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TWO WORDS

by Stephen Bard

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1.
Beautifully Nowhere 03:36
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Anonymous and unknown for so long Doesn’t even matter if I write the greatest song The world has ever heard Hell they wouldn’t even know if it occurred They wouldn’t ever hear it any way if I do Which is more than fine with me I don't really care I am fully happy being Beautifully nowhere with you So they can keep their snappy gramophone award Ain’t watched it in forever ‘cause the last time we were bored From what was witnessed there All the special chosen of the music business there With their weeping and their shout-outs of the day to the crew Which has none to do with me No need to be there I’ve been fully happy being Beautifully nowhere with you So raise a glass of water Let’s wash this dinner down You know I love these daughters You know I love this town And I still love this music How truly sound it is Sometimes I can’t even believe it Sometimes I can’t even believe it Been anonymous and unknown for so long You’ve always been the reason that I write the greatest songs The world has never heard It’s a quandary I’ve always found absurd A silly boundary never gone away or broken through Which is more than fine with me I honestly don’t care Long as I can live this life Beautifully nowhere with you I’m so grateful that we’re here Satisfied and happy being Beautifully nowhere Beautifully nowhere Beautifully nowhere with you With you With you Did I thank you? Did I thank you?
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Calling Card 03:20
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Tired of feeling this way All just got so hard Thinking of the day you left your calling card A waste of time and energy? Is it a crime or just a sin to want you next to me? To mourn what might have been? Don’t know Don’t understand Tried like hell to hold you then They always crave the upper hand These uber childish men of yours These men of yours Was I better for my part? Was I less or was I more? Leading with my heart What else is it there for? You went on without me Like you never cared at all Still know all about me staring from the wall Don’t know Don’t comprehend When the going started getting rough Always tried to be your friend It wasn’t ever enough for you Enough for you Miss you every day Man it’s still so hard Something in the way you left your calling card Something in the way you left your calling card
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Happy Monkey 03:38
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Monkey getting busy, had a call down on the street Spending lots of money, fat with all there is to eat Now he’s getting dizzy body surfing for some prize Checking out the honey with them laser perfect eyes Trying to grow some business so he want to rent that place Selling out for Xmas, running bat shit in the rat race Want his sex and violence, his pretzels and his beer Something in the silence that he don’t slow down to hear Happy monkey plugging that right into the system Bowl of daily email chat, morning cup of TV Don’t know where his clan is at Don’t know if he missed them Empty screen now big and flat where he think they used to be Monkey making contacts in a three-piece, hitting hard Signing bogus contracts with the donkeys in the backyard Taking secret lunches swinging tall from vine to vine Rolling with the punches with his balls out on the line Monkey want to party all night, to the city go Sneaks to see his nudity and all of it on video Always want to film this as to make sure that it’s real Something in the stillness that he won’t slow down to feel Happy monkey laughing at the pages always turning Tramping on the welcome mat, preaching to the choir Doesn’t even notice that the jungle keeps on burning Hard to hold on to your hat when your hands are both on fire Happy monkey plugging that right into the system Bowl of daily email chat, morning cup of TV Don’t know where his family’s at Don’t know how he missed them Empty screen now big and flat where he think they used to be Where he think they used to be Where he think they used to be Where he think they used to be
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Long Enough 03:18
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It’s long enough you’ve run her life Long enough she been your wife Never saw you get her down the aisle though Somewhere in her heart she knew It wasn’t working out with you You should know it don’t make me smile though You could have had it all my friend Your ego ruled and in the end You colored it with hate again instead of love You have your reasons but to me Sounds like insecurity And that’s what plain old jealousy is made of It’s long enough you kept her caged Long enough you been engaged It don’t look as though you’re going to make it Somewhere in her mind she knows This ain’t how the story goes Only so long someone real can fake it You could have done it right my man But that wasn’t part of the plan Apparently it’s always been about you You have excuses but to me It doesn’t take too much to see She’s absolutely better off without you It’s long enough And don’t think for a minute now I’m the one who’s in it now To me she’s always been just like a sister I know it’s cut you down to size Maybe I’ll apologize I see it in your eyes you’re going to miss her But it’s long enough you’ve run her life Long enough she been your wife I never saw you get her down that aisle though Somewhere in her heart she knew It wasn’t working out with you You should know I knew it all the while bro You could have had it all my friend Your ego ruled and in the end You colored it with hate again instead of love And though you want to get her back She’s moved on and that’s a fact It don’t really matter what you’re thinking of It’s long enough It’s long enough It’s long enough
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M&M 03:07
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Here to say what I wanted to say Clear I had the thought Tell you how I feel today Somehow it got caught Between my mind and my mouth Long, long way to go Between my mind and my mouth Why I just don’t know Brain so full of thinking now Got so much to share How my heart is sinking now Vanishing somewhere Between my mind and my mouth Nothing goes as planned Between my mind and my mouth You don’t understand And now it’s all a mess Screwed it up again I guess I must confess it usually goes south Between my mind and my mouth Watch you as you walk away Sitting on my own Didn’t say what I wanted to say Broken telephone Between my mind and my mouth Nothing goes as planned Between my mind and my mouth I don’t understand Something’s out of line Please give me a bit more time Sincerely I am trying to work this out Between my mind and my mouth Between my mind and my mouth Between my mind and my mouth
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No Forgiveness 05:02
