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Eggs Buzz At Gate

by Songsville

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1.
Lenor 03:06
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I first got wind of Something intangible in the air Like a zephyr in the breeze Like a French smelly cheese Mixed with a hint of fabric softener I'm tracking you down, don't need a bloodhound I've got your scent in my lungs I'm on your trail, up hill and down dale Trace of you on the tip of my tongue Just one waft Can take me aloft Lenor, Lenor, Lenor, Lenor The smell of you In 1972 Gives me a frisson When it comes along On someone with the same aroma today In the super market Or sitting next to me on the tram If you see me start to sniff You'll know the reason - It's how you whiff ... I'm tracking you down, don't need a bloodhound I've got your scent in my lungs I'm on your trail, up hill and down dale Trace of you on the tip of my tongue Just one waft Can take me aloft Lenor, Lenor, Lenor, Lenor Or it could've been febreeze Like a zephyr in the breeze
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In Your Backyard 01:24
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From high over the maple tips Air was playing with my hair Tiny insects kissing the backs of our legs In our flight, we took no account of time From a roughened bench we fashioned a cloud to climb upon Locked young dew-drenched knees, and we were gone You gave me each soft breath A summer night could spill Dark windows shuttered Were they yards or miles away? Turning in the moon-fed cool of your backyard
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Meles meles 02:18
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Say hi to Sketchup Susie Her eyes follow you twice around the room Looks a lot like a certain ED Knee to one, knee to one, knee to one side Puncture my balloon 'Cause I've passed the Turing test Cut the mustard, dodged the speed trap Bent my circuits -- for once in my life ... Just the Meles meles Hanging around, long-toed and green-haired Basking in the glow of the docu-soaps Dozing, dozing, dozing in the halogen Puncture my balloon 'Cause I've passed the Turing test Cut the mustard, dodged the speed trap Bent my circuits -- for once in my life ... Past the oil sands Sixteenth century Poet's corner Life is an endless loop Puncture my balloon 'Cause I've passed the Turing test Played on my bassoons Ate some macaroons
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You're So Gorgeously Grotesk 03:14
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You are a very special face One for which I yearn I admire your lower case And the way that you kern Let's take your Béziers Gather up your glyphs Then I could kiss away On your shoulders, ears and hips You're so gorgeously grotesk Some think you're ugly, but I think you're the best Your curves so full and ripe You're just my type You're just my type Would it go against your beliefs To strip back to your inner sans? Step out of your serifs & reveal your ampersands? With my finger I trace Your curves and spine and stem But I know I have to give you space: At least 0.7 em You're so gorgeously grotesk Some think you're ugly, but I think you're the best Your curves so full and ripe You're just my type You're just my type [Whistle solo] You're so gorgeously grotesk Some think you're ugly, but I think you're the best Your curves so full and ripe You're just my type You're just my type
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Losing You 02:21
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Came in from the rain Your umbrella left in the hallway Traces of you Linger since you left It's really quite beautiful Losing you It's really quite beautiful Losing you House feels empty Calm after the storm Reminders still there That book you never read It's really quite beautiful Losing you It's really quite beautiful Losing you Balance restored Peace hard won Out of the cl-ou-ds Feel the sun It's really quite beautiful Losing you It's really quite beautiful Losing you
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Tumbleweed 03:01
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I've been rolling for a long time Across the plains with no reason or rhyme But the comes a time to snag the ground Quit turning, put my roots down Tumbleweed I'm glad that I drifted into you Tumbleweed Of all the places the wind could blow me to I found you Something I could anchor to Got no urge to wander out the door You got me staying here wanting more Cos I'm no longer tumbleweed My life was so freewheeling But here with you I get a better feeling You never try to pin me down I really think I could stick around Tumbleweed I'm glad that I drifted into you Tumbleweed Of all the places the wind could blow me to I found you Something I could anchor to Got no urge to wander out the door You got me staying here wanting more Cos I'm no longer tumbleweed Don't need to go round and round Wandering like some lonesome cloud I'll put my roots into your ground Tumbleweed I'm glad that I drifted into you Tumbleweed Of all the places the wind could blow me to If found you Something I could anchor to Got no urge to wander out the door You got me staying here wanting more Cos I'm no longer tumbleweed
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Came October 03:22
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I felt Spring yesterday You moved your cheek across my brow A cat's caress, done to impress Yourself that I am yours The air beside your mouth was soft In waking, your eyes moist and fogged As fields in April mornings Your words tumbled against themselves New leaves in the guttering breeze Of your voice, sayings the ripe night Left on pillows I felt Spring yesterday (instr. bridge) All year i had faded Every day for 30 years i've waited For this delicate richness To mold on me Your words tumbled against themselves New leaves in the guttering breeze Of your voice, sayings the ripe night Left on pillows I felt Spring yesterday Today from nowhere Cold is forming, snows are blowing Covering early shoots and other fools Who've lost their grasp On the seasons
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Lovely Night In June 02:45
