B i o g r a p h y (by Marcy Donelson)
An indie singer/songwriter from Virginia, Kate Bollinger's introspective, jazz-inflected songs mix gentle atmospheres often built from complex extended chords with her bright, warm vocal delivery. Traversing folk, indie rock, and R&B leanings on early songs, she settled into a mellow indie pop with her second EP, 2019's I Don't Wanna Lose. One of its songs, "Candy," was sampled for and ultimately influenced Kanye West's 2021 song "Donda." Bollinger made her Ghostly International debut in 2022 with her fourth EP, Look at It in the Light, and the label released her intimate debut album, Songs from a Thousand Frames of Mind, in 2024. Inspired by '60s and '70s pop, rock, and folk, its wispy, yellowed presentation was fashioned with collaborators such as Matthew E. White and Sam Evian. Growing up in Charlottesville, Bollinger often sang with her music-therapist mother, and she looked on while her older brothers were busy with music projects in the basement of their home. She began sharing her own self-recorded songs online in 2013, and before long, the singer/guitarist began playing shows locally. After a few years of issuing hand-distributed CD-Rs, she released her first official EP, Key West, in October 2017. Produced by Jay Purdy and Todd Erk, it featured members of Philadelphia indie rockers the Extraordinaires as her backing band, including Purdy (piano), Matt Gibson (bass), and Mike Harkness (drums). A series of songs recorded with producer John Trainum, including the two-track single "Dreams Before," followed over the next couple of years. Bollinger returned with her second EP, I Don't Wanna Lose, in 2019. It saw her joined by Trainum on synthesizer and keyboards, Chris Lewis on lead guitar, Jimmy Trussell on bass, and Jacob Grissom on drums, and led to opportunities like opening for Soccer Mommy and touring with Wild Nothing. The following year, Bollinger offered up another EP recorded with Trainum, the self-released A word becomes a sound. In 2021, Bollinger received an unexpected credit on the title track from Kanye West's Donda, which had sampled "Candy" from I Don't Wanna Lose before removing the sample from the final version. She soon found herself opening shows for the likes of Jeff Tweedy, Real Estate, and Faye Webster before releasing her fourth EP, Look at It in the Light, on Ghostly International in April 2022. Recorded with Trainum and guests including a string section, it took inspiration from recordings from the 1960s and '70s -- in particular, Beatles demos -- with an aim to illuminate each instrument while allowing for flaws. She returned to '60s and '70s influences for her more varied but consistently soft-footed full-length debut, which leaned into classic instrumentation while navigating the pop, folk, and rock of the era. Constructed with help from songwriters, producers, and musicians like Matthew E. White, Sam Evian, Adam Brisbin, and Jacob Grissom, Songs from a Thousand Frames of Mind appeared on Ghostly in September 2024.
KEY WEST EP Ardent I could talk to anyone Your voice is the only one I wanna hear Call me on the telephone Meet me in the garden Speak to me esoteric tongues Tell me, tell me, just relax Tell me, tell me, just be quiet Tell me, tell me, slow your mind Control what you can and just forget the rest Tell me, tell me, just relax Tell me, tell me, just be quiet Tell me, tell me, slow your mind Control what you can and just forget the rest Oh baby Don't make it hard for me Wrap me up in your warmest clutches Darling, please, be good to me Encapsulate, may your words be ardent Ardent I don't wanna be the one to mess it up I don't wanna be the one to fall over Let me know that your heart is decidedly stuck Make me unafraid of being screwed over Oh baby Don't make it hard for me Wrap me up in your warmest clutches Darling, please, be good to me Encapsulate, may your words be ardent Ardent Oh baby Don't make it hard for me Wrap me up in your warmest clutches Darling, please, be good to me Encapsulate, may your words be ardent Change My brother wants to be a garbage man And my mother tells him all the time he can But he won't climb the ladder No, he won't climb the ladder I think I'd like to live far away But I'm thinking I would miss my family And I don't wanna be alone So no, I don't wanna feel alone I think I'll stay There's a change, it's coming, it's calling on the line ? So I am at your phone and I'll call back in and pay the rent I wanna be reasonable, I'll just rest my head The phone falls off the wall, I'm forced to hear the interrogation I just wanna be in my place, ? I just wanna be in that place, ? empty spaces in my head I think I'd like to live for my own And I would do my own ordinary idea, real adult, you'll see I think that I could make it on my own I'd write my ? down on a grocery waste and pick it up with my nipple once I think that I could live on my own I'd take a train to visit them when I needed a piece of hope I think I'd like to live on my own I'd write my ? down on a grocery waste and pick it up with my nipple once There's a change, it's coming, it's calling on