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dolls ep

by Kathleen Smith

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    Immediate download of 8-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

    *album comes with radio edit & explicit version of "Here's Your Song!"*
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1.
Dolls 03:18
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Tell me that I’m beautiful, tell me that I look real good Tell me, hold your breath, I’ll tell you everything you want to hear Yes, dear Tell me that you want me now, look me quickly up & down I’m all made up, I’ve done my hair, I’m here for your enjoyment now Dolls in the store don’t know what it’s like to be dolls in real life The plastic outside will never give way to the blood and broken glass inside Take us off the shelf so we can cry Tell me that I’m really smart Tell me that I’ve got a good heart Buy me drinks and take me home, and put me back when you are done What fun Dolls in the store don’t know what it’s like To be dolls in real life The plastic outside will never give way To the blood and broken glass inside Take us off the shelf so we can cry Take us down so we can be alive I build it up, I tear it down I feel that I just don’t know how To love myself the way that I would like to I get so tired, I’m always trying I can’t pretend. I’m not alright. I feel that it is time for something new I feel that it is time for something new Dolls in the store don’t know what it’s like To be dolls in real life The plastic inside will never give way To the blood and broken glass inside Dolls in the store don’t know what it’s like To be dolls in real life The plastic inside will never give way To the blood and broken glass inside Take us off the shelf so we can cry Take me down so I can be alive 2004 Kathleen Smith (Kathleen Songs ASCAP)
2.
You Try 04:02
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You hold my heart, as if it never breaks You take my love, as if it’s there always You hold me close, as if I’d never leave You take my hand, as if I never see But I keep comin’ back to you, babe I keep coming back to you Even though you try To change me everyday Even though you try To rearrange me in every way Even though you try Even though you try You talk to me, as if I’ve lost myself You look at me, as if I’m someone else But I know things aren’t the way you say they are In someone else’s eyes, I could be a star But I keep comin’ back to you, babe I keep coming back to you Even though you try To change me everyday Even though you try To rearrange me in every way Even though you try Even though you try Somebody once told me how to be grown up And other ones told me how to be myself But nobody told me how to be with you ‘Cause you always try to change me everyday You always try to rearrange me in every way You always try You always try
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Waiting Around 03:42
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Waiting around, waiting around waiting for you to come around waiting around, waiting around waiting for you to change Waiting around, waiting around Waiting for you to save the day Waiting around, waiting around Waiting for you to stay All my life I have waited for you It’s true It’s true, it’s true Waiting around, waiting around Waiting for you to tell me I’m fine Waiting around, waiting around Waiting for you to be mine Waiting around, waiting around waiting for you to listen to me Waiting around, waiting around, waiting for you to see All my life I have waited for you It’s true, it’s true How many times, how many times How many times will I come back? How many times, how many times Will I feel what I lack? When will I learn, when will I know, When will I do this alone, without you? All my life I have waited for you It’s true, it’s true It’s true, it’s true
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Here's Your Song 03:41
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Don’t expect a ride from the airport tomorrow Don’t expect that I am gonna cosign your bullsh*t anymore I thought you might be the one You proved me wrong Don’t expect that you are gonna get me in your bed at all Don’t expect that you are off the hook—you forgot to call. I thought I was done with this You proved me wrong Here’s your song I was wrong Here’s your song Take it please and go now Don’t expect that you can tell me what to do anymore Don’t expect that we are gonna be just like we were before I thought I could handle this You proved me wrong Here’s your song I was wrong Here’s your song Take it please and go now I can’t, you don’t You can’t and I won’t I’ve had too much of this familiar prison Here’s your song I’ve waited too long Here’s your song Take it please and go now Here’s your song Take it please and go now Here’s your song Take it please and go now Here’s your song Take it please and go now
5.
Here's Your Song (clean) 03:40
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6.
Home to You 03:19
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The moon shines down like water The snow reflects the light My love came down like rainfall Small noises in the night I’m coming home to you I’m coming home to you The hole that lived in my heart Was darker than the night I never dreamed that this heart Would bloom within the light I’m coming home to you I’m coming home to you The distance doesn’t make a difference I’d drive a million miles To see your face light up the night To see your lovely smile I left my pain back in the night I said goodbye The highway shines with rain and light I hear a windy sigh I’m coming home to you I’m coming home to you I’m coming home to you I’m coming home to you
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Tinfoil Girl 03:02
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I’d like to tell a little tale, a tale about a girl Who loved tinfoil more than anything in this whole world: This girl was clever as a fox, and sharp as any nail She used tinfoil to cover boxes, wrap her gifts, and send her mail In foiled pots her plants survived, her dished, tinned, still shined In varied foils she’d stylized, her house, her life, her blue green eyes “Recyclable, so likeable, and great in every way! She sang her tinfoil tribute at the start of every day Find something you love and run with it Find joy in every dime It’s just your life, have fun with it, It soon runs out of time Be all you are and then some more Be joyful just to be This tinfoil tale just goes to show Do what you can to be happy A bungee loving man adored the strength, the stretch of bungee cord His bungees strung up pots & pans and all his worldly things He liked to make small projects with his wide array of strings Including things like slingshots for tiny balls of foil “So flexible, impeccable, and strong in every way!” He sang his bungee ballad at the start of every day Find something you love and run with it Find joy in every dime It’s just your life, have fun with it It soon runs out of time Be all you are and then some more Be joyful just to be This bungee tale just goes to show Do what you can to be happy One fateful day, he flung away another ball of foil It landed in the green front yard of tiny Tinfoil Girl So Bungee Man went down the road to see where it had gone And found the tiny Tinfoil Girl smiling on her lawn They leapt with joy to find each other of similar heart and soul Find something you love and run with it Find joy in every dime It’s just your life, have fun with it It soon runs out of time Be all you are and then some more Be joyful just to be This tinfoil bungee love tale just goes to show Do what you can Do what you can Just to be happy To be happy

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released April 21, 2008

All songs written by Kathleen Smith / Kathleen Songs (ASCAP)
Produced by Kathleen Smith
Additional production by Paul Tavenner, Erik Kertes, Perry Smith

Kathleen Smith - piano, vocals, bgvs, Rhodes, glockenspiel
Erik Kertes - upright & electric bass, tambourine, lap steel guitar, Rhodes
Perry Smith - electric & acoustic guitars
Adam Marcello - drums

Strings arranged & conducted by Erik Kertes
Strings - Supernova String Quartet - Paul Cartwright & Robbie Anderson on violin, Miguel-Atwood Ferguson on viola, Jacob Szekely on cello)

Recorded, mixed & mastered by Paul Tavenner at Big City Recording Studios, Granada Hills, CA
Additional sounds recorded by Erik Kertes at Red Room, Echo Park, CA

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