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Firebrand Renée LoBue brings you on a free- wheeling make-out session after your worst break-up. Elk City's Renée LoBue (singer/songwriter) and Ray Ketchem (drummer/producer) have teamed with influential ex-Luna guitarist Sean Eden and ex- Lovelies bassist Barbara Endes on New Believers, the band's finest work to date. When recording began for New Believers back in 2004, neither member of the NYC-based Elk City knew what would become of it. LoBue had penned a notebook full of confessional, imaginative songs following the tumultuous departure of guitarist/ vocalist Peter Langland-Hassan, the male half of the boy/girl duets that had marked the group's first three releases. LoBue's songs described how the trio she'd been a part of for four years had dissolved with little warning. She brought them to longtime collaborator Ketchem's studio. Upon hearing LoBue's newly inspired voice, Ketchem's mission was clear: the band would recall the soul of Dusty Springfield, the power of Patti Smith, the big sound of Phil Spector and the warped-pop sensibilities of The Breeders on an album that brought LoBue to the front. Ketchem began making calls to bands he'd produced. The first was to psychedelic guitarist Brother JT (Drag City). Driving 170 miles to every session, JT played guitars and sang backing vocals that brought out the best in LoBue's songs. Soon, word came that the legendary dream-pop act Luna were disbanding. Ketchem knew his friend, guitarist Sean Eden, would be a perfect compliment to LoBue's adept pop idiom. Eden had spent 13 years in Luna perfecting his fluid style, an ideal counterpart to LoBue's voice. They gave it a try during a residency at New York's Pianos in the summer of 2005. Crackling onstage chemistry made it unmistakable: this new group was something special. Elk City's roots are deep: LoBue and Ketchem first paired as Melting Hopefuls, a pioneering 1990's band that scored two "Single of the Week" picks in England's Melody Maker and a SPIN Top Ten Single. In 1998, they became Elk City and recorded two critically acclaimed albums: 2000's status (Hidden Agenda) and 2002's Hold Tight the Ropes (WARM/ Touch & Go). The band criss-crossed the US and Europe endlessly to promote their releases, touring with The Walkmen, Luna and The National. Elk City became the first group to sign with trailblazing French imprint Talitres and performed for more than 450,000 listeners on French radio. This new Elk City calls upon a wide palette of influences: 1960's psychedelic bands such as Love, the girl group sounds of classic Motown, 1970's proto-punk heroes John Cale and Television, and 1980's alternative rock such as The Smiths and The Pixies. Never fearful of experimentation, these musicians are pushing new boundaries with their work, weaving Ketchem's ace production and LoBue's striking voice with the lyrical guitar of Eden atop Endes' solid foundation. New Believers closes with the promise "be set for more." With New Believers as example, there is much more in store for fans of Elk City.
Dreams Of Steam Mysteries Unknown Love's Like A Bomb Chocolate Girl Freeze Two Over Eight Groundbreaking Solar Girl Fall Out Of Reach California Dreamin' Tell The People Reprise Don't Cha Wait
Cherries In The Snow Little Brother Silver Lawyers Los Cruzados White Walls Totally Free You Got Me My Type Of Criminal Melody Nighttime Magic Door
A family Bar song Close to me Dream On Tip Toe Everybody Hurts Gimme Some Truth Heavy Metal Love Helpless I Know It's Over Incendiary June Monkey gone to heaven Mother Earth Needles In The Camel's Eye Number 13 baby Play With Fire Room At The Top Strange Suddenly Last Summer Take me out The Man Amplifier Three ears Turpentine
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Dreams Of Steam Dreams of steam Burn again Dreams of fire Lost again Dreams of steam Let it out Dreams of fire Run around Summer's happy today With her braids and her bridal bouquet Skipping down her tragical lane I'm leaping out of the way Dreams of steam burn again Dreams of fire gone again Swim an ocean a day There is another way Walk your dog in the parade And we will burn again How low can you go 'Till eyelids glow with the irrepressible With the plain unguessable And how high can you fly Into a mirrored sky When the clouds are dripping with gasoline Dreams of steam In the air Dreams of gold Dream we dare Mysteries Unknown Mysteries unknown Another name for your own home. Rabbit in a hole Another name for your poor soul. You are, you are, you are You are, you are, you are You are, you are, you are You are Mysteries unknown Another name for your own home No one to care for me Rabbit in a hole Better learn before you grow too old No electricity Well you are, you are, you are Wandered out so far Sold your gold guitar In a pawnshop You are, you are, you are You are, you are, you are… Love's Like A Bomb Goes away A brilliant painting, a Saturday Do you know the way the colors fly A be-in one a dog that runs my alibi Yes, love's like a bomb Love's like a bomb A bomb, create my smile and let me see again Distinguish what I know and let me be again Bake bread and take it to your father's grave Bake bread and take it to your father's grave Well, I sure hope that you feel better I sure hope that you feel better And that'd be nice if you'd return my sweater And I still think that we'll feel better To be a part of rain and make it real A trip to California at the driver's wheel Love's like a bomb Love's like a bomb To hold you in the Summer like an egg A brilliant flow of minds and there's an aftertaste I sure hope that you feel better I sure hope that you feel better And that'd be great if you'd return my sweater And I still think that we'll feel better A bomb, create my smile and let me see again Distinguish what I know and let me be again Bake bread and take it to your father's grave Bake bread and take it to your father's grave Love wants to go away Love wants to go away It lifts you up and lets you down again It makes you wish that you were at the end Bake bread and take it to your father's grave Break bread and eat it on your mother's grave Chocolate Girl Chocolate girl Chocolate girl With her hair made of chocolate And her face made of Cookie batter, cookie batter Chocolate girl Tastes like sugar Likes to eat the pies Likes to tell me lies. But she's still But she's still But she's still my chocolate girl Chocolate girl Chocolate girl Favourite world I might bleed an ocean if you open me We could sail a schooner on the open sea I might bleed an ocean if you open me We could sail a schooner on the open sea… Freeze Two Over Eight I didn't know I did not know That I could love a radio I didn't know I did not know That I could talk to animals I didn't know I did not know The ending of the episode I didn't know I did not know That I could talk to people I didn't know I did not know That I could love a radio I didn't know I did not know That I could talk to people I didn't know I did not know The ending of the episode I didn't know I did not know That I could talk to animals I might bleed an ocean if you open me I could sail a schooner on the open sea Groundbreaking If you see your train is running Catch a road to me If you own a gray camaro Take it easy You don't know and I don't know We've got our backs to the wall and maybe that's ok If you feel your mind is running Catch a road away Shoot it like a gray canary Another evil day You know better and I know better Gotta use it all to make it happen And everybody knows it's lying But cheaters win and that's ok with me Will I take you on my way Grounds are breaking My friend Betty her moves were steady Talking over-easy she over-pleased me and We broke out running for the sunset. And if you want to take it far outside you'll break it. Ah, that's a bummer but we'll recover, I bet, I know we will And if you need a hero, I won't be part of that strange scenario, but I'll lend you a hand I'll point you to the ocean. And if you want to take it far outside you'll break it. We'll let the others run for cover. Grounds are breaking Solar Girl I want to ride I want to fly His carriage, please You're free, clear the leaves for this Hoping allows Peter to cry Puppies and bliss Greener, then you kiss You're my solar girl sleeping in the sunshine Fell across the universe into my hand And it's a funny world. And I'm a silly guy But I might break your heart. And you might make me cry Still you're my solar girl, in the grey moonlight Before you fall asleep, I'll wish you sweet dreams tonight Hoping allows Peter to cry Lovely and kissed Greener, then you kiss Greener, then you kiss Greener Fall out of reach And you know how it goes Kiss your feet, tell me lies Heaven knows you are a flame Fire burns through these Winter in the storm Summer in the country And you know how it goes Who wins the race Who's falling over in the street Heaven knows you are a flame Burning through, like your eyes Too well you hold the key And I know damn well, you know me And I know . . . Happy in your way, what about me I know, long and fall behind I'm setting you free, for you And I heard a song today and they say It's all about being alive, now, you try I might fall out of reach, I might move to the beach I might fall out of reach, I might learn how to teach And I might stare at my hands, I might cancel my plans And I might stay in my bed, it might go to my head There will come a time, I'll play it for you my dear Your fine nursery rhyme, we'll sing it again, I know And I heard a song today and they say Take a turn I will let you be I might fall out of reach, I might move to small town where nobody knows me And I might quit the band, I might move to Spain and change my name And they'll ask, " Where is ol Pete , " well Pete has fallen asleep while on his feet And I do, I know, I know, but I dunno. California Dreamin' ( The Mamas & the Papas Cover ) All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray I've been for a walk on a winter's day I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A. California dreamin' on such a winter's day Stopped in to a church I passed along the way Well I got down on my knees and I pretend to pray You know the preacher liked the cold He knows I'm gonna stay California dreamin' on such a winter's day All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray I've been for a walk on a winter's day If I didn't tell her I could leave today California dreamin' on such a winter's day California dreamin' on such a winter's day California dreamin' on such a winter's day Tell the people And I would sing a song, if you would sing along And we could tell the people how we've felt And I would stand alone, and you could have your throne And you could tell me softly how to feel Songs, and I would walk along Are real, and we could make a deal And people, rise slowly on the steeple Are wrong, and you can sing their song I would sing a song if you would sing along And we could tell the people how we've felt And I would stand alone, and you could have your throne And we could tell each other how to feel Reprise Dreams of steam Burn again Dreams of fire Lost again Dreams of steam
