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Life Without Chickens

by Mr Primitive

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Life Without Chickens 15:06
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Do Unto Others 04:51
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Do Unto Others I seen it, yeah walking; taking its terrible time Sweeping up innocent babes in its arm and taking them away Callin’ all his easy friends, locked behind their doors Deadbolt, chain; sign here Hey, what you all afraid of? I see signs, yeah, telling me the truth; this is the way, what must be done There is no other side; this is you or us I see no tears, feel no pity; this is your true reward Find your corner; here is the fence You are what we are afraid of I heard once, yeah, try to love your brother Sometimes it simply can’t be done; lives are in the balance This is you or us Rational man is just an illusion; trust him and he will kill us all To them you cannot be afraid
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Left Side, Right Side 03:41
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Leftside, Rightside I like the way you move; I like the way you look I like the things you say; you’re so very bright It’s like; this is everything I want it to be Later on, we can get together; we can laugh and we can cry We can be all those things we believe in Never mind the guy you saw in the car next to you Or the woman walking down the street We’ll be so much better We’ll shine so bright that no one will see past us That’s the way it has got to be I want to tell you my stories; I want to be your friend And we can dance through or lives We can boast that we’ve always been close I say love; love is so very special to us It’s not like the man on the street; it’s not like everyday life
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Highway Tune 04:33
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Highway Tune I can see you riding along that highway Dusty, warm, and brown Callin’ friend, it’s good to be back in town And I can see you still have your mother’s eyes, soft and blue I’d often heard you’d never come home; something about the ways of the warrior But I can’t believe a spirit like yours could ever be in the ground And I can see you riding high and easy Laughing out loud Coming to take me out of this town And I can see you riding off to heaven Glory bound Never mind all the things I heard you say You couldn’t know that fate would play Your highway tune
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Life of a Child 02:52
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A Future Fireman 06:04
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A Future Fireman So, Bob, what you gonna be when you grow up? -I want to be a fireman, Dad- Well maybe you can be the president -Yeah, like Washington and Lincoln and Nixon- You could make a lot of money in the free enterprise system And support me and your mother when we retire -Sounds great, Dad- I remember when I was just a kid Taught about the presidents and everything they did They were great; they were good It seemed pretty simple; I thought I understood Everybody goes, everybody goes, everybody goes to the dance Nice makeup Bob, you make a cute girl -It’s the way I am, Dad- You’ll make some fireman -I’m gonna be a poet and die poor and unknown And you and mom are going to spend your old age senile and broke- Sounds great, son Everybody goes, everybody goes, everybody goes to the dance I remember when I was just a teen Taught us about the presidents and everything they’d been They were men; they made mistakes I didn’t like ‘em; they were fakes I don’t want to be a fireman, Dad
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Near Kiss/Another Street Prophet 04:53
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Near Kiss/Another Street Prophet Brothers and sisters, I’m calling out to you Let’s pull ourselves together and we can live our lives in peace Let’s all try to remember that we are all the same God has shown the way I know it isn’t easy, but it’s got to be better than Killing, hatred, and pain If we would only try I remember him standing there, no money, no future Just pleading and crying for love and brotherhood And I don’t know if I felt pity or disgust Either way it was his mistake; judge me fool, I believe not
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The Concerns of the Holy 03:44
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The Concerns of the Holy You’ve seen my face; my lips they move You can’t love me; I can’t love you This is a life you cannot see This life was bought it; it was not free It is not anything You must believe These are my words; plain There is no magic in my name There is no comfort in this fame There is no end to all this pain It’s a living

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This album was recorded in 1986 over a 2 month period. It was the prelude to Apologia. The idea was to combine aspect of Jazz with those of rock and pop, to make the songs less rigid in the sense of phrasing, where a verse or chorus might be, or the length of a solo. Lyrically, the album is about the social concerns of the time: AIDS, apartheid, political myths, and the like.

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released January 5, 2018

All the songs were written and recorded by David William Pearce

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Mr Primitive Kenmore, Washington

Songwriter and recording artist, David William Pearce, began his musical life playing the trombone in every possible band he could. In his teens he took up the guitar and began writing songs. He's been at it ever since.

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