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4AM
03:31
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It’s 4am. Sorry for calling. So how you been?
Bet you’re still out on the ocean. With all those notions. In the sunshine.
Guess the ocean’s OK. I’m back in the cornfields. Where I’ll stay.
But hey…It’s OK. I don’t really miss you…‘cept when I miss you.
You know your Mama still calls me? Asks me how I been. Tells me you’re too thin.
Lord knows she don’t like your new friend. Don’t know where he’s been. Don’t know where he’s sinned.
But hey…it’s OK. I don’t really miss you…‘cept when I miss you.
It’s 4am. Sorry for calling. So how you been?
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Better Than You
02:07
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I’m not sure I want to be. Your midnight luxury.
I’m not sure just where you go. I’m not sure you even know.
I’m not sure just what to do. I’ve been ignored by better than you.
But you’re so easy… It’s so hard to please me.. oh yeah
I’m not sure what I just saw. It might of been against the law.
I’m not sure just what to do. I’ve been ignored by better than you.
But you’re so easy… It’s so hard to please me.. oh yeah
I’m not sure just where I stand. Another sad and broken man
I’m not sure just what to do. I’ve been ignored by better than you.
I’ve been adored by better than you..
I’ve been loved by better than you..
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Plain Jane
03:18
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You’re so plain Jane
And you’re so strange Jane
Don’t ever change, ever Jane
You won’t walk Jane
And you won’t talk Jane
Don’t ever change, ever Jane
She’s just the one to relieve you of your gun
She will kick you in your head
When you’re on your podium
She’s wants the world, just your ordinary girl
You won’t find her in the restroom
With her diamonds and her pearls
You won't say Jane
And you won't play Jane
Don’t ever change, ever Jane
You're so strange Jane
And you're so plain Jane
Don’t ever change, ever Jane
Do you recall when she took you by the balls?
And she hung you from ceiling
Hung you from the walls
You know you love her
And you cannot live without that Jane
Can’t live without that Jane…
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You Don't Say
04:14
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It started in the garden with Daisy
Near your Mama’s heart and roses
Feel the Indy rain, it cleans me
See the falling snow come down, it blinds, now it blinds
You don’t say, you don’t say
Irreverent writer, I read you
Button down and tied, IQ divine
Can you feel me breathing behind you
Have you ever rocked your feet in time, now not in time
You don’t say, you don’t say
There’s a river running between us
There’s a mountain growing behind
Hear your Mama calling, she’s praying
See the tears, they fall down now they blind, now they blind
You don’t say, you don’t say
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Whisker Brain
03:15
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She said she can’t stay here anymore
She said she can’t stay here anymore
She done run down to Arkansas
And left me stranded with her Ma
She said she can’t stay here anymore
She said I been creepin’ down the well
She said I been creepin’ down the well
She said I don’t pray no more
And she don’t like what I’m lookin’ for
She says that I’m going straight to hell
She says I got whiskers on my brain
She says I got whiskers on my brain
She says I don’t pray no more
And I’ll be burnin’ that’s for sure
She says I got whiskers on my brain
But she said she thinks God could cut ‘em off
She says she thinks God could cut ‘em off
But I’m afraid of that blade
And all the changes it might make
She says she thinks God could cut ‘em off
Whisker Brain..
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City At Night
02:24
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City at night. Afraid to walk in your hometown.
Stay in tight. Take a good look around.
‘Cuz it aint right. Afraid to go out all alone.
Your city at night.
When you’re sitting in your kitchen.
See the headlines.
Another GUN goes off and you’re swimming in it.
City at night. Take it up and take it down.
Stay in tight. Take a good look around.
‘Cuz when you’re gone, they’ll say prayers and they'll move on.
Your city at night.
When you’re sitting in your kitchen.
See the headlines.
Another GUN goes off and you’re swimming in it.
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Least I'm Not Alone
03:53
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So I jumped off here distally. There’s nothing like the harmony of knowing that the farthest point of origin will protect me. From all the empty promises and all the things that speak to me. It’s OK if I just stay at home. At least I’m not alone. At least I’m not alone.
And I don’t mind if you’re not really here I know it’s truncated but clear for all the world see. That you’re here staring back at me. Hoping for some lateral device to pull the covers from my eyes. ‘Cause all these layers come and go. At least I’m not alone. At least I’m not alone.
And night time’s when it all starts getting strange. Wish I could simple rearrange that little part of me that lusts for the lobotomy. I need a little talking to and that’s the door that you come through. To keep this boy from sinking like a stone. At least I’m not alone. At least I’m not alone.
And I don’t mind if you’re not really here. I know you’re nothing I should fear. The world don’t have to see that you’re here standing next to me. ‘Cause I jumped off here distally and there’s nothing like the harmony of all these layers singing me back home. At least I’m not alone. At least I’m not alone.
At least I’m not alone.
At least I’m not alone…
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Silver & Gold
03:27
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Tempted Sur with silver, tempted Sur with gold
And all the earthly pleasures, man could ever hold
He came up from Virginia, with his walking cane
Stayed out on the side roads, so know one’d know his name
Some people said he was skinny, he’d just say he was lean
When them whiskey drinking Mamas catch sight
He’s the best they’ve ever seen
Yeah we’re talking midnight, Daddy’s not around
Church bells are ringing, without a sound
So get on back to Virginia, leave them girls alone
Stay out on the side roads, Delta coming home
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You're Gone
02:40
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Stay away from my house
Stay away from my lawn
Quit bugging my boss
Stay away from my mom
Quit calling my phone
Hanging up all the time
You think that I don’t know
You’re just wasting your time
You know you’re just too drunk
To even know that you’re gone
Stay away from my house
Stay away from my lawn
Quit bugging my boss
Stay away from my mom
Stay away from my car
Stay away from my dog
You know before I met you
I used to sleep like a log
You know you’re just too stoned
To even know that you’re gone
Stay away from my house
Stay away from my lawn
Quit bugging my boss
Stay away from my mom
You know you’re just too nuts
To even know that you’re gone
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Kelly Pardekooper Connecticut
My songs/voice work in 40+ films/TV shows. Iowa City native. “A roots musician who writes some of the sweetest, blues-infused, country-fied, American rock music of our time ”
-No Depression
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