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Veranophonic

by Bee Children

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Unfrozen 03:47
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Jessie says it’s the darkest time of year And as she sheds her skin she stops to hear The sound of doors opening and closing The sound of memories coming unfrozen She hears the sound of memories coming unfrozen In the darkest time of year Jessie says she’s no longer a child She likes her basil fresh and her carrots wild Her life has gone from summer fruit to winter snow And in the in between she comes to know Yeah in the in between she comes to know She’s no longer a child Jessie says what goes around comes around And she isn’t sure exactly where she’s bound But Jessie knows what a good friend is worth And how to live with her hands deep in the earth She knows how to live with her hands deep in the earth No matter where she’s bound Jessie has no fear Jessie has no fear Jessie has no fear In the darkest time of year
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Veranophonic 04:47
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1981, peaceful mother’s quiet son Lakeside town, concrete playground, and trickle down Haunted by Little League misses, waiting for fumbling first kisses 1981, big brother vacuum still to come Nothing bleeds, just planting seeds for guitar leads So put the speakers in the window, Mom & Dad are gone Gonna lay out in the grass with Farewell to Kings all day long Don’t care about school, don’t care about being cool Only care about this day Some three years more, swimming in first love and record stores Misfit crew, Mirror Moves, adolescent blues Arms around import singles, ears ringing with $5.49 jingles Some three years more, sister heading out the door Big city somewhere, stay upstairs with headphones on ears So put the speakers in the window, Mom & Dad are gone Gonna lay out in the grass with Hatful of Hollow and feel like we belong Gonna lay out in the grass with Ocean Rain and feel like we belong Summertime ’86, life was our extended mix You still liked guys, I loved your eyes and Dolphins in Disguise Carrying record crates across the street for the 3 a.m. radio show beat Summertime ’86, feel the coming empty nest Write me letters all day long with lines from Billy Bragg songs…
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Unchartable Places 03:17
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Last week I slipped into a daydream Into a roaring see of beautiful faces We were marching for justice We wanted to chart the unchartable places And the farmers came, and the workers came And the mothers came, and the refugees came To the unchartable places We marched into the capital With drums and guitars and a million voices We marched to the rhythm of hopeful hearts We marched to the sound of our own choices Yeah the farmers did, and the fathers did And the students did, and the refugees did In the unchartable places We chose a world of dignity We said no to the merchants of endless war We chose a world of solidarity We all chose something worth living for Yeah the students did, and the teachers did And the mothers did, and the workers did In the unchartable places I didn’t wanna wake up Back into the world as we found it The world of disposable people Well it’s so hard to think beyond it But we can make it come true Like the farmers do, and the workers do And the mothers do, and the students do And the Egyptians do, and the Occupiers do And all the people do, yeah we can too Yeah we can too, yeah we can too, yeah we can too, yeah!
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Funny Kind of Freedom 04:01
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all the hours in the world brand new flags just waiting to be unfurled territories unexplored happiness tired of being ignored lazy in the noonday sun small-town dramas waiting to be unspun no one gonna stop me now no one and their mother gonna show me how but it’s a fe, fi, fo, funny kinda feeling like you’re walking through the snow in May and it’s a fe, fi, fo, funny kinda freedom when you’re locked up with your thoughts all day you know you gotta go out and play all the hours in the world endless days for toes to be curled in the undulating summer sand glorious futures to be planned and then replanned but you’re waiting for the page to turn like mother nature waiting for the forest to burn under the unforgiving August sky while they’re building all their sad and lonely temples nearby and it’s a fe, fi, fo, funny kinda feeling like you’re walking through the snow in May and it’s a fe, fi, fo, funny kinda freedom when you’re locked up with your thoughts all day you know you gotta go out and play come on out and play and it’s a fe, fi, fo, funny kinda feeling now and it’s a fe, fi, fo, funny kinda freedom now and it’s a fe, fi, fo, funny kinda feeling now and it’s a fe, fi, fo, funny kinda freedom anyhow
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All My Pages 04:07
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My third dimension leaves me from time to time Nothing but fingerprints, shadowy pantomime Holes in the fabric, ghosts in the static Estuary moments drained of all motion And all my pages are torn away now Scattered like dry leaves and blown away now All my pages are torn away now And everyone tells me clarity comes with time Pay no attention as it falls further behind Temper the sorrow, speak to tomorrow, Write from the exit into another world But all my pages are torn away now Scattered like milkweed and flown away now Carelessly used up and thrown away now So I spend my days tending gardens I never planted My third dimension leaves me from time to time Nothing but fingerprints, shadowy pantomime And all my pages are torn away now Scattered like refugees and thrown away now Taken below decks and stowed away now Obsolete, useless and grown away now And all my pages are torn away now Scattered like refugees and thrown away now Taken below decks and stowed away now Obsolete, useless and grown away now All my pages have turned away now Welcome advances just spurned away now All my pages have turned away now Welcome advances just spurned away now Lost in the forest and burned away now Forgotten like old lessons learned away now
