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The DJ Stayed Home

by Beautiful Small Machines

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Double R is at the bar – he hates to be alone With Father Tim who’s looking grim; his face is like a stone V and M are meeting them and drunker by degrees And H is scoping for some dope in broken Portuguese There was a time when beer and lines were fine to get him through And other jockeys tried to copy everything he’d do But in the middle something little grew to something wide And ran about his head and said to stay inside So the DJ stayed Home (x4) She moved the Dodge and opened the garage to raise some cash So passers-by could come and find their treasure in her trash The sidewalks and the cinemas were swollen and abloom But the spinner ate his dinner in the darkness of his room She couldn’t ease the tragedies his little heart had learned He started watching cable where his table used to turn The DJ stayed Home (x4) The DJ took a final look at people in the streets And traded in his vinyl for a comforter and sheets He left the girl and made his world inside a little cave And so we’ll never know the songs he could’ve played The DJ stayed Home…
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I hear the drums The drums repeat Pounding forgotten History Footmen of fear Soldiers of shame I've heard your voice I know your name They took them out They laid them bare In open water And left them there And from these lies The grim receipts Hung from the rafters Dragged in the streets Chorus: I just wanna be myself But they say, "Hey-o, Hey-o, jump in the gun" They say, "Right, left, turn around, shoot 'em and run" They say, "Hey-o, hey-o, fall into line" They say, "Right, left, turn around, join or you die" They dyed their eyes They sewed their legs Took off their heads Hung them on pegs it all began Without much fuss Someone whispered, "They're not like us" Chorus They came for them I didn't speak I didn't care It wasn't me They came for me A soul bereft And no one spoke No one was left Bring out your dead Break up the walls Somebody's gotta pay for what they've done Bring out your dead Break up the silence Somebody's gotta pay for what they've done Somebody's gotta pay for what they've done
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Paper Planes 03:57
4.
I'm Lonely 05:41
I know what you want You’re like a window I can see right through Past the ice and amber curtain I’m gonna take me back to home with you I’m gonna take it all to heart Cause I’m lonely I’m lonely I know what I want I’m as hollow as a drum Peel beneath the skin I’m as purple as a plum I’m on the street, I’m pulsing through the pavement veins I’m gonna tear it all apart Cause I’m lonely I’m only half-restrained I’m lonely It’s coming on again Nobody’s gonna take you apart Nobody’s gonna take you apart Nobody’s gonna take you apart from me -- apart from me A dream,…life is like a dream… Sunday was a day for us to love Sunday was a day for us to rest But long are the days from whence we came I’m lonely
5.
The city is gasoline-covered tonight I hit the street like a flame and I’m feeling alright Boulevard beam and the hustlers’ light Run in the bustle, I’m up for a tussle and fight Girls are here, girls are here Battle is on between virtue and sin Gimme the right kind of kiss, baby, I’ll let you win Girls are here, girls are here – Hey! Hey! Nothing can stop me from singing tonight The city could burn to the ground and I’d still be alright
6.
East Side 03:57
I keep a suitcase for my brightside It’s not a face I throw around But somehow the sun paid off the shadows in the street And flexed his muscle on the east side The green lights The “B” sides Take me walking nowhere, nowhere I will see you somewhere, somewhere All of the kids are sleeping around The un-underground Oh, take me walking now I keep a pair of shoes under my pillow I’ll draw the curtains while you work I’ll bring you breakfast and the paper with your tea And we’ll go walking on the east side The green lights The “B” sides Take me walking nowhere, nowhere I will see you somewhere, somewhere All of our friends are still laying down In Hung-over Town Oh, take me walking now Sometimes it’s nice to hide When the morning is so slow But the day is on our side We got no place to go Reach up - hear the day make a sound Touch down - feel your toes on the ground Make love to your life like a sailor in outta town All of my heart is beating out loud It’s bleating a sound It’s singing, “take me out”
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I keep a picture in my head Of the last time that we met I call on it when I’m in bed Just to make my body whet It’s the screw turned in my brain It’s the fist around my heart It’s the poison in my vein It’s the most delicious part Here we go, Nice and slow Chorus: The beginning is so novel Then you’re fighting for survival When everything you ever loved Will be offered up In the name of revenge I’m gonna wrap you up in wire I’m gonna lean into your ear Until a breath of quiet fire Is the only thing you hear I’m gonna kiss your messy face I’m gonna carve you, little notch I’m gonna fill your every space I’m gonna make sure that you watch Daffodil, Just hold still Chorus Little buttercup Cherries on the top I’m afraid I won’t know when to stop I keep a picture in my head Of the next time that we’ll meet When every bitter word you said Will reappear for you to eat It’s so sweet…
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Produced & Mixed by Don DiLego
Recorded at Velvet Elk Studios

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released July 8, 2014

The DJ Stayed Home
Written by Bree Sharp & Don DiLego

Bring Out Your Dead
Written by Bree Sharp & Don DiLego, Marwan Kanafani, Colin Killalea, Riley McMahon

I'm Lonely
Written by Bree Sharp & Don DiLego

The Girls Are Here
Written by Bree Sharp, Don DiLego, Marwan Kanafani, Ron Tucker

East Side
Written by Bree Sharp & Don DiLego

In the Name of Revenge
Written by Bree Sharp, Don DiLego, John Siegler

The Wretched Sounds of City Cars
Written by Bree Sharp & Don DiLego
Contains a line from Carole King's "So Far Away"

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