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THIS CIRCUS REVIVAL WILL END IN TEARS
by Sullivan Fall
All the self-help, made-up boys were waiting
Outside the hive that would keep them in for a couple of hours
While sad little sisters were busy contemplating
How to corner off some breathing room from the wallflowers
As the minutes passed by the division of sides was growing
Between the bleeders and the cutters someday everybody's got to choose
The bleeders always knew how to get it flowing
While the cutters all they had to show was another bruise
But at least you knew the body was being used
But we all showed up for the same reason
To dull this same unyielding fear
The circus only comes during this season
And this season only comes once a year
But its always the same thing as the last song's ending nears
Nobody's getting up till everyone's in tears
Everybody's gonna cry tonight, caught up in the glow of the suffering light
Saying "all we know is what we feel"
Everybody's gonna cry tonight, letting all their sorrows out into the sight
And if we can't feel it then we know it's not real.
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Honey's Too Hot
03:16
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HONEY’S TOO HOT
by Sullivan Fall
Honey’s too hot to hang around here, to hang around here keeping us distracted
Honey’s too hot for us to be near, the intentions are clear but they're not enacted
For fear
Mother nature makes a cruel division
Between the beautiful and those who call it love
In the corners waiting for permission
For a moment to be graced by the presence of
A pretty face like yours will only lead to dreams that don’t come true
And what’s more, you kiss this frog and he won’t turn into something
Good enough for you
They never do
Cause Honey’s too hot as she smokes in the cold
In her coat and blindfold until break is over
Honey’s too hot for us to behold, to be so controlled, they all want to show her
To punch out for lunch an hour, punch in till afternoon is done
Punch out now that the day is over she’s too beaten to go out for fun
Honey’s too hot to stay in this light
Her smile once bright is now kept for weekends
When honey gets caught in some singleton’s sight, he’ll do for the night
But he’s not worth keeping for more
A pretty face like yours was meant to see your dreams never come true
And then one morn, you’re face to face with all that's become of you
Honey we do what we can not what we want to do
Honey’s too hot to stay here for long
To sing the same song like some one-shot wonder
Honey’s too hot as she waits by the door, her eyes on the floor
She’s there waiting for her one to take her home.
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3. |
It's Not Funny
03:08
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IT'S NOT FUNNY
by Sullivan Fall
It's not funny when I fall on my face
It's not funny that i'm still in this place
So stop laughing, stop laughing, it isn't funny to me
To me
It's not clever to play dead when you're not
It's not clever to pretend you've forgot
So stop laughing, stop laughing, it isn't funny to me,
To me
Oh your sad ugly smile, all the while, you act like nothing's wrong
Oh your sad ugly smile, all the while, when everything is wrong
It's not funny i can't make you understand
It's not funny that my life is in your hands
So stop laughing, stop laughing, it isn't funny to me
To me.
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Your Friend And Mine
04:25
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YOUR FRIEND AND MINE
by Sullivan Fall
Between Emily and Amy, i stopped to catch my breath
But in this holy coat in winter i only caught my death
And if i spent this last night, under the snow and streetlight
Waiting for the cold to take me slowly
Between Emily and Amy, the minister appealed
For someone to remember the boy who's fate was sealed
But nobody could think of any word worthy enough
And so the silence sent them on their leaving
When the truth catches up with you, what else can a liar do?
The truth catches up to you and you're caught without a line
When the truth catches up with you, what else can a lover do?
The truth catches up with you, caught between your friend and mine.
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As Soon As The Day Ends
04:56
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AS SOON AS THE DAY ENDS
by Sullivan Fall
Never been an early riser
Keep waking up but none the wiser
As soon as this rain ends i'm going out walking
And i don't know if i will be back again
It's always been the same surrender
A flash of lust but just forget her
As soon as the fall comes i've got to be leaving
Or else i'll never make it out again
This morning mix won't fix this feeling
That all this time i've just been stealing
But sooner or later it all ends up when
You can take what is left, this will be yours then
As soon as the day ends.
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Lover's Knot
04:00
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LOVER'S KNOT
by Sullivan Fall
I can't get away from you (3x)
No matter what i try to do
This lover's knot has got me, this lover's lock has got me through
This lover's knot has got me, this lover's knot has caught me too
But we know that we will not let this go
The longer we keep this lie (3x)
The further from the last goodbye
This lover's knot has got me, this lover's lock has got me through
This lover's knot has got me, this lover's knot has caught me too
But we know that we will not let this go.
