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A Little Fun

by Anthony Lewis

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1.
Welcome 01:04
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2.
Kinda Funny 02:16
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last cold days hauled my faith away but my spring time rolls in low cast by the ocean swallowed by the blue each year the seasons change for you the seasons they change for you natural curls in the old town, safe harbor took it once when i was slow all in stone as i get to your home the stars shinin down as i roam stars shone bright as i roam you coulda never done it better i wanna know if i can change coulda got lost in the tall gras it's enough to drive a girl insane i'm gonna wash my bedsheets, measure for my curtains gonna clean my kitchen twice a day gonna saute my veggies and shove em down my gullet and she won't be able to stay away what more's a guy got to say i'm gonna get me a good job make a little money spend it all on liquor but she'll think it's kinda funny gonna get real stoned and fly around the world gonna bring her some some ginseng and a long string of pearls an extra long string of pearls
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A Starry-Eyed Dream of A Better World 01:37
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4.
Plain White December 03:40
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i never heard a thing never heard a flake fall never heard the wind blow didn't hear nothin at all never saw the sun rise never saw the dawn break never saw nothin since my last mistake it always seemed the same yes it always seemed aimless always felt crazy tryna guess my fate but i always thought the snow fillin the cracks in my window would always be the change that i hoped it to be and if I left my heart on Lafayette street i might go hungry, and i might grow old and if i freeze to death on lafayette street you might grow tired of me bearing my soul any time the dawn breaks any time the night goes the light from my window all washed in grey i'll sit by the fire wiring the cracks in my heart closed plain white december bound to be my grave and if I left my heart on Lafayette street i might go hungry, and i might grow old and if i freeze to death on lafayette street you might grow tired of me bearing my soul
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Mama 02:04
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mama dontcha know i went there dontcha know i came back so calloused and confused and mama dontcha know i found love dontcha know i found love with a bit too much to lose and mama dontcha beat my brakes off dontcha make that face that i seen you make before and mama dontcha think i'm trying? do you think i want to shutter each and every door? let's take a walk into the streets you can tell everyone we meet i got a heartsick lonely child always the same after a while try not to look him in the eyes he might catch you by surprise mama i can hear the day break dontcha think the sun feels funny on your skin? and mama might go on home now if she knocks again i'll wanna let her in and mama if the ocean rises if the forest burns and the desert freezes fast oh mama so sweet and simple the kind of love a man expects to last and MAMA dontcha feel too heavy dontcha let your heart sink or worry for your son no mama you didnt raise no quitter i'm gonna leg this shit until this shit is won yes i'm gonna leg this shit until this shit is won i'm gonna leg this shit until this shit is won
6.
Icicle Song 01:56
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Noodlin' 02:57
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if i cant have my way i don't know what to say askin me my name they need someone to blame i'm goin all the way to tennessee oh lord, bring me home to thee i guess i left my car out behind the bar the barman took my keys and though i begged him please he send me home devoid of any dignity oh lord bring me home to thee take my crooked hand i'll try to understand my fingers and my toes now what do you suppose i ought to do? with flowers in your wishing well oh lord, hurl'd headlong i fell i guess it's all for you the glitter and the glue the purples and the blues now bring me some forgotten news i'm sure he'll send you back to me oh lord bring me home to thee
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Is This Song A Murder Ballad? 04:14
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i heard the man say "that's all for today might as well just go home he won't come out with all you about he'd rather see you alone" folks went to scatter and shatter the heat i made my way to the bar there was someone i knew and someone i'd meet didnt have to walk to far ohhhohhohohoohohohoh HA ohohohohohohohoho HA come up crashin from an early grave the street was slick with rain i couldn't help smiling when you melted my brain i should just go back to sleep ohohhhhohohoh ohoh HA ohhhohoh ohohhhohoh HA down in my room on a stool made of wood fools like me never should fools like me should never fall in love cuz we'll write songs that ain't any good well if you knew her like i once did you wouldnt be sayin them things and if you knew me when i run and hid you'd probly take back all them rings and if you saw us under cover of night please keep your guilt concealed restrict your memories to flashes of light and keep your young lips sealed ooooohohohohohoh HA ohohohohoho HA sir i think youve got a very tight case law abiding and valid but i must ask you one last thing is this song a murder ballad? i said oh no no you got me all wrong sir y see i aint the killin kind to spend all my days in a ten foot cell i'd have to be out of my mind it ain't come to that sir that's why i need you so i don't need a rope or a knife write them papers and sign them bills and get that girl outta my life
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Do Si Do 01:47
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gone for days gone for days sing all your voice betrayed on quiet streets and the falling of our feet in early snow where footprints go but stay unmade don't look down don't look down still blind from the lights of town if you can't see just keep your hands on me i know the way or i will someday i know the sound
10.
A Stretchy Square of Sticky Rice 01:17
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if you need lyrics for this song, maybe "music" isn't for you.
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Andalucia 02:14
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12.
Twelve Line Poem 01:25
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somethin simple somethin sweet writ to keep me on my feet something early somethin slow writ to keep me where i go somethin ageless and somethin fast somethin writ to last wind come early wind come strong blown me up and down too long leaves were shakin wind was high pulled the birds out of the sky somethin timeless and somethin true like me n you

about

What can you say about an album like this? Liner notes are tough to write. I've already done all the writing for this album--now I have to write more?! Well golly.

These are all songs I wrote in the last year (with the exception of Sticky Rice). Some newer, some older. Reflections, hopes, fears. John Cale said fear is a man's best friend. Thanks to John Cale for writing "Andalucia". It's a lot fucking harder to sing than I expected. Fear isn't really my best friend. We're just good friends. I don't want fear to get the wrong idea.

I recorded them alone at my desk in single takes.

Here's the lost verse from Do Si Do

Do si do
Do si do
in the moonlight
on the snow
You may find
when you finally catch your mind
And hold your breath
close to your chest
and go on blind

I didn't think it should be in the song. Then I recorded the song and suddenly wished I'd included it. But we have to live with our mistakes. Each and every one of us. That means YOU!

Anyway. Thanks for listening to this record. I've got shit to say about it. It's quick and easy and a bit of fun. Hope you have fun listening to it. I'm gonna hit it big one of these days, just you wait!!!

credits

released March 2, 2023

All songs conceived, written, and recorded by Anthony Joseph Lewis, with the following exception:

"Andalucia" by John Cale appeared on "Paris 1919" on Reprise Records, 1973.

Cover art by Paul Joseph Foster. Check out his work at www.pauljosephfoster.com

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Anthony Lewis Portland, Maine

27 Portland ME. Bob Dylan is my inspiration. Big influences in Neil Young, Eno, Bowie, and The Band...Julian Cope, John Cale, Audrey Ryan...John Prine, Townes Van Zandt...Mac DeMarco...Iggy Pop..Mapache...
Avid walker, writer, relaxer.
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