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Les Retrouvailles
05:31
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The first lips I ever kissed, I never thought she'd leave me
For two long years, I'd missed that crazy, crazy dove
But when she said the pain with her new man was too much
I ventured to explain to her, my long lost love
I rang you up, told you that you would need a man who'd
Hold you tight, treat you right, warm you up and rub you down
It's not your fault, and I know that I'm sounding
Bold, but I know that I can give you what you've never had!
Tell him you're busy, then come on over
You say you’re not that kind of girl
What if we dress up like it's the '20s?
You bring the lace, I'll bring the pearls!
Black tie, black dress, high heels, shirt pressed
The beauty of the long lost days, Les Retrouvailles!
No pain, all pleasure, we loved forever
You told me you were glad you came, Les Retrouvailles!
That love we never consummated
But who could blame us, we were just kids
We fed that appetite never sated
You pulled my tie and I blew my lid
We met once more. I felt that I loved you with all
Of my heart, let's restart our interrupted romance!
You were too scared to break it off with your brain dead
Boy who thinks "foreplay" is an elementary type of golf
But I could tell the idea was tempting
But someone told you to turn me down
I guess that after two years of practice
It's hard not breakin' hearts in such a small, small town
I called, no answer. Succumbed to cancer of
Another long lost love, Les Retrouvailles!
Now, you're long gone, but I'll hold on to
The memory of those days, Les Retrouvailles!
It must have been that the girl was jealous
She missed me as much as I missed you
She made herself your friend to protect you
She didn't know I was in love!
She wanted me back
Écoute-moi, mon fils.
She wanted me back
Never let them meet each other!
Why do they want me back?
Oh, it must have been because, because, because, because
Because of the wonderful things I does
Ah, oui, je t'aime, o ma petite
J'ai perdu ta coeur mais j'ai les cicatrices
J’ai plus ans de pratique, ainsi ne perdons pas de temps
Si tu m'as appelé, je serais là
It's true I know I'm being nostalgic
I wish I had our second take
But I'm not sad it landed on the cutting room floor
Because I don't have a heart to break
At least I got the prize I sought
To be the one to break you in, Les Retrouvailles!
Twice found, twice lost, the dice were tossed
In a sweet euphoric haze, Les Retrouvailles!
In a sweaty summer blaze, Les Retrouvailles!
Wait two years for just two days, Les Retrouvailles!
The beauty of the long lost days, Les Retrouvailles!
Viens encore.
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2. |
December Song
04:30
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It's that time of year again
Autumn's in the air
The smell of warm cider
The scent of your hair
I thought I had forgotten you
The breeze had proved me wrong
And soon I will be singing
Our lost December song
CHORUS:
I'll sing, sing, sing it again
That lost December song
Our love of Yeats, my love of you
I'll sing, sing, sing it again
That lost December song
I knew your smile, but I never knew you
I'm happy with November
We survived it all the same
A goodbye in December
A hello never came
My New Year started lonesome
Were you just afraid?
Were you feeling guilty
For the love we never made?
CHORUS
Why did you fight your heart?
You told me ‘bout the 'boy' you're dating
Still you led me on
Don't ever fight your heart.
You fixed me and told me
Again and again and again:
"Thanks for a lovely evening
The best time of my life"
And still so content
To stay another's wife
You must think I needed
Another for my list
As you're not a risk taker, and
He's not much of a risk
And did you know that I meant
Every word I said?
A stupid drunken letter
I hope you never read.
