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Adagio For Piranhas

by Patrick Porter

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NEW YORK (GOLDFISH BREATH) Lyrics By Patrick Porter C.2012 So here I am in New York Shadowing pavement in New York Pushing my waves out in New York Breaking my hayseeds in New York Dames and damsels in New York Games and gambles in New York Over-leaden pencils in New York Silver utensils in New York I don't want American History All I want is New York, New York And I'm in New York Hey, look at me, I'm in New York I love the sky in New York I love the sun on the bricks in New York I love the Monet light in New York I love the fire hydrants in New York I love how everyone's mad in New York I love how everyone's crazy in New York I even love the Price Chopper in New York Electric billboards in New York I don't want American History All I want is New York, New York And I'm in New York Hey, look at me, I'm in New York I know all the ghosts here in New York I talk to the buildings in New York I fly all the airplanes in New York I drink the bodegas in New York I raise all the churches in New York I cross all the bridges in New York I'm making a bed here in New York And I'm never leaving New York I don't want American History All I want is New York, New York And I'm in New York Hey, look at me, I'm in New York
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MISFORTUNE COOKIES Lyrics by Patrick Porter, C. 2011 Time's a burning flag Leave the light on Keep a pact Faith's a road to ride on Someone died on Someone died Face a loaded moon Face a loaded man Paper eyes alight When it's done right When it's done right But when you pass a hand There's many ways to Pass it back Face a loaded moon Face a loaded man The things that I regret I might rescind them But I forget If I end up alone At least I'll know I've Always known Face a loaded moon Face a loaded man
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SOMETIMES I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE IN NOTHING Lyrics by Patrick Porter, C. 2011 Sometimes I just can't believe in nothing Sometimes I just can't believe in nothing Sometimes I decide the whole world is nothing And sometimes I just can't believe in nothing I went into the world to find out something I went into the world to find out something But all I found out was a world of nothing And sometimes I just can't believe in nothing
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BUT I WAS FLOATING Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 I went out to roam Sealed my life away from home But I was floating But I was floating There was a cause To steal my life away from yours But I was floating But I was floating Away from Earth Away from Earth Job had a job To play patty-cakes with God While I was floating While I was floating Souls cost a lot Happiness does not But I was floating But I was floating Away from Earth Away from Earth Pain pave a road Seal my life away from home But I was floating But I was floating There was a cause To shield my life away from yours But I was floating But I was floating Away from Earth Away from Earth
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DEATH BY CONSOLATION Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 Don't come looking for me I've turned into a businessman I'm bricking up the factory I'm bowing to a master plan You've got to blink before your eyes are closed You've got to switch it like the TV shows You've got to tie it to the back of a boat You've got to starve a man until it chokes Don't come calling for me I've got this paperwork to do I'm building an atomic bomb Detonating it in your hairdo You've got to blink before your eyes are closed You've got to switch it like the TV shows You've got to tie it to the back of a boat You've got to starve a man until it chokes I go into a paper city Go to make a trade I got a broken alphabet I got a paper trail, I'm on the make You got it You lost it I'm flying in a paper plane You know I got a discount rate I'm spitting on the clouds I got a paper trail, I'm on the make You got it You lost it Don't come looking for me I've turned into the Berlin Wall Don't write silly things on me Don't put my crumbs in your box You've got to blink before your eyes are closed You've got to switch it like the TV shows You've got to tie it to the back of a boat You've got to starve a man until it chokes
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Baby Tazer 03:32
BABY TAZER Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 Jesus send me a lover to break my heart Jesus send me a lover to soap my soul Jesus send me an apple to tip my cart Jesus send me a lover to break my heart Jesus send me a to change my guard Jesus send me a lover to change my mind Jesus send me an apple to tip my cart Jesus send me a lover to break my heart Jesus send me a lover to break my heart Jesus send me a lover to soap my soul Jesus send me an apple to tip my cart Jesus send me a lover to break my heart
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MILKSHAKE PERM Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 Peel a summer Into fall Dream a lover Cast a call Fold a flower In the wall Blow it all away Leave a notion When you go Lucky 7 Lucky 0 Man on wire Free to fall Blow it all away Maybe I'll blow away Give me license Give me hope Turn a blind eye Try to cope Spill the water Burn the rope Blow it all away Maybe I'll blow away
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EMINENCE FRUMP Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 Home sweet home A kettle and a stove A sata-little hole A picture on the wall So go outdoors Write the scriptures with the swords Why dontcha? Holy Ghost Holy mold Kinda like a cord Plugged into a wall But what about the coil? So be a bird Be seen and be heard Go out knockin' on the doors Why dontcha? Home sweet home Licorice rope A Cinderella cope Fantasy elope The sugar and the salt So be a bird Be seen and be heard Go out knockin' off the cross Why dontcha?
