Track List:
1. Odds N Evils
2. Jawbreaker
3. Monarchs *feat. Dario Jungic
4. Medieval America
5. Brothers Reunion
6. Up To the Devil
7. Wrecking Ball
8. Sweet Spirit
9. Off Track
10. No Mercy In The Valley
11. Hippie Earth Anthem
12. English Muffin Bread
13. Gather Round
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Lyrics...
#1: Odds n Evils
Gregory Brown (of the GypsyTwins)
With just a hopeful glance at this happenstance
Well I’m hoping that your heart feels right
Cuz if it bends you and breaks you and tends just to wear ya down
Then take your eyes off it tonight
I guess it’s me against odd n evils
With this international scope well I’m hopin’
To wonder from here how far I’ll wander and go
So please break me free from what’s weighing down on me
Cuz international sure ain’t what it used to be
I guess it’s me against odds n evils
I guess it’s me against odds n evils
So spare the cost of the airfare
No it isn’t, it isn’t fair at all
And of all the rare instances we fall into deceitful
Prepare to stand your ground
As you get knocked down again and again
And when you least expect
You’ll get your wind knocked out
But bare it and grin with your teeth full
And chew up the air
And land softly my dear
I know this travelling mind sure gets a little crazy sometimes
With it’s destination bare and unbound
I know this travelling mind’s vigilant eyes grow wiser
As they follow restitution around and around this town
I guess it’s me against odds n evils
I guess it’s me against odds n evils
I know it’s me against odds n evils
I know it’s me against odds n evils.
#2: Jawbreaker
Gregory Brown (of the GypsyTwins)
Pulverized passionate stone-ground immaculate keep the pressure cooking til the situation's smashed into bits and the shards of the shrapnel of the hardest shell of candy-coated armor's penetrated and disarmed...
well i don't know what you been thinking but I'm chomping down on this one hard as I can, hard as i can stand I swear I, might be biting off more than I can chew but it's more than worth it if it gets me to you and I know that it will, why wouldn't it? There's really no sweeter way of putting it so
please God stop her,
from underestimating what my heart has to offer,
please God stop her,
from jumping to conclusions,
please fill her heart with understanding,
and could you throw in a softer landing too,
please God stop her from running away from me...
Every time I take a look in her eyes, something surely always never fails to surprise me again, as if it was the first time I saw her standing there underneath the streetlight, what's this angel doing up past midnight besides being a personification of love at first sight so I...
did my best to leave the sweetest impression that I could on this impromptu occasion boy did I walk out from the dark oh boy did I ever follow my heart even though I barely had a clue which way was up or down I was left standing right above you in this City of Angels was this all too good to be true, no!
please God stop her,
from underestimating what my heart has to offer,
please God stop her,
from jumping to conclusions,
please fill her heart with understanding,
and could you throw in a softer landing too,
please God stop her from running away from me...
Jah break me of this habit of gritting my teeth through life
Jah break me free from all these grinding truths of sacrifice
cuz you know i got such a sweet-tooth living in my roots up to my feet,
Jah break her of the way she sees me, please just help me make her believe...
Take your time on this one baby, I'll be standing next to you for eternity, so just tell me when you're coming around, to your senses let them tell you you got the best of me the best I can be you can touch smell taste see so don't hesitate to wrap your arms around me whenever you please, but don't delay on this for too long cuz I been missing you for too many day to count down in the dumps of delirium, can't be stuck in this slump any longer, let's start looking in the same direction, let's look ahead toward our hearts' contention and then we'll be sitting on plenty of time to stare in each others' eyes when we get there....
please God stop her,
from underestimating what my heart has to offer,
please God stop her,
from jumping to conclusions,
please fill her heart with understanding,
and could you throw in a softer landing too,
please God stop her from running away from me...
Jah break me of this habit of gritting my teeth through life
Jah break me free from all these grinding truths of sacrifice
cuz you know i got such a sweet-tooth living in my roots up to my feet,
Jah break her of the way she sees me, please just help me make her believe...
Jah break her of the way she feels of please just help me make her feel free....
