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This

by Mark Zenone

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1.
See the world under a green umbrella Get up and wait for the train there just after dawn And when you’re walking down the street Thursday morning falls upon your head Its gonna hit you like all the things you thought you’d do but only said While you wait and wonder Whether you never knew now waiting’s all you do You won’t feel the rain But you’re soaked right through Here comes that train on time You won’t feel the rain its a crime If what I hear’s the way, then thunder’s the sign. Let it roll right through the day, and right on down the line. On the train the towns dissolve like dreams just disappear Somehow in the raindrops falling, its all so clear While you wait and wonder Weather you never knew Now waiting’s not for you You won’t feel the rain You’ll be soaked right through Looks like you’ve made up your mind You won’t feel the rain And its no crime We’ll kiss that train goodbye You won’t feel the rain You won’t feel the rain You won’t feel the rain Maybe later
2.
Come the day you realize All the things you thought were lies Turn out to be the truth somehow What to do is what you say now Your innocence is faded your private little war But behind every door Love was always waiting for you When you see through everything A ghost you hear the hollow ring Act as if its no big deal But when it hurts you’ll know its real Now there’s no escaping from the long arm of the law With every doh-mi-fa, Love was always waiting for you You can close your eyes, But then the sun won’t rise They say the world is breaking, But you won’t believe it’s true That even if love is waiting, what can we do? And in the morning waking, reflected in marble blue You won’t believe its you Come the day you realize All the things you thought were lies Turn around and don’t be sad What you knew you never had The imitation’s jaded so you don’t want anymore But with every open door Love was always waiting for you
3.
You might think you know, but don’t believe it You might think its over, but don’t believe it Turn over every stone, there you’ll find the truth is hiding Knock down every door Until we know Heard its just a ruse, but don’t believe it We’re just so confused, but don’t believe it Like water over the falls, there’s no stopping us from finding out Tear down the gates and walls Until we know How many times do you have to be shown Turn on the light, their covers blown With all your thieves and criminals (guns) All your thieves and criminals (bombs) You see there’ll be no stopping us Until we know
4.
Sun shines somehow she’s stuck inside a rainy day Wishing the world would just disappear, but it won’t go away She’s tried pretending he’s some other person but it only makes it that much worse When she’s alone talking to herself Trying to undo the curse She always knew what she bought, but she never thought He’d be the last man standing Sun shines, somehow he makes another rainy day Wishing the world would just disappear, but it won’t go away She’s tried pretending he’s some other person so many times she can’t remember his face Sleeps with a blue 45, loaded just in case She always thought he’d be caught, but she never thought He’d be the last man standing On the way up to the top of the town Did you see them waving, didn’t they tell you not to hang around Don’t look don’t look don’t look down Out on the roof of a blue hotel Trying to undo the curse
5.
Sammy pulled into town got himself a girl, conquered the world. Drove off in a mustang–now he lives in the ‘burbs. Doesn’t understand a single word you say, but he’s more than willing to follow if not just for the sake of the intellectual exercise. Why don’t you just give it up, its a long hard climb to the drop, nobody you know even has time to stop, who’s got time–give up, give up, give it up you know you probably should. Tony’s stuck on the freeway the kids are going out of their minds Calls in sick on Tuesday he’d rather be somewhere out committing a crime. Never understood a single word he said ’cause I’m really trying hard to follow if not just for the sake of the habitual lies. He stole a car out on the interstate, he could’ve made it, but he wanted the cash–now he’s wanted dead or alive
6.
We could leave in the night, we could leave in the day, in the middle of the afternoon. We could follow the sun. What are we waiting for, play what you want to, put your hands on the wheel, (driveway) foot on the pedal, pedal (tell me) when the lights turn green we’ll driveaway. We can leave in the night, we can leave in the day but it can’t be too soon. We can go, we can run. What are we waiting for? You know I think we should drive away. When the night falls we’ll slip into the cars and driveaway. Riding off in a dream all the cars just twinkle & shine kaleidoscopic lights. Up through the turn-around, we’ll go a little faster and sometime by the middle of day we’ll cross the line. And if you don’t turn around what does it really matter? We can drive away and leave all this behind. Driveaway.
7.
Everyone knows her name, come Saturday she’ll be far away. What can I say to her that she hasn’t heard a thousand times, Julia’s waiting. One thing I know it won’t be long before someone comes to meet her, they’ll run away. But if you should see her, don’t think that you have a chance, don’t think you should even ask. Julia’s waiting. She knows that at best its a guess that it’s just a little pie in the sky. She knows that we must be out of our heads. Now nobody knows her name, come Saturday, we’ll be far away. And if you should ask me just what we’ll do, don’t hope for an answer, Julia’s waiting. She knows that it comes and it goes, that it’s just between a ring and a chime. She knows that it’s only a matter of time. She knows as a matter of fact that there’s very little reason or rhyme. She knows thats it’s only a matter of time. Julia’s waiting
8.
I think I’m going, I think it’s showing, I, I think I’m going crazy, (go go go) I’m going out of my mind I’ve been tossin’ and turnin’ in the middle of the night, what if she did, what if she was and now she doesn’t. And what if she does? All of a sudden, here she comes straight downtown knocking on your door With a little luck and who cares how much money, anything you want, who cares how much honey. Its anything you say, anything you want, anything that you do. I know this time I’m in trouble, I’ve got a thousand other things I should do, instead of thinking about them I’m thinking of you. If I don’t get out quick on the double, I’m gonna find out what it means to be true. I could try to blame you, but you don’t know what you do
9.
Like Icarus 03:46
Hold on to the waves over the ocean Hold on to the wind that blows the sea Clouds roll in like ships on the storm I remember well the way the wind held my arm Like Icarus I fell from the sky Like Icarus ascending Hold on to the whispering emotion Hold on to the rain as you begin to fall Sounds like hooves become thunderstorms And roll away the curtains usher in the dawn Like Icarus I fell from the sky Like Icarus ascending And from the dark comes a voice How dark is the night? And from the dark I hear the distance How dark is the night.
10.
In her collage you won’t believe yourself. In her collage, a clock with a face strikes twelve. Scribbled on a matchbook, paperbacks, coffee-stained with shellac. Newspaper headlines crash into her front and back. In her collage, you won’t believe yourself, in her collage, while children play the cat sits on the shelf. Rubbings from the ruins, scribbles on a photograph, hidden meanings like smoke he can’t catch. And from a Chaim Soutine two lovers ripped apart and put together again. Heralding trumpets softly pounding Allenbrook’s “Ode to Dreams” But what the time is for? Sitting on the basement steps I must have dozed off for a minute or two. Dreamed of the cities we’ve lived in, walking ’round, somebody had started to laugh, words were flowing out of your mouth like rain and the world was in the palm of your hand. Scribbled on a paper something I can’t quite make out, in her collage, you won’t believe yourself in her collage.

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released November 1, 2018

All songs Written, Performed, Arranged & Recorded by Mark Zenone
Edited & Mixed by Guy Lento • Mastered at Neato Mastering by Piper Payne • Produced by Mark & Guy • Published by Zenone Design zenonedesign.com © 2018 Zenone Design • All Rights Reserved

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