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The Meaning of Life
04:29
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Sweet music, soft rythmn, satisfy your soul.
It could be, Sex Drugs, Junk Food, or Rock and Roll.
And if I asked the question "what's it all about?"
I know, yes I know.
Sunshine, have a picnic in the countryside.
It could be, fast cars, hot woman take you for a ride?
And if you answered my question, would I find out?
'Cause I know, do you know?
We got, Pop music on MTV,
Sweet beauty of the Galaxy.
We got, all kind a' thing, for you to do...
As if that ain't enough for you.
And if I chose to answer, "All of the above".
Would I know, do you know?
Do You Know the Meaning of Life?
We All Know the Meaning of Life.
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Earthlight, Starlight
reflected in your eyes
Safe and warm, soft and slow
Float around in Zero Gravity.
Soundless, drifting
the softness of your touch
the only two in the Universe
You and me, in Zero Gravity.
Make love in Zero Gravity.
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Mad Magazine
04:42
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I've got a problem, please don't think that I'm bad.
I just can't live without my issue of MAD.
A dose of Alfred, and a shot of Max Korn
Is all it takes to make me glad I was born.
If I had one Dumb wish, I'd just wanna be a part of that scene...
You can take my car
You can steal my guitar
You can take my spleen,
but don't take away my Mad Magazine.
I've got a Berg's Eye View, and Spy Vs. Spy
I've got the Usual Gang of Idiots to get me high
I've got madmag.com and MAD TV
I got a TV commercial we'd like to see
So don't fold me In, I think you, know what I mean...
You can take my car
You can steal my guitar
You can take my spleen,
but don't take away my Mad Magazine.
I need my Letters and Tomatoes, and I need to know
Alfred E. Neuman and my good friend Monroe
There's a Gap-Toothed Idiot on my Periodical
What, me worry, I got my Special
I'd like to thank Bill Gaines, for making my life so keen...
You can take my car
You can steal my guitar
You can take my spleen,
but don't take away my Mad Magazine.
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Outside
04:27
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Turn the dial, slip inside, spreading wide.
Splitting Muons, stepping through, stretching time.
Klein bubble, softly glowing, while we take our precious time.
Outside the, light is dying, all is calm before the storm.
Inside, we're suspended, in a state of, anticipation.
Outside, of all creation, the show's about to begin.
Can't blink now, or we'll miss it, the first act of, the Universe.
Suddenly all, Hell breaks loose we're, surrounded by, the Devils Eye...
All the Suns, that will ever be, beautiful, beyond description.
Time begins in, the blink of a mind we're, surrounded by the, Creators eye...
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You Are Too Beautiful
03:11
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What secrets will the future reveal?
The past lies behind us.
They pale beside the beauty I feel.
And the clock ticks on endlessly...
Take me back to when it all began.
Hold the Future in the palm of my hand.
The past, lies ahead of us, seems so unreal.
And the clock stopped a long time ago...
You are
Too beautiful
You are
Too beautiful
You're far too strange for me to understand.
Much too powerful, to command.
If you weave your way, into my mind.
We can leave this world, behind.
You are
Too beautiful to describe
Too beautiful
You are The Universe and I'm just a man.
Wanting to know you any way that I can.
You hold my Future in the palm of your hand.
And the clock ticks on endlessly...
Again.
You are
Too beautiful to describe.
Too beautiful
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Chromosome Syndrome
05:14
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You're being screwed by the powers that be.
If you don't believe it then listen to me.
May sound corny but your vegetable soup,
could be the new Frankenstein monster.
Your genes may be blue, you may be too,
find out what government's doing to you.
A rat in a cage, you should be outraged.
at the suit from the grocery store.
Chromosome.
Syndrome.
In years gone by, we had thalidomide babies,
Smokers still die, the drug laws are crazy.
Alcohol's great, mary jane is insane.
And modified genes permeate through your brain.
Elected officials should be working for you,
instead they're corrupting, and poisoning food.
only the government comes out a winner,
as far as you know there is death in your dinner.
Chromosome.
Syndrome.
Give me a break, get out of my breakfast,
At least let me choose which poison I use.
Don't put me in jail if I have a few tokes,
Don't force me to eat agricultural jokes,
A time and a place for experimentation,
This isn't it, stop genetic manipulation.
Chromosome.
Syndrome.