Hold Tight the Ropes
Indiana I can see you dragging it down slowly now You would maybe change your mind but you don't know how Don't you try to hold me to the truth I was trying just to talk with you Closing time in your mind down at the south bend Closing time, it's time to wrap up all that you made on the bend Is it pretty? Is she pretty? Is it nice, like your eyes? I'll go tell the mayor that you bought the town And, indeed, the princess that you designed her crown You're so pretty And i do know the ways of your tune You might make me want to change my mind I do hate to admit it, but you shine You're my kind Oh, you're pretty And i do know the ways of your tune Don't you try to hold me to the truth I was trying just to talk with you Don't hold your head down, write what i said down Nothing matters for free Write what i said down, don't hold your head down No one's ever been free Once and for all They said we didn't need the answers to the game We drove far and wide until the morning Let's leave this town and crack this code down once and for all Ah, honey You're giving me the edge to the ends of the earth And honey, all right We danced a little dance to the songs we had made The way it seemed to go it was time. We'll see you on the other side or maybe in new york And honey, you make us want to smile And someday i'll be out of your life once and for all And someday i'll be out of your life once and for all A true heart is an empty heart A true heart is an empty heart Got diamonds in your eyes Oh, the way you sing you make us want to cry You grew your nails too long and we wondered if you did drugs Drive far away in the truck where you live And honey, you make us want to smile A true heart is an empty heart A true heart is an empty heart Don't run with thieves Don't talk to wolves My love we say, "i needed you" Don't run with thieves Don't talk to wolves, no, no! Smile This one's for you pretty girl When you walk across the room, you make me smile You make me smile This one's for you silly thing You make me want to sing, you make me smile You make me smile I heard them sing I watched them dance They went away They didn't come back for me No, not at all They left again the other night I watched them go I wasn't frightened for you (what to do) Oh, and when you put yourself on top You pull yourself right up - he'll answer When it's your time to go you gotta pull yourself up slow And if you pull yourself right through we'll do This is a paradise, looking for the song to sing Looking for a heart, tied up in smoke So this one's for you pretty girl When you walk across the room you make me smile Don't fight what you've become (sammy's song) I could say that i was embarrassed I could claim they did me wrong But you can't fly a kite to paris, there's no string that long The television tries to scare us, but we belong I saw you the other day I saw pictures made a thousand ways On down for you You walked by the milestone You walked by all alone Don't fight what you've become No, don't fight what you've become No, don't fight what you've become I was full of big ideas, and i wasn't having any fun But now i'm one big buenos dias, my day's begun My sarcasm finally freed us, we'd better run No don't fight what you've become No don't fight what you've become No don't fight what you've become You went to los angeles You started out your life and your wild gift Don't fight the boys in bed Congratulate It's almost time to graduate Now i'm buying green bananas Now i'm whistling through my chores Whatever fickle fates may hand us, Let's be sure not to question where they land us Anymore No don't fight what you've become Rosemary Won't you come around here sometime I won't hold it against your mind And if you fall down here sometime I won't tell you to take what's mine Soothe me, don't let go I feel worried and alone Squeeze me, rosemary I need to feel the heat I've been unreal, i've missed some school days And what i feel feels like shoegaze, my shoegaze Won't you come around here sometime, I won't hold it against your mind And if you fall down here sometime I won't tell you to take what's mine Honey, don't let go I got worries of my own Squeeze me, rosemary I need to feel the heat I've been unreal, i've missed some school days And what i feel will feel like shoegaze, my shoegaze Do you want to go to where i go, rosemary? I'll tell you why and it's no lie I'm clean Oh, i do too, rosemary I'll tell you it all and i do I'm clean. I'm clean. I'm clean Football This is not fiction, this is not prose This is not movie magic, this ain't a pose This is not football, this isn't a joke This is not cotton candy, our sugar's broke This life is rough, and we have had it easier than most Oh yeah, we're gods but we're singing to the crows And if you ask me i'll say i don't know And if you turn it out I suppose but i don't know This is not television, this isn't for laughs This is not rocket science, you can't do the math This is not football, this isn't a joke I heard you light a match, i smelt the smoke And now it's gone, so funny that it's really not a shame "a game," they call it but that never makes it okay Mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror do we look at you? Should we take a ride or stay a while? This is not fiction, this is no prose I am not walter cronkite, now, goodness knows This is not football, and this is never a joke This is not some sort of funny thing you might want to smoke This life is rough and we have had it easier than most Mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror, mirror, Mirror, mirror, mirror do we look at you? Should we take a ride or stay a while? K-mart I had a dream of you in my smile, It stayed with me all day, and followed me all night You were a hip-shaking gold kazoo, on your buzzing lips i blew Out came a gilded tune called "truth is an emotion." There for the taking Wear your silly dress and don't you know And it will echo as you go Oh, to pardon me! It burns through me I learn from this When you see how they play, you don't feel far away You feel fine We take k-mart in stride, we don't run we don't cry We feel light I learn from this It burns through me I turn it on It knows me I seek it out I learn about the ways to be I had a dream of you, it stayed with me all day And followed me all night When you see how they play, you don't feel far away You feel fine We take k-mart in stride, we don't run we don't cry We feel light I learn from this It burns through me I turn it on It knows me I seek it out I learn about the ways to be The poetry Crimson They wake up at night Bump their heads and hit the light Half a history Half inside of me And i do wait for you Be all right Love and light I get lost in your crimson hair I get burned 'til i don't care Read your name on a piece of wax Don't know the truth, can't tell the facts And i do wait for you Be all right Love and light An eternity Well, that's too long for me See you when you rise And it's my big surprise And i do wait for you Be all right Love and light Love and light Summer song Well hello friends and foes and welcome to a show By a band that you don't know, But believe me, they're trying But no one's calling on my phone Got no songs on the radio No girls waiting for me at home Sometimes i feel like crying Oh, not me, not holding a road and i'm with you Turn the page and whisper Let's keep it alive Don't want to have to run from my life I'm making copies for the man I sent a fedex to japan It's not clear where i stand Well, they call it a living Turn the page and whisper I'm with you - do you feel it? Summer nights without it Let's keep it alive I've got a river for a roof I've got a hollow wisdom tooth Found god in the photo booth They tell me i'm winning Let's get away for summer Put an end to all our bummers Let's get out away from this place that we came from. Let's get out away from it all Let's make a run for the sunshine Leave the sunblock behind Pass a cop on the turnpike Do some tricks on a dirt-bike Comb your hair with a pitch-fork tonight Don't talk put your head on my shoulder Don't talk put your head on my shoulder Don't talk and let me hear your heart beat That's right! Listen, listen, listen, listen Don't talk put your head on my shoulder Don't talk put your head on my shoulder Don't talk and let me hear your heart beat Listen to the sound The sound of the clowns The sound of the world The sound of your love coming down Well darling don't you wanna go Because i never was clever enough at philosophy, But i started to feel today I started rock anyway I started to roll with the days I started to laugh at my face Once upon a little summer song A summer song To which we all could play along A simple summer song Turn the page and whisper I'm with you - do you feel it? Summer nights without it Let's keep it alive Back into my life They say you hit the ground on the runnin' You hit the dirt again and let it slide We're standing on some dirt, it's shakin' I'm gonna stir it up and do it right Right Well lots of things Well, they just don't work out And lots of people, will never find true love And sometimes i just want some peace and quiet I must resume my scientific diet But i want to get back, back into my life And i want my feelings back, back in my life I coined a term today It's "mental magic" I whip it out sometimes and let it spin around And when the shows have been played And when the boys have been laid A mental magician, a little clown Right Well lots of things, will never be quite the same And millions of people will never remember my name. But i want to get back, back into my life And i want my feelings back, back in my life And i don't want to die, i want to keep living And i want to feel good, good about my life All the time I coined a term today It's "mental magic"