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7. |
Carole Lombard
03:57
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CAROLE LOMBARD
2008 by Sullivan Fall
I wish that i could love like Carole Lombard can
Though those silly boys would run, she’d always get her man
And take them for a ride from the dump to the upper west side
Oh those movies lied
So i spent the weekend in, just drinking down my shames
And lusting after her, the screwiest of dames
The passion meters rise with that fiery look in her eyes
All those beautiful lies
And when those Hollywood blondes hit their marks in the spotlight
It makes a mere mortal like me always tend to lose sight
And how fast these red-blooded dreams turn into black and white
Now there's nothing left for me to fill the afternoons
So I’m watching her parade through hoodlums and buffoons
While looking for the one who’ll give her heart a run
Until the movie’s done
Could anyone?
Because love, it ruins soup love does
You wonder what the point of it was
Until you’re begging for the taste of it once more to find you
And love, it makes you dumber than dirt
You lose your hat, your tie, and your shirt
Until you're asking for a little more l’amour
Anything that binds you
I wish that i could love like Carole Lombard can.
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8. |
Carry You Out
02:13
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CARRY YOU OUT
by Sullivan Fall
Sad-eyed girl you’re looking worse for wear
Not enough sunlight, one too many cares
That aren’t worth caring about
But i promise to carry you out
That blind drunk look still hanging in your eyes
Happy with the consolation prize
And when you kiss me with that morning pout
I will still carry you out
The winter’s coming, girl, we’ll freeze to death
Hold the mirror on each others breath
And when the spring reveals us, there’ll be no doubt
Someone will have to carry us out
Someone will have to carry us out.
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A Girl Like You
02:46
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A GIRL LIKE YOU
by Sullivan Fall
With a girl like you i might eat breakfast
I’d do my best to sleep and not get restless
Oh the things i’d do, for a girl like you
With a girl like you, i’d lose defenses
And spill all of my confidences
Make sense too, for a girl like you
And if you don’t believe it why don’t you give it a try
And if i can't relieve it, you’ve got the right to tell me goodbye
With a girl like you, i would be singing
From streetlamps i’d been seen a-swinging
The things i’d do, for a girl like you
With a girl like you, when presented
In the finest rooms not be resented
For what i’d do, for a girl like you
And if you can't conceive me, still won't you give me a turn
I’ll warm you over believe me and if i can’t then leave me to burn
With a girl like you beside me, i’m taking my shot
For a girl like you beside me, how could i not.
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10. |
In Leaving
04:16
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IN LEAVING
by Sullivan Fall
Such a happy camper that i could never leave my tent
Until you called me over, the princess and the soldier, was never meant
Dumb luck couldn't find a smarter girl to trick
Left my shell to see you, so sure that i was see-through, you never looked
The suffering of morning, out past the point of boring, hung out and hooked
No cut could bleed me out so quick
In leaving you i'm leaving nothing, nothing that matters, that can't go wrong
I'll tell the truth of all those mornings that i spent believing it could be you
This stupid pageantry we go through is just one more thing that i won't miss
But i'm not doing this to hurt you cause you have him and i have this
In leaving you i'm leaving nothing, nothing that matters, that can't go wrong
I lost it all on some dull morning while still believing it could be you
that would keep me coming to.
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11. |
Navy Day
03:15
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NAVY DAY
by Sullivan Fall
The ships are out its navy day and all the flags are waving proud
There's no doubt on navy day because doubt is not allowed
The sun shines bright on navy day, hurray, hurrah and shining on
Let freedom ring on navy day until evil is gone
Oh how far we'll fly, up above the crowds so high, they're smiling
Nothing's gonna keep us down, not when we've got them around still flying
We will not be scared and if they try we'll show them then for sure
That our hearts are pure
The sun sets now on navy day and there is nothing left to fear
The sun goes down on navy day till it rises up next year.
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12. |
Malady And Me
03:23
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MALADY AND ME
by Sullivan Fall
Seamus, i'm shameless and famously corrupt
Haven't left this bed in days but i'm keeping my big mouth shut
Handsome, how come you're dumb enough to stay
To watch this once great beauty slowly waste away
God knows heaven holds no place for me
But i never cared for his sort of divinity
Honest Adonis, do all this as you're told
Wrap me in your muscular arms and maybe i won't feel so cold
God knows that you've shown so much patience with me
But i've got to stay with my own sordid company
Honey i'm too tired to be true
Remember that your youth belongs to you
Just find someone who will never let you be
Just like me and malady
Darling it's no use to change my mind (malady and me)
To look for something you will never find (malady and me)
Just find someone who will never let you be
Just like malady and me.
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Sullivan Fall Calgary, Alberta
Sullivan Fall makes awkward rocking pop. His tenth and most recent album is entitled ADMIT THE ABSENCE FITS.
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