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31​/​31; January 2010

by Marshall York

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1.
My pockets are filled with fake money I spend it all without a care I am a self-made millionaire Don't blink an eye and you'll make an impression Staring right through the great recession You're so in love with the same joke Some clown who's on a power trip Slapping your knees and shooting from the hip Pavlov's bell rang up a concussion Dancing dizzy in the great recession She's lying in a pool of blood Every now and then she has to laugh At all the eulogies on her behalf It's such a mess the collision was head-on You never saw it coming in the great recession Get yer giant head on the TV screen And let the world know just who you are No matter what you say, you're bizarre The camera's on, use your smile as a weapon It might get ugly in the great recession If you got no love, then you got to go Pack up your bags and roll 'em away Despite intentions, everyone pays Clothe yourself with naked aggression It's how we parade in the great recession The shelter found an extra bed And a blanket for you to stay the night I'd love to tell you everything's gonna be alright But your heart will crack from every confession But you can't slam the door on the great recession My pockets are filled with fake money
2.
Relief 04:08
Wind is at my window Tissues in my sink Walk around the room Trying not to think Relief, relief Please send me some relief i'll pay the postage COD Relief, relief Can't stem this tide of grief And all my strength is washing away Presents on your birthday Candles on your cakes I'm working on my wishes I'm making my mistakes Relief, relief Please send me some relief i'll pay the postage COD Relief, relief Can't stem this tide of grief And all my strength is washing away I wanna sing Hallelujah I wanna sing Hallelujah Birds of paradise I've never seen them fly Beautiful above the earth I watch as they go by And I wanna sing Hallelujah Hallelujah Relief, relief Please send me some relief i'll pay the postage COD Relief, relief Can't stem this tide of grief And all my strength is washing away
3.
Your boyfriend is a jerk He thinks that he can push you around Your boyfriend doesn't work You give him money so he can smoke He dragged you away I was sad You yell while you drive That's too bad 'Cause you don't deserve this misery Escape with me Escape with me I've planned it out Escape with me Meet at the gazebo At a quarter to three And we'll start all over again Why can't you put on the breaks Spinning faster on the merry-go-round Giving all with nothing to take The winter's never felt so damn cold He dragged you away I was sad You took a second job That's too bad 'Cause you don't deserve this misery Escape with me Escape with me I've planned it out Escape with me Meet at the gazebo At a quarter to three And we'll start all over again You know that I still love you I miss your face I miss your style Hop on my bicycle We'll go and hide For just a little while Time has never been on our side We took a train just to miss the boat I've got trouble with the word goodbye I'll give you anything you want me to He dragged you away I was sad You're isolated now That's too bad 'Cause you don't deserve this misery Escape with me Escape with me I've planned it out Escape with me Meet at the gazebo At a quarter to three And we'll start all over again
4.
Health Nuts 03:29
Vitamin B and C Chase it with a fruit shake Breaking the wind with a yellow wind breaker Everybody knows that health nuts got sexy butts The Stairmaster's calling my name
5.
Voices 03:59
Make an escape Use your magic cape It's time to crash and burn Climb up a wall It's very tall Fingers bleeding in the cracks Catch what you can But you can't use your hands Remember what you learn Turn out the light Start up a fight Colors fade from red to black I hear so many voices They tell me what to do They say don't be a robot Maintain a point of view And I've never known their faces And I've never asked their names And when they quiet down I go insane Run through the park after dark to find that spark It's never quite the same Hide all the proof on your roof be aloof Invent a brand new name Charlie Chingo, Cousin Ketchup, Oscar Wilder, Billy Buzz Any alias will do You got hired screeching tires Burn yourself down to the wire And cross out every clue We love you We trust you We want you We know you I hear so many voices They tell me what to do Capture every flag Keep away from zoos And I've never known their faces And I've never asked their names And when they quiet down I go insane I hear so many voices They tell me what to do Every kiss is poison What's old is never new And I've never known their faces And I've never asked their names And when they quiet down I go insane
6.
