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A Stranger Kind

by St. Julien

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1.
Partner In Crime 04:31
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Well I've seen all them pretty ladies dressed up in their fancy clothes They don't bother me too much, ya know you can't sail away in those I don't wanna buy no diamond ring just to show you that you shine I'm not asking much of anything, just show me that you're kind Chorus: I've been wandering these empty streets ya know I've been wondering where the hell you go But I don't need no friends, I just need a partner in crime maybe just a little someone keep me warm at night but lord knows that's hard to find I was busy staring down my nose, just running straight into the wall when I met this little acrobat, she told me boy careful where ya fall cuz I can see in your eyes, but not to my surprise, that you're one of my kind Let me get down to the truth of the matter darlin, good lovin's hard to find Chorus
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Elephants 06:30
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My thoughts are growing slower from the vine keep on thinking these thoughts that are not mine when your friends are on bookshelves, you're looking mighty fine keep on thinking these thoughts that are not mine Chorus: One foot stuck in the window, one foot stuck in the pond, look right past the flamingos, still got elephants in the yard Skidaddle Just another 3 hours, that's a pretty long time 3/4 of a lightyear is pretty damn far 3 times the money gonna leave ya empty handed me I wish there were 3 times the stars Chorus Let me tell ya something friends I've been all around the world I've seen the schools, the old folks homes, the little boys and the lil girls they don't wanna ask no questions, keep carrying the load so I just sit back, watchem fall, roll one more number for the road chorus
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How To Talk To Girls At Parties 03:32
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Orphic Morphing Sister, of unstable galaxies not quite from another planet, not quite the same as me The oracle speaks electric in the cool night of the soul there's weird transmissions in the basement darling wont you take a piece of me home Are you a poem? I screamed at the Abyss She says I am a pattern, the sea is my mistress... How to talk to girls at parties, when they swallow you in the dark you only kiss the nice ones still end up with the weakest heart Orphic Morphin Sister, you sure mean a lot to me, don't know if I'd have made it, I guess we'll wait and see and wade into the sea.... and wade into the sea...
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Stung 06:17
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Little Geenie in a bottle, sure was a friend of mine little kitten sittin' smitten on the front porch after night street lights down on the corner turn her green eyes to lightning I was just a coattail boy never much for fighting Chorus I'll tell ya something bout that red heart darling with the needle tongue she's good book talking, couldn't tell by the way she was walking in boy that girl's gonna leave you stung Sitting there, little rocking chair, not worried much bout all the eyes and stares Lookout boy, she'll make you stumble and fall Goddes she is, or dog at all lookout boy you're gonna stumble and fall ya oughta hit her and watch geenie roll Chorus
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Desert Souls 03:26
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Well I come from over yonder with a smile on my face got a tendency to wander, how'd I found myself in this place I may never know let's face it, the desert's cold drink them clouds to the last drop foggy notion that's all I got Watch myself through the window melting away watch myself go a little furthur astray Well selling souls, it's getting old riding shotgun on a strange caravan little tents just like castles made of sand in our back yard hand in hand we could make it far emerald ashes on the counter top crystal canyons that just won't stop from spinning round and round inside my head toldem I might be dead but oh desert souls, there ya go sipping tea in the desert sun remember things that I wish I had not done or remembered at all but most of the time my dreams are hard to recall
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No Shoes 04:22
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I was bleeding, but I checked in last had to run out the back and find that fire exit fast I was needing to get outside, Now I'm doing just fine sitting bleeding the colors from the sky Chorus Explain to me, fill me in if you're able why the number one cash crop grows under the table? Grandma runs the factory she ain't got no time for you still the boys down the line, they ain't got no shoes I was dreaming, I was bleeding fast beware soul brother bout the dreams you have take your feelings, lay em out on the line come on soul sister you're doing just fine Chorus
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Those Foam Coves 02:00
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Mutants 02:42
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Moondog 02:28
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Antarctican 01:43
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Starship 06:53
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Have I ever told you about the starship? Well we were over by the pond on the west side, I looked up, spotted this shimmering colorful star, was sort of glowing. I remember staring at it, seemed like it was getting bigger and bigger, till finally all I could see were these colorful soft star lights. [Mangled Transmission] I emerged from the dreamy fog, walking along this purple shore with little crystal puffs of pink foam, little bubbly structures here and there, that shimmered and glowed in the pale moonlight. Suddenly I heard singing off in the distance. I walked towards the words and found myself going deeper and deeper into the lush forest until I could no longer hear the enchanting call of the harmonies and found myself in the deepest and darkest part of the forest, surrounded by mysterious whispering creatures, darting about amongst the trees. They moved so that you couldn't really see them and eventually they wandered away, leaving me alone in the dark. To this day their silvery voices still beckon in the witching hours and in the shadows of my dreams.
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Faded 02:26
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Well I met this little girl, played her every song I knew. We danced all night on my front porch till you could see that morning dew. Just as the dawn's first light, cought the corner of my eye, She winked at me and smiled the sweetest smile, then faded into the sky She's somewhere up in those clouds, a little planet all to herself, with her desert island records, sitting on a little shelf. Just as the dawn's first light catches the corner of her eye, I hope she thinks of me and I hope her thoughts are kind, not yet faded from mine

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Advisory:
Tracks 1-6 & 12 are for folks who like good old fashioned electric blues
Tracks 7-11 are for folks who like that new fangled laser beam music

Side A (tracks 1-6): with The Good Times Family Ensemble
Side B (tracks 7-12): with The Space Cadets

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released December 3, 2014

Stephen Roberts played drums & bass on tracks 2 & 4 and guitar on Moondog
Sam Bernhardt recorded tracks 2 & 4
Julien Foster did everything else

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