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February Singing

by mike skliar

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1.
Winter did not come this year Winter did not come this year It must be visiting other friends in some other continent We thought that he would appear He must have made other plans But I still wonder where he went Did he fly to northern Europe What about our maple syrup And the birds will not know where to fly Is he just on vacation Or captured by another nation Oh winter , you left us, but why? Winter are you having an affair with summer In some Greek Island riddled with debt Or did your calendar fall off the wall And no one reminded you And the time of year you did forget Winter what do you say Without snow it looks so gray And snowshoes look stupid without snow I miss all that sleet and ice All that white stuff looks so nice Oh winter, where did you go? Winter did not come this year It must be visiting other friends in some other continent We thought that he would appear He must have made other plans But I still wonder where he went © 2012 M. Skliar
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Mitt Romney’s a zombie His face is the picture in a store bought picture frame Those in the know know Willard is his first name True story- he tied his dog to the car roof And took his family on a trip from Detroit to Duluth Mitt Romney’s a zombie Mitt Romney’s a zombie Mitt Romney’s a zombie When he started out he was a somewhat moderate voice Went out of his way to say he was pro-choice Individual mandates he signed for health care Until he became a zombie millionaire Mitt Romney’s a zombie Mitt Romney’s a zombie Mitt Romney’s a zombie Elections are rough and sometimes there’s too much mud So he went to Bain capital to find some more fresh blood He’d suck corporations dry till they bled red ink And jobs disappeared like water down a sink Mitt Romney, that zombie Mitt Romney’s a zombie Mitt Romney’s a zombie Whether its abortion, gay rights, climate change or gun control He can change positions cause a zombie’s got no soul The things he says now he should be ashamed A Zombie should be smarter as all they eat are brains Mitt Romney’s a zombie Mitt Romney’s a zombie Mitt Romney’s a zombie © M. Skliar 2012
3.
When its midnight in /The city of lights And everything /Just feels right Like a book you read /Have you been misled or is this Paris 90 years ago is that Hemingway and Gertrude Stein or have you lost your mind? As you sit in the café drinking the wine-a fine Bordeux Somewhere between/ The cobbelstones It’s still alive / In flesh and bones But can you stay And make your getaway In Paris 90 years ago Or will Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein Sadly be relics of another time As you sit in the café drinking the wine -a fine Bordeux Theres a secret portal/ Back to the immortal / but is it wise or a crime/ to live before one’s time © 2012 M. Skliar
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Crazy like a Newt He’s an angry old white man with a jiggling belly He loves to debate his rivals on the telly Raising his middle finger is his favorite salute Crazy? Yeah, crazy like a Newt He’s a multitasker just ask his spouse As soon as one is in the hospital and out of the house He’s romancing the next wife, in his birthday suit Crazy, yeah, crazy like a Newt He’s an expert at being sanctimonious Ask any important question, he’ll attack the press Ethics, schmethicks, he don’t give a hoot Crazy? Yeah crazy like a Newt He’s a stupid man’s idea of an intellectual When it comes to lobbying he’s old school Freddie and Fannie are the devil, until they pay him some loot Crazy, yeah crazy like a Newt He claims to be a historian but that’s a laugh his economic plan makes sense if you don’t use math But he’s so good at spinning his webs, to debate him you have to be astute Crazy, yeah crazy like a Newt Is he a newt, or a skunk or a cobra snake? Sooner or later he’ll make a mistake And his true colors will show, like bile or some other bitter fruit Crazy, yeah, crazy like a Newt He may not be the candidate anytime soon but it doesn’t matter, he’s going to the Moon His ego is the size of that rocket that he wants to shoot Crazy, yeah crazy like a Newt © 2012 M. Skliar
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Stand tall 03:15
I’m singing this song cause I don’t sing enough About visions of nameless fear About that feeling in the pit of your gut That nothing is what it appears About darkness that colors the sunshine at noon The silver lining’s dark cloud The things that we ‘re too busy shouting about To ever speak them out loud Stand tough Stand tall I’m running thru the valley of a thousand shadows Without looking left or right Using all that I’ve learned to lose myself Till I’m lost in the pale moonlight In a fever dream, I caught up to the face Of the creature I thought I became but I dared not look for very long and the creature he did the same Stand tough Stand tall Between the grains of sand on the beach Between the earth and the moon The ghosts of a million martyrs sing Listen and you’ll hear the tune In the cry of a newborn baby In the smoke when the fire burns out In the way we never listen To the things we’re shouting about Stand tough Stand tall © M. Skliar
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In the madness of the moment, you never see the long view And it seems to last forever when its all around you Easier to say “expect the unexpected” Then finding out the many ways you will be affected It was the best of times, it was the best of places It was the way that everything’s reflected in their faces But all the world’s a circle, there are no straight lines And everything that changes, changes over time (c) 2012 M. Skliar
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Jeremy Lin 01:59
Jeremy Lin It’s a linderalla story this linsanity We’ve all been linfected oh the linhumanity We are Linagreement it was linconcivable When he started to lin lin lin, it was lincredible It’s not so linpossible to be a linternational star It is my linpression that he will lin long and prosper So heres my lindecent proposal by way of Led Zeppelin Turn it up to elev-lin , “whole lotta Lin” You gotta be lin it to lin it I read that on the linternet The possibilities are linfinite It’s a linstant classic Those without lin cast the first stone On valentine’s day I was not alone Drank my lin and tonic, listen to Bob Dylin I’ll get lindependently wealthy, from a song about Jeremy Lin © M. Skliar 2012
