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Item 201
4312 / "Jenna BUSH"
In one sentence: Three working sheets for the song 'Fuzzy Math', a mock lullaby built on the countdown 'Four three two one': a clean copy, a crossed-out draft and another, written by 2012.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's working papers for the song FUZZY MATH (set list 21, track 9 of the 34 albums), a mock lullaby built on the countdown 'Four three two one'. Three sheets: the clean copy titled 4312, a crossed-out earlier draft, and a sheet headed Three Four Five Six, with bracketed sections and margin notes.
- Why it matters
- Tom's working papers for his parody song FUZZY MATH (set list 21, track 9 of the 34 albums), a mock lullaby on the countdown 'Four three two one' - the clean copy titled 4312, a crossed-out Jenna Bush draft and a Three Four Five Six sheet, showing the song taking shape (see also card 219, his production notes for the same parody).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: FUZZY MATH (set list 21, track 9) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014) ; The November 2012 Anthology (2012) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Working drafts ; Spoof and parody ; Politicalthe old category list says: SPOOF / PARODY ; SPOOFS (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 21 · track 9 · as the song FUZZY MATH
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014)
The November 2012 Anthology (2012)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 21 (track 9) · Set List 21: A Cold Plate, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2012
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The words on this page
Four, three, two, one
and now my song is done.
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Four three two one
That's what my daddy told me when I was young he sat me down on his knee
He said "White people and minorities are for [?]
The rich get rich and the poor get
the poor get [?] and sell cocaine
I'm not [?] working in the [?]
But at least the [?] us white
We were born so [?] very rich
It is great, seven six five eight proud
To [?] wealthy ignorance and shit
Now tell me daddy why did we really go
To Iraq, think of the world as town [?]
One that oil and gas it burned
You know those sand people can get petty
That's why we're so glad Dick Cheney on
[?] fuzzy math
Jenna BUSH oh her boy
[?] three four
That's all the [?]
Those of us who are high class
A bunch of Brazilians on the roof
[?] great
One two three four
We're out of oil
Let's go to war
Operation preventative attack
Let's go blow the hell out of Iraq
They might have weapons
But at least we're not like them [?] South
---
Three Four Five Six
The Kennedys didn't have any kids that lived
Except that Fat guy who drove off the bridge
[?] the grass
[?] house
That's why Dick Cheney on our team
---
4312 (Fuzzy Math)
Four three one two
There's so much work we don't wanna do
Three two one four
That's what illegals and minorities are for
God made
That's what my daddy [crossed out] said to me
When I was young he sat me down on his knee
Guatemalans came here to cut the grass for
While Haitians were made to float on a raft for nursing and wiping ass
Columbians grow coffee and sell cocaine
And those silly little Mexicans just love working in the rain
I'm not sure whatcha call the ones that clean our house
But at least they do something unlike those Blacks in the south
We were born so very very rich
Perhaps that's why we're just so prejudice
[crossed out] seven six five eight
To grow up wealthy, ignorant and white
it sure is great
one two three four
Now tell me daddy why did we really go to war?
WELL Honey, think of the world as a gregt
one two
ow my song is done
---
But at least they do something unlike the
Blacks in the south
We were born so very very rich
Perhaps that's why we're just so prejudice
To grow up wealthy, ignorant and white
it sure is great
one two three four
Now tell me daddy why did we really go
toward?
WELL Honey, think of the world as a gregt
big machine
One that runs off of a whole bunch of
oil and gasoline
You know those Sand people can get pretty
That's why we're so glad Dick Cheney's on
our team
four three two one
And now my song is done
---
Jenna Bush of her day
304 Bush counting
Fuzzy Math
So it's work we don't want to do
That's that Mexicans are here for
Those of us who are high class
perhaps that's why we're so
prejudice
A bunch of Brazilians on the roof
Colombians give us [?]
Mexicans yes will do anything except walk in the
rain
Five six seven eight
To grow up wealthy and [?]
---
Jenna Bush or Her dog
300 [?] Bush counting
fuzzy Math
one two three four
We're out of oil
Let's go to war
Operation preventative [crossed out: terrorist] attack
Lets go blow the hell out of Iraq
They might have weapons
---
Three Four Five Six
The Kennedys didn't have any kids that lived
Except that Fat guy who drove off the bridge
---
those of us who are high class
perhaps that's why we see
A Bunch of Brazilians on the roof
Colombians give us [crossed out: coffee] [?]
Five Six Seven Eight
To grow up wealthy and white
[crossed out: Life] is great
---
[crossed out: [?] of math's [?] eat the grass]
[crossed out: For those of us who are high class]
Colombians make coffee
[crossed out: Brazilians] [?] [crossed out: your] house
---
They might have weapons
But at least they work unlike the blanks down South
Three Four Five Six
The Kennedys didn't have any kids that lived
Except that Fat guy who drove off the bridge
{struck: Count of mostlys cut the grass} / {struck: For those of us who are high class}
{struck: Columbines make coffee}
{struck: Braces is showing clear as your house}
{struck: One Two 3 4}
{struck: Really bad news we were really expecting it}
{struck: now why are they allowed to go to war}
{struck: Well Henry is not the [?] of the [?]}
{struck: big brother}
{struck: One that runs off a lot of [?]}
{struck: And that says that nice [?] can get pretty mean}
That's why Dick screams on our team
and now my song is done.
---
Four three two one
That's what my daddy told me when I was young he sat me down on his knee
He said "White people and minorities are for [?]
The rich get rich and the poor get
the poor get [?] and sell cocaine
I'm not [?] working in the [?]
But at least the [?] us white
We were born so [?] very rich
It is great, seven six five eight proud
To [?] wealthy ignorance and shit
Now tell me daddy why did we really go
To Iraq, think of the world as town [?]
One that oil and gas it burned
You know those sand people can get petty
That's why we're so glad Dick Cheney on
[?] fuzzy math
Jenna BUSH oh her boy
[?] three four
That's all the [?]
Those of us who are high class
A bunch of Brazilians on the roof
[?] great
One two three four
We're out of oil
Let's go to war
Operation preventative attack
Let's go blow the hell out of Iraq
They might have weapons
But at least we're not like them [?] South
---
Three Four Five Six
The Kennedys didn't have any kids that lived
Except that Fat guy who drove off the bridge
[?] the grass
[?] house
That's why Dick Cheney on our team
---
4312 (Fuzzy Math)
Four three one two
There's so much work we don't wanna do
Three two one four
That's what illegals and minorities are for
God made
That's what my daddy [crossed out] said to me
When I was young he sat me down on his knee
Guatemalans came here to cut the grass for
While Haitians were made to float on a raft for nursing and wiping ass
Columbians grow coffee and sell cocaine
And those silly little Mexicans just love working in the rain
I'm not sure whatcha call the ones that clean our house
But at least they do something unlike those Blacks in the south
We were born so very very rich
Perhaps that's why we're just so prejudice
[crossed out] seven six five eight
To grow up wealthy, ignorant and white
it sure is great
one two three four
Now tell me daddy why did we really go to war?
WELL Honey, think of the world as a gregt
one two
ow my song is done
---
But at least they do something unlike the
Blacks in the south
We were born so very very rich
Perhaps that's why we're just so prejudice
To grow up wealthy, ignorant and white
it sure is great
one two three four
Now tell me daddy why did we really go
toward?
WELL Honey, think of the world as a gregt
big machine
One that runs off of a whole bunch of
oil and gasoline
You know those Sand people can get pretty
That's why we're so glad Dick Cheney's on
our team
four three two one
And now my song is done
---
Jenna Bush of her day
304 Bush counting
Fuzzy Math
So it's work we don't want to do
That's that Mexicans are here for
Those of us who are high class
perhaps that's why we're so
prejudice
A bunch of Brazilians on the roof
Colombians give us [?]
Mexicans yes will do anything except walk in the
rain
Five six seven eight
To grow up wealthy and [?]
---
Jenna Bush or Her dog
300 [?] Bush counting
fuzzy Math
one two three four
We're out of oil
Let's go to war
Operation preventative [crossed out: terrorist] attack
Lets go blow the hell out of Iraq
They might have weapons
---
Three Four Five Six
The Kennedys didn't have any kids that lived
Except that Fat guy who drove off the bridge
---
those of us who are high class
perhaps that's why we see
A Bunch of Brazilians on the roof
Colombians give us [crossed out: coffee] [?]
