Del Water Gap

written by s. holden jaffe
produced by s. holden jaffe
mixed by michael freeman
mastered by john greenham

i wish i could tell you
how sorry i am
have you found someone new?
a christian man?
and what do you tell your friends?
"it just went down like that"
and are they terribly impressed?
what do they say behind your back?

i wish could tell you
you're drop dead kind
you're easy to talk to
and you're generous with time
and where are you living now?
and have you changed up your hair?
and do you keep my friends around?
for purposes unclear
for purposes unclear
for purposes unclear

i don't think i'm ready
i don't think i'm ready no
tell me you forgive me
tell me you forget it all

i don't think i'm ready
i don't think i'm ready no
tell me you forgive me
tell me you forget it all

i don't think i'm ready
i don't think i'm ready no
tell me you forgive me
tell me you forget it all

i don't think i'm ready
i don't think i'm ready no
i don't think i'm ready
i don't think i'm ready
i don't think i'm ready
to let it go

Sorry I Am

Hurting Kind

Better Than I Know Myself

Perfume

Alone Together

It's Not Fair !

Sophomore EP from alt folk band Del Water Gap.
Produced by Del Water Gap in the East Village. 

Be My Own (Bonus Track)

I Am Drunk, And She Is Insane

Rockman's Pier

All We Ever Do Is Talk

Coping on Unemployment

Losing You

Quilt of Steam

I Miss You Already + I Haven’t Left Yet

Want It All

Gone In Seconds

Glitter & Honey

Beach House

Gemini

Doll House

We Will Never Be Like Anybody Else

Cigarettes & Wine

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produced by s. holden jaffe & david kahne
recorded & mixed by graham stone
mastered by joe lambert
written by s. holden jaffe
s. holden jaffe is published by the charles atlas company (bmi)

s. holden jaffe: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion 
william evans: electric bass, vocals
charles schlinkert: drums, percussion 
jared lacasce: trumpet, vocals, percussion 
christopher conway: electric guitar
mike haldeman: electric guitar
dave linard: hammond b3
ray mason: trombone 
owen broder: tenor sax 
john fatum: percussion 

I am so in love with her but I am so unhappy
She’s so smooth but insecure, I wanna tell her don’t be
She wears black, all black on black, I wanna see her brighten
And see her lift her legs right from my lap

Oh no, I think I’ve fallen in it
Oh no, it isn’t any use
Oh well, I should’ve left her sooner

She says it’s so cheap to think the afterlife is given
One shot’s it, you’re born and live and then you’re good as nothing

Oh no, I think I’ve fallen in it
Oh no, it isn’t any use
Oh well, I guess my word means nothing

I just wanted to tell her I won’t deal with this peacefully
No, I’m just not like that
I just wanted to tell her to walk out for a piece of me
Cause he’ll take you right back

Oh no, I think I’ve fallen in it
Oh no, it isn’t any use
Oh well, I should’ve left her sooner
Oh well, I should’ve left her sooner

Vanessa (Single)

Vanessa

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produced by s. holden jaffe 
recorded & mixed by graham stone 
mastered by joe lambert 
written by s. holden jaffe & michael tighe 
s. holden jaffe is published by the charles atlas company (bmi) 
michael tighe is published by tubela music/ downtown dmp songs (bmi)

s. holden jaffe: vocals, electric guitar
william evans: electric bass, vocals
charles schlinkert: drums, percussion 
jared lacasce: vocals
scott james: vocals, electric guitar
dave linard: hammond b3
michael adubato: piano

Don’t you know that you’re the only queen 
Of this one-horse town 
You’re the only one that meant a thing to me 
You’re still hanging around 
You’re still hanging around 

I used to see you on the sidewalk, standing in your high tops 
Ruining your pretty lungs with your cigarette smoke 
It ain’t keeping you young 
Touch me like you know me, baby when you’re lonely 
Kiss me on my open mouth I’ll throw you a rope, I’ll keep pulling you out 

All the years that came and went for you 
Are you feeling it now? 
All the pretty things I tried to say to you 
But when I opened my mouth 
No, nothing came out I used to see you on the sidewalk, standing in your high tops 
Ruining your pretty lungs with your cigarette smoke It ain’t keeping you young 
Touch me like you know me, baby when you’re lonely 
Kiss me on my open mouth I’ll throw you a rope, I’ll keep pulling you out 

