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zones of the pacific
03:51
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ZONES OF THE PACIFIC (Marc Fedak)
The Sunlight Zo-o-one / from the sea surface to around 250 meters
The shallow depths of the ocean deep
The shallow depths of the ocean deep.
The Twilight Zone / from 250 to 1000 meters
Where the sun is blurry and pale
And the twilight dream state from the lack of oxygen kicks in
You’ve got the “bends”, got the “bends”.
The Midnight Zone / from 1000 to 4000 meters
Murky-black-slimy-floating bumps in the night
Schools-of aquatic creatures that you cannot see
Creatures-you-can-only feel
In the endless depths of the sea
In the endless depths of the sea.
The “No go” Zone, the Abyss
From 4000 meters to the bottom of the Trench
The chasms and chambers of the Mariana Trench
Challenger Deep, 36,000 feet
1 to 4 degrees (C)
Giant worms and fierce-fanged fish and bioluminescent animal-plants
Alive since prehistoric times
And the molten portals to the centre of the earth
And all the fearsome creatures burrowing there…
Only in your morbid, overactive imagination
Only in your morbid, overactive imagination.
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humpty dumpty
02:51
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HUMPTY DUMPTY (Marc Fedak)
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the King’s horses and all of the King’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty back together again
He knew that the world was a very rough place
He tried to be tough and put on a brave face
But his fear of heights as he wobbled on the wall
Made him lose his balance, roll over and fall
Roll over and fall
Humpty Dumpty / used to be an egg (Eggman!)
Humpty Dumpty / resembled a man
Humpty Dumpty / has fallen to pieces
Humpty Dumpty / got fried by the sun….
(Chorus)
Humpity Dumpity Dumpa-dumpa-dumpa-doo
Humpity Dumpity Dumpa-dumpa-dumpa- daow etc.
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4. |
beshim beg
02:12
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5. |
bad influences
03:38
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BAD INFLUENCES (Marc Fedak)
They were bad influences / they led me astray
Bad influences / but I’m still to blame…
He taught me how to smoke
And turned me on to LSD
We drank his father’s whiskey and looked at his porn
He drove his mamma’s car on the sidewalk
They were bad influences / they led me astray
Bad influences / but I’m still to blame…
He went down to his grandma’s basement
His uncle and cousin were getting’ high
When his uncle was drunk he let his cousin drive
His cousin Jimmy was only nine
They were bad influences / they led me astray
Bad influences / but I’m still to blame…
She taught her how to shoplift
She taught her how to feel (feel…)
Together they played hookie always skipping out from school
Hanging out at the mall (and chasing all the boys)
They were bad influences / they led me astray
Bad influences / but I’m still to blame
I’m still to blame (I’m still to blame) etc.
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7. |
3/8 swing in c minor
01:46
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8. |
autotune
03:16
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AUTOTUNE (Marc Fedak)
I’d like to play you a // modish pop song
Even though the style // is so passe
If you can bear with me for-a-few minutes
You might come to like this tune and want to sing along
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la / tra-la laah la-a-ah
Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la / fra-la laah laaaah
Wa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la / wa-la laah la-a-ah
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la (X3) / la-la, la-la la-la-la laa-la la.
“Why are you so nostalgic for 50 years ago?
Keep up with the times, you old folks had your sa-a-a-ay
“Listen here sonny, I can play an instrument” (barely!)
“And I-can-keep-a-tune without having to u-use auto- tu-u-une, auto-
Tu-u-une, auto-tu-u-une, auto-
Tu-u-une, auto-tu-u-une, auto-tu-une..
Out of tune / autotune / attitu-u-ude / out of tune / autotune
Out of tune, all for you, autotu-u-une, autotune (X 2)
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THE WALKING MAN (OF WEST ETOBICOKE)
- music and lyrics: Marc Fedak
C G C
I saw him at the neighbourhood Tim Horton’s
C E Am (A G)
The Walking Man of West Etobicoke
F C
He has a plywood sign that covers his back
G C
Another on his stomach and chest
F A
Big bold letters in yellow, red and black (I walked)
A# G
24,000 kilometres and back (wha-a-aaaaah)
D# A#
He covers a hundred city blocks in one da-a-ay
Cm
Quietly determined to expose a long ago
G G (slowing down)
Wro-o-o-ong, wro-o-o-ong.
C G C
I saw him at the neighbourhood Tim Horton’s
C E Am (A G)
The Walking Man of West Etobicoke
F C
Only this time he was sitting and-he-leaned-the signs against the wall
G G A# F G F G (4)
He looked / tired and sad / but-he-could not sit still doing nothing
A# F G F G (4)
But-he-could not sit still doing nothing (nothing)
C E F C C G
And so he got up and left the store / and resumed walking
C G G G G (slow transition to ¾ time)
And resumed walking / walking, walking…. (hummmmmmm)
G G
I wonder where he is going (going) / and I wonder where he has been
G G G G
I’ve seen him near the viaduct (blue viaduct) / and many miles east.
