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Brushfire Fairytales

by Jack Johnson

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๐• ๐•š ๐•ฃ ๐•˜ ๐•  โ™• ๐• ๐•’ ๐•Ÿ ๐•• ๐•’ ๐• Really wish the Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer video game version of Middle Man was included here, or anywhere on the planet really. If you haven't watched Thicker Than Water or September Sessions yet, now would be the time. Surfs Up, Hang Loose Ohana.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7I98ITAHsY Favorite track: Bubble Toes.
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Wilson Lamb Jack Johnson is one of the obvious ones. Add Brushfire Fairytales to your list of albums to play all the way through, which is indeed rare in the 21st Century Favorite track: Flake.
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Jordan Thornquest I just love Jack Johnson's voice, his chilled out vibe, and his acoustic-driven jams. Even at the beginning of his career, his musical identity was polished and excellent all throughout this album. Favorite track: Bubble Toes.
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1.
Brushfire fairytales Itsy bitsy diamond wells Big fat hurricanes Yellow bellied given names Well shortcuts can slow you down And in the end we're bound To rebound off of we Well dust off your thinking caps Solar powered plastic plants Pretty pictures of things we ate We are only what we hate But in the long run we have found Silent films are full of sound Inaudibly free Slow down everyone You're moving too fast Frames can't catch you when You're moving like that Inaudible melodies Serve narrational strategies Unobtrusive tones Help to notice nothing but the zone Of visual relevancy Frame-lines tell me what to see Chopping like an axe Or maybe Eisenstein should just relax Slow down everyone You're moving too fast Frames can't catch you when You're moving like that Well Plato's cave is full of freaks Demanding refunds for the things they've seen I wish they could believe In all the things that never made the screen And just slow down everyone You're moving too fast Frames can't catch you when You're moving like that Slow down everyone You're moving too fast Frames can't catch you when You're moving like that Moving Too....
2.
Middle Man 03:15
Well he's not necessarily trying to say that he minds it But someone plays evil tricks on that kid And he's not necessarily trying to say god can't be trusted Yeah but someone plays evil tricks on that kid And certain situations scream for deviations But somehow he always gets stuck in the middle Of this and that and man he should try less every time he's rejected man he loses affection But don't we all, don't we just got to give a little time Maybe give a friend a call instead of making him confused What a terrible thing for you to do What an awful thing for you to say What a terrible thing for you to relay Well I know some people's they got a little less than nothing But still find some to spare And other people got more than they could use But they don't share And some people got problems man They got awful complications Other people got perfect situations With no provocation But don't we all, don't we just got to give a little time Maybe give a friend a call instead of making him confused What a terrible thing for you to do What an awful thing for you to say What a terrible thing for you Confused What a terrible thing for you to do What an awful thing for you to say What a terrible thing for you to relay Somehow we always get stuck in the middle Confused, what an awful thing for you to do Confused, what an awful thing for you to say
3.
Posters 03:18
Looking at himself but wishing he was someone else Because the posters on the wall they don't look like him at all So he ties it up, he tucks it in, he pulls it back, and gives a grin Laughing at himself because he knows he ain't loved at all He gets his courage from the can, It makes him feel like a man Because he's loving all the ladies But the ladies don't love him at all Cause when he's not drunk He's only stuck on himself And then he has the nerve To say he needs a decent girl Looking at herself but wishing she was someone else Because the body of the doll it don't look like hers at all So she straps it on, she sucks it in, she throws it up, and gives a grin Laughing at herself because she knows she ain't that at all All caught up in the trends Well the truth began to bend And the next thing you know man There just ain't no truth left at all Cause when the pretty girl walks She walks so proud And when the pretty girl laughs Oh man, she laughs so loud And if it ain't this then its that As a matter of fact She hasn't had a day to relax Since she has lost her ability to think clearly Well I'm an energetic hypothetic version of another person Check out my outsides there ain't nothing in here Well I'm a superficial, systematic, music television addict Check out my outsides there ain't nothing in Here comes another one, just like the other one Looking at himself but wishing he was someone else Because the posters on the wall they don't look like a him And so he ties it up he tucks it in, he pulls it back and gives a grin Laughing at himself because he knows he ain't loved at all He knows he ain't loved at all
4.
