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Sleeping in the Shed
03:37
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Trucks that sear the highway night
Make a noise of pinkish white
My head sleeps in the window
The sound’s a cradle
A pattern, aching, but not quite
Who’s that riding in the back
Searching for the heart they lack
Driving, searching for a meaning
In search of feeling
Peterbilt accedes to Mack
Radio whirs and whines
Tells a story, just not mine
Station identification
An unknown language
Words as music
By design
This boy’s body is betrayed
Nothing ever stays the same
Bones with somewhere else to go
Someplace I may never know
Nothing in the end remains
Like a thought unmade to words
People fly away like birds
Chirping, singing in the trees
Saying fare thee well to me
Seconds slicing into thirds
In the left side of my head
I can hear the things you said
Questions nestled in the pillow
A bed of answers
Satan sleeping in the shed
Sweetly sleeping in the shed
Kittens dancing in his head
©2009 Martin Rivas (BMI). All rights reserved.
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A New Word
04:11
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They’ll need a new word for this
Brilliant doesn’t start to explain how great thou art
And it won’t be long before they know
They’ll need a new word for this
A pen to push upon for every day you’re gone
And it won’t be long before they know
And the oceans bend
And the mountains roar
‘Cause there’s something there that was not before
And it need not get
Any further yet
Anymore
I keep your former room
The heirlooms that reside
I handle them with pride
But a paragraph is all they wrote
And I wasn’t there to see you off
But my brother cried like his father died
And it need not get
Any further yet
Anymore
They’ll need a new word for this
They seemed to miss this one
My heart has come undone
And there’s nothing here to bind it to
They’ll need a new word for this
‘Cause there’s something there that was not before
©2009 Martin Rivas (BMI). All rights reserved.
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Heckuva Day
02:15
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I’ve been fixin’ to return to the town of my birth
It may be oceans away
I’ve been fixin’ to return to the town of my birth
That’ll make for a heckuva day
That’ll make for a heckuva day
I’ve been fixin’ to visit the home of my mother
I wonder what she will say
When she sees me with my arms wrapped around my little brother
That’ll make for a heckuva day
That’ll make for a heckuva day
Who do you know that isn’t around
The hand of their touch
And the voice of their sound
Who do you know that shares in your load
You are never alone
Take a walk ‘cause they’re right down the road
Times have been worse
Times have been better
I know I’ll make it ok
But when time meets its end
And I meet again with my old friends
That’ll make for a heckuva day
©2009 Martin Rivas (BMI). All rights reserved.
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Eclipse
02:58
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The Moon is a girl
The Sun is a boy
The Moon is a boy
The Sun is a girl
Does it matter where they end up?
They go around everything
Everything goes around them
Does it matter where they end up?
By degrees
Not of heat, but of separation
And when you see them get together
On your knees
On your back
As you stare
You just can’t help but stare
The Moon is a girl
The Sun is a boy
The Moon is a boy
The Sun is a girl
How he wishes he could have her
How he dreams with his beams in majestic splendour
How she wishes she could have him
It’s her hair that shines and cries behind him
Aw, but when they get together
The sky is dark
And the birds are too busy making love to sing
The Moon is a girl
The Sun is a boy
The Moon is a boy
The Sun is a girl
Fragrant light
Fragrant shadow
There’s a light
The Moon is a boy...
Stars are chased by sunlight
And everything is alright at the break of day
All I can say...
The greatest of these is love
©2009 Martin Rivas (BMI). All rights reserved.
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Get Yourself Together
03:33
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You’re the mirror of your father
The image of your mother
Your niece and nephews’ uncle
Your baby sister’s big brother
Get yourself together
In the hour that’s the darkest
Remember that you’re blessed
This isn’t a demand
But more a loving request
Get yourself together
Love is the fabric we weave
Dry our eyes with it when we grieve
Wrap the babies in it that we receive
You know that we believe
Get yourself together
Love is the fabric we weave
Dry our eyes with it when we grieve
Wrap the babies in it that we receive
You know that we believe
You’re the mirror of your father
The image of your mother
Your niece and nephews’ uncle
Your baby sister’s big brother
Get yourself together
©2009 Martin Rivas (BMI). All rights reserved.
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So this is what you mean
So this is how it goes
Barns collapse
Under weight of heavy snows
So this is where you live
So this is why you grieve
Peeled-paint-rainbow
Greets us as we leave
She’s a name scratched on a desk
In a time zone somewhere, starving
Like grenades, her words tear at my vest
So this is where I go
So this is where you lead
Staring at you
Is staring into me
The easy part is over
At least it is for me
This isn’t some sort of revelation
And it was never meant to be
It was never meant to be
©2009 Martin Rivas (BMI). All rights reserved.
