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Positive Yet Strange
(Lisiecki-Clinger)
lyrics ©2011 Ken Clinger
positive yet strange
floating thru the wall
everything is one
one is in the all
gradual increase
more and more alive
inner becomes sweet
wisdom in the sky
memories beyond
space and time
internal dawn
infinite rhyme
logic fades away
experience beyond
affective streaming flows
uncertainty is gone
mist of gentle rain
infinitely kind
everything expands
opposites combine
forgotten dreams reveal
internal flight
enter the real
as sound and light
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Waiting for the Milkmaid
(Ken’s Smiles)
lyrics ©2006 Ken Clinger
a roller coaster freight train
relating to a food stamp.
cowboy mitochondria
lurking in the boot camp.
a hibernating traffic light
dreams of dancing highways.
a corporation spider
monitoring ashtrays.
waiting for the milkmaid
counting passing trees.
resting in the moment
buzzing with the bees.
morticians pray for asteroids.
a single-minded eggplant
trembles from a complex,
while gazing at a Rembrandt.
a turkey in cold water
eyes a vacuum cleaner.
a dolphin buys insurance
in case of misdemeanor.
an atom made of hydrogen
remembers how to line dance.
a smiling cashier genuflects
when asked about past romance.
furthermore, a polar bear
nonchalantly tiptoes
past the trembling eggplant
in search of melting ice flows.
waiting for the milkmaid
counting passing trees.
resting in the moment
buzzing with the bees.
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Sandin-Clinger - Open
04:34
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Open
(Sandin-Clinger)
lyrics ©2011 Ken Clinger
Windows and doorways
Appearing in time
Gateways to futures
The elements combine
Into the moment
A blink of an eye
Into the present
The inner reply
Open the windows and
Open the doors
Focus attention
Affirming the source
Surprise recognition
Memories waking
Forgotten treasures
There for the taking
Gravity override
Restrained notions
Floating skyward
Misfortune nullified
Illuminating
lullaby heard
Into the present
A gleam in the eye
Into the moment
Internal reply
Fulfillment multiplied
Mind's eye opens
In the sunlight
Impressions justified
Thought forms merging
Giving insight
Crossing the threshold
Lucidity mirror
Flash understanding
The meaning is clear
Windows and doorways
Outside of time
Limitless futures
Seamless align
Eternal moment
The blink of an eye
Forever present
Eternal reply
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CXXXVI-KC - Windows
04:05
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Windows
(CXXXVI-KC)
lyrics ©2010 CXXXVI
Just close your eyes and everything will be fine
Yeah you don’t have to see what’s right in front of you
Just close your eyes and everything will be fine
Because if you open them you might just see the truth
Just close your eyes and everything will be just fine
Keep on believing what they say to you
Because the dark can’t hurt you
No it’s just the things in it that hide.
Just close your eyes and everything thing will be fine
You won’t have to see people lie or cry
Just close your eyes and everything will be fine
Unless you want to look yourself in the eyes.
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Hoggymae Sails Recycled Tugboats
(DanKitti & KC)
lyrics ©1990 Dan Fioretti
Oh Hoggymae didn't know
that the tugboats were recycled, oh whoa
and the swamp was mutant, you see
but it was good enuf for me
And Hoggymae sails recycled tugboats
on the mutant swamp
The ameba was off white with envy
and the off white was colored pea
Hoggymae sails recycled tugboats
on the mutant swamp...
The recycled tugboats did collapse
and the mutant swamp was aqua-marine
and Linda Birch was there
she intended to relate a fragment sonnet
thru and thru
The recycled tugboats and the mutant swamp
have alot to say to us
One’s possibly happy, one’s possibly snappy
and they never really make a fuss
Hoggymae sails recycled tugboats
on the mutant swamp...
So forever more does Hoggymae
as happy as can be
sail those happy recycled tugboats
upon that mutant swamp
Hoggymae sails recycled tugboats
on the mutant swamp...
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Mail Art
(McGee-Clinger)
lyrics 2010 Hal McGee
mail art, postal art, correspondence art,
collaboration, collage, chance process,
DIY, homemade music, electronic music,
experimental music, noise, field recordings,
cut-ups, lo-fi, lo-tech, circuit bending,
hacking, punk folk, compilation,
anarcho-libertarianism,
art of the everyday,
fluxus, dada,
surrealism, internet, spoken word,
cultural inclusivity, network int’ractivity.
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I'm Coming Home For Christmas
(Thelonious Octopus & KC)
lyrics ©2008 Jeff Stoneking
I woke up early and grabbed me a snack
I grabbed a paper with news of attack
A clerk was gunned down in his store last night
The money’s gone and the thief’s taken flight
The cops said the thief needed Christmas money
To buy gifts for his kids and his honey
So I thought, “Well, what do you think of that?
He just needed money to buy some crack.”
