My selections for January 2020. Hear the full playlist at http://www.birp.fm

BIRP! January 2020

Composition inspired by Isto's 10ths in G worksheet 

and an enchanting spider

Kelly Bayer's Album

screens n strings//the cat and the spider

Request from Aegis of Aptos Residents

Photo Cred Rippy Florence 
Ann Dragich Tap Dancer
Niscene Marks

Composed by Henry Mancini, Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
This Version - junebugbayer

MoonRiver

orange cat

Lyrics:
I was born under a neon sign and I guess that kinda made up my mind
You were born in a crowded place and a guy said “that’s some guy”
Now I don’t expect you to understand me, oh I guess I do
If you won’t hate me for not understanding you too

But take it from me I think you’re the only one I’m ever gonna talk to
Take it from me I think you’re the only one I’m ever gonna try
Take it from me I think you’re the only one I’m ever gonna talk to, could you talk nice?
Could you talk nice?

Now I don’t talk much and I love to go out at late at night
And you don’t talk much unless you have to lie
Now I don’t see how two people can be so much alike
And yet never really see eye to eye

Talk Nice

An updated version of Last Days 
Lyrics:
(Spoken word)Now this here is a song I wrote all the way back in 2018, and well, it sure hits different now
(Singing)
Ash falls like snow on the cold hard ground
Nuclear shadows are all around me
People remember what people say
No time for sorrows of yesterday
Last age
Last age on earth now
Last days
Last time of any worth now

I looked up into the sky and I saw
Things that were there that should not be at all
People remember what other people say
No time for sorrow that was yesterday

Last Days

Don't worry to hard about what this one means...
Lyrics:
Can I possess it, can I hold it in my hand?
There’s something about you that I just don’t understand
Do I wanna see you? Or do I wanna be you? Well,
You should see me when I’m watching her when she’s looking at you

I don’t think I’ll ever love somebody the way someone loves you                  And I..
I don’t think I’ll ever love somebody the way someone loves you

 I don’t care what it takes, I don’t care if some curse makes me die
I’m gonna be him, I’m gonna be you next, I’m gonna be you
I’m gonna be him, I’m gonna be you next, I’m gonna you, I’m gonna be you

Racing through my fingers and my spine I close my eyes
Seeing how, it all turned out, I find it no surprise
My complex wasn’t complex, but what else can I do
Looking back, it all comes down, as I return to you

The Double

Lyrics:
Went for a walk one day
A girl did I see
Asked her for her name
And she  just said...misery

Oh-ho misery/ you’re giving me/ some pain that’s free/ you make it hard to go on girl
Oh-ho misery/ you’re telling me/ that if I can’t see/ well I’ll just have to be stronger

Well now you’re driving me/ out of my mind
And now you’re making me/ cry all of the time

Oh misery/ Why can’t you see/ You’re taking /everything from me
Oh misery/why can’t you see/ you’re killing me/ oh misery

Oh-ho misery/ you’re taking me/where I can’t be/ And you just drag me along, girl
Oh-ho misery/ please set me free/ you’re all I see/ and I’ll just want to belong, girl

Well now you’re driving me/ out of my mind
And now you’re making me/ cry all of the time

Oh misery/ Why can’t you see/ You’re taking /everything from me
Oh misery/why can’t you see/ you’re killing me/ oh misery
Oooh/why don’t you let me be/ You’re taking /everything from me          
Oh misery/How can this be/ you’re killing me/ oh misery 
Ooo oo ooo woah o oo ooo ohh

Oh! Misery

A faster electric version of Tripping Up The Stairs
The spoken word segment paraphrases "The Tyger" by William Blake
Lyrics:
Crawling in the graveyard 
Just listen to your cares.
Sliding down the highway 
and tripping up the stairs.

Falling in a manhole
and changing all the locks.
Sliding down the runway
and sitting in a box.

I don't want to hurt you
but I fear that I have already done so.
I don't want to leave you but I know that I have already gone so...
Oh little one turn out the light.
Oh dearie tell me it's all right, all right.

Crawling in the graveyard 
Just listen to your cares.
Sliding down the highway 
and tripping up the stairs.

Falling in a manhole
and changing all the locks.
Screaming down the runway
and sitting in a box.
(Spoken word)
Listen, listen to your cares
For what immortal hand nor eye
could tame thy fearful symmetry 

I don't want to hurt you
but I fear that I have already done so.
I don't want to leave you but I know that I have already gone so...
Oh little one turn out the light.
Oh dearie tell me it's all right, all right.

