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NOT A TRAMPOLINE

by Rob Cantor

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1.
Ghost 04:08
Does anybody else see the ghost standing at my door? Waiting in the dark like a lion, what’s he waiting for? We talk about it like it’s better, but this will never go away Cause he don’t wanna live and he don’t wanna die He don’t wanna lose and he don’t wanna try He don’t wanna stay but he don’t wanna leave tonight Everywhere I go, like a lost light looking to be seen There’s a bright pair of eyes in the glass staring back at me Everybody’s house is haunted and everything will go to grey Cause we don’t wanna live and we don’t wanna die We don’t wanna lose and we don’t wanna try We don’t wanna stay and we don’t wanna leave tonight Does anybody else see the white star stepping at my side? It doesn’t make a track like a shadow, never breaking stride He don’t wanna live, he don’t wanna die He don’t wanna lose and he wanna try He don’t wanna stay and he don’t wanna leave tonight
2.
Old Bike 03:07
Old bike, rode it my whole life Wonder if I might beat that old bike to the grave Moon bright, gliding down hillsides Haze off a porch light flickers and catches my gaze On my bicycle, rolling along On my bicycle, singing my song On my bicycle ride, hoping you’ll come along Warm night, riding my soul bike Doesn’t quite roll right but it gets me where I need to be There is no guide, life is a slow ride If you got a old bike come ride around here with me On our bicycles, hands in the air On our bicycles, driving with care On our bicycle ride Everyone’s at it alone sometimes But it’s better to have a companion ride Everyone’s saturday night goes wrong sometimes Along the ride Busted and rickety olden bike Busted and missing a bolt or five Holding together as long as I’m alive Along the ride Ladies and gentlemen I despise Leave em alone as I drive on by Never imagined it quite so divine to glide Along the ride
3.
Start your life, open up your eyes And receive the lights of 1985 Son of mine, I built you on a love I’m a Frankenstein, say it’s alive Come tonight, we can live by the code that I write CHORUS I don’t want a Garden of Eden I just want to bring you to life If you got a light inside then open your eyes Start to rise, we live alone And I spend the days carving out of stone All the love that I see I believe you should own CHORUS I built a Garden of Eden Now give me something back for my time If you got a light inside then give us a try Open your eyes Sunrise over and over, the mourning has only begun Go love, this is the end of our everything under the sun I rise, out of the garden and into the art of the sky See love, this is the turning, an effigy burning on high CHORUS I built a Garden of Eden Now give me something back for my time If you got a light inside then open your eyes
4.
We do the rendezvous, I wanna meet back up with you I know you’re miles away, but I wanna take back my mistake Leaving you We do the rendezvous, I hope that your intent is true Cause I know my heart is right, and I wanna see you twice tonight I can see I was wrong Didn’t take very long I go dark when you’re gone We could start it again CHORUS We have to leave to know to stay I call you up then run away We have to leave to know we want to stay We do the rendezvous, another chance to start anew I wanna give this ring to you, I got a song to sing to you I can see I was wrong (I want you back tonight) Didn’t take very long (I want a hand in mine) I go dark when you’re gone We could start it again CHORUS We meet and then we part again We quit so we can start again We have to die to let a life begin We do the rendezvous, I wanna meet back up with you I know you’re miles away, but I wanna take back my mistake Leaving you
5.
My life is a constant entrapment of tunnels Which tangle and wind and beguile And regardless of where I may tumble or funnel I wonder what’s really worthwhile Sometimes it can seem like a merciless dream And I’m falling with nothing to hold Sometimes I get flustered and beaten and blistered Abandoned outside in the cold CHORUS But I’m gonna win, I’m gonna try I’ll never lose, I’ll never die You’ve seen me before, you’ll see me again I’ll never give up, I’ll never give in Til I’m bloody and bruised Til I’ve broken my bones Til I won’t be abused Til I’m laughing alone It’s hard to be charming and smart and disarming It’s hard to pretend you’re the best It’s hard to fulfill everyone’s expectations It’s hard to keep up with the rest CHORUS How do you feel? You’ve been concealing your worries from the world But you can reveal them to me I wouldn’t know I go on even though I’ll be bloody and bruised I’ll be breaking my bones I’ll be paying my dues I’ll be laughing alone
6.
