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Item 274
I just melted in your eyes
In one sentence: Tom's half lyric 'I just melted in your eyes,' three cursive verses on a three-hole-punched lined sheet, which became the song 'Ten Feet Tall', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten half lyric 'I just melted in your eyes', which became the song TEN FEET TALL (set list 19, track 7 of the 34 albums), three four-line verses in cursive on a 3-hole-punched lined sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten half lyric 'I just melted in your eyes', three verses in cursive, which became the song TEN FEET TALL (set list 19, track 7 of the 34 albums).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: TEN FEET TALL (set list 19, track 7) ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; Shorter Lyrics (2013) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Tom's Anthology 2011 and 2012 ; Love
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 19 · track 7 · as the song TEN FEET TALL
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Shorter Lyrics (2013)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 33 at the latestproved: the chorus is in Chomskian Poems (July 4, 2011), as TEN FEET TALL, and the verse in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (Laima dedication), as FINDING A CURE - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 19 (track 7) · Set List 19: Della Of Troy, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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I just melted in your eyes
discovered {struck: found} something pure
From the disease of lies
you have become my cure
With you I'm ten feet tall
And the world seems so small
Yet I'm up so high
Who will catch me when I fall?
It should be you
Since you put me here
But never before
have I seen so clear
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discovered (to the left of line 2)
6 (to the right of line 2)
discovered {struck: found} something pure
From the disease of lies
you have become my cure
With you I'm ten feet tall
And the world seems so small
Yet I'm up so high
Who will catch me when I fall?
It should be you
Since you put me here
But never before
have I seen so clear
MARGIN:
discovered (to the left of line 2)
6 (to the right of line 2)
Item 278
I turn frowns upside down and make unhappy
In one sentence: Tom's half lyric 'I turn frowns upside down and make unhappy people smile,' short verses with syllable counts, on a folded spiral notebook sheet, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten half lyric 'I turn frowns upside down and make unhappy people smile', short verses with syllable counts in the margin, on a folded lined spiral notebook sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten half lyric 'I turn frowns upside down and make unhappy people smile', short verses with his syllable counts in the margin, from the 34 albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set List 3 (track 2) - F THE W ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Tom's Anthology, February 19, 2011 ; Tom's Anthology 2011 and 2012 ; Inspiring ; Humor
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSSet List 3 · track 2 · as the song F THE W
IN A BOOKTom's Anthology, February 19, 2011
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestthe earliest book that holds the words is Tom's Anthology, February 19, 2011, as the poem F THE W; the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 3 (track 2) · Set List 3: Self In The Mirror, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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I turn frowns upside down and make unhappy
people Smile
Life gotcha down If I'm around I'll sit and talk
with you {struck: for} {struck: a} awhile
Then I'll share with you what I do
I see your face
it looks to me
you need some cheering up
Eyebrows are raised
Hair out of place
your eyes are tearing up
You've lost your faith
In yourself hey...
You better listen up
Sometimes it seems
They crush your dreams
And THEN that's when life gets tough...
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4
4
6
people Smile
Life gotcha down If I'm around I'll sit and talk
with you {struck: for} {struck: a} awhile
Then I'll share with you what I do
I see your face
it looks to me
you need some cheering up
Eyebrows are raised
Hair out of place
your eyes are tearing up
You've lost your faith
In yourself hey...
You better listen up
Sometimes it seems
They crush your dreams
And THEN that's when life gets tough...
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4
4
6
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Item 279
SHADES
In one sentence: Tom's black-ink lyric 'Shades', asking what color we are inside, on one sheet of lined notebook paper with lines crossed out as he worked, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten black-ink lyric SHADES (set list 10, track 10, the song SHADES), on a single sheet of lined notebook paper, asking what color we are inside and crossing out lines as he worked them.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten working draft of SHADES, the lyric that became track 10 on set list 10 of his 34 Albums, with crossed-out lines showing him work out the question of what color we are inside.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 10 (track 10) SHADES ; Society ; Identity ; Miscellaneousthe old category list says: MISCELLANEOUS (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 10 · track 10 · as the song SHADES
IN A BOOKTom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 10 (track 10) · Set List 10: Go Ask Gramm, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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What color are your insides?
That's all that matters
What we can see outside
Are just shades and spatters
[crossed out line beginning with "The clothes of an actor"]
A non-mitigated factor
From mighty bright white
To midnight black [crossed out: "or something darker"] blacker
just a tiny fraction of the whole
Something that which is beyond our control
Gives no insight to the depths of the soul
Might show where we're from but not where we're gonna go.
That's all that matters
What we can see outside
Are just shades and spatters
[crossed out line beginning with "The clothes of an actor"]
A non-mitigated factor
From mighty bright white
To midnight black [crossed out: "or something darker"] blacker
just a tiny fraction of the whole
Something that which is beyond our control
Gives no insight to the depths of the soul
Might show where we're from but not where we're gonna go.
Item 285
I've got a brand new method to my madness
In one sentence: Tom's working draft of 'I've got a brand new method to my madness,' on a torn spiral notebook sheet with rhyme letters and syllable counts, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten working draft of I've got a brand new method to my madness, published in the 34 albums and in 200 Poems Waiting For Music, on a torn loose-leaf sheet marked with A/B/C rhyme letters, syllable counts and the margin note Jaded - cynical.
