1. |
Turn Me Over
03:54
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It was just the sunshine
Blazing down upon the crashing waves
I'm just another man
I'm like a cup of coffee
I'm a broken record playing on
I'm a cup of coffee
Just a scratched up a vinyl
But if you turned me over
It was just the coughing wind
The way the sunlight brushed across your face
Now I'm the pouring rain
I'm gonna keep on pounding
I'm a broken record playing on
Just a cup of coffee
I'm your scratched up vinyl
But if you turned me over
You'd find I'm not like any other guy
(chorus) So Turn me over
Was I just a passing train
But one you never noticed 'cause
I came too fast
You never even asked
You only said I'm sorry
I'm a broken record playing on
Just a cup of coffee
I'm your scratched up vinyl
But if you turned me over
It was just a passing thought
I was just a shadow on your mind
I'm never coming back
I'll always be the same
Just your cup of coffee brewing on
I'm a broken record
Just your scratched up vinyl
But if you turned me over
You'd find I'm not like any other guy
(chorus) So turn me over
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2. |
Yoko Song
03:30
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If you pretend to be my Yoko
And I pretend to be your John
What do we do when this over
When our catastrophe has come
If you meant everything you said today
Then I’ll believe it for a while
What do we do when we are broken down?
If I pretend to be your postman
And you pretend to get the door
What do I do when my pretender
Doesn’t answer anymore
What do I do when there is no one home
And I’ve been standing all the while
What do we do when we are broken down
If I pretend to be your guru
And you pretend to be my star
What do we do if this arrangement
Doesn’t get us very far
If you said everything you came to say
And still you haven’t made a sound
What do we do when we are broken down
If you pretend to be my agent
And I pretend to watch the wheels
What do we do when this engagement
Soon becomes the way it feels
What do we do when we have gone to town
And they’ve been talking all around?
What do we do when we are broken down
If you pretend to be my Yoko
And I pretend to be your John
What do we do when this is over
And our catastrophe has come
If you meant everything you said today
Then I’ll believe it for a while
What do we do when we are broken down?
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3. |
Every Message is Erased
03:39
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(chorus) Every message is erased
Every photograph replaced
Got to keep the record clean
Scrub your memory from my machine
Every alabi's been used,
Every accident excused
But now we louse it up again.
I only wear this jacket
Because it covers up my gait
And you can have a small town panic
We're in trouble but it's much too late
I only have an hour
But I suppose that's nothing new
And you can feel amused and abused
That I spend it running back to you
(chorus)
I ony have this feeling
When I come bounding trhough your door
And we can thow up chains and bolts
And say we tried but couldn't stand it anymore
And then we go on some hiatus
And throw our feelings in a box
But we can have a hard time poking fingers
Smashing fists against the lock
(chorus - new words)
Every issue is confused
Every arbiter recused
Got to keep the docket clean
Wash the fingerprints off our machine
Every item's been reviewed
All our penalties accrued
But still we haven't paid the fee
And is it that hard to explain
We shut it down and start again
And yet we never spread our wings and fly away
We just wait for another day
Fly fly away
Wait for the day to be released
Every message is erased
Every photograph replaced
Got to keep the record clean
Scrub your memory from my machine
Every alabi's been used
Every accident excused but now we start it up again
Oh oh oh, we start it up
We start it up again
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4. |
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Everybody's going to sleep now
Everybody's going to sleep
The old gray moon
The man with the tunes
Everybody's going to sleep
Everybody's going to sleep now
Everybody's going to sleep
The ice cream vendor
The money lender
The ballerina, the old bartender
Everybody's going to sleep
(chorus) So Close your eyes
Don't you worry
You'll grow older,
Don't you hurry
Let your little body drift away
We'll greet you with a song
and a smile at the break of day
Everybody's going to sleep now
Everybody's going to sleep
The electrician, the young beautician
The acrobat with blind ambition
Everybody's growing
Everybody's going to sleep
Everybody's going to sleep now
Everybody's going to sleep
Three small boys in their pajamas
Hearing tall tales of papa's and mama's
Everybody's growing
Everybody's going to sleep
(chorus)
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5. |
Bar Harbor
03:00
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Did he lay you in his bed
Gently cradling your head
Did he tell you things you used to be told by me
Did you have his coffee on your breath
On your drive down from Bar Harbor?
Bar Harbor
Did you open to his charms
When he locked you in his arms
Was he everything you wanted me to be
Did you honor love or welcome death
On your trip up to Bar Harbor?
