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Steve Thompson is Live (2009)
Recorded July 8, 2009
at PD's Pub in Pittsburgh, PA

Engineered and Mixed by Dan Eaby

Vocals, Guitar: Steve Thompson
Bass: Tony Regola
Tenor Saxophone, Guitar: Dave Trinh
Drums: Stephen Peck



  1. Bubble King
     
  2. Ishmael's Axe
     
  3. Polythene Pam
    Originally by The Beatles
    (Lennon, McCartney)
     
  4. Tithes & Offerings
     
  5. Power Lines
     
  6. Allusions To A God
     

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All tracks below written by S. Thompson unless otherwise noted.




Bubble King

My brain is working so hard
To write a song on this guitar
My first song about bubble gum
Though nothing seems to come
I don't what you want me to say
When you waste a quarter on me everyday
If that only flavor stayed an hour
I'd feel so elated with such power

Do the bubble king, Do the bubble king
The king, that king

Now what we've got here is certifiable
As a grade A ball of gum
What you think's going to happen
When that flavor hits my tongue
Maybe wings will come out of my back
Maybe clowns will try to make me laugh
Well I don't know let me find out
Let me pop that mother right in my mouth

Do the bubble king, Do the bubble king
The king, that king



Ishmael's Axe

Our lives march on
While theirs are gone
When we saw them
Our eyes felt it
I can't ask why
Life stumbled and they died
Who knows when how
This stops consuming us now

Where were you when the axe fell
Bringing up to earth a fiery hell
When were you when time froze
Why lord - only he knows
Where were you when the axe fell
33 dead and gone and on and on
It goes again and again

Early morning, barely dawn
Barely dew or sunshine on
Then the fear game began
Veiled in cowardice again
Why it happens I don't know
Every year in many homes
Everyday and every night
Why oh why do we even try
When I think of every life
Cut short by evil's knife
Disillusioned diplomat
With those teary eyes and warm regret
Those days they'll never have
Those laughs they'll never laugh
How I wish that I could've known
Cos I would've traded my life for their own

Where were you when the axe fell
Bringing up to earth a fiery hell
When were you when time froze
Why lord - only he knows
Where were you when the axe fell
33 dead and gone and on and on
It goes again and again

We've got the fire of a hope in our eyes
We've got our hands on a vision and peace is the prize



Polythene Pam
(Lennon/McCartney)

Well you should see Polythene Pam
She's so good-looking but she looks like a man
Well you should see her in drag dressed in her polythene bag
Yes you should see Polythene Pam
Yeah yeah yeah

Get a dose of her in jackboots and kilt
She's killer-diller when she's Jacked to the Hilt
She's the kind of a girl that makes the "News of the World"
Yes you could say she was attractively built
Yeah yeah yeah



Tithes & Offerings

Bring out your nickels, dollars, dimes
Keep those hands in pockets we ain't got much time
If you're going to try and buy your way to any type of heaven
Keep those hands in pockets 'til the end of time

When they pass that golden plate around
Pass it up and pass it on back down
You better give your money's worth to everyone who's in that church
God ain't free for what it's worth



Power Lines

Living in the suburbs
Snow falls on the ground
Lit house, empty heart
Turntable spins around
Twenty-five inches
That's what they're telling me
Winter's blowing heavily
You can barely see
Anna's voice sings out
Makes me feel less alone
Living in the suburbs
Barely even feels like home

Power lines
Everywhere
Are going out again
And it feels like I've roamed for so long
And it seems impossible to find home
And it feels the going's going wrong

When I'm going home next
Nobody can know
When you're going to answer
My calls on the telephone
Lock is on the toolshed
Fire's burning down below
Everything is desolate
Living here all alone

Power lines
Everywhere
Are going out again
And it feels like I've roamed for so long
And it seems impossible to find home
And it feels the going's going wrong



Allusions To A God

Life is in front of me
What we choose to see
Gives us hope

Dreams are escaping me
Are embracing me
Where I go

Lose your intentions
That'll lead you home
Choose your extentions
Alluding to a god

You've got that kind of face
Such a simple grace
Loving flow

You're all the proof I need
To make me believe
In what we've got

Lose your intentions
That'll lead you home
Choose your extentions
Alluding to a god




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