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Great Story

by Jefferson Jay

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1.
Great Story 05:29
I’m gonna tell you a great story Of where I want to get back I’m gonna tell you a great story Believe it’s gone, then you’re the attack The children they were all running For what they once perceived as the door They saw a sign; it was coming Then they decided to stay through the war I want to live without you I want to go alone I want to hear about you I want to lose control One dark day, there was killing Then in time, there were many more. At the start it was thrilling But soon they thought “what’s this killing for?” I like to go walking with Jah by my side And when I go walking on you I do rely With Jah, my love resides Now where the words are Where I want to be clear Now where the words are I feel you in my ear I’m singing Namaste now It’s time I get the groove on I put the move on, I get high. It’s now that I remember it is December in my mind I’m singing Namaste now Now now There was that sign from the prophet Though few were left, the few they were fine Living on love, they cared for each other But occasionally they wondered why it took so much time I want to live without you I want to go alone I want to hear about you I want to lose control
2.
I was swimming down the barrel of a fish, of a throat, of a circus, of a highway. I was searching through the stream, for some dinner, for a lady, for a respite, for a way to get to you. You were flailing, you were dangling, you were waiting, you were hanging, and then I came. Now we’re walking and we’re running and we’re singing and we’re sunning, all in the name of some forgotten blame. Doesn’t matter if it’s your fault, doesn’t matter if it’s mine. All that really matters is we’re running out of time. I was flying out the window from the fire and the walls came down on me and I was far away. I was fleeing from desire and the passion and the hire til I was cornered and the fucker captured me. I was in interrogation, in the fortress, in the station, and the pigs were asking why. No I didn’t have an answer cause they didn’t have a question, so I had no choice but to lie. Doesn’t matter if it’s your fault, doesn’t matter if it’s mine. All that really matters is we’re running out of time. And the sun and the trees and stars and the seas, came all at once to grab me Yeah, the sun and the trees and moon and the weeds, said it would be all right. So I unleashed my love, took it out and I sprayed it, all over the station. Oh Yeah. Yeah I unleashed my love, and I brandished it all around. So they couldn’t take my love, No they couldn’t take my love and I watched them expire one by one by one. And I sat with my people in my heavenly steeple under my lover, our God-given sun, The light that shines for everyone, Doesn’t matter if it’s your fault, doesn’t matter if it’s mine. All that really matters is we’re running out of time. Doesn’t matter if it’s your fault, doesn’t matter if it’s mine. All that really matters is we’re running out of time.
3.
Dragonbreath 06:08
What do you have to say? The thoughts that get you through your day Distracting games you play In silence, go away The words we need from you The realest work you do The need for love is true What will you have done when it’s through I need you near me Take a couple days I need you near me Take the time you need to breathe Responsibility is more than owning a sport utility You try to feed your needs With plastic tans and DVDs You only get one life It’s up to you to do what’s right Is money everything, or simply paper green? I need you near me Take a couple days I need you near me Take the time you need to breathe 27,000 people die of starvation each day You’re only fooling yourself if you think you don’t have a say Your world is yours Don’t give your turn away Heroes, you are a part of history As much as you’ll let yourself be And your world needs you desperately To say what you believe And I believe that we are all one You only get one life It’s up to you to do what’s right Your world, it’s you, it needs So like a dragon, BREATHE.
4.
Molasses Man 01:45
Standing in the Band With the Rhythm in his hand As if all these things we’re planned Molasses Man Dripping ‘round the town Always slowly flowing down He wears the crown Molasses Mown Bleeding sap, the oak tree’s creed Going nowhere though he’s freed. Isn’t progress slow indeed As follows, lead Catch me while you can While I’m still nursing nature’s plan Cause once I’m gone I hit the fan Molasses man Off to brighter bolder lands Arriving higher than I can Writing future with my hand Molasses man To ride a cycle, something more Strolling closer toward the door What is all this business for, Spilled on the floor? Thick and oozing something tan Sits and watches falling sand I am Molasses Man I am Molasses Man I am Molasses Man
