A quick song recording for every day in January, for Fun-a-day 2023.

Marco (for Corinne)

I See a Lighthouse (for Corinne)

This Version Of Me (feat Flop)

This Version of You (ODESZA, Julianna Barwick cover)

Kissless (for 2020)

Go Slow

Aubrey Thompson's Album

Knee Love

Say a Prayer

Solar Sailor Shanty

Cat Lady Story

Beautiful Things

Who are the lucky ones?
Well it’s you and I
Some of the other ones
Only know misery all their lives
And they are never done,
Can never get off the ride
But we are the lucky ones
Cuz we’re gonna die

We are the lucky ones,
We will grow old
We will have physical proof
That time has taken its toll
There’ll no pressure
To always stay gold	
Let’s turn brown together
My fellow mortal soul

Yes, we are the lucky ones,
Cuz the end is nigh
There are just a few more times
We’ll have to ask the void “why”?
Without a time constraint
Don’t think I’d survive
So I have no complaints
That I’m gonna die

The Lucky Ones

It seems
My hope to find a person
With apps will only worsen
I’m about to come apart at the hinge
So i spent
All day and all night writing
A text that sounds inviting
Maybe, i invited you to cringe

It’s just
All this crush energy
I’ve got all this crush energy
I brought all this crush energy 
For you
Not sure what else to 
Do with it
Just wanna be
Through with it
So can you tell me,
Do you have it for me too?

Have noticed you’re a person
A real and bodied person
With whom I can sense the chemistry
And 
you see, my back’s been hurtin
From lugging the joy and the burden
I hoped
You could carry it with me?

It’s just - 
Cuz I’ve just been consumed by - (it’s fraught!)
And if you want nothing to
Do with it
I swear I’ll be
Through with it
Please just tell me
If you have it for me too?

CRUSH ENERGY

This song features playing by Mike Leone

Oh a weighted blanket’s heavy,              
But it’s not as heavy as a boyfriend 
And I can shove it over 
when I need more space in my bed
And when I lug it off to clean my sheets 
It doesn’t left a single stain underneath 
Yeah a weighted blanket’s heavy
But it’s not as heavy as a boyfriend

Oh a weighted blanket’s heavy,
But it’s not as heavy as a boyfriend 
At least it’s something to cling onto
When I feel the space in my bed
And Ive been really trying to hold myself down
But sometimes it feels like grounding a cloud
Yeah a weighted blanket’s heavy
But it’s not as heavy as a boyfriend

Not As Heavy

Sarah if you don’t come right back I might bite the dust, 
oh Sarah if you don’t come back I’ll Forget how to trust, 
you said just wait right here I’ll only be gone for a mome 
that’s just what I say to people Exactly when I won’t  
Sarah no
I can’t bear another heartbreak 
Sarah no
I can’t spare another heartache 
And I should have seen it comin and told myself girlie stop 
when you looked like Adrienne Lenker In a bikini top 
But you touched me in a way I didn’t know someone could do 
It must be the sort of thing that happens 
Regularly for you  

Sarah no 
I can’t bear another heartbreak 
Sarah no 
I can’t spare another heartache 
Sarah no 
I can’t bear another heartbreak 
Sarah no 
I can’t spare another heartache  

Sarah gotta hand it to ya you really had me 
there for like an hour doing lifeless choreography, 
Looking over both my shoulders like a barn owl in heat, 
This is not the sort of thing that happens
Regularly for me

Sarah no 
I can’t bear another heartbreak 
Sarah no 
I can’t spare another heartache
 Sarah no 
I can’t bear another heartbreak 
Sarah no I have had enough  

Oh, Sarah you did not come right back I’ve bitten the dust 
oh Sarah you did not come back And now I’ll never trust 
You said just wait right here you’d only be gone for a mome, 
must be just what you say to people exactly when you won’t

Sarah

Something happened in the grocery store
What it means to me I am not sure
But your message came up on my phone
Beamed from the pacific time zone
You cannot talk on the phone tonight,
What are my next week’s evenings like?
And i
Didn’t break down and cry


I did ponder the source of delay
Could it be you’re going on a date?
I just went on one of those last night
So anger doesn’t feel right
Shrug it off like an annoying poke
Text you a picture of our inside joke
And I
Didn’t break down and cry


Oh the many gifts that time can bring
If I’d sit and let it do it’s thing
Miracles beyond comprehension
Surely too many to mention
Except this one where I get to feel
Myself get stronger as i heal
When I
Don’t break down and cry

Something Happened In The Grocery Store

My future self came to me
In a winter meditation
that was who she claimed to be, she
Had no identification 
She said thanks for going through it
It works out so beautifully
haven’t seen her in a minute
I’m not sure she liked me


She must’ve know I’d overthink this
Couldn’t she have cut me slack?
What works out, be more specific
And what time will you be back?
She said thanks for going through it
Gave me such a loving gaze
What needs done? I swear I’ll do it
Please don’t fade into the haze


The instructions were unclear
I put myself through even more
Maybe that was her intention
What else did she do this for?
She said thanks for going through it
I felt tangible embrace
All I know is when I’m through it
I hope my face is her face

She Said Thanks

This song feature noises made by my cat Flop

I spent my whole 31st year making one decision
And what I decided is:
I don’t know
I spent my whole 31st year having future vision
And all I could see was noise
White as snow
And I simply cant work under these conditions
Who can I talk to?
I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know

There’s something weird that happens when you decide
you’re goin
Leaving somewhere or one that you love
Where every single slight setback feels like an omen
Sayin better turn around, the sea’s too rough
And all the destinations from here are stormin
Where is my refuge?
I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know

And it seems as much as i try to
nourish the belief
that when you must, you must accept your fate
And as much as i’ve heard bargaining’s a stage of grief
I try my hardest to
negotiate
And I just hope next time I keep it brief
but i don’t know, i don’t know, i don’t know

I Don’t Know

R&D, I am figuring it out
R&D, I am figuring it out
I am gathering the data,
Charting the plots
Is the way I am living healthy or not?