the line ? So I am at your phone and I'll call back in and pay the rent I wanna be reasonable, I'll just rest my head The phone falls off the wall, I'm forced to hear the interrogation I just wanna be in my place, ? I just wanna be in that place, ? empty spaces in my head It all just seems a little weird It's coming to a close, the end is near It all just seems a little weird It's coming to a close, the end is near, it's almost here Down God, this sucks, it really sucks a lot But life it really sucks a lot And that's just how it's gotta go But I've got ears and I've got eyes I've got forks and I've got marks And that's pretty lucky if you were to ask me I'm a steaming ticket I wish I was dreaming Now that's why I don't get high That's why I don't get high All the time, like real life Streaming in my head And I'm done a little bit But everybody's home for me and feel okay Yeah, it's tough, it's really tough When you expect too much You're always bringing me down You're always bringing me down But I am ? I don't need space and I don't need time I don't need time I'm a steaming ticket I wish I was dreaming Now that's why I don't get high That's why I don't get high All the time, like real life Streaming in my head And I'm done a little bit But everybody's home for me and feel okay Zoe I've a friend and me in the zoo She wears all black and drinks too much coffee But I won't mind, no, no The rooftop ? As much too cold, but everything ? I hope you're not sad But if you are, I'll bring my little pink car We'll listen to Mazzy Star And if you're feeling bad, I'll hold you up, 'cause you're my friend I'll hold a hand to you for good again I'll be your friend, I'll be your friend I'll be your friend for a long time I'll be your friend, I'll be your friend I'll be your friend 'til I'm old and die I'll be your friend, I'll be your friend I'll be your friend for a long time You'll be my friend, you'll be my friend You'll be my friend 'til I'm old and die I hope you're not sad, but if you are I'll bring my little pink car We'll listen to Mazzy Star And if you're feeling bad, I'll hold you up, 'cause you're my friend I'll hold a hand to you for good again I'll be your friend, I'll be your friend I'll be your friend for a long time You'll be my friend, you'll be my friend You'll be my friend 'til I'm old and die I'll be your friend, I'll be your friend I'll be your friend for a long time You'll be my friend, you'll be my friend You'll be my friend 'til I'm old and die I'm sorry, I'll ?
Nest on a Rooftop (The Extraordinaires) Take the elevator in the empty car garage, ten stories high Where the sky and concrete collide Make the jump across the building tops to the other side Suspended there, in the air, 'till the end of time Frozen in the moment Let me study all the frames That you pose in Take the path of bricks to the open stairwell On the roof and peer inside At the nest that I found with you Open up your bag And use the camera that you brought To snap a shot Of the children we've adopted I'm gonna need a slide So I can project All the stills you collect And view them side by side Two months later and we're still waiting for the eggs to hatch Because the baby birds are trapped inside But now the Autumn's over, and the cold November winds Are rushing in - and I hope that they survive
I DON'T WANNA LOSE Untitled People come and go, they're all the same it seems I've got too many holes where lovers used to be Can't be good for me, but I don't like to be alone really Storm headed south, missed me by a couple miles I was almost in the mouth of trouble, I was excited I wanna be afraid of something again Either stick around until things fall apart or you get the hell out of there early And wonder what could've been, I'm not saying I have a preference The worst thing you could do is leave when I tell you, "Just go" We both know I don't wanna you to leave me alone The worst thing you could do is leave when I tell you, "Just go" Don't listen to me, don't listen to me, no It’s not your job to apologize for things that hurt me Though I half expect you to know what will I thought getting older would make me strong And I'm tired, is it showing I wanna change my temperament and change my mind But it's hard to do when I'm set on something And is that all, will you be going I need a sense of urgency that I hope you've got For you to call me back even when I tell you not to The worst thing you could do is leave when I tell you, "Just go" We both know I don't wanna you to leave me alone The worst thing you could do is leave when I tell you, "Just go" Don't listen to me, don't listen to me Don't listen to me, don't listen to me Candy If ever you feel cold I hope you'll come on over I hope you'll think of me Find comfort in the small things If ever you feel ordinary I hope you'll think of what we've done I hope you'll think of my heart and yours And think of all the big stuff You're sweet like candy I knew it since you arrived You make for lighter landings I prepare for hard falls, but am met with light every time You feel to me like fiction It never is quite real to me You match my best