1. |
Capistrano
03:33
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They call her Windy
She knocks it upside down
Does a lot of damage
When she blows into town
And I’d tell ’em it’s unfair
But I’m distracted by her hair
They call her Windy
She knocks it upside down
They call her Acrobat
With every twist and turn
They’’ll never catch her
They’ll never learn
Once I tried to time a kiss
But she’s slippery and I missed
They call her Acrobat
With every twist and turn
I don’t even know her real name
I don’t care, I’m just grateful that she came
Call her anything they want
Just a word or clever taunt
That’s fine
I’m just hoping one day she’ll stay
And I can call her mine
They call her Kitty
It’s all her way
Yells without a reason
Everything is prey
They can tell me I’m a sap
I still want to be her lap
They call her Kitty
It’s all her way
They call her ’78 Caprice
The way she falls apart
So unreliable
From the very start
She might not be worth the price
I swear to god I think she’s nice
They call her ‘78 Caprice
She falls apart
They call her Capistrano
When she goes
Can only stay away so long
Everybody knows
And I count and I keep track
Till that pretty bird comes back
They call her Capistrano
When she goes
I don’t even know her real name
I don’t care, I’m just grateful that she came
Call her anything they want
Just a word or clever taunt
That’s fine
I’m just hoping one day she’ll stay
I’m just hoping one day she’ll stay
I’m just hoping one day she’ll stay
And I can call her mine
And I can call her mine
I can call her mine
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2. |
Ways
03:09
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Determining route
You don't need to do a thing
I'll exchange your faith for an ETA
I'm aware of all the roadblocks
Light-speed ahead of you there
There's a minimal amount of attention that you have to pay
Determining doubt
Wonder what would happen if
You reject directions you've been sent
You don't see the things that I do
You couldn't even if you tried
You can't appreciate I'm practically omnipotent
In one thousand feet turn right
This may feel like a roundabout
To trust my insight
Left then left then left then left again
In one thousand feet turn right
Hazard on the shoulder ahead
Are you listening?
Or did you turn me down
To do your own thing?
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
Doing that silly little sound I do
As I'm re-
(Re-) determining route
This one isn't as direct
It'll get there just the same, although
I’m gonna take the next best exit
You take the rest from here
If you need me you know how to find me and I'll say
"Okay, all set, let's go"
In one thousand feet turn right
This may feel like a roundabout
To trust my insight
Left and left and left then left again
In one thousand feet
In one thousand feet turn right
This may feel like a roundabout
What I've got mapped out light blue and white
Left then left then left then left again
In one thousand feet turn right
Or forget me altogether and drive all night
You've arrived at your destination
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3. |
Lovesick
03:02
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I know plenty of words
So this isn’t how it should go
But words are sorta your thing
I’m nervous just saying hello
You, you damage my brain
Thoughts come out random and weird
Some I’m so sure about
All the sudden, disappear
This is what
Lovesick
Feels like
Used to be such a healthy guy
But if this is what
Lovesick
Feels like
I’m gonna have to tell you—
My heart might like you around
The same can’t be said for my insides
You got ‘em tied up in knots
I can’t undo it, I’ve tried
I’m not shallow, that’s just my breath
Started right after we kissed
It’s not fair to call it your fault
Since all you have to do is exist
This is what
Lovesick
Feels lik
Used to be such a healthy guy
But if this is what
Lovesick
Feels like
I’m gonna have to tell you…
Hi.