Five Six Seven Eight
To grow up wealthy and white
[crossed out: Life] is great
---
[crossed out: [?] of math's [?] eat the grass]
[crossed out: For those of us who are high class]
Colombians make coffee
[crossed out: Brazilians] [?] [crossed out: your] house
---
They might have weapons
But at least they work unlike the blanks down South
Three Four Five Six
The Kennedys didn't have any kids that lived
Except that Fat guy who drove off the bridge
{struck: Count of mostlys cut the grass} / {struck: For those of us who are high class}
{struck: Columbines make coffee}
{struck: Braces is showing clear as your house}
{struck: One Two 3 4}
{struck: Really bad news we were really expecting it}
{struck: now why are they allowed to go to war}
{struck: Well Henry is not the [?] of the [?]}
{struck: big brother}
{struck: One that runs off a lot of [?]}
{struck: And that says that nice [?] can get pretty mean}
That's why Dick screams on our team
SHORT
Item 249
9 o'clock in the morning
In one sentence: Tom's fourteen-line cursive lyric '9 o'clock in the morning,' about waking up still half inside a dream, on a lined notebook sheet, written by 2012.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short lyric '9 o'clock in the morning', fourteen lines in cursive about waking up still half inside a dream, on a lined notebook sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten short lyric '9 o'clock in the morning', fourteen lines about waking up still half inside a dream, from the 34 albums shorter lyrics, printed in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: shorter lyrics ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; 180 Good Poems (2012) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Dreams ; Everyday lifedraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSsong list 1 · track 12 · as the song FOURTEEN DAYS
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
180 Good Poems (2012) - Age when written
- written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Song List 1 (track 12) · Song List 1: The Last Man Singing, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2012
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9 o'clock in the morning
I'm yawning
Can't get out of bed
Am I still dreaming?
'Cause it seems that this feeling
The music I'm hearing
Is playing only in my head
My soul is becoming lifted
I'm watching it try to fly away
All I know is want to follow
Such a beautiful way to start the day
Surely I'm tired
Now Suddenly inspired
Oh yeah - No more words need to be said
I'm yawning
Can't get out of bed
Am I still dreaming?
'Cause it seems that this feeling
The music I'm hearing
Is playing only in my head
My soul is becoming lifted
I'm watching it try to fly away
All I know is want to follow
Such a beautiful way to start the day
Surely I'm tired
Now Suddenly inspired
Oh yeah - No more words need to be said
Item 276
I'm a singer songwriter
In one sentence: Tom's ten-line self-portrait 'I'm a singer songwriter, I'm a lover not a fighter,' handwritten on a lined sheet torn from a spiral notebook, written by 2012.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short lyric 'I'm a singer songwriter / I'm a lover not a fighter', ten lines of self-portrait on a lined sheet torn from a spiral notebook.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten short lyric 'I'm a singer songwriter / I'm a lover not a fighter', ten lines of self-portrait by the songwriter himself, from the 34 albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: shorter lyrics ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014) ; The November 2012 Anthology (2012) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Tom's Anthology 2011 and 2012 ; Self ; Music ; Love
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
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)
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 33 at the latestproved: its words are in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (Laima dedication), as SINGER SONGWRITER - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2011
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I'm a singer songwriter / I'm a lover not a fighter / I'm a poet, a word dancer
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Item 436
Well I Been Burning Bridges
In one sentence: Two loose-leaf sheets of 'Well I been burning bridges (but it's better than burning crosses),' a pencil draft and a blue-ink version marked GREAT, written by 2012.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem Well I been burning bridges (but it's better than burning crosses), which went into the song HE SAID SHE SAID (set list 6, track 11), on two loose-leaf sheets - a pencil draft and a blue-ink version marked GREAT in the margin.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem Well I been burning bridges ('but it's better than burning crosses'), in a pencil draft and a blue-ink version he marked GREAT, which went into the song HE SAID SHE SAID (set list 6, track 11) in his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: HE SAID SHE SAID (set list 6, track 11) ; 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) ; Chomskian Poems (2011) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Internal Struggle ; Society
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 6 · track 11 · as the song HE SAID SHE SAID
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 6 (track 11) · Set List 6: Definitely Not Love, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2011
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The words on this page
Well I been burning bridges
But it's better than burning crosses
When everyone seems suspicious
Ya start adding up your losses
End up breaking more than dishes
That's how this whole thing got started
So chose wisely for what you're wishing
Try not to make things hard, kid
---
(cut this whole second block - from [Left column] to the --- before [Left page])
When everyone seems suspicious
You start adding up your losses
Broken nose broken heart and broken dishes
SCATTERED all over the floor
[Inside oval]
Tongue it bag it tag it and toss it
And to say please don't see me any more
Getting rid of former lovers
Hollow pleasure
hides your [crossed out: pain] pain
Still remains
---
[Left page]
GREAT+
[Well I've been burning bridges
But it's better than burning crosses
When everyone seems suspicious
You start adding up your losses
Broken nose broken heart and broken dishes
Scattered all over the floor
Tongue it bag it tag it and toss it
And {struck: to} say please don't {struck: you} see me anymore]
Getting rid of former lovers
Hollow pleasure
Hollow pleasure hides your [crossed out: core] pain
still remains
(cut [Right page] and the 8 lines after it, to the end of the words box; also drop the [Left page] label and the [ ] brackets)
But it's better than burning crosses
When everyone seems suspicious
Ya start adding up your losses
End up breaking more than dishes
That's how this wholething got started
So chose wisely for what you're wishing
Try not to make things hard, kid
But it's better than burning crosses
When everyone seems suspicious
Ya start adding up your losses
End up breaking more than dishes
That's how this whole thing got started
So chose wisely for what you're wishing
Try not to make things hard, kid
---
(cut this whole second block - from [Left column] to the --- before [Left page])
When everyone seems suspicious
You start adding up your losses
Broken nose broken heart and broken dishes
SCATTERED all over the floor
[Inside oval]
Tongue it bag it tag it and toss it
And to say please don't see me any more
Getting rid of former lovers
Hollow pleasure
hides your [crossed out: pain] pain
Still remains
---
[Left page]
GREAT+
[Well I've been burning bridges
But it's better than burning crosses
When everyone seems suspicious
You start adding up your losses
Broken nose broken heart and broken dishes
Scattered all over the floor
Tongue it bag it tag it and toss it
And {struck: to} say please don't {struck: you} see me anymore]
Getting rid of former lovers
Hollow pleasure
Hollow pleasure hides your [crossed out: core] pain
still remains
(cut [Right page] and the 8 lines after it, to the end of the words box; also drop the [Left page] label and the [ ] brackets)
But it's better than burning crosses
When everyone seems suspicious
Ya start adding up your losses
End up breaking more than dishes
That's how this wholething got started
So chose wisely for what you're wishing
Try not to make things hard, kid
SHORT
Item 860
Once you have everything in life
In one sentence: Tom's short poem 'Once you have everything in life there's nothing left but to give,' on three-hole notebook paper, part of the song 'Gift', written by 2012.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem "Once you have everything in life / there's nothing left but to give," with "finger monkeys" noted at the bottom, on a three-hole-punched sheet of lined notebook paper; a lyric from the 34 Albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem Once you have everything in life / there's nothing left but to give, with finger monkeys noted at the bottom, a lyric that went into the 34 Albums.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: song not yet named ; Giving ; Inspiringdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
- Age when written
- written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Song List 1 (track 10) · Song List 1: The Last Man Singing, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2012
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Once you have everything in life
there's nothing left but to give
finger monkeys
there's nothing left but to give
finger monkeys
Item 882
When the yellow sun is glowing
In one sentence: Tom's two-line poem 'When the yellow sun is glowing way up in the sky,' in faint writing on a torn sheet of lined loose-leaf paper, written by 2012.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten two-line poem "When the yellow sun is glowing / way up in the sky," in faint writing on a torn sheet of lined loose-leaf paper.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten two-line poem When the yellow sun is glowing / way up in the sky, in faint writing on torn loose-leaf paper.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: Set list 8 (track 12) SOMEWHERE, in part ; Shorter lyrics ; Naturedraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 8 · track 12 · as the song SOMEWHERE (in part: its two lines open verse 3)
- 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: 2012
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When the yellow sun is glowing
way up in the sky
way up in the sky
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Item 482
SEVENTH PHOTOGRAPH
In one sentence: Tom's poem 'Seventh Photograph' ('my life's story in just six photographs... and three of them are cats'), on loose-leaf with a yellow sticky note, written by 2013.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem SEVENTH PHOTOGRAPH (I can tell you my life's story in just six photographs that I carry inside my wallet, and three of them are cats), which went into the song AFTER THE FACT (set list 19, track 12), on loose-leaf with a yellow sticky note attached.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem SEVENTH PHOTOGRAPH ('I can tell you my life's story in just six photographs that I carry inside my wallet, and three of them are cats'), with a sticky note reading 'for this story begins after the fact', which went into the song AFTER THE FACT (set list 19, track 12) in his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: AFTER THE FACT (set list 19, track 12) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Shorter Lyrics (2013) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Family ; Funny
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 19 · track 12 · as the song AFTER THE FACT
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Shorter Lyrics (2013)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 19 (track 12) · Set List 19: Della Of Troy, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2013
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SEVENTH PHOTOGRAPH
I can tell you
My life's story
In just six photographs
That I carry inside my wallet
And three of them are cats...
