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Ahab's Revenge (Hot Tears, Cold Ocean)

by Dusty Mason

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1.
Hard Times In The Best Of All Possible Worlds 02:00
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2.
Retrograde 03:37
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Your love is a satellite gone off course You’ve missed your window and closed the door You should have checked the math And changed your path You’re in retrograde Her comes Lilly Valentine, then that’s it for the flowers It’s all well and fine, you say you’ve got plan nine You’re in retrograde Round and round, come and go Round and round, come and go Oh-oh, you need your space Round and round, come and go Round and round, come and go Oh-oh, you’re chasing stars You were on sweet, solid ground Cold emptiness is all you’ve found There’s nothing left to bring you home You’re in retrograde (Twiddly Bit 2X/Bridge 1X DDDAE repeat vocals) (Instrumental Verse 1X) Your love is a satellite in space junk orbit We’ll read about it in your sci-fi obit You thought you had it made, now it’s been said You’re in retrograde Round and round, come and go Round and round, come and go Oh-oh, you need your space Round and round, come and go Round and round, come and go Oh-oh, you’re chasing stars You were on solid ground Cold emptiness is all you’ve found There’s nothing left to bring you home You’re in retrograde
3.
Clang Clang 02:23
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Clang Clang News got out, down on one knee The answer was yes, the question please Can’t we let everybody know Oh- It's no secret we're in love Clang, clang- go the wedding bell chimes Clang, clang, clang- I'm yours, you're mine Clang, clang- we'll let everybody know It's no secret no, we're in love You tell the birds, I'll tell the bees Then we'll take it down to the Justice of the Peace I guess we'll let everybody know It's no secret we're in love Clang, clang- go the wedding bell chimes Clang, clang, clang- I'm yours, you're mine Clang, clang, we'll let everybody know It's no secret we're in love (instrumental break) Could be the ring that just got slipped Could be the smile, or the kiss on the lips I guess we let everybody know It's no secret we're in love It's no secret anymore...... We're in love
4.
Two Pillows 02:31
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5.
Travels With Charlie 03:46
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Travels With Charlie The heater's kicking it's five below We've got a deal but it's quid pro quo She'll get some oil if we get there alive Changing lanes, drive baby drive No-doze and a fold up map We're getting there on time or else we're getting there on time Faster miles an hour now we're up to speed Who cares about the MPG She's belching and lurching like a sailor on leave Pistons punching like Muhammed Ali No-doze and a fold-up map We're getting there on time or else we're getting there on time There's no place like the road To make me feel at home Spin baby rock and roll Everything is under control There's no place like the road To make me feel at home Where everything is under control Spin baby rock and roll This old dog has got inspection goes so fast, don't need directions I pass you on the left, you pass me on the right Exit up ahead, we could stop for a fight Black coffee and a fold-up map We're getting there on time or else we're getting there on time There's no place like the road To make me feel at home Spin baby rock and roll Everything is under control There's no place like the road To make me feel at home Where everything is under control Spin baby rock and roll
6.
Port Manteau Blues 02:21
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Port Manteau Blues Shoe drop on a rabbit's foot
 Paint your face with chimney soot
 Dog tired, pound for pound 
Merciful heavens we are hell hounds

 Carnival krewes and flambeau
 Great guns, buenos ammo
 Paper mache' and masking tape
 We're cardboard cut-outs of a couple of apes 

Cross purposes and uppercuts 
We've got the moon in a paper cup 
Tearing the Starlight Ballroom down 
The wrecking crew has come to town 

The smog is lifting from Port Manteau
 Meet me on Wednesday where the faithful go
 Saint Louie will be bustin' at the seams 
Good God Almighty we're a hell of a team
7.
Down Time 03:36
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Down Time Work 'round here got scarce 
I've got idle hands
Too much supply
 Not enough demand 
What's a man supposed to do in the down time 

Last night's bottle of wine
 Went down just fine 
This morning's bitter pill 
Too much time to kill 
What's a man supposed to do in the down time 

Last night I got drunk, and did not fret 
That sure made my wife upset 
Last night was fine until today
 She left for work without a word to say 
Well, what's man supposed to do in the down time 

