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Glutton's Dozen

by Paul Tabachneck

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1.
Come Home 05:29
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tell me what you want i get so tired of guessing still haven't learned my lesson after all this time tell me what you need and i'll try to provide it you shouldn't have to hide when i call you on the line i know it's gonna take some time until you call my name and mean exactly what you're saying i'll wait until that day and you know you can always come home to me you're circling around like sharks out in the water i wish you'd pull me under and get it over with 'cause i would rather drown than deal with all this tension did i forget to mention i love you more than him i know the walls are closing in but until you call my name and mean exactly what you're saying i'll wait until that day and you know you can always come home to me each time you break and say you never meant to leave i'll love you for old times' sake and you know you can always come home to me
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Emily Stares 03:47
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she plays a guitar and sings a melody into a microphone she's got her whole band they're with her on the stage yet she stands alone i am looking right at her fingers i wanna see what chords she plays learn what moves her i am listening to every whisper i hope to find some secret sign emily stares wide-eyed into the light sometimes she tries to keep her head down but she can't help it emily stares right out into the audience she doesn't do that much i think they scare her stiff she keeps her hair down it covers up her face i can't imagine why she's got the kind of inborn angelic grace that makes the devil cry i am smitten by all this splendour how at one moment she's so fierce the next so tender i am wondering beneath that candor is there a soul as pure as gold? emily stares wide-eyed... she's probably got a boyfriend you wanna know what else? i'd probably like that bastard twice as much as i like myself she's probably got a reason for feeling so much pain that every lyric's made of equal parts despair and disdain she probably hates this song 'cause there's too much pop appeal she'd probably say, "how dare you how dare you say how i'd feel?" she probably hates this bridge 'cause i'm getting carried away she probably hates this chorus i'll sing it anyway emily stares wide-eyed....
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Patience 06:03
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why don't you call back? i've been waiting all night i finished off a six-pack reading by the moonlight deasy's on my eight-track drowning all his canines waxing like he's kerouac funny how it all rhymes i wait for you although it tries my patience i wait for you to turn around and face this heart that you stole from me a year ago i call you for the third time each one's more demeaning is you or your machine mine? tell me if you're screening i can't take these hard times bouncing off the ceiling it's hard to find the right lines when each word loses meaning i wait for you... why don't you call back? i've been waiting all night i finished off a six pack i'm crazy from the moonlight you can play me like that you can make my light shine you can take it all back you can say you're not mine i wait for you....
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Heart 05:02
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i've been wrong before judging situations i've been way off base rushing confrontations i know better now than to hang above her but i hope one day we may both discover the words that i've been writing now will fall into play and maybe if it's at the right time she'll feel the same way she's taking my heart with every smile she wears it's so hard to keep myself from staring and i've gotta take it slower gotta get to know her she's taking my pain with every word she says it's so plain and simple truths can be so beautiful when they come from a woman like her i've gotta stay back and be sure i've been one to go on first impressions i've made big mistakes but i've learned life lessons now every time i'm turning around i'm seeing her face i feel my aching heart start to pound a beat out of place she's taking my heart.... she may be right she may be wrong can't say tonight but i can't wait too long she may be the one maybe not she just might be the last chance at love i've got she's a ray of light when the sun is setting she's a sleek black dress at her own white wedding she walks into the room and she knows it's all about her and after all i've seen and heard i'd have to concur she's taking my heart....
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Alone 05:02
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two different nights two different hearts each one wants more than the other i can't stand up i can't duck down i wonder why i even bother i lost perspective somewhere along the line and i think i'm going out of my mind i'm alone now like it has to be though isolation really gets me down i'm alone now like i want to be it's the only way i'll sort things out i got lost in love somehow now the only way to get back out is to take it from the top "one of these days," my father told me, "they'll give you more than you can stand." i used to laugh when he used to scold me he said, "go on now but one day you'll understand." if it was now i'd take it all back if they'd let me i'd erase my tracks i'm alone now...
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Karina 03:49
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i see you're late in your reply and it's left me wondering if i'd have been better off if i had simply never said anything a couple of words in an angry fray were all that it took to make you leave and now i'm standing here tonight in this lonely laundromat washing these teardrops from my sleeve oh, karina i can close my eyes and drink of your vision oh, karina you can flash that smile and i'll still be smitten oh, karina you'll be leaving town come graduation day you never owed me anything i didn't come seeking payment i just wanna ask you one or two things before your feet hit the pavement a couple of words in an empty hall where none of your sisters can hear me talk and i can say each thing i meant to tell you on the day i found you on the gallery walk oh, karina i would take this pain over this confusion oh, karina guess i'm drowning here in my own delusion oh, karina and you're leaving town come graduation day i wish i'd had more to say than, "hey, how you doin'? this gift is for you and i'm glad i got to see you, have a nice day," but sometimes we can plan for weeks or even months when confrontation comes our expectations just get in the way oh, karina no matter how i try i can't shake this vision oh, karina you're clouding up my brain like nuclear fission oh, karina and i'm glad you're leaving graduation day
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Just One 05:11
