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For the Birds

by Rhomboids

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1.
Won't Give it a Rest 02:27
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I think the way you make me like I like the way you make me think Miss, make me move, Miss, make me move Get me to the point, you don’t have to try Tell me your name again and again What do I want and what am I after? lets start with your laughter I me your self around my center There is no way that this is not happening Here we are right now, we don’t have to try You follow through and I will do the same for you I gave you puzzle pieces for your ears That’s all they are, the glue is clear I admit it I’m obsessed, I confide it could cause a mess I’ll do my best to hide it, but I won’t give it a rest
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Upon My Departure 03:34
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Don’t want to be stuck inside no box Rectangular prisms are not my style Invite my family of friends to come Now get your hands in the soil When my heart stops pumping I only ask of you one thing That when I quit my breathin’, Don’t be grievin’ it will have been my season I hope you are happy that you knew me And in this ritual, you can see the world right through me Once this life has left my body Bury what’s left of me underneath an avocado tree You will not have to be alone Though I’m not reached in the same way Come be shaded by these leaves Eat guacamole in May
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Oh Brother, Where Are Ya? 02:47
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Those books they sit there on that bookshelf I put them up there all by myself Do they know what they’re telling me to do? I don’t think so I don’t think that I’m all locked in But I’ll still show up on time again Tomorrow is here, the future is gone And I’m out there I’m out there finding the more I see It doesn’t matter what you are gonna be You’re already there, we have been here Now lets stop and stare Lets stop and stare down the vast expanse And can you help me pare down on all these extra pairs of pants I’ll trade all of them but one for some free time The days they run The days they run in to one another How many times per year do I see my brother? Its never enough still I’m not moving back The time flies by now its time to hit the sack I plan my time as my sight turns black But as always it slips right through the cracks
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Livin' in the Future 03:38
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Livin’ in the future is no better than living in the past Livin’ in the future we’re never gonna make it there at last Livin’ in the future there’s no absolute you can say Tomorrow is an illusion, you never get past today Livin’ in the future the job’s not getting done Livin’ in the future you are the only one Livin’ in the future what reality could be By the time you get there’ll be something else to see What will you have for me and where will I be when its ready Lets make this happen here and now no need to fuss about how It’s so easy to sit, plan, and hope Livin’ in the future Let us not talk about what is not present And what we cannot do about it Let’s see what we have to work with and what can be done
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Kicking Past 02:10
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Kick myself in the past Kicking past myself I have faith in my breaks One inch long rubber pads Heading down, and then up Squeeze my hands, push my feet Broke a wire, gears locked up Pedal slow, hill is steep I went in to your house Left my bike in the hall Took a spill, got back up Sipped my fill, still filled my cup Walked around all day long Picked up more at every stop Took the bus, sat in sun PDA, got yelled at When you’re here, don’t want my phone That’s it’s use- to get me here Look at you, look at me Nothing else is interesting
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Talk Dance Kiss 02:02
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I like talking I’m kinda nervous cuz you’re cute I’m thinking all day “I hope that she likes me” I’d sacrifice anything to hang out with you I like dancing When the music’s good We just have to let it all out Do you know that I believe we should Twist and shake the night away Dance until the P in PM turns to A Lose all our troubles along the way Forget what you gotta do later today I like kissing On the check is cool But wait a minute there now Misses Do you want to know what would really rule? Let taste inside each other’s lips I want a long and passionate kiss Locate your hands on my hips Give me your drool, let me take a sip
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Magical 03:48
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Do I mess this friendship up with love? Natural growth tends to blossom Flowers lead to fruit and seeds For feed and more, or toss ‘em There’s much knowledge yet to gather Before my time unravels And I know that I like it when you are around In what will have been my travels Just watch me get cliché: I have not yet met someone like you I need to say that I just may kiss you That is if you’d like me to, cuz Spending time with you is magical Couldn’t take it anymore so I finally asked Now at last I know where you stand Separate and equal, we’re circular people It’s a different kind of Venn diagram Than the one I was hoping for I wanted more overlapping Unscrewed the lid, still glad I did Even if the lid needed recapping Now I see I should have read What your body language said When you moved your head To the other side of the bed, still Spending time with you is magical
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Searching / Straining 05:00
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Not every line has to rhyme But mine do most of the time So I return to the same words And so I chirp like the happy birds Outside my window in the tree They’re even happier than me Because they’re free and they can hang From the rim and my shotclock rang Was it the dryer, my clothes are done Or the alarm and I have to run I run away from where I want Into the place, they change my font So my words slant, I have no choice And I can’t help but change my voice When I sit there, when I stand there My back is straight to show I care While I’m searching and straining For the line I forgot to write before I turned off the light Yeah I’m searching and straining For the line I forgot to write before I turned off the light And my head was cluttered for most of last night It did not stop when my lashes touched So I’m searching and straining Up until now I didn’t know I cared so much But I’ve spent some time without your touch And things happen when you show that you don’t care And wheels spin when I’m not there Verse number two is always hardest to write When I’m not so sure what I’m doing is right And I know that none of this could have been planned But it doesn’t appear that I understand So we’ve made it to the second page My words bleed through, proving their age And will this song be memorized? The world has it internalized Most of these words live as sketches Distant notions each one fetches Reminders that it’s mostly the same And something to witch I can sign my name While I’m searching and straining For the line I forgot to write before I turned off the light Yeah I’m searching and straining For the line I forgot to write before I turned off the light And my head was cluttered for most of last night It did not stop when my lashes touched So I’m searching and straining
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"Real" World 02:49
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The real world was building a fence around me It was pruning the limbs of my possibility It cut above my buds at a 45 degree And I was feeling naked cuz it had cut off all my leaves I was not getting enough sunlight or enough water And the strong wind made my weak legs totter Well I am not wise or fertilized And you can see me through your turtle eyes There’s no surprise after the frost it’s hotter Was I waiting for my day to end? Or waiting for my days to end? I desired to mend the trend There’s only so far these limbs can bend Now the real world can lock you up Make you lie down and roll over for your treats Sure it will give you scraps every once in a while Before it snaps at you like a crocodile Don’t forget it owns your collar and your leash Never forget who owns your collar or your leash Are you waiting for your day to end? Or waiting for your days to end? If you so desire, you can mend the trend There’s only so far these limbs can bend Are we waiting for our day to end? Or waiting for our days to end? If we so desire, we can mend the trend There’s only so only so only so far these limbs can bend
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Steep Steps 04:25
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When I am out of tune and I have a messy room There’s piles of clothes on my bed and no place comfortable to sit There’s more than too much to do but I can’t stand up and I don’t want to move Only one thing I can think of to improve I need sleep to come to me I sure could use some company Someone who is always listening I think I’ll wait (to speak) I get the bum deal and its all my fault I keep my goals locked up safe in a vault I follow patterns when I should sketch I shove off when I need to halt No indication came from my lips Ignored the warning signs from passing ships Deep in the fog I steered the boat ashore The metal ripped as my ego tore I looked around and I lost my crew They had jumped ship much before I knew I start to gather up my scattered wits They look for cracks in which to slip through My body’s up don’t think no one is awake My ears find comfort in the cloud’s break My eyelids droop and my pen slows down No one said this was a piece of cake
11.
Don't Get Comfy (free) 05:47
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I’m gonna go out and forage I’m gonna find me some borage I am going to stand up and flourish I’m gonna eat some borage I’m gonna build up my courage I am going to clean out my storage I’m gonna kill my fear today I’m gonna look it in the eye I’m gonna make it go away for good My fear, this is goodbye Its fair for you to take The sleeves that keep me warm An icon for your desktop Will not contain my arms Prepare for a mistake You’ll be left in the cold The wave that crests will break Don’t fold is what I’ve sold Pay mind to what you sell Someday it will sell you Would you buy the lies you serve? And just who’s purpose would that serve? We’ll get it all, won’t we? Each and every plus and dash It can be difficult to remember Only you can shave your ‘stache Hold on to what you want Attend to what you choose Stand up if you can walk Singing shoo’s away the blues Dive in and make a splash But don’t get comfortable Air goes in beyond your lungs Never forget there’s higher rungs Go ‘head deny it if you want I’ll listen to your side I see a case to be made for either The road to cross is not so wide So close we never touch So far I cannot see The timing between your words But my shoulder still has vacancy My time is expensive I keep hoping someday it will be free Why do I settle for twice less? There are no deals on what’s priceless!
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Sea Veggies 04:13
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The wind knocks me in the door Liquid seeps through the window sill’s pores The spider turns around and gives up She can’t catch any friends her net’s all torn Ok, but Where does all the water come from? From the top of the tallest mountain From which it flows down to all of us We could find out more if we could only catch up to the bus And where do all the nutrients go? To the depths of Neptune’s castle A strong case to eat sea vegetables They are grown in our eroded topsoil I’m so sensitive to cold They drilled me down and made a mold In order to return first you must go So say words I have read and been told.

