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Songles

by Karl Blau

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If I've died on you, Most certainly shove me off If I've died on you Most certainly There's not much time Most certainly If I've died on you Shove me - off "Not much time for what?" she asks "Not much time for what? she asks "Not much time for what? she asks she asks...
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Baby's in the crow's nest, can Baby read the signs I'm asked to test the water by pickling in the brine Though I like the smell of ocean, see me plug my nose in time Take one breath for my darlin' and another for my muse There's the cake and then the eating - I must have a sense to choose Bought some candy for my baby - coax her down from up on high Just to strap her to a rocket, point my baby to the sky Blue as my name - drunk with wonder again Taking the day off from imagining when My baby will drop down, my baby will drop down My baby will drop down, dow- wow - wow When I'm finished folding paper 1,000 thousand cranes in all It's enough to fill the pool, is it enough to break her fall? Now my baby's on the corner of ascent and transcend Now she takes the time to breathe, see her take the time to mend She takes the time to breathe, see her take the time to mend Blue as my name - drunk with wonder again Taking the day off from imagining when My baby will drop down, my baby will drop down My baby will drop down, my baby will drop down (But I'll be ready with open arms)
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Why is there this War today? Why is there this War today? Why is there this War today? Why is there this War? Let me lessen all the guessin' Let me know the score Let me settle in the nettle Let me hope for more Make me taller, make me cooler Make me hold the door Make me pretty in the city Make me work my core Loosen my tongue - get ready, set, speak On the things in life that make my weaknesses Sizzle and sup on my mind, my time is tied To the tidal grasp of my hide Tap on your bruises, it's the ego that cries Just don't look into its eyes Hey, why don't you talk about your muscles instead of your fears? Why is there this war today, why is there this war today? Why is there this war today, why is there this war? Get ready, get ready, get ready for the steady Get your Ro Sham Bo, Get your honey while it's sunny, get your golden flow Lose your crown and pass it round Crowded losers frown, list your piss among the vinegar off the lost and found Cancel the bars and cancel the reception Extend your life by extending your perception To include those around you, even those in the cracks, Between worlds they slipped, so pass over some slack Pass the box with the ancient inscription, like in the pyramids prescriptions I'll take this long distance call And when we peer amid the questions we'll raise Why is War? Why is poor? We find lying a sly paralyze-r With a sign anyone can see at least for a buck After good riddance is written good luck Why is there this War today? Why is there this War today? Why is there this War today? Poor the War away Poor the War away Poor the War away
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Oh-Uh-I can't get yer lovin' out of my head No-uh-I can't get yer lovin' out of my head Don't you know I need your love I knead the bread each day The wine I do without If I can get my hands into it now - I surely would, no doubt But-uh-I can't get yer lovin' - I can't get yer lovin' Bwo-uh-I can't get yer lovin' out of my head Look at you're so far away And on the road is now where I stay Make it take its course, of course It's coursing through my ve-he-he-heins! This different colored horse I ride It will not fit inside its reigns My kitchen is so far away where I would work the bread each day My kitchen is the only place My kitchen is the only place Where uh-I can get your lovin' out of my head
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written by Mildred Plew Meigs
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Songles is a collection of singles more or less. With enough songs laying around that something more coherent could be made of it I began putting the pieces back together from a tape release I made for What The Heck Fest in 2011 also entitled "Songles." Coming back to it to make the KLAPS release, I had to re-record many of the tracks just to get the feeling right of the record it wanted to be.

Recorded in a Stevie Wonder style, that is to say by multi-tracking by my lonesome, Songles is mostly 4 track reel to reel recordings from here at Hot Soup, Anacortes.

After a lot of love, "Songles" came together nicely with 10 tracks - it's concise and fun and stands on its own as a proper album as well as a collection. Many of these songs have already been recorded again for the freshly started label Space Bomb out of Richmond, VA. The Space Bomb release (2014) will be a cousin to Matt White's "Big Inner" which came out in Spring 2013 as it was recorded at the same time with the same backing band - the Spacebomb crew.

Any questions, feel free to write to me through my website kelplunacy.com or karlblau.com

Thanks for checking this out!

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released September 1, 2012

Theo Hilton, Jared Gandy, and Clyde Petersen jam chopped and screwed for "I Can't Get Your Lovin'"
"Moon Man Fishes" lyrics from a poem by Mildred Plew Meigs

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Karl Blau Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

These records are all over the place. My latest studio record Love & Harm consists of a modern country rock sound featuring the pedal steel of Jon Hyde (Introducing) and amazing players you'd recognize from playing on stage with me. Living in Germantown, Philadlephia, started a recording project called Opal Eskar, check that out too. ... more

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