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Time is a big waste of time
When you’re not by my side
When you’re not by my side
I’d like to see you driving
Roll down the windows
At night
If I could climb to your window
I’d pull your hair to bind me
If I went down you’d find me
(Broken-heart and blinded)
I’d be your prince for life
But who’s keeping time?
See me watching
I’ll save your memories
Flattened into walls
Another piece to send along
Time is a big waste of time
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Enough of You
03:20
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Midnight on the porch hear the train on the track
We are close to the edge of never going back
Stop believing in time is it sin is it crime
Loving you dear like I do?
Whatever the clock says, Impossible!
I know and you know we must be responsible
If it’s a sin, then I’m guilty
I haven’t had enough of you yet, enough of you yet
I’m sorry I guess it’s back to the beginning
and back to the end
I’m losing and winning again and again
I see something in you that is part of me too!
I admit i’m inspired admiring your truth
Behind mirrors and lies you belong to me mine
Loving you dear like I do
Whatever the clock says, Impossible!
I know we must be responsible
If it’s a sin, then I’m guilty
I haven’t had enough of you yet, enough of you yet.
I’m sorry I guess it’s back to the beginning
and back to the end
I’m losing and winning again and again
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My Little Elephant
02:23
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My little elephant you try to hide
Behind every white wall but you’re twenty feet wide
I give you kisses--- as much as I got and you’re at the front of my mind
But I’m your afterthought
The beast in my bed, the love of my life
I try to forget, but you remind me
My little renegade you break the law
The light from the helicopters don’t know what they saw
I’ve got a safe place where you can hide
You’re across the country now / I’m still waiting inside
The beast in my bed, the love of my life
I try to forget, but you remind me
My little carapace, there’s no room for me
Inside this sturdy old shell, there’s nothing to see
I’m starting over, I’ll live off the land
And I’m trying to build but the mud’s runnin’ between my hands
The beast in my bed, the love of my life
I try to forget, but you remind me
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I Will Tell You Now
02:01
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Light, why don’t you stay awhile?
The world is on a cloud whenever you’re around
You already know me well, better than I ever knew myself
We were born in the same skin, and I’ll do anything within reason
I will tell you now- or I will tell you later
Or I will tell you when the poles switch
and we make our way straight across the equator
So many ways to make believe
That this is all just meant to be
But whether you’re a guiding star
Or an orbiter, we’ll see
Light, why don’t you stay awhile?
The skies are always clear whenever you are here
You already know the truth, of how we live oh we are living proof
We were cut from same cloth, and I’ll do anything, but maybe not
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Don't You Know?
03:43
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You are standing in a green field
Tilted angle ether ear
Don’t you know when you’re here
I reappear
We are standing in an old square
Somehow home so nearly there
Don’t you know when you’re here
I reappear
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Hey Batfish Batfish
02:25
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Hey batfish batfish
Where are you flying to?
Upside down and underwater
I know you’re trying to
swim or float or find your way in warm and salty water ways
I know you’re sensitive and that you take awhile to acclimate
Hey batfish batfish
I’ll grant you your only wish
To leave the cave of
Infinite loneliness
Swim to the sun Bring me a dream
I heard you’re saving coral reefs By eating up all the weeds
Are you a real thing?
I imagined exactly who you’d be
You’re a Real thing
But not what I thought you’d be
Dusky Batfish
Red-faced Batfish
Pancake Batfish
So many different kinds
But I like you cause I like your stripes
Platax Pinnatus
That is your science name
Britannica.com says you’re
Ogcocephalidae
I don’t care if you’re an angler
Baby now my heart’s in danger
Say you love me batfish batfish
It’s scary but I Aquarium about you
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Old Friend
02:38
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And how you remind me of a dear old friend of mine
Something that the softness of his laughter left behind
The way he gifted me his joy
It was almost a secret
The way he gifted me his joy
I still cannot believe it
And how you remind me of a dear old friend of mine
Something that the softness of your laughter left behind
The way you gifted me your joy
It was like a secret
The way you gifted me your joy
I still cannot believe it
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Here is Here
03:34
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Oh I cannot find you
I think that I’m unwinding
You said I’ve been unkind now
Most of my life I’m finding
I slipped in and out of moments
Waiting for my ventriloquist
Always thinking I Need somewhere to press my lips
I’d seen the girls with short hair brimming with confidence
Who swayed in grace with new limbs And danced with all the seven sins
I’m firmly in my time here I am clear oh I am clear
You remind me of the sun,
you remind me of the stars You remind me of the sun
Sometimes I am compressed, and sometimes high resolution
But here is here is here is here is here
And love, I know you’re calling me
Oooh I know I’ve seen you / Can I stay and grieve too
I may never understand but I can listen and I mean to
Walk with you and hold you, in the dreams that may unfold in you
In courage we can change, dance with shadows and reveal truth
I’d seen the boys with desperate hearts / not knowing where to start
Who stand, I am a man, oh can you see what keeps us apart
I’m firmly in my time here / I am clear oh I am clear
You remind me of the sun,
You remind me of the stars, you remind me of the sun
Sometimes I am compressed, and sometimes high resolution
But here is here is here is here is here
And love, I know you’re calling me
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Ellen Warkentine Los Angeles, California
Ellen Warkentine is a theatrical multi-instrumentalist composer and performing artist based in New York/Los
Angeles.
Her melodic work references avant-pop, early jazz, and vaudeville; her influences include Kurt Weill, Bjork, and Stephin Merritt.
She is a long-time collaborator with the award-winning Four Larks Theatre, and co-creator of the absurd “fauxpera” LOLPERA.
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