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Dirt Rose Up

by Sid Johnson

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1.
Man in a boat drifting toward dark waters Man in a boat drifting toward dark waters You gotta give me some latitude you gotta point me home you gotta give me safe harbour off to starboard, before I sink like a stone Man in the sky falling toward live wires Man in the sky falling toward live wires You gotta give me some wings to fly You gotta help me find some wind you gotta make me much lighter than I am, before I sink like a stone Man in the dirt Crawling toward air and sunlight Man in the dirt Crawling toward air and sunlight You gotta throw me some rope to climb you gotta help me find my feet you gotta give me the strength of mind before I’m buried in the dirt like a stone Man In A Flame Man In A Flame Man In A Flame
2.
Leh 06:02
Pass the crash scene and keep your eyes on the road You’re so close to the edge now and it’s so far below We pass through Kargil at midnight this town feels so cold I can feel death everywhere so I just sit here and do as I’m told Please play that gorgeous song again the one with the singers and drums The moon’s just so full up ahead like it could just swallow us up We piss out the window cause there’s no time to stop to be there by morning so we climb up to the rooftop to Leh Leh Pass the crash scene and keep your eyes on the road you’re so close to the edge now and it’s so far below to Leh
3.
Satisfied 03:46
Satisfied Oh it’s sad when this world won’t see us through there seems to be little hope between us two missiles landing and falling short and still I’m propped here at your door ‘cause I I’m satisfied in these pure moments with you Oh these words well they speak but they never talk and in the towers of Babel we stay locked still the blueprint remains and tells me it’s a pattern worth repeating ‘cause I I’m satisfied in these pure moments with you And oh to my delight they’ll be no rest tonight I’m gonna climb on the stars and stoke your fire ‘cause I I’m satisfied in these pure moments with you And oh to my delight they’ll be no rest tonight I’m gonna climb on the stars and stoke your fire
4.
Right About The Rain Meteors and comets dinosaurs and saints glitter glue and crayons and water colour paints stick figures swords at their sides mounted on fine noble rides surrounded completely until your love can greet me and I’ll look in your eyes and await your reply and you say “You were right about the rain” Rocket ships and magic the singing and the sounds but don’t you miss being on your knees forehead to the ground and I know now you don’t feel so free and you know now that’s not what it means to be surrounded completely Oh why won’t you come meet me? and we’ll open our eyes into paradise skies And I’ll say “You were right about the rain” There’s chaos in the chorus of drops upon the roof and runoff from the gutters and this faith that you call proof and it’s OK to wake up alone alive and playing music in the morning surrounded completely until my angel meets me and I’ll close my eyes cause I know your reply and you say “You were right about the rain” Ya you say “You were right about the rain”
5.
Dig It Up 03:27
Dig It Up I could have learned a lot from last night’s dreams but they slipped off my pillow and down through the seams through the cracks in the floor into the foundation they hit the water table where they rest for gestation in the ground in the cold, cold ground you gotta dig it up anytime you need it now dig it up Enter at this point the image of the old man a wishbone switch of apple tree in his weathered hands right behind, as well, is his wife dangling on a string a wedding ring a device for divining the water from the ground the cold, cold ground you gotta dig it up anytime you need it now dig it up
6.
Waiting For The Dirt Outside there’s a waterfall where there used to run a road but the road moved on ‘cause it got hungry It gathered up sharp weapons to engage those enemies ‘cause when the road don’t flow then you can’t follow And you’re waiting for the dirt to fall waiting for the dirt to fall spend your time bitchin’ and crying waiting for the dirt to fall ‘Cause every once in a blue moon there’s a chance that you might see a flash of light that cuts through the darkness And what else is there Oh what else could set you free when there ain’t one single thing here worth saving And you’re waiting for the dirt to fall waiting for the dirt to fall spend your time bitchin’ and crying waiting for the dirt to fall Hey if you don’t want this don’t raise up your hand cause hey it ain’t no measure of your life or your worth as a man Outside there’s a waterfall where there used to run a road but the road moved on ‘cause it got hungry And what else is there Oh what else could set you free when there aint one single thing here worth saving And you’re waiting for the dirt to fall waiting for the dirt to fall spend your time bitchin’ and crying waiting for the dirt to fall And you’re waiting for the dirt to fall waiting for the dirt to fall spend your time bitchin’ and crying waiting for the dirt to fall
7.
Golden Mean 05:23