Waiting here to see you I picked some flowers from a bucket Some lady says, "Oh honey, you shouldn't have" The minutes feel like hours Hear the train a rumbling low See the moon above split in half In every cloud I see the silver line When the clouds are gone I suddenly go blind All kinds of love All kinds of love All kinds of love But she ain't got The one I need All kinds of love All kinds of love All kinds of love But she ain't got The one I need Trying to let go of so many expectations And holding tight to every hope She's around the corner and the moon is feeling shy I walk along the slippery slope In every cloud I see the silver line When the clouds are gone I suddenly go blind All kinds of love All kinds of love All kinds of love But she ain't got The one I need All kinds of love All kinds of love All kinds of love But she ain't got The one I need Measuring out a romance with a cup of wait-n-see Makes me bite my tongue and feed on misery Absence makes this heart want to shrivel up and die The fever burns but never sets me free In every cloud I see the silver line When the clouds are gone I suddenly go blind All kinds of love All kinds of love All kinds of love But she ain't got The one I need All kinds of love All kinds of love All kinds of love But she ain't got The one I need
7.
See your body Haloed in a light of blue Fitfully sleeping behind the glass And you wave your hand You wave your hand The curtain falls down And I run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run And I lose my breath Yeah I lose my breath Lovely stranger I held a seance Deep down under the leaves Digging for ashes in candlelight And you wave your hand You wave your hand The curtain falls down And I run run run run run run run run run run run run run run run And I lose my breath Yeah I lose my breath Lovely stranger
8.
Invincible 04:25
You've got such a flair For being unfair You can't relate You talk like a fish A big-mouth bass You're so invincible Who can break through you? You're so invincible Everyone now knows the truth Your heart is bulletproof Knock down the towers Tumble down the trees Blowing back our hair Cut us off at the knees You're so invincible And we love you We really do We need you Your wake is so wide You're rotten inside It's all a game that you've got to win And run up the score You're so invincible Who can break through you? You're so invincible Everyone now knows the truth Your heart is bulletproof Knock down the towers Tumble down the trees Blowing back our hair Cut us off at the knees You're so invincible And we love you We really do We need you
9.
What am I doing here? What am I trying to prove? I'm dreaming in the doorway Of places far from here I just wanted to be close to you
10.
Killing time ain't easy when you're using your bare hands The hour's always out of reach no matter your command Shadow's growing longer see it stretch across the land Killing time ain't easy when you're using your bare hands So I got myself a shotgun and I don't know what to do So I got myself a shotgun and I don't know what to do How you live a life when your life is living you? So I got myself a shotgun and I don't know what to do Loaded in the basement striking poses making moves Put the barrel to my cheek the metal feels so smooth Memorizing every inch feeling every groove Loaded in the basement striking poses making moves So I got myself a shotgun and I don't know what to do So I got myself a shotgun and I don't know what to do How you live a life when your life is living you? So I got myself a shotgun and I don't know what to do Floating round the alleys like a feather feeling free Not a single bother is going to trouble me I'm stronger than a mountain, greater than the sea Floating round the alleys like a feather feeling free So I got myself a shotgun and I don't know what to do So I got myself a shotgun and I don't know what to do How you live a life when your life is living you? So I got myself a shotgun and I don't know what to do
11.
It's been ages since I've seen you We smiled politely on the subway You got off at the very next stop I felt my heart completely drop I continued to go downtown Wondering what your life is like now So many questions I want to ask This chance encounter will it be our last? Can't bring myself to call you Can't bear to hear your voice I thought this love had cooled But no I'm easily fooled Wish you'd get out of my dreams girl It's like a reoccurring nightmare In the morning it fades so fast Memories slipping beyond my grasp Can't bring myself to call you Can't bear to hear your voice I thought this love had cooled But no I'm easily fooled Watching TV with the lights out All the static looks so pretty I was so lucky to be your friend All best wishes I do send Can't bring myself to call you Can't bear to hear your voice I thought this love had cooled But no I'm easily fooled
12.
You said you would come back to me You'd just go for a while but you'd never leave Forgive me if I wear my heart on my sleeve Can't forgive myself I was a fool to believe I fill the sea with all the tears I cried I can't believe that our love has died Just to hear your voice to hear you say my name It would be enough to live my life again I gave you my heart I gave you my world Now you're in the arms of another girl My memories of you are blue and back How can I go on when you ain't coming back I took your things and set 'em aside Your t-shirts and albums by Charlie Pride Over again it's the same story When did you stop loving me I gave you my heart I gave you my world Now you're in the arms of another girl My memories of you are blue and back How can I go on when you ain't coming back Your grandma's ring I hold in my hand What it means to me I just can't understand I gave you my heart I gave you my world Now you're in the arms of another girl My memories of you are blue and back How can I go on when you ain't coming back
