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A New, New, New Left
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when everything is going to shit
feels like there's no way to stop it
but now's not the time to retreat
or there'll be fascists running the streets
but god I need something to believe
sure I got Lenin and Mao tucked under my sleeve
but this ain't 1949 or 17
a new, new, new left won't manifest until we
do something
man, you gotta read less and do more
it's in the struggle that the politics form
the right line, you'll know it when you see it
you got any fight left in that heart. gotta free it
but god I need something to believe
sure I got Malcolm and Patrice tucked under my sleeve
but this ain't 1959 or 63
a new, new, new left won't manifest until we
do something
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it's a beautiful autumn sunday in high park
the ducks are quacking, the squirrels are chirping, the dogs are barking
I'm in my denim jacket and bright white dad sneakers
scouting perfect angles of the setting sun for my pictures
you could almost forget that the world is such a mess
here it's just the trees and the leaves and the birds and egrets
a general sense of peace can wash right over me
and I'm just here with the world as it should be
the only thing missing is you
you, you, you, you with the name of every bird and what they do
oh you, dragging me back to somewhere I lose track of everything but the silhouette
of every minute moving too fast and for each one as it's passed I wanna write down every detail so I never forget
that this is how it is
when two souls truly coexist
I know you're thinking 'come on it can't really be that great'
'you're in the first blush but time will pass and it'll change'
but I'm here to tell you that I don't give a fuck
I've been around long enough to know that yeah sometimes things blow up
but it's almost 2022 and all around us shit is blowing up
if I want to worry about the future there's already more than enough
no I'm accepting this present for the beautiful thing it is
I'm feeling good tonight, there's only one thing that I miss
the only thing missing is you
you, you, you, you with the name of every bird and what they do
oh you, dragging me back to somewhere I lose track of everything but the silhouette
of every minute moving too fast and for each one as it's passed I wanna write down every detail so I never forget
that this is how it is
when two souls truly coexist
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Blue Heron Day
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I'm gonna pause and appreciate the beauty of this world
and of a blue heron seen through a pair of binoculars
and a squirrel coming to visit with his little paws held together
and wood ducks and mallards all paired off in twos in the water
and seeing all these things with a hand holding mine
a hand I wanted to hold for a very long time
life doles out a lot of shit and probably a lot more ahead
so I'll take a good day like this and be grateful for it
the scree of a red-tailed hawk rippling across the air
a hermit thrush and a cardinal and a woodpecker
a long list of invasive and non-invasive reeds and plants
and a sweet pollinator flower from a garden above the ttc tracks
and seeing all these things with a hand holding mine
a hand I wanted to hold for a very long time
life doles out a lot of shit and probably a lot more ahead
so I'll take a good day like this and be grateful for it
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Under The Paving Stone
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bury me under a copy of capital one penguin edition
cos in death I don't wanna forget the one thing on which I was always consistent
bereave me abolishing the gods and the bosses
no re-plastering cos the structure is rotten
but I don't wanna go it alone
so until I'm resting under the paving stone
would you keep me close
cos it's a long class war and I want you more than forty linen or two coats
believe me if I could be anyone, anywhere, anyway
to be alive without dead time in paris, in may, in 1968
but I don't wanna go it alone
so until I'm resting under the paving stone
would you keep me close
cos it's a long class war and I want you more than forty linen or two coats
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Tyler Shipley Toronto, Ontario
Tyler Shipley was the founding member of the Consumer Goods (theconsumergoods.bandcamp.com) and now performs as a solo artist.
Tyler Shipley recommends:
But We Don't Shoot Pistols?
by The Consumer Goods
Political pop rock from 2006-2011
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