Sexy Plexi 02:10
Sexy sexy made up of plexi disasters Pushing and pulling conservative rolling Unlike plastic, easier to see through Just like glass with no ring Softer and sadder you sing Sexy sexy do your thing Learn to be shy and then you can sting Plexi, plexi bend don't shatter Once you're broken, shape won't matter You're breaking your mind By killing the time that kills you But you can't blame the time Kuz its only in your mind Quickly quickly grow and then you'll know It is such and awkward show to see And everyone you wanted to know And everyone you wanted to meet Have all gone away Aww, they've all gone away And now you're Breaking your mind By killing the time that kills you But you cant blame the time Kuz its only in your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind You're breaking your mind, mind, mind
5.
Flake 04:43
I know she said it's alright But you can make it up next time I know she knows it's not right There ain't no use in lying Maybe she thinks I know something Maybe maybe she thinks its fine Maybe she knows something I don't I'm so, I'm so tired, I'm so tired of trying It seems to me that maybe It pretty much always means no So don't tell me you might just let it go And often times we're lazy It seems to stand in my way Cause no one NO not no one Likes to be let down I know she loves the sunrise No longer sees it with her sleeping eyes And I know that when she said she's gonna try Well it might not work because of other ties and I know she usually has some other ties And I wouldn't want to break 'em, nah, I wouldn't want to break 'em Maybe she'll help me to untie this but Until then well, I'm gonna have to lie to you. It seems to me that maybe It pretty much always means no So don't tell me you might just let it go And often times we're lazy It seems to stand in my way Cause no one no not no one Likes to be let down It seems to me that maybe It pretty much always means no So don't tell me you might just let it go The harder that you try baby, the further you'll fall Even with all the money in the whole wide world Please please please don't pass me Please please please don't pass me Please please please don't pass me by Everything you know about me now baby you gonna have to change You gonna have to call it by a brand new name Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me down Just like a tree down by the water baby I shall not move Even after all the silly things you do Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me down
6.
Bubble Toes 03:59
It's as simple as something that nobody knows That her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes On the feet of a queen of the hearts of the cards And her feet are all covered with tar balls and scars It's as common as something that nobody knows That her beauty will follow wherever she goes Up the hill in the back of her house in the wood She'll love me forever, I know she could I remember when you and me mmm How we used to be just good friends Wouldn't give me none but all I wanted was some She's got a whole lot of reasons She can't think of a single one that can justify leaving And he got none but he thinks he got so many problems Man he got, too much time to waste His dreams are like commercials But her dreams are picture perfect and Our dreams are so related though they're often underestimated It's as simple as something that nobody knows that Her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the cards And her feet are infested with tar balls and La da da da da da La da da da da da da La da da da da da La da da da da da da da Well I was eating lunch at the D.L.G. When this little girl came and she sat next to me I never seen nobody move the way she did Well she did and she does and she'll do it again When you move like a jellyfish rhythm don't mean nothing You go with the flow, you don't stop Move like a jellyfish rhythm is nothing You go with the flow, you don't stop It's as common as something that nobody knows it Her beauty will follow wherever she goes Up the hill in the back of her house in the wood She'll love me forever, I know she La da da da da da La da da da da da da La da da da da da La da da da da da da da If you would only listen, you might just realize What you're missing, you're missing me If you would only listen, you might just realize What you're missing, you're missing me It's as simple as something that nobody knows that Her eyes are as big as her bubbly toes On the feet of the queen of the hearts of the cards And her feet are infested with tar balls and La da da da da da La da da da da da da La da da da da da La da da da da da da La da da da da da La da da da da da da La da da da da da La da da da da da da da Read more: JACK JOHNSON - BUBBLE TOES LYRICS http://www.metrolyrics.com/bubble-toes-lyrics-jack-johnson.html#ixzz1JQwsveMC Copied from MetroLyrics.com
7.
