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John Watkins

by John Watkins

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Chameleon 02:10
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CAMELEON AND IF YOU'RE SAYING TOO MUCH LIKE TWO AND ONE AIN'T THREE WELL, THAT'S A BAFFELING TOUCH LIKE SLAMMING INTO THE SEA, NOW OF ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD MEAN SO MUCH TO YOU SOME WANDERING 'ROUND LIKE A VISION THAT'S COMING THRU SOME CLAIMING RED, OF A TENSION THAT'S IN THE SAND SOME RUN AROUND LIKE A BITCH IN AMSTERDAM A FEAST THAT'S COLD AND ARCANE WAS IN THE CLUB LAST NIGHT LIKE IN THAT SHADY OLD SONG MAKE ME INTO A CAMELEON OF ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD MEAN SO MUCH TO YOU SOME WANDERING 'ROUND LIKE A VISION THAT'S COMING THRU SOME CLAIMING RED, OF A TENSION THAT'S IN THE SAND SOME RUN AROUND LIKE A BITCH IN AMSTERDAM
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It Was The Waves 02:53
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IT WAS THE WAVES TRYED TO GET OFF TO GET ON AGAIN IT WAS THE WAVES, IT WAS THE WAVES PARTING YOUR EYES, I WAS LOST AGAIN IT WAS THE WAVES, IT WAS THE WAVES DON'T WANT TO STEAL WHAT WAS MAD AGAIN IT WAS THE WAVES, IT WAS THE WAVES GLOOMY WEIRDOS HESITATE GROUNDERS OF GRADE, HARMLESS INDEED WHY DEGRADE THEM, SEVERAL TIMES? GRINDERS AT MOST, WASTING THEIR TIME. TOOK BUCKETS OF COINS TO INCRIMINATE IT WAS THE WAVES, IT WAS THE WAVES OR DOUSE THEM WITH BLOOD TO ANNIHILATE IT WAS THE WAVES, IT WAS THE WAVES THE GRIPPING WAS ALL WITH THE GRIPERS DOWN IT WAS THE WAVES, IT WAS THE WAVES
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Others' Machine 02:30
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OTHERS' MACHINE [INTRUM.] STAGES OF INFERENCE, THOSE ALLEYS GOT WIRED THE POINT AND THE TEMPERANCE, AND BUDDY GOT LEARNED HABITUAL FEARFULNESS APPARENTLY TURNS, WELL.. DREAM MEAN WITH THE OTHERS' MACHINE IT'S LIKE THAT WHEN THE PEOPLE TURN GREEN DREAM MEAN WITH THE OTHER'S MACHINE DON'T GET BUMPED WHEN IT'S FREAKIN' OBSCENE BLED IN THE DRAIN AGAIN, A DRIPPING FRAGMENT LOUD, FOR THE DOWNFALLEN THE GRIPPING THAT BURNS HOW NASTY AND ABSENTLY, THE ANGWISHED RETURN DREAM MEAN WITH THE OTHERS' MACHINE ( 2X ) IT'S LIKE THAT WHEN THE PEOPLE TURN GREEN DREAM MEAN WITH THE OTHER'S MACHINE DON'T GET BUMPED WHEN IT'S FREAKIN' OBSCENE [INTRO.]
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Understand 01:59
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UNDERSTAND GOTTA TRY, ON THE FIGHT, WONDER WHY, IN THE SKY YOU WOULD SAY I'M AN INNOCENT NO MORE- AH-AH DO YOU PRAY FOR YOUR GAME YOUR MISTAKE, YOUR MISTAKE, DOUBLE-TAKE ON A DROP YOU UNDERSTAND HOW DOES IT FEEL WHEN YOU GOT NO ROOM, AGAIN? SHE'S YOUR HEROINE, DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? (X2) WHAT A CRAZE IN THE PHASE IN YOUR GRAVES I GET LAZY AGAIN WHEN I'M SUFFERIN' NO MORE- AH,AH MAKE IT LIGHT WITH YOUR SITES, UNDER FRIGHT IT'S A BREEZE WHEN YOU TEASE ALL THE ELEMENTS AGAIN HOW DOES IT FEEL WHEN YOU GOT NO ROOM? SHE'S YOUR HEROINE, DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? (X6)
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Birds On A Wire 02:13
