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Why Aren't There More Songs Like This On The Radio?

from Car toons by Ekendra Dasa and the Planet Cow Orchestra

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It only makes sense that every question has an answer.

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On my way to Atlanta,
My tank was on zero
So I stopped for gasoline
The real American hero
I put my card in
I stood there wonderin’
Did I still have money?
Was I still somebody?

I saw an old man walkin’
He had a hard time walkin’
So I did a little backward bendin’
As if that would keep me young
But everything here
Is so temporary
Sign said lift the nozzle
Fill ‘er up and hit the highway

In the pickup next to me
I saw a red haired girl
Smokin’ a cigarette
Otherwise attractive
I saw her ponytail
I saw her seein’ me
But what I could not see
Was the soul inside
I know that’s the real deal
But I’m not there yet
All I can see is
Red hair and cigarettes

Why can’t I stay young?
Why must I get old?
While we’re on the subject,
What am I here for?
Was I a malcontent
In a perfect world?

Is that what landed me
In the twentieth century?
Who is in charge here?
Tell me, who runs the show?
If I ever find out
There’s a lotta things I’d sure like to know

Muhammad Ali said
He was the greatest
In nineteen seventy-four
He does not say that anymore
Time passes so fast
Quickly away it slips
Through the middle of an hourglass
Shaped like a woman’s hips
And every grain of sand, it
Flows down the river
And from the river
To the sea

They say life began there
But I know better
Why aren’t there more songs
Like this on the radio?

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from Car toons, released May 29, 2009

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Ekendra Dasa and the Planet Cow Orchestra Syracuse, New York

In the early '90s, Ekendra toured and recorded with Krishnacore band Shelter. For his first solo CD God Project, he recorded basic tracks himself and collaborated with other instrumentalists via U.S. Mail. Performing Songwriter Magazine voted God Project one of the top DIY albums of the year, calling it, “one of the funniest, infectious slices of country and rockabilly you’re ever likely to hear.” ... more

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