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20TO23&ME

by Gary Hynes

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1.
I hope you get cancer I hope you get the flu. I hope you get Polio, Parkinson's too. Hope you get every disease going by. Everyone grows old and dies. Everyone grows old, everyone grows old, everyone grows old and dies. Don't be alarmed and don't be suprised, everyone grows old and dies. I hope you get lucky I hope you get laid. If it's in the arsehole I got you get AIDS. I hope you get everything under the sky. Everyone grows old and dies. Everyone grows old, everyone grows old, everyone grows and dies. You can bare any how if you have why, everyone grows old and dies. I hope you eat sugar cause then you might get. Diabetes and then have to inject. Insulin every day the rest of your life. Everyone grows old and dies. Everyone grows old, everyone grows old, everyone grows and dies. Stare the grim reaper right between the eyes. Everyone grows old and dies. I hope you have a stroke, get paralyzed. Hope you get Covid and I hope you don't survive. Hope you get alzheimers, hope you go blind. Everyone grows old and dies. Everyone grows old, everyone grows old, everyone grows and dies. Unless you die early like primitive times. Everyone grows old and dies. I hope you get answers I hope you get paid. I hope you get everything that you need. Hope you get all of it before your time. Everyone grows old and dies. Everyone grows old, everyone grows old, everyone grows and dies. To emphasize my point and summarize, everyone grows old and dies. Everyone grows old, everyone grows old, everyone grows and dies. Don't be alarmed and don't be surprised. Everyone grows old and dies. Don't be alarmed and don't be surprised, everyone grows old and dies.
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Mara's my bitch Buddha my nature Ego the glitch Condition the maker Dharma's the way Love is my failure Dukkha the birth, sickness, death, unsatisfied ager. And coconut's the shit I'm never going back to olive oil. Tara's my Queen Uisneach my lawyer My ancestor's were kings 'til the English took over. Maeve is my mother Bury me with her Or scatter my ashes across the Atlantic after the fire. Mary's my aunt Bob is my uncle Paganism my philosophy As well as my culture. The earth is my church The sky is my temple Things are complicated that's why I've been lately keeping it simply. Life is a trip God is a loner Time is a switch that never turns off and was turned on my no one. Faith is a leap Courage necessary To face this poor world's inevitable pain, horror and suffering. Truth is my crime. Freedom my sin. Expression confession and to tell you truth I'd express it again. Women my my weakness. Mushroom my friend. I'll tell you no lie I'm high as a kite and I've taken nothin'.
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Post Post Modern Blues No such thing absolute truth Except for the ones we chose to control your time and your point of view. Postmodern Blues. The world gone mad and so have I. God is dead and the devils alive. Facts mean nothing and you can't rely on your brother or your sister 'cause they're livina a lie. Postmodern blues. Everything you are has been conditioned by the culture and the structure that you live in. Nothing is biological, the earth is flat and there ain't no sun. Postmodern Blues. The real news looks like a parody, the parodies look like the real thing. Sense means nothing, nothing makes sense. Still you gotta try to make sense of it. Postmodern blues. All the younger people are getting woke. All the younger people are getting dope. All the younger people are getting broke. All the younger people are getting post... modern blues. Layback culture got you back to far. Better come forward find out who you are. Because if you don't do it no on else will. The time is now and there's none to kill. Post modern blues. Are you confused yet? If you are not yet confused then you don't know enough. Sometimes I think I know too much and that's why I got those Postmodern Blues. Are you confused yet? If you are not yet confused then you don't know enough. Sometimes I think I know too much and that still don't seem to be enough. You can't say faggot, shit or fuck. You can't can't call me a cunt even if I'm one. But what if it's in the right context at the correct timing in the correct place? Postmodern Blues. Sacred plants bein abused, charlatans on their pursuits. The Buddha's teachings commodified, liberation has it's price. Postmodern Blues. If all are the victim then who's to blame? The baby boomers or melinnials? The Z generation or the corporation? Either way we're all in the thick of this shit. Postmodern Blues.
