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Wait For Me

If I get hypnotizedSlack jawed before your eyesIf I met LuciferHere’s what I’d say to her:

Lift up your skirtWhat could it hurt?

Love comes to those who waitThose who wait for meLove comes to those who wait for me

And if you get mystifiedPedaling side by sideYou’d be a sweet hotelPerfect for shaken well



(Love comes to those, wait for me)(Love comes to those, wait for me)

If I get Easter-boundCrosses to dance aroundWhen I met LuciferHere’s what I said to her:



C 2009 Mikel Rouse / All rights reservedPublished by Club Soda Music (ASCAP)Lyrics used by permission

Black Cracker

Me and this girl was talkin’ loudAbout America stickin’ out of reachAs if history turned a pageWith opportunity all the rage it seemed

Well, everybody she knows is tightAnd in recovery for the night and dayBut they’ll be serving a world at warAbout a minute and nothing more to say

And every morning before the sunBefore reality has begun in barsTake a number and get in lineFor a day of what’s yours and mine and ours

When I’m bored I can’t be bored with you(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)When I’m blown I can’t be blown in two(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)

When I wonder what I wouldn’t do(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)I will wait in single file for you(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)When I’m bored I can’t be bored with youWhen I’m blown I can’t be blown in twoWhen I wonder what I wouldn’t doI will wait in single file for you

Me and this girl was talkin’ loudAbout America stickin’ out of reachAs if history turned a pageWith opportunity all the rage it seemed

Well, everybody she knows is tightAnd in recovery for the night and dayBut they’ll be serving a world at warAbout a minute and nothing more to say

When I’m bored I can’t be bored with you(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)When I’m blown I can’t be blown in two(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)

When I wonder what I wouldn’t do(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)I will wait in single file for you(Black cracker, black cracker Oooo)

And every morning before the sunBefore reality has begun in barsTake a number and get in lineFor a day of what’s yours and mine and ours


AMERICA’S SECRETS

We must protect America’s secretsWe must protect America’s secrets

Give me my property backGive me my property back

Silence Of Sound

If I’m broken, I’m broken beside youAnd when I’m looking for someone to run toAnd if you’re thinkin’: I’m sinkin’ slowlyTo have and hold you my one and if only…

You could be here hangin’ aroundYear after year near to the groundSilence of sound

And if I wander, I wander around youA semicircle of heaven and hell tooA karaoke machine that won’t quitA song to nowhere, hit after hit and if…

You could be here hangin’ aroundWatching the waves near to the groundSilence of sound

And if I’m able I’ll manage a phone callTo check your ankle and catch your free fallThe kitchen’s crowded, the blender’s a riot‘Cause here in Clinton, we keep things quiet

If you could be here hanging aroundYear after year, silence of soundNear to the ground, silence of sound


Yawn Factory

Move over, move overMove over, move over

When you get tired of lifeWhen you cannot think twiceMelting a welfare dimeDrifting from time to time

I say half day I say no wayYawn factory wish you were meI say half day I say NO


I’m So Blue

Take the pillowcases, baby take the sheetsMaybe I don’t want them And maybe you could meet me Half way in the middleThe middle where I’m bound to beIf we’re stuck in cement, nothing near sublimeGiving up to reason, patterns over timeIt took years for us to shape themYears to leave the love behind

But I’m so blueThat I love you

Yes I’m going crazy, I’ve been there beforeStanding by for mercyOne foot out the door Where I was when you forgot meWhere I’ll be when you’re alone

Gift imagination’s possibilityBlowin’ dreams that blossomInsecurity inside a reputationA never land that’s unredeemed

But I’m so blueThat I love you

Through the rear view mirror As you wave goodbyeDid you ever wonder When I learned to drive Myself over my reactionsOver my mind gone blind

And when you go to garden, leveling your guideCatching conversation, making love to lifeIt goes on about its businessIt don’t suffer for its crimes

But I’m so blueThat I love youYes I’m so blueThat I love you


Blue Book

Everybody reads my Blue BookEverybody reads my Blue Book yeah

Everybody reads the morning paperEverybody got the same adviceEverybody loses what they wagerEverybody got the lowest price

Everybody wants to read - Everybody reads my Blue BookEverybody wants to read - Everybody reads my Blue Book yeah

Everybody signs the same agreementEverybody sleepwalks loud and longEverybody pitches for the same teamEverybody wonders what went wrong

Everybody wants to read - Everybody reads my Blue BookEverybody wants to read - Everybody reads my Blue Book yeah

Star Chamber

Well it’s a star chamber for every strangerTake good money off the tableTurn it down and spread it ‘round Everybody sing!

