I'm a bear
And I know the motions
Soon the river where I fish will frozen
And birds will cease to sing
I'll dig a hole and I'll come out in spring
The lower the sun
The colder the days
The longer the night
The brighter the blaze
Of the fire of love
From up above
My own radiation bouncing off the den
And warming myself up again

I'm a squirrel
Stacking up stashes
Soon the snow will conceal the tall grasses
But I won't want for feed
Cause I dug a hole and I buried some seeds
The deeper the frost
The tighter the soil
The harder the harvest
The greater the spoils
My secret stash
Is sure to last
A long hibernation in a maple tree
I'm taking care of future me

I'm a man
Playing with matches
Soon I'll pace back and forth through the ashes
Some rest would do me well
I'm in a hole that I dug for myself
The longer the day
The less I can sleep
The more that I pray for
The less I receive
The anthropocurse
From bad to worse
I know if I slow down, I won't survive
So I'll find another 9 to 5

Hibernation

I hate the beach
The sun makes me tired and the high tide washes the sand man away
I have to say, I hate the beach
I hate the beach, baby

I hate the sun
The burning of skin is and is not a-peeling
I’m not having fun. I hate the sun
I hate the beach, baby

I hate the beach, baby
I hate the beach, I hate the beach, baby

I hate the sand
It gets in places I can’t mention politely
It’s itchy and I hate the sand
I hate the beach, baby

I hate the ocean
It’s less like swimming and more like swirling in a sickening motion
I hate the ocean, I hate the beach

Sometimes the beach is too much
Just ask the Dutch
Other times, it’s just enough
To make you feel like you wanna go
To a place where it always snows
Bundled up in bunches of blankets

I hate the beach
The beautiful bodies lying idly beside me,
So far out of reach, I hate the beach
I hate the beach

I Hate The Beach

Man Alive! (The Drive to Survive)

I’m a long time away by now
About as long as the time allows
I’m sorry that I haven’t been around
I’ve been living with a lot of doubt
A lot within me to worry about
I’m sorry that I haven’t been around

I forgot how the time estranges
But I can’t turn back the pages
I’ve been going through a lot of changes
I been learning how the old man gauges
How much the man’s old face rearranges
I’ve been going through a lot of changes

The hard times come and the good times go
Well into the spring, the hardest snow will blow
But you gotta stay warm
So put on your sweater and weather whatever cause
I think you know

I’ve been given a life long trial
But I spent half my life in denial
Now I’m focusing on my survival
I’ve been doing my best not to spiral
Keeping momentum so my signs stay vital
I’ve been focusing on my survival

Will you allow me to reintroduce
Reconnect with the family roots
I won’t make another lame excuse
I’ve been a long time recluse
And I let the darkness seduce
I won’t make another lame excuse

Weather Whatever

I Can't Feel The Light

Sing Like A Fish

My Dentist

I still can see the bar lights, neon green and red and blue
As I turn my head the other way and kneel at my pew
I pretend to hear God’s voice in my ear
Saying “It might not be your week, but it’s your year,
And I have a special plan for you
Walk ‘till your bones rot through
To the nearest desert, directly to the West.
You can take I-80. I wish you the best.”

My feet are so sore, let me take of my shoes,
And pray to my savior for a bit of good news
It has not rained in a week
The wooden cross inside me’s beginning to creek
And I want to believe so bad
I hate this doubt I have
I want to lay down but I’m not dead yet
My spirit needs to pay this debt

Fast forward to Nebraska where my lucky stars betrayed me
The vastness lacking obstacles managed to blockade me
I fell asleep on the grass next to the road
A cold hard bed, but organically grown
For which a trillion different breezes were blown
And a trillion little seeds were sown
Nestled in the ground to await their birth
A trillion lucky stars in the soil of the earth

I nestle in the ground without flowers or oil
I am a seed in the soil

Seed Song

This town is overrun by wolves
They’re killing our cattle, we’re losing control
The Mayor said they’re just passing through
It’ll be over soon

They’re in our gardens and foyers
Wolves are eating our doctors and laywers
The Mayor skipped town the other week
Needless to say, the outlook is bleak

Wolves are drinking our water
Wolves are stealing our jewels
Wolves are running for office
And getting teaching in our schools

Wolves are passing legislation
Wolves are planting new trees
Wolves are destroying our nation
And they just opened up a library

What should we do?
Is there anything to do
But sit back and blame eachother
And watch Wolf* News?