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Life goes on forever my bodies gonna rot. If truth is what you're saying I hope you don't get shot. Via bullets of the masses guns of ignorance. They're aimin' at your mind but you've got your own defenses. From the bombs that they drop on all humanity. Maniuplated messages intended to decieve and trouble. The vast majority of the population with your TV. Life goes on forever there's no where to be list. If love is your posession you never will get robbed for the more that you lack the more that's needed the more you medicate it the worse it seems to get. From the pills that they pop, they're never gonna ease. It's a lack of education that's causin' the disease And for all them, there is a remedy. Nature is the answer but suppressed by the indutry. You can fool some people, but you can't fool me. I'm climbing out of the hole that I dug. Coming up to the top of the world, where I can see. Life goes on forever it's a force that never stops If truth is your religion why do ya need a God? Either way if there's a heaven or a hell You've got everything that you need within yourself. And with the senses unlocked there'll be no poverty There will only be abundance cause we'll take the energy From all those who control economies But they can come in too because it's for everybody. Life goes on forever the light is in your heart. Your mind is manifestin what you think about a lot. Either way it's up to you what you create If you're chosin' love you'll have it otherwise you're chosin' hate It's the cravin' that blocks you from eternity You're already enlightened all you have to do it see. With eyes closed, breathe in and you'll be free. Breathe out and keep it flowin' to experience your chi. Life goes on forever you can find it in my shop. If now is what you're buyin' I'm sellin' round the block. Either way if you've got money or you don't It really doesn't matter cause it's free for you to own It's the binding that knots the outside and the in There's no external space and there's no place you haven't been So travel wherever you may please But understand along the way that everywhere you be. Life goes on forever we're floating on a rock. The ocean is a puddle the sun is pretty hot. Either way, if there's a cloud over the sky There is no need to worry for it's only passing by. If the lightning that shocks the thunders roar sayin'... Even though I scare ya I just wanna be your friend. For without me you never would survive. It's the balance of the weather that's keeping us alive. Life goes on forever even though it is profound. It's simple and effective and it keeps on going round Either way, whether you like it or you don't The spaceships are coming from a nearby neihgbourhood It's the circles that crop the mathematic sign. Although they keep it quiet it's the ratio of phi So look up they're only saying hi Put the kettle on and then invite them in for chai Life goes on forever there's no such thing as death Division is illusion there's only the true self And we're made of the stuff that's shining in the night When you fight somebody it's yourself you really fight It's no wonder though cannot comprehend The wonders of creation no beginning and no end So let go no need to afraid It has been said before but now I'm saying it again.
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Trust the science, stop being skeptical. Trust the science, don't think for yourself. Trust the science, fuck those other treatments. They're not very profitable. Trust the science, follow lab coat leaders. Trust the science, it's good for your health. Trust the science, stop being so selfish. You must be hyper-individual. Science is a question but we're not allowed to ask. Science is a religion and The Late Late Show is mass. Consensus doesn't mean fuck all. The fact checkers are bought and sold. So leave the witches alone and go burn your Covid-pass. Trust the science, not that other science. Trust the only science that we chose. Trust the science or you'll go to hell. Trust the science or else we're all doomed. Trust the science or you are Muslim. Trust the science or you are a Jew. Trust the science, don't you think of others? Just because I don't trust doesn't mean that's true. Chorus. Trust the science, it has all the answers. Trust the science, it's God's divine plan. Trust the science, don't be taking chances. Do your research, don't be foolish man. Trust the science, you will get your life back. Trust the science, what harm could it do? Trust the science, we're not in the future But the science says we already have proof.