New Believers
Cherries in the snow Cherries in the snow Cherries when you blow Don't whither Don't whither Cherries in the sky Cherries by and by Don't whither Don't whither When the boys pass And they're saying "Oooh la la!" "Oooh la la!" Oooh oooh la la Oooh oooh la la Oooh oooh la la Oooh oooh Cherries in the street Cherries at your feet Don't whither Don't whither Cherries in the morn Cherries until dawn Don't whither Don't whither When the boys pass And they're saying "Oooh la la!" "Oooh la la!" Oooh oooh la la Oooh oooh la la Oooh oooh la la Oooh oooh Little brother Little brother, how you hide under the covers when you wake me. You like to light a little trouble then you run around the fire. Oh, how you run, it's so exciting. Oh, how you run away. Little brothers, got your fingers in a mess and then you panic. You blow a whistle, write a letter, tell'em how you've been burned. Oh, how you wait for a reaction. But nothing comes your way. Oh, take it slowly. Our mother told you : you couldn't go. And when i'm set to meet you. I cannot reach you, so i go home. Caught in a cabin you imagined i was once your big sister. Caught in a moment i imagined you were my little friend. Oh, how we thought it was exciting. Oh, how we thought it'd never end. Oh, take it slowly. Our mother told you : you couldn't go. And when i'm set to meet you. I cannot reach you, so i go home. So i'm imaginary sister. Now looking for something to do. Oh, if i had a little brother. I hope he wouldn't be like you. Oh, take it slowly. Our mother told you : you couldn't go. And when i'm set to meet you. I cannot reach you, so i go home. Silver lawyers All the waiting and all the wading in all this shit. She got country club tattooed on her eyes. It's a sin. It's - not - your fault. It's - not - your fault. Feed you lies with her silky thighs. Sometimes love is blind. First you ate it up. Then you hated us over time. It's - not - your fault. It's - not - your fault. It's the fault of not seeing anyone could be free. It's the fault of not believing you could be anything. Silver lawyers want you to be like them, not yourself. Masquerading the macarena to wedding bells. It's - not - your fault. It's - not - your fault. It's the fault of not seeing anyone could be free. It's the fault of not believing you could be anything. Los cruzados Oh, they ascend. Oh, they ascend. How they go, and How they go. Oh, they ascend. Oh, they ascend. How they go, and How they go. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. Oh, they ascend. Oh, they ascend. How they go, and How they go. Oh, they ascend. Oh, they ascend. How they go, and How they go. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. A stone and a stick and some writings. A photo, a book of their art. Let's jump in the river to celebrate. The light that they left in our hearts. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. Allelujia. White walls Oh, when you stare at these white walls, they're not too dull for you. Oh, when you try to paint these white walls, a little paint won't do. White walls won't tell me i'm no good. Oh, when you try to mask these white walls, they're colourful inside. I take a hammer to these white walls to watch you run and hide. White walls won't tell me i'm no good. White walls, they never talk back to me. You say : "white walls won't tell me i'm no good. White walls they never talk back to me. White walls the have no character. White walls are safe, that's safe with me" Totally free Got no money. Got no money, and it's so sad. Go out honey. Go out honey, it's not so bad. What i'm asking of you, What i need you to do, Take a lesson from me, Pay attention you see. Do a cha-cha. Do a cha-cha, and it's okay. I'm your mama. I'm your papa, i'm your payday. What i'm asking of you, What i need you to do, Take a lesson from me, Pay attention you see. Keep a smile on your face, Walk right into the place It's totally free. Keep a smile on your face, Walk right into the place It's totally free. Yeah! If you could remember, if you just try. Yeah, i'll let you go slowly, you take your time. Keep a smile on your face, Walk right into the place It's totally free. Keep a smile on your face, Walk right into the place It's totally free. What i'm asking of you, What i need you to do, Take a lesson from me, Pay attention you see. What i'm asking of you, What i need you to do, Take a lesson from me, Pay attention you see. Keep a smile on your face, Walk right into the place It's totally free. Keep a smile on your face, Walk right into the place It's totally free. Yeah! If you could remember, if you just try. Yeah, i'll let you go slowly, you take your time. Keep a smile on your face, Walk right into the place It's totally free. Keep a smile on your face, Walk right into the place It's totally free.
You got me Don't need a spotlight in a crowded room. Just hear the message in this little tune. You got me and it's all that you need this time. Don't need an orchestra to hum a tune. This time around, well, only two will do. You got me and it's all that you need this time. All this time, the dark hours, day after day. When there are showers, we will laugh them away. So if you're feeling lonely and alone, Put down your sorrows and pick up the phone You got me and it's all that you need this time. Don't need approval from aristocrats. Don't need to bother with any of that. You got me and it's all that you need this time. Ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba, ba. My type of criminal My type of criminal. You're my type of criminal. You don't answer the phone. And you're always alone. My type of criminal. Yes, you're my type of criminal. You don't spend time with friends. You don't say where you've been. Oh, let me in. My type of criminal. You're my type of criminal. You wear black in the sun. You're always on the run. Oh, let me in. My type of criminal. Yes, you're my type of criminal. It's so easy to see. That you're so much like me. Melody When i'm driving all alone. When i'm talking on the phone. You creep up and won't let go. Whisper something i don't know. Oh, i know i'm crazy to brush you aside. Oh, i know i'm crazy cause you get me by. Oh, and how you go to my head. Find me when i'm lying in bed. Ask me if i'll dance with you. Ask me if i'll hum your tune. Oh, i know i'm crazy to brush you aside. Oh, i know i'm crazy cause you get me by. Melody. Leave me alone. Out of my head. Will you go me home But you won't. How you get me by everyday. How you always show me the way. I know you will come again. It's only a matter of when. Oh, i know i'm crazy to brush you aside. Oh, i know i'm crazy cause you get me by. Melody. Leave me alone. Out of my head. Will you go me home But you won't. Nighttime Nighttime is so beautiful. Nighttime is so promising. Turn from those letters, tell me lies. Oh night, amaze me, give me up. Something to gate, shut me off from you. Nighttime convinces Me you're good. Morning, i wish i Understood. I'll turn from these letters, tell you lies. Oh night, amaze me, give me up. Something to gate, shut me off from you. Close the door on nothing. You can't have character if you're nothing. Dusty at nighttime, during the day. It's hard to read you either way. Turn from those letters, tell me lies. Oh night, amaze me, give me up. Something to gate, shut me off from you. Turn from those letters, tell me lies. Oh night, amaze me, give me up. Something to gate, shut me off from you. Magic door Let's not say it's over. Let's not bid adieu. One and one don't make one. One and one make two. Let's not shut the light. Let's not close the book. Take a second look Let's step through a magic door. And be set for more, be set for more. It was dark for hours. Everyday it rained. But we'll go back to paris and We'll go back to spain. Let's not hit the switch. Let's not say we're done. We've only begun! Let's step through a magic door. And be set for more, be set for more. Ah, ah ! When the smoke, it settles, Let's not give in to fear. We'll barrel through together, Cause we belong here. Let's not turn the page. Let's not change the plan. Oh, please take my hand! Let's step through a magic door. And be set for more, be set for more. Ah, ah! Let's not shut the light. Let's not close the book. (step through a magic door) Take a second look Let's step through a magic door. (step through a magic door) And be set for more, be set for more. And be set for more, be set for more.