- Why it matters
- Tom's working draft of I've got a brand new method to my madness, marked with his A/B/C rhyme letters and syllable counts - it shows how he builds a lyric - which went into his 34 Albums and more than a dozen books including 200 Poems Waiting For Music and Only The Best.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: I've got a brand new method to my madness ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Finished Song Lyrics (2011) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Rhyme worksheets / working notes ; Society
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 12 · track 11 · as the song UNDERRATED
song list 4 · track 6 · as the song OVERRATED
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Finished Song Lyrics (2011)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014)
The November 2012 Anthology (2012)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- Same words
- also written out as number 987
- On the site
- Set List 12 (track 11) · Set List 12: Wounded Masculinity, all-in-one page · Song List 4 (track 6) · Song List 4: A Traveler In The Distance, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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I've got a brand new method to my madness
And very {struck: very.} simply stated $\rightarrow$ This life I lead I hate it
I've decided my life's too complicated
So much to do and yet there's so little time
clock's hands keep spinning can't relax or unwind
Each thought and deed {struck: must be} {superscript: seems so} premeditated
Seconds bled away cannot be turnicated
A(11) I've got a brand new method to my madness
B (7) And very simply stated
B (7) This life I lead I hate it
B (11) Like all the rest I'm encapsulated
C (11) I failed myself now I'm really in a bind
C (11) And still yet I've convinced myself I'm {superscript: AM} fine
B (11) my Destiny won't manifest and I've waited
B (11) {struck: 20000} being the best is over rated
{superscript: Hopefully?}
A 11 I've got a brand new method to my madness
B 7 And very simply stated
B 7 This life I lead I hate it
B 11 My life's an open book though few have read it
C 11 Though my cover is quite plain my text is rich
C 11 Be it fact or fiction {superscript: who knows} {struck: 20000} which is which
{struck: BFP} {struck: I find truth in lies when I'm intoxicated}
B 11 Fak{struck: e} happiness through{superscript: my} tears {struck: o} {superscript: so} I appear elated
B 11 I can find truth in lies while I'm intoxicated
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Jaded - cynical
by exp'n
And very {struck: very.} simply stated $\rightarrow$ This life I lead I hate it
I've decided my life's too complicated
So much to do and yet there's so little time
clock's hands keep spinning can't relax or unwind
Each thought and deed {struck: must be} {superscript: seems so} premeditated
Seconds bled away cannot be turnicated
A(11) I've got a brand new method to my madness
B (7) And very simply stated
B (7) This life I lead I hate it
B (11) Like all the rest I'm encapsulated
C (11) I failed myself now I'm really in a bind
C (11) And still yet I've convinced myself I'm {superscript: AM} fine
B (11) my Destiny won't manifest and I've waited
B (11) {struck: 20000} being the best is over rated
{superscript: Hopefully?}
A 11 I've got a brand new method to my madness
B 7 And very simply stated
B 7 This life I lead I hate it
B 11 My life's an open book though few have read it
C 11 Though my cover is quite plain my text is rich
C 11 Be it fact or fiction {superscript: who knows} {struck: 20000} which is which
{struck: BFP} {struck: I find truth in lies when I'm intoxicated}
B 11 Fak{struck: e} happiness through{superscript: my} tears {struck: o} {superscript: so} I appear elated
B 11 I can find truth in lies while I'm intoxicated
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Jaded - cynical
by exp'n
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Item 287
I don't need to be treated like I'm a super star
In one sentence: Tom's lyric 'I don't need to be treated like I'm a super star,' in black ink with blue and orange edits, which went into the song 'Behave', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short lyric I don't need to be treated like I'm a super star, which went into the song BEHAVE (set list 17, track 9), in black ink on a plain white sheet with blue and orange edits and bold orange marker lines below.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten short lyric I don't need to be treated like I'm a super star, which became the song BEHAVE (set list 17, track 9) of his 34 Albums and appears in Only The Best (2018).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 17 (track 9) BEHAVE ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Only The Best (2018) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Humility ; Relationships
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 17 · track 9 · as the song BEHAVE
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 33 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 17 (track 9) · Set List 17: Smirks Swears Moans And Cries, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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I don't need to be treated like I'm a super star / I just need to feel needed / And Honey there you are / Back seat love {struck: you} can't beat it / {struck: Right now} And you're making it hard / to resist ya fine sista / like to break ya like the law /// (in orange marker) You don't need to say you love me / Never been my top priority / I'm standing looking down at you / Wishing that you were on top of me
Item 289
I am hoping it's not true
In one sentence: Tom's eleven-line cursive lyric 'I am hoping it's not true,' about singing on without the old passion, on a lined notebook sheet, part of the song 'Expired', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short lyric I am hoping it's not true, published in the 34 albums and The November 2024 Collection, eleven cursive lines in dark ink on a lined notebook sheet about singing on without the old passion.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric I am hoping it's not true, about singing on without the old passion, which became the song EXPIRED in his 34 Albums and went into books including Chomskian Poems (2011) and Only The Best (2018).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: I am hoping it's not true ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Music ; Loss
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 6 · track 1 · as the song EXPIRED
IN A BOOKTom's Anthology, February 19, 2011
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestthe earliest book that holds the words is Tom's Anthology, February 19, 2011, as the poem EXPIRED; the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 6 (track 1) · Set List 6: Definitely Not Love, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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I am hoping it's not True
But our time may have expired
Sure I still sing for you
But lacking passion
lacking fire
Or at least not like I used to
I won't lie, I'm not a liar
My eyes still like looking at you
Oh -
But now I close them when I get
tired
But our time may have expired
Sure I still sing for you
But lacking passion
lacking fire
Or at least not like I used to
I won't lie, I'm not a liar
My eyes still like looking at you
Oh -
But now I close them when I get
tired
Item 299
It's not where you end up but how far you had to go to get there
In one sentence: Tom's two-line lyric 'It's not where you end up but how far you had to go to get there,' written faintly, which went into the song 'Insomnia', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten two-line lyric It's not where you end up but how far you had to go to get there, which went into the song INSOMNIA (set list 11, track 6), written faintly on a plain white sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten two-line lyric It's not where you end up but how far you had to go to get there, which went into the song INSOMNIA (set list 11, track 6) of his 34 Albums and into 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 11 (track 6) INSOMNIA ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Finished Song Lyrics (2011) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Inspiring ; Motivational ; Journey
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 11 · track 6 · as the song INSOMNIA
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Finished Song Lyrics (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 11 (track 6) · Set List 11: Noise Lies And Longing, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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It's not where you end up but how far you had to go to get there / If you were born with a Senate seat don't you ever complain that life's not fair
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Item 300
I wake up remove the covers from my face
In one sentence: Tom's lyric 'I wake up remove the covers from my face,' about the daily grind of the wage slave, on a three-hole lined sheet with syllable brackets, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten lyric I wake up remove the covers from my face, about the daily grind of the wage slave, published in the 34 albums and 200 Poems Waiting For Music, on a three-hole lined sheet with 3/8 syllable brackets on every line.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric I wake up remove the covers from my face, about the daily grind of the wage slave, with 3/8 syllable brackets on every line showing how he measured it, which went into his 34 Albums and 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: I wake up remove the covers from my face ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Finished Song Lyrics (2011) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Society ; Work ; Chomskian
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Finished Song Lyrics (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 11 (track 6) · Set List 11: Noise Lies And Longing, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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I wake up remove the covers from my {struck: bed}
3 8
Then I do what I can for the human race,
3 8
Fight the urge, to give in when I'm overwhelmed
3 8
Save the world, {struck: But} First I gotta {struck: save} work on myself
3 8
{struck: But I'm} I am close to becoming the man that I was
6 born to be
8
Another drone - another paid wage slave
Worked to death - dead at a young age
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face, work on
3 8
Then I do what I can for the human race,
3 8
Fight the urge, to give in when I'm overwhelmed
3 8
Save the world, {struck: But} First I gotta {struck: save} work on myself
3 8
{struck: But I'm} I am close to becoming the man that I was
6 born to be
8
Another drone - another paid wage slave
Worked to death - dead at a young age
MARGIN:
face, work on
Item 302
Now is the time
In one sentence: Tom's cursive lyric 'Now is the time to show me a sign,' on a torn three-hole lined sheet with syllable counts, which went into the song 'Somewhere', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten lyric Now is the time (to show me a sign), which went into the song SOMEWHERE (set list 8, track 12), in cursive on a torn three-hole lined sheet with syllable counts at the right.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten lyric Now is the time (to show me a sign), with syllable counts at the right, which went into the song SOMEWHERE (set list 8, track 12) of his 34 Albums and into 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 8 (track 12) SOMEWHERE ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Faith ; Hope ; Searching
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 8 · track 12 · as the song SOMEWHERE
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 33 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 8 (track 12) · Set List 8: Boss Logic, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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Now is the time
To show me a sign still
Let me know you're out there...
