TJ Lensing

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Waiting to be taken, pulled up from the ground
All we need is provided
But some of them are taking a little more than theyâ??re allowed
Claiming things as they find them

Lucky little sapiens have built a world of cashing in
Steal the earth to turn a profit
The rest of us are not so well, weâ??re standing at the wishing well
Whereâ??s our share we cannot find it

Come and see how I plant your seeds
Now Iâ??ll pick your crop and divide it
One for you and the rest for me
Tell the others they can buy it

Buy my piece of land, buy my pretty plants
Buy mine, I got here first now get in line
Just buy my cut down tree, sharp rocks and metal please
Just buy mine, I find I keep I make it mine

Lots of new creations, magically appear
Distracting from the fact that all the stuff ainâ??t really theirs
Lost inside the markets, trying to compare
If we can afford this, weâ??re getting ourselves somewhere

Donâ??t worry about where it came from now
Why donâ??t you try it out, I think youâ??ll like it
What a deal, buy one get one free
Be sure and tell them where you got it

Just buy my clothes youâ??ll be so happy like on TV
Just buy mine, those sweatshop girls no they donâ??t mind
Just buy my cheesy snack, canâ??t prove it causes heart attacks
Just buy mine, collect them all for a limited time

With the progress that theyâ??re making, youâ??d think theyâ??d give a little back today
To those of us they shafted and left behind along the way
Theyâ??re too busy celebrating, laughing big and they watch us pay
And they rub it in - work real hard you can have all this someday

You lucky little sapien, rape the world and rake it in
Without a choice we have to buy it
And the best of all is all of your ads relentlessly reminding
Who do you think you are

Youâ??re a little righteous as you wreck the climate
And, you wine and dine us, in your search for diamonds

We hear your little song, buy my oil please or Iâ??ll bring you to your knees
Just buy mine, clean it up Iâ??m not footing the dime
Just buy my cigarettes, I kill you I must admit
Just buy mine, gonna take the world and make it mine

23

I?m still sitting, trapped in the slow lane
I watch the cars passing me by
It?s the same old morning, off to the office
Checking the clock, I cannot take the frustration
In one big moment I?m finally winning
I?m free as a bird, as I?m flying down the shoulder I smile

As I drive I?m thinking what a great feeling
To take control for a while
And how a life of dreaming has captured my freedom
Year after year I go into that cage
And make the boss big money, I?m trained like a puppy
But today I?m not going to my desk, but I?m going inside

And I arrive
I park it right in the front and I walk right inside
I never believed it could happen to me
I was captured alive

Reach out my arm, pull the alarm
I heard my wake up call, I?ve gotta try to rescue everyone I can
As they wander out, and take a look around
They seem like sheep to me, kind of huddled all together for security

I scream yo - you people, is this your ideal
Great big dream wonderful life
You know I?ve worked real hard to buy things for my yard
I?ve got no time to use them, my garden is ruined
Hardly see my children, but today something happened
I had the kind of morning that no amount of money can buy

And I realize
That they are looking at me like what?s wrong with this guy
I say don?t you see, you just think you?re free
Captured alive

I get in my car, not going far
Just over to the building next to us, I think they got a fire alarm
I look back and see somebody leave
He disappears between the cages and I pray he finds his sanity

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experimental synth and vocal tune

frustrated

Lost, alone with my thinking mind
Deep in my own precious pride
Flags go up, I stuff them down

I'll fight it, fight it
Trying to control my own destiny

I want a better way so I wonder how
I peek around but will not bow
Still searching through the human crowd
And end up down

High, high atop the trees
Some strange curious call to me
I grab the branch ahead of me
And climb and see
And look out over the land and find humility

My exploration leads to contemplation
Inspiration to celebration
Declaration brings expectation
Separation, hesitation

Trying to control my own destiny

But, I keep climbing

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Love is putting down my weapons
Love is picking up some wisdom
And it's saying that I'm not into praying
And then taking a chance on thee

Gotta find love

Love is being the circle
You know love is holding up the circle
And it's somebody else helping somebody else
Through the world of the things they can't see
Did I find you or did you find me