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From my apartment I’d walk less than two blocks Get a cup of coffee for less than a half a buck Nothing fancy, just a blue and white paper cup They’d even serve you if you were down on your luck It was behind the door with the white paint peeling With hand painted murals up by the ceiling The artist who painted it’s been gone for many years Since the chain stores and banks have been movin’ in round here It was a Dominican sandwich shop, you could sit all afternoon If the old lady liked you, you’d get a clean spoon But those rice and beans would have you humming a very happy tune I never thought it would vanish but the end came too soon now theres a Starbucks where you’re served by a barista its open every day, even Christmas and Easter and while the neighborhood is safer, safer for the touristas I miss the old lady with the half smile, just like the Mona Lisa © 2012 M. Skliar
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The Ron Paul Talking Blues He’s a small old man with a great big nerve Wants to get rid of the Federal Reserve The Fed’s been in business since 1913 But Ron Paul thinks its all an evil scheme Instead he believes in these Austrian economists.. sorry Ron, but when it comes to economists, I’m sticking with Nobel prize winner Paul Krugman, who said, and I’m paraphrasing a little bit here.. “Ron Paul, you’re full of crap!” Social security, he wants it to vanish Medicare and Medicaid, he would banish federal aviation administration –gone you want to land an airplane, you’re on your own Sorry Ron, I kind of like when the airplane I’m on lands safely, the food I eat and the air I breathe isn’t poisoned by free market industry… I guess you need to read you some Upton Sinclair. You want to party like it’s 1899, and I say ... at least let’s party like its 1906! Can we meet halfway? but those who get high, might like this fact he’d end the war on drugs, and the patriot act goodbye Guantanamo , and United States wars but goodbye Civil Rights Act of 1964 You know, I kind of like the Civil rights Act of 1964… seems to me Ron, you’re afraid of the Federal government anything , but you’d let some half-assed state government disenfranchise minorities, allow discrimination, bust Unions, … didn’t we form this thing called the United States for a reason? it’s a strange mix of crackpot and correct he’d rather see folks with no health care than a penny of debt so when kids die of diseases that could’ve been prevented he’ll say the free market made good on its incentives yeah, there’s that sacred cow again, ‘free market’. So if all the insurance companies decide to take away people’s health insurance if they have a pre-existing condition, I guess the ‘free’ market is gonna make a society free from people with pre-existing conditions… boy it’s gonna get awful lonely out there for the 17 healthy people left! But I can hear you free market types say that ‘the free market helps everybody’. Does that include the 30 million up to now who have no health care? Well, they do have health care, but no health insurance. As they have no insurance, they don’t see doctors who could help prevent all sorts of problems they might have later, but they have no money or means to pay for that. So they have to wait till things get really serious and they end up in emergency rooms. Guess who pays for that- you and me. So ‘free markets’ are not always free. he’s an MD with a bitter pill to swallow with a dedicated following who love to follow but he’s got as much of a chance of getting very far as Steven Hawking has of winning Dancing with the Stars Yeah, I guess that sums it up.. Ron Paul wants to party like it’s 1799.. Only problem is, if you look outside your window, it isn’t 1799 anymore, at least not outside my window. Your calendar may vary….and of course if it is 1799, then unless you’re a white, male, Christian (and specifically protestant) and you own land, you won’t be able to vote. Ron Paul wants 1799, he can have it! © M. Skliar 2012
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Here’s a subject with a lack of decorum (Google Santorum) A topic for a discussion forum (google santorum) It started out as a creative protest by a columnist named Dan Savage When Rick Santorum said same sex relationships were like man-on-dog, Savage got Savage Here’s a subject with a lack of decorum (google santorum) It might gross them out but it’ll never bore ‘em (google santorum) Rick Santorum wants to get in your bedroom cause he thinks he knows best I wouldn’t put much stock in anyone who wears a sweater vest Does not believe in evolution, global warming or a woman’s right to choose And when he looks up his name on google, his face turns a shade of blue.. © 2012 M. Skliar
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None of the facts get thru to you You’ve screened them out that’s what you do None of your reading or your media choices Have any hint of dissenting voices You’re in the bubble You’re in the bubble You’re in the bubble When will you run out of air? The sweep of history, and of civilization Doesn’t even cause you a moment’s hesitation You read the fringe postings on the internet sites Then repost on Facebook to prove that you’re right You’re in the bubble You’re in the bubble You’re in the bubble When will you run out of air You’ll say the same about me I’m sure You’ll never realize how wrong you are You’re in the bubble © M. Skliar 2012
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(you'll have to listen for that little surprise)

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All songs were written in February 2012. This album is one of many to come out of online the musical collective February Album Writing Month (FAWM).

A musical snapshot of a time, a place, and a point in history, mystery, and imagination, combining personal ruminations, topical and political machinations, and varied instrumentations and singing to create something unique and entertaining.

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released March 4, 2012

Mike Skliar- vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, baritone guitar, bass, harmonica, percussion, keyboards, theramin.

Ken Ficara- harmonica on "Jeremy Lin"

All songs (c) 2012 by Mike Skliar

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