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The Great Okibo

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From "The Seventh Sea"

When I was knee-high to a bumpkin

I met with Cap'n Blunderbust the Blind

He said, "Boy I know yer wee

But spend yer life at sea

And the Great Falashan Whale you'll surely find."

And so to hunt the Great Okibo

I've chased him round the world but ten times over

And always just a league or two behind

I follow every lead

Undo his every deed

And the Great Falashan Whale I'll surely find

And so to hunt the Great Okibo.

And if this weary ship could talk

It probably wouldn't even talk

It probably wouldn't even say,

That any whale is anywhere inside you

And where there is a whale, there was a way.

(Tom Kirchoffer - drums

Molly Smith - flute)

Jon Greenlee - 2011 remix

The Gloaming

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From "Chicken"

Lost benedictions in mystical tongue

Pale, yellowed lexis of heroes unsung

Testaments faded, and parchments undone

All corporeal legends forgotten become

Breastplate allegiances bellowing

Brothers in arms and in song

Our voices may fail

But our spirits prevail

Through the dynasties

Now our sagas fade gently in unison

Grant us strength as we vanish from sight

And this is the last time

We'll all be together

So lend me your voices tonight

Son, let me cleanse you

Of the crimes of your brothers

We'll sift through the ages,

Through monsters and men.

We shall sanctify some and crucify others

And the breath of the ancients

Shall spill forth again.

Breastplate allegiances bellowing

Brothers in arms and in song

Our voices may fail

But our spirits prevail

Through the dynasties

Now our sagas fade gently in unison

Grant us strength as we vanish from sight

And this is the last time

We'll all be together

So lend me your voices tonight

Blessed the bondage of Providence

The icons slip shapelessly through

And how many lifetimes must wash through these walls

Before they disintegrate too

But our humours still pulse through these corridors

And our dust through the groundwaters churn

And in this, our finest hour we shall return

(Jon Greenlee - drums)

The Funny Wagon

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From "There, There"

When I met you

I was so levelheaded

And straight as a pool cue

But now I'm crooked as a Roman arch

Youve got me madder than a hare in March

And if you don't

Believe me then

We'll just see what you say

When the Funny Wagon

Takes me away

You drive me batty, batty

You really make a lady dotty, Daddy

Can't you tell that I'm unwell

They ought to put me in a padded cell

And if you don't

Believe me then

We'll just see what you say

When the Funny Wagon

Takes me away

I'm heading towards

A little solitary in various psych wards

A little R and R behind the latch

10 to 20 in the booby hatch

And if you don't

Believe me then

We'll just see what you say

When the Funny Wagon

Takes me away

You drive me batty, batty

You really make a lady dotty, Daddy

Can't you tell that I'm unwell

They ought to put me in a padded cell

And if you don't

Believe me then

We'll just see what you say

When the Funny Wagon

Takes me away

When I met you

I was so levelheaded

And straight as a pool cue

But now I'm crooked as a Roman arch

Youve got me madder than a hare in March

And if you don't

Believe me then

We'll just see what you say

When the Funny Wagon

Takes me away

You drive me batty, batty

You really make a lady dotty, Daddy

Can't you tell that I'm unwell

They ought to put me in a padded cell

And if you don't

Believe me then

We'll just see what you say

When the Funny Wagon

Takes me away

If you don't

Believe me then

We'll just see what you say

When the Funny Wagon

Takes me away

(Victoria Gilbert - tap-dancing and additional vocals

Lauren London - vocals

Rick London - trombone

Diana Tarr - tap-dancing and additional vocals

Oren Sagher - clarinet

Darin Zahuranec - trumpet, saxophone, trombone)

The Flyingest Baby in Town

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The flyingest baby in town

Has never been one to set down

The flyingest baby

Has never been lazy

And so she's out flying around

The flyingest baby in

Has never been one to set

The flyingest baby

Has never been lazy

And so she's out flying a

The flyingest in town

Has never been set down

The flyingest

Has never been

And so she's out . around

The cryingest baby in town

Her face in a permanent frown

She's driving me crazy

The cryingest baby

I wish she would learn to pipe down

The cryingest baby in

Her face in a permanent

She's driving me crazy

The cryingest baby

I wish she would learn to pipe

The cryingest in town

Her face in a nent frown

She's me crazy

The est baby

I wish she would pipe down

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