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MIKEL ROUSE
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Wait For Me
If I get hypnotizedSlack jawed before your eyesIf I met LuciferHere’s what I’d say to her:
Lift up your skirtWhat could it hurt?
Love comes to those who waitThose who wait for meLove comes to those who wait for me
And if you get mystifiedPedaling side by sideYou’d be a sweet hotelPerfect for shaken well
Lift up your skirtWhat could it hurt?
Love comes to those who waitThose who wait for meLove comes to those who wait for me
(Love comes to those, wait for me)(Love comes to those, wait for me)
If I get Easter-boundCrosses to dance aroundWhen I met LuciferHere’s what I said to her:
Lift up your skirtWhat could it hurt?
Love comes to those who waitThose who wait for meLove comes to those who wait for me
C 2009 Mikel Rouse / All rights reservedPublished by Club Soda Music (ASCAP)Lyrics used by permission
Black Cracker
Me and this girl was talkin’ loudAbout America stickin’ out of reachAs if history turned a pageWith opportunity all the rage it seemed
Well, everybody she knows is tightAnd in recovery for the night and dayBut they’ll be serving a world at warAbout a minute and nothing more to say
And every morning before the sunBefore reality has begun in barsTake a number and get in lineFor a day of what’s yours and mine and ours
When I’m bored I can’t be bored with you(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)When I’m blown I can’t be blown in two(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)
When I wonder what I wouldn’t do(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)I will wait in single file for you(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)When I’m bored I can’t be bored with youWhen I’m blown I can’t be blown in twoWhen I wonder what I wouldn’t doI will wait in single file for you
Me and this girl was talkin’ loudAbout America stickin’ out of reachAs if history turned a pageWith opportunity all the rage it seemed
Well, everybody she knows is tightAnd in recovery for the night and dayBut they’ll be serving a world at warAbout a minute and nothing more to say
When I’m bored I can’t be bored with you(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)When I’m blown I can’t be blown in two(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)
When I wonder what I wouldn’t do(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)I will wait in single file for you(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)
And every morning before the sunBefore reality has begun in barsTake a number and get in lineFor a day of what’s yours and mine and ours
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AMERICA’S SECRETS
We must protect America’s secretsWe must protect America’s secrets
Give me my property backGive me my property back
Silence Of Sound
If I’m broken, I’m broken beside youAnd when I’m looking for someone to run toAnd if you’re thinkin’: I’m sinkin’ slowlyTo have and hold you my one and if only…
You could be here hangin’ aroundYear after year near to the groundSilence of sound
And if I wander, I wander around youA semicircle of heaven and hell tooA karaoke machine that won’t quitA song to nowhere, hit after hit and if…
You could be here hangin’ aroundWatching the waves near to the groundSilence of sound
And if I’m able I’ll manage a phone callTo check your ankle and catch your free fallThe kitchen’s crowded, the blender’s a riot‘Cause here in Clinton, we keep things quiet
If you could be here hanging aroundYear after year, silence of soundNear to the ground, silence of sound
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Yawn Factory
Move over, move overMove over, move over
When you get tired of lifeWhen you cannot think twiceMelting a welfare dimeDrifting from time to time
I say half day I say no wayYawn factory wish you were meI say half day I say NO
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I’m So Blue
Take the pillowcases, baby take the sheetsMaybe I don’t want them And maybe you could meet me Half way in the middleThe middle where I’m bound to beIf we’re stuck in cement, nothing near sublimeGiving up to reason, patterns over timeIt took years for us to shape themYears to leave the love behind
But I’m so blueThat I love you
Yes I’m going crazy, I’ve been there beforeStanding by for mercyOne foot out the door Where I was when you forgot meWhere I’ll be when you’re alone
Gift imagination’s possibilityBlowin’ dreams that blossomInsecurity inside a reputationA never land that’s unredeemed
But I’m so blueThat I love you
Through the rear view mirror As you wave goodbyeDid you ever wonder When I learned to drive Myself over my reactionsOver my mind gone blind
And when you go to garden, leveling your guideCatching conversation, making love to lifeIt goes on about its businessIt don’t suffer for its crimes
But I’m so blueThat I love youYes I’m so blueThat I love you
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Blue Book
Everybody reads my Blue BookEverybody reads my Blue Book yeah
Everybody reads the morning paperEverybody got the same adviceEverybody loses what they wagerEverybody got the lowest price
Everybody wants to read - Everybody reads my Blue BookEverybody wants to read - Everybody reads my Blue Book yeah
Everybody signs the same agreementEverybody sleepwalks loud and longEverybody pitches for the same teamEverybody wonders what went wrong
Everybody wants to read - Everybody reads my Blue BookEverybody wants to read - Everybody reads my Blue Book yeah
Star Chamber
Well it’s a star chamber for every strangerTake good money off the tableTurn it down and spread it ‘round Everybody sing!
