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©2004

The Hour
Fricker-Nicker Sessions

Released 1991
Words and music by Matt Turk & Marshall Madow

Celebrate the Rain| Clearwater| El Duende| Everytime| For Those Who Wait
Heading for the Way Way Out| Joker's Life| Night and Fog| The Game| The Greek Man

Celebrate The Rain

You've got to find out what it's all about

The sun smiled as I sat on a blue mountain
Tears fell from my eye as a bird fell from the sky
And the thundercloud exploded
as I took off my shirt to run like a madman
to celebrate the rain

Celebrate the rain

For the rust weaves, the wind weaves, the cold breathes, the blankets white,
squirrels delight
For the rust weaves, the wind weaves, the cold breathes, the blankets white,
squirrels delight
And your button nose is red
Nothing like pure red
And all it takes is a deep breath from within
All it takes is a deep breath from within
And the virgins robe dissolves itno a trickling pulse
Oh and the virgins robe dissolves into a trickling

Earth shall then be fair
The rebirth of my world
The rebirth of your world
The rebirth of our world

Celebrate the Rain

You've got to find out what it's all about

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Clearwater

Clearwater see the vision
Clearwater be the tribe

Old man Seeger rides the Guthrie down the Hudson dreaming
Idealists of this torn world thrive
For the factories upon the shore
The dollar in industry is law
Fire Earth Air Water

Clearwater see the vision
Clearwater be the tribe

Flags are abundant as are code of arms
Declaring title and position
The actions of a nation within and without
Contribute to the flags condition

Clearwater see the vision
Clearwater be the tribe

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El Duende

Poised by the cliffs awaiting ships on the ocean
You'd better find another way
When the fleet's asail on the broad horizon
And there's no fire they'll pass you by
The tides like the truth arrive unswayed

For you now, my only friend

Don't walk away from important decisions
The road you can't refuse belies your fate
We pass through many faces of darkness
I'll cast my own lights shadow beneath the sky
It's better to stand out in dissent than to fade in acquiescense

For you now, my only friend.

Whoever seems to face the fire
Fearing the judgemen the jury the failure
contigo us el duende por la vida

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Everytime

Everytime
We can be alone

Behold passions fire burning in the scarlet sky
Fierce desire in our eyes
We embrace in a world of watercolors
Golden candlelight warms our night
As a magnet pulls me
The end I can never forsee
Everytime

Everytime We can be alone

Venus is on her way riding on a blue lapiz wave
I'm engulfed in the droves of sunflowers
When I'm let into your eyes
Spring love there you are for me
How you make my life one great surprise
Everytime

Everytime
We can be alone

Silver lightning strikes everyday
Takes your gold away
And scars you for your life
Change a warm embrace to a stiff awkward shake
Spring love where are you? Storm blow away
Blow away ---

Everytime
We can be alone

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For Those Who Wait

The old man stands before his prize
A world diffused of passion of color and of rage
Jackals clak their hungry eyes
And plunder through the relics charred remains.

In the land of Manna the old wisemen ruled
In a paradise of fools he's cast away
Salmons fate befalls its stride
Elephants march a thousand miles
We don't have the time for those who wait
For those who wait

For those who wait
Don't ever let me down
The thrill ignites the flame
It's the moment that you break that you've found yourself

Urban miners panning the streets of gold
The rush is on or so they've heard
They're searching for compassion in the streets of old
The man said "no deposit, no return."

To stand before us they serve him well
Time to care for thy very own
And there's sinners in the shadows and cynics in the gallows
the sentence is the crime for those wait.
Manic faces stroll on by never thinking there go I,
Free yourself of this state of mind
For those who wait

Pray for me now, wait for me now......

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Heading for the Way Way Out

Hear them fear them in what's plain you'll understand I see the cracks on the walls forming

Handcuff the space above
Words from spite to pity and love
You'll find your way of life the same
But I've found my way of life insane

Heading for the way way out
I'll get the door to welcome our guest
Heading for the way out

Don't ask me why I let the skeleton die
See with your eyes the joy of the masquerade
And you'll find your way of life may change
And I've found my way of life insane

Heading for the way way out
I'll get the door to welcome our guest
Heading for the way out

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Joker's Life

Is the mourning calling like it used to do?
Sad hearts weeping joyfully get through
Do you hear it? Do you fear it lamb?
The most painful changes known to the inner human
To enter the cloud of unknowing
To shoot the arrow into your unreality

It's a joker's life that you seek

Then the kind word is spoken to the beginner at the beginning
You're innocent and original where wrong is right
Out of the grace of majestic love
Lover and beloved only one
I am I in wonderment proclaim triumph

See on the horizon one light for all to claim
There is no separation from that which we came
There's no division, no left right, heaven, hell
Cycle within cycle, one fluid motion spell
I'm not talking about a hierarchy of man
Merely natures one monistic hand

It's a joker's life that you seek

Then the kind word is spoken to the beginner at the beginning
You're innocent and original where wrong is right
Out of the grace of majestic love
Lover and beloved only one
I am I in wonderment proclaim triumph

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Night and Fog

Night and fog where an evil man deems himself absolute
Night and fog where jackals claw and bite at truth
Night and fog the harbinger of doom whispers kill and the storms begin
Night and fog the iron guard kapos SS and minutemen

The President says God bless us all
The premier says God bless us all
The dictator dictates God is on our side

Jagged reefs in shallow waters
Lying just below
Lying very close
We are in search of the house of light
Where is the house of light?
Is it near or far?

Night and fog where they mobilize the war machine
Night and fog wage a holy jihad pogrom or lynching
Night and fog TV's are on with fans glued to their sets
Night and fog it's entertainment in Amerca at its best

The President says God bless us all
The premier says God bless us all
The dictator dictates God is on our side

Jagged reefs in shallow waters
Lying just below

Lying very close
We are in search of the house of light
Where is the house of light?
Is it near or far?

All from fear
The fear of a nation
Loathsome fear
Cloaked under blackened skies that follow the fog
Night and fog

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The Game

Don't lay your hand down

All the players awaited the cards they are to receive
They place their fate in the dealers hands for who they are to be
The fools how they rush to open
Smooth are the rogues in their long sleeves
We fear the ones with the cards close to their chest

Don't lay your hand down

A cloud pervades that smoky room seducing as it weaves
They're playing the only game of chance and this they must believe
For it keeps on going round and offers no reprieve
A smile misunderstood
A cold eye astray
One can be fooled into liars poker

Don't lay your hand down

And in the waning hours of a cold night
The emotions and the stakes are high
And the duel is on
When all is said and done there's a royal flush for everyone
That eludes the fall and soothes the dawn.

Don't lay your hand down

Walking down the road feeling glad
Feeling like I'm old
Feeling like I'm on my own

Don't lay your hand

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The Greek Man

The Greek Man
Oh the Greek Man

I, I am all alone
Just a moon lighted stone
A smiling clown who turns to do his trick

The Greek Man
Oh the Greek Man

Choice
We make every single choice,
New York City once was so pretty, now there's too much, too much,
Too much of everything
My first sunrise, my first trip outdoors

The Greek Man
Oh the Greek Man