Lyrics
All lyrics by Kirk Lumpkin © 2009
WILD BUDS
POSITIVE VOODOO
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Run wild like a river
Run wild like a river
Run wild like a river
Run wild
Like a river trapped behind a dam
I need to flow to know what I am
Like culvert creek hidden from the light
I want the sun and the starry night
Run wild like a river
Run wild like a river
Run wild like a river
Run wild
On an odyssey like young Huck Finn
Day dreamin’ of the wild within
I knew even then as a child
That in my soul was a river wild
Run wild like a river
Run wild like a river
Run wild like a river
Run wild
Run like a river flowin’ to the sea
And see what you are when just let be
Run like a river flowin’ to the sea
And see what you are when just let be
(solo)
My path, my way how could I know
Without a chance to just let go
Maybe if I could run wild and free
Then I could learn what I’m meant to be
Run wild like a river
Run wild like a river
Run wild like a river
Run wild
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I been cookin’ somethin’ up here for you
Yes it’s sweet and spicy hot
I believe it’s a finer taste treat
Than any sauce you ever bought
And if you would just taste of it
My love would come across
So come on down and try a taste
Of my special sauce
Of my special sauce
Of my special sauce
Come on down and try a taste
Of my special sauce
I just wanta be your love chef
And get somethin’ delish cookin’
Makin’ a fine sauce takes time
Ya can’t just sit around lookin’
And I won’t tell you how to act
Or ask you to bear some cross
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Don’t worry yourself into a hurry
I promise you won’t be too late
It just gets more
tasty and juicy
The more we marinate (uh huh)
The more we marinate (oh ohh)
The more we marinate
People say that time is money
It’s the thing of greatest cost
But if you don’t take the time to taste
Then it will be your loss
Now I won’t be your wage slave
And I won’t be your boss
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Now, our bass player’s got a groove
That makes its own gravy
It could make you feel so fine
Ya might think that you’re crazy
Take some time, you’ll be cookin’ too
The price of love’s all it cost
And you can learn to make your own
Your own special sauce
Your special sauce
Your special sauce
You can learn to make your own
Your own special sauce
Your own special sauce
Ya know I’m talkin’ ‘bout
your own special sauce
Ya know I’m talkin’ ‘bout
your own special sauce, etc.
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I ain’t got no time for fun
No time to second guess
No time for self-improvement
Or to change the way I dress
Some people want to get ahead
They just seem so obcessed
Me, I’m just tryin’ to learn
How to get strong on less
Seems like I’m just caught up
In this circumstance
And I’m just too busy
Doin’ the survival
Doin’ the survival
Doin’ the survival, doin’ the survival dance,
doin’ the survival dance, doin’ the survival dance
We got a rainbow here
Inside of this city
We got the cultural fabric of
Multi-ethnicity
It could give our options such
Elasticity
But you can’t say what we got here’s
A real community
‘Cause we think we’re too busy
Doin’ the survival
Doin’ the survival
Doin’ the survival, doin’ the survival dance,
doin’ the survival dance, doin’ the survival dance
Modern social movements
Motions I got to make
Seems I gotta move just right
Or my livelihood’s at stake
I’m caught up in the movement
The movement of the mass
I’m downwardly mobile
And can’t get me no class
We’re all goin’ nowhere
Without advance
‘Cause we think we’re too busy
Doin’ the survival
Doin’ the survival
Doin’ the survival, doin’ the survival dance,
doin’ the survival dance, doin’ the survival dance
I’m doin’ the survival dance
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Oh she practice voodoo, got me under her spell
She makes me want to love her and she makes the sick feel well
The voodoo that she practice is so positive
Stops all my depression and it makes me truly wanta live
Oh her positive voodoo is really somethin’ that’s true
And let me tell you you’d be lucky
If such voodoo would touch you
You’d be lucky if such voodoo
would touch you
She conducts the spirit like electricity
Charges me all up in my soul and my body
She’s like a river snake-lightning, when we touch there’s sparks and fire
And when I’m dancin’ with her she just keeps takin’ me higher
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Oh her voodoo ain’t evil, it don’t do me no harm
She conjures up some sweet love, I believe in her charms
Her voodoo is a blessing that goes down deep in my soul
And when I’m layin’ with her my whole damn life feels whole
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The House of the Rising Sun
(traditional plus new lyrics by Kirk Lumpkin)
There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor girl
And God, I know I'm one
My mother she was a factory girl
She sewed those new blue jeans
My father he was a gamblin' man
Down in New Orleans
Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a bottle and a trunk
And the only time that he's satisfied
Is when he's on a drunk
Oh mother, please tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Not to spend their lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun
They're takin' me away now
They're takin' me on the train
I'm goin' back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain
My heart is sinkin' in my chest
My river is almost run
If only misery would leave me now
With the settin' sun
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