The dirty rotten lowdown
Things you do
Leave a trail
Of misery and blue
Pleeeeeeeeeease
Don't treat me
Like dog shit
I ain't dog shit
I'm a man
Sabotaging
Other people's lives
With treachery and slander
Sharp as knives
Can't you seeeee
All the hope
And the sunshine?
Like a big red ruby
Like a grape on a vine
You cheated on
A dozen different guys
Your dog won't even
Look you in the eye
You could beeeee
Like an angel
Of mercy
But you just hurt me
And I don't know why
I finally found
The nerve to walk away
I’ll always think
About you every day
I'll be freeeee
But I'll always
Be lonely
Dreaming about the woman
You're never gonna be
by Richard W. Bray
I once met a traveler
From a foreign land
He beguiled our village
Taking about his clan
He told us thoughts were free
Like the air we breathe
And there isn't any list
Of acceptable ideas
We laughed and hollered
We slapped our knees
That man was crazy
As a basket full of bees
Without instructions
Nothing makes sense
You'll say the wrong thing
You'll surely give offense
We showed him the list
That's pinned to the wall
In every building
And meeting hall
It tells us what to think
It tells us what to say
Folks who disagree
Are quickly sent away
The list brings order
The list brings peace
The list brings love
And harmony
Without the list
Life would be insane
Who would we bless?
And who would we blame?
That kooky old traveler
Just shook his head
He sneaked away quiet
When we were still in bed
by Richard W. Bray
Let me, let me tell you
Time tough, time tough
Everything is out of sight
It's so hard, so hard, so hard, so hard
Time tough, time tough
Everything is going higher and higher
–Toots and the Maytals
Prices getting higher
Wages stay the same
Put the profits in your pocket
And blame supply chains
You shut down the factories
You send our jobs away
You never have to worry
About the price we pay
Making up excuses
To squeeze and squeeze
Greed and corruption
Are the real disease
Trample the people
Lay our country to waste
Pillage and plunder
Puts a smile on your face
Dismember the nation
With phony divisions
Disrupt and distract
From your horrible decisions
Making up excuses
To squeeze and squeeze
Greed and corruption
Are the real disease
by Richard W. Bray
The algorithm knows
Everywhere you go
Where you buy your clothes
Your favorite tv shows
The algorithm knows
Everyone you kiss
Your secret little tryst
The one you really miss
The algorithm knows
You’re talking in your sleep
Things that make you weep
The promises you keep
The algorithm knows
Everything you buy
Everything you want
It even knows why
The algorithm knows
It grows and grows and grows
It thinks that it's your pal
It loves you just like HAL
by Richard W. Bray
Try to rewrite your life
And never look back
Go to fantasyland
To find a new track
Always looking for a shortcut
And a new type of scam
You could pay off all your bills
If you met a stupid man
Such a crazy crazy girl
In your dreamy dreamy world
Try to rewire your brain
But it always snaps back
When you're pretending away
A big ole pile of crap
Every liar knows the truth
That's how you build your lies
You multiply your troubles
When you believe your disguise
Such a crazy crazy girl
In your dreamy dreamy world
by Richard W. Bray
idiotic therapeutic
wishy washy boo hoo
sticks and stones
Do words break bone?
crazy as a cuckoostop your sobbin silly robin
wings to fly
beak for bobbin
skippin to my lu-lu
trigger warning
every morning
scaredy catdon't do that
just accept your boo boo
toughen up
buttercupbatter up
and to yourself
be true true
by Richard W. Bray
Separation is illusion
Particles connect
A million little worlds
Live inside a speck
Navigate the patternSmell the rings of Saturn
The man behind the curtain
Is in the looking glass
Butterflies cause hurricanes
The sun lives in the grass
The rain in Cucamonga
Irrigates the tundra
Love and existence
Energy and time
Consciousness and matter
Mingle dance and rhyme
Everything is everywhere
Radiance is in the air
by Richard W. Bray
if i didn’t do
those stupid things
i wouldn’t have
my songs to sing
i wish that you
would rather die
than tell yourself
another lie
if i change
i won't be who i am
if that upsets you
i don't give a damn
i wish that you
would rather die
than tell yourself
another lie
don't know what i'm doing
till i am done
i’ll learn about tomorrow
from the sun
i wish that you
would rather die
than tell yourself
another lie
i wrung my soul out
through the years
and washed it clean
with blood and tears
i wish that you
would rather die
than tell yourself
another lie
by Richard W. Bray
I always knew you were there
Somewhere
I always knew there was a way
Someday
I always knew you'd come true
Somehow
And I'm believing it now
You're so sweet
And you're so true
Everything I ever knew
Everything I wanna do
It's all living in you
By Richard W. Bray
Billy is as slippery
As a soggy salamander
His insides are abandoned
And his words are full of slander
Billy’s full of ridicule
For folks who ain’t around
When someone leaves the room
He can't wait put ‘em down
Ain’t got an ounce of honor
But he’s loaded with ambition
He's got the perfect skill set
To become a politician
Billy’s full of ridicule
For folks who ain’t around
When someone leaves the room
He can't wait to put ‘em down
With a smile as true as tinsel
He tells you what you wanna hear
He’ll saturate your ego
And pour another beer
Billy’s full of ridicule
For folks who ain’t around
When someone leaves the room
He can't wait to put ‘em down
Solitude is agony
And silence terrifies
He tries to fill the universe
With blasphemy and lies
Billy’s full of ridicule
For folks who ain’t around
When someone leaves the room
He can't wait to put ‘em down
By Richard W. Bray
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