 Work 'round here got scarce 
then it disappeared 
I've been stuck at home
 now damn near a year 
What's a man supposed to do in the down time 

 (chorus) 

There's work 'round here I guess
 Cleaning up the kitchen slop
 I'll fill up a bucket 
And dance around with the mop 
I'll do what a man is supposed to do in the down time
8.
King Cake 01:48
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King Cake Rex and Bacchus, Krewe Du Vieux
 Uptown, Downtown here come Zulu 
Skull and Bone Gang have gone ninja
 Make way for the Injuns 

Kid on trumpet born to play
 In a trash can street parade
 Up too late, drank too much
 What the hell was in that punch 

Alcohol breakfast, alcohol brunch
 Alcohol snack, alcohol lunch 
Flambeaux mambo down the street 
Here come the guard and the state police 

I like your costume and your style 
And your legs and your smile 
I like girls, you like girls
 Oh...you like girls

 Old hag Barbara, old hag Judy 
Fab and fruity, shake your booty 
Glitter and glue, heels and makeup 
Tuesday noon time to wake up

 You're so sweet and so tardy
 Baby in a king cake It's a party
9.
Little Petal 02:48
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Little Petal Boneset and Sneezeweed You didn’t mean to hurt me You were just a wildflower Doll Eye, Seed Box Thistle in the kisses You were just a wildflower I waded in knee-deep and dusty I could not deny my desire for this weed I waded in knee-deep and dusty I could not deny my desire for one wildflower Creeping Skullcap, Goat’s Beard and Aster You were just a wildflower Cat’s Paw and Cudweed Hardhank and Jumpseed You were just a wildflower Little petal, painted and dusty I could not deny my desire for this weed I waded in, knee-deep and dusty I could not deny my desire for one wildflower
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Mule Revisited 03:58
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D.U.M. L.U.V. 03:04
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DUM LUV You're a lush, baby you're luscious I want to show you just what a rush is Not until it's a give and take thing, oh-oh I ain't no sour pill I want to give you a powerful thrill Not until it's a give and take thing, oh-oh Listen my D.U.M. L.U.V. love Listen my D.U.M. L.U.V. love You can wonder, you can wonder all night long Don't talk to me about the moon You bent up all of my spoons Not until it's a give and take thing, oh-oh Don't give me that dopey grin I ain't on needles and pins Not until it's a give and take thing, oh-oh You can wonder at the wonder of it all You can wonder at the wonder of it all You can wonder all night long You're a lush, baby you're luscious I want to show you just what a rush is Not until it's a give and take thing, oh-oh Powder your nose now go away There is no love today Not until it's give and take, oh-oh Listen my D.U.M. L.U.V. love Listen my D.U.M. L.U.V. love You can wonder, you can wonder all night long
12.
Broken Rudder 05:01
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Broken Rudder The hull is cracked, got a busted mast What to do but to sail on, what to do but to sail on Broken rudder and a busted mast What to do but to sail on Rudder's gone, busted mast, cracked hull, crazy captain Captain, captain, should we swim now or go down with the ship I approach this journey with the best of intentions Mm-mm-mm, intentions, you know the problem with intentions, not the same as deeds, mm-mm no indeed Busted hull and a broken mast What to do but to sail on Captain, captain, should we swim now or go down with the ship Aw, I think I'm going to have to digress now Can I digress, shit the Saints just won the super bowl I'm gonna digress, I'm gonna keep it clean though Impart a couple of truths, here's one truth If you use Johnson and Johnson baby shampoo For a body wash, ho ho ho It'll make your Johnson smell like Johnson and Johnson Mm hm...here's another truth, Irish Spring Deodorant soap, not magically delicious Hull is cracked, broken mast, rudder gone What to do but to sail on What to do but to sail on crew Sail on, sail on Sail on through
