Lipstick Lumberjack - Summer And Soma

An e-mail message to air your griefs, it was the first time we've spoken in the last five years.
My heart it was broken though our love was brief, and the lines on my face make a trail for my tears.

Reply: I'm doing real well for myself
Tomorrow I'm marrying somebody else

But, oh, if's rough enough to show, you've got a friend back home,
Oh, if it's tougher than you know, you've got a friend back home.

We were so young we thought that we were old, when you touched me it wasn't the cold that gave me chills,
The only true lovers in a heartless town, whose backwater ways could be making you ill.
The winter was slow, but the days were quick, and before the spring was over you were ready for new thrills,
Left in the night before your heart could thaw, and now you're surprised I'm getting married on a hill?
To a girl that I would kill for.

You ran away with barely a note. 
You escaped, and I was your goat. 

But, oh, if's rough enough to show, you've got a friend back home,
Oh, if it's tougher than you know, you've got a friend back home.

I hope you don't truly believe, I'll see your words as hurtful things,
Right through the barbs and poisoned leaves, into your wooded heart I see.
A little girl so sad and lost, afraid her last good thing was me,
Oh, I can say with certainty,
Oh, I can say with certainty that's not what will be, what will be is...

Oh, if it's tougher than you know, you've got a friend back home.

LIPSTICK LUMBERJACK - Friend Back Home

Finally, a sweet song about dislike, so you can really fine-tune those mixtapes to get juuuuust the right emotion.

Lyrics:

It turns out, I don't like you all that much,
I've spent the last few years trying to put my finger on just why.
It could be your stupid face, or your lack of social grace,
Or maybe the fact that we just don't share any common ground.

We used to be comrades of circumstance,
Placed just close enough we could keep each other dancing.
But they never told us that the song would reach its end,
And then, not soon enough, we realize we were never friends.

The pressure made us think that we were brothers,
The drugs made us think that we were lovers,
But it's hard to remember if we were ever such things.
I tried to come up with some reason to see you,
But couldn't come up with a thing that we could do.
You should be happy that I'm telling you this to your face.

Before you ask: No. No, there's nothing you can do to change the way I feel about you,
I'd rather try to herd a pride of cats on cocaine.
Comes down to the fact that I really really really don't like you all that much,
Rather than see you, I'd start an ant farm in my brain, and let the bugs drive me insane.

Mutual contempt breeds genuine affection,
A common enemy brought you to my attention,
Would we have shared two minutes without that war?
Or just smiled and nodded, and kept on walking to our separate floors?

The pressure made us think that we were brothers,
The drugs made us think that we were lovers,
But it's hard to remember we were ever such things.
I tried to come up with some reason to see you,
But couldn't come up with a thing that we could do.
You should be happy that I'm telling you this to your face.

Before you ask: No. No, there's nothing you can do to change the way I feel about you,
I'd rather try to herd a pride of cats on cocaine.
Comes down to the fact that I really really really don't like you all that much,
Rather than see you, I'd start an ant farm in my brain, and let the bugs drive me insane.

LIPSTICK LUMBERJACK - I Don't Like You All That Much

Off we go toward strange horizons,
The future is foreign, might as well be writ in code.
The less we know, the more enticing,
Whatever may come, we'll shoulder the load. 

But

Tonight, we dine on feasts of fancy
I only eat so rich when I'm with you.
Tonight, we learn what true romance is,
So much more than just to say "I Do".

Tonight, we dine on feasts of fancy
I only eat so rich when I'm with you.
Tonight, we learn what true romance is,
So much more than just to say "I Do".

You grab your coat, and I'll grab my gun,
We'll take a balloon, ride it into the sun.
Travel the globe  in 70 days,
We'll go up, up and away.
Up up and away,
Up up and away
Up up and away...

But

Tonight, we dine on feasts of fancy
I only eat so rich when I'm with you.
Tonight, we learn what true romance is,
So much more than just to say "I Do".
Tonight, we dine on feasts of fancy
I only eat so rich when I'm with you.
Tonight, we learn what true romance is,
So much more than just to say "I Do".

LIPSTICK LUMBERJACK - Feast Of Fancy

You stay out late, past ten in the morning,
And you sleep in to at least past four.
Your bed cries out, so sweetly,
That you can't hear me knocking at your door.

And time moves on within you,
And the world moves on, without you.
The moment's gone, this I know,
But it still lives on, cuz you play it over and over again!