Golden Mean As Aristotle counseled Alexander and said “your only real conquest lies inside” but Alexander could not fathom Nagarjuna and so before his time a broken man he died and like any child soldier who’s damaged far beyond repair sent into the battlefield and broken there broken there Oh Golden Mean Oh Golden Mean you’re as elusive as all our worldly dreams surrounded there by all your wives and daughters who cannot shield you from their scorn where happiness should follow like a shadow but in your anger that shadow’s never born And like any gifted student who ventures wise beyond her years pride deceives her leaves her wide open devoid of fears devoid of fears Oh Golden Mean Oh Golden Mean you’re as elusive as our worldly dreams And Oh you won’t see that child again Oh, no you won’t see that child again It pains you there to see your charge defeated like words upon a page that no one reads but that won’t change the sun that warms the landscape and that won’t change imagined histories like any unfinished story that lends itself to fantasy so well a thousand twists a thousand endings that you’ll never tell you’ll never tell Oh Golden Mean Oh Golden Mean You’re as elusive as all our worldly dreams
8.
Northwestern Town You laid down your vows and laid down your crown and made your last wishes in a Northwestern Town And she’s kissing you softly as she’s leading you down and you know you’ve been taken in a Northwestern town And you slipped through the border when the full moon was right made stealth through the forest before the first light and she’s kissing you softly in an afternoon dream and you know that she can’t be at all what she seems And you’ve been here before and you know your way ‘round so you’ll just have to fake it until one of these nights you finally figure it out The bus pulls in slowly you’ve been turned around and spits you out coldly in a Northwestern town and she’s kissing you softly as she’s leading you down and you know you’ve been taken in a Northwestern town yeah, you know you’ve been taken in a Northwestern town
9.
Who Have You Become Mostly I remember your smile but if I sit and think about it for awhile I was playing on the sidewalk just outside the market when you walked by And had seen you at the shelter the day before you blew my mind when you walked through the laundry door We drank wine in my old sailboat though the mats were damp and the mast was broke and we cast adrift But that was long ago and the thread’s undone did you break or did you run? Oh I’d just like to know Who have you become? And I can see our silhouettes down by the point I kneeled down there for you to anoint but a wind came up and the mood, it changed and blew away our sunny day And that was the night I got kicked off the bill so we got high and tripped on Beacon Hill crouched in the bushes while the storm it raged ‘till the morning came and the sea, it changed and we cast adrift Oh and there are other things I remember too but I won’t drag them up for you Oh I’d just like to know who have you become? Who have you become?
10.
Taste These Days Downtown buildings with the swastikas Look so appealing to me now because I can see the architects standing there before the war Looking out the window at the ocean view Gotta wonder what a poor boy’s to do ‘Cause if I grew up here I’d think it was a bore Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Can’t lose those friends we never had Can’t lose those friends we never had Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh All they ever did was think we’re mad All they ever did was think we’re mad So taste these days, they’re perfect Taste these days, they’re perfect Chubby little banker heating up the air With his Superman pyjamas and his thinning hair Propeller on his head just to help him count the beans Among the local politicians is a man named Duck Who loves the microphone and likes to push his luck They say he works so hard But then so does a washing machine Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Don’t want to work out on the sketch no more Don’t want to work out on the sketch no more Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Not really what we came here for Not really what we came here for We came to Taste these days, they’re perfect Taste these days, they’re perfect And so the kitchen counter has become the bridge Like a general about to overtake the ridge From the shore looking out upon the promise of the seas Showing up on time and scoring all the goals taste so good I even ate the bowl and I liked it so much I had to go and buy the company Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh clouds of pink and shafts of blue Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh and all the colours of my love for you all the colours of my love for you Taste these days they’re perfect taste these days they’re perfect
11.
Where We Begin In a stripped down life you’re a constant theme you’re a clear blue sky For a scattered mind catapult through time like an endless rhyme brilliantly exploding And I just can’t pretend Oh where we began is close to where we’ll end yeah and you should know if it should come to blows I won’t let you down I won’t let this go On the twenty bus mirrored your face it was so messed up with your eyes pinned wide you were lost inside you were dead and gone yeah you’re dead and gone but I just can’t pretend Oh were we began is close to where we’ll end yeah and you should know If it should come to blows I won’t let you down I won’t let this go Now here’s the test do more with less as we spiral up now the watchers watched and the pool goes still and the voices stop now and forever And I just can’t pretend oh where we begin is close to where we’ll end yeah and you should know if it should come to blows I won’t let you down I won’t let this go I won’t let you down, I won’t let this go No I won’t let you down I won’t let this go, go, go...........

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released June 12, 2012

recorded by Jordan Koop at The Noisefloor in Ladysmith BC, and Zak Cohen The Woodshop in Duncan BC. Produced by Sid Johnson with Zak Cohen. Mixed by Zak Cohen. Mastered by Brad Blackwell at Euphonics Masters

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