{struck: line} Somewhere
Lately I fear
My faith's {struck} been misplaced
{struck: But I know} it's 'round here...
It hasn't disappeared Somewhere
Sure the stars shine
Someplaces sometimes
It boggles my mind
What goes on up there {struck}...
Every thing {struck} here
Had to come from somewhere
Yet where we all go
Surely I don't know
Show me a worthy leader
{struck} and I'll show you {struck} I can follow
But all I got is the list of retreaters
and a big bunch of bull shit feeders
A handful of empty promises
about tomorrow...
To show me a sign still
Let me know you're out there...
{struck: line} Somewhere
Lately I fear
My faith's {struck} been misplaced
{struck: But I know} it's 'round here...
It hasn't disappeared Somewhere
Sure the stars shine
Someplaces sometimes
It boggles my mind
What goes on up there {struck}...
Every thing {struck} here
Had to come from somewhere
Yet where we all go
Surely I don't know
Show me a worthy leader
{struck} and I'll show you {struck} I can follow
But all I got is the list of retreaters
and a big bunch of bull shit feeders
A handful of empty promises
about tomorrow...
SHORT
Item 304
I AM TO GOD WHAT THE BEATLES WERE TO JESUS
In one sentence: Tom's block-capital poem 'I Am To God What The Beatles Were To Jesus', about independent thought as the only thing that frees us, on white paper, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten poem I AM TO GOD WHAT THE BEATLES WERE TO JESUS, about independent thought as the only thing that frees us, in block capitals in four stanzas on a white sheet, published in the 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten poem I AM TO GOD WHAT THE BEATLES WERE TO JESUS, about independent thought as the only thing that frees us, which went into his 34 Albums and Chomskian Poems (2011) and Only The Best (2018).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: I AM TO GOD WHAT THE BEATLES WERE TO JESUS ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Chomskian ; Faith ; Societythe old category list says: CHOMSKIAN (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 8 (track 6) · Set List 8: Boss Logic, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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I AM TO GOD / WHAT THE BEATLES WERE TO JESUS / INDEPENDENT THOUGHT / IS THE ONLY THING THAT FREES US /// PEASANTS ARE TO POWER / JUST LIKE WEEDS TO A FLOWER / AND BRUTUS WAS TO CAESAR
HALF
Item 305
I've been trying to explain this
In one sentence: Tom's lyric 'I've been trying to explain this (the myth that what is - is),' on a lined sheet with red brackets and rhyme and syllable marks, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten lyric I've been trying to explain this (the myth that what is - is), published in the 34 albums, on a lined sheet with red brackets and A/B/C rhyme and syllable marks.
- Why it matters
- Tom's working draft of I've been trying to explain this (the myth that what is - is), marked in red with his A/B/C rhyme letters and syllable counts - it shows how he builds a lyric - which went into his 34 Albums and Chomskian Poems (2011).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 14 (track 4) - AUM...WHAT SHE SAID...OM ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Rhyme worksheets / working notes ; Chomskian ; Society
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- Same words
- also written out as numbers 688, 886 and 922
- On the site
- Set List 14 (track 4) · Set List 14: 6000 Km To Denmark, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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I've been trying to explain this / The myth that what is - is
that it's not something pliable
changable or moldable
we could try and see if - we are capable
of being strong enough
tough enough, yes, every soul is searchable
We can't hide from the unescapable
I don't think that's possible
or at least it's not responsible
that it's not something pliable
changable or moldable
we could try and see if - we are capable
of being strong enough
tough enough, yes, every soul is searchable
We can't hide from the unescapable
I don't think that's possible
or at least it's not responsible
SHORT
Item 306
Almost slippery, it's so surreal
In one sentence: Tom's cursive lyric 'Almost slippery, it's so surreal,' on a lined sheet with brackets and one struck line, which went into the song 'I Am', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten cursive lyric Almost slippery, it's so surreal, which went into the song I AM (set list 8, track 6), on a lined sheet with brackets and one struck line.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten cursive lyric Almost slippery, it's so surreal, which went into the song I AM (set list 8, track 6) of his 34 Albums and into Chomskian Poems (2011) and Only The Best (2018).draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 8 (track 6) I AM ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Self ; Identitydraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 8 · track 6 · as the song I AM
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 8 (track 6) · Set List 8: Boss Logic, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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The words on this page
Almost slippery, it's so surreal
{struck: The way I think}
The way I float
the way I feel
Almost too good it should be destroyed
But then that would
Leave a lot of people
Unemployed
The Sun God Ra
Is overpaid
Shades i've been pulled down
last (sixteen) days
{struck: The way I think}
The way I float
the way I feel
Almost too good it should be destroyed
But then that would
Leave a lot of people
Unemployed
The Sun God Ra
Is overpaid
Shades i've been pulled down
last (sixteen) days
Item 307
Living in the age of painted rust
In one sentence: A six-line lyric, 'Living in the age of painted rust,' on a torn half sheet of lined paper, its opening lines used in the song 'I Am', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten six-line lyric Living in the age of painted rust (its opening four lines are in the song I AM on the 34 albums and in Chomskian Poems, 2011), on a torn half sheet of lined paper.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten six-line lyric Living in the age of painted rust, whose opening four lines went into his song I AM (34 Albums) and his book Chomskian Poems (2011).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 8 (track 6) - I AM ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Society ; State of the world
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 8 · track 6 · as the song I AM (the opening four lines; the last two lines on the sheet are not in the song)
IN A BOOKChomskian Poems (2011) (the opening four lines are in the poem I AM; the last two lines on the sheet are in no book) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestits first four lines are in the poem I AM in Chomskian Poems (July 4, 2011); the last two lines on the sheet are in no book, so the sheet may be an earlier draft - best guess
- Same words
- also written out as number 703
- On the site
- Set List 8 (track 6) · Set List 8: Boss Logic, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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The words on this page
Living in the age of painted rust
Sure looks pretty but do you trust
That it would even hold your weight
Or all those behind me trying to escape
Since matter follows energy
You all know what is behind me
Sure looks pretty but do you trust
That it would even hold your weight
Or all those behind me trying to escape
Since matter follows energy
You all know what is behind me
FULL
Item 309
I got about thirty seconds
In one sentence: Tom's poem 'I got about thirty seconds to get inside your head,' in black ink on a sheet crowded with crossings-out and margin notes, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL POEM
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem I got about thirty seconds (to get inside your head), published in Tom's Anthology of September 18, 2011, in black ink on a sheet crowded with crossings-out and margin notes.