It’s a star chamber, every waferTake communion slap a saviorTake time off for good behavior Everybody sing!
Well it’s a Star Chamber, slippery bankerMiss the boat and miss the mangerTake time off for good behavior Everybody sing!
It’s a star chamber from every angleTake a break from either angelTake one down, pass it ‘round – everybody sing!
Rose Woods
And when you think the worst is overYou know the worst has just begunAnd if you’re livin’ for the loopholeWell, I was oneWhatever you’ve done becomes undone
But they get sick and tired of youAnd Rose Woods wonders what to do
I wasn’t clumsy, not by natureI wasn’t beating on a drumBut when they took the bread and butterWell, I was hungAbout time the law had won
But they will break your heart in twoAnd Rose Woods wonders what to doYes they will break your heart in twoAnd Rose Woods wonders what to do
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Stay in School
Casanova, roll right overSitting in the last caféActing my age half way
Cars exploding, markets foldingNo one shops here anywayCalvary meets Chevrolet
I traded knowledge for tape decks and beerCaroling cocktails and all I hold dearNow the world’s ending did you ever hearYou should stay in school?
Carry over, sitting soberAs the money rolls awayTake the last holiday
Can you spot me half a century?If I’m in your thoughts todayGive me the right of way
Glossing over CasanovaSitting in the last caféFeeling my age each day
I convinced everyone nothing is freeLeft out the part that was all about meNow the world’s ending did I ever seeYou should stay in school?
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The Gravity Of New Orleans
If life was a nickel and death was a dimeI’d spend all my money all of the timeA fistful of dollars to squander at willAnd hurricane glasses waiting to fill
Up and down when they fall apart‘Round and ‘round when they fall apart
The gravity of New OrleansThe gravity of New Orleans
If wishes were horses then bankers would rideOn half-hearted levies with nowhere to hideThe future of family forgot and for saleWith memory markers and fate out on bail
Up and down when they fall apart‘Round and ‘round when they fall apart
The gravity of New OrleansThe gravity of New Orleans
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MY LOVE’S GONE REMIX
My love’s gone. It got all used up. Now my love’s gone.
Low Rent
I am waiting for some sign of life to appearBut the end of this wait is drawing near
Slip into your low rentSlip into your low rentI’ll be there waiting with colorful savingsFor every room
I was wrong to shake this handWhat if nothing in this world can stand?
Slip into your low rentSlip into your low rentI’ll be there waiting with colorful savingsOr silent investors and broken defectorsFor every room
I am empty as the light of dayI lived lonely and I never found my way
Slip into your low rentSlip into your low rentI’ll be there waiting with colorful savingsOr silent investors and broken defectorsFor every room
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GOVERN MY LOVE (QUASE PERDI MEU GARFO)
Almost lost my forkBut I didn’t lose my fork
Quase perdi meu garfomas você não perdeu seu garfo
Will you govern my love today?
Age Of Toys
Your business sense is late; I can’t waitYour love affairs go wrong, tag alongYour life’s a mystery date; I can’t wait
Heaven told me you was lonelyDropping anchor just to thank herFor all the noise, the age of toys
Drink ‘til you’re full of hate; I can’t waitYour grown-up toys hang out all aboutLeaving you at the gate; I can’t wait
Heaven told me you was lonelyDropping anchor just to thank herFor all the noise age of toys
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Love Bombing
Love bombing and side windingIf everybody could hold on tightlyMaybe I’d fly the plane for youAnd maybe I’d drop a bomb or two for
Love bombing and my timingIs really a way to keep from decidingWhat I’d do with a different viewMaybe I’d fall in love with you and
When I’m bored I can’t be bored with youWhen I’m blown I can’t be blown in two
And love bombing and love bombingAnd love bombing and love bombing
When I wonder what I wouldn’t doI will wait in single file for you
And love bombing and love bombingAnd love bombing and love bombing
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The World Got Away
When I’m bothered, can’t be calmed downI will tumble in this dead townLost in Heaven, lost my dreamsLike a beggar on her knees
The world got awayThe world got away with meThe world got awayThe world got away with meWell the world got awayThe world got a way with me
Wear my mornings up my sleeveAnd my evenings can’t believeWhat I wasted, all the yearsStuck in neutral, stuck in fear
The world got awayThe world got away with meThe world got awayThe world got away with meWell the world got awayWorld got a way with me
Away my self doubtAway my no cloutAway my longingAnd what’s gone wrong in me?