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I'm friendly for a fascist and a ratlicker That's what they call me on the social network That's the default argument these days I know what I am and I know what I'm not I decide not your prejudice Your attempt to weaken my spirit only gives me strenght I'm friendly for a fascist I'm kind for nazi scum I'm friendly for a fascist And a hure for the owl freedom I'm respectful for a racist and bigot for thinking Ireland should leave EU shores A shit deal's a shit deal any day of the week. I've obvioulsy just been reading far-right propoganda I'm as dangerous as Bolsonaro Hitler's my hero Followed by Mussolini. From Italy. Oh yeah! Chorus I'm sound for sexist misogynist I hate gays too yeah they're on my list I symbolize oppression for being a while male. I'm calm for a cis and cool for a cad Might join Antifa because I'm mad And I'm good a burning stuff As long as it doesn't belong to me... Chorus x 2 End
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You washed your hands you covered up your ankles. You bought a mask and stocked up on the garlic. Corona came and she shook us all up. Death tolls rose but not as predicted. You cancelled your plans and said an Angeles. Isolated yourself and watched some online masses. Coronas on the loose and she isn't going back. Let us back to work we'll take the fuckin' chance. A year ago this might have been justified but now we're that all losing our minds. If you just want to get on with your life while you're alive that doesn't mean you are far right, in my opinion Sweden got it right. Don't panic, or maybe you should. If you feel sick, join the Corona Club. How can people still be puttin' up with this shit? Can't even celebrate St. Patrick. Easter is cancelled this year too, but if you're a Muslin no one will bother you. Together with the rest of the human race. Face your fears but do not touch your face. A year ago this might have been justified but now that there is no end in sight. If you just want to get on with your life while you're alive that don't mean you want folks to die, in my opinion Sweden got it right. Tesco stocked up on toilet paper after all the people shat themselves for a savior. If you're out there protesting peacefully, they'll call you a fascist rat lickin' Nazi. I asked the butcher what he thought would happen, he said we'll have a walkin' dead situation. We're not there yet but we might well be cause the lockdowns makin' us all zombies. A year ago this might have been justified but now that there's so much divide. If you just want to get on with your life while you're alive that doesn't mean you are far right, in my opinion Sweden got it right.
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Can't stop singing 'bout Covid-19, keeps on going round in my head. Can't stop singing 'bout Covid-19, keeps on going round in my head like this. I wish that I and I was singing about something else. But at this moment in time I must get this off my chance. It's better in these chords and words than keeping it inside. But to be honest with you folks I think I am losing my mind. That may be good or bad I am not entirely sure yet. I'm trying to keep my shit together and just swim with it. But knowing all that's going on is making me depressed. Another melody wasted upon this fucking mess. Can't stop thinking 'bout Covid-19, never ending cycle of bull-shit. Can't stop singing 'bout Covid-19, smells so bad I wish I would lose my sense of smell. I've written other songs but they are for another. If that day ever comes who really know cause life is strange. I'd love to tell you all about other experience. I have one there 'bout something known as divine discontent. I hope you don't mind for now I sing about the virus. I'm sure you are as tired as me hearing about it. I am taking breaks here and there but I'm also quite obsessed. Another melody wasted upon this fucking mess. Can't stop singing about the thing, don't even need to call it by its name. I'll describe it, it has divided, and probably will continue to divide us. If you really think plans put in place for travellin' overseas, are put there for your health and only for the owl time being. You'd want to get another test, 'cause there's something not quite right, history shows that step by step they'll take your whole damn life. If that is what you want then go ahead but no not I, I'd rather be homeless than live within a wall of lies. I would dance for my dinner food and sing for my breakfast, another melody wasted upon this fucking mess.
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I miss pizza. I miss coffee. I miss donuts. I miss drugs. I miss football. I miss sugar. I miss bliss and ignorance. Chorus: Oh but I’m happy letting go of everything. Oh it’s nothing fancy just the laws of lose and gain. I miss falling back at mothers. I miss on my fathers back. I miss rooming with my brothers. And jumping on my sister bed. (Chorus) I miss game and I miss smoothies. I miss cities. I miss shows. I miss being young and stupid. Soon I will miss growing old.
