The Lemon (LP), by Yates Brown

The Lemon (LP)

by Yates Brown

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full "The Lemon" LP + bonus EP "The Insipid Citrus Chronicles"

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1.	Devil Dog 02:17	lyrics	buy track
I met my baby on a cold dark night I held my baby in the dim moonlight I fell inside the winding jig-jag of her jaws black the soulless lips that kiss the devil dog why did you come here to this sleepy border town? there must've been a hundred better spots around you chose my cot to lay now flees are in my craw black the soulless bed that sleeps the devil dog when you first came to town all the others turned around to run the other way but I told you you could stay I let you in my home you waited til we were all alone then the dog made my heart its new bone I spent my fortune on a pot of fool's gold You burned it all until the air was black as coal I watched the remnants of my dreams burn like a log Black the soulless lungs that breathe the devil fog when you first came to town all the others turned around to run the other way but I told you you could stay I let you in my home you waited til we were all alone then the dog made my heart its new bone down girl I met my baby on a cold dark night I held my baby in the dim moonlight I fell inside the winding jig-jag of her jaws black the soulless lips that kiss the devil dog black the soulless arms that hold the devil dog black the soulless bed that sleeps the devil dog black the soulless heart that loved the devil dog
2.	Nice Things 03:06	lyrics	buy track
daddy's little baby likes nice things daddy's little baby likes nice things nice things nice things daddy's little baby likes new cars daddy's little baby likes new cars new cars new cars daddy's little baby likes nice things daddy's little baby likes nice things nice things nice things
3.	Cedric B. Lyte 04:33	lyrics	buy track
cedric b. lyte, 7 to 5 cubicle house plant barely alive watching the clock hand teetering by my what a clear sky through the window caught my eye fluorescent light bulb bright as the sun sugar free gum linoleum back to the ropes my friend cedric b. lyte, quarter to 6 diesel sardine can stuck in the mix sun going out to the odometer clicks by like time flies fast food window, drive thru lives no chance to realize what's ahead what's in his head he swallows his meds he's stuck in the ropes my friend overly done before he's over & done cedric b. lyte's the name for everyone tethered to posts that we have dug for ourselves to own the very best on the consumer shelves I want what I don't need and I need what I need too I want what I want & that's that & that's the cedric b. lyte alright caught up inside you now back to work cedric b. lyte, asleep right away alarm going off earlier every day the beans in the pot that keep him awake how many cups today will it take amphetamine binge on a coffee break don't want to make a careless mistake now do you the lunch hour's through the memo is due it's back to the ropes my friend (chorus) cedric b. lyte is starting to shake the crick in his neck, the tension headache he never asked for this he's feeling it break, enough now he's breaking stuff and he's taking that platinum chinese finger cuff off and he's telling the boss to piss off he's got what he needs he's done with the greed to hell with the ropes my friend
4.	Born To Lose (You) 03:16	lyrics	buy track
I love your theory though never been able to cut it off like you can you're only leaving the stereo I'm only taking what's in my hand I guess it never occurred to me that you were able to shut it off like you did you're only leaving the DVD I'm only losing the winning bid I want to reach my hand into your chest & melt the ice when I pull back a bloody stub I'll know I've paid the price walk me into the light on that one & leave me on my own the primrose path is paved with limestone I know I'm not the only one paint me into a corner on that one whatever color you choose I know it isn't time to lose my mind but I guess that I was born to lose you better try & back away never been able to let it go like you can you're only sleeping my chance away I'm only sleeping with my right hand I guess I never will understand how you were able to walk away when you did I'll see your broken man & I'll raise you a frightened kid you betcha (chorus)
5.	Gingko Biloba 04:17	lyrics	buy track
well it was in the fall you say you can't recall you know you got a lot of gall you seemed to give it such indelible a touch I guess it wasn't that much I said "baby wait" but it was too late you were in a fugue state you can't remember baby? a thing that happened baby? gingko biloba baby there's no way to sway your mind when the bad idea is cemented there's no case to make when the jury's demented who's this person in the pictures and taking up half of the bed? who the fuck hit my wife in the back of the head? keep spreading the deceit & play your bullshit on repeat in a room full of parrots you parakeet you're taking it back, good you kept the receipt keep playing the charade dine & dash, nothing paid keep it up til the memory erodes away not enough gingko in the vitamin tray you're turning up your nose I'm on my tippy toes you say that's how it goes call you on the phone just a day gone all the way gone all the fucking way it's all broke it's no joke you must've had a mini stroke you can't remember baby? a thing that happened baby? gingko biloba baby there's no way to sway your mind when the bad idea is ingrained there's no case to make when the jury's insane who's this person in the pictures and calling me on the phone? somebody put this bitch in a nursing home keep spreading the deceit & play your bullshit on repeat in a room full of parrots you parakeet you're taking it back, good you kept the receipt so keep playing the charade dine & dash, nothing paid put aside til the memory erodes away not enough gingko in the vitamin tray