Wolves are drinking our water
Wolves are stealing our jewels
Wolves are running for office
And getting teaching in our schools

Wolves are passing legislation
Wolves are planting new trees
Wolves are destroying our nation
How am I supposed to say I’m free?

Wolf Pit

How can you say you wanna leave and stay exactly in the same place?
How can you say you wanna breathe and hold your hands on your face?
How do you stand there and weep at a sky turning blue?
How do you expect me to keep in close proximity to you?

Cause you're a Debbie fucking downer
You're a Debbie fucking downer
Given the choice 'tween a frown or a smile
You'll always pick the frown
And that's just not my style

How can you keep yourself inside on such a beautiful day?
How can you leave me out to dry, turning my sky to grey?
How can you say you're always tired and never lay down to rest?
How can you say I'm your desire if you say you want what's best?

Cause you're a Debbie fucking downer
You're a Debbie fucking downer
Given the choice 'tween a frown or a smile
You'll always pick the frown
And that's just not my style

Debbie Fucking Downer

Featuring the whistling of Gabe Chevalier --  soundcloud @abrielhevalier

It was a cloudy, chilly, somewhat boring afternoon
The moment that I first bumped into you
But you showed me sunshine, I could not turn away
I'll always remember that day

I hear melodies in your name

Oh, Fernanda, oh Fernanda
Hand a blanket to me, sweetheart
It's so cold

Oh, Fernanda, oh Fernanda
Hand up against my heart
I'm yours to hold

I'm pleasantly surprised that you're still sitting next to me
I thought for sure by now that you'd be gone
But over and over again you have proved me wrong
And that's why I wrote you this song

Next to me is where you belong

Oh, Fernanda, oh Fernanda
Hand a blanket to me, sweetheart
It's so cold

Oh, Fernanda, oh Fernanda
Hand up against my heart
I'm yours to hold



Fernanda

People That Don't Exist

Shout out to Grey Nuns for the cracked hands (and feet)

Now that you’re tucked in
I have to say goodnight
Now you might have a nightmare
But I know you'll be alright

Can you feel the air
Slipping past your tongue
It might be The Bonesetter
Emptying out your lungs

You could run
You’d make it more fun

You can see your blood
Filling up his cup
You know it’s just a nightmare
But you just can’t wake yourself up

Feel his eyes on your back
Coming up from behind
His elbows on your shoulders
His fingers in your spine

You could run
You’d make it more fun

The Bonesetter

I saw you from across this very crowded bar
Sipping a julep as sweet as I'm sure that you are
Darling, I'm digging your style
I had to come over once I saw that smile

As I walked over, I started to think
Of a clever way to ask if I could buy you a drink
And God answered me as I started to pray
This is what God thinks I should say:

You are simply the most beautiful girl
God says you're the finest creation he's brought to the world
Baby, you've got to believe
God says you don't but I'm begging you please

To listen carefully
To the last thing God needs me to say
Pretty soon it's gonna rain
And it won't stop
For forty days

I don't know why he's kept us apart
But he wants us together to build him an ark

I know you're drowning, but give me a chance
And I'll be your olive branch

Olive Branch

thank Michael Pinsonneault, rest in peace

What is between the chapters in the book you read?
All of the things you didn't know your favorite character said
Don't ask me to know
Where you're going
Don't ask me to know
Where you've -- Gone

What's underneath the surface of your soft, freckled skin?
All of the space you didn't know your favorite character's been
Don't ask me how long
'Till it's over
Don't ask me how long
'Till you're -- Gone

All the things you know he said
And all the mornings you spent in bed
All the feelings you sought
And all the clothes you bought
Just memories now, not soon forgotten
But don't tell me how you got them

What is behind the curtain in the play you staged?
All of the parts you didn't know your favorite character played
Don't ask me to feel
Something I don't
Don't ask me to feel
After you're -- Gone

Your Favorite Character

The story of Mr. Doherty's encounter with (unknown folks) and the unholy entity Phalacrocorax Garbo