R&D, I am figuring it out
R&D, I am figuring it out
Are the choices I'm making right for my soul?
How am I supposed to know, I don't have a control
I don't know
But I'm figuring it out

Figure it out! (8x)

Figure it out! It's easy!
It's only A to B!
(Don't forget that afterward,
We've got B to G,
And A's got lots of question marks,
We'll start with A1
A2, A3, A4, A5, I'm not sure when we're done, but,)
There is only one figurer outer here, and that's you,
So there is only one logically sound thing to do,

Figure it out! (8x)
Now!

Figure It Out

Girl we need to talk
I’m worried about you
Its not about a lot
It’s just a certain thing you do
You know I support you forever, whatever,
And however I can
But it’s just so pick-me to date a man

What are you, studying mansplaining?
What are you, learning to drive stick?
And are you being told to quit complaining?
What are you, sucking cis man dick?
And are you telling your friends he’s not so bad
Defending him to your mom and dad
Not letting what he does make you sad
Until it makes you sick
Well hey
At least you got picked

Don’t call me a jerk
Take a look around
Boy boycott only works
If everyone can hold it down
I won’t call you a gender traitor
But I think technically I can
Cuz it’s just so pick me to date a man
What are you, abandoning your compunctions?
Giving your friends the short stick
What are you, going to the functions 
Flooding the place with straight man dick?
And are you telling yourself you ought to be
So down with non monogamy 
Suppressing every thought that he
Might think is psychotic 
Well hey
At least you got picked

And do you wonder every day
What it might be like to feel ok
With being alone in this one way?
Would it be less like hell?
You know
You could pick yourself
Or you
Could pick anyone else

You Got Picked!

I wrote the first verse and chorus of this song for fun-a-day 2023, and I am so grateful for the additions of verse/chorus 2 by Amanda Johnson and verse/chorus 3 by Rainy Sinclair 🥹

This song features playing and singing by Rainy Sinclair


(1) Said the snail 
to her grasshopper companion
I would hate to have to make you stop and wait
But that sidewalk crack to me looks like a canyon 
And I know you have a gliding graceful gait

Oh snail 
said the grasshopper smiling softly
Your saunter does not bother me at all
I will stay by your side and no earthly thing can stop me
If your crawling then together we will crawl

So go slow
Go slowly my friend
There is no need to move faster than you do
And our friends will all still be there
When we make it to the end
And I’m enjoying the journey with you


(2) Said the worm, 
to her prophetic stone companion
I’m glad I get to meet you where you’re at 
But the rains have come so I must travel fleetly
Away but trust that I will circle back  

Oh worm 
said the stone standing stonely
your presence is a gift that I adore
to share a breath with you so full and sweetly
is a future I’m predicting we’ll explore

So get going
Get gone safely my dear
Towards the microorganisms that you choose
when it’s time for you to squirm back round the bend
I’ll be here making the landscape with you



(3) Said the tree
To her friendly tiny mushroom
It’s a shame that you won’t live as long as me
For I’ve grown rather fond of the stories that you share
And life without you is sure to be lonely

Oh tree
Replied the mushroom rather fungly
I am not as transient as I may seem
For my essence lives in the very earth beneath thee
And my stories will continue in your dreams

So live on
Live on fiercely my friend
There is no need to mourn that which you’ve not lost
And the echoes of my tales will be with you til the end
Forever entwined in the stones and cracks and moss

Go Slow (v3)

While staying the weekend at a farm, Mark and I met a cat. She is a very snuggly and social cat - the farmer called her Sweetie, but we would always call for her by singing “Booshaboo, booshaboo” over and over. The farmer encouraged us to take her home - he was worried she wasn’t getting enough affection - so we did. She seemed to enjoy being indoors and amply fed and snuggled a lot, but she was terrified of our other cats. I could never get them to get along, so after a couple months I re-homed her. The family I found ADORES and totally spoils her. She is a very good cat and deserves it.

This song features playing by Mike Leone
Booshaboooooo (7x)

Life is pretty tough when you’re a Booshaboo	
The farmer doesn’t always come around
No matter how many cute little mews you do
You end up sleeping cold upon the ground
The smells are pretty nice, and you catch a lot of mice
There’s all the room you’d ever need to roam
But it seems you were made with 
the urge to love and play with
Some humans in a house that’s all your own

Life is pretty tough when you’re a Booshaboo
You find some people who can give you more
But not long after you learn they’re choosin you
You find that they have chosen two before
And it’s a cozy place but there’s not a lot of space
For cats who are protective of their home
And I know you’d be so happy 
to take your little nappies
With humans in a house that’s all your own

Life is pretty tough when you’re a Booshaboo
Can’t remember what it’s like to be alone
Every single yawn and sneeze and snooze you do
Somebody’s got a picture on their phone
And you’re workin over time, making biscuits to the nines
These people just can’t seem to get enough
And it’s always playtime, whether it’s night or daytime
Unless you’re being smothered with love

aubrey

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