I wrote the lyrics to all of these songs on 2/15/2021.  Conor Oberst remains an instrumental force of inspiration in my life.  So thank you Conor.

Jay St & Metro Tech - 4:22:21, 1.41 AM

Titles are like labels
They belong on the floor
I don't really listen
to anything
but my own music
any 
more
but i'll listen to yours, if you listen to mines; stop killin young minds; but remember to insist that they listen first BEFORE ANYTHING

Untitled - 10:3:21, 1.58 AM

Kevin McCalister Home Alone Sandals - 5:31:23, 7.37 PM

Disclaimer:  Track 8 (title track) references JD Salinger's short story 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish' ... ode to his brother Seymour.

The Commodore Song - 6:23:23, 5.50 PM

I dedicate this album to Mark Vercollone.  Very special thanks to my friend Chubby Flea.

Swirled Instrumental - 7:28:23, 1.58 AM

in tribute to 
The Warriors (1979) 
5 songs
plus a cloudy intro
enjoy
PBODY

Warriors Project (savedalot edit) - 8:8:23, 12.06 AM

Lyrics:

Being 2 Truthful

I was accused of being too truthful
They shoved a lawsuit right down my throat
I didn't find it too useful
It's amazing to me how plainly it is to see
How the simple and true don't seem to be to me
Too hard to prove
Yet in the 21st century modern day world that came from chaos
People can be maniacs with maniacal outcomes
I'm just wondering how come 
(I was accused of being too truthful)?

change the conversation

When I stopped paying for things, she started paying attention
to what I was saying, so I changed the conversation
Emptied my wallet on the kitchen table, grabbed a bottle of bourbon, 
and an empty glass of ice
I got compliments from whiskey drinks because I made em really nice
I said 'Thank God' without saying please, snatched up my Lincoln
Continental blue car keys, and went for a drive
in the moonlight's direction
Didn't mind skippin talkin; no internet connection
not even an option for me cuz it was 1963 (nineteen sixty-three)
The same year they killed Kennedy
What if running away wasn't so goddamn appealing to me (?)
I wouldn't be staring at stars that keep staring at me
At least the rocks in my whiskey drink are still cold enough to sink
The last thing I remember was the one thing I forget
Woke up alone in a motel room alone
Finished my drink and headed home

Stranger Neighbors

Next door neighbors mostly get stranger
Never need roommates to explain why they always got something to say
I see them from my rooftop sometimes, on Sundays
Blood on the moon, the stars insist on howling
Party chairs and cigars, celebrating burning things
Watch the sky long enough and you'll understand what learning is
and how this planet is famous for erasing the statements
that made us in the first place
Under a false pretense
A man with a briefcase, lives across the street, came over to see me today
He asked about my neighbor, and if in my opinion, whether or not
they got stranger and I had to say
That "yes" they did
but so did I
and so did the neighborhood
mostly stranger (all my next door neighbors)

Not Great Bob

Hell's Bells Trudy
Care to join me on the dance floor immediately?
Are you ready for another sucker punch from Peter Campbell?
I almost had Peggy's baby but she gave it away in a way
where you could never betray me
What's that?  What are you?
Hold that
How are you?
Not great Bob
Secour Laxatives are humorless assholes 
who can't take a joke unless I'm the only one who's laughing

Very Few People

it took a young person's sadness to find substance in stillness
jean jacket self-recovery is redundant self-less discovery
to circle-winded round-abouts that keep 1st verse's sound in doubt
and realize that the only thing carrying a song
is vibrations, that might be swimming
swimming in self doubt
in care of self in full
maybe it might be too scary
but your favorite records that you play (they can do that to us)
they take away what's ordinary and place upon limitations
which make more for a more involved story 
where very few people (embody an idea well)

Sterling's Gold

Who cares what women want?
I'm from a generation where we drank enough for everyone
cuz it was good enough until the last drop
I drink because it's what men do
I work this hard and you could too
If you wanna afford fabulous vacations like I can afford to do
Live It Up Here (until the coast is clearly blue)
When God closes a window, I buy my wife a new red dress
especially when I have sex with redheads
but if life is just a contest of attempting to get the finest piece of ass (Joan)then I guess I'll stay up all night just to watch the sun rise
then call it average
I told a friend of mine to be himself
that was pretty mean of me I guess 
but I love the way I never change
I play the organ while Peggy roller skates
It's all fun and games until they shoot you in the face
I had 2 heart attacks in the same day
but at least my name is on the lobby door
So it goes to say that Sterling's Gold is what a good name is for

Very Few People (take 2) - 8:25:23, 10.00 PM

change the conversation - 8:28:23, 3.19 PM

Being 2 Truthful (take 1) - 8:25:23, 10.47 PM

Mad Men (rainy piano version) - 8:28:23, 3.05 PM

MissterJesus (edited) - 11:12:23, 5.29 PM

Dedicated to my friend Matt (who taught me that I am only as limited as my imagination)

dontworryaboutonight (morning post version) - 12:10:23, 10.37 PM

livingasthenight - 12:12:23, 6.18 PM

henry street - 11:20:23, 3.26 AM

remember me as a beginning (edited with lyrics) - 1:15:24, 12.58 AM

Frank Sinatra Calculus (edited) - 1:15:24, 12.33 AM

my purple angel wings (edited) - 1:15:24, 12.26 AM

we're all fools (edited) - 1:15:24, 12.07 AM

the little space (nostradamus version) - 1:14:24, 12.25 AM

The Tiger Remaining (feels like poverty to me) - 1:14:24, 2.48 AM

We Keep Working (edited) - 1:14:24, 11.46 PM

double digit prime number (drinking old movies version) - 1:14:24, 12.07 AM

even miracles (reincarnating) edited - 1:14:24, 11.35 PM

Haunting Ghosts & Chasing Bullet Holes (edited) - 1:14:24, 11.23 PM

November Is Mostly Pianos (edited) - 1:15:24, 1.08 AM

GoodByeMusicToDanceTo - 12:23:23, 11.18 PM

NoFewerFuture (killer king version) EDITED - 3:17:24, 5.03 PM

ides of march edited fymtg - 3:17:24, 4.12 PM

cloud eraser (permission version) lyrics - 3:15:24, 10.34 PM

tiddilylinks - 3:12:24, 7.57 AM

3point14edited - 3:16:24, 1.20 AM

No Fewer Future (christmas present from santa claus version) - 3:17:24, 3.50 PM

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