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A Mind
03:00
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Remembering a time, better than this one
A time that was worth mine, so I make one up
I stand still and watch my tail lights
slowly, disappear into the distance, into the fog
But It's not me standing here
I'm in my car, driving in the rain
It's pouring down and the wipers aren't doing a damn thing
I can't turn back now, I can't turn back, no
I'm lost in my mind.
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Deserted Park Bench
03:27
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Stumbling home, she grabs my hand
This girl that I just met
The smell of rain wisps passed my nose
At a quiet 3 a.m
Mid summer's passion
Arose in an instants time
Magnetic Spontaneity, with nothing on our minds
Nothing on our minds
Making out below the street lights
The Moon and the stars
She wraps her legs around my waist
And my neck with her arms
It's raining and we're soaking wet
Undo the buttons on her chest
While slowly moving closer
To a deserted park bench
With nothing on our minds
Nature in complete control
Nothing on our minds
Dead silence amidst her sweetened moans
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Broken Wine Glass
04:04
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I'm on a beach, staring out onto the ocean
While I'm sitting on my couch, staring up at the ceiling
Men and women staring at them selves
Perfecting every visible flaw
That they've known with their own eyes, self-consciously
For at least three quarters of their lives
Women in night clubs, selling themselves for some drinks
Young and old looking for yuppies and freaks
I'm on a beach, staring out onto the ocean
While I'm sitting on my couch, staring up at the ceiling
Broken bowtie around my neck
Standing up on a beach
Broken wine glass in front of me
Sitting on my couch
Staring up at the ceiling.
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The Edge
02:52
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So, here you are
Standing at the edge of a cliff
There's fire in your head
The sun shining down on your right cheek
The winds blowing your hair to the left
To the left
Light up a cigarette and sit down
Dangle your feet off the ledge
Your worlds on fire, because there's fire in your head
The devil is standing at your door step.
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He sat in front of a blazing fire
He was mistreated his whole life
He'd been firing his gun off in the distance earlier
Still had some rounds in his pocket, his pistol in his right
He walked into the dark
Loaded that gun up, with clenching teeth
No one ever paid much attention to him
He turned around and shot everyone in his family
He put out the fire, turned the tap off until it squeaked tight
Saddled up his horse and road into the night.
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Spellbinding
Oh, the timing is so impeccable
So impeccable
A rain of inspiring notions washing over me
Where I was intangible
I was intangible
And in that moment I find my place
And render the now
Have a taste of who I am
Who I am
We're all in our minds all the time
It's a fucked up world.
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Blackbirds
03:31
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Those Blackbirds that would circle around me
Everywhere I went
Have all flown away
I kind of miss their comfort though
You know that contentment
Of being alone
Summer came dancing in
It's hot
I'm with a new girl now
She's hot
Those blackbirds that would circle around me
Everywhere I went
Have all flown away
I kind of miss their comfort though
You know that contentment
Of being alone.
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The Venus Extraction regina, Saskatchewan
The Venus Extraction is an alternative/ indie/ art rock project created by Jeffrey L. Campbell. All songs written, performed, recorded and mixed by Jeffrey L. Campbell.
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