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Pigeons and Purgatory

by Thomas Clarke

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1.
Copa Do Mundo Samba 03:58
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none except for crowd noises and "ole, ole ole!"
2.
Ask 05:13
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Is it too much to ask if I'm interested in you Are you interested in me? Is it too much to ask after our hot night will I ever see you again? Is it too much to ask if you want to be with me why your Facebook profile's down and your cellphone's not in service? Is it too much to ask if we're through why you didn't notify me? Is it too much to ask, Lord why is it every time I seek love it ends so ugly? Is it because I'm externally ugly and stuck being attracted to those who are internally ugly? Tired of the lies and the half truths Tired of misfortune Tired of always being taken advantage of. Is it too much to ask, Lord why does it always end this way? Is it too much to ask does real love ever exist and will I ever find it? Is it too much to ask if hurt and bluff and a bit of fluff always follow that personal ad or that drink at the Halcyon? Maybe I didn't get the memo....
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Piping Plovers 03:00
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we fly across the waves without much ease we look cute when we strut and when we feed we look cute, but don't mess with us we're the piping plovers we migrate west, we like the upper crust we trot across the beach so cute and so free we look cute, but don't misjudge us we milk "endangered" for all it's worth we look cute, but don't mess with us we'll get our gull goons after you we look cute, but don't mess with us we're the piping plovers we left our nests on the ghetto beach we claimed it was because of Sandy we look cute, but don't misjudge us Don't think you're getting your new boardwalk anytime soon Not until you pay for our new beachfront property! we look cute, but don't mess with us we're the piping plovers don't mess with us we'll get our EPA lawyers after you we're the piping plovers think we should press FEMA for a new jacuzzi? no, let the pigeons pay for it from their tributes
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Arpeggio and Horns (Bipolar Remix) 04:13
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5.
Cheyenne Mountain 02:59
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6.
Texarkana 05:09
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7.
Piney Woods 03:05
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8.
Welcome to Austin 03:32
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Am I Invisible 04:51
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10.
Streets of Austin 02:59
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"Circumstances won't allow me to see your face, but I wish to Feel your spirit" (James Mosley) "Oh Stevie, what would you think of Austin now" (Steven Potter) "lost my wallet, lost my identification, lost my home, lost my mind" (Alex Obenchain) "Do you see me, because I can see you" (John Tompkins) "And you're in Austin, America's number one boomtown. Sounds sweet, it is!" (Roni Chelben) "Am I Invisible, or are you fucking blind?" (Thomas Clarke)

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A compilation of tracks recorded in Rockaway Park, Austin, and Colorado Springs between January-July 2014.

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released July 14, 2014

All songs written, recorded, and produced by Thomas Clarke. Track 6 has additional composition/input by Eric I-Rec Brown. Track 10 has additional lyrics written by Steven Potter, James Mosley, John Tompkins, Alex Obenchain, and Roni Chelben.

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Thomas Clarke Colorado Springs, Colorado

Thomas Clarke was born in Abilene, TX, and raised in Colorado Springs. In the early 1990s, he first met producer Steve Peak (Speak Online), who introduced him to songwriting. He attended Brooklyn College in the late 1990s. He was one of the co-stars and contributed music to a 2014 art production about homelessness in Austin called “Am I Invisible”. ... more

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