Gotta find love

Love is living inside my dreams
Living inside your dreams
Maybe we should sleep

I've decided I'm giving up running to islands
And surrounding myself with desires
Where I thought you'd be, oh

Love is in me

Gotta find love

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How did it get to be Monday again
You face the morning mirror and you see the same thing
You're stuck in that routine, and wonder when it's going to end
And finally get started on the rest of your life

Where you'll do what you want to
And you'll be where you want to
And you'll believe in who you are
Not who you ought to be

Quit running around in circles

And turn today into your someday, la la la
Someday you'll make your dream come true

And you like to complain, giving someone else the blame
You say look who's getting lucky, man I wish that were me
But don't let it get you down, there are treasures to be found
If only we would come back, back to reality

Because we make the choices
We're the only ones who hear our inner voices
Don't let someone's opinions take your chance

Quit hiding out in circles

And turn today into your someday, la la la
Someday you'll make your dreams come true

19

Do you remember when we were the best of friends
Do you remember how it started
Somehow we joined along some kind of common bond
It never seemed we could be parted

We said I?ll be there, and we were there
We opened up the truth
We said I?ll see you there, see you later on
And we meant it

Oh, that love was real

Don?t seem that long ago that time was moving slow
How did we get to where we are now
Got pretty busy days, involved in every way
But once in a while out comes that smile, thinking back

How we said I?ll be there, and we were there
We opened up the truth
We said I?ll see you there, see you later on
And we meant it

Oh, that love was real

26

Playing at the playground
A few came by, pushed him to the ground
And everyone stared
They pointed their fingers
It kept him down, he remembered their skin
Surrounded by the frowns and laughter in the air

You don?t look right here, you don?t act right here, you don?t belong here

Ten years later on a talk show
He went on all about his encounters
And how he?s sticking to his own kind
He said my people are sick
And my people are tired of taking on your stare
It?d be a better world if you all disappeared

And our focus today is what?s wrong with you
We?ll poke at your pain just short of the truth
Let?s take some questions, are there any questions
From the audience members here today

And up stood a man
Who wasn?t black, not white, not anything else
Just a man who ain?t afraid of being scared anymore
He said try to forgive them

Ten years later driving home late
He saw them rob a man, they stabbed and ran
Left him lying there
So he stopped to check him out, yeah
Looked him in the face, saw the color of his race
Left him dying there

As he walked away, he heard something say
Are you gonna let him die or save him today
Just a little question to start you on your way

And up walked a man
Who wasn?t black, not white, not anything else
Just a man who ain?t afraid of being scared anymore
He said look in his eyes, he?s a man like you
Is this what you?d want if it happened to you
He said try to forgive him

So he drove him down and he waited around
Then they ran in screaming, crying
What happened to him
Ask the man over there, he brought him in

After explaining and praying, each one of them thanked him
They all went upstairs to the recovery room
And he smiled at the man and said
I got a family too

And up looked a man
He wasn?t black, not white, not anything else
And I felt like I wasn?t afraid of being scared anymore

I looked at the man
He wasn?t black, not white, not anything else
Just a man, I?m not afraid of being scared anymore

I said you saved my life
How can I thank you

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The Waxman has the ability
To turn into a river
The Waxman has the ability
To turn you too

He can greet you with rehabilitation
He can offer it to you and every anyone
And the Waxman knows no separation
But too often you two will develop one

Whatcha know, he?s going slow
To find what?s real you?re supposed you know
Once you know, ooh, you join the flow
Find out what?s real, surreal

You gotta find out what?s real

And I?ve tried to tell you
The reasons behind you and your narrow view
But you never knew about the deeper situations

So I?m telling you mine
We?re doing fine

The Waxman has the ability
To wreck your mind
But he also has sensibility
He can show to you

And the Waxman can instill a gentle nature
That follows through to every anyone
But he brings along, oh, some decorations
To be sure that you?re trying

You?re flying
What?s it mean when I see me flying
I wish I never stop flying

That?s what I?ve trying to tell you
I?ve got the reasons behind you and your narrow view
You just never knew about the deeper situations

So I?m telling you mine
So I?m telling your mind
And I?m telling your mind
We?ll make it fine