Logickal Blues
words & music (c)1996
by Nancy Louise Freeman
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Hot moon electric snow
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Her voice come slippin through the whispers on the
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late night radio
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Sayin, "If you could help me out I'd
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surely be your friend, yeah
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"I've been ridin these empty desert airwaves
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since I don't know when
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"And all this fadin in fadin out
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like the shadow of a doubt I feel I'm
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"near the end, yes I feel I'm near the end.."
And I said:
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Break time, there's no need to dodge it
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Takes a little bit of magick
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and a little bit of logick
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So take mine to build up your song with,
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So long as what you're singin's something
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I can sing along with
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Shake it down, she's talkin knda tragick
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Like, "Whatcha gonna do with logick
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"When you can't control your magick?"
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Well break it down, 'tseasy enough for you to say
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But that's not how I felt when the logick went away yeah
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And she said, "So what's your story, girl?"
Well, I come from a country white and black
They put sixteen candles in my pocket
And said, "Don't you come back."
While I was
Taken in stakin out my high ground
Well somethin snuck up from behind yeah
(Occupied my mind)
But now break it down
Iterate Resolve
Debate
Formulate and back it with a beat
And I'll prove it with my body and I'll prove it with my feet yeah
Break time, there's no need to dodge it
Takes a little bit of magick
and a little bit of logick
So take mine to build up your song with,
So long as what you're singin's something
I can sing along with
Shake it down, she's talkin knda tragick
Like, "Whatcha gonna do with logick
"When you can't control your magick?"
Well break it down, 'tseasy enough for you to say
But that's not how I felt when the logick went away yeah
Shake it out
The stars are runnin naked
But no matter how they scatter, girl, you
Leave it as you take it so
Take mine to build up your song with
So long as what you're singin's something
I can sing along with
Break it up
Don't give me all your static;
The thought is where your heart is and the
Change is automatic
So make it up
'Seasy enough for you to say,
But that's not how I felt the day the
Logick went away