She's got it all figured out She knows what everything's about And when anybody doubts her, Or sings songs without her She's just so mmm She knows the world is just her stage And so she'll never misbehave She gives thanks for what they gave her Man, they practically made her Into a mmm She's the one that stumbles when she talks about The seven foreign films that she's checked out Such a fortunate fool She's just too good to be true She's such a fortunate fool She's just so mmm She's got it all figured out She knows what everything's about And when anybody doubts her Or sings songs about her She's just so mmm She's the one that stumbles when she talks about it So maybe we shouldn't talk about Such a fortunate fool She's just too good to be true She's such a fortunate fool She's just so mmm
8.
The News 02:27
A billion people died on the news tonight But not so many cried at the terrible sight Well mama said It's just make believe You can't believe everything you see So baby close your eyes to the lullabies On the news tonight Who's the one to decide that it would be alright To put the music behind the news tonight Well mama said You can't believe everything you hear The diagetic world is so unclear So baby close your ears On the news tonight On the news tonight The unobtrusive tones on the news tonight And mama said Why don't the newscasters cry when they read about people who die? At least they could be decent enough to put just a tear in their eyes Mama said It's just make believe You cant believe everything you see So baby close your eyes to the lullabies On the news tonight
9.
Drink the water drink it down This time I know I'm bound To spit it back up I didn't want this Salty substitute, just not going to do I need some air, if I'm going to live through This experience reminds me of a clock That just won't tick I want to wake up >From this concussion But my dream is just not done I'm late again, It's just one of those Bad days look outside and Be careful what you ride You just might find That you're out of time To swim ashore If I drift long enough I'll be home He's got delusions between his ears Man it takes up too much space And all that tension between his gears man He'll never ever leave this place He's got stones instead of bones And everybody knows That can make you real real slow And if heaven was below He'd know just where to go Dive in the ocean And he'd sink like a stone And he'd say It's time to swim ashore If I drift long enough I'll be home Hold on if you can You're gonna sink faster Than you can imagine so hold Hold on if you can You're gonna sink faster Than you can imagine so hold It's just time to swim ashore If I drift long enough I'll be home
10.
Saturday morning and it's time to go One day these could be the days but who could have known Loading in the back of a pickup truck Riding with the boys and pushing the luck Singing songs loud on the way to the game Wishing all the things could still be the same Chinese homeruns over the backstop Kakua on the ball and soda pop well... We used to laugh a lot But only because we thought That everything good always would remain Nothing's gonna change there's no need to complain Sunday morning and it's time to go Been raining all night so everybody knows Over to the field for tackle football Big hits, big hats, yeah give me the ball Rain is pouring, touchdown scoring Keep on rolling, never boring Karma, karma, karma chameleon We're talking kinda funny from helium We used to laugh a lot But only because we thought That everything good always would remain Nothing's gonna change there's no need to complain Monday morning and it's time to go Wet trunks and schoolbooks and sand on my toes Do anything you can to dodge the bus-stop blues Like driving a padiddle with a burnt-out fuse My best friend Kimi wants to go with you So meet her by the sugar mill after school My best friend Kimi wants to go with you Meet her by the sugar mill after school We used to laugh a lot But only because we thought That everything good always would remain We used to laugh a lot But only because we thought That everything good always would Everything good always would remain
11.
F-Stop Blues 03:16
Hermit crabs and cowry shells Crush beneath his feet as he comes towards you He's waving at you Lift him up to see what you can see He begins his focusing He's aiming at you And now he has cutaways from memories And close-ups of anything that He has seen or even dreamed And now he's finished focusing He's imagining lightning Striking sea sickness Away from here Look who's laughing now that you've wasted How many years and you've barely even tasted Anything remotely close to Everything you've boasted about Look who's crying now Driftwood floats, after years of erosion Incoming tide touches roots to expose them, Quicksand steals my shoe, Clouds bring the f-stop blues Look who's laughing now that you've wasted How many years and you've barely even tasted Anything remotely close to Everything you've boasted about Look who's crying now
12.