13.
Hopeless romantics Listen to my song Stop pining and whining about all that's wrong So what? You lose another lover Your brain is in traction but it will recover Hopeless romantics Keep yourself strong The world is so heavy but not for long Guess what? Hey hey you're still alive It's crazy, I know you took quite a nosedive I've been there before Confused a window for a door that went to nowhere Wore down my shoes Wore down my soul Never could shovel out of this hole So get yourself lost But don't you lose control Hopeless romantics Weeping in the woods Stop crying and dying embrace what is good Hey now! Collect some pine cone seeds Soon you'll be seeing the forest and trees I can hear those birds up in your conifers just a-singing now Love is so sweet Tweety tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet tweet I've been there before Confused a window for a door that went to nowhere Wore down my shoes Wore out my soul Never could shovel out of this hole So get yourself lost But don't you lose control Hopeless romantics Don't surrender yet Keep dreaming and beaming and don't you fret Hey now! Wishes do come true Keep your heart open So they can find you I've been there before Confused a window for a door that went to nowhere Wore down my shoes Wore down my soul Never could shovel out of this hole So get yourself lost But don't you lose control
14.
Come to me now It's late at night It's our last chance to understand Come to me now From across the room I see you shake When will we understand The long distance between us You move away It's in your voice And not the words you say beyond You move away Floating off the ground And into space beyond The long distance between us Let your hair down for me It's over now Subtract the one that you were And keep the long distance between us
15.
The world is over So why you painting your room ten shades of pink? You're in the library Doing yoga so you don't have to think What's upside up is upside downside up A paperweight or a coffee up What's downside up is upside down A tragic smile or a joyful frown Up in a tree Come down to me Please say you're free Sweet cuckoo you Sweet cuckoo you Everything you do Makes me crazy How I love thee Please say you're free Sweet cuckoo you Cuckoo! What's upside up is upside downside up A paperweight or a coffee up What's downside up is upside down A tragic smile or a joyful frown Up in a tree Come down to me Please say you're free Sweet cuckoo you Sweet cuckoo you Everything you do Makes me crazy How I love thee Please say you're free Sweet cuckoo you
16.
Party Lights 03:07
Let's go down and see the party lights Let's go down and see the party lights Dance across the room Have a drink or two And laugh until we cry Let's go down and see the party lights Let's go down and see the party lights Let's go down and see the party lights Chase a disco ball Reflections on the wall Make a wish and close your eyes Let's go down and see the party lights And if all your wishes could come true Would there still be a me and a you? Let's go down and see the party lights Let's go down and see the party lights Yellow green and red Crowned upon our head King and queen for just one night Let's go down and see the party lights
17.
Sam was a man who lived in a box Played guitar and never wore no socks Played guitar, it was the weirdest thing No matter where I was I could hear it ring Ha ha, hey hey I'm singing and laughing my life away Ha ha, hey hey Keep myself strong until my dying day Followed that sound right to the source Had to get it straight from the mouth of the horse Sam was shining like the holy sea Sipping from the well they call the jamboree Ha ha, hey hey I'm singing and laughing my life away Ha ha, hey hey Keep myself strong until my dying day Time just froze like a pointing dog Woke myself from a heavy fog The roof cracked open and the light poured in Never did I dwell in the gloom again Ha ha, hey hey I'm singing and laughing my life away Ha ha, hey hey Keep myself strong until my dying day The years have passed since I got healed Sam got buried in a potter's field The strains of life got many degrees Twixt major and minor in any key Ha ha, hey hey I'm singing and laughing my life away Ha ha, hey hey Keep myself strong until my dying day
18.
When you took the oath I heard you catch your breath It stuck in your throat and choked you to death You were my everything Then everything changed And then everything Became nothing Nothing at all Well I'm a beat up boat Slowly sinking down 'Cause you sleep with him all around the town You were my everything Then everything changed And then everything Became nothing Nothing at all Love It's a four-letter curse Forever's For worse Truth Shifts from side to side Regret's all gone I've got my pride Yeah, I'm looking at pictures Of a lovely wreck Insurance man says you can't cash the check You were my everything Then everything changed And then everything Became nothing Nothing at all
19.
