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Grasshoppin' also appears on "Calvin, don't jump!"'s debut album, 'Crystal Clear Mississippi'.

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The muscles of the priest have evaporated beyond recognition
the tired straining eyes have looked beyond my own position
and with the dawning of the day, I wake up and reach up and look for my superstition
found dead beneath the reeds among the thorns behind the gardens and the whistles

so to all the people looking over all with glass
sticking to their pores, I can't believe they think
I'll go unheard today
but the opiate has reached my brain
and the grasshoppers are jumping again

The people in their potholes look up to the world and see a blazing fire
the psycho-analysts in the their boxes
think the problem of mind will come and then expire
the worms beneath the yard come up when it rains
and they just look so tired
so as I take off all my clothes and jump into the brush it turns my flesh to briars

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from Notes from Undersound, released June 16, 2023
Gianni Dazzle - drums, slide whistle
J. Kirk - accordion, guitar, vocals, jaw harp

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"Calvin, don't jump!" Gibsons, British Columbia

head over to pleasantmatthews.bandcamp.com to see the current project that Kirk is working on with Nathen Matthews, 'The Pleasant Matthews'. "Calvin, don't jump!" has been around a long time and these are a few of our releases.

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