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Nom De Plume

by Carella Ross

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    an ever-evolving collection. some of these were apartment & hotel demos done for the fuck of it. every so often i will add a new track to this list.
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when you look into his eyes it comes to you as no surprise it's always the same every time he's out with you he tries to tell you what to do you don't need it that way sometimes you think you're playin' the fool he's runnin' around breakin' all the rules somehow that don't seem fair there's got to be a better way you know what i'm tryin' to say (bootlickers) i hope you're with me i hope you're with me when it's over you won't be lonely you won't be lonely when it's over it's over it's over it's over and in the morning when he's gone please don't sing that sad sad song i don't wanna hear it forget about him let him go it won't hurt what he don't know what he don't know what's he tryin' to say to you ?? what's he tryin' to tell you ?? he don't really care face the truth and realize you don't need his alibis no more no more no more i hope you're with me i hope you're with me when it's over you won't be lonely you won't be lonely when it's over it's over it's over it's over
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i was sayin' let me out of here before i was even born it's such a gamble when you get a face it's fascinatin' to observe what the mirror does but when i dine it's for the wall that i set a place i belong to the blank generation and i can take it or leave it each time i belong to the _____ generation but i can take it or leave it each time triangles were fallin' at the window as the doctor cursed he was a cartoon long forsaken by the public eye the nurse adjusted her garters as i breathed my first the doctor grabbed my throat and yelled "god's consolation prize" i belong to the blank generation and i can take it or leave it each time i belong to the _____ generation but i can take it or leave it each time to hold the t.v. to my lips the air so packed with cash then up the flights of stairs and drop it in the vacant lot to lose my train of thought and fall into your arms' tracks and watch beneath the eyelids every passing dot i belong to the blank generation and i can take it or leave it each time i belong to the _____ generation but i can take it or leave it each time prize prize prize prize
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could have come through anytime cold lonely puritan what are you fighting for ?? it's not my security it's just an old war not even a cold war don't say it in russian don't say it in german say it in broken english say it in broken english lose your father your husband your mother your children. what are you dying for ?? it's not my reality it's just an old war not even a cold war don't say it in russian don't say it in german say it in broken english say it in broken english
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man from the government man from the tax board man in the public school man owns the golden rule yeah i'm everybody's slave i made you my slave you said this I do for you if it would help to give the world back what it gave then I would I would I would I would for you I would for you you say my eyes are crazy eyes sometimes they are and so are you and if you wonder what I would do i would do anything if I could you know I would I would I would I would for you I would for you
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upon this key time will slide beyond the lock you lose your mind and as our door becomes open a rush of sound is found inside creating dreams that pass you by you may live your life a long long time but you will never know from where it came yet all you've seen is what you've wanted to you're walking forward as you look behind watching those old memories fade and die this door is heavy and is deeply stained with wasted tears that try to fight in vain you may be sitting feeling quite secure but listen carefully and this key is yours for we can lead you far beyond that door just a bent cold sidewalk just a bent cold sidewalk just a bent cold sidewalk just a bent cold sidewalk it may be gone
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I was dancing when I was twelve I was dancing when I was twelve I was dancing when I was aaah I was dancing when I was aaah I danced myself right out the womb I danced myself right out the womb Is it strange to dance so soon I danced myself right out the womb I was dancing when I was eight I was dancing when I was eight Is it strange to dance so late Is it strange to dance so late ahh ahh ahh ahh I danced myself into the tomb I danced myself into the tomb Is it strange to dance so soon I danced myself into the tomb Is it wrong to understand The fear that dwells inside a man What's it like to be a loon I liken it to a balloon ahh ahh ahh ahh I danced myself out of the womb I danced myself out of the womb Is it strange to dance so soon I danced myself into the tomb But then again once more I danced myself out of the womb I danced myself out of the womb Is it strange to dance so soon I danced myself out of the womb