5.
Rex the Tune 05:18
Time to take me to the river Time to take me far away Away from all the archers and their quivers The angry mobs who came to share their fates Time to take me to the mountains The answer’s there and it’s not far away The silence as I climb through every corner The arrows’ ashes slowly drift away And I’m gonna get my start I’ll get my motor running High is fine But in a way I know I must escape Sit right back down And find your faith in nature The only truth there is Is one you must embrace Time to lead me to the ocean I’ll watch the sun set down beneath the orange waves Time to sit me by the fire And let the flames eclipse my guilt parade I can feel it pumping That’s my motor moving High is fine But all the way I know I must obey Sunshine, My mind Is like a rolling boulder The only truth there is Is one you must embrace. Time to lead me to the heavens I’ve put it out there now I’m coming home Time to rest and be with God now, Why nature has been throwing you the throne
6.
BRAINjam 10:18
The place I'll now attempt explain Above its shouldered in my brain The soldiers search and hope to find The hidden secrets of the mind Den of thought and conversation Serpents winding integration Tossed about the stormy sea Unreeling as it goes Flying rapid walled in streets with cheetah drumming slower beats A lion braves the darkest duty Protecting unborn hidden beauty Secrets march a different path a deeper drum a darker wrath Instantly to Eighteen years The dungeon dogs avoid their fears The strong survival genius said Bad thoughts won't thrive If they're not bred To kill the parents of the breed Attack the dogs and strip their needs Inspired planet outer worlds The fuel is flowing, boys and girls The things I see are getting hazy Kill me if I'm going crazy Death and evil stalking trees I'll have to learn to live with these My terror builds My senses heightened A light that breathes is getting whitened Looking forward Seeing back NO EYES familiar'ty The future leads through every day Not knowing what she sees The musty scent of gloom invades this moist and thickening lair Cloudening the corridors A film of graying hair Creeping sleeping truth is near with green and growing ivy Dripping sweat the end is here But in and out we're sliding pressure building colors crawling walls a shaking pieces falling words unfolding World exploding sense that something's changing The galaxies forever glare Now stars are rearranging Similarities unseen begin The Darklands and the home The parallels to wizardry the climbing of the gnome Concepts which breathe through all create Surprisingly they stem The artifacts to excavate Behind you; let me in Fossils displayed stoically Omniscience in museum "Survival strong", the tortoise claimed while crawling toward salvation The question inner sanctum what you see and what you feel Now realign with spacious time EVERYTHING REAL IS REAL Strength is not an inbred trait Maintaining lets you live Momentum travels piece of mind To have and then to give Inner truth refortifies True strength ignores the patients size Within the sun, the dreams unweave to free the threads that let us breathe The quilts that cloak our fragile minds are made with string that we supply Collecting fabric clings the way The clothing's twine will separate The effort stretches out her string to pull out new forgotten things The work takes time but you will find the wardrobe of survival One and one together two but separate not the same To know each individually to know yourself by name Mysteries that closet lurk the scary skeleton They're all in you, you know them so Unfold and walk within Until you know the other self The screaming babies off the shelf No one can feel your entity They'll never listen, hear, or see Heal the wounds and heal them fast Then tell the world to kiss my … The company we take is one The person there for all our fun And sorrow, pain, and torture too The closeness that you know is true The only one who never leaves Is one in whom you must believe Believing but you must know first by praying to the mental church Courage all you need to try You'll like it 'cause the pain's a high When mind expands you'll feel as such The knowledge blossoming the trust The wounds you heal will hurt you too But you'll feel better when its through and knowing then the extra twines will all of a sudden realign and seeing self a different way the babies sleeping quietly The skeleton of stronger bones Precious moments spent alone The lions help; the cheetah sings But you're the one who sprouts the wings And floating up amongst the clouds The world is different looking down But now you see a prettier place By staring in its distant face You'll see her as you're only friend and then you'll know you've reached THE END
7.