depiction Of dreams I hoped one day I might see I waited through the winter I hoped I'd catch some sign of spring You came into my purview Disrupted everything You're sweet like candy I knew it since you arrived You make for lighter landings I prepare for hard falls, but am met with light every time If we don't match up every time If you leave me in the dark or outside If some days your heart is not as full as mine I will trust the beaten path to morning light And hope to meet you there in some time You're sweet like candy I knew it since you arrived You make for lighter landings I prepare for hard falls, but am met with light every time I Don't Wanna Lose Covered in things I should've thought of That I didn't think of That I should have thought of So what if it's all My decisions Or my indecision Oh I just can't pick one You give me so much to be afraid of You give me so much to be afraid of There is so damn much that I'm afraid of You give me so much to be afraid of But I don't wanna lose Yeah, I just wanna win No, I don't wanna lose I just wanna win the war Swallowed my pride Packed up my things and went home early Not wrong to go home early Except that it steals your pride I was a child once I still am one I know it But I just turned twenty And I feel time slipping by You give me so much to be afraid of You give me so much to be afraid of There is so damn much that I'm afraid of You give me so much to be afraid of But I don't wanna lose Yeah, I just wanna win No, I don't wanna lose, no I just wanna win the war I just wanna win So I'll know what I've been fighting for Je Rêverai À Toi Je ne pense pas Je ne suis pas certain Je ne sais pas Je ne suis pas sûr Que quand tu pars Je resterai dans ton coeur Oh tell me I will stay Quand tu vas J'espère que nous resterons toujour en contact Je penserai toujour à toi Je rêverai toujour à toi Quand tu vas J'espère que nous resterons toujour en contact Je penserai toujour à toi Je rêverai toujours à toi Talk About It Change my mind It's easy to do But change my ways Only works when I have to All the times when I do the opposite All the times when I do what I shouldn't Talk about it 'til I'm blue in the face Do nothing about it Go outside, take a walk Call my friends on the phone I stay quiet when I have too much to say Try not to count on it, but I condemn the ones that make my same mistakes Do what I ask of you Do what I tell you to Do what I ask of you Do what I tell you to When I tell you to When I tell you to When I tell you to
A WORD BECOMES A SOUND A Couple Things You always told me when I was wrong I never minded it I needed someone to tell me okay If I mess up a couple things Or if I mess up a lot of things If I fuck up a couple things, well What if I fuck up everything You always told me to listen better So I tried listening to the blues You always took care of all my baggage It's hard now, it's something I gotta do If I mess up a couple things Or if I mess up a lot of things If I fuck up a couple things, well What if I fuck up everything If I mess up a couple things Or if I mess up a lot of things If I fuck up a couple things, well What if I fuck up everything Grey Skies Why do I wish for something more When it's all said and done Why do I long for springtime Only when the winter's come I'll chase the sun escaping And later ask what for Only find my mouth agape when I'm at a loss for more To quit would be too simple To go on is what I'll do Now I know when my heart's in the middle It'll snap, break, unsure back to you Maybe it's worth analyzing Maybe with a quick check, it's fine Could take some compromising To come out right on the other side Grey skies, they don't scare me I find them unnecessary 'cause There's no telling when the bad's gonna come around And it'll come around, no doubt I find my own suspicions And plenty an inhibition If I wait long enough, I can see the ground Start to crumble underneath my feet I don't want it If I can get it I don't need it If I can have it I don't see it If it's knocking at my door And then I turn around and change my mind, but it's gone And I ask what for Grey skies They don't make me nervous Make me feel fine I feel just fine Grey skies They don't make me nervous Make me feel fine I feel alright Feel Like Doing Nothing Always try to rearrange the pleasure, so it outweighs the pain It doesn't work all the time, doesn't work all the time When daylight comes, I call my friend She won't pick up, I call her back again I wanna spend all my time And I feel like doing nothing I feel like doing nothing again I feel like doing nothing Late yesterday, I'm home with all my bags Take a seat on the couch, can't get up again I wanna sit for a while I wanna sit for a while Then she comes home, sits next to me Got a reason, now two that I can start to believe Why I can waste all my time And I feel like doing nothing I feel like doing nothing again I feel like doing nothing A Word Becomes A Sound Again, again I'm frightened by the thought of you Again, again But then you go away and by that I'm frightened too Again, again A word only a sound if you misuse it Again, again And I'll be made