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Nautical Rarities lyrics:
1. There’s A Ghost 01:44

she’s a specter, down for the count
and i met her at any amount
there’s a weight on the stairs
it breaks and it tears line by line

in a way that she will
in a way that she won’t
either moving or still
either doing or don’t

there’s a ghost

2. Frida At The Harbor 03:50

are you sleeping with the birds in the trees
or the morning breeze
there’s no time for these other thoughts
my days are filled with knots

a sundial is marking the time
that means nothing to the dead
or the words i misread on your wall
i loved you after all

and you said no more picture frames
all the days are the same
and they are
and you are living on east coast time
and now i can say i am not

our ships down no crew is around
with no rescue sound
so i guess we will drown
oh goodbye and then we start to cry

and i found frida at the harbor
she wasn’t smiling
oh no she was just listening
to words that i said
she played “don’t worry baby” on piano
till her sigh filled the room
unmistakeable gloom
crossed her legs and she said
once we loved now we’re dead

are you sleeping with the birds in the trees
or the morning breeze
there’s no time for these other thoughts
my days are filled with knots

a sundial is marking the time
that means nothing to the dead
or the words i misread on your wall
i loved you after all

3. Bridges Are Burning 02:30

i see the sunrise but you see the day go
since there is no prize your face is like day glow
see this bookcase i made it on my time
sold your workspace to stand on a grapevine
could you hold me if holding were evil?
cause you told me that holdings illegal
but these buildings i’m building a doorway
that you broke down to steal from your own pay
whats the reason you stay out in new york?
got no season with reason of lost cork
floats to see floats for me
can’t you see we are sailors?
oh we are sailors

so call the tailors we need them
cause our clothes are on fire we need them
don’t just stand there i’m burning we need them
get your phone book there’s fire we need them
all the bridges are burning we need them
can’t you hear me they’re burning we need them
don’t just stand there we need you we need them
all the bridges are burning we need them
everybody’s been turning we need them
don’t ya hear me there’s fire we need them
everybody’s been smoking we need them
where the sun shines we smile we need them
we need them, we need them

4. Falling Asleep To The Sound Of James Dean 04:15

come on lift your head i’ll hold you up
we’ll go back to bed and i will shut up
and we’ll sleep till the light comes
hal blaine plays his drums
carol kaye plays her bass
air-mattress all over the place

i’ll be with you
and you’ll be with me
and we’ll fall asleep to the sound of james dean

come on shut the door day turns to night
we’ve been here before your hand hits the light
and the cats sleep on your bed
the hats fall off my head
hold on to that one
save it for someone

i’ll be with you
and you’ll be with me
and we’ll walk the streerts to the sound of james dean

don’t pick the flowers you get your hands dirty
wash away the hours and boat will be sturdy
anchors away cause now i am a sailor
swimming to you screaming yes i will save her

look at you in your red pencil skirt
so i do adore the shape that you work
woah it slides down it glides round it covers your walls
it rambles on a mansion lawn the trees and the falls

i’ll be with you
and you’ll be with me
and we’ll nap along to the sound of james dean

don’t pick the flowers you get your hands dirty
wash away the hours and boat will be sturdy
anchors away cause now i am a sailor
swimming to you screaming yes i will save her

5. (A Boat With) Too Many Michaels 04:02

i’m on a boat with too many michaels
they’re all talking and sleeping and gathering round
on a boat with too many michaels
talking photos and painting and holding us down

i’m on a boat with too many michaels
they’re all crying about something you said to them
and because there’s too many michaels
well i’m sure they all think you are talking to them

there’s a place that i know of
where we can hide and be fine on our own
and i know i can show love
but i find that there’s no fun being alone

cause on this boat with too many michaels
i feel that maybe i could be losing my space
on a boat with too many michaels
seems like all of these michaels have taken my place

there’s a place that i know of
where we can hide and be fine on our own
and i know i can show love
but i find that there’s no fun being alone

lost at sea you and me
you and i wave goodbye to them
lost at sea you and me
you and i wave goodbye to them

cause on this boat with too many michaels
i feel that maybe i could be losing my space
on a boat with too many michaels
seems like all of these michaels have taken my place

6. Treason 03:13

you live on the east coast, i love on the west coast
whats a disaster
oh you didn’t need me, but i think i need you
was i moving faster?

