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Item 1008
The only coke I keep is in the fridge
In one sentence: A two-line handwritten poem, 'The Only Coke I Keep Is In The Fridge', on a yellowed notebook sheet with a torn spiral edge, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten two-line poem THE ONLY COKE I KEEP IS IN THE FRIDGE on a yellowed sheet of lined notebook paper with a torn spiral edge; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten two-line poem The Only Coke I Keep Is In The Fridge, on a yellowed spiral-torn sheet; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Humor ; Addictiondraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the piece numbered next to it (item 1006), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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The only coke I keep is in the fridge
The only place I won't meet you is at the bridge
The only place I won't meet you is at the bridge
Item 1009
You came in the door
In one sentence: A short handwritten poem, 'You Came In The Door', a darkly comic warning on a worn, creased and stained sheet of lined paper, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem YOU CAME IN THE DOOR on a worn, creased and stained sheet of lined paper with folded corners - a darkly comic threat to a man who is going out the window; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem You Came In The Door - but you're going out the window - a darkly comic threat, on a worn and creased sheet; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Humor ; Relationshipsdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the piece numbered next to it (item 1006), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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You came in the door
But you're going out the window
I hope you don't have a wife
Because she's gonna be a widow
I'll pull up the shades
Because your bed is made
Wait to hear the sound
Of you hitting the ground
But you're going out the window
I hope you don't have a wife
Because she's gonna be a widow
I'll pull up the shades
Because your bed is made
Wait to hear the sound
Of you hitting the ground
Item 1010
If it's half as good as
In one sentence: A short poem, 'If It's Half As Good As', written in blue ink on a creased white paper plate, never published, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's short poem IF IT'S HALF AS GOOD AS, handwritten in blue ink on a creased white paper plate; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original short poem If It's Half As Good As, written in blue ink on a creased paper plate; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Poems written on paper platesdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 1006 and item 1015), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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If it's half as good as the last one
Then I wouldn't play it any mind
The only time you ever see the [?]
Is after they creep up from behind
You pat your own back as you think
Then I wouldn't play it any mind
The only time you ever see the [?]
Is after they creep up from behind
You pat your own back as you think
Item 1012
Stand by my side
In one sentence: A handwritten poem, 'Stand By My Side', on a full sheet of lined notebook paper, about facing the inevitable and being sure of the future, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten poem STAND BY MY SIDE on a full sheet of lined notebook paper, about facing the inevitable and being sure of the future; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem Stand By My Side, about facing the inevitable and being sure of the future; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Love ; Faith ; Inspiringdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the piece numbered next to it (item 1015), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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Stand by my side
Don't hide from the inevitable
For you can not hide
From the course they serve your table
Do not blink, do not cross your eyes
Be so sure of the future it will not be a
surprise
Don't hide from the inevitable
For you can not hide
From the course they serve your table
Do not blink, do not cross your eyes
Be so sure of the future it will not be a
surprise
Item 1013
I suppose i've found out why
In one sentence: Two sheets of lined notebook paper holding two short handwritten poems, 'I Suppose I've Found Out Why' and 'Wouldn't You Like To Know', written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poems on two sheets of lined notebook paper - I SUPPOSE I'VE FOUND OUT WHY, on trusting material things over people, and WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO KNOW, on the things we don't know; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poems on two sheets - I Suppose I've Found Out Why, on trusting material things over people, and Wouldn't You Like To Know, on the things we don't know; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Society ; Philosophydraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the piece numbered next to it (item 1015), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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I suppose i've found out why
I put the most faith in material things
There's no reason to lie
They is just more reliable than people
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Wouldn't you like to know
Exactly which way to go
But it isn't quite so
There are somethings we don't know
I put the most faith in material things
There's no reason to lie
They is just more reliable than people
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Wouldn't you like to know
Exactly which way to go
But it isn't quite so
There are somethings we don't know
Item 1014
Rolling hills don't pay my bills
In one sentence: A two-line handwritten poem, 'Rolling Hills Don't Pay My Bills', in black ink on a yellowed, torn sheet of spiral notebook paper, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten two-line poem ROLLING HILLS DON'T PAY MY BILLS in black ink on a yellowed, torn sheet of spiral notebook paper; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten two-line poem Rolling Hills Don't Pay My Bills - burn it, plow it, knock it down; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Money ; Nature ; Societydraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the piece numbered next to it (item 1015), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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Rolling hills don't pay my bills
Burn it, plow it, knock it down [?]
Burn it, plow it, knock it down [?]
Item 1020
Nine o'clock at night is the time
In one sentence: A single handwritten line, 'Nine O'Clock At Night Is The Time', on a torn-edged sheet of lined notebook paper, an idea saved to return to, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten single line NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT IS THE TIME on a torn-edged sheet of lined notebook paper.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten single line Nine O'Clock At Night Is The Time - the first line of an idea he wrote down to come back to, the way his poems and songs start.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Fragments and single lines ; Shorter lyricsdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 1019 and item 1022), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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Nine o'clock at night is the time
Item 1021
Quantity vs. Quality
In one sentence: A short poem, 'Quantity Vs. Quality', handwritten in purple ink on a plain three-hole sheet, a cheeky couplet, never published, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's short poem QUANTITY VS. QUALITY, handwritten in purple ink on a plain three-hole sheet, a cheeky couplet about perfect plumage and spreading genes; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original short poem Quantity Vs. Quality, a cheeky couplet in purple ink about perfect plumage and spreading genes; never published; Tom also wrote these words out on sheet 1201.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Humor ; Relationshipsdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Same words
- also written out as number 1201
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 1019 and item 1022), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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Quantity vs. Quality
She's got perfect plumage
Spread your legs I'll spread
my genes
She's got perfect plumage
Spread your legs I'll spread
my genes
Item 1028
I used to be just like you
In one sentence: A three-line poem, 'I Used To Be Just Like You', handwritten in pencil on a torn, yellowed notebook sheet, angry and loud with something to prove, written about 1996-2013.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's three-line poem I USED TO BE JUST LIKE YOU, handwritten in pencil on a torn, yellowed sheet of lined notebook paper - angry and loud with something to prove; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original three-line poem I Used To Be Just Like You, in pencil - angry and loud with something to prove; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Internal Struggle ; Growing updraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 34 - an estimateWords probably in 180 Good Poems For Songs (2012-11-17) - a weaker text match (a few shared phrases), not certain. Probably written by 34. Not proved.
