1. |
Good Morning, Aurora
05:22
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2. |
Fuck This Day
04:57
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FUCK THIS DAY
Words and music by E.P. Schwartz
The world is on fire
I'm all dressed up with no place to go
Around every curve is a strait that is dire
Don't think we can take much more
And I'm trying to hold the light
for the ones I love trying to pull the sunshine down
But what can I say? The darkness wins today
Go ahead and burn it all to the ground
Fuck this day
Is this the way the world ends?
Not with a bang but a whiskey
Somebody further down this line
please tell me that you miss me
The world is on fire
I'm all dressed up with no place to go
I just want to make it through this night
tomorrow I'll look for hope
Fuck this day
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THE SPRING THAT NEVER WAS
(words and music by E.P. Schwartz)
The sky looked down
on the spring that never was
no one was there
to witness the flowers
the rain washed down
on the spring that never was
all the critters inside
counting the hours
Tiny things brought on
the spring that never was
they scared much bigger things
young and old
Things grew quiet
in the spring that never was
the birds grew loud
and coyotes grew bold
This was the dawning of the
age of a DigitalUs
the moon in the seventh house
was sheltering in place
the wires and the screens
crackled with love and trust
everybody grew accustomed
to everybody's face
Can we take to heart
the spring that never was
the tired part of me
doesn't hold much hope
but I still believe
in the spring that never was
we can defeat the beast
but honor its ghost
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4. |
My 80s Heart
02:45
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MY 80s HEART
(words and music by E.P. Schwartz)
Can't go breaking my 80s heart
You won't be shaking my 80s heart
Can't turn off the light in the dark
won't go breaking my 80s heart
Nothin' getting me down tonight.
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5. |
The Vertical Video Blues
02:38
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THE VERTICAL VIDEO BLUES
(words and music by E.P. Schwartz)
My love for you is wide
your picture is thin
if I turn it on its side
still can get the love in
Give me some good news
something I can use
I've got the
vertical video blues
It's hard on the eye
but I'm as guilty as you
why go landscape
when portrait will do
Give me some good news
give me something I can use
I've got the
vertical video blues
I'm a little greedy
I want to see it all
as you fly my
on my social media wall
Give me some good news
give me something I can use
I've got the
vertical video blues
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In the moment of danger
you take me apart
In the moment of danger
you steal my heart
Lady spy
You're in the shadows
underneath the light
sneaking through the checkpoint
in something tight
Lady spy
You're sleek and cunning
and full of fire
And the game you're running
snares me like a wire
Lady spy
You've got the trigger
in your eyes
You steal my launch codes
I weaponise
Lady spy
In the moment of danger
you take me apart
In the moment of danger
you steal my heart
Lady spy
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7. |
Windows in the Shells
05:10
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8. |
Day Drinking
03:54
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DAY DRINKING
(words and music by E.P. Schwartz)
Day drinking yeah
Day drinking yeah
Nowhere to be
sounds good to me
Day drinking yeah
Needs must when the devil drives
pop a cork, close your eyes
forget the world, enjoy the day
no one's around anyway
Take a belt
Have a shot
just a snort
why the hell not
A little tipple
a little drop
your boss ain't here
to make you stop
Day drinking yeah
Day drinking yeah
Nowhere to be
sounds good to me
Day drinking yeah
Better angel in your ear
says we don't do that around here
better devil says "go away
don't want your shit today"
"Here you go, bud, throw it back
burn it out, fade to black
Drink it down, ease it in
if no one sees, it's not a sin"
Day drinking, yeah
Day drinking, yeah
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9. |
Haunted April
03:36
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HAUNTED APRIL
(words and music by E.P. Schwartz)
looking out
from the other side
Haunted April
Ghostly quiet
lonely moon
throwing light
pale phantoms
satellites
Chrysalis
Metamorphasis
Hibernation
Resurrection
swelling vibrations
in the ground
Haunted April
lost and found
patches and baubles
glitter and sound
good will on lightning
coming down
Chrysalis
Metamorphasis
Hibernation
Resurrection
Reaching out
from the other side
Haunted April
Ghostly life
waiting watching
waltzing white
pale phantoms
satellites
Chrysalis
Metamorphasis
Hibernation
Resurrection
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10. |
Background Noise
03:30
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BACKGROUND NOISE
(words and music by E.P. Schwartz)
Angel appeared at the foot of his bed
he was talking all kinds of holy
and glowing about the head
he said
"Get up boy, you're gonna be background noise.
