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Higher Notes

by Bobby Bardo

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1.
He is Near 01:22
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I'm not a preacher But I too have hid my sins Under a glacier Of superego and id Got caught undressing Behind the pulpit Said "I can explain I'm just doing like David." I talk to Jesus Like I'm Jane and He's Tarzan He said the world is falling apart According to plan And not to worry There's a shrink in heaven And ready or not He is coming In the Millennium Falcon
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Half My Friends 05:39
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Half my friends are getting married And the other half watched their dad and mom Half my friends are busy trying to have babies And the other half says the best is yet to come Half my friends are getting sober And the other half still pretend their having fun Half my friends still believe in Jesus And the other half have moved on to the Zodiac God Half my friends are on antidepressants And the other half are high on their own denial Half my friends are going to heaven And the other half won't even get a fair trial Half my friends are vegan Half my friends are straight Half my friends owe half their money to good ol' Sallie Mae All of me is less than half a friend to more than half of them I'm halfway joking And halfway kidding Half my friends are blowing out their candles And the other half are wishing on anything Half my friends smoke American tobacco And all of us seem to hate this country Half my friends are getting dumber And the other half are content being dumb All my friends are getting older And I am left Forever laughing Forever young ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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Fuck On 04:26
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We've had a few years of isolation We've been in our homes hibernating Now the snow has thawed It's getting hot and heavy Fuck on fuck on My brothers and sisters Fuck on fuck on Non-binary siblings You've paid your dues You're vaccinated You've spent so many nights alone masturbating But the thrill is gone You need someone To lay with Fuck on fuck on My horny friends Fuck on fuck on Until we reach the end We can always use more children After all the revolution won't feed itself
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Actors 02:50
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Every starving artist working a coffee shop Every fancy prostitute charging 1K a pop Every drug dealer pedaling illegal crop They're all actors They're all acting Every bank teller summoned by a bell Every US marine fighting the cartel Every petty criminal rotting in jail They're all actors They're all acting Oh it's true We're all actors Me and you So who are we acting for? When the curtain closes we'll ascend from the stage And arrive at the heavenly award show gates We'll walk down the golden carpet and find our seats Processioned by the prophets in the academy We'll take the stage A clock off screen says "Eternity" And begins counting down As you start your speech
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I am Fine 06:06
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I think I am a genius With an idiot for a soul Some goldfish as an ubermensch Playing rock and roll I’ve got dreams of the sea and an ocean full off creatures just like me But I chose the homophone in a major key to sing in this fish bowl I was born on an airplane Over Bermuda’s triangle And in turbulence the engine went And I crashed into the gulf The attendant limped to my parents through the wreckage and the smoke And I chose that moment to say my first words and asked for a rum and coke As you can see I'm doing fine You can see I'm doing dandy I have walked a couple lines Got all the needles in my candy There's a shirt on my back And pants down to my ankles I'm a man in search of meaning I'm Frankenstein's Viktor Frankl So leave me alone Get out of my home Or stay Just got back from the Martians Spent forty nights on their moon Sitting full lotus watching the planets And writing haiku They implored that I stay and watch the end of days But I bid them all adieu Said "I got an apartment with three bedrooms if you need a better view" Daddy sits in a lawn chair Waiting for my return Watching the horizon For his prodigal son With a lesson that he's learned There's a feast back East that's awaiting me But all my bridges burned So I'm getting nice and cozy with my new family: All you swine and dirt As you can see I'm doing fine You can see I'm just a swimming Up the River of Styx To the peak of Mount Olympus Gonna kill me a god Hang their head above my mantle I feel like Jesus' son Next to me can't hold a candle So throw me a bone Leave me alone Or stay I think God plays the organ Whenever I start to pray And I repent Ask for forgiveness But He can't hear what I say As you can see I'm not fine You can see I'm not stable There's two wolves inside of me And I've named them Cain and Abel When I get to hell The devil is making me a captain And I'm driving there fast I'm a DUI waiting to happen Don't leave me at home To drink alone Please stay a little longer Do a line then do a conga I need a friend To hold my hand And pray
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A Way to Pray 01:20
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Heaven on Earth 04:53
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Live laugh love In suburbia It's 2022 and we did it I think we found heaven on earth I'm sorry God I know you've been building all of us bunkbeds But we got most of your people a paradiso So rest your weary head We won We won Since the Garden of Eden You've been teasing the blueprint for your plan So we thought we'd give you a break And try and take matters into our hands Oh you're sad But what did you expect? Given infinite roads you're bound to reach a cul de sac Oh I promise It's not that bad Given infinite tries we'll gentrify the polar caps Now you're seething It's not a big deal Here's your confirmation that manifestation is real It's destiny That we get this far That the sun never set on our empire We won We won Don't get in the way Of the big bad white machine We won
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Mother Mary 01:17
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Mother Mary You did it again You tripped in the woods And wound up pregnant Knowing what you know now Will you carry to term? Will you go out And find a doctor? I know that I couldn't blame you But somebody has to pay
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What if I Died (Yesterday) 07:19
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What if I died yesterday? And you're hearing my voice From beyond the grave Would you listen any closer? Would you replay from the start? I know I would, listener If we exchanged the parts For whatever that's worth For the sake of the song Let's pretend the deed is done And my life is finally over My afterlife's begun I've got so much to tell you About what heaven is like But what good would that do for you? When you've got so much time So let's talk about life Good news You're speaking with an expert I have seen enough of it to write the textbook Chapter 1: How to have fun Where do I begin? Try to make friends There's some folks in line But not all make it in Ignore the ones who are a shoo-in Find the ones who aren't Heaven knows it's a short life Better savor every drop Of the non-believers the punks and sinners Book that trip to France Share a cigarette with the hellbent Trace their face between each breath Remember Lazarus Think of Judas You won't find him up here I know it's sad to say goodbye But keep in mind There will be no tears If you haven't yet, listener I'm sure that you will Experience something with somebody That's kind of a big deal For lack of a better term Let's call it "love" It's not a butterfly Trapped in the net of your intestines It's not a cold front Sending your arm hair to stand on end It's not a late night Pure and unforced ejaculation It's a small fire You gotta keep burning You gotta keep burning You gotta keep burning You gotta keep burning With parts of your own skin And the paradox is The more that you strip The warmer you start to get Before I let you go I'll spoil one thing We just sit and sing Higher and higher and higher notes Higher and higher and higher notes Higher and higher and higher notes We sing Higher and higher and higher notes Higher and higher and higher notes Higher and higher and higher notes Higher and higher and higher notes Until only the dogs hear us What I'm trying to say is: Your pets are here too
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I Will Never Die 04:21
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It's almost over Just hold on tight Eventually the man with the sign on the corner Is proven right The world is ending Glad it's in my lifetime It won't be with a bang But a venture that now's the time to buy So cling to your loved ones Or climb in your pod Maybe the markets will restabilize By the time you unthaw We had a good one Please hold your applause It's time we learn the difference between The eminence and the imminence of God I've said all I can say At twenty-five I've sung like an angel And danced like a wight I've tried to be honest I've tried to convey That our world has more problems than fixes At the end of the day But we might get through this The Lord loves an underdog And if it's not me there will be someone similar To tell us what we're doing wrong I count myself lucky To not be one of a kind Because even if I bite the big one I will never die

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released May 28, 2022

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