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Outer Space

by Dan Knudsen

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Original, handmade Outer Space album in CD case includes plastic jewel case, album cover, back cover, and CD.

    Also includes immediate download of 8-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
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      $9 USD

     

  • T-Shirt/Apparel + Digital Album

    High-quality original illustration by Michael Connor of Strange Maine (Portland, ME) printed in black ink on sand-colored or white 100% cotton t-shirt by Tristan Gallagher of The Fun Box Monster Emporium (Portland, Maine).
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      $12 USD

     

  • Poster/Print + Digital Album

    Frameable full-color print (copy) of original artwork illustrated by Dan Knudsen on paper stock. Prints will be rolled and shipped via mailing tubes to prevent folds, creases or wrinkles.
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  • Streaming + Download

    Immediate download 8-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
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1.
Outer Space 04:59
Blast your lasers, swing your light sabers Protect and serve this great planet Alien invasion, human race annihilation Man fears it 'cuz he doesn't understand it AMEN! Blast off into outer space Take off to a higher place Earth's finest pilots fly their star fighters Aiming above and beyond in the star force Electric energy and magnetic activity Sometimes throw the squadrons of ships off course HUH! Blast off into outer space Make a jump into hyperspace Evil robots programmed to kill Could start a war in outer space Knowledge denied, information classified Regarding visitors from outer space Government lies, fire in the skies Covered up in outer space Outer space, outer space -synthesizer solo- Shrieking fire spitters, brain-sucking critters Meteors hurled by giant bugs, worms and slugs Cyborgs and androids, comets and asteroids Armageddon is about to strike with a storm of rocks Blast off into outer space Take off to a higher place Blast off into outer space Make a jump into hyperspace Do or do not, there is no try As you wish in outer space The force is with you, live long and prosper Make it so in outer space Stations are built, destinies are fulfilled For future travel in outer space Outer space, outer space Massive vessels in outer space Outer space, outer space Whoopin' E.T.'s ass in outer space Generations lost in outer space By your command in outer space
2.
A burglar tries to rob and invade my home Cutting the wires of my telephone He’s attempting to break-in and intrude For his company I’m not in the mood Sometimes it’s so hard When somebody’s trying to ruin my day Sometimes it’s so hard When someone keeps getting in my way Mean kids are bullying me at school Filling the environment with ridicule They’re lousy students with no respect They have rotten manners and no intellect Sometimes it’s so hard When and ex-buddy turns from a friend to a foe Sometimes it’s so hard Don’t ask me why ‘cuz you should already know -synthesizer solo- I have a difficult and rude colleague at work Bossing me around like he’s some kind of jerk He doesn’t understand that’s not his job Though he continues to act like an arrogant snob Sometimes it’s so hard When people in my business treat me bad Sometimes it’s so hard When people in my profession drive me mad Fundamentalist Christians attend my church They literally preach the bible chapter and verse Religious fanatics can be dangerous people Going insane around the chapel and steeple Sometimes it’s so hard When people take God’s word too seriously Sometimes it’s so hard When they push too much religion on me Sometimes it’s so hard So freakin’ hard Sometimes it’s so hard So dang hard Sometimes it’s so hard So stinkin’ hard Sometimes it’s so hard YEAH!
3.
At night and in the early morning The desert is shaken Stores and trailers are ransacked and violently wrecked There's no money taken It goes on for several hours ‘til the hottest part of the day Then the dunes are suddenly silent, after we've fallen victims of prey Whoa-oo-whoah, yeah-a-ah We're only appetizers for multi-legged freaks They are the worst nightmares come true for science geeks By these lethal monsters a number of persons have been killed Survivors wander in shock up and down the hills Giant insects and arachnids Are the greatest enemies of beast and man But our cyanide gas and flames will stop them These radioactive creatures of the sand Just recently they developed from the blast of atomic bombs It will take a bomber squadron to wipe them out with napalm bombs They'll need an infantry regiment to mop up after them Some have enough toxic acid to kill twenty beasts and men Mutant insects and arachnids Are the biggest enemies of beast and man But our bullets and dynamite will stop them These dangerous creatures of the sand Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh.... At night and in the early morning a sand storm has struck Killer beetles, wasps, mosquitoes, dragonflies and mantises crawl and fly amuck In the heat of the afternoon they nest underground But you can still hear their buzzing and whistling sounds Monstrous insects and arachnids Are the baddest enemies of beast and man But our grenades and missiles will stop them These deadly creatures of the sand LOOK OUT! They're laying eggs and breeding LOOK OUT! They're hungry and it's time for feeding LOOK OUT! The bugs are coming BACK, BACK! LOOK OUT! They are tarantulas of brown and scorps and ants of red and black LOOK OUT!
4.
It was a patch that the nun wore On the front side of her habit In the shape of the cross In the shape of the cross There were rapes and murders to avenge And choose between justice and revenge In the shape of the cross In the shape of the cross I wasn't sure if I agreed or disagreed With the promise she was laying down But I understood where she was coming from With the words she was spreading around Once you commit a crime you have to pay and do time Guilty and punished by imprisonment and a fine But if the clothes from the scene don't fit you Your lawyer may tell the judge and court they must acquit you Once you commit a crime There were stains left on the floors Too tough and stubborn to wash off Appearing in the color red Probably from blood that was shed And there were prisoners on death row In the jail where the guards took them slow In the electric chair they would fry Even if they were too young to die Once you commit a crime you have to pay and serve time God is good when he asks you not to hate or be unkind