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United Colors 03:55
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I got lost in a benetton store I didn’t know where I was any more All day long I wandered around, took the escalator up and down Everyone I saw there was suitably diverse, but mostly they looked just the same I got lost in a benetton store And I don’t like bright green any more I got bored in a chatroom today I couldn’t think of a damn thing to say But I stayed online for one more hour, mesmerized by the buying power Now I’m getting e-mails from amazon dot com that are targeted and personalized I got bored in a chatroom today After 35 I forgot how to play I lost my mind in starbucks today I couldn’t decide between mocha and latte Now I can’t remember what I got, but it had chocolate sprinkles and a flavor shot And I’m supposed to feel like I was on safari ‘cause the beans were from East Africa I lost my mind in starbucks today And to top it all off I overpaid Me perdí en El Corte Ingles Tienen rebajas casi cada mes Queria comprar un buen pantalón Para vestirme cuando como jamón Pero me convencieron comprar un pantalón pirata Como si fuera un niño Me perdí en El Corte Ingles Donde cada hora parece un mes There’s too many choices and too many voices Telling me I’m a consuming machine So I sold this song to a benetton store
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Righteous Man 05:21
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Who are you, righteous man? Who are you, righteous man? Thinking you’ve got all the answers in your plan Who are you, lawyer man? Who are you, lawyer man? Crushing everything that we’ve built in your hands Who are you, Jesus man? Who are you, Jesus man? Does your cheap hypocrisy never end? Who are you, show me man? Who are you, show me man? Showing everyone how this land is your land But one day soon, righteous man Yeah one day soon, righteous man Tables gonna turn on you, righteous man
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Marked Man 03:12
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Today I dreamt about nothing at all But the way that the sunlight comes through the back window ‘Bout half past four And I dreamt about the beautiful sea And the sound of your high heels hurrying up the front steps Of my old flat And I don’t wanna be nobody’s Hercules Don’t want nobody else to be comin’ after me Don’t wanna stop having unclean thoughts like these like these Today I dreamt about nothing at all No more subjects subject to endless rehearsal in my unquiet mind It’s all behind And the world wraps around me like your love And my eyes are shut wide open like never before Chance or fate It was worth the wait And I don’t wanna be nobody’s Hercules Don’t want nobody else to be comin’ after me Don’t wanna stop having unclean thoughts Like these So let me be your marked man, let me be your secret plan Let me be your marked man, let me be your secret plan Let me be your marked man, let me be your secret plan Let me be your marked man, let me be your secret plan
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Take Me Home 02:46
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Oh come—look and see—the stars fell into the streets, and they’re sparkling here at our feet, spread out in a fine net of flame, like the fires under my skin where your fingertips just begin to touch, to draw me in. Oh, take me home and make me whole. Take me home and make me whole. I’ve been alone so long, I forgot what it is just to feel my life spinning around on a wheel. Now I’m falling backwards into your eyes. But you catch me just inside, we hang in a breath, in a sigh, for a moment, still, and alive. Oh, take me home and make me whole. Take me home and make me . . . take me home and make me whole. Take me home and make me whole. Words and music © Sarah Gates 1983
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Vinegar 04:19
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You had the wrong idea, but you got it right I knew that I wouldn’t, but you thought I might Airport meetings and hotel greetings Taxi stands in foreign lands You had the wrong idea, but you got it right You had the wrong idea, but you got it right I saw you walk away, and I didn’t fight I closed my eyes, and in a flash You were on the train to Marrakech You had the wrong idea, but you got it right Memories like these, they’re always walking the thinnest line Between blossoming and dying slowly on the vine So I’m polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork Spending all my energy remembering how to walk Sitting by the window in the twilight hour Hoping to see you before the wine goes sour So tell me, how do we look now in your rearview mirror? Do you wish that we were closer than we appear? Can you hear my voice in the Moroccan wind? Can you close your eyes and see me again? Tell me, how do we look now in your rearview mirror? Memories like these, they’re always walking the thinnest line Between blossoming and dying slowly on the vine So I’m polishing the glasses and pulling out the cork Spending all my energy remembering how to walk Sitting by the window in the twilight hour Hoping to see you before the wine goes sour

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released January 20, 2015

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Bee Children Canton, New York

Bee Children channel the indie spirit of the 1980s into original music that is impassioned, cerebral, and atmospheric. Since 2015, the band’s sound has evolved from its acoustic folk-pop origins into a more ambitious, electric mix that showcases their post-punk, new wave, synth-pop and college radio influences.Their third album You Are the Host Now, will be released on May 12th 2023. ... more

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