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Live Solo Electric! (At The Oracle Tavern 9​/​17&18​/​2022)

by Bee Appleseed

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The Sun's Golden Tavern 09:00
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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
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Good Time 04:45
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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
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This Must Be Life 05:03
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What is this form that I have taken? I do not recall asking for this But now I’m here, I am alive; I have dreams to realize And though it’s a very heavy burden of life, I must try Yeah, I must try to live or be ready to die So now I’m dying to live Oh this must be life Oh this must be life Oh this must be life And how much water is in your well? To put out the fire that’s in your hell? Well, it’s not about the problems that you know It’s how you cope It's how you cope And I’ve spent my existence just trying to be happy And though that may be unrealistic, I’m still going to try For we can be a waste and let ourselves down Or do nothing about it and hope that it all works out But that’s not the answer that I’ve come to realize And I’m dying to live Oh this must be life Oh this must be life Oh this must be life And how much water is in your well? To put out the fire that’s in your hell? Well, it’s not about the problems that you know It’s how you cope It's how you cope
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Finding My Place In This World 04:54
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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
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The Most Likely To Succeed 05:36
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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
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When We Work Together (Going On Strike) 04:05
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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!
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All Is Forgiven 04:16
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I’ll chase these visions to the edge of the earth if I have to To the spirit I’m listenin’ and I know just now what I gotta do I’m a long way from home But thank G-d for the telephone, so I can say All is forgiven All is forgiven All is forgiven All is forgiven And retrograde is over so we can return to the world if we want to And love can’t be conquered for even the strongest army wouldn’t know what to do Do you feel the power? Well, I feel it to, singin’ All is forgiven All is forgiven All is forgiven All is forgiven All is forgiven All is forgiven All is forgiven All is forgiven
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Police And Thieves (Junior Murvin Cover) 05:39
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Living With Capitalism 03:44
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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
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Beautiful To Me 03:25
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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
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Escape From The Digital World 05:11
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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
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What Does It Mean To Be Human? 06:27
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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?
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Passing Through (Dick Blakeslee Cover) 05:29
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I saw Jesus on the cross on a hill called Calvary I asked, "Do you hate mankind for what they done to you?" He said, "Talk of love not of hate, things to do, it's getting late I've got so little time and I'm only passin' through." Passin' through, passin' through Sometimes happy, sometimes blue Oh I'm glad that I ran into you Tell the people that you saw me passin' through I saw Adam leave the garden with an apple in his hand I asked "Now you're out, man what are you gonna do?" "Plant some crops, pray for rain, maybe raise a little Cain I'm an orphan now, and I'm only passin' through." Passin' through, passin' through Sometimes happy, sometimes blue Oh I'm glad that I ran into you Tell the people that you saw me passin' through Now I too woke up one morning on the cross And I said "hey fellas, I think I'm lost And I'm not too sure what I am supposed to do" They said, "sometimes folks they get caught sinnin' And have to start back from the beginning, But in the end, we're all just passing through" Passin' through, passin' through Sometimes happy, sometimes blue Oh I'm glad that I ran into you Tell the people that you saw me passin' through
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I Believe In You 06:37
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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?
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Follow Your Dreams 05:26
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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

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released November 4, 2022

Recorded, mixed, and performed by Bee Appleseed. Cover photo by Jacky Ryder.

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

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