Music
Dopamine, released 2002, Zebadiah Records
All songs written and recorded by Paul Benoit
Various Lyrics
Pet Trick (listen to MP3)
You walk like you're inflatable
I don't think you're capable
You said I was much too stable girl
Cracked your ribs on a curbside
I screamed you could have died
Always something that you try to hide
And the body electric
Rolled over dead like a pet trick
And we never got too far
And we never got too far
You gave me a map of the world
All these borders are hurting me girl
I said I'd give it a whirl
Not much to lose and dangerous
You came at me like an egyptian curse
I tried to think what could be worse
We could drown or fall in love
Like the crow and the dove
And we never got too far
And we never got too far
And the body electric
Rolled over dead like a pet trick
And we never got too far
And we never got too far
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Coat
She grabbed your hand
Said man you're barely living
You're cold and hardly given anything
She gave you her coat
Put you in her boat
Left you there to float another day
And you want her, and she wants you
But you just can't say a thing
Its a dirty little secret
And it means most everything
Tell it like it is, Tell it like it is, if you can
She's red and blue
She calls but never answers
She falls but never scratches up herself
She laughed at you
Lost her life and found it
Grabbed that cup and downed it
Shouldn't you
And you want her, and she wants you
But it just don't mean a thing
Its a dirty little secet
And it means most everything
Tell it like it is, Tell it like it is, if you can
And you're waiting for the day
You're waiting for the day
And you wonder what you'll say
As you're waiting for the day
You cleaned your room
the emptiness did fill you
the open door distilled the waste in you
And you want her, and she wants you
But it just don't mean a thing
Its a dirty little secret
And it means most everything
Tell it like it is, tell it like it is, if you can
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Traveler
In the morning when you're waking
With a sun ray on your thigh
Just remember what I told you
Was not a dream, not a lie
And I know that you're a traveler
And girl you're not alone
And I hope that when you're walking
That the soft wind blows you home
If you're talking to a stranger
On your guard, on your guard
You will find that there is something
Very near and very far
And hiding in the crowd
Is a man that's all alone
And I hope that when you're walking
That the soft wind blows you home
Dogs are barking at your footsteps
In the dark, in the dark
You can feel your blood pumping
through your head and through your heart
And you wonder as you wander
And you feel it to the bone
And I hope that when you're walking
That the soft wind blows you home
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Sweet Magdeline (listen to MP3)
Sweet Magdeline with your lips on fire
Sweet Magdeline with your lips on fire
If I said you were my love
I would be a liar
I opened up your book
And I read more than I should
I opened up your book
And I read more than I should
I bent back all your pages
And burnt them up like wood
Moody all the time and twisted like a wire
Moody all the time and twisted like a wire
If you said I was your love
You would be a liar
You could try to give it up
But it might not be enough
You could try to spit it up
But it could be in your blood
You could throw out all I own
And everything I touched
Sweet Magdeline with your lips on fire
Sweet Magdeline with your lips on fire
If I said you were my love
I would be a liar
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