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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I used to be just like you
Angry and loud with something to prove
I spent my days confused
Angry and loud with something to prove
I spent my days confused
Item 1031
This neverending state of chaos reigns
In one sentence: A four-line cursive poem, 'This Neverending State Of Chaos Reigns', a protest about fanning the flames at home while billions go overseas, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten four-line poem THIS NEVERENDING STATE OF CHAOS REIGNS in cursive on lined notebook paper, a protest that we fan the flames at home while sending billions overseas; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten four-line poem This Neverending State Of Chaos Reigns, a protest that we fan the flames at home while sending billions overseas; never published; Tom also wrote these words out on sheet 1301.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Society ; Politicsdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Same words
- also written out as number 1301
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 1030 and item 1035), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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This neverending state of chaos reigns
We've got the water but we're fanning the flames
This land of ours is ripe with disease
And yet we're sending billions of dollars over seas
We've got the water but we're fanning the flames
This land of ours is ripe with disease
And yet we're sending billions of dollars over seas
Item 1034
I've been looking around for some inspiration
In one sentence: A handwritten couplet, 'I've Been Looking Around For Some Inspiration', on the back of printed stereo wiring instructions with a penciled guitar-shop note, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten couplet I'VE BEEN LOOKING AROUND FOR SOME INSPIRATION, written on the back of a stained, folded printed sheet of stereo wiring instructions that also carries a penciled guitar-shop note; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten couplet I've Been Looking Around For Some Inspiration, written on the back of stereo wiring instructions that also carry his penciled guitar-shop note - a poem scribbled on the paperwork of his music gear; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Poems written on found paper ; Music gear ; Inspiringdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 1030 and item 1035), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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I've been looking around for some inspiration
Something, anything that could give a reason for some
celebration
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SHAWN
Guitar center
120 70-5002
Receiver Wiring Adaptor
Soldering Instructions
Strip wires back 1/2".
Tightly twist wires together.
Solder:
1. Heat wire.
2. Touch solder to wire, not to iron.
Tools Required
Soldering Iron
Solder
(Rosin Core
Suggested)
Electrical
Tape
Tape
CRUTCHFIELD®
Copyright 1998 Crutchfield Corporation
[number removed]
Technical Service
*120705002* 3
Something, anything that could give a reason for some
celebration
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3
0
1
SHAWN
Guitar center
120 70-5002
Receiver Wiring Adaptor
Soldering Instructions
Strip wires back 1/2".
Tightly twist wires together.
Solder:
1. Heat wire.
2. Touch solder to wire, not to iron.
Tools Required
Soldering Iron
Solder
(Rosin Core
Suggested)
Electrical
Tape
Tape
CRUTCHFIELD®
Copyright 1998 Crutchfield Corporation
[number removed]
Technical Service
*120705002* 3
Item 1036
Lately I've been getting paranoid
In one sentence: An unfinished handwritten poem, 'Lately I've Been Getting Paranoid', on lined notebook paper, about being out of work with no money coming in, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten unfinished poem LATELY I'VE BEEN GETTING PARANOID on lined notebook paper, about being out of work with no money coming in; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten unfinished poem Lately I've Been Getting Paranoid, about being out of work with no money coming in; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Work ; Money ; Internal Struggledraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 1035 and item 1037), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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Lately I've been getting paranoid
Probably because I'm currently unemployed
Nah, I ain't got no money coming in
Waiting for
Probably because I'm currently unemployed
Nah, I ain't got no money coming in
Waiting for
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Item 1046
Just like a rubber
In one sentence: A handwritten breakup poem, 'Just Like A Rubber', darkly funny, on a torn-edged sheet of lined notebook paper, written about 1996-2013.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · HALF LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten poem JUST LIKE A RUBBER on a torn-edged sheet of lined notebook paper, a darkly funny breakup poem that turns STD into Self-Triggered Depression; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem Just Like A Rubber, a darkly funny breakup poem that turns STD into Self-Triggered Depression; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Half lyrics ; Heartbreak ; Humordraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 34 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 1045 and item 1049), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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Just like a rubber
She used me and then threw me away
I think I love[d] her
And Im trying to find the courage to say
Because of her ripped,
There's now a great big hole inside of me
I've found no cure
To alliviate these symptoms of STD
Self-Triggered Depression
This feeling of ache growing deep in me
She used me and then threw me away
I think I love[d] her
And Im trying to find the courage to say
Because of her ripped,
There's now a great big hole inside of me
I've found no cure
To alliviate these symptoms of STD
Self-Triggered Depression
This feeling of ache growing deep in me
SHORT
Item 1047
I called up Caca Achiever
In one sentence: A handwritten comic poem, 'I Called Up Caca Achiever', in ink on lined paper, a plea to Captain Coffee Break for a large coffee, fast, written about 1996-2013.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten comic poem I CALLED UP CACA ACHIEVER in ink on lined notebook paper, a plea to Captain Coffee Break for a large coffee, fast; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten comic poem I Called Up Caca Achiever, a plea to Captain Coffee Break for a large coffee, fast; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Humor ; Workdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 34 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 1045 and item 1049), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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I called up Caca Achiever
Said get up off your Ass!
I need a coffee
I need coffee fast
Cream and Sugar
A Large one will do
Captain coffee break...
You know I love you
Oh well, oh well, oh well
Said get up off your Ass!
I need a coffee
I need coffee fast
Cream and Sugar
A Large one will do
Captain coffee break...
You know I love you
Oh well, oh well, oh well
Item 1050
Woke up half dead
In one sentence: A short handwritten poem, 'Woke Up Half Dead', written on a torn-edged notebook sheet, asking for a sign of better days ahead, written about 2001-2008.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem WOKE UP HALF DEAD, written on a torn-edged sheet of lined notebook paper, asking for a sign of better days ahead; published in the Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013).
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem Woke Up Half Dead, asking for a sign of better days ahead; published in the Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013).