I asked you out, to dinner twice last week,
You always say, there's nothing you want to eat.
So I suggest that we go out to take a walk,
But you're afraid, that there might be something to talk about.

And time moves on within you,
And the world moves on, without you.
The moment's gone, this I know,
But it still lives on, cuz you play it over and over again!
Over and over my friend!

You're stuck in an infinite loop of anxiety,
Mercury's rising, you'll drown in sobriety.
You should probably taste a flaming bit of your piety.
Holy cow tastes no good to no one.

--But especially me, cuz I was your best friend,
Forged gold and silver, we melted in the end,
We shined so brightly,
And now we can't see for the sparks.

Time moves on within you,
And the world moves on, without you.
The moment's gone, this I know,
But it still lives on, cuz you play it over and over again!

LIPSTICK LUMBERJACK - Time Moves On

I want to stop the throbbing at the top of your head
I want to keep on drumming at the foot of your bed

I'll never tire (I’ll never tire)
Of driving ‘round (of driving ‘round)
This whole land’s our sacred ground.

So pack it up (so pack it up)
It’s time to go (It’s time to go)
We’ll make up our own songs, mute the radio
From the Rio Grande (from the Rio Grande)
To the Grand Ole Opry (To the Grand Ole Opry)
Ain’t Nobody make a finer cup of coffee.
From Alcatraz (From Alcatraz)
Way out to Sing-Sing 
Ain’t nobody that I’d rather wear my ring

I want to stop the throbbing at the top of your head
I want to keep on drumming at the foot of your bed
I want to stop your sobbing start you laughing instead
Keep the motor running, full steam ahead, 
Keep the motor running full steam ahead

We’ll keep keepin’ on (and on and on)
Our love keeps us rolling on
For miles and miles, and miles and miles and miles

I want to stop the throbbing at the top of your head
I want to keep on drumming at the foot of your bed
I want to stop your sobbing start you laughing instead
Keep the motor running, full steam ahead, 

I want to stop the throbbing at the top of your head
I want to keep on drumming at the foot of your bed
I want to stop your sobbing start you laughing instead
Keep the motor running, full steam ahead,


LIPSTICK LUMBERJACK - Full Steam Ahead

Troubling it was troubling when the dots failed to connect
Scrambling she was scrambling to put that train back on the track
The conductor went rogue rogue rogue rogue
and until it slowed slowed slowed slowed
She couldn't turn it back

Speeding she was speeding from land straight into the sea
The warnings the warnings all could hear except for she
she wanted to dive dive dive dive
She felt alive alive alive
She had been hijacked

she thought she was a siren
she wanted to get to sea but not with a sailor
he thought he was King Solomon
He wanted to tame the kitten but she was a biter

Cackling, he was cackling as he planned out her demise
Trembling she was trembling when she saw the faded tear beneath his eyes
He wanted to take. take. take. take.
but she didn't break break break break
Not a single crack

The snakes in the water they wrapped all around her
and they pulled her down. pulled her down.
the straps on the bed where she thrashed her head
had her tightly bound, tightly bound.
the rooster was given scripture, 
the demon got a kiss on the cheek
She said mister, can we go faster?
I'm been in this cell for nearly a week.

she thought she was a siren
she wanted to get to sea but not with a sailor
he thought he was King Solomon
He wanted to tame the kitten but she was a biter

Struggling she was struggling to get out of her latest bind
Juggling she was juggling too many unfit states of mind
And though it took her time time time time
She got back to baseline baseline
Her train is stabilized

The snakes in the water they wrapped all around her
and they pulled her down. pulled her down.
the straps on the bed where she thrashed her head
had her tightly bound, tightly bound.
the rooster was given scripture, 
the demon got a kiss on the cheek
She said mister, can we go faster?
I'm been in this cell for nearly a week.


Snakes in the Water

If she had paid attention to the metal on her tongue,
She could have stopped a killer, so much colder than a gun.
Then morning came, the pressure dropped,
The victim's virgin heart had stopped.
The villain had vanished without a trace 
Except the poor girl's smiling face.

The purest poison is your love,
More potent than toxic foxglove.
The surest poison is your love,
It seeps in through my every pore.
Most lurid poison is your love,
The nurses say there is no cure,
And in spite of all the symptoms,
You've always left me wanting more.

Radium might rot my bones- but it will not desert me. 
Mercury might murder me- but it does not want to hurt me. 
Cyanide is a bad, bad ride- but it doesn't drive me crazy! 
All of them I could have tried, but there's only one to phase me... 