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Lied to spare your feelings Clearly a mistake You’d think I stole your wife Or at least your biggest break Why you’re so unmoving though I’ve not the faintest clue Someone must have really done a number there on you Either way it’s pretty clear There’s no forgiveness here Strange to think I hurt you so Stranger still to learn You can say you’re sorry and get nothing in return Now I’ve no problem doing penance Hell I do it all the time The punishment you’re sentencing though doesn’t fit the crime Wrath and anger so severe No forgiveness here The knot was tied I sent a gift Lost your ride I sent a lift Still you hide behind the rift Never speak to me again That’s your prerogative I know artistic types are sensitive The saddest thing about it is I doubt you’ll ever see How unevolved it was to make a villain out of me So I lied to spare your feelings When you butchered our song I apologized I admitted that was wrong You’d rather hold a grudge than give a friend who cared a pass The day they talked about this stuff You must have missed that class Either way it’s pretty clear Wrath and anger so severe Sent that email so sincere No point reaching out next year There’s no forgiveness here
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Something Strange 03:04
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Something strange sending radio waves From the center of the galaxy Something strange bending the human race To forget about its empathy Something strange lending opulence Changing the environment Something strange offending populace Not digging what the other half meant What are we paying attention to? Whatever it is, it isn’t even true What are we paying attention to? Quick take a picture with your phone before it’s gone What do you want to say? Whatever it is, you better watch the way you say it This is what I have to say Something strange sure is going on Something strange has you all depressed You don’t even want to go to school Do your best and still don’t pass the test In the mirror is a fool So you vandalize the bathroom maybe Or you bully someone in the gym Take all the rage you been sitting on lately And pour it all over him Sit with the assistant principal Tell her what you did and said All that dope up on the screen clogging up your head What are we paying attention to? Whatever it is, it isn’t even true What are we paying attention to? Quick take a picture with your phone before it’s gone What do you want to say? Whatever it is, you better watch the way you say it This is what I have to say Something strange Something strange sure is going on Sure is going on Sure is going on Something strange sure is going on
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The World 03:07
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The world has passed me by People stay the same Just a new and easier way to call each other names The world has passed me by What I do isn’t new But what I do is me and that’s the truth What I do is me and that’s the truth And I’ve been Digging every day more than I ever did Ways to be a grown up Ways to be a kid I hear them on the radio that don’t pay no more It really isn’t anything I haven’t heard before And what comes off as with it now is just recycled stuff From a time when everyone who did it right was good enough The world has passed me by People stay the same There’s just new and easier ways to cause each other pain The world has passed me by What I do isn’t new But what I do is me and that’s the truth More than fine with me if that ain’t you If that ain’t you I love the songs I love Tears are in my eyes From where I hear it there’s no reason to apologize I see a room in need What I’m imagining Just because I feel this way doesn’t mean it has to happen The world has passed me by Folk don’t really change Just a new and easier way to bitch and place the blame The world has passed me by What I do isn’t new But what I do is me and that’s the truth What I do is me and that’s the truth It’s more than fine with me if that ain’t you
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Treat The 02:59
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You’ve got silence on your tongue dear Clouds cover your sun There’s a vacuum in the bedroom Air enough for one The bathtub floweth over Watery emptiness When I want to get dirty you start preaching cleanliness So tell me Is that any way to treat the one you love? Is that any way to treat the one you love? We’ve got violence on the telly Cracks cover the street Country straying is decaying head down to its feet Here inside the sanctuary Eyes are filled with spite Inside outside very very scared to go to bed each night So tell me Is that any way to treat the one you love? Is that any way to treat the one you love? With everything that’s been happening You should wear me like a glove So let me say is that any way to treat the one you love? Do I need to say I love you? Do I need to say hello? Do I need to say I’m sorry for something I don’t know? Why are we waging war with plenty to watch outside? The comfort of our living room you should be satisfied You’ve got silence on your tongue dear Clouds cover your sun There’s a vacuum in the bedroom Air enough for one The bathtub floweth over Watery emptiness When I want to get dirty you start preaching cleanliness So tell me Is that any way to treat the one you love? Is that any way to treat the one you love? With everything that’s been happening You should wear me like a glove So let me say is that any way to treat the one you Treat the one you Treat the one you love?
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Your House 03:34
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I can still hear the softness in your voice When we speak to each other now It never changed I just thought it must have I was vain enough to think when we stopped talking That softness ceased to be That’s only one of the things that I thought wrong Take it from me and what I say in my song If I caused any rain in your life at all Let some sunshine in and let my barriers fall There’s a rainbow over your house today There’s a rainbow over your house today The dam we used to walk across has cracked and crumbled The big lake nearly overflowed from all the excess water I thought the frogs would not survive How foolish The pressure is gone and look they’re still alive That’s only one of the things that I thought wrong But take it from me and what I say in my song If I caused any rain in your life at all Let some sunshine in and let my barriers fall There’s a rainbow over your house today There’s a rainbow over your house today There’s a rainbow over your house today There’s a rainbow over your house today

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Followup to DINOSAUR III.
Predecessor to 11 HERTZ.

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released January 21, 2023

Written, Arranged, Produced & Performed by Stephen Bard.

Drums recorded by Ryan Ball at The Gearbox.

Copyright 2023. Dinosaur Music (ASCAP).
Daily Natural Alternative Records. DNA 022.

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