Hey Celine, I open up my heart it’s all for you 
You can take or leave me any way you choose 
Hey Celine, I open up my heart it’s all for you 
You can take or leave me any way you choose 

I used to see you on the sidewalk, standing in your high tops 
Ruining your pretty lungs with your cigarette smoke 
It ain’t keeping you young 
Touch me like you know me, baby when you’re lonely 
Kiss me on my open mouth I’ll throw you a rope, I’ll keep pulling you out 

Hey Celine, I open up my heart it’s all for you 
You can take or leave me any way you choose 
Hey Celine, I open up my heart it’s all for you 
You can take or leave me any way you choose 
Hey Celine, I open up my heart it’s all for you 
You can take or leave me any way you choose

High Tops (Single)

High Tops

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s. holden jaffe: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
william evans: electric bass, vocals, ace tone organ 
charles schlinkert: drums, percussion 
jared lacasce: trumpet, vocals
christopher conway: electric guitar
mike haldeman: electric guitar
dave linard: hammond b3
ray mason: trombone 
owen broder: tenor sax  
john fatum: percussion 

Now, more than any man I know
I strap a spacesuit to my chest
And watch the planet that I left, it rises slow

More than any dream I’ve dreamt
With her Cailin Russo neck
I can see her from the deck out by the road

More than any girl I’ve had
She could drink and take a drag
When you’re young that’s all you have and this I know

Life’s not simple here anymore
And I’ve gone mental
Over how to leave this world
And go back home

She, more than any pretty thing
I will miss her most of all
When her towers start to fall into the sea

More than any life I’ve lead
I know that one was the best
Cause I spent it on my chest between her knees

And her rivers still they run
Whether crashing to the sun
Ends her life, will I be young enough to see?

Life’s not simple here anymore
And I’ve gone mental
Over how to leave this world

Yeah life’s not simple here anymore
And I’ve gone mental
Over how to leave this world
And go back home

More than any time before
I think I’ve finally figured out
Being happy with yourself and with your life

We got pretty stoned
With your hands on your chest and my ego
And we, we climbed to the roof
And the morning laid rest all around you
And I won’t forget how you looked in that dress
On the day that first I met you

You had all your friends
And a camera to make them look vintage
And I, I felt like a king
When you leaned yourself into my window
To sing me a song that I wrote for my mom
On the day that first I met you

And it only took a day
With that tattoo of yours
And the look on your face

You told me real quick
“Hey, I think that you’re funny, 
So much so I think
That I could be your baby.”
And I still regret every word that I said
On the day that first I met you

Love Song For Lady Earth

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s. holden jaffe: vocals, electric guitar, percussion 
william evans: electric bass, vocals
charles schlinkert:drums, percussion 
jared lacasce: vocals 
scott james: vocals, electric guitar
dave linard: farfisa
john fatum: percussion 

You say you work on weekends
At seven in the morning
You fuck me like an old friend
You say your ex was pretty boring, well me too

When we walk into bodegas
I thank God they’re open late-night
Maybe someday I could date you
We’ll play dress-up and I might need you

And I’ll still pretend that I’m your man
And you’ll never mind me staying out when you’re at home in bed
And it’s the fool who fell for you
No, it’s not me talking, don’t believe a word he says to you
Oh let’s pretend you’ll picture me too

So tell me what you’re into
And I can do you that way
Throw you back against the window
Leave your clothes all in the hallway with your shoes

Show me to your best friends
I’ll wear a brand-new t-shirt
So a better first impression
Is what I leave when it’s all over with you

And I’ll still pretend that I’m your man
And you’ll never mind me staying out when you’re at home in bed
Oh and it’s the fool who fell for you
No, it’s not me talking, don’t believe a word he says to you
Oh let’s pretend you’ll picture me too

Yeah ooh-sha-la-la, ooh-sha-la-la
Ooh-sha-la-la, ooh-sha-la-la
Ooh-sha-la-la, ooh-sha-la-la-ah

So let’s pretend that I’m your man
And you’ll never mind me staying out when you’re at home in bed
Oh and it’s the fool who fell for you
No, it’s not me talking, don’t believe a single word he says to you
Oh let’s pretend you’ll picture me too
Oh let’s pretend you’ll picture me too
Oh let’s pretend you’ll picture me too

