C R O S S I N G

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You're like a cross eyed monkey
Typing in a room
Living for today
Sucking up the gloom
Swingin' to Duke Ellington
In a ballroom south of France
Movin' to a boppin' beat
With popcorn in your pants

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Maybe you'll finally write your masterpiece
Or paint me a picture of the jungle and some trees
You hit my sweet bullseye with a love tipped dart
You jitterbugged your way right into my heart

You're like a cross eyed monkey
Lookin' for some love
A simian angel
Landed from above
You say you can't see it
That nothin's crystal clear
If your future's out of focus
Just come on over here

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You're like a cross eyed monkey
Throwin' round some poop
Sick of all the stupid
Things you're s'possed to do
But I'll hold your hairy hand
Along the Appian Way
Let's swing together thru the trees
Into heaven someday

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I love you little cross eyed monkey

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The sky was raining
As you held your arms
As you shivered with glee
As you ran from harm
Then you swore again
Against all hope
Against the weakness
Against the dope

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And when you came to
On your back on the beach
The sand was freezing
The tide out of reach
Away from the days
Of dark cold desire
Alone with the bones
Of a bright new fire

How will you know
When the last time comes
When you reach the bottom
When your life turns numb
When you think you're in heaven
But wake up in hell
When your holy high cross
Breaks like a shell

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Feel like I'm crawling 'cross the burning desert sands
The rattlesnakes are biting while the scorpions dance
Cactus needles drawing blood, sunburn on my eyes
But nothing's gonna keep me from my baby tonight

Feel like I'm sinking in a shark-infested sea
Going down like the Titanic and I'm starting to freeze
Tsunami washing over me, mermaids squeezing tight
But nothing's gonna keep me from my baby tonight

Meet me at the crossing where the train slows down
We're gonna ride the rails right out of this town
Meet me at the crossing at a quarter to eight
We're gonna blow this dump on a westbound freight

Feel like I'm hopping on a hot high-wire
The Big Top is burning and the clowns are on fire
Tigers to left of me, panic to the right
But nothing's gonna keep me from my baby tonight

Once we make the crossing and we make it home free
We're gonna live the life meant for you and me
Once we make the crossing and leave it all behind
We'll finally be together in our true love's light

Feel like I'm hopping on a hot high-wire
The Big Top is burning and the clowns are on fire
Tigers to left of me, panic to the right
But nothing's gonna keep me from my baby tonight

Meet me at the crossing where the train slows down
We're gonna ride the rails right out of this town
Meet me at the crossing at a quarter to eight
We're gonna blow this dump on a westbound freight

Feel like I'm crawling 'cross the burning desert sands
The rattlesnakes are biting while the scorpions dance
Cactus needles drawing blood, sunburn on my eyes
But nothing's gonna keep me from my baby tonight

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When I was just small There was a sampler on the wall
That said God shed his grace on thee
And though I'm all grown And still all alone
I need a thought for the land of the free

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I want a place with an old rugged cross stitch
A place with that feeling of home
Where you need no excuse To have nothing to lose
When the country has turned into Rome

Now I have never been inclined
To arts and crafts and that kind
But maybe stitching could help my pain

And then what I might say
At the end of the day
Is "make a great country again"

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Now I know I'm not bright
But I think I know what's right
And we can do a damn sight better
We know what God wants
Despite what they flaunt
We don't need croissants we need cheddar

So now my kitchen decor
Is better now than before
You can see me for just who I am

And should a neighbor come by
With a slice of fruit pie
They get a message of hope for my land

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I've got to talk of the pain of it all
I'm gonna talk about not being a man
Don't really care what you call me
Just have to learn what I am

Gotta laugh in spite of it all
I have to laugh about reworking a man
Need to finally recall
Whatever makes it worth being what I am

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Get dressed to kill and go out in the rain
Don't want a lover want to feel good again
Style up and head out to the storm
The best baptism I know

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Let's take a walk, take a walk downtown

When I think of those people who all
Made another way of being a man
Makes me think I might not have to fall
Into a pit of whatever I am

Could there be a way to be normal
And not be a part of a plan
Like to think I can have my own mirror ball
And dance away that pain again

Gotta go...

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East of town the hills run wild
They were beautiful back in the day
You could cross a road over those hills
Till the flash flood washed it away

I went last spring and the folks still there
Say the whole damn place turned evil
In the open spaces away from the road
There was nothin' but dirt and boll weevils

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Green comet crossing
The sky one night
Left a trail of
Giggling madness
Green Comet Crossing
The veil of tears
Left a legacy of
Death and sadness

I brought seven shaking men to help me search
For my sister till Summer come
But the people there don't have much to share
'Cept some bad advice and some rum

It's been about a year since the green comet crossing
And what it was only God really knows
I doubt very much that I'll ever find her
And my nightmares won't let it go

