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Boy Meets Girl

by Paul Tabachneck

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1.
Empire 03:06
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so here we sit you and your dirty little secret and you're staring into middle distance "wow," i say, "i never thought you liked that window, but the two of you could fall in love right now" you say, "i'm just tired," but i know a half-lie when it's dripping from your mouth i'll let it slide but i know one day i'll find out we're only temporary we're only temporary why lie to me? i know we're heading for the same place every empire goes why lie to me? i know, i know so here we are me and the one who'll break my heart guess i should've known it was a snake when i picked it up took it to my room let it sink its fangs back into me with a bite so righteous i wear the bruise like a badge you pin each week a secret shared between each mirror that sees me it's only temporary it's only temporary why lie to me... see there's a line and you knew it and you know what you did this could end quick and simple but you're keeping it hid and i'm sure that you're sorry but it ain't like we're kids 'cause you knew if you did it it would come down to this so why lie?
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Inaccessible 03:54
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we've been playing chicken with our eyes since we laid them on each other suddenly, i've come to realize you're not quite as inaccessible as i want to think you are now the barrier is gone and i am frozen and i'll open up my mouth and try to talk about these stars just as soon as i remember to breathe in, breathe out... now i know your name, i know your voice and the wondering is over despite your quiet beauty and your poise you're not quite as inaccessible as i want to think you are now the barrier is gone and i am frozen and it's easier when i can just admire from afar where i don't have to remind myself, "breathe in, breathe out..." i don't know how long this boat i'm on can float for and it's tempting now to steer it back for shore you're not quite as inaccessible as i want to think you are now the barrier is gone and i am frozen and i'll try to take the ball and run for shelter in your arms but it's all that i can do just to breathe in, breathe out...
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Right On (f/Zé Luis) 03:29
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you say you're with somebody i say, "right on" fighting over you never got me far you stay at home each night and do it with the lights on then you mention how rejection always helped my art and what he does for you somehow i don't do and you say, you're in love.... you say you're with somebody i say, "right on" if you're happy, then i'm happy and we're smiling fools and if i love you, then i'll love you from a distance i can cope if you can -- can you? if there's something in my eyes i apologize it's not 'cause you're in love.... i'm just happy that we never got together it would all end in tears...
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Foxhole 03:16
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it got tough i won't deny it the further you dig the thicker the dirt and clay hitting rock bottom just seemed like it was the next logical step to take but i wanna let you know that i'm ok despite what everybody says i'm climbing back out of my foxhole i wanna let you know that i'm ok despite what everybody says i'm finding out lately i'm no longer afraid we both tried so much harder than anybody else in the human race i was your martyr you'd lay me low every time you could turn a phrase but i... never asked for this circumstance never begged for a second chance, you say, "nothing comes for free" i say, "fine by me," i used to be concerned about the gossip on the street i used to be concerned about what people thought of me i used to worry that i had been buried hip deep and i'd never get out you beat me than you had to drag my name around the town you sold me out for nothing and it used to get me down but now i'm climbing my way back and i will not be shut down 'cause i know who you are now i....
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Tossing and Turning 04:25
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hey how've you been? how's your dog? how's your new boyfriend? is he nice? does he love you? do you love him? do you want to? is he better than the life i gave you? is he nicer to your mom and dad? does he fill your life with wine and roses? is he the best lover you've ever had? was he worth breaking my heart in half? oh and hey how's your life? and all your plans, did they turn out right? do you miss me ('cause i miss you)? you don't need this but i need you i could never be the one who holds you who sleeps beside you 'til the morning light now i'll never know just what you wanted and i'll never know if i was ever right you'll stay in mind, not in sight as i'm tossing and turning all night without you by my side alone and awake in my bed remembering how you said that nothing could ever be right you won't be here by my side i'm tossing and turning all night oh and hey how've you been? i was wrong -- can we still be friends? did i change? does that scare you? would you stay if i dared you? could you tell me that you really loved me, even if we both know it's a lie? i could take those words they'd surround me so i just might not need you tonight you'll stay in mind not in sight....
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Novice 03:24
