-Verse- 

Come and jump on my trampoline 
There is no bad and there is no in between 
The springs are just right 
They're not too loose and yet they are not too tight 
Just like the moment when the hit dropped 
Just like the moment when smoke stopped being cool 
The people on the outside 
Were more informed than the people who got in the school 
We can just chill here for a while now 
Until it blows over 
A new astounding resound comes around now 
The time I told her 

-Chorus- 

If you believe, that its all easy 
Maybe you'll see, you just need to breathe 

-Verse- 

We'll share stories on my trampoline 
I fell in love when I was just fifteen 
I dropped a vase and I blamed it on my sister 
Night time has come so that means we got to whisper 
And in the day time 
We'll go out and scout about some more 
And with the right kind 
We could very well be right out the door 
The people are out of sight 
We'll hit the road at the very first sign of light 
And if its not soothing 
We'll keep on moving 

-Chorus- 

-Verse- 

And yet we find ourselves back here on my trampoline 
I feel naked but I'll make it through unseen 
And in a different light 
With different people and a different time of night 
We can start all over again 
Just invent yourself my friend 
And it seems in between the streams 
Of thoughts I jump here on my trampoline

Trampoline - Alpha Bet

Verse: 
Rest my eyes, with the bottle that redeems 
And you heard it here first, with no additional fees. 
TV says I'll be alright

Alright

So where's the pick me up? Drinking out some stranger's cup?
What do I do, what do I say, to make it all okay, just write the stuff
Doctor says I'll be alright 
Doc Rob says I'll be alright

Alright 

Here's your hat, what's your hurry? I get the sense that something's wrong.
I'll sit you down, I'll hear your story, and let all your friends tag along 
Mama says I'll be alright 

Alright 

I'm tagging old trees, I'm chasing down monsters. 
Feeding needs and buying furs.
Told you once that I'm alright.
Won't say again that I'm alright. 

I'll Be Alright

Simple Lovin'

This is a tune that was slated to accompany a new Tim Lane book. Tim wrote the lyrics to "Jackie's Blues" and got it in the hands of a bunch of different people who wrote different versions of the song. A CD with all the different versions was going to accompany the book, but for reasons unknown it never happened. Here was my version.

Jackies Blues

demo

08 Untitled

Max Cornell - mixing, post-production 
Ben Factor - mastering, drum engineering 
Nicole Patrick - drums 
SJ Gonzalez - instrumentation

Workin Odd Jobs 

Verse instrumental intro 

He never sent her flowers by wire 
He said, “The spending comes in time… 
A little later, once I’ve made it out the red. 
Would you wait here while I scrape it by til then? 

He’s workin odd jobs, on and off 
til somethin comes up, 
and twiddlin his thumbs 
still workin odd jobs, on and on 
good God. 

Post chorus instr to post chorus vocal: 
And in the pink of health, very well read, 
he wanted something else, sure, 
someone else to be 
yeah yeah yeah 

Verse instrumental 

He’s workin’ odd jobs…(1.5x) 

He never left her flowers to dry 
and felt indulgence all the while. 
Is there no room left to love you, drowning here? 
Yeah there’s so few of those old truths, they’ve disappeared 

He’s workin odd jobs… (2x) 

Repeat post chorus

Simple Lovin'

Michael Hamlett

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