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Cross my palm with silver,
she whispered to the gent
And I'll cut you with my silver knife
and paint your lips with red
I'm weary of you gorgers
with your finery and airs
Cross my palm with silver
and I'll show you something rare

A table with a silken scarf,
a crystal ball, of course
A swirling cloud of incense,
absinthe and remorse
And as she draws you deeper
into her emerald eyes
You realize she called you here
to witness your demise

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Cross her palm with silver
And she'll cross your throat with steel
So sharp you'll hardly feel it
As the blade goes deeper still
When you look into the crystal ball
There's nothing there to see
The edge of the endless
Emptiness and vanity

Could it be that she is absent
from your sodden memory?
That night that she was soiled
by your misbegotten need
Just another beggar girl
on the highway in the night
Swept into your carriage
then thrown to the hard roadside

Does she see a sudden light,
an ember in your eye?
A spark of broken memory,
that of your heedless crime?
No remorse from you, my lord;
just anger and surprise
That consequence should fall to you,
so mighty and so high

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Cross over, cross over,
the Red Rover said
In her crimson gown and silver shoes
And her eyes of ruby red
Cross over, cross over
And, oh she hopes you do
For there she will be waiting
To put an end to you

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One side or the other
What's it gonna be?
Playing hop-scotch In the crosswalk
Just to cross the street

Standing in the grocery store
Completely paralyzed
Creamed corn or kernels
I can't make up my mind

So many goddam channels
On my TV set,
I just keep on flicking
Haven't found a good one yet

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If I could just make up my mind
I could find some peace
So many sides to everything
It's slowly breaking me

I saw her and she smiled at me
I was frozen in my tracks
No matter how hard I tried
I couldn't smile back

I stood there like an idiot
Tongue tied in knots
She finally frowned and walked away
My heart beat once and stopped

The next time I saw her
Her eyes glanced over me
Her expression read "loser!"
I couldn't help but agree

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My mind is always spinning
Like a merry-go-round
My heart is always pounding
And the sweat is pouring down

This or that or something else
Every moment there's a choice
But I can't seem to make one
'Cause my head is full of noise

Indecision has zombied me
There's nothing I can do
can't tell what's worse or better
Stuck in existential glue

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You've got
The hips
That make
The room
Wake up
And sweat
Take note
And swoon

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I shake it, U shake it
U shake it, I shake it
I sigh , U sigh
We live, we die
U weep, I cry
We blaze 'cross the sky
Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
I'm Monsieur Sciocco Tangolicolo
Will you join me for a turn?
I'm Monsieur Sciocco Tangolicolo
Light your fire, make you burn

I'm mad
In love
With music
My dove
We fly
The floor
To a Tang
Go shore

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My passion is strong
My heart will respond
Let's move our bodies
To a tango beyond

We share
The walk
Like cats
We stalk
Stacca
Toe feel
Drama
Tic zeal

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Light your fire, make you burn!

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The sign at the crossing
Said "Let there be love"
You were going one way
And I another
So we nestled together
In a shack by the sea
All alone
Till we smothered

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Make the sign of the cross, father, son, holy ghost
With ten trembling fingers and a prayer
We made our way back through the wind and the rain
To a home that was no longer there

At a cafe nearby
I proposed late one night
You laughed a little
And said you didn't know
I tried to say something new
But it was the same old stuff
Someone else had said better
Years ago

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For the father I gave up my pride
For the son I gave up despair
For the holy ghost I gave out a cry
At the haunted life we shared

When the fever broke
The clouds drifted away
We went back to
Our own separate corners
And I still can remember
How the holy days felt
Just before they became
Filled with scorn

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I've got just about everything I need
I've got almost everything that that I could ever want
I'm not in the dumpster digging through trash
I'm doing okay, I'm not hurtin' for cash
The only thing I'm missing is you
My cross-eyed angel

When I think about you, I can barely catch my breath
I'm beguiled by you, and now I can't eat
You're the finest thing that I ever saw
As far as I can tell you have only one flaw
I think you are outta sight
You cross-eyed angel

I remember that incredible day I first laid eyes on you
You turned around and looked back at me,
your gazed was slightly askew

I've got just about everything I need
I've got almost everything that I could ever want
I need you so bad no matter how much I try
I will never forget that look in your eyes
The devil makes me desire
The cross-eyed angel
Cross eyed angel

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Ohhhhh,
Look at you
Crossing over borders like they
Never had existed like a
Bird of prey
Like a crazy cuckoo

Ohhhhh,
What a day
Lightning, thunder, rain
Going off and on all night,
Now at dawn still more
There's no time to argue

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Grey-green valley,
Misty winds
You wanna break on out
You wanna break on out
Stop this madness,
Turn and toss
You want to fly thru the air
Don't get stuck at the crossing

Ohhhhhh
Shining bright
The city is out there, circling
Dark clouds floating in
The rainy gloom
Washing bright
Yellow roses

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Long after the fall
Long after the stare
Long after the shattered faith
Took you unawares

Ohhhhh,
Look at you
Crossing over borders that you
Never knew existed like a
Bird of prey
Like a crazy cuckoo

Long after the fall
Long after the stare
Long after the shattered faith
Took you unawares

Like a crazy cuckoo

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It had to be Kris
With places to go no one knows about
And a few talking points he can't do without
As he makes good time on his walking route
He might stop speaking in a moment of bliss
gotta be Kris

It could only be Kris
Crossing through a discussion like a phoebe on a fence
Doesn't mean it won't matter if it can't make sense
He's too involved to ever be tense
Just where is his mind as we talk of this?
who else but Kris?

