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EXPECTATIONS

by Stephen Bard

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Eno Fo Ecneidua Na 01:11
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The Only Expectation (Driving Lesson #1) 01:23
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The only expectation is they’re going to disappoint you The only realizations are your disbelieving eyes The only expectation is they’re going to let you down so On the rare occasions that they don’t You’re pleasantly surprised I know I know they’re hurting I know I know they’re damaged I know I know they’re selfish I know I know they’re starving for attention fucking famished Yes I know I know they’re empty Desperate to be full Put on your seatbelt babe ‘cause in the end it’s no excuse The only expectation is they’re going to disappoint you The only realizations are your disbelieving eyes The only expectation is they’re going to let you down so On the rare occasions that they don’t You’re pleasantly surprised
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Zinc Blanket 01:29
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Thank God for that zinc blanket That boy was sick as a dog More than a boy should ever be Should ever be Thank God for that zinc blanket That boy was sick as a dog More than a boy should ever be Should ever be Thank God for that zinc blanket
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N (and sometimes D) 01:15
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Lennon Dylan Harrison Wilson Streisand Simon Townshend Wyman Clapton Morrison Morrison Zeppelin Billy Preston on the organ Robertson Hudson Anderson Elton Wakeman Anderson Fagen Rundgren Chilton Lifeson Zevon Boston Van Halen Jackson Copeland Attraction Jackson Farndon Clayton Mullen Revolution Garden Cobain Corgan Billy Preston on the organ Billy Preston on the organ
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Same Strange Boat 01:27
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The joke is that we’re all just in the same strange boat Sure there’s better cabins at the top But if this boat goes down No one will be left around To tell that captain maybe he should stop The joke is that we’re all just in the same strange boat Thinking we’re so different when we’re not The soul tries to inform us that the ocean is enormous May have known it once but we forgot It’s all forest for the trees It’s all tragic comedies It’s all opportunities to learn and grow It’s all cheap excuse to hate It’s all blaming it on fate I just hope it’s not too late but I don’t know
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This Is The Feeling 01:53
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This is the feeling I don’t want to explain it I don’t want to overthink it I just want to feel it When I’m in your presence Or should I say You are in mine This is the feeling This is the feeling This is the feeling I don’t want to explain it I don’t want to overthink it I just want to feel it When I’m in your presence Or should I say You are in mine This is the feeling This is the feeling A thousand lifetimes Kiss of eternity It burns in me the wanting To feel this way for always To touch the source forever However long it takes I will remember And I will be there Because This is the feeling This is the feeling This is the feeling
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High Enough 01:45
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High enough High enough High enough This is high enough Up on a mountain Drinking the air I can feel something Waiting there Waiting for you Waiting for me Anyone who wants to see High enough High enough High enough This is high enough Somebody’s lying To everyone here Everyone’s buying Into the fear Up on a mountain You don’t have to fly You go any higher You know it’s a lie High enough High enough High enough This is high enough
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Learn It Easier 01:46
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The lesson learned is hard and that’s the way it is And if you get it wrong you don’t retake the quiz Please Stuck with disappointment and all these sour memories Wondering if you even grew from all the indiscrepancies Living it every day amidst the what ifs and the maybes Wish there was a way to learn it easier Easier Easier Start off thinking it’s a breeze And everyone should love you Sucking nectar from the trees The bluest sky above you Now you’re just an addict for it Nothing else agrees Please Nothing else agrees Please Nothing else agrees Please Nothing else agrees Please This one enduring weakness is the lesson and the tease And though you know you’re gonna learn it every day Just like Achilles Wish there was a way to learn it easier Please Wish there was a way to learn it easier Easier Easier Easier Easier
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Look For Me 01:52
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If I go first Promise me When you get there Look for me If you go first I promise you When I get there I’ll look for you Of course I’d rather go together Seconds of each other At the end of one hundred and twenty Tell me, is that asking too much? Asking too much? I don’t know but that’s how I would like it to be If I go first Promise me When you get there Look for me If you go first I promise you When I get there I’ll look for you And darling Sweet darling Look for me
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Cool & Delicious 01:35