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Went to the edge of the world but I didn’t fall off. Went to the edge of the world but I kept on going round her. Went to the edge of the world but I didn’t fall off. Went to the edge of the world but I kept going deeper, downer. Went to the edge of the world but I didn’t fall off. Went to the edge of the world but I kept on going round her. Went to the edge of the world but I didn’t fall off. Went to the edge of the world but I kept going down. Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Now I’m going back. Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Do Do Do Where I came from Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Now I’m going back. Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Do Do Went to the edge of the world but I didn’t see much. That I haven’t not never seen before. Went to the edge of the world but I didn’t see much. Just another trip, just another bore. Went to the edge of the world but I didn’t see much. That I haven’t not never seen before. Went to the edge of the world but I didn’t see much. Just another trip, just another bore. Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Now I’m going back. Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Do Do Do Where I came from Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Now I’m going back. Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Doodle Do Do Do
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I was feeling fine. I was feeling good. I was feeling wonderful. Then I was triggered. I was feeling fly. I was feeling flow. Someone should have told me life’s unpredictable. Fell for a globalist and went on a bit of a twirl. Fell for a globalist and near went off the edge of the world. I was making love. I was making hay. Sleeping well at night. Living well by day. I was on the move. I was on my way. But my way was interrupted by a mad conspiracy. (Chorus) Whoever decided the earth going round and round. Must have never fallen off the edge on to the ground. Whoever decided the truth is set in stone must not see the fallacy that it was once unknown. (Chorus x2)
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I've been singing about you for 2 years now. You've been everywhere except inside my mouth. I've been singing about you for 2 years now. Someone told me to so I kept writing down. Hold me, closely, make me feel a bit less lonely. Hold me, closely, let go in your own time. I've been wondering when you would come around. Still you caught me off my guard and made no sound. I've been wondering when you would enter me. While you're here would you like a cup of tea? Hold me, closely, but please don't squeeze tightly Covi. Hold me, closely, I'll lather you with spice. Like you I am too looking to find a home. Hopefully we wont destroy the one we're on. I don't know if you're from a lab or from the zoo. From my experience you're a synthetic flu. Hold me, closely, for all that's good and holy moly. Hold me, closely, I'll put you in my rhyme. You freaked me out initially but now I'm fine. I am capable to go beyond my mind. And settle in to what is going on below. I'd like to thank you too for making me move slow. Hold me, closely, tell me what's your story homie? Hold me, closely, but don't keep me up all night. (Musical, vocal and whistle break) I don't want to suppress you with angry thoughts. You're in me now whether I do like it or not. Though my heart is fragile and my whole head hurts. You're also making me see what really matters. Hold me, closely, humble me and keep me cozy. Hold me, closely, I've waited a long time. Hold me, closely, upgrade me and get to know me. Hold me, closely, I've waited my whole life.
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Where were you on 9/11? Did you think on that day that the world would change? Where were you on 9/11? Did you let it manipulate your brain? Where were you on 9/11? I was out of school and at the dentist. Where were you on 9/11? I hope you were not on the aero plane. That must have been a bit terrifying, knowing you were on your way out. That must have been a bit terrifying Thinking maybe that you'd be drowned. That must have been a bit terrifying, knowing that you would not touch down. That must have been a bit terrifying, or maybe you found peace in those clouds. Where were you on 9/11? Thomas Sheridan was in the basement. Where were you on 9/11? I seen it but I was so innocent. Where were you on 9/11? Did you think that the aliens invade? Where were you on 9/11? Or that Christ was back but he was pissed so he became a terrorist. Where were you on 9/11? Not that back then but in 2021? Where were you on 9/11? Anticipating the Taliban's return? Where were you on 9/11? I am living in Robin House Room. 1. Where were you on 9/11? Something had to give according to Jungian psychologist Robert Johnson.