- Why it matters
- Tom's early handwritten poem I got about thirty seconds (to get inside your head), from his yellow binder, crowded with crossings-out and margin notes, published in Tom's Anthology of September 18, 2011.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Yellow binder (early poems) ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Relationships ; Musicdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 8 · track 1 · as the song THIRTY SECONDS (this sheet is an earlier draft of it)
IN A BOOKTom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written by age 33 at the latestbest guess - not yet proved: another version of THIRTY SECONDS is in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (Laima dedication)
- Same words
- also written out as number 903
- On the site
- Set List 8 (track 1) · Set List 8: Boss Logic, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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The words on this page
(left margin notes)
yes
so
(main body)
I got about thirty seconds
To get inside your head
let us save the small talk
For another time instead...
Hmm... I have only
Twenty seconds left
turn my belief into your beliefs
To [?] [?] [?] [?] sewn my little seed...
to fast your head with dreams [?]
making sure that maybe you can make a difference
for the world That this [?] world
that could be better than this [?]
To someone else, yourself or me...
Uh oh- just about 10 seconds
Before you're attion has all been spent
share this
I Hope you'll [?] another video...
[crossed out lines]
We'll let Google pay my rent
Oh yeah... please subscribe to me
and my friends... Thanks...
yes
so
(main body)
I got about thirty seconds
To get inside your head
let us save the small talk
For another time instead...
Hmm... I have only
Twenty seconds left
turn my belief into your beliefs
To [?] [?] [?] [?] sewn my little seed...
to fast your head with dreams [?]
making sure that maybe you can make a difference
for the world That this [?] world
that could be better than this [?]
To someone else, yourself or me...
Uh oh- just about 10 seconds
Before you're attion has all been spent
share this
I Hope you'll [?] another video...
[crossed out lines]
We'll let Google pay my rent
Oh yeah... please subscribe to me
and my friends... Thanks...
Item 310
I found truth within a song / SONG STRUCTURE
In one sentence: A two-sheet working set for the song 'Only Shared With You': a song-structure plan with arrows, plus the lyric 'I found truth within a song', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten two-sheet working set for the song ONLY SHARED WITH YOU (set list 14, track 13): a SONG STRUCTURE plan with arrows mapping the song's sections and a need repeated lyric note, plus the lyric sheet I found truth within a song.
- Why it matters
- Tom's two-sheet working set for the song ONLY SHARED WITH YOU (set list 14, track 13 of his 34 Albums): his SONG STRUCTURE plan mapping the sections with arrows and a note that it needs a repeated lyric, beside the lyric I found truth within a song - it shows how he plans a song.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 14 (track 13) ONLY SHARED WITH YOU ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Finished Song Lyrics (2011) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Song notes / working notes ; Love ; Music
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 14 · track 13 · as the song ONLY SHARED WITH YOU
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Finished Song Lyrics (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 14 (track 13) · Set List 14: 6000 Km To Denmark, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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Picture 1 of 3
Picture 2 of 3
Picture 3 of 3
The words on this page
I found truth within a song / I turned the radio on / The singer spoke your name / I couldn't turn it off /// One that never became a song / I only shared it with you
Item 314
Like the crooked picture hanging in your hall
In one sentence: A two-page working draft, 'Like the crooked picture hanging in the hall,' for the song 'Frames', with syllable counts and wording that differs from the printed song, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten two-page lyric Like the crooked picture hanging in the hall (hanging on by a nail, ready to fall), with a second page beginning One more beer and then I'm going home, a working draft of the song FRAMES (song list 7, track 2 of the 34 albums), with syllable counts and revisions; the sheet's wording differs from the printed song.
- Why it matters
- Tom's two-page handwritten lyric Like the crooked picture hanging in the hall (hanging on by a nail, ready to fall), with syllable counts, revisions and a bridge note, a working draft of the song FRAMES, printed in a different version in Tom's Anthology of September 18, 2011 and in his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: FRAMES (song list 7, track 2) ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Heartbreak ; Drinking ; Regretdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSsong list 7 · track 2 · as the song FRAMES (this sheet is a working draft of it)
IN A BOOKTom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (an earlier draft of the song FRAMES) - Age when written
- written by age 33 at the latestthe song FRAMES first appears, in a different version, in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011; this sheet is a working draft and has no date - best guess
- On the site
- Song List 7 (track 2) · Song List 7: High Tides And Landslides, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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Picture 1 of 3
Picture 2 of 3
Picture 3 of 3
The words on this page
Like {struck: the} crooked picture hanging in {struck: your} the hall
I'm {struck: Im} hanging on by a nail, ready to fall
Every day you walk on by
Yet I never catch your eye
Everyday I wait for you
To look at me like you used to
but you never do . . . .
Like {struck: your} the broken window Like Your Broken vows
{struck: Oh} Won't you {Where}
you {struck: said} let me enter {negative}
Where no man's allowed
bridge : shorter
Oh {struck: but} some day you {struck: will} regret
{struck: treating me like we never met}
Oh yeah some day you will agree
you had a good thing when you had me
One more beer and then I'm going home
Unless she comes over here and I'm not alone
One more story this one's for the kids
Time to share the pain I've been living with
Come on everyone and pull up a chair
And I'll tell you why my eyes are full
For you see I had a jealous girl of dispair...
who had {struck: a} {struck: bit} with a jealous mind
And once I had this girl
but she's no longer mine
I met two blondes up at the bar
I was drunk And things went too far
When I woke up they still were there
I then saw a note and a key on the
chair . . .
Don't know what happened
on how much she saw
Both girls were just sixteen
{struck: with} Fahe ID's {struck: and} I broke the law
---
Like the {struck: a} crooked picture hanging in {struck: the} {your} hall
{struck: I'm} {struck: I've} hanging on by a nail, ready to fall
Everyday you walk on by
Yet I never catch your eye
Everyday I wait for you {struck: [?]}
To look at me like you used to
but you never do . . .
Like {struck: your} {struck: the} broken window Like Your Broken vows
{struck: [?]} Won't you (where)
{struck: Oh} {struck: won't} {struck: you} let me enter
Where no man's allowed (negative)
bridge : shorter
Oh {struck: but} some day you {struck: 'd} {will} regret {struck: [?]}
treating me like we never met
Oh yeah someday you will agree
you had a good thing when you had me
---
One more beer and then I'm going home
Unless she comes over here and I'm not alone
One more story this one's for the kids.
Time to share the pain I've been living with
Come on everyone and pull up a chair,
And I'll tell you why my eyes are full
For you see I{struck: a} had {struck: girl} dispaive...
who ha{struck:s} {struck:bitten} a jealous {struck:man} mind
And once I had this girl
but she's no longer mine
I met two blondes up at the bar
I was drunk And things went too far
When I woke up they still were there
I then saw a note and a key on the
chair...
Don't know what happened
on how much she saw
Both girls were just sixteen
{struck:with} Fake ID's {struck:and so} I broke the law
I'm {struck: Im} hanging on by a nail, ready to fall
Every day you walk on by
Yet I never catch your eye
Everyday I wait for you
To look at me like you used to
but you never do . . . .