It’s a star chamber, every waferTake communion slap a saviorTake time off for good behavior Everybody sing!

Well it’s a Star Chamber, slippery bankerMiss the boat and miss the mangerTake time off for good behavior Everybody sing!

It’s a star chamber from every angleTake a break from either angelTake one down, pass it ‘round – everybody sing!

Rose Woods

And when you think the worst is overYou know the worst has just begunAnd if you’re livin’ for the loopholeWell, I was oneWhatever you’ve done becomes undone

But they get sick and tired of youAnd Rose Woods wonders what to do

I wasn’t clumsy, not by natureI wasn’t beating on a drumBut when they took the bread and butterWell, I was hungAbout time the law had won

But they will break your heart in twoAnd Rose Woods wonders what to doYes they will break your heart in twoAnd Rose Woods wonders what to do


Stay in School

Casanova, roll right overSitting in the last caféActing my age half way

Cars exploding, markets foldingNo one shops here anywayCalvary meets Chevrolet

I traded knowledge for tape decks and beerCaroling cocktails and all I hold dearNow the world’s ending did you ever hearYou should stay in school?

Carry over, sitting soberAs the money rolls awayTake the last holiday

Can you spot me half a century?If I’m in your thoughts todayGive me the right of way

Glossing over CasanovaSitting in the last caféFeeling my age each day

I convinced everyone nothing is freeLeft out the part that was all about meNow the world’s ending did I ever seeYou should stay in school?


The Gravity Of New Orleans

If life was a nickel and death was a dimeI’d spend all my money all of the timeA fistful of dollars to squander at willAnd hurricane glasses waiting to fill

Up and down when they fall apart‘Round and ‘round when they fall apart

The gravity of New OrleansThe gravity of New Orleans

If wishes were horses then bankers would rideOn half-hearted levies with nowhere to hideThe future of family forgot and for saleWith memory markers and fate out on bail

Up and down when they fall apart‘Round and ‘round when they fall apart

The gravity of New OrleansThe gravity of New Orleans


MY LOVE’S GONE REMIX

My love’s gone. It got all used up. Now my love’s gone.

Low Rent

I am waiting for some sign of life to appearBut the end of this wait is drawing near

Slip into your low rentSlip into your low rentI’ll be there waiting with colorful savingsFor every room

I was wrong to shake this handWhat if nothing in this world can stand?

Slip into your low rentSlip into your low rentI’ll be there waiting with colorful savingsOr silent investors and broken defectorsFor every room

I am empty as the light of dayI lived lonely and I never found my way

Slip into your low rentSlip into your low rentI’ll be there waiting with colorful savingsOr silent investors and broken defectorsFor every room


GOVERN MY LOVE (QUASE PERDI MEU GARFO)

Almost lost my forkBut I didn’t lose my fork

Quase perdi meu garfomas você não perdeu seu garfo

Will you govern my love today?

Age Of Toys

Your business sense is late; I can’t waitYour love affairs go wrong, tag alongYour life’s a mystery date; I can’t wait

Heaven told me you was lonelyDropping anchor just to thank herFor all the noise, the age of toys

Drink ‘til you’re full of hate; I can’t waitYour grown-up toys hang out all aboutLeaving you at the gate; I can’t wait

Heaven told me you was lonelyDropping anchor just to thank herFor all the noise age of toys


Love Bombing

Love bombing and side windingIf everybody could hold on tightlyMaybe I’d fly the plane for youAnd maybe I’d drop a bomb or two for

Love bombing and my timingIs really a way to keep from decidingWhat I’d do with a different viewMaybe I’d fall in love with you and

When I’m bored I can’t be bored with youWhen I’m blown I can’t be blown in two

And love bombing and love bombingAnd love bombing and love bombing

When I wonder what I wouldn’t doI will wait in single file for you

And love bombing and love bombingAnd love bombing and love bombing


The World Got Away

When I’m bothered, can’t be calmed downI will tumble in this dead townLost in Heaven, lost my dreamsLike a beggar on her knees

The world got awayThe world got away with meThe world got awayThe world got away with meWell the world got awayThe world got a way with me

Wear my mornings up my sleeveAnd my evenings can’t believeWhat I wasted, all the yearsStuck in neutral, stuck in fear

The world got awayThe world got away with meThe world got awayThe world got away with meWell the world got awayWorld got a way with me

Away my self doubtAway my no cloutAway my longingAnd what’s gone wrong in me?

