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Billy Boy
03:23
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At the side of the road
covered in ticks and fleas and all alone
a lady picked you up
and took you but couldn't give you a home.
In the church you had a biblical name
swallowed up in one of God's games
in the belly of the beast
swishin' round and waiting for me
Oh, you'd be very happy soon
I'd be very happy soon
Asleep on the floor
as I was waking up to what I was waiting for
I put you in my arms and you continued to snore
In the truck you slept the whole damn ride
and I sang to you the whole damn time
all the excitement that I couldn't contain
tryna think of the perfect name
for my boy
I think I'll name you Billy Boy
Billy Bow Wow, Billy Paul
Billy Idol, Billy Joe, Billie Holiday, Billy Strayhorn
Oh, Billy Boy
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Pupper Walking
02:41
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Home
02:26
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I know you like the city lights
I know you like being on stage
and I'm sure you'll be star
if you keep plugging away
but NYC is far away
I wish that sometimes you'd stay
right here in Philadelphia
just to be here with me.
Cuz when you leave me all alone
I am a little bit lost
because our house is not a home
without you here in my arms.
I wanna spend some time with
working here in the garden
and we can watch a movie, too
and I'll make you some popcorn
instead I watch a few alone
because there's nothing else to do
and in the end I feel depressed
and then I try to go to bed
but you know I can never sleep
without you here beside me
I toss and turn the whole night through just missing you.
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Dream Joke
02:08
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Why does a Weave weave?
Why does a Flautist flaut?
I woke up laughing at my own joke
and so I opened up my notes
and wrote it down so that I could be this funny all the time.
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Career
03:02
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I'm just fuckin' round biding my time
not worried bout a master scheme
even though I'm 28
I've already reached my dreams.
I've got a puppy and a truck
and a house with all my stuff
I've got a beautiful girl
that fills my world with love
Don't ask me about career
I'm already retired
I love my life so much
I couldn't get much higher
You look at me like I will never understand
but I know in my heart that I've had more success
than you will ever know.
I don't need you to tell me that you're proud of me
I'm sure that you can tell that I am so healthy
because I've healed myself, I've put in lots of time
what'd you think this rappin' was for?
some dream that's infantile?
Man I feel bad for you if you think I'm too old
to sit here making tunes with no specific goal
money will come and go, but love can never die
I sing it out to you and it just multiplies and heals.
I hope you heal, no need to reinvent the wheel, it's always been just what you feel and know, yeah I think you know how it goes in your soul, you've gotta break the walls to find out what feels real, cuz you can never know just how to make things grow, you've got to give it up, it's just a weirdo rule of life, as soon as you let go things grow.
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Museyk
01:57
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The Road
03:07
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Feels good on the road
with the windows down
traveling towards
something I've never known
Take a little breath in
just tasting the wind
take a big breath out
that's what it's all about
Cuz my aim keeps me on the Road
but I know that it's all a game
I'm gonna score some points but in the end it's all the same
Feels good to come home
where I can be alone
just biding my time
till something draws me back outside
Getting stuck in my ways
feels kinda ok
I was born this way
some things will never change
The Road keeps moving on
onward and upward and side to side
and I only get one shot
so I know I better enjoy the ride.
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Gabriel Adels
Gabriel Adels is a writer, musician, and builder from Philadelphia.
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