Music
Combustible, released 2005, Zebadiah Records
All songs written and recorded by Paul Benoit
Various Lyrics
Elevator Ring (listen to MP3)
I think I'll buy a bird today
kiss it as it flys away
the walls are bare the floor is cold
the house is here but no ones home
like a stone
We're here so short and gone so long
take a drink and pass it on
headed for a wishin well
throw a coin and ring the bell
what the hell
Tell me who could want you, like i do
Tell me what would haunt you like I do
There's no rush, take a bus and get away
Where's your crutch, where's your elevator ring
I feel just like a swingin door
You're in and out and gone for more
I think I'll buy a bird today
Kiss it as it flys away
OK
Tell me who could want you, like I do
Tell me what would haunt you like I do
There's no rush, take a bus and get away
Where's your crutch, where's your elevator ring
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Going For Gone (listen to MP3)
Are you going for Gone
With your TV on
My hat's off to you
And all you didn't do
With your photos on the table
With its three legs so unstable
You can fix it if you're able
Could you leave the light on
We'll be back before dawn
And we'll play that old song
We can't do no wrong
And the years went by without you
And you're feeling like an old shoe
What the hell did you think you could do
Oh Saint Catherine my long lost friend
Where have you been now girl
I'm feeling strange, I'm out of range
And I need you in my world
Are you going for gone
With your blue jeans on
My hat's off to you
You got nothin to prove
And I think they turned the tables
The truth turned into fables
You can fix it if you're able
Oh Saint Catherine my long lost friend
Where have you been now girl
I'm feeling strange, I'm out of range
And I need you in my world
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Kite Strings
I sat and watched the ebb and flow
and saw you got to let it go
I tried you know its hard to let it go
This day is like a pantomime
or some bad film with a dumb crime
I've got a clue but i don't have the time
They locked you up
And you just laughed about it
And got dressed up with no place to go
I know you've got a cold black heart
I think it needs a good jump start
But you've got wings tied back with old kite strings
From a paper cup
you grabbed your coins and earrings
And got dressed up with no place to go
With all these people pushing air
It makes a man forget to care
But don't be sad or sour for happy hour
And who's to blame
I think we'll find somebody
Who got dressed up with no place to go
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Combustible
Did it make you sad, to find that you were burnable
Like a paper bag, grease or wood, combustible
Would it break your back, to haul my trash out in a can
Like a heart attack, you could not breathe, you're the atlas man
I'm sorry, if I let you down again
Don't worry, you'll be on your feet again
Would it make you mad, to wake up an untouchable
Lost all you had, and your fingers fell in a begging bowl
Was it a great shock, to find you're not invincible
Like a fire rock, you fell to earth and split in two
I'm sorry if I let you down again
Don't worry, you'll be on your feet again
You might feel a sting, this is gonna hurt a little
You might feel a sting, this is gonna hurt a little
Did it make you sad, to find that you were burnable
Like a paper bag, grease or wood, combustible
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Wall
So long you're halfway gone,
its good you're moving on
That's alll you built your wall
you're acting crazy, a lot like me
Its too bad that you don't have it all worked out by now
This place is a disgrace and you should leave somehow
No doubt there's no good route
when you're in and out
Those charms just tied your arms
You got so angry, that's not about me
There's nothing I could say to try and make you stay
You got lost and than turned off and never found your way
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Electricity
The saints drove by in a pick up truck
I tried to hitch a ride i ran out of luck
You learn how to run you learn how to duck
At least that's what they said to me
One more dime and one more day
if you don't give your gonna break away
No one really has much to say
At least that's what they said to me
I want to close up for awhile
buy low sell high keep a hand on the dial
I want to get real for a day
jump in ride a wave just to feel that sway
I think i need electricity
if you've got a spark you can give it to me
the box bust open and the wire's ran free
but don't let it shut you down
i want to close up for awhile
buy low sell high keep a hand on the dial
I want to get real for a day
jump in ride a wave just to feel that sway
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Stevie Nicks
It sounds like a song from 1976
maybe one that was sung by Stevie Nicks
but its just a song, and you're just a woman
And we're just together, alone in this land
We told them about it, they answered with questions
and gave us more problems than we'd ever thought of
I'm only dreaming, there's no believing
Don't wreck my dream
You dropped back down in your dream again
Where everyone is your best friend
And maybe you figured if you sat at a table
for a very long time without ever sleeping
just thinking about it
but you could just purchase a book at the counter
wrote by a man who sat at a table
And he was much smarter than you
I'm only dreaming, there's no believing
Don't wreck my dream
It sounds like a song from 1976
when the days were slow and you just got your kicks
But maybe you figured, that you're just a dream
dreamed up by a man who lived in the country
For a very long time, and he made you from clay
And he chanted with fire, until he figured
that he was just a dream too
And I'm only dreaming, there's no believing
Don't wreck my dream
Don't wreck my dream
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Dirt Collector
You're a dirt collector with a worn out mind
Your sister digs gold working overtime
You got the message so hang up the phone
You're gonna do your laundry cause your buzz is gone
You kept on talking about Elvis
How he was just king for a day
And I never knew what to say
Why'd you hit me three times Once would have been enough
I've got an aching jaw and my door won't stay shut
An anxiety sliver an invisible wall
You've got a hot touch trigger on your piggyback doll
And you said you felt like a tin man
Rusted and hollow inside
And you're just along for the ride
So roll that stone, you're alomost home
You kept on talking about Elvis
How he was just king for a day
And I never knew what to say
You read about Gandhi on a grain of rice
And you drank lemon water as you sewed your tie
You don't like your skin, you don't know where its been
Sell it to a tailor, give it to friend
You said you felt like a tin man
Rusted and hollow inside
And you're just along for the ride
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There's a Place for People just like Us
Things start to get better
just like opening a letter
And all this day, did smell like sandlewood
Love is just like September
the colors change and you remember
All those trees that lost their leaves before
all those trees, all those trees
OK you should feel better now
OK you should feel better now,
better now, better now
You tried to keep it together
And i lost like a better
But there's a place for people just like us
just like us, just like us
OK, you should feel better now
OK you should feel better now.
better now, better now
Love is just like September
The colors change and you remember
All those trees that lost their leaves before
All those trees, all those trees
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Itch
We were walking down the avenue
I was feeling like a rock in your shoe
You touched me on the shoulder
pulled me from a ditch, put me back together
Stich by stitch
Its not bad to remember but its good to forget
Give me one last drink just to keep my mouth wet
Banging those walls can be such a bitch
But you've got to start walking
When you get that itch
Yeah, there's no use pretending
You can't stop the ending
Just start it up again
I like free thinkers i want to be their slave
Could you tie me up for just one day
Keep me hungry shove it down my throat
Steal my shoes, steal my coat
Give me that music with a big fat beat
Bring it on easy like therapy
Banging those walls can be such a bitch
But you got to start walking
When you get that itch
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Riptide
Lost in Ornithology
You fell in love with your degree
Driving on the valley road
You fell asleep I never told you
I never knew what to say to you
Sleeping in your rug that night
Feeling like my hands were tied
We were young and we were cool
Breaking hearts and breaking rules
I never knew what to say to you
Did it swallow you,
Like a midnight sigh
Will it swallow you tonight
Swimming in polarity
the riptide pulled you out to sea
sitting in your rubber boat
At least you've got the means to float
I never knew what to say to you
Did it swallow you
Like a midnight sigh
Will it swallow you tonight
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