The other three
Beatiful women
As our lives crossed paths
Never would I
suggest ever changing
a person, my place or my past...
I'm feeling the need
to pick up my camera
So I'll be back in a flash...
He left but he never came back
Never...
Came...
Back...
After he set out searching for the seventh photograph
[Sticky note]:
For this story
begins
after the fact...
---
Whether or not to serve power
to [scribbled out] to the pretty [scribbled out]
go pulling in this garden of flowers
weeds or when it's time to work.
on as we like everyone else [scribbled out] we're gone
---
The sun awakes another
To [?] start [?] day
although we know
He's never gone away
Unlike the man in the moon
who sleeps all after noon
[?] Takes a big long nap
at the end of june
The rings of saturn
flail and [?] dance around
---
I'm the exception to your rule
Haven't had six beers in a hundred years
---
Since I stopped swimming I've barely
been treading water
Forget losing or winning
I'm getting that sinking feeling
That I'm washed up cannon fodder
---
See saw
You can only be down when you're alone
I can tell you
My life's story
In just six photographs
That I carry inside my wallet
And three of them are cats...
The other three
Beatiful women
As our lives crossed paths
Never would I
suggest ever changing
a person, my place or my past...
I'm feeling the need
to pick up my camera
So I'll be back in a flash...
He left but he never came back
Never...
Came...
Back...
After he set out searching for the seventh photograph
[Sticky note]:
For this story
begins
after the fact...
---
Whether or not to serve power
to [scribbled out] to the pretty [scribbled out]
go pulling in this garden of flowers
weeds or when it's time to work.
on as we like everyone else [scribbled out] we're gone
---
The sun awakes another
To [?] start [?] day
although we know
He's never gone away
Unlike the man in the moon
who sleeps all after noon
[?] Takes a big long nap
at the end of june
The rings of saturn
flail and [?] dance around
---
I'm the exception to your rule
Haven't had six beers in a hundred years
---
Since I stopped swimming I've barely
been treading water
Forget losing or winning
I'm getting that sinking feeling
That I'm washed up cannon fodder
---
See saw
You can only be down when you're alone
SHORT
Item 517
AS FOR ME
In one sentence: Tom's black-ink lyric 'As For Me' ('Wall of Pride') with performance notes, kept with a purple-ink sheet of the poem 'Pigeon Land', written by 2013.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten black-ink lyric AS FOR ME (Wall of Pride), with performance notes, together with a purple-ink sheet titled PIGEON LAND (As I stumble down the street). AS FOR ME is a song in the 34 albums; PIGEON LAND is a poem, published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) and other books, and is not in the 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric AS FOR ME (Wall of Pride) with his performance notes, kept with a purple-ink sheet titled PIGEON LAND ('As I stumble down the street'). AS FOR ME is part of his 34 Albums; PIGEON LAND is a poem published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums (AS FOR ME) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) (PIGEON LAND) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) (PIGEON LAND) ; 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) ; Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Internal Struggle ; Societythe old category list says: INTERNAL STRUGGLE (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSas the song AS FOR ME (the AS FOR ME sheet only)
IN A BOOKTom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 (the poem PIGEON LAND; also an earlier poem form of AS FOR ME)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 (the poem PIGEON LAND; also an earlier poem form of AS FOR ME)
180 Good Poems (2012) (the poem PIGEON LAND; also an earlier poem form of AS FOR ME)
200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) (the poem PIGEON LAND)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) (the poem PIGEON LAND)
Brian Rainstorm Song Lyric Book (2014) (the song AS FOR ME)
Only The Best (2018) (the song AS FOR ME)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) (the song AS FOR ME)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) (the song AS FOR ME)
The November 2024 Collection (2024) (the song AS FOR ME)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) (the song AS FOR ME)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) - Age when written
- written by age 34 at the latestthe AS FOR ME sheet's song words are first printed in Tom's Anthology, March 26, 2013; the PIGEON LAND sheet is yellow binder line P15 (title on the sheet), written at age 18 to 23 - best guess - and its poem is first printed in Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2013
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AS FOR ME
Not sure yet if I know who
Wall of Pride (say: Umm.. Hi)
(back from the shattered glass x3 repeat)
w/ fade on
3rd.
In politics half the people are wrong..
pop half the people are right
if I know who (who)..
Not sure yet if I know who
Wall of Pride (say: Umm.. Hi)
(back from the shattered glass x3 repeat)
w/ fade on
3rd.
In politics half the people are wrong..
pop half the people are right
if I know who (who)..
Item 525
The toilet paper song
In one sentence: Tom's comic lyric 'The Toilet Paper Song', about 'the secret, the meaning of life,' handwritten on a lined notebook sheet, tied to the song 'Building A Castle', written by 2013.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten comic lyric The toilet paper song (Wipe with Left, Shake with Right - that's the secret, the meaning of life), tied to the song BUILDING A CASTLE (set list 18, track 10), on a lined notebook sheet.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten comic lyric The toilet paper song ('Wipe with Left, Shake with Right - that's the secret, the meaning of life'), tied to the song BUILDING A CASTLE (set list 18, track 10) in his 34 Albums and published in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: BUILDING A CASTLE (set list 18, track 10) ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (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) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Funny
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 18 · track 10 · as the song BUILDING A CASTLE
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The November 2024 Collection (2024)
Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (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)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written at age 23 to 29 for the 4-line sheet from BUILDING A CASTLE; written by age 34 at the latest for THE TOILET PAPER SONG. BUILDING A CASTLE lines (I am not here ...): late in its letter of Tom's yellow binder index (line B32) - after the first 481 poems (5 April 2002) and before Poems by Tom (December 2007). THE TOILET PAPER SONG: proved: its words are in 200 Poems Waiting For Music (March 27, 2013) - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 18 (track 10) · Set List 18: Corrugation Row, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2013
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The toilet paper song
Wipe with Left
Shake with Right
That's the secret...
The meaning of life
When you walk into the outhouse
Check for toilet paper first
Or else you might have to switch hands
And sing this song in reverse:
Then it would ee
[crossed out: Shake] Wipe with the right
Shake... Hmm... hmm... hmm...
Hell, shake with the right, too
Might as well be like everyone else
Keeping one hand clean [crossed out word] for you..
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I am not here
I am someplace else
In a room full of people
I am all by myself
Wipe with Left
Shake with Right
That's the secret...
The meaning of life
When you walk into the outhouse
Check for toilet paper first
Or else you might have to switch hands
And sing this song in reverse:
Then it would ee
[crossed out: Shake] Wipe with the right
Shake... Hmm... hmm... hmm...
Hell, shake with the right, too
Might as well be like everyone else
Keeping one hand clean [crossed out word] for you..
