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Carnival of Stars

by David Leon Zink

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1.
The Senseless Question 05:19
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Senseless Question She said Tell me why we misbehave— Would ya call it sin or just blind luck? Well I Didn’t really know the answer so I Lit another cigarette— You see I’m bent on self destruct. Then I said: Maybe it’s a senseless question I mean What we do is what we do And honey right now I’m thinkin’ What it is I wanna do with you She said It’s no great mystery What it is you wanna Do with me But what I’m askin’ darlin’ is When you look in your Well of whys Do you see anything else there But a mirror for your own eyes? Or is it just a senseless question— Is what we are really what we are? And what’s the answer for this restless yearnin’ I felt every day of my life so far. Well I Never really understood her I couldn’t comprehend her restless Words Ah but lately I been thinkin’ We should run it all back in reverse ’Cause the nights we spent in naked sorrow Stirred the secrets of my empty soul And it was just a senseless question And we were two senseless Fools All I wanted was a woman with answers I guess she didn’t know the rules
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Carnival of Stars 05:56
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Carnival of Stars Are you lonely? Well - - don't be 'Cause I am here too And I was lonely But only Till my eyes found you And I was thinking I'm a stranger to this place But then I recognized the danger in your face You're not like others You're different You're a flower in chaos You have no purpose No, you're worthless And hopelessly lost But being found in such a madness is alright There's nothing rational in thinking in black and white When we are spinning in circles And twirling around the sun Galaxies whirling out Destinies in space and time And it's easy to get dizzy On the Carnival of Stars It's easy to get sick To forget all that we are We must hold tight On that Carnival of Stars Do you need me? I need you And I'm not wrong Whether together in the dark I know I'm where we belong I think I heard your voice in dreams Before you whispered in my ear That you were yearning for a lover Who would catch your falling tear Like the Spirit on the deep Before the Universe appeared And sent us spinning in circles And twirling around the sun Galaxies whirling out Destinies in space and time And it's easy to get dizzy On the Carnival of Stars It's easy to get sick To forget all that we are We must hold tight On that Carnival of Stars
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Lorilynn's Wine 03:32
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Lorilynn's Wine She dances in circles I move in squares My feet get frozen like icicles She melts them with her stares Oh how she moves around me Stealing my dreams with her What can my heart do? Make room for Lorilynn there. Lorilynn speaks like the seasons My words fall in lines She doesn't care about reasons I care so much about mine She says she'd like to free me If only I had the time What can my heart do? I fear the taste of Lorilynn's wine Drink it to the bottom Loose these dreams of mine What can my heard do? I fear the taste of Lorilynn's wine Drink it to the bottom Loose these dreams of mine What can my heart do? I fear the taste of Lorilynn's wine She dances in circles I move in squares My feet get frozen like icicles She melts them with her stares She says she'd like to free me If only I had the time What can my heart do? I fear the taste of Lorilynn's wine Drink it to the bottom Loose these dreams of mine What can my heart do? I fear the taste of Lorilynn's wine What can my heard do? I fear the taste of Lorilynn's wine What can my heard do? I fear the taste of Lorilynn's wine
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No Rest 04:04
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No Rest When I was a little boy Well my daddy had a farm We lived in the country Far far away from harm Took most of his grown life Just to make it pay Come along the land taxes And they took it all away And my daddy said ”Son, I can’t get no rest. No.” Then we packed our bags And we pulled up our roots We moved to the city Tried to earn a livin’ My daddy shed his blood there Just to make it pay Oh, he was a good man that paid his debts But it took him to his grave And when he died he said ”Son, I can’t get no rest. No. Can’t get no rest. Hi hi hi, no rest." Oh, but I grew up And I learned to see A man’s a fool to open up his veins And pour it all out for money They take your land and they give you a dollar bill It wrap around you like a two-fanged snake It get you spendin’ your life just runnin’ round makin’ Mistakes you don’t wanna make Oh, and you can’t rest No no no you can’t rest You can’t rest No no no you can’t rest. I got a tribal fire And it burns in me The voices of ten thousand Screamin’ to be free I’ll put a foot on big business I’ll put a foot on the state And I will dance about in my freedom Dance out my own fate And I won’t rest Hi hi hi I won’t rest I won’t rest No no no no rest, no rest I won’t rest No no no no no no no no
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Rainbow 04:14
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Rainbow The first town we came to, Colorado Some left over homesteaded waste A red man approached, says ”I’m Rainbow— Now come on you buy me a taste.” We walked to the cafe bar on the one drag Liquor and flies in the air A man said, ”Rainbow, whatcha pullin’ on these young boys? You’re too drunk Now you get outta here!” But old Rainbow said ”I’m buyin’ boys Now you set down. Gonna show you my injun ways.” And when the food come Well he lift his hands toward the ceilin’ Then by god he started to pray. Sayin’ Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey a Hey, hey, hey a Heya Last night while I was sleepin’ I saw a thousand painted warriors standing tall And they were dancin’ to the rhythm of their Great White No doubt in their song at all. Singin’ Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey Hey, hey, hey a Hey, hey, hey a Heya
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Road to Freedom 04:06