Let's Pretend

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Don’t you know that you’re the only queen 
Of this one-horse town 
You’re the only one that meant a thing to me 
You’re still hanging around 
You’re still hanging around 

I used to see you on the sidewalk, standing in your high tops 
Ruining your pretty lungs with your cigarette smoke 
It ain’t keeping you young 
Touch me like you know me, baby when you’re lonely 
Kiss me on my open mouth I’ll throw you a rope, I’ll keep pulling you out 

Hey Celine, I open up my heart it’s all for you 
You can take or leave me any way you choose 

All the years that came and went for you 
Are you feeling it now? 
All the pretty things I tried to say to you 
But when I opened my mouth 
No, nothing came out I used to see you on the sidewalk, standing in your high tops 
Ruining your pretty lungs with your cigarette smoke It ain’t keeping you young 
Touch me like you know me, baby when you’re lonely 
Kiss me on my open mouth I’ll throw you a rope, I’ll keep pulling you out 

Hey Celine, I open up my heart it’s all for you 
You can take or leave me any way you choose 
Hey Celine, I open up my heart it’s all for you 
You can take or leave me any way you choose 

I used to see you on the sidewalk, standing in your high tops 
Ruining your pretty lungs with your cigarette smoke 
It ain’t keeping you young 
Touch me like you know me, baby when you’re lonely 
Kiss me on my open mouth I’ll throw you a rope, I’ll keep pulling you out 

Hey Celine, I open up my heart it’s all for you 
You can take or leave me any way you choose 
Hey Celine, I open up my heart it’s all for you 
You can take or leave me any way you choose 
Hey Celine, I open up my heart it’s all for you 
You can take or leave me any way you choose
credits

vocals: s. holden jaffe 
piano: mike adubato 

produced by mike adubato & s. holden jaffe 
recorded by mike adubato at arcade songs 
mixed by reed black 
mastered by joe lambert 
written by s. holden jaffe & michael tighe 
s. holden jaffe is published by roswell pacific (ascap) 
michael tighe is published by tubela music/ downtown dmp songs (bmi) 

album photo by eileen kelley
license

High Tops - Stripped

11/17/17

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Where you been of lately? 
Cause I’m missing your cheeks 
The ones upon your face babe 
And the ones above your knees 
You could be a meal now 
Leave nothing but your ribs 
Or I could settle you a new town 
In the mountains where you lived when you were just a kid and I swear 

I laid down my arms on the day you came along 
Yeah I laid down my arms on the day you came along 

“How can I be helpful?” 
Said the lady on the phone 
“Oh and ain’t the weather dreadful? It’s all a plan to keep us alone.” 
Pinch me, pinch me, pinch me 
So that I know I’m awake 
And what does “teach your man to fish” mean? 
It’s to survive another day 
I’ll hold you if you hold you 
Self-respect I pay it back 
And tell your old boy that’s the old you 
So he don’t come around here thinking that he’ll get you back cause he won’t though 

I laid down my arms on the day you came along 
Yeah I laid down my arms on the day you came along 

I spent my whole life fighting fear after fear 
yeah all my days, all my days 
I’d do them over and over and over and over again 
I’ve been right here before I’ve made up my mind 
Yeah all my days, all my days 
I’d do them over and over and over and over and 

I laid down my arms on the day you came along 
Yeah I laid down my arms on the day you came along 

Where you been of lately 
Cause I’m missing your cheeks
credits
released November 14, 2018 
Laid Down My Arms 
Written by S. Holden Jaffe and Sean Tracy 

Produced by S. Holden Jaffe 
Additional production by Gabe Goodman 
Recorded by Reed Black, Ronnie DiSimone and S. Holden Jaffe 
Mixed by Justin Gerrish 
Mastered by Joe Lambert 

Recorded at Vinegar Hill Sound (Brooklyn, NY), Brickbox Studios (Brooklyn, NY), and Holden's apartment in Greenpoint (Brooklyn, NY) 

S. Holden Jaffe: vocals, guitar, Mellotron, Farfisa, Arp Solina, percussion, additional programming 
Gabe Goodman: guitar, lap steel 
Charles Schlinkert: drums 
William Evans: bass 
Nick Cianci: guitar 

featuring "Improvising Over Pasta" by Eileen Kelley 

cover art by S. Holden Jaffe 
cover art features photos by Eileen Kelley from Fort Tryon Park, NY. 

