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Emerald City Love Song

by Sweet Diss and the Comebacks

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1.
21 I had some fun it was wine and jazz so cultured like that but at 22 I'm back from school with a half degree in something or other, at 23 I chased a