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Tom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013) ; Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012 ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Shorter lyrics ; Faith ; Internal Struggle
- Published in
- IN A BOOKTom Jensen Poem Anthology (2013)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written at age 23 to 29late in its letter of Tom's yellow binder index (line O16) - after the first 481 poems (5 April 2002) and before Poems by Tom (December 2007)
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- Tom's Story: 2004
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Woke up half dead
So I just laid in bed
I find myself believing that the best days were left behind
Show me a sign of better days ahead
Tell me of a time
When I'm anxious to awake
So I just laid in bed
I find myself believing that the best days were left behind
Show me a sign of better days ahead
Tell me of a time
When I'm anxious to awake
Item 1057
I gauge lost time through cigarette butts
In one sentence: A three-line poem in black cursive, 'I Gauge Lost Time Through Cigarette Butts', on three-hole notebook paper, never published, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's three-line poem I GAUGE LOST TIME THROUGH CIGARETTE BUTTS, handwritten in black cursive on three-hole lined notebook paper - the more I find myself, the more I think I'm going nuts; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original three-line poem I Gauge Lost Time Through Cigarette Butts - the more I find myself, the more I think I'm going nuts; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Internal Struggle ; Addictiondraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 1055 and item 1058), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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I gauge lost time through cigarette butts
The more I find myself the more I think I'm going nuts
Simply inherited heredity's got the best of me
The more I find myself the more I think I'm going nuts
Simply inherited heredity's got the best of me
Item 1060
When I was a kid
In one sentence: A short handwritten poem, 'When I Was A Kid', remembering a sullen, sulky childhood, with a second verse in blue ink, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem WHEN I WAS A KID on lined notebook paper, remembering being a sullen, sulky child, with a second verse in blue ink - I've got good ones, bad ones, happy ones, sad ones; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem When I Was A Kid, remembering being a sullen, sulky child, with a second verse - I've got good ones, bad ones, happy ones, sad ones; never published; Tom also wrote these words out on sheet 966.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Childhood ; Family ; Memoriesdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Same words
- also written out as number 966
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 1059 and item 1061), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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When I was a kid
I was so sullen and sulky
Looking back now
I don't even know why
I've got good ones, bad ones
happy ones, sad ones
Just tell me the mood you're in
I was so sullen and sulky
Looking back now
I don't even know why
I've got good ones, bad ones
happy ones, sad ones
Just tell me the mood you're in
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Item 1081
HANDWRITTEN LYRICS - 'START DIGGING A HOLE'
In one sentence: A handwritten lyric in pencil, 'Start Digging A Hole', a word-play verse on grave situations and gold digging, on lined loose-leaf, written about 1996-2012.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · HALF LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten lyric START DIGGING A HOLE in pencil on a sheet of lined loose-leaf, a word-play verse on grave situations, gold digging and knowing what you're digging for; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric Start Digging A Hole, in pencil, a word-play verse on grave situations, gold digging and knowing what you're digging for; never published; Tom also wrote these words out on sheet 750.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Half lyrics ; Humor ; Moneydraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Same words
- also written out as number 750
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 33 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 1077 and item 1083), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2004
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No photograph on file yet
This piece is real - its picture has not been found
This piece is real - its picture has not been found
These words are a machine reading of the photograph, not a clean transcription. Read the picture.
The words on this page
Handwritten lyric, no number card (assigned under Ruling 2). Text: 'Start digging a hole / And the scenery never gets any better / When you get up to your neck / You better make sure you check the weather [word struck out] // Grave situations call for desperate measures / Gold digging can have its rewards / Spend your days searching for buried treasures / Just make sure you know what you're digging for'.
Item 13
I won't be fixxing houses for ever.
In one sentence: A handwritten lyric, 'I won't be fixing houses forever,' about knowing he can do better, on the back of a pink August 2003 Salem bar flyer, about 2003-2008.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten lyric "I won't be fixing houses forever," about knowing he can do better than his day job, written on the back of a pink Dodge Street Bar & Grill music flyer from August 2003 in Salem, Massachusetts.
- Why it matters
- Tom's lyric about knowing he can do better than fixing houses, written on the back of an August 2003 music flyer from a Salem bar with a rhyme list down the edge - the day job and the music scene on one sheet - published in Shorter Lyrics (2013).
- Type
- Ephemera (flyer, card, clipping)
- Collection
- Shorter Lyrics (2013) ; Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 ; Music-scene flyers ; Work ; Inspiring ; Real Life
- Published in
- IN A BOOKShorter Lyrics (2013)
Tom's Anthology, July 25, 2012
Tom's Anthology, September 18, 2011 - Age when written
- written at age 23 to 29late in its letter of Tom's yellow binder index (line H28) - after the first 481 poems (5 April 2002) and before Poems by Tom (December 2007)
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2005
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Picture 1 of 2
Picture 2 of 2
The words on this page
I won't be fixxing houses for ever.
We all know that I can do better
People and their lives can change like the weather
Just look at my wife and the fact I haven't met her... yet
I just do the best I can
I'm a simple man
But I got big plans
Someday I'll start a band...
