Live Solo Acoustic At The Oracle Tavern (8/7/2022 and 8/14/2022) [LP]

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1.	The Sun's Golden Tavern 08:02	lyrics	buy track
The road is littered with oddities and illusions Meanwhile my world has been amended by the truth and confusion Is it all so meaningful? Is it all so powerful? Or is it ultimately meaningless? And I want to know, I want to know, I want to know, But do I really want to – know? And so it goes. And I'm embracing all that life may have to offer Not letting any moment slip away Opting to maintain my sense of dignity Or something resembling such if I may To use up my desire for unknowing To deliver my acceptance to defeat For if I am old enough now to know better, Can I still be young enough to be naïve? And as we gaze upon locations once out of focus, We find every aspect of reality coming into place Fitting together like crude puzzle pieces To tell the story once neatly arranged Of trading normality for a cultured perspective Of trading in one's definition of normality And again I've arrived to some kind of heaven And again I must be leaving And here we are, once more, the guests In the sun's golden tavern Oh here we are, once more, the guests In the sun's golden tavern And I have helped myself to a second helping As well as having been unable to help myself And I have befriended certain circumstances Knowing whatever the outcome, this will not end well But now I've arrived with these greetings of tranquility So often that they now know my name Still on this hedonist treadmill I keep on running Carrying the torch and tending to the flame And here we are, once more, the guests In the sun's golden tavern Oh here we are, once more, the guests In the sun's golden tavern Now we're standing in the future Looking at the same imperfections but from another angle Now here I am in the past Speaking of how things used to be So will you take this offering of the temporary moment? Will you allow me to exist in your memory? Or am I just a clownfish who pretends to be prophetic? To have you believe we're living in prophesy? And now here we are, once more, the guests In the sun's golden tavern Oh here we are, once more, the guests In the sun's golden tavern
2.	Good Time 04:14	lyrics	buy track
Hello, what's going on? I'm speaking to you in the form of song To let you know that you belong For we're all just trying to have a good time So what's your name? Where are you from? Well, welcome to my home You see it's simple, we all just want To be able to have a good time But the politicians make war While the rest of us wonder what we're fighting for As the rich shield themselves with the poor When we could just be having a good time And the church and the state Have both been corrupted by hate We must remove the barriers that separate The people from having a good time And fear only gets power When people find that life's so sour That all their hopes have been devoured And they no longer can have a good time And no matter the gender or the race We're all looking for the same things We want love, liberty, and to feel safe And to be able to have a good time And you must know it's going to be ok There's no need to feel afraid We are all children of God And God can be whatever you claim And you must know it's going to be ok There's no need to feel afraid We are all children of God And God can be whatever you claim
3.	Living With Capitalism 03:50	lyrics	buy track
Is it hard for you to get out of bed? Or do you only do it so you can keep a roof over your head? And your nights and weekends are free So you can catch up on sleep and repeat Oh oh oh and exhaustion can barely describe it And miscommunication destined to enshrine it And here you are expected to save when you feel like a slave And you are (living with capitalism) But you don't really hate yourself You hate capitalism Oh you don't really hate yourself You hate capitalism And does it bother you that you'll never be able to retire? At the rate that the wealthy continue to conspire? To take everything you earn and it'll never be your turn To control, the future they stole And how does it feel to be the used and not the user? Or to know that you've been consumed as the consumer? Or to envision yourself with some imaginary wealth that's just that? Oh if you could only do the math! But you don't really hate yourself You hate capitalism Oh you don't really hate yourself You hate capitalism And there's a reason that you got a bad education And are in a bit of debt just to control your situation As the propaganda machine continues to keep you distracted It's a recipe cooked and served every day to the masses! And you don't really hate yourself You hate capitalism Oh you don't really hate yourself You hate capitalism And you don't really hate yourself You hate capitalism Oh you don't really hate yourself You hate capitalism
4.	To Understand 06:43	lyrics	buy track
Our days of desperation are numbered This spirit prophet spoke to me between the lines of a dream But I found my way out of that slumber Floating through the mystery into the great infinity Sometimes one must fall in order to understand That if you want to make God laugh, tell them your plans Sometimes one must fall in order to understand If you want to live in the light, you must know the darkness Now once again I find I'm tracing the steps of the ancients And naturally I've arrived to this crossroads of humanity Discovering avenues of love and hate and patience Discovering freedom and those that think they're free Sometimes one must fall in order to understand That if you want to make God laugh, tell them your plans Sometimes one must fall in order to understand If you want to live in the light, you must know the darkness I thought my will was thy will, I thought my path divine But the path that I took Was made by the footprints left behind And I studied the scriptures With context in mind For every culture to discover God and music Is only a matter of time Sometimes one must fall in order to understand That if you want to make God laugh, tell them your plans Sometimes one must fall in order to understand If you want to live in the light, you must know the darkness