If you seek treatment and rehabilitation There's a chance you could go straight after incarceration All is won at such a cost Although you're still grieving a tragic loss But you never know just what mistakes and sins can be forgiven by God Our great high boss In the shape of the cross In the shape of the cross It was a gesture that the nun made With her hand in front of her face and chest In the name of the father and son And the holy spirit three in one Then they strapped him to a gurney Prepared the chemicals for his execution And they stuck the needle in his arm Killed by lethal injection he bought the farm Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh I wasn't sure if I agreed or disagreed With the promise she was laying down But I understood where she was coming from With the words she was spreading around Once you commit a crime you have to pay big time Open your eyes to see right from wrong don't be blind When you're thrown into a cell for detention The only road to walk is the one to redemption All is won at such a cost Although you're still grieving an unfortunate loss But you never know just what sinners can redeem themselves and be saved through Christ on the cross In the shape of the cross In the shape of the cross In the shape of the cross In the shape of the cross
5.
The streets are filled with alarm and fright And with the horror of all saint's eve The antichrist is coming again For the sinners and those who don't believe We call him by the prince of darkness And we call him by the serpent He makes no apologies or gives no reasons For his sins he'll never confess or repent He poses as a diabolic sorcerer He is there the emperor Lucifer The company of heaven shall enjoy watching As the underworld expires For thousands of years a war has raged on Between werewolves and vampires Like an animal and most criminals He is a fear detector Of all that is evil, cruel, perverse and sick He is the mad protector He unleashes a wrath so sinister He is there the emperor Lucifer In a jungle full of apes, wolves and dinosaurs He runs along the blackening rainbow Barbarians and Vikings attack his strongholds With catapults and crossbows But his witches and warlocks have grown in power This is where they've made their homes With vipers and roaches and moles and blobs And giants made of stone He's disguised as a satanic sorcerer He is there the emperor Lucifer
6.
He's an international super spy But not an agent for the FBI He works for the British secret service Saving the world is his one and only purpose He was born in the U.K. He has a partner with the CIA But he does his job the English way He was born in the U.K. He had to stop this madman big and old From robbing fort Knox’s supply of gold Only he could be so bold He had no heart and his blood was cold He was born in the U.K. He has a partner with the CIA But he does his job the English way He was born in the U.K. He has a nephew in Afghanistan Fighting off Al-quida and the Taliban They're on the run through Pakistan Hiding out in Iraq and Iran He was born in the U.K. He has a partner with the CIA But he does his job the English way He was born in the U.K. Toxic waste dumpers get caught by the EPA Just like drug dealers get arrested by the DEA Several decades of trotting the globe Millions of intriguing cases to probe He was born in the U.K. He has a partner with the CIA But he does his job the English way He was born in the U.K. He was born in the U.K. He was born in the U.K.
7.
I'm a Christian educator teaching Sunday school I'm a swimming instructor giving lessons at the local pool I'm a youth exercise instructor helping kids get strong I'm a writer and singer of children's songs they love to sing along Small bodies and minds developing outside and in No matter how they play their games they should always think they win Working Working with the kids Never shirking Working with the kids You wanna touch the world and the lives of little boys and girls The most rewarding biz Is working with the kids I'm a counselor at a summer camp I'm a little league baseball coach the players are the champs I'm a babysitter in a nursery I have children of my own, I'm a daddy Small bodies and minds developing outside and in No matter how they run their races they should always feel as if they win Working Working with the kids Never shirking Working with the kids Making them feel good in their neighborhood The most admirable job I ever did Was working with the kids I don't ever want to lose my health My strength or my energy I want to keep my optimism and positivity A kids life isn't just for kids It’s for kids at heart who don't complain or whine They may be older in body but they're still young at heart and in mind Working Working with the kids Never shirking Working with the kids Making them feel good in their neighborhood The most respectable job I ever did Was working with the kids
8.
Living safe, happy and healthy That's how I lead my lifestyle Taking such good care of myself I plan to be around for quite a long while When I get old I'll only die once then I'll live twice I'm gonna live forever and make it to heaven When I enter into paradise I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up So far I've been blessed with luck and success Good things happen to me because I'm a guy who’s smart I think there is a tomorrow and the end is far away That's what I'm told by my heart Even when it's time for me to go God shall send his star fleet The Almighty’s gonna send his space ships Just to beama-beama-beama me up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up Yeah! Uh-huh... God has given me a good life and future I won't vanish I'm gonna live on and survive I'm a man without worries or fears I do what I can to stay well and alive Only one life I live it to the fullest All my life I'm gonna live it up I was born to my parents but god you created me And on my last day lord you'll raisa raisa me up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up I'm risin' up, up, up, up, up

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released May 11, 2008

Dan Knudsen: Music, Lyrics, Vocals, Guitars, Autoharp, Keyboards and Drums/Percussion

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Dan Knudsen Portland

Dan Knudsen is an American artist who’s musical style has been described as a combination of folk, gospel and outsider genres. Dan’s performances around the growing music city of Portland, ME have resulted in attracting a dedicated cult following, a full-length tribute album and an annual indoor festival called, “Dan-a-palooza” in honor of the artist and his music. ... more

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