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Everything 03:23
Everything I do I doubt then do it. Everything I prove gets disproven. Everything I drew was out to get me. Everything I chose something is lost. So I say: Yohweh Yahweh Yohweh Yahweh Yohweh Yohweh Yahweh Yo Everything I feel I feel intensely. Everything I see is moving fast. Everything I seek always evades me. Everything I say there's a backlash.
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My Fight 07:45
My fight's not in the city. My fight's not on the street. My fights with the system. Nor with the ones I meet. My fight's not with the foreigner. My fight's not with my kind. My fight's not with the mother. Nor is it online. Chorus: They almost convinced me I'm crazy. They almost convinced me I'm mad. They almost convinced me I'm crazy. And to tell you the truth I am. They almost convinced me I'm broken. And that I'm beyond all repair. They'd put me within the asylum. If we were not already there. Chorus. My fight's not at the rally. My fight's not with the police. My fight's not with the pharmacy. Nor's it in the ring. My fight's not in the lime-light. My fight is rarely seen. My fight's not against the current. Nor with the mainstream. (moans of a mad man) My fight's not with the government. My fight's not with their master's. My fight's not with the others. As much as they would like that. My fight's not with the bully. For I know where they've been. My fight's not with the coming. Intelligent machines.
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Pluto's in the Post and the post is in the plane. The plane is in the air and the air is illegal. The moon phase was in Leo at the time this was written. Leo is a Lion so I am the Lion's friend. So far away from today, the freedom's we once knew. So far away from today, the dream of me and you. Pluto's in the post on it's away but not arrived. I can sense it's presence as it moves through out the skies. The moon phase was in Leo at the time this was conceived. Leo has a lady and the ladies in my dreams. I've got the spirit of a tiger and the body of a man. The mind of an outsider who chose to stand in the middle. I've got the spirit of a tiger, the archetype of a magician. I can no longer fight her, divine celestial feminine.
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Hold on to your struggle. Don't drink the devil's potion. The government are too stupid to realize some of us are intelligent. Hold on to your truth. Don't let them get to you. Hold on to your health. It's about all we've got left. Hold on to your heart. Shit's going to get dark. Hold on to your head. Let no imposter enter it.
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This is a real dream but you should wake up anyway. And you don't want to but you still have to and that's okay. They say there's a new age let's turn a new page of history. The golden dawn is a'well truly underway. I told the truth I got abused I got a sensitive soul and I easily bruise. Tried to break away but I went astray can you blame me? I'm a human being. Aquarius, wait for us, Aquarius, we're coming, Aquarius, wait for us. Whistlin' Congratulations, you made it through another day, and now you're lying in bed thinking all about your ways. There is a wild hairy hairy man in every one. The revolution from the outside will look borin'. Chorus. Whistlin' There are distractions but you don't have to let them win. You've got your flower, you've got your power, begin. The strength of the snowflake generation is delicate. It is no wonder that's what the younger are labelled. Chorus. Whistles
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I can't play by all your rules. Couldn't even if I wanted to. All I want's the right to chose. Try to win and we all lose. What will become of the broken hearted? What will become of the non-conformist? What will become of the pure blood spirit in the end? What will become of the discriminated? What will become of the establishment's hated? What will become of the exonerated in the end? If we have to starve to death, so be it. If we are under arrest, so be it. If they cancel our debit, so be it. If I go down with the rest, so be it. It will blow over, but when? It will blow over with a strong wind. The seeds of destruction are sown within. It will blow over again. The soul is moving round a sharp bend. The sun, the moon, the truth and Pluto can't be long hidden.
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It’s not 1984, it’s 2023. Back then is not the future. And future’s up to me. Life’s not a novel and love’s not a book. Music is not real but it’s real enough. Time’s not an option just something we took. Now all time is asking is we, is we, make it up, make it up, make it up. It’s not Huxley’s Brave New World, but it could well be. If we fall in the face of, global tyranny. It’s not like we haven’t been here before. Some people thought history was over. Difference between Orwell and Aldous books. Is the integrity still held, still held, by us, by us, by us.