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Road to Freedom Well I had too much So I went my way Walkin' down that Road to Freedom I said "Fare thee well won't be back another day" Walkin' down my road Saw a black man walkin' Down the road to Montgomery Asked if he wanted a ride He said "No thank you. Ha! I'm walkin' for freedom Straight on down that road." Then I heard a shot Thought it came from Memphis Prayed to God I was dreamin' The blood of MLK Poured like mixed cement Like pavement down on that road On the Road to Freedom Talkin' 'bout the Road to Freedom I'm walkin' down the Road to Freedom The Road to Freedom Now there's rumors of trouble Skinheads in America Preachin' hatred in the Rainbow Nation Ah now C'mon children there's a long way to go We gotta get down on that road On the Road to Freedom The Road to Freedom Now there's a link in my heart There's a link in yours too It's a chain 'tween every woman and man And if one ain't free then none are free We are on the Road to Freedom On the Road to Freedom Talkin' 'bout the Road to Freedom I'm walkin' down the Road to Freedom The Road to Freedom Well I had too much So I went my way Walkin' down that Road to Freedom I said "Fare thee well won't be back another day" Walkin' down my road
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East of Eden 03:46
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East of Eden When Eve was made from Adam's rib The soul was sweet, the passions hid So well content - - through ignorance found bliss 'Til Eve she said to Adam "Man I've had enough of this" While walkin' hand in hand she led him up the hill She had him eat the fruit so sweet until he had his fill He said "Hey - - what's this you gave me? It gives me fever! Drivin' me insane!" There's a place East of Eden Where passion reigns and childhood ends Now strong young Cain and Abel went To fetch some wood from around the bend Now Cain was dark - - on jealousy he fed Cain he picked on up a stone and cracked young Abel's head While walkin' back to home he heard a voice that said: "Cain I fear it seems quite clear you struck young Abel dead!" He said, "Hey - - get it straight! I'm not my brother's keeper and I'm sure he's doin' great!" There's a place East of Eden Where passion reigns, where childhood ends The world is full of hard cold facts The soul they stain, the face they slap Not much to do to end the pain Just do our best today and tomorrow do again But I like to believe that there's some point to this That love and pain create a chain that cause a soul to lift I sing "Hey - - times are changin'! I know we're heading somewhere - - but I don't know where it is!" There's a place, there's a place East of Eden, East of Eden
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You and Me 04:47
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You and Me I look in your eyes and I see Traces of things I love and loathe You say you love me but I say There's plenty to hate inside us both So why are we here? What brings you to me, me to you? Guess everybody's got to love someone But what I'm wonderin' is why You and me? You and me? Could have had a diplomat. Hmmm... You're not a diplomat, no no no. Hm... And sometimes you rough me up With your accusations and your reprimands, well Guess everybody's got to love someone. Hmmm... You and me... You and me... I look in your eyes and I see Traces of you, traces of me You say you love me but I say You love the me you want me to be So why are we here? What brings me to you, you to me? Guess everybody's got to love someone But what I'm wonderin' is what to do, what to do, what to do with You and me... You and me...
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Be My Muse 04:14
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Be My Muse Under the canopy You open up in me Beauty with one caress You open up in me Writing my pantoum Breathless from your perfume Drowning in a cataract of... Breathless perfume And if you would sing to me A thousand arts would spring in me Be my muse Could this be nonchalance? Mais je ne sais pas quoi Could this be indifference? Mais je ne sais pas quoi Torment me with kisses Keep me burning with desire Drive me to the brink of madness Keep me burning with desire And if you would sing to me Fill my heart with ecstacy Be my muse And if you would sing to me A thousand arts would spring in me Be my muse Be my muse
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If God Is a Woman 04:41
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If God is a Woman My woman has gold in her hair She's got the holy fire in her eyes She's got the power to make me tremble With just one touch An altar of skin burning with incense Coal hot kisses purging my sins O if God is a woman If God is a woman If God is a woman I am her worshipper Her breasts and her womb hold the secrets of life Towering cathedrals and dark deep catacombs Icon - - a mystic beauty that I can touch Mystic oracles thunder in rhythm The language of angels in ecstasy singing If God is a woman If God is a woman If God is a woman I am her worshipper Holy Moses stop your stuttering I have found a mate for my soul The earth has moved and the heavens are falling And my heart is burning but it is not consumed Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Holy Moses stop your stuttering I have found a mate for my soul The earth has moved and the heavens are falling And my heart is burning but it is not consumed Hallelujah! Hallelujah! My woman has gold in her hair She's got the holy fire in her eyes She's got the power to make me tremble With just one touch An altar of skin burning with incense Coal hot kisses purging my sins O if God is a woman If God is a woman If God is a woman I am her worshipper If God is a woman I am her worshipper If God is a woman I am her worshipper
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Siren Song 03:05
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Siren Song The voices pierce the flesh Sweet piercing Cold as shutters of light Spinning in the stars eternal In the half-shut eyes The soft wind that pierces with memory Of things past that never were Eternal beyond remembering Crying from beauty "My God, my God Why have I forsaken you?" This droplet Stranded on a green blade Must join the river Must join the ocean

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released January 1, 1992

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David Leon Zink Magalia, California

Under a big tent of genres—acoustic folk, rock, blues, gospel, country, jazz and world beat influences—David sings with a spirit that is at once distinctive and familiar, uncommonly intelligent, earnest and playful.

With his agile voice, expressive guitar artistry and adventurous songcraft, David has recorded several solo albums, and toured throughout the U.S. and Europe. ... more

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