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You know they're building green fences by the railroad tracks…
I know that Hitler is gonna come back …
Well you can go down, but you have to go around…
And then this airplane got me, I was gone without a sound…
I need to meet with the mayor about this cricket plague…
The ball is telling us something but it's a little vague

You know it's just Kris
A critter so certain of all he feels
So full of discoveries he can't help but reveal
And how much does it matter that it can't be real?
His life is a trauma too big to miss
His brain the result of a serpent's kiss
That deflated right after with the loudest hiss
Why am I even telling you this?
Try to remember
It has to be Kris

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Do you really want to cross that line with me?
Do you really want to take that final step?
You've been dancing on my last nerve for some time now
You've been playing way too hard with my heart
Are you only hangin' around to make me pay
For some imaginary betrayal
For one of us or both of us I think it's time to go
I'm laying all my cards on the table

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If you cross that line
It will be the last time
I will ever look in your eyes
Because the only thing I see
Is the Devil looking back at me
And the pieces of my broken heart

First it was one thing then it was another
Then it was everything I did and what I said
A little dig here, a little dig there,
Pretty soon the war had been declared
Well, I've finally reached the limit of what my love can bear
Now it's up to you step across or step on back
But I know you won't surrender because you never do
Now I'll turn around so you can stab me in the back

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We'e come to the crossing and now there's no turning back
But there ain't no way we're gonna make it together
You go your way and I'll go mine, and we'll meet on the far side of forever
But you won't let me go without leaving your mark
And I sure have the scars to show it
And I know this last one is gonna cut so deep
My tears may never stop the blood from flowing

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I had a premonition when we got together
And we were just too young to care
Like a waking dream of disaster weather
It's like I took you up on a dare

Week one was a frenzy of sexual glee
In week two we took it on the road
Week number three was like surfing a tree
But number four was a heavy load

So I've tried to think of a way out
But I know I won't get anywhere

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You've got me bound and gagged in the trunk of my mind
And you're taking me someplace nobody will find
Hope we don't get a blowout 'cause there ain't no spare
And the crux of the matter is you're my cross to bear

Now I've never set foot inside of a church
And I doubt there is a god supreme
But pretty soon I'll be crossing myself
To try to end this suicidal scheme

I've tried to drink myself below the despair
Or take enough pills that I can't think
But somehow I know that nobody can share
The way I deserve to sink

So I'll load up an apocalypse playlist
And find another disastrous affair

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Why did I think this could be ok?
Who could ever be as stupid as this?
How many people could be so wrong
In the name of any passionate kiss?

I've tried to drink myself below the despair
Or take enough pills that I can't think
But somehow I know that nobody can share
The way I deserve to sink

Why do I have to play this out?
Couldn't somebody else be the one?
What does it take to not end up in the lake
With some lover, some car, or some gun?

I'll try to find a way to get my attitude back
Even if I'll never do it with flair

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Sweet orange icing
Plump juicy raisins
Cinammon spices
Bakin' chops a-blazin'

Scoopa brown sugar
Buttery bread
Flour yeast eggs
Everybody gets fed

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My baby got
My baby got hot
My baby got hot cross
My baby got hot cross buns
My baby got hot cross buns

Make the bread dough Cover, let it rise Punch down the dough Find the right size Pipe the crossing on top Bake it golden brown Lip smacking' good Pass 'em all around Chorus Bridge: This ain't 1592 No law against what we do Make 'em fresh with a lot of spice Along with honey baked ham and plenty of rice It's Easter Sunday The old folks say They ain't never seen buns Look quite this way Chorus Sweet orange icing Plump juicy raisins Cinammon spices Bakin' chops a-blazin' Scoopa brown sugar Buttery bread Flour yeast eggs Everybody gets fed Chorus: My baby got My baby got hot My baby got hot cross My baby got hot cross buns My baby got hot cross buns Make the bread dough Cover, let it rise Punch down the dough Find the right size Pipe the crossing on top Bake it golden brown Lip smacking' good Pass 'em all around Chorus

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The four members of the Willie de Sacra songwriting collaborative; William Fuller, Spence Kimball, Gary Sears and Jack Hastings, have been creating and performing in various combinations under various names for a various number of years.

In alphabetical order:

• William Fuller
• Jack Hastings
• Spencer Kimball
• Gary Sears