Monarchs
by Gregory Brown (of the GypsyTwins)
Well I hope that you’re finding your way home tonight
And I hope that you’re guided by the moon’s soft light
I hope that you can wake up tomorrow
And forget all of yesterday’s sorrow
Well I find myself asking myself some questions
Like what do I see in my own reflection
Who do I think’ll help me out of this this time
Who can I depend on when my life is on the line
Oh it’s you my dear, it’s you my dear
Its you that hold the answers that make life so clear
It’s you my dear, it’s you my dear
It’s you I’ve waited on to bring a lifetime to my years
Well I look up at the sky barely believe in what I’m seeing
My love you’re fluttering just like a butterfly
I see you hovering above me like a dream
And I see you taking me under your loving wing
Well I remember way back when we were just caterpillars then
But now you float along as if that whole big sky is yours my friend
While I’m still just as stuck here in my chrysalis
But I’m waiting on my wings so I can fly up there to kiss you
Oh it’s you my dear, it’s you my dear
Its you that hold the answers that make life so clear
It’s you my dear, it’s you my dear
It’s you I’ve waited on to bring a lifetime to my years
Whoa, oh oh, whoa oh oh oh oh oh, whoa-whoa…
So all this waiting this frustrating time that’s splitting us between
No more sorrow from us overlapping never to be seen
No more chasing rearranging time’s a wasting let’s relax as
Those disguises metamorphosize before our very eyes
As heavy as the warm winds blow
I see you now I’m oh so close
I’m getting there my wings are sore but steady as I go
And now that I’ve caught up I’m yours
My love my love’s nothing but true
My dear it’s easier to change knowing changin’ brought me to you
Cuz it’s you my dear, it’s you my dear
Its you that hold the answers that make life so clear
It’s you my dear, it’s you my dear
It’s you I’ve waited on to bring a lifetime to my years
Medieval America
by Gregory Brown (of the GypsyTwins)
Medieval America
Can you tell me what's scarier
than a healthcare grim and reaping system's
steadily deadly insufficience
our dollars and sense go to waste in an instant
thousands a minute
there's no defense for it and
none of those funds ever reach our savings
while our hands are tied up and waving
the white part of our flag
in surrender
and the red's bleeding, who's gonna mend her
and the blue's choking, who's she gonna depend on to save her
well their blaming the poor for not coming up
but damn shame on the ones overflowing their cups
but they won't buy it
they won't admit
that the blame is their demon
even though it just bit
off the feet of the people who need to walk most
who'll never own beemers those dreams are toast
those dreams were taken against their will
cuz those dreams got shattered by hospital bills
the very same place we go to save our lives
is the terrible place that places us in crisis
ain't it bad enough
that a cancer haunts ya
or a cripplin' condition
in your spine distorts ya
tough enough to battle off a disease with no cure
tough enough to feel free if you don't know for sure
if you're gonna kick it
or if it's gonna kick you
then those damn collection agents kick ya door down
too much to handle ya say
why should they care
light a candle they say
keep the faith say a prayer
how could they ever put a price on health
in a way that forces our majority to melt
in a way that binds us all
with a focus on fear
keeping us afraid of losing
the ones we hold dear
I'm afraid for us all, lost and consumed
cuz even those with health insurance will likely be doomed
as their dollars disappear
their hard earned dollars disappear
Medieval America
Can you tell me what's scarier now?
Medieval America
Can you tell me what's scarier now? #5: Brothers Reunion
By Gregory Brown of the GypsyTwins
It’s been a long time coming and I’m sure we found it
Now we got no better place on earth to go
It’s been a long time coming and I’m sure astounded
Why we didn’t get here sooner, only God could know
It’s been too long brother since we played together
Such a rhythm’s too gifted to be going to waste
It’s been too long brother since we sang together
I sure miss the harmonies of those good old days
But I’ll surely find my way back to you my friend
I’ll surely find my way back to you
We best get on our way my friend we got no time to lose
It’s time we finally found brothers reunion
Never let ‘em tell ya that you’ll never make it
You’re the master poet you could never fake that
Elevated effervescent authenticity
You level opposition to the ground without even a swing
And there’s a road ahead and you and I are on it
Two brothers with a gift yet we’ll never flaunt it
So hay-diddle-diddle, I’ll meet you in the middle
And we’ll travel all the way to our musical Shangri-La…
And I’ll surely find my way there with you my friend
I’ll surely find my way there with you
We best get on our way my friend we got no time to lose
It’s time we finally found brothers reunion
Well I seen my struggles and I’ve taken some knocks a concussion or two never enough of a reason
To stop taking chances even though it appears that they never pay off and we’re facing our fears
Staring us in the face saying get on home, you ain’t nothing but flesh and bone and
Ya got no rhythm and ya got no soul but we don’t believe that cuz our hearts know
That the struggle exists, it’s a proving ground it’s the way of a master to lay the law down
And we the sheriffs and the world’s our town nothing criminal here will ever stick around