Like {struck: your} the broken window Like Your Broken vows
{struck: Oh} Won't you {Where}
you {struck: said} let me enter {negative}
Where no man's allowed
bridge : shorter
Oh {struck: but} some day you {struck: will} regret
{struck: treating me like we never met}
Oh yeah some day you will agree
you had a good thing when you had me
One more beer and then I'm going home
Unless she comes over here and I'm not alone
One more story this one's for the kids
Time to share the pain I've been living with
Come on everyone and pull up a chair
And I'll tell you why my eyes are full
For you see I had a jealous girl of dispair...
who had {struck: a} {struck: bit} with a jealous mind
And once I had this girl
but she's no longer mine
I met two blondes up at the bar
I was drunk And things went too far
When I woke up they still were there
I then saw a note and a key on the
chair . . .
Don't know what happened
on how much she saw
Both girls were just sixteen
{struck: with} Fahe ID's {struck: and} I broke the law
---
Like the {struck: a} crooked picture hanging in {struck: the} {your} hall
{struck: I'm} {struck: I've} hanging on by a nail, ready to fall
Everyday you walk on by
Yet I never catch your eye
Everyday I wait for you {struck: [?]}
To look at me like you used to
but you never do . . .
Like {struck: your} {struck: the} broken window Like Your Broken vows
{struck: [?]} Won't you (where)
{struck: Oh} {struck: won't} {struck: you} let me enter
Where no man's allowed (negative)
bridge : shorter
Oh {struck: but} some day you {struck: 'd} {will} regret {struck: [?]}
treating me like we never met
Oh yeah someday you will agree
you had a good thing when you had me
---
One more beer and then I'm going home
Unless she comes over here and I'm not alone
One more story this one's for the kids.
Time to share the pain I've been living with
Come on everyone and pull up a chair,
And I'll tell you why my eyes are full
For you see I{struck: a} had {struck: girl} dispaive...
who ha{struck:s} {struck:bitten} a jealous {struck:man} mind
And once I had this girl
but she's no longer mine
I met two blondes up at the bar
I was drunk And things went too far
When I woke up they still were there
I then saw a note and a key on the
chair...
Don't know what happened
on how much she saw
Both girls were just sixteen
{struck:with} Fake ID's {struck:and so} I broke the law
SHORT
Item 319
Obamafication of the masses
In one sentence: Tom's political poem 'Obamafication of the masses' ('America wants change - not the rhetoric of change'), handwritten on a lined notebook sheet, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten political poem Obamafication of the masses (America wants change - not the rhetoric of change), on a lined notebook sheet, published in the 34 albums and The November 2024 Collection.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten political poem Obamafication of the masses (America wants change - not the rhetoric of change), which went into his 34 Albums and Chomskian Poems (2011) and Only The Best (2018).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Obamafication of the masses ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Politics ; Society ; Chomskian
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 10 (track 4) · Set List 10: Go Ask Gramm, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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The words on this page
America wants change - not the rhetoric of change. YES WE CAN... / But no you didn't! /// Suffer sooner or suffer later
Item 321
SELF
In one sentence: A printed page of Tom's lyric 'Self', marked up with his handwritten edits and the first stanza ('I've gone blind') written out again by hand below, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's working sheet for the lyric SELF, a printed-out page marked up with his handwritten edits and the first stanza (I've gone blind) written out again by hand below, published in the 34 albums and 200 Poems Waiting For Music.
- Why it matters
- Tom's working page for the lyric SELF: a printed-out copy he marked up by hand, with the first stanza (I've gone blind) written out again below - it shows him revising a finished lyric; it went into his 34 Albums and 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
- Type
- Printed page
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 14 (track 4) - AUM...WHAT SHE SAID...OM ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Marked-up printouts ; Self ; Identity
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestproved: its words are in Chomskian Poems (July 4, 2011) - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 14 (track 4) · Set List 14: 6000 Km To Denmark, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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The words on this page
I've gone blind / Felt fingers numb / Don't let your beaten pride eat you alive / When self-fulfilling becomes self-defeating
Item 329
all I need is one believer
In one sentence: Tom's poem 'All I need is one believer,' on torn loose-leaf with the lines renumbered in red and the margin note 'Society at large', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten poem all I need is one believer, on a torn loose-leaf sheet with the lines renumbered in red in the margin and a red note Society at large, published in Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014).
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten poem all I need is one believer, with the lines renumbered in red in the margin and the red note Society at large, published in Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Society ; Faith ; Inspiring
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 13 · track 1 · as the song CAN'T HAVE THAT (in part)
IN A BOOKBrian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestproved: its words are in Chomskian Poems (July 4, 2011) - the sheet itself may be older
- Same words
- also written out as number 923matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
- On the site
- Set List 13 (track 1) · Set List 13: Power Shields, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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The words on this page
all I need is one believer
To inspire me to dig just a little bit deeper
all I need is one good reason -
[crossed out: the court of [?]] A grand plot to kill the president
Figure half of the jury would live to serve me
[crossed out: and to [?]] me off on this charge of treason
[crossed out: got] [? [?]] evident
Society at large
oh, we're not too pleased
1
2
3
6
5
4
To inspire me to dig just a little bit deeper
all I need is one good reason -
[crossed out: the court of [?]] A grand plot to kill the president
Figure half of the jury would live to serve me
[crossed out: and to [?]] me off on this charge of treason
[crossed out: got] [? [?]] evident
Society at large
oh, we're not too pleased
1
2
3
6
5
4
Item 349
Has she ever called out my name when you two were lying in bed?
In one sentence: A seven-line handwritten lyric about a lover calling out another man's name, on a spiral-torn lined sheet, part of the song 'This Very Room', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten seven-line lyric Has she ever called out my name when you two were lying in bed?, on a spiral-torn lined sheet, published in the 34 albums and 200 Poems Waiting For Music.
- Why it matters
- Tom's seven-line handwritten lyric Has she ever called out my name when you two were lying in bed?, which went into his 34 Albums and 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Has she ever called out my name ; Finished Song Lyrics (2011) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Heartbreak ; Jealousy ; Love
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Finished Song Lyrics (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 12 (track 9) · Set List 12: Wounded Masculinity, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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The words on this page
Has she ever called out my name when you two were lying in bed? / I'm sure she did. Wonder when she's gonna grow up - she ain't no kid!
Item 350
If You Got the Heart, Baby
In one sentence: Tom's faint-pencil poem 'If you got the heart, baby (then I got the soul),' on a loose-leaf sheet, from his early yellow binder, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten faint-pencil poem If you got the heart, baby (then I got the soul), on a loose-leaf sheet, published in Tom's Anthology of September 18, 2011.
