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Possum O' Love
03:15
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POSSUM O' LOVE
by Ol Whitetail
I was riding my bicycle in a protected bike lane
Thinking about love and all the shit we call love
When I noticed that possums don't have their own protected lanes
So, for the next forty minutes as I rode home, I wrote a song
Forever indebted to one unfortunate - and very dead - possum
Our love is like a possum that died along the trail
Sleeping in a hemlock branch
And all that's left is the tail
Oh, all that's left is the tail - it's a fine and mighty tail
That possum-o-love is gone for good and all that's left is the tail
Now, you can't revive a possum - you can try, but you will fail
And you might think it's sleeping, but you know it ain't worth keeping
If all that's left is the tail
And all that's left is the tail - it's a fine and mighty tail
That possum-o-love is gone for good and all that's left is the tail
Oh, all that's left is the tail - it's a fine and mighty tail
That possum-o-love is gone for good and all that's left is the tail
Oh, all that's left is the tail - it's a fine and mighty tail
That possum-o-love is gone for good and all that's left is the tail
Oh, all that's left is the tail - it's a fine and mighty tail
That possum-o-love is gone for good and all that's left is the tail
Oh, all that's left is the tail - it's a fine and mighty tail
That possum-o-love is gone for good and all that's left is the tail
Copyright 2018 Alexis Marie Thompson
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I'm So
03:25
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I'M SO
by Ol Whitetail
I'm so bad at love I wanna stay away from you
Lock myself in confinement for a week or two
Keep you away from the things I would say
Shelter your heart from my learning mistakes
But I'm so bad at love
I'm so bad at love I just wanna hide or run
Crawl inside of a sleeping bag and zip it up
Shield myself from the light of the stars
Wake up quietly in your arms
But I'm so bad at love
Oh, oh, oh, I'm so
Oh, oh, oh, I'm so bad at love
I'm so bad at love I wanna take care of you
Hold your head to my heart and let the rhythms move us
Give you all the space you need
Pluto and Jupiter - the whole galaxy
But I'm so bad at love
Oh, oh, oh, I'm so
Oh, oh, oh, I'm so bad at love
Oh, oh, oh, I'm so
Oh, oh, oh, I'm so bad at love
Oh, I'm so bad at love
Oh, I'm so bad at love
Copyright 2018 Alexis Marie Thompson
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A Prism For Diogenes
03:31
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A PRISM FOR DIOGENES
by Ol Whitetail
No matter how you rearrange 'em
No matter how you stack 'em up
These squares are poised like perfect strangers
Folded into your bedroom dust
And they haven't made a camera yet
No pinhole spies into your head
And if they did, I swear I'd set fire to them
You're looking for the right angle, I'm looking for the slope
You need to see a formula, I need only to know
As we watch the prism dance in that old window,
You look to the ceiling and I look to the ground
And we see the same colors a-floating around
No matter what you think of mystics
No matter what you read on them
Their words are all scattered triptychs
Which we cannot rely on yet
'Cause the world we know ain't quite as wound
As the one those men had been fooling 'round in
With pyramids and triangles and harmonies and numbers now
You're looking for the right angle, I'm looking for the slope
You need to see a formula, I need only to know
As we watch the prism dance in that old window
You look to the ceiling and I look to the ground
And we see the same colors a-floating around
You're looking for the right angle, I'm looking for the slope
You need to see a formula, I need only to know
As we watch the prism dance in that old window
You look to the ceiling and I look to the ground
And we see the same colors a-floating around
You look to the ceiling and I look to the ground
And we see the same colors a-floating around
Copyright 2018 Alexis Marie Thompson
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4. |
You Had Me At Devo
02:48
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YOU HAD ME AT DEVO
by Ol Whitetail
It wasn't hard to resist ya
Any time I wanted to kiss ya
I'd just turn that transistor then I don't
But you dazzled me like science
It was gravity defiance
Oh, you had me, oh, you had me at Devo!
Had all relationships condoned
I was better off alone
Then you waltzed into my life
Wearing an energy dome
No Homo sapien can blame me
No electronic can save me
Oh, you had me, oh, you had me at Devo!
