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1.
Death of a Turtle 05:09
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Closing my little eyes Dreaming a dream of home The beach where I met my wife And all of the friends I've known Lord let me go home... Lord let me go home... Open my little eyes Try n control my breath So hard to realise My life is now this net Lord let me go home... Lord let me go home... These shrimp stare at me with their dead eyes The two-legs came around n took away from me my feeding ground, years ago. Never again see my sea grass meadow Grandmas a handbag Cousins a soup Those first 5 years flapping with my friends so long ago Mowing the grass in the Lagoons I used to call home My babies should be following moonlight making headway to the promised land but my babies are mistaken by the bright city lights too small, too young to understand In this net Trying to breath All alone It's just me The past gone And the future too Nothing I can do My life is flashing before my eyes Oh Lord, I can see a light My life is flashing before my eyes Oh Lord I see a light
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Bug-hole Finger-Digger 03:12
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Crunched-up bugs – s’what I like eating I’m eating-out – most every evening I hunt alone – then head-on home My belly a-squiggling with good feelings A hollow tree – well that’s ‘chez me’ My family sleep – ‘til the moonlight comes Back around You Groom Me - & I’ll Groom you Til this old forest is cut down too Til then I’ll hold on to you Whistle 1 I’m stealing eggs – with my cat-stilt legs Running reds to get home to you My ten-ounce-ass – is swinging past But Jungles fast running out for me We sleep away – each sunny day Snuggled like lovers asunder Monkeyshines – OOO-ooo – burned away (but) You Groom Me - & I’ll Groom you Til this old forest gets burned up too What the hell else Can We Do – ooo-ooo (Whistle 2) I’m afraid we’re nearly through Wrestle-fights – most every night Our spirits up – wrastlin’ in the dusk My buddies sleep – til the moonlight creeps Back around (so) You Groom Me - & I’ll Groom you Til this old forest is cut down too Til then I’ll hold on t’you Until we’re really through
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I, Axolotl (free) 02:50
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I paid a small fee to enter the Jardin des Plantes, Paris To while away, before watching a play Out in the daylight my friends the lions were taking a bite Familiar to me, and boring, zoologically The apes and their like, were not to my like-ing Constantly scratching their heads with their toes and fight-ing And panther and kind, were acting unkind Agrressively searching for food and fun and sniffing behinds It took courage, to enter the dark This dank and forgotten part of the park Black haloed golden eyes Tiny fingers glassy sides Rosy bodied 6 inch size Axolotl, hypnotise Returning each time, for aesthetic sublime Yearning to press my nose to your tank, and question your mind To study your poise, and how to sex the girls from the boys Regenerative powers, that would vex me for hours Got lost in your fronds, in your crimson fronds Your translucent ceramic doll like skin above and beyond Salamander meandering by Never to know the blue of the blue of the blue of the sky Then one day as I, looked on you You regarded me too Then I saw what you, saw when I Stood their staring inside Felt my feet on aquarium glass Your new feet traversed the park Now I live as you once did and Live the new life axolotl Black haloed golden eyes Tiny fingers glassy sides Rosy bodied 6 inch size Axolotl, hypnotise
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Your Royal Purpleness (free) 02:39
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I wasn't lost, I'd just not been found Now they're talking bout me like I'm living underground And in a way, I guess that's true Cos I only hit the surface for a day or two At a time What a time So little time to make you mine Mirror images Amphibian kiss Touch me baby with your padded fingertips We'll find out if this kiss Ends in metamorphosis You'll be the prince and I'm the princess Your Royal Purpleness There's nothing else that's quite like me I've even got my very own taxonomy Subterranean, home-grown alien multiplied, unidentified by homo-sapian What a time Oh, what a time So little time to make you mine Mirror images Amphibian kiss Touch me baby with your padded fingertips We'll find out if this kiss Ends in metamorphosis You'll be the prince and I'm the princess Your Royal Purpleness I'm a rare find, an overnight national treasure I only surface now and then for worldly pleasure It's my rare ability to have a nose and a tail with such symmetry Human eyes seem painted on But who needs eyes where I come from? We found out that this kiss Ends in metamorphosis Now you're the prince and I'm the princess Your Royal Purpleness
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Mico Macaco (free) 03:43
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Ooo-mee-koo mah-kah-koo Ooo-mee-koo mah-kah-koo Ooo-mee-koo mah-kah-koo Ooo-mee-koo mah-kah-koo Poe-koe-dash dash-une-tash Poe-koe-dash dash-un-tash (chikka) Poe-koe-dash dash-un-tash Poe-koe-dash dash-un-tash (chikka) Oo-oo-ah oo-oo-ah Dada mama mee-koo mama dada Oo-oo-ah oo-oo-ah Dada mama mee-koo mama dada Ahh-ahh SNAKE ATTACK! Ahh-ahh THUNDER CLAP! Oo-oo woot-woo Oo-oo woot-woo Ah-tata-tata-shah Ah-tata-tata-shah Ah-tata-tya-tata-tya A D'Rio (pah-seh, chi, chi, chi, chi) A D'Rio (pah-seh, chi, chi, chi, chi) A D'Rio (pah-seh, chi, chi, chi, chi) A D'Rio (pah-seh, chi, chi, chi, chi) Ah-tata-tata-shah Ah-tata-tata-shah Ah-tata-tya-tata-tya WOOT!
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A Scent of You (free) 03:35