oh no there ain’t no reason
don’t go darling its treason

our boat has been sinking and thinking of sinking
you look like an idiot
cause new york is dirty and you’re much too flirty
you can’t keep your door shut

oh no there ain’t no reason
don’t go darling its treason

i said it before and i’ll say it again that
i think you’ll be back soon
oh but maybe I won’t be while you’re at the airport
and i sleep until noon

oh we stood on a mountain we took lots of pictures
no one was looking
cause our hearts weren’t together
and you said forever

oh no there ain’t no reason
don’t go darling its treason
darling it’s treason
darling it’s treason

7. Camera Visions 04:26

my love she stares like a camera
into nothing at all
she worries more about the paper
than the pictures that are on her wall
she doesn’t think of me the way i think of her at all

my love has visions of people that aren’t really there
she sends a lonely replacement
instead of somebody who cares
and when i leave i’m lost
she pays a lonely cost down there

and the loneliness comes from her home
and the visions are there on her own
and i said why my love

my loves a local trainer in charge of the storm
she rains on the weather and stays in a beautiful form
and when it rains it pours
and i ask for more but she’s gone

and the loneliness comes from her home
and the visions are there on her own
and i said why my love

8. Drown Her Gently 04:58

if every single word i ever wrote for you
could take away this pain and let me make it through
oh no where will you go

cause now i see you leaving like you done before
but now it is forever won’t be back no more
oh no i watched you go

give me the cold shoulder
let me know that i was wrong
and though i once told her
everything we have’s now gone

there’s no way of getting over
someone i know i won’t find again
no way i’ll ever show her
that my heart is never gonna mend oh no

you say all i ever write is a 50’s song
well here’s one now
can you sing along?
oh no i think you know

drown her gently past the break
make it easy don’t let her wake

there’s no use waiting on the shore
for the words that have never ever ever come before
oh no oh no

when all the michaels gathered at the alamo
i knew my time was up i had to let you go
oh no yeah i let you go

drown her gently past the pier
to the left of marilyns mirror

cause the water waste all the romance
to be washed upon the shore for evermore

give me the cold shoulder
let me know that i was wrong
and though i once told her
everything we have’s now gone

there’s no way of getting over
someone i know i won’t find again
no way i’ll ever show her
that my heart is never gonna mend oh no

drown her gently past the break
make it easy don’t let her wake

cause the water waste all the romance
to be washed upon the shore for evermore

9. Questions For Jane 03:10

i’ve got some questions
questions for jane
i need no directions
they’re all just the same

she’s talking to me, through me now
says that she could be, would be now

i have no suggestions
but where are you jane
do you have possessions
i’ve nothing to gain

jane is the daughter to the drummer
the music he taught her brings her home

jane looked down on the night
said she could have done better
knew that things were not right
and nobody would let her
run jane run!

go test your inventions
cause i’ll be with jane
sitting on cushions
quite blue and quite plan

she’s talking to me, through me now
says that she could be, would be now

jane are you sleeping?
do write in the dark?
what books are you keeping?
does your pen make a mark?

how are your windows?
do you dance?
are you tired of solos?
games of chance?
do you listen to dylan?
where are you?
have you ever been willing
to take two?

jane lives on a mountain top
so long
so long
so long

10. No I’m Not An Architect 04:00

just because the ceilings wrong
it doesn’t mean the roofs not strong
should we be standing here?
when danger seems so near?

and i’d advise you lose this wall
it’s not because the doors too small
you just won’t let me in
because of where i’ve been

no i’m not a fucking architect
i don’t do the things that you’d suspect
and no i’m not, i just am not
an architect

the jig is up we’re all right here
making sure the angles clear
your walls are much too thin
you’ve let the cold come in again

everything is in it’s place
your paintings and the old bookcase
but james has got you down
just know we all will drown

no i’m not a fucking architect
i don’t do the things that you’d suspect
and no i’m not, i just am not
an architect

these rooms are wrong
and all the walls are clear
they don’t belong
nor do you my dear
it’s all become so clear
everything in here is wrong

no i’m not a fucking architect
i don’t do the things that you’d suspect
and no i’m not, i just am not
an architect

the thought of living here is through
the hallway and the things you do
they just won’t disappear
trap doors and old veneer

no i’m not a fucking architect
i don’t do the things that you’d suspect
and no i’m not, i just am not
an architect