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Orphan Train

by Orphan Train

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1.
Raise the Rent 04:44
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We look out our window It looks like San Francisco What do I care. It just sounds so romantic like where the hills meet the great Atlantic down at the county fair If you raise the rent I won’t stay here anymore If you raise the rent I will say thats my final straw We know lots of people Living in this Western fable why should I care It just looks so romantic your diner job and your smile plastic It’s so unfair If you raise the rent I won’t stay here anymore If you raise the rent I will say thats my final straw You ought to remind your friends that you love them Come a morning when you wake up and surprise they’re gone A wind blows on Easter Island and the beast is smiling smiling trees starts to grow We pack up our belongings and on a foggy Thursday morning it’s time to go If you raise the rent I won’t stay here anymore If you raise the rent I will say thats my final straw
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Bundleful 03:43
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I’m a bundle full of emotion Every time they play that song on the radio Every time I look into her eyes I’m in an ocean I’m a bundle full of emotion Under the Joppa moon I got lost Under the Joppa moon She’s a wonderful and sexy being I wanna kiss her till my mouth is dry I wanna taste it all Everywhere I go I see the dunes and smell the ocean And it’s wonderful Under the Joppa Moon She’s red wine and I’m finally gonna take a sip I wasn’t looking for a permanent relationship She could be mine and I wouldn’t wanna let it slip So I came runnin back Under the Joppa moon I’m on fire and I really need to feel the rain It wasn’t easy getting out from neath the freight train I took a ride on a sentimental aero plane just to see her face I can see her skin thru her shirt I apologize I can imagine what you were like in ninety five I feel dope, feel broke, real stoked I’m a joke that’s slippin down a mud-flat slide The car’s out of park I’m ready to take a ride I m a bundle full of emotion Every time they play that song on the radio Every time I look into her eyes I’m in an ocean I’m a bundle full of emotion She’s so fine and I’m drinkin her like lemonade We got it working like possums in a heat rage Its gonna blow up when we reach the final minute I saw it on TV and now I’m in it She’s red wine and I’m finally gonna take a sip I wasn’t looking for a permanent relationship She could be mine and I wouldn’t wanna let it slip So I came runnin back I’m on fire and I really need to feel the rain It wasn’t easy getting out from neath the freight train I took a ride on a sentimental aero plane just to see her face Under the Joppa moon
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Calm Within You 02:31
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Shine On 03:58
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Where did you say you saw her In the back on Terry's lawn Or swimming in the ocean There she goes now she's gone I brought you lots of flowers and I brought you a ton of love I stormed your old motel room from the East from the South and from above Shine on shine on Patience is a virtue The King of all clichés Waiting for right moments I've wasted them away I come to you on airplanes, buses and subways We'll live and love a fable where the sunlight never fades Shine on shine on Shine on shine on Goodmorning Starshine This day is yours and mine Now I'm driving home to Easton A longer distance than it seems Recalling every golden hour was all but just a dream Ain't no headlights on the highway and there ain't no stars above But there's a bright light that surrounds me... I am blinded by your love Shine on shine on Shine on shine on
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Lucy's Gone 04:33
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Everyone was waiting The car was all weighed down Take a short vacation out of town Somebody said your sleeping But I swear I heard your sound We can wish on a thousand stars still you won’t come around I wonder where Lucy’s gone She can’t hide away that long I worry she might be lost in space I wonder where Lucy’s gone If I weren’t so greedy I could file her away I wonder where Lucy’s gone Nobody knows about love When it’s trapped and can’t escape I wish I could wish you the best, say: I’ll see you around someday. I wonder where Lucy’s gone She can’t hide away that long I worry she might be lost in space I wonder where Lucy’s gone If I had amnesia, her smile washed away I wouldn’t wonder where Lucy’s gone.
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Showbiz 05:02
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Circus child mixin up the medicine Under the big white tent They let you run wild, like you were Donovan Your hurdy gurdy covers the rent You’re bound to make it says all your relatives You’re bound to make it says your friends You’re bound to make it in showbiz Little brats laughin, full of the fool taking advice from you You said: follow your heart, but follow the rules and everything you give will come back to you You’re bound to make it says all your relatives You’re bound to make it says your friends You’re bound to make it, o’er that bridge You’re bound to make it in showbiz Look Ma I’m hangin on, a dream that’s been broken I can’t see that fantasy that used to float in front of me The crowd thins, the lights dim, I’m singin broken hearted songs again Make it stop , I want to get off, I think I’ll open up a coffee shop It’s all sunny skies and pasted smiles and right or wrong you should write a song for the Backstreet boys and make a noise, face your fears and have a beer with the guy who knows Britney Spears brother in law, you think you saw cracks in the foundation, a design in the flaw You’re bound to make it says all your relatives You’re bound to make it says your friends You’re bound to make it, o’er that bridge You’re bound to make it in showbiz
