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The House at Creepy Lake
02:08
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"The House at Creepy Lake"
I guess it was a mistake
to buy the house at Creepy Lake.
But the broker kept on raving
about the monster savings.
“You have made an excellent choice,”
said a disembodied voice.
I really should be more judicious
about who I listen to.
Soon as I paid the deposit
zombies poured out of the closet.
Poltergeists of various shapes,
werewolves on roller skates.
They seemed a colorful bunch
and so I offered lunch.
A lifetime in New York had taught me
to be open-minded.
For a year we lived in perfect harmony
playing hop-scotch in the moonlight.
But our fun ended when the house next door was sold
to a singer-songwriter.
On a dreadful evening
he came outside to sing
about the problems in his life
a world of pain and strife.
The monsters were horrified.
They howled and they cried.
“We can’t listen to him moan.
We’ll have to leave our home.”
I said, “Wait up for me.
I’m moving back to the city.”
And that’s the story of
the house I bought at Creepy Lake.
(c) 2009 Kenny Young
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Solitary Sentinel
02:15
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"Solitary Sentinel"
I am a solitary sentinel
On my post, waiting for you
No matter when the subway train arrives
I'll be here to look out for you
'Cause that's what I do
They put you on the super super late shift
And even though I know
The creatures of the night are mostly friendly
I'll feel better when you're home
Besides it's not good being alone
If even one creature of the night has ambiguous intentions
I am a solitary sentinel
On my post, waiting for you
No matter when the subway train arrives
I'll be here to look out for you
'Cause that's what I do
Street lamp shadows on the block
The moon is perfectly clear
I get an extrasensory twinge
That tells me you're getting near
Who's that man over there?
Is he a potential foe?
Or is he someone just like me
Waiting for his late shift to show?
I am a solitary sentinel
On my post, waiting for you
No matter when the subway train arrives
I'll be here to look out for you
'Cause that's what I do
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"There Must Be a Thing to Celebrate"
Well, there must be a thing to celebrate
Let's celebrate tonight
Daylight Savings—that's just great!
Let's celebrate tonight
Yeah yeah!
I repeat: Yeah yeah!
You didn't hit your boss with a two-by-four
Let's celebrate tonight
Fell asleep at your desk, but you didn't snore
Let's celebrate tonight
Yeah yeah!
Did I say: Yeah yeah?
To not mark this moment might be a mistake
I'll bring the spork, if you'll bring the cake
And a beverage …
You taught your goldfish how to wink
Let's celebrate tonight
There's nothing malevolent in your sink
Let's celebrate tonight
Your arch enemy got stuck in traffic
Let's celebrate tonight
Your car wrote a book—It's autobiographic
Let's celebrate tonight
Yeah yeah!
One last yeah yeah!
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Big Bang of a Heart
02:45
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"Big Bang of a Heart"
It was a singular moment
A cataclysmic event
“I feel so strange”
I told you at the start
I didn't know about the big bang of a heart
The galaxies we now explore
Did they really exist before?
How did I miss so much?
I guess I wasn't smart.
'Til you told me about the big bang of a heart
With a big bang of a heart
The rules I knew all broke down
My cosmological equations were all wrong
I can see the universe is now a better place
Sharing time and space with you
No matter how far out we go
There's still a radiating glow
Sometimes good comes
When things blow apart
I thank you for the big bang of a heart
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"Everything's Looking Up in Subterranea"
There's no room left
on the surface world
So they built luxury towers
underground, and now
Everything's looking up in Subterranea
In dark foreboding towers
where phosphorescent rodents live
People in business suits
are making phone calls to their brokers
Everything's looking up in Subterranea
Subterranea ...
Isn't it ironic that the upper crust are moving in?
A robot ferry captain
takes you through an aqueduct to work
Or if you are ambitious
you can commute by spelunking
Everything's looking up in Subterranea
Subterranea …
It used to be a place where even drummers could afford to live
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Femme Fatale
02:56
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Troubadour of Love
02:41
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"Troubador of Love"
Troubador of love
A full-time occupation
Bringing love songs to remote locations
Wherever I'm requested I will go
Out in the desert sun
On islands in the ocean
I help the tongue-tied describe their emotions
But now and then
I'd like to get to sing to you, oh yeah
Troubador of love
Ooh ooh whee
It's my destiny
But I don't want fame and glory
All I want is to
hold you at night
Troubador of love
Dog-sledding 'cross the Arctic
Another mission, a teenager is heartsick
And no one in his igloo understands
Now up a mountain
I hike among the goatherds
Called by a couple who cannot find the right words
I hope that I can help
and then go home to you
Troubador of love
Ooh ooh whee
It's my destiny
You can keep your fame and glory
I'll be there to
see you tonight
hold you tonight
love you tonight
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"Attack of the Maniac Librarian"
I fell asleep while surfing through the Sunday Times
Man, I had a crazy dream
I was at the public library
When a battle-axe swung out at me
It split my periodical in two
The attack of the maniac librarian
Eight foot three, bloodthirsty
and he was chasing me
I tried to wake myself by screaming
but I stopped 'cause he said “Shhh”
Then he swung his axe again
I did not want to fall victim
to Dewey's decimation system
so I ran from Horror to Poetry
The attack of the maniac librarian
He was well-read, but not well in the head
and most likely dead
Thinking quickly, I picked out
Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
and I put it with the books on gardening
The maniac ranted and cursed
But he went to re-shelve the book first
and that's when I made my escape from
The attack of the maniac librarian
It was only a dream,
but I won't be borrowing any books for a while
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11. |
Love Glows Where You Go
02:36
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"Love Glows Where You Go"
Electricity, literally
is crackling around you
It thrills me every time you light up like a firefly
Love glows where you go
There are sparkly bits you emit
as we walk our block tonight
It thrills me to be with you
It is the world's greatest show
Love glows where you go
Later downhill, at the harbor
your light keeps tugs and barges safe
You can hear them blow their foghorns gratefully
I like it when you fly, and fill the sky
with flickering, falling stars
It thrills me every time you pretend it's the Fourth of July
Just like a firefly
Love glows where you go
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Kenny Young and the Eggplants Brooklyn, New York
Kenny Young and the Eggplants play intergalactic folk-and-roll songs about giant squirrels, scary bits of cheese, and malevolent washing machines. The New York Times said they give “eloquent voice to the multifaceted neuroses of prolonged adolescence.” The Sunday Herald said they “mix the wit of Jonathan Richman with the sound of the Nico-era Velvets to create a surreal and satirical gumbo.” ... more
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