MAXEL TOFT
33 (Truman)
Janelle LAH vocals, piano: Layers, Sawyerwood, Finished, Calling, Watering
Mixed and Mastered by Jamie Carter
Ailments Part 1 & 2
Get A Witness
Layers
Sawyerwood
Straw Union
Finished
Calling
Watering
To the trees along the highway
Do you long for peace and quiet?
Are you strong enough to keep on standing by?
Would you halt the blurry features of a billion passing travelers?
Fall across a solid yellow line
Here's to the trees along the highway
To the trees beneath the street lamps
I'd appreciate some feedback
Do you feel like you can never realign?
While you're ever reaching skyward, are your branches growing tired?
Fall across a silent power line
Here's to the trees beneath the street lamps
Why's this word here?
I don't know
But I don't need your worn out paper
I can get a witness on the world wide
I mean it
World wide web
Where's this word from?
I don't know
But I don't need your worn out paper
I can get a witness on the world wide
I mean it
World wide web
Can I get a witness on the world wide web?
I mean it
World wide
What's this word mean?
I don't know
But I don't need your worn out paper
I can get a witness on the world wide
I mean it
World wide web
Can I get a witness on the world wide web?
I mean it
World wide
In the north woods there's a lumberjack
In a lumber camp with a sharpened ax
And when the weather turns
With a union suit and prayer
He works through the winter
Adding layer after layer
Shantyman, shantyman
Shiver no more
Add another long john to your core
Shantyman, shantyman
Sweating inside
Peel another long john from your hide
In the north woods there's a lumberjack
In a lumber camp with a sharpened ax
And when the river thaws
With a union suit and prayer
He heats a tub of water
And removes the final layer
I woke up with a pounding head
Born in a shipwreck painted on a log
Downside up in a water bed
Born in a shipwreck painted on a log
Message in a bottle bobbing on a wave
Born in a shipwreck painted on a log
Will it be delivered or a watery grave
Born in a shipwreck painted on a log
Down in the wildwood leaning on a stick
Born in a shipwreck painted on a log
Finger on the trigger and an eye on a pig
Born in a shipwreck painted on a log
Pulled the trigger and the gun said "bam!"
Born in a shipwreck painted on a log
All natural organic honey baked ham
Born in a shipwreck painted on a log
The Talking Blues ain't blues per se
Born in a shipwreck painted on a log
Talkin' and rappin' till you're blue in the face
Born in a shipwreck painted on a log
Woodrow Wilson is a hip-hop pioneer
Born in a shipwreck painted on a log
Talkin' and rappin' till the blues disappear
Born in a shipwreck painted on a log
Unions weren't around
So the straw boss told us lies
They burned us to the ground
And then we organized
We got our union
Union has arrived
Now the union's here
And everything is fair
The straw boss walks in fear
The unions have a care
We have our union
Union's everywhere
Straw boss has moved on
Now the company is spent
The union's going strong
We've got retirement
We need our union
Union pays the rent
Union took a seat
And I guess we'll never learn
Unless we can compete
The market won't return
We lost our union
Union's on the curb
It's always "I'll do that when I finish this"
It's always "I'll do that when I finish this"
"When I finish this I will do that one then"
Then another "this" comes and I still don't know when
Lets go to a show when we finish our chores
Lets go to a show when we finish our chores
When we finish our chores we will go see a show
Then it's "Now I'm too tired and I'd rather stay home"
It's always . . .
I'll eat one more cookie then go for a run
I'll eat one more cookie then go for a run
I will go for run when I finish this snack
Then it's "Still on the couch and I think I've lost track"
It's always . . .
I could pay this bill or else pay down the debt
I could pay this bill or else pay down the debt
Should I pay down this debt or pay that bill instead?
'Cause it's "unplanned expense" and we're back in the red
It's always . . .
It's always . . .
Have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me
I am living, I am living, I am living, I am living, have you seen me
Have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me, I am living
I am calling, I am calling, I am calling, I am calling, have you seen me
Have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me, I am calling
I am leading, I am leading, I am leading, I am leading, have you seen me
Have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me, I am leading
I am smiling, I am smiling, I am smiling, I am smiling, have you seen me
Have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me, I am smiling
I am I AM, I am I AM, I am I AM, I am I AM, have you seen me
Have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me, have you seen me, I am I, I AM
"In Retrospect"