And someday we'll play a set
I won't be going to school [strikethrough: [?]] until I'm almost dead
for if I got too smart my brain might get too big for my head
I finally dropped all the deadweight 'cause I was sinking I was made of
like led
---
DODGE STREET BAR & GRILL
ESTABLISHED 1990
7 DODGE STREET ♦ SALEM, MA
[number removed] ♦ WWW.DODGESTREET.COM
LIVE MUSIC NIGHTLY
NEVER A COVER CHARGE
AUGUST 2003 MUSIC SCHEDULE
TRY THE BEST PIZZA IN SALEM
NOW AVAILABLE FOR TAKE-OUT
CHECK OUT OUR NEW MENU COMING IN AUGUST
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| | | | | | 1 MAMADOU DIOP | 2 DIRTY WATER DOGS |
| 3 DIS 'N' DAT (REGGAE) | 4 OPEN MIC NITE W/ RUSS LAWTON | 5 FATS HAMMOND | 6 JOHN TROY *OWNERS CHOICE | 7 AFRO TRONIK | 8 KEN CLARK ORGAN TRIO | 9 LOADED DICE (BLUES ROCK) |
| 10 VEIN (ROCK) | 11 OPEN MIC NITE W/ RUSS LAWTON | 12 FATS HAMMOND | 13 FUNK YARD DOGS | 14 LOS RETROS (ROCK) | 15 MARTY ROWEN'S LAST CALL | 16 RACKY THOMAS BLUES |
| 17 DIS 'N' DAT (REGGAE) | 18 OPEN MIC NITE W/ RUSS LAWTON | 19 FATS HAMMOND | 20 COLLEEN CONNERY | 21 THE REAL KIDS (ROCK) | 22 THREE TOAD SLOTH | 23 CATALINAS (BLUES ROCK) |
| 24 KENNE HIGHLAND CLAN (ROCK) | 25 OPEN MIC NITE W/ RUSS LAWTON | 26 FATS HAMMOND | 27 JAMM DOWN (REGGAE) | 28 CHRIS FITZ BLUES (R&B) | 29 MEGAWATT BLUES CRUSHERS | 30 MICHIGAN BLACK SNAKE (FUNK) |
| 31 BRUCE BARTLETT TRIO | | | | | | |
* DON'T MISS *
AUGUST 3RD & AUGUST 17TH: DIS 'N' DAT - AUGUST 9TH: LOADED DICE
AUGUST 21ST: THE REAL KIDS - AUGUST 24TH: KENNE HIGHLAND CLAN
bet
debt
fret
get
jet
let
met
net
pet
set
vette
wet
regret
We all know that I can do better
People and their lives can change like the weather
Just look at my wife and the fact I haven't met her... yet
I just do the best I can
I'm a simple man
But I got big plans
Someday I'll start a band...
And someday we'll play a set
I won't be going to school [strikethrough: [?]] until I'm almost dead
for if I got too smart my brain might get too big for my head
I finally dropped all the deadweight 'cause I was sinking I was made of
like led
---
DODGE STREET BAR & GRILL
ESTABLISHED 1990
7 DODGE STREET ♦ SALEM, MA
[number removed] ♦ WWW.DODGESTREET.COM
LIVE MUSIC NIGHTLY
NEVER A COVER CHARGE
AUGUST 2003 MUSIC SCHEDULE
TRY THE BEST PIZZA IN SALEM
NOW AVAILABLE FOR TAKE-OUT
CHECK OUT OUR NEW MENU COMING IN AUGUST
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| | | | | | 1 MAMADOU DIOP | 2 DIRTY WATER DOGS |
| 3 DIS 'N' DAT (REGGAE) | 4 OPEN MIC NITE W/ RUSS LAWTON | 5 FATS HAMMOND | 6 JOHN TROY *OWNERS CHOICE | 7 AFRO TRONIK | 8 KEN CLARK ORGAN TRIO | 9 LOADED DICE (BLUES ROCK) |
| 10 VEIN (ROCK) | 11 OPEN MIC NITE W/ RUSS LAWTON | 12 FATS HAMMOND | 13 FUNK YARD DOGS | 14 LOS RETROS (ROCK) | 15 MARTY ROWEN'S LAST CALL | 16 RACKY THOMAS BLUES |
| 17 DIS 'N' DAT (REGGAE) | 18 OPEN MIC NITE W/ RUSS LAWTON | 19 FATS HAMMOND | 20 COLLEEN CONNERY | 21 THE REAL KIDS (ROCK) | 22 THREE TOAD SLOTH | 23 CATALINAS (BLUES ROCK) |
| 24 KENNE HIGHLAND CLAN (ROCK) | 25 OPEN MIC NITE W/ RUSS LAWTON | 26 FATS HAMMOND | 27 JAMM DOWN (REGGAE) | 28 CHRIS FITZ BLUES (R&B) | 29 MEGAWATT BLUES CRUSHERS | 30 MICHIGAN BLACK SNAKE (FUNK) |
| 31 BRUCE BARTLETT TRIO | | | | | | |
* DON'T MISS *
AUGUST 3RD & AUGUST 17TH: DIS 'N' DAT - AUGUST 9TH: LOADED DICE
AUGUST 21ST: THE REAL KIDS - AUGUST 24TH: KENNE HIGHLAND CLAN
bet
debt
fret
get
jet
let
met
net
pet
set
vette
wet
regret
FULL
Item 474
WORTH A SHOT
In one sentence: Tom's lyric 'Worth A Shot', numbered verses about needing rest and peace in his own back yard, handwritten on a lined notebook sheet, about 1996-2015.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · FULL LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten lyric Worth a Shot, numbered verses about needing a little rest and peace in his own back yard, on a strip of lined notebook paper.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten lyric Worth a Shot, numbered verses about needing a little rest and peace in his own back yard.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Inspiring
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 36 - an estimateAn earlier pass placed it in Poetry Is Not Dead Yet (2014-08-13); the full-text check did not confirm it. Probably written by 36. Not proved.
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2005
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The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
(4) Hopefully Sometimes all I need to heal and cure
Is a little rest and peace in my own back yard
A lone by myself without anybody fucking with me...
Now... could I get that please ???
---
There is only one person on this Earth who I have ever truly revealed myself to...
To everyone else I'm just a voice on a video,
Telephone, a picture on a business card, a paragraph
in an email on a page in a book,
That's been my choice and has led to a
hollow existence... a collection of bits and
pieces that could never accurately potray what
is embodied in the whole... I'm trying to
change that. If I can then I think that
I shall find the fulfillment that my
heart is now seeking... if I can't then
let my failures act as a warning to
anyone who happens to read this. and if I
do succeed, then look towards me for hope and
inspiration so that you might follow my
lead carving out your own path
footsteps... within the mold and contours of your
own footprints.
Yet Regardless of where my fate lies
whatever path this where I end up
on this great journey that is life just
know that there is wisdom to be found
in my story... in ALL of OUR
stories.
Much love,
Tom
Is a little rest and peace in my own back yard
A lone by myself without anybody fucking with me...
Now... could I get that please ???
---
There is only one person on this Earth who I have ever truly revealed myself to...