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you don't have to carry me home i'll pick myself up my flesh'll be my own bag of bones toss me away one night of bliss turned into three weeks of anguish it's like patty said, "morning can always turn love into shame" so i'll do my best to forget to remember your name it was just one kiss just one touch of velvet on a night like this that you won't acknowledge so i'll put it in a box on a shelf in the back of my mind forget that we had this one night you don't have to talk to me now or share your excuses i don't know that i'd hear you out even if you did we'll go back to playing our roles of diner and waitress it's like daryl said, "all i can see are opportunities missed" except for the one that we took that inspired this it was just one kiss one kiss one touch one word too much i spend every night of our misshapen life praying that someone would let this play quietly end with a nice denoument and a sweet curtain call but every damned morning it's more of the same i'm not in hell yet but i know all the names and i'd say god forgot me but i think that he oversaw 'cause god knows i can't miss what i don't get close to at all
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Tonight 05:24
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i could take every sling and arrow through my heart if it meant you'd let go when you left and left me alone i could wait through the stormy weather if i thought we would be together when it stopped but i know we won't 'cause you've got your two kids and a husband who clearly astounds you with your nice ivy house and a sweet picket fence that surrounds you and all i have is one thing one stale rememberance about you here in my arms when you were completely content being my light all through the night but if you loved me why are you with him tonight? i could sleep in the coldest nightfall in the wild while the wolves and cats call out your name if you'd be there too i would take the whole world on my shoulders if i thought i could lift that boulder and take the weight right off of you but as much as my friends try to tell me i truly deserve you i can dial your number all night but i know i won't get through 'cause all i have....
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Carpenter 02:54
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if i were a carpenter i'd make you a nice oak dresser tomorrow if i were a breadbaker i'd make you loaves from oats and wheat and flour i'd do anything i'd make you so many things i'd give you everything if i were anything but what i am if i were a lawmaker i'd pass a bill to say you'd never leave me if i were a shoemaker i'd make you a size 9 next to my 13 i'd do anything.... you can bank on that i'll do all i can to keep you satisfied you ain't been here long but now it just feels wrong without you by my side
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Anymore 03:10
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you think you've got it figured out you think you know what life's about i think you're in for a surprise you think i'm only playing games you think i've probably gone insane why can't i see this through your eyes? you don't want me i don't know you anymore you've been changing it's getting harder keeping score who was winning? well we'll never know for sure you don't want me anymore you need to say what's on your mind it's truly crueler to be kind was that macmanus or nick lowe? you need to get down to the point i've seen you with your other boys i know you like to break us slow you don't want me.... maybe i should have done things different instead i let them run amok but the more i try to gauge my situation the more it feels like my dumb luck and i don't want your pity fuck
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Lani, Lani 05:25
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it was seven years ago when i saw you for the first time you were sitting in the youth lounge and going over your lines you were in a play downstairs that needed one more boy i had done some plays before so i went downstairs and joined it seemed to be every adolescent's dream so we stayed up in that lounge and talked 'til late at night you gave me conversation and i gave you some advice when we got into a room where it was more than just us two i found no matter how i tried i couldn't talk to you it seemed to me you had already chosen teams lani, lani, meet me by the riverside you can take it all back lani, lani, three knocks on my back door tonight and i'll let you in again what you said when we were kids could be erased with just one kiss is that what you wanna hear -- that i love you just like then? well all i loved about you was your face your smile and your breasts remember i was young pubescently possessed and every time i saw you walking by in your green dress it seemed to be everything i'd ever need lani, lani, meet me by the riverside and i will toss you right back lani, lani, three knocks on my back door tonight and i'll have my dogs attack what you said when we were young can't be erased with just one touch so don't go searching for absolution when you and i both know you can't take it back i remember everything you did when we were only high-school drama hacks i remember every night i laid awake wishing you were something more than fake i remember everything you've said and done with your devil's hand and pitchfork tongue it seems to me you're just another broken dream all you have to do is ask say i wasn't all that bad i'm the same young man today laughed at then and pushed away lani, lani, meet me by the riverside and you won't come back
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Telegram 03:09
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i took a taxi from brooklyn it dropped me off in times square i met this really fine woman she showed me what she had down there she said she had it for sale and that she'd send it by mail she'd said she'd send me one more telegram sexy telegram i took a train up from austin got off in memphis tennessee met some songwriter from boston she showed me what she had to see she said.... she said she'd write it down in a letter and send it out over the wire but i'll be damned if i'm ever gonna let her set my soul on fire i took a tram from andover it dropped me off in amsterdam a nice dutch woman bent over she said, "come hither uncle sam." she said....
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Tossing & Turning 05:37
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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 may 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 and keep me from needing your light you'll stay in mind not in sight....
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I Think You Should Leave 04:44
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you always told me that these better things were just around the bend if i waited for one more day the suffering would end the more i look back on our lives the more i understand how you would tell lies and make them come true with a wave of your hand your touch could melt the coldest hardest man and i don't understand your hold on me your words could heal my tired aching soul or burn another hole in me on and on and on you talk about what you want it never was about our hopes and dreams why did you say it was? did you think that i was so in love i could never see? these tables have turned your bridges have burned and i think you should leave

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released April 10, 1999

Paul Tabachneck - acoustic guitar, vocals
Gar Misra - electric guitar, piano, vocals
Ben Good - bass
Adam Sivitz - drums

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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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