Wail, and disco dance down the trail
That’s the way for us 
We’re luminous 
Never waiting to exhale 
We watch Bambi for the quail
Like modern lovers 

Down, to tear it up 
All around, it’s up to us 
Stroll uptown 
Where there’s a spaceship underground 
Walking foxy
Walking hounds 
Like modern lovers 

We like each other 
We do watercolors 
Oh, rum raisin ice cream
We do eat it, of an afternoon 

Yup, we’re luminous
We go up, to the rooftop club
We interrupt, just to feel magnetic flux 
We drink Moxie out of cups
Like modern lovers

"Tracks"

Modern Lovers

Youna came from the stars
And she flies down the dock
Where the 5th graders go
In slow-mo
Falling down, falling down
But don’t let ‘em know
She came from the stars
And the rain was not expected the day Youna came from the stars

And the Moon, and the clouds
They are halfway between our houses
School is out
We can walk, we can talk
And we talk about the fact that she’s from the stars
And I swear there’s stars that live and stars that die up there
And she came from the stars that set

But the stars burn once again for Youna, by day
Yeah, the stars reverse supernova over L.A.
And the planes were quite delayed on the day Youna came from the stars

Yeah, the stars will be coming out
Yeah, and they’re coming out 
Yeah, and they’re shining down
Clear through daylight
Do you remember the night when Youna came from the stars?

In deep space, she returns  
Where the spring hits the lake 
Crystals break 
Passing through, passing through 
In these dogwood days 
She came from the stars
And I swear there’s stars that live and stars that die up there 
And she came out of stardust, she said

But the stars burn once again for Youna, by day
Yeah, the stars reverse supernova over L.A. 

As a valediction, the stars twinkle down for Youna, by day
Yeah, the stars light once again to wish us good-day
And it feels like fiction---the stars turn to blue, and violet, and green
While the nightjars fill up the sky and call for you and me

And the rain made us feel like singing “Down by the Bay”
When Youna came from the stars

Life Is a Doodily

Did I die or am I dreaming?
Do my eyes deceive me?
There’s millions by the mile
They’re stretching out upon the astral plane
Bobcats for days 

I can see the bobcats watching me and measuring my movements 
If they’re fearful I will have to straight contend with 
Bobcats for days 

Why does the sky turn a molten gray? 
And why do the sprites caterwaul? 
And why can I not turn away?

Bobcats for days

Bobcats for Days

My Inner Life

Somewhere up in the heavens
Among trillions of planets
In terms of pure statistics 
It’s not surprising that there is one moon
One moon, at least 
That is made of ramen noodles
 
Ramen Moon, Ramen Moon
This moon is named Ramen Moon
Ramen Moon, it’s where I’m from
Ramen Moon, it’s my home
 
I eat the moon that I live on 
Now that that is established
Let’s talk about geology
On the surface: completely ramen
All of the surface is completely ramen
With a liquid interior core made of hot ramen broth
 
Ramen Moon, Ramen Moon
My friends and family moved there too
And ere we landed, we were singing 
“Amen! A moon made of ramen!”
 
At first we were winning 
The top of the inning was a bright year 
(‘Twas a bright year)
But lately life’s harder, and hope, it seems farther than a lightyear
(About a lightyear)
You see, our star is routinely obscured quite completely by eclipses
(Solar eclipses)
We beings are freezing and left in the dark against our wishes
It's freakin’ vicious 
 
But we don’t give up on this life
Even when the ramen is cold
Though it’s hard when the warmth of the sun is gone
And there’s ice in our ramen bowls 
Still we go back, do it again
Make a little dish in the snow 
I think it’s what I need to get by, my love
I think it’s what I need to grow
But when will I know? 
When will I know?
 
When you see the light, the light that shines down on Ramen Moon

Ramen Moon

I’m a little mouse and I’m excited to tell 
About the party I threw, it went oh-so-well
My friends came over dressed up in style
I was nervous ‘cause I hadn’t socialized in a while

But we rocked and we rolled and we danced in a line
And we stood on our heads and we opened the wine
We had a hell of a time

Everybody brought a lot of cheese to share
There was Muenster, Gorgonzola, Stilton, Brie, and Gruyere
When it was time to go everybody got sad
We wanted to hang on to good feelings we’d had

But we sang the songs that we sang in our prime
And we jumped on the bed and we finished the wine
We had a hell of a time 
Oh yes we did now, daddy-o

Mouse Party

Look over the hills, and see the guns
I can't help these damn Hessians
My body is broken
And I haven't spoken for months
 
And we birds, we have to die
Like everything under the sky
Robin or man
(Robin or mare, they bare their breast) 
Give God the rest
But Lord, I miss my nest
 
(Live for your country, eat cabbage and rich pork in brine)
 
Oh yes
 
(Die for Coventry, and cabinet your best port, cabinet your best foreign wine)

Bird’s Invasion

Don’t feed the bears 
Don’t feed the bears 
That’s not why they’re there 
You can pray to Jesus 
But don’t feed the bears

Don’t Feed the Bears

Produced/Remixed by Dan Vecchitto

Thanks so much, Dan!!!


Written/Composed by Simon Taylor

Somewhere up in the heavens
Among trillions of planets
In terms of pure statistics
It’s not surprising that there is one moon
One moon, at least
That is made of ramen noodles

Ramen Moon, Ramen Moon
This moon is named Ramen Moon
Ramen Moon, it’s where I’m from
Ramen Moon, it’s my home

I eat the moon that I live on
Now that that is established
Let’s talk about geology
On the surface: completely ramen
All of the surface is completely ramen
With a liquid interior core made of hot ramen broth

Ramen Moon, Ramen Moon
My friends and family moved there too
And ere we landed, we were singing
“Amen! A moon made of ramen!”

At first we were winning
The top of the inning was a bright year
(‘Twas a bright year)
But lately life’s harder, and hope, it seems farther than a lightyear
(About a lightyear)
You see, our star is routinely obscured quite completely by eclipses
(Solar eclipses)
We beings are freezing and left in the dark against our wishes
It's freakin’ vicious

But we don’t give up on this life
Even when the ramen is cold
Though it’s hard when the warmth of the sun is gone
And there’s ice in our ramen bowls
Still we go back, do it again
Make a little dish in the snow
I think it’s what I need to get by, my love
I think it’s what I need to grow
But when will I know?
When will I know?

When you see the light, the light that shines down on Ramen Moon

Simon Taylor

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