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Summer Fiction

by Summer Fiction

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Sharpen up your teeth And learn to crawl on your birthday And save my soul and rescue me Darken up your eyes And if you fall, fall in to me And make me whole and help me see Send her out into the world You know that she’s bound to get hurt God softly moved the young girl When she was digging in the dirt You’re hurt, so bring it back. Straighten up my tie Adjust my sleeves, so what’s it like? I want to know! Will you show me? Make up on your eyes And rouge your cheeks, don’t compromise You told me so then scrubbed me clean Send her out into the world You know that she’s bound to get hurt God softly moved the young girl When she was digging in the dirt You’re hurt, so bring it back It hurt when you came back
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By the Sea 03:05
“I think I’m changing,” said Suzanne From her beach chair in the sand Let’s try to get in one more swim Before the evening tide comes in Sitting by the windowsill Now there’s too much time to kill Old man, do you think we’ll pull through? Believe in me like I do you Take me home I want to go home You first told me you loved me At our picnic by the sea Yes, the tides they rise and fall We married at the old town hall Children grown the house is still And now there’s too much time to kill Suzanne, do you think we’ll pull through? Believe in me like I do you Take me home I want to go home
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Chandeliers 02:37
Thoughts remain Feelings unspoken A moth to flame Walking on broken glass Catch a plane To the Sahara Then pray for rain Running mascara Now’s the time to get on your feet, dear Love is blind under the chandeliers. An unmade bed A high threshold for pain The things you said A pillowcase lipstick stain Now’s the time to put on your face dear You were mine under the chandeliers
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Dig your feet into the sand Wade the ocean, take my hand Mom and dad have gone away Walk through flames to douse the lust As the daylight turns to dusk And the houseboats light bay Swept away from native shores Walk the plank, the diver’s bored Sorry sir, but I was told That these straights were paved with gold Island plates won’t break away Sarah’s sore from chewing gum Drunk on Diet Coke and rum Blue sarong and brown beret Tonight we sail painted pastel Goodbye sun and sea and shell
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Carry On 02:54
When we reach Stone Harbor Following a distant light, ‘til the dawn You were so far away A kink in your armor Gardeners plant forests out on your lawn She found another grey I won’t let them harm her I’m so tired but I must carry on The palm trees gently sway Stern to port then starboard The days are too short but the nights are so long “Land ho!” I heard them say
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To: Alone 02:42
To: alone On my own I don’t know nothing Must be stupid or something About love Lord, above It rained all through July Now it’s farewell and goodbye To: alone Covers blown This letter I send To my old fair-weather friend It’s the end
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He broke your heart In fifteen places. Remember faces But not the names Right from the start Your warm embraces But time erases and people change Come and I’ll make you see My darling throw your arms around me Now that he’s back In your good graces Your lipstick traces Make me afraid I broke my arm Running the bases Tripped over laces Cut by the blade You whispered to me softly My darling throw your arms around me Hold on to me tightly And darling, throw your arms around me My darling throw your arms around me
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And so I’m leaving here today No, I’m not sure just where I’m going Burn out and watch it fade away I miss the comfort of no knowing Like running standing in one place A paper crown made for a child king The truth can slap you in the face Then slip off like a loose wedding ring When I told, told, told you a lie I just wanted to be where you are And you told, told me if I try, try, try You could help me see in the dark. It’s getting dark. And so I’m giving up this fight This mountain I could not stop climbing You are an echo in the night A cloud without a silver lining Please tell my papa that I tried And tell my darling that I love her But something deep inside me died And follows hovering a above her When I sold, sold, sold you a lie I just wanted to be where you are And you told, told me if I try, try, try You could help me see in the dark. It’s getting dark

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released January 1, 2011

SUMMER FICTION

All songs written, arranged and produced by Bill Ricchini

www.summerfiction.com

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Summer Fiction Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"Brian Wilson meets Johnny Marr." -SPIN

"World weary yet heartwarming any time of year." - NPR

"Lovely songs with a hint of French new wave." -Vogue

"Perfect pop recalling Pet Sounds Beach Boys." - WNYC

"Brilliant 60s-esque AM pop." -New York Magazine
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