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Meanwhile, Back on Earth​.​.​.

by Barefoot Bran

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1.
One foot off the platform Another one stepping on In this game we're all playing Everyone's but a pawn We move one at a time Just a verse in a song We follow the word by ear But the speaker now is gone (chorus) Farewell to the Master Fare thee well, fare thee well Farewell to the Master For you fell, for you fell To the hands of the blind Tolls the bell, tolls the bell Farewell to the Master, farewell From across the horizon You came from afar All this distance traveled You came from the stars From across the horizon The distance now in vain All these year's been travelin's Been washed out by the rain It's not good bye to anyone else For it's good bye to myself Farewell… I am the Master
2.
Restless rats running in an endless maze We think the cheese will bring release But we're still in the cage Tell me to collect But none of it is mine I can't connect, I can't connect When busy is the new fine Forget to live today to live tomorrow A never ending cycle of samsara Time runs swift Through the hourglass's neck Brace yourselves, here it comes Going down like a shipwreck Puppet strings tug and tease We don't really mind As long as we get paid We promise not to look behind Forget to live today to live tomorrow A never ending cycle of samsara slow down slow down smell the roses slow down No time, no time We can't rehearse We're just cattle standing On the barren pastures of commerce Swallowing the cud, the mirrors and smoke They tell us to chew some more But we're just gonna choke Forget to live today to live tomorrow A never ending cycle of samsara slow down slow down smell the roses slow down
3.
Sometimes we get caught between All of our habits and wisdom We’ve collected along the way Stupid decisions and big mistakes (chorus) It’s alright That’s how we learn It’s alright We’re children of the universe Sometimes we think we find All the answers to life Sometimes we think we’re right Then we come to realize CHORUS The best lessons are the ones that hurt The best bridges are the ones we burn The best stones are the ones still unturned The best playground the universe Sometimes I look around It’s reassuring and humbling All these people just like me Scared, confusing, and stumbling CHORUS
4.
Oh stranger please won’t you tell me a tale One that doesn't end in tears It's been too long since I've heard one A couple hundred years Too long for me This poor ol’ tree Oh rain cloud please won’t you lend a drop A drink would do me well It's been too long since I've had one In this dry, roasting hell Too hot for me This poor ol’ tree Oh winter hare, don't you care It's freezin' cold out here It's been too long since I've felt sun My sap frozen tears Too cold for me This poor ol’ tree I once knew this child, they were free and wild They’d climb me way up high Their life flew by and they flew to the sky Without a good bye No, none for me This poor ol’ tree Oh Mother Earth what is wrong? You don't look too hot The machines and smoke got you choked And I'm all you got Ha! Just look at me This poor ol’ tree The sky turned black, no looking back Life reduced to ash And here I am, all withered and tan I think I might be the last Just let me be This poor ol’ tree Oh stranger please tell me a tale One that doesn't end in tears It's been too long since I've heard one A couple thousand years Too long for me This poor ol’ tree
5.
Hurry now The world’s end, the world’s end Is coming soon Is coming soon Don’t look back now There must be something Something we can do Something we can do Quickly now Come my friends, come my friends We must try We must try We can mend As best we can, as best we can The world The world It’s not too late But maybe it is, but maybe it is We can’t go back We can’t go back To the ways before Move along, move along The age of innocence The age of innocence lost A different world The world’s end, the world’s end A new world begins A new world begins
6.
Unjolly Jack Johnson drove a giant jeep To wake up he drank coffee, but he could not sleep Got a second job, cuz the debt was too steep But hey he has a sick ride Unjolly Jack bought that car because He needed a way to get to his two jobs That he got so that car could be paid off But hey, ain’t that just life Unjolly Jill lived up on that hill A seventeen room mansion she could barely fill She thought all her credit cards would surely pay the bills But hey, ain’t that just life And the two will always be climbing that ladder Building a house of credit cards, and watching them scatter And they lived for overtime But hey, ain’t that just life Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch what they were after When they got to the top, they heard the sound of laughter And realized with open eyes that they were falling faster They’ve been living a lie But hey ain’t that just life When they came to the bottom of that very tall hill Unjolly Jack turned and said to Unjolly Jill I used to lose sleep over a giant jeep I think I’m ready to sell And the two realized what really mattered It’s not the stuff you buy or the money you gather But what you let go up on top of the hill That’s what Jolly Jack and Jolly Jill Learned at the bottom of that hill Unjolly Jack Johnson drove a giant jeep To wake up he drank coffee, but he could not sleep Got a second job, cuz the debt was too steep But hey he has a sick ride Unjolly Jack bought that car because He needed a way to get to his two jobs That he got so that jeep would be paid off But hey, ain’t that just life Unjolly Jill lived up on that hill A seventeen room mansion she could barely fill She thought all her credit cards would surely pay the bills But hey, ain’t that just life And the two will always be climbing that ladder Building a house of credit cards, and watching them scatter And they lived for overtime But hey, ain’t that just life Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch what they were after When they got to the top, they heard the sound of laughter And realized with open eyes that they were falling faster They’ve been living a lie But hey ain’t that just life When they got to the bottom of that very tall hill Unjolly Jack turned and said to Unjolly Jill I used to lose sleep over a giant jeep I think I’m ready to sell And the two realized what really mattered It’s not the stuff you buy or the money you gather But what you let go up on top of the hill That’s what Jolly Jack and Jolly Jill Learned at the bottom of that hill
