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Erie Board of Trade

by Bird Ate My Donut

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1.
Isotoner (free) 02:16
Here we are again You're too good to be my friend But you dress like a catalog Isotoner and London Fog In imitation leather And if you ask me nicely We could dress for sunny weather It grows on me It grows on you Not like I expected it to Engineer a circumstance I see London you see France I could see you watching From the back seat of your car And if you ask me nicely Maybe we wouldn't have to drive so far You don't have to be afraid I'm on my best behavior You're curled up like a cannonball I want to lay where the mortars fall That's you and me together And if you ask me nicely I might wear your feather boa
2.
Ghosts are people just like you and me They do the dishes and they watch TV They call their mothers but it's never often enough Ghosts are people just like all of us They do the crossword when they're waiting for the bus And when they cross their fingers, it means good luck Not that you were going to need it But maybe it would bear repeating You want to call a dead man's bluff But you never were that tough We met on the run Thought I might be the one you're running towards The EVP your heart records I want you to be here with me To taste and touch and smell and see I know you can't feel my skin But we'll never be this close again Ghosts have feelings just like everyone else It's never easy to ask for someone's help When it's the kind of something you want to keep to yourself It's already begun And I know you're the one I'm running towards There's just one thing more I want you to be here with me To taste and touch and smell and see I know you can't feel my skin But we'll never be this close again Ghosts are people just like me and you They finish the laundry, then they wonder what to do And when they figure it out They almost never follow through I want you to be here with me To taste and touch and smell and see I know you can't feel my skin But we'll never be this close again
3.
4.
From a canal boat made my way Two hundred fifty cents a day The Erie Board of Trade We took a cursed Scot aboard The wind died on that morning The rigging split him like a sword He said Captain on the bow Don't you tell me how to feel When it's not your ship that's sinking Don't you tell me what What it is you're thinking About We tossed him in the water When we got to Benton Harbor Of course the captain, he gave the order My first watch the next night The canvass stretched drum tight And then a face appeared blood white He said Captain at the helm There's an overwhelming feeling That it's you who's going down And I don't care Don't care who knows that I'm going to be around I'll be around When this ship goes down Your name's not on the list Of passengers who might be missed You better find yourself some technology You better do it fast Cause the wind is not the last to die You must be ready You must be ready Captain on the deck Said he felt around his neck Two hands we could not see And as he died he turned his face He turned his face to me Looking right at me Looking right at me
5.
Winter 03:10
I didn't get it Until the sunlight hit it It was obscured By some new kind of cloud Opened up The city streets But is it safe for us to breathe What is this new This new kind of Krakatoa And on the news they say This won't last, this ain't right I kind of like it A day for night, a day for night It gets dark At eleven A.M. And they're betting They're betting that we all stay in No one around can see us now I can't tell if we're indoors or outdoors anyhow We're all covered in ash It's a new kind of Krakatoa I don't miss the sun Or miss the stars Or miss the blue sky I kind of like it A day for night Day for night It gets dark At eleven A.M. But we're letting A new kind of daylight in No one around can see us now I can't tell if we're indoors or outdoors anyhow We're all covered in ash It's a new kind of Krakatoa I don't miss the sun Or miss the stars Or miss the blue sky I kind of like it A day for night Day for night
6.
Dusty 03:18
You can't walk in a straight line I don't mind I don't mind You can't walk in a straight line I think we're running out of time I don't mind I don't mind I think we're running out of time I'm tired of waiting on you Nothing is a frustrating thing you have asked me to do Is there something that we're heading for It can be less, it can be more Is there some place we're headed towards I don't mind if we're standing still If that's all that's on the bill I don't mind if we're standing still We can move forward Or we can retreat But the world doesn't stand still It revolves around me I'm tired of waiting on you Nothing is a frustrating thing you have asked me to do And I'm not going to do it Nothing is a frustrating thing

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released February 11, 2010

Recorded by Bill Skibbe and Jessica Ruffins at Key Club Recording, Benton Harbor, MI. on August 15-16, 2009.
www.keyclubrecording.com

Mixed by Mike Lust at Phantom Manor, Chicago, IL.
www.myspace.com/phantommanorrec

Mastered by Carl Saff, Chicago, IL.

All songs by Bird Ate My Donut.

Jon Haverkamp - Bass
Dan Lobring - Drums
Karl Lobring - Keyboards, Guitars, Vocals
Steven Pate - Guitars, Vocals

www.birdatemydonut.com

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With big guitars, and keyboards strangely reminiscent of video games, this Chicago foursome consistently brings the rock, as in rock music, not to be confused with Dwayne Johnson. Cause that would be weird.

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