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FAVORITE SONG
You’re my favorite song
When everything is going wrong
You pick me up and turn me on
I am a radio, I am a radio
And you’re my favorite tune
I could never forget you
An old song that I never knew before
Makes me want to rock’n’roll
Put on my bravest pants and hit the dance floor
You’re my favorite song and I’m a radio
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
You’re my favorite tune
Another reference to the moon
Another nod up to the sky
Another one that holds me late at night
You’re a melody that gives me chills down to my feet
Your sound alone softens me at the knees
You’re a chord, and I’m the keys
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
My heart is a harmonica
Your heart is a kick drum
And your hands are violins
I’m an entire section of the strings
You give me wings
You make me sing
You make me feel things
Now I am a flying orchestra
Singing loud so high above
The clouds, a sound so loud
Everything and everybody else around
Is all drowned out
It’s in stereo surround
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
I know all the words
I stomp my feet until they hurt
The sweetest words I’ve never heard
Now I’m high above the dirt, oh
Take me to a place
Suspended from all time and into space
Where nothing else can reach me and
I’m young and unafraid
I’m so brave
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
You’re my favorite song
The one we all can sing along to
You’re a campfire kumbaya
Hip hip hooray and ooo la la
Watch me burn up into flames
I will never stay the same
I am a radio and
You’re my favorite song
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
You are my favorite song
When everything is going wrong
You pick me up
And turn me on
I am a radio
I am a radio, oh oh
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
Play me all night long
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ROACHES
Roaches
I’m smoking roaches from the ashtray
Haven’t left the apartment in ten days
It’s another rainy day
All cold and wet and gray
I’m rolling weed with the tobacco
I’m calling you on the telephone
I don’t want to be alone
All sad and scared and stoned
I’m terrified of tomorrow
I don’t know if it’ll come or I will go
There’s so much more to be afraid of
Than I ever could have dreamed of
And now I’m done
Now I’m done
Now I’m done
Smoking roaches from the ashtray
Another diagnosis
Another brief psychosis
Another a little bit dramatic
Another isn’t that tragic?
And now I’m done
Now I’m done
Now I’m done
Smoking roaches from the ashtray
I’ve had one too many bad days
One too many last times I saw your face
One too many dark cards I’d been dealt
One too many blows below the belt
And now I’m done
Now I’m done
Now I’m done
Smoking roaches from the ashtray
I’m smoking roaches from the ashtray
I’m shadowboxing one more day away
I’m pacing around in circles
I’m facing myself in the mirror
And now I’m done
Now I’m done
Now I’m done
Smoking roaches from the ashtray
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FRIED EGGS
I sat in a diner and spoke of my mother
Over eggs that were fried, and you asked me if I’d dyed my hair
I replied with a smile, but I’m scared
That you’re staring at me
I’m so funny
I spoke from the heart while I watched your eyes water
Did I say too much have I been a bad daughter
I often wonder if I only speak just to hear myself talk
I’m so funny
But I’m not trying to be
No I’m not trying to be
Anything
I changed the subject to something more light
Then we started dissecting our Enneagram types
You are a seven and I am a four
I’m wondering who could be jealous of who more
It’s so funny
But I’m not trying to be
No I’m not trying to be
Anything
I cried speaking my mind
Over fried eggs
My voice broke and I started to choke
I’m not trying to be
Anything
I picked up the check and we walked to my car
And I felt like I showed you too much of my heart
I was ashamed from the start but you told me you were happy to know
I’m so funny
But I’m not trying to be
No I’m not trying to be
Anything
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BULLDOZER
Bulldozer in a China cabinet,
Breaking porcelain to fragments
Making mistakes and calling them accidents
