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Track Name: 1 & !
one n one
is through ya kno
the lily grew bt the sno
i thought u knew
the lily grew
i thought u knew
i thought u kno
undercover we read plays
moliere n those were the days
of robespierre, the reign of terror
no underwear, no wonder we're afraid
my love what gives!
it's so hard, i mean who lives?
Track Name: 40 Hours Ago
by the time you get the postcard i'll say i didn't mean the things i said the time you wanna touch me i'll say i didnt really read the books i said i read go ahead ring the doorbell i'll answer the door but what do you wanna talk to me 40 hours ago i was feelin one way now im feelin another is there supposed to be one thing to latch onto? im feelin echo and blue silhouettes upon my shoe of the person i once really knew i knew better than i really do better when i am not with you
Track Name: Clarissa, Come Home!
clarissa, come home. the meatloaf in the oven has returned to stone and everybodys missin ya clarissa, clarissa, clarissa, clarissa, come home (come home, come home, come home clarissa, yeah). clarissa, come home the diamond ring is missin the diamond stone and we searched everywhere — even the chair we call yr throne is missin you clarissa, come home, come home, clarissa. when i tell you i been missed, i been missin and when i tell you i been kissed, im kissin . . . your photo clarissa, clarissa, clarissa, clarissa, clarissa, clarissa, come home.
Track Name: Dead Bird
dead bird dont be so cruel to me
the sidewalks were nearly empty
then you fell down from sky to ground
your beauty lay upon the frozen earth

dead bird
dead bird.

now i cant sleep and i cant think straight
i wait and wait and wait
for the next dead bird to come to town
with wings that once flew round and round the earth

dead bird
dead bird.

the stairs were wonderful and blue
littered with pieces of you
(feathers even broken too)
i wonder, dead bird were you
beautiful since birth?

dead bird
dead bird.
Track Name: Darlin’ All I Ask
darlin all i ask is you love me to the last
times like these well they dont pass so easily
how i loved you suddenly it just totally scared me
that dont mean i dont take you seriously
and i love you terribly it's just ridiculous
all im sayin is i want you so bad
i wanna love you like mad i wanna be your lover
why dont you just think about it?
Track Name: Demon Love
the overcoat i wear is invisible u see
the darkest cloud that covers and hovers up above the tree
it’s the coldest breeze that blows eternally

and ive got to get this sinkin boat out to sea
ive got to get yr demon love out of me

the ocean’s miles away but I can feel her every move
callin me each day in closer with a state of mine to soothe
and remindin me while shes so blue (so blue . . .)

that ive got to get this sinkin boat out to sea
ive got to get yr demon love out of me

over and over these thoughts roll thru my head
if i was bolder id put them all to bed

. . . the coldest breeze that blows eternally

and ive got to get this sinkin boat out to sea
ive got to get yr demon love out of me
ive got to get this sinkin boat out to sea
ive got to get yr demon love out of me
Track Name: Dream (adapted from The Everly Brothers)
photo: eric lippe

i wake every nite to watch the city lights
mommys readin her magazine
daddys still at work i bet
and my blanket sleepin next to me
and we’re both not done dreamin yet

so dream . . .

i like to count the planes
wishin i could count the stars
i listen to the passin train
i listen to the passin cars
and i get little chills
oh, i adore my windowsill

for dream . . .
Track Name: E.F.F.
tender bare feet remember gravel n stone
tend to feel it more when one is feelin alone
u got a bone to pick with me i wish u were stickin w me
but if u wanna go just say so . . . so.

never seen a sky without feelin alive
touch it all the time without battin an eye
if the fear of flyin gets em
the thought of dyin lets em
and if u wanna go just say so . . . so.

cause anyway u look at it we’re losin
i hate to be a drag n i hate to be confusin
so if u wanna go just say so . . . so.

tender bare feet remember grabbin a stone
tend to feel it most when one is feelin alone
u got a bone to pick with me i wish u were stickin w me
but if u wanna go just say so . . . so.

never known a sky without feelin alive
touch it all the time without battin an eye
if the fear of dyin gets u
the thought of flyin lets u
and if u wanna go just say so . . . so.