House Of Tongues
Real low riders Drop him off but don't stop the car Now he's off in a sea of jars Once was precious, now just hectic Once was mine Damn those real low riders Pick him up but don't stand too close There's a stranger where he sits Heavy metal doesn't get old He succumbs to those real low riders Oh, my son I can't stop your fun when you love Are you ever gonna leave her Oh, my son I can't stop your fun when you lust Will you ever come and see me Damn the tokens, she plays your heart Catch you up in a parking lot Damn creators, like you made her All that's left are those real low riders Oh, my son I can't stop your fun when you love Are you ever gonna leave her Oh, my son I can't stop your fun when you lust Will you ever come and see me Ever come and see me Ever gonna leave her Wire goats Wash all the wire goats Get rid of summer's rust in Southampton You in a rainbow scarf Buying up all the art in Miami Like your wire goats Running full of air You see through us We don't care Like your wire goats Frozen in the ground Only still when we're around Back in New York again How you impress all your friends at the modern Crème brulée and caviar And sitting outside the bar An old wire goat Like your wire goats Running full of air You see through us We don't care Like your wire goats Frozen in the ground Only still when we're around Like your wire goats Running full of air You see through us We don't care Like your wire goats Frozen in the ground Only still when we're around Nine o'clock in France Heaven help those old men They have come back again to waste my time Heaven help those little boys Running guns like they were toys Well, I'm not home Mommy sings, mommy cries Claims her hometown like a prize She's the center of her universe We're all important in this world We're special boys, we're special girls We just want to dance Oh, what time is it It's three o'clock Oh shake worry off your shoulders The most important thing to know Where you are, where you go Is you're not the only one who keeps the globe spinning round A dead-end job, a dead-end town Somehow you matter most Oh, what time is it It's three o'clock Oh shake worry off your shoulders Revelry won't wait 'Cause it's nine o'clock in France We're going out for cocktails and ice cream Nine o'clock in France We're going out for cocktails and ice cream The most important thing to know Where you are, where you go Is you're not the only one who keeps the globe spinning round A dead-end job, a dead-end town Somehow we matter most Oh, what time is it It's three o'clock Oh shake worry off your shoulders Oh, what time is it It's three o'clock So glad we're getting older Revelry won't wait 'Cause it's 9 o'clock in France We're going out for cocktails and ice cream Nine o'clock in France We're going out for cocktails and ice cream Nine o'clock in France We're going out for cocktails and ice cream Jerks on ice We're gonna put those jerks on ice Every day, all night We're gonna send them all away Make them pay Momma says "You're a good girl, you throw your smile out into the world And all the love comes back to you, times two" They always seem so mellow Oh, they always seem so mellow to you They always seem so mellow Oh, they always seem so mellow - not true Then you take their attitude And you take them when they're rude And you take them out to lunch, or to brunch Maybe you have a child Maybe you have a dog and she's wild But you have to take care of them So you bend They always seem so mellow Oh, they always seem so mellow to you They always seem so mellow Oh, they always seem so mellow - not true They always seem so mellow Oh, they always seem so mellow to you They always seem so mellow Oh, they always seem so mellow, not true The onion Yeah, it's a beautiful winter I'm here in luxury Reading the onion again Peeling the layers right off of me Shall we avoid the questions Time to go shopping again I've had more lovers to prove I have many special friends I finally have the courage to look in the mirror and stand up for my life I finally have the courage to speak up and tell you what I want from this life Yeah, it's a beautiful winter I'm here in luxury Skimming the surface of who I really want to be Time for your surprise party Laughing and having an ball Feeling so grand and excited, I don't feel anything at all I finally have the courage to look in the mirror and stand up for my life I finally have the courage to speak up and tell you what i want from this life I finally have the courage to look in the mirror and stand up for my life I finally have the courage to speak up and tell you what i want from this life Oh, they always seem so mellow Oh, they always seem so mellow Neat knight Gonna swing out with a neat knight tonight Gonna go out on the dance floor, I want more Oh, a neat knight will wait for me And a neat knight won't shut down when he comes around Gonna go out on a long walk and talk Promise I will stay up all night with a neat knight Oh, a neat knight will wait for me And a neat knight won't shut down when he comes around Oh, a neat knight will wait for me And a neat knight won't shut down Oh, a neat knight will wait for me And a neat knight won't shut down When he comes around For the uninitiated This is for the uninitiated I don't know if you can stand me staying for long For the unenthused I will sit awhile in your shoes For maybe two minutes or more This is for the American folks I don't know where you go at night The writers, the people in their beds The people We know they go for dead You know, you are so right This is for the American folks I will sit awhile in your shoes This is for the uninitiated For the unenthused Stars We built this house made out of tongues, but talk is cheap And when the talking's said and done Who's the only one standing Gonna be your solid landing When I stop wishing on stars Yeah, when I stop wishing on stars Oh, when I stop wishing on stars, there'll still be you Growing up is not a one-way trip We ran in a maze, camped out for days And when emotions get your lips Who'll say your words, assure it Who'll be a better person for it When I stop wishing on stars Oh, when I stop wishing on stars Oh, when I stop wishing on stars, there'll still be you Sometimes I get so lonely We don't talk about it We don't talk about it A pit down in my stomach We don't talk about it We don't talk about it We don't talk about it When I stop wishing on stars Yeah, when I stop wishing on stars Oh, when I stop wishing on stars, there'll still be you When I stop wishing on stars Yeah, when I stop wishing on stars Oh, when I stop wishing on stars, there'll still be you There'll still be you Protection When you live on your own all the time You take care of every last thing Sometimes it's hard to keep pushing it forward And I just want to be protected I fight the good fight one more time What am I really fighting for I fight for the rent Gonna fight for my paycheck But I'd fight even harder to be protected It's not easy to plead For what I really need I'm gonna get down on my knees Give you all of my honesty I need your arms around me I get up and do it one more time Walk another street alone It would be heaven-sent just to be taken care of And I just want to be protected I just want to be protected Yeah, it's not easy to plead For what I really need I'm gonna get down on my knees Give you all of my honesty I need your arms around me I want your arms around me Yeah, I need your arms around me And I just want some protection I just want some protection 2010 This way in life Why don't you try Meet me again Can we be friends Where do you go after the show Don't disappear Don't disappear For the light of you The inspired of you For the best of you Not the rest of you See you again in 2010 All that we know is of the show How far or near is never clear Years in the cage Years in the cage For the light of you The inspired of you For the best of you Not the rest of you Where do you go after the show See you again in 2010 For the light of you The inspired of you For the rest of you Was the best of you
EVERYBODY'S INSECURE
Sparrow You say you want to know me Well, I'm not that showy Airing dirty laundry Go to the toy box Reach years behind us A set of new wings Don't forget helmets They should be velvet We can be anything I don't know if I'll ever be as free as a sparrow They talk about They write about They dream about I don't know if I'll ever be as free as a sparrow I'll try I'll try I'll try Why take the time out To figure you out You're an open book Too much information But I'm mistaken Your heart is breaking I don't know if we'll ever be as free as a sparrow They joke about They boast about they read about I don't know if i'll ever be as free as a sparrow I'll try I'll try I'll try Oh looking back I know that you cried We were just dying to escape the horrors of our lives Oh looking back I know you did the best you could We were like two baby deer trying to run out of the woods you always copy, paste and cheat I don't know if we'll ever be as free as a sparrow They wrote about They hope about They grieve about I don't know if I'll ever be as free as a sparrow I'll try I'll try I'll try I'll try I'll try I'll try I'll try I'll try I'll try He's having a baby Tick of the clock Watch your watch: He's having a baby He says he's not ready To work there we go now With a wave and a stain Dreamt about you last night Oh wouldn't it be nice If every time I go to sleep I dream Dragon stay with me for a while Touch down to earth and smile Dreaming never ends it seems you always copy, paste and cheat Sometimes it's hard to stay on track But we do it again, we do it again It's hard to stay on track But we do it again like it never happened Streamers lined in time Busy talk, let's dine Pendulum sways in the breeze Derailed back online Two times love sublime DNA parade in spring Sometimes it's hard to stay on track But we do it again, we do it again It's hard to stay on track But we do it again like it never happened Hard to stay on track But we do it again, we do it again It's hard to stay on track But we do it again like it never happened Sometimes it's hard to stay on track But we do it again, we do it again It's hard to stay on track But we do it again like it never happened Hard to stay on track But we do it again, we do it again It's hard to stay on track But we do it again like it never happened Ride The Slide Flexy groove in a mood Walking with that obnoxious gait Rake those feelings up with me License plate - what does it mean Terrace where they once lived Now we drive all night on a dream Floral morals with portals Did you know I hate that song you always copy, paste and cheat It's overrated on you He ran all the way home with dried fruit Dollars and cents spent on rent Ride the slide - try not to think Vacation dollars in hand United, figuring a way out Magical, a shining man Ride the slide - try not to think And we are beautiful And we are beautiful And we are beautiful In a realm full of fire Trying to get out - to get higher Marked, resolved, confused and burned Turn and turn, you learn, you learn Words are wasted on me Make me listen, make me believe Join us every week my friends And you're sure to get a smile And we are beautiful And we are beautiful And we are beautiful Halcyon in the light Halcyon in the light Halcyon in the light Halcyon in the light Halcyon in the light Halcyon in the light Halcyon in the light In the light Halcyon in the light What If I Said You Were Dead What if I said that you were dead What if I didn't cry a knot What if I said that you were dead I was relieved at the thought you always copy, paste and cheat I thought that sunshine wouldn't come out I thought the music had left my mouth And the thought of you in the ground Or maybe your ashes all over town Your parents - they are relieved, too A word that rhymes with thick, now I'm soothed I dreamed of sunshine - then it came out There's so much sunshine in my mouth But it took you to die off to me You to lay off your hands to me It took you to die off to me For the sunshine to come out For the sun to burst out of my mouth For there to be music Oh there was sweet music All that's left is music Oh there is sweet music I thought that sunshine wouldn't come out I thought the music had left my mouth What if I said that you were dead Simply because I said so Like a bud picked in the spring In the fall I let it go Oh there was music Oh there was sweet music All that's left is music Oh there is sweet music Everybody's insecure You take all the hand in store who you are - it's really more What you are not capable of What you are capable of You take all you cannot feed No responsibility What you are not capable of What you are capable of And still we know you're uncomfortable around us Shame higher Wedding liars Around us Take the blame and take it out On another when in doubt