about

Recorded between October 2008 and June 2010 by Dave Bartels
in Emeryville and Berkeley, CA
Mixed by Rob Bray at Underfoot
Mastered by John Dahl Honoré at MasterFade.

credits

released October 10, 2010

All songs written and arranged by David Benjamin Bartels.
All vocals, guitars, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards, glockenspiel by DBB except:
(in order of appearance)
Dan Sarna plays Trumpet on tracks 2 & 7
Jordan Zell plays Trombone on track 2
Jules Cornaggia sings on track 3
Ryan LaPlant plays lead guitar on track 3
Bevan Herbekian sings backups on track 3
Laura Yeh plays flute on tracks 4, 7 & 8; sings on track 7
Mark Deutsch plays piano, melodica on track 4; lead guitar on track 6
Josh Fossgreen plays bass on track 6
Duncan Wold plays congas on track 7
Chloe Martin sings on track 8
Katie de Mahy sings on track 9
Jeremy Greene plays alto, tenor & baritone sax on track 10
Peter Garelik plays gong on track 11
Group vocals on track 7 by Jennie Gruber, Lauren Kennedy, Becky Herhold, Sarah Purdy, Dusty Caruso, Ryan LaPlant, Tim Shoffner, John Shoffner, Matt Holdaway
Group vocals on track 9 by Cathy Bartels, Jesse Bartels, Loren Gluck, Rob Bray, Gordon Jacobs, Jeanie Freedlund, Laura Yeh, Katie de Mahy.

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