It wasn't hard to deny it
Every time you caught me
Eyeing up your pretty face
I'd look out the window
Then I made the mistake of asking
What you listen to in your past time
Oh, you had me, oh, you had me at Devo!
Had all relationships condoned
I was better off alone
Then you waltzed into my life
Wearing an energy dome
No Homo sapien can blame me
No electronic can save me
Oh, you had me, oh, you had me at Devo!
Had all relationships condoned
I was better off alone
Then you waltzed into my life
Wearing an energy dome
No Homo sapien can blame me
No electronic can save me
Oh, you had me, oh, you had me at D-E-V-O!
Copyright 2018 Alexis Marie Thompson
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CRADLE ROBBER GOT THE EARLY BIRD
by Ol Whitetail
He walked her to school and they held hands
He broke all the rules when she was gentle as a lamb
But she said "I love, love, love, love, love you"
And he said "I love, love, love, love, love you, too"
But twenty-five years to society
Is a baby's tears and an old man's greed
But he said, "I love, love, love, love, love you"
And she said "I love, love, love, love, love you, too"
Oh, and Mamma always says
Her first fear is to lose her baby
And Daddy always says
He's gonna get out his gun
For the man who hurts his girl
But the Cradle Robber had a year on her pa
And the Cradle Robber was quicker to the draw
So, with no consent, they married quickly
It was sex that night and then morning sickness.
But she said "I love, love, love, love, love you"
And he said "I love, love, love, love, love you, too"
Oh, the Cradle Robber got the Early Bird
The Cradle Robber got the Early Bird
Copyright 2018 Alexis Marie Thompson
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Golden Confetti
03:29
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GOLDEN CONFETTI
by Ol Whitetail
I saw you first
You saw me when
I was staring at the photons illuminating your skin
Like a glance falls to wood
My heart hit the floor
You were full of confidence
I felt shy about the way you tore
My soul from my sleeve
Now, if you're carrying boxes, I hope they are empty
I wanna give you these feelings to warm you
Kiss you under a conifer 'til it thinks it's a birch
Watch the golden confetti fall around you
I'll tell your dad if you need me to
I know we'll agree
Even if he won't approve of this
The sound of your laugh
Is like the wind
Through the wings of a bird
If you're carrying boxes, I hope they are empty
I wanna give you these feelings to warm you
Kiss you under a conifer 'til it thinks it's a birch
Watch the golden confetti fall around you
If you're carrying boxes, I hope they are empty
I wanna give you these feelings to warm you
Kiss you under a conifer 'til it thinks it's a birch
Watch the golden confetti fall around you
Kiss you under a conifer 'til it thinks it's a birch
Watch the golden confetti fall around you
Copyright 2018 Alexis Marie Thompson
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7. |
Wax Elvis
02:37
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WAX ELVIS
by Ol Whitetail
Tommy took Lucy to see Wax Elvis
And she fell in love at first sight of him
Tommy took her hand, but he felt her heart leave him
When she pressed her finger to Elvis's lip
"What does he have that I don't have?"
Tommy asked his lover
"You know he will melt from the heat of your kiss
When the mockingbirds bring back the summer"
Lucy said, "Tommy, you should have known better
I have his picture hung in my bedroom"
So, Tom lost his girl with the best of intentions
And the best of intentions could ruin you, too
"What does he have that I don't have?"
Tommy asked his lover.
"You know he will melt from the heat of your kiss
When the mockingbirds bring back the summer"
So, Tommy went home and he learned how to dance
And to move just like the King
Then he said to Lucy, "Just wait until you see
I've gotta show you something"
And he danced and he said,
"Wax Elvis is dead and he's got nothing on your lover
You know he will melt with the heat of your kiss
When the mockingbirds bring back the summer"
He danced and he said
"Wax Elvis is dead and he's got nothing on your lover
You know he will melt with the heat of your kiss
When the mockingbirds bring back the summer
You know he will melt with the heat of your kiss
When the mockingbirds bring back the summer"
Copyright 2018 Alexis Marie Thompson
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Ol' Whitetail Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Folk, Piedmont Blues, Magic
Pittsburgh, PA
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