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The air outside is cool and delicious Cool and delicious Cool and delicious The air outside is cool and delicious Chillin’ in an early autumn sky The air outside is cool and delicious Cool and delicious Cool and delicious The air outside is cool and delicious Breathe it in it gets ya high Good to hear your voice I was happy when you called Taking in a beautiful day If I had my choice we would see each other more And it would always feel this way Cookies & Cream is cool and delicious Cool and delicious Cool and delicious Cookies & Cream is cool and delicious Watching all the people walking by The air outside is cool and delicious Cool and delicious Cool and delicious The air outside is cool and delicious Chillin’ in an early autumn sky Feel so good I wanna cry Breathe it in it gets you high Feel so good I wanna cry Watching all the people walking by
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A Little More Right 01:14
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What she did the other night Was better than any song she’ll write And that’s OK Sometimes it’s not about the song Sometimes it’s finding out what’s wrong And trying with all of your might To make it a little more right What he did the other day Was better than any song he’ll play And that’s alright Sometimes it’s not about the riff But brave enough to ask what if Standing tall and strong To make it a little less wrong Make it a little less wrong Make it a little less wrong What she did the other night Was better than any song she’ll write And that’s OK Sometimes it’s not about the song Sometimes it’s recognizing wrong And trying with all of your might To make it a little more right
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We All Say Things We Don't Mean 02:07
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We all say things we don’t mean We all say things we don’t mean Except of course that time you said He was an asshole in his youth And while there should always be empathy For every differing reality However sad you know that doesn’t mean it’s actually the truth Was it envy? Was it pride? Something deep that you denied yourself That maybe you imagined could be beautiful? Whatever was the case To say that to someone’s face Was a very strange thing to do at someone’s funeral But we all say things darling we don’t mean Yes we all say things we don’t mean That don’t make this difficult life any easier to live Collective goodness buried underneath Quiet clenching fists and gritting teeth I just don’t understand why it’s so damn hard to forgive I just don’t understand why it’s so damn hard to forgive I just don’t understand why it’s so fucking hard to forgive
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She's The Mountain (Power Of Suggestion) 02:41
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Had to fly to Vegas for the best sex of your life Greatest thing about it is of course it was your wife Chose wisely after all and now you’re harvesting the good And if you had to do it all again you know you absolutely would ‘Cause she’s the mountain and she’s the ocean And she’s the fountain of your emotion She’s the answer to the question And she’s the power of suggestion And I suggest you get down on your knees And thank the heavens boy Thank the heavens boy Alright Listen First part of the trip there you were fumbling and lost Didn’t have directions yet But you damn sure knew how much it cost Nearly fucked it up a dozen times Especially them beautiful children Man the way she helped you straighten out Is totally bewilderin’ to me But then again She’s the mountain and she’s the ocean And she’s the counting of all your devotion Yes she is She’s the oil in the engine And she’s the power of suggestion And I suggest you get down on your knees She’s the breaking of the tension And she’s the power of suggestion And I suggest you get down on your knees And thank the heavens boy Knees and thank the heavens boy Get down on your knees boy ‘cause She’s the mountain and She’s the mountain and She’s the mountain and She’s the mountain Oh
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Flesh Covered Ghost 01:35
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Are you just a flesh covered ghost? Are you just a flesh covered ghost? What is the thing you fear the most? Are you just a flesh covered ghost? Are you just a flesh covered ghost? Are you just a flesh covered ghost? What is the thing you fear the most? Are you just a flesh covered ghost? I don’t want to be afraid anymore I don’t want to be afraid anymore I don’t want to be afraid anymore I don’t want to be afraid anymore Are we just flesh covered ghosts? Are we just flesh covered ghosts? Waving out from two different coasts Are we just flesh covered ghosts? Are we just flesh covered ghosts? Are we just flesh covered ghosts? Waving out from two different coasts Are we just flesh covered ghosts?
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An Audience Of One 01:45
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Happy in your garret Proud of your paint box Can’t believe the depth and beauty of the canvases The bounty and the range Of the thoughts and the emotions Oceans of creativity Bouquets of inspiration Unhindered expression A focus self-replenishing Despite complete indifference From a world too consumed with itself to notice anything Humbled by the colors Grateful for the time The ease and the purity of the paradigm The flow, the wide open window and the fun And all this blessed output for an audience of one All this holy content for an audience of one You don’t mind though It’s more than fine yo You’ll find your kind and no longer be an audience of one It’s ok Someday Someday

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Followup to 1994.
Predecessor to STATE OF THE UNION.

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released April 1, 2024

Written, Arranged, Produced & Performed by Stephen Bard.

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Daily Natural Alternative Records. DNA 028.

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