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I Will Take You Back

by Dan London

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1.
Step into the light girl let me see your face there’s nothing to be afraid of rip off that disguise and leave it at my place there’s nothing to be afraid of Oh I get so scared when I’m unprepared Step into the light girl let me see your face there’s nothing to be afraid of here Somebody got lost and somebody got laid there’s nothing to be afraid of Somebody got tossed and somebody got paid there’s nothing to be afraid of Oh and it feels so wrong when we play along Step into the light girl let me see your face there’s nothing to be afraid of here Step into the light girl let me see your face there’s nothing to be afraid like lovers in disguise we’ll join the human race there’s nothing to be afraid there’s nothing to be afraid there’s nothing to be afraid here
2.
He smokes his cigarette with force she does one last pirouette and files for divorce Bob Fosse dreams of Napoleon in leather and the queen of England in a purple boa feather Bob Fosse dreams of Napoleon in leather Bob Fosse Nothing gets you high as heels and nothing’s quite as shy as innocence reveals Bob Fosse dreams of Napoleon in leather and the queen of England in a purple boa feather Bob Fosse dreams of Napoleon in leather Bob Fosse Rubber boots and fog machines and Lenny Bruce and Ben Vereen Garter belts and pumps and tights and Liza ‘neath the smoking lights
3.
The time for talking is done it’s time to set with the sun there’s only thing left so Let’s Get It Over With Them old excuses is past the initial passion it won’t last there’s only thing left so Let’s Get It Over With saying goodbye is like the last piece of pie like the last day of July Lets Get It Over With We know how much that it meant we know how much that we spent the cost it wasn’t worth so Lets Get It Over With I thought you was the one the one that set with the sun well baby lets get her done yeah Lets Get It Over With saying goodbye is like the last piece of pie like the last day of July Lets Get It Over With
4.
Wesley held the burden of truth and its heart was a lion If you want I will take you back Jenny said it all on the roof and she knew it was time If you want I will take you back I can find the dreams that you've been missing Close your eyes and hear a world that's listening Welsey got married and Wesley got stoned Welsey sold everything that Jenny once owned If you want I will take you back You have tried to live the life you used too Step outside see what that life has changed to Kings of the jungle and queens of the sea they roll and they tumble till that bubble burst free and if you want I will take you back
5.
In the Wind 03:02
I got a notebook I write my thoughts in it’s lunchtime I’m outside hiding from my friends I just need a little bit of time to pretend I’m heading to Rome a man on his own this boy has flown in the wind There’s a girl name Stacy I’m trying to talk to Too many invisible barriers for me to breakthrough I just need a little bit of space so I can prove I’m heading to Rome a man on his own this boy has gone in the wind I sink like a stone I break like a bone I howl and I moan in the wind
6.
I wonder is there music for cats does it sound like little mice scurrying into the traps of their teeth is it all about survival and instinct and scheming Here comes mine she’s furry and black as she digs and secures her claws to my lap I wonder what she thinks about when she’s dreaming When she bites me does she mean it When she delights me does she mean it I think that she loves me and she’s taking a nap I wonder is there music for cats I wonder is there music for cats Sit with my lover and I sings her a song and she gets really sad and I ask her what’s wrong and she tells me nothing but she knows I do not believe here I search for the truth she camouflages like stains words that she hides from her lips in her brain but all I get are kisses that tastes like Geneva When she’s lying does she mean it And when she’s crying does she mean it I couldn’t find her feelings if she drew me a map I wonder is there music for cats I wonder is there music for cats Is there music for cats? Country disco or rap. On what beat do they snap? And she’s likes me does she mean it? And when she fights me does she mean it? I think that she loves me then she’s taking a nap. I ask her is there music for cats? I wonder is there music for cats?
7.
got some roaches from the weekend turn this place into a laugh room got a rusty of Pinto I can barely keep running got my girlfriend in the back she’s like a second coming and she tells me I’m the king of something in this kingdom of fools her jeans are skin tight but to me they’re just right and we’re both too cool for school Got a Led Zeppelin t-shirt I stole from my brother gotta a bottle of Percodans I lifted off my mother got a box of Trojans I took from my father sometimes I wear them and sometimes I don’t bother because lately my girl gives me a look or something like she wants somebody new if she does that’s fine it’s not like I won’t mind I’m just too cool for school Got a blood red Mustang circa 2003 gotta a cigarette lighter plugged into my cd got an Armani suit recently borrowed for the princess of cute who turns legal tomorrow I know I won’t stay young forever but I don’t know what else to do I gave up on the Stones when they canned Brian Jones and still I’m too cool for school