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Hot Mess 03:32
HOT MESS Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 Less inside to offer an offer Less inside to offer a role Less inside to meet in the middle Less inside to love I try, less so and less so I try, less so, unless Less inside to harbor an eyesore Less inside to think up a lie Less inside to handshake a halo Less inside to love I try, less so and less so I try, less so, unless Hot mess
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LET'S STOP WANTING Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 You know what they say About the will and the way Let's stop wanting Move sly and slow Like a soldier Let's stop wanting Pounding in nails Paper sails Let's stop wanting Save the sour grapes And put on the brakes Let's stop wanting For the last time, Darling The birds and the bees and The parking fees Let's stop wanting Eternal grace has Limited space Let's stop wanting For the last time, Darling Don't know where you'll go And I don't want to know Let's stop wanting I'll write your name On a passing train Let's stop wanting You know what they say About a memory grave Let's stop wanting We made the best Of a God that can't bless So let's stop wanting Pull the last heartstring Goodbye, Darling
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PURPLE DRESS (LIVING WITH DENTURES) Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 Take down your purple dress Swept in the sand and the soft, I palm you glow Our time is passing fast If you decide that you know me Just let me know Take down your purple dress Here in the wet of the windmill we lap it slow Cool air and frosted glass If you decide you don't need me Just let me go Feel like a man with a past Feel like a tack on a map Feel like the back of a bone Feel like a happened that can't (Get out of here!) Take down your purple dress If you can't handle a splatter Just fake a flow I can't; I need more traction If you decide that you'll grieve me Just kill me now Take down your purple dress And as a fact of the matter Just take it out Our check is kinda cashed If you decide I'm a fire Just throw me coal Feel like a man with a past Feel like a tack on a map Feel like the back of a bone Feel like a happened that can't (Get out of here!) Take down your purple dress Swept in the sand and the softness I palmed you glow Our time is frozen past Here in the windy and city I watched you go
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HOLY BOAT STOLEN OCEAN Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 Oh, my soul Where'd you go? I'm cold Holy dog Holy dog Bark 'Lord' The waves roll The waves roll My boat It's a hole I'm a goat I'm lost Oh, my Lord My Lord I'm bored Where'd you go? Where'd you go? Asshole Holy dog Holy dog Bark 'Lord' Forgive a goat Forgive a boat Goes slow Oh, my soul I don't know It's my fault Holy O The ocean lolls Asphalt
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LOVE IS HORRIBLE Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 Love is horrible It never works right It fucks you up It tells you lies It falls apart Right in front of your eyes It ruins your life I never want to do it again Love is terrible It always hurts you And when you're hurt You're hurt for good You'll always salt That particular wound Love is sad I never want to do it again Love is miserable I want to punch it I don't want to cry I don't want to meet A million ex-lovers Out on the street I just can't compete I never wanna do it again I'm never gonna do it again
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Lite Bulb Me 03:16
LITE BULB ME Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 My love is a ghost It just goes where it goes But there's one thing it knows: You don't light bulb me I could pretend I could mold, I could bend But you know, in the end You just don't light bulb me It's not your fault You don't light bulb me It's not your fault You just don't light bulb me I could lay off the booze Watch my Ps and my Qs Promise you Park Avenues But you don't light bulb me I could fluff up a bed Clean all the clocks in my head But you know I'd rather be dead Because you don't light bulb me It's not your fault You don't light bulb me You're fine, nothing's wrong You just don't light bulb me So now we say goodbye It's a game that ends in a tie I don't care, and I know why It's cuz you don't light bulb me So my love is a ghost It just goes where it goes But there's one thing it knows: That you don't light bulb me
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Business Law 02:58
BUSINESS LAW Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 I didn't notice it raining Until it slicked the pavement Shopping carts and parked policemen I bought a beer, brought it home, made it me This night's ripe for a hanging And all these faces are laughing Everything that's happening is happening Without me, I am not here, I disagree I don't get the joke Don't get above your raising Don't get above your station You will never change them The firing squad you're facing I don't get the joke
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Soap 03:00
SOAP Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2011 Slow winter snow A bang, my bad Turn off the stove Bad dog, bad dog But then God Is made of soap I know Where I saw stairs I walked Up them Blood on a coat Bad goat, bad goat But then God Is made of soap I know

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Recorded in 2011-2012 at 400 Bee Studios, Albany NY.

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released February 10, 2012

All sounds by Patrick Porter. All songs C. 2011-12, bring yr own bathos Publishing.

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