September 21st, 2009
Hey Guys,
I just uploaded a new song to our myspace page. Da Da Da
What a great busy time for Citizen Bare:) In the past two months we have been super busy picking a few last minute gigs here and there. On September 11th we played the South End Art Hop @ The Rotary Club’s “Toast for Literacy”. That was a terrific time, always nice to get out to different venues and to play an event that has such a positive impact on the community. We played an hour long set and by the end of it John had lost his voice.
On September 17th we played a show @ Nectars with Adam King and Barefoot Shoes. That was a blasty Adam King is a great quirky piano player and Barefoot Shoes is another acoustic duo in the Burlington area.
We are looking forward to playing with Barefoot shoes again this coming Monday @ the Monkey House. Show starts @ 8pm
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take care
Andy
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June 18th, 2009
Hey Guys,
I wanted to get the lyrics out for some of the new songs that Citizen Bare has played out recently.
Drop
On and On
Special Kind (Let’s Change)
So with out and more delays here are the songs
On and On
You speak your mind and you start to believe in
every word you say like you’re a savior
to the lepors in thier scars widows
and children they’ll be leaving
So that man who spoke to you with conviction
said words that ran right through you you don’t know
if you could make it if you had to break
the promises you believed you could you could be
smiling at the movie screen you project your thoughts
and share your means
crying you break their hearts when you refuse to be
what they want and it goes
nah nah nah nah nah and on
nah nah nah nah don’t stop
nah nah nah you broke it
nah nah nah nah nah and on
Controlling the masses is easy like playdough
easy like windmills but hard like jello
you can not hold them you can not control them
it’s not the way you said it would be at all
the good intentions leave you wanting wishing for
easy things like breaking rocks hearts
promises you said don’t worry about it
The genocide comes in the morning for the demons, dogs
termites and cockroaches that are caught in the kitchen
taking last night dinner in
unconditional mourning
over takes you in horrible timing
the children’s pleas become your grave
alive to commerce but your soul begins to fade
Drop
where’s the time where’d we go
I can’t understand it all and I may never know
who to thank for the peace, I don’t think I’ll understand
all the safety I’ve received
When I wake up in the morning sun
i’ve gone about my morning business
the days will always wear on
When I drive off into the sunset
weary from my day
weary from the transactions
hope it lasts I always pray
Mothers send your sons to fight the holy war
against the people who want us dead
every single one
There’s no rhyme or reason
for their killing ways
jehovah does not approve
when allah sends them to their graves
And sometimes I wish they would just drop the sacred bomb
the one that helps me sleep at night and protects our precious wrongs
won’t this be a better place when we’re all dead and gone
That’s the most I ever care to think about eve and her cursed/blessed fall
Is it time to shake hands place the knife in the right one
before you show your plan
whose the snake and whose the fox looking for the lost lamb
to SSSSSSSSSSS
when i greet for the first time I always watch my back
always keep my knife drawn in case i need to attack
I think you are watching me I’m so scared to know
if you see the color of my heart or the places I want to go
the more I get to know you the easier the attack
the closer we seem to get still the knifes behind my back
every time i open up i’m afraid my heart you will attack
sure I’ll shed a tear
when they lie you in your grave
because I always pretend it’s me in their
helps me to show the pain.
Jesus if your listening, to this unrighteous voice
I pray they didn’t change too many of your life giving words
I don’t think I could handle it if loving is a lie
your forgiving was a story just to make us shed our minds
it’s like tale of creation i heard from a wise woman
there was nothing about adam, the snake or the garden
something about a turtle a mother and a son
i think that’s it anyways
when are they gonna drop the bomb
i’ll dance in the fall outs rain
it warms me to core
burns away the silly pain
revives the dying soul
it didn’t rob you of your innocence
you freely gave it away
can’t call to mind another time
or tasting a sweeter rain
I’ll Drop
Special King (Let’s Change)
soon enough now it st not even gonna matter
we’ve fallen so far can get ourselves out with a latter
everybody talking up their special kind of spin
special kind of language special kind of sin
we’ll hear the new sound of a revolution coming
when people rise up so sick from running
on with out cause except hate for the others
filling up on shit surprised by the wretched borders
even though we came in the middle of the night
like a trojan horse caught blinded by the light
we’ve said our evening prayers believing that we’re right
believing that righteous nothing done out of spite
oh lets change
lets stop this game
waiting for the suns light brought on by the morning
we’ll lead our holy charge on without a warning
kill the greedy bastards in the middle of their play
in the middle of their lying and decay
what’s right is wrong
what’s spoken is sung
you did it now what’s done is done
you really can’t change really can’t explain
except that it sux
you did what you did
brought on by unrighteousness
that they taught you was
the only way to live
you didn’t have to listen
didn’t have to give in
but now you gotta live with it
oh lets change
lets stop this game
I heard Dr King all the way from heaven
said see my holy purposes railroaded by the devil
you do not have to listen the TV spreading fear
you can live a life of wonder no matter what you see or hear
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May 20th, 2008
Hey Y’all, I have had a few people now ask me about a few of the songs that we do that they had never heard before. I am pretty sure that we have given a song list and given credit to the writer of the song. This particular song In His Eyes was one that I had written in Belfast during my time of Peace and Reconciliation work.
Hey Read this book
‘Song of the Bird’ by Anthony DeMello
Anyways here are the lyrics
in His eyes
do you see it? he said to me
are you starting to get the signals?
are you starting to receive?
How could i miss it
the ice cream mans hidden song
maybe i don’t believe it
but i hear it all night long
how can i shut it out
how can i shut it down
the good book says about
the good books says about
what?
one man two man a woman makes four
a child a human a perfect score
we soiled the land with red blood and black
with the words of peace started the attack
We were searching for God
but not in His eyes
devils knows the book
Oh Lord he knows
We were looking for answers
we were killing our brothers
the carriers of heaven
breaking Gods heart
He cry cry cry cries
do you hear what i hear
see what i see and believe what i believe
How could you miss it
the holy mans hidden song
you don’t have to believe it
but profess all day long
how can i shut it out
how can i shut it down
the good book says about
the good books says about
what?
He Cries a river of tears
he cries
don’t walk down that path my son
that’s a trail of tears that we’re treading upon
how could we miss it
the governments hidden song
don’t have to believe it
that won’t make it go away
how can i shut it out
how can i shut it down
the good book says about
the good books says about
what?
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