8.
She found your picture in my phone She found your picture in my phone she says she needs to take some time to be alone She found your picture in my phone I thought I would try your number I hoped that we would meet for tea I know the things that we can’t have fill us with wonder It’s probably best to let them be She found your picture in my phone She found your picture in my phone she says she needs to take some time to be alone She found your picture in my phone I’ve come to understand nothing ever goes as planned she says I refuse to see that you will never be with me You said that you love and miss you said I’m the one who got away you said you still can’t believe you never kissed me I said girl lets call it a day She found your picture in my phone She found your picture in my phone she says she needs to take some time to be alone She found your picture in my phone
9.
I can play the game with you might not play it good but I do play it true if you promise to beat me I’ll promise to lose I can play the game with you Spin the wheel round it goes clicks your heels curls your toes got a number yours you say you don’t call me back well that be ok I’ll just pretend I didn’t care anyway I can play the game with you might not play it good but I do play it true if you promise to beat me I’ll promise to lose I can play the game with you Pick a number one to ten I guess it right I see you again I guess it wrong well the gods had their say I cared about those gods anyway we’re here together we might as well play I can play the game with you might not play it good but I do play it true if you promise to beat me I’ll promise to lose I can play the game with you
10.
you ask why don’t I sing to you you ask why don’t I cling to you I’m surprised that you’d want me to because that’s something I won’t do I don’t write Songs For the Ladies no more no I don’t leave notes in your bedroom drawer I don’t the Songs For the Ladies no more baby I adore but I won’t be writing for you you wonder would I cry for you you wonder would I die for you here’s hoping you don’t ask me to because that’s something I won’t do I don’t write Songs For the Ladies no more no I don’t leave notes in your bedroom drawer I don’t the Songs For the Ladies no more baby I adore but I won’t be writing for you when it comes to friends sure I buy a bourbon or two when the friendship ends everything you said to me it becomes a song or three when it comes to friends sure I buy a bourbon or two when the friendship ends everything you said to me it becomes a song or three I don’t write Songs For the Ladies no more I don’t write Songs For the Ladies no more I don’t the Songs For the Ladies no more baby I adore but I won’t be writing for you baby I adore but I won’t be writing for you baby I adore but I won’t be writing for you
11.
I watch your cheekbones I watch your cheeks I watch your cellphone as you speak to him I hear you talk girl when I go to sleep there’s a voice in every man that tells himself of course he can I think it’s time to see the night for what it is I think it’s time to see the night I read your Facebook I read your face I dig the pics you took at my place it seems complicated but it’s easy as grace there’s a part of everyman that will refuse to understand I think it’s time to see the night for what it is I think it’s time to see the night open up your eyes
12.
This Ain’t No Lullabye so lets be clear at least this time my dear when we say goodnight we mean goodbye This Ain’t No Lullabye we rocked it to sleep we don’t hear a peep the story of you and I this Ain’t No Lullabye the man in the moon tonight he’s staying up all night he’s been watching us for so long he’s sad and he’s scared because he can’t repair what’s gone wrong so he send us this song This Ain’t No Lullabye there’s no need to yell and no need to cry the love song of you and I This Ain’t No Lullabye the heart pumps the blood the brain thinks its love and This Ain’t No Lullabye the heart pumps the blood the brain thinks its love and This Ain’t No Lullabye so whisper goodnight and kiss me goodbye

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A sonic reflection in 12 songs. Sometimes to move forward you got to go back.

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released November 18, 2014

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Mike Quinn at the Moontower, Davis Square, Somerville, MA. - at Q Division
www.moontowerstudio.com - www.qdivision.com

All songs written by Dan London c. 2014 - Published by Drunken Ballerina Music / SESAC
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Cover art and cd design by Alexander S. Budnitz
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A Static Motor recording
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Thanks to - Will Dickson, Kurt von Stetten, Brandon Comstock, Alex Budnitz, Lew London, and Mike Quinn

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Dan London Boston, Massachusetts

Dan London is a singer-songwriter-guitarist-bassist. (See TheLongwalls.com ) He’s a gumbo cooker, bourbon drinker, and a friend to words both great and small. He hails from New Jersey, an only child in a wilderness of Aqua net. He now makes his home in Boston where he lives with his wife, their cat, and an unapologetic belief in the power and beauty of the popular song. ... more

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