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The Conversation

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Not just any conversation. We need an intelligent one. Some classic spontaneous Neo and Davis banter with a perfect guitar contribution from the estimable Peter MRD.

lyrics

Hey baby, talk to me
Subject, verb, object, sentence
You can do it.
I need your feedback

Time to have a conversation
Grow up and heal the nation
Get a brain and have a heart
Syncopate or sink apart
Don’t stop your education
You can rise above your station

We need a conversation
To address the situation
Going backwards, sitting still
Watching all the poison spill
Out of date mythology
Will be the death of you and me

Oh Jesus, Jesus Christ!

In the land of the hurricane
God’s children have gone insane
Worms of hate chewing on their brains
While they circle the cosmic drain
Dictators pop up like mushrooms
Spewing spores in all directions

That Goddamn Drumpf! Put him in jail already!
Guy needs to be prosecuted.

But let me tell ya,

Empathy is not a crime
Ignorance is not sublime
Waking up is not a virus
You’re not the boss and you can’t fire us
Oh, you can pass your legislation
But you can’t ban conversation

Come on baby, talk to me.
I need your input.
Now talk. Now listen.
I wanna listen!
I wanna hear what you gotta say!

We need to have a conversation
A conversation goes both ways
A conversation needs a feedback loop
Otherwise no one is listening

It’s not a conversation
Until it goes back and forth
Here and there, anywhere
The subject may change
But the substance is a flow.

Slow, yeah that’s how I like it!
Now talk!

I’m talking to you, I’m finally talking to you
And I just adore the you-know-what…
My turn to listen (yes, listen listen!)
Your turn to talk!
I need you! Sometimes I need you so badly!
I really, really want you to touch me
Intelligence!
Yeah, with your brains!
You have a beautiful 3.98 GPA give it to me baby yeah!
Give it, give it, give it, give it…
Speak to me, I’ll speak to you
Subject, verb, object
I’m learning how
Sentences, feelings! Thinking, feeling, believing, mysterious!

But let me tell ya, I was born in the land of the hurricane
Where all God’s children have gone insane (Unconscious!)
Alligators they roam the streets
You’d lock keep your dog inside, he isn’t meat!
Oooh, and get your cats in there too!

You gotta come evolve with the rest of us
We are evolving!
We can’t be alone, not an island
Truth! Truth! Truth! Truth! Acceptance! Participation!
Right now, join us in a real conversation
Experience! Realization leads to life experience!
What’s going on?

Time to have a conversation (Right here right now right here right now)
A knowledgeable conversation
Time to have a conversation
An educated conversation
(Nyam myoho renge kyo)
Critique me!

credits

from Civilization, released September 24, 2023
(J Neo Marvin-Davis Jones-Peter Mrdenovich)

Peter MRD: All guitars
Davis Jones: Lead vocals and shakers
J Neo Marvin: Lead vocals, instruments, and programming

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Civilization San Francisco, California

Civilization is a musical environment where Ear Candle Productions opens its doors to various friends and neighbors to create new songs that delve into language, philosophy, existentialism, and the meaning of civilization itself. The music is eclectic with unexpected twists and turns, and promotes goodwill and paradox. ... more

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