---
I am not here
I am someplace else
In a room full of people
I am all by myself
FULL
Item 578
I've got a brand new method to my madness
In one sentence: Tom's cursive lyric 'I've got a brand new method to my madness,' about positive thinking, on torn loose-leaf, whose second half became the song 'Cement', written by 2013.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten cursive lyric I'VE GOT A BRAND NEW METHOD TO MY MADNESS, in ink on a torn sheet of lined loose-leaf, about testing the power of positive thinking, whose second half became the song CEMENT (set list 11, track 11) in his 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten cursive lyric I've Got A Brand New Method To My Madness, about testing the power of positive thinking, words whose second half became the song CEMENT (set list 11, track 11) in his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: CEMENT (set list 11, track 11) ; Inspiring ; Motivational
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 11 · track 11 · as the song CEMENT (in part: the second half of the sheet)
- Age when written
- written by age 34 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 11 (track 11) · Set List 11: Noise Lies And Longing, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2013
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I've got a brand new method to my madness
Time to test the powers of positive thinking
Water from the well of being is what I should
be drinking
Stop drowning myself in this sorrow and sadness
Clenses my body and soul better than I thought
it would
Slowly I'm gaining control of a lost part of me
My broken pieces becoming whole they're soddered good
Staying here is my goal it's a better place to be
This is a true original
Just like the first smoke signal
But it's not a symbol of danger
Why should we be afraid of a stranger?
As we have grown
Time has told
As history unfolds
We're not here alone
Even difference unites
On the coldest of nights
We all need someone to keep us warm
As we all seek shelter from this storm
Time to test the powers of positive thinking
Water from the well of being is what I should
be drinking
Stop drowning myself in this sorrow and sadness
Clenses my body and soul better than I thought
it would
Slowly I'm gaining control of a lost part of me
My broken pieces becoming whole they're soddered good
Staying here is my goal it's a better place to be
This is a true original
Just like the first smoke signal
But it's not a symbol of danger
Why should we be afraid of a stranger?
As we have grown
Time has told
As history unfolds
We're not here alone
Even difference unites
On the coldest of nights
We all need someone to keep us warm
As we all seek shelter from this storm
SHORT
Item 688
I follow Your Lead
In one sentence: Tom's short lyric 'I Follow Your Lead,' in large black print, about workers and a queen bee who keeps all the honey, which became 'East Timor', written by 2013.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short lyric I FOLLOW YOUR LEAD, in large black print on lined notebook paper, about acting as go-between for the workers and a queen bee who keeps all the honey, which became the song EAST TIMOR (set list 13, track 12) in his 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short lyric I Follow Your Lead, in large black print, about acting as go-between for the workers and a queen bee who keeps all the honey, the words that became the song EAST TIMOR (set list 13, track 12) in his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: EAST TIMOR (set list 13, track 12) ; Set list 13 ; 200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013) ; The 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) ; Chomskian ; Politics ; Work
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 13 · track 12 · as the song EAST TIMOR
IN A BOOK200 Poems Waiting For Music (2013)
The 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 latest for the 'I'm getting angry' linesproved: they are in the poem EAST TIMOR in Chomskian Poems (July 4, 2011); the Queen Bee lines: written by age 34 at the latest (Tom Jensen Poem Anthology, March 29, 2013) - the sheet may be older
- Same words
- also written out as number 305, 886, 922matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
- On the site
- Set List 13 (track 12) · Set List 13: Power Shields, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2013
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The words on this page
I follow
YOUR Lead
And Act
As the go-between
For the workers
And the Queen Bee
When she keeps
all the honey
And Gives the hive none
The place starts buzzing
That something mvst be done
~~[crossed out text]~~
ALL OF ANTENIE
ARE AIMED AT ME
---
I'm getting angry
Unhappy
If I start crying
Please slap me
Just put me in my place
Slap that frown
Right off of my face
You see I'm in a delicate state
Been like this for years
How much longer do I have to wait?
So many emotion
Though only heart break
Is constant
Do whatever it takes
For that's how bad I want it
Yet the only face I trust
Is on the moon
YOUR Lead
And Act
As the go-between
For the workers
And the Queen Bee
When she keeps
all the honey
And Gives the hive none
The place starts buzzing
That something mvst be done
~~[crossed out text]~~
ALL OF ANTENIE
ARE AIMED AT ME
---
I'm getting angry
Unhappy
If I start crying
Please slap me
Just put me in my place
Slap that frown
Right off of my face
You see I'm in a delicate state
Been like this for years
How much longer do I have to wait?
So many emotion
Though only heart break
Is constant
Do whatever it takes
For that's how bad I want it
Yet the only face I trust
Is on the moon
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Item 1764
TOAST
In one sentence: Tom's typed poem 'Toast', dated 7/18/2013, a wry piece about going broke and sharing a shack with a fellow tortured soul, later in the 34 Albums, from 2013.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's typed poem TOAST dated 7/18/2013, a wry piece about going broke and sharing a shack with a fellow tortured soul from the breadline, with other typed sheets and handwritten notes; in 34 Albums and many of his books.
- Why it matters
- Tom's typed poem TOAST dated 7/18/2013, a wry piece about going broke and sharing a shack with a fellow tortured soul from the breadline - a poem from his early yellow binder, in 34 Albums and many of his books.
- Type
- Printed page
- Collection
- 34 Albums ; Poems By Tom (2007) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Yellow binder poems ; Money ; Funny ; Societythe old category list says: LOVE ; STATE OF THE WORLD (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKPoems By Tom (2007)
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)
Finished Song Lyrics (2011)
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)
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 at age 18 to 23from its place in Tom's yellow binder index (line Y5, a ranked list, not date order) - the binder held 481 poems by 5 April 2002, when Tom was 23; this typed sheet of it carries the date 7/18/2013
- Same words
- also written out as number 26matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2013
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7/18/2013
TOAST
by tom jensen
While it lasted
It sure was fun
But now...
"Look out Hooverville...
'Cause here I come!"
Been living in a commune
And sharing this shack of mine
With a fellow tortured soul
That I met in the breadline
(free bread!)
His loaf was too crusty
While mine was three days stale
Still the time it was a pleasant one
Despite what you'll call 'our meal'
Once we feasted on fresh pheasant
And perhaps a glass or two of champagne
We toasted as the sun was setting
Now a toast: "Shall it shine once again"
While it lasted
It sure was fun
But now...
"Look out Hooverville...
'Cause here we come!"
8/4/2013
---
9/28/12
Two days and you are feeling excited
Two days away from
the next stage of the plan
Two days until you travel back
Eager to share all you've learned
And the wisdom you've come to understand
One more day of highs and lows
One day to think about what has changed?
Inside of me I think I now know
How the rest of this story shall be told,
What shall be left out and
What shall be rearranged
YESTERDAY'S SONGS
by tom jensen
There is danger
Out on the street
Faces of anger
For you to meet
And some even stranger
Others you can't see
The chosen that always were
Along with those that'll never be
Their engines are burning
You can feel the heat
Though some keep on turning
Down a dead-end street
So here is a warning
To you from me:
Don't ride that train
Pick your brain
Then pick a lane
And when in the rain
Don't drown or be washed away
In the wind don't be blown astray
It's a sin that'll haunt you everyday
For your end begins once you start
Singing songs about yesterday
Five days to live in a moment
Five days left before time marches on
Five days to give the breath of life
To all the words you have spoken
Five days remain until you are gone
Four days says the calendar
Now hanging before you on the wall
Four days to better know yourself
Four days to see if your life
Belongs to you or to someone else
Four days left of pacing the halls
Three days then came the hurt
And doubting of my own self-worth
Three days left that's the time you get
To flip flop back and forth
5/15/13
---
7/5/13
HUNCH
by tom Jensen
Doesn't it suck when it's true
Nobody believes in you
Once upon a time
Yeah, maybe they used to...
Ah...but that's a fairytale now
What if one morning you woke up
And didn't love yourself at all
Would you bother to get of bed? out
Should anyone expect a call?