13.
Honky Tonk At Home 03:08
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Pull the curtains honey take off your dress It pays to get a lawyer who can clean up a mess The judge wasn't friendly, but he was polite I just want to celebrate with you all night The gun wasn't mine, no one got killed And there's no law against unmarked bills Do a little dance, do it nice and slow Let's stay in and honky tonk at home (chorus) You met this middle-man in the middle And he loves you so Let's stay in and honky tonk at home It's Saturday night. but let's stay in I'm feeling pretty good about the state I'm in Satisfied to the marrow of the bone All I want to do is honky tonk at home (chorus Do I need to draw you a map? I've walked the dog now take that cat off your lap Don't leave me here, dancing all alone All I want to do is honky tonk at home (chorus)
14.
Long Letter 03:28
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Long Letter I ain't doing well, but when I get to feeling better I'm going to sit right down and write you a long long letter When I get back home, I'm gonna dig out that old sweater Settle in, sit down and write you a long, long letter It's been way too long doggone it I'm gonna have to put three stamps on it When I send this big old letter to you The kettle on the stove is whistling I put some tea on, I'm getting wistful I'll tell you all about it when I write this letter to you I was a wild-ass hound dog And you, you wanted a setter I'm gonna tell you all about it When I write this long long letter I'm down here in tatters And there ain't much left that matters except for sitting down, and writing this letter to you It's going to take a stack of paper And a mug full of pens and pencils It's gonna take a little bit of nerve To write this letter I ain't doing well I ain't doing well I ain't doing well
15.
Hoopla Earrings 02:06
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Hoopla Earrings With hoopla earrings and a bandage on her ankle She came up here with her closest distant cousin Someone pulled a knife and buttered his role While they were on the dance floor doing the stroll There will be talk but it's only talk Your time's up, she said, the laudry's on spin We'll dry it out tomorrow in the hot desert wind Pack it in Bud, you old sorry sack of bones You were king of nothing much and now you're overthrown You can't put a fence up on land you don't own and never say goodbye forever on the telephone Uh-uh... Never say goodbye forever on the telephone Never say goodbye forever on the telephone Never say goodbye forever on the telephone
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Trial By Fire 03:34
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Trial By Fire Since the fire improved the view from our room We lay up there all night and marvel at the moon You’re my sweetheart and my rock in the storm Leave it to someone like you At a time like this to notice the moon Teach me that knot again, tied when we wed The rope has held securely, I’m forever in your debt Your crooked smile is my anchor in this life With laughing eyes and all When I asked you to be my wife All it takes is a spark and you’ve got trial by fire One little spark and it’s trial by fire Just a little spark, just one little spark One little spark and it’s trial by fire
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Blossom 03:10
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Up from the rocks to the roots To the top of the tree From the rock, from the rock to the root Up from the rock To the top, to the top Buzzier bees and busier birds Ever since you gave me your word You are a blossom on the tree of life Flowers are delicate and temporary Unlikely sanctuary way up here Swaying in the breeze, at the top of the tree Tender roots to tender shoots Did I find you or you find me Way up here swaying in the breeze At the top of the tree
18.
Shoes, Size 10 1/2 03:21
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Shoes, Size 10 1/2