But I'll hold out for December
You'll find me in the snow
Our first kiss on Christmas
And then we'll finally know
CHORUS
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3. |
Molly
03:55
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I found you and I knew that I loved you
I found you under an old shed
Much more than your brothers and sisters
I wanted you inside my bed
When we found out you were female
I needed your love all the same
Your name changed from Tiny to Molly
And you were my kitten to tame
We were relaxing, our taxes evading, de Sading
on ships made of wax
Sailing, I'm captain, you're captain, two partners parading
while Kenny plays Sax
Fortune will favor the flavor I'll savor and later
you'll give me a perm
Oceans are ours for exploring, for you I'm adoring
are Molly Ringworm
You're Molcat, you're Molcat, the prettiest cat in the universe
The world is in love with the Molcat and I am in love with her too
You're Molcat and I'm Billguy and that's cool
Two cats who trade pets for kisses, a tongue from my Missus,
all this makes me gay
Now we are on a vacation from station to station and
this time we'll stay
In our old age, we are finding no fierce fear of flying that
bolts down our wings
This time, the last time we're making it count and your nuzzles are
making me sing
You're Molcat, you're Molcat, the prettiest cat in the universe
The world is in love with the Molcat and I am in love with her too
You're Molcat and I'm Billguy and that's cool
Many cats have been at home with me
I'm cool for cats, the three cool cats
Many cats have been at home with me
But those cool cats were all boy cats
You're the cat I want at home with me
Is it legal in New York to marry a cat?
You're the cat I want at home with me
The neighbors complain ("Oh, no!"), but I'll marry my cat
She's Molcat, she's Molcat, the prettiest cat in the universe
Everyone knows she's the Molcat and everyone knows he's a dude
She's Molcat and he's Billguy and that's weird
She's Molcat, she's Molcat, the prettiest cat in the universe
Everyone knows she's the Molcat and everyone knows I'm a dude
She's Molcat and I'm Billguy and that's cool
EVERYBODY!
She's Molcat, she's Molcat, the prettiest cat in the universe
Everyone knows she's the Molcat and I guess it's okay he's a dude
She's Molcat and he's Billguy and that's cool
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4. |
O Lansdale
04:58
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I do not long for Lansdale
That joy of my youth gone pale
From what once I would cherish
From you I set sail
I have not longed for Lansdale
I gripped like a child to my homeland
As frightened as me, you withdrew your hand
Ah, miserie, ah, woe is me
Far better has my travel been
An adventurous youth unfettered
Habits, for aye, are changing
And young hearts ne'er breaking
I gripped like a child to my homeland
As frightened as me, you withdrew your hand
Ah, miserie, ah, woe is me
With the coming of spring
Your flowers will wither and fade
Your fields will not sing
And your guests all will be
unworthy enough to tend your glade
One day, if your rustic charms return
I may deign to list and learn
from a scorched earth and a scorched soul
of the joy you craft alone
I gripped like a child to my homeland
As frightened as me, you withdrew your hand
Ah, miserie
Ah woe is you, I rather think
O, Lansdale! O, Lansdale!
Your living eye has witnessed
A boy become a man
Whose passions staunch and true
Are not unseen to you
Whose flowing fount of joy does grief employ
To bring my words to you
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5. |
Caitlin Ryan
02:32
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Did Joey think of you when fucking Tessa Campanelli?
Did Joey ever think she was his fucking Cindarelli?
Did Joey ever know he was a little overzeally?
I had faith in him too
Jeremiah, be true
A girl like you comes once in a lifetime
He’s blown it more than once in a lifetime, don’t you know?
I’m the man for you, Caitlin, only man for you, Caitlin
I’ll take you from the 'burbs to the great CN tower
I’m the man for you, Caitlin, buy bandanas for Caitlin
I’ll burn down Degrassi just to show you my power
Did Rick get written out because he knew that I was comin’?
Did Claude kill himself because he heard of my true lovin’?
Did Ms. A deny the rumors cause she feared my mighty strummin’?
But the rumors were true
They all fell for you
A girl like you who’s been courted and wooed
Has been courted and wooed, so sick of “courted and wooed”…and don’t you know?
I’m the man for you, Caitlin, only man for you, Caitlin
I’ll never sleep a day until you’re bride and I’m bridegroom
I’m the man for you, Caitlin, buy bandanas for Caitlin
I’ll never write you poems and kill myself in a bathroom
Season 5’s famous bathroom, that'll last until the Next Generation!
Everybody wants someone they’ll never give up!
Everybody wants someone, I'll take your girlfriend
And never give, and never give,
And never give up
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6. |
Dear Rose
04:47
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Dear Rose,
Thank you for this bounty
Your gifts from all the county
Your love nobody knows
It shows
My gratitude’s expense
Is far from what you’d call immense
You see, my dearest Rose?
Every night I feel sick
I stay up until six
Am I supposed to be quick about cleaning you out of my sheets?