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BIRDS ON A WIRE AN EPHEMERAL BASTION, OR CHILD OF REACTION, AH-AH THE BIRDS ON A WIRE, BECOME FANATICAL FIRE- AH-AH WHEN HANDS GRIND THE THUNDER, AGAINST A GIANT RECITER, AH-AH IN THE PLACE THAT YOU WANTED TO BE IN THE MIND OF A ROCK-N-ROLL STEED ALL THAT'S LOST, JUST FILL IN THE BLANKS. YOU'RE A BAY CITY ROLLER, J-JUST A BAY CITY ROLLER, AH-AH PUT THE TORCH ON THE VOLUME TO GIVE IT JUST ENOUGH BOTTOM, AH-AH HOW REAL IS THE WATER, TO AN AERIAL SURFER? AH-AH IN THE PLACE THAT YOU WANTED TO BE IN THE MIND OF A ROCK-N-ROLL STEED ALL THAT'S LOST, JUST FILL IN THE BLANKS.
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Dust 02:06
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DUST THE PROVERBEAL TIGHTROPE, THAT'S STRUNG FROM THE INSIDE OUTSIDE OF THIS "LIGHT SPIN" THAT'S JOKING OF SUNRISE THE STUFF THAT YOU CAN'T FIND I GOT NOTHING MORE, FOR THE GREENS THAT YOU'RE FINDING THEY GOT LOST FROM THE CABIN FIRST, WITH A SNAKE TO BE FOUND WE'D BE DEAD, WE BE DEAD 'TILL THE END OF THE WORLD WE'D BE DEAD, WE BE DEAD 'TILL THE END OF THE WORLD WE'D BE DEAD, WE BE DEAD 'TILL THE END OF THE WORLD SOME URBAN ATTACK DOG, CHARMING AS A DONKEY OR CLINICAL COUCH LIE, A SYSTEM FOR LYING WITHOUT EVER TRYING I GOT NOTHING MORE, FOR THE GREENS THAT YOU'RE FINDING THEY GOT LOST FROM THE CABIN FIRST, WITH A SNAKE TO BE FOUND WE'D BE DEAD, WE BE DEAD 'TILL THE END OF THE WORLD WE'D BE DEAD, WE BE DEAD 'TILL THE END OF THE WORLD WE'D BE DEAD, WE BE DEAD 'TILL THE END OF THE WORLD
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Helter's Fold 03:42
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HELTERS' FOLD HELTERS' FOLD AS THE AGGREGATE LYSING HELTERS' FOLD AS THE AGGREGATE LYSING HELTERS' FOLD AS THE AGGREGATE LYSING HELTERS' FOLD AS THE AGGREGATE LYSING UNDER THE TOWN, HAVE TO TURN AROUND I'M GOING DOWN, TO THE UNDERGROUND I'M NOT LOST, HAVE TO BE I'M GOING DOWN, TO THE UNDERGROUND PAYED THE COST, THIS MUST BE HELTERS' FOLD AS THE AGGREGATE LYSING HELTERS' FOLD AS THE AGGREGATE LYSING HELTERS' FOLD AS THE AGGREGATE LYSING HELTERS' FOLD AS THE AGGREGATE LYSING BET YOUR OWN WEIGHT, BET YOUR OWN SKYS, BET YOUR OWN CEILINGS I THOUGHT IT WAS WET, YOU THOUGHT IT WAS DRY I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEALING
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Dorian Gray 03:02
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DORIAN GREY SO, HANGING HIGHLY IF YOU MAY, IF YOU MAY, IF YOU SAY VALOR'S TOO HOLLOW DORIAN GREY, DORIAN GREY, DORIAN GREY DON'T NEED MUCH OF THAT MUCH WHAT YOU SAY, WHAT DO YOU SAY, WHAT YOU SAY STANDING SO MIGHTY DORIAN GREY, DORIAN GREY, DORIAN GREY GOODBYE; ONE PASSENGERS' HELLISH TIME OF A DONE HELLMAKER, ONCE IN LINE SQUEEZE THAT GUN, SOMEWHERE ONCE THEY COULD CLAIM OH, SO HOT HASTE MAKER, WHAT A SHAME YOU GOT SOMETHING DORIAN GREY, DORIAN GREY, DORIAN GREY SO HOT A CONDITION TUCKED AWAY, IN A WAY, WATCH AWAY DON'T NEED MUCH OF THAT MUCH WHAT YOU SAY, WHAT DO YOU SAY, WHAT YOU SAY STANDING SO MIGHTY DORIAN GREY, DORIAN GREY, DORIAN GREY
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The Finicky 02:21