a clown if I abuse it Get so blue when I'm next to you Oh what it is I've done that I don't understand With the guessing I'm through I've been wrong before, I don't mind I don't think about it so much anymore I do, I do, I do I don't, I don't, I don't A word only a sound if you let it Things become only their name, so instead it Takes its new life, you never meant to give it wings that way Watch it take flight and then land in another day Get so blue when I'm next to you Oh what it is I've done that I don't understand With the guessing I'm through I've been wrong before, I don't mind I don't think about it so much anymore I do, I do, I do I don't, I don't, I don't Queen To Nobody Take me by the hand and I'll be the sweetest to love When writing fills the air then I'll be the last to go What I mean to say is I'm scared of being queen to nobody But I'll know when it's time to go the other way You sing the sweetest tune Trust me, you know it when it's not around You sing the sweetest tune I get so blue when I don't hear your sound Seems though nothing's wrong, but I sense something's been forgotten Waiting for someone to speak in a deserted place The things I think to say sound unlike the way I thought them up Look to you in search of things that don't break You sing the sweetest tune Trust me, you know it when it's not around You sing the sweetest tune I get so blue when I don't hear your sound
LOOK AT IT IN THE LIGHT I Found Out I found out that I was the problem Until then I thought it was you Lived each day in search of an answer I'd find nothing before it was through Without doubt, well, what would that make me Without certainty, what would you be I found God by looking in parked cars It wore off, the day was then bleak Pleases me to know I might be wrong If only I had known it all along Who Am I But Someone Who am I but the one To start out and finish in the place I came from Wait, who am I but someone Who will resign to the comfort of who I always was Days go by, I feel the same I don't know when I'll make the change My mind pretends not to feel this way But my heart knows I set out on a sinking ship I'd rather slip than be alone on the island I've come all this way, I surely oughta know better Wait, who am I but the one To start out and finish in the place I came from Wait, who am I but someone Who will resign to the comfort of who I always was Who am I but a ship in the night Lost but headed for you Crossed my wires, unknown are my desires A confused point of view Look At It In The Light Something's not right, I don't know what Maybe it's just my own thing, but I don't think so Look at it in the light, it's better to know Than to hide in misery, hiding forever To hide in misery, suffering forever To hide in misery, waiting forever I know the way things change So I try not to notice, I deny my fate I try not to notice, it's a losing game I try not to notice, I try not to notice Wait for the time with everything measured It's not a crime to seek out pleasure Look in your eyes, you've no choice but to sever The ties, familiar doesn't mean it's better To hide in misery, suffering forever To hide in misery, waiting forever I know the way things change So I try not to notice, I deny my fate I try not to notice, it's a losing game I try not to notice, I try not to notice I try not to notice Yards / Gardens I have some trouble keeping track of where I started Where I started My friends have occupations now and some have yards They're tending gardens Please, don't leave me behind When the world is burning outside I wanna keep you pinned to my side I don't know what I'll do otherwise I lost some of me when I met you But I would lose even more if I lost you I'm viewing days like practice rounds Come next year, I'll know what to do I'm seeing beaches in my mind I'll get there, it's just a matter of time I'm finished mourning what I lost in the last year The past's how I got here Please, don't leave me behind When the world is burning outside I wanna keep you pinned to my side I don't know what I'll do otherwise Please, don't leave me behind When the world is burning outside I wanna keep you pinned to my side I don't know what I'll do otherwise Lady In The Darkest Hour It is alright It all gets better with time I lost my friend, now I'm losing all the light But then again it'll come back if it's right Lady in the darkest hour Smile all sweet like it isn't sour I'd go back to last December To feel those things I can't remember Wait for it, there's an end in sight Soon comes the day when the tunnel fills with light Things couldn't stay, but change has a certain bite Then the outside peels away revealing it was right Do you trust that time will be your friend Do you trust that there will be good things To meet you in the end 'Cause what I'd like to know Is this it Lady in the darkest hour Smile all sweet like it isn't sour I'd go back to last December To feel those things I can't remember Lady in the darkest hour Smile all sweet like it isn't sour Nothing's wrong 'til you say it hurts you Let it go 'til it's passed right through you Connecting Dots Wait, wait a second Everybody's telling me all sorts of things Wait, wait a second How come love so sweet can turn so mean Wait, the more I know you The more I hate you I do I spend my time connecting dots with resolve to Do just what you do I grew acquainted with not hearing myself The commotion became my devotion Wait, I got caught in the wrong thing We lost our heads which we said we'd never do Wait, I'll find the answer And I don't mean the kind that comes from outside Wait, the more I know you The more I hate you I do I spend my time connecting dots with resolve to Do just what you do I grew acquainted with not hearing myself The commotion became my devotion
