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Songs from the Roost

by Gentleman Caller

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1.
Crown Jewel 03:10
When it comes to freaks baby, you’re the crown jewel Nobody twitches like you do It’s hard to breathe in a climate so cruel But you ignore the bad news You bang on the drum ‘til the drum starts talking And I end up walking in time I don’t know nuthin’, I am just squawkin I am just makin it rhyme Baby is keeping me up at night When it comes to freaks baby, you’re the crown jewel Floating like a purple balloon Across the breeze over power lines too No one disappears me like you Baby is keeping me up at night
2.
Dead in Love 03:42
The stairs weren’t crowded but there were people there She whispered into my mouth and lungs “don’t be scared” I said “I’m not scared but I think this is a dream” She touched her fingers to my belt buckle and leaned What does it matter, my darling? What even does anything mean? If I want to kiss you, I might as well kiss you Your ghost is the secret in me I guess it always will be She gripped my hand slowly, pushed it back behind me Against the wall, vibrating, a strange machine I tell her I am taken as she tugs at my shirt And I know when I awaken, this is going to hurt My baby vampire, empty me, empty me my blood I want to stay forever dead and in love What does it matter, my darling? What even does anything mean? If I want to kiss you, I might as well kiss you You’re the worst kept secret in me I guess you always will be
3.
Citadel 04:03
I collapsed on the steps of the citadel On the set of the movie that was playing in my head Why did they make this movie so sad? I tried to listen but the whisperin’ made me mad Oh darling I want to taste it before we die Oh darling I want what’s left of you tonight Until the end becomes and endless sky I climbed the wall of day dreams, to hear what you said I know my head’s no reliable place but why does it hurt so bad In the infinite space with our infinite eyes In the infinite moment, you are infinitely mine Oh darling I want to taste it before we die Oh darling I want what’s left of you tonight Until the end becomes an endless sky
4.
King of pop on the bus while the driver smoked menthols The starts can be rough and not all the stories get told Teacher’s husband ended it all in a cold blue Dodge, A garage full of secrets, a note and a watch My memories dig holes in the ground I had my own secrets then I have my own secrets now And I’m dancing in the ballroom of my secret house at the very least at the very least I always wanted to hear them say about me a pretty good dancer I once bit a Christian and got hit with a cross I sewed thread into my skin and I imagined the applause I would hear when I was magic, the singer of songs When I became everything that I am not My memories dig holes in the ground I had my own secrets then I have my own secrets now And I’m dancing in the ballroom of my secret house at the very least at the very least I always wanted to hear them say about me a pretty good dancer
5.
Don’t sell that dress, put it back in your suitcase It can’t be hung on someone else’s bones Don’t sell that dress, return it to its hiding place That night is a keepsake, It should not be sold In some brave past life I was hypnotized I let a gypsy read my palm Her eyes went dark, she looked terrified I felt the curse upon me like a stone It was in New York with the butterflies There was something new going on I stared too hard, so I apologized You looked through me like a ghost Don’t sell that dress, put it back in your suitcase It can’t be hung on someone else’s bones Don’t sell that dress, return it to its hiding place That night is a keepsake, It should not be sold I’ve got everything I’ve got And I’m not saying what I’m not Don’t sell that dress, put it back in your suitcase It can’t be hung on someone else’s bones Don’t sell that dress, return it to its hiding place That night is a keepsake, It should not be sold
6.
I’m a stranger Lost in a world of men And I’ve never been, No I’ve never been one of them I’m a stranger with an identical twin but I’m not him I’ve never been anything like him I’m just a visitor, baby I didn’t come from this city I wasn’t baptized in your church And you can’t save me I’m a lookalike, honey I’m a dime store dummy I’ve got space inside of me It’s an infinity I only wanted you to love me I only ever wanted you to love me
7.
Badlands 03:31
