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Effervescent Lure

by Carol Cleveland Sings

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1.
Motivation 02:14
I woke up late dreaming 'bout a minus sign Heard somebody say, "It happens from time to time" And vine to wine, it takes another line to make it multiply Give me that motivation Give me the motivation It's such a wild elation, giving me motivation I got no time for patience, give me that motivation I took your place while you were out of line again I saw your face reflected in minor threads of doubt and said, "I'll never let you walk alone at night again". Give me that motivation Give me the motivation It's such a rare sensation, giving me motivation I got no time for patience, give me that motivation Give me that motivation Give me that motivation It's such a wild elation, giving me motivation I got no time for patience, give me that motivation
2.
The conversation stops As the grand piano drops From atop the city's clock tower and vanishes into the clouds. Not a sound from the crowd 'Till line up in the moonlight, And begin to sing this tune right now:
3.
Black Canvas 02:27
The darkness comes into view Whenever nothing's ahead of you Call somebody out, call somebody now Before the canvas is all around There's nothing left in me but emptiness A child's painting of the dark abyss That circles over you and latches onto you Before you can even move A little droplet of wine expands over the horizon line Black somebody out, ring somebody now Before the canvas is all around There's nothing left in me but emptiness A child's painting of the dark abyss That circles over you and latches onto you Before you can even move There's nothing left in me but emptiness A child's painting of the dark abyss That circles over you and latches onto you Before you can even move
4.
Ennui 03:06
I took some medicine and called it off I told a teenager to stop with the act And I felt just like the saddest sack in Baltimore Outside my tailor's with my head on the floor But I looked the same: dumb and vain Interested only in fabric and chic baby names You treat your promises like diningware They're never broken, they were just broken in But they look the same: dull and plain Tarnished, but charming enough to ascend to the mess hall (Don't we all?) The opposite of apollonian isn't appalling "Life . . . At the Hop" pop apologists stopped being honest Ennui, that shred of feeling put to sleep That faulty miracle which could reach the stars If it weren't for the ceiling I don't miss the feeling Someone's in the kitchen with an alibi Still the same, dumb and vain Tarnished, but charming enough to ascend to the mess hall Ennui, that shred of feeling put to sleep That faulty miracle which could reach the stars If it weren't for the ceiling I don't miss the feeling That spark of fervor quarantined That faulty miracle which could reach the stars If it weren't for the ceiling I don't miss the feeling I don't miss the feeling I don't miss the feeling
5.
The golden gloom of the sun is slowly wilting Above the lifeless Behind before it begun, I've just been quilting The likeness, the likeness Wake up the neighbors Blow out all of their candles Don't fear the savior falling off of the crimson colored mantel Exhausted off of the fumes from pressing flowers (Until they rotted) Spend all my time in a room and count the hours You got it, you got it Wake up the neighbors Blow out all of their candles Don't fear the savior falling off of the crimson colored mantel Wake up the neighbors Blow out all of their candles Don't fear the savior falling off of the crimson colored mantel
6.
Placing bets with the convalescents and well-to-do As expected, the criminal presence has finally come to roost (This could be the chance I would mention you) Somewhere up where discussions rupture recycled air And after hours a couple of cowards who couldn't give a care I could be the girl underneath the stairs Buried in the clearing Under the veneering I can barely hear it Below the basement Just below the basement Just below the basement Second-guessing and overdressing a simple wound Taking cuts after divvying up the decrepit crescent moon Falling out of love: yeah it's easy to do (Falling into love is easy too) Relish and relieve it Catch it and release it I can barely see it Below the basement Just below the basement Just below the basement Just below the basement Just below the basement Just below the basement Crawling out of love, yeah it's nothing new The wallpaper keeps peeling Nothing can conceal it I can almost feel it Below the basement Just below the basement Just below the basement Just below the basement Just below the basement Just below the basement Just below the basement Just below the basement Just below the basement