6.	The Splitter 02:18	lyrics	buy track
I was never a quitter til I met the splitter I was never a lonesome man til I met you I was always the golden child, I was never a failure thank you for proving them wrong now let's do the math let's see you split let's see you split I was never a quitter til I met the splitter I was never a lonesome man til I met you I was always the golden child, I was never a failure thank you for proving me wrong
7.	PRSD 03:10	lyrics	buy track
I'm losing again just when I though I had it I'm stopping to load, you're semi-automatic the white flag's coming down looking like swiss cheese I can't please you're picking them off, my very last defenses encircle my heart in barbed wire fences I gotta keep the target moving, can't afford to let it slow no, no it's a post-romantic stress disorder tension mounts on the living room-dining room border I can't sleep for the sound of incoming mortar it's time to deport her & that's an order now the fighting is thru, the wounds slowly draining I still hear you at night, all the fucking complaining I know it's over but I haven't let my guard down since I'm too tense I'm numbing it down, a little anesthetic better neutral than down & out & so pathetic wake me up when there's a purpose or a reason for me ever which means never, never ever ever (chorus)
8.	I Smell a Rat 02:15	lyrics	buy track
it was once upon a time I met you & went totally blind single file was the line you in front, me behind you on top, me below like an eagle to a motherfucking webelo convinced of my inequality til the mole had to come deprogram me rats gnawing through the bedboard & nibbling at my feet mistaking your stench & condescension for a molded piece of cheese when the mess is made & the lights are hit & it's suddenly time to leave just go I can't be what I want to be with a flying squirrel over me I'm not a platypus, I'd like to breathe there's a rat in the trap you laid for me they were right, I was wrong about you being right all along tomato tomato, potato potato, you say tomato & I say fuck you (chorus) please go it's what a rodent would do & it's just so like you
9.	Paranoid 02:08	lyrics	buy track
woke today with the morning light could tell that something wasn't right my baby vanished in the night I try to call the feds, they don't respond I drag for bodies in the pond the tell-tale heart is beating through the floor I search my place for missing things the CIA is pulling strings a $50,000 ransom note is at my door there's nothing you can be certain of except that even certain things are things that never really can be certain anyhow I'm paranoid, I watch my back avoiding every sidewalk crack I wouldn't want to break my mother's back now, ow thanks a lot for the wrist watch mom now tell me who you stole it from and why's it t-t-ticking like a bomb? I spent an afternoon down at the shore now my skin's all pink & sore so I ask the doctor "what is this disease?" he says it soon should go away & quickly bids me a good day which means he's scare to touch me cuz I'm full of STDs there's nothing you can be certain of except that even certain things are things that never really can be certain anyhow I'm paranoid, I knock on wood cuz everything seems fine & good & that's a perfect sign that something's wrong now yeah I'm crossing fingers, throwing salt cuz we are only what we're taught & that's a perfect sign that something's wrong
10.	Valentines Day Divorce 04:08	lyrics	buy track
you're taking the cat, I'm keeping the dog you can have the bicycles, I'm keeping the hog you're taking the movies, I'm keeping the tube you're taking the tampons, I'm keeping the lube you're taking the poodle, I'm keeping the pit you're taking a pee, I'm taking a... shih tzu's aren't really my style anyway baby you're taking the heels, I'm keeping the boots you're running away & I'm keeping my roots there's no remorse, it's just a matter of course you're taking the pony, I'm keeping the horse there ain't no need for squawlin I reckon it could be so much worser so honey happy valentines day divorce you're taking the sports car, I'm keeping the truck you can have the love making, I'm keeping the fuck you're taking the bath gel, I'm keeping the soap you're taking the pills, I'm keeping the dope you're taking the check book, I'm keeping the cash you're getting in shape & I'm getting a rash you're taking the flowers, I'm keeping the sod but I'm keeping the vinyl, you can have the goddamn ipod there's no remorse, it's just a matter of course you're taking the pony, I'm keeping the horse there ain't no need for squawlin I reckon it could be so much more worserer so honey happy valentines day divorce you're taking your pick, I'm taking what I can get you're taking the jewelry, I'm keeping the debt you can have the vodka, I'm keeping the Jack you took my heart, now I'm taking it back
11.	The Suicidal Pharmacist 02:49	lyrics	buy track
if life is a ten, then I'm a strychnine I do what they told me, I fill this prescription now I'm feeling lonely, I fill this prescription I use what they taught me, I fill this prescription no more feeling lonely, I fill this prescription sad sad sad leave my final note on a script pad no refills, goodbye why before I die I dine on iodide iodine on iodine iodide I dined I died I do what they told me, I fill this prescription now I'm feeling lonely, I fill this prescription this paper that cut me, filled so full of lemon no more feeling lonely, I fill this prescription sad sad sad find my final note prescription pad no refills, goodbye if life is a ten, then I'm a strychnine