And we got jurisdiction ounce for ounce because it’s up to us we carry seventeen in every pound
Making all of us lighten the load, for our brothers and our sisters struggling on down this road
Because the Road ahead’s not paved and smooth it’s full of cracks and frost heaves and potholes too
And the ditches are flooded from those fallen money trees dragged down by those SUVs
With their chromium rims and their four flat screen TVs built-in behind those empty seats
That are never occupied huge wastes of space stuck in gridlock traffic ‘stead of carpool lanes
And the worst assumption we could make at this second is that those selfish fools even wanna get where we’re headed…guess not cuz they’re not lookin’ for a worthy cause to stick their foot in
The world of change sure needs their attention it’s gravely undernourished downright neglected
And those frivolous fools won’t even travel on the road we know, they’ll only commit to their status quo…
But we’ll surely find our way there with you good friends
We’ll surely find our way there with you
We best get on our way my friends we got no time to lose
It’s time we finally found brothers reunion
I said it’s time we finally found brothers reunion
Ya know it’s time we finally found brothers reunion
#6: Up To The Devil
By Gregory Brown (of the GypsyTwins)
Well I was sitting on a broken bench on the front porch
Beginning to wonder what I’m sitting here at four
In the morning I’m drunk and my eyes ain’t closin’
They’ll stay pealed open till the morning show up
Cuz I’m up to my nose in the trouble that goes
Around comes around here and it won’t disappear
Till the daylight shows up my mind grows up
Standing up strong I’ll stand up straight
Up to the devil again
He throws his arms around me and I laugh laugh laugh him off
It’s up to the devil till the end
He’ll throw his worst at me today but I’m all smiles all the way
It’s not sensible blowing up to smitherines or
Getting all squeezed up like a fresh cup of juice
Of a lime or a lemon tangelo or tangerine
What you do is what ya say and that’s what ya better mean
It’s not sensitive to over-pressure with a power
Ain’t it sure ain’t healthy when a love goes sour
As a lime or a lemon or a slice of grapefruit
What ya do is what ya say and that’s what ya better do to stand
Up to the devil again
She throws her arms around me and I laugh laugh laugh her off
It’s up to the devil til the end
She’ll throw her worst at me today but I’m all smiles all the way I swear it…
(interlude)
Well, this broken bench ain’t so broken any more
It’s standing strong from the seat to the floor and
I stroll up to it sit next to the girl I shoulda
Given flowers complements and pearls to
Cuz sometimes it’s easy when ya get down to it
Because quite often I downright blew it
But I got no better explanation tonight
Sometimes it’s hard even though I got the right to stand
Up to the devil again
He throws his arms around me and I laugh laugh laugh him off
It’s up to the devil till the end
He’ll throw his worst at me today but I’m all smiles all the way
Up to the devil again
She throws her arms around me and I laugh laugh laugh her off
It’s up to the devil til the end
She’ll throw her worst at me today but I’m all smiles all the way I swear it…
#7: Wrecking Ball
by Gregory Brown of the GypsyTwins
Our momentum works against us
as dissent now collides
with resentment you abandon hope
that time will heal and dry our
tears of impact full of energy
kinetically divide
our wall becomes a pile
of rubble ruined crumbled sides
If the wrecking ball swings
see the pendulum break
the solidified structure
of the progress we make
if the wrecking ball swings
see the pendulum knock
over love's high rises
like a grandfather clock
there it goes, here it comes, there it goes from us again
a hope in you hoping for me
to be dependable depends
upon the mortar that we use
to mend all these wounds
no it's no use no it's no use
no you can't fuse what needs to bend
If the Wrecking ball swings
see the pendulum break
the solidified structure
of the progress we make
if the wrecking ball swings
see the pendulum knock
over love's high rises
like a grandfather clock
Hear it tick
Hear it tock
this should stick
but it's not
looks as thick
as cement
but it's thin
as chicken broth
let it set
be sure it's smooth
make sure it's sticky
so it glues
and holds the best
of us together
holds the real me to you.
by Gregory Brown of the GypsyTwins
Our momentum works against us
as dissent now collides
with resentment you abandon hope
that time will heal and dry our
tears of impact full of energy
kinetically divide
our wall becomes a pile
of rubble ruined crumbled sides
If the wrecking ball swings
see the pendulum break
the solidified structure
of the progress we make
if the wrecking ball swings
see the pendulum knock
over love's high rises
like a grandfather clock
there it goes, here it comes, there it goes from us again
a hope in you hoping for me
to be dependable depends
upon the mortar that we use
to mend all these wounds
no it's no use no it's no use
no you can't fuse what needs to bend
If the Wrecking ball swings
see the pendulum break
the solidified structure
of the progress we make
if the wrecking ball swings
see the pendulum knock
over love's high rises
like a grandfather clock
Hear it tick
Hear it tock
this should stick
but it's not
looks as thick
as cement
but it's thin
as chicken broth
let it set
be sure it's smooth
make sure it's sticky
so it glues
and holds the best
of us together
holds the real me to you.
