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Fly That Rocket

by Brandee Simone

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1.
You came to me an unexpected thing A mountain range upon the horizon Appeared from underneath And now you are a part of me Oh oh oh oh, ah ah ah ah Thoughts of you will never end Your left arm I used for a pillow And when you turned on your side I turned with you Being alone is living like a hidden forest stream That no one ever sees But now, with you, I want no more Oh oh oh oh, ah ah ah ah Thoughts of you will never end Your left arm I used for a pillow And when you turned on your side I turned with you
2.
Penniless 03:58
I'mma drop it, plain and simple Got nearly nothing in this world Just a pocket full of nickels And a couple of dimes to tide me over And what do I got To fill the void of nothingness I'm penniless And even home is something so distant But I care not... Even a rock wall's bound to crumble Suburban houses take a tumble Temporary culture of objects But I don't need material things To satisfy me or give me wings Even though that's not the TV tells me And what do I got To fill the void of nothingness I'm penniless And even home is something so distant But I care not... Flying in my dreams, I take off from the ground
3.
Fly that rocket, fly that rocket away Fly that airplane, fly that airplane away I need to fly Jump on that rail car, jump on that rail car And ride away, and ride away Pump that engine, pump that engine And drive away, and drive away I need to fly Take me to the moon now Take me to the moon now I want to see the Earth from afar My home is transient I change when I feel like it And I know That I need to fly To feel the wind in my hair To see if life feels the same everywhere Take me, take me Fly with me, fly with me away Take me, take me Fly with me, fly with me away I need to fly To feel the wind in my hair To see if life feels the same everywhere
4.
Clumsy 04:22
Walking down the road You fall on your knees Looking around to see who has seen You fall on your knees Brushing off the dirt The dirt and the gravel And mud and dust And dust off your knees But oh, you're clumsy Oh, you're clumsy For keeping you close I threw you away Distance makes the heart Grow weary, and jealous And makes the clear turn to gray But maybe gray was our fate Maybe gray was our fate
5.
It's a nervous morning and a restless afternoon And every thirty minutes I greet myself in a mirror Or some reflective surface Say hey, you Tell me honestly how are you doing? I've been better But my smile's still centered I want to fall asleep in the daytime Forget about everything Half a block away is where my ex-lover lives And he don't know I'm here That's the beauty of maintaining distance I don't wanna rekindle any sparks I will keep my matches And he can stay living in a puddle of water I want to fall asleep in the daytime Forget about everything But my mind won't stop its rambling Thinking of you and what you said You said we could talk About it later You said we could talk later Apocalypse in your old room I remember lying together Trying to avoid our impending doom We were safe for awhile We were safe for a little while I want to fall asleep in the daytime Forget about everything But my mind won't stop its rambling Thinking of you and what you said You said we could talk About it later You said we could talk later
6.
Party Hat 03:28
I came to town Awaiting some kind of party hat I thought you'd have for me Emotionally speaking Sometimes I crave a little company Thank you for helping me to partake In a maintenance dose of reality I get bothered when my feelings don't match my mind I like to keep it rational Most of the time I become tongue tied When I try to describe this love Words cannot articulate Intangible emotions I feel I know the truth, I can tell you This world is full of complexity Nothing is simple And I get bothered when my feelings don't match my mind I like to keep it rational Most of the time
7.
Deathsong 05:54
Darkest night of the year Death found me here Staring up at the sky Pondering being alive Said he'd like to steal me Away from this life He said "now is your time baby I'm gonna break you I'm gonna take you" And I said "I think that you've got me all wrong You've been thinking I'm a sculpture But I'm a song And I might not be so easy to capture I'm not ready to give up on Earthly rapture" Hey, universe What are you doing?? Intuition tells me You've got something brewing Even if you break my body My soul you cannot shatter Songs endure Longer than tangible matter And I think that you've got me all wrong You've been thinking I'm a sculpture But I'm a song And I might not be so easy to capture I'm not ready to give up on Earthly rapture I'm not ready to give up on Earthly rapture I'm not ready to give up on Earthly rapture

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released June 1, 2010

All songs by Brandee Simone.

Thoughts of You, Penniless, Fly that Rocket, Clumsy, and Deathsong were recorded at Skyboro Sounds Recording Studio, North Adams MA. Engineered and mixed by Dan Krugh.

About It Later and Party Hat were recorded by Tyler Rousseau in the Hot Attic.

Vocals, acoustic guitar, and kazoo - Brandee Simone
Electric guitar and harmonica - Dan Krugh
Shakers - Maarten Pellegrini

The chorus of Thoughts of You references a 5th century Chinese lyric and can be found in the book "Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century," translated by Burton Watson.
"Oh oh–ah ah–
thoughts of you will never end!
Your left arm I used for a pillow,
and when you turned on your side, I turned with you."

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Musician and songwriter from Massachusetts.

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