What you are not capable of What you are capable of you always copy, paste and cheat Be yourself to strive higher Or are we just all pre-wired What we are not capable of What we are capable of And still we know the love in your eyes Overshadowed by a battle bigger in size And still we know the love in your eyes Overshadowed by a battle bigger in size My Manual My manual My manual My manual Taking me on a plane My manual My manual My manual Taking me on a plane Would it make you feel much better If we know the way we're going Would it make you feel much better All day and every night Would it make you feel much stronger If you couldn't feel no longer Guide away your days You read it all day and every night Ah waiting for the answer to your call Ah waiting for the answer to your call Ah waiting for the answer to your call Ah waiting for the answer to your call My manual My manual My manual Taking me out of mind My manual My manual My manual Pages erasing time Is your every day much harder If you had a silent charter Dream away the coats and mixes Standard, underground you always copy, paste and cheat Maybe in a box It's easy Reaching out is complicated Drive away the night The trees can hear you every time Ah waiting for the answer to your call Ah waiting for the answer to your call Ah waiting for the answer to your call Ah waiting for the answer to your call 25 Lines Phones are garbage - pretend they're not Candlehead buys burrito Neon stripes for a man like this Oh so daring as you go You want from me A fuss, believe I hate cologne A flower, a toad I wrote you 25 lines - I'm not through I wrote you 25 lines - I'm not through Circus parade in the afternoon We're wading in my perfume Easy just like an average day Nothing to do, still get paid Curtail it please To brood takes ease Something off the cuff Too much Not enough I wrote you 25 lines - I'm not through I wrote you 25 lines - straight up blue We blow through 25 lines - we're not through I wrote you 25 lines - it's all I could do Now we know we are starmakers, love takers Wasting time with a notebook with too many lines you always copy, paste and cheat Don't rue the glamour, the fashion Don't talk about the passion Cradle your creativity Cradle it like it was me Don't waste a page Write on my beret Savor delight Write on A bike I wrote you 25 lines - I'm not through I wrote you 25 lines - it's all i could do We blow through 25 lines - we're not through I wrote you 25 lines I wrote you 25 lines I wrote you 25 lines I wrote you 25 lines I wrote you 25 lines No Depth Downtown they work for free because they bought into the myth Created oh-a legend then they slipped right on it Delight a brilliant mind - shine away Jennifer Ever gone down to the lot - it's great fun when you get there No depth - get over it I sell you all the summertime, summertime i like Have you heard from her She's back in Sydney bitty bye bitty bye butterfly Downtown they work for free - locked in a dream again Drunkard makes a plan but no one calls on him Dreamt about him last night - sublet to fame famoose He's got his own delight - he's got his own ship to sail out on So long to the every day It's better this way So long to the every day It's better this way No depth - get over it Those folks and jokes and stokes and tokes and yokes for blokes In the varibbean - bit by bit we're meeting with them for a while you always copy, paste and cheat Downtown they work for free because they bought into the myth Finely craft a legend - then they slip right on it Delight a brilliant night - it's really who you know Want to meet down at the lot and greet the other folks So long to the every day It's better this way So long to the every day It's better this way Root beer shoes What ever happened to cupcakes O'Brien She dated Bukowski for a day If she had a good man By her he would stand He'd never ever float away Does your man have good shoes Be sure he never sings the blues A creator created me Sliding down a slippery slope A good man - he's no joke Be honest, please be sweet Just the other day I watched a show on Hemingway He married so many times He was in love with love Yeah, I'm in love with love No reason, without rhyme Does your man have good shoes Be sure he never sings the blues A creator created me Sliding down a slippery slope A good man - he's no joke Be honest, please, be sweet Please, wear root beer shoes I'd float away and never doubt a day again Please, wear root beer shoes I'd float away and never doubt a day again you always copy, paste and cheat If I tell you now how it all works out There they go completely laughing all the way out of the house If I tell you now how it all works out Maybe an epiphany It's possible I do believe your shoes are touching mine And before I pull away, something tells me I should stay Because good shoes are so hard to find Does your man have good shoes Be sure he never sings the blues A creator created me Sliding down a slippery slope A good man - he's no joke Be honest, please, be sweet Please, wear root beer shoes I'd float away and never doubt a day again Please, wear root beer shoes I'd float away and never doubt a day again I'd float away and never doubt a day again Souls in space We two have grown like souls in space No soul alone, but always together We two have drifted like souls in space Like always appreciating And always together you always copy, paste and cheat Always together Always together Always together Always Always Always together Always together Always together Always
Videorama Creepy Creepin' The Dark Hallway Creepy creeping, who are we Let's go creeping and find Our true selves, antiquity Let's go through the dark hallways The dark hallways I get them when we're Creepy creeping, buzzards fly Shake them out of our minds Creepy creeping again, again I swear that I have friends The dark hallway calls to me And I know I am free The dark hallway calls to me And I know I am free Creepy creeping, who am I I'm gonna get out of my mind again And it's so good And we'll do it like we should In the dark hallway, we can be ourselves No matter what they tell us In the dark hallway, we can own again Don't listen to them 'cause we know that we are all Creepy creeping, who are we We're like children, we're free Creepy Creeping again, again Let's go out of our minds In the dark hallway, it is beautiful No matter what they tell you In the dark hallway, it is oh so sweet It is something ah better than a fashion magazine In the dark hallway In the dark hallway In the dark hallway In the dark hallway
Breathing Together Come through windows where creep lights I was creepin' like a little animal Where we wander I got nothing to say I don't know anything anymore Calm myself 1,2,3 breathing, breathing I just breathe it in Try to remember that it's all about letting go Try try, try to leave this compartment arise in my mind When I gotta remember breathe in, breathe out Take our time Do you want to do this together with me? Let's try sitting still, breathing ourselves free I'm listening, I'm listening to you breathing You're breathing Ah, Ah You're breathing Please Be Nice To Me People in oceans love as they please Sky is up and everybody's telling me please Please be nice Please be nice to me People on streets they go as they can The way of the ocean, a way like a man Please be nice Please be nice to me When you see them walk down the street They know they're being cheeky When they're sarcastic as they can be They know they're not like you and me People at parties they talk a big talk They walk right in anger we just want to walk out Please be nice Please be nice to me Please be nice Please be nice to me Please be nice To me
Turtles in the Ocean This is for the children And the adult children There are turtles in the ocean They've never been able to fly Just like turtles on the beaches They wonder what does the sky Tell them to be in this world They don't know They just experience There are people in this time, they're not sure Of who they should be or who they should want to be Do you know what I mean I do, do you Turtles like people They think differently But we are the same There are people in the ocean who never come out And they want it that way Because there's another life in the ocean Oh, too many times We listen too much and don't do enough So many of the times We're just following others not listening to ourselves Let's listen to ourselves Let's listen to ourselves Let's listen to ourselves We are like turtles out in the ocean We are like turtles out in the ocean We are like turtles out in the ocean Let's listen to ourselves Let's listen to ourselves Raindrops Raindrops fall we don't show no nervous For all we care out of air forget our purses Like a lake out of an ocean try to get tired ahhh No mistake like an ocean do not get higher ahhh Drizzling an ocean attitude is falling Drizzling an ocean attitude is falling Chiseling an ocean attitude is falling Chiseling an ocean attitude is falling No return or so they say just keep it going ahhh And we'll know the raindrops flow just keep it flowing Drizzeling an ocean attitude is falling Chiseling an ocean attitude is falling Grizzeling an ocean attitude is falling Chiseling an ocean attitude is falling Grizzeling an ocean attitude is falling Drizzling an ocean attitude is Flowers of America I walk that way Flowers Of America I took my time Flowers Of America Don't remember that we are friends We're always friends We're always Flowers Of America I read those books Read the different kinds of foliage I gave them looks to increase my inner knowingness We remain friends friends friends The flowers shine and they're all mine The flowers grow and what do you know We remain friends friends friends We remain friends friends friends Oh, how do you ever let go of someone How do you ever look into the past How do you ever let go of someone How do you ever look into the past We remain friends friends friends We remain friends friends friends We remain friends friends friends And then I'll show you my Flowers Of America
Above the Water
That Someone I know where I need to bend my head Nobody's fashion gets me way ahead Slide of hand I know I can believe One kiss in my pocket I know I can be Flying overhead when I didn't have a plane I knew just enough I did not go insane I went so high Lost my soul I went so high Lost my cell phone Oh here comes that someone Oh here comes that someone A little velvet plane I could not reach A little out of touch Enough to break free How did I know to get so high When nobody ever tried to stop me Oh here comes that someone Oh here comes that someone Oh here comes that someone Oh here comes that someone (Change in me) Oh here comes (change in me) That someone (change in me) Oh here comes (change in me) That someone (change in me) Change in me We're still alive Change in me
Someone's Party Someone's party You walked up Introduced yourself I don't quite remember The time you said You knew our band Who were you now Did I get your name Someone's party We meet again I was invited You're not excited Maybe we'll talk In the back yard But then you left We'll try another time Can you capture in your mind A little taste of time How you capture my name Maybe we'll find each other again Someone's party That band's playing You had to pay I'm on the guest list See you on the bathroom line You disappeared I couldn't find you Can you capture in your mind We're in the same room at the same time Can you capture another day Someone's party This time don't be late Apology Song When I see you again The memories come and then We were looking for Who knows what anymore All the strength You wanted to show All this time I guess I'll never know You were reaching out Who knows where we would be We would shout out loud "Forever you and me" I got a feeling in my head I know next time I may not ever sleep I'm sorry, I did it I got all caught in my head I'm sorry, you know it My head got caught up in that thing I'm sorry, I did it I got all caught in my head I'm sorry, you know it My head got caught up in that I'm sorry, I did it I got all caught in my head I'm sorry, you know it My head got caught up in that
Your Time Doesn't Exist Time is just a construct Time is never ending, full of love As it flows Flower blooming slowly like a conscientious friend Time is just a construct in the end When it's getting noisy and I need some silence Time is just a construct in the end Skipping over water and we feel it splashing I know I know Your time Your time doesn't exist Your time Your time doesn't exist When we're getting older and we need encouragement Time is just a construct in the end Skipping over water Let's let go and jump in Time is just a construct in the end Your time Your time doesn't exist Your time Your time doesn't exist Your time Your time doesn't exist Your time Your time doesn't exist Your time doesn't exist...
