Mumbo Chit Chat

by Michael Starks

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1.
Opportunity 04:38
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If this change in the current is the new main stream Then honey blow up the raft and lets float off to our dreams And if this is the new direction that the social wind blows Then honey hand me the kite strings let me give ‘em a pull Opportunity is knockin’ my door down Gotta grab it wile its warm and squish it all around Opportunities are knockin’ my doors down Get ‘em while they’re hot ad pass ‘em all around If the old status quo is now up for debate Well honey hand me the soapbox let me give it to ‘em straight And if its just another day on the river of my mind Then how come the fish are bitin’ and I haven’t case a line Opportunity is knockin’ my door down Jump in with both feet and wiggle ‘em around Opportunities are knockin’ my doors down If timing is everything then set the stopwatch now Give me a mile and I’ll take an inch Give me a cheek I’ll give it a pinch Give me an hour and I’ll take a minute Show me the door and my foot’s in it If the world is gettin’ smaller then would someone please explain Why no matter what the spin the role remains the same And if there’s too much to know then please don’t elaborate On the meaning of life just clean up your plate Opportunity is knockin’ my door down Jump in with both feet and wiggle ‘em around Opportunities are knockin’ my doors down If timing is everything then set the stopwatch now Give me a mile and I’ll take an inch Give me a cheek I’ll give it a pinch Give me an hour and I’ll take a minute Show me the door and my foot’s in it
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Memory Lane 03:27
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Sitting here mining my past A headlong stroll down memory lane Leafing through a fertile file of thoughts Tucked away some time ago Tucked away with the dreams and misgivings Knowing now what wasn;t to be Smiling faces without any lines Laughing hard and crazy so many times Sitting here mining my past Dusting thoughts that have evaded for years A bounty tucked away for the future Like old photographs So now I’m a little more steady The groundwark was laid way back then Set myself up for a new set of misgivings For some future ride For some future white knuckle ride down memory lane Sitting here mining my past A head-first roll down memory lane Leafing through a fertile file of thoughts Tucked away some time ago So now I’m a little more steady The groundwark was laid way back then Set myself up for a new set of misgivings For some future ride For some future white knuckle ride down memory lane
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Fabric of Life 03:03
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For the fifteenth hundred time today the jury heard some perjury How it helps to simplify the subtle spin of vague simplicity Spinning words and weaving lines that fabricate For the tenth time in a row the judgement’s waivered rocking to and fro But a decision’s coming down Right or wrong only our kids will know Spinning worlds and waving signs Tomorrow’s world to fabricate Its not a crying shame Its just the circumstances So don’t pass the blame with those accusing glances Out of all these weaving lines emerging messages of sights unseen Out of all the words that rhyme mine keep on painting water color scenes Of the outside world Just a breathe away Take that breath today Its not a crying shame Its just the circumstances So don’t pass the blame with those accusing glances
4.
American Dream 03:46
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Your lights flash before my eyes What you trying to tell me Your thoughts sneakin’ up my thighs What you trying to sell me No I’m not buying anymore The look that climbs across your face What you trying to tell me The steps you ask me to retrace What you trying to sell me No I’m not shopping anymore You won’t win with that illusion anymore Your cup’s no longer running over I think we’re losing but so what no one knows the score Its gonna be a rough hangover You won’t coerce me with your image anymore Your cup’s no longer running over I think we’re losing but so what no one knows the score Its time to wake up and be sober Airwaves static with ideas What they trying to tell me Democratic in their pleas Whay they trying to sell me No I’m not tuned in anymore My head shakes another no What am I trying to tell you I better turn my back and go And do what I’m compelled to No I’m not dreaming anymore There’s no glowing reputation anymore Your cup’s no longer running over I think we’re losing but there’s no one knows the score Its time to roll back in the clover
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Marbles Roll 03:29
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Your head’s a full moon You’ll be losin’ it soon Just a bit out of tune for a little while And its easy to see like a hundred-foot tree that’s been standing alone for a little while In a changing world you got your ball and chain Got your hope in a chain for a little while You got your hope in a chain All your sweat’s down the drain And its ridin’ your train Train of thought All your buttons are gone but your clothes are still on Standing out in the sun for a little while In a changing world you got your ball and chain Got your hope in a chain for a little while But on the other hand look in the bright side Nobody gives a damn Not in their right mind I know that you’ve lived through this a hundred times or more I know that you’ve been through this a thousand times before Now your head’s a full moon Hearing foolhardy tunes All your thoughts are cartoons for a little while Snakes in the boots A momentary salute Rusted down to the roots for a little while In a changing world you got your ball and chain Got your hope in a chain for a little while But on the other hand look in the bright side You wouldn’t give a damn Not in your right mind Half a million years from now it won’t matter anyway Half a half an hour from now it won’t matter anyway
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Getting Easy 03:35
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Its getting always easier to see The value judgment days are short and sweet But the days are passing just as slow As the good old days we’ll never know The new days and their dancing ghosts The guard will change we’ll raise a toast to it I read it on a wall today oh boy A message from a madman ends a ploy But listening to what he said Might agree might end up dead It makes sense in too many ways I guess we’ve really gone too far this time Its getting ever easier to see The consequences of the life we lead The other cheeks are turning red The sand is filling up with heads I guess we’ve really gone too far this time Its getting always easier to see The wanton want and wanton want it breeds