Thanks for the loose hair
You know I never did care
Every time I would tear them right out of your scalp
But the postal trucks at 4am are much louder than they ever were
Yes, the postal trucks at 5am are much louder than they ever were
Where’s an extra heart, or a set of lungs, or a noise machine, or a flower’s purr?
Dear Rose,
You’ve left me with these presents
Bereft of only your sweet presence
And love that never shows
It grows
The retribution hence
Those shillings turning into pence
My wallet took the blows
I still sleep with the stains
To remind me of pains
That you felt from the chains that you tied from my leg to your neck
The toothbrush I’ll keep
And if it helps you to sleep
I might allow you to keep mine, it’s an even trade
But the sunrise when it comes at last is quieter than it ever was
And the sunrise if it comes at all is quieter than it ever was
Where’s that extra phone to set those alarms which I don’t
need to hear the buzz?
When I remember your address, the thank you note is in the mail
So thanks again for all the fish that once were fruit, but who can tell?
What I have left of yellow Rose I’ll keep as long as I can stand the smell
Dear Rose,
Your love nobody knows
It goes and goes and goes and goes
Along with yellow Rose
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7. |
Jumpy Sick-Room Waltz
02:00
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I can't read it, there's no words on it!
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8. |
One Man Band
03:00
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There is a remote farm where Mrs. Buckley lives
Every July, peas grow there
Spreading art in all that she gives
The Big Man never seems to care
Does she do anything?
Ah! The French champagne!
Our King appears in many shapes and sizes
A one man band with the will of a god
Forgotten, rejected, and lost in disguises
Deserving a bow and receiving a nod
I’ve seen him reflected in a flickering light
Our king ascends to the sky
A one man band with the courage to fight
And prove the Welles haven’t run dry
Can we do anything?
Ah! The French champagne!
He’s Kane, Arkadin, the Scot-king Macbeth
Othello, or Ahab, the late Harry Lime
Quinlan, and Hastler, and Long John Silver
A touch of his evil is a hell of a time
Our King appears in many shapes and sizes
A one man band with the will of a god
Forgotten, rejected, and lost in disguises
Deserving a bow and receiving a nod
There’s a remote farm where Mrs. Buckley lives
Every July, peace grows there
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Your brief slipped through the doorway
Your envelope in red
It says “for your eyes only:
Make sure that she is dead”
A thunderclap of memories
Starts rumbling in my head
Though once I wanted romance
I wanted blood instead
I’ll break into her flat
And I'll wait beside her bed
I’d give up Queen and Country
To know the Bitch is dead
And when I know her secrets
I’ll pump her full of lead
And call you in the morning
To say the Bitch is dead
Skulls of fallen brothers
Are rotting in her bed
Eight forgotten angels
Who never feared to tread
We couldn’t see it coming
How we had been misled
We really should have realized
That the Bitch was red
I’ll break into her flat
And I’ll wait beside her bed
I’d give up Queen and Country
To know the Bitch is dead
And when I know her secrets
I’ll pump her full of lead
And call you in the morning
To say the Bitch is dead
When I know her secrets
I’ll wait inside her bed
And call you in the mourning
To say the Bitch is dead
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10. |
The Last Bird Overhead
04:38
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Why should I waste my time
When I could be alone stay alone
Why should I feel so wrong
Wanting to be asleep stay asleep
Why would I ever want
Three in the bush needing a coaxing
I only need just one in the hand need
One in the mouth
Tired of cats and dogs
That need their affection won
I’ve done all the work before
Why can’t I have just one
For good
Why should I waste my time
When I could be alone stay alone
With
Why should I feel so wrong
Wanting to be asleep stay asleep
With you
Tired of cats and dogs
That need their affection won
I’ve done all the work before
Why can’t I have just one
For good
How can I tell that next should turn into last
How can I tell there’s no reason to move things fast
How can I recognize those feathers I’ve never seen
On the swan from the mist of dreams
You’ll never fly away
I'll just have to feed you, bathe you
You’ll never fly away
I’ll just have to feel you, break you
For good
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William Remmers New York, New York
William Remmers has been doing music since he was a prattling babe.
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