On a quest in
The Impala
Heading west with the sun
Through the Flint Hills
Southern Kansas
Now the trip had begun
Zook was hit by
A tornado
Mr. Salmans would cry
Tire Mountain
Bovine Ocean
Heavy trucks passing by
In Tucumcari
Sky was starry
We slept on Route 66
World music
In the morning
Albuquerque was next
Moriarty
Juan Rodriguez
Helped us out with the tire
Lost past Gallup
On the reservation
One false map was conspired
Got to Chinle
No Ahehee
Horses roaming the street
Spider Rock was
So majestic
Canyon under our feet
The White House ruins
Desert camping
Gave our spirits a lift
And in the morning
Daniel Brune
Threw a snake off a cliff
And every other person was a Navajo
And through the arches and around them we would go
And on the mountaintop we feared that it would snow
Fairweather Johnson always on the radio
Jimmy died at
The Four Corners
Saw a car in a tree
Char in Moab
Through a table
Not a campsite was free
Saw the spectacles
Stone that balanced
They beat Hole N' The Rock
Landscape falling
All around us
So we cut short our walk
My favorite bathroom
We hear the fables
Then we took a long march
And we talked for
Half an hour
Under Delicate Arch
We abandoned
Our bed of gravel
Heading east, going up
Scenic highway
Mart'no Pizza
Cheerios in a cup
Rocky Mountains
Through the tunnels
All the trees look so green
Beaver swimming
By the dogs grave
Like a lost Bob Ross scene
Colorado
Up above you
With the elk and the squirrels
We went climbing
And for an instant
Were on top of the world
And every other person was a
Navajo
And through the arches and around them we would go
And on the mountaintop we feared that it would snow
I couldn't close my eyes
Brian Frances
Tells a story
I look up at the sky
Hear the fire
Think about you
Wish that you were nearby
Our great adventure
Finally over
All our wishes came true
Hey Dan Brune
There's a midget
And he's looking at you
And every other person was a Navajo
And through the arches and around them we would go
And on the mountaintop we feared that it would snow
I couldn't close my eyes
(guitar, piano, mandolin, two vocals)
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The Stars
Let me hold your hand
While the music's playing gently
All the stars come out at night
And the brightest is Mark Bentley
As I stare into the sky
Kind of feels like I am dreaming
I get up and start to fly
All around the stars are gleaming
Now the ring of Saturn's near
Past the planets I am soaring
I don't have a single fear
When I'm outer space exploring
Let me hold your hand
As the darkness glows intently
All the stars come out at night
And the brightest is Mark Bentley
Now a comet's streaking by
And the universe is shaking
Now I'm sure that it's a dream
But I hope I don't awaken
Let me hold your hand
While the music's playing gently
All the stars come out at night
And the brightest is Mark Bentley
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Waltz in H-Flat Minor
Once was a boy got really mad
He ate his mother and he ate his dad
He ate his elbow and he ate his knee
He ate this guitar then he ate me
So I'm sitting in his stomach and I'm singing this song
Please feel at liberty to sing along
‘Cause I have no companions down here in his tummy
Because his parents have already been digested
Oh I wish there was someone down here I could talk to
I wish I could find an easy way out
But there's only one way that I can think of
And that's not necessarily a way that I want to go
So I'm sitting down here and I'm playing guitar
It's getting kind of crowded in this chemical jar
So if an axe is handy and you're ready to chop
Be more than a barber, take a whole lot off the top
Once was a boy got really mad
He ate his mother and he ate his dad
He ate his sock and he ate his shoe
And if you don't be careful then next he might eat you
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The Disaster
I want to tell you something
But I don't know
If you are even listening
I'm trying though
I want to learn your language
Go where you go
I want to try but maybe
You'll just say no
I've got to try
I want to do things for you
And make you smile
I want to give things to you
That last a while
I want to share things with you
And walk a mile
I want to talk it over
Without a trial
I've got to try
I've got to try
I want to have a story with a happy end
I want to say good bye and know we'll meet again
I want to tell you something
But I don't know
If you are even listening
I'm trying though
One day I'll be rewarded
I'll see it through
One day it will be worth it
I hope with you
I've got to try
I've got to try
I've got to try
I've got to try
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The Giant Midget
The Giant Midget something
He lives in Japan
The Giant Midget something
I'm his biggest fan
The Giant Midget something
Let me shake his hand
Oh the Giant Midget
What a lucky man
To have his point of view
Oh the Giant Midget
He knows who I am
I hope he sees you too
And when you call the midget
He'll be by your side
The Giant Midget's
Unaffected by the tide
The Giant Midget
Is silently amplified
Oh the Giant Midget
One day we'll collide
And you will be there too
Through the Giant Jungle
He will be our guide
And I'll finally tell you
The Giant Midget something
He lives in Japan
The Giant Midget something
I'm his biggest fan
The Giant Midget something
Let me shake his hand
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Million Mile Sky
Far away in the
middle of the day
On a highway someone's driving really slow
There's a stone changing colors all alone
Looks exactly like it did lifetimes ago
Not a sound for a
hundred miles round
But the wind and the abandoned radio
Exit here, there's a chance that something's near
Yeah, they're driving but they've got no place to go
Here the sky is a
million miles wide
We no longer try
Here the sky is a million times your size
Yesterday it cried
There's a lot of
open windows
And a dark cloud in the sky
And there's something in the water
If we hurry we'll stay dry
Late at night,
there's a dark and scary sight
It's the moonlight overshadowed by the side of the rock
It's a face in an interesting place
And it's looking at us now as if to say, "Go away"
Here the sky is a
million miles wide
We no longer try
Here the sky is a million times your size
Yesterday it cried
There's a lot of
open windows
And a dark cloud in the sky
And there's something in the water
If we hurry we'll stay dry
Here between
indecision and a dream
There's a lot of time to think about the world
There's your car, there's a bright and distant star
There's a building and a present from a girl
It's a chance,
complicated like a dance
But you'll miss it if you see it every day
Some have tried, some have even almost died
Only one has ever made it all the way
Here the sky is a
million miles wide
We no longer try
Here the sky is a million times your size
Yesterday it cried
There's a lot of
open windows
And a dark cloud in the sky
And there's something in the water
If we hurry we'll stay dry
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The Ballad of Bill
A long long long long time ago
There lived a man named Bill
He lived alone all by himself
In a house atop a hill
The hill was tall, the climb was rough
Too hard for one like me
Why anyone would live up there
I just cannot see
The village below the hill was small
It didn't have a name
And nothing was ever different
And everything was same
But then one day we saw ol' Bill
Marching down the slope
The way we were looking at him
You'd think he was the pope
He walked into the village and
Went to the music store
And there he bought a slightly used guitar
And nothing more
And as he walked back up the hill
The village heard him play
The music was the worst that we had heard
Until that day
We all covered our ears
The music seeped right through our hands
But Bill continued playing
Contrary to our demands
And great pain overtook our heads
The village children cried
But Bill continued playing
And everybody died
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When I Wake Up
When I wake up
I'm all alone
And I start dreaming about my dreams
Sometimes I can even fly
But I'm not asking that this time
Go back to sleep
Exact same place and time and people
Surrounding me
But now I know it's a dream
No matter how real it seems
Dreaming of songs
Singing of dreams
I'm not confused
They're the same thing
Just an imaginary world for me and you
When I wake up
I'm all alone
And I start dreaming about my dreams
Sometimes I can even fly
But I'm not asking
I can't imagine
I'm not expecting that
For me
This time
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