cause anyway u look at it we’re losin
i hate to be a drag n i hate to be confusin
so if u wanna go just say so . . . so.
Track Name: Evil People
if theres one thing ive learned
evil people are easy to discern
so i dont concern myself with them . . . at all

youve left a bad taste in my mouth, magee
it’s getting easier and easier to be
right all the time
Track Name: Have To Tell You
i have to tell u i love u my love
i have to get all these words off my chest
i kno this worlds a fool for lovers
oh but my love u aint nothin like the rest

im willin to chance every cent on my love
im willin to throw reservations away
im willin to dance any waltz with my love
im here to hear all that u have to say

n theres no shame that could keep me from u
tho im so scared im never scared enough
i dont care i dont care whatever i have to do
theres only u and u r love

my loves a harp strim-strummin on my heart
strummin the song i must hear again
my love could mend what tumbles my love could mend what crumbles
my love begins where other lovers end

i never knew the strength of touch
it’s not like knowin right from wrong
cause u think u kno love, u think u kno love, u think u kno love, u think u kno it . . .
until love walks into our arms
Track Name: I Feel So Bad For You
i feel so bad for you
i feel so bad for you
i remember you moved to brooklyn
you were “Inspirin Writer”
i feel so bad for you
i feel so bad for you
i remember when you carried pens
in every pocket, in every socket
i feel so bad for you
i feel so sad for you
you used to talk to your mom and dad
you used to have everything you had, but
i feel so sad for you
i feel so mad for you
you used to walk
you used to talk to everybody
you used to call
you used to be tall, but now you’re small and
i feel so bad for you
i feel so sad for you
i feel so unhappy too
yes i do when i think of you
when i think of you
when i think of you and everything that you do
da da da vee da da
i feel so stuck on you
i feel white as elmer’s glue
even though you’re such a horrible loser
i like to think that maybe we’d be together one day
and even though nobody likes what you write
i like to think that we could stick together
Track Name: If You Take My Window
if u take my window
u take my view of the sea
n if u take my sea
u take my meal from me
n if u take my meal
i have no energy
if i have no energy
theres nothin left of me
hmmm
Track Name: Lullaby
lullaby my eyes are dry
but way down deep inside i cry
for you i weep tonight
lullaby lullaby yeah
lullaby the moon's so high shinin' bright
but inside she's the shy quiet type
lullaby lullaby

basil growin' outside on my windowsill
love is in the air but the air's so still
call me from the street
throw a pebble at my pane i'm yours
to keep from goin' insane
i keep goin' insane

lullaby my eyes are dry
but way down deep inside i cry
for you i weep tonight
lullaby lullaby yeah
lullaby the moon's so high shinin' bright
but inside she's the shy quiet type
lullaby lullaby

angel's fallen outside on my windowsill
love is in the air but the air's so still
call me from the street
throw a rainbow at my pane i'm yours
to keep from goin' insane
i keep goin' insane

basil growin' outside on my windowsill
and love is in the air but the air's so still
so call me from the street
throw a pebble at my pane
i'm yours to keep goin' insane
i keep on goin' insane
Track Name: Over My Head
Tell me
Tell me truly how to sing this song
Oh, I feel so sad and simple when the day is gone

And it’s all over my head
It’s all over my head
So I wish i was you instead
‘Cause it’s over my, over my, over

Listen
Listen to me as I sing this song
Something strange passin’ through me movin’ me alone

But it’s all over my head
It’s all over my head
So I wish I was clouds instead
‘Cause it’s over my, over my, over my . . .

What a waste tryin’ to understand
When it’s over my, over, it’s over my head
Track Name: So You Go Away
So you go away
You go your way and then I will go mine
I know where the snow falls
And I know where the sin shines
Sippin’ my tea in the mornin’ time
Where I wonder ’bout every possibility
(I’m on my knees!)

Today it looks like the sky may turn over
(Yeah, it may)
Today it looks like the crowd might laugh too loud
Time’s runnin’ out
I gotta wait until the whole thing blows over
And it’s got to

Now they say I’m crazy
They said it so sincerely so
I believed it was true
But if I’m so crazy
The insanest part is what it makes you
You and your suitcase and your lover, the nude cook
And the window in the kitchen
I think the maid might wanna look

Somewhere in the meadow
Somewhere in the meadow where we dream
We take our little bath and then
We think about the things in the stream
Where we go half crazy until we figure out what it all means
Then we laugh
We laugh ’cause we don’t have to scream anymore
Track Name: Song For Paul
Could you remove the light from the room, dear one?
I have no yearn, for this life is no longer fun

I rollercoaster through the nightmare
I rollercoaster through the nightmare ride

Find me on the floor
Father, I do not adore
How well do I know you going through my drawer?