 Notebooks full of chicken scratch
 Boots and shoes, size ten and a half 
If I didn't cry I'd have to laugh, boo hoo
 What will I leave behind 
 But worn out boots and shoes

 You were in my dream last night for a little while 
It did not seem all that strange when you cracked a smile 
And you asked, what would I do 
 Without my boots and shoes 

Is there some lesson here I have failed to learn
 Is there a pressure valve I forgot to turn
 Where've I been and where am I going to
 And how'm I gonna to get there 
Without my boots and shoes

 Reincarnated with a new shoe size 
Fullfilled, will I have realized
 What you meant to me, and what I meant to you 
Or will I be back just to wear out boots and shoes 

 You were in my dream last night for a little while 
It did not seem all that strange when you cracked a smile
And you asked me, what will I do 
 Without my boots and shoes
19.
Emily Dickinson - Rowing In Eden 03:45
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Rowing in Eden Rowing in Eden, Ah, the Sea! Wild nights - Wild nights! Were I with thee Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile - the winds - To a Heart in port - Done with the Compass - Done with the Chart! Rowing in Eden - Ah - the Sea! Might I but moor - tonight In thee! Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all And sweetest in the Gale is heard And sore must be the storm That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm I’ve heard it in the chillest land And on the strangest Sea Yet never in Extremity It asked a crumb of me. Rowing in Eden Rowing in Eden, Ah the Sea!
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@MayorEmanuel 03:02
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MayorEmanuel Lived in a crawl space and under bridges Blubbered in an igloo shivered in a Civic with a dog and a duck y'all Hambone and Quaxelrod That's a campaign y'all fuck right, fuck y'all Bow down and say a prayer This your brand new mayor No more diggin' ditches, bitches Don't be a hater Braun or neither bitter Braun Stayin' up late followin' me on twitter You wish you was one wicha coffee buzz on Barry on drums playin' Hail To The Chief Bow down- Chicago skyline- King of The Loop Pheonix fuckin' risin' King of The Loop I just got the call from Urkel He says we're motherfuckin' workers like Terkel Everybody get in a circle One more beer and play Not Fade Away Bow down- It did not take a molotov it took a handshake Who's got a matchstick for the beefcake? Carl the intern he loves to burn shit Axelrod's moustache just stopped quiverin' Chicago skyline- Bow down-
21.
Stewpot, 1979 04:04
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22.
Don't Forget The Onions 02:33
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23.
Joe Beam's Blues 03:36
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Joe Beam’s Blues It’s the dot placed over an “I” It’s your plans that will never fly It’s the depth of your rut It’s the knot in your gut It’s a storm, it’s a wave A uniform of the formerly brave It’s a forlorn sailor’s song About a trip on a ship that has gone wrong It’s the weight of a stone That you carry all alone It’s the judgments all too wise That you see in other’s eyes These are Joe Beam’s blues Welcome to Joe Beam’s blues It’s a taste that is so sour It’s a waste of twenty-four hours It’s a songbird’s broken wing It’s your heart on a cold steel string It’s a mirror, it’s your age It’s the root of your rage It’s the page that’s been torn out It’s the seed of all your doubt It’s the thoughts you can’t abide You can’t push down, or brush aside It lives like fire in your mind You could put them out with suicide These are Joe Beam’s blues Welcome to Joe Beam’s blues
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Megalopolis 03:03
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Megalopolis Stuck in the middle of the megalopolis The guy behind us, nearly on top of us Doing twenty-five in a fifty-five Stuck in the middle of five o-clock I drive four thousand pounds of US steel Any way that I feel I know it’s wrong, to just keep careening along In love with an automobile Wake me up when we get to the good part Wake me up when we get there Wake me up if there’s a good part Wake me up if we get home alive I know it’s wrong to love future Scrap plastic and steel I was raised on automobiles I know it’s wrong to just keep careening along In love with an automobile Some of these people when they get cut off It makes them think about guns They’ve got to get there and get there quick Or there’s gonna be hell to pay They know it’s wrong to just keep careening along In love with an automobile They know it’s wrong to feel so insulated In love with an automobile Stuck in the middle of it Stuck in the middle, man Stuck in the middle
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Kingwood Mule 03:04
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Kingwood Mule I had that e.e. cummins diesel unwound Rollin’ out of Pittsburg, Texas bound Who flew by on the road he rules Damned if wasn’t that Kingwood Mule His Logbook reads like a masterpiece And he never gets caught by the state police Taillights and twisters of dust on the road Then come a crackle on the radio “Who’s that parked in the passing lane?” Before I could answer he was out of range Don’t even bother brother, don’t be a fool You can’t keep up with the Kingwood Mule Don’t even bother brother, don’t be a fool You can’t keep up with the Kingwood Mule Your new rig is mighty clean The King of Mules drives a time machine Don’t forget to call your mother and your wife Slow down a little if you value your life Don’t even bother brother, don’t be a fool You can’t keep up with the Kingwood Mule Don’t even bother brother, don’t be a fool You can’t keep up with the Kingwood Mule
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Purple Is A Flavor 04:32
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Purple Is A Flavor I heard that purple is your favorite flavor Cherry Red, my Cherry Red Here you go, don't stop, you can finish my lollipop oh yeah, my Cherry Red I've got a spring-loaded thing for you Spring-loaded and sugar-coated I've got a spring-loaded thing for you Spring-loaded, spring-loaded Spread out your candy, I’m so greedy and you’re so greedy Spread out your candy, don't get it in your hair Spread out your candy, give me that special dark down there Spread out your candy, and don't get it in your hair I heard that purple is your favorite flavor Cherry Red, my Cherry Red Here you go, don't stop, You can finish my lollipop oh yeah, my Cherry Red You're so purple and I'm so purple Purple's your favorite flavor Cherry Red (Chorus) I can tell you people, purple is a flavor Got to tell you people, purple is a flavor I can tell you people, purple is a flavor I can tell you 'cause purple is my favorite flavor now
27.
Clown Song 09:36
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Clown Song One circus lion said to another, "Acrobats turn my stomach" And I'll bet if you eat that clown It will taste real funny And I'll bet if you eat that clown It will make his mommy unhappy And I'll bet if you eat that clown The circus will never forgive you And I'll bet if you eat that clown It will come back to haunt you And what would you do with the oversized shoes You know you'll never fit into them And what would you do with a wig that blue When your favorite color is yellow I'll bet if you eat that clown You'll be sorry tomorrow You know what day tomorrow is? It's your birthday party And no one will come if you don't have a clown No one, no one I'll bet if you eat that clown It will taste real funny, anyway
28.
The President's Head 02:26
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Animal Instincts 02:54
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Animal Instincts Cage unlocked, we went off half-cocked 
 And got down on all fours