So I’m writing in the book that bares your name As I’m slowly taking steps to bare my soul I only dare reflect it’s not a game But I can’t hold back what I cannot control And I’m always tempted to make this a task But a privilege this is this so I know And for some reason I guess I’m scared to say But it’s so clear I won’t hold back at all Love won’t hold back Love bares your name We don’t wear clothes And in a way we’re in this world alone And as I write these words I can’t let it go But I know this is the only place we’re going For a long long time we will not be alone And I want to let you know that I’m in love Seriously I never did decide It’s true there are some things that you just know And I know I’ll never have to say goodbye As I look you in the eyes and watch you glow Love won’t hold back Love bares your name We don’t wear clothes And in a way we’re in this world alone And I feel the need to write another verse Cause I haven’t said enough and never will And I’d like to show you everything I have But for now I’ll come to you and be still
8.
Shhhh... 05:50
I know I like to ride my bike right in to the bushes I know I need and I know what I've seen and that's all right with me The places and times and all these things in my mind and I'm aware that I'll feel just fine I know I like to ride my bike right in to the bushes Shhhh… It’s OK
9.
Simple Song 07:42
The cloud I make and hide away in A place to avoid wondering what goes on There’s no limit to your creation nation We are really strong. Do you sense the freedom? Can you feel it in your grasp? A moment later, it’s gone away But you can’t tell it’s past I try to let the sunshine lift me And avoid mindlessly watching my TV Any moment of my mind’s worth than motherfuckers Trying to milk my money. Do you sense the freedom? Can you feel it in your grasp? A moment later, it’s gone away But you can’t tell it’s past It’s time to write a simple song And I wish you all would come along To the land where nothing else is showing And you know that you belong. At the top of the Grand Canyon God and nature’s love brings blatant harmony If you let the lotion soothe you, you’ll quickly find You can do anything. It’s time to write a simple song And I wish you all would come along To the land where nothing else is showing And you know that you belong.
10.
Wooden Boats 04:15
I was ridin’ on the water. I was rollin’ through the waves. I was hanging from the rope you brought her And I have stayed the same for 18 days. And the wooden boats Rock much righter, But we are in a plastic age. And the wooden boats rock tighter, We swiftly choke as we turn the page. I was livin in the shadows Of my cozy lonely wooden cage. And I wish the rest of you would come inside her. And there’s plenty different ways of getting paid. And the wooden boats Rock much righter, But we are in a plastic age. And the wooden boats rock tighter, We swiftly choke as we turn the page. But who can sail The Lion As she’s of another age? I pine for her survival. It’s plastic boats with whom the waves parade. How could we have forgotten? Gotten so so far away From a way for us to trumpet Trumpet what we know we need to say All this plastic stuff must go away. Love is the only way. Your love is the only way. Give love and the rest you will obey.
11.
Love Song 64 05:31
We’ll bail in after We’ve lost control The stakes are saying It’s all your roll You take it with you For all your days I was there in from of you In many ways We’ll jump in after Fifteen years The cliffs we fall off So many fears Baby, I was born to love you Born to love you all darn day Baby, I was born to love you Not to watch you slip away I’ve been charging Charging baby for the goal I’ve been guarding Baby, I’ve been on patrol I’ve been claiming That this is ours to give away I’ve been waning Hell, each and every day We’ll jump in after Fifteen years The cliffs we fall off So many fears I love you I love you I love you, love you baby I love you I love you Every single day I love you I love you I love you, love you baby I love you I love you Every word you say I love you

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Great Story is Jefferson Jay's first release. It features an eclectic blend of songs with terrific musicianship. Jay aimed to offer everything including the kitchen sink on this record, so dig in and an enjoy a whole heaping load of musical adventure for your brain.

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released March 14, 2004

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Jefferson Jay San Diego, California

Jefferson Jay works to improve the world through art and love. A community-oriented original, Jay's "24 Hours of Free Music" and his two Operation 365 video projects - three videos and blog each day for a year! - are testaments to art, individuality, inclusion, and experience. ... more

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