© 2019 Del Water Gap LLC, under exclusive license to Terrible Records

Laid Down My Arms

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When you’re drunk you love sending me photos of you with nothing on but your shoes
When i sleep late always have some kind of dreams of you
I will not mention what we do

When i wake up it’s almost supper
And you come back to haunt me, don’t you?	
					
You shaved your head just two days before I met you with your best friend in your room
I thought you were by far the prettiest girl in the room with no hair hiding none of you
						
When it grows back you’ll find another 
And you’ll go back to Philly, won’t you?
						
On your wall you hung that sock I left in your room 
Was it Hanes or Fruit Of The Loom?
On your laptop saw that sticker I gave to you
With my band name written right through it
						
When it peels off you’ll want another 
Then you’ll go back to Philly, won’t you?

You’ll go back, you’ll go back
You’ll go back and live in that apartment where you’ll learn to be alone
Picture that, picture that
Picture me drunk calling you on Friday nights
Begging you to meet me halfway love
						
I pray your mom ain’t lonely in that big old house in the suburbs
Do you reckon she misses her daughter?
Do you reckon she’d find another
If you don’t go back to Philly, lover?

Don't Get Dark

To Philly

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When you’re tired I’ll take it slow till you fall into place
And I start pulling at your clothes, the look upon your face leaves me wasted
You lift up your hips for me to help me take it off
And would you fake it to be good to me, cause I’ve been proven wrong
But you’re shaking, yeah you’re shaking and making noise

Don’t say nothing, cause I love you when you don’t know what to say
It helps me make you something that I wouldn’t ever have to change

You turn twenty-one tomorrow, go cut up your fake
Yeah you tell me you like older men, well I’m twenty-four in may
And in the quarter-century I’ve lived, I only bought a double bed to sleep with you

Sitting here in old New York, I picture you in love
With some honey-boy you met him back at home when you were younger
And you adore the way he moves, just like I adore you

Please say something, cause I’ve been growing lonesomer each day
And I need your questions to even feel a little bit okay

Tell me how you slept last night, did you wake in a daze
Of memories from ‘fore you knew my name?
And tell me what can make you cry, did you eat enough today?
Cause you’re looking awful skinny in the face

Don’t say nothing, cause I love you when you don’t know what to say
It helps me make you something that I wouldn’t ever have to change

Don’t say nothing, cause I love you but you gotta act your age
To help me make you something that I wouldn’t ever have to change

To help me make you something that I wouldn’t ever have to change
To help me make you something that I wouldn’t ever have to change

Don't Say Nothing

written by s. holden jaffe & gabe goodman
produced by s. holden jaffe, gabe goodman & mike adubato
mixed by andy baldwin
mastered by john greenham


i do not want to fight this anymore
i just want to lay back and watch you pin me to the bed
i used to call you my best friend way back before you were my everything
now i’m sucking your neck

and you wrote my favorite song
now i’m fucked up and carrying on
i do not know the words to it yet, oh

and it hits me 
i don’t want anybody else touching you like i do 
like i do
like me
is it ok?
that i don’t want anybody else touching you like i do
like i do
like me

yeah

tell me that nobody else touches you like i do, like i do
oh tell me that nobody else touches you like me
tell me that nobody else touches you like i do, like i do
oh tell me that nobody else touches you like me

you’re pulling on my habit lines
the more i smoke the more i find
i can’t just fall asleep instead
and you’re not my protector i hope you know it wasn’t her
that kept me off your side of the bed, oh 

and it hits me 
i don’t want anybody else touching you like i do 
like i do
like me
is it ok?
that i don’t want anybody else touching you like i do
like i do
like me

you’re in his living room
and it may not mean much you
but your plates are in his sink
and your sweater’s on his bed
won’t you text me when you’re home
my baby, spare me all the rest

please just tell me that nobody else touches you like i do
oh tell me that nobody else touches you like me

and it hits me 
i don’t want anybody else touching you like i do 
like i do
like me
is it ok?
that i don’t want anybody else touching you like i do
like i do
like me

Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat

Del Water Gap is the solo project of songwriter S. Holden Jaffe. Jaffe currently resides in Brooklyn, New York and is inspired by “romantic encounters and dimly lit rooms."

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