7.
Someone... Someone like a wolf who could roam free (Not like me) Somebody with some blood on their sleeve Who could hold me And keep me from the filth below me Faraway and freezing, all by yourself Nobody cares what you were thinking As you start to slip on the ice sinking Who could hold me? And keep me from the filth below me? Faraway and freezing, all by yourself Nobody cares what you were thinking As you start to slip on the ice sinking
8.
Wishing Well 03:04
Feels like now I'm stuck in a furnace Don't know what the concern is Without you, love, I'm gasping into an open stove Something tells me, something tells me Send someone to see me off the Wishing well, my little wishing well And when I fell down, down, down Into a living hell, a little kiss-and-tell That dealt a round, round, round, round 'Till I lost and found you on the Wishing well Wishing well, oh no My wishing well Wishing well uh oh no Oh by god, I'm out in the storm again Don't know when I'll perform again Without you, love, I'm making toast in an open tub Something tells me, something tells me Send someone to see me off the Wishing well, my little wishing well And when I fell down, down, down Into a living hell, a little kiss-and-tell That dealt a round, round, round, round 'Till I lost and found you on the Wishing well Wishing well, oh no My wishing well Wishing well uh oh no Send someone to see me off the Wishing well, my little wishing well And when I fell down, down, down Into a living hell, a little kiss-and-tell That dealt a round, round, round, round 'Till I lost and found you on the Wishing well Wishing well, oh no My wishing well Wishing well uh oh no
9.
Hex signs cover the side of a barn owl Fluttering out of the dark now Sprinkling different shades of magic and opening the moon to Take another look, take another look Take another look, take another look: It's on the bottom shelf behind the book of dead Everybody knows, everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows: It's torn to pieces now and all around us And nothing is lost in dandelion dust We haven't found it, we're surrounded by a swarm of swirling patterns Nothing matters moving backwards into the sun Black blue heaven bewitching the meadow Hovering on the horizon I've forgotten cats in branches that haunt me to this very day Take another look, take another look Take another look, take another look: It's on the bottom shelf behind the book of dead Everybody knows, everybody knows Everybody knows, everybody knows: It's torn to pieces now and all around us But nothing is lost in dandelion dust We haven't found it, we're surrounded by a swarm of swirling patterns Nothing matters moving backwards into the sun
10.
Mishaps 02:24
Awake in your bed, underwhelmed and unfed Obsessing about what you said You said you were "spent" Said I knew what you meant But I can't stop shaking the feeling I get Walk up those steps Remembering a joke that I'll forget Leave me out on the curb with the rest. Designed with a flaw, educated in law And miserably resigned to a job A job is a job, dull and always at odds Making plan after plan and then calling 'em all off Clenching my jaw and taking a sip through a Krazy Straw® Leave me out in a pond just to drown Listen closely: Someone's looking in No one's looking out of the cashmere covered casket Tell me where you've been Were you caught up in a crowd? Or a cavalcade of mishaps?
11.
There I Go 01:48
"Something is missing again", I explained You wouldn't know I'm not alone in suspecting the usual few Under the mattress there might be a clue Throw it up again and show me how you want it to be There I go There I go There I go Into a throw pillow, knowing and sewing it back up That's not enough to avoid the unusual few Open the cupboard, there might be a clue Throw it up again and show me how you want it to be Vomit up again and show me how you thought it would be There I go There I go There I go There I go...
12.
Cylinders froze and turned up the last of remaining nose Knowing well that he's just opposing the tide of colors in vogue Calendars broke the silence in lieu of the wretched old Take a ticket to Marylebone, Oh! He's lost the vote No, he's got to go to the company Turn the list over to me now The menace on the hook says he's had it The skeleton is still in the attic And I've been simmering up to a panic, oh no Please don't let go Cerberus bones are scattered in patterns that form a road Follow it to a tiny home by the kindly shape of a ghost Jennifer chose the order of horrible knots to rope Catch the carpet and don't let go 'till the imp's alone Oh, he's all shook up like a snow globe Time to push in the turn key Open slowly and let it free And all of the insults and cheap shots and backtalk ain't new to me And I don't believe for a second you're the monster they paint you to be The menace on the hook says he's had it The skeleton is still in the attic And I've been simmering up to a panic, oh no Please don't let go The menace on the hook says he's had it The skeleton is still in the attic And I've been simmering up to a panic, oh no Please don't let go