SONGS FROM A THOUSAND FRAMES OF MIND What's This About (La La La La) Another day begins I've got the time on fast forward again And every moment races on A fleeting horse determined to win And what's the TV saying Something else, I'll try my hardest to forget What's this about La la la la It's all too loud La la la la What's that in front of me Eyes with the guise makes it so hard to see And every shadow lingers on And winter spawns inside of me And what are they all saying Something else, I'll try my hardest to forget What's this about La la la la It's all too loud Why's it in my thoughts right now La la la la La la la la We bring the special news Programmed via satellite So stay with us We'll return in fifteen minutes To Your Own Devices Come closer, it's not how it seems Unfolded in a thousand dreams To your own devices On your own like you've been wanting Now you're in a pinch The mirror makes you flinch And all this time Were you not making sense So lonely on your own accord Therein lies what you're reaching for To your own devices On your own like you've been wanting Now you're in a pinch The mirror makes you flinch And all this time Were you not making sense We'll be just fine You and me Somewhere down the line No misery So, please, don't fight Just let me go this time To your own devices On your own like you've been wanting Any Day Now She'll leave tomorrow And he will follow All her things tucked into travel bags The motion doesn't suit her The going gets inside her head When she finally gets her head around And on straight You know It could be any day now There are so many things she wants to know And so unsure of all that she might find out She's gone by Monday Back again on Sunday All exchanges happen by the phone Hoping he won't mind it Or tire of how she comes and goes When she finally gets her head around And on straight You know It could be any day now There are so many things she wants to know And so unsure of all that she might find out When she finally gets her head around And on straight You know It could be any day now There are so many things she wants to know And so unsure of all that she might find out God Interlude You gave me the keys and the car and the road But I'm not scared of you You made all the trees and the roots and the seeds But I'm not scared of you Are you the bird floating up there above me Or in my room saying you love me You showed me the lakes and the breeze and the sky I'm not so sure about it You told the bear in the winter to hide I'm not so sure about it Are you the bird floating up there above me Or in my room saying you love me I hate you 'cause you age me But I love you when you teach me new ways to be Lonely Lonely, let it hurt you But be the one to make it quit Lonely, let it kill you But be the one to put a stop to it Come around, you'll feel different When you come around, you won't be the same Put it down and all your baggage and worries fade to gray Lonely, it might get you But be the one to choose it's done Lonely starts to fit you What will you be when it is gone Come around, you'll feel different When you come around, you won't be the same Put it down and all your baggage and worries fade to gray They once came in that way Lonely, what if it suits you And it starts to look like you Lonely, when it starts to leave you You might not know just what to do Come around, you'll feel different When you come around, you won't be the same Put it down and all your baggage and worries fade to gray They once came in that way Running What a way to act To hold the gun But not know the song When you hear it sung To take the rules As the natural law But how can you learn them You forget what you saw Wait, I'm always running (running) I can't keep up, it seems Even in my dreams Look, not from the outside (outside) But how can I ask of you What you don't know to do Play it safe Or not at all The way these things change You know you're bound to fall Win the war And shake the hands I've grown this tall Not knowing how to stand Wait, I'm always running (running) I can't keep up, it seems Even in my dreams Look, not from the outside (outside) But how can I ask of you What you don't know to do What's there to say What's there to say In A Smile One night of blue One day of finding you Now you're really hearing me I'm really seeing you Tell me it's okay Don't do it in a lie to me For when illusions last, it isn't what it seems Tell me what you mean Don't hide it in a smile to me The only