You make me high
Which could be a reason for me to try
But why would I just say yes
When that would only mess
With my preference for painlessness
(solo)
I know plenty of girls
Most of ’em are probably all right
They wouldn’t leave me wasted and weak
Like you do/when you come around at night
My vision’s even taken a turn
It’s serious from what I can see
Everywhere I look it’s your face
You’ve gone and fucked up almost every part of me
This is what
Lovesick
Feels like
I used to be such a healthy guy
But if this is what
Lovesick
Feels like
I’m gonna have to tell you what
Lovesick
Feels like
I used to be such a healthy guy
But if this is what
Lovesick
Feels like
I’m gonna have to tell you goodbye
I’m gonna have to tell you goodbye
I’m gonna have to tell you goodbye
Gonna have to tell you
Goodbye
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4. |
Ghost
03:11
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I don’t know what’s come over you, my love
You’re not the same as you were yesterday
I could sit right here and smile
Like you’re not a million miles away
I don’t know what’s come over you
You’re not the girl I used to love, my love
She had a song, turned me right on
I never knew what just it was
I only mention it because it’s gone
You’re not the girl I used to love
You found a place to hide away
I looked everywhere today
I can only see so far
So come out
Come out
Come out from wherever you are
If I could only find your heart, my love
I’d warm it through, maybe break it, too
Then we’d have something we could share
On top of that it’s only fair to you
If I could only find your heart
Are you
Ever coming back?
Because I’d like to know
If not, I’ll be fine
I’ve got things to do
Like we used to
Just without you
I’ve had about enough of us, my love
We had a go, better than most
I can’t sit right here and smile
Fade away and I’ll be just a ghost
I’ve had about enough of us
You found a place to hide away
I looked everywhere today
I can only see so far
So come out
Come out
Come out from that
Place to hide away
I looked everywhere today
I can only see so far
I can only see so far
So come out
Come out
Come out from wherever you are
Come out from wherever you are
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5. |
17D
03:27
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Canadair, how dare you?
Lead me down this long sad mat
I thought I'd done you better than to do me like that
Shake it to the right, a wall
A windowless wall
Shake it the left, so loud
We can't chat, at, all
Then you hold my hand
Just to say hi
Or maybe it's because you're nervous that we're bouncing in the sky
Your eyes make their certain moon
I'm gonna need that oxygen soon
And suddenly 17D doesn't seem so
Bad to me
Pity me, twin engines
Sympathy for where I sit
Voice vibrating, I can't recover it
And I try and I try and I try
And recline my chair
Fittingly rewarded
By the bathroom there
But you hold my hand
Just to say hey
And rest your head on my arm, in just that way
And you fit up against me so right
You and I could almost take flight
And suddenly 17D doesn't seem so
Bad to me
Then we'll drink some watered wine
And tumble forward through time
I like to know you'll be there when I land
Yeah I like to know you'll be there when I land
Then you hold my hand
Just to say hi
Or maybe it's because you're nervous that we're bouncing in the sky
Your eyes make their certain moon
I'm gonna need that oxygen soon
And suddenly 17D doesn't seem so
Bad to me
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6. |
Little Windows
03:54
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It’s raining again and I don’t know what to do
All it makes me think about is you, and me and you
And nobody can foresee an end to it
So I’m gonna wait in here until it’s through
I hear the cars roll by, tires like the tide
I don’t see the point to go outside
The space in here is safe, secure and closing in
What a spot to huddle up and hide
This is just the way it’s gonna be
I can’t believe I took so long to see
Falling sideways sad in perpetuity
I’m fine with that part
I got a big head start
Feels so good to be me
It feels so good to be me
Those times when an angry drop of water
Zeroes in, between your sweater and the nape of your neck
When it hits, you feel like you’re gonna die
But then you know, you kinda get used to it
These walls that protect me are hardly sealed tight
The cracks are little windows I peer out through at night
And open sign, hey storm it’s fine, come right in
I’m clearly in no mood to put up a fight
And why call that a skylight when I see neither one
That pounding sound will be the end of me before it’s done
Or maybe those are echoes from inside my head
Reminding me,
You were the sun
This is just the way it’s gonna be
I can’t believe I took so long to see
Falling sideways sad in perpetuity
I’m fine with that part
I got a big head start
Feels so good to be me
