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SONG LYRICS © Marcellus Hall
1997-2005
-Neon, Not the Night
-Sweet Eloise
-All The Night Long
-Your Turn
-Matchsticks to Bonfires
-Your Language
-The Star Position
-Another Day Passes
-I Will Be Thine
-The Death of Song
-I Was Sleeping
-Health Food Store
-She’s Dead
-I Can’t Imagine (That You’re Happy)
-Life is Still Sweet
-The Indiana Sun
-Jealousy (Will Get You)
-Watertank
-2 Fingers Cross’d
-Lazy Susan
-Say For Me
-Resolution (Resolution)
-Sandlot Shuffle
THE STAR POSITION
if you're single you can sleep in the star position
no one will learn of yr heart condition
u will finally be freed up
u can put yr feet up
no one will at all take issue
if u kissed them or whether they kissed
buy a ticket u can go
no one has to know
the key is in the ignition
if yr single u can sleep in the star position
when yr solo comes u can blow yr nose
no duets to step on yr toes
no more chains to hold u back
no one to watch yr back
u don't have to smile & fake it
u can take the entire blanket
hold on to yr intact virtue
no one can attack or hurt u
the key is in the ignition
if yr single u can sleep in the star position
so blow the scandal out on the cake
what was love now is an earthquake
kick back and take many chances
seeking possible romances
backseat driver, armchair general
very harmful, not so helpful
in the theme park eating fast foods
but u were in one of yr moods
the key is in the ignition
if yr single u can sleep in the star position
like a nagasaki of the soul
yr so cold & so combustible
yr life is no longer a mystery
u forgot to clear the history
bungee jumping from the skyline
plunging to yr open neckline
y're not just one of the mass
u get a plus one backstage pass...
the key is in the ignition
if yr single u can sleep in the star position
SWEET ELOISE
you want a singer baby, a singer songwriter maybe
someday i’ll be both of these
‘till then i’ll dance for you dear, i’ll be your
happy new year
and you’ll be my sweet eloise
sweet eloise, sweet eloise
please let’s not be enemies
sweet eloise, sweet eloise
will you be my sweet eloise?
i have been trying my dear, do i have to cut off my ear?
what will it take ‘til she sees?
can i have a sip of your drink? can i double click on your link?
will you be my sweet eloise?
i’ll be your knight in armor, i’ll be your organic farmer
it’s getting warmer by degrees
you will not be deleted, i hear your name repeated
whispering softly in the breeze
NEON, NOT THE NIGHT
you’re so proud of yr perfect eyesight
but you only see the neon, you don’t see the night
some people don’t mind, in fact they take delight
in only seeing the neon, and not seeing the night
oh, the stars are shining
and the moon is so bright
his diamond rings are flashing
don’t forget the night
ok, so you’re recognized and you and the doorman are tight
but you only see the neon, you don’t see the night
some things taste good, but that doesn’t make them right
you only see the neon, not the night
i saw a sunset and i hope you see the light
that there wouldn’t be any neon if not for the night
oh, the stars are shining
and the moon is so bright
his diamond rings are flashing
don’t forget the night
everything is black & white, well okay, not quite
but you only see the neon, you don’t see the night
YOUR TURN
from dust unto dust & to dust you'll return
i was in the limelight, now it's your turn
the time is now, it's yours to burn
i had my bonfire, now it's your turn
you see a faint glimmer, it's not easy to discern
but the lamp shines the brightest when it's your turn
the know-it-all in his easy chair asks when will you learn?
but what he doesn't know it that it's your turn
to every thing there is a season
and every rhyme, a reason
there is no free ride they say, it's something you've got to earn
but it's yours for the asking 'cause it's your turn
looking at the photographs my heart begins to yearn
but you're making history now 'cause it's your turn
the meeting is ended, it's time to adjourn
but your meeting is just beginning, it's your turn
look at the rushing water, see it swirl & churn
the river keeps on rolling and it's your turn
ALL THE NIGHT LONG
I’ve been working on the railroad all the night long
I’ve been sitting in the alleyway writing you this song
He says, she says, in seven different foreign languages
It doesn’t matter what do as long as it’s all the night
long
Take me out to the ballgame, take me out to the fair
She has that certain jene se quas, a certain savoir fare
It’s true at some point everyone must stand at gunpoint
It doesn’t matter what goes on as long as it’s all the
night long
All the night long
I love you
All the night long
Come on...
