I don't wanna talk about it
if it's not gonna change.
Anyway, I don't really know
what I'm trying to say.
I know you're trying--
maybe try a little harder.
We'll work it out.
I'll just keep on singing,
and I know that you're listening and understand
that men go dark
if you don't shine your light
all warm and soft.
Our love's what we make of it.

I know you love me,
so why are you always trying to get me to change?
There you are so high above me.
Maybe I should just let you reign?

Our love's what we make of it.

What we make of it

Holding Back

It's been a long time since I remembered to tell you
that you were the best thing ever to happen to me.

I know how you must feel sometimes.
Feel like I don't know you--
feel like I don't care.
I know you feel alone sometimes.
Feel like I don't see you--
feel like I don't say:

(You were the best thing)
ever to happen to me.

Life began when I came to see
how much that you meant to me.

Ever to Happen

I knew a man, his name was Simon,
and he was living on an island.
He went out and saw a ghost,
and not just one but a bunch.
Fear was in his eyes.
He passed away from surprise.
How many ghosts?
One ghost, two ghost, three ghost ... thirteen ghosts.
I knew a girl she was expecting.
And had her mind on defecting.
She went out and saw a ghost.
In fact, she saw a bunch of ghosts.
Fear was in her eyes.
She passed-out from surprise.
How many ghosts?
One ghost, two ghost, three ghost ... thirteen ghosts.
I've never seen a finer specimen
of supernatural.
Go tell your dad. Tell your sister.
There's an army out consisting of the dead.
Fear was in my eyes.
Fear grows in the eyes.

Ghost Story

I'll write you the words to such a song
if that would turn you on.
I'll buy you a tasteful négligée sarong
if that would turn you on.
Oooh how could this be wrong
when our love keeps coming on strong?
I'll play you a riff of playful dénouement
if that would turn you on.
How could this be wrong?
I'll even admit to you when I'm wrong
if that would turn you on.

Ifthatwouldturnyouon

Harrison, of the sun, skin so bright it warms me up.
Baby boy, heart of joy, dreams so large they fill the sea.

Sometimes you're gonna feel
like life has let you down,
but don't you know you're gonna rise above
and have faith in love.

Harry boy, hands so strong, grip that life and pull it in.
Oh my man, take a stand. Make it all you think it is.

Sometimes you're gonna feel
like life has let you down,
but don't you know you're gonna rise above
and have faith in love.


Of The Sun

Something to Cry About

LIMITED COLOR VINYL

TEENAGE BURRITOS - Flytrap (Something to Cry About debut LP)

This is a collection of songs about fear, loss, love and the overwhelming weight of the world. The state of human kindness today is sometimes a hard thing to find a stable grasp on. The tyranny of hate and disdain are clear and forcefully unleashed upon the weak and vulnerable. Though with doubt, there is still a way to find the hope and love that can carry us through. It only requires the acceptance of that fear and the persistence to change for the better.

Written, Performed, Recorded & Mixed by Dre Perish

Drums Performed and Recorded by Shawn Cutts
Bass on "The Way You Saved" by David Vannatta

Special thanks to Trish "the dish" Tercero for saving me!

Blackjack

Dre Perish is a solo DIY artist/producer whose work has spanned many years and various kinds of projects ranging from full throttle rock and punk outfits, to sleepier, melodic bedroom ballads.