To everyone else I'm just a voice on a video,
Telephone, a picture on a business card, a paragraph
in an email on a page in a book,
That's been my choice and has led to a
hollow existence... a collection of bits and
pieces that could never accurately potray what
is embodied in the whole... I'm trying to
change that. If I can then I think that
I shall find the fulfillment that my
heart is now seeking... if I can't then
let my failures act as a warning to
anyone who happens to read this. and if I
do succeed, then look towards me for hope and
inspiration so that you might follow my
lead carving out your own path
footsteps... within the mold and contours of your
own footprints.
Yet Regardless of where my fate lies
whatever path this where I end up
on this great journey that is life just
know that there is wisdom to be found
in my story... in ALL of OUR
stories.
Much love,
Tom
Item 9
The mounting problems of the world
In one sentence: Tom's handwritten poem 'The mounting problems of the world,' about people who stop and stare instead of helping, written across three worn sheets of lined notebook paper, about 2005-2009.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · FULL POEM
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · FULL
Tom's handwritten poem that opens "The mounting problems of the world," a look at people who stop and stare instead of helping, written across three worn sheets of lined notebook paper. Its words are in none of Tom's typed books.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten poem "The mounting problems of the world," about people who stop and stare instead of helping - found in none of his typed books, so these sheets are its only known record.draft - not yet provedon file: muse WIFE
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Society ; Inspired by his wifedraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums and every dated book text - found in none of them
- Age when written
- not dated yetno date on the sheets, the words are in none of the typed books, and binder line E7 is a different poem
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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Picture 1 of 4
Picture 2 of 4
Picture 3 of 4
Picture 4 of 4
The words on this page
The mounting problems of the world -
there not really there
When you see somebody bleeding and you
just stop and stare
Well my wedding ring is my only bling bling
And I still think I'm cool in my twelve dollar shoes
This song I sing, Hell, I download it for free
As long as I can make a living that suits me
I don't need a mansion in Beverly Hills
Only enough for a vacation and to pay my bills
I don't need a fan club or any icons in my tower
I just need the people cause the people have the power!
The mounting problems of the world -
There ain't no crime in my rhyme
(cut the first three blocks, from the first 'The mounting problems of the world - / there not really there' down to the first 'That's using psychology... through ecology')
Why is it that Sunday Catholics seem to rule
the world?
They make up all the rules for the boys and girls
Yet an hour a week is the only time they follow
Concerting all these poison pills they try to
get everyone to swallow them
---
They step to the pulpit so you can hear them preach
As they smile as they lie then turn their back on
what they teach
And we're all losing faith when you don't walk
straight
Time is of the essence and it's getting late
The mounting problems of the world -
To some they're not just down here but up there
Hey, at least we're nice enough to share
Sure I know that some of you will never change
Still find you safety in the ball and the chain
In the sick and deranged in the hall of shame
Tight roping the line of infamy and fame
Helping to spread ignorance with the placed blame
Causing cancer of the mind within a thousand
at a time
Raping and pillaging all you can
-nothing gets left behind - it's time to face
The mounting problems of the world -- our fears
We've got a right to bare arms -- [?]
The mounting problems of the world..
I say we've got the right to arm bears.
---
I try to block it out but there's no escape
I'd give away freely what so many want to take
I wear my heart on my sleeve like it's written
on my shirt
Yes, there are diamonds in this world - but it's
mostly dirt
So much waste... so much to clean
That's reality... So perhaps it's better to dream
That the people on the street - They are not real
And those who are hunting cannot be healed
The mounting problems of the world -
They're not really there
If a tree falls in the woods -
does anybody care?
I am not cruising
one of those people in your
Mercedes SUV...
Whose battle cry is "change it in the name
of corporate greed!"
Laughing about how the worker at Walmart
don't mean nothing to me.
Fill it up - on vanity
Looking good but getting 10 MPG
Building your castle on inhumanity
Ain't getting getting any money [?]
That's using psychology... through ecology
---
They step to the pulpit so you can hear them preach
As they smile as they lie then turn their back on
what they teach
And we're all losing faith when you don't walk
straight
Time is of the essence and it's getting late
The mounting problems of the world -
To some they're not just down here but up there
Hey, at least we're nice enough to share
Sure I know that some of you will never change
Still find your safety in the ball and the chain
In the sick and deranged in the hall of shame
Tight roping the line of infamy and fame
Helping to spread ignorance with ill-placed blame
Causing cancer of the mind within a thousand
at a time
Raping and pillaging all you can
- nothing gets left behind. it's time to face
The mounting problems of the world - our fears
We've got a right to bare arms --
The mounting problems of the world -
I say we've got the right to arm bears.
---
The mounting problems of the world -
there not really there
When you see somebody bleeding and you
just stop, and stare
Well my wedding ring is my only bling bling
And i still think i'm cool in my twelve dollar
shoes
This song I sing, Hell, download it for free
As long as I can make a living that's just fine
with me
I don't need a mansion in Beverly Hills
Only enough for a vacation and to pay my bills
I don't need a fan club or any ivory in my tower
I just need the people cause the people have the
power!
The mounting problems of the world -
Don't you pin them all on me
There ain't no Crime in my rhyme
I forgo [?] all false idolatry
Why is it that Sunday Catholics seem to rule
the world?
They make up all the rules for the boys and
girls
Yet an hour a week is the only time they follow them
Concocting all these poison pills then trying
to swallow them
---
I try to block it out but there's no escape
I'd give away freely what so many want to take
I wear my heart on my sleeve like its written
on my shirt
Yes, there are diamonds in this world - but it's
mostly dirt
So much waste ... so much to clean
That's reality ... So perhaps it's better to dream
That the people on the street - They are not real
And those who are hunting cannot be healed
The mounting problems of the world -
They're not really there
If a tree falls in the woods -
does anybody care?
I am not one of those people cruising
[crossed out: one of those people] in your
Mercedes SUV...
Whose battle cry is, "charge it in the name
of corporate greed!"
laughing about how the worker at Walmart
dont mean nothing to me.
Fill it up - on vanity
Looking good but getting 10 MPG
Building your castle on inhumanity
Ain't getting any money
through ecology
That's using psychology...