Bulldozer in a China cabinet,
You are quite the chaos magnet
Throwing all that’s fragile on the floor
You always leave me pleading you for more
Don’t go
You know you know I told you
That I know
It won’t be easy
We only
Have one go
So bulldozer,
I am pleading
Bulldozer I’m a China cabinet,
Stop what you’re saying and put down the hatchet
You can’t take back the words that cut you to your core
You always leave me pleading you for more
Don’t go
You know you know I told you
That I know
It won’t be easy
We only
Have one go
So bulldozer,
I am pleading
Bulldozer in a China cabinet,
You are making quite the racket
Now the neighbors knocking at your door
You always leave me pleading you for you more
Don’t go
You know I told you
That I know
It won’t be easy
We only have one go so
Bulldozer,
I am pleading
Bulldozer
Know I told you
We know
It’s just a party
I told you
To keep breathing
Bulldozer
Keep on breathing
Don’t go
You know I told you
That I know
It won’t be easy
We only
Have one go
So bulldozer,
I am pleading
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HELLO, FROM PLANET EARTH
Hello, from planet Earth
We’re doing alright here
There’s a thick, white fog that’s
Covering our atmosphere
The trees are barren as bone
The ground is solid as stone and
Misty, cool and sweaty is the air
Hello, from planet earth
I went to the park
The grim reaper came without a care
That it’s well before dark
I looked into your eyes and promised
“Until death do us part,”
Hello, from planet earth
I’m calling you straight from the heart
Hello from planet earth
I’m calling you
Hello from planet earth
Directly from the heart
Hello, from planet earth
I got married today
To a proto-bohemian, I’m never leaving him
Kinda love that stays
I wanted to reach out to say that
Good things come your way
When you stand through the fog and wind
Despite feeling afraid
Hello from planet earth
I’m calling you
Hello from planet earth
Directly from the heart
Hello, from planet earth
Now we’re together
Somewhere we never thought we’d know
Above the snow and cold
Underneath the crooked trees,
Below the road unknown
High above the clouds
We never have to be alone
Hello from planet earth
Hello from planet earth
Hello from planet earth
Hello from planet earth
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RUTHLESS
I get so defensive and I want to say I’m sorry
I know it’s cliche but it’s classic case of
“It’s not you it’s me”
I put up my guard holding swords in crossed arms
Like one of my pretty playing cards
But I want to let you in to see everything
That’s lying underneath
Behind my skin
Behind my skin there’s a world within
And you are the captain of my ship
Made up of acid lakes and capillary rivers
My arteries are the depths of the ocean
A boat made of blood and bone
A song made with only two chords
And two chords alone
I’m ruthless
Ruthlessly in love
So ruthless
I’m ruthlessly in love
I get so sensitive and want you to say you’re sorry
I know it’s frustrating when you have to say that it’s not about me
I put down my guard and show you my heart
And all of my pretty, ugly parts
I want to let you in to see everything that’s lying underneath
Behind my skin
I’m ruthless
Ruthlessly in love
So ruthless
Ruthlessly in love
I start to get to thinking and feeling afraid to say that
Some days I worry that I may be better off alone
Somewhere unreachable
Up in a tower I call a throne
But I give myself to you
Human and vulnerable to man
A soft sack of malleable body
Moldable by your hands
In my colorful contrarian confusion,
I’ll give you all that I can
I’m ruthless
Ruthlessly in love
So ruthless
Ruthlessly in love
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SUNNY SATURDAY
I saw a little boy in a cowboy hat
Walking up the church steps
On a sunny Saturday one afternoon
I saw two hippies holding plastic bags
Drinking tea from Arizona cans
Crossing the highway two by two
Then tears filled up my eyes
When I saw a group of blind men walking
Together with their metal canes
Together on the sidewalk
And I thought about my own faith
How I spend my days
Evaluating what might need to change
I felt jealous
I felt sad and scared
I felt like something new was in the air
I saw children holding teddy bears
Towering on their daddy’s shoulders
