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1. You Swan, Go On (Mount Eerie)
As good as I could possibly imagine my life getting, it did
After I met you
The way you reached inside my chest and pulled out things and sent them off in breaths blew
And as good as it got with all the layers peeling off, and though I writhed
I could not upset you
With your hand down my throat you held on to my heart and pumped blood through
And then “it’s time to go” you said, “it’s time to go out
You little gray goose
Get out from under my wing” you said “you swan go on go out you’re turned loose”
Oh! so it’s over
Oh! so we died
Oh! so your hand on my heart pumping blood went limp”and oh! I flied!
Oh swan inside.
2. Clever Knot (D +)
clever knot
you’ve tied a very clever knot
knew it once but since it’s long forgotten
cord is rotten
come untied
strike the lord
his labor tactics are a bore
by any self respecting man will last
what comes to pass
his will be done
leap of faith
on cold doubting tones we can brace
dawn and dusk whenever life’s too dim
life’s too grim
feel your way
clever child
another category to be filed in
and defiled by
watcher’s need
leisure time
you’ve exhaled a breath that was your prime
gasp now for the reasons you’ve behaved
soul enslaved
to no one
clever knot
i’ve tied a very clever knot
knew it once but since it’s long forgotten
cord is rotten
come untied
3. From The Ground
It comes up from the ground just to haunt you
It creeps up and no one else can see
And the harder you try just to look the other way
Well the harder it bites at your sanity
All the anger you felt surging through you
All the pain that you thought was behind you
All the love you once felt, all the love that was gone
It comes up from the ground just to haunt you
4. Forcefield (Beck)
There’s a forcefield round my neck
Stand outside with a suitcase
And it stands just where I sat
Walk around all the while
And the stance I took on that
Look at the people driving backwards
Leaves that forcefield round my back
No particular style
Don’t let it get near you
Don’t let it get too close
And the stance I took on that
Don’t let it turn you into
Leaves a forcefield round my neck
The things you hate the most
Roll out your silver-dollar coffins
Pull out your buckskin gloves
Tell them anything you want to
The sound comes from above
Don’t let it get near you
Don’t let it get too close
And the stance I took on that
Don’t let it turn you into
Leaves a forcefield round my neck
The things you hate the most
Don’t let it get near you
Don’t let it get too close
Don’t let it turn you into
The things you hate the most
There’s a forcefield round my neck
And it stands just where I sat
And the stance I took on that
Leaves a forcefield round my neck
There’s a forcefield round my neck
And it stands just where I’ve set
And the stance I took on that
Leaves a forcefield round my neck
5. Person Person (Mirah)
Oh, person, person
We’re really missin’ you
It breaks all of our hearts to know
That you just want to come on home
So come on home
The telephone
It just doesn’t seem to do
To let you know
How much it’s true
That we love you
Yeah, we love you
Oh, person, person, person
Oh, person, person, person
How’s that wide river?
Are the mountains doing fine?
Can you smell the cottonwoods?
Is it huckleberry time?
Is it huckleberry time?
You tell fast Eddy I say “how d’you do?
“
Take a nap on a sandbar
And know we’re dreaming of you too
Yeah, we’re dreaming of you too
Oh, person, person, person
Oh, person, person, person
You give those glacier boats
Some muscle driven hell
And make sure the captain stands up straight
When the river starts to swell
When the river starts to swell
Oh, person, person
We’re really missin’ yo
u
t breaks all of our hearts
to know
That you just want to come on home
So come on home
Oh, person person person
Oh, person, person, person
6. I Like Giants (Kimya Dawson)
When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
Of the road, turn out the lights, get out and look up at the sky
And I do this to remind me that I’m really, really tiny
In the grand scheme of things and sometimes this terrifies me
But it’s only really scary cause it makes me feel serene
In a way I never thought I’d be because I’ve never been
So grounded, and so humbled, and so one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything
Rock and roll is fun but if you ever hear someone
Say you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun
Look at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the sky
Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant’s eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant’s eye
When I saw Geneviève I really liked it when she said
What she said about the giant and the lemmings on the cliff
She said ‘I like giants
Especially girl giants
Cause all girls feel too big sometimes
Regardless of their size’
When I go for a drive I like to pull off to the side
Of the road and run and jump into the ocean in my clothes
*I’m smaller than a poppyseed inside a great big bowl
And the ocean is a giant that can swallow me whole
So I swim for all salvation and I swim to save my soul
But my soul is just a whisper trapped inside a tornado
So I flip to my back and I float and I sing
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled, I am one with everything
So I talked to Geneviève and almost cried when she said
That the giant on the cliff wished that she was dead
And the lemmings on the cliff wished that they were dead
So the giant told the lemmings why they ought to live instead
When she thought up all those reasons that they ought to live instead
It made her reconsider all the sad thoughts in her head
So thank you Geneviève, cause you take what is in your head
you make things that are so beautiful and share them with your friends
We all become important when we realize our goal
Should be to figure out our role within the context of the whole
And yeah, rock and roll is fun, but if you ever hear someone
Say you are huge, look at the moon, look at the stars, look at the sun
Look at the ocean and the desert and the mountains and the sky
Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant’s eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant’s eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant’s eye
And I don’t wanna make her cry
Cause I like giants
7. And a One (Mariana Ricardo)
And a one
And a two
And a three and I’m dancing with you
And a one
And a two
And a three and you’re dancing with me
And you step on my feet but I don’t
Mind
Not now
And a one
(Take it easy)
And a two
(You can always try)
And a three and I’m dancing with you
(Once in your life you can have it right now)
I guess that I’ll try
Digital Album on Bandcamp
Streaming-only, as this is a live recording of songs we love and are not our own.
Out Of Washington State
a digital companion to Olympia (2012), one year after its release,
this EP is mostly made of songs Out of Washington State
credits
released September 23, 2013
Mariana Ricardo : vox, ukulele, guitar
Francisca Cortesão : vox, guitar, ukulele
recorded live and mixed by Pedro Magalhães on June 5th 2012.
artwork by José Feitor