12.	Cyber Grrrl 03:48	lyrics	buy track
I love my baby, she's a cyber girl you know that she be lookin fine I love my baby she's a cyber girl let's see if she's online my cyber girl writes "u r hot" so you know I'm feeling pretty swell love to hear her laugh when I'm telling jokes it sounds like lol you know she's making me a special friend innuendos coming all of the time I think I'm in her top 8 again I knew she would be all mine I love my baby, she's a cyber girl ain't no fake or spam I know my baby is a real live girl cuz I saw her on her webcam you know I'm lovin when I'm signin in my mailbox is always don't try to tell me it's a fantasy real love is so slow & dull woh-- she's a cyber girl, she turns my hard drive on woh-- she's my cyber girl but she won't be for long no-- once a better cyber girl has come along along (rad cyber solo) you know she's making me a special friend innuendos coming all of the time I think I'm in the top 8 again I knew she would be all mine I love my baby, she's a cyber girl but that's not all she's about she's got a whole lot of nothin to say & she's talking my eyes out I used to worry bout being alone til one day I realized I've always got my cyber girl unless my computer dies woh-- she's a cyber girl, she lets me down just fine woh-- she's a cyber girl & she won't stay just mine no-- there's another cyber boy ahead in line line let's see if she's online let's see if she's online
13.	A Night Like This 02:36	lyrics	buy track
on a night like this you feel the stillness set you think you hear a train go by the way they had when you first met on a night like this you see now what she meant & hear the rain pelt the cement & oh you're glad you are not wet not yet on a night like this you're glad you don't have kids but you wish you weren't an only child this tree has lost its limbs and on a night like this your feet they get so cold and who would need a bed so big? and when did you become so old? on a night like this you fear your health is bad you don't know who would send a card you feel just like your dad and on a night like this your cat is your best friend and how you wish you could believe in god or at least in love again but not yet on a night like this you wonder if you lied & what would she think of you now if your nana were still alive? and on a night like this the world seems so unfair and you are just a frightened kid & how you wish your mom were there how you wish your mom were there how I wish my mom were here
14.	Lemonade 04:42	lyrics	buy track
make a mark, make it light I'm impressed or depressed graphite sheen, vows in lead crumpled page, eraser head rubber flakes, parched & gray all accounts whisk away try again, fill it in now's your chance to make it make sense I've got a well-trained eye & it's looking at you I'm seeing black & white, hope that makes it taste right I've got a mouthful of lemon & it's embittering you want a second draft, well that can be your thing cuz I'm turning sour inside make a mark, make a joke if you're amused you're confused check the tank, one way trip can't look back, a rearview crack secret tryst amongst the mist slight of hand, a flick of the wrist magic trick, smokescreen thick but I saw the strings & didn't laugh I've got a well-trained eye & it's looking at you cowboys & indians, oh wow it's really simple then I've got a mouthful of lemon & it's embittering you want to demonize, well that can be your thing cuz now I'm sour inside again you lied again but I can make a beanstalk nursery rhyme an ending that is mine if I need to & I can raise a flagpole run a sign declaring all is fine if I have to & I can fill a half empty glass of wine as half full as the Rhine if I want to & I can make a lemonade from a lemon lime ingredient made a mark, made it light I'm a mess I confess brain is washed, icy arctic arc your back, this is cathartic clear the plate, sublimate I needed this, I needed this peel the scabs, peroxide dabs now smile & laugh & start another tab I've got a well-trained eye & it's looking at you you sell your fairy tale then buy it back on clearance sale I've got a mouthful of lemon & it's embittering you want amnesia, well that can be your thing but I wont sour inside again your not a friend & I can make a beanstalk nursery rhyme an ending that is mine if I need to & I can raise a flagpole run a sign declaring all is fine if I have to & I can fill a half empty glass of wine as half full as the Rhine if I want to & I can make a lemonade from a lemon lime ingredient I can make a lemonade from a lemon lime ingredient I can make a lemonade from a lemon lime ingredient I can make a lemonade from a lemon lime ingredient & I'm going to

about

A terrible break up was fodder for this, my best & most consistent batch of autobiographical singable songs, with painful lyrics over incongruently upbeat tunes inspired by Joe Jack Talcum, Frank Black, & other left-of-center singer-strummer types. I bought my first acoustic guitar to write this album and also invested in a real computer, real recording software, interfaces, monitors, a decent mic, etc for the first time, so the quality is a big step up. There are videos for "Paranoid", "Devil Dog", and "Cedric B. Lyte" floating around the Youtubes.

Physical CD copies are available & include "The Insipid Citrus Chronicles" as a bonus track.