#8: Sweet Spirit
By Gregory Brown of the GypsyTwins
Your sweet spirit gonna take my hand, leading my way toward a true definition
That all great love’s never fully planned, all great love demands a healthy intuition
Oh where were you when my heart broke in two
Oh where were you when my heart played the fool
Oh your sweet spirit gonna take my hand definitely elevation my true recognition
That loving in the fullest makes ya stronger man, loving in the fullest gives ya healthy heart nutrition
Oh where were you when my heart broke in two
Oh where were you when my heart played the fool
I thought you knew that shooting stars are cold as ice until they’re flames afire
Set your mind at ease as on them you wish your desires
I wish I could capture one I’d let it warm my hands
I’d even let it guide the way toward taking a second glance at you
Your sweet spirit’s all I need to lean on never ever gonna lost the will to keep on
Sweeter than lehua honey on my tongue ya sweet aloha honey bee you finally stung me
Oh where were you when my heart broke in two
Oh where were you when my heart played the fool
Shooting stars are cold as ice until they’re flames afire
Set your mind at ease as on them you wish your desires
I wish I could capture one I’d let it warm my hands
I’d even let it guide the way toward taking a second glance at you
Sweet spirit pull me through
I gotta take another look at you
Sweet spirit pull me through.
#9 : Off Track
Gregory Brown of the GypsyTwins
Well I could be one place you could be two
Places at once chasing after you
But the wisest man’ll straighten out your line
You can’t chase two rabbits at the same time.
Growing up in a syndrome kingdom come
Where chivalry should define someone
Where kings that dream could sing or scream
That a man’s true love means everything.
Well, where are you now?
Where are you now?
I admit I took my eyes off of
What I was tracking down
A life of majesty fulfilling
You was all I need my queen
Oh where’d I go off track?
This old house seems strange to me
Cuz my loving burns like kerosene in here
But from where I’m standing the flames are doused
But still their managing to burn the roof of your mouth
Oh what’s it gonna take to cool me off
What’s it gonna take away from you if it don’t stop
Where’d I lose my cool where’m I lost in my reaction
Baby I’d give anything to have that back
So, where are you now?
Where are you now?
I admit I took my eyes off of
What I was tracking down
A life of majesty fulfilling
You was all I need my queen
Oh where’d I go off track?
Oh this January morning’s so icy cold
And all the warning signs were there I’m told
So I’m sippin’ green tea by myself
Cuz I underestimated how deception felt
So what’s it gonna take to cool me off
What’s it gonna take away from you if it don’t stop
Where’d I lose my cool where’m I lost in my reaction
Baby I’d give anything to have that back
So, where are you now?
Where are you now?
I admit I took my eyes off of
What I was tracking down
A life of majesty fulfilling
You was all I need my queen
Oh where’d I go
Where’d I go
Where’d I go off track?
#10 : No Mercy In The Valley
Gregory Brown of the GypsyTwins
Now I know that I’ve been told that growing older has it’s hold on me
It creeps around and it sneaks about behind my back over my shoulder see it’s breathing down on me.
And it comes and it goes and it grows back again begins to fade but never seems to die away
And it’s days are numbered bold yet I know thunder likes to hide inside a clouded day
Oh you will see no mercy in the valley today.
And I’m sure tired of monkeying around within these less invested semi-precious times
Cuz wishing’s wasted on every single facet of this gruff and gritty city’s daily grind
And the wickedness of which oh how it whittles down our love and trust
It’s not my cup of tea and it will likely get the best of us
So what if the river in this valley reeks as its sleepwalking with its own ghosts
You will see no mercy in the valley today
You will see no mercy in the valley today
You will see happier days and become better off addicted to the simple
Contracdictions in your thoughts that keep ya crooked cooked insane
Inside this valley where a sunstroke is just a lie away.
But you will see no mercy in the valley today.