7.
Scarecrow Joe, what do you know? Standing here in the field alone. Scarecrow Joe, what have you done? Standing here in the hot noon sun. No ruby-slippered Kansas girl To pull you off your stake. You’re condemned to a life alone, Scaring all your friends away. A strong wind will blow you ‘part, And I hear you have no heart. Oh but Scarecrow Joe, I know that ain’t true, I know well what you’re going through. So Scarecrow Joe, with you I’ll stay, Shove my shirt full of hay, Dress me in thrown ‘way clothes That dangle from my dry, dry bones. We’ll tip our hats at a circlin’ crow It’s just me and Scarecrow Joe We’ll tip our hats at the circlin’ crows It’s just me and Scarecrow Joe
8.
Goodbye Yesterday, never mind tomorrow I just want to be here I’m too tired of playing all those same old songs You’re too tired to hear I will walk this earth as gently as I can So my feet will kiss the earth I will shed the stupidity of all I’ve done With each lesson learned Cuz in the end that’s all that I can do Try to be kind To all my friends and lovers along the way I may have lost my mind I will rise in the morning and scratch my head Not knowing what to do Surely I will stumble and surely I will fail Can you tell me how did I do? Goodbye Yesterday, never mind tomorrow I just want to be here I’m too tired of playing all those same old songs You’re too tired to hear
9.
Here it comes now Dark autumn wind To steal my covers Tear at my skin Starts off with colors So you it might win Once it starts, no stoppin’ Dark autumn wind Here it comes now Dark autumn wind Don’t make a sound Don’t let it in Stoke the fires Cover your skin Here it comes now Dark Autumn wind To stay Dark autumn wind Boldly it blows Dark autumn wind Coldly it knows We run for cover We expect snow There’s no escapin’ Dark autumn wind Here it comes now Dark autumn wind Here it comes now Don’t let it in To steal the warmth Uncover our sins Here it comes now Dark Autumn wind To stay
10.
Some thought it was armageddon Some thought it was ragnarok We all ran for our weapons We didn’t even think to stop We all heard it on the news What we do is only right Hear the war cries from the pews We can’t lose, God’s on our side Training children for holy wars Trade our peace for our pride Trading children for foreign shores Win victory with human life We are the blessed, we are the chosen To survive the world’s end Slaughter the foes, they are but demons That’s what both sides said That’s what both sides said That’s what both sides said When the dust and rubble settled only ash and blood remained No one to cry at the gravestones No tears and no names Through the rubble and rusted bullets Stretched an arm green and bright Reaching up towards the heavens Reaching up for the light Over years and mass graves An ancient forest, it will grow Shrouding our biggest mistakes Erasing all we’ve known
11.
(chorus) World moves on When we’ve gone No more songs The world moves on Our empty rooms Strangers’ hands They comb through All we’ve ever had A cardboard box Full of secrets Now cast off Like thrown away trinkets chorus What matters most To a ghost When they look back Across the gap They will see That yes, the world will mourn But no waiting, The world still turns chorus All that’s left Is our bereft They’ll have to decide On the day we fly What to sell And what to save What to do with the shadows And echoes that remain chorus But for now We’ll wait and wonder As countless souls Get cast asunder We’ll wear our suits And dress in black We’ll comb their rooms While they watch from across the gap chorus
12.
I shoulda had another cup of coffee I shoulda had another cuppa joe The day is getting longer The end is not in sight And my head is running really, really slow I shoulda had another cup of coffee I shoulda had another cup of brew My cup has long been empty My thirst cannot be quenched And I just don't know what to do I shoulda had another cup of coffee I shoulda had another cup of mud My tank is almost empty My head it slowly spins And my body feels just like a dud I shoulda had another cup of coffee Another cup of that ol' dark roast I’d like some cream and sugar But I’ll take it either way Coffee is what I want the most The coffee pot bubbles and boils That’s the kinda language I know It steams and sighs, and I close my eyes I smell the sweet aroma And I pour me another cuppa joe I have myself another cup of coffee I have myself another cup of mud The Java runs brown, I drink it down I feel so alive And then I pour yet another cup

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released April 4, 2021

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Barefoot Bran Kansas City, Kansas

Bran crafts his unique, down-to-earth folk songs that tell stories that are fun, inspiring, insightful, and ofttimes humorous.

From heart-felt songs of world peace, to earthy tunes of Nature; from epic myths and stories, there’s sure to be something in Bran’s music for any groovy, tree-huggin’, peace-lovin’ soul!
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