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All Her Things Come Easily
Today was a good one
My friends were there for me.
I finally, I finally, I finally won the lottery.
I have a seashell that speaks to me.
She scrapes the surface of everything.
She talks about the sharks.
She raves on about the dark.
Now my seashell is in love with the sea.
All Her Things
All Her Things
All Her Things Come easily
Today was a good one for me.
My friends were there.
All Her Things
All Her Things
All Her Things Come Easily
All These Things
All These Things
All These Things Come easily
Today was a good one.
Today was a good one.
Today was a good one
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Hold My Place
04:58
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Hold My Place
All laced up with everywhere to go
Desert rose in my hair
Will they think that I've been misbehavin'?
Will they know nothing's going on in here?
I've seen you in the movies.
I've seen it over and over in my head.
Well you change the colors from time to time.
I'll change the way I fall down the stairs.
Hold my, hold my place.
Tell me what , tell me what I missed.
Is it okay, that I'm leaving.
When I get back will you fill me in?
So we both voted on a beginning.
What about voting on the end?
Will you change the way you look?
I'll change the way I part my hair.
Hold my, hold my place.
Tell me what , tell me what I missed.
Is it okay, that I'm leaving.
When I get back will you fit me in?
Hold my, hold my place.
Tell me what , tell me what I missed.
Is it okay, that I'm leaving.
When I get back will you fit me in?
Hold my, hold my place.
Tell me what , tell me what I missed
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Star Treatment
03:44
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Star Treatment
Sawyer on the staircase
Matron of the promenade
Stepping stones on their own
they had dealt with both their lots
He was a worker. She was an employee.
They had given up on making more . It was written in the trees
Up on the hill was a mansion. The baseboards were made of gold
She pointed out that they give star treatment on the third floor, the third floor
Who cares about the monsters?
Who cares about the scars?
He said I believe there's an open sea
with an open sore dressed for me
What makes you a broken person? What makes you broken?
What makes us broken people? Is it the star treatment?
Star Treatment. Star treatment
Sawyer on the staircase. Matron of the promenade.
Stepping stones on their own. They had dealt with both their lots
What makes you a broken person? What makes you broken?
What makes us broken people? Is it the star treatment?
Star Treatment. Star treatment
Beyond the monsters and the scars
Well there's an open sea with an open sore dressed for me.
What makes you a broken person?
What makes you broken?
What makes us broken people?
Is it the star treatment?
Star Treatment
Star treatment
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Alligator's Tale
01:49
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Alligator's Tale
When I met you in the orange grove
The pickers placed their bets
With baskets full of daffodils
you offered me your hat.
Saving me from the poisonous sun
Boxing up my cares.
Tying up my broken heart
with an alligator's tail.
Lets go to the Cypress swamp
and hide out with the bears
Get tangled up in the tupelo
they'll catch us if they can.
It's utterly marvelous
that you boxed up all of my cares
and you tied up my broken heart
with an alligator's tail
Lizards are monitoring
all of our moves
when it gets late don't take me away
a kiss will not do.
Then we'll holler for the poisonous sun.
and box up all our cares
and I'll tie up your broken heart with an alligator's tail
I'll tie up your broken heart with an alligator's tail
and I'll tie up your broken heart with an alligator's tail
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Sorcerer of Kalamazoo
I spilled my guts as a proper girl
I wiped them up with a blue eyed boy
While hanging out, he thought that he would dry
Blackbirds came down and scrawled my name into his side.
This is a small town, that mumbles under her breath
The days have blisters on their feet
The nights pray for rest
Choking on the silence, he's a simple man.
Wandering in the streets, bumming cigarettes
What will you share?
What will you concoct?
Well as the sorcerer of Kalamazoo
What pill will you hand out?
What will you share?
What will you concoct?
Well as the sorcerer of Kalamazoo
What pill will you hand out?
The rapids were grand.
They contain themselves
Only fibbing to the congregation that pats him on his back.
He looks good in brown, he feels best in black
Like a thistle on the road
There's nothing left to fight back.
What will you share?
What will you concoct?
Well as the sorcerer of Kalamazoo
What pill will you hand out?
