Emily Stares
from Glutton's Dozen by Paul Tabachneck
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lyrics
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....
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....
credits
from Glutton's Dozen,
released April 10, 1999
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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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