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Lost In America

by Abu Jibran

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1.
Bring Back Hippy Jesus 04:18
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Back in ’73, I heard the gospel On an 8 -track in my dad's Volkswagen bus. The sermon on the mount was in a commune And hippies, vets and dead-heads would discuss You see psychedelics made God come in clearer We could not make our water turn to wine Mary had a crush on Jesus and Judas had a voice that pleased us Ever since, peacemakers in decline What ever happened to peace, love and understanding Peace, love, a heart demanding Peace, love, a spaceship for your soul Peace, love, as in your neighbor Peace, love, you are your savior Peace, love, and God bless rock and roll. God cast a spell on all believers You wouldn’t recognize JC today They say that he’d deny a child two mothers Drive anyone without fair skin away.... Did he say "Load a gun if you can't love your brother." “The meek will inherit an earth that’s too damn hot." “Be like me and learn to walk on water." "You’re gonna need to after all those icecaps are an afterthought." And now we sing Hate, fear, misunderstanding Hate, fear and rage demanding Hate, fear, for those who aren’t like you Hate, fear, who knows what God means Hate, fear, our world is his dream If he exists then he exists in you I think it’s time we had a second coming... unless Christ came back five years ago and bailed “Father, why waste time on all these people... What was your point with all that blood and wood and foot-long nails?" Peace, love and understanding Peace, love, a heart demanding Peace, love, a spaceship for your soul Peace, love, as in your neighbor Peace, love, you are your savior Peace, love, and God bless rock and roll. Peace, love and understanding Peace, love, a heart demanding Peace, love, a spaceship for your soul Peace, love, who knows what God means Peace, love, our world is her dream She exists, she exists in you Peace, love, Peace, love, Peace, love, a spaceship for your soul Peace, love, Peace, love, Peace, love, and God bless rock and roll.
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My Triangle 03:02
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I wrote this song for you and for you. Everybody needs a song that will make em feel happy. Three friends are better than two - we’re a team Let’s not sing it in a song that will make us feel sappy. When your gone, far away, i still can make a sunny day Close my eyes and I'll see All the mad adventures that are made for the number three With my triangle. We live our lives with a skip and a jump. And there’s sump-thin in the air that will lift us up flying. Soaring up high with our heads in the clouds, you know the More we are living then the less we’re dying. When I'm gone, far away, you still can make a sunny day Close your eyes and you'll see All the mad adventures that are made for the number three. With your triangle. When I'm gone, far away, I still can make a sunny day Close your eyes and you'll see All the mad adventures that are made for three. I'll pick you up, when you’re down, two will do if one is not around. Close our eyes and we'll see Years of new adventures that's ahead for the number three. From our triangle.
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Psychonation 06:09
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You made me feel small so let's pretend I’m a God of power you can’t comprehend Lock the door and take your seat here You should have seen me, you should have been my friend Take the roll call count off one by one Who's the teacher? Who’s got the gun Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty It’s entertaining when everybody runs Tick, tock… Load, lock… Laughingstock No not I Hark the bell tolls… now the main event A brand new lesson, I don't need your consent Semiautomatic loopholes Pencils down now… time to pay the rent Cry it out Say goodbye now Cry it out Bye bye Shadows where you used to be Can you count up to 23? I hear the sirens closing in on me My child… where's my child... bring back mine It’s a right that we're defending… It’s a right that we're defending Freedom that is never ending… freedom that is never ending Psychonation… Psychonation Famous now, on TV Maimed or martyred - guess will see This year, you'll get 10 more just like me And the nation carries on carefree Another day and another spree Sing it out "My country, tis of thee"
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Starring Icarus 04:48
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Riding in the backseat, he would peer straight out the window. A squinted eye and spaceship in his hand. A boy will use his dreams to fuel his plans. Off to the sun, up would look everyone And now he is a grown-up in the world’s most boring movie. All cameras pointing elsewhere, fickle fame A cast of thousands does not know his name. He's not in the credits, his life needs an edit. And when his wings break He’ll be falling down. You… you won't hear when he Hits the ground Now we're at the slow part where he stares into the mirror. Shaves his face and shuffles off to work CSA typecasted as “a jerk" He’s played this scene before, he only has to do 6,000 more. He hopes and prays his screenplay will can find a better agent. But no one wants to option War and Peace. He needs to trim it down to say the least. Spoiler alert, the real world hurts. And when his wings break He’ll be falling down. And you… you won't hear when he Hits the ground Can we fast forward to the end? Or hit rewind to that scene where the boy can dream again? and if only he could fly Or nail that one audition for somebody else's life. And when his wings break He’ll be falling down. And you… you won't hear when he Hits the ground And when his wings break He’ll be falling down. And you… you won't hear when he Hits the ground