- Why it matters
- Tom's faint-pencil poem If you got the heart, baby (then I got the soul), from his yellow binder, published in Tom's Anthology of September 18, 2011.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Yellow binder poems ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Love
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 19 · track 1 · as the song PRETTY GOLD BRACELET (in part: its chorus)
IN A BOOKTom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written by age 33 at the latestproved: its words are in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (Laima dedication), as AND THEN HEY - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 19 (track 1) · Set List 19: Della Of Troy, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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If you got the heart, baby
then I got the soul
Yeah, I once had the rock
Until I watched it roll (away)
If you got the Rythem, honey
Then I got the blues {struck: off}
When they set the trap,
I placed my neck inside the noose {struck: with the nence}
MARGIN:
(and then Hey)
then I got the soul
Yeah, I once had the rock
Until I watched it roll (away)
If you got the Rythem, honey
Then I got the blues {struck: off}
When they set the trap,
I placed my neck inside the noose {struck: with the nence}
MARGIN:
(and then Hey)
FULL
Item 365
The Truth of Life Must Be Learned
In one sentence: Tom's eight-line lyric 'The truth of life must be learned (I'm realizing it now while your picture burns),' with struck-out words, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten eight-line lyric The truth of life must be learned (I'm realizing it now while your picture burns), with struck-out words, published in the 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's early eight-line lyric The truth of life must be learned (I'm realizing it now while your picture burns), with struck-out words, from his yellow binder, which went into his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Song list 2 (track 11) SANDCASTLES, in part ; Yellow binder (early poems) ; Heartbreak ; Truth
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSsong list 2 · track 11 · as the song SANDCASTLES (in part: its first two lines)
- Age when written
- written by age 33 at the latestbest guess - not yet proved: its last six lines are an early draft of LEARNING HATE, which is in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (Laima dedication); its first two lines are in Poems By Tom (December 11, 2007), in CRY ME A RIVER - the sheet itself may be older
- Same words
- also written out as number 563
- On the site
- Song List 2 (track 11) · Song List 2: Sheila Tequila, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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The truth of life {struck: at} must be learned
I'm realizing it now {struck: as} {struck: your} while picture burns
Learning hate has taken years
Befriending sadness has cost me tears
As a blackened eye weeps
A young child sleeps
Dreaming of a future where {struck: all} {struck: the} colors don't blend
for when that happens you're left with black in the end.
I'm realizing it now {struck: as} {struck: your} while picture burns
Learning hate has taken years
Befriending sadness has cost me tears
As a blackened eye weeps
A young child sleeps
Dreaming of a future where {struck: all} {struck: the} colors don't blend
for when that happens you're left with black in the end.
Item 406
RHYME OR REASON
In one sentence: Tom's black-ink lyric 'Rhyme Or Reason' ('when a sweaty palm melts into cold steel'), a verse and chorus on loose-leaf, part of the song 'Messy Room', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten black-ink lyric RHYME OR REASON (when a sweaty palm melts into cold steel), one verse and a four-line chorus on a loose-leaf sheet, which went into the song MESSY ROOM (set list 15, track 8).
- Why it matters
- Tom's lyric RHYME OR REASON (when a sweaty palm melts into cold steel), one verse and a four-line chorus, from his yellow binder, which went into the song MESSY ROOM (set list 15, track 8) of his 34 Albums and Only The Best (2018).draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 15 (track 8) MESSY ROOM ; Yellow binder poems ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Violence ; Societydraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 15 · track 8 · as the song MESSY ROOM
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 33 at the latestproved: its verse is in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (Laima dedication), inside the poem MESSY ROOM; its chorus is in no book - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 15 (track 8) · Set List 15: Liminal State, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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RHYME OR REASON
When a sweaty palm melts into cold steel
A hand extends but does not feel
A pokered face turns the tables after a bad deal
As fantasy vengeance becomes real
Pent up aggression can not be concealed
As eyes full of blood are suddenly revealed
Aim is taken and fate is sealed
No rhyme or reason
It could happen to anyone
The child of indifferent's treason
The wedding and funeral has just now begun
When a sweaty palm melts into cold steel
A hand extends but does not feel
A pokered face turns the tables after a bad deal
As fantasy vengeance becomes real
Pent up aggression can not be concealed
As eyes full of blood are suddenly revealed
Aim is taken and fate is sealed
No rhyme or reason
It could happen to anyone
The child of indifferent's treason
The wedding and funeral has just now begun
Item 409
The brutal honesty of this fish bowl world
In one sentence: Tom's eight-line black-ink lyric 'The brutal honesty of this fish bowl world,' with 'fish bowl' added above the line, part of the song 'Poorest Chorus', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten black-ink lyric The brutal honesty of this fish bowl world, eight lines with fish bowl added above the first line, which went into the song POOREST CHORUS (set list 13, track 7).
- Why it matters
- Tom's early eight-line lyric The brutal honesty of this fish bowl world, with fish bowl added by caret above the first line, from his yellow binder, which went into the song POOREST CHORUS (set list 13, track 7) of his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 13 (track 7) POOREST CHORUS ; Yellow binder (early poems) ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Society ; Truth ; Chomskian
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 13 · track 7 · as the song POOREST CHORUS
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Chomskian Poems (2011)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 32 at the latestproved: its words are in Chomskian Poems (July 4, 2011), as the opening of THE POOREST CHORUS - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 13 (track 7) · Set List 13: Power Shields, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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The brutal honesty of this fish bowl world
In which we live inside
Is that a man's soul will either watch
him {struck: peacefully} gently die
Or lay helpless as he is horribly crucified
This is not just mere opinion
But a simple fact that we can no longer
push aside
In which we live inside
Is that a man's soul will either watch
him {struck: peacefully} gently die
Or lay helpless as he is horribly crucified
This is not just mere opinion
But a simple fact that we can no longer
push aside
SHORT
Item 499
I had a glass of wine and I felt
In one sentence: Tom's black-ink poem 'I had a glass of wine and I felt fine (like Marco Polo, I wanted to explore),' part of the song 'Birthright', written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten black-ink poem I had a glass of wine and I felt fine (like Marco Polo, I wanted to explore), which went into the song BIRTHRIGHT (set list 10, track 9), on a single sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem I had a glass of wine and I felt fine ('like Marco Polo, I wanted to explore'), which went into the song BIRTHRIGHT (set list 10, track 9) in his 34 Albums, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: BIRTHRIGHT (set list 10, track 9) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Chomskian ; Inspiringthe old category list says: CHOMSKIAN (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 10 · track 9 · as the song BIRTHRIGHT
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 33 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 10 (track 9) · Set List 10: Go Ask Gramm, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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I had a glass of wine and I felt
fine
Yeah, so I had a couple more...
I went out looking for a good time
like Marco Polo - I wanted to explore - yeah
Had no idea what it would bring
Maybe something great - or perhaps
nothing...
The difference between the pauper and
the king
is just birthright... the size of the
diamond ring.
fine
Yeah, so I had a couple more...
I went out looking for a good time
like Marco Polo - I wanted to explore - yeah
Had no idea what it would bring
Maybe something great - or perhaps
nothing...
The difference between the pauper and
the king
is just birthright... the size of the
diamond ring.
