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Alabaster Blues
04:26
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ten hours up the 90
a standing desk awaits
barren of the trinkets and retablos that might accompany
M as she enters into lifetimes of alabaster blues
formica and a hollow
are far enough away
that marbles tumbling down with every gaze we share's enough to make you say
I can't think about that for right now because I've gone alabaster grey
so we'll keep it down
for right now
there's nothing in a name
in 20 years, I'll pacify my wonder
bristles raised
and out of phase
I can't carry the tune
decant another silent stare
it's alabaster blues
from this vantage back behind
I hear the stolen verse
I eavesdropped on myself to find the tremors never asked me first
as if I owe a debt to my own fear because it's alabaster blue
so we'll keep it down
for right now
there's something in a name
in 20 years, I'm not sure if I'll wonder
bristles raised
and out of phase
I can't carry the tune
decant another silent stare
it's alabaster blues
when I told you that I wrote this song
you asked me how it went
I said I couldn't play it
because it doesn't have an end
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Tortoise & Hare
04:33
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what got lost in the fire?
why does it not surround you?
I could never retire,
but this race isn’t fair
the tortoise and the hare
at this corner
I hope we’ll cross
otherwise not fast enough
settle down aesop not the time to speak
you took me to the store but there’s no receipt
I said how am I supposed to run when I can’t compete?
and I’ll arrive if she asks me
see myself at the lakeshore
somehow outrun the rabbit
just as I’ve become able
this ending brings despair
the tortoise and the hare
maybe monday
I’ll lose my head
and on tuesday
I’ll forget what you said
settle down aesop not the time to speak
you took me to the store but there’s no receipt
I said how am I supposed to run when I can’t compete
and I’ll arrive if you ask me
I’ll arrive if you ask me
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Michigan; Indiana
03:59
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it’s far enough
to traffic stolen goods
but now they’re all around
a painting of these woods
in indiana fall
they move so slow
the waves against the rock falls
throw them one by one
we don’t even mind if
michigan is cold
fire lights the night
burns the hair off of our wrists
a michiana wind in our stomachs
I wouldn’t change at all
I wouldn’t change at all
in 70
I found my caledonia
seven rivers flowed
let me in among them
I never would have known
I never would have known
fire lights the night
burns the hair off of our wrists
a michiana wind in our stomachs
I wouldn’t change at all
I wouldn’t change at all
fire lights the night
burns the hair off of our wrists
a michiana wind in our stomachs
I wouldn’t change at all
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4. |
Label (Side A)
04:59
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pile into the car
half a bird in the box
lines pass white and yellow
to the Greens
111 down the hall
blue arrows on the wall
and all of my wishes
these are all of my wishes
Label
sitting at that table
with a smile upon your face
it’s more than I can take
three black beetles down houston street
chilly drinks and sandy feet
pull me from the pool I cannot breathe
hey Leon
strafford house bought and sold
flowers bloom in winter cold
Mary living in the solace of their greed
Label
i wish it were a fable
but now that you’re below
the towel has been thrown
three black beetles down houston street
chilly drinks and sandy feet
pull me from the pool I cannot breathe
hey Leon
three black beetles down houston street
I’ll be back after six more weeks
rectify this breach I cannot breathe
hey Leon
Label
sitting at my table
these are all of my wishes
these are all of my wishes
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Border House Oberlin, Ohio
border house is the solo project of record producer daniel markus
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