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True Love Death Dream
03:44
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In memory you’re 17
in your boyfriend’s Econoline
at the Aquatorium in Gary
A dress shirt & his favorite jeans
His hair is long & smelling good
The music loud & when he looks into your eyes
It was true love
Don’t ever let them tell you any different
It was true love
True love love
A month after you left for school
he crashed his van & he was killed
He had your name tattooed you never saw it
You got the call & didn’t cry
You blew off class & got the bus
They whispered when they saw you at the funeral
that it was true love
Don’t ever let them tell you any different
It was true love
True love love
& now your dog has got his name
You never tell anyone that
His memory’s your one constant companion
& it was true love
Don’t ever let them tell you any different
It was true love
True love love
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2. |
Dolores & Kimberly
05:05
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I came to Indiana
when I was 32
I didn’t know anyone but you
I got off of the bus
with the one bag I could bring
plus the cash I got for the ring
You were waiting at the station
with a Thermos & some flowers
I knew your jacket from your picture
The streets were so empty
you’d think it was the rapture
Our midnight world
Just me & you
I moved into your apartment
It was comfortable for two
You let me paint the bedroom blue
I started working at the bar
You would drive me in your car
& you’d come pick me up too
Headlights down deserted roads
looked like a lunar landscape
Our midnight world
Just me & you
Jesse gave me the divorce
when I was 34
I just can’t see the kids anymore
That night after closing
we opened up some good champagne
& we slow danced across the floor
That night the radio played Moon River
in our midnight world
for me & you
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Your Dog
03:45
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Don’t go down Highland Street
all that much anymore
but I had to get my glasses fixed
Right there in front
of the old coffee shop was Walter
just sitting where he’d always sit
& he was staring in the window
& maybe at you
or maybe at whomever’s walking him
to fetch your muffins & your Sunday papers
the way we used to
I don’t drink coffee
all that much anymore
When I do I fix it at home
Don’t do the crosswords Sundays
I can feel dumb other ways
I could never finish them alone
Sundays I ride down to the dog park
on the other side of town
just to sit down in the shade
& watch those puppies running round
I don’t miss feeling bad & dreading every call
The constant screaming dialogue
I swear that there were some days
it felt like I was only
coming around for your dog
All those sunny days with Walter
chasing squirrels around the park
& the way he’d flip
when he would see me coming
like the way he did this morning
with his big old Walter bark
Bark bark
Bark bark
Bark bark
Hey there Walter
Bark bark
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Heater’s blowing in the car
over the sound of a college game
Don’t know the team names
but it’s nice to have a voice on
Didn’t mean to drive so far
but you just had to get away
Walked in circles round the house all day
til you had to turn some lights on
Stopped for half a tank of gas
plus some Skittles & a diet Sprite
Could’ve stared at the beers all night
but you noticed the clerk was watching
Gary’s beautiful at night
by the lights of the refinery
It’s like Christmas in Nightmare City
It’s absolutely shocking
What do you call what you are now
Three months dry & gaining weight
Wondering how long it’s supposed to take
before you feel stronger
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5. |
You & Me & the Moon
03:27
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Brian Wilson, 1960 and Vine
Summer kisses
In a Pendleton shirt, songs and gentle words
Granted wishes
When I look in your eyes, I go soft inside
And the sound of your voice sends shivers up my spine
And at the slightest touch we're in love
You and me and the moon
In a cool gay bar, where the people are
Entertaining
When the sun clocks in, we'll still be talking
And champagning
Underneath the strobe light, we can dance all night
I'm a little bit shy, you're easy on the eye
And at the slightest touch we're in love
You and me and the moon
When you look in my eyes, I go soft inside
And the sound of your voice sends shivers up my spine
And at the slightest touch we're in love
You and me and the moon
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Walt's Fantasy
03:05
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7. |
Rabbits
04:57
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Woke up late in a fog
Took a pill walked the dog
Down Levon onto Birch
Heard the sound of the organ
inside the church
Floated on down to Vine
we did a hundred times
Felt the leash pulling hard
towards a family
of rabbits in your old yard
The last that I heard
you’d settled down
in South Bend
& married a girl
whose folks own the bar
that you tend
Up above village square
Saw some birds huddled there
Chirping on power lines
They seemed happy
just to be with their own kind
The last that I heard
you’d settled down
in South Bend
& married a girl
whose folks own the bar
that you tend
& you’d had a baby
Maybe by now
you’ve had ten
But I want to see you again
In the park there’s a pine
with your name next to mine
& the heart that you carved
still surrounds us
I feel it there always
Lily + Michael
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8. |
Same Dream
02:28
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You wake from the same dream
where you get fat
& to your shock
you give birth to your old cat
Your neighbor’s snoring
Hear the parakeet
Sit by the window
& stare down at the street
Sunrise
Grey & orange streaks
Thirty more weeks
The morning train
The crush & sound
It’s seventeen stops
before you get downtown
Your stomach’s queasy
with flashes of heat
But maybe once that belly shows
you’ll get a seat
It roars & it creaks
Thirty more weeks
You check rental listings
on your lunch at work
You could have a real house
if you just left New York
A vegetable garden
A white picket fence
Closer to mom
Reasonable rents
A happy place for childhood memories
Thirty more weeks
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9. |
Care
03:21
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We woke to our neighbor’s cries
The sting of smoke in our sleepy eyes
& I said baby better get dressed
Get the dog we can leave the rest
By the time we got downstairs
the fire engines were already there
& you were shaking you were so scared
I held you & kissed your smoky hair
That’s when I knew
that I could take care of you
& when my best friend died
from the cancer that ate him inside
I got drunk & I stayed that way
for several nights into several days
For the times I was aware
what I remember is that you were there
You held my head & I cried & cried
You called our jobs & you lied & lied
That’s when I could see
the way you take care of me
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10. |
Answering Machine
01:06
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Lily you are
the one & only friend I have
who in this technological age
still has an answering machine
You use it to call
your dog when you’re away at work
just to remind him that he is good
& you will see him soon
& you can tell
that he really listens to your calls
because when you get home you will find
his toys laid by the machine
Coz he loves you best
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Advance Base
Melancholic electronic story songs made by Owen Ashworth in his basement
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