A Family Are we at it again, can you tell me, can we still be friends Maybe once in a while we can be something Maybe we can make each other smile for a while Being alone is the best drug It is the best way to be Being alone is the best drug Under those stolen glances Breaking and burning chances and Oh we can take the best moments we had Make our mistakes and make each other glad That we were a family And being together is the best way to be Oh we can raise each other up Or put some golden dust in each other's cups But we cannot be and we cannot grow with each other if we show Being alone is the best way Being alone is the best way Oh we can take the best days that we had Make our mistakes and make each other glad That we were a family And being together is the best way to be Oh we can raise each other up Or put some golden dust in each other's cups Maybe can we be a family But we do know Well, we're learning how And we're older now Don't You Wanna Try They're gonna get to love you, love you And we're gonna get someone to take care of you, of you Don't you wanna try Don't you wanna, maybe Don't you wanna try Don't you wanna, baby Who you gonna get to To love you, love you, love you If you were a smart girl You would get someone to take care of you, of you Don't you wanna try like the others Take a look around and maybe you could be a mother Don't you wanna wait to please 'Cause maybe you'll get down on your knees Oh you can waste your time Or you can blame your life In another way I can be a light In another way I can be a light for all those who doubt Don't you wanna try To make a little light Shine a little way And maybe you change Or maybe you could get some Don't you wanna try To make a little light On everybody's life On everybody's time Floating Above The Water Floating above the water I didn't know I was there Floating above like soil Floating above like angels How do they know the way Come right through, they'll catch you Wait until they let you Floating above tomorrow We wouldn't have to wait There are homes we can live in There are names we were given, were given One step up we're One step up we're One step up we're One step up we're Floating above the water We see a different way Try to run in circles Try to run in place One step up One step up One step up One step up Away Away
Undertow
Undertow Undertow, it goes Undertow, it fades Never gonna realize Why I went away The undertow, it goes out The undertow, it comes in Never know, never say Why I chose to stay Searching for a thrill, I know Searching for that undertow I see it The runaround I know it captures Searching for the undertow The meaning I will never know Who ever saw you could not stay away Undertow, it looks out On a simple plain I can see it coming But I can't feel the rain We find a certain something And then we hang on tight I can see the way it shook me Every day and every night The undertow, it keeps on pushing Like a little flying dove See it for I know it exists See it for I know I love The undertow, it comes by waiting We get on a simple sign See it when I come back knowing See it when I take your side The undertow, it comes by shaking See it, I feel more come by There's a little hall of you then Wishing that you'd feel that high The undertow, I know it somewhere You can't ??? the fact See it when you're in the mirror See it when you can't untie
Strong (You're Not Alone) With a hush we move to make our way inside When they all gather I question, but who am I Mama, I don't want to go I've been all taking it slow But it is okay I'm making my way You have to be strong (strong) The entire time (strong) You have to be strong (strong) And pull on the line (strong) When the light is gone, we make our way downtown There is a feeling that I can't explain anyhow Oh you never know what you're made of 'til you climb the top (strong) Oh you never know what you're made of still you're on the clock (strong) Oh you never know what you're made 'til you make your way, be proud (strong) Oh you never know what you're made of now (strong) Dance in circles Wait a while Wait until it's born Be in your time Feel your way Get it what you want From your life 'Cause it's a beautiful life It's your life Take a turn Dance until you're whole You're not alone Running through woods Feel the pull (Feel the pull) Feel the branches touch (Feel the branches touch) Who I am Be on my best behavior though I really couldn't say (Couldn't say) What I want But it's your life It's a beautiful life Take a turn Dance until you're whole You're not alone 'Cause it's a beautiful life It's your life (It's your life) Take a turn (Take a turn) Dance until you're whole You're not alone
Tried To Move On Way out Way out I see it Save that movie stub It’s not just a ticket I run to you everything is fine I run to you and I know you’re mine Following where to go Following who we used to know The hours turn into weeks turn into years Following where to be Following who you were to me Way out Way out I make up my mind Try to be normal time after time I run away Hiding out is free Then I run to you to be more of me Following where we’ll go Following who we used to know The hours turn into weeks turn into years Following what we want to make Following a give and take The hours turn into weeks turn into years The hours turn into weeks turn into years Even though we never show it Even though we wanna know it (Should I follow you anywhere?) Even though we wanna know it Even though we never show it (Should I follow you anywhere?) Even though we tried to move on We’re just like a setting sun (Should I follow you anywhere?)
Ride The Surf Come sailing away All the lines have changed Come figure this out Maybe we can let go of doubt The life we changed Maybe it was better the other way The names we've named Silence goes a long way Let's figure this out Maybe we can let go of doubt Gone, gone Locket in my pocket Rides are rockets Oh it's gone Like Kim's Like other music (I want to be a part) Both gone (I want to be a part) And you're like Old New York (I want to be a part) Gone (I want to be a part) You're like Old New York (I want to be a part) Closed (I want to be a part) It's closed (I want to be a part) Two tail lights fade (Two tail lights fade) Two tail lights fade Say it ain't so, no Don't remain The way you came Remain, remain, remain I let go Don't you know It's the same It's the same For your confessionals It's the same Like you, I know It's unchanged It's the same Keep It You got a little secret only I know That sooner or later's gonna swallow you whole A half situation's a situation Maybe it's time to rock or should you roll Keep it, keep it Keep it, keep it You got a little secret and you're hellbent But sooner or later your problem's too spent A half situation's still a situation Keep it, keep it You're gonna pay for the lies That's what they say Keep it, keep it, keep it Keep it secret While you're hiding away You long for the past You lie to yourself Hide it away And maybe just keep it Keep it, keep it secret For as long as you can Keep it, keep it secret While you're hiding away You long for the past You lie to yourself Hide it away Keep it Pathaway Put the path away Put the path away Where it ends is where it begins Put the path away Put the path away Put the path away Put the path away No maybe behind the meaning Put the path away Put the path away You know I'll fake it For what I need Maybe then we'll make it Maybe it is real Put the path away Put the past away Learn to jump off where the end is Put the path away Put the past away For as we take it Nothing's real Find a way to feel it Respect for how you feel You know I'll see it For what it is Tonight I find that we can Believe in the beauty Sha-la ooh Sha-la ooh Sha-la ooh Sha-la-la Ooh sha-la ooh You and I, you and I... A Messenger I have nothing To even say I gave it away I have nothing Left to show I don't wanna know You get all your favors from your many friends I'm just a messenger Keep me out this, it never makes sense I'm just a messenger I have no words I can't even show I don't wanna go I can't stand it I can't stand to watch And maybe not know Call me out, track me down, I know you will I'm just a messenger Jumping in, jumping out, you can't stand still I'm just a messenger I missed you this morning And I missed you that time I was out of my mind You gave me no warning Did you miss me that time You were out of your mind Let us cry out Cry out loud It's okay to cry In the darkness Screaming all we can Then maybe ask why Oh jumping in, jumping out, you can't stand still I'm just a messenger Oh call me out, track me down, I know you will I'm just a messenger I missed you this morning And I missed you that time I was out of my mind You gave me no warning Did you miss me that time You were out of your mind I missed you this morning And I missed you that time I was out of my mind You gave me no warning Did you miss me that time You were out of your mind
Non Albums Tracks
A Family (Renee LoBue / Inspired by Julia Gray's Little Liar / Live in Bushwick Book Club at Barbès in Brooklyn, NY, 2018-09-19) Are we out again (?) Can you tell me, can we still be friends Maybe once in a while we can be something Maybe we can make each other smile for a while Being alone is the best drug It is the best way to be Being alone is the best drug Under those stony glances Breaking men, burning chances on Oh we can take the best moments we had Make all mistakes and make each other clap That we were a family And being together is the best way to be Oh we can raise each other hand Oh put some golden dust in each other's cups Though we cannot be and we cannot grow with each other ? Being alone is the best way Being alone is the best way Oh we can take the best days that we had Make all mistakes and make each other blind That we were a family And being together is the best way to be Oh we can raise each other hand Oh put some golden dust in each other's cups Maybe we can be a family But we do know we will learn it how And we're older now
