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Orphan

by The Revenants

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1.
Let's Go Swinging 03:56
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So sick of feeling blue Wanna have something new to do Get out on a Saturday night Uptown where the lights are bright I'm ready to cut loose Shake my caboose Come on baby Let's go swinging Come on honey Let's go swinging Get into the groove Come on baby Let's go swinging Come on honey Let's go swinging Ha, ho Swing with me Just wanna have a real good time Is that some kind of a crime Wanna dance the boogaloo Something tells me you want that too Can't wait till we hit the floor Catch that beat that you can't ignore Let's shake the dust from our shoes Shake off the bad, bad news Let's paint ourselves real pretty Let's get all down and dirty Cut it for what it's worth Live this last night on Earth
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The Cool That'll Do Ya 04:34
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Gotta say you're cool As cool as a block of ice And some of the things you do They ain't so nice You're always at a distance I can't touch Maybe that's why I want you so much The cool that'll do ya Don't do it for me The cool that'll do ya My bumblebee You have stung me When I see ya I tend to lose my shit I don't even want ya But I can't quit You make me stupid Make me lose control But you are lodged down in my soul I feel you in my bones I feel you in my heart I can't just stand Being apart But apart we are You and me Apart we are for eternity
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Doncha Do It 03:15
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Sometimes you can be so mean And I don't get the reason You pull the rug out from under me To you I'm an open season I am nothing to you A piece of gum on your shoe Doncha do it, baby doncha do it to me Sometimes you can be so cruel You squash me like a bug You don't care that I have feelings Or I might need a hug It's really all about you And all the wonderful things that you do Sometimes you can be so hard As hard as granite And I gotta get far away Like another planet But your gravity Proves to be to much for me Sometimes you can be such a punk Make me feel like a fool You know how to rip me a new one The way they did at school You never show no remorse It's all just a matter of course
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You Will Find a Home 04:46
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Sometimes it seems The whole wide world is against you And there ain't no one, no one on your side Well don't lose faith when you're at the bottom 'Cause you will find, you will find a home Well don't be so down So down and so doomy Better to be doughty and laugh at your fears Yeah I know the whole wide world is depressing But you will find, you will find a home Lift yourself up, lift yourself up Lift up off of the ground Get yourself out, get yourself out Get out of town And when you do you will see That you are not alone, no, no And you will find, you will find home Well don't look so lost So lost and pathetic I am here, here right by your side And when it seems You can't go no further Well you're dead wrong You will find a home, you will find a home And when it seems you can't go no further And when it seems you can't go no further You will find a home
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Some Kind of Heaven 04:01
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When I am weak from carrying my load, yeah When I reach that old end of the road When I'm fed up and when I'm done Well I'm gonna have my day in the sun The Emerald City, it ain't half as pretty As some kind Some kind of heaven Well I am young and I am fit And I don't give a flying shit This must be some kind of heaven Well I drive myself a Maserati and I sing like Pavarotti This is some kind of heaven The City of Light, well it ain't half as bright And the Taj Mahal, it don't compare at all Everything is perfect here Got no worries, got no fear Everyone is happy and tan Every child, woman and man The Great Wall of China it seems rather minor The Pyramids of Giza, well it just doesn't please ya The Gardens of Babylon just make you wanna yawn The Temple of Artemis, it’s so easy to dismiss
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I'll Be in Touch 05:07
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I know I made some promises I told you many things I said I’d always be around Love you without any strings But stuff keeps coming up for me I’m a pretty busy guy Hold on, hold on I will be there soon Hold on, hold on Maybe Tuesday afternoon Let me see what I can do I’ll be in touch, I’ll be in touch I’ll be in touch, just you wait and see I’ve told you lots of stories About how much I care Don’t you know I really mean it Love you my little sugar bear But I got some appointments to keep Each and every day Hold on, hold on I will be there soon Hold on, hold on Maybe Thursday afternoon Let me see what I can do I know I can sound sincere When I say I love you I don't care about nobody more There is no one above you But I got some stuff I gotta get to I got a full plate Hold on, hold on I will be there soon Hold on, hold on Maybe Sunday afternoon Let me see what I can do
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Trading Up 03:36
