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Mary Jane
04:21
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Another song about Mary Jane
Another song about Mary Jane
So many songs about Mary Jane
But none of those songs
has been about you
I’ve loved you since I was a little girl
in patent leather Buster Browns
High above you I watched reflections in you
Everything is upside-down
In high school your Chinese cotton cloth
was wedded to my thrift-store clothes
Plain or embroidered with blooming roses
stitched in red and pink upon your toes
Another song about Mary Jane...
Dear Dr. Marten
he brought you back to me
with big and sturdy soles that weigh
With one stately buckle
each foot is fastened in
for the combat of the average day
You are all grown up now with taller heels
and colors matching every mood
Always a girl inside, I won’t surrender
the practicality of youth
Another song about Mary Jane...
But this is the only one about you
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2. |
Creepy Feeling
04:11
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I’ve got a creepy feeling about you
And so I’m watching your every move
I’ve got a creepy feeling about you
And so I’m watching you across the room
As soon as you walk in
your eyes start scanning prey
with rapid movements left and right
, and so I step away
Slightly patronizing
you flatter to excess
Terms of endearment
, a plaster smile and a soft caress
I’ve got a creepy feeling about you...
Something rumbles
beneath the surface of your lake
Swimming slowly back and forth
to choose which bite to take
The seconds tick away
just marking time until
Your hidden motive rears its head
, revealing your true will
I’ve got a creepy feeling about you...
You kinda look familiar
Are you from my past?
I’ve got a creepy feeling
from when I saw you last
Sugar spins confections
in the windows of your eyes
Your sweet talk creates a candy shell
, and beneath the toxin lies
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3. |
Because I Said So
02:40
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Why do I have to comb my hair?
Why do you tell me what to wear?
Why do I have to be so nice?
Why can’t I get a new device?
Because I said so!
Why do I have to read all the time?
Why do I have to make a rhyme?
Why do I have to take a shower?
Why can’t I be the one in power!!!
Because I said so!
Why can’t I ever get new markers?
Why can’t this song be even darker?
Why do I have to be so patient?
Why can’t I be my own free agent?
Because I said so!
Ooooh, mama used to say
You’re gonna say it too one day
Yooou don’t wanna go to bed
You’re gonna do it because I said!
Why do I have to eat my dinner?
Why can’t I just be a sinner?
Why can’t I just go to school?
Why do you have to have so many rules?
Because I said so!
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Mutant (Chromosome 13)
03:09
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Three and twenty unmatched pairs
Like lovers, mother and father
Caterpillars lying side by side
Cover for lapses of each other
Myriad little nuts and bolts
To keep the body in functioning order
Mass producing molecules
An organism’s bricks and mortar
Unlucky number in the set
Malfunction in a certain gene
Location BRCA2 on chromosome 13
On chromosome 13
A problem has been located
Amino acid 1257
Proteins emerging truncated
The hand of fortune rolls the dice
With every move of the one good gene
Not a slip can I afford on chromosome 13
Is this a blessing or a curse?
Thanks be to God and call the nurse
Scarlet letter on my breast
Marks me as different from all the rest
’Cause I’m a mutant
Now the job is left to one
The partner in the pair
No longer allowed to fail
Perfect proteins for cell repair
Unlucky number in the set
Malfunction in a certain gene
ocation BRCA2 on chromosome 13
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Floating in her module
with her hair fanning out
Like the snakes of the monster
that the myths tell about
The notes of her flute
made a sweet serenade
Song of love to the planet
that the Big Bang made
Goddess in orbit
The astronaut flew
Charting the sky with her uniformed crew
Goddess in orbit
The astronaut’s flight
Mapping the stars and their light
Watching the behavior of matter in space
Liquid and gas in a plexiglass case
The absence of weight
made her osteoprone
so she worked out her muscles,
ran tests on her bones
Goddess in orbit...