13.
Wait there by the cold stairs and the unrelenting draft Don't worry if you hear me laugh over a door creak, It's a question of the math And whether you stumble, muck up or fumble The officer mumbles: "Nothing to see There's nothing to see" Nothing to see but me Okay, there's a locked basement with everything you need Don't hurry if you fear me Graph over a poor greek in possession of the wrath And whether you stumble, muck up or fumble The officer mumbles, "Nothing to see There's nothing to see" Nothing to see but me "Nothing to see There's nothing to see" Nothing to see but me
14.
The Dylan of your era devotes a poem to you Which only leaves you embarrassed And not a moment too soon Run to your bedroom, take a long breath and come to This'll all be over soon Make a chart of the stars and the moon Your grandma called you a mess and you believed every word Now, take a poll of the denizens and just ask them what they heard Run to your bedroom, take a long breath and come to This'll all be over soon Make a chart of the stars and the moon Run to your bedroom, take a long breath and come to This'll all be over soon Make a chart of the stars and the moon Make a chart of the stars and the moon
15.
If someone says you're not where you belong deny it (Deny it) When someone offers you a chance to be strong don't try it (Don't try it) They could be wrong They could be wrong They could be wrong They could be wrong And when they tell you to keep singing songs be quiet (Be quiet) I overheard an anecdote about last night And even though they got the details mostly right They might not quite have They could be wrong They could be wrong They could be wrong They could be wrong...
16.
Forest Fire 01:23
No, I didn't notice the lever was broken Didn't see that the forest was smoking On the hill I would follow you over... I would follow you into the Canopy covering clovers encompassing moonlight There's a fire tonight in the cluster of trees (Just you and me in the moonlight) Flaming big and bright!
17.
Consider waiting for me to be done I had a headache So I took a lot of time to take the fabric off And I never would have used a guided tour 'Till I separated from the family (For a while there you really had me scared) Tear the poster off the door and throw it on the floor I swear I never swore, a rumbling of roar I feel it more and more: the effervescent lure I took a camera and I put it on I took a moment To imply I never really had a chance to say what's right But, everybody told a secret on that night And everybody lost the batteries And never found a way to flash the light Tear the poster off the door and throw it on the floor I swear I never swore, a rumbling of roar I feel it more and more, the effervescent lure Tear the poster off the door and throw it on the floor I swear I never swore, a rumbling of RØÅR I feel it more and more, the effervescent lure
18.
Look, it's been hard for me to breathe It's been hard to fall asleep with an eerie visitation Over and over again it holds onto the bed, Reciting mistakes that I've made and lets me know that I'll make them all again but Never let go of you again Never let go of you again Waiting for the blood to reach her ear Hoping nobody would hear But it's hopelessly a stalemate Reaching the end of the maze just to find out the gate Was exactly the way that you came in (And you know you would do it all again) But Never let go of you again Never let go of you again Four in a waltz And too many faults The painting's moved again and Who was that shadow that crept up behind her and took her by the hand? Oh and you can not tell me that I'm not not certain that Over (Overtime you'll) Over and over again (Get away from) It holds onto the bed (Betting every) Reciting mistakes that I've made and (Thing you haven't) Lets me know that I'll make them all again but Never let go of you again Never let go of you again Never let go of you again Never let go of you again

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released September 30, 2016

Written and Recorded by Thomas Hughes
Performed by Thomas Hughes and Gretchen Lohse
Mastered by James Dellatacoma at Orange Music Sound Studio

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Carol Cleveland Sings Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Carol Cleveland Sings is the psychedelic bedroom pop project of Thomas Hughes (Spinto Band, The Music Tapes) and Gretchen Lohse.

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