Been so stationary lately
A caged yellow canary crazed
So don't you come near me
Loneliness and despair
no longer fear me
I stopped singing that's when
I become a danger to the world
Lying in bed staring at the ceiling
I hear the music playing in my head
Then I get this feeling of dread
Maybe today's a good day to stay in bed
You know we all get this inner fright
A hunch that nothing will go right
This sinking feeling that you're doomed
Whether or not you even fight
Turn back out that light
It's time to say good night
Trying all the while not to give in to the paradox
Of living in sin and yet preaching bullshit walks
Climbing the walls like a spider on a string
Just because you can doesn't mean you've
Got to demean yourself by trying everything
---
5/15/13
DRINK MORE WATER
by tom jensen
I came inside and knocked my boots
Finally I shook off and kicked
these winter time blues
Suffice to say it's all because of you
When you went away I needed something new
So this time...
Rather than run to you for help
I've begun to look first towards myself
I'm no longer scared or afraid
What's that phrase? No guts no glory?
For Eric Burdon, he once told me
That, "Everybody has got a story"
And then he said, "Drink more water!"
That's some good advice...
It could save your life
I came inside and knocked my boots
Finally I shook off and kicked
these winter time blues
Suffice to say it's all because of you
When you went away I needed something new
Something... That's been lying dormant
and latent within me
Something... I've always had but needed
another to bring it out in me
Something... You shouldn't keep hidden
but let it out for all the world to see
Something... That which we call strength
and having faith in one's own capabilities
---
6/10/13
UNDEFINED
by tom jensen
I let her know
That I let her go
Love her more
than I love myself
And I told her so
Had to set her free
'Twas best for her
And best for me
For I knew we'd
meet again eventually
Since after all we'd become family
Pretext and context left undefined
Just the simple proof of love...
A weaving of hearts and minds
We're all woven
We're not made
Maybe there's a great creator
But there sure
ain't no great escape
I was searching for answers
to the simplest of [?]
---
7/13/1[?]
WORTH A SHOT
by tom jensen
So now where do I turn?
Once my passion for patience
Its wax and its wick
I have watched its slow burn
Leaving me without a light in my life
So now where do I turn?
Tell me where does it lie?
That magic spark
That touch of sunshine
That once emanated from my eyes?
(brightening up the darkest skies)
Will it come back again?
Or is this the parting of great friends?
A dawn without daylight
One long night that never ends
Hopefully all I need to heal
And cure me from my disease
Is a little rest and peace
In my own back yard
Alone by myself without
Anybody fucking with me...
(now, could I get that, please?)
I'd be ever so grateful
Perhaps I'd even stop
Thinking so many thoughts
That have turned cold and hateful
(yeah, you're right...probably not)
But at least it was worth a shot
---
7/19/20[?]
POINT OF REFERENCE
by tom Jensen
You keep waiting for your eyes to meet
Two lives become instantly changed forever
Sometimes you believe that day may come today
Other times you think to yourself never
That's why god made the Russians black
Or maybe white depending on your preference
That's why when I go out I'm never looking back
Because by now I've lost all point of reference
Ha ha ha...
(My plan worked to perfection)
I was feeling stranded and left
By the side of the road
Only seeking tranquility
And a place to call home
Until we met when I said,
"Meow baby, you wanna go roaming with me?"
---
8/4/2013
HERO'S SAGA
by tom jensen
A man once chained to stone
Finally managed to break free
Yet he still remained alone
His misery was the company he keeps
Surrounded by his paper walls
His one dream was to be free
Though no one could ever see
What his destiny was meant to be
After giving his mother one last kiss
He kept smiling all the while believing
That anywhere was better than here
And anything was better than this
He changed the clothes that he wears
And even the part in his hair
Setting out for some place new
Even if he didn't know where - he didn't care!
There are so many things
a stranger might not understand
Being so unknowing
of danger as only a loner can
Seeking fortune and fame
from the moment he came
Slowly expectations and reality
have drifted so far apart
When the moon's the only man
who knows where you are
The sun would've tried to guide you
if not for all of the stars
There's some dark figure
guarding the top of the hill
Someone ask if we'll ever escape
No, I don't think we ever will
Nuclear holocaust
The end of our time is near
The missiles are approaching
All the people tremble in fear
The order of words is important
You'll find meanings can change
When he or she who sits aloft atop
Of the see-saw falls off and then says:
I saw...
I conquered...
I came
---
(previously unpublished)
CHEMISTRY
by tom jensen
I am too idealistic I will confess
Maybe that's why it's taken so long
I'm too young to settle for second best
But I began to think that I was wrong
Maybe second rate wasn't second best
Since no one's ever passed the test...
Until I studied you and you taught me
A lesson in love called chemistry
No I never would have believed it
Talk about extra credit
Never before could I even conceive it
I find myself asking if I really said it?
I was wasting away day after day
Living from hand-to-mouth
Navigating but losing my way
As my life kept on heading south
When the winter weather wa[?]
I'd learned I'd been led astray
If a picture is worth a thousan[?]
Then I've still got a lot more to [?]
And so with that fact figured out
It's time - time to do everything
That I've talked about...
So I had better be on my way
---
(Previously unpublished)
HARD TO HEAR
by tom jensen
This is the train...
that'll lead me outta here
Gotta get when the gettin's good
And now's my time...
the coast is clear
When you've gone too far
you can't turn back
When they don't know your name
they never cut you any slack
Get back on track
Can't call this home again
Don't look back
Time to get on the train again
They say there's a heaven
but this sure ain't it
Just trying to find
a place where I fit
---
(previously unpublished)
WILL DO
by tom jensen
I've come a long, long way
the last couple of years
I've fought my share of demons
until they disappeared
Finally as I look now
the coast seems clear
I know it's time to start to rebuild
but I don't know where...to go
I don't know...what to do?
I don't know...what type of seeds I'm gonna sew
I don't know...I just haven't got a clue
I don't know... what to do?
I've penned 'a many sad, sad song
And shed a few tears
I've had my share of lovers
Who've all seemed to disappear
To each one true
To each one dear
But the burden of it all
Was just too much to bear
For you know I don't know what to do
I don't know I just haven't got a clue
I'm still looking for the perfect hole
In which my seed can grow
But I know that not just any old hole will do...
---
(Previously Unpublished)
OH YOU KNOW
by tom jensen
I miss the morning you...
Oh honey, you know it's true
I miss my bus stop brew
As I'd take a little time
For you know who
I miss all the amazing outfits you wear...
Those clothes that'd make my eyes close
Whenever we were heading
Either up or down the stairs
Oh you know how I love to stare...
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
It's called catch twenty two...
When you always want what you can't have
And good is never good enough
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
It's called catch twenty two...
When you loved me I ran away
I loved you but then I couldn't stay
Ain't that always the way?
Oh you know that's always the way...
Why is that always the way?
I don't know why that's always the way...
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
I'm just warming up
To you, to life
To the fact that I exist
I'm just warming up
To what I am and [?]
Oh you know sometimes when we get too close
You know somebody's bound to get hurt...
Oh you know sometimes we go too high or too
low
We either float over the clouds or we get
walked on like we're dirt
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
---
(previously unpublished)
HARD WORK
by tom jensen
I make the worst girls smile
And the best girls cry
I do it all with love
Just because that's my style
I work my hardest for those who can't pay
Think about that thought for a moment
Alright...
Okay...
You're right...
It's a hard way to make a living
But if you could see the smile on my face
At the end of the day
Maybe then you'd understand
Why when my name gets mentioned
People usually say:
I make the worst girls smile
And the best girls cry
I do it all with love
Just because that's my style
---
(Previously Unpublished)
LIVING IN A JIMMY BUFFET SONG
by tom jensen
You know you were drinking
too much for too long
When you find yourself living
in a Jimmy Buffet song...
I overextended
my stay in Margaritaville
I'm still wasted this morning
and will be for most of the day...
Now some people claim
That the worm is to blame
Why my brain feels like
it's been scraping asphalt
I've just gotten to know
Some guy named Jose Cuervo
Yeah, we've been
hanging out together a lot
I woke up hung over
and feeling depressed
Looked to my right...
How'd I get myself into this mess?
Felt someone leaning
on my shoulder
Man, I've got to get
this weight off my chest
It seems that last night
I rode the fat girl express
I was sick to my stomach
Had a bad taste in my mouth
I heard a noise in the bathroom
And another one ton came out
Just like the rubber
I used her and was then intent
on throwing her away...
