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Lani, Lani

from Glutton's Dozen by Paul Tabachneck

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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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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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