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A Picture
by Lacy Kilty

We went for a ride out from the city
where everything is not so busy
I told you close your eyes
Don't want to ruin the surprise
Up into the hill ‘til telephone poles
turned into trees and houses few and far between
'til there's no more cars on the road
The sun swam in blue water skies
This place still haunts me
it never will be the same
It was my own mine and mine alone.
Perfect timing open your eyes
Look out on the horizon at the world so far away
somewhere children play
somewhere friends are being made
And some body's wishing they would have stayed
This place is magic
I saw the world in your eyes
This place still haunts me
It never will be the same
It was my own mine and mine alone

Music and arrangement: James Low
James Low: guitar, vocals
Lewi Longmire: Rhodes, Hammond B3
Matt Voth: String Bass
Chris Hutton: Drums

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Sitting at home, not a care in the world
Wasting my time with the tube
Not worrying about any bills or thrills
Just going with the flow.
Eating what I want
Watching what I want
Going where I want
Living Free
Just going with the flow.
Growing up
you can't run away
You will have responsibility some day
If you don't open your eyes
life will past you by
Just going with the flow.
So plant your mind in the right place
get on up, get it straight,
Plant your mind in the right place
and the flow will follow you.

Music and arrangement: John Henry Bourke
Performed by: Funk Shui
John Henry Bourke: Guitar ,  Lead & Backing Vocals
Sean Nowland: Bass, Vocals
Jeff Duffy: Drums, Vocals
David Murphy: Guitar, Vocals
Rob Matthews: Saxophone, Vocals
Robbo Matthew Gilfeather: Trumpet, Vocals

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She's my monkey
And I love her
She’s kind of funky
With no fur

She’s my monkey
Yes it’s true
Hey, listen monkey
I love you

Hey little monkey
Dance and shout
Hey little monkey
With no doubt

Hey little monkey
Don’t you cry
These things happen
I don’t know why

Hey little monkey
I love you so
I hope these feelings
Will never go

You’re my monkey
Dance and shout
Hey little monkey
With no doubt

You’re my monkey
‘Til death do us part
I really love you
With all my heart

You’re my monkey
Through thick and thin
Open your heart
Let me in

Music and arrangement: Caleb Klauder
Caleb Klauder: guitars, vocals

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Scenes fly
Straight through my mind
Heart stopped by distance
Reset by time

I rest on the ground
I stopped this time
I look to the moon

Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Into the naked trees I wander
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
In my secret thoughts I ponder

Now no more rhymes
I’ve done enough
I’ve served my time
and time can be tough

Alone

Scenes fly
Straight through my mind
Heart stopped by distance

Music and arrangement: Carmina Piranha
Lisa Stringfield: lead vocals
Lara Michell: acoustic guitars, organs, backing vocals
Nancy Hess: electric guitar, backing vocals
Kirsten Swanson: marimba

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I kill you in my head
I know just what you said
I won’t deny at night, it’s why I cry
Red and black in bloom
Screaming in my head
Screaming in my room

Taking things I can’t get back
Falling quick and losing slack
I don’t want to break the glass
I don’t want to break this peace
But you’ve pushed me past the point of meek…

Don’t pretend this is the way it will end
On a bed of fire, bed of rage
It’s too early, too early an age

See my hatred pierce the air
Lightning fast so I know you’ll be there
I know just what you said
I kill you in my head

Music and arrangement: Purusa
Zach Hinkelman: Guitars
Kris Kirkman: Vocals
Andrew Marshall: Drums
Michael Tharp: Bass

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It falls so fast
It vanishes slow
I wish it would last
Forever shine and glow
Snow
When the world is light
I want to fly
Like a kite
Soaring to a height so high
Snow
Winds will change
With no reason
No one can sense
Season by season
Snow

Music and arrangement: Breanna Paletta
Produced and arranged by:  Breanna Paletta with Blake Sakamoto
Breanna Paletta: all vocals and acoustic guitar
Blake Sakamoto: keyboards
Kevin Hahn: guitars
Brian McMillan: bass
Mykael Lundstedt: drums
Engineered and Mixed by Kevin Hahn at Opal Studio
Brian McMillan appears courtesy of Columbia Records

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Somewhere on this hollow sphere you exist
Thoughts of hopelessness I fight to resist
An empty quiver, all the arrows missed
A fairy tale ending that sprinkles down with the mist