It doesn’t matter what you do as long as it’s all the
night long
MATCHSTICKS TO BONFIRES
it was guys' night out the other night
and we had a blast
at my dead-end job folding corrugated cardboard
i came in last
from matchsticks to bonfires
from mountains to sand
you'll come around
you'll understand
so what if i could be your father
i could be your son's father too
did you download that software i gave you?
or did you just watch lethal weapon two?
in the circles we swim in
there are many different kinds of men & women
i bet you never felt this good
i bet you never even thought u could
let's stay up late
here let me pour u another one
let me slip into something more comfortable
let me spit out my gum
YOUR LANGUAGE
i'm about to embark on a long voyage
the airlines will be handling all my luggage
u need exact change to cross the toll bridge
& i wonder if i should take along a sandwich
how do you say "i love you" in your language?
something got lost in the translation
there must have been a mispronounciation
i think i might take out the garbage
it's time that i got rid of all my baggage
how do you say "i love you" in your language?
does it mean the same in yours as it does in mine?
i don't think it's cutting it in mine
i wanna make sure that i pronounce it right
i wanna make sure that i don't miss this flight
this recalls an old familiar adage
that goes together like a horse and carriage
i wonder if u could take down this message
because i'm about to embark on a long voyage
how do you say "i love you" in your language?
I WILL BE THINE
i will be yours, i will be thine
will you agree, will you be mine?
i have done wrong, but i’ll do right
morning is here, so long the night
here’s to the various implications
that course thru yr heart in thin disguise
& here’s to the future conversation
celebration, in your eyes (you & i)
take hold my hand, i’ll carry you
to thee alone, will i be true
throughout the day, & throughout time
i will be yours, i will be thine (will you be mine?)
here’s to the theme of alienation
that seeks to destroy so many lives
& here’s to the hollow invitations
that you’ll hear, every year, from other guys
ANOTHER DAY PASSES
another day passes while the moon inches across the sky
and the sky in question is casting shadows on the rush hour crowd
jackhammers plunge into the sidewalk
and english is spoken here
snow flurries land on my eyelashes
and a baby is being delivered in the delivery room
the doctor’s wife is having an affair (in her mind)
december is half over and june will be here before we know it
last night she passed away in her sleep
he breathed a welcome sigh of relief
they tried to comfort him in his grief
(she clutched her heart and cried in defeat)
i’m standing down below on the street
and another day passes
the silent treatment in the warehouse district
was given out free to the weak and the sick
grandpa passed beneath the open casket
he had nothing worth saying he was sick of it
the turnpike was packed with tourists and unwed mothers
who wanted their sons and daughters to be something that mattered
THE DEATH OF SONG
the death of song has finally arrived
i just read about it it
it was long overdue
there’s no doubt about that
they’ve finally put an end to all this nonsense
let it rest in peace
it had a few good moments
now we’ve got a new lease
thank god 4 the death of song
so long to a pain in the ear
no more of the same old thing
no more a song you will hear
it’s an art form that’s had its day
it’s way past its prime
put it out to pasture
the magazine says it’s about time
i love you baby, i love you
oh baby you’ve done me wrong
i feel this way or that way or whatever
thank god for the death of song
thank god for the death of song
i just read about its demise
the goodbye was dark & rainy
good news, blue skies.
I WAS SLEEPING
you say you’re lonesome in the city
that’s no crime
you say they’ve taken all your clothing
it’s no sin
you say that i look bored
you didn’t know i was sleeping
i saw that look on your complexion
it’s not good
you say they gave you bad directions
you knew they would
you say that i just laid there
you didn’t know i was sleeping
HEALTH FOOD STORE
i walked into the health food store
bell ringing as i opened the door
i got cash at the atm
stocked up on vitamins
pausing in front of the medicine chest
you didn’t even notice
then i looked and it began to rain
it came down in buckets again
$30 or a suit of gold what will it take to lick this cold?
i reached for a magazine
to cover my insecurity
i asked you about echinacea
i heard it does wonders for colds
yeah i heard something’s been going around
everyone i know has it
i brought the stuff up to the counter
you rang it up on the register
$30 or a suit of gold what will it take to lick this cold?
you know it doesn’t happen too much
but every now & then it does
some stranger will break yr heart
inspiring a work of art
confusion & pain will cease
you’ll make a masterpiece
you know you look like one
how does it feel to be another one?
$30 or a suit of gold what will it take to lick this cold?
SHE’S DEAD
she’s dead, you better get that thru yr head(2x)
she’s sleeping in somebody else’s bed
i’m sure, i heard that knock upon yr door (2x)
what for did i hear that knock on yr door?
ok, they’re fixing the streets today (2x)
ok one way or another, you gotta pay
all right, it’s a technological feel (2x)
looks like they have reinvented the wheel
oh my, i got hit in the face w/ a pie (2x)
i’m not even gonna ask you why.
I CAN’T IMAGINE (THAT YOU’RE HAPPY)
i saw your new boyfriend
coming out of your apartment
his hair was not combed
like he’d just woken up
i can’t imagine that you’re happy
i don’t even think of you anymore
i don’t have time w/ my new job
your boyfriend doesn’t have a job, does he?
i didn’t think so
i can’t imagine that you’re happy
nothing against him, i’m sure he’s a great guy
remember when you used to suck on my filthy fingers?
you were holding his hand
like he’d fall if you weren’t
you picked out his clothes didn’t you?
you’re so concerned
i can’t imagine that you’re happy.