---
Somewhere in here
I don't know where,
There is something greater than I
somewhere out there.
In fact I know right where
that awaits my wife my beautiful bride
Changed my life in the blink of an eye
If all [illegible] feels right as you lay by [illegible] side
Turning off the light and then saying good night
My wife awaits
At home with a little black man
Hey relax these are more facts than just that
She'll never get slapped
He's our kitty - it's only our cat, man
You're thinking of Robin
While I'm talking 'bout Batman
---
Nine o'clock at night is the time
Who could forget it? Another life...
I've never led it
Regrets are pathetic
My quote of the day - everyday
Let sleeping dogs lie
Well, not where I lay
Waiting for monkeys to evolve
Is like saying you're watching the
earth revolve
Or praying to a porcelin god
Thinking that the puzzle can be
solved
Child... what are you doing that for?
Oh my child... you could be doing
so much more
there not really there
When you see somebody bleeding and you
just stop and stare
Well my wedding ring is my only bling bling
And I still think I'm cool in my twelve dollar shoes
This song I sing, Hell, I download it for free
As long as I can make a living that suits me
I don't need a mansion in Beverly Hills
Only enough for a vacation and to pay my bills
I don't need a fan club or any icons in my tower
I just need the people cause the people have the power!
The mounting problems of the world -
There ain't no crime in my rhyme
(cut the first three blocks, from the first 'The mounting problems of the world - / there not really there' down to the first 'That's using psychology... through ecology')
Why is it that Sunday Catholics seem to rule
the world?
They make up all the rules for the boys and girls
Yet an hour a week is the only time they follow
Concerting all these poison pills they try to
get everyone to swallow them
---
They step to the pulpit so you can hear them preach
As they smile as they lie then turn their back on
what they teach
And we're all losing faith when you don't walk
straight
Time is of the essence and it's getting late
The mounting problems of the world -
To some they're not just down here but up there
Hey, at least we're nice enough to share
Sure I know that some of you will never change
Still find you safety in the ball and the chain
In the sick and deranged in the hall of shame
Tight roping the line of infamy and fame
Helping to spread ignorance with the placed blame
Causing cancer of the mind within a thousand
at a time
Raping and pillaging all you can
-nothing gets left behind - it's time to face
The mounting problems of the world -- our fears
We've got a right to bare arms -- [?]
The mounting problems of the world..
I say we've got the right to arm bears.
---
I try to block it out but there's no escape
I'd give away freely what so many want to take
I wear my heart on my sleeve like it's written
on my shirt
Yes, there are diamonds in this world - but it's
mostly dirt
So much waste... so much to clean
That's reality... So perhaps it's better to dream
That the people on the street - They are not real
And those who are hunting cannot be healed
The mounting problems of the world -
They're not really there
If a tree falls in the woods -
does anybody care?
I am not cruising
one of those people in your
Mercedes SUV...
Whose battle cry is "change it in the name
of corporate greed!"
Laughing about how the worker at Walmart
don't mean nothing to me.
Fill it up - on vanity
Looking good but getting 10 MPG
Building your castle on inhumanity
Ain't getting getting any money [?]
That's using psychology... through ecology
---
They step to the pulpit so you can hear them preach
As they smile as they lie then turn their back on
what they teach
And we're all losing faith when you don't walk
straight
Time is of the essence and it's getting late
The mounting problems of the world -
To some they're not just down here but up there
Hey, at least we're nice enough to share
Sure I know that some of you will never change
Still find your safety in the ball and the chain
In the sick and deranged in the hall of shame
Tight roping the line of infamy and fame
Helping to spread ignorance with ill-placed blame
Causing cancer of the mind within a thousand
at a time
Raping and pillaging all you can
- nothing gets left behind. it's time to face
The mounting problems of the world - our fears
We've got a right to bare arms --
The mounting problems of the world -
I say we've got the right to arm bears.
---
The mounting problems of the world -
there not really there
When you see somebody bleeding and you
just stop, and stare
Well my wedding ring is my only bling bling
And i still think i'm cool in my twelve dollar
shoes
This song I sing, Hell, download it for free
As long as I can make a living that's just fine
with me
I don't need a mansion in Beverly Hills
Only enough for a vacation and to pay my bills
I don't need a fan club or any ivory in my tower
I just need the people cause the people have the
power!
The mounting problems of the world -
Don't you pin them all on me
There ain't no Crime in my rhyme
I forgo [?] all false idolatry
Why is it that Sunday Catholics seem to rule
the world?
They make up all the rules for the boys and
girls
Yet an hour a week is the only time they follow them
Concocting all these poison pills then trying
to swallow them
---
I try to block it out but there's no escape
I'd give away freely what so many want to take
I wear my heart on my sleeve like its written
on my shirt
Yes, there are diamonds in this world - but it's
mostly dirt
So much waste ... so much to clean
That's reality ... So perhaps it's better to dream
That the people on the street - They are not real
And those who are hunting cannot be healed
The mounting problems of the world -
They're not really there
If a tree falls in the woods -
does anybody care?
I am not one of those people cruising
[crossed out: one of those people] in your
Mercedes SUV...
Whose battle cry is, "charge it in the name
of corporate greed!"
laughing about how the worker at Walmart
dont mean nothing to me.
Fill it up - on vanity
Looking good but getting 10 MPG
Building your castle on inhumanity
Ain't getting any money
through ecology
That's using psychology...
---
Somewhere in here
I don't know where,
There is something greater than I
somewhere out there.
In fact I know right where
that awaits my wife my beautiful bride
Changed my life in the blink of an eye
If all [illegible] feels right as you lay by [illegible] side
Turning off the light and then saying good night
My wife awaits
At home with a little black man
Hey relax these are more facts than just that
She'll never get slapped
He's our kitty - it's only our cat, man
You're thinking of Robin
While I'm talking 'bout Batman
---
Nine o'clock at night is the time
Who could forget it? Another life...
I've never led it
Regrets are pathetic
My quote of the day - everyday
Let sleeping dogs lie
Well, not where I lay
Waiting for monkeys to evolve
Is like saying you're watching the
earth revolve
Or praying to a porcelin god
Thinking that the puzzle can be
solved
Child... what are you doing that for?