Need a bodyguard, protect my thoughts
Preventive measure or my mind sits and rots
For now I’ll hide behind my mask
Leaving questions that people are afraid to ask

I’ll let you walk all over me.
Leave a footprint on my soul
This impression for all to see
Enriches me, making me whole

What can be the excuse.
To make sense of this abuse?
Dig deeper to find that fatal flaw
That left me feeling cold and raw

Music and arrangement: Kevin Hahn
Kevin Hahn: Vocals, Guitar, Programming
Brian McMillen: Bass
Mike Collins: Drums
Produced and Mixed by Kevin Hahn and Ed Rei at Opal Studio

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Insomnia, no sleeping
Wide awake and dreaming
Dreaming of the girl who I adore
When sleeps come on this night
Wish I may, wish I might
Dream of her all night and evermore

Insomnia, tick tick tick tick
Insomnia, tick tick tick tick
Apparently sleep is a luxury
Insomnia, tick tick tick tick
Insomnia, tick tick tick tick
I’ll just stay up and watch some bad tv

Staring at your picture
I thought I saw you fidget
I think that I’ve become delusional
The sheep that I was counting
All died from exhaustion
Hallucination has become a usual

Insomnia, tick tick tick tick
Insomnia, tick tick tick tick
Apparently sleep is a luxury
Insomnia, tick tick tick tick
Insomnia, tick tick tick tick
I’ll just stay up and watch some bad tv

One AM, I can still get five more hours
Two AM, I can still get 4 more hours
Three AM, I can still get three tonight
Four AM, *&#$@!  I’ll just stay up and write

Music and arrangement: Lewi Longmire
Performed by: Tecumseh ValleyLewi Longmire: vocals, guitar
Caleb Miles: bass, guitar, vocals
Chris Hutton: drums
Jenny Conlee: organ
Recorded by Caleb Miles at Knob and Tube Studio, PDX

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You turned around and walked away
Didn’t care to stay, with this family you’ve made
Never called or stopped by to see how things are
Just turned around and walked away
You walked away, didn’t care to stay
You just walked right out
You walked away, didn’t care to stay
You just walked right out of me
We used to play,  and got out all the time
Do what ever we wanted it was just a game
But I was still at the start when you hit the end
Now you’re finished with me and I just stand wondering
You walked away, didn’t care to stay
You just walked right out
You walked away, didn’t care to stay
You just walked right out of me
Now you’re back and want to know
What’s been goin' on with my life that you left
But I’m gonna walk away, I don’t care to stay
Not gonna try to look back
I’m gonna walk away, I don’t care to stay
it’s my turn to walk right out of you
Yeah I’m gonna walk right out of you

Music: Kathy Walker, Tom Fitch, Bruce Withycombe
Arrangement:  The Kathy Walker Band
Kathy Walker : vocals
Kenny Coleman: guitar
Tom Fitch: bass
Dave Fleschner: Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Hammond B-3
Rob Schnell - drums, percussion

hi-voltage horns:
James Gregg: trumpet
Allyn Jackson: tenor saxophone
Bruce Withycombe: baritone saxophone

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How about expanding that box you're living in?
how about the fact you're not always right?
how about me I'm not always wrong you know
is this the way life is supposed to go?

Stay in my box
He's usually right
Stay in my box here
in the land of Ignorance

You speculate that I lack experience
you say you have so much experience
what about me don't I have a voice in this?
full of despair drowning in your influence

Stay in my box
He's usually right
Stay in my box here
in the land of Ignorance

When he is right he pays
when I am wrong he still pays
when this is done, will either one of us remain
When you are right I am left unaffected I
don't even care I'm so disconnected I
wanna run to the corners of my mind
sit in the dark pretend I am blind to this

Stay in my box
He's usually right
Stay in my box here
in the land of Ignorance
better keep you're eye on the lid keep it locked down tightly
better keep you're eye on the lid keep it locked down

Music and arrangement: Andrea Steward
Andrea Steward: guitar, vocals, keyboards, violin
Jai Steward: bass

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Dreams and hopes just fade away
Heartless lies, can’t play these games
Premonitions left a mystery
Interpret obscure memories

Suffocated by the aftertaste
Those words, these thoughts were all a waste
Heads or tails the dice were tossed
Ignorance quit before it lost