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Well I live with snakes and lizards And other things that go bump in the night Cos to me everyday is halloween I have given up hiding and started to fight I have started to fight Well any time, any place, anywhere that I go All the people seem to stop and stare They say 'why are you dressed like it's halloween? You look so absurd, you look so obscene' O, why can't I live a life for me? Why should I take the abuse that's served? Why can't they see they're just like me It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world Well I let their teeny minds think That they're dealing with someone who is over the brink And I dress this way just to keep them at bay Cos halloween is everyday It's everyday O, why can't I live a life for me? Why should I take the abuse that's served? Why can't they see they're just like me It's the same, it's the same in the whole wide world O, why can't I live a life for me? Why should I take the abuse that's served? Why can't they see they're just like me I'm not the one that's so absurd Why hide it? Why fight it? Hurt feelings Best to stop feeling hurt From denials, reprisals It's the same it's the same in the whole wide world
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Cervix Couch 04:16
all together all alone places can not claim us home creed of love buzz not our way singing shapeless as our day fishwives leave the gutters mothers leave their sons while the curious men with their curious smiles leave rejected in pairs one by one one by one one by one one by one from action not from fear count us well we're always here feeding stranger lusts in dark cornered each in alley park fishwives leave the gutters mothers leave their sons while the curious men with their curious smiles leave rejected in pairs one by one one by one one by one one by one harps of choruses fill the air mark of shame already there streamers flung against the wind cross our faces we have....have have from action not from fear count us well we're always here feeding stranger lusts in dark cornered each in alley park fishwives leave the gutters mothers leave their sons while the curious men with their curious smiles leave rejected in pairs one by one one by one one by one one by one
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Starry Eyes 03:46
When she laughs She's got the power of a child in her eyes And when you cry now She'll hold you like a man's supposed to be held I can't get into words how I feel Get it right in this song now I set her free Needed a friend To come back to me Starry eyes Oh, oh Standing alone in the light You could see her cry With a smile and a wink And a sparkle in her eyes She calmly sighed, I will be all right Hey child you've had to take the pain Of a man on the streets You gotta let me in Needed a friend Even just for one night
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I want to hold the hand inside you I want to take the breath that's true I look to you and I see nothing I look to you to see the truth You live your life you go in shadows You'll come apart and you'll go black Some kind of light into your darkness Colors your eyes with what's not there. Fade into you Strange you never knew Fade into you I think it's strange you never knew A stranger's light comes on slowly A stranger's heart without a home You put your hands into your head And then it smiles cover your heart Fade into you Strange you never knew Fade into you I think it's strange you never knew
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Chloe don't know better Chloe's just like me, only beautiful A couple of years difference Those lessons never learned Did ya know ???? Chloe danced the tables in the French Quarter She's always been given so I can't always make her laugh But I'm proud to say and I won't forget Time spent laying by her side And a dream like this must die
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if your were here i could deceive you and if you were here you would believe but would you suspect my emotions wandering (yeah) do not want a part of this anymore the rain water drips through a crack in the ceiling and i;ll have to spend my time on repair but just like the rain i'll be always falling (yeah) only to rise and fall again
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Jane Says 04:26
Jane says I'm done with Sergio He treats me like a ragdoll She hides The television Says I don't owe him nothing, But if he comes back again Tell him to wait right here for me Or just Try again tomorrow I'm gonna kick tomorrow Gonna kick tomorrow Jane says Have you seen my wig around? I feel naked without it She knows They all want her to go But that's O.K. man She dont like them anyway Jane says She's goin away to spain When she gets my money saved I'm gonna start tomorrow I'm gonna kick tomorrow Gonna kick tomorrow She gets mad Starts to cry She takes a swing and She cant hit She don't mean no harm She just don't know What else to do about it Jane goes To the store at 8:00 She walks up on St. Andrews She waits And gets her dinner there She pulls her dinner From her pocket Jane says I've never been in love I don't know what it is Only knows if someone wants her I want 'em if they want me I only know they want me Jane says Jane says

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released August 7, 2010

the album cover is a photo i took of my Olivia lunchbox

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