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Naked Day Alone

by Emily Zisman

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Down 03:20
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I want to Forget you I want to Make you feel uneasy I want to Forget you As you go Down (4x) I’m thinking You’re shrinking You’ve always Been up so high I’ve never Been a big girl From this angle I can Finally see your Eyes(4x) You’re Johnny Come Quickly I’m Sally Mae or may not I’ve always Made you crazy But you still don’t Even make me Hot(4x) I want to Forget you I want to Make you feel uneasy I want to Forget you As you go
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Ol' Man 02:33
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I left my ol man today But I thought about you I thought six years could fade scars But they’re also called “old wounds” I left my ol man today But I felt I’d left you New York to Califor-ni-ay Tell me, what’s a silly girl to do? In my blind ambition When I thought I knew The best for me I tried an intervention And I lost my muse Where on Earth could he be? And maybe one night While I’m drinking a glass of red I’ll look up from my wrinkled hands And I’ll see you once again. I left my ol man today But I cried over you And I found myself with old clichés like Does he cry over me too? And I’m sorry that I left you there In that embryonic lurch I’m sorry that I made you cry But I do that when I’m hurt. And maybe one night While I’m drinking a glass of red I’ll look up from my wrinkled hands And I’ll see you once again. In my blind ambition When I thought I knew The best for me I tried an intervention And I lost my muse Where on Earth could he be? I left my ol man today I left my ol man today I left my ol man today But I’ll be missing…….
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My Apologies 02:58
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Where does my conscience go when she’s needed the most? I think she trusts me enough now to leave me, to vacation On the California coast. Meanwhile I was taken with that thing behind your eyes And I lost track of myself somewhere trying to get you on my side And I brace myself for her return with the covers pulled snug around my head. As you lay next to me breathing quite some distance away in my twin bed. And I heard the commotion as she came clamoring back, with sand on her hands screaming “Not this way, NO! Not this way NO. You had to go and fuck it up again.” Again Again Again I think She’s lonely, my conscience. She just wants someone to listen. At least, that’s what She said last. She doesn’t speak to me anymore. She says I ignore her, She says I make fun, She says it’s impossible to hold on to anyone. She says that my mind is her favorite place to be, Because the rest of my body is given away so freely. So I’ll let you go ahead and do whatever it is that you do best Which is ignore the fact that we made it, and tell me I’m the mess. But the truth is that you know me, and you’d still just let me stand And now that thing behind your eyes is gone and I see you’re just a man. Now I must find her, My Conscience, and try to give her my apologies. With a squint of her eyes and a purse of her lips, She’ll say “Well, of course I’ll forgive you, you shit.” I think She is somewhere hidden up in my hair, yes She knows it’s so hard for me to find her in there. But I promise I’ll find her and I’ll make amends And probably fuck it all up in the end again. Again Again Again Again Again.
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All Your Girls 04:55
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All your girls are crazy All your girls are wild They all listen to your music As they nod at you and smile They were all once babies Their moms would read to them at night And with her they would fight Her body all their lives All your girls are diamonds They all wrestle with their hair Bleeding rivers to buy face creams To hide wrinkles that aren’t there They were all once mountains Bathed in summers and sighs But father time eroded them And polished off their smiles Ooh All your girls are nightmares They remind you of your pain With their wicked wandering whispers Still you choose them all the same They were all once angels Glowing silver in the sun But boys like you they jaded them And wonder why they run Oooh All your girls are crazy All your girls are wild All your girls are crazy All your girls are wild
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Ramblings 02:36
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Sometimes I want to break your neck. Sometimes I want to lick your ear. Sometimes I let the warm pain go. But sometimes I let it go on for a year. Hold me down and my feelings grow stronger Let me go and I die. Smack me once I bleed forever Smack me twice I Smile. Like blue orchids I’m frail But I’m always brilliant I live strong but It’s a long, slow, tiring journey To the dry, shriveled place we all call Death HA HA! And….Sometimes I want to hold on to your warm Sweet moist memory and Dream a little wet dream of you. And then crash into the powdery, billowing, protruding….. Whatever. Sometimes I want to juggle your testosterone in little jars of fireflies Just to see if the light changes Green has never really been your color but it doesn’t really matter because I’ve always been the fat one. And we would really rather not see THEM now would we? Can’t stop looking, can you? Sometimes I want to contradict your every move And sometimes I just want to go along for the ride And in the end, it doesn’t matter because you’ll never know what I’m feeling Way down deep inside And I’ve really never been this verbose You just hang on to all the big words in order to figure me out When it’s the little ones you have to pay attention to. If. And. Or. But. Sometimes I want to break your neck. Sometimes I want to lick your ear. Sometimes I let the warm pain go But sometimes I’d rather drown in my fear. And I think I’m going crazy…. *sigh* well…..anyway. Here I go again……
