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Ballgown Symphony

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1.
Girl 03:10
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I can hear loud traffic There are prostitutes outside and some garbage truck Take them away because they make shrill sounds in the night Don't know what that has to do with me Don't want to write about me I've only just realised the strangeness of this when it is no longer anonymous ... I could be a tin can for all you know Girl
2.
On A Stormy Night 04:56
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Sometimes it's hard to feel with all this medication It keeps me from flying out the window On A Stormy Night On A Stormy Night Sometimes I feel like running away to the edge of nowhere Somehow I'd find a place and it would be alright Sometimes I feel like I should be transported To a haven free from pain where everything's alright Every night again Everything's alright Every night again Everything's alright
3.
Aqua Shine 02:11
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Bowler like Chaplin Fedora and sequin purple tiger top hat Cap with a chain in Aqua Shine So many people Every lifetime Work and play Bowler like Chaplin Fedora and sequin purple tiger top hat Cap with a chain in Aqua Shine Dimensional and sexual Mono homo or hetero Not all of me But a part of me My sexy essential Why don't you find a lover to roll over and love you Why don't you find a over to kiss at night Why does everyone talk with derision on the sly When we're all looking for the same thing tonight Yes tonight Why don't we remember tonight The ones who fought for our liberties Sexual proclivities of every spectrum Bold and consensual Because we're dimensional Bowler like Chaplin Fedora and sequin purple tiger top hat Cap with a chain in Aqua Shine
4.
Dandy 03:32
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I am afraid And afraid of being afraid With my yellow lily livered liver But no just no No to the fear I say this year So much has been and gone And this cripple in mind Needs his bent body To live out his dreams I am afraid they might come true I am afraid they might not I am afraid they might come true I am afraid they might not This cowardly lion will become Dandy Brave in the face of it licking his candy This cowardly lion will become Dandy Brave in the face of it licking his candy
5.
Photoshop 03:48
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I've been moving slowly trying to capture light To leave an imprint on my mind Of the times where we were together When we did not fight To keep this photograph in time When I feel pixelated And my soul's frustrated And people say turn to the night It's when we come together And we shine forever We see the truth there in the light And I don't need no Photoshop To get my money's worth I just want to see what I'm like Even if it takes forever For worse or better I just want to see what I'm like
6.
Nun 04:26
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Too much clutter Hoarding onto pain Making troubled children Of ourselves of the world Can't sweep it under the rug Anymore than we have Dust has built an army under the bed Under the bed Take things one at a time We will see the surface Take things one at a time We will see the surface Patience and devotion Are these from a past life I need a convent to teach me what I know Pictures on the wall of mercy Many a mother superior are superior to me In chastity, morality and many other things But I believe in potentiality The light inside of things Take things one at a time We will see the surface Take things one at a time We will see the surface I am as nun as you are nun and we are flying to the sound of music I am as nun as you are nun and we are flying to the sound of music As nun as a virgin bride As nun as a widow Ashes by her side From a past life A convent they taught me What I knew Take things one at a time We will see the surface Take things one at a time We will see the surface Leave the skeletons in the ground The spirit will rise The bones are treasured ancestors All they teach Carry them i our blood in our lives Take things one at a time We will see the surface Take things one at a time We will see the surface
7.
One Drop Of Love In The Sea 03:19
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Not enough tissues to make a fake bra with my tears Everyone wants to be right Nobody wants to be kind Yes there are miracles Why do I feel like they're in short supply One Drop Of Love In The Sea One Drop Of Love In The Sea One Drop Of Love In The Sea Can find peace And I don't want to blame but when we don't change How do we change so there is no blame So there is no shame No one's ashamed I feel like the world has died too many times too many too many times I feel like the world has died too many times too many too many times The love we're longing to find I wade through ravaging storms I try to keep safe and warm I try Feel like the world has died too many times too many too many times Too many times
8.
Ballgown Symphony 01:48
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Ballgown Symphony All the women stare back at me As though I'm a lost cause Waiting for the man dressing to the nines In Ballgown Symphony No lipstick stains upon a man Mine are the lips demurely chapped A pearly a ring a heel my purse Never having wed only rehearsed Looking for sealed sections in the Cosmo No hint of devotion Other than condo Sipping champagne by a Winnebago And what's a Winnebago All the man I need And do I really need Anything other than A Ballgown Symphony And do I really need Anything other than A Ballgown And do I really need Anything other than A Ballgown Symphony
9.
Soapbox 03:14
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Bold and beautiful I'm on Coronation Street I am The Young And The Restless And watch SOHO when no one's watching They make soaps that aren't soapy enough Where's all the love I'm sick of evil twins It's not just a dream We are living TV On my soapbox and I am clean On my soapbox when they're watching TV The Young And The Restless Violent dreams What's on the street No one is watching I'm on my soapbox and I I am clean I'm on my soapbox and I I am clean

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Encompassing piano/synth based neo soul verging on popera and dramatic statement pop, Ballgown Symphony is a quest for self-realisation within the camp and tragic.

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released February 10, 2020

Music & Lyrics By Benjamin Cleaver

(2015)

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