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No Rest For the Weary
02:38
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Words and music copyright 2014 Thomas Hauck / Olex Music (ASCAP)
There’s no rest for the weary
The heavy load I carry
Pushes down on me
Down down down to the ground
The sun comes up the sun goes round
I’m counting down my time
If I can’t make something good
Then life ain’t worth a dime
There’s trouble coming every day
Walkin’ right beside me
Go find someone else I say
I’m poor but I’m still free
There’s no rest for the weary
The heavy load I carry
Pushes down on me
Down down down to the ground
I ain’t one to mope and cry
Ain’t nobody’s fault but mine
My back is strong so load me up
I’ll get along just fine
If you want to lend a hand
My friend I won’t refuse
If you want to pass me by
I’m accustomed to bad news
Well there’s no rest for the weary
The heavy load I carry
Pushes down on me
Down down down to the ground
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2. |
Ancient History
03:25
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F the way it used to be
It’s all ancient history
Yesterday is gone away
It’s nothin but a memory
F the way it used to be
It’s all ancient history
Yesterday is gone away
It’s nothin but a memory
Mama used to tell me
Bout the good old days
When everything was perfect
In every single way
The grass was always green
The sky was always blue
The sun was always shining
On Titanic’s noble crew
Say goodbye to yesterday
It’s time to turn the page
We are living for today
Celebrate our golden age
F the way it used to be
It’s all ancient history
Yesterday is gone away
It’s nothin but a memory
Hippies with their flowers
And punks in safety pins
Transform into lawyers
And bankers drinking gin
How can you look forward
When you’re looking back
You’re lying with your head
Across the railroad track
Say goodbye to yesterday
It’s time to turn the page
We are living for today
Celebrate our golden age
Say goodbye to yesterday
It’s / time to turn the page
We are living for today
Celebrate our golden age
F the way it used
It’s all ancient history
Yesterday is gone away
It’s nothin but a memory
Listen baby facts are facts
Tune into reality
We are never going back
Back to ancient history
It’s the only way
Say goodbye to yesterday
It’s time to turn the page
We are living for today
Celebrate our golden age
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3. |
Love Me Tender
02:21
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4. |
Plastic Heart
02:35
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Plastic Heart
Words and lyrics © 2014 Thomas Hauck / Olex Music
Everytime I kiss her she just turns her head away
Everytime I gotta work she wants to go and play
Everytime I want her she pretends she doesn’t see
Everytime I leave her she comes runnin back to me
I got a girl with a plastic heart
She doesn’t love me
She just plays the part
She could tell me blue was red and never blink an eye
Tell me I’m her everything until she says goodbye
After midnight when I’m sitting on my lonely bed
Double whisky doesn’t ease the aching in my head
I got a girl with a plastic heart
She doesn’t love me
She just plays the part
She knows that I will always be around
I’ll be here to pick her off the ground
She’s my girl to the end of time
She’s got a plastic heart and she makes me feel so fine
gotta have her
gotta hold her
To the day I pull the plug on her oh yeah
I got a girl with a plastic heart
She doesn’t love me
She plays the part
Can’t say goodbye
She’s got my soul
We’re locked together
We’re inseparable
She knows that I will always be around
I’ll be here to pick her off the ground
She’s my girl to the end of time
She’s got a plastic heart and she makes me feel so fine
gotta have her
gotta hold her
Till the day I pull the plug on her
I got a girl with a plastic heart
She doesn’t love me
She just plays the part
Can’t say goodbye
She’s got my soul
We’re locked together
We’re inseparable
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5. |
Poison Tea
03:24
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Poison Tea
Words and lyrics © 2014 Thomas Hauck / Olex Music
Sara came from the land of snow
Preaching guns and butter
Let’s turn back the clock she said
I like the past much better
Everything was simple then
The rules were plain to see
I got mine and you got yours
There was no inequality
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Lies all lies
Are what she says to me
I won’t eat her bitter bread
Or drink her poison tea
Teddy rode a longhorn steer
Charging and a buckin’
With a Facebook friend in Jesus
And a copy of the Constitution
I like men in powdered wigs
Says Teddy with a drawl
Cause they’re all dead and buried
They can’t argue back at all
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Lies all lies
Are what he says to me
I won’t eat his bitter bread
Or drink his poison tea
Dave and Charlie count their cash
They love that legal tender
They’ve got hatred in their hearts
For the people’s strange new leader
He / ain’t like us they whisper loud
While giving bags of gold
To back room boys who load their guns
Against imagined foes
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Lies all lies
Are what they say to me
I won’t eat their bitter bread
Or drink their poison tea
In the halls of Washington
And on Main Street USA
They spread their paranoia
Like it’s nineteen fifty eight
They preach against their enemies
Who come from distant shores
With loaded guns they’re waiting
For the knock upon the door
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Lies all lies
Are what they say to me
I won’t eat their bitter bread
Or drink their poison tea