What will you share?
What will you concoct?
Well as the sorcerer of Kalamazoo
What pill will you hand out?
What pill will you hand out?
What pill will you hand out?
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It Won’t Be an Imposition
Beyond the falls
The squirrels make their own calls.
Fancying the cardinals games.
Building campfires with eternal flames.
Where I live we eat the seeds.
Squeeze pulp from small hands
and feed the trees
the ones with the strongest limbs.
The ones that will stand when my name disappears.
Let's make a resolution.
It won't be an imposition.
Let's make a resolution
It won't be an imposition.
She let go of the strings
He stepped off the edge.
The squirrels are applauding
Today will be the day.
The cardinals are cleaning up their act
Straightening up all of our cracks.
Let's make a resolution.
It won't be an imposition.
Let's make a resolution
It won't be an imposition.
Papapappapapa
Today will be the day
Papppapaapapa
Today will be the day
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Shake It Rock n' Roller
04:15
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You were so young when you were told to figure it out
With a baby girl and an upright piano on your side
Mama loved your blonde girls and your sense of spite
And when you raked the keys and unlocked our soul, it was a hellfire
A hellfire.
You took off to Memphis without any clothes
Where you'd break your minds
Propped your legs to the right and hollered a possession with no sight
Radio towers were playing the serpent without a bite
And when you raked the keys and unlocked our souls, it was a hellfire
Shake It Rock n' Roller, Daddy's all right.
Shake it Killer Shake It, Jesus will be all right.
Shake it Rock n' Roller, Daddy's all right.
Shake it Killer, Shake It, Jesus will be all right.
You took off to Memphis without any clothes
It was carnival ride.
You had to share your sense of sweat and smell
In order for the demons to subside
Last night I heard the scream of a hammer that strikes
And when you rake the keys and unlocked your soul
It was a hellfire
Shake It Rock n' Roller, Daddy's all right.
Shake it Killer Shake It, Jesus will be all right.
Shake it Rock n' Roller, Daddy's all right.
Shake it Killer, Shake It, Jesus will be all right.
Shake it Killer, Shake It, Jesus will be all right.
Shake it Killer, Shake It, Jesus will be all right.
Shake it Killer, Shake It, Jesus will be all right.
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What's The Standstill
03:03
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I'm obsessed with being unimpressed even when I look away
Georgia's on my mind. She was last in line
I've been swearing on holidays
Perhaps its best if I put the phone down
Verifications. Stipulations. Let's make a deal.
Oooooooooooooooh. Ooooooooooooooh
What's the standstill
Is there a countdown?
What's the standstill
Is there a countdown – own – own.
Let's not get into that. Billy's got a baseball bat
Stir up with peppermint sticks
Is your street smart? Did she get it from the start?
Cross her out with an X
Perhaps its best if I put the phone down-own-own
Are you over it all?
Watch the drummer hit the wall.
Parapapapam, parapapapam.
Oooooooooooooooh. Oooooooooooooooh
What's the standstill
Is there a countdown?
What's the standstill
Is there a countdown – own – own.
Oooooooooooooooh. Ooooooooooooooh
Is there a countdown?
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What's inside of your heart?
Give me a hint, and I'll try not to guess.
It's all about saving time, precious time.
I've got a Mason jar where we could fit it all in.
Your dreams used to mean something to me.
What's inside of your heart?
I love this place. This is where I'm from.
What's inside of your heart?
Strolling through 100 Oaks
Gunbunnies at the Armory, missing curfews
You were so beautiful. I thought I would puke.
Your dreams used to mean something to me.
What's inside of your heart?
I love this place. This is where you're from.
We're from the same place. I know what's inside your heart.
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Shonali Bhowmik New York, New York
Shonali Bhowmik is a musician, actress, comedienne, filmmaker and writer. She is the leader of the indie rock band Tigers and Monkeys which released their latest album Saturday Destroyer in 2018. She has her own independent music and comedy record label called Little Lamb Recordings. She was one of the leaders of Ultrababyfat who was featured in David Cross’ tour DVD Let America Laugh. ... more
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