5.	Finding My Place In This World 04:54	lyrics	buy track
My love lit the candles And I cooked the dinner We may be poor but we have each other here and now Oh we are young, we are healthy And even though we are still suffering It's just the cost of existing in this world And though my words may have some virtue When careless or malice they'll hurt you For they are still human when they roll off the tongue But my vision is clear even though my methods are weird But what is life if not absurd? And I'm beginning to find my place in this world Oh it's right here in your arms And I'm beginning to find my place in this world Oh it's right here in your arms And they say just be who you are And you're going to be a star But I was living in my car when I met you And now I lead a life like some kind of gypsy And I'm not quite sure what you see in me But I value that you accept me for who I am Oh and I'm beginning to find my place in this world Oh it's right here in your arms And I'm beginning to find my place in this world Oh it's right here in your arms And I'm beginning to find my place in this world Oh it's right here in your arms And I'm beginning to find my place in this world Oh it's right here in your arms
6.	My Love 05:07	lyrics	buy track
Oh I see all the people passing by down on the street Fancy cars and clothes and trends, gets me wondering Oh it gets me wondering Oh it gets me wondering Oh you know how I get to wondering Oh I get to wondering Oh I could be like them instead I'm contemplating What it is that they're even chasing And here I am looking back on my whole life wondering what it is I've been chasing And as I see them I'm looking back on my whole life wondering what it is I've been chasing For every day I seem to wake up with a new dream That the way the river flows can seem like such a mystery But you remind me to stick to the path if you want to see where it leads And so I've been sticking to this path and surrendering to destiny For in all that I am and desire from life I see in you complete Yeah in all that I am and desire from life, I see in you complete And I no longer will have resistance to bowing at your feet For if there's one secret I've learned to flowers blossoming It's that it takes a long time for all good things Oh it takes a long time for all good things Oh it takes a long time for all good things And beautiful songs that we sing And if I could surround myself with anything It'd be water, mountains, trees, and the chirping of the birds And so it should be no surprise that my love would have the most beautiful voice on this Earth And she's the smartest and most beautiful and I trust her completely And she loves me in a way that makes me feel loved And she loves me in a way that makes me feel loved And she loves me in a way that makes me feel loved And she loves me in a way that makes me feel loved And she loves me in a way that makes me feel loved Oh she loves me in a way that makes me feel loved And so I'd like to continue down this path and see where it leads Yes I'd love to continue down this path with the love of my dreams
7.	When We Work Together (Going On Strike) 04:08	lyrics	buy track
Oh amazing things happen when we work together We can make things better all the time But we're living in a world of divide and conquer Run by scary monsters and it's not alright But the truth is they're insecure So they try to control us to feel superior But if we all just refused to work What are they gonna do? 'Cause they don't have power anymore They don't have power that's for sure All they try to do we can see right through So where they gonna hide? Oh amazing things happen when we work together We can make things better all the time But we're living in a world of divide and conquer Run by true imposters and it should be a crime But the truth is they're insecure So they try to control us to feel superior But if we all just refused to work What are they gonna do? 'Cause they don't have power anymore They don't have power that's for sure All they try to do we can see right through So where they gonna hide? Oh they don't have power anymore They don't have power that's for sure All they try to do we can see right through So where they gonna hide? Now back to the sports!
8.	What Does It Mean To Be Human? 08:22	lyrics	buy track
I'm tracing back through history Through all the glory and atrocity The fame and fortune and misery And all else considered noteworthy Wondering how we arrived to this set of beliefs That some should starve while others are kings That life should lose value in anonymity That we should gather around in our philosophizing What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be human? Well the church bells are ringing for those who are listening As a handful of people own as much as half of humanity And our generation plans for the doom of their creating But we're too worked to death to do anything Still we're endlessly advertised to as if we have money But it went to rent and student loans and bonuses for the thieves Now having death as a retirement plan out of necessity And all the while I'm sitting here wondering What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be human? Well, I've traveled a bit so I have a bit to compare I've experienced freedom and prison and what is and isn't fair Becoming wise enough to see strategy of nefarious affairs While noting the actors and the who what's and where Asking, "what is distraction and what is truth?" Will it make me older and wiser or just rob me of my youth? Will it facilitate and agenda that's beyond my command While claiming its source of divinity and according to plan What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be human? And we have all of the technology that we need to have utopia So utopia now And we have all of the technology that we need to have utopia So utopia now And we have all of the technology that we need to have utopia So utopia now And we have all of the technology that we need to have utopia So utopia now What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to be human?