And why I’m dyingAnd why I wanderAnd while I’m at itWhat’s gone wrong with me?
Pick my poison like my friendsMakes life wonder where it ends
Take this body, take this soulFor the magic that we stole
The world got awayThe world got away with meThe world got awayThe world got away with meWell the world got awayThe world got a way with me
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TWIN MINUTES
Twin minutes, twin minutes with you. Twin minutes, twin minutes with you.
GRAVITY RADIOGRAVITY RADIO
01 REPORT 1 (1:19) 02 WAIT FOR ME (3:37) 03 BLACK CRACKER (4:50) 04 REPORT 2 (2:15) 05 SILENCE OF SOUND (3:36) 06 YAWN FACTORY (1:25) 07 I’M SO BLUE (5:42) 08 REPORT 3 (1:30) 09 BLUE BOOK (1:55) 10 STAR CHAMBER (1:42) 11 ROSE WOODS (1:36) 12 REPORT 4 (1:33) 13 STAY IN SCHOOL (3:13) 14 THE GRAVITY OF NEW ORLEANS (3:47) 15 LOW RENT (3:51) 16 REPORT 5 (1:46) 17 AGE OF TOYS (1:30) 18 LOVE BOMBING (2:12) 19 THE WORLD GOT AWAY (4:04) 20 CLOSING REPORT (0:50) TOTAL TIME: 52:00
C & P 2009 Mikel Rouse. All rights reserved. PUBLISHED BY CLUB SODA MUSIC (ASCAP) Manufactured by EXITMUSIC RECORDINGS, 405 West 45th Street, New York NY 10036. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting prohibited. Printed in USA EXITMUSIC 1012
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MIKEL ROUSE: vocals, acoustic, electric and slide guitars, bass, banjo, squeezebox, keyboards, prepared piano samples, harmonica, percussion, soundscapes.VEANNE COX: radio reports readerPENELOPE THOMAS: backing vocalsCHRISTINA PAWL: trumpet
Written, arranged and produced by Mikel RouseC & P 2009 Mikel Rouse / All rights reservedPublished by Club Soda Music (ASCAP)Lyrics used by permission
Recorded and mixed February 2007–May 2008 at The Apartment, NYCMastered at Center of the Earth, NYC Design and photography by M+R NYC
Thanks to: Veanne Cox, Matthew Gandolfo, Hal Willner, Sally Sanders, Mike Ross, Rebecca McBride, Karen Quisenberry, Valerie Oliverio, Tammey Kikta, Jenny E. Goelz, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Joseph V. Melillo, Karen Brooks Hopkins, BAM, Janice Price, Martha Halden-by, Clyde Wagner, Chris Lorway, Mitchell Marcus, the Luminato Festival, Stuart Leaf, Claire Sil-berman, Donna Cox, Robert Patterson, Jeff Carpenter, Stuart Levy, Lorne Leonard, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Emil Kang, Carolina Performing Arts Center, Jay Weigel, Contemporary Arts Center, Brian Bethune, ISPA, Alexia Baum, Lavont/Baum, Laura Kuhn, John Cage Trust, Merce Cunningham, Christina Pawl, Penelope Thomas, Bill Tesar, Ian Smith, Cynthia Marcus, Christo Logan, Cynthia Enfield, Luke Cissell, Liun Wen Ting, Thomas Kamm, Jeff Sugg, Richard Connors, William Knapp, Jon Schoenoff, Christopher Thomas Ericson, Michael W. Wil-liams, F. Randy deCelle, Maureen Reagan, John Havlik, Paul Young, Anni Poppen, Lisa Boudreau, Sue Devine, Yuri Kwon, Jumee Park, Michael Mushalla, Scott Hull, Matt Agoglia, Kyle Kelso, Howie Weinberg, Dave O’Donnell, Randy Merrill, Masterdisk NYC, John Zorn, The Stone, ESCA: Dave, Katie, Joey, Mario, Simon, Victor, Mariko, Elisha, Nina, Thanh, Carl, Alberto, Jacob, Stewart, Jan and everyone at EXITMUSIC RECORDINGS.
In memory of Susan SanGiovanni, Robert Rauschenberg and Betty Freeman
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