thing that does is lead us to the end For when I'm sparing you I feel I'm helping you But something larger dies At first unrecognized Tell me it's okay Don't do it in a song to me For when illusions last, it isn't what it seems Tell me what you mean Not just what I mean to you Tell me what you wish you didn't have to Tell me it's okay Don't do it in a lie to me For when illusions last, it isn't what it seems Tell me what you mean Don't hide it in a smile to me The only thing that does is lead us to the end Postcard From A Cloud Oh my friends How's it going I think about you More than I'm showing Start the engine Make sure it runs You're so tiny Down in the dust My love I'm coming to you from somewhere above My heart I'm stuck in a cloud, there's no way out now My God I'm talking to you, don't do this a lot Lazy day Through mist and mountain Waterfall Became my fountain Up on the wind I'm writing to you And if I fall I won't forget you My love I'm coming to you from somewhere above My heart I'm stuck in a cloud, there's no way out now My God I'm talking to you, don't do this a lot My one I'm searching for the most improbable sun I See It Now What do I know Just 'cause I'm floating up above I see where I stand But only 'cause I've been shown the sun And now I know And it's so easy to understand But I lose all I've learned when I land Sculpture in my mind turns to sand What do I know Just 'cause I'm floating up above I see where I stand But only 'cause I've been shown the sun And now I know And it's so easy to understand And now I know And it's so easy to understand But I lose all I've learned when I land Sculpture in my mind turns to sand I see it now, it's clear I'm seeing things for what they are How they appear I see it now, it's clear I'm seeing things for what they are How they appear I see it now, it's clear I'm seeing things for what they are How they appear I see it now, it's clear I'm seeing things for what they are How they appear Sweet Devil I'm the sweet devil I can let you free to hate me forever I'm just the sweet devil I'll leave, but you know I care I've cried a thousand times for you Now I'm done And you say I'm cold We've died a thousand times in my mind So I'm done Mourning you and me Sweet devil I can let you free to hate me forever I'm just the sweet devil I'll leave, but you know I care I've cried a thousand times for you Now I'm done And you say I'm cold We've died a thousand times in my mind So I'm done Mourning you and me All This Time I'm in California today Sometimes I wonder what you think of me having gone away I look at all the houses on the hill Can't help but wish we were inside our little house together still You I waited all this time for you Or someone of your kind and I got you Imagine the delight in finding you I see you now in every dream I see your face in all the daffodils Your image in the stream I look at all the birds upon the wind And then I wonder at the thought of when I might see you again You I waited all this time for you Or someone of your kind and I got you Imagine the delight in finding you You I waited all this time for you Or someone of your kind and I got you Imagine the delight in finding you
NON ALBUMS TRACKS Do U Go Out Together Too tired to make the quest Grab your keys, lock the door and hit the gas Feeling, feeling slow, but not so fast What you said, I heard Coming up, but still in the dark now Rest assured, up ahead, it's a light out But what you doing and what is this all about What you said, I heard it Least stop with the lazy talk Don't be vague and not shady and say what you want How am I supposed to know it won't all go wrong What you said, I heard Won't you talk to me like you mean it I won't wait around just to see you when it's convenient I'mma hang the phone up back on the wall Pick it back up again when you're ready to talk Dreams Before I had, I had dreams before I had dreams before But they never did come true I had, I had goals before I had goals before But I never got around to do them I had, I had loves before I had loves before But it never was quite like that I wanted, I wanted more before Grasping hands, crawling on the floor But I never felt so relaxed I want it finally, want it finally I want it finally, want it finally I had, I had lost before I had lost before But I didn't wanna lose again I had, I had goals before I had goals before But I never got around to do them I had, I had dreams before I had dreams before But I never felt quite like that I wanted, I wanted more before Grasping hands, crawling on the floor But I never felt so relaxed I want it finally, want it finally I want it finally, want it finally I Wanna Be There (Feat. Omid Garzan) Why did you do that Why did you say that Why did you do that Why did you say that Talking to me like I'm in a trance Not what you said, not what I had planned Give me that space I asked for now When you take me there (I wanna be there) Your face is all I see (I wanna be there) No, no, no, this can't be fair (I wanna be there) You're not what I need Caught in the middle, caught in-between (I can't get you out) I can't get you out if you