She knows (and she knows!)
I don't love her
So I have no idea why she stayed...
No idea on why she stayed...
---
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TOAST
by tom jensen
While it lasted
It sure was fun
But now...
"Look out Hooverville...
'Cause here I come!"
Been living in a commune
And sharing this shack of mine
With a fellow tortured soul
That I met in the breadline
(free bread!)
His loaf was too crusty
While mine was three days stale
Still the time it was a pleasant one
Despite what you'll call 'our meal'
Once we feasted on fresh pheasant
And perhaps a glass or two of champagne
We toasted as the sun was setting
Now a toast: "Shall it shine once again"
While it lasted
It sure was fun
But now...
"Look out Hooverville...
'Cause here we come!"
8/4/2013
---
9/28/12
Two days and you are feeling excited
Two days away from
the next stage of the plan
Two days until you travel back
Eager to share all you've learned
And the wisdom you've come to understand
One more day of highs and lows
One day to think about what has changed?
Inside of me I think I now know
How the rest of this story shall be told,
What shall be left out and
What shall be rearranged
YESTERDAY'S SONGS
by tom jensen
There is danger
Out on the street
Faces of anger
For you to meet
And some even stranger
Others you can't see
The chosen that always were
Along with those that'll never be
Their engines are burning
You can feel the heat
Though some keep on turning
Down a dead-end street
So here is a warning
To you from me:
Don't ride that train
Pick your brain
Then pick a lane
And when in the rain
Don't drown or be washed away
In the wind don't be blown astray
It's a sin that'll haunt you everyday
For your end begins once you start
Singing songs about yesterday
Five days to live in a moment
Five days left before time marches on
Five days to give the breath of life
To all the words you have spoken
Five days remain until you are gone
Four days says the calendar
Now hanging before you on the wall
Four days to better know yourself
Four days to see if your life
Belongs to you or to someone else
Four days left of pacing the halls
Three days then came the hurt
And doubting of my own self-worth
Three days left that's the time you get
To flip flop back and forth
5/15/13
---
7/5/13
HUNCH
by tom Jensen
Doesn't it suck when it's true
Nobody believes in you
Once upon a time
Yeah, maybe they used to...
Ah...but that's a fairytale now
What if one morning you woke up
And didn't love yourself at all
Would you bother to get of bed? out
Should anyone expect a call?
Been so stationary lately
A caged yellow canary crazed
So don't you come near me
Loneliness and despair
no longer fear me
I stopped singing that's when
I become a danger to the world
Lying in bed staring at the ceiling
I hear the music playing in my head
Then I get this feeling of dread
Maybe today's a good day to stay in bed
You know we all get this inner fright
A hunch that nothing will go right
This sinking feeling that you're doomed
Whether or not you even fight
Turn back out that light
It's time to say good night
Trying all the while not to give in to the paradox
Of living in sin and yet preaching bullshit walks
Climbing the walls like a spider on a string
Just because you can doesn't mean you've
Got to demean yourself by trying everything
---
5/15/13
DRINK MORE WATER
by tom jensen
I came inside and knocked my boots
Finally I shook off and kicked
these winter time blues
Suffice to say it's all because of you
When you went away I needed something new
So this time...
Rather than run to you for help
I've begun to look first towards myself
I'm no longer scared or afraid
What's that phrase? No guts no glory?
For Eric Burdon, he once told me
That, "Everybody has got a story"
And then he said, "Drink more water!"
That's some good advice...
It could save your life
I came inside and knocked my boots
Finally I shook off and kicked
these winter time blues
Suffice to say it's all because of you
When you went away I needed something new
Something... That's been lying dormant
and latent within me
Something... I've always had but needed
another to bring it out in me
Something... You shouldn't keep hidden
but let it out for all the world to see
Something... That which we call strength
and having faith in one's own capabilities
---
6/10/13
UNDEFINED
by tom jensen
I let her know
That I let her go
Love her more
than I love myself
And I told her so
Had to set her free
'Twas best for her
And best for me
For I knew we'd
meet again eventually
Since after all we'd become family
Pretext and context left undefined
Just the simple proof of love...
A weaving of hearts and minds
We're all woven
We're not made
Maybe there's a great creator
But there sure
ain't no great escape
I was searching for answers
to the simplest of [?]
---
7/13/1[?]
WORTH A SHOT
by tom jensen
So now where do I turn?
Once my passion for patience
Its wax and its wick
I have watched its slow burn
Leaving me without a light in my life
So now where do I turn?
Tell me where does it lie?
That magic spark
That touch of sunshine
That once emanated from my eyes?
(brightening up the darkest skies)
Will it come back again?
Or is this the parting of great friends?
A dawn without daylight
One long night that never ends
Hopefully all I need to heal
And cure me from my disease
Is a little rest and peace
In my own back yard
Alone by myself without
Anybody fucking with me...
(now, could I get that, please?)
I'd be ever so grateful
Perhaps I'd even stop
Thinking so many thoughts
That have turned cold and hateful
(yeah, you're right...probably not)
But at least it was worth a shot
---
7/19/20[?]
POINT OF REFERENCE
by tom Jensen
You keep waiting for your eyes to meet
Two lives become instantly changed forever
Sometimes you believe that day may come today
Other times you think to yourself never
That's why god made the Russians black
Or maybe white depending on your preference
That's why when I go out I'm never looking back
Because by now I've lost all point of reference
Ha ha ha...
(My plan worked to perfection)
I was feeling stranded and left
By the side of the road
Only seeking tranquility
And a place to call home
Until we met when I said,
"Meow baby, you wanna go roaming with me?"
---
8/4/2013
HERO'S SAGA
by tom jensen
A man once chained to stone
Finally managed to break free
Yet he still remained alone
His misery was the company he keeps
Surrounded by his paper walls
His one dream was to be free
Though no one could ever see
What his destiny was meant to be
After giving his mother one last kiss
He kept smiling all the while believing
That anywhere was better than here
And anything was better than this
He changed the clothes that he wears
And even the part in his hair
Setting out for some place new
Even if he didn't know where - he didn't care!
There are so many things
a stranger might not understand
Being so unknowing
of danger as only a loner can
Seeking fortune and fame
from the moment he came
Slowly expectations and reality
have drifted so far apart
When the moon's the only man
who knows where you are
The sun would've tried to guide you
if not for all of the stars
There's some dark figure
guarding the top of the hill
Someone ask if we'll ever escape
No, I don't think we ever will
Nuclear holocaust
The end of our time is near
The missiles are approaching
All the people tremble in fear
The order of words is important
You'll find meanings can change
When he or she who sits aloft atop
Of the see-saw falls off and then says:
I saw...
I conquered...
I came
---
(previously unpublished)
CHEMISTRY
by tom jensen
I am too idealistic I will confess
Maybe that's why it's taken so long
I'm too young to settle for second best
But I began to think that I was wrong
Maybe second rate wasn't second best
Since no one's ever passed the test...
Until I studied you and you taught me
A lesson in love called chemistry
No I never would have believed it
Talk about extra credit
Never before could I even conceive it
I find myself asking if I really said it?
I was wasting away day after day
Living from hand-to-mouth
Navigating but losing my way
As my life kept on heading south
When the winter weather wa[?]
I'd learned I'd been led astray
If a picture is worth a thousan[?]
Then I've still got a lot more to [?]
And so with that fact figured out
It's time - time to do everything
That I've talked about...
So I had better be on my way
---
(Previously unpublished)
HARD TO HEAR
by tom jensen
This is the train...
that'll lead me outta here
Gotta get when the gettin's good
And now's my time...
the coast is clear
When you've gone too far
you can't turn back
When they don't know your name
they never cut you any slack
Get back on track
Can't call this home again
Don't look back
Time to get on the train again
They say there's a heaven
but this sure ain't it
Just trying to find
a place where I fit
---
(previously unpublished)
WILL DO
by tom jensen
I've come a long, long way
the last couple of years
I've fought my share of demons
until they disappeared
Finally as I look now
the coast seems clear
I know it's time to start to rebuild
but I don't know where...to go
I don't know...what to do?
I don't know...what type of seeds I'm gonna sew
I don't know...I just haven't got a clue
I don't know... what to do?