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Had me a wife but she got pretty old Started looking around, lo and behold Found me a girl Made me wag my tongue She had firm breasts Yeah, I like 'em young So what if we don't relate She is my new soul mate I'm trading up It's only natural Now this girl she drives me insane Can't stand the way she talks She's a real birdbrain Hate all her music, hate all her culture Still I prey on her bones just like a famished vulture I feel like a kid Not some fart who has hit the skid Yeah this girl all she does is text When I try to talk to her She looks at me perplexed I hate all her values Nothing to admire Still I suck on her essence Just like a hungry vampire If she loses that new girl smell I will trade her up as well
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Orphan 07:06
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My mama she went to the river And she stuck me in a little boat Well my mama she went down to the river And she watched me float, float away I screamed, Hey Mama I'm your baby, that's your little sobriquet She said, I don't know ya, I don't love ya You don't matter a jot to me You're not my baby, get outta here You matter not to me You're an orphan, you're an orphan Yes you are can't you see Yeah, I'm an orphan I'm an orphan Yeah, I'm an orphan There is no one but me My daddy he went down to the river Just to see what was transpiring Well my daddy he went down to the river His brow was perspiring in a flood I screamed, Hey Daddy, I'm your little buddy I am your blood He said, I don't want ya, I don't need ya You don't matter a jot to me You're not my little buddy, get outta here You matter not to me You're an orphan, you're an orphan Yes you are, can't you see Why oh why have you forsaken me Why oh why have you abandoned me Why did you bring me into this mean old world All I wanted was a little attention All I wanted was your love and attention Why don't I matter a jot to you Why don't I matter a lot to you
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Oh for the Love of Mike 05:01
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I know you mean well And you believe you mean well too But that doesn't mean that what you mean Resembles anything true I guess it makes you feel better It's almost like you care You say you are there for me Define for me "there" Oh for the love of Mike Won't you stop it With all your fake sincerity Oh for the love of Mike I swear it's gonna be Gonna be Gonna be the death of me I'd rather you just let me be We have not talked in ages We have such busy days At least that's how you say it is with you Me, I'm in a downward phase You might ask me how I am You might say I'm on your mind You might say how much I matter But nothing with you is clearly defined Let me do my own thing You do your own thing as well We won't bug each other We'll get along swell I won't lie to you If you don't lie to me It'll all be peachy-keen Like a partridge in a pear tree
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Knocked Me Off My Feet 06:26
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Feeling pretty woozy Feel like I'm gonna hit the floor Last night was a doozy When I came knocking 'round your back door You flashed me a smile The kind I hadn't seen in awhile Was a great seduction Would make a decent script An eloquent construction The kind that Freud might have slipped You want to be the star You put the "biz" in bizarre Knocked me off my feet Cut a swath so wide Knocked me off my feet And now I'm crippled inside Feeling pretty shaky Want to curl into a ball All my muscles are quite achey You have got me locked into your thrall There is no escape Some might even call it rape Having trouble breathing Feel like I might drown You loom above me seething My world has turned upside down You ain't some kind of saint No a saint you ain't
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Life's Last Day 04:55
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The sun is shining Shining down with all its might Got to get on out Get out before the night No time to procrastinate No time to delay Looks like this is life's last day Oh yeah, let's sing hooray Hip-hip-hooray It's life's day No more worries, no more strife Hip-hip-hooray It's life's day No more troubles, no more life Your heart is a-beatin' Louder than a big bass drum You are so filled with joy That it has struck you dumb The clock is a-tickin' You better be on your way Looks like this is life's last day Oh yeah, let's sing hooray Gather your stuff And move right along Count up your sins And sing this sweet old song The sun is a-settin' Setting down around you Better get a-movin' Before this day is through Better settle with your debtors And wipe all your debts away Looks like this is life's last day Oh yeah, let's sing hooray
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Bye Bye, Baby, Bye Bye 05:19
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Never said I would hang around I need room to grow Never made any promises A long, long time ago Better check your diary Or your web log Show me where I said I'd stick by you Like some sort of crazy dog Sorry if I ever mislead you It's not like I said I would wed you Bye bye baby, bye bye You got no need to run and hide Bye bye baby, bye bye I'll see you on the flip side I gotta fly Never said I would be true Yeah it's not my style Thought you would've gotten that What with my big fat phony smile It's not that I'm insincere I'm just I'm not that deep You put too much stock in me And I am only your average creep Sorry if I ever mislead you I only ever wanted to bed you
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One Last Thing 03:24
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I feel you in my bones
I feel you in my heart
I can't just stand
Being apart
But apart we are
You and me
Apart we are for eternity

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released November 10, 2023

Cover "Orphan" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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