keep calling me I walked by your house, I was on your street It's already too much, sets me back when you talk to me When you take me there (I wanna be there) Your face is all I see (I wanna be there) No, no, no, this can't be fair (I wanna be there) You're not what I need I'm Not Around (Pax feat. Kate Bollinger / Camdog LP) Somewhere I got so far down Would you help me find the way out Well, I was sowing seeds of doubt But rest assured, I've started ripping seams now Somewhere I got so far down Some place I can't remember now Saw a lightness through the clouds I drove on 'til darkness was not around And by far it's best with you But I just can't say I won't still get blue Even flowers start to droop And sun won't always know what to do Oh it's easy, you say to me But I can't be so sure as you For some of us, there's not that ease But I'm a fool to not try to Somewhere I got so far down Would you help me find the way out Well, I was sowing seeds of doubt But rest assured, I've started ripping seams now Somewhere I got so far down Some place I can't remember now Saw a lightness through the clouds I drove on 'til darkness was not around I'm not around J'Aime Les Filles (Jacques Dutronc cover) J'aime les filles de chez Castel J'aime les filles de chez Régine J'aime les filles qu'on voit dans Elle J'aime les filles des magazines J'aime les filles de chez Renault J'aime les filles de chez Citroën J'aime les filles des hauts-fourneaux J'aime les filles qui travaillent à la chaîne Si vous êtes comme ça, téléphonez-moi Si vous êtes comme ci, téléphonez-mi J'aime les filles à dot J'aime les filles à papa J'aime les filles de Loth J'aime les filles sans papa J'aime les filles de Mégève J'aime les filles de Saint-Tropez J'aime les filles qui font la grève J'aime les filles qui vont camper J'aime les filles de la Rochelle J'aime les filles de Camaret J'aime les filles intellectuelles J'aime les filles qui m'font marrer J'aime les filles qui font vieille France J'aime les filles de cinéma J'aime les filles de l'Assistance J'aime les filles dans l'embarras Si vous êtes comme ça, téléphonez-moi Si vous êtes comme ci, téléphonez-mi No Other Like You Baby, I've been around Had my fair share of run arounds There ain't nobody for me like you Save me, I'm sick of inand outs Up and downs But I would do them if you asked me to Lately, I'm burning out But you stuck around Did more than anybody else could do Wait for me I'm getting better now See good weather now Behind the clouds I draped in front of me Baby, can't you see there's no other like you When you leave, I'll expect the things you'd always do Maybe it's a death wish to have become so used to You and me, you know I need to know that you'll be true You came at a bad time I guess any time could be as bad Just as bad as you make it Led me back to the light side I shouldn't say it's bad luck I had Just a different hand of cards is all You were too clear to ask I was used to wrenching words from tight kept mouths I hadn't known this clarity You were too good to last I'll take it quick, console myself to have known the good I've known the good, I've known the good Baby, can't you see there's no other like you When you leave, I'll expect the things you'd always do Maybe it's a death wish to have become so used to You and me, you know I need to know that you'll be true OBO (Paul Cherry feat. Kate Bollinger / Los Angeles Story EP) Hey, I'm writing 'bout the car I saw online Five gears, don't need to get me far Just something I can rely on I've got my eye on Your red top down Volkswagen cabriolet Hey, thanks for your reply Let's meet tonight 'Cause I know a cute cafe nearby We can discuss the price Over a glass of white wine Doesn't that sound so nice Just you and I Hey, I think there's some mistake I need a ride, not a date and it can't wait Well, I've got a car and a place Since you've just arrived in L.A. Please, don't take this the wrong way But how much are you willing to send me today Pictures Of You (Drugdealer feat. Kate Bollinger / Hiding In Plain Sight LP) I didn't want to say it Thought it would occur to you I tried to just forget it Wasn't something I could do I never want to let it Get to where it got with you Now I can't depend on you Lately, I've been at home And I'm all alone, thinking of you Because, baby, I know that it's wrong I've been holding on to pictures of you Lately, I've been at home And I'm all alone, thinking of you Because, baby, I know that it's wrong I've been holding on to pictures of you I don't know where things are headed It's something that I never knew It's not what I intended Wanted to be clear with you But now that things have еnded I'm finding things to get me through Sincе now I can't depend on you Lately, I've been at home And I'm all alone, thinking of you Because, baby, I know that it's wrong I've been holding on to pictures of you Playroom (Paul Cherry feat. Kate Bollinger / Los Angeles Story EP) Sometimes the sun shines in through my window Today's begun, old troubles I won't know Bugs on the path, snakes in the grass Gone in the wind are my sorrows, sorrows If you're needing me, I'll