Bar song Love I'll take you home tonight I'll make sure you're alright Love I'll buy you anything I'll fill your drink for free There will come a day Good looks will fade away Leave you with the wind Tattooed across your skin Your mind will leave you dancing To music that never appeared Your heart will keep on prancing Through puddles of wine and beer Tonight I'll lay you down to bed I'll kiss your aching head
Close To Me ( The Cure Cover / Just Like A Heaven - A Tribute To The Cure ) I've waited hours for this I've made myself so sick I wish I'd stayed asleep today I never thought that this day would end I never thought that tonight could ever be This close to me Just try to see in the dark Just try to make it work To feel the fear before you're here I make the shapes come much too close I pull my eyes out Hold my breath And wait until I shake But if I had your faith Then I could make it safe and clean If only I was sure That my head on the door was a dream I've waited hours for this I've made myself so sick I wish I'd stayed asleep today I never thought that this day would end I never thought that tonight could ever be This close to me But if I had your face I could make it safe and clean If only I was sure That my head on the door Was a dream
Dream On Tip Toe (Souls In Space EP) Dream on Dream on Dream on Dream on Tip toe through geraniums Is where we want to be Relax, we're almost there Floating into air Each wish becomes a dream With you or so it seems Who are the winners here Me and you, my dear You, my dear You, my dear You, my dear Every night I go to sleep and dream about Falling in your arms again with no way out Get back to ten again Like love happened Shine on, shine away Shine bright another day Another day Another day Another day Every night I go to sleep and dream about Falling in your arms again with no way out Dream on Dream on about my goals, my goals I go Dream on Dream on about my goals, my goals I go
Everybody Hurts (R.E.M. cover / DRIVE XV: A Tribute to Automatic For the People LP) When the day is long And the night is yours alone When you're sure you've had Enough Of this life Well hang on Don't let yourself go Everybody cries And everybody hurts Sometimes Sometimes everything is wrong Now it's time to sing along When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on) If you feel like letting go (hold on, hold on) When you think you've had too much Of this life Well hang on Everybody hurts Take comfort in your friends Everybody hurts Don't throw your hand Oh oh oh, no Don't throw your hand If you feel like you're alone No, no, no, no, no, no You're not alone If you're on your own In this life The days and nights are long When you think you've had too much Of this life To hang on Everybody hurts Sometimes Everybody cries Everybody hurts Sometimes Everybody hurts Sometimes Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on Everybody hurts Hold on, hold on Everybody hurts...
Gimme Some Truth (John Lennon cover/ Richard Baluyut & Renee LoBue / Live at at Knockdown Center, Queens, NYC, 2018-09-28) I'm sick and tired of hearing things from Uptight short sided narrow minded politicians All I want is some truth, just give me some truth I've had enough of reading things By neurotic psychotic pigheaded politicians All I want is some truth, just give me some truth No short-haired, yellow-bellied Son of tricky dicky's Gonna mother hubbard soft soap me With just a pocket full of hopes Money for dope, money for rope No short-haired, yellow-bellied Son of tricky dicky's Gonna mother hubbard soft soap me With just a pocket full of hopes Money for dope, money for rope I'm sick to death of seeing things from Tight-lipped condescending mama's little chauvinists All I want is some truth, just give me some truth now I've had enough of watching scenes from Schizophrenic egocentric paranoiac primafuckers All I want is some truth just give me some truth No short-haired, yellow-bellied Son of tricky dicky's Gonna mother hubbard soft soap me With just a pocket full of hopes Money for dope, money for rope I'm sick and tired of hearing things from Uptight short sided narrow minded politicians All I want is some truth, just give me some truth now I've had enough of reading things By neurotic psychotic pigheaded politicians All I want is some the truth, just give me some truth All I want is some the truth, just give me some truth What do you want All I want is some truth, just give me some truth All I want is some truth, just give me some truth All I want is some truth now, just give me some truth All I want is some truth now, just give me some truth
Heavy Metal Love (Helix cover / Guilt By Association Vol. 3 LP) Got me a baby and she's hot as hell She's my heavy metal love She plays guitar just like ringing the bell She's my heavy metal love Leather and lace, you know what I've found She's my heavy metal love When the lights go up, she gets down She's my heavy metal love I like the caress of steel It's the hard edge that I feel Heavy metal love She's my heavy metal love Ooh yeah heavy metal love She's my heavy metal love That's right She's not the kind of girl you bring home to mom She's my heavy metal love She's dirty and mean, but she's lots of fun She's my heavy metal love I like the caress of steel It's the hard edge that I feel Heavy metal love Ooh yeah heavy metal love She's my heavy metal love Ooh yeah heavy metal love ? ? On the metal love Heavy metal love She's my heavy metal love Ooh yeah heavy metal love She's my heavy metal love Ooh yeah heavy metal love (Heavy metal love) She's my heavy metal love Ooh yeah heavy metal love She's my heavy metal love Ooh yeah heavy metal love Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... Heavy metal love
Helpless (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cover / Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity LP) There is a town in north Ontario With dream comfort memory to spare And in my mind I still need a place to go All my changes were there Blue, blue windows behind the stars Yellow moon on the rise Big birds flying across the sky Throwing shadows on our eyes Leave us Helpless, helpless, helpless (helpless, helpless, helpless) Baby, can you hear me now (helpless, helpless, helpless) The chains are locked and tied across the door (helpless, helpless, helpless) Baby, sing with me somehow (helpless, helpless, helpless) Blue, blue windows behind the stars Yellow moon on the rise Big birds flying across the sky Throwing shadows on our eyes Leave us Helpless, helpless, helpless (helpless, helpless, helpless) Baby, can you hear me now (helpless, helpless, helpless) Helpless, helpless, helpless Baby, can you hear me now (helpless, helpless, helpless) The chains are locked and tied across the door (helpless, helpless, helpless) Baby, sing with me somehow (helpless, helpless, helpless) Helpless, helpless, helpless Helpless, helpless, helpless
I Know It's Over ( The Smiths / Tribute ) Mother, I can feel The soil falling over my head And as I climb into an empty bed Oh well, enough said I know it's over, still I cling I don't know where else I can go Mother, I can feel The soil falling over my head See, the sea wants to take me The knife wants to slit me Do you think you can help me Sad veiled bride, please be happy Handsome groom, give her room Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly Though she needs you More than she loves you I know it's over, still I cling I don't know where else I can go Over and over and over and over I know it's over And it never really began But in my heart it was so real And you even spoke to me, and said : "If you're so funny Then why are you on your own tonight And if you're so clever Then why are you on your own tonight If you're so very entertaining Then why are you on your own tonight If you're so very good-looking Then why do you sleep alone tonight 'Cause tonight is just like any other night That's why you're on your own tonight With your triumphs and your charms While they're in each other's arms" It's so easy to laugh It's so easy to hate It takes strength to be gentle and kind Over, over, over, over, over It's so easy to laugh It's so easy to hate It takes guts to be gentle and kind Over, over, over, over, over Love is natural and real But not for you, my love Not tonight, my love Love is natural and real But not for such as you and I, my love Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
Incendiary (Winter Hours cover / A Few Uneven Rhymes: Tribute To Winter Hours LP) Evolver focuses on the wall Amy had no one at all Decisions based on misadvice Walk on fire melting ice Incendiary Incendiary Incendiary It just takes one time (Incendiary) Just takes this time (Incendiary) A position held way up too high Watch the numbers as they fall A position holding tightly The field becomes a burning wall Incendiary Incendiary Incendiary It just takes one time (Incendiary) Just takes this time (Incendiary) Ask around no questions But don't ask them for the passing rites The power of suggestion Thinking once, not thinking twice Incendiary Incendiary Incendiary It just takes one time (Incendiary) Just takes this time (Incendiary)
June (Unrest cover / Richard Baluyut & Renee LoBue / Live) As you lay dying Poppies are reddening Bursting wide open Revealing their seeds Tastes like the water That beads on white skin As you lay dying Morphine and ice cream Staining your sheets And confusing your mind And it reminds me They still get paid when you die They took the heart right out of you How did it feel to be twenty six degrees With your body split leaking all about your legs Could you hear me call from your mountaintop Crawling through the snow, crawling through the blood To say Daddy Daddy How did it feel to be twenty six degrees With your body split leaking all about your legs Daddy Don't go away Daddy Could you hear me call from your mountaintop Crawling through the snow, crawling through the blood To say hey Daddy Daddy