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HOW DID THEY SURVIVE (IN ANCIENT TIMES)?
music and lyrics: Marc Fedak
For a million years of human history
They had to make do without the invention of fire
And agriculture didn’t appear until the end of the Ice Age
Eleven-thousand seven-hundred years ago
And only-after-that came the cities / came the empires / came the deities
Came the Pharisees / came the pyramids / came the alphabet
Came the ruling class.
Before fourteen forty there was no printing press
Before the eighteen thirties there was no elec-tricity
And cars did not replace the horse until after the Great War
And if-you-were hungry and wanted a snack
You-could-not-just-run to the corner store
No-o TV shows / No-o internet…..
How did they survive in ancient ti- i – imes (repeat while 2nd person yells:
They didn’t even have flashlights! / They didn’t even have bug spray!
They didn’t even have anaesthesia! / They didn’t even have freezers!
How could they! / How could they survive?
(How did they / survive in / how did they survive in ancient times? X2)
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11. |
summer followed by....
01:26
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12. |
golspie version 2
01:27
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GOLSPIE (Post Punk version)
- music and lyrics: Marc Fedak
High upon the heathered hill crest wet from the passing clouds
Overlooks the Northern Sea and the nearby village.
A statue crowns the top of a hill a former Duke of Sutherland
I was once there I should know, I saw it with mine o-own
Eyes.
The locals hated him, a landowner from afar
He took their land away they-had-to flee or starve
And when he died his lady-made those who remained pay
For a statue tall / in his name
While their lands enriched / his estate
High upon a heathered hill….
He took their land away they-had-to flee or starve
And when he died his lady-made those who remained pay
For a statue tall / in his name
While their lands enriched / his estate
High upon a heathered hill….
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SATURDAYS, ALWAYS AT 9
music: Marc Fedak
lyrics: Marc Fedak, David Novak
I’m surprised that no one ever sang this song
Or maybe it was recorded long ago
If that is true then I’ve plagarized
Plagarized with echo and delay….
Looking glass, second class, Saturdays, always at nine
Ho Chi Mihn Trail, hopeful, riddles of mind
Riddles of time…. (or: She’s so divine….)
Looking glass, Easter Mass sigh
Shop worn dilemma and wine.
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15. |
silence is golden
01:59
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16. |
narcolepsy and insomnia
01:55
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20. |
all aboard the arc!
03:08
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ALL ABOARD THE ARC! (D. Schenk, M. Fedak)
They're forecasting rain of biblical proportions
every day next week
whole bio-regions will be flooded so I've got to hurry, time is running out
collect one healthy specimen of every specie in this region
give them food and shelter in my giant arc
until the flood waters subside
and the land-is-once-again dry.
So far, there's Rhino and Dragonfly, Badger and Crab, Hippo and Elk
Locust and Sloth, Puma and Dog, Emu and Snake
Too-many-more to name…
I hope I didn't forget any
I hope I have enough supplies
I hope they all get along
until we see land again
and it's safe to leave the arc
and start all over again….. (repeat, fading out)
Optional part 2 (or perhaps a different song at the end of the EP/album):
"Wait a minute, weren't you supposed to bring aboard
at least two of every type of animal
male and female, so that they can procreate
to replace all those who died
in the Great Flood?"
"Ah, damn, I didn't think of that!
I guess my rescue plan wasn't so great after all!
All my best efforts have come to naught!" X 2
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21. |
an unfortunate oversight
03:03
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AN UNFORTUNATE OVERSIGHT (D. Schenk, M. Fedak)
“Wait a minute, weren’t you supposed to bring aboard
At least two of every type of animal
Male and female, so they can procreate
To replace all-those-who died
In the Great Flood
To replace all-those-who died
In the Great Flood.
“Ah, damned, I didn’t even think of that!
That’s quite an oversight on my part, isn’t it?
All my best efforts have come to naught
All my best efforts have come to naught….
PT. 2 (F minor)
La-la! La-la! La-la-la La! Etc.
(La-la-laaaa-la-la-la, la-la-laaaa-la-la-la…. Etc.)
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22. |
from salamander to fish
03:16
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FROM SALAMANDER TO FISH (D. Schenk, M. Fedak)
I am forgotten, left behind, an outcast from the last album, forlorn
The other animals of this domain boarded the arc before the storm
The rain that reigned, and heavily rained every day for a decade or more
I’m afraid to say I-slept-in-that-day when the neighbourhood flood watch
forewarned….
But despite all that I got a good soaking, verily, drenched, a storm
At least I got my previously bad thirst quenched, I am not thirsty anymore
And I did not suffer, no, I survived by reversing evolution and time
A land based amphibian that became a fish no longer in need of air….
Where the sea monkeys live in their tiny white castles
Their civilization glows in the bioluminous darkness
Darkness ...
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23. |
synthcopation in f major
02:00
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marc fedak Toronto, Ontario
From Windsor Ontario Canada, currently resides in Toronto. Plays rhythm guitar and sings in a local garage rock band Spacecraft 7, but also writes other types of music, such as acoustic/folk and classical influenced piano. Formerly a member of absurdist post punk band Prehistoric Cavestrokers, among others. ... more
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