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Cancel Cunts 03:20
Cancel this ye cancel cunts, histories complicated. Why not just leave it where it is way back in time? Cancel this ye cancel cunts, you’ll probably find this offensive. Then again everything I say drives you wild. Cancel this ye cancel cunts erase mankind before it’s done. I have just one more thing to say, we won’t go down that easy. Cancel this ye cancel cunts, while you’re at it take my tongue. What good is it if I cannot speak my mind? Cancel this ye cancel cunts burn the page that I write on. At least I had the guts to say a cunt’s a cunt a spade’s a spade. Cancel this ye cancel cunts shur it’s only a bit of fun. Don’t get your kickers in a twist it’s just a song. Cancel this ye cancel cunts bury it under the mud. With all the others who have seen behind your lies. Cancel this ye cancel cunts or else join with us in love Isn’t that what everyone wants besides?
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A shitty house is still, a shitty house it still, A shitty house is still a house. The walls are cold and damp, but they are protective, Better than a cardboard box down in the capital. A shitty bike is still, a shitty bike is still, A shitty bike is still a bike. The brakes are all worn down, the gears are stuck on 1, Better to be rolling down this hill than walking. A shitty day is still, a shitty day is still, A shitty day is still a day. The moon is coming round, intensity profound, Better to be alive than a dead weight in the ground.
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It's A Pity Putin Wouldn't Come And Shut The Windmill's Up. It's a pity Putin wouldn't take us down to size. It's A Pity Putin Wouldn't Come And Shut The Windmills Up. I'm livin' in a van and I can't sleep at night. It's A Pity Putin Wouldn't Come And Shut The Windmills Up It'd take a couple helicopters in the sky. It's A Pity Putin Wouldn't Come And Shut The Windmills Up. Give everyone a little break from the ol' wi-fi. Is there really any difference between a Western and a Russian man? Everyone wants his own bit of land. And is there really any instance you can't hold both in your hands? You can love your country and still be human. It's A Pity Putin Wouldn't Come And Shut The Windmills Up. It used to be silent here but now it's loud. It's A Pity Putin Wouldn't Come And Shut The Windmills Up. Lay those mother-fuckers on the ground. It's A Pity Putin Wouldn't Come And Shut The Windmills Up. They're makin' my eyes sore every time I go out. It's A Pity Putin Wouldn't Come And Shut The Windmills Up. Sometimes I wish I was blind and couldn't hear no sound. Is there really any difference between an Asian and an African? Except for the color of his skin. And is there really any instance you can't hold both perspectives. You can love your country and still be human. It's A Pity Putin Wouldn't Come And Shut The Windmills Up. While he's at it give us back our sovereignty. It's A Pity Putin Wouldn't Come And Shut The Windmills Up. That'd get on the nerves of a few wokies. It's A Pity Putin Wouldn't Come And Shut The Windmills Up. Rock n roll is nothin' with no electricity! It's A Pity Putin Wouldn't Come And Shut The Windmills Up. At that point in time we all become folkies. Is there really any difference between a native and a foreign man? Are we all not a community of kin? I'm not saying we should merge in to a one world government. You can't love your country and still be human.
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Everybody's glad to have their freedoms back. I am still cocooning for the craic. It's different when you do it through your own free will. As opposed to being told to by the government. You pushed me to the limit of my limitation. The lockdown ruined my be in but I'm back again. One man be in. Everybody's going out, I'm going in. Couldn't give a fuck about clubbin'. Everyone will be sick in the morning. I'll be sitting home doin' zazen. You really fuckin' got to me I can't pretend. The lockdown ruined my be in but I'm back again. One man be in. Everybody's busy with their schedulin'. Running and a'racin' just to wind up dead. I don't know how they do it, let alone live. I'll take a 2 day work week just to pay the bills. I've got nothing planned so nothing to cancel. The lockdown ruined my be in but I'm back again. One man be in. You pushed me to the limit of my limitation. The lockdown ruined my be in but I'm back again. One man be in.