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Last Call 02:34
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We’ve been making eyes all night we brushed legs once or twice We been talking circles round our drinks stirring our way through the ice But it’s the last call for my pillow under your head it’s the last call for the clothes I’d be willing to shed Its the last call but it’s going going going going it’s gone that was your last call Now they’re playing the last song I can see you humming along and I would be humming the same song too If I wasn’t busy mentally undressing you Its the last call for my pillow under your head it’s the last call for the clothes I’d be willing to shed It’s the last call but its going going going going it’s gone that was your last call. Now your eyes are looking at mine I am trying to see through the wine but the whiskey keeps getting in my way so I think we should continue this another day cause it’s the last call for my pillow under your head it’s the last call for the clothes I’d be willing to shed it’s the last call but its going going going going going going going going it’s gone that was your last call mmmmm....
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Naked Day Alone 02:17
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I am unafraid of the winter that's coming this year. I'm not scared of the long nights of starless skies. I won't shiver in the presence of a heavy winter's snow cause the birth of the sun will make it all worthwhile. I will shed my clothes when the birch trees shake off their winter white I will don my gown of leafy gold cause heavy coats and chunky boots are meant to keep you warm but nothin beats a naked day alone. Chorus: Cause up is tough Knowing you'll have to come down. But there's nothing wrong with holding on Sometimes you laugh at things that days throw in your way exaspirate at stupid things you own and people will still love you though they'll never understand that nothin beats a naked day alone no nothin beats a naked day alone.
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Fall Apart 04:08
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I never felt so alone as I Did on Mission Street, when I Saw you walk by Tryin’ to be all discreet You knew I was there, yeah I Saw you hesitate You paused in the walk way I noticed you Slow your gait. Why did I leave The most exciting thing I knew Why did I swallow you down If the pieces were still whole Why did it take me three tries To break my heart. I guess before I glue myself together I’ll have to fall apart I was almost past the tempest on that Friday night but on Saturday The rain came back again When I said “One More Time” I was holding fast to that Last piece of you but surrendered it that moment you smiled we blew kisses as I, As I drove away and I can’t remember why Why did I leave The most exciting thing I knew Why did I swallow you down If the pieces were still whole Why did it take me three tries To break my heart. I guess before I glue myself together I’ll have to fall apart I’ve never been more behind you As when you were watching me leave Sometimes you can tell an act of love By how much it makes you bleed. Babe I just want for you to be happy But that’s not gonna happen with me No that’s not gonna happen with me Why did I leave The most exciting thing I knew Why did I swallow you down If the pieces were still whole Why did it take me three tries To break my heart. I guess before I glue myself together I’ll have to fall apart I guess before I glue myself together I’ll have to fall apart
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Michael 03:06
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Trekking steady in my blue jeans Over California hills of velveteen Never thought I’d fall victim to my dreams But I’ve been jaded by the chase But you’re a welcome distraction as you sleep along the river With your head upon my shoulder and your name Wet upon my mouth Chorus She said you came from mountains But I say you came from the stars Michael I would wander to the river If just for us it was just ours. (2x) Doo doo (Rocky Raccoon style) And you speak, as you lay dreaming of the songs that you will sing And you remind me of my longing for the very same thing My dreams, they are so lucid, that is until I look away But your squinted smile brings me focus and I see that We’ll all be okay. Chorus She said you came from mountains But I say you came from the stars Michael I would wander to the river If just for us it was just ours. (2x) Doo doo (Rocky Raccoon style) Bridge And your river lullabies As your stars wave us on by Yeah your river lullabies As your stars wave us on by And you lay your pillow next to me as we kissed under the Pleiades I am built from memories such as these and we’ve already got so many. Chorus She said you came from mountains But I say you came from the stars Michael I would wander to the river If just for us it was just ours. (2x) Doo doo (Rocky Raccoon style) Trekking steady in my blue jeans Over California hills of velveteen Never thought I’d fall victim to my dreams But I’ve been jaded by the chase