9.	Follow Your Dreams 04:49	lyrics	buy track
When your worldview is shattered And then you start to see the patterns Of how it's always been but was never meant to be Well last night my mother said she had a dream She said I died and that she grieved But I'm very much alive and I believe You got to follow your dreams and don't let your nightmares follow you You got to follow your dreams You got to follow your dreams You got to follow your dreams and don't let your nightmares follow you Now I was practicing my devotion When I suddenly got the notion That it sounded better with a little distortion anyway And let me tell you, I had my doubts I had my downs and I had my outs But then I finally figured what it's all about You got to follow your dreams and don't let your nightmares follow you You got to follow your dreams You got to follow your dreams You got to follow your dreams and don't let your nightmares follow you And a curious mind is an educated mind And a curious mind is an educated mind And a curious mind is an educated mind And a curious mind is an educated mind You got to follow your dreams You got to follow your dreams You got to follow your dreams You got to follow your dreams
10.	The Most Likely To Succeed 05:26	lyrics	buy track
Why must we suffer? Why must we suffer so unnecessarily Just to try to get to the same place That other people started from We all see them inheriting their success It's the birth lottery of the capitalist Do they think we can't see it's all phony? It's just a game of life under an archaic philosophy Oh guess who always wins Oh guess who always, always is The most likely to succeed It's whoever stands to inherit the same things Why must we suffer? Why must we suffer so unnecessarily Just to try to get to the same place That other people started from Doesn't matter if it's the richest man in the world Or some rich folk you've known for awhile They're not out to help you or make things fair When the rigged game we've all been forced to play is theirs But I believe in equality Which means a classless society Instead we let our homeless die on the streets As the rich roll past in limousines Whether they're taking a cruise down inheritance canyon Or to their floating castles up in outer space It is their greed and excess destroying our planet As the rest of us are left to waste Why must we suffer? Why must we suffer so unnecessarily Just to try to get to the same place That other people started from Why must we suffer? Why must we suffer so unnecessarily Just to try to get to the same place That other people started from
11.	The Man I'll Become 05:08	lyrics	buy track
If with each step we are taking we can't appreciate where we stand Then what is it we are chasing and with what values making plans? I was dreaming of meeting my heroes, all the ones who died young But I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become Oh I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become And I wouldn't torture my brothers, so why do I torture myself? Why do I cling so tightly to my suffering when it does me no help? Now I'm checking into the reformatory for the mastery of self-love Because I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become Oh I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become And I've seen the light and darkness and fallen in and out of love And I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become And I've seen the light and darkness and fallen in and out of love And I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become And why is the artist never appreciated and expected not to be paid? Well, I suppose destruction is valued more than creation, for it is man's natural way Never about the quality of the vision, but the ability to keep the masses numb Still I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become Oh I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become And I've seen the light and darkness and fallen in and out of love And I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become And I've seen the light and darkness and fallen in and out of love And I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become And no matter how bad it gets, I'll be waiting for the 'haven't yets' Oh I'm just so curious to see where our world goes For every future will soon be past, just as no empire forever lasts And there's still so much our species has left to grow And I've seen the light and darkness and fallen in and out of love And I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become Yeah I've seen the light and darkness and fallen in and out of love And I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become Yeah I've seen the light and darkness and fallen in and out of love And I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become Yeah I've seen the light and darkness and fallen in and out of love And I'm holding out to meet the man I'll become
12.	Beautiful To Me 03:33	lyrics	buy track