Oh my child... you could be doing
so much more
SHORT
Item 631
You can't believe a picture
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished eight-line lyric 'You Can't Believe A Picture,' about headlines that read like gravestones, in black ink on lined notebook paper, about 1996-2018.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's previously unpublished handwritten short lyric YOU CAN'T BELIEVE A PICTURE, eight lines in black ink on lined notebook paper, about not trusting videos or politicians and headlines that read like gravestones.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten eight-line lyric You Can't Believe A Picture, never published, about not trusting videos or politicians and headlines that read like gravestones.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Society ; Politics ; Media
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 39 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 630 and item 632), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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The only picture of this piece
The words on this page
You can't believe a picture
Surely not a video
Never trust a politician
At least not anyone we know...
Headlines read like gravestones
To the soldiers behind enemy lines
Weaponized words with wizardry
A Battle for peoples' hearts and minds
Surely not a video
Never trust a politician
At least not anyone we know...
Headlines read like gravestones
To the soldiers behind enemy lines
Weaponized words with wizardry
A Battle for peoples' hearts and minds
Item 693
On the cusp of greatness
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished blue-ink love lyric 'On The Cusp Of Greatness,' about the grace in her face and her devilish grin, on torn notebook paper, about 1996-2018.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's previously unpublished handwritten short lyric ON THE CUSP OF GREATNESS, in blue ink on a torn-off sheet of lined notebook paper, a love lyric about the grace in her face and her devilish grin.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short love lyric On The Cusp Of Greatness, never published, about the grace in her face and her devilish grin.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Love
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 39 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 692 and item 695), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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Picture 1 of 2
.jpg)
Picture 2 of 2
The words on this page
on the cusp of greatness
Yet so unknowing
The grace and lovliness
that I see showing
in your eyes
and on your face
STILL POSSESSING A devilish grin
that's no lie
One of your best traits
I tell it, straight
You're glowing
I for get where I WAS going
And I have to start all over again
Yet so unknowing
The grace and lovliness
that I see showing
in your eyes
and on your face
STILL POSSESSING A devilish grin
that's no lie
One of your best traits
I tell it, straight
You're glowing
I for get where I WAS going
And I have to start all over again
Item 898
Well you know I'm gonna be a rock star
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished short poem 'Well you know I'm gonna be a rock star, I'm gonna need a leader for my fan club,' on notebook paper, about 1996-2018.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem "Well you know I'm gonna be a rock star / I'm gonna need a leader for my fan club," on a single sheet of lined notebook paper; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem Well you know I'm gonna be a rock star / I'm gonna need a leader for my fan club - the songwriter joking about fame - never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Music ; Humordraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 39 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 895 and item 902), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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Well you know I'm gonna be a rock star
I'm gonna need a leader for my fan club
I've found one and you know who you are
I'm gonna need a leader for my fan club
I've found one and you know who you are
Item 899
There is no laughing allowed
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished two-line poem 'There is no laughing allowed until you go to disney land,' on a torn-edged sheet of notebook paper, about 1996-2018.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten two-line poem "There is no laughing allowed / Until you go to disney land," on a torn-edged sheet of lined notebook paper; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten two-line poem There is no laughing allowed / Until you go to disney land, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Humor ; Societydraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 39 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 895 and item 902), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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There is no laughing allowed
Until you go to disney land
Until you go to disney land
Item 900
What do you do when you're tired of waiting by
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished short poem 'What do you do when you're tired of waiting by your window?', a dark joke, on lined notebook paper, about 1996-2018.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem "What do you do when you're tired of waiting by your window?" a dark joke about jumping out, on a sheet of lined notebook paper; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem What do you do when you're tired of waiting by your window?, a dark joke, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Dark humordraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 39 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 895 and item 902), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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What do you do when you're tired of waiting by
your window?
Open it up and jump out?
That would make you-know-who a widow
Hmm... was it really something you couldn't live without
your window?
Open it up and jump out?
That would make you-know-who a widow
Hmm... was it really something you couldn't live without
Item 907
I wandered into the bar following a sign that said Beer
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished short poem 'I wandered into the bar following a sign that said Beer,' in blue ink on torn notebook paper, about 1996-2018.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem "I wandered into the bar following a sign that said Beer / Funny that four little letters can send a message loud and clear," in blue ink on a torn sheet of lined notebook paper; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem I wandered into the bar following a sign that said Beer / Funny that four little letters can send a message loud and clear, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Drinking ; Humordraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 39 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 906 and item 911), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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I wandered into the bar following a sign
that said Beer
Funny that four little letters can send
a message loud and clear
that said Beer
Funny that four little letters can send
a message loud and clear
Item 908
Only in Kansas would you find the world's largest
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished short poem 'Only in Kansas would you find the world's largest ball of twine... this broken heart of mine,' on three-hole paper, about 1996-2018.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten short poem "Only in Kansas would you find the world's largest ball of twine... this broken heart of mine," on a three-hole-punched sheet of lined paper; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten short poem Only in Kansas would you find the world's largest ball of twine... this broken heart of mine, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Heartbreak ; Places ; Humordraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 39 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 906 and item 911), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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Only in Kansas would you find the world's largest
ball of twine
Only in Kansas would you find this broken
heart of mine
Only in Kansas would you find the world
largest ball & chain
Only in Kansas
ball of twine
Only in Kansas would you find this broken
heart of mine
Only in Kansas would you find the world
largest ball & chain
Only in Kansas
Item 909
Where did all of my friends go
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished cursive poem 'Where did all of my friends go when I was seven or eight?', looking back on a simple childhood, on three-hole loose-leaf, about 1996-2018.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten poem "Where did all of my friends go / When I was seven or eight?" looking back on a simple childhood, in cursive ink on a three-hole-punched sheet of lined loose-leaf; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten poem Where did all of my friends go / When I was seven or eight?, looking back on a simple childhood, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Childhood ; Friendship ; Nostalgiadraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 39 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 906 and item 911), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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Where did all of my friends go
When I was seven or eight?
Back when life was so simple...
And fantastically great
I bummed around bothering mom and dad
Looking back I must say
When I was seven or eight?