Feels so good to be me
I’m fine with that part
I got a big head start
This leaky mess and I
Couldn’t care less
Me and this weather we’re
Stuck together
Feels so
Feels so
Feels so good
To be me
It’s raining again and I don’t know what to do
All it makes me think about is you
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7. |
Trio
04:13
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This orange pen
I’m writing with again
Should be dead and buried now
But it’s holding on somehow
Remember when
We got a handful nine or ten
Where the others went I must’a missed
This is the one that still exists
And every time I think it’s never coming back
It shows up in the bottom of my backpack
Or in the flashes of the happiness I knew
Chorus
We were a trio
For just a moment though
It was simple, it was true
One writing implement for two
Now it’s the only thing that I have left of you
This orange pen
Was the start of our weekend
The whole world just a click away
Or doodling all day
Remember when
It was perfect there and then
You really liked the way it wrote
I locked it in the pocket of my coat
Now I find it when it’s definitely gone
Somewhere arbitrary like the front lawn
And thoughts of us come rushing back on cue
We were a trio
For just a moment though
It was simple, it was true
One writing implement for two
Now it’s the only thing that I have left of you
If it were an Eraser Mate
Make her disappear
wouldn’t that be great
A Sharpie, on the other hand,
Redact her like a secret plan
If it were ink and quill
Blur her out with all of that fancy frill
But it just pops out and then retracts
So she’ll keep coming back
To me
But not really
(solo)
This orange pen
Is just a pen
But if it ever did depart
There would only be a third left of my heart
And tomorrow it’ll disappear some more
Then beckon from the back of the junk drawer
Reminding me you and I never made it through
We were a trio
For just a moment though
It was simple, it was true
One writing implement for two
Now it’s the only thing that I have left
It was simple, it was true
One writing implement for two
Now it’s the only thing that I have left
The only thing that I have left
The only thing that I have left of you
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8. |
12:03
03:35
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I’m alone as another year goes by
I don’t need anybody here, I lie
To myself, what I really need now is you
Is it trite to write this time of year?
Chances are I’m not seeing near clearly enough
To know if this is true
But what I’d like tonight
What would be ideal
Even it’s only a moment
I can steal
Is for you to come over here
And help me feel
Like I’m not the world’s saddest man on New Year’s Eve
The party was fun but it ended too soon
Some people like to celebrate midnight at noon
I’m a grown-up and I like to stay up late
And I wonder what you’re doing now
Are you on the couch, saying “Wow
I can’t believe Dick Clark still looks so great.”
But what I’d like tonight
What would be ideal
Even it’s only a moment
I can steal
And maybe even asking
Reduces the appeal
Is for you to come over here
And help me feel
Like I’m not the world’s saddest man on New Year’s Eve
The world’s saddest man on New Year’s Eve
And what’s the sense in making an hors d’ouevre?
When I’m the only one that I can serve.
You can take your romance, warm regards and champagne pop
I’d rather be here anyway,
And watch that stupid ball drop
You know I love you, New York City it’s
a shame, look at all the idiots
I know that trip would never be worth the flight
It always seems so cold out there
But it rarely snows and I’ve come now not to care
And I know that probably isn’t right
Back inside this spinning room
It feels like it’s ending all to soon
But I know that probably isn’t right
Twelve o’ six it’s almost time
To snuggle up to my mug of wine
I sure wish you would call to say goodnight
What I’d like tonight
What would be ideal
Even it’s only a moment
I can steal
And maybe even asking
Reduces the appeal
The very thought of it
Seems surreal
Is for you to come over here
And help me feel
Like I’m not the world’s saddest man on New Year’s Eve
Like I’m not the world’s saddest man on New Year’s Eve
The world’s saddest man
The world’s saddest man on New Year’s Eve
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9. |
Now You Know Me
03:16
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I want you to be my girl
I want you to be my everything
Did the expression on your face just change?
Maybe we should talk
I thought you were a lock
Not just another one who turns to walk away
I want you to paint your pictures
Hide me cleverly in every one
If that’s something that you’d rather not
Absolutely fine
I probably crossed a line
It’s always trouble with the thing I’m trying to say
These are my desires
Something weird requires
Me to share ‘em
Apparently it’s tough to bare ‘em
When will I learn?
