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Bad Week
03:53
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It’s hard to talk about it being a bad week
When it’s been a bad week
For a long time now
And it doesn't seem to get better
And if it’s so hard then why should I keep going
It shouldn’t sound as sad as it does
But it’s just sad to say
It’s been a bad week for so many weeks now
And I see the positives
But it’s just so hard to ignore
There’s so much trouble
And there’s so much fire
I’ve been weary
And I’ve been trying
To keep above water and
Keep above lying down
It takes a train sometimes to pull me out
And I dont have the energy
I don’t have the stamina
To keep on fighting
But I’ll keep on fighting
I’ll do it.
Even at the darkest times
When I feel I’m cracking in two
There’s never a day that goes by
Where I don’t think of you
Wonder how you’re doing
Wonder where you sleep at night
If I’ll ever see you again
You were both a brother and a father to me
You were my whole family
It’s a struggle to keep it all together
Pretend that I’m holding too
Say that I’m here now and
that it will be over soon
If I’ve got to live like this
Wonder what I’ll wake up to
Wonder if I’ll wake up to
You were both a father and a brother to me
You were my whole family
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Crossword
03:03
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Angus carried my bike up the stairs
As I stood at the bottom and
I’m not sure if I just stared
Or if I thanked him
There’s a high chance that I’m feeling broken hearted
Angus packed my suitcase for me
As I felt quite stressed out
Since I’ve lost Calliope
I can’t get a breath out
And I’ve heard my father’s angry I haven’t emailed
But I feel so conflicted
Because we haven’t spoken in sixteen years!!
We haven’t spoken in sixteen years!
I just sit and do the crossword
But, I’m feeling guilty
There are so many books to read
And Ella’s whimpering
Should I go for a bike ride or should we walk
I am trying not to live my life based on shoulds
Being an extra in Caleb’s show
Is my big acting break
And I fell in love again
But I don’t feel the joy it takes
Because I’ve heard he’s sleeping in the basement
Still I feel so conflicted
I met my father by the sea
Yet, I feel so conflicted
Because you had nothing to say to me
You had nothing to say to me
Angus managed the recipe job
But, I miss the way we joked
And feel like a slob
There’s a frog inside my throat
And if someday you wake up down there
Take me out to see a film
Court me like you weren’t my lover
Since the beginning
I want to feel ecstasy
Still I miss the softness of your skin
But, I feel so conflicted
Because we hadn’t met in sixteen years
And you had nothing to say to me
I always thought you would be there
I always thought you would be there
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A Star
03:48
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Do you think tomorrow
You could take me out like I could be a star,
Like I could be a star?
Do you like the way I
Catalyze how you feel
In the morning
I’ve been out
I’ve been like Bobbi’s raining tears
You think I’m gonna die like this
You think I’m gonna keel
As I age, I realize
I have less patience for you
Someone came into the shop yesterday
Had a smile like yours and I wanted to cry
And tell him to get the fuck out
And tell me
Why’d you go
Is it worth all the trouble?
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Annie's Shoes
02:02
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I wake up and eat leftover Thai food
Wearing Annie’s shoes
I can’t feel anything inside me
And so I’m acting cool
I fell asleep with the heat on my back
Soft, contained and small
Sometimes I picture it is Ella
And her weight contains it all
But, every night a part of me feels sad that she’s a dog
She’d stare ahead blankly and wonder why if I should try to call
She’d wonder why my voice were there at all
But, i feel done with being someone
You think you can talk through
When i sit and think about it
I wonder why i’m here at all
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Orange Tree
03:26
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Robin said stay in your hole
Then what should I do about him
I’m sorry I didn’t show
At my surprise party
Rumi died last week
I lost two dogs in two months
And my brother won’t speak
He’s shaking head to toe, I’ve heard
Robin wants to eat, lay down next to me
I have never been so fucked up
In my family, just my mom and me
I fell asleep and dreamed in Econ
Robin said her notes
Mix with her dreams in class
I can’t do my work
I’m busy playing Words with Friends
I haven’t breathed weeks
And I don’t want to about it
Joey said people screamed
When they saw her eating with them
I can’t help but think,
This is kind of sad
Billy’s losing his apartment
And that orange tree
Means so much to me
I can’t think of it being cut down
Maybe I’m asleep
Lay down next to me
I will never be so fucked up
Leave the orange tree
Robin said that she
Liked my pants today
I feel fucked up
I feel fucked up
I feel fucked up
I feel fucked up
I feel fucked
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If you are addictive
Are you then an addict?
Curled up in the attic or
If you want a closet on a hanger
Are they gonna try you
On like a jacket and
Button up your seams like stones
Make you feel used up and left alone
Like you’re a spectacle and i will
Watch you be half hearted
Answering their questions bejeweled
Like they’re all artist making offerings
Dialogue and lacquer
And being like an actor
Glean your teeth your teeth about their songs
And though i might be stupid
I still can be an artist
I can be an artist if i say so
And you can’t do nothing about it
No dialogue in congress
if i Squint and walk away
you’ll see the Brilliance beneath my pout
I think you’re still wasting all my time somehow
Still the only thing that i can write is about you
Losing all my talent
Cooped up in the attic
Because i don’t ever practice and
I don’t want to
Draped in all my favorites
I’m losing all my talent now
With nobody to stand around
With nobody to stand around
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7. |
Alt. Lena
04:46
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Lena loves chocolate milk and sex
And she loves boobs and fire and swimming
Drinking drinks on hot days
Lena loves traveling around
Being an independent lover
sipping beer during heat waves
She watched us from the neighbors balcony
Deciding, we don’t know what we are doing,
We might as well not know all together
When at the club she turns and smiles at me
Then we made out three together, feeling all three tongues at once
I’d follow her like a dog, in Berlin or Greece
She will ask us silly questions,
We create a mental mega bed
Lena loves chocolate milk and sex
And she loves boobs and fire and swimming
Drinking drinks on hot days
Lena loves traveling around
Being an independent lover
sipping beer during heat waves
Landing hard from an airplane on the street
Lena smiles and takes my hand, spraying a can of beer over me
We take our tops off as we dance into the sea
I remember quite the conversation before I became a tequila heap
Chain smoking cigarettes, she paints a pretty scene
I ate a whole baking sheet of gluten,
But I’m feeling quite healthy
Lena loves chocolate milk and sex
And she loves boobs and fire and swimming
Drinking drinks on hot days
When I divulged I’d meet my dad
For the first in well over a decade,
Lena’s sweet smile grew
And she told that I was brave
Now I am traveling around
Being an independent lover
Trying to face my fears and
Drink cold drinks on hot days
And when we shouted at the moon
Our intentions for what’s to come,
I became a full flower,
Lena said I was brave
And when we shouted at the moon
Our intentions for what’s to come,
I became a full flower,
Lena said I was brave
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Babehoven Hudson, New York
Babehoven is a band fronted by songwriter Maya Bon with collaborator Ryan Albert.
New album
'Water's Here In You' out 4/26!
inquiries:
babehoven@gmail.com
mgmt@babehoven.com
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andrew.morgan@teamwass.com
UK/EU booking: nikita@playbookartists.com
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