A mom far away from
her bear cub below
He tracks her flight
and she talks to him on video
With a little stuffed tiger
and a bedtime tune
She says “I love you,
and I’ll be home soon.”
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6. |
In the Inn I Was In
03:45
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In the inn I was in....
There was only one bed
and six of us
There was only one bathroom
and all six of us had to go
at the same time!
There weren’t any windows
and just a curtain for the door
One day we’ll stay at a place
with breakfast and cable TV
Where they treat you nice and they know
what an inn is supposed to be
That place with the sheet on the chairs
was a fort I could not defend
O.K. for a living room game
but I’m glad it was just pretend
The custodian only came to clean
the room one time while I was there!
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7. |
Wonder Girl
04:38
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The strength of a mountain
Nothing can knock her down!
The force of a fountain
Bursting from the ground!
Wonder Girl always saves the day
Wonder Girl drives the clouds away
Wonder Girl foiled the villains again
With Wonder Girl, life begins again
The energy of lightning
The air electrifies!
Nothing is frightening
Fear is pulverized!
Love like a wild wind
Picking you up like a kite!
True to the very end
Shining brilliant light!
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8. |
Helen
04:52
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A fever named for a color I would never see
Turned off my eyes and ears completely
A growing girl felt vibrations in the floor
Of footsteps or the closing of a door
No words to send you a telegram
for mute I am
No thread for communication line
to your head from mine
Two sets of symbols form a code
a newfound road
Ten fingers carry signals to the world
from a thinking girl
Mama Keller gives a kiss upon the cheek
A guiding hand to the table, time to eat
A mirror, just an object in a frame
A freedom from that vanity and shame
The parade of green grass and blue sky
Impossible audience am I
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9. |
Orion Nebula
02:14
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Orion Nebula, Orion Nebula
A baby star is born
Not bright until it’s grown
Looking up at the sky
Furry fuzz above our eyes
Orion Nebula, Orion Nebula
Red and orange and big
Fuzzy like a wig
Orion Nebula, Orion Nebula
A baby star is born
Even brighter when she’s grown!
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10. |
Little Miss Muffet
02:41
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Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet
eating her curds and whey
Down came a spider
that sat down beside her
and frightened Miss Muffet away
They met at a café
serving from the buffet
getting cottage cheese
Then they made friends
Then they played pretend
Then they flew a kite in the breeze
Eight-legged bug
gave Miss Muffet a hug
hen she filled his dish
“How ’bout a slider?”
she said to the spider
And then she heard a “squish”!
She cried and cried all day
Didn’t want to play
She cried and cried all around
She cried ’till the sun went down
Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet
eating her curds just plain
Yet another spider sat beside her
and frightened Miss Muffet again
Then they flew a kite again
Then she accidentally killed it again!
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Persephone
07:26
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Mother, who’s that man
in the great chariot from the ground?
Mother, I am taken
into darkness stolen without a sound
No need to watch over
for after all I am grown
And never before was it perilous
to go picking flowers alone
Four seeds to make a bride
Reluctant queen, reluctant queen
Four seasons now divide
Her absence brown, her presence green
Baby, where have you gone?
Your song has gone silent as I call
Lady, lovely daughter
I will search for you
’till the earth dries to straw
Die fragrant flowers!
Wheat stalks turn to dust!
A chill shall fall upon all the land
as punishment for his lust
Four seeds to make a bride...
Beauty, soon you’ll trust me
Look past the outside, see my heart is pure
My hungry beautiful darling
A pomegranite I bring
A sweet seed for each month of cold
And the earth shall still have her spring
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The Mothermold Austin, Texas
Mother and daughter duo The Mothermold grow heirloom prog, punk, metal, goth, pop and art in their Texas backyard. Visual artist Lalena Fisher, formerly of NYC’s The Color Guard and The Hissyfits, plays guitar while Annika kicks serious ass on drums. They named their project after the supportive outer shell of a sculptural mold, as a metaphor for their relationship. ... more
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