join the battlefield
join what you and i call
hell on both sides
join us all
join this ultimate stress
join this post-traumatic disorder
fight and kill each other

take control
take back your life 
and stop fighting wars

CREDITS
Jeffrey Siwek- lead vocals, acoustic guitar, co-composer
Charlie Telephone- backing vocals, mandolin, co-composer, producer

War (Jeffrey Siwek feat. Charlie Telephone)

I went to lunch at Rifka's house
I went to lunch at Rifka's
I went to lunch at Rifka's house
I went to lunch at Rifka's house

I've got just one question
it's about the clash
is there a connection? 
what a lukewarm task
some things always change
but only some adapt
career opportunities
no you can't relax

so I went to lunch at Rifka's house
I went to lunch at Rifka's
I went to lunch at Rifka's house
I went to lunch at Rifka's house

Spanish bombs, a truth, a power
to be discussed
Sandinista! we've all had enough
and if you're going somewhere 
you don't need my advice
you may say it once
but you better think it twice

so I went to lunch at Rifka's house
I went to lunch at Rifka's
I went to lunch at Rifka's house
I went to lunch at Rifka's house

CREDITS
Charlie Telephone- lead vocals, acoustic guitars, composer, producer
Jeffrey Siwek= backing vocals, acoustic guitar

Lunch At Rifka's (with Jeffrey Siwek)

Venid a ver la sangre por las calles,
venid a ver
la sangre por las calles, 
venid a ver la sangre 
por las calles!

Generales
traidores:
mirad mi casa muerta, 
mirad España rota:
pero de cada casa muerta sale metal ardiendo 
en vez de flores, 
pero de cada hueco de España 
sale España, sale España
pero de cada niño muerto sale un fusil con ojos,
pero de cada crimen nacen balas 
que os hallarán un día el sitio 
del corazón.
Y preguntaréis por qué su poesía 
no nos habla del sueño, 
de los grandes volcanes de su país natal?

weil
in diesen Zeiten ein Gespräch über Bäume, 
fast ein Verbrechen ist

Was sind das für Zeiten,
wo ein Gespräch über Bäume, fast ein Verbrechen ist?

CREDITS
Charlie Telephone- lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, organ, handclaps, snaps, other percussive noises, composer (music), producer
Pablo Neruda- composer (lyrics)
Bertolt Brecht- composer (lyrics)

Explico Algunas Cosas

tried to meet you halfway
but we can't get through
and though I'm at a loss
I can't miss you
I'd like to be the summer
not Chicago's tease
but there's a red line, a thought
to appease

and I don't know how to tell you
I didn't think this through
and I don't know what I'm doing
cuz all I have is views

there's a point when distance 
folds back on itself
a mental zoo, an oasis
for no one else
I'd travel the world
but there's nothing there to find
"500 Miles" can't be mine

and I don't know how to tell you
I didn't think this through
and I don't know what I'm doing
cuz all I have is views

CREDITS
Charlie Telephone- lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, organ, handclap, composer, producer

Pat Ruane- drums

Mexico City

CREDITS 
Charlie Telephone- lead and backing vocals, handclaps, "drums" [guitar], "bass", composer, producer

Mindless Violence

CREDITS 
Charlie Telephone- lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars (including two percussive noises), "bass", handclaps

Every Day I Fantasize

no me siento enfermo
pero me duele la cabeza
te había hecho una promesa
de millos y tambores
aunque me faltan las palabras

y ay yo tengo la culpa
ya olvidé su cumbia
y ay yo tengo la culpa
ya olvidé su cumbia

si algún día 
estoy perdido otra vez
no me dare cuenta
de nuestros límites

y ay yo tengo la culpa
ya olvidé su cumbia
y ay yo tengo la culpa
ya olvidé su cumbia

CREDITS
Charlie Telephone- lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar noises, mandolin, organ, triangle, composer, producer

Me Duele La Cabeza

yeah I 
have tried
to no avail
just to reach you
cuz every time I get there
I'm still just on my way
the jury's out today
but I wanna stay
yeah I wanna stay

and do you wanna know
if a surrogate is home?
oh no
oh no
oh no

CREDITS
Charlie Telephone- lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, MIDI trumpet, MIDI tuba, MIDI piano, MIDI reverse French horn, MIDI reverse trumpet, MIDI reverse violin, composer, producer

Go West, Young Man

there's a hush on the street
and a blanket of white
but the buses must plow through
the motors run at night

cuz they can never stop
no they can never, never stop

and the people ride them home 
from the night shift
and survival cuts through
the sleet and the grit

but it might
melt away
yeah it might
just all melt away

CREDITS
Charlie Telephone- lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, composer, producer

Snow Day On The 81

Cover of "It's Cold Outside" by The Choir

CREDITS
Charlie Telephone- lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, slide mandolin, CTA escalator, library piano, casette tape of Strauss symphonies, producer

It's Cold Outside [Cover]

I'm leaving to Massachusetts
to see if my baby still cares
I'm heading out to Barnstable
to drink that suffocating air

oh New England is a fucking hell
and the whole East Coast can drown
as well for all I care

so I'm leaving to Massachusetts
even though there's nothing for me there
I can't stand this new England
it looks like the same as the old one
where you still don't care

no you don't
no you don't
no you don't
no you don't

and you never did

so I'm leaving to America
a place beyond distant shores
I'm leaving for America
hopefully the one I knew before

CREDITS
Charlie Telephone- lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, amplified acoustic guitar, composer, producer

Massachusetts

yo tuve un amor que se llama Maria
se casó con otro
porque la abandoné
se casó con otro
porque la abandoné

pero ay mi Maria
te quiero todavía
y ay mi Maria
te quiero todavía

yo había prometido casarme con ella
pero fue el trago
que a mi me confundió
pero fue el trago
que a mi me confundió

pero ay mi Maria
te quiero todavía
y ay mi Maria
te quiero todavía

ay yo tengo la culpa si no eres feliz
porque tu eras mia
y yo te abandoné

pero ay mi Maria
te quiero todavía
y ay mi Maria
te quiero todavía

yo tuve un amor que se llama Maria
se casó con otro
porque la abandoné
se casó con otro
porque la abandoné

pero ay mi Maria
te quiero todavía
y ay mi Maria
te quiero todavía

CREDITS
Charlie Telephone- lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, producer

Maria Maria [Cover]

normalcy and peace of mind
those virtues I can never find
so I made up a future where we're free
but I'm cognizant of what they meant
when they told me that I need to agree
still I seek release, I'm at it constantly
though I'm bound to lose, catharsis is a noose

I'm sitting in a room
with nothing to do
so I'm thinking like I did
in that tree as a kid
why'd she cut it down?
oh why'd she cut it down?

honesty just alienates so hold your tongue, suppress your hate
they don't want to know, that we're all alone
solitude's been there for me and will be in the end
but there's still some things I just can't comprehend
I'm not bitter like before, so I don't feel like myself
can someone tell me please, who's to blame for hell?

I'm sitting in a room
with nothing to do
so I'm thinking like I did
in that tree as a kid
why'd she cut it down?
oh why'd she cut it down?

CREDITS
Charlie Telephone- lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, composer, producer

Why'd She Cut It Down?

Check it. These are originals, mostly demos I guess, though some of them are my amateur attempts at actually recording. The artwork is also mine. 

charlie telephone

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