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Jazz Jags Music to Sooth The Savage Beast

by Jazz Jaguars

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Standing outside the bar waiting for you I don't want to go home to sleep alone Everyone's eyes burn through my clothes but I wait and I wait for yours Though I think you'll say yes to me I'm still scared Watching you from the corner of my eye, hovering near Let's be the last ones to leave tonight Standing outside of the bar waiting for you I don't want to go home without you near Watching your eye for a sign of that spark I'll wait and I'll wait just shy of the dark sidewalk and the cool streetlights that shine in the black Yellow and cold I know, but changed to be so warm if I was holding your hand tonight.
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What do you taste in a melon smell? A pit of ash and drywall tea And in the dark, what does your mouth feel after your cigar? Slick peat smoke And I can't eat meat, and the blood- so real But I still get to taste the animal's skin I taste the Milk and real butterscotch with the deepest reach from the plant's green heart With stewed green beans and the whitest cream, I fade to blue with a green, raw tint. One third green brew, and butterscotch with two thirds milk Then bleach with cream
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Tell me what's your name I like to think about the skin inside your mouth What it talks about What sounds come out Don't say anything I think a lot about the tongue inside your mouth If it sings or shouts open up your mouth Show me what's inside Say something to me Say something to me
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Chambered and waiting for the pin Gasping before the short flight comes to an end Maybe you didn't think at all For sure it's much to short to waste it on the wall Dah Dah Dah Dah, Dah Dah, Dah Dah Melody hangs for far to long to catch the words Dah Dah Dah Dah, Dah Dah, Duh Dah And words take to long- there's nothing quite as fast as me Shot out and crashed out, from a ghost to a ghost I'll fly Lash out and aim for you in a miss- and there's just one chance.
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Light reflects upon the wall, and traces hard lines but in the night, diminishing of form- those lines blur shapes join together Tell me who will you be when the lights are out? Will you be a monster to devour more souls? Will you be an Angel with that wrecked look so close to the dawn? We're breaking, and the lights all bleed into one perfect night A purgatory effect- the ipecac that you kept in your mouth for too long- -couldn't swallow, but vomited all the same Nothing left inside Just the fullness of the night Just the dark and empty space And the shadows come alive And the mass moving somewhere, just out of sight You feel it moving closer And you know it's just the night.
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Personality 03:59
Personality stands all alone, split between closet doors Till hallways stretch away like a scene in a cartoon And flowers in the vase brighten up all the room, Till forgotten, you remember how long ago it was that they died What if there were no doors, and the Cartoons stood in the hallway, Silent and not afraid? Calm and not afraid? Silent and not afraid Happy and not afraid Silent and not afraid Calm and not afraid What if there were no doors, and the Cartoons stood in the hallway, Not embarrassed at all? Calm and not afraid
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Down the ramp, old men play a sound of violent washing up ducking close, holding his colander by the money bag Countryside fades into a freeway techno-pocalypse And gasoline and motorbikes poke from every crack till rival clans meet in an "X" to drive right through each other The telephone screen, in perfect lines, marks a road -never built, It's now the dump So sink into it to the hood Now, in the dark, black bikes with no lights drive on both sides on mountain roads near the beach, blinded by the dark of brights And in the dark, led up the marble stairs of a castle four stories tall where a spiral bulb casts dimness from high in the slanted ceiling Then, in the light of day, on the balcony- bleachers to the world- A rainbow hangs all day So sink into it and the trees, where they grow thick Only in shades of green And they hold still their whole life until they tip into the sea But only if they should be chosen to be so unlucky to root so close to the edge
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To where it counts, here and here and here You won't know the words at all Here is a hole, and I know Warm, there is a quietness of a hole Stop the old sick ones When it is your sore's turn, I'll keep your safety inside me and move accordingly Keep from breathing, when required to keep from breathing And I know
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There has been a sacrifice below the starry skies Moonlight will guide you to an artificial grave Leave the horizon, and look to the wastelands Sever/sell your life and begin to live again Leaving shock-waves across the land The magic that hunts you- the magic that will not give up Embrace the cold, and feel yourself Ride the high winds and feast on the flesh
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For everything there is a season And a time for every purpose under heaven For everything there is a reason and the moments loose their purchase as they're taken A time to wake and a time to sleep A time to sow and a time to reap A time to decide just where you'd like to keep going A time to hold still and a time to make yourself move A time to keep track, or to let the moments slip by A time to decide just how you'd like to spend your short time A time to grab and a time to push A time turn all your dreams off A time to walk alone and imagine everything A time for your best and a time for your worst A time to stay back and a time to go first A time to decide just how far away you have to stay from someone
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about

Jazz Jags play religiously in either the darkest corner of the room, the furthest back of the bar, or any other vortex where permission is given.

credits

released October 4, 2016

Jazz Jags are:
Drums, Halee Jean
Guitar, Bass, Christy Matthews
Vocals, Guitar, David Payne
Extra vocals, Halee Jean, Chopper
Bass, Brian Lord
Extra guitar, Aaron Huston
Special thanks to Greg Midgley, Leena-Maija Rinne, Buzz, Sierra, Sayde, Dolan, Nick, and all past Jazz Jaguar members whoever/wherever they should be.
And extra thanks to Joe from Nobrow Coffee, the many bartenders of Burts Tiki Lounge, and Ranna, Allison, Andre, Sam, John, and all the bartenders of Twilite Lounge in SLC, and Chopper and Angela Brown.
And all groups who played at Twilite Lounge this year as Jazz Jaguars' special guests.

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