You don't get to sleep anymore."
The angel said
"Take every pain you've ever felt
and throw it in the ocean.
Take every love you've ever felt
and toss it in the ocean.
Capture lightning in a bottle
and throw it in the ocean
you're background noise."
The Angel just stood there
oscillating
the Boy lay there tossing
and turning and debating
he said "What's this shape
in my heart"
The Angel laughed and said,
"Boy, that's a tip jar"
The boy felt the burning in his chest
he screamed "this doesn't make any sense"
"I should want something better for myself
but I want nothing else"
The Boy looked down at the foot of his bed
to the Angel standing there
and he said
"how long will I just be noise in people's heads?"
The Angel smiled "I'm sorry, Boy, you'll do it 'til you're dead"
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11. |
Jelly Beans in the Sun
01:07
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JELLY BEANS IN THE SUN
(words and music by E.P. Schwartz)
I'm eatin' jelly beans in the sun
I have to think I'm the lucky one
I'm just having fun
I'm eatin' jelly beans in the sun
I don't care what needs to be done
don't even mind the licquorice ones
I'm eatin' jelly beans in the shade
gotta say I've got it made
this day I wouldn't trade
I'm eatin' jelly beans in the sun
I have to think I'm the lucky one
I'm just having fun
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12. |
Soap
04:20
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SOAP
(words and music by E.P. Schwartz)
It's the soap not the water
it's the farmer not his daughter
it's the cloth not the clothes
it's the drug not the dose
It's the believers not the god
it't the spare not the rod
It's the lender not the loan
it's the bullet not the bone
It's the sidewalk not the fall
it's the engine not the wall
it's the house not the ghost
it's the party not the host
Shout it from the edge of town
"Unclean, don't gather 'round"
Shout it from the edge of town
"Unclean, don't gather 'round"
It's the volume not the voice
it's the choosing not the choice
Its the healing not the hurt
it's the dead not the dirt
Shout it from the edge of town
"Unclean, don't gather 'round"
Shout it from the edge of town
"Unclean, don't gather 'round"
It's the valley not the shadow
it's the war not the battle
It's the marching not the slaughter
it's the soap not the water
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13. |
Love Without Touching
04:00
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LOVE WITHOUT TOUCHING
(words and music by E.P. Schwartz)
Good night
might as well be a thousand miles away
little windows in our pockets
so I can see your face
I know right now is scary
but only the space has changed
There's nothing and no distance
that can take my heart away
There is love without touching
There is love without touching
Trust me when I say this
because it's burning inside me
There is love without touching
I'm standing here immobile
mummified in warnings
I stare into your eyes
and my soul slips its moorings
Don't worry if I cry
it's just some kind of grief
but the burning in my heart and eyes
is the spark of my belief
There is love without touching
There is love without touching
Trust me when I say this
because it's burning inside me
There is love without touching
I'm be here every night on this screen
even though it breaks our heart
I will ignore the space and time
keeping us apart
And when this time is over
I will kick down every door
and I will run to you
and hold you like before
There is love without touching
There is love without touching
Trust me when I say this
because it's burning inside me
There is love without touching
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14. |
Music for Squirrels
03:40
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Eric Peter Schwartz Aurora, Illinois
Acoustic rock and some instrumental rock. Where heart and quirk collide.
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