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Shipwrecked Commotion

by Paul Starling

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sit down with me and break my heart as our ship is finally off to sea and don't lie to me we're miles apart and we won't be sailing gently it won't be too long now till waves send us crashing to shores we belong now wine glasses are smashing both our hearts don't wait for me i'll never come i'll be drifting on the lonely sea and words linger in the air for some but the ones you say are near to me we'll be in the ocean a ship wrecked commotion and suddenly sinking too fast for thinking of both our hearts i've been sinking down to the bottom of the sea you've been sinking down to the bottom next to me the airs leaving me i'll drown for sure you've been holding me down much too long and i won't say goodbye we never were no we never did get quite along cause you're into fashion it's your one and only passion for making people feel bad for clothes that they don't have oh you don't have a heart i've been sinking down to the bottom of the sea you've been sinking down to the bottom next to me
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my heart is aching breaking for your love the birds are falling from the sky above and its a push and shove a battle for your love that i can't lose you sleep on beach towels to the tv's glow your dad is speaking but its much to slow and i already know should you ever go i would be lost amelia i need you it's true oh dress me in bowties and you you hunt for hats and vintage clothes on racks i am allergic but i'd step on tacks this town is full of hacks doing jumping jacks i just want you amelia i need you it's true oh dress me in bowties and you grant hill is waiting i don't know where we will go jump in the water nearly every night step out of shadow and into the light visions of drowning start to cloud my day but you can stop me and throw visions away only you and california is the home for me it quakes and shakes and thunders easily and if you'd stay with me we'd wander endlessly, we'd lie around come on and tell me that you'll stay right here your folks are dentists they can spot veneer and if i had you here, things would be so clear all would be well
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Caroline 03:02
caroline takes me lots of places i'll never go and she says i ought to know how to get directions to where we go and i think she's evil sets me up for failure she's evil sails me with a sailor caroline try to take me over caroline sleeping on my shoulder caroline gonna take me over tonight caroline whispers to my parents to take it slow and she says i ought to go somewhere where they won't be alone with me and i think she's evil sets me up for failure she's evil sails me with a sailor caroline try to take me over caroline sleeping on my shoulder caroline gonna take me over tonight and she says we'll be together a long long time i guess i'm glad i finally found she's truly mine
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all the good looking girls are dead that's what i heard cause all the good looking ones have fled it's so absurd have you heard about the ones that lie and cheat a day or two and try to leave behind the ones that stay with just a girl too few this does not apply to you all the good looking girls are dead they floated out to sea floating sometimes can be misread as drifting far from me ships may sail to seas and try to find a lonely day but you look pale to me i'm not the one to make you stay i just will not be that way ghosts are on the ceiling just won't let me be please just stop your leaving you're the one for me she is nuts we know now tell her cut it out she should really go now no more to figure out all the good looking girls are dead they fell into a grave a distant vision inside their head something they never gave ships may sail to seas and try to find a lonely day but you look pale to me i'm not the one to make you stay i just will not be that way ghosts are on the ceiling just won't let me be please just stop your leaving you're the one for me she is nuts we know now tell her cut it out she should really go now no more to figure out ah darling stay awhile you can live with me i'm dying for your smile i wanna shake your tree i wanna shake your tree i wanna shake your tree i wanna shake shake i wanna shake shake
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call the doctor i'm feeling ill there ain't no medicine there is no pill and i got one question where you gonna sleep tonight? rest your head on my empty bed i've got so many words that have not been said but i've got one question where you gonna sleep tonight? on your table or on your chair or on a couch that we both could share or on your wood floor or i don't care put on "pets sounds" or put on squeeze open the window and feel the breeze but i've got one question where you gonna sleep tonight? show you my state you show me yours open the key to my many doors and i've got one question where you gonna sleep tonight?
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lets invite a michael over let him stay a year or two lets invite a michael over in a bicycle built for two you're a wild one you're a lonely one you're the only one i ever thought would stay you're a critic of everything and you always seem to get your own sweet way i don't believe you (i don't believe you at all) oh no i don't believe you (i don't believe you at all) no i don't believe you oh lets invite a michael over you can break my heart just one more time lets invite a michael over give him everything that was mine you're so artsy you're so abstract you're the minnesota ballroom queen it's true you're a liar (judas) you're a leonard made me think of things i never thought i knew i don't believe you (i don't believe you at all) oh no i don't believe you (i don't believe you at all) no i don't believe you
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a single light was shining i'm never good at timing as she was looking for a key in the pocket of my raincoat where keys will sink and not float to the bottom of the sea she asked me "will you stand here?" with a whisper in my right ear as she was tying up my hands i screamed to "call my brother! who's looking for my mother i hope my father understands!" she threw me with a quite a lot of motion how could she in the depths of the great ocean all she needed was a single old brass key i pleaded at the bottom of the sea drowning drowning drowning drown someone save me from the sea sinking sinking sinking sink was the fate she cast on me drowning drowning drowning drown at the bottom of the sea under water i was frowning that life's not meant for drowning cause all i wanted was to be a singer with a raincoat and a girl to keep me afloat all she really wanted was the key soon a sailor did untie me as he did he whispered gently i need the key as a reward so i soon did hand it over barnacles lay on his shoulder he tied the key right to his sword light found me as i made my way up to land sincerely she laid a kiss upon my left hand walking away a single tear she did afford me nothing to say now that no one has the key quite rightly drowning drowning drowning drown someone save me from the sea sinking sinking sinking sink was the fate she cast on me drowning drowning drowning drown at the bottom of the sea