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
For Christmas this year
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
For holly and cheer
I turned on the TV, there was some news
A gun man in Philly turned and let loose
Shot up some people in a strip mall
Then he shot himself and then that was all
But for those families there’s no silent night
No cup of cheer, no way to make this right
A baby born two thousand years ago
Seems too far away from this Christmas glow
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
For Christmas this year
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
To shed a good tear
Each passing year kills something good in me
Santa's been dead for an eternity
Holiday cheer turned out to be a fraud
The manger's empty and where is your God?
Stockings are hung, the Christmas tree shines bright
Yet all's not holy, there's no silent night
Police sirens blare out in lonely streets
Another bloody end somebody meets
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
For Christmas this year
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
I'm coming home
To quell all my fears
Yet Christmas still flickers inside our hearts
It's not in gifts but in love we impart
Despair trails us from cradle to grave
It does not have to rule how we behave
For there is love that yet can still be found
Not for just one day but for all year `round
It's found in the little things that we do
Embrace it because each day is brand new
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
For Christmas this year
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
I’m coming home
To have you all near
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Arrive (Harmomix)
(u n c l e j i m & k c)
lyrics ©2007 Ken Clinger
open doorway interlude
breezes flow, bring
memories, bring gratitude
clear opening display
rising tide of energy
familiar face, smile
prelude to a destiny
this magic place, break of day
waves on a golden ocean
clouds in the sky
seeking a new horizon
rising to fly
time in a fantasy, our
dreams come alive
reaching a new awareness
futures arrive
open heart in solitude
communicate with
inner worlds and multitudes
while inner children play
ships upon a crystal sea
propelled by thought
project a silent guarantee
that kindness will repay
tides in a diamond ocean
birds in the sky
finding a new horizon
focus to fly
drift in a fantasy
visions alive
living a new awareness
answers arrive
deeper chamber quietude
visions flow
serenity beatitude
lucid dream bouquet
rising tide of destiny
abundant grace, share
stimulation energy
this magic place, end of day
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Rainbow Serpent
(Bryan Baker & Ken Clinger)
lyrics ©2011 Ken Clinger
rainbow serpent landscape crossing
color spectrum sunlight strike
precious water habitation
trailing channels prism light
dreamtime, before creation
spirit-child beyond the veil
dreamtime, the destination
timeless stories totems tell
rainbow serpent in the water
deep beneath the rainless land
seasons shifting in their circle
waking rains reach thru the sand
dreamtime, distinctions fading
channeling thru drifting sleep
dreamtime, beyond the waiting
softness rising from the deep
rainbow serpent past and future
color spectrum prism light
pouring forth the new creation
water sparkles sunlight strike
dreamtime, beyond the waiting
softness rising from the deep
dreamtime, distinctions fading
channeling thru drifting sleep
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Baby Baby
(Fai Light & KC)
lyrics ©1990 Ken Clinger
Sitting with the baby in a garbage can
could this be some kind of mistake? We
scrutinize the wrappers for some tired facts
which we read in alternate ways. Oh
Baby starts to giggle as he reaches for
a plastic package of soup.
In the garbage light and in garbage air
its meaning's blatently clear. Oh
Soup is from the can, and the can is from the shelf
and the shelf just sits there and waits - for
another weekly trip to the grocery store
for food for baby and me. oh
Baby, baby, baby's in the sea
swimming with the porpoises for you and me
Baby, baby, baby's in the sky
flying with the sparrows up so very very high
Someone takes the lid from the garbage can
we blink our eyes at the light
Baby starts to laugh at the startled looks
of the garbage men as they stare. Oh
Baby takes my hand as we run away
to a place just babies know - where
sound is in the air of the buzzing bees
and fluffy mountains to climb. Oh
Baby, baby, baby's on the ground
climbing fluffy mountains the long way round
Baby, baby, baby's out of sight
doing secret baby things in babylike delight
Baby, baby, baby's in the sea
swimming with the porpoises for you and me
Baby, baby, baby's in the sky
flying with the sparrows up so very very high
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Furgas-Clinger - Impass
01:27
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Iris
(Dan Prendiville & Ken Clinger)
lyrics ©2011Ken Clinger
Iridescent messenger
The rainbow goddess, Traveling
The speed of wind
From world to world
From gods to man
From inner, To the outer lands
A thousand hues, A thousand truths
Messages, That open doors
Iris fills the clouds
From seas below
Creating rainbows
With her hands
Awakening in slumber
Meetings at the twilight gate
Iris bearing messages
With keys unlocking
Doors that change
The hand of fate
Outer lands give knowledge
Inner lands give insight
Iris blending colors
Into wisdom
Bringing darkness
Into light
Iridescent rainbows
Messages from inner lands
Iris blending colors
Matching meanings
Different eras, Understand
A thousand hues
A thousand truths
Messages
That open doors
Iris fills the clouds
From seas below
Creating rainbows
With her hands.
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Ken Clinger Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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