Losing Hope 03:59
I got a faulty parachute I got a stranger's friend An exciting change in My butchers blend A symbol on the ceiling With the flick of a switch My new found hero In the enemy's ditching Well somebody's something was left in the room And man, now that its gone well of course we assume That somebody else needed something so bad That they took everything that somebody had Losing hope is easy When your only friend is gone And every time you look around Well, it all, it all just seems to change The mark was left Man it's never the same Next time that you shoot Make sure that you aim Open windows with passing cars A brand new night With the same old stars Losing hope is easy When your only friend is gone And every time you look around Well, it all, it all just seems to change Feed the fool A piece of the pie Make a fool of his system Make a fool of his mind Give him bottles of lies And maybe he'll find His place in heaven Cause he might just die Losing hope is easy When your only friend is gone And every time you look around Well, it all, it all just seems to change But hanging on is easy When you've got a friend to call When nothings making sense at all You're not the only one who's afraid of change
13.
Everyone laughed at her joke As if they'd never even heard it before And maybe they were truly amused But every word that she spoke was a bore And maybe it's because they had seen The previews on the TV screen Well this part is good and that's well understood So you should laugh if you know what I mean But it's all relative Even if you don't understand Well it's all understood Especially when you don't understand Then it's all just because Even if we don't understand Then lets all just believe Everyone knows what went down Because the news was spread all over town And fact is only what you believe And fact and fiction work as a team It's almost always fiction in the end That content begins to bend When context is never the same And it's all relative Even if we don't understand And that's well understood Especially when we don't understand Then it's all just because Even if we don't understand Then lets all just believe I was reading a book Or maybe it was a magazine Suggestions on where to place faith Suggestions on what to believe But I read somewhere That you've got to beware You can't believe anything you read But the good Book is good And that's well understood So don't even question If you know what I mean But it's all relative Even if you don't understand Well it's all understood Especially when you don't understand And it's all just because Even if we don't understand Then lets all just believe But there you go once again You missed the point and then you point Your fingers at me And say that I said not to believe I believe I guess I guess it's all relative
14.
Flake (Live) 04:27
I know she said it's alright But you can make it up next time I know she knows it's not right There ain't no use in lying Maybe she thinks I know something Maybe maybe she thinks its fine Maybe she knows something I don't I'm so, I'm so tired, I'm so tired of trying It seems to me that maybe It pretty much always means no So don't tell me you might just let it go And often times we're lazy It seems to stand in my way Cause no one NO not no one Likes to be let down I know she loves the sunrise No longer sees it with her sleeping eyes And I know that when she said she's gonna try Well it might not work because of other ties and I know she usually has some other ties And I wouldn't want to break 'em, nah, I wouldn't want to break 'em Maybe she'll help me to untie this but Until then well, I'm gonna have to lie to you. It seems to me that maybe It pretty much always means no So don't tell me you might just let it go And often times we're lazy It seems to stand in my way Cause no one no not no one Likes to be let down It seems to me that maybe It pretty much always means no So don't tell me you might just let it go The harder that you try baby, the further you'll fall Even with all the money in the whole wide world Please please please don't pass me Please please please don't pass me Please please please don't pass me by Everything you know about me now baby you gonna have to change You gonna have to call it by a brand new name Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me down Just like a tree down by the water baby I shall not move Even after all the silly things you do Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me Please please please don't drag me down
15.
Brushfire fairytales Itsy bitsy diamond wells Big fat hurricanes Yellow bellied given names Well shortcuts can slow you down And in the end we're bound To rebound off of we Well dust off your thinking caps Solar powered plastic plants Pretty pictures of things we ate We are only what we hate But in the long run we have found Silent films are full of sound Inaudibly free Slow down everyone You're moving too fast Frames can't catch you when You're moving like that Inaudible melodies Serve narrational strategies Unobtrusive tones Help to notice nothing but the zone Of visual relevancy Frame-lines tell me what to see Chopping like an axe Or maybe Eisenstein should just relax Slow down everyone You're moving too fast Frames can't catch you when You're moving like that Well Plato's cave is full of freaks Demanding refunds for the things they've seen I wish they could believe In all the things that never made the screen And just slow down everyone You're moving too fast Frames can't catch you when You're moving like that Slow down everyone You're moving too fast Frames can't catch you when You're moving like that Moving Too....

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Jack Johnson's 2001 debut has been remastered by Bernie Grundman from the original analog tapes. Includes bonus live material

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