Crawling in the graveyard 
Just listen to your cares.
Speeding down the highway 
and tripping up the stairs.

Falling in a manhole
and changing all the locks.
Sliding down the runway
and sitting in a box.

Tripping Up The Stairs (Fast Version)

This song is one of the bonus track for Japanese version of "Swung From the Branches"

Foxes in Fiction - Swung From the Branches [+ 3 Bonus Tracks]
PLANCHA / ARTPL-060
Format: CD(Japan Only) / Digital
Release Date: March 18, 2015 
Price(CD): 1,900yen + tax

BUY NOW CD(Free Shipping):
http://www.artuniongroup.co.jp/plancha/top/releases/artpl-060/


TRACKLISTING:

01. Operating Room
02. Basement Window
03. Thank You, Sunday Morning
04. Sleeping Building Unsuspecting
05. Coffee Cups That Won't Break Down
06. Ninth Floor View
07. Cream Screen
08. 8 / 29 / 91
09. Mialectric (Side B Transition)
10. Bronte Balloons
11. New Panic Cure
12. Jimi Bleachball
13. Please Note
14. Snow Angels
15. 15 Ativan (Song For Erika)
16. To Go Home
17. Memory Pools
18. Insomnia Keys
19. Visiting Hours
20. Karma Bank*
21. 5-HTP*
22. Flashing Lights Have Ended Now*

* = Bonus Track


FOXES IN FICTION: http://foxesinfiction.ca/
PLANCHA: http://www.artuniongroup.co.jp/plancha/top/

Foxes in Fiction - Flashing Lights Have Ended Now (Japanese Bonus Track)

You Know You're Not Alright

Livia Charman - Fire Flame Horse Lame

Prolusions

Good and Soulful Stuff

feels (w/ alex bazemore)

Drain the Pool

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6sRzoGLp10hmPR6U9m6yXT?si=BMdW8iwYSPqhixjEegCa8w

Lyrics:
When I was a bright eyed young one 
everything just seemed like so much fun 
then they had me walk a straight line 
I've spent the night in jail a few times 
na na na na na na na na 
its okay 
she said 
tomorrows a new day 
its okay 
What does suicide watch entail 
I don't wanna sleep in a cell again 
he laughed and put me in the cop car 
think like that boy and you'll go far 
na na na na na na na na 


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Briana Gokay: Backing Vocals 
Emily Gunn: Drums 
Rooney Farris: Vocals 
Brandon "Bud" Armienti: Keyboard 
Patrick James: Backing Vocals & Slide Guitar 
Fernly Mueller-Tuescher: Fiddle 
Rip Florence: Vocals, Guitar, Keys, Bass

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Recorded by H.L. Nelly at First Church Of The Buzzard c. 2017 
& 
Andrew Oswald at Secret Bathroom c. 2018

https://RipFlorence.net

Mumbling Rita

Tripping Up The Stairs
Featuring Krista Aron on drums. Huge thanks, I couldn't have done it without you!

Lyrics:
Crawling in the graveyard 
Just listen to your cares.
Sliding down the highway 
and tripping up the stairs.

Falling in a manhole
and changing all the locks.
Sliding down the runway
and sitting in a box.

I don't want to hurt you
but I fear that I have already done so.
I don't want to leave you but I know that I have already gone so...
Oh little one turn out the light.
Oh dearie tell me it's all right, all right.

Crawling in the graveyard 
Just listen to your cares.
Sliding down the highway 
and tripping up the stairs.

Falling in a manhole
and changing all the locks.
Screaming down the runway
and sitting in a box.

I don't want to hurt you
but I fear that I have already done so.
I don't want to leave you but I know that I have already gone so...
Oh little one turn out the light.
Oh dearie tell me it's all right, all right.

Crawling in the graveyard 
Just listen to your cares.
Speeding down the highway 
and tripping up the stairs.

Falling in a manhole
and changing all the locks.
Sliding down the runway
and sitting in a box.

(RIP Little Richard, "Slippin' and Slidin'" was a huge influence on this)

Tripping Up The Stairs-Single

Tripping Up The Stairs

he/him/weirdo/etc

Contact: projector.collector@gmail.com

Mumbling Rita

Rip Florence

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