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Electric Fences

by Rick F. Fontaine

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Pushover 04:25
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I was born with a foot- in- mouth disease You might say I shouldn't let these things worry me But that's OK, you never spent the day in apology It's been said that I've been living in my mind Like John said, living is easier if you close your eyes Lyin' in bed everything in life is so simplified Chorus: If you should push me over just to watch me fall Just be sure to notice it wasn't very hard at all If I should fall to pieces from the weight of your stare It's not my eggshell ego - it's just too much for me to bear. I've got something that's broken beyond repair It's called an internal monologue and it's hardly ever there But don't let that worry you, it just shows that I care I was born with a foot- in- mouth disease You might say that it's all just ancient history But I know that they'll dig it all up one of these days Bridge: I don't need you to understand I don't need you to hold my hand All I need from you is somehow to open my eyes I don't want to call my name I don't want to you to play my games All I want from you is someone to pass all my time
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N.R.F.U. 04:40
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For the life of me I don't understand Why I do the things I do To undermine your plans. For what it's worth you fought well But not before I gave you hell You're spending so much time invested in my crime I can't say you weren't warned When you came knockin on my door Did you even know that I could Knock your ass straight to the floor? REFRAIN 1: Why won't you let me be? You can't deport what you can not see When are you coming back? I need to be sure to hide all this crack I was a little late responding to the state But why make a federal case? Besides- How would you find my illegal friend If that filthy form was never sent? REFRAIN 2: Why won't you let me be? You can't deport what you can not see When are you coming back? So I can be sure to hide all this crack So enumerate this, bitch You can file this away And choke on it If you're coming back to renew your attack Don't bother to knock - I'm in my meth lab in the back
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Wake Me Up 04:13
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Well I woke up last night Not feeling myself Not feeling myself These days It's like some other guy Has crept up inside Has come to reside In me And I don't know why I'm sleepless in a world of dreamers tonight And so I lie awake and deranged And wait for the world to change Wake me up Wake me up When the wrong's no longer the right Wake me up Wake me up When this feeling has subsided Wake me up Wake me up When our fears start to run from the light Wake me up Wake me up When there's an end in sight Well I'm an agreeable guy Who voted for change We voted for change Now didn't we? But there won't be a dime Until the time the gilded halls start to crumble I'm Biden my time in the sea of hypocrites and sordid lives This stranger inside will close his eyes and wake to greet the brand new day Wake me up Wake me up When the wrong's no longer the right Wake me up Wake me up When this feeling has subsided Wake me up Wake me up When our fears start to run from the light Wake me up Wake me up When there's an end in sight
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Stuck 05:54
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I can't waste this thought I have for thinking When I get afloat I know I'm sinking Diving into someone I know is wrong Believing in that fate is all I've known I've learned to close my eyes at tragedy before it strikes I've hid my head for so long I've lost my sight It's not a guarantee but good intention My heart's in place now there's no prevention I'm stuck up, stuck up Stuck out Oh, not another night of this I'm stuck up, stuck up Stuck out Yeah.... Oh, shove the night a kiss So the story goes on of this charming man Who's sewn his heart on his sleeve and his tongue in his hand In a thousand acts I've played the fool From the straight narrow path to a pile of trash I'm stuck up, stuck up Stuck out Oh, not another night of this I'm stuck up, stuck up Stuck out Yeah.... Oh, shove the night a kiss
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One, One, One 03:57
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One, one, one This is the day I am undone Made into another sun That revolves around itself Two, two, two Another day for you Held together like glue I'll find you someday I know what it's like to be free Of this mundane destiny To be this pointless case of humanity? Three, three, three Mother Mary let it be Have your sister for tea I can find out for myself I know what it's like to be free Of this mundane destiny To be the man who knows what his life means? Four, four, four Are the walls that I'll adorn With a portrait of scorn Of a face that was never meant to be I know what it's like to be free Of this mundane destiny To be this pointless case of humanity? I know what it's like to be free Of this mundane destiny To be the man who knows what his life means?
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Dues 04:19
