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23 Skidoo

by Jim Smart

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1.
Uphill Grill 03:47
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Sunday morning at the Uphill Grill Waiting for some inspiration Buds are blooming on the dead stick hill Burning torch of renovation (invigoration) Waiting for, waiting for, some inspiration At the Uphill Grill Spring’s rewarding, you are still alive Survivor’s guilty education Buds are bursting, so it must be time Guilded with appreciation Waiting for, waiting for, some inspiration At the Uphill Grill Some we lost just like that diamond ring Some have battened down the hatches Some are deep within a memory Buried down below the ashes solo Sunday morning at the Uphill Grill Memories are not forgotten Drink the summers till you’ve had your fill New life grows from something rotten Waiting for, waiting for, some inspiration At the Uphill Grill Waiting for, waiting for, some inspiration At the Uphill Grill Waiting for, waiting for, some inspiration At the Uphill Grill
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Bottle Rocket 03:06
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Keep your spinning plates Just to tempt the Fates Wonder now and then Will you break or bend Will the river know When to overflow If you’re in a jam will you break the dam You are a bottle rocket And I’m gonna follow you You put me in your pocket Sparking the sky You got a lot to handle And I’m gonna follow you You are a Roman candle Sparking the sky Flying through the wind Like a javelin We will never lose When you light that fuse You are a bottle rocket And I tied myself to you You got me in your pocket Sparking the sky
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Ursula 03:00
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Ursula can’t get me But she’s gotta reach Entangling the mothers And strangling the others But she can’t get me Rewriting history inky black lies Her tentacle’s long but her aim is all wrong And she’s history She plots in darkness, Winning the game, pretty lies in her voice Failing to see, that she’s giving me the choice You spread the poison, You think that you’ve won, but you’re nothing to me You’re just a cartoon, tentacle - ly Ursa, you can’t get me I still got a voice Your bitter ink smothers All the cousins and the mothers You may have got the others But you can’t get me You can’t get me Ursula
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These Pages Must Show 03:36
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Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own story or whether that station will be held by anybody else these pages must show. David Copperfield is watching over my shoulder Like the Dickens watching over me Whatever’s there to see These pages must show Jimmy backs against the wall at recess Lonely crying. Lonely crying No one checks on him I guess it’s sink or swim The hero has left the story Daddy made his great escape while Jimmy Was dreaming about him Left without him Mommy shared the news Now those 4th grade blues These pages must show Daddy doesn’t live here anymore Mister Micawber Kind of hero The tyranny of words A noisy flock of birds These pages must show
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I'm the One 02:41
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I know we’ll always and forever Be bestest friends Even if we aren’t close distance -like Or involved in each other’s lives We’ve got too much to talk about We’re on a relative plane To 40 years of silence 40 years in the wilderness So don’t think you’re gonna lose me By living parallel lives I’m the one
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Sand Man 02:40
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Sandman god of my dreams Nothing is quite what it seems Come in disguise Why are there teeth in your eyes? Abel and Cain Keeper of brothers remain Where is my pouch of sand? (Please let me sleep) Sandman Morpheus moon Strum to Calliope’s tune Bender of screams Echoes you lost in your dreams Lucifer lies Everyone dies when they sleep Where is my pouch of sand? Where is my helm? Where is my ruby? Sandman Death and Desire Setting my nightmare on fire Constantine mends Lucifer ponders revenge Summon the Fates Morpheus stands at the gates Sandman Please let me in When will the dreaming begin? Come to me soon Bury me under your moon Please let me sleep Show me the secrets you keep Ah, Morpheus (Please let me sleep) Sandman god of my dreams Nothing is quite what it seems Come in disguise Why are there teeth in your eyes? Abel and Cain Keeper of brothers remain Sandman Please let me out Drown in a river of doubt I’m dreaming of Reaching the surface above Summon the Fates Morpheus, open the gates Where is my pouch of sand? (Please let me wake) Where is my helm? (Please let me wake) Where is my ruby? (Please let me wake)
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Dream Life 02:28
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Can you see me as your heart sees Not apart from you, but a part of you And remember me as the man I am Not the things I do or faults I have And when you lie asleep at night I'm beside you in your dream life And when you open up your eyes If you think of me Know I am compromised, Fighting time and a busy life And nothing seems to come easily But I'll be there when you need me And when you walk along the street And the wind blows like a memory If you should wake up suddenly And you think of me History is full of hurt and tears But nothing worse than the fear, I'm forgotten Most of all I want to say I hope you find your own way And never quit but remember this Life is quick; make the most of it And when you lie asleep at night I'm beside you in your dream life And when you open up your eyes If you think of me
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Rocket Surgery 03:40
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One door closes One door opens Cans of worms For the early bird Will sink or swim Batten down the hatches Loose lips sink ships Passing in the night So why should I worry? Politics and perjury Untie its knot Rocket surgery Pride comes before You fall on your own sword Come or hell or high water Under the bridges You burn We’ll burn that bridge When we get to it So why should I worry? Politics and perjury Untie its knot Rocket surgery One door opens Down the rabbit Hole in one That bridge has sailed Hand grenades and horsehoes Only count your eggs Ask the chicken On the road to hell The mother of inventions Is paved with good intentions The road to hell Hath no fury So why should I worry? Untie It’s not rocket surgery So what What me worry? Why me in big hurry?
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The Old, the Young, and the Mountains 03:43
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See the children Run on the grass In the sunshine In the past We all know they grow up fast And the truth is Nothing lasts The old ones stand for youth And the mountains stand for truth And the ones who are left All on their own gotta be strong Now the children Have all grown And they’re living All on their own Mamas and papas Go on and on Wander and Wonder Where they belong Chorus Though the family’s Spread far apart Still connected Heart to heart There’s a wedding coming soon We’ll all be there Singing one tune Chorus See the children Sun on the grass In the future And the past To the the ones who Are no longer here I raise this Glass of beer And the old ones stand for youth And the mountains stand for truth
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Skis, Boots, and Poles 02:16
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To the mountain Skis, boots, and poles Fly down the chutes and bowls Feel the cold, icy wind, (windy ice) Frozen nose (Winter clothes) Race down the hill on your skis, boots, and poles From the top your Poles, boots, and skis Shoot through the Christmas trees Hold your edge, steady hands, Roll your knees Keep carving turns on your poles, boots, and skis Owe it all to your Skis, poles, and boots Holding your mountain roots Up the chair, to the top, down the chutes Your life depends on your Skis, poles, and boots
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Summers Never End 03:00
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You should have been here yesterday The orange ball goes east to west Pack your trunks and bring your best board and your wax You should have been here yesterday Summers never end Just around the bend Track the swells and trends Live to surf another day Searching for the perfect wave You check the cams you watch the buoys the orange ball will lead you on Find a wave to dance upon You check the cams and watch the buoys You should have been here yesterday stand your board upon the sand Hold the sunset in your hand if you can You should have been here yesterday Follow the sun The shining path This is the way To life in the curl Follow the summer Around the world

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released July 4, 2023

All voices and instruments by Jim Smart, except for the guitar solo on Ursula, which was performed by Simeon Spiegel. All songs written by Jim Smart except Dream Life, written by Adrian Belew.

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