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Bowtie 04:52
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Time for the show It’s 'bout to start Where did you go Who’ll play your part We'll sound out of tune In this empty room Go on ahead Save me a seat In the break for act two I know how we’ll meet, I’ll look for your bowtie The wince on your face Disguising the pain To play with such grace Words cannot contain The loss that was you I hope these chords do Bowtie, Bowtie Who knew what to say, what to speak Well we might if you told us last week An embrace and a peck on the cheek Anyone know how to tie a bowtie Bowtie Dressed all in black The lights start to dim Elegiac And humming our hymn The playbill suggests A concerto of tied whole note rests, Drowning in silence, impeccably dressed in our bowties Bowties
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Johnny C And Me 04:12
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Near a seaside town When the fish came due I had a friend I knew… Johnny C and me. At the whiskey shore for a night or two We’d have all the crew. Johnny C and Me. We had Sam and Bud, Jackie D made way, We would waste the day Johnny C and Me. Wrangling out some tunes That we couldn't play And Words we couldn’t say Johnny C and Me. When the sun goes down and we're floating out to sea. I could throw a line Or you save me But we won't speak It's something we can't do So we drown those words in another Beer or two… One more drink for the friends we got Another one on me for the friends we got one more round to go for friends we got… and there's always one more round to go... until there's not. Same time next year We did it all again And we brought new friends Johnny C and me. Strumming by the shore With our Perrier Me and Johnny played Til the hour of three. When the sun goes down and we're floating out to sea. I could throw a line Or you save me But we won’t speak Speaking is such a chore So drown those words in another Beer or four. One more drink for the friends we got Another one on me for the friends we got one more round to go for friends we got… and there's always one more round to go... until there's not. Then Johnny said That he couldn’t stay. He had to move away. Needed to be free. Yesterday Turned to yesteryear Now I save a tear. For Johnny C and me. Things we didn't do And we didn’t say I think I'll waste my day Jackie D and…. One more drink for the friends we got Another one on me for the friends we got one more round to go for friends we got… and there's always one more round to go... until there's not. One more drink for the friends we got Another one on me for the friends we got one more round to go for friends we got
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Time To Save Your Soul 05:38
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There’s too many people Buying up more and more Just to cling on to this world Spending all their money and time To make sure that American dream can't come unglued, can’t come unfurled I’ve got something to tell you You can have it all But it don't really matter. You’ll never have enough to fill up that hole If you want to hold on to something, hold on to this Ain’t much time to save your soul Oh so you’ve made it now That’s a really nice car, so tell me, where you gonna go? You drive on and on, still Lost in America Everything sounds like progress on a brand new stereo But here's what I'm saying More money’s just more problems And the more time you waste The more you get old. You need more than a fast car to make it to the other side Ain’t much time to save your soul Time’s ticking on now. Your kids moved away, you live in your big house all alone. Tell me now… What you got? You got more than you need But is it enough to face the unknown If you ain’t got love you’ve got nothing What can’t be bought. Simply can’t be sold It’s something you’ve got and you've got to give away Ain’t got much time to save your soul Time in the world ain’t time enough It's getting dark outside and it’s getting cold But if love’s what you’ve got, just give it away Time enough to save your soul Love’s what you’ve got so just give it away Time to save your soul
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Not Good Enough 05:08
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Let’s rewind, review the score Decades late and a dollar short When you signed up for nevermore You’d be waiting so long Apropos words - hard to find Swimming 'round inside my mind I still feel what I can't define What was there all along And now it's flowing The page is glowing And you’re not here to hear What I wrote for you Why did it take so long to write this song And play it first a thousand miles from you? Forgive me, please forgive me It was in me from the beginning Music’s easy, words will never do. Not good enough for you. Walden, Wordsworth, that’s not me How’d they bottle mystery? You’d think with all of our history I’d have had more to say. TMI since I proposed. Now, nervous, naked, left exposed You should toss out what I’ve composed. My string of cliches. La-di-da-di Will anybody Be brave enough to bare Your love song debut. Why did it take so long to write this song And sing it first a hundred miles from you? Forgive me, please forgive me It was in me from the beginning What’s on the page now some how rings untrue. Not good enough for you. If I missed the mark, please disregard Sans melody - a Hallmark card Perfect love now maimed and marred Will just have to do. I like pithy You’re more wordsmithy Please edit this for me Before I change my mind, become resigned and rip it into two. Why did it take so long to write this song When I've been living half my life right next to you? Forgive me, please forgive me It was in me from the beginning Your gift’s arrived and its 20 years past due. Not good enough for you.