Monkey Gone To Heaven (Pixies cover / Dig For Fire: A Tribute To Pixies LP) There was a guy An underwater guy who controlled the sea Got killed by ten million pounds of sludge From New York and New Jersey This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven The creature in the sky Got sucked in a hole Now there's a hole in the sky And the ground's not cold And if the ground's not cold Everything is gonna burn We'll all take turns I'll get mine, too This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven If man is five If man is five If man is five Then the devil is six Then the devil is six Then the devil is six Then the devil is six And if the devil is six Then God is seven Then God is seven Then God is seven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven This monkey's gone to heaven
Mother Earth (Demo / Flowers Of America) Have you ever stopped to think about the Earth Have you ever realized it holds you in It holds you down Your mind is blown now Now have you ever stopped to think about It really doesn't matter what's in your bank account Mother Earth, she holds you in She never considers the concept of sin Or when I go on dreaming like I have a plan I go on hoping it will come together And there's Mother Earth And that's for sure She's not a bore and Have you ever gone on long bike rides And realize your bike's not flying into the air Well, just think Mother Earth She's always there without a care Just thank Mother Earth now Holy shit, holy cow Oh Mother Earth Thank the Mother Earth This is a dramatic end to my song Can you feel the drama I'm putting down Needles In The Camel's Eye (Brian Eno cover/ Renee LoBue & Verena Wiesendanger / Live at The Treehouse, 2016-11-06) Those who know They don't let it show They just give you one long glance And you'll go Goes to show How winds blow The weather's fine And I perfectly know so Birds of prey With too much to say Oh what could be my destiny Another rainy day Why, ask why For by the by and by All mysteries are just more Needles in the camel's eye Those who know They don't let it show They just give you one long glance And you'll go Why, ask why For by the by and by All mysteries are just more Needles in the camel's eye
Number 13 baby
(Pixies cover / Dig For Fire: A Tribute To Pixies LP) Got hair in a girl That flows to her bones And a comb in her pocket If the winds get blown Stripes on her eyes When she walks slow But her face falls down When she go, go, go Black tear falling on my lazy queen Gotta tattooed tit say number thirteen Viva Don't want no blue eyes La loma I want brown eyes Rica I'm in a state I'm in a state I'm in a state I'm in a state I'm in a state Choir in the yard In the house next door Where a grandma brought Some songs from the shore Six foot girl gonna Sweat when she dig Stand close to the fire When they light the pig Standing in her chinos shirt pulled off clean Gotta tattooed tit say number thirteen Viva Don't want no blue eyes La loma I want brown eyes Rica I'm in a state I'm in a state I'm in a state...
Play With Fire (The Rolling Stones cover / I Saved Latin! A Tribute To Wes Anderson LP) Well, you've got your diamonds and You've got your pretty clothes And the chauffeur drives your car You let everybody know But don't play with me 'Cause you're playing with fire Your mother she's an heiress owns a block in Saint John's Wood And your father'd be there with her If he only could But don't play with me 'Cause you're playing with fire Don't play with me 'Cause you're playing with fire Your old man took her diamonds And tiaras by the score Now she gets her kicks in Stepney Not in Knightsbridge anymore So don't play with me 'Cause you're playing with fire Don't play with me 'Cause you're playing with fire Now you've got some diamonds And you will have some others But you'd better watch your step, girl Or start living with your mother So don't play with me 'Cause you're playing with fire Don't play with me 'Cause you're playing with fire
Room At The Top (Tom Petty cover / Renee LoBue / Live at Little City Books, Hoboken, NJ, 2018-04-13) I got a room at the top of the world tonight I can see everything tonight I got a room where everyone Can have a drink and forget those things That went wrong in their life I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight And I ain't coming down I ain't coming down I got someone who loves me tonight I got over a thousand dollars in the bank And I'm all right Look deep in the eyes of love Look deep in the eyes of love And find out what you were looking for I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight And I ain't coming down I ain't coming down I wish I could feel you tonight Little one, you're so far away I want to reach out and touch your heart Yeah like they do in those things on TV I love you, please love me, I'm not so bad And I love you so I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight I got a room at the top of the world tonight And I ain't coming down I ain't coming down
Strange ( The sea Is Fierce EP - Galaxie 500 Cover ) Why's everybody acting funny Why's everybody look so strange Why's everybody look so pretty What do I want with all these things I went alone down to the drugstore I went in back and took a Coke I stood in line and ate my Twinkies I stood in line, I had to wait Why's everybody acting funny Why's everybody look so strange Why's everybody look so pretty What do I want with all these things I went alone down to the drugstore I went in back and took a Coke I stood in line and ate my Twinkies I stood in line, I had to wait
Suddenly Last Summer (The Motels) It happened one summer It happened one time It happened forever For a short time A place for a moment An end to dream Forever I loved you Forever it seemed One summer never ends One summer never began It keeps me standing still It takes all my will And then suddenly last summer Sometimes I never leave But sometimes I would Sometimes I stay too long Sometimes I would Sometimes it frightens me Sometimes it would Sometimes I'm all alone And wish that I could One summer never ends One summer never began It keeps me standing still It takes all my will And then suddenly last summer And then suddenly last summer One summer never ends One summer never began It keeps me standing still It takes all my will And then suddenly last summer And then suddenly last summer And then suddenly last summer And then suddenly last summer And then suddenly And then suddenly last summer And then suddenly last summer Take me out ( The Sea Is Fierce EP ) Spinning like a wheel up in the sky The state I am in is not my state of mind A present for this, your holiday Take, take me out You know that I want to go Take, take me out I'll wait in my front yard A blanket eclipse The moon in the east Freezes like your Car on the road Your eyes in the breeze I know I will see you again In six months, my friend I'll be all right waiting around Until next time I'm fine Break, break us out From what they want us to be Free, free is the sound Of everything we need Your brother and you I know you are close You both like the who You both like the kinks And so I will wait Until the next time I am content Thinking of you I'm fine Break, break us out From what they want us to be Free, fall on down Tumble in turning leaves You know I want to go I'll wait by your front door
The Man Amplifier (Young Marble Giants cover / Renee LoBue / Live in Brooklyn, NYC, 2017-05-31) The Man Amplifier Has everything but desire Is a robot when he should Never tires, ever good And we're singing Parallel sympathy with you Skin to metal overture Take a walk, he's always near Like a shadow, never fear While we're singing Like a tower in the dark He can leave you feeling stark While his fingers fall away Love is climbing in his heart While we're singing Take a towel to his brow Soothe the features of the proud Lubricate the inner man Exercise him when you can And be singing
Three ears
( The Sea Is Fierce EP ) Harry's on a one-night stand Old enough to hold his hand Big tits and not enough Big tears I'm never rough If you go down you see The lagoon inside of me Hot cheeks and web design Warm enough to keep them high You don't understand (no I don't) I got a hot switch, it's in my hand (you're always switching your mind) You don't recognize (they never do) I got three ears and one big eye I've had my eye on that simple breeze Blowing through the wind-swept trees It's like a hand that steals the peace from my eyes And throws me back in disguise You don't understand (they never do) I got a hot switch, it's in my hand (you flicked that switch in my brain) You don't recognize (they seldom do) I got three ears and one big eye I've had my eye on that simple breeze Blowing through the wind-swept trees It's like a hand that steals the peace from my eyes And throws me back in disguise Harry's on a one-night bus Warm enough to hold him up Big life and running fine Big tears They're never mine You don't understand (I sure don't) I got a hot switch, it's in my hand (oh, you're always changing your mind) You do not recognize (I never do) I got three ears and one big eye Turpentine
( The Sea Is Fierce EP ) And when you told me that i needed you I thought that you were making a joke I thought I'd fall down on the floor laughing I thought that was script we wrote Feelings change with the weather Feelings are changing all the time You were a wind chime in a graveyard I was an Eskimo in heat I met you coming across the river You made the shallow end look deep Feelings change with the weather My feelings are changing all the time You knew me well, I knew you better You left me sipping turpentine Got caught in your life You're going nowhere When it comes right down You wear me out Got caught up in something Maybe the weather Let me know and I will come around Feelings change with the weather My feelings are changing all the time You knew me well, I knew you better You left me sipping turpentine Got caught in your life You're going nowhere When it comes right down You wear me out Got caught up in something Maybe the weather Let me know and I will come around