Hey, I can’t tell you I don’t feel the way I say
It’s kind of hard to be concise when I’m trying to be unclear under the rug

Hold up signs for recognition, these words go a long way
Wishes she could stay inside but she’s got better places to be

And she will walk through the desert, walk through the years
She can climb over mountains and fall through the years
When she finds something to hope for, she kneels to pray to him
And she finally sweeps it up under the rug

She fights off being lonely, she just wants to feel alone
No crowd to come and sweep her off, she stands the floor and soars
This home does not seem steady, these rooms so spread apart
“Imagine how much you’d get for selling off a piece of your heart?”

And she will run through the desert, run through the fears
And she can climb over problems and stumble through the years
And we come to a decision and she makes it seem so clear
And she finally sweeps it up under the rug

The rug is getting bigger, the sweeping can’t get done
There’s too many thousands of her to wish they all were gone
Closer and not nearer, the plans all went astray
Could we use the time we lost to just imagine it all away?

And she will run through the desert, run through the tears
And she can climb over mountains that she’s walked around for years
And she comes to a decision she makes it seem so clear
And she finally sweeps it up under the rug

And I come to my decision
I make it seem so real and we finally sweep it up under the rug

The Rug (mastered by Greg Calbi/Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound)

The Joke (mastered by Greg Calbi/Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound)

This Is (mastered by Greg Calbi/Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound)

Fortune Days (mastered by Greg Calbi/Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound)

Daylight (mastered by Greg Calbi/Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound)

Gone (mastered by Greg Calbi/Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound)

Falling Stairs at Lismar Lounge on December 16, 1988

Recorded in 1986 at Audio Recording Technology Institute, Farmingdale, Long Island. Produced by John Rice.

Falling Stairs > End Of The Line

Falling Stairs > Where's My Beer

Falling Stairs > This Is (demo)

Falling Stairs > Property

Falling Stairs > Monument

Falling Stairs > Costumes

Falling Stairs > Said And Done

Falling Stairs > A Preacher, Gone

Rife with Imperfection (4-track demos)
Recorded 1991 in Flushing, NY on a Tascam 4-track

My Stupid Questions

Falling Stairs: 1-800-HOT-BIRD
Recorded 1990 live to tape at The Right Track Inn, Freeport, NY by Rich Grula
Band was Charles McEnerney, John McGrath, John McLoughlin, and John Rice

1-800-HOT-BIRD

Falling Stairs > Way Back When

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