I rollercoaster through the nightmare
I rollercoaster through the nightmare ride

Sail away lonely-hearted creature of the sea
You were born so forlorn and nothing like the rest of us
(You’re just like the rest of us)

Laugh all you want, let the organ woman cry
She’s gonna do all the talkin’ to you, not I

I rollercoaster through the nightmare
I rollercoaster through the nightmare ride

Sail away lonely-hearted creature of the sea
You were born so forlorn and nothing like the rest of us
(You’re just like the rest of us)

Could you make all the cloud surround me tight?
And once again, could you please turn out the light?
Track Name: U Said U Would Call
it’s 11pm
im writin this song
u said u would call
n im waitin thats all

i think we’re still friends
i hope that we’re more
u said u would call
as u walked out my door

what is it with people
leadin me on
im on my mattress
right in this song

u said u would call
u said it so nice
u said u would call
such a simple devi-i-ice
to keep me waitin
for the phone to ring
yre not gonna call
so im gonna sing

dont tell me youll call
if yre not gonna call
im not angry
im just waitin thats all
Track Name: Understood
good light over the seagulls roll for the
nighttime cry shine n go for the gopher
my eyes roll beside u i notice the way u
resign to the bathrom to receive a phone call
n u return w carrot soup in a plastic bag
oh u returned w soup in a plastic bag
where is the # that i should reach u
i kno u u kno me u want to u should follow
understood (i want to be good) understood
understood (i want to be good) understood
i kno u u kno me u want to be lonely
i love u i kno u kno u want me to/o
is that understood . . . is that understood . . .
i kno u u kno me u want to be lonely
u hold the empire in yr arms
and i am good (i want to be good) is that understood
i was good cause i understood
theres a green light above the empire state line
u shine there (u meant to)
Track Name: You Are My Love
you are my love
and i love my love
cause my love loves me
cause my love loves me

and my love loves me
cause my love can see
im the one that he
will be with for all of time

one day i’ll run run just to arrive at the conclusion
it’s love that lets us survive

then ill run run run
to the one one one
and we’ll smile so absurd
cause we know what we’ve begun
and what we have begun
is a song song song
with no music and no words
and absolutely nothing wrong

you are my love
and i love my love
cause my love loves me
cause my love loves me

yeah my love loves me
cause my love can see
im the one that he
will be with for all of time

one day im afraid i might find
ive nothin to say
cause words are hard to rhyme

but ill run run run
to the one one one
and we’ll smile so absurd
cause we know what we’ve become
and what we have become
is a song song song
with no music and no words
there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that
there’s nothing wrong with that
there’s nothing wrong with that
there’s nothing wrong with that
Track Name: What Happened
One day ago you spoke to me
You whispered so eloquently
I’m egg-shell walkin’
On the postcard I’ll send
What happened

I should’ve sensed it from the start
Your words were such a work of art
Syllables that broke my heart all over again
What happened

Oh, overnight you changed from kind to cruel
I feel just like a fool
Why should I even pretended a miracle could ever mend
The bitter moments that I spend wondering
What happened

You’re like the dream I can’t forget
I won’t regret we ever met
I’m curious oh I hardley mean to offend
What happened

There’s still one piece I can’t get straight
A puzzle I have to investigate
I’m usually polite, now I can’t pretend
Nothing happened

Oh, darling I don’t know where we went wrong
I’ve been thinking all day long
Is there some way to change your mind?
Like a puzzle piece that I might find

In the words you have not spoken yet
Whisper I promise to let you
Talk your way back to my room
Tell me that you left too soon
Take a hold of my hand
Help me understand
What happened

Cause how could you just go
Without telling me so
Now I’ll never know
If our love is meant to be
Darling please listen to me

Listen and you just might
Change every wrong back into right
Overnight you changed your mind, you fool
How could you be so cruel?

And why should I even pretend a miracle could ever lend
A moment where I do not spend life wondering if
What happened since then would happen again
What happened since then