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Recorded Summer 2012, Fleas & Teeth Recording Studios, NY. All songs Copyright 2012 by Patrick Porter; bring yr own bathos publishing

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released 24 September 2012
All sounds by Patrick Porter

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Track Name: Clack
Clack
(Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012)

I can't afford to waste another minute
Holding zone the telephone, and all the fun I miss
I can't afford to waste another minute here
Laundry-spin the bargain bin, and all the stones I bless

I can't afford to waste another moment here
Intercept a bitter limb and touch it to the tin
I can't afford to waste another moment here
Holding pen, the scent of sin, and how it came to pass

So I can't afford to waste another minute here
Pitch a hitter loud enough for everyone to hear

Waste another minute
Waste another minute
Waste another minute
Track Name: Genious
Genious
(Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012)

I don’t want a bird to fly out until the sun’s up
I don’t want to find out
I don’t want to come to find out
I don’t want to come to find out until the what’s what

Don’t ask me no pointed questions
Lead me away or pull me aside
You know you are a lollypop, lollypop
Don’t ask me to explain why
There’s (sic) pockmarks on your cellphone

I don’t want to find out
I don’t want to come to find out
I don’t want to come to find out until the what’s what
I don’t want a bird to fly out until the sun’s up

So don’t ask me no pointed questions
Climb my tree and sell me a smile
You know you are a lollypop, lollypop
Shallow end and plastic slide
Don’t ask me no pointed questions
Don’t ask me what books to read
I ain’t a school to question-session
Just pop your wheelies and believe
But you believe in Santa Claus
Track Name: Doing The Dishes Drunk
Doing The Dishes Drunk
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012

I’m doing the dishes drunk
So don’t tell me I ain’t good for nothing
Cuz I’m doing the dishes drunk

Baby you don’t have to be so rough
I know that I ain’t amounted to too much
I’m just doing the dishes drunk

This whole world gives me the creeps
All these dumb fucks think they’re playing for keeps
I’d rather just do the dishes drunk

Jesus, send me some luck
Jesus, please send me some luck
You know that I’m at the end of my rope
Jesus won’t you help me, you fuck
Track Name: Mart
Mart
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012

I got it at the Mart

I paid my money to the man in charge
I paid my money to the man over there
I paid my money to the man in charge
I paid my money to the man and I walked out the sliding doors

I got a shopping cart

I paid my money to the man in charge
I paid my money to the man over there
I paid my money to the man in charge
I paid my money to who put it there
I paid my money to the man and I walked out the sliding doors

He got it at the Mart
Track Name: Mavis
Mavis
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012

Mavis I’ve tried
To shake it in stride
But the man in the sky
Has hijacked my mind

I wake up at night
In the style of a child
I’m building a kite
That no one can fly

Halo, Jesus Hole, type up my file
Halo, Jesus Hole, it’s high time to die

Mavis I’m gone
It shouldn’t be long
I’m the catch of a Psalm
It won’t hurt at all

Just remember me
Like a leaf on a tree
Or a subba-marine
Who looked up to see

Halo, Jesus Hole, type up my file
Halo, Jesus Hole, been waiting a while
Halo, Jesus Hole, type up my file
Halo everyone watching me die
Track Name: Nanner
Nanner
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012

The church bells chime
They’re always talking
I’m on a walk
I’m always walking
I can think of a million
Things to do
But you’re not here and
They’re all with you

When you have to go
I know I’m gonna miss you so
Cuz every time you leave
The whole world’s only me
I know you have to go
But I really hate to be alone
I wish that you and me
Could always stay in one piece

I try to talk to other people
It doesn’t work; they’re all so stupid
So I just sit and think about you
And how everything is worse without you

When you have to go
I know I’m gonna miss you so
Cuz every time you leave
The whole world’s only me
I know you have to go
But I really hate to be alone
I wish that you and me
Could always stay in one piece

Don’t go away!