The life you want to lead It’s right beneath your feet Tonight no shadows fall See the lightning, heed the call The world we wish we knew It’s there in me, it’s there in you Tonight we come true Feels so right and feels so new CHORUS All I need is you All I need is you Adrift, we nearly drowned But faith, we finally found Tonight a garden grew See the green and see the blue And all that we’ve waited for And all that we hold in store Everything starts tonight We can be final, we can be light CHORUS The life we want to lead (I caught onto to something golden) It’s right beneath our feet (I didn’t know what I was holding) Fortune and failure, I’m finding my place in the cold You take me apart and I’m whole CHORUS
7.
Flamingo 03:16
I feel like I might die a very happy man I feel like I can fly but I don’t think I am I feel like I’m a shy enormous pink flamingo man Flamingo Time is passing by, so don’t lead me around One leg in the sky and one stuck on the ground Floating down a sea of breeze and sending out my sound Flamingo
8.
A man in his silence can put up a fight, the eyes in battle Refusing to end it, he’s feeding his pride and nothing matters more I can be lost, I can be careless, I could die We can be cold, we can be heartless, we could lie CHORUS You don’t need to tell me twice I’m taking my own advice We can be wrong but somehow we always think we’re right A man in his silence can put up a fight, a voiceless violence The shrug of a shoulder, the sting of the eyes -- the weapons of our war I can be lost, I can be careless, I could die We can be cold, we can be heartless, we could lie CHORUS I’m gonna swallow my pride some day And I’m gonna knock on your door one day Then you’re gonna tell me you’re sorry I’ve been a fool to believe That we couldn’t speak But could we? CHORUS
9.
In Memoriam 01:11
You were such an inspiration And your legacy will carry you on But when I see you on the screen I still can’t believe you’re gone You will live in blessèd mem’ry And we’ll think about you everyday For you taught us so much In every single role you played Alan Alda, rest in peace May your soul find some release Alan Alda, we won’t forget you
10.
Getting stoned, living alone Smoking that cigarette sitting at home Look around, look around you Let it out, let us all care about you A-o, let your mother know Make a little conversation A-o, let another person know Unaware that you could share pain Split it up, spread it out, make it go away Look around, look around you We been here, we been waiting right here, we surround you, singing CHORUS A-o, let your mother know Make a little conversation A-o, let another person know A-o, let your mother know Every little complication Cause you don’t need an invitation You don’t need an invitation to come home Later on, you could calm down Take a night, soak in the sound Look around, see if I care Stick it out if you want to, but I could be there CHORUS Say what you’re gonna say We’re not going away CHORUS We’re laughing at your hesitation Cause you don’t need an invitation
11.
Perfect 03:21
High in the clouds, up on a hill You talk to the stars, they tell you to chill I try to tell you what everyone knows You’re perfect in the way that you are If you stole all the colors that persist in the air Sold them to black without much of a care Drew on my art, bleeped every sound I’d thank you cause you left me my heart Compassion always sets you apart CHORUS You and I will always belong So give a little sing to your song Don’t be sad or scared at all Even if you can’t recall, you’re perfect in the way that you are Perfect in the way that you are If you took a boat to the middle of sea And spent all my money seeking treasures for me But came up empty-handed every week after week I’d tell you that your love is still cheap That you are worth the trouble to keep CHORUS Even if you’re slightly ajar Even if you’re looking bizarre Even though you failed us so far You’re perfect in the way that you are Even when you’re coming apart Even when you’re breaking my heart Even when you love a la carte You’re perfect in the way that you are Perfect in the way that you are Perfect in the way that you are Perfect in the way that you are
12.
I called again to say my goodnight I climb in bed, you’re out like a light I’m here but I’m never home And you’re lonely but not alone Today again, we’re out on the ride The longer we stay, the less we decide The day is all your own When you’re lonely but not alone CHORUS Soon, though The patterns around us will fade away Soon, all the static will break into yesterday Or so we say I toss, I turn, I sleep on my side I know the need that I don’t provide But til a seed is sown You’ll be lonely but not alone CHORUS You miss New York, you have all along I climb in bed, still singing your song My words belie the tone You’re lonely but not alone

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released April 14, 2014

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Produced & Mixed by Gregtronic
Engineered by Bora Karaca
Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters
Recorded at the LABORATORY in Los Angeles, California

For Alan, my shimmering Hawkeye in the sky.

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