You must first align the puzzle before placing the masterpiece As you must be familiar with the struggle to truly stand at ease And you must throw your arms up defeated before you can taste victory As you must stumble in the darkness before you can finally see How beautiful you are Just the way that you are Yes and all that you are Is beautiful to me And if you give up on your dreams you're hurting no one but yourself Oh what a shame to come so far on your journey just to place it on a shelf And to exist between the fabric and the seems, You must sew before you reap and only then shall you see How beautiful you are Just the way that you are Yes and all that you are Is beautiful to me Wherever you find yourself you might as well explore it And when you receive a message from the universe, you better no ignore it Oh what brought you here? How did you even come to perceive me right now? Oh am I speaking to you directly? Do you understand what I'm talking about? I'm talking about How beautiful you are Just the way that you are Yes and all that you are Is beautiful to me Yes and all that you are Is beautiful to me
13.	Song Of Love 04:55	lyrics	buy track
Oh Great Spirit God I've come to talk to you Oh Great Spirit God Can you tell me if what they say is true, that you give Love in the morning Love in the evening Love in the afternoon and at night And I want to know you It's been too long without you How did I live before without You in my life and without Love in the morning Love in the evening Love in the afternoon and at night Love in the morning Love in the evening Love in the afternoon and at night And there's an exodus coming And so we must be going There's a need, there's a want, There's a hope, and it goes There's a will, standing still It could be such a thrill with la la la la la la la la la love, it's the only way la la la la la la la la la love, in my life every day la la la la la la la la la love, it's the only way la la la la la la la la la love, in my life every day Love in the morning Love in the evening Love in the afternoon and at night Love in the morning Love in the evening Love in the afternoon and at night
14.	Escape From The Digital World 05:04	lyrics	buy track
Thought I'd slip away, to let go, to disconnect Thought I had something to say, but it was only autocorrect Listening to the outside world seems like nothing on the screen Oh they're fighting over a crumbling empire, means nothing to me Because I'm escaping from the digital world and embracing reality Oh I'm escaping from the digital world, I'm just so tired of staring at a screen I'm escaping from the digital world though it is so addicting I'm escaping from the digital world if this culture will allow me Seems like there's nothing left to say that isn't already being said by some trolls Well if it's all just fantasy play, I'd rather be some kind of lost elf heading home Listening to the outside world is so much more peaceful than online And I think I'd really just prefer having that old piece of mind Because I'm escaping from the digital world and embracing reality Oh I'm escaping from the digital world, I'm just so tired of staring at a screen I'm escaping from the digital world though it is so addicting I'm escaping from the digital world if this culture will allow me And I feel like my generation is being used in some kind of grand experiment Oh it can't be good to be a guinea pig for all this technology we now need to live, so let's get rid of it And escape from the digital world and embrace reality Oh I'm escaping from the digital world, I'm just so tired of staring at a screen I'm escaping from the digital world though it is so addicting I'm escaping from the digital world if this culture will allow me
15.	I Believe In You 04:52	lyrics	buy track
Don't be surprised when you start to get what you wished for When finally the future comes looking for you And figuring out who you are is always the hardest part, but you deserve the self-love, yeah And everyone has a purpose even if it's to discourage, I can assure you of this Yeah and I believe in you, do you believe in me? Oh I believe in you, do you believe in me? Oh I believe in you, do you believe in me? And I grew up in a little town called Canby Which taught me to believe in the possibilities And wherever I go in life I'll never stop dreaming and believing And I'm grateful I am to have been where I've been To have met who I met and to have called them my friends Their stories they shared which inspired my own When I didn't have a place to live, oh I still had a home And I believe in you, do you believe in me? Oh I believe in you, do you believe in me? Oh I believe in you, do you believe in me? Oh I believe in you, do you believe in me? Oh I believe in you, do you believe in me? Oh I believe in you, do you believe in me? And don't be surprised by the disguise that the messenger wears Nor the situations in which you find yourself saying your prayers Oh don't be surprised by the disguise that the messenger wears Nor the situations in which you find yourself saying your prayers Yeah and I believe in you, do you believe in me? Oh I believe in you, do you believe in me? Oh I believe in you, do you believe in me? On more time And I believe in you, do you believe in me? Oh I believe in you, do you believe in me? Oh I believe in you, do you believe in me?

credits

released August 19, 2022

All songs written, recorded, and mixed by Bee. Photo by Nora Keyes. Tracks 1-9 recorded 8/7/2022 and tracks 10-15 recorded 8/14/2022. Special thanks to Taquila Mockingbird for booking me and The Oracle Tavern for hosting the show.

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Bee Appleseed Los Angeles, California

Bee Appleseed is a prolific songwriter, music producer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, singer, comedian, and seasoned vagabond from Canby, Oregon, living in Los Angeles, California.