I really miss you, baby.
Track Name: You Don't Love Me
You Don’t Love Me
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012

Maybe someday we’ll be so happy
Laying here splayed on a bed sunbeam
A double-cross is a partial gain
A day’s made to stay but a night can leave

But you don’t love me
You don’t love me
Track Name: Bad Good Bye
Bad Good Bye
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012

Bad Good Bye
Bad Good Bye
There’s nothing worse than a good idea
That turns into a bad good bye

I’m sorry that we didn’t make it
But it’s not like we didn’t try
I’ll always remember you a lovely girl
Right up to the bad good bye

Bad Good Bye
Bad Good Bye
It’s sad to lose a soul you love so much
And you can hardly remember why

It’s been about five minutes
And you’re probably with another guy
But there’s nothing I can do but admit we’re through
And be the victim of a bad good bye
Track Name: On Notice
On Notice
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012

I’m putting you on notice
I’m putting you on ice

Because you say you love me but you only
Bring things that I don’t want in my life
Because I know I love you but I can’t do
Anything but shiver in the sand

So I’m putting you on notice
But I’m keeping you on file

Because you say you love me but you only
Know a couple people that I am
Because I know I love you but I’ll have to
Hate you and then love you all again
Because we’re from the same place and the place we’re from
Is the place where nothing makes sense
Because I want to be alone because alone
Is where I make the greatest friends
Track Name: Makeup
Makeup
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012

Violet high
Seller low
Please don’t stay here
Don’t go

Simple pearl
Summer leaf
I undress her
Sometimes

Wide eye
Ice cake
Garden snake
Same thing

You can’t have
The last laugh
Cuz I only listen
To my half

And if I say I want it
It only means I don’t
And if I say you’re killing me
You’re probably the only thing
Keeping me alive

Easy chair
Sullen vein
I’m not the only one
To try shame

Brick bleed
Sun chime
It’s mine
It’s all mine

And if I say I’ll do it
It only means I won’t
And if you think you’re killing me
You’re probably the only thing
Keeping me alive
Track Name: Fraud Song
Fraud Song
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012

You're a fraud
You draw sidewalks on the chalk
Fraud
Build a highway for a stop
Fraud
Cement windows to your wall
Fraud
Keep your fresh air in a jar

Hangman, hangman's gonna hang you
On a wet Saturday, and hand you to the sandman
Hey man, everyone is laughing
Cuz everybody knows there's no glass in your glasses

You're a fraud
Your jailcell's only got one bar
You're a fraud
Your crime is built out of a cop
Fraud
Mixing tie-dye with a mop
Fraud
Blowing bubbles out of pop

Hangman, hangman's gonna hang you
On a wet Saturday, and hand you to the sandman
Hey man, everyone is laughing
Cuz everybody knows there's no glass in your glasses

You're a fraud
Track Name: Seen
Seen
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012

I painted a sky on the telephone
Was waiting for a call
I don’t know if I can do without you
I don’t know if I can do, at all

I made a grave at the faces who passed
All I wanted was yours
I don’t know if I can do without you
I don’t know if I can do, at all

Babe, I just want something safe
I just want something
That stays in place

I’ll bury myself way out of town
I don’t want to fight no more
I don’t know if I can do without you
I don’t know if I can do, at all

The more I love, the more I’m lost
I always prove myself wrong
I don’t know if I can do without you
I don’t know if I can do, at all

Babe, I just want something safe
I just want something
That stays
Track Name: Good For You
Good For You
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012

I won’t be bad
I won’t be crazy
I’ll be good for you

I won’t get drunk
And get thrown into cop cars
I’ll be good for you

Trying to be nice
Trying to be happy
Trying to do what I’m supposed to do
And when I think
About being bad
I’ll just think of you
And be good for you

I will eat oatmeal for breakfast
I’ll be good for you
I won’t stand on ledges or smash my head through windows
I’ll be good for you

Trying to be nice
Trying to be happy
Trying to do what I’m supposed to do
And when I think
About being bad
I’ll just think of you
And be good for you

I won’t break down and wake up in alleys
I’ll be good for you
I won’t run around and go out on benders
I’ll be good for you

Trying to be sweet
Trying to be happy
Trying to do what I’m supposed to do
And when I think
About being bad
I’ll just think of you
And be good for you
Track Name: Love Ain't Leaving
Love Ain’t Leaving
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2012

Oh
I know
Sugarbowl
It’s hard as hell

But you’re
In my mind
All the time
So please survive

As long as your heart is beating
It’s best to know my love ain’t leaving

Pain
Makes a wave
Buys a slave
It’s hard to believe

But oh
I miss you so
I want to stroll
Your every aisle

As long as your heart is beating
It’s best to know my love ain’t leaving
Even if you’re tired of living
It’s best to know my love ain’t leaving
Track Name: U U U
U U U
Lyrics by Patrick Porter C 2012

You you you
You're my lover
I love you
There's no other

You you you
You're my baby
Make me proud
Make me happy

And babe let's just love each other
No more plots
No more warfare

You you you
You're my darling
Nights may fall
We're above them

You you you
You're my lover
I love you
You're my other

And babe let's just love each other
No more blood
No more martyr