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You got me buzzin' like a bee in the breeze through the trees on a windy summer's day. Feeling free and relieved I believe I will see you and me together all the day The birds are a chirpin' the butterflies flirtin' Lets stay here for a little while Til the light leave the room and the moon sets the mood On this lovely night in June Not a cloud in the sky, there's a light in your eyes hat inspires a happy tune The flower's are bloomin' I'm groomin' and groovin' for you and I know I'll make you smile Don't worry bout a thing we won't care if it rains Just as long as I'm here with you And I know that you're happy that you're happy too On this lovely night in June Oh Love Is Here, nothing to fear The birds are a chirpin' the butterflies flirtin' Lets stay here for a little while Til the light leave the room and the moon sets the mood On this lovely night in June Lyrics: Jamie Michelle Adair
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Kastrup 02:33
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On the train back to Kastrup over the bridge The turbines in the Oresund glinting in the weak winter sun Immersed in a daydream, I'm driving through the night Down the E47 to Lubeck in a big diesel engined hire car Emerging at dawn, car parked hot and ticking Wet cobbles slick under my feet Waiting for your voice through the apartment block intercom To crackle into my life once more To crackle into my life once more There's no reply so I walk down to Fischerstrasse I'm thinking you've gone for breakfast at Rick's Cafe like we used to You never even liked the coffee there, too weak you said, but we went anyway But I turn the corner, the cafe's not there Gone just like us, I know I won't find you Even in my imagination you don't come back Even in my imagination you don't come back
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Fell Off The Rainbow 02:20
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We never had it so good We were soaring so high Way up in the sky Next thing we know It's all over Between us And all we want to do Is cry Well it looks like we fell of the rainbow Sliding back down to earth Just one mistake but it cost us our halo We never realised just what it was worth The air ^ was rare ^ intoxicating Must have gone to our head Our dreams have gone, carried off by the breeze Like a mistral sweeping in from the Med Well it looks like we fell of the rainbow Sliding back down to earth Just one mistake but it cost us our halo We never realised just what it was worth Well it looks like we fell of the rainbow Sliding back down to earth Just one mistake but it cost us our halo We never realised just what it was worth
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Love Is A Metaphor 02:13
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I suddenly woke up We are floating downstream In a punt on the Cherwell You're the one in my dream I'm squinting in the sunlight And there's something about you You've got that goofy grin again Hope my dream'll come true 'Cause you float my boat Hope my metaphor won't spring a leak Or sink my ship If it's sink or swim Let's jump into this relationship Love is a metaphor Simile's such an awful bore You're not "like" anything You just are Past the Botanic Gardens Water running down my sleeves Got the pole stuck again Guess I'm more Wooster than Jeeves 'Cause you float my boat Hope my metaphor won't spring a leak Or sink my ship If it's sink or swim Let's jump into this relationship Love is a metaphor Simile's such an awful nore You're not "like" anything You just are You just are
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Eggs Buzz At Gate 03:09
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If trees could talk then Everything would be alright If ice were chalk then Everything would be white Like a wasp in a jar They're just misunderstood You're a busy bee But you're still not out of the woods The girl in the farm shop She says a spud is just a spud The Keeper of the Royal Swans Says water is thicker than blood A small bird in the hand Is better than a pigeon on the roof A storm petrel in a teacup Is the living proof Orange tip, orange tip Early for the bugle Eggs buzz at gate Chasing beauty Eggs buzz at gate Chasing beauty Little humming bird Is doing all she can Drop of water in her beak Makes the frog jump out of the pan Like the chicken and the egg Your best years get taken away The time has come to pass For all good trees to have their say The girl in the farm shop She says a spud is just a spud The Keeper of the Royal Swans Says water is thicker than blood A small bird in the hand Is better than a piegeon on the roof A storm petrel in a teacup Is the living proof Orange tip, orange tip Early for the bugle Eggs buzz at gate Chasing beauty Eggs buzz at gate Chasing beauty Are we just tempting fate?

about

My first 'proper' CD ... I hope you like it.

There's some modern language on here and some classic jazz changes, but some of the tunes I'd like to think could be pop hits -- if they were sent back in time to 1936 ... :-)

What people have been saying:
* ."There's something undescribably brilliant about the lyric 'puncture my balloon'! "
* ."I love your stuff because it always has something off the wall about it"
* ."You have a way with a wayward melody... this is cool and nightlike and lovely"
* ."Seriously lovely...you remind me of Nick Drake here"
* ."Wonderful lyrics and delicate performance... quite magical really"
* ."Love the whistling, really makes it feel summery!"

Many thanks to Kate Schutt www.kateschutt.com for inspiring the idea of doing a whole album of electric-guitar-and-voice, and for the letters of encouragement :-)

Come on over to www.songsville.org or say hello on facebook: www.facebook.com/songsville.music

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released May 21, 2012

All songs by Edwin Songsville except for:
In Your Backyard -- Lyrics by Mari Kozlowski
Losing You -- Music by Dugald Somerville and Edwin Songsville
Came October -- Lyrics by Mari Kozlowski
Lovely Night In June -- Lyrics by Jamie Michelle Adair

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