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It's a long story, where should I begin? I can't even remember when I started remembering. It's a long story, where should I begin? I don't have enough time to tell the whole damn thing. I see a lot of myself in you. It's a long story, where should I begin? I can't even remember when I started remembering. It's a long story, where should I begin? I don't have enough time to make it to the end.
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Society 03:14
Society thinks I'm strange that's why I'm normal. Society thinks I'm poor that's why I'm rich. Society thinks I'm pale that's why I'm purple. Society tried me on but I don't fit. Society thinks I'm stuff that's why I'm spirit. Society thinks I'm sad that's why I smile. Society thinks I'm messed up and I'm troubled. Cause I don't think like them and why would I? Society thinks I'm mad that's why I am sane. Society thinks I'm wrong but I don't mind. Society wants to sacrifice the self for it's gain. But I refuse to step in to it's line. Society thinks I'm fucked that's why I am fine. Society thinks I'm broke that's why I'm fixed. Society thinks I'm lazy 'cause I do things my own way. In my own time and at my own speed. Society thinks I'm alone but I'm in solitude. Society thinks I'm stoned but I am high. Society is a reflection of what goes on inside, that's why society doesn't look quite right. Society times 5 or 6 I can't remember.
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What was it you were looking for there anyway? Was it something special, made in the USA? Nothing last's forever, and the qualities on decline. All I want is a comfy sweater, that'll last me a lifetime. Nothing last's forever, and the clothes out on the line. Will all wear out in the weather, before they've reached their prime. What was it you were looking for for to spend your pay? Was it something rare, vintage history? Nothing last's forever, all brightness loses shines. Still things could be made better, and instead of 1 last 9. Nothing last's forever, 'cept for the rolling time. All I want is a coat of feathers, that'll keep me warm at night.
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Ireland I Am 03:41
Ireland I am so Ireland I'll be. I am the land and the spirits within me. I am the land and the spirits within. Ireland I look so Ireland I see. Even with eyes closed the vision is near me. Even with eyes closed the vision is near. Ireland I sleep so Ireland I dream. Dream of a time when we let her roam freely. Dream of a time when we let her roam freely. Ireland I cry so Ireland I weep. Weep for the past and there terror of feeling. Weep for the past and the terror to feel. Ireland I touch so Ireland I feel. Feel the unfolding of free earth beneath me. Feel the unfolding of free earth beneath. Ireland I listen so Ireland I hear. Hear the redemption of ancestral bleeding. Hear the redemption of ancestral blood.
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I can hold the whole damn planet in the center if my mind. Collect all the data 'bout the state of humankind. Turn mayhem in to melody and water in to wine. But I feel so very distant from the world of which I rhyme. I can gather all the pieces, and complete the puzzle. Paint a pretty picture 'bout our dissent in to hell. Turn experience to elegance and seen to expression. But I feel so very separate from the world I know so well. I can sum it up with lyrics, and round it off with words. Spend all day with mother muse and jot down what I've heard. Turn motion in to music and misery to love. But I feel so very cut off from the place I do speak of. It's the end of the world as we know, and I feel traumatized. It's the end of the world as know we it, and I feel so far behind.
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I'll love you unconditionally, as long as you don't do nothing to me. I'll love you unconditionally, even if it sounds a bit new agey. 'Cause there's so much, so much going on. I don't know what's what, and what's not what. I'll love you unconditionally, as long as you don't hurt my family. I'll love you unconditionally, even if it's not currently trending. I'll love you unconditionally, as long as you don't invade my country. I'll love you unconditionally, even if you think I'm a Jesus freak. And I wouldn't want to do that, I wouldn't want to do that. People might think I'm a christian boy. I wouldn't want to do that for it wouldn't sense. I've got my own ideas from my experience. Experience tells me we're all human. Unless some of us have abducted by some kind of alien. It's hard to tell, that much is true. If so oh well, I'll just love them too.