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THE FINICKY IF YOU CALL IN LATE, DON'T WANT TO BE YA AND IF YOU WORK TOO FAST, THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE YA AND IF YOU START RIGHT NOW, YOU WRETCHED BELIEVER IF YOU CATCH IT TOO LATE, MIGHT NOT BE WHERE YOU WANNA BE BUT IF YOU CATCH IT TOO FAST MIGHT NOT BE WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN AND IN THE AFTERTASTE, IN AN ALLOWABLE BLINDING IF ONE CAN THINK IN PEACE, AS A HOPELESS REMINDER THAT SAT ATOP OF YOUR FACE, LIKE A PUNCH OF A TIGER IF YOU CATCH IT TOO LATE, MIGHT NOT BE WHERE YOU WANNA BE BUT IF YOU CATCH IT TOO FAST MIGHT NOT BE WHAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN
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Serendipitous Son 02:00
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SERENDIPITOUS SON BELLE FOUND HIS FACE IN A ROTATING JETSTREAM, AND WHO'D BE ASKING FOR MORE? DODGEING THE SILENCE WITH PROPHETIC ANSWERS, LIKE "I COULD SLEEP ON THE FLOOR" OR "HE WAS RAIN AT YOUR DOOR" ISLAND OF CLIMAX, OF ABANDONED SMUGGLERS WOULD HAUL A TENTH OF THE LINE GROUNDS AT THE ENTRANCE OF NORMAL ATTACTIONS OR YOU'D BE STANDING IN LINE SO CAN'T A PANTOMIME RHYME?
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Eugenia 02:29
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EUGENIA DIM YOUR LIGHT BEFORE YOU'RE CLOSED FOR DISQUISE TAKIN' A WHILE, TUMBLING BEATS IN YOUR HEAD. I'DE MUST HAVE KNOWN THEY COULD BE SHORT FOR AWILE, DEVIL STYLE TAKEN FOR WHAT SHE HAD SAID. IF HALF SPOKEN TOSSING SIDE OF THE BRAIN COULD TALK FOR A LOT, WHISPERING INSIDE OF YOUR BED. EUGENIA - YOU'RE SOUNDING THE SHEPARDS EUGENIA - THE FLEAS FLY FOR NOTHING, I KNOW YA CHECKBOOK, CREDIT CARDS, NO MONEY EUGENIA - YOUR ENDLESS WITH QUESTIONS EUGENIA - INDEFINITE ANSWERS, I KNOW YA CHECKBOOK, CREDIT CARDS, NO MONEY - I KNOW YA TO BE DESPONDANT AND TO NEVER KNOW WHY YOUR FORMIDABLE MESSAGE THAT YOU HAD NOT SENT I'M COUNTING RHYTHMS ON THE EDGE OF YOUR TOUNGE A WAY FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAD READ A BLANK STARE THAT'S BLANKIN' STARING AROUND IT'S PORTABLE, A TWISTING AND TANGLING MESS
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1990 01:28
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1990 A FALLEN ONE, BACKWAYS ALONG THE EARTH A TENDERNESS AT BIRTH SO CRAZED AND SHINY I WAS BEMUSED, PEOPLE WEREN'T ALL THE SAME THEY WERE DIFFERENT IN EVERY WAY, IN 1990 SO CRAZED AND SHINY, WE BEMOANED AND ASHAMED A FEW THAT DAY. WHAT IS THE ONE THAT CARES TO OVERSEE HOW FECKLESS OF YOU AND ME IT WAS YOUR DIAMOND WE SAW THE FIELD, ENDLESS BEFORE THE DAY DETROYED IT ANYWAY, IN 1990 SO CRAZED AND SHINY, WE BEMOANED AND ASHAMED A FEW THAT WAY.

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Debut solo album (12 songs) of John Watkins playing clean electric guitar and vocals. Watkins currently plays piano and sings with Jackson Spells, also on bandcamp.com and formerly played guitar and sang with The Unawares (see Youtube videos).

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released September 9, 2018

John Watkins - Vocals, clean SG guitar, 12 string (1990).

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