 Busted chain links with animal instincts
 We were hard to ignore Latch a chain to a star you name For the life you're dreaming of
 Hatch a scheme to be born again clean In the eyes of the one you love

 We would nestle, opposing thumbs wrestled
 Any warm place was fine Then nested down in an old river town
 New ties did bind

 Latch a chain to a star you name For the life you're dreaming of
 Hatch a scheme to be born again clean In the eyes of the one you love

 I can see her now as I saw her then
 My dear old fabled love Framed in tresses, untamed -entangled
 Her face forever young

 Who can blame a lack of shame Back when we played at love Further, we will blunder Laying out under the salty sky above (chorus) I see her now
 as I saw her then My dear old fabled love
 Framed in tresses, untamed -entangled Her face forever young
30.
Our Heaviest Coats 03:36
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Our Heaviest Coats We’ve all got on our heaviest coats We’ve all got to carry the heaviest loads People there’s a bug in the code Man ain’t kind –no, he’s brutally cold Keep your hands in your pockets And your eyes pointed down the road Button up and zip it You better watch your lip, kid You might get it froze off On a statue of a saint One for none, none for all It’s hard to duck a fast-pitched ball Keep your hands in your pockets And your eyes pointed down the road Button up and zip it You better watch your lip, kid Before it gets froze off On a statue of a saint People, there’s a bug in the code You’re gonna need a heavier coat People— —there’s a bug in the code
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Roxanne Stone 02:05
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Roxanne Stone (Alternate Opening Verse- ½ time) She’s a cold one from way back in the hills She’ll land you in the hospital with a pile of bills Listen up or you will have to atone You better not mess around with Roxanne Stone Roxanne Stone, you better leave her alone Roxanne Stone, Roxanne Stone You better leave her alone, Roxanne Stone She’s ‘gon crush your spine and lay you low She’ll put out your one good eye and leave you poor Listen up brothers to this tale of woe You’d better not mess around with Roxanne Stone Roxanne Stone, you better leave her alone Roxanne Stone, Roxanne Stone You better leave her alone, Roxanne Stone You know it’s cruel and unusual Still you want to live a good long life Listen up brothers or you’ll have to atone You’d better not mess around with Roxanne Stone

about

These recordings are the solo work of Ben Purscell (Dusty Mason), intrepid frontman of Bucks Co. PA's cow-junk band Grave Cowboys, self-employed stonemason, sculptor-stone carver and 1996 Bucks Co. Poet Laureate (runner-up). Many of the tracks were written during FAWM 2009-10 (February is Album Writing Month) at www.FAWM.org. (DUM LUV, Shoes Size 10 1/2 were added 2/23/11). Hidden track @MayorEmanuel is only available with album download.

email- bpurscell@gmail.com
web- www.stone-artist.com

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released November 11, 2011

All songs written and performed by Ben Purscell except-

Long Letter- written by Ben Purscell and Steve Nickey

Blossom- music by Delroy Golding and Dave Marion, lyrics and vocals by Ben Purscell

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