31.
I'm not in Kansas anymore, but sometimes I wish I was. Things were simpler in those days, rolling hills and kicking balls. Had no care for politics, seen no one as left or right. I'm not in Kansas anymore, but the place has shaped my life, but the place has shaped my life, but the place has shapes my life, but the place has shaped my life. Went there on a sporting mission, came back aiming for the truth. Something was to be discovered, at the time I had no clue. But I followed intuition, something else had followed me. So as long as I keep walking sure some day we're gonna meet, sure some day we're gonna meet, sure some day we're gonna meet, Lord, wont you keep me on my feet? Stuck in a rut so I departed, after Rocky Mountain dew. Had no one nor soul around me but I knew what I must do. Slipped in to a deep depression, somehow made it out alive. Turns out heavens in the body, only hell is in the mind, only hell is in the mind, only hell is in the mind, Lord, you were waiting all this time. I left Kansas in 11 but some I might return. Catch up with the ageing hippies, sing a song while fire burns. Never seen a sky as starry as in the center of that state. Ireland's cloudy and it's not because the man manipulates, because the man manipulates, because the man manipulates, I think it's just a rainy day. Down on my luck so took a gamble, victory took me out of sight. I look back at journey fondly, everyone there was alright. Team went on to win the country, building on what we achieved. Now the team's been discontinued, but the memory proceeds, but the memory proceeds, but the memory proceeds and in the end we all succeed. But the memory proceeds, but the memory proceeds, but the memory proceeds, And in the end we all succeed, in the end we all succeed, in the end we all succeed, Lord, wont you keep me on my feet? In the end we all succeed, in the end we all succeed, in the end we all succeed, Lord, wont you keep me on my feet?
32.
Made it through another winter, made it through another moon. Made it through another bender, and another call on zoom. Made it through another morning so I made it through another night. Think it's fair to say by now, we're living in a troubled time. Made it through another podcast, made it through another vlog. Made it through another semester and another violent mob. Made it through another candle and another bale of sage. Think it's fair to say by now we're living in a troubled age. Made it through another Easter without eating an egg. Made it through another 10 minutes just laying on the bed. Made it through another trip to the edge where the Godhead meets the man. Think it's fair to say by now we're living in a troubled land. Made it through another food-fast, made it through another sit. Made it through another virus and another scandemic. Made it through another encounter with a full blown narcissist. Think it's fair to say by now we're living in a troubled shift. Made it through another come down and another shop at Dunnes. Made it through another bus ride on the 304A bus. Made it through another solstice and I made it through another verse. Think it's fair to say by now we're living in a troubled world.
33.
I can hear the birds again I can hear them singing songs that they don't know they're singing. I can hear the birds again. Coming through my window, the part that let's the air in. Fly away bird, fly away, take me out of winter to the light of day. Fly away bird, fly away, take me down the river to the resting place. I can hear the birds again, coming out another dark night of the soul within. I can hear the birds again, glad it's not a crow though, 'cause crows are loud and harsh. I can hear the birds again, sometimes the mind is deafening. I can hear the birds again, can I get lost in compulsion. I can hear the birds again, so I sing along with them. I can hear the birds again, chirpa, chirpa, chirap, chirpin' holy cow man that was an almighty depression. I can hear the birds again, the heaviness is lifting like a swan upon a lake.

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A compilation of my best songs since I started this phase of recording some three years ago. Music, lyrics and production by Gary Hynes. Art by my friend Brian Connolly.

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released June 14, 2023

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Folk singer from & residing in the north west of Ireland.

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