One more chance
One last time
One more heart ache
One last try

Just one last try

Just one more chance
To learn and forgive
Secrets revealed
One life to live

Dreams and hopes just fade away
Heartless lies, can’t play these games
Premonitions left a mystery
Interpret obscure memories

One more chance
One last time
One more heart ache
One last try

Music and arrangement: The Wimsy Stevens
Hans Huffman: bass
Ian Luxton: guitar
Jesse Bettis: guitar, vocals
Daniel Luttrell: drums

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Felíz
Pensaste que me íba a doler
Pues estabas equivocado
Sabes me hiciste un favor marchándote?
Fíjate que ya no sufro
Pues ya lo ves  - ya lo ves
Que estoy felíz - que estoy felíz
Y yo se que nunca me quisiste
Que nunca deramé lágrimas por tí,
Y hoy ya se lo que es vivir
Ya puedo respirar aire puro
Ya puedo gritar que nunca te amé
Pues ya lo ves - ya lo ves
Que estoy felíz - que estoy felíz
Y con otro que vale la pena
Pues ya lo ves - ya lo ves
Que estoy felíz - que estoy felíz
Ya lo ves - ya lo ves
Que estoy felíz - que estoy felíz
Y con otro que vale la pena
Porque tu no vales the pena
Pensastes que me iba a doler X 3
Felíz

Happy
You thought it would hurt me,
Well, you were wrong.
You know you did me a favor leaving?
Understand that I am not suffering.
Well now you see - now you see,
That I'm happy - I'm happy.
And I know that you never loved me.
I never spilled tears for you,
And today I know what it is to live.
I can breathe clean air and
I can shout that I never loved you.
Well now you see - now you see
That I'm happy - I'm happy
And with another that's worth the trouble
Well now you see - now you see
That I'm happy - I'm happy
Well now you see - now you see
That I'm happy - I'm happy
And with another that's worth the trouble.
Because you aren't worth the trouble.
You thought it would hurt me X 3
Happy

Music and arrangement: Scott Weddle
Performed by: Amelia
Teisha Helgerson: vocals
Scott Weddle: guitars, percussion
Richard Cuellar: drums, percussion
Mike Coykendall: bass

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Sitting in class and wondering why
If I eat Mr. green, will I choke and die
Everyone would stare, and laugh and cry
She chokes on a jelly bean, oh my

Mr. green jelly bean want to eat you ‘cause your good
Mr. green jelly bean want to eat you ‘cause your good
Yummy, yummy in my tummy
Ate you up and now your gone

The nurse cam over and she had to help me
I was choking an a jelly bean cause I ate too many
I said I was fine and got up off the floor
Then I popped a Mr. green in and ran out the door

Mr. green jelly bean want to eat you ‘cause your good
Mr. green jelly bean want to eat you ‘cause your good
Yummy, yummy in my tummy
Ate you up and now your gone

Jelly beans in my pocket
Count ‘em 1,2,3
Blue ones, red ones, my oh me
Jiggling in my pocket
Hey what’s that sound
Mr. green jelly bean jumping around

Sitting in class and wondering why
If I eat Mr. green, will I choke and die
Everyone would stare, and laugh and cry
She chokes on a jelly bean, oh my

Mr. green jelly bean want to eat you ‘cause your good
Mr. green jelly bean want to eat you ‘cause your good
Yummy, yummy in my tummy
Ate you up and now your gone

Music and arrangement: Bunco Kelly
Morgan Pintarich: electric guitar, vocals
Harley Crown: bass
Erik Gerding: acoustic and baritone guitars
Tim Cowan: lap steel
Jeff Hudis: drums

Recorded and mixed by Sean Flora at Alberta Music Collective

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Every time I think of you Jefecito
I remember the problems you paid
for the things you'd done
when you were a jovencito
I'm glad you laid the boundary line
Just like that old saying says
smile now cry later
is an experience you had
now teaching me it was bad
Thanks to you Jeff
I will never put you down
because us Mexicans have it hard
this part of town

Music and arrangement: Nann Alleman
Performed by Spigot
Nann Alleman: guitar vocals
Kevin Anderson: bass, accordion, vocals, percussion
David Lipkind: accordion, vocals
Matt Kramer: drums, percussion

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Sail the calm sea       
I will sail again
Cool breeze blowing        
I will sail again
Waves build
Clouds gather
Boat sinks
Wind is gone 
I will sail again
I will sail again
Water dark engulfs me
I will sail again
I can’t die yet
I will sail again
Deep down I know
I can get through
Won’t forget
I can get through
I will sail again