Look it’s your turn
Now you know me
What are you gonna do?
Now you know me
What are you gonna do?
I want you to sleep next to me
Then I’ll spoon you four times every night
I could drop that number down to three
If it’s too much
Or you tire of my touch
Doesn’t seem like such a price for me to pay
I’ll love her more
Than anyone ever will
I don’t mean that as a threat
How to better win her over
Than to promise her feelings I don’t have quite yet
I want you to see all your friends
Invite me out with you every time
Show ’em all that we’re a package deal
Unless that isn’t true
Then I’m happy to
Be even barely just enough for you to stay
These are my desires
Something weird requires
Me to share ‘em
Apparently it’s tough to bare ‘em
When will I learn?
Look it’s your turn
Now you know me
What are you gonna do?
These
(These are my)
are my desires
(desires)
Something weird requires
(Why is it)
Me to share ‘em
Apparently it’s (sooooo)
tough to bare ‘em
When will I learn?
Look it’s your turn
Now you know me
What are you gonna do?
Now you know me
What are you gonna do?
Now you know me
What are you gonna do?
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10. |
All New Mistakes
04:23
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Hi there, I’m here
To tell you of a guy
A story that nobody knows
There is more to it than
Time to get through it
But this is how some of it goes
The fella I mentioned, well he came undone
Like he was losing his mind
With the lines that were crossed
A lot more was lost
And he left his whole world for behind
The next that he got was a good one
He knew he didn’t deserve
He signed off on his choices
But still he heard voices
That drowned out his zest and his verve
But maybe one day
He’d have all he could stand
Of life in the past
Or present half-assed
Time to turn it around, whatever it takes
And time to make all new mistakes
A lifetime of sorry to someone
Was harder than saying goodbye
His logic was sound
Sorry kept her around
It was a thing he could kill but he couldn’t let die
(solo)
Then there was all of the stuff
Boxed up and carried away
But he was doomed
A still sadness loomed
Some of it seemed there to stay
Then one day
He finally had all he could stand
Of life in the past
Or present half-assed
It was time to turn it around, whatever it takes
And time to make all new mistakes
It was time to turn it
Time to turn it
Up and around, whatever it takes
And time to make all new mistakes
Yeah, time to make all new mistakes
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11. |
Big Bad Man
03:08
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Our harmony
Never meant much to me
You might have felt the treble to my bass clef
I should have told you you were pretty tone deaf
Now I'm going solo, just so you know
The “we” we used to be
Think of now as three
Myself, me and I
All grown up into this guy
I'm moving on and I'll be gone
I'm
Quitting the band
Starting now
And I'll
Be a big bad man
I'll play all the chords and I'll sing all the words
And everyone will follow me around in herds
And it's all gonna come together for me somehow
And all of this will be mine
Nothing like it was before
Don't let this song
Hit you on your way out the door
So many things to say
And each in such a unique way
That I'll be a star is a safe bet
There are details I haven't worked out yet
But I'm making it clear that I'm outta here
I'm
Quitting the band
Starting now
And I'll
Be a big bad man
I'll book the gigs and I'll drive the van
And they'll all be eating out of my guitar-face hand
And it's all gonna come together for me somehow
It's all gonna come together for me
It's all gonna come together for me
It's all gonna come together for me
Somehow
I'm quitting the band
I'm quitting the band
I'm quitting the band
Let's get the band back together
Let's get the band back together
Let's get the band back together
Again
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Tim Curran Los Angeles, California
Hi, I'm Tim. I'm a composer, songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and, generally, a person who makes music things. My career has been mostly as a composer for film, TV, advertising, etc. I've also spent the last 20+ years writing songs, and over the past several years I've gotten much more serious about writing and producing them. I'm running out of characters for this bio. Enjoy the mus— ... more
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