Poison me, I don't want the remedy.
Poison me, I don't want the remedy.

The purest poison is your love,
More potent than toxic foxglove.
The surest poison is your love,
It seeps in through my every pore.
Most lurid poison is your love,
The nurses say there is no cure,
And in spite of all the symptoms,
You've always left me wanting more.

LIPSTICK LUMBERJACK - Poisoner's Rag

There's a wrinkle in the couch where you used to sit,
We would laugh for hours while you spun a fine yarn.
Now there's nothing but the space where you used to fit.
You're my phantom kin, and it hurts sometimes.
It hurts sometimes.

I hear you in the living room,
I feel you in the dark,
My mind is gonna give in soon,
My heart is torn apart, in the morning there's no mark.

Ah-ah-ah, You'll always be my phantom kin.
Ah-ah-ah, Even if I start again.
Pins, sharpened needles, I can feel every beetle on your skin.

I pour my coffee, extra hot,
There's always extra in the pot
Do I take sugar? I forgot.
But I know you liked yours creamy, you're living in my dreams.

Ah-ah-ah, You'll always be my phantom kin.
Ah-ah-ah, Even if I start again.
Pins, sharpened needles, I can feel every beetle on your skin.

The tree you planted last summer wouldn't change its leaves with the seasons.
And then things got a bit glummer when the hours lasted longer for no reason.
I feel you pulling, asking when we're gonna harvest those limes
And I said, 'hold your horses, what's your rush? we've got
whole heaps of time'

Music and Lyrics written by Sam Sobelman and Katherine Donovan

Performed by: 
Sam Sobelman - Guitar, Bass, Vocals, Claps
Katherine - Vocals, Tambourine
Alex Heflin - Vocals, Mandolin
Amanda Carson - Vocals

Cover Art by Katherine Donovan
Original Album Cover Photograph CC By 2.0 Copyright 2009 by Daniel Hartwig

LIPSTICK LUMBERJACK (ft. BUTTON WILLOW LOCOMOTIVE) - Phantom Kin

Get Lucky (Daft Punk Cover - Live)

May 2013 Single
lyrics
Cascading white balloons rained on me 
While in the air you threw and caught me 
On polo fields of grass and sand 
Rolling and dancing to the band 

We got caught making love in the park 
Ringing in the New Year in the dark 
We flopped in your room each night 
With your painted black tree in sight 

They may have called me crazy back then it's true 
But I was only crazy, crazy for you (crazy for you) 

You fought for me with my old flame 
Who turned love into an ugly game 
Though he did make your head bleed 
You were still the victor despite his greed 

When they called me trouble you pressed on 
When they saw the rubble said move one 
Your devotion never wavered 
I'd never had love of this flavor 

They may have called me crazy back then it's true 
But I was only crazy, crazy for you (crazy for you) 

But then I stayed up when you layed down 
Late nights I played out on the town 
By then the signs were clear 
Our breaking point it was near 

They may have called me crazy back then it's true 
But I was only crazy, for loving you 

Desert Balloons, Desert Balloons, 
Desert Balloons, how they made you swoon 

Damn those, Damn those Desert Balloons.
credits
released 03 June 2013 
Written by Katherine Donovan 
Performed by: 
Katherine Donovan - Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica 
Sam Sobelman - Vocals, Ukelele Bass, Mandolin 

Cover photo copyright Maret Hosemann, used with a CC by 2.0 license

LIPSTICK LUMBERJACK - Desert Balloons

Hi Friends! 

We are here to listen to y'all, be inspired, and hopefully inspire some of you fine folks. We are working on a brand new 2014 LP to follow up 2012's self-titled EP (Release Date: when it's done). It's all free for you to download and consume voraciously, (and to share with your friends cuz they like mix CDs and you like them)!

If you like what you hear, please 'like' us on the Facebook, as well!
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Bio and Stuff:

A Lipstick Lumberjack, in the wild, lives with one foot in the forest and one in the city. 

Sam Sobelman had been collaborating with a number of Orange County artists, struggling trying to find a very particular sound. Nikki Coles had been singing with groups but had been writing songs that didn't fit the framework of their styles. The magic of the internet brought them together, and they immediately knew they had found the sounds they had been seeking. 

As Lipstick Lumberjack, the band, Sam Sobelman and Nikki Coles write songs that straddle the complex joys and sorrows of life in the city, and the serenity of life outside city walls. Through their folky pop and rock, they explore life's highs and lows, and the in-betweens. They have written an album, to be released sometime in 2014.

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