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Between the Lines
04:04
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What's that you're saying
Ya ain't got no time?
That's an understatement
I know I ain't got mine
Yeah, while you're slavin'
Every single day
Someone's engravin'
Words on your grave
So don't read between the lines
Everything is fine
Everybody's dyin'
And there ain't much time
I hear you talkin'
What did you say?
I hear you talk, talk, talk, talk
But what did you say?
Your words mean nothin'
They're thin as air
No they mean noth-noth-noth-nothin'
I just don't care
So don't read between the lines
Everything is fine
Everybody's dyin'
And there ain't much time
Look at your social climbers
Talkin' smart and talkin' loud
They're gettin' high, high, high
Never comin' down
You got it made, babe
You got it swell
Friends in high places
Oh, the stories you could tell
So don't read between the lines
Everything is fine
Everybody's dyin'
And there ain't much time
Mike Starling: vocals, acoustic guitars
Mark Lakmann: trombone, bass trombone, horn arrangement
Hans Mayer: bass
Dave Purcell: drums, tambourine
Words and music ©1992 Mike Starling
Published by Bean Hoy Music (BMI)
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Sorry, forgot my tie-dyed T-shirt
Outgrew it back in ’79
Pardon, don’t drive my VW microbus
The tranny blew in ’85
’Scuse me, sold all of my Dead records
Did not replace ’em on CD
Sorry, didn’t order cappuccino
Plain old coffee’s good enough for me
Sorry, I’m kind of out of touch lately
Can’t tell you who’s on MTV
Wouldn’t know Pavement from cement on the highway
Don’t know Green Day from green tea
Sorry, I was born in the ’50s
I’m on the other side of 30
I ain’t marchin’ for no no-nuke causes
Cuz it really don’t do a thing
I don’t frequent no after bar parties
I don’t feel like getting high
I don’t drive around in no Isuzu Trooper
With subwoofers piled up to the sky
I beg forgiveness, I know my face is clean-shaven
But I just won’t grow no goatee
Ain’t got no tattoos, ain’t got no tongue- or nose-ring
It just all looks too painful to me
Sorry
I said I’m sorry
Mike Starling: vocals, acoustic guitars, bass, harmonica
Hans Mayer: Danelectro “scratch” guitar
Dave Purcell: drums
Jason Knox: backing vocals
Words and music ©1994 Mike Starling
Published by Bean Hoy Music (BMI)
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3. |
Boys Can't Be Trusted
03:43
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Girl and boy, both age two
What's the difference between the two?
Is the thing already set
Or is it to be learned yet?
Girl and boy pullin' doggy's tail
Poor little puppy starts to wail
Girl says stop, he don't like it
Boy keeps pullin' 'til he gets bit
Boys can't be trusted
Man and boy, age 22
What's the difference between the two?
One don't lie because he loves
One don't care but says he does
Scientists have the cure
To stop babies before they grow
One for girls, one for boys
Guess who gets to make the choice?
Boys can't be trusted
Mike Starling: vocals, acoustic guitars, cedar flute
Mark Lakmann: trombone, horn arrangement
Hans Mayer: bass, Danelectro “scratch” guitar, backing vocals
Dave Purcell: drums, shakers
Jeff Halko: backing vocals
Words and music ©1993 Mike Starling
Published by Bean Hoy Music (BMI)
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4. |
Rain In My Heart
03:15
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Rain in my heart it just won't go away
Clouds all around, rain on the window pane
Rain in my brain, just can't beat the pain
Flyin' south for the winter just like the geese
Clouds all around, crowded so close in the sky
Give me my wings above them so I can fly
Mike Starling: vocals, acoustic guitars, bass, snaps
Mark Lakmann: trombone, horn arrangement
Hans Mayer: slide bass intro, backing vocals
Dave Purcell: drums
Jeff Halko: lap steel guitar, backing vocals
Jason Knox: piano, backing vocals
Words and music ©1994 Mike Starling
Published by Bean Hoy Music (BMI)
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Life was good in the 1970s
We ran around doin’ anything we pleased
Rent and love and beer were cheap
I lost my short-term memory
Life was good in the 1970s
John Travolta playin’ Vinnie Barbarino
Listenin’ to progressive rock radio
Tommy Bolin singin’ “Post Toastee”
I lost my short-term memory
Life was cool in the 1970s
Workin’ at the downtown record store
We sold water beds and Dugouts by the score
Zig Zag, Top and Abadie
I lost my short term memory
Life was easy in the 1970s
Pickin’ up foxes down at the disco bar
Farrah Fawcett haircuts and muscle cars
Losin’ our virginity and our short-term memory
Life was dumb in the 1970s
Mike Starling: vocals, acoustic guitar
Hans Mayer: bass
Dave Purcell: drums
Jason Knox: electric guitar
Words and music ©1992 Mike Starling
Published by Bean Hoy Music (BMI)
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6. |
My 19-Inch Teacher
03:36
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Mr. Drysdale, Granny, Ellie Mae and Jeffro
Maxwell Smart and 99, the Green Hornet and Kato
That teacher guy on Kung Fu
How’d they get his eyes to be so white?
He’d say “Ah so, now grasshopper’’
To me every Wednesday night
My 19-inch teacher
Measured diagonal
Weren’t no Trinitrons or Sonys
And black-and-white was all we could afford
My electronic teacher
Beamin’ lessons from coast to coast
My ghostly one-way mirror
Feedin’ us the shit we love the most
I remember cartoons pushin’ all those Hot Wheels that I craved
Scooby Doo and Spiderman, Fred and Barney livin’ in a cave
My sister she loved Lucy, every day she watched that show
I remember movies chopped up til they were unrecognizable
To save my virgin ears, I suppose
My 19-inch teacher
Measured diagonal
Weren’t no Trinitrons or Sonys
And black-and-white was all we could afford
My electronic teacher
Beamin’ lessons from coast to coast
My ghostly one-way mirror
Feedin’ us the shit we love the most
Mike Starling: vocals, acoustic guitar
Mark Lakmann: trombone, bass trombone, horn arrangement
Hans Mayer: bass, Danelectro “scratch” guitar
Dave Purcell: drums, tambourine, cowbell
Jason Knox: piano
Words and music ©1992 Mike Starling
Published by Bean Hoy Music (BMI)
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7. |
Blanket of Stars
02:12
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Sleepin’ under a blanket of stars
Gazin’ in wonder at the stars
Livin’ and dyin’ under the stars
There’s no escapin’ from the stars
Mike Starling: vocals, acoustic guitars, didgeridoo
Hans Mayer: mandolin, cedar flute
Dave Purcell: drums
Words and music ©1992 Mike Starling and Gretchen Lee Henchen. Published by Bean Hoy Music (BMI).
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