be in my playroom Spiders let me be, though I know they'll be back soon If only for a day, the rain has gone away I just might leave my playroom real soon I'm walking along outside, the wind is in my hair And the birds are saying hi from up there Open my eyes, let the world step inside Just might bring it back to my playroom Light of the moon shines bright through my window The day was gone too soon, where do they all go Oh I was free where I used to be Why do I feel trapped in my playroom Why can't the whole world be my playroom Shadows Diamond in the dark A shadow in some rooms Telling you apart's A chore for me to do Wait, I'll start to notice you Wait, I'll start to hate you, too Point with shaking hands Displacement heals your wounds I'm there to stop the blood But I won't be there soon Wait, I'll start to notice you Then see right through the things you do Too soon to unknow my truth Someday I'll find I'm around it Loose screw, could happen to you Claim you're above it, I doubt it You find you unlock your mind And all that's inside is a balance Terrified, but only with time Both sides will align in their malice Softer It's true I used to be softer I hadn't any grooves I used to be sweeter Sweetened up the room And you were my downfall It came in many parts Tore me from the woman I wanted to become Said that's not how these things work It could all be so easy If you would only let it be It could be so simple If only you could find your mind at ease But trees, they keep on growing in mind (I didn't mean to water them) And weeds, they keep on climbing through my mind (Never wanted it to get so bad) It could all be so simple If you could only let it be It could be so easy If you would only find your mind at ease But trees, they keep on growing in mind (I didn't mean to water them) And weeds, they keep on climbing through my mind (Never meant to let it get so bad) Tests Couldn't sleep, couldn't say If I would come on back With what I know now Just don't know now Do you see Do you say those things That you couldn't take back You know I get down When you're not around What if I don't see it, don't see it when you try Easy looking, easy condemning from the other side Quick to pounce, quick to anger Walk in, don't seem to bat an eye Ballistic looking for the wrong And I'm blind to all the rights Got you like Stroop reading red, written with the ink that's white Flashlight in my palm, it's not your fault, you won't put up a fight Couldn't sleep, couldn't say If I would come on back With what I know now Just don't know now Do you see Do you say those things That you couldn't take back You know I get down When you're not around Well, I'm not the type to see it anytime, it's going right Run you through all sorts of tests, I'm still learning to pick my fights I was sad before I saw you Thought that you could bring some light Implicit care won't heal my demons If there's blood, show me the knife Don't want to think a thought is treason Each time your gaze isn't mine If there's no ration to my reason Show me truth, but do it nice With you I know I put you through a lot, it's true Running these tests 'til I can learn just how to read you You got my back, why do I still feel so damn blue What would you do On the way back to my house, I wanna call you I start to miss you when I stay too long in my room And damn the vacuum that's inside when I'm without you Couldn't sleep, couldn't say If I would come on back With what I know now Just don't know now Do you see Do you say those things That you couldn't take back You know I get down When you're not around
What Can I Give You (Margo Guryan cover / Like Someone I Know: A Celebration Of Margo Guryan LP) What can I give you What would make you happy What can I do What can I say To make the bad times go away It's been a long, long time Since I've seen you smile And I've been wanting To do something About it for a long Real long while What can I give you To drive away the sadness What can I buy What can I try Tell me what I can do It's been a long, long time And you know I knew you when You used to be happy What can I give you To make you happy again It's been a long, long time Since I've seen you smile And I've been wanting To do something About it for a long Real long while What can I give you To drive away the sadness What can I buy What can I try Tell me what I can do It's been a long, long time And you know I knew you when You used to be happy What can I give you To make you happy again You At Home Time won't stop It's built like water The two of us held together But it's golden And it seems that The waves didn't stay Whatever it is I could get used to it A card in my wind I think you'll come back again It's me on the phone It's me in the photo It's me at home Then it's you at home Me at home Me at home You at home Heating up It feels like fire The two of us cling together But it's darker than the clouds May not leave the sky Whatever it is I could get used to it A card in my wind I think you'll come back again It's me on the phone It's me in the photo It's me at home Then it's you at home Me at home Me at home You at home