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Shipwreck 05:07
the ancient walls were cracked and broken nothing was revealed the silent shipwreck now has spoken the letters have been sealed no no no the water found us no no no it was all around us no no no our graveyard is the sea i don't have time to stand beside you she once said to me while on this boat i won't be lied to i could finally see no no no the water found us no no no it was all around us no no no our graveyard is the sea we are lost inside a shipwreck broken bodies with no suspect the sea is full of foolish things that moon and tide and current brings and i would wait for you though you'd never want me to and i don't know what to say but a shipwreck sounds ok cause at least then you would stay in the dead of night i sometimes hear you in the middle of the sea and i try so hard to just be near you why can't you try for me? no no no the water found us no no no it was all around us no no no our graveyard is the sea we are lost inside a shipwreck broken bodies with no suspect the sea is full of foolish things that moon and tide and current brings and i would wait for you though you'd never want me to and i don't know what to say but a shipwreck sounds ok
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oh couldn't you be so near me i'm holding you sincerely ah couldn't you see how we'd be lying in a mark twain boat we'll read our lips together reading letter by letter ah things will be much better lying in a mark twain boat and the books we wrote will start to get us back to shore and a long lost note wishing you had just said more and more oh dylan sings satchmo cries father sails and mother flies ah kennys tall and judy lies lying in a mark twain boat and the books we wrote will start to get us back to shore and a long lost note wishing you had just said more and more oh in a mark twain boat in a mark twain boat i heard you say things started getting rough you turn away said things are much too tough but all on your boat stay on your boat
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walked into a room it was on fire and up from the ground or maybe much higher the walls were aware of the faint sound of a drum carpenter was wise she was much wiser skulls from the west couldn't disguise her i found myself in a wheelchair it was crazy i felt kind of lazy just staring at her wall i felt rather small she said woah settle down kick your feet up here you're much too close to the ground her walls were dead day of the dead she wanted me to be next to her in her dead bed i said no i gotta go pictures on the wall of hearst castle to leave turned out to be such a big hassle we sat and played with bones yeah real bones on the floor i looked for the door my friends disappeared it all became too clear mark twain comes and mark twain goes and leaving here and no one knows and mark twain comes and mark twain goes and leaving here and no one knows and
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and i would give her all, all of my heart and i would make it soon we'd never part and i would give her all, all of my heart yes i would laurel & hardy are safe in their beds so we can run now from green blue and red lay down your weary arms i'll hold you instead and we'll be happy like brian wilson said and i would give her all, all of my heart and i would make it soon we'd never part and i would give her all, all of my heart yes i would and i would make her see, she's the only one for me and i would show her now, that i'd never leave and i would give her all, all of my heart yes i would yes i would, yes i would, yes i would oh bring your records we'll listen to them and bring your big eyes i know where they've been we'll shake to otis and his backing band booker t and the mgs oh you'll understand and i would give her all, all of my heart and i would make it soon we'd never part and i would give her all, all of my heart yes i would and i would make her see, she's the only one for me and i would show her now, that i'd never leave and i would give her all, all of my heart yes i would yes i would, yes i would, yes i would i'm so tired of being the boy with the broken heart easy living is an easy thing to start when everybody else loves everybody else i fall apart
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Water Levels 03:56
we're all up in arms over october nights before the kettle warms and the room ignites all your days seem numbered now and your nights go on and on and your money starts piling up while the water level hits your neck and what did you expect ships don't stay afloat forever the whispers buzz your ears you can hear them speak to you and don't go breaking mirrors its not the logical thing to do when you're cold and lonely please don't decide to turn me off it's the end of statue phase and the water level hits your neck and what did you expect ships don't stay afloat forever holding on to the words of carol kaye she's playing songs yeah we hear them everyday and we can not turn away cause you're bitter the boats are catching fire the water is a sizzling mess inside an empty tire floats a damsel in distress when you're cold and lonely please don't decide to turn me off it's the end of statue phase and the water level hits your neck and what did you expect ships don't stay afloat forever holding on to the words of carol kaye she's playing songs yeah we hear them everyday and we can not turn away cause you're bitter
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released May 19, 2012

Produced by Chris Jago & Brian Bringelson
Mixed by Gabe Dulek & Brian Bringelson

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Paul Starling Thousand Oaks, California

Paul Starling writes & records original songs. He plays: guitar, bass, drums, piano, banjo, ukulele, & anything else he can get his hands on. Known for his 60′s vibe with a modern twist, Paul Starling creates what he calls ‘nautical pop’. It is music to sail, float, skip and even dance to. His new band Anchor & Bear is currently on tour now! ... more

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