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All I've Been Dreaming Of

by Ed Askew

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1.
the Raft 04:03
when i make a song and the words the words won't come i wait i try to wait for something to happen the cold war was a game that we that we all used to play like hide and go seek it was better than nothing when i dance on the world i can see the boys and girls spinning like tops on the hand of God - life on a raft there's not a lot a room here but i can see the shore this raft will take me anywhere - i'm writing a poem a message in a bottle i'll drop it in the deep sea it will get to shore ahead of me water falls on the ground sometimes sometimes you feel down but the band the next band in the show is fantastic when i make a song and the words the words won't come i try i try to wait for something to happen
2.
Mexico City 03:52
i lived in a house... in San Francisco every day I'd go out.. for coffee and I'd walk down.. to Golden Gate Park just to look at...the green trees. and i was stranded ..in Mexico City cause my flight was canceled...i forgot to confirm it so i went to see.. Diego Rivera he had Mural in town.. about the revolution and i remember .. i went down to DC we all gathered around.. the Pentagon and president Nixon.. was having a party but we were ones.. protecting America but we were young ..and beautiful we lived in a house .. in Connecticut
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it's water under a bridge as i look across time Saturn has moons and Shakespeare had rhymes through all of the tears and rock-n-roll rides i sat on the bank of that little river -- who would be leave the stars still come out at night and the rain comes down when the rain comes down and i have to laugh at the Sun in the sky and the music keeps coming keeps coming all of the times i got drunk and too stoned and i wanderer the streets till morning i cried for my self like a boy with no home that was not that was not a solution --you can fill up a lake with the tears from your face and come to a tragic conclusion but in stead of your tears you can open your ears cause this tower of Babel makes music this tower of Babel makes music
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red lives fall, to the sidewalk, on a rainy night traffic's backed up, a driver says, hey get out of the way it's 1 in the morning the night's just beginning cabs pull up, to the door of, club 45 a door man, with a blue umbrella, he'l take you inside what's on the agenda, Ted? has Gladys White started singing yet? i walk up to the bar, at club 45 i look around, hey this place, would make a great song hey John i'l have whiskey what up with your band, where are you playing? i'm a little drunk, after 2 hours. i saw a few friends hey Ted call me a taxi, i think i'l go home the music was delicious Gladys white had me in tears tonight red lives fall, to the sidewalk, on a rainy night traffic's backed up, a driver says, hey get out of the way it's 3 in the morning the night's just beginning
5.
i used to go down... to Elm City the tables were round..and kids.. made coffee Eddy D. was a boy, with beautiful eyes we sat on the Green with a bottle of wine, and talked about.. new times morning to night i talked to my friends ..in winter it was...warm in there ..........the flag on the window.. said.. don't tread on me the coffee was hot and beautiful boys ..talked to me about Vietnam..the political mess..in Washington i used to go down.. to Elm City the tables were round..and kids.. made coffee so don’t tread on us ...don’t tread on us no don’t tread on us...don’t tread on us
6.
deKooning 02:40
when i think of big words like longevity and fame and history and the art-world and personality and great when i think of big words like longevity and fame when i think of big words like hero and great million dollar paintings in billion dollar mansions i'm screaming in the great museum looking for looking for the answers looking for looking for the answers in a studio in the Hamptons Jay Gatsby in the water deKooning can't remember when i think of big words like longevity and fame and history and the art-world and personality and great when i think of big words like longevity and fame when i think of big words like hero and great
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remember the little boy i found he was throwing everybody's stuff around i said, Michael how can we be friends if your gona' throw my stuff around a child in the after-school said "i wana to go home wit' chew" Michael, you have a family see ya' tomorrow at the after-school --this is where i'm sposed' to sing something wise, a consolation prize about memories made of this about memories made of this on his birthday we went to visit the elephants at the Bronx Zoo my street fighter turned into a perfect gentleman (i was amazed) the last time i saw Michael at the after school we all played baseball in the afternoon 8 years old, and nothing to loose he said, "give me a dolla', Mr Ed". --this is where i'm sposed' to sing something wise, a consolation prize about memories made of this about memories made of this
9.
white buildings on the horizon orange clouds and a sky blue sun the little child holds rainbow crayons makes pictures that shine like, shine like young musician lives in the city serves coffee to make the rent but when he plays he makes a rainbow all the colors that shine like, shine like kids play football in the play ground like to laugh and fool around but after school john makes a rainbow when he dances, when he dances white spires on the horizon orange clouds and a sky blue sun the little child holds rainbow crayons makes pictures that shine like, shine like
10.
the Letter 03:08
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Mother's in the kitchen in 1947 listening to a program and cutting up an orange and the band is playing Stardust the band is playing Stardust Nana's making pancakes in her Maple Street apartment she's whistling over batter in a big bowel children, watch the hot stove children, watch the hot stove --every child knows that pancakes on the stove make a child grow fathers watching tv in 1957 he's drinking a beer and Lawrence Welk has a big band god, that awful music god, that awful music i'm getting out of highschool in 1959 i'm going on to art school to make a lot a' paintings the old folks don't like it the old folks don't like it __ but every child knows that pancakes on the stove make a child grow
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butterflies in the trees sunlight comes through the leaves to caresses the dirty face of a little boy on the beach making a castle of sand a yellow shovel and pale he carries water from the sea he carries water from the sea light from a street lamp shines on the sidewalk below making an island of light making an island in the night and all i can remember we could have stayed there forever till mama called come in here till mama called come in here Long Island Sound is a calm body of water some days you could see Long Island on the blue line of the horizon and the sound of tiny waves on the shore line and the cold wind of winter blue in the face of a boy as he walked there he was wandering if he could paint that he was wandering if he could paint that

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released March 3, 2014

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Ed Askew New York

The singer-songwriter / painter moved to New York for a few months in 1967 where he met Bernard Stollman of ESP-Disk, who offered him a contract. Between 1968 and 1986, Ed lived, mostly, in New Haven; doing occasional shows with his band, and later doing solo shows there. Around 1987, Ed moved to New York City, where he continues to write and record songs, and occasionally perform. ... more

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