I've penned 'a many sad, sad song
And shed a few tears
I've had my share of lovers
Who've all seemed to disappear
To each one true
To each one dear
But the burden of it all
Was just too much to bear
For you know I don't know what to do
I don't know I just haven't got a clue
I'm still looking for the perfect hole
In which my seed can grow
But I know that not just any old hole will do...
---
(Previously Unpublished)
OH YOU KNOW
by tom jensen
I miss the morning you...
Oh honey, you know it's true
I miss my bus stop brew
As I'd take a little time
For you know who
I miss all the amazing outfits you wear...
Those clothes that'd make my eyes close
Whenever we were heading
Either up or down the stairs
Oh you know how I love to stare...
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
It's called catch twenty two...
When you always want what you can't have
And good is never good enough
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
It's called catch twenty two...
When you loved me I ran away
I loved you but then I couldn't stay
Ain't that always the way?
Oh you know that's always the way...
Why is that always the way?
I don't know why that's always the way...
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
I'm just warming up
To you, to life
To the fact that I exist
I'm just warming up
To what I am and [?]
Oh you know sometimes when we get too close
You know somebody's bound to get hurt...
Oh you know sometimes we go too high or too
low
We either float over the clouds or we get
walked on like we're dirt
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
Oh you know...
---
(previously unpublished)
HARD WORK
by tom jensen
I make the worst girls smile
And the best girls cry
I do it all with love
Just because that's my style
I work my hardest for those who can't pay
Think about that thought for a moment
Alright...
Okay...
You're right...
It's a hard way to make a living
But if you could see the smile on my face
At the end of the day
Maybe then you'd understand
Why when my name gets mentioned
People usually say:
I make the worst girls smile
And the best girls cry
I do it all with love
Just because that's my style
---
(Previously Unpublished)
LIVING IN A JIMMY BUFFET SONG
by tom jensen
You know you were drinking
too much for too long
When you find yourself living
in a Jimmy Buffet song...
I overextended
my stay in Margaritaville
I'm still wasted this morning
and will be for most of the day...
Now some people claim
That the worm is to blame
Why my brain feels like
it's been scraping asphalt
I've just gotten to know
Some guy named Jose Cuervo
Yeah, we've been
hanging out together a lot
I woke up hung over
and feeling depressed
Looked to my right...
How'd I get myself into this mess?
Felt someone leaning
on my shoulder
Man, I've got to get
this weight off my chest
It seems that last night
I rode the fat girl express
I was sick to my stomach
Had a bad taste in my mouth
I heard a noise in the bathroom
And another one ton came out
Just like the rubber
I used her and was then intent
on throwing her away...
She knows (and she knows!)
I don't love her
So I have no idea why she stayed...
No idea on why she stayed...
---
FIRST DRAFT
FINISHED
SONGS
by
Tom Jensen
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poems by tom poem & stories
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Item 464
I got people dropping like flies
In one sentence: Tom's eight-line poem 'I got people dropping like flies,' with syllable counts of 8 marked down the margin of a lined sheet, written by 2014.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten eight-line poem I got people dropping like flies, with syllable counts of 8 marked down the margin, on a lined sheet, published in the 34 albums and Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten eight-line poem I got people dropping like flies, with syllable counts of 8 marked down the margin - showing how he measures a line - part of his 34 Albums and published in Poetry Not Dead (2014) and Only The Best (2018).draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Societydraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMS
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written by age 36 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2014
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The words on this page
8 I got people dropping like flies
8 Disappearing out of my life
8 By now I [crossed out] stopped asking questions
8 Because I know the reason why
8 I stopped caring and cut my ties
8 Lost the fire within my eyes
8 I've grown tired [crossed out] - dissatisfied
8 Now exposed - what I used to hide
8 Disappearing out of my life
8 By now I [crossed out] stopped asking questions
8 Because I know the reason why
8 I stopped caring and cut my ties
8 Lost the fire within my eyes
8 I've grown tired [crossed out] - dissatisfied
8 Now exposed - what I used to hide
Item 465
When you put it on the poster
In one sentence: Working notes for the song 'Name In Lights': a torn strip on posters ('the shorter the name, the bigger the print') and numbered verse ideas, written by 2014.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten working notes for the song NAME IN LIGHTS (set list 3, track 10): a torn strip reading When you put it on the poster, the shorter the name, the bigger the print, and a full lined sheet of numbered verse ideas 1 to 7.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten working notes for the song NAME IN LIGHTS (set list 3, track 10) in his 34 Albums: a torn strip reading 'When you put it on the poster, the shorter the name, the bigger the print', and a sheet of numbered verse ideas 1 to 7.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: NAME IN LIGHTS (set list 3, track 10) ; Song working notes ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Funny ; Musicdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 3 · track 10 · as the song NAME IN LIGHTS
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written by age 36 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 3 (track 10) · Set List 3: Self In The Mirror, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2014
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The words on this page
When you put it on the poster
the shorter the name
the bigger the print
---
Rest of the story (P. 3)
Real Cold (P. 2)
IGNORE (printed)
the shorter the name
the bigger the print
---
Rest of the story (P. 3)
Real Cold (P. 2)
IGNORE (printed)
HALF
Item 470
PLEDGE
In one sentence: Tom's lyric 'Pledge' ('Globalization without exploitation'), a bubble-letter title and crossed-out lines in pen on pale green paper, which became the song, written by 2014.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten lyric PLEDGE (Globalization without exploitation should be the pledge of this next generation), which became the song PLEDGE (set list 13, track 10), with the title in bubble letters and crossed-out lines, in pen on pale green lined paper.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric PLEDGE ('Globalization without exploitation should be the pledge of this next generation'), title in bubble letters, the words that became the song PLEDGE (set list 13, track 10) in his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: PLEDGE (set list 13, track 10) ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Be Different ; Inspiring ; Motivational ; Society ; Politicsthe old category list says: BE DIFFERENT ; INSPIRING ; MOTIVATIONAL (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 13 · track 10 · as the song PLEDGE
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 36 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 13 (track 10) · Set List 13: Power Shields, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2014
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The words on this page
PLEDGE
Globalization without exploitation
should be the pledge of this next generation
The driving force
The goal set forth for this new mileneum
More songs that unite... / That's right... I'm penning them...
So who is with me? ((thunderous clapping
and applause/cheers)
Alright now who's against me?
(solo person clapping fades out)
[heavy scribbles]
The only weapon you need is love
To destroy any potential enemies
It's thoughts like these
That makes me
The most dangerous man in the world...
Someone that can teach
These [scribbled out word] beliefs
To all earth's little boys and girls
Mother
Every Arm in arm, hand in hand
That's the one nation for which I stand
Globalization without exploitation
should be the pledge of this next generation
The driving force
The goal set forth for this new mileneum
More songs that unite... / That's right... I'm penning them...
So who is with me? ((thunderous clapping
and applause/cheers)
Alright now who's against me?
(solo person clapping fades out)
[heavy scribbles]
The only weapon you need is love
To destroy any potential enemies
It's thoughts like these
That makes me
The most dangerous man in the world...
Someone that can teach
These [scribbled out word] beliefs
To all earth's little boys and girls
Mother
Every Arm in arm, hand in hand
That's the one nation for which I stand
Item 473
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
In one sentence: Tom's lyric 'Taxation Without Representation', on what the Baby Boomers did to his generation, on a legal sheet with two small index cards, written by 2014.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten lyric TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS WHAT the Baby Boomers did to MY-MY-MY Generation, which went into the song PRETTY FOUNTAINS (set list 8, track 2), on a legal sheet with two small index cards of related lines.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS WHAT the Baby Boomers did to MY-MY-MY Generation, with two index cards of related lines, which went into the song PRETTY FOUNTAINS (set list 8, track 2) in his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: PRETTY FOUNTAINS (set list 8, track 2) ; Brian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Society ; Politics
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 8 · track 2 · as the song PRETTY FOUNTAINS
IN A BOOKBrian Rainstorm: Poetry Not Dead (2014)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 36 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 8 (track 2) · Set List 8: Boss Logic, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2014
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The words on this page
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
IS WHAT THE Baby Boomers did to MY-MY-MY
Generation
They took the green off the fields
And the snow off of the mountains
---
[Ian McElroy]
Welcome to poor
judgement theatre...
