me by the hand chasing me down the street bury me in the sand i never learned to follow any of your commands livin like a dog in new york city livin like a dog in boston town building a cage for the lovers building a roof for the rain learning to love one another learning to live with the pain wonder i made it this far working with half a brain livin like a dog in new york city livin like a dog in boston town blood on my face in the alley blood on my hands at the bar water that runs through the valley valley that runs like a scar building a big machine telling me what you are livin like a dog in new york city livin like a dog in boston town dancing until the nighttime dying before the dawn i wasn’t in my right mind you were completely gone i used to move the mountains now all i move is on livin like a dog in new york city livin like a dog in boston town johnny had eyes for mary mary had eyes for me i took what i could carry when i went out to sea saving myself the trouble better to leave it be livin like a dog in new york city livin like a dog in boston town
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dead of night big deer on the road doin 65 in a 50 zone it’s not a competition we know who wins in that collision and we know which one of you will get to go home and his antlers stand tall and his bright eyes they shine he could run from the wolves and the hunter in the woods till he ran right out of time but the grill of your land rover says the reign of kings is over and gone so long irrigate the land domesticate the beasts with the dent in the hood this thing must weigh four hundred pounds at least but he never could stand up against three car garage white picket fence your wife and 2.7 kids apiece and his antlers stand tall and his bright eyes they shine he could run from the wolves and the hunter in the woods till he ran right out of time but the grill of your land rover says the reign of kings is over and gone so long so call the sheriff tell him what you’ve done if it don’t look dead put a bullet in its head and if you need he’ll bring the gun be careful son it’s a lonely night the one you trust to tell you right from wrong is long gone and his antlers stand tall and his bright eyes they shine he could run from the wolves and the hunter in the woods till he ran right out of time but the grill of your land rover says the reign of kings is over and gone so long
10.
i could move to arizona start selling crystals to the tourists change the number on my cell phone and you’d be none the wiser here’s some amethyst for honesty some rosy quartz all pink and smoky i’ll polish off the imperfections until i'm fit to find a buyer do i believe it well that’s between me and god it’s not a self-conscious fraud it’s just a lie that i buy into and i will sit and watch the sun set and i’ll forget about the old ways i’ll forget about the things i’ve done before cause i’m a healer now it’s nothing like your old religion there is no sin and no forgiveness there is no need to make a bargain not that i ever knew how do i believe it well that’s between me and god it’s not a self-conscious fraud it’s just a lie that i buy into it’s just a lie that i buy into when there’s nothing else to make me feel secure how can i help it when they seem so self-assured and when they talk to me that way their voices soft and silvered and i swear i hear them say there is no wound so deep that it eludes our prayer hold this moonstone to your heart and be repaired be repaired there is no wound so deep that it eludes our prayer hold this moonstone to your heart and be repaired be repaired keep it there i will live among these people they will not know my past transgressions they’ll love my hair and kind demeanor and they’ll be none the wiser
11.
you can’t get there by asking what it is you can only get there knowing what it’s not won’t you rise up through the priesthood for a lifetime and a half at least become the mind your wretched flesh forgot cause there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness shining in the sky there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness born that we may never die and though the one who lives there i suppose has only shown his face to moses there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness in the sky our precious intellects were clean and pure until he turned and kicked us out the door and though we fell right down from grace our bodies put us in our place that someday we might finally be restored cause there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness shining in the sky there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness born that we may never die and though the one who lives there i suppose has only shown his face to moses there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness in the sky you’ll learn from those who guide you up the way and you might pass that knowledge on someday and even if you lose your mind you can eat the bread and drink the wine cause everybody has a part to play and there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness shining in the sky there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness born that we may never die and though the one who lives there i suppose has only shown his face to moses there’s a cloud of hyper-luminous darkness in the sky
12.
I Love Birds 03:21
i love birds i see em every day i go down to the waterfront and watch 'em as they play i take a bag of peanuts or a little crust of bread and as they see me coming out they poke their little heads and they sing la la la i love birds i follow where they go through rain and wind and sleet and fog and ice and hail and snow they always know just where to lead they never do me wrong and when the night is cold and dark i think about their song and they sing la la la pelicans and parakeets cardinals and chickadees ravens, robins, rails and wrens geese and gulls and guinea hens herons, hawks and hummingbirds ptarmigans and tanagers i love 'em all, i even love the ones that haven’t been discovered la la la and it means that everywhere something that i love is there i don’t worry, fret or fear cause i know they are always near and i love birds i tell you this is true i think the only thing that i love more than birds is you la la la

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I LOVE BIRDS is a country-folk grab bag of live-show staples, new compositions, and esoteric comedy. There are songs about love, loss, utopian socialism, geology, theology, getting the shit kicked out of you in a strip mall parking lot, and, of course, birds.
There's something in here for everyone. I hope you like it.

If you want any of this music for free for any reason, you can have it. Just send me an email at lewis.ji.chapman@gmail.com.

Singalong Jamboree was originally released on STRIKE ONE! from Fourth Strike Records (fourth-strike.bandcamp.com).

Recorded on Multnomah and Tongva land (Portland, OR and Claremont, CA).

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released October 21, 2021

Mixing & mastering, Lose Your Mind bass, one instance of the letter "s" in I Love Birds: Henry Mayr (henrymayr.com)
Album art: Ellis Fahscholz (instagram.com/ellis.sound)

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Coyote Wall Los Angeles, California

one time, indra went out to the mountains, and coyote wall came back.

coyote wall is campfire country-folk for fans of laughter, melancholy, roaring harmony, and paranoid conspiracy.

find me on Spotify, Apple Music, and everywhere else.
twitter and instagram @coyote_wall.

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