Smart Casual, by Noiselandia

Smart Casual

by Noiselandia

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1.	Platonic 02:46	lyrics	buy track
Platonic Two god-like freaks of nature Bodies clad in scales and fun fur Couch-bound, embalmed in leather Beneath the hair that sticks together Well it's ironic, she said, she said This gin's the tonic, kick back, kick back I know you want it, so bad, so bad But my love's platonic Their beaks moved fast and frantic Overwhelmed but not romantic It's not the chastity belt that will save them When they swallow their scales and clothespins Well it's ironic, she said, she said This gin's the tonic, kick back, kick back I know you want it, so bad, so bad But my love's platonic
2.	The Falls 02:14	lyrics	buy track
The Falls (Jim English, July 2009) ...down by the falls a woman i know lives in the shade of a low slung branch and balcony she smoke her smoke honestly and then she shares her smoke with me it makes my eyes sting and then she sees and so she turns and says to me i see the look you gave to me i saw the look you gave to me see saw away just don't judge me so i see saw silently between the walls the trees the sea above the sky the sum of me the front the back end i saw see the sum of me the sum of thee these are the people in the falls these are the people in the falls
3.	Get Over It 00:15	lyrics	buy track
It doesn't change a thing Those things you said about me I can get over that If you get over Not loving me
4.	He's Got No Bowl 03:12	lyrics	buy track
He's Got No Bowl Beverly, she lost herself so easily She left there standing with the smoking gun Finally she walks away so painfully Planning it was everything, it's all the fun Benedictine monks and Aristoxenus Never get to see what their words become Ritalin and Cigarettes and Ecstasy He likes the buildup but he doesn't cum And I never want to be the one who takes a second look I know the secret of your hard-on for that goal You've got you nose inside the ledger of the things you've took But that's no different than the monk who's got no bowl He checks the map one time for clarity he tears it up as he turns it on He checks a sign once more for certainty You'd think his wife might wonder where he's gone Then she hears some fumbling from the rectory But she's too tire to see what's going on Beverly, she freezes for eternity The wife will find the bingo money's gone And I never want to be the one who takes a second look I know the secret of your hard-on for that goal You've got you nose inside the ledger of the things you've took But that's no different than the monk who's got no bowl
5.	Holy Moses 02:33	lyrics	buy track
I was taken by the driver's mouth As she lets the passengers in and out It must have been a singer's pout Like Yoko Ono or Mother Mary I took it back to the record shop To find out who had owned it first To tell them that I had their stuff And that I'd spent it all on nothing As I climbed on back into the bus She gave me such a knowing look That I gave it up there and then Took a transfer and sat behind her I whispered nothing to the air
6.	The A-Gleam Lighting Co. 01:59	lyrics	buy track
The A-Gleam Lighting Co. (adapted from Bukowski, Charles. “Making Do” Slouching Towards Nirvana. New York: Harper Collins, 2006) Once on this ball busting job I asked the worker next to me How do we know We haven’t died and gone to hell? He didn’t reply. He thought I was crazy to imagine we might have died and gone to hell The foreman walked up behind me: “Chinaski, what are you looking around for?” “I want to know, where I am, where I am.” “You’re at the A-Gleam Lighting Company”
7.	A Woman Like You 02:19	lyrics	buy track
A Woman Like You My, my, what just happened? I was thinking just a fuck or two Then you took me kicking and scratching And I woke up in a hotel room And now I get down on my knees And I pray to god she’ll never Leave me on my own ‘cause now I know just what it means To be loved by a woman As good as you My weekends in the suburbs Playing softball in an office league My girl, she sleeps till Wednesday Then I take the - kids to the pool
8.	Countries or Mafias 01:06	lyrics	buy track
Countries or/are mafias(?) There's/that's one thing I know
9.	I Found You 02:33	lyrics	buy track
I Found You I thought you Would never come down You never got be-hind me. You never made a sound I thought you Would never get away You never got high with me You never made a sound Your mama doesn't understand why You never did the things I never did And how can I just stand around and say 'I found you'? Your daddy doesn't understand why You never did the things I never did But I found you I found you In the middle of the road Lying on the white line Cars all around I picked you up Dragged you to the curb You told me I should give it up Now I've learned
10.	Myth 02:40	lyrics	buy track
Myth Imagine it, it's hard to do When this pin-prick is found on you To see her makes it hard to feel To feel it makes her hard to see Pounding temples, pacing floor boards sitting, sweating, so you're getting up and upset better keep the broken cup Short tempered, not short enough Bare fisted, not fisticuffs You're angry, throwing awkward fits So angry, you better keep up the myth You're anxious, you nervous twit Scratching, pulling at the stitch The fever, it's in your lower back The crinkle, it's in your filthy slacks Pounding temples, pacing floor boards sitting, sweating, so you're getting up and upset better keep the broken cup Short tempered, not short enough Bare fisted, not fisticuffs You're angry, throwing awkward fits So angry, you better keep up the myth You're nervous, you anxious twit Scratching, pulling at the stitch Pounding temples, pacing floor boards Sitting, sweating, so you're getting up and Upset better keep the broken cup Short tempered, not short enough Bare fisted, not fisticuffs You're angry, throwing awkward fits So angry, you better keep up the myth
11.	At Least I Think So 02:11	lyrics	buy track
At Least I Think So My wife is upstairs sleeping At least I think so Unless she left while I was out My son is upstairs sleeping I can hear the radio Two weeks ago I was receiving Some other family's child's Disembodied voice His breathing sounds like mine The cadence of the sigh Mom and dad live across the town At least I think so Unless they moved while I was sleeping
12.	Skin and Bones 02:32	lyrics	buy track
I'm skin and bones Breath in, breath out
13.	Surrender 04:08	info	buy track

credits

released April 26, 2014

recorded at Dartington College of Arts by PAUL RUSTON in 2004

mixed by MIKHIAL GURARIE at Futura Omnimedia in 2014
mastered by JEFF ELLIOTT (a.k.a. 'FEDGE') in 2014

DAVE GOULD percussion
MAJA BUGGE cello

'The Falls' lyrics by JIM ENGLISH
'The A-Gleam Lighting Co.' lyrics adapted from Charles Bukowski
'Surrender' Cheap Trick cover

cover art with assistance from MICHELE GOWDA in 2004

PAUL RUSTON all else