The Blessed Ovaries part 1:
https://soundcloud.com/sammorisson2/the-blessed-ovaries

The Blessed Ovaries part 2

Bastardization of an important folk song

Space ship, space ship, fly so far,
Take me to the furthest star
Please don't tell me which galaxy I'm in,
Or whether I've already been

When I'm in the emptiness,
Blue things, green things, I'll most miss
Dreaming dew drops on my feet
In the midst of cryogenic sleep

If I make it to the edge,
I will keep my earthly pledge
Before my space ship disappears,
I'll mark in the stars, "Sam was here"

Space Ship

Where did you come from, babe? I wanna know
I wanna go on an expedition
To find all the gold you left there as a child
The gold which dripped from your skin
The skin you used to live in
The skin you shed to take your physical form

To join the walkers of the waking world
To pry open oysters in search of pearls
To live and to die and to stare at the sky and to kiss a few girls

To suffer and to feel joy
To pretend you’re a cowboy
To bask in the waves and swim in the rays and to destroy

To confuse and to abuse
To fake your love and to read the news
To see who you’d be if you lived in a city
And to call a few truces to see if it reduces the need to make excuses and practice tying nooses

Remember where you came from, babe
And the words to your silent prayer
When the time comes, you’ll save the say
As long as you remember how to get there

Expedition

You never wanna waste my time,
But I've got time to kill
You're still coming up with rhymes,
And time is running out until

I'm heading on down to Anaheim
To spend a little time on the water slide
I'll be gone for long and you know why
Anaheim

I didn't wanna say goodbye,
So I said goodnight instead and spent the night
I couldn't close my eyes,
Your breathing on my body keeping time until

I'm heading on down to Anaheim
To spend a little time on the water slide
I'll be gone for long and you know why
Anaheim

I hope you're feeling alright
I check your vital signs through the screen
I've been here for a while,
But still, I feel as though I'm sitting somewhere in between

I'm heading on down to Anaheim
To spend a little time on the water slide
I'll be gone for long and you know why
Anaheim

Anaheim

Elliot Smith cover

Nicest Clementine painting, Abbey Ryan

Clementine

Live at le Caigibi

Oliver, you always make me smile
Oliver, won't you stay a while?
You make a twelve hour shift worth while

Oliver, you know exactly I tick
You're quick to lick off my lip sick,
Even when you're homesick
You're the one that I pick to be my sidekick
Oliver, this is your song

Oliver, you make me want to sing
Oliver, you know that you're the king
You are God's and my favorite thing

Oliver, how did you come to be so sweet?
No one can beat you. They'd have to cheat
I'm so glad you're in my passenger's seat
Come to my street
I'll give you a treat
You're favorite kind of meat to eat

Oliver - Serious Business

I once caught wind of a terrible secret,
But I best not repeat it, lest I be defeated
By the elitist who keeps it away from the fetuses --
That's what he calls us -- with inherent weaknesses

Not exactly geniuses, don't know who the teacher is
Or what our theseses are. Or is it theses?
The species of conveniences, rid of most diseases
But unable to choose who to give allegiances to

Is it meaningless? Do you know who Jesus is?
Show me where the needle is or where to put my grievances
Going through the sequences -- that's what the idea is
Keeping your heads down, not being impedances

Knowing where the evil is, deciding not to notice
Is it wrong to be happy? Even if you needed it?
Or do you increase the long list of reasons it's all going to hell?
Yes -- and that's what freedom is

And so he seeks -- I mean the elitist
To purposely deceive us into believing in
A system of false pretences and the only defence is
Some smoke and mirrors and a cloud of forced ignorance

And any attempt to clean it only deepens it
When it's time to choose it's this that or neither
And you better believe that either side will leave it just the way it's always been
And that's what freedom is

The Species Of Conveniences - Serious Business

I'm thinking about my backpack
And how I carry it around
Always having everything I need inside
Like a side kick

I'm thinking about Medusa
And the way she wore her hair
And the way she looked at me when I stared into her eyes
So surprised

I'm thinking about zucchini
And how my mama made it good
Bake it into bread and cook the rest up for supper
Rest up for school tomorrow

There's so much to learn
And so much I've already heard

I'm thinking about my teachers
And how they were so good to me
Fill my head with information, both useful and not
And often good thoughts