Bar Harbor
Did they cover you in lace
As you had them take my place
Did you tell them that you used to be loved by me
Did you feel me sitting close at hand
On your drive down from Bar Harbor
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6. |
Target
03:06
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Walked past your house again
It doesn't make a difference
The blinds are drawn
The plants are staring at me vaguely from the sill
You could be sitting in your parlor
Sipping coffee with the milkman
That's a bitter pill
The feeling still remains, it hasn't died
It's just an empty kind of thrill
That has me clutch at my insides and wonder why
We can't be happening as we happened once before
And happening still
(chorus)
And everyone at Target drives a Honda
And every stranger's face looks just like you
And every poor man's imitation carry's home the blow
That it's all over and there's nothing I can do
And everyone at Target drives a Honda
Scrolled through your Facebook page
It didn't solve my problem
That blue-eyed rocker boy was staring through his sideburns
back at me
You could be sitting in his kitchen
Eating crackers from his cupboard
Oh what a thing to see
The days they just tick by they're all the same
My only hope is we'll collide
It's just my never ending game
That has me planning run-ins, chance encounters all the while,
Every time I step outside
(chorus)
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7. |
Lullaby Waltz
02:28
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Close the blinds
Turn out the light
May you never see a sweeter sight
Picture clouds
Rolling by
Feather pillows in the sky
Think of all the ones we love
Tonight
Lay yourself
Upon your bed
May you never feel a finer thread
Feel the weight of your cares
As they vanish into air
Feel your loved ones standing there
Tonight
Sleep well tonight
And you can gather all your lit-tle animals and items dear to you and secret promises and hold them tight
Oh
Glimmer in your eye
See what you want it all to be
And it’ll be all right
Don’t raise an eye
And you can think of all the pretty princesses the proven princes and the perfect, praying people as they sigh
Oh
Trouble passing nigh
Say where you wanted it to be
And it’ll pass you by
Sleep now the
Whole night through
Then pick yourself back up anew
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8. |
Happy Birthday
03:33
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Happy birthday to the woman I wronged
I’ve made such a mess of it all
So broken hearted pretty much all the time
And feeling suburban
These bottles of bourbon
Don’t lie
Don't rack 'em up
And say goodnight
Don't choose the darkness
For the light
Some things are worth the fight
Happy birthday to the love of my life
I’m feeling so lost for you now
Since we parted I’m a mouse of a man
And these feelings inflate
All the hours we wait
To decide
Happy birthday to you my forsaken bride
Don’t let the sun go down on us
Without a kicking screaming fuss
Or let the bitterness inside
be your guide
Happy birthday to the lover I knew
It seems such a long time ago
Since you’re gone I’m just a bumbling fool
With ears to the ground
How I long for the sound of your call
Happy birthday to the woman I’ve wronged
I’ve made such a mess of it all
So broken hearted pretty much all the time
And feeling suburban
These bottles of bourbon can’t hide
Happy birthday to you my forsaken bride
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9. |
Peaks Island Ferry
04:28
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On the Peaks Island Ferry
I reflected on the year I spent in exile
As I watched the restless water smack the bow
I thought of
All the ways I hurt the ones I love
I watched the ripples from above
And felt the guiding arms of love
Surround me
Amazing that it found me standing there
We've had every chance to reassess my crime
And how I tried to make it right to you
We've had ample time to talk
But all the friends who you hold dear to you say no
Make him pay, don't be his pet
He'll only play around you
Release the ties that bound you
Let him be
(Chorus)
On the way
To do what I think right and I'll come
All the way home
Bring it home to me
Bring it home to me
When the Peaks Island Ferry
Next sets sail for Portland harbor in the morning
I'll be riding in its cargo bay
my rented wagon filled with all my things
Burned by the year's unending stings
Yet still prepared to fly away
Without you
It just can't be about you anymore
I'm so sorry that I hurt you
I'm so sad you felt we couldn't even talk again
As the morning rays of sunshine ripple up
And catch my eyes from off the bay
I think of how you'll find your way
I hope that anger doesn't find a way
To stay inside you
I hope that love will guide you once again
(chorus)
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10. |
Resolution Time
05:02
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That old familiar song
I sing it each year
It never takes long
It's all about the plans I have to change my habits
Throw the ball I swear I'll grab it
Resolution, resolution, resolution time
That old familiar crack
The balls going down
I'll have an attack
It's all about the mood I though I shook last time around
I should have kept my promise
Resolution, resolution, resolution time
(chorus)
So carry on the grand tradition
Tack the paper to the wall
Every New Year's resolution
Does no good at all
So tear the paper down and watch it fall
That old familiar lark
It's that time of night
With Mr. Dick Clark
They're gathered in the streets with Roman candles
I don't see how anybody handles
Resolution, resolution, resolution time
(chorus)
Should old acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
Remember what you promised to yourself
And raise a mug up to your lips
To ward off thoughts unkind
Swallow to protect your mental health
That old familiar game
I play it each year
It comes out the same
It's all about the plans I have to change my habits
Throw the ball I swear I'll grab it
Resolution, resolution, resolution time
(chorus)
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Dan Sonenberg Portland, Maine
Dan Sonenberg is a composer and singer-songwriter living in Portland, Maine. He is the composer of the opera The Summer King, which was produced by Pittsburgh Opera in 2017, and Michigan Opera Theatre in 2018. Also the founder of the indie rock band Lovers of Fiction. ... more
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