hcm, by Bob Gaulke

hcm

by Bob Gaulke

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1.	Disco Nomads 03:48	lyrics	buy track
You were made for dancing There's nothing else you need Reason don't travel Beneath your feet Philosophy's senseless Poets are weak Internet's useless Money's just not funky Come up go down Day in and out From your soles to the clouds Turn your insides out Tension builds With nowhere to go You've read about it Now feel the love Running always running, That's so obsolete The body takes over Now you're complete Cut off from above We've been on our own too long Can't remember where we're going Or where in fact we're from Following a distant star Into a poorly lit bar Matching scars with disco nomads Making love with gin and scotch
2.	You Invented Sex 03:03	lyrics	buy track
You were so bored; couldn't feel any more Everything fell into parts You felt cold; the work was hard So you made something up You invented sex; what a good idea Though I'd thought of it first; you really gave it wheels Think of the people hurting in this life Who could be healed with this thing Taking off their clothes; getting so close If they knew what would disappear You invented sex; what a scary thing Maybe it will never work; maybe it's too weird Touching each other; dissolving all fear How could anyone return to their work?
3.	Midnight March 03:07	lyrics	buy track
Walking at night under industrial lights into a bedroom with a bass guitar I've had this act for a life or a half its gotten me to where you are Seeing your face at an hour this late Disintegrates dark thoughts I could believe time means nothing These moments outweigh years of nothing much My hair's out of place I'm sweat-stained My monkey trunk's there in the hall; Full of ideas and a couple of things That I've let wear me down The delight the discovery of someone new Papers over a pain that feels tatooed We could be a million people we could be ourselves Shedding skins on greasy beds Holding you with dirty hands Feeling your skin breathing you in Holding you with dirty hands From ecstasy to fear we go and back again
4.	Everything Unsaid 03:41	lyrics	buy track
Everything unsaid Melts in your pillow Sticks to your hands Spelling your name In the window Filling the night with its shadow Lips move your tongue comes out Words formed, drop out Eyes connect with something else What it is you won't tell Legs swing I follow I can't explain its power Everything unsaid Fills your eyelids Eats at your brain Most minutes most hours Fall into its soft mouth I think about it in isolation I lose all concentration Everything unsaid Fills my eyelids Eats at my brain
5.	Pink Snow 02:02	lyrics	buy track
Pink snow falls on Futamatagawa Covering coupons On the ground Pink snow falls One week in April Opening Dimensions lost Picnics come to the city Families in the park Pink snow stays one week only Before becoming sludge
6.	Heading East 02:51	lyrics	buy track
The laughter cans are empty. The sound bites have no teeth. You pile your pills in pyramids. But I’m just heading east.   i’m just heading east i’m just heading east. Got a silent girl. Got a silent room.  We can sit together, Contemplate the moon. The internet is no more. The palm-pilots have crashed. You can try to economize. But i’ve gone off the graph.  i’m just heading east i’m just heading east. Got this silent girl. She gets on my nerves.  i’ll leave her behind Without a single word. Leave my worries far behind Without a single word. I’m just heading east. I’m just heading east.
7.	Ferris Clock 02:30	lyrics	buy track
We took a ride on the Ferris Clock Kissing a city with a zillion watts We got high we got down Forgetting time when we were on top We could see all connections Between our lives and reflections Between love and paying bills Buying guitars and cement hills I could pretend I was directing Out a window in widescreen We took a ride on the Ferris Clock Having a time until it stopped Happiness doesn't take much Pull a switch thinking goes off Happiness is easily bought Tricks work round the clock Feeling ourselves spun amongst Coffee, clothes, motion, and love I could see nothing else Than you upside down in that dress Leaving problems on the ground Faraway and very small Happiness soon forgets It's ever been anywhere else Spinning tighter 'round the familiar Burning pleasure up and down
8.	Important Meeting 02:52	lyrics	buy track
The flower and the bee The fruit on the street Redness of your ears Enzymatic bliss But seriously Respectfully Concentrate It's an important meeting Time-stretching tea Spilling on paper things Speeches in ears Sit uncomfortably No pulling hair or biting skin Stop that pencil rolling Do you feel the urgency Of an important meeting The flower and the bee The fruit in the street The redness of your face The sweat on my lips Insides shouldn't spill out Your mind is a lake Everyone is fine Laughter is a sign Of neuroses The flower and bee The fruit in the street Ladies in waiting The train, the train The look on your face Monday's rain Paper apartment In a plastic frame
9.	Tiny Trucks 02:22	lyrics	buy track
I think of it as my duty Spending working hours with you Staring at the clock, wondering If two bodies make it move Every day is a movie Starring you and these products We'd take ourselves seriously If there wasn't something to stop us Black trucks wave us "welcome" Potato vans send us home Sanitation trucks clean money Buses pass on the road Meet me in the combini For our favorite roulette Is it red bean or green tea Wrapped under the package?

about

9 tracks about the gaijin experience; mostly laptop recordings from early 00's

credits

released December 1, 2016

Bob Gaulke: Vocals, Bass
Kenny Coleman: Guitar on "Disco Nomads"
Andrew Brown: Guitar on "Everything Unsaid"
Sean Flora: Guitar on "Midnight March"; bass on "Everything Unsaid"
Alex Prol: Guitars on everything else
William Corner: Keys on "Midnight March", "You Invented Sex", & "Everything Unsaid"
Mike Rose: Keys on "Pink Snow", "Heading East", "Important Meeting" and "Tiny Trucks"
Greg Odell: Drums on "Disco Nomads", "You Invented Sex", & "Midnight March"
Yascha Noonberg: Drums on "Important Meeting"
Tom McFadden: Trombones on "Pink Snow" and "Important Meeting"
Kevin Cerovich: Trombones and Drums on: "Pink Snow", "Heading East", "Ferris Clock", and "Tiny Trucks".
Cecilia Spyer: Backing Vocals on "Tiny Trucks"
Maite Solana Jamis: Backing Vocals on everything else
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