LIFE IS STILL SWEET
hair raising, painstaking
all around you battles raging
pot boiling, fast talking
i saw you jay walking
looking in parked car windows
to see yr own reflection
life is still sweet, life is still sweet
just forget what i said last week
life is still sweet
compromising, solarizing
breaking up can be pulverizing
you can be all you want dear
don’t forget your riot gear
may the wind blow behind you
may happiness someday find you
rollerkoaster, oven toaster
on the road to a one-hit wonder
trailblazing totally amazing
looking up while y’re going under
pls step away from the car
pls step away from the car
THE INDIANA SUN
under the indiana sun it came undone
in the oklahoma moon it came too soon
the leaves may be falling and the cold wind may come
my love is calling under the indiana sun
card tricks & sleight of hand she played in the hall
she gambled a grand in spite of it all
she left in a hurry holding a handgun
she left me standing under the indiana sun
thx for the good times she wrote me in her letter
and all the bad times in between
i know i’ll never be able to forget her
and the classic shower curtain scene
so i split for the coast w/ the shirt on my back
i made a clean break i made a small crack
history will tell us in the long run
but she makes me jealous under the indiana sun
JEALOUSY (WILL GET YOU)
jealousy will get you nowhere
you oughta know by now
y’re just digging a hole that won’t let u go
and u might not want to anyhow
all the men that have wrong’d u
wonder where u have gone to
they have their own lives, they have their own wives
& they never even wrote a song for u
i throw my hands up into the fire
i listen to the walkman when i’m tired
but u have been mistaken
i wasn’t taken to the high school choir
yes, i think about it sometimes
i try to see if it rhymes
but i keep my head down & hold my chin up
see if u can add that to yr list of my crimes
well, one after another from time to time
come on baby, let’s go, u gotta show me some kind of real
y’know...etc.
WATERTANK
if u miss this train there’ll be another right behind it
if u call my name i’ll come along
i’m looking for the watertank but i can’t find it
maybe someone was wrong
i got directions to the watertank last nite
i got nowhere ‘cos the directions weren’t right
the engine’s overheated & the fridge is on the blink
not a drop of moisture emits from my sink
well it’s late i know it, it’s not too exciting
my hook is in the lake but no one is biting
i round the gang up & read them their rights
the oncoming traffic better turn of its brights
i lie down w/ a flame in my heart
i’ll keep u company when the sides fly apart
i’ll write a song that will stick in yr head
u won’t be able to get it out until y’re dead
2 FINGERS CROSS’D
one summer ago in uncertain times
one thin girl & two three wind chimes
chapped lips alone & unkissed
she was too easily dismissed
there were times i do recall
those lips did cause me to fall
late nite rain comes trickling down
u can feel that yearning now
so call me any old time
but i don’t know if i’ll respond in kind
pls understand if u cannot see
i might not be what u want me to be
still i leave when u might be lost
one light on and 2 fingers cross’d
hear me now and walk tenderly
judge not thyself nor me viciously
LAZY SUSAN
my lips on yr lips & yr lips on mine
like the shoreline of the ocean & a falling hairline
like an old couple at it again
when the innocence ended we dove right in
lazy susan & i throwing pearls b4 swine
(the swine got the pearls & they took as a good sign
well the riff-raff had the last laugh in the early a.m. chill
ghetto youths training pit bulls to kill
& people in church straining to sit still
while we pass’d around the holy H2O
like a choking victim in the back catalog
just a taste of the hair of the atomic dog
cracking up in the a.m. w/ the rising sun
& the midwest farmer’s daughters
so crack the black whip under the tightrope walker
give the pink slip to the rock n’roll rocker
cracking up in the evening on the front lawn
only to find his long lost lover long gone
SAY FOR ME
say for me that i may hear u
say it, say it for me
say for me that i may be near u
say it, say it for me
do u remember down by the bridge
the nite that u and i first kiss’d
u held my hand & i held yrs for the day
turn away
& do u remember the day after that
we rode on down to the river
u wore that dress & i let u wear my hat for the day
turn away
well i know that she’s so far away
i know that she’s not here today
i tried to call her on the phone today
i might as well turn away
RESOLUTION (RESOLUTION)
let’s not worry when we’re 30
ok ok it’s new year’s day
resolution, resolution, it’s new year’s day
take what u get & you’ll regret giving in
you’ve had enough of that box y’re living in
resolution, resolution, it’s new year’s day
i can picture this not working
broken fixtures shadows lurking
i love yr dress and all y’re dreaming of
swim the river & all of the above
resolution, resolution, it’s new year’s day
SANDLOT SHUFFLE
hey - i got a sandlot king
hey - i got a new saigon
hey - i got wishful thinking
hey - i got my glasses on
hey - i got a beef lo mein
hey - i got rainbow skin
hey - i got a mojo filter
hey - i got original sin
but all i need is you...
hey - i got a ball point pen
hey - i got a brand new bag
hey - i got front lock brakes
hey - i got to click & drag
hey - i got a gunflint trail
hey - i got a trampolin
hey - i got a ball & chain
hey - do u know what i mean?
but all i need is you...
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