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lyrics

Between the Buddha and Bukowski
Shone the light
Sang the song
Broke the heart
rang the gong
Built up
Tore it down to make it right
Built it wrong

And there was nothing to be said
to anyone
who was seen
what was there
didnt speak
didnt care and only spins around and round
and round

All is whole, I am clear
One is nought
Sound is ears
Who is who, what is what
It is nothing that you hear
And it sings and sings and it sings
And it sings and sings and it sings
And it sings and sings and it sings and it sings and it sings and it sings and it sings

Drunken saints and peeling paint
in an old house by the sea
While old Li Bo and Laotze laugh with me
Creeley keeps measures
Good for him, must me fun
Blake is screamin in my ear, a flower in the sun
Williams pushes garden tools while simpler folk push crack
The world's for sale, it doesn't scale
And noone gets their money back

All is whole, I am clear
One is nought, sound is hears
Who is who, what is what
It is nothing that you hear
And it sings, and it sings, and it sings

THe lights are off, the house is dark
I am a toddler in the park
THe days pile up like mountain chains
And in the morning same is all the same
Same is all the same
Same is all the same
Same is all the same

FUck happiness
With pristine earty, the eyes and mind collide
Between two things
There is no thing
And I fit perfectly inside
Inside.

All is whole, I am clear
One is nought
Sound is ears
Who is who, what is what
It is nothing that you hear
And it sings and sings and it sings
And it sings and sings and it sings
And it sings and sings and it sings and it sings and it sings and it sings and it sings

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from Folk Quixote, released October 14, 2019
Lyrics by RJ McDonald
Guitar, singing and arranging by Scott Hamilton
Erik Schoepen on Mandolin
Pasquale Minieri and Rocco Siliotto sound engineers

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Cougars in America is the new alt-folk project of Canadian-turned-Bruxellois singer-songwriter, Scott Hamilton. Poet, multi- instrumentalist, and troubadour, he transforms his world into song. His music has been compared to Bonnie Prince Billy or Sufjan Stevens, and serves in equal measures American Folk, Blues, and Indie Rock. ... more

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