jess and lady d used to love when i played this so now i can't help but think of them both each time. 

Kids (MGMT cover)

Blindness (Metric Cover)

you really can tell someone's degree of intent
based on their use of past or present tense
if you're talking to me like i already happened
maybe i'll just go ahead remove myself from the sequence

let you stir in the was of what wasn't
let you bask in the chill of my gone
let you walk into the wall right ahead of you
really feel the pain of being incredibly wrong

maybe you just didn't see it, the way i know it in me
maybe you just couldn't be it, the future tense, the now, the -ing 
oh there's strength in every syllable
and by saying them all you sure you sure said enough
take gimme take take from my table
excuse yourself, walk away, gimme back my stuff

let you stir in the was of what wasn't
let you bask in the chill of my gone
watch you walk into the wall right ahead of you
really feel the pain of being incredibly wrong

incredibly wrong

i am not beauty
i am bitchy
i'll stare at you blankly
while i sip my cup of coffee
i'm not sorry 
i don't feel guilty
i'm a one woman army
and your grin cannot disarm me
i'm not beauty

i am not crazy
yes i'm hungry
cursty so you feed me
then i'll leave when you need me
you can't hold me
you barely know me
i like my wounds bloody
don't you fucking touch me, buddy
i'm not beauty

but i'm not easy
this ain't no freebie
i'll chew you up slowly
then i'll spit you out wholly. 
i am not angry
just call it artsy
you never really had me
but you already lost me
i'm not beauty

Not Beauty 2015 (re-record)

part of me 
so rightly believes
any bastard'd be lucky to catch a lift on my coattails.
it's not arrogant
it's newly confident
i double dog dare you to protest.
i'd just like to make my way through
finally get my hands on a killer three piece suit
drown out the folks who think they know best
shoving me kicking and screaming
into a dress

human etiquette only gets you so far
til you find yourself empty in some shithole bar
forgetting all the ways you should act
hit your cigarette
cigarette hits you right back

i'm sorry if i ever tried to change you
help you bend to better fit in my space
these words are bigger than us both
but they're no longer waiting 
written on my face

this song has no chorus
no part i'd like to repeat
if you didn't hear me the first time around
i suggest you stand up and start moving
moving your feet

Moving Your Feet (re-record)

i don't want to save you
i don't want you to save me
i just want to love you
imperfectly

i am tired of feeling fragile
these bones break before they bleed
but i'm ready for a battle
wholeheartedly

i accept the fact that i am 
a hard woman to understand
gimme all your in between's
and i'll hold them as safe as i can
yes, i'll hold them as safe as i can

c'mon over and hold me close
tell me the secrets no one knows
we're gonna wash our hands clean
hopefully

you and i are one in the same
a broke down guy, a screwed up dame
we're gonna burn like gasoline
stand by me

i accept the fact that i am 
a hard woman to understand
gimme all your in between's
and i'll hold them as safe as i can
yes, i'll hold them as safe as i can

Imperfectly (Re-Record)

Need

whatever you're cooking, it smells really good. 
we have something in common, we both like food. 
your house is really clean, you mom's really sweet.
can i sit next to you while we eat?

i hope you don't fill my plate too full.
i'm on a secret diet, i hope that's cool.
watching you chew isn't half bad.
this could be the best date i've ever had.
this could be the best date i've ever had. 

for dessert can we play nintendo?
i'm really good at mario, i'll have you know.
tertris is great, zelda i can't stand. 
oh my god your arm just brushed my hand.

you walk me to my jeep like a gentleman.
we awkwardly chat about future plans.
you kiss me on the cheek, i'm confused by that. 
this was the best date i've ever had.
don't let it be the last date we ever have. 

The Date

i guess for a girl, i chase a lot of tail.
though i'm not really sure what that means. 
does it really matter if you're female or male?
after all we're just running in circles, or so it seems. 

i do it all backwards inside my head, we've dated before a single word is said. 
then blush takes me over, it bends me in two, when i think of you.

the feels on my face
they give me away
eyebrows all over the place
is how i communicate

i guess for a girl, i face a lot of tail.
i think i've explained what that means?
caught up in imaginary relationship fail
always running in circles, or so it seems. 

Ode to my face

The Dating Race

The Real Ballad of Carrie Lynn

a wonderful bluegrass/folk band sings a beautiful song...and i try to do it in my garage.

give the original a listen. it's pretty magic. 

Mallory Mishler

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