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I Will Haunt You 04:20
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I’m all alone in the fields every night, I am waiting You’re far away fast asleep all alone in your bed Nine months apart and the war is certain to bleed me cold... When I arrive at your door, please don’t greet me with dread. The horses will ride through the night until you get this letter My candle is dim and I fear that my ink will run dry I can't escape but this fate will not stop me from Finding you... The way to traverse all those miles is to love and to die. I will come to haunt you darling Wipe your tears, no sad departing If you love me, say we're starting Over once again... I will be there in the books, in the pictures and paintings While you’re asleep, at your side, I’ll be stroking your hair If you should cry, you will find that my hand's on your shoulder... Our future’s secured, rest assured, I will always be there. I will come to haunt you darling Wipe your tears, no sad departing If you love me, say we're starting Over once again... Life tarries on, you’ll decide that it’s time to re-marry Late in the night, I’ll make clear there’s a promise to keep After all we are ghosts longer than we are flesh and blood... I will await by your grave 'til you rise from your sleep I will come to haunt you darling Wipe your tears, no sad departing If you love me, say we're starting Over once again...
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One Angry Mother (Rise Up) 07:12
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Please forgive us Mother For we know not what we do Storms on the horizon They are coming into view Shall we wait until the seas rise? Til the tempest starts to brew? Sing to us a new song when the Sky's no longer blue. Can you help us Mother? We know not what to think We quarrel about lost profits With nature on the brink. However will we build new castles When our shorelines start to sink Writing children's stories With disappearing ink. Why are you crying mother? We can't heed your behest Carelessly we suckle ‘Round that dagger in your breast. Watch us gasp for our survival You decide to turn the page Munchhausen syndrome by proxy A subtle poison that we can’t gauge You are one angry mother Our fields as dry as bone And masses cross lost borders Hunger from the seeds we've sown Nothing grows within this salt water A final bargaining to cheat death And oceans from your teardrops They fill our lungs 'til our last breath Please awake us, mother, From a nightmare dark and true, deep In the eleventh hour... You don't die, we do… We don't need new faces for terror mirrors shine on our enemy And so with mercury rising... to live ... so must we. (Countdown from 11th hour...) Who will rise up? We're gonna feel rain until the sun comes shining through Who will rise up? Love is a hurricane, a force upon the ocean blue Majestic mighty peaks surround you and Rivers wash the world around to start today brand new. Rise up We will rise up - the clouds are parting now, we step into the shining sun We will rise up - A past to disavow, a second chance for everyone Within a courage lies a power A million hopes with every flower A new day has begun. Rise up
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Rainbow Bridge 03:14
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The house is quiet now An autumn breeze blows through it Out off in the trees Lies the rainbow bridge. A day since you’ve been gone I put what’s left in boxes Will you wait for me At the rainbow bridge. Where the colors shine Souls we left behind are running To you… to you. 15 years then gone Grief so thick and heavy Do they run and play? At the rainbow bridge. A new world in green eyes No one makes the spirits rise Like you… like you. Someone waits for me at the rainbow bridge. One day we'll be free at the rainbow bridge.

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This collection of songs runs the gamut - romantic ghosts, mid-life crises, the coming climate apocalypse, happy nuclear families, long overdue love songs, the weight of suicide, America's firearms epidemic, beer-fueled bromances, deceased pets, why Jesus wasn't a Republican.

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released July 4, 2016

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Abu Jibran Washington, D.C.

I'm Abu Jibran - a singer-songwriter, vocalist and pianist based in  Washington D.C.

I released my first full-length album Lost In America, on July 4, 2016.

​My philosophy is simple: music is a gift to an audience and I hope to inspire action - in your head, on the dance floor, whatever makes you move.

Come join me... AJ
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