Back when life was so simple...
And fantastically great
I bummed around bothering mom and dad
Looking back I must say
Item 910
A MASTER TO MANY
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished motto 'A Master To Many, A Slave To None,' in block capitals on a torn plain white sheet with folded corners, about 1996-2018.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten motto "A MASTER TO MANY / A SLAVE TO NONE," in block capitals on a torn plain white sheet with folded corners; previously unpublished.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten motto A MASTER TO MANY / A SLAVE TO NONE, in block capitals, never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; One-liners ; Quotes and sayings ; Inspiringdraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 39 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 906 and item 911), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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The words on this page
A MASTER TO MANY
A SLAVE TO NO NE
A SLAVE TO NO NE
Item 994
I got.. That feeling again
In one sentence: Tom's unpublished two-line poem 'I Got.. That Feeling Again,' on three-hole lined notebook paper with a note written sideways in the margin, about 1996-2018.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
UNPUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten two-line poem I GOT.. THAT FEELING AGAIN on a sheet of three-hole lined notebook paper, with a note written sideways in the margin; never before published.
- Why it matters
- Tom's original handwritten two-line poem I Got.. That Feeling Again - I know it'll stop some time but when; never published.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Previously unpublished poems ; Shorter lyrics ; Internal Struggledraft - not yet proved
- Published in
- PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHEDSearched against the 34 albums, every book and Poems By Tom - found in none of them
- Age when written
- written at about age 18 to 39 - an estimatenothing on this piece itself dates it; estimated from the pieces numbered next to it (item 993 and item 995), since Tom's pieces are bunched together by date - not proved
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2007
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I got.. That feeling again
I know.. It'll stop some time but when?
[private detail]
I know.. It'll stop some time but when?
[private detail]
Item 288
Corporatists hire hypnotists
In one sentence: Tom's purple-ink lyric notes, opening 'Corporatists hire hypnotists', with a circled reference to the audio talk that sparked the song, about 2007-2011.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · SHORTER LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · SHORT
Tom's handwritten purple-ink lyric notes, headed Song about types of torture and opening Corporatists hire hypnotists, with a circled reference to the audio talk that sparked it.
- Why it matters
- Tom's purple-ink song notes, headed Song about types of torture, with the note of the audio talk that sparked it - it shows where the song's idea came from.
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Song notes / working notes ; Society ; State of the world
- Age when written
- about 2007-2011 (age 28 to 33)best guess - not yet proved: dated from this piece's own photos and words and the dated books
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2009
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Naomi Klein 25:00 minutes. into audio
Corporatists
hire Hypnotists
to collect the liars
and give them new lyrics
that the public can't resist...
this runaway rhetoric acts
to grease the pliers that
acts as the wrench to becomes
the screw that becomes the
part of the wall they try
build to divide us me and
you.
Corporatists
hire Hypnotists
to collect the liars
and give them new lyrics
that the public can't resist...
this runaway rhetoric acts
to grease the pliers that
acts as the wrench to becomes
the screw that becomes the
part of the wall they try
build to divide us me and
you.
HALF
Item 952
THE TOM & TOM SONG
In one sentence: A two-page draft of 'The Tom And Tom Song', with a bubble-letter title and a comic bio, in blue pen on torn loose-leaf, about 2008-2010.
Item type
POEM · UNRELEASED · HALF LYRICS
PUBLISHED · POEM · HALF
Tom's handwritten two-page draft of THE TOM AND TOM SONG, with a bubble-letter title, a premise and a comic bio about writing lyrics, singing, playing guitar and making videos, in blue pen on torn loose-leaf with a purple sticky note.
- Why it matters
- Tom's handwritten two-page draft of THE TOM AND TOM SONG, with a bubble-letter title, a premise and a comic bio about writing lyrics, singing, playing guitar and making videos - a songwriter writing a song about being a songwriter.draft - not yet proved
- Type
- Handwritten sheet
- Collection
- Song drafts ; Humor ; Music ; Videosdraft - not yet proved
- Age when written
- about 2008-2010 (age 29 to 32)best guess - not yet proved: dated from this piece's own photos and words and the dated books
- On the site
- Tom's Story: 2009
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PAGE 1
THE TOM & TOM SONG
sung by...
PREMISE
BIO -> I work with JD and I work with Rob
My guy... he's pretty fancy...
My guy... well he's kinda a slob
Me... I just write the lyrics
And I... I write lyrics, I sing, I play guitar,
I make the videos, -, -, I could go on
and on and {struck}
But you wouldn't do that would you?
- Oh you are so wrong...
But like I was saying...
Sometimes I work with Tyler...
And... um... I work with Rob
My guy goes to college in Kentucky...
Um... Rob's got a job (show Rob doing bad job)
Me... I just a shade over thirty
And I'm old enough to date your mom
But you wouldn't do that would you?
- Oh you are so wrong...
PAGE 2
(Show a picture of a fat lady)
No I wouldn't do that!
I work with Bryan ... stuck with Rob
My guy plays live at a club in China
My guy {struck} sings in his truck to his dog
(Rob in truck singing to his dog)
Me... ______
But you wouldn't do that would you?
- Oh, you are so wrong!
THE TOM & TOM SONG
sung by...
PREMISE
BIO -> I work with JD and I work with Rob
My guy... he's pretty fancy...
My guy... well he's kinda a slob
Me... I just write the lyrics
And I... I write lyrics, I sing, I play guitar,
I make the videos, -, -, I could go on
and on and {struck}
But you wouldn't do that would you?
- Oh you are so wrong...
But like I was saying...
Sometimes I work with Tyler...
And... um... I work with Rob
My guy goes to college in Kentucky...
Um... Rob's got a job (show Rob doing bad job)
Me... I just a shade over thirty
And I'm old enough to date your mom
But you wouldn't do that would you?
- Oh you are so wrong...
PAGE 2
(Show a picture of a fat lady)
No I wouldn't do that!
I work with Bryan ... stuck with Rob
My guy plays live at a club in China
My guy {struck} sings in his truck to his dog
(Rob in truck singing to his dog)
Me... ______
But you wouldn't do that would you?
- Oh, you are so wrong!