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Reflection

Stuck on greys
gone by
gentle as night
this is the lullaby

Did I dream too much?
bittersweet enough
to like?
this is the reason why

Is nobody growing older
rubbing out lines
searching for everything?
Is nobody getting younger
searching for life?
for everything

All your ghosts
take flight
shadows run wide
this is the world outside

Is nobody growing old
rubbing out lines
searching for everything?
is nobody getting younger
searching for life?

So shake the shadows
give me the gas
stuck in the station
not making tracks
dull as the greyhound
pulling away
seeing the small town
rear mirror parade
no hollywood ending
can't see the sign
like the bad actor
losing their lines
famous for nothing
nothing has changed
empty the vessel 
with nothing to say
still as the ocean
sleeping awake
deep as the puddle
shallow and great
dull as the downpour
drifting down drains
waiting for summer
but for praying for run

How to stay alive...
(on with the sideshow)
(never better, never better)

Paul McKeever's Album

How to Stay Alive

The latest from Texas Tea, "Expansive Expedition".  This one has one of the coolest intros from Terry.  Kicks out with a bouncy whistley groove and moves into some ambient psychedelic western kinda thing.  Enjoy!

Expansive Expedition -w/ Tea R. Sea

The Smoking Trout continue our tale of the Quest for the Holy Dumpling. This time we're joined by our biggest crew yet! Stonerjazz (Jeff) got us started and somehow the whole process unfolded quite organically from there. TexMex Shaman (Stephen), Jo Richter, Tot (Masa), Jeff and Tea R Sea (Terry) are regularly recurring members of the band. We are happy to welcome Wivresse (Carine) and Neil Harding as new guest contributors. This was tons of fun as always, and a truly global collaboration spanning Japan, France, Germany, UK, and USA.

Stonerjazz (@user-911083679) --- Words, Vocals, Guitar (pt II)
TexMex Shaman (@texmex-shaman) --- Guitar (pt III)
Wivresse (@wivresse2) --- Xaphoon, Vocals, Water sounds & percussion
Tot. (@tot-beat) --- Drums,Bongo & main beat
Jo Richter (@sonic-textures) --- Thundersheet, Instrumental prelude & words (pt I)
Neil Harding (@user-484622070) --- Spoken word vocals (pt I)
Tea R. Sea (@tea_are_sea) --- Production, Synths (pt II), Sound effects (pt I)

Catch up on the Quest for the Holy Dumpling: on.soundcloud.com/FR63a
Listen to the Land of Zed, Smoking Trout's debut album: on.soundcloud.com/WB34q

LYRICS

(Part I - Vocals by Neil Harding / Words by Jo Richter)

Those individuals on wheels had a hard time finding their feed. Hungry they were - for that special dumpling that connects you to anything pagans and believers alike deem holy. Although endowed with holgraphic properties, you can't walk on clouds unless they are numbered. They kept drifting upwards, therefore, slowly upwards until they hit the ceiling called Mars. Mars always happens to be where your head needs something to bump against. That's the nature of war.

(Part II - Words & Vocals by Stonerjazz)

It turned out
there was never any doubt
about
how it was gonna be

ya know it's hard sometimes
to get a grip
drifting in the corridors of time

everybody on the bus
runnin hard and hot
some of us holograms
except for Gus
he's an Alien from outer space
waiting for the rendezvous
at the window of the launch
in Oaxaca down in Mexico
Where the magic mushrooms grow

And his bus
a shuttle from the mother ship
disguised as a 1983 GMC
infinity
He's from another Galaxy
searching for the holy dumpling
just like you and me.

Hope we find that dumpling soon
maybe it's on the moon
traveling at the speed of light
we could get there sometime later on tonight

(Part III - Vocals by Wivresse)

Except for Gus (Smoking Trout's HOLY DUMPLING #9)

147-2

147 - 2

see the video here:
https://youtu.be/ELxMTlbhFdQ?si=glYiSAKqzN5uUz3M

what is the song about Dave?:

beneath celestial orbs, 
Earth's sighs confide, 
realms of greed 
and dreams 
collide. 
empires build, 
silent stones, imply, 
balance ruptured
our fates intertwined.
collide

Lyrics

	Collide
	By David Husted
	
	
	V1
	C  
	Show me your piece of the world
	Show me your piece of the world
	Show me your piece that you want to divide up
	To buy and control and burn down 
	F   AmG  F 
	Save me all your raving lunatic
	Slogans that placate our minds
	C
	Fools
	V2
	C  
	Show me the face of insane
	show me the face of insane
	Show me a world split by a crack in the atom
	Blurred by a tear and a frown
	F   AmG  F 
	Why you have to be everybody's tool  
	Put down the knives and hammers 
	C
	Now 
	Pre Ch
	C D7 F Fm 
	But we got to move fast
	This Earth's still shining
	But she's running out of gas
	Ch
	Am  F#m7b5 C G7 
	When I hear No, know that Yes opens doorways
	When I feel Sad, know that Happiness will rise
	When I head East I think I might be meeting West
	When Yin meets Yang and birth and death Collide
	
	Bridge 
	C {simple sound textures)
	
	V3
	C  
	Maybe it's too late to explain
	Maybe it's too late to explain
	Maybe it' too late to convince and negotiate We
	need Earth; not the other way round
	F   AmG F 
	This ground will tell you he don't know your rules
	The trees will breathe our sorrow
	C
	The ocean's blue
	Pre Ch
	C D7 F Fm 
	But we got to move fast
	This Earth's still shining
	But she's running out of gas
	Ch
	Am  F#m7b5 C G7 
	When I hear No, know that Yes opens doorways
	When I feel Sad, know that Happiness will rise
	When I head East I think I might be meeting West
	When Yin meets Yang and birth and death Collide

Collide

The Earth

Guitars and bass recorded with AmpKit (Budda & Bassman cab with juicer and Echology for rhythm; All-In Ashdown preset without delay on the bass; American Rebel with Juicer, echology, and Rabid Rodent on lead guitar) into MultiTrack DAW via AudioBus. Drums from DrumLoops HD. Additional mixing and mastering done in Auria. Mix sent to AudioShare (great app for managing iOS recordings); uploaded with AudioShare app - http://kymatica.com/audioshare

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