I'm thinking about the end times
And how I know they're coming soon
Natural disaster, and the world's run by tycoons
With the brains of baboons

I'm thinking about this lesson
That I'm about to share with you
Always keep your head screwed on

There's so many notes to sing
And so many boats to sink

Always Keep Your Head Screwed On - Serious Business

If you dress your elephant when inclement weather hits,
You'd better weigh the benefits of keeping him bare
And bears saying prayers are exceptionally rare,
But you'd better keep an eye aware, and carry a bat
And bats having chats and behaving like that,
Well, they've got some time to clean their act before they gotta fly
And flies wearing tie dye ties and glasses on their eyes
Well they're running out of alibis to keep up with their lies

Animals wearing clothes, they're not what you think you know
They hide behind fabricated truths, and so,
Animals wearing clothes that you may think they sewed,
They abricadabracate all their clothes

The dog wearing clogs, doing sing-alongs
Well, his social skills are not too strong, and so he is an ass
And asses with masses of sweet, raw molasses,
While they act like working classes, they can't work a crane
And cranes with canes and beautiful dames
Don't address each other by their names, instead they use "m'dear"
And deer drinking beer, how the hell did he get here?
It appears he used the pier when he got off the ark

Animals Wearing Clothes - Serious Business

Outtakes from Coming Along :
https://soundcloud.com/sammorisson2/sets/coming-along

Tuning

I'm under water, but I'm able to breathe
My alma mater is under the sea
How I wish I could go fishing with my fish friends in the mid-Atlantic
Baby, that's where I want to be -- studying marine biology
At Atlantis University

I've been to the deep end of the Mariana trench
I can fix a sub marine with nothing but an allen wrench
My daily swim ended at the sub-aquatic terrarium
You can see the elephants, squirrels and geraniums all for free -- when you show your student ID
At Atlantis University

Holy sea cow, I remember just as fondly as my brain will allow
What's this I'm feeling now? Jubilee! Manifest your wildest dreams
At Atlantis University

I can't believe just how long it's been since I got my degree
At Atlantis University

Atlantis University

I've got a lot on my mind today,
And I'm finding myself unable to say
"Hey, I wanna talk to you"
It's like trying to fly a kite
I'm holding on tight but I don't think I'm doing it right,
Despite having thought it through
"I'm giving up for the day. I'll try again tonight"

I call you on the phone to see if you're alone
This time you are, so I get in the car
I crash on the way, but I still wanna say,
"You made my day when you called me out of the blue
Can you remember what you said?
Maybe I'll remember when I get out of bed"

Now that we can be alone, I sing,
Cause I feel like I can tell you anything
You tend to bring that kind of feeling
Although I think you already know,
I tell you "I love you and you make me feel like home is not so far away
I got tired of waiting of waiting so I told you today"

I kiss you on the face and I feel out of place
You start to dance, and it puts me in a trance
And I start to feel things I know aren't real
All of this to steal a momentary glance
It's like trying to fly a kite
I'm holding on tight, but I don't think I'm doing it right,
Despite having thought it through

I'm giving up for the day. I'll try again tonight
Maybe I'll remember when I get out of bed
I got tired of waiting so I told you today


Illustration: Christine Marie Larsen

Kite

Four Diatonic Harmonicas In Different Keys

I drew the two of diamonds again, from the top of the deck
I completely forgot how to eck
I like to draw - Surround me in toothy paper
And I guffaw, the sound of a beauty baker
An acre of land in Nova Scotia
Driving an old toyota
Living the rocky roller coast
Open, mostly
Ghostly hope

The Two Of Diamonds

we're gonna glide on through the tractor beams
and rekindle the flame of the rebellions forgotten dream
we're gonna write the lines of history that flow slowly from the bottom of your screen
and hopefully return the safety of our home planet dog park

we're blowing up the death star over the dog park, watching it fall apart

the evil empire has a truly diabolical scheme
they built a deadly laser weapon to propogate their evil regime
they're gonna use their lethal laser beam to destroy all the cuteness in the galaxy
and unfortunately, their number one priority is our home planet dog park

we're blowing up the death star over the dog park, watching it fall apart

Sam Morisson

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