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Have you ever felt you've done it all? If you've ever lived to tell the tale my friend - Then do it again We started out with a righteous dream This six string and a rusty harp with a busted reed Or so it seemed Chorus: Haven't we paid our dues by now? We've had our backs to the grind for years, I don't know how One day we looked up to see the sky was falling down Haven't we paid our dues by now? Don't you know you never see it coming Skies are sunny then it all rains down in grey- What a day We've gone down the road less travelled Just to find a dead end again- Why begin? Chorus 2: Haven't we paid our dues by now? We've had our backs to the grind for years, I don't know how We fought through the crowd to find ourselves in a ghost town Haven't we paid our dues by now? Bridge (instrumental) SOLO Chorus 3 (1 and 2 combined): Haven't we paid our dues by now? We've had our backs to the grind for years, I don't know how We reached for the stars and they all started shooting down Haven't we paid our dues by now? Haven't we paid our dues by now? We've had our backs to the grind for years, I don't know how We built ourselves up while blood, sweat and tears were running down Haven't we paid our dues by now?
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Marbles 04:28
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Look at these fools falling out of their minds Some even say they've found the truth about time Lookin' for the sun behind the horizon line I just shut my eyes and pray that I'll be fine And I, I'll be just fine Movin' through these days can happen way too fast Words are not the same as they were in the past One-sided conversations are par for the course ASCII, SMTP, binary or morse So I, I'll text you some time We're all just part of the game The Gods are children at play We're just spinning through days Across the Milky Way tonight Looking for a reason why the sun don't shine Rain has got a way of cleansing the mind So fill a cup and take a sup and let it soak in The end is just the beginning of the end to begin And I, I'll begin again So take a breath and let it out and take it again 'Cause that's the only part of the plan we're in You know there's nothing shakin' on the other side So stop your frettin' and start gettin' on with your life And I, I'll get on with mine We're all just mibs in the game For keepsies or for fairs It doesn't matter either way We're in their sandbox today We're all just part of the game The Gods are children at play We're just spinning our way Across the Milky Way tonight
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Trip Around The Sun 06:38
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I took a trip around the sun Just to see what I've become Another year has slipped away And the face in the mirror has turned to gray But why do I still shine When the dawn has turned from night? I took a trip to see the stars And find out who we really are I returned with a pocket full of dust And the answer was "all of us" But why do I still burn When all the coals have been raked aside? Chorus: I tried to run from the fool that I've become But that fool just ran away By back is strained from this world full of weight But I keep holding on
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Winterbloom 04:58
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I once was a good boy Who could do no wrong In the innocence of wasted youth I was the chosen one I once was a lonely man From them I would shy away With a whisper and a nudge I was the secret one But I, I am wiser now And I feel the chill coming down... I'm a Winterbloom, honey I've gone and found my way back home I'm in the blue city The place where dreams die and are born again I'm a Winter...I'm a Winterbloom Now there's just a faded memory Of things best left on the shelf A not so funny picture Of my friends and myself I took it down, I passed it 'round To stop the ringing in my ears A misperception, a mass deception That's kept me blind for all these years But my eyes, my eyes are open now I see the sun's going down... I'm a Winterbloom, honey I've gone and found my way back home I'm in the blue city The place where dreams die and are born again I'm a Winter...I'm a Winterbloom x 2
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Electric Fences 03:46
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I've been climbing electric fences Oh for so long My heart's stopped some time ago But I keep holding on The first jolt's so hard to take The next one stings like mad Til the numbness just sets in And it's not so bad... Every time I reach the top I get knocked back down Am I the fool who get back on the horse Or the clown that won't stay down? Either way, I'll keep what I have found I've been climbing electric fences Since I first heard the sound Of a high tension wire Humming in the clouds Not knowing the next line I'll cross Or where the bridge will be Is it a major, minor, dominant A suspended 4th probably... I've been climbing electric fences For oh so long.... I've been climbing electric fences For oh so long....

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Rick's debut self-released full length album.

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released January 1, 2018

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Dallas-based guitar player, singer and writer of weird songs.

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