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Burn Alrite
03:20
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I couldn’t bear to think that I left you hoping
Or that there’s so much more to everything than you’ll get to know
I wanted more than I could bring
For an explanation
All the information I’d never know
You’ll burn alrite in the sun
Your skin is its own worst enemy
But it’s alrite
You’re in the sun
Laugh and move on
Share what you know is true
All your strength and wisdom
‘Cause it’s a quicker ride than anyone will ever let you know
I wanted more than anything
To see your dreams unfolding
I loved you more than you’ll ever know
You’ll burn alrite in the sun
Your skin is its own worst enemy
But it’s alrite
You’re in the sun
Laugh and move on
©2009 Martin Rivas (BMI). All rights reserved.
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Turtle
02:36
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Near the spot where you came to proudly raise your head and hail the sun one more time
Near the spot you were born and surely will return at least the part you're leaving behind
You chose where you chose perhaps for those before you, or perhaps no reason in mind
And this place was all yours, but surely you would share it with the folks who came around from time to time
And the grass will grow around and through and over where you thought it best to go
And the dandelions, dragonflies, cranes and deer will all be through a billion to a trillion more times
Perhaps you know all that before
Perhaps it didn't make a difference
Perhaps it made you come here all the more
©2009 Martin Rivas (BMI). All rights reserved.
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I Need a Riff
05:34
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I need a riff to get me through the morning
From the car to the beach
Out the house
I need a riff to get to the person
I hope I could be
To keep from disappearing
I need a riff to rock the streets I drive
Remind me I’m alive
To feed me and my pride
I need a riff to get me home from school
To play in my head
At the funeral
I need a riff that’ll get me out of bed
To push the shopping cart to
In front of you
I need a riff to gaze at my shoes to
To ward off the spirits
Of failure and fear
Why can’t I rest, or better yet recover
Inhale the wind, and set it free
In a distant melody from a vanished century
Why can’t I hear every third or fourth word
And piece together haphazardly
An impression of my own to be misused by me alone
And I’d rather conjure odd interpretations
Of a person alien to me
Drifting in a lunar sea
And it turns out I’m completely recognizable
I’d give up my solitude
If I could only bring it back to you
I need a riff
©2009 Martin Rivas (BMI). All rights reserved.
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Hide in Me
04:04
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Hide in me
All that you could be... I believe in
Hide in me
You'll never be left in the dark
You'll never find yourself all alone
The future isn't known
It doesn't need to be
Hide in me
All that you could be... I believe in
Hide in me
Your shadow will stray from your soul
The stars will shift, align in even rows
The day, the hour, not yours to know
O Moon of exquisite silver
O Moon of delicious light
You have shone
You have shown
It is well
That which lies in your heart
It is well
That you give what you give
Give what you give
For by love you are defined
I'll meet you at this time tonight
Preserve your sense of somebodiness
The kind of fire no water can put out
Your selflessness burns
It's bound to set you free
Hide in me
All that you could be... I believe in
Hide in me
©2009 Martin Rivas (BMI). All rights reserved.
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The Other Side of You
07:42
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All my wishes will come true
I can see the other side of you
Don't think of all we never got to say
We're simply speaking in a different way
The clouds have left the ground
All my wishes will come true
I can see the other side of you
©2009 Martin Rivas (BMI). All rights reserved.
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12. |
Sorry to See You Go
03:53
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I'm sorry to see you go
You have to know
I'm sorry to see you go
We had times
Mighty good times
You have to know
I'm sorry to see you go
When tomorrow starts without me
Place your mind at ease
Not a moment longer than you please
You'll be alrite
All of your light
Turn it on
The sun is warm
It's been that way for so long
Light the pilot and get along
You have to know
I'm sorry to see you go
Always know
I'm sorry to see you go
©2009 Martin Rivas (BMI). All rights reserved.
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Martin Rivas New York, New York
Brooklyn native Martin Rivas has been a stalwart participant and supporter of NYC-based underground music since his days in early-90s critical darlings & CBGB regulars Serious Pilgrim. Martin’s music has always taken the listener on a sonic journey that feels new and familiar; now that fatherhood has introduced him to his greatest passion, his 7th album is certain to take some compelling twists. ... more
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