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No Mystery 03:46
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I’m no mystery no more since I gave up all of my secrets and I told you everything Threw my story on the table thinking it might just enable me to win your precious love I’m no mystery no more Do I bore you? I’m no mystery no more Since I took back all of my power and reclaimed my innocence What I once considered sacred Stripped away and now I’m naked Have I filled your precious cup I’m no mystery no more She said goodbye Well its obvious to me you’d rather land a James Dean or a brooder baby Someone you can spend all your love tryin to get up inside A reason to forever hide from the demons that forever reside in your own mind I’m no mystery no more I was baptized in the cold river and I can see clear again I got no time for playin tell me if you will be stayin here And if not, best be gone I’m no mystery no more Is that so wrong?
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High Tide 04:04
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I came here on a guideless mission I was bored with myself back then I didn’t know what I wanted to find here maybe odd jobs and a new set of friends With the sun shinin over Kingsley Gardens thought I’d found my family then A favorite bar and a couple of asprin and I cant wait to wake up again Now it’s high tide on a Monday morning gonna catch a ride on a sudden storm cause I don’t feel at home anymore no I don’t feel at home here anymore Pride is a strong addiction Spotlight my biggest fear Tried hard not to get noticed That aint the way they do it out here I came crashin down in silence They stole my voice broke my guitar The angel waits for a perfect moment to fly me away to a brighter star Now it’s high tide on a Monday morning gonna catch a ride on a sudden storm cause I don’t feel at home anymore no I don’t feel at home here anymore Hell, I think I might of just thrown it all away, thrown it all away Think I might of just made a big mistake, a real big mistake I love the sun but I miss the rain, I miss the rain I’m getting kind of tired of this runnin away, runnin away So here I’ve landed and here I’m gonna stay So here I go wishin, wishin away, wishin away
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Little Annie 04:09
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gettin crazy in a tiny little bathtub two grey squirrels gettin crazy on a wire telephone ringin but we never gonna answer who's it gonna be for this time me n little annie down on Beverly and Rampart we love the burgers but we hate the fries sharin root beer on a hot summer evening takin in the sunset of the Silverlake sky chorus: Hey Little Annie Little Annie now I love you Hey Little Annie Hey Little Annie Little Annie now I love you Hey Little Annie Little AnnieI love you a little March is comin Annie wants a tattoo for her birthday we know a neighbor that'll do it for a song she got it on her back. the word in Hindu means 'Sister' that is until we found out she spelled it wrong she said "close the window before I freeze my ass off" while I roast in my gorilla suit tonight I said "there's another blanket under Black Face Melia, just throw her fat ass off the bed tonight" Hey Little Annie Little Annie now I love you Hey Little Annie Hey Little Annie Little Annie now I love you Hey Little Annie Little AnnieI love you a little bridge: we roll through a love routine like waves from a river tide someday we'll roll away like clouds tumblin through the sky gettin crazy in a tiny little bathtub two grey squirrels gettin crazy on a wire telephone ringin but we never gonna answer who's it gonna be for this time
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Isobel 03:42
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Aram has been critically acclaimed for his heart–wrenching lyrics, lush Gram Parsons-style melodies, and wistful snippets of Americana… songs that that please and comfort because of, not in spite of, their familiarity. After a taking a year to serve as musical director and guitarist for Lisa Marie Presley and to tour with comedian/singer Sandra Bernhart, Aram is back with his third cd release and new moniker Orphan Train available on Surprise Truck Records. Highlights include Raise the Rent and the AAA-radio-friendly Shine On. Orphan Train includes longtime collaborators Scott McPherson (Elliott Smith, Neil Finn) on drums and Matt Fitzell (PJ Olsson, Slydell) on bass.

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released March 27, 2003

Aram Arslanian-vocals guitar, keyboards
Matt Fitzell- bass guitar
Scott McPherson- drums

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Orphan Train Vancouver, Washington

Orphan train has been the vehicle Aram has used to release original songs since 2003. Prior releases were fed to the world under his hyper Armenian banner ‘ARAM’. All albums offer up something a little different, with the thruline of timeless melodies/lyrics and production. Go fig. ... more

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