You put me together when I was falling apart You turned on the sunshine when I was lost in the dark You opened a window when I could barely breathe You performed miracles when I didn't believe Your love spins my world around And I want to lose what I have found Flying 'round the sun Keeping my feet on the ground Your love spins my world around You woke me up walking in my sleep You talked me down from an ancient redwood tree You showed me the rainbow peeking out of every cloud You cranked the volume now I'm living out loud Your love spins my world around And I want to lose what I have found Flying 'round the sun Keeping my feet on the ground Your love spins my world around And I don't wanna slow down Flying 'round the sun Keeping my feet on the ground Your love spins my world around You knew my troubles and took my hand You pointed the way to the promised land And I don't wanna slow down Flying 'round the sun Keeping my feet on the ground Your love spins my world around
20.
Walking past buildings That say everything must go I wave at myself In the shopping window Telephone talking Bouncing off satellites Repeaters repeat And get me through the night Scatter my ashes in the pure white snow Scatter my ashes in the pure white snow But bury deep down all my confessions Scatter my ashes in the pure white snow Scatter my ashes in the pure white snow But bury deep down all my confessions Judging every book As either false or true Detective work Came easily to you Stretching out my body To fit within the years Freedom is folly When you're haunted by fear Scatter my ashes in the pure white snow Scatter my ashes in the pure white snow But bury deep down all my confessions Scatter my ashes in the pure white snow Scatter my ashes in the pure white snow But bury deep down all my confessions
21.
So Sick 04:39
Can't get up Can't lift my head Thought the worst was gone Now I'm aching again Wrapped around my bones Fevers all my own I'm sick so sick gotta well quick There's too much to do today I'm sick so sick feeling three feet thick Buried in bed I'll stay Maybe tomorrow I'll feel okay Call it off Call it a scratch Wanna close my eyes And try to find some sleep Hiding in a dream Slipping in the streams I'm sick so sick gotta well quick There's too much to do today I'm sick so sick feeling three feet thick Buried in bed I'll stay Maybe tomorrow I'll feel okay Another pill will make it all go away Get well soon, yeah I'll get well soon Let this run its course and drain all away Flowers fall from trees Suspended in the breeze
22.
I saw her last Tuesday at the ice cream store Serving 50 flavors and moping the floor Never saw her nametag but just the same She's finer than vanilla mixed with candy canes It's a simple situation I can't complicate I haven't even asked her out on date Stay strong my heart Keeping rocking steady right from the start Cause I love her Don't wanna move to fast But I love her Let's make a good thing last Don't get ahead but don't fall behind Keep on pace and she'll be mine Mine all mine A couple days later I rolled in cool Using all the lingo I learned in school Dressed to the nines, ready too woo Wrote down tips I learned in GQ She said your jacket's imitation leatherette It was obvious this girl was playing hard to get Stay strong my heart Keeping rocking steady right from the start Cause I love her Don't wanna move to fast But I love her Let's make a good thing last Don't get ahead but don't fall behind Keep on pace and she'll be mine Mine all mine On the final attempt, I wrote a big sign It said, "I'd like to know what's going on in your mind" She smiled and said, "It's a complex machine What's your pleasure today? My name is Marlene." We're gonna get together and rollerskate And if we hold hands well that will be great Stay strong my heart Keeping rocking steady right from the start Cause I love her Don't wanna move to fast But I love her Let's make a good thing last Don't get ahead but don't fall behind Keep on pace and she'll be mine Mine all mine
23.
Magazine 06:33
Everyone always said You were gonna go somewhere I don't follow much But I knew you would be there I think I know Nothing's ever gonna happen in the world between us I think I know There once was But today today I saw your face on the cover Your face on the cover of a magazine People and had said that you and I would last for a long long while When I think of you and your crooked smile It warms my heart to know that you and I could share something true But then you went away Wondering where are you I saw your face on the cover Your face on the cover of a magazine People change I know You wear nice things But your necklace style Is locked in a drawer somewhere (or maybe you threw it away, i don't know) I can see You got something going on for yourself Way to go, way to go 'cause I saw your face on the cover Your face on the cover of a magazine In between the pages Looking for you I saw your face on the cover Your face on the cover of a magazine
24.
Stayed up late Thinking of you Poured myself a vodka soda or two Hours passed, broke out a broom Sneezed a lot while I cleaned out the room I can't write a simple song I think too much the melody's wrong And I can't find a hook to hang it on And I don't have much to say No, I don't have much to say Punched the clock Egg on my face Got to get right out of this place Shuffled home to my golden cage Staring blankly at an empty page I can't write a simple song I think too much the melody's wrong And I can't find a hook to hang it on And I don't have much to say No, I don't have much to say Stayed up late Thinking of you Poured myself a vodka soda or two