Walking hand in hand
People loving one another other
The kids about to see something that they’ve never seen before
How giddy they all seem
The whole world is a candy store
And I’m sitting in the driver’s seat
One hand on the steering wheel
The other one is greeting all the ones I’ll never meet
Where I’m going
I’m unsure
I don’t need to know how it may all unfurl
You are somewhere
Way beyond the words
You are in a place
Where nothing ever hurts
You are in a garden
Where silence is the only sound
A colorful, perennial flower
Growing tall out of the ground
I was lost and looking to be found
I've seen things I never thought I’ve seen
I've been someone I thought I’d never be
Oh I don’t always know what I always believe
But there’s gotta be something bigger than me
I felt it one day stopped aside the street
On a sunny Saturday one afternoon
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DOWN IN ARKANSAS
When I grow up,
I’m gonna tend the bar
Washing dishes and promising
I’m gonna get real far
I’m a star
But it doesn’t pay the bills, yet
When I grow up,
I’ll say that it’s not much but
It’s honest work
I’d rather get my hands dirty
Than working for the man
And making lots of money
When I grow up,
I’ll find my little corner in a world that seems so small
Singing for my supper, standing straight and tall
And they’ll all say
There’s something water
Down in Arkansas
When I grow up,
Put me in the trenches
I don’t give a shit
I‘ll be patiently
Waiting for my turn
When I grow up,
I’m gonna learn the hard stuff
The questions of complexity with answers of simplicity
I’ll take the long way
The back roads lead to the same place
When I grow up,
I will shine brighter
Than I ever thought I’d never know
Looking out at all my acres
Reaping the seeds I’ve sewn
They’ll all say
There’s something in the water
Down in Arkansas
There’s something in the water
Down in Arkansas
There’s something in the water
Down in Arkan–
There’s something in the water
Down in Arkansas
There’s something in the water
Down in Arkansas
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POLLYANNA
I'm a Pollyanna
Yeah I’m only passing through
Sitting on my front porch singing songs in barefoot
Stomping on the concrete wearing worn in combat boots
Napoleon's complex keeps me in my platform shoes
Would you look at me now?
Pollyanna
Pollyanna
Pollyanna
Now would you at look me
I'm a Pollyanna
Yeah I’m only passing through
Sitting on my front porch singing songs made just for you
Stomping on the tambo underneath a harvest moon
Staring up at stars shining amidst the midnight blue
Would you look at me now?
Pollyanna
Pollyanna
Pollyanna
Now would you look at me now
Would you look at me now?
Would you look at me now?
Pollyanna
Pollyanna
Pollyanna
Pollyanna
Now would you look at me now?
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SOUL FOR SALE
I’ll ship it in the mail
And you’ll receive me
In 2-3 business days
For the low price of 19.99
You can have a piece of me
Everyday
Oh I don’t have anything to offer
To offer
Except everything
Soul for sale
I’ll wrap it up myself
All in boxes and bows
And rainbow strings
For a low cost
You can have a lot of
Nothing that could mean anything
Oh I don’t have anything to offer
To offer
Except everything
I’ll give you everything
My soul is for sale
My soul is for sale
Song for sale
I wrote it up myself
With my hands and
My heart and my brain
Giving you the ins and outs
Of everything I think about
My feelings, my moves
My mistakes
I don’t have much
Some hard work and good luck
Keep standing up
Day after day
Just to make a buck
I’m selling what I love
I’m nowhere near perfect, but I’m brave
And I’ll stay
I don’t have anything to offer
To offer
Except everything
I’ll give you everything
My soul is for sale
My soul is for sale
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released February 10, 2023
All songs written and performed by Emily Fenton
Electric Guitar: Marco M. Samour, Nick Devlin
Slide guitar, Nick Devlin
Fiddle and Viola, Annie Ford
Bass guitar, Hannah Owens
Drums, Richard Michael Hall
Produced by Emily Fenton and Marco M. Samour
Engineered by Jordan Trotter
Recorded at White Water Tavern in Little Rock, Arkansas
Distributed by Dirt Empire Productions