And why I’m dyingAnd why I wanderAnd while I’m at itWhat’s gone wrong with me?

Pick my poison like my friendsMakes life wonder where it ends

Take this body, take this soulFor the magic that we stole

The world got awayThe world got away with meThe world got awayThe world got away with meWell the world got awayThe world got a way with me


TWIN MINUTES

Twin minutes, twin minutes with you. Twin minutes, twin minutes with you.

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01 REPORT 1 (1:19) 02 WAIT FOR ME (3:37) 03 BLACK CRACKER (4:50) 04 REPORT 2 (2:15) 05 SILENCE OF SOUND (3:36) 06 YAWN FACTORY (1:25) 07 I’M SO BLUE (5:42) 08 REPORT 3 (1:30) 09 BLUE BOOK (1:55) 10 STAR CHAMBER (1:42) 11 ROSE WOODS (1:36) 12 REPORT 4 (1:33) 13 STAY IN SCHOOL (3:13) 14 THE GRAVITY OF NEW ORLEANS (3:47) 15 LOW RENT (3:51) 16 REPORT 5 (1:46) 17 AGE OF TOYS (1:30) 18 LOVE BOMBING (2:12) 19 THE WORLD GOT AWAY (4:04) 20 CLOSING REPORT (0:50) TOTAL TIME: 52:00

C & P 2009 Mikel Rouse. All rights reserved. PUBLISHED BY CLUB SODA MUSIC (ASCAP) Manufactured by EXITMUSIC RECORDINGS, 405 West 45th Street, New York NY 10036. Unauthorized copying, reproduction, hiring, lending, public performance and broadcasting prohibited. Printed in USA EXITMUSIC 1012

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MIKEL ROUSE: vocals, acoustic, electric and slide guitars, bass, banjo, squeezebox, keyboards, prepared piano samples, harmonica, percussion, soundscapes.VEANNE COX: radio reports readerPENELOPE THOMAS: backing vocalsCHRISTINA PAWL: trumpet

Written, arranged and produced by Mikel RouseC & P 2009 Mikel Rouse / All rights reservedPublished by Club Soda Music (ASCAP)Lyrics used by permission

Recorded and mixed February 2007–May 2008 at The Apartment, NYCMastered at Center of the Earth, NYC Design and photography by M+R NYC

Thanks to: Veanne Cox, Matthew Gandolfo, Hal Willner, Sally Sanders, Mike Ross, Rebecca McBride, Karen Quisenberry, Valerie Oliverio, Tammey Kikta, Jenny E. Goelz, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Joseph V. Melillo, Karen Brooks Hopkins, BAM, Janice Price, Martha Halden-by, Clyde Wagner, Chris Lorway, Mitchell Marcus, the Luminato Festival, Stuart Leaf, Claire Sil-berman, Donna Cox, Robert Patterson, Jeff Carpenter, Stuart Levy, Lorne Leonard, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Emil Kang, Carolina Performing Arts Center, Jay Weigel, Contemporary Arts Center, Brian Bethune, ISPA, Alexia Baum, Lavont/Baum, Laura Kuhn, John Cage Trust, Merce Cunningham, Christina Pawl, Penelope Thomas, Bill Tesar, Ian Smith, Cynthia Marcus, Christo Logan, Cynthia Enfield, Luke Cissell, Liun Wen Ting, Thomas Kamm, Jeff Sugg, Richard Connors, William Knapp, Jon Schoenoff, Christopher Thomas Ericson, Michael W. Wil-liams, F. Randy deCelle, Maureen Reagan, John Havlik, Paul Young, Anni Poppen, Lisa Boudreau, Sue Devine, Yuri Kwon, Jumee Park, Michael Mushalla, Scott Hull, Matt Agoglia, Kyle Kelso, Howie Weinberg, Dave O’Donnell, Randy Merrill, Masterdisk NYC, John Zorn, The Stone, ESCA: Dave, Katie, Joey, Mario, Simon, Victor, Mariko, Elisha, Nina, Thanh, Carl, Alberto, Jacob, Stewart, Jan and everyone at EXITMUSIC RECORDINGS.

In memory of Susan SanGiovanni, Robert Rauschenberg and Betty Freeman

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