25.
Patience They say it is a virtue But I ain't got the time To sit around and wait 'Cause heaven Is right around the corner I can feel my fingers Caress the pearly gates You're a heart attack in heels well bless my soul Got out and hail a hearse 'cause I've lost control 'Cause I'm dying Yeah I'm dying To go to heaven with you Angel Don't misunderstand me I read how the snake Took advantage of Eve But apples Were made to be bitten So let's make a jam Under the knowledge tree You're a heart attack in heels well bless my soul Got out and hail a hearse 'cause I've lost control 'Cause I'm dying Yeah I'm dying To go to heaven with you I never saw a man walk on water I never saw the water turn to wine But die a little death and we'll live forever Transcending our bodies through space and through time You're a heart attack in heels well bless my soul Got out and hail a hearse 'cause I've lost control 'Cause I'm dying Yeah I'm dying To go to heaven with you Would you like to go to heaven tonight? Or maybe we could pencil in the afternoon Crimson and clover over and over
26.
X-50 03:32
And when I look over my shoulder I have to sigh 'cause the earth is looking as lonely as me The sun is bleeding all over my eyes I gotta squint I can find my Ray Bans I bought a one-way ticket to space I bought a one-way ticket to space Wave goodbye Wave hello I bought a one-way ticket to space I bought a one-way ticket to space Wave goodbye Wave hello I still have a long way to go And when I get to a different planet I'll name the things that don't have names yet It will kill some time This army jacket's gotta keep me warm And this Coca-Cola is gotta last me a while I bought a one-way ticket to space I bought a one-way ticket to space Wave goodbye Wave hello I bought a one-way ticket to space I bought a one-way ticket to space Wave goodbye Wave hello I still have a long way to go
27.
Baby Voodoo 02:43
Her guitar is busted She just broke her first string It was high and winning Baby Voodoo has gone to hell Baby Voodoo has gone to hell It was awful how she screamed and yelled Baby Voodoo has gone to hell It was love at first sight All the stars came crashing down And knocked her out of alignment Baby Voodoo has gone to hell Baby Voodoo has gone to hell It was awful how she screamed and yelled Baby Voodoo has gone to hell It makes her nostalgic For the things that just had Like the wind on her face on the beach in July And the sky Baby Voodoo has gone to hell Baby Voodoo has gone to hell It was awful how she screamed and yelled Baby Voodoo has gone to hell
28.
It was quite a lark To meet you in the dead of the dark I can hear your voice making up all the rules Hide and seek Hide and seek Hide and seek I never found you I never found you You win Count from one to ten And do it again and again You forget where you are And start all over again Hide and seek Hide and seek Hide and seek I never found you I never found you You win Are you still hiding Or are you just lost? Ollie ollie oxen free....
29.
I wear rustic penny loafers My ride just showed up it's a jet airplane Tokyo is about ten hours from here Sushi tastes when you can't pronounce its name Listening to music I heard back in med school Fleetwood Mac is really my bag I think I'll throw a party that's breezy cool And if you don't come then you are a fag
30.
Taking turns saying all the things we want to say As though a single word can make the pain go away True Believer True Believer It's alright to cry once in a while\ True Believer True Believer It's alright to cry once in a while
31.
C'est La Vie 04:39
In my 31st year I jumped the moon And crashed into Paris, France Took with me a thirst for wine And a hunger for romance Wandered in a small cafe To the tune, "La Vie En Rose" Ordered boof borgoinon The waiter turned up his nose A woman laughed like an idiot And lit a fresh Gauloises "Americans," she said to me "Commit such a faux pas" You speak only one language That sounds like a broken car Repeat these words I say to you Then I'll say, "Au Revoir" C'est la vie C'est la guerre C'est va C'est tout Recitation finished she kissed me on both cheeks I wasn't sure what I had said, to me it all was Greek We drank a lot of Cote du Rhone Made love in a tiny bed She spoke in tongues that echo forever in my head C'est la vie C'est la guerre C'est va C'est tout In the morning she was gone No word, no sign, no Gaul There was nothing left to say For I had learned it all C'est la vie C'est la guerre C'est va C'est tout

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I had a crazy idea at the end of 2009: Write and record a song every day in January.

What else was I going to do? Shovel snow? I don't even have a shovel! I'd have to use my bare hands. Fanks, but, no fanks.

The track listing follows the calendar days of January.

My blog describes the day-to-day process: marshallyork.tumblr.com

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released February 1, 2011

All songs written by Marshall York except for some tracks noted otherwise.

Co-writers include Leslie Collins and Lucas Kavner.

Appearances by Leslie Collins, Lucas Kavner, Joe B. McCarthy.

Art by Peter Saviano.

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