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all the lonely nights i sleep to keep the world from turning are worth the sacrifice if i know that you're returning i get so nervous that i don't deserve this i'm learning to trust you but i'm still a novice strange and neurotic slightly obsessive, somewhat depressive and it gets the best of me i used to think that fate was one big heap of misdirection i almost changed my mind when it led me to your affection i get so nervous....
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I Only Have Eyes For You 04:00
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i no longer play games with the neighbors to take my mind off all the bills and bad news oh, i know you don't believe me but i only have eyes for you i no longer go out to the nightclub have one-night stands and blame my actions on the booze none of them could ever please me 'cause i only have eyes for you i'll never find a better lover so i don't try that doesn't mean they can't ask, and they do but i send them all home lonely 'cause i have these eyes only for you i no longer flip through my black book looking for something or someone to do i'm so tired of being easy 'cause the others just don't please me and i know you don't believe me but i only have eyes....
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Up For Hire 03:19
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if i could i'd trade our wisdom for a party ball so we could get drunk and make love and never think at all we'd be blissful we'd be dumb yeah we could have it all if i could i'd trade our wisdom for a party ball a high wire and a low flyer will converge and merge into a burst of tragic fire you're so wired and i'm so tired by tomorrow my position will be up for hire if i could i'd trade my kingdom for amnesia i'd forget the way you treated me last summer i'd forget the lovesick trance you had me under if i could i'd trade my kingdom for amnesia a high wire.... don't try to get so faux sentimental don't try to cloak our love in cheap nostalgia
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It Hurts 04:02
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most of your time used to be mine now i don't know where you stay i used to get every wan smile now i just get in the way and it hurts even though we've both got new lives that work i still get the shell-shock surprise 'cause you lurk just to remind me just to remind me just to remind me how much it hurt you put me down you made a vow never to stand in one place i could be found asleep on my couch or up and staring into space and it hurts feels like i'm running through mud to dry earth held back by arms that grow out of the dirt just to remind me just to remind me that i shouldn't have let you cut so close to the bone and i should've just taken your word when you warned me to leave it alone
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If We Can't Have Love 02:17
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if we can't have love it's a proven fact my body moves yours reacts from my house to yours there's a two-way track i wanna get to railin' if we can't commit there's a lot of acts we could still commit no strings attached if we can't have love we could still have that come on baby, baby you like the break of a man to leave me shattered like it was your plan you're kind of a bitch but you've got great hands that know how to make me, make me scream at the top of my lungs feel like you're everywhere at once keep me awake 'til morning comes come on baby, baby....
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Sad Songs 02:08
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i started out tonight with a pen and this guitar and a simple plan to make sure you'd be sorry but then i realized nothing could be gained by selling out the drama of our story it wouldn't bring you back it would probably make you sad but that does nothing for me oooh i'm tired of sad songs tired of wasting breath on what went wrong oooh i'm tired of sad songs maybe you could help me not to write one i never sing about the mornings spent in bed that turn into full days of being lazy no, i never sing about the way you kiss my head the way that you amuse me and amaze me oooh i'm tired....
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I Love You 05:07
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i keep watching these moments drag on and fritter away 'til they're gone and i wonder what happens if i try to grab hold of one will i stumble when words hit my tongue? will i look in your eyes and become one more stuttering fool, chasing windmills where there are none? could i tell you just once so you'd always remember in words that i can't dance around lose the hints and suggestions and unanswered questions forget there's an easier way out and say i love you? i've been desperate since i was a boy i'd forgotten pursuit of the joy that i've heard comes around when you know that you've made the right choice i've had water that tasted like sand put my heart in indelicate hands like a china shop calling a bull with a getaway plan and i've thought this one over the only conclusion that reaches me every time is that hints and suggestions and unanswered questions can't be all i take from this life and i love you take me seriously now this is the one thing i can't joke about

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released April 7, 2008

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Paul Tabachneck New York

I started doing music in Pittsburgh, fronting the folk-rock band Stone Soup, the dark-pop band Dead Pressed Flowers, and the Power Pop band Manpig aka Everybody Wins. After that, I moved to New York, mostly playing solo and busking a lot. Now I live in CT and play in my home office because everything is bad and no one can go out. See me Wednesdays at 7:30 at facebook.com/paultab! ... more

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