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(2014) Exister

by Big Time Machine

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For Your Consideration 04:25
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"For Your Consideration" I hate waking up to an alarm, cable tv, and having no inspiration I hate looking for yet another pointless job and wasting my brain on the weekend I hate crowded public places It takes everything I have not to start a resistence While I’m being persistent In an instant I could do away with everything that wastes my time and existence I’m losing my mind Killing time As I get older, losing momentum, and dulling my senses I hate being broke, bumming smokes, making jokes Getting by under false pretenses I hate that most of the things in my life I enjoy come with a list of consequences And I repeat offenses I’m so relentless I could spend every day just doing things that waste my time and existence If there was something I know I could say that would get through to you and your administration I think you’re a source of distraction and confusion to an already downtrodden population That partakes in a game you create around money while you hide behind public relations My message to the nation Take a vacation And spend the rest of your days doing anything that’s got nothing to do with business
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Resister 04:51
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"Resister" Constant interruption kills my sunny disposition every time Complacency’s not a disease but probably it ought to be a crime Pave the way but don’t pay to play Break a leg but don’t break a leg Do what you may, don’t do what they say If you don’t want to get caught, you’d better behave But I think you’re going to do what you do anyway Hunger pangs ache my belly Just fill me with cheese and turn on the telly, all right Don’t bother me, just let me be Reality is on TV tonight Pave the way but don’t pay to play Break a leg but don’t break a leg Do what you may, don’t do what they say If you don’t want to get caught, you’d better behave But I think you’re going to do what you do anyway
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Like a Well-Oiled Machine 03:36
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"Like a Well-Oiled Machine" You give me your lean love Pink champagne on ice Put them all together and you’ve got something that’s very nice And that’s you and me Free as a bird Home on the range Like a well-oiled machine Truckin’ Train kept a-rollin’ Break on through to the other side The boys are back in town Baby, Wanna go for a ride? And that’s me and you Free as a bird Home on the range Like a well-oiled machine Truckin’ Just a little patience Take a look ahead I can’t quit you baby I got no expectations Free as a bird Home on the range Like a well-oiled machine Truckin’
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The Way It Goes 04:59
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"The Way It Goes" If you need me I'll be there If you're listening I'll be there Everybody knows How it really goes If you need someone to blame I'll be there I'll try and help you play the game But you better beware Everybody knows How it really goes And if you ran away You know I miss you I hope that you're okay But you know I'm not going to chase you My friend you're on your own But if you feel alone Come home Because I'm never coming out to California Is it me, or does it seem to be A sea of mediocrity? But it suits you And I'm never coming out to Arizona I'm never drying up in Arizona Is it me, or does it seem that Everybody has to lock themselves In their rooms? And I missed you way down there in Carolina And I hoped to see you someday very soon But is it me, or does it seem That you need to be unhappy To feel free?
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Gary Bluesy 03:30
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"Gary Bluesy" Don’t mean to have you hear me whine Not trying to feed you any lines You’re driving me out of my mind I think we’re doing just fine Don’t mean to have you hear me whine I think we’re doing just fine Not trying to come off so divine You are yours and I am mine You’d like to hang me from a vine But I am yours and you are mine Not trying to come off so divine But I am yours and you are mine We ought to take it as a sign Maybe a little whine and dine Meet you at quarter to nine Because you and I should intertwine We ought to take it as a sign I think we’re doing just fine Well, we got to her place at about a quarter after nine Two bottles of wine to help us both unwind Oh yeah, feelin’ fine Well, I smiled really wide My teeth, they started to shine She took one good look, don’t you know, the poor girl went blind So yeah, Gary left another poor girl behind
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Parachute 06:29
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"Parachute" Give me a clue I’m so confused Feel like I’m falling What do I do? Try something new Tried being braver Jump to my doom I need a favor When I am ready When I am through Slowly and steady Gonna make a move Till then I wait And I retire Surrender fate And all desire I’ll contemplate All that I love Pulling me closer Deep blue above And I want What you want Something to carry me Above everything That’s pulling me down And you want What I want Parachute Parachute Falling’s not the same without you I’ll cherish you Parachute But you can’t blame me when I doubt you
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Exister 04:34
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"Exister" I believe there’s meaning in what you say I believe there’s meaning in what you don’t say Try not to spit in the face of every broken man you see And don’t mistake a happy face for a personality Don’t confuse the down and out for going against the grain When you try to find some meaning, most of all, try not to go insane Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey! Do it if it makes you feel okay Whatever helps you make it through the day But don’t believe everything a faithful man chooses to say It’s mystery in things that makes the toughest man afraid Equality lies inside the face that there is no easy way Do everything you can not to take yourself so seriously You’re not the most important person in the fucking human race Treat everyone you talk to with civility and grace Do everything you do in the name of passion and good taste And you might be okay Everything you know, it could be faked Just like they say that life is but a dream Though you may seem awake, you know it’s not for very long It’s easy to be right when you know you can’t help being wrong I promised myself I wouldn’t write another existential song Do everything you can not to take yourself so seriously You’re not the most important person in the fucking human race Treat everyone you talk to with civility and grace Do everything you do in the name of passion and good taste And you might be okay
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Surf Webs 04:05
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"Surf Webs" Blow me kisses, blow me to pieces There’s something about the way that she teases I just need something to believe in Cover up your eyes It’s a surprise Goodbye forever, hello again You could be my nemesis or my friend Feeling like I’m changing with the seasons Need to break free, but don’t need a reason I just need someone to believe in Cover up your eyes It’s a surprise Goodbye forever, hello again You could be my nemesis or my friend I think we ought to do a little driving Not really sure when we’ll be arriving I just need someone to survive me Cover up your eyes It’s a surprise Goodbye forever, hello again You could be my nemesis or my friend
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Hiding From the Sun 04:12
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"Hiding From the Sun" Look what you started We’ve done it now Don’t try to find me I’m stepping out From the beginning Right up till now Been hiding from the sun You don’t need me hanging around Don’t need to see anyone Till I get it all figured out I’ll never go there It’d burn me out This crazy world Keeps spinning around I try and hide out But it hunts me down Been hiding from the sun You don’t need me hanging around Don’t need to see anyone Till I get it all figured out
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Up on the Hilltop 05:46
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"Up On the Hilltop" Down by the river bank Fleeting, streaming High above the aeroplane Freeing feeling Wind, air, and radio waves Breathing, beaming Up on the hilltop again And I'm seeing Up on the hilltop where synapses fire in my mind all the time Then it crashes together to make a design and a boom, boom, boom Down for the count in my bed Sleeping, dreaming Tones moving throughout my head Fleeting, streaming Rhythm and flow in your breath Breathing, repeating Up on the hilltop till death Believing, dreaming
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Empty Space (feat. Hush Phills) 05:12
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Feelin' Loopy 05:51
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released March 1, 2013

This release was written and recorded by Jake Karns, except for "Like a Well-Oiled Machine" "Exister" and "Gary Bluesy" by Jake Karns and John Black,
and "Empty Space", lyrics by Hush Phills, performance by Jake Karns and Hush Phills.

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Big Time Machine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Big Time Machine is:
Jake Karns
John Black
Garth Porter

We're scattered over western PA.

We've gone through many phases as independent musicians as well as people. You can hear it in the music. ... more

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