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Songs From Creation Station

by Kerm Jenkins

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The cold war is over, Let’s tear down the wall. They’re voting in Haiti, Aristide tops them all. And Quebec, Decides to stay part of the team. Kim Il-Sung died, Bill Clinton lied, Coast to coast, now our computers are tied, And the Gulf Is filling with oil after short wartime toil It was all Totally Normal The Dow Jones is climbing, Up, up and away. McDonalds in Moscow, Floppy drives go away MP3s come on but we still love CDs Nirvana, Sound Garden, Gin Blossoms and Ween. Supergrass, Blur, Oasis, Pearl Jam, Spice Girls The Prodigy smacking their bitch up. It was all Totally Normal It was all Totally Normal Grow out your hair, don your flannel, don’t care. Stare at your shoes, you’ve got nothing to lose It was all totally normal It was all totally normal In the 90’s
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Shelves collapse Steps cave in Nuts and bolts Nuts and bolts You're too tired To begin again Nuts and bolts Nuts and bolts The plaster cracks Your ladder breaks Nuts and Bolts Nuts and Bolts Your hands are sore Your back so aches Nuts and Bolts Nuts and Bolts You find your tools You collect the parts Nuts and bolts Nuts and bolts You measure the challenge You harden your heart Nuts and bolts Nuts and bolts Always for Bob the Builders But never the Mary's Nuts and bolts Nuts and bolts This is a bigger load Than you're to carry Nuts and bolts Nuts and bolts Strip them down Down to the grain Break it down and build again Nuts and bolts Nuts and bolts Break it down and build again The walls crumble down The distance divides There's only a foundation To be your guide You can no longer be As you had been Break it down and build again Nuts and bolts Nuts and bolts Break it down and build again. Break it down and build again.
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The town of Werther is no place for stars: Sugar Daddys peddle their Pixie Sticks while the Jaw Breakers make Taffy out of the Mr Goodbars of the world. The street corners are lined with Peeps Popping Rocks and selling Blow. - Pop expects Smarties in his family but sees Newt as a Milk Dud, Skittles for brains. Newt is no Nerd, but no Sour Patch Kid either. More sweet than sour, less sour than sweet. Lindsey Lemon’s Gum Drops to the floor as she Snickers, remembering his clumsiness and Butterfingers, But then she thinks of that moment – their sweet Hershey Kiss; the feeling of Waxy Lips touching and the Fireball glowing in his eyes. She melts. More sweet than sour, less sour than sweet. Lindsay Lemon Drops off into her daydream. She stares at the Sky, Barred by the towering buildings covered in green and Red Vines. Newt On the other hand, thinks about Red Hot nights and dreams of 100 Grand in his pocket. Newt wants to be a Star, Bursting into the limelight. Sweet or sour, sour or sweet. In the Good Bar in downtown Werther, Newt performs his Originals. He hopes to one day make that big Payday but gets only Circus Peanuts. Lindsey Lemon Drops Baby Ruth off at the Gummy Bear Daycare She drives away and turns up the Rock Candy on the radio She thinks about Newt and the conversation beTwixt their hearts. Sweet and sour, sour and sweet. Sweet and sour, sour and sweet.
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I always aim ahead but fall behind, But now I’ve got forward movement on my mind. Leavin’ in December is a rough dealt hand, Guess I’ll hope that the draw will make things softer When I’ll land, I don’t know when, Hope I’m not back in the mustard bin Red Light Livin’ in the mustard bin Red Light Livin’ in the mustard bin Makes sense to me how I’d end up here, When I think about the steps I took it seems so clear. Feels so deserved, it feels so free, To seek comfort in facts and hindrances dogging me. When I’ll land, I don’t know when, Hope I’m not back in the mustard bin Red Light Livin’ in the mustard bin Red Light Livin’ in the mustard bin Dimming lights and white curtains, I see the faces, remember places, fleeting chases. I’d hoped for more (I’d hoped for more) (I’d hoped for more) But at the time, it seemed like pushing through was too much of a chore. Seen at the end, there was never a win, From inside the mustard bin Red Light Livin’ in the mustard bin Red Light Livin’ in the mustard bin
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released May 25, 2017

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