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Time Will Tell
06:36
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Single mother struggles on welfare
Three little children under her care
The youngest one
Crayons on the wall
Building burns to ground, the wall was all they found
Sold to the gallery for 4 million pounds
Original drawings by, the artist at four
Einstein was a failure in grade two
He was a great, one of the few
They called him slow
Insults took their toll
His great mind would never rest,
always did his very best
We all know what happened here
He worked hard, without fear
We hope dreams turn out well
In the life we create
Then leave it to fate
Only time will tell
Little girl, sits staring at the stars
Dreams she'll fly the first spaceship to Mars
Father has a fit
Tells her to 'forget about it'
Quietly the girl persists, following her life-long bliss
Graduates from school one day
Gets in her ship and blasts off
We hope dreams turn out well
In the life we create
Then leave it to fate
Only time will tell
Your dreams are yours, don't let them blow away
Hold onto them, you may be great one day
Don't let fear win
Go for it! Begin!
Some may try to stop you, but just do what you do
No failures here, time will see you through
and we all wish you well
But only time will tell
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Collecting Icons
04:58
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When the spell is cast
Drift into the past.
The long lonely life.
If I find you there
Will I have time to spare.
How long will it last?
Take a walk through time
Not knowing what you'll find, what is to come.
We'll live forever on
Won't miss you when you're gone, so come on.
Collecting Icons. From the Past.
Directing Photons. Into the Past.
You lived a special love.
I lived another life.
Until I found you.
You were a mystery
A part of History.
Now life starts anew.
Take a walk through time
Not knowing what you'll find, what is to come.
We'll live forever on
Won't miss you when you're gone, so come on.
Collecting Icons. From the past.
Directing Photons. Into the Past.
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I Will Wait for You
07:19
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When I saw you standing there
On the launch pad with your, silver hair
You mean so much to me
Why do you have to go...
Alpha-Centauri is so far away
You won't be back for many thousand days
I'll be much older and you'll still be young
And I will miss you so...
Will our love still last although you're light years away
When you come home at last, will my hair be gray
Will I know what to say,
Will you still love me, or will time erase, all that we knew.
But one things for sure, I will wait for you.
As your ship rises into the night
And becomes a tiny point of light
I curse the memory of Einstien, what was he thinking of
The laws of relativity, conspire to take my youth from me
When you return will you remember me, my one true love
Each day that passes takes you further away
My tears won't change a thing, and who can say
If I will still be here
Will you still love me dear, or will time erase, all that we knew.
But one things for sure, I will wait for you.
When I get home, I turn the TV on
The news report says your ship has gone
Out of communication range of Earth, and passed the speed of light
Turn off the tube and go to bed
But still the questions echo through my head
What will you find, and will you even come home again
Will our love still last although you're light years away
When you come home at last, will my hair be gray
Will I know what to say,
Will you still love me, or will time erase, all that we knew.
But one things for sure, I will wait for you.
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It's Good
06:31
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I've been around the Sun, it was a lot of fun, and that's good.
I'd do it all again, in a minute my friend, if I could.
Well since I've been alive I've often been described as a fool.
But I'm smart enough to know, that the stones they like to throw are not cool.
Bad people bug me. Stay away from here.
Good people, good friends.
It's so nice to be back home again.
It's good to be back home.
Been away for a thousand years. It sure seems like more.
It's so nice to be welcome here. So what are we waiting for?
See the sunlight in your eyes.
Hear the words that tantalize.
No need to fantasize, we're home again.
It's good to be back home.
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Good Night Universe
06:06
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Out of space
Out of time
Out of energy
Out of rhyme
All is said
All is done
All can wait
For the morning sun.
No more to do
No more to say
All tuckered out
It's been a very long day.
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Mars
Goodnight Venus
Goodnight Stars
Goodnight Sweet Dreams
Time now for bed
Goodnight Sweet Dreams
See you again.
Turn out the light, hold my hand, it's time to close your eyes.
Don't walk away, come back to bed, night has come.
Far away, in another Galaxy.
There is someone getting ready for dreams.
All is well, the darkness falls and nothing is what it seems.
Before you fall asleep there's something I'd like to say.
To everybody everywhere, Good Night.
All across the Universe.
Everybody's getting ready for dreams.
All is well, I can tell,
Let them know, that hope lives on,
and I'm just glad, that you, are here with me.
Say goodnight, say goodnight to the Universe.
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Dee Long Nova Scotia
My band Klaatu found World wide attention in the 70s.
Albums on this site were all recorded after leaving
Klaatu.
“Been Here Before” was recorded at ESP studios in Buttonville Ontario.
“Digital” was recorded in Britain where I worked at AIR studios with George Martin.
“Outside”, “Welcome To The Future”, “Life AfterLife” and “Run 4 Cover” were all recorded at my home studio on Seton Lake, BC.
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