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6. |
White Widow Spider
03:10
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White Widow Spider
Words and lyrics © 2014 Thomas Hauck / Olex Music
I was in my garden
Watching my TV
When I changed the channel
She was staring down at me
Here she comes
White widow spider
Dropping down
Her silken thread
Gonna tell
White widow spider
Go back home
Or I’ll smite you dead
I was in my living room
Playing my Nintendo
When I got to level ten
She was climbing through my window
Here she comes
White widow spider
Dropping down
Her silken thread
Gonna tell
White widow spider
Go back home
Or I’ll smite you dead
You and I will never be the same
We will always play a different game
When I see blue sky you see rain
When I am happy you feel only pain
White Widow Spider
I sailed across the ocean
A thousand miles or more
And when we dropped the anchor
She was waiting on the shore
You and I will never be the same
We will always play a different game
When I see blue sky you see rain
When I am happy you feel only pain
Here she comes
White widow spider
blazing eyes
burn hot and red
Gonna tell
White widow spider
Go back home
Or I’ll smite you dead
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7. |
Round & Round
03:12
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Round and Round
Words and lyrics © 2014 Thomas Hauck / Olex Music
I don’t care about Donald’s hair
Don’t tell me about Lindsay’s pills
Never mind what Gaga wears
I got no business but my own
I tune out what Idol sings
TMZ ain’t mine to give
Don’t read People Magazine
I got no business but my own
Too much in my brain
It doesn’t entertain
I got mouths to feed
It makes my eardrums
Bleed Set me /free Let me /see What I can /be
I don’t care about Oprah’s money
Or the cars she gives away
Don’t know any Playboy bunnies
I got no business but my own
I will take my TV set
Throw it in the deep blue sea
Rid my mind of all the voices
I just got my life to live
Too much in my brain
It doesn’t entertain
I got mouths to feed
It makes my eardrums
Bleed Set me free Let me see What I can be
It goes round and round
It goes round and round
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8. |
Work Together
03:19
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Work Together
Words and lyrics © 2014 Thomas Hauck / Olex Music
You think that I don’t care
About us being broken
I think that you’re unfair
C’mon now let’s work together
Every day we’re fighting
About some little nothing
It’s too exasperating
C’mon now let’s work together
It’s not hard to see when trouble comes our way
The door is slamming shut just like a prison cell
You tell your friends that I am like a solid rock
I think that you are underneath a witch’s spell yeah
You got your founding fathers
Rolling in their coffins
They couldn’t do much better
C’mon now let’s work together
The map you got is ancient
Can’t give us information
To get tomorrow’s station
C’mon now let’s work together
Can’t you see how long a way we both have come
Since those days of men and women livin’ in chains
I can’t understand tomorrow being such a fright
All we gotta do is use our brains
Walk with me now
Talk to me now
Don’t tell me how
Let’s try to get along
Don’t forget the friends who are depending on us
To figure out the way we ought to go
No/body can afford to keep on messing up
Be/fore you blow your top just take it slow
Walk with me now
Talk to me now
Don’t tell me how
Let’s try to get along
The clock is tickin baby
Don’t do nothing crazy
Your argument is hazy
C’mon now let’s work together
Give me one more chance
And listen to my reasons
I’m sure you’ll change your stance
C’mon now let’s work together
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9. |
Racing the Sun
03:37
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Racing the Sun
Words and lyrics © 2014 Thomas Hauck / Olex Music
When I was a boy
Life seemed so simple then
My days could last forever
And time was quick to spend
The road stretched out before me
Across the blue horizon
The race⎯I didn’t care
If I lost or if I won
I’m racing the sun across the empty sky
The time growing shorter never asking why
Too much left undone and there’s nothing left to prove
I’m never standing still I always gotta move
Counting my accomplishments
Doesn’t take too long
Maybe they’re a symphony
Or maybe just one song
Castles floating in the air
Or a single stubborn stone
Whatever they may be
I’m born and die alone
I’m racing the sun across the empty sky
The time growing shorter never asking why
Too much left undone and there’s nothing left to prove
I’m never standing still I always gotta move
I ain’t gonna cause a big sensation
For me the world has shown no expectation
When I stop to think about
Where I’m going next
I shrug my shoulders take my pen
And write another check
Another bill is coming due
But paying I don’t mind
Once there was a day
I didn’t have a dime
I’m racing the sun across the empty sky
The time growing shorter never asking why
Too much left undone and there’s nothing left to prove
I’m never standing still I always gotta move
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Telamor Boston, Massachusetts
Welcome to my Bandcamp page! Here you'll find all of my latest releases, fan favorites, and deep
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Since 2014, I've been writing and recording a steady stream of alt-rock and acoustic tracks for your listening pleasure.
In the studio, I co-produce with Grammy-nominated Warren Babson, who also handles mixing and mastering. And big thanks to Tony Goddess, guardian angel and guest guitarist.
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