Music and arrangement: Jen Bernard
Performed by: Jen Bernard with Lara Michell
Jen Bernard: piano, flute, lead vocal
Lara Michell: guitars, mandolin, vocals: 
Skip VonKuske: cello 
Todd Bishop: drums

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I used to think about forever
But now I know you so much better
I wish I could've found out and never
got tangled and tripped on your whatever
it caused me pain knowing what you were about
it made me want to run
fly just to get out
to be free from all of me you had
the lies games and pain I couldn't stand
Thought you should know
Thought you should know
Thought you should know
Thought you should...
Now flowed as far as it can go
I just wanted to show and let you know
that your pain caused the puddle of my heart
and made the puddle into art
The last time I saw you seemed like
no change
you smiled and acted to be the same
I had no idea what you were about to do
I care too much to do the same to you
Thought you should Know
Thought you should know
Thought you should know
Thought you should... x4
I thought we'd grown into something definite
something within it's own class of intent
all the things you said you meant
I put to rest no save attempt
Thought you should know
(now that you are in my past)
Thought you should know
(a piece is missing that you cast)
Thought you should know
(I now try to reshape my heart)
Thought you should know
(and thought you should know you made this art)

Music and arrangement: Jimi Campbell
Performed by: Sugarbang
Jimi Campbell: arrangement, programming, lead guitar, lead & background
vocals
Kevin Russell: chorus guitar 
Brian McMillan: bass
Produced & Mixed by SugarBang
Recorded at System Seven Studios, Portland OR

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As time goes on
We’ll go our ways
But looking back we will remember
All those times
That we got smashed together
Waking up in unknown locations

Wonderin’ how we got here
Drownin’ in another beer
Flushin’ out all our fears
Another day we’re no more clear

Another night we’ll all forget
Another joke that we didn’t get
Go to school bored and tired
Go to work, sent home fired
Was it all worth it
To blind eyes yes
At first it seemed
This year was one of the best

I awakened to find
That things aren’t as they seem
I realized I had been living a dream
Feelings transparent
Values apparent
Choices change as well as all my friends

And now I drink Pepsi as the cards are dealt
And out flies my first as my sorrow melts
Reaching farther than ever towards my goals
The heavens and the stars have begun to unfold

And now I know without a doubt
As I put my future to the test
Now!
This year was one of the best

Music and arrangement: Aaron McCoy
Performed by: Hidden Agenda
Aaron Foster: drums
Aaron McCoy: vocals, rhythm guitar
Chris Hardesty: lead guitar
Matt Duffy: bass

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Drag myself awake to a 9-hour school day
Sitting at the desk I don’t know what to say
Major project due, throw my bag on the floor
I don’t want to think of school no more

Turn on the TV, go out for a walk
Call up a friend and begin to talk
Just to find something that gives me joy
All the work and no play make Jack a dull boy

I can’t focus on education ‘cause I got chronic procrastination
Put it off! Put it off!
I’m not done
Put it off! Put it off!
It’s time to have fun!

Pick my girlfriend up and go to the movies
Don’t you worry Mom later I’ll do these
I grab my guitar and start to jam
I look at my grades Oh damn!

I’m a senior now graduation is near
It probably would be best if I got myself in gear
But what was that I heard you say?
Meet you at the mall I think I may!

I can’t focus on education ‘cause I got chronic procrastination
Put it off! Put it off!
I’m not done
Put it off! Put it off!
It’s time to have fun!

Music and arrangement: Bunco Kelly
Morgan Pintarich: electric guitar, vocals
Harley Crown: bass
Erik Gerding: acoustic and baritone guitars
Tim Cowan: lap steel
Jeff Hudis: drums

Recorded and mixed by Sean Flora at Alberta Music Collective

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Sometimes the world can be intense
Makes me want to get out
Faster than the speed of light
The ground is shaking, breaking
Beneath my feet
Into a place filled with forgotten souls
I've got to go
Strangers giving me the look
Stabbing at my naked eyes
Thinking of nasty visions
Visions to make me go away
I can't take it anymore
I can't take it anymore
Everybody's shouting
Got to cover my ears
My mind is running away
Away with the noise
Now they're chasing me
They're chasing me
Got to go
My mind is turning
Got to go
I have to make it stop
Got to go
Everything is out of control
Got to go
My head is 'bout to pop
They're gaining on me
I can feel it
What's right ahead of me
So bright and inviting
Will it keep me safe
There's no where else to go
So beautiful
They disappear