Happy anniversary, I know you’re just along for the ride And I wish you’d fall into the river and drown so I could watch sometimes I shot your daddy dead, you didn’t bat an eye I like the way you smoke cigarettes and hum when you drive We’re gonna curve and swerve through the Badlands They’re never gonna take us alive, no they’re never gonna take us alive Cadillac is thirsty, dust of Dakota is caught in her throat We have come a long way honey, with a long way to go You’ve always been strange, man, but god damn you are beautiful I guess I always knew it would end this way, I guess it's cool We’re gonna curve and swerve through the Badlands They’re never gonna take us alive, no they’re never gonna take us alive
8.
Ashes 04:04
I left the window down I left my elbow out My heart is stubborn So I keep it in my mouth The ashes of dreams, time is so brittle My mind doesn’t wander, it stomps and bangs It splashes in the water that pours from your name The ashes of dreams, the sound of hospitals Before you left me, I was more logical Beauty don’t come back, enjoy it while it lasts You didn’t come to be tamed, but to be set free The smell of your clothes, it has stayed with me More of you in the breeze everlasting Until the air that I breathe leaves me gasping Time just repeats, and every moment you leave The ashes of dreams, forever scattered
9.
Flashback City, we were neighborhood age You were never pretty, but you sure were strange I werewolfed my hairdo, Travis dressed like a priest Joe was in the bathroom, getting beaten without relief You cried too, in your vampire teeth You cried too, in your vampire teeth I didn’t get your tears, I didn’t understand empathy I didn’t have to tell you, it happens every week You just knew in your vampire teeth You just knew in your vampire teeth In the night under the stars, it’s the truth that breaks your heart Later, between the houses, when we said goodnight I touched your hand and you touched mine You withdrew in your vampire teeth You withdrew in your vampire teeth
10.
Atlanta on the blur You left like it was burning To prevent the tables turning Your songs burned through They killed a hundred waiters and they emptied a couple of rooms I know you like the way that people talk So you drove around the east coast looking for a spark You got lucky, honey, With those funeral eyes You pulled into bars Tripped over guitars Hung the moon from the sleeve of your shirt You fake it for the neighbors Go drinking with strangers and you act like your stitches don't hurt I know you like the way that people talk So you drove around the east coast looking for a spark You got lucky, honey, With those funeral eyes
11.
Hide inside me, little bird Your nest inside my throat Hide inside me, little words And arms beneath my coat My secret heart beats, little bird It scares you and you flutter Beneath this maple tree, it burns So I made you a bunker When I swallowed you that night I thought you’d fill that space But that space, it’s still right here There’s nothing left to disappear So hide inside me, little bird The city isn’t safe I’ll shield you from this awful world I’ll shield you from its pain I’ll take you to the empty woods Be quiet please now, if you could
12.
Eight 03:20
The darkness does kill And in an instant she was still and thinking It’s different at night When the lightning bugs fly, and the sky is twinkling “There’s an angel in me But I put her to sleep, so come kiss me” She smiles and looks away Lights a cigarette and waves come crashing I never have known what to say I feel inches from the grave whenever I’m laughing There’s no angel in me And there’s no eternity worth contemplating It’s different at night Her legs stretched out on the twigs and leaves I can’t catch my breath I’m scared of this mess, I love this dream When our time disappears Like the song from our ears, did it mean anything?
13.
What kind of creature am I this time? As I give in to the light Reborn and recaptured, But I never seem to die The doctor leaves the bedroom His shadow leaves it too I’ll learn another language My body will be new I know I broke your eyes But oh my god I can’t remember when I couldn’t tell you why Love to me has always been pretend But I wish you were on my side again The temporary heart beats With spaces in between When the roots take the temples And the trees take the street There is no more counting There are no more scenes I know I broke your eyes But oh my god I can’t remember when And I couldn’t tell you why Love to me has always been pretend I don’t know what I’m like But I know that it is coming to an end I wish you were on my side again

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released November 16, 2020

Kenny wrote, played, recorded & mixed.

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