Paper Cuts -- a Spinsters original (ruff-ruff)

Paper Cuts pt2, echo track -- an original round, Spinsters-style (ruff ruff ruff)

it's an Either/Or thing
that's what you keep sayin'
it's not an Either/Or thing
the deck ain't full 
but you keep playin'
cards with anybody who
will pick up all 52 for you
(if you don't count the jokers...) 

this Either/Or thing is
not the place where anything can happen
it's not an Either/Or thing
and it ain't grand this tour you're mappin'
now i'm a passenger
out sight-seeing with a backseat driver
and if i should die of boredom
please tell 'em "don't revive her" 

even spooky action from a distance
will take the path of least resistance 
but you wore out your welcome
and your foot in the door
is not an open invitation 

(geet solo) 

if it's an Either/Or thing
it's half a dozen of another cuz
6 of 1 is boring -
as is your persistence -
oh brother!
this is your final warning
don't call me in the morning 

you repulse the laws of attraction
i'll keep my distance from your spooky action
this Either/Or's only a fraction
of -- the Big Picture
let me make it crystal clear :
this Either/Or thing
is all Gray Scale, my dear!


the Legend of Grayscale

^ of Aegis...

best feeling shakey take of me singing along to a (very faint) Mick Ronson album cut... 

* !!! been confused for quite some time about performers [shhhh...like me!....shhhh] who can't 'practice' to the fullest UNLESS alone. or. at least THINKing they're alone.

...did i mention i got one of the twins??! 'Piph', or Epiphone for long, the b-lllll-ack-k mannequin. we have all KINDS of adventures! see, i dress windows no one can see through and, well, SHE comes 'alive' at night! like an Egyptian reverse-forward-reverse-abstract vampire! i have blue colored doe eyes and drive ride drive a "S-C-O-O-T-E-R"...anyone anywhere does a bona fide aka 'boner city' [just ask Stevie T AAAAND my 9yo son] double-take, she flit-glitches back to whatever-mannequins-are-made-of... but we won 1ST PLACE in the 1ST annual 1ST window dressed for public-not-public display!! 🥰🥰 [1, 2, 3, "GOOOOOOO, 'Piph'!"] so Peter Pan can fly, we can win [smthng], and most importantly iiiii can --> LOSE.
MY.
MIND.

(Shelby of Tomorrow, i think Deborrah Kerr is waiting for you in the hospital room that allows afghans [the blanket, NOT the people jeez duh] and children from the '50s, esp.those singing in contrived 'kids'' voices to milk long dead train viewers of any remaining sympathy OR a right proper flying-utensil HOME OCCUPATION by Ghost... *Nota Bene! : Chris Farley WILL NOT be touring this year on the Ghost Train... his agent double-booked him this summer. nothing we could do. please [PLEASE] schedule your respective Ghost of Farley and Swayze accordingly this season...) ... for those of you concerned about Mick Ronson's ghost, Jacob Marley wanted me to tell you "IT'S a-go!!" ... [*sidebar : this year's Ghost Train Non-Stop to the City is sponsored BUY <<name brand brothers from mothers who produce plumbers, "whadda bummer!!!' they said jinx owe coke style when the two bros bowed for Best Pipe and Most Italian at this year's Plumber Summer] ... Ronson, Liberace, Welk, and Gracie will be transparently appearing via Appaeitions Unlimited.]

*** final note : contrary to hype hoax earlier this year, animitronix Pres Abe Lincoln NOR JFK NOR Rondald "Raygun" Reagan will NOT be playing bass and drums like last year. their respective haunting schedules and riders could not be met this year. we are pleased to announce, though, Ghost of Karen Carpenter on drums and Animal (Muppets) on electric wrist bands. ..."percussion at its finest!!"

Growing Up and I'm Fine (ya sure ya betcha)

Big Sister's Clothes (by Elvis Costello and The Attractions) -- sans musique

The Pain Train (working title) -- by The Wrastlers (bass only)

The Way Love Used to Be -- The Kinks (a capella me, singing to my Muse)

Deadly Flying Glove (The Spinsters -- words+music by Shelby Pawn) ♡

Factor III - Mother

my lot in life, to produce and serve
become a wife, mother, whore and slave
i watched my mother do the same
she taught me well

expect from my husband 
the good things in life
pass that need through the bloodline
regardless of the price
ruled by th'inconstant moon - emotion -
and logic last
starry-eyed imagination
haunts my gender's past

maternal instinct dominates
my worries for tomorrow
It's not surprising
i watched my mother do the same

my heart, my mind is not my own
i belong to the task
of making a happy home
reality finds its place
my children grow

out of my arms and into others
they soon forget i am their mother
into the curriculum of the state
my children grow
detached at such an early age 
my children grow
i watch my family disintegrate
my children grow
into a mindless school of jellyfish
my anger grows
i watched my mother do the same
i will not follow so!

i will not allow this fear to overcome
i will fight to maintain their quality of life!

-----

from 'The Factor Series', summary of Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars.

original music and lyrics by P.A.W.N.S.
c. 2000

Factor III -- The Mother (P.A.W.N.S. Rabble on the Move, 2001)

Kiss Me On the Bus -- Replacements (cover by Shelby Pawn, ruff, bass/lungs/larnyx)

All the Rage -- E.Costello (acapella cover by Shelby Pawn)

professional kazoo player and mockingbird

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