FULL
Item 502
TWO SEASONS
In one sentence: Two handwritten pieces under one number: the poem 'Two Seasons' in ink on lined loose-leaf, and a pencil lyric 'I'm in a click... but I don't fit,' written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL POEM
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten sheets under number 502: the poem TWO SEASONS (I see black clouds rolling in), two pages in ink print-hand on lined loose-leaf, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music; and an untitled pencil cursive lyric (I'm in a click... but I don't fit) on a lined notebook sheet, set out as a song with syllable counts and Chorus marked in the margin.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem TWO SEASONS ('I see black clouds rolling in'), two pages in ink print-hand - published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) and Only The Best (2018) - photographed under the same number as his untitled pencil lyric ('I'm in a click... but I don't fit'), set out as a song with syllable counts and Chorus marked in the margin.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Unreleased poems ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; Only The Best (2018) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Be Different ; Society
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSsong list 7 · track 3 · as the song UNITY (in part: page 2 of TWO SEASONS)
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
180 Good Poems (2012)
Only The Best (2018)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
Chomskian Poems (2011) - Age when written
- written at age 23 to 29 for the TWO SEASONS pages; written by age 32 at the latest for the pencil sheet IN A CLICKTWO SEASONS: late in its letter of Tom's yellow binder index (line T37) - after the first 481 poems (5 April 2002) and before Poems by Tom (December 2007). IN A CLICK: proved: its words are in Chomskian Poems (July 4, 2011) - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Song List 7 (track 3) · Song List 7: High Tides And Landslides, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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Moved here from item 501 - the number blocks in this photo read 502
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TWO SEASONS
I see black clouds rolling in
Don't know where they're going
Don't know where they've been
I know some've been hanging over my head
Some been hiding heaven, others mourning the dead
Some men chase shooting stars
Some men howl at the face of the moon
While other men try to change the weather
Trying to turn every month into June
But those men aren't like me
Things like that will never do
I only want what I see
And what I'm looking at is you
And now I see the clouds are blowing away
But I don't know what that means so I don't know what to say
I've seen 'em before, I know I'll see 'em again
I've felt the warmth of sunshine, been touched by a cold, cold rain
[page 2]
It seems my life has just two seasons
No more, no less, that's all
It seems my life has just two seasons
No summer, no winter - only spring and fall
Sometimes when I look into your eyes
I feel I've been reborn
And still yet other times
I can feel my heart become colder, broken & torn
There's no greater pain then letting what you want
Slip right through your fingertips
Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it don't
But the burning in your heart still lingers [crossed out]
Just like the touch of her lips
What I feel I might not always say
But I need you tonight as much as I did today
[crossed out]
What you should be knowing
Is that my love for you is still growing
Let us hope it never fades away
---
[the untitled pencil sheet photographed under the same number]
Seems
8
10
I'm in a click .. But I don't fit
Well, maybe I do ... but not like I thought I did
Not much has changed ... since we were kids
Got the same friends .. DJ [?] plays the same song list
In many ways I'm still the same
Still a slave to fashion and the brand name [right margin: became freeze frame]
[crossed out: Still after riches, fortune and fame]
Never got a clear view [crossed out text]
of what I became
Never saw the [?] cold, hard truth
Til I hit stop, freeze frame
I'm in a click .. but I don't fit
Well, maybe I do, but I'm growing tired of it
Still the same surrounding faces, same points of view
Keep tying the same laces of the same pair of shoes
Maybe it's time for something new?
I never wandered, no I never roamed
I never [?] wondered what it'd be like
to leave home
I never been a stranger in a foreign land
I never been much of a changer once I
had my master plan
I'm in a click .. but I don't fit
Well, Maybe I do .. yet my allegiance is split
Chorus
I see black clouds rolling in
Don't know where they're going
Don't know where they've been
I know some've been hanging over my head
Some been hiding heaven, others mourning the dead
Some men chase shooting stars
Some men howl at the face of the moon
While other men try to change the weather
Trying to turn every month into June
But those men aren't like me
Things like that will never do
I only want what I see
And what I'm looking at is you
And now I see the clouds are blowing away
But I don't know what that means so I don't know what to say
I've seen 'em before, I know I'll see 'em again
I've felt the warmth of sunshine, been touched by a cold, cold rain
[page 2]
It seems my life has just two seasons
No more, no less, that's all
It seems my life has just two seasons
No summer, no winter - only spring and fall
Sometimes when I look into your eyes
I feel I've been reborn
And still yet other times
I can feel my heart become colder, broken & torn
There's no greater pain then letting what you want
Slip right through your fingertips
Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it don't
But the burning in your heart still lingers [crossed out]
Just like the touch of her lips
What I feel I might not always say
But I need you tonight as much as I did today
[crossed out]
What you should be knowing
Is that my love for you is still growing
Let us hope it never fades away
---
[the untitled pencil sheet photographed under the same number]
Seems
8
10
I'm in a click .. But I don't fit
Well, maybe I do ... but not like I thought I did
Not much has changed ... since we were kids
Got the same friends .. DJ [?] plays the same song list
In many ways I'm still the same
Still a slave to fashion and the brand name [right margin: became freeze frame]
[crossed out: Still after riches, fortune and fame]
Never got a clear view [crossed out text]
of what I became
Never saw the [?] cold, hard truth
Til I hit stop, freeze frame
I'm in a click .. but I don't fit
Well, maybe I do, but I'm growing tired of it
Still the same surrounding faces, same points of view
Keep tying the same laces of the same pair of shoes
Maybe it's time for something new?