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Falter 03:45
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Life Hurts And in the meantime, you falter You search for somebody to love You question why you can’t bring the ocean to your feet You’re not lonely, you just don’t know where to start. And I know why you can’t see tomorrow It seems so much farther away But I promise, if you hold your heart in your hand It’ll be that much harder, to throw it away. And If, for some reason you do lose your love And you’ve buried your faith in the ground Don’t drop to your knees, lift your eyes and look around I promise there’ll be someone to lift you when you’re down I know why you can’t feel the waves at your feet You still have your tennis shoes on And you have been running over mountainous land So, take them off and let the cold waves Bury them in the sand Hey you, I know why you falter You’re searching for someone to love You finally see, you have the whole world at your feet Now you’re lonely, and you know it’s time to start. Now you’re lonely and you know it’s time to start.
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Just A Touch 02:53
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I understand existence isn’t always fair I know it may continue even if I’m not there I’ve got this tragic smile so I can make it through today Cause when you bust it on down to the marrow There is no other way Chorus Every now and then when the pressure is too much I open up my skin and I bleed Just a touch Just a touch Just a little bit of bleeding Just a touch Just to know that I’m still in here somewhere My skin holds me together because my ambition is so frail And I stretch it to its limits And I dare it to fail I’ve tried some meditation, I’ve tried writing it all down But the tension never lessens in fact it brings it to a crown Chorus Every now and then when the pressure is too much I open up my skin and I bleed Just a touch Just a touch Just a little bit of bleeding Just a touch Just to know that I’m still in here somewhere We only get two reactions, one is fight and one is flight I’m always looking for other options But nothing ever feels right and I’m always testing boundaries So I can practice using my head But it always ends with my fists up Or my wings spread Chorus Every now and then when the pressure is too much I open up my skin and I bleed Just a touch Just a touch Just a little bit of bleeding Just a touch Just to know that I’m still in here somewhere
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Lil' Toys 03:23
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Come tomorrow we will wake up to the clean slate skies and I will look into your sleepy morning eyes. But now I kiss your lids as you breath heavy between my legs and You laugh, roll over and say “It’s three o’clock in the morning, Kiddo.” I blew up when you said I can’t feel You ran away when I hit you squarely in the ego You didn’t like it when I said you don’t fuck well Went out and bought me one of those crazy little toys they sell Oooh and it feels so good And I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you feel uneasy. I didn’t mean to make you feel uneasy. Chorus: Just remember I’ve got to breathe sometimes Got to support my battle cry That’s the moment you can kick dust in my eyes When you can take me by surprise You crashed at two thirty left me screaming at the dishes in the sink Left me crazy didn’t give me a chance to tell you everything I think I know you’re perfect but I can’t make you listen to something you won’t hear Only pain between us but it’s hard to see me through your fear. And I must insist that I do feel And I’ll tread softly next time I’m dancing on your ego These little toys, you know they have good intentions yeah They’re just a small extension of what makes you feel uneasy. Chorus Just remember we’ve got to cry sometimes Don’t turn your back this is a compromise The easiest answer is the hardest to fulfill It takes a lot of balls to apologize

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released June 1, 2009

Engineered by Jesse Vanderford
Produced by Jesse Vanderford and Emily Zisman
Emily Zisman - Guitar and Vocals
Christopher Swanner - Drums
Michael Zisman - Mandolin
Ryan Avery - Violin
Chris Tomsha - Lead Guitar
Jesse Vanderford - Percussion

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Emily Zisman is a talented singer songwriter born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since picking up the guitar at the tender age of eight Emily’s musical journey has taken her all over the world. She has graced the stages up and down both sides of the United States and has performed internationally at festivals in Europe. ... more

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