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Angst 03:48
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If I knew what to say I would say it But I can’t seem to belt it on out Somebody is probably prayin’ For the ink in my pen to dry out But my pen is not the problem Its my head that controls my hand Like a ship with a scatterbrain captain A rudder stuck in the sand There’s so many things going on now That have me crawlin’ up all of my walls That were built from well-feigned indifference Just for this occasion But I can’t seem to spit it on out Clear thoughts escape me So I’ll just scream out whatever comes to me In a flash or a slow creepin’ crawl I’ll yell about everything I can think of If I can think of anything at all So I’ll just scream out whatever I hear Bouncin’ inside my head Shifting around for some low gear But hitting all high gear instead There’s so many things going on now That have me crawlin’ up all of my walls That were built from well-feigned indifference Just for this occasion
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Loss For Words 02:31
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The head is too big for the brain There’s room in there but its insane The picture doesn’t fit the frame The focus stays the same But I am looking at the ground I got nothin’ left to say The tide is in its colored red The talk is tough and rolling heads are babbling of this and that All mumbo chit chat But I am walking right in step I got nothing’ left to say The elements are broken down in bite size bits of sight and sound Tired social commentary I got nothin’ left to say The corner that we’re painting into Looks big at first but then begins to vanish right before your eyes Blink again its dropped a size But I am blending with the crowd I got nothin’ left to say The closest that we’ve come in years The bursting dam the wall of tears A flash flood of humanity spreads like a sea But I am sleeping through the storm I got nothin’ left to say Treating ourselves this way Punching in then walk away I got nothin’ left to say Wake me up when its OK
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Into the Sea 04:05
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I’m trying to tell you The words just slide on by Just a little rebellion We could hold out here all night And in the arms of strangers Another warm embrace I gotta hand it to ya and your changing face And if you don’t say what you want me to say what I want you to be Words shiver like veiled apologies If you’ve got an answer Just whisper it in my ear Add a little enhancer Another helping dear Deep in those eyes is a story of unspoken glory and shame Deep in these eyes it looks the same Hey you how do you move me Shine me like jewelry Dine and delude me And hey you invite and elude You never know its true I’m trying to tell you The words drip through the cracks Have some smoke and mirrors Polish up your act And in terms of madness new records are set each day I thought we had this in the bag but it got away And if you don’t say what you want me to say what I want you to be Words slide like ice into the sea
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Dramas 03:22
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I’ll show you all my dramas Put ‘em on a fence for you see Hang ‘em in the trees String ‘em up like at a party It’s getting time to dream I’ll show you all my dramas Put ‘em in the bright light Check ‘em up close See if you can recognize a couple of your own It’s getting time to dream Dream about your life’s rich pageant It’s getting time to dream While the night away I’ll loan you all my dramas You can give ‘em back when I start to look the part Playin’ all the time with this crazy head of mine It’s getting time to dream Set the stage and down the house lights It’s getting time to dream Play the night away Playin’ me Playin’ you
11.
Bliss 03:57
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Never listened to a word of what was said In one ear and sailing through my head Guess I’ll find out for myself Should I have listened up or else Should I part with my ideas about the past and what it means Never understood a word of what was said Just mumbo jumbo mumblings on instead No debate was ever seeded No real answers none were needed Sights were set and striven for A blinding light to fly toward Never caught a glimpse of anything we saw Just hieroglyphic scribblings on a wall But in the symbols there’s a story We’re all telling Allegories Tables setting Tables turning Sit right down and tell your story
12.
Zen Logic 01:22
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13.
Portrait 03:57
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I’ve been trying to think it over I can’t get over what’s inside me Funny how it feels when you kick off the training wheels All’s forgotten now the fame and fortune missed our hand somehow But I can count on you to build me up like the richest man around All the words you say in your heart I hear all you say Yeah I wanna stay in your heart I wanna stay in your heart It wasn’t long ago that we saw a world wide open with songs to hear Funny how it feels after cheating back the years Some forgotten dream imagined in a mind not tied by truth But I can count on you to gleam the glimmer of perpetual youth I wanna gleam in your eye Ring in your ear I wanna stay in your heart I wanna stay here I’ve been trying to think it over I can’t get over what’s inside me Funny how it feels to strap back on the training wheels And in another life we’re living Someone’s saying that’ll be the day When all we have is love to paint our portrait until we fade away

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released February 1, 1998

Written and produced by Michael Starks
Initially released in February 1998; Remixed by Mark Prator and Michael Starks, and remastered by Mark Prator at Redroom Recorders; remixed and remastered version released in 2018
Recorded at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida in 1996/1997
Engineered by Judd Packer
Originally mixed by Judd Packer and Michael Starks
Originally mastered by Mark Prator at Morrisound Recording
Cover concepts by Miroto Ovwest

The players:
Michael Starks – guitars, vocals, bass, keyboards, percussion
Bruce Nocita – guitars
Tom Overbey – drums/percussion
Robert Wegmann – bass, backing vocals, stick, trumpet
Sean Malone - bass
Terry Griffin – keyboards
Kevin Knoll – bass
Rob Webb – saxophone
Roberta Starks – backing vocals
Gregg Jones – backing vocals

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Actually Dade City, not Tampa, but close enough in the cosmic scheme of things. In fact, one might argue that outer space is closer than Tampa is. Still trying to save the world, whether it wants to be or not. These records should help with that, at least a little bit... ... more

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