I never wandered, no I never roamed
I never [?] wondered what it'd be like
to leave home
I never been a stranger in a foreign land
I never been much of a changer once I
had my master plan
I'm in a click .. but I don't fit
Well, Maybe I do .. yet my allegiance is split
Chorus
Item 509
Sure she's got some pie on the thigh
In one sentence: Tom's comic love poem 'Sure she's got some pie on the thigh (she still turns my head),' on loose-leaf, with sheets of related verses, written by 2011.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten comic love poem Sure she's got some pie on the thigh (she still turns my head), on loose-leaf, together with sheets of related verses including I share my darkness with the morning and Perhaps I'm being too critical of the society in which we live, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten comic love poem Sure she's got some pie on the thigh ('she still turns my head'), with sheets including I share my darkness with the morning and Perhaps I'm being too critical of the society in which we live, part of his 34 Albums and published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; Only The Best (2018) ; Shorter Lyrics (2013) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Chomskian ; Miscellaneous ; Love ; Funny ; Societythe old category list says: CHOMSKIAN ; MISCELLANEOUS (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 5 · track 5 · as the song LIVING LARGE (the pie poem)
set list 18 · track 9 · as the song ENEMY OF THIS STATE (the I share my darkness sheets)
IN A BOOKChomskian Poems (2011) (the I share my darkness sheets)
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
180 Good Poems (2012) (the pie poem)
200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) (the pie poem)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Shorter Lyrics (2013) (the MOURNING THE DEAD sheet only)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) - Age when written
- written by age 33 at the latestthis dates the title poem (pie on the thigh), first in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (age 33). The I share my darkness sheets: by age 32 (Chomskian Poems, July 4, 2011). The MOURNING THE DEAD lines: by age 34 (Shorter Lyrics, April 13, 2013). The sheet 'I'm at the base of the mountain' is in no book and has no date. The sheets themselves may be older
- On the site
- Set List 5 (track 5) · Set List 5: Living A La Mode, all-in-one page · Set List 18 (track 9) · Set List 18: Corrugation Row, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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Picture 2 of 5
Picture 3 of 5
Picture 4 of 5
Picture 5 of 5
The words on this page
Sure she's got some pie on the thigh
And some rack on the lamb
She still turns my head and she catches my eye
And when she sits she expands
But at least I've found a girl who loves me for who i am
Sure she may sag a bed
Or perhaps bend a chair
But it's really good for your head
To know she'll always be there
Sure she's got more than one chin
And the girth of two men
But she's the centre of my earth
Not because of gravity but because I know what's worth love
Not by the weighed pound of the flesh
Yet it's so rare that two people mesh
You see last time we hugged
I got suched into the belly button of love
It was so cozy, safe and warm
And it protected me from all harm
So now I live here in this place
Living off crumbs and lost gravy that runs down her face
Sure when she sits she somehow expands
But we were meant to be together in God's big plan
Because I finally found a girl
Who loves me for all that I am
---
end verse: They just put my face on the mountain [crossed out: for taking] a [crossed out: step]
I'm at the base of the mountain
and I'm looking up
I've been here before
Everybody knows the story
Way back in yesteryear
I admit that I was scared
But now I've grown up
I'm at the base of the mountain
to face my memories
Slowly my pains healed
My deepest secrets been revealed
I see you in the crowd
This time I'll do you proud
Ready to face this:
I'm at the base of the mountain
IT'S my least favorite place
MY LEGS ARE STRONGER
AND THIS TIME I'M GOING LONGER
5
5
8
6
7
5
6
5
8
6
7
5
6
5
8
6
7
5
---
Stopping to morn
the dead can
get you killed
around here...
We don't bless
ignorance
No matter what
the sign says
It's all just a mirage
An image which will
Slowly fade and
Then disappear
That's something
---
I share my darkness with the morning
It's about time to roll back the clocks
I can see now that the world's been turning
Through this black hole in my prison box
Yes, i'd rather sit here in seclusion
Than go chasing someone else's scene
So many have become entrapped by the false illusion
That all [?] we see is [?] what it appears to be
really
That girl's blonde pair
Comes from a bottle
It's not real
See those knockers
Pure silicone
Go on and cop a feel
All of the freedoms
That we once held dear
With a lie and the swipe of a pen
Have been stripped I see them disappear
Life sure has changed
So much since yesteryear
I'll become an enemy of the state
When Hope [?] conquers Fear
no longer
Perhaps I'm being too critical
Of the society in which we live
But some times it's hard to take
When those with the least are the only one's who'll give
---
I share my darkness with the morning
It's about time to set back the clocks
I can see now that the world's been turning
From a hole in my prison box
Through my own [?]
Yes, I'd rather sit here in seclusion
Than go chasing after someone else's dream
So many have become entrapped by the false illusion
That all we see is really what it appears to be
That girl's blonde hair
Comes from a bottle
It's not real
see those knockers
Pure silicone
Go on and cop a feel
of
All the freedoms
That we once held dear
With a lie and the swipe of a pen
Have been stripped I see them disappear
Life sure has changed
So much since yesteryear
I'll become an enemy of the state
When Hope con[?]quers Fear
no longer
---
I'll become an enemy of the state
When Hope nothing conquers fear
no longer
Perhaps I'm being too critical
OF the society in which we live
But some times it's hard to take
When those with the least are the only one's who'll give
And some rack on the lamb
She still turns my head and she catches my eye
And when she sits she expands
But at least I've found a girl who loves me for who i am
Sure she may sag a bed
Or perhaps bend a chair
But it's really good for your head
To know she'll always be there
Sure she's got more than one chin
And the girth of two men
But she's the centre of my earth
Not because of gravity but because I know what's worth love
Not by the weighed pound of the flesh
Yet it's so rare that two people mesh
You see last time we hugged
I got suched into the belly button of love
It was so cozy, safe and warm
And it protected me from all harm
So now I live here in this place
Living off crumbs and lost gravy that runs down her face
Sure when she sits she somehow expands
But we were meant to be together in God's big plan
Because I finally found a girl
Who loves me for all that I am
---
end verse: They just put my face on the mountain [crossed out: for taking] a [crossed out: step]
I'm at the base of the mountain
and I'm looking up
I've been here before
Everybody knows the story
Way back in yesteryear
I admit that I was scared
But now I've grown up
I'm at the base of the mountain
to face my memories
Slowly my pains healed
My deepest secrets been revealed
I see you in the crowd
This time I'll do you proud
Ready to face this:
I'm at the base of the mountain
IT'S my least favorite place
MY LEGS ARE STRONGER
AND THIS TIME I'M GOING LONGER
5
5
8
6
7
5
6
5
8
6
7
5
6
5
8
6
7
5
---
Stopping to morn
the dead can
get you killed
around here...
We don't bless
ignorance
No matter what
the sign says
It's all just a mirage
An image which will
Slowly fade and
Then disappear
That's something
---
I share my darkness with the morning
It's about time to roll back the clocks
I can see now that the world's been turning
Through this black hole in my prison box
Yes, i'd rather sit here in seclusion
Than go chasing someone else's scene
So many have become entrapped by the false illusion
That all [?] we see is [?] what it appears to be
really
That girl's blonde pair
Comes from a bottle
It's not real
See those knockers
Pure silicone
Go on and cop a feel
All of the freedoms
That we once held dear
With a lie and the swipe of a pen
Have been stripped I see them disappear
Life sure has changed
So much since yesteryear
I'll become an enemy of the state
When Hope [?] conquers Fear
no longer
Perhaps I'm being too critical
Of the society in which we live
But some times it's hard to take
When those with the least are the only one's who'll give
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I share my darkness with the morning
It's about time to set back the clocks
I can see now that the world's been turning
From a hole in my prison box
Through my own [?]
Yes, I'd rather sit here in seclusion
Than go chasing after someone else's dream
So many have become entrapped by the false illusion
That all we see is really what it appears to be
That girl's blonde hair
Comes from a bottle
It's not real
see those knockers
Pure silicone
Go on and cop a feel
of
All the freedoms
That we once held dear
With a lie and the swipe of a pen
Have been stripped I see them disappear
Life sure has changed
So much since yesteryear
I'll become an enemy of the state
When Hope con[?]quers Fear
no longer
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I'll become an enemy of the state
When Hope nothing conquers fear
no longer
Perhaps I'm being too critical
OF the society in which we live
But some times it's hard to take
When those with the least are the only one's who'll give