I am your host...
everybody
here is
pale as a ghost
Yeah we watch the
world spinning
round and do our
best to fit in...
But lately we've been
gettin' that feeling
that we're slowly
sinking...
yeah we're slowly
sinking... our time
spending what's left
to believe in?
We find we're
fallin' behind and
Searching for the reason?
Yeah.. we're
searching for the
reason:
Be it old school
corporate greed
From those trying
to sell us something
That we don't need
IS WHAT THE Baby Boomers did to MY-MY-MY
Generation
They took the green off the fields
And the snow off of the mountains
---
[Ian McElroy]
Welcome to poor
judgement theatre...
I am your host...
everybody
here is
pale as a ghost
Yeah we watch the
world spinning
round and do our
best to fit in...
But lately we've been
gettin' that feeling
that we're slowly
sinking...
yeah we're slowly
sinking... our time
spending what's left
to believe in?
We find we're
fallin' behind and
Searching for the reason?
Yeah.. we're
searching for the
reason:
Be it old school
corporate greed
From those trying
to sell us something
That we don't need
SHORT
Item 596
UNWINNABLE
In one sentence: Two sheets of 'Unwinnable': its closing lines on a legal sheet and the full lyric ('Culture vultures circling the sky') signed up the margin, written by 2018.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten UNWINNABLE on two sheets photographed under number 596: its closing four lines (When you become freed from the disease of please... an unwinnable game always trying to score) on a lined legal sheet under a big scribbled-out block, and the full lyric (Culture vultures circling the sky) on lined loose-leaf with UNWINNABLE by Tom Jensen written up the left margin - the words of the song UNWINNABLE (set list 2, track 4) in his 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten UNWINNABLE - the full lyric on one sheet and its closing four lines about the disease of please and an unwinnable game on another - the words of the song UNWINNABLE (set list 2, track 4) in his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: UNWINNABLE (set list 2, track 4) ; Set list 2 ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Only The Best (2018) ; A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) ; Be Different ; Inspiring ; Motivationalthe old category list says: BE DIFFERENT ; INSPIRING ; MOTIVATIONAL (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 2 · track 4 · as the song UNWINNABLE
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Only The Best (2018)
A Lifetime Of Rhyme (2020)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024)
Tom Jensen Lyrics (2019) - Age when written
- written by age 39 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- On the site
- Set List 2 (track 4) · Set List 2: Plurality, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2018
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Picture 2 of 2
The words on this page
[sheet 1 - lined legal sheet, four lines under a scribbled-out block]
When you become freed from the disease of please
Is when you begin to build walls that only others can see
You take all you need and often times more
An [crossed out] unwinnable game [crossed out] always trying to score
[crossed-out line]
---
[sheet 2 - full lyric; UNWINNABLE by Tom Jensen written up the left margin]
Culture vultures circling the sky
Off our self doubt is what they thrive
It's either the daily dodge or else face the grind
Something finds you every time you hide
Given time and sobriety
You can reshape your reality
In this Kaleidoscope world
You can clearly see
Sometimes [crossed out word] you pay a hidden fee
On what ya thought was free
It's not all about material goods
[crossed-out lines]
Talking 'bout a man [crossed out word] all alone in the woods
When noone is watching what does he do?
[crossed-out line]
Are honor and integrity things that he holds true?
what one does to others
will some day be done to you
As the company you keep
will one day keep you
Given time and sobriety
You can reshape your reality
In this Kaleidoscope world
You can clearly see
Sometimes you pay a hidden fee
On what you thought was free
I bathed in dark energies
All the while absorbing light
Living in between two planes of existance
As [crossed out word] the day became my [crossed out word] morning
And the morning my night
Wrong has always been wrong
But now it was all right
When you become freed from the disease of please
Is when you begin to build walls that only others can see
You take all you need and often times more
An [crossed out] unwinnable game [crossed out] always trying to score
[crossed-out line]
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[sheet 2 - full lyric; UNWINNABLE by Tom Jensen written up the left margin]
Culture vultures circling the sky
Off our self doubt is what they thrive
It's either the daily dodge or else face the grind
Something finds you every time you hide
Given time and sobriety
You can reshape your reality
In this Kaleidoscope world
You can clearly see
Sometimes [crossed out word] you pay a hidden fee
On what ya thought was free
It's not all about material goods
[crossed-out lines]
Talking 'bout a man [crossed out word] all alone in the woods
When noone is watching what does he do?
[crossed-out line]
Are honor and integrity things that he holds true?
what one does to others
will some day be done to you
As the company you keep
will one day keep you
Given time and sobriety
You can reshape your reality
In this Kaleidoscope world
You can clearly see
Sometimes you pay a hidden fee
On what you thought was free
I bathed in dark energies
All the while absorbing light
Living in between two planes of existance
As [crossed out word] the day became my [crossed out word] morning
And the morning my night
Wrong has always been wrong
But now it was all right
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Item 599
UNDEFEATED
In one sentence: Tom's black-ink lyric 'Undefeated' under a bubble-letter title, about seizing the moment and Father Time, the words of the song 'Undefeated', written by 2018.
Item type
POEM · IN 34 ALBUMS · FULL LYRICSbest guess - not yet proved
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULLbest guess - not yet proved
Tom's handwritten lyric UNDEFEATED by Tom Jensen, in black ink under a bubble-letter title on lined loose-leaf with a torn top edge, about seizing the moment, Father Time being undefeated and the space race, the words of the song UNDEFEATED (set list 20, track 1) in his 34 albums.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric Undefeated, signed by Tom Jensen, about seizing the moment, Father Time being undefeated and the space race, the words of the song UNDEFEATED (set list 20, track 1) in his 34 Albums.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- 34 Albums: UNDEFEATED (set list 20, track 1) ; Set list 20 ; The November 2024 Collection (2024) ; Only The Best (2018) ; 34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026) ; Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) ; Chomskian ; Motivationalthe old category list says: CHOMSKIAN ; MOTIVATIONAL (not checked by Tom)
- Published in
- IN 34 ALBUMSset list 20 · track 1 · as the song UNDEFEATED
IN A BOOKThe November 2024 Collection (2024)
Only The Best (2018)
34 Albums, Books 1 and 2 (2026)
Revised 31 Albums With Index (2024) - Age when written
- written by age 39 at the latestdated from the earliest book it appears in - the sheet itself may be older
- Same words
- also written out as number 995matched on the words by machine - Tom confirms
- On the site
- Set List 20 (track 1) · Set List 20: The Cost Of Light, all-in-one page · Tom's Story: 2018
Price · Tier · Tom fills these
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The words on this page
UNDEFEATED by Tom Jensen
I AIN'T GOT NO PLANS this minute
So I'm seizing the moment - I'm in it
I'm not losing or winning - Just present
Not up, not down - I'm all around
From the cities to the towns
to the horses and the plows
Not just the black or the White
But every face in the crowd
If you can see it, you can be it
If you wish to delete it then don't repeat it
Some Good advice to those who seek it
Though those luckier than me might not need it
Sure you can try to pin for the win
When the argument becomes heated
But a sly guy vies for the tie
Because Father Time's undefeated
What about space? That's a whole 'nother race
We started with moon then wouldn't you know pretty soon
It was on to mars and that's just so far
There's more in store we keep raising the bar
I'd rather not Roam stick closer to home
Preserve what we have before it's all gone!
I AIN'T GOT NO PLANS this minute
So I'm seizing the moment - I'm in it
I'm not losing or winning - Just present
Not up, not down - I'm all around
From the cities to the towns
to the horses and the plows
Not just the black or the White
But every face in the crowd
If you can see it, you can be it
If you wish to delete it then don't repeat it
Some Good advice to those who seek it
Though those luckier than me might not need it
Sure you can try to pin for the win
When the argument becomes heated
But a sly guy vies for the tie
Because Father Time's undefeated
What about space? That's a whole 'nother race
We started with moon then wouldn't you know pretty soon
It was on to mars and that's just so far
There's more in store we keep raising the bar
I'd rather not Roam stick closer to home
Preserve what we have before it's all gone!