Music and arrangement: Blake Sakamoto
Blake Sakamoto: lead vocals and keyboards
Paul Summers Jr.: guitar
Brian McMillan: bass
Mykael Lundstedt: drums
Carla Kendall-Bray: additional vocals 1st soloist
Rachel Hamar: additional vocals 2nd soloist
Background Vocals:
Janet Johannes, Carla Kendall-Bray, Rachel Hamar and Blake Sakamoto
Brian McMillan appears courtesy of Columbia Records and Craving Theo
Rachel Hamar appears courtesy of Speed of Light Records and Sheer Bliss
Carla Kendall-Bray appears courtesy of Colorfield
Engineered and Mixed by Mark Frethem at Doctor Digital (Portland, OR.)

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The hours of my days
Go slipping away
Slipping away
On they slide into the past
Happy moments
Never last
It's all the same song
Never right, never wrong
Life is short, life is long
Listen to life's song
People come, people go
What they will do
You never know
Will we ever find a way
To break the silence
That we embrace?
It's all the same song
Never right, never wrong
Life is short, life is long
Listen to life's song
If you do, if you don't
Will it matter?
Take a chance, take the lead
Find out what it is you need
It's up to you to take a try
To reach that dream
That's way up high
It's all the same song
Never right, never wrong
Life is short, life is long
Listen to life's song

Music and arrangement: Jane Wright
Jane Wright: vocals
Rudy Hernandez: vocals
Kailina Laureta: vocals
Matt Phillips: vocals
Ken Ollis: drums
Dan Gaynor: keyboards

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Produced by Chris Gragg

Unless otherwise noted:
All songs recorded and mixed by Dave Fleschner
at Dave’s Attic Studio in Portland
(503) 768-9336

Mastered by Kevin Hahn at Opal Studio, PDX

Cover and insert design: John Willis

Cover Art: “Five Is the Number of Change” - Lisa Copenhagen Wachs

Portrait Photography: Soua Yang

The Troutdale Poets would like to thank John Gragg, Karen Leslie, Mona
Beltran, David Gray, Shelley Holland, Dan Eichler at Borders Books,
Cofee’s On, Mike Easton and Soul Prints, Barry Miles, Diana Gaylord,
Michael Berly, Geoff Byrd, Will Wiles, David Garza, Sean Flora, Marc
Baker and Rose Bak at KBOO, KINK, Brian Smith at Northwestern Inc., Cherie
Bach, Jared Boring, Kim Brandeberry, Darrell Brazile,Jessy Brown, Michael
Busby, Carol Butterfield, Kara Click, Marcus Cooksey, Garrett Dayfield, Jeff
Dickson, Ana Dobra, Kim Goins, Jose Guadarrama, Jennifer Guldenzopf,
Eddie Harrison, Julie Hayashi, Terry “Bubba” Herzman, Nikolay Kuzmenko,
Jessica Meiggs, Aimee O’Neale, Rosa Rehana, Angelica Sanchez, Eric Taylor,
Wryann Van Riper, Thai Vue, Myka Brown, Sean Eastman, Derric Edwards, Kendra
Harmon, Maria Johnson, Tiffany Lange, Jason Loud, Erin Macy, Cristin
O’Rourke, Lauren Palmer, Robin Peart, Ricky Phoun, Scott Putnam,
Melissa Ralston, Josh Sharp, Erik Thompson, Megan Waddle, Kyle Well, Dustin
Westover, Chuck Zitzewitz, Ignacio Bautista, Sarah Bergstrom, Nick Boyles, Crystal
Chambers, Terry Cuangvanh, Kristin Dossey, Brian Grenier, Nick
Matthews, Dan Miller, Josh Muma, Kim Partridge, Joe Pierce, Sharon Rudolph, Andy
Schroeder, Josh Steele, Derek Stickel, Ian Stokes, Vasily Tevs, Juan
Torres, all past and present participating musicians and students, and
the staff and students of Reynolds High School

For more information about this project, visit our web site at
www.deeproots.com

Copyright © 2002 Troutdale Poetry Experiment
all songs are copyrighted by the lyricists and musicians who composed
them

Warning: Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited by federal law and
subject to criminal prosecution

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