So keep free falling into this depression shun away that hate that comes from all this greed
Cuz no one sees ya very long before life pulls its ripcord on ya before you’re forced to leave
Now I know whatcha thinkin’ I’d be better off drinkin’ till my
Heart sinkin problems slip away
But no I’ll, I’ll never shrink into my shell I’d rather face them here head-on
Than in the deepest pits of Hell
Cuz you will see no mercy in the valley today.
You will see no mercy in the valley today.
You will see happier days, but you will see no mercy today.
You’ll soon see happier days, but you will see no mercy today.
#11: Hippie Earth Anthem
By Gregory Brown (of the GypsyTwins)
This one morning we found Mother Earth in fury it ain’t lookin’ like she ever gonna calm back down. This one morning we found our lives rather stormy, life in which we weren’t in to simple back down in the midst of an attack at our existence, where are we when she needs assistance and where will we be when she ain’t there you better wear your heart on your sleeve to wipe the sweat away when you see that you’ve given’ it your all and now you’ve fallen upon the crumbled bricks that you trusted to stand tall…
But no skinned knees will ever bury me
And no splinters in my hands from this weathered axe-handle of a land
Will ever let me let you down like that again.
Late that afternoon I was sitting alone watching the news when the latest tragedy had struck, now what the fuck we s’posed to do? Aside from heartbreak and all those misdirected grave mistakes there’s a bigger problem awaiting me one in which we must pursue. The scales sliding, all the way straight down inside to deep denial and we see it everyday yet most of us will never move. So notice if you can that nothing happens if you don’t make it happen so get up every time you fall and help me follow through…
‘Cause no skinned knees will ever bury me
And no splinters in my hands from this weathered axe-handle of a land
Will ever let me let you down like that again.
And when I think that there’s nothing for this world I can do
I point my eyes straight ahead to get my guidance from you
Then I know, so nice to know that you are the proof
That proof I been looking for, that Truth I see it in you…
But, late that evening, the lungs of the world finally finished breathing and only the human beings exceeding could tell that the biggest brick just fell. Suffocation sets in a moments only hardest lesson a hopeful show of hands will do to help our Mother Earth get well. ‘Cause the next morning, if we all choke then without warning our mornings will never come around again as well as they once were. But keeping our hearts intact while fighting those who keep attacking the love we’re kneeling on is the only way to find a cure…
Cause no skinned knees will ever bury me
And no splinters in my hands from this weathered axe-handle of a land
Will ever let me let you down like that again.
Cause no skinned knees will ever bury me
And no splinters in my hands from this weathered axe-handle of a land
Will ever let me let you down like that again.
#11: English Muffin Bread
Gregory Brown of the GypsyTwins
What if we never found our measure
What if we never got better with time
Wooden spoon no ‘lectric mixer
What if we never let our bread dough rise
Oh would you go on ahead and cut yourself a slice
And hope it’s what you wished for oh I hope your not surprised
When you find something new undercover
Smooth as silk like Irish butter
Didja run out of inspiration
Didn’t you realize that you’re my source
I’d bottle it if I could for seasonin’
Then pepper grind it all over my life of course
Oh didja re-do that secret recipe of mine
Didja re-do the way you used to look at life
When all of those leftover wishes
Were wiped away when ya did the dishes
Oh now the only sensible thing left to do
Is wrap your arms around me let em stick like glue
Cuz if you knew the way I see ya every day
You’d think it tastier than anything that you could ever back
It’s about time we found our flavor
It’s about love that tasty everyday
So lets chew slowly so we savor
Every single crumb of the love it takes to make us.
#13: Gather Round
by Gregory Brown of the Gypsy Twins
Never knew what nothing meant until nothing took hold
No chill in the air knows near the never-thawing stoning cold we felt
And all my friends agree that we know all too well
So let us drink and drown this all-enduring cry for help
Gonna gather round this fire now, until the flames go out
Gonna play our troubles out loud, until we lay them down
Gonna sing our days away, until the final mark
And then close our eyes and walk together through the dark…
Top-heavy eyes turn me upside down for the count but count me in
On all the self-inflicted, sugar-coated seven deadly sins
We started breaking notes, not bones, half-empty bottles in a drunken symphony
None of them could tear me up but nothing’s sober at all about you and me so
Gonna gather round this fire now, until the flames go out
Gonna play our troubles out loud, until we lay them down
Gonna sing our days away, until the final mark
And then close our eyes and walk together through the dark…
Then I won’t have to wake up without you
Cuz I won’t have to go to sleep
These eyelids only hide me from shadow so
Why oh why must I close them to see you with me?
All songs written by Gregory Brown.
©GypsyTwinsProductions 2010, Vermont USA