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The snow’s all around Your tracks on the ground Leave me your scent And keep your distance I walk alone, I hunt alone, I sleep alone, leave me Ascending descending, this trail’s never ending There’s only the scent of you, a scent of you Every few dawns I’ll return to the rock where we leave our sign Never meeting each other but know one another Until the snows melt when I’ll cry for you, when I’m ready for you Ascending the heights, a mountain of echoes I walk alone, I hunt alone, I eat alone, I sleep alone I run alone, I climb alone, I’ll die alone, leave me alone This trail we both follow keeps us apart yet keeps us together I leave you my scent just as you leave yours Take a little of me with you Ascending descending this trail’s never ending There’s only the scent of you Living at high altitude keeping my solitude You’ll never see me hidden in the rocks Leave me mark and then I’m gone, ascent unseen I walk alone, I hunt alone, I eat alone, I sleep alone I run alone, I climb alone, I’ll die alone, leave me alone
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Markhor (free) 02:31
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The wind combs my hair My horns poke the clouds How beautiful life is High in the mountains Majestic and lite Afghani enchanter I know I'm your pride Pride of a hunter You see me You chase me You hunt me You chase me You hunt me down So I run and run and run And I run and run and run And I run and run and run away from you...
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Blue If You Don't, Blue If You Do (free) 03:43
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Come fly to me. There's a destination that I think you'd love, Green trees below and clear skies above. All I know is that I... I'm enjoying my time away, But I sure miss you I'll be blue if you don't, I'll be blue if you do join me. I'll be blue if you don't, but I'll be blue if you do fly to me. Come take my wing, accept it as my apology. A cage will make you say crazy things, Things that I've heard before... But I don't mean them, I was just repeating what I heard them say. (Come fly to me) I'll help you spread your wings and soar. So many places we can go. Come take a little trip with me. I really miss you baby.
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Kakapo Family Reunion 2005 (free) 03:34
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Welcome, dear friends who were Lucky enough to survive To the Kakapo Family Reunion Two thousand and five There's a phone by the tree, If you're mating, to make all your calls There's a bin by the door for your Gross indigestible balls I see Bella and Boomer and Basil, I'm so glad you came And Gumboots, you rascal You'll always live up to your name Well the little ones Mossie and Millie Won't leave me alone But my gorgeous wife Heather She loves my 100 Hertz Tone I see Sandra and Suzie and Jester and Jimmie and Joe But what happened to Whiskas and Pegasus We'll never know Well our family reunion gets smaller With each passing year So let's all have a seed for the parrots Who couldn't be here Oh maybe our lives would be different If we could fly Oh we're easy to kill, but that doesn't mean we have to die.
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So Long and Thanks (free) 03:26
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I am the living fossil discovered in a lump of rock the year the bicycle was born. And I am the Lazarus taxon. You thought that I'd expired 80 million years ago, but you were wrong. A hundred years later I was hauled up from my underwater home. The Paleozoic's been good to me, and every age from then to now has let me be. Oh, you don't know what you're missing. I've got a hinged skull and a hollow spine. Before you came along I was doing fine. Well this may be your last chance to see... So long and thanks for all the fishing. I am an eco-warrior. Sleeping in the cold caves helps to conserve energy. And I use my lobed fins to drift the currents when I need to feed. You could learn a thing or two from me. Well the Paleozoic was good to me, and the late Cretaceous failed to put an end to my tree. Oh, there's been some hard times it's true. But now the sun is setting on the Chalumnae line. If you fish us from existence will it weigh on your mind? These pre-historic creatures are one helluva find. So long and thank you. Just think, I was the missing link between the fishes and the creatures who emerged from the drink, until a young museum curator discovered me among the catch of the day of the trawler Nerine. I'm not pretty to look at, not good to eat. I can sometimes reach the mighty length of five or six feet. The fishing boats snag me accidentally. They used to throw me right back, but that's before they knew me. You see, every damned collector wants to put me in glass, tour me round the world - yeah, make some good cash. The thing that made me such a curiosity will result in my extinction eventually. It makes me wonder how many others are just like me - assumed to be extinct but really just out of reach. Now this really is your last chance to see. So long and thanks for all the fishing.

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Animals and birds are getting wiped out and the IML is concerned. Really concerned. So with this album we wrote songs and dedicated to them to a small number of those most in danger. We ask all downloaders to perhaps pop by the World Wildlife Fund and make a donation in return for this sumptuous music.

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released September 21, 2011

Album artwork: Logan Bradley, Album wrangler: Dan Waldkirch, Album mastered by: Tim Donderevo

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Intercontinental Music Lab Cambridge, UK

Since 2008, the Intercontinental Music Lab has produced eight albums. They’ve all been made in the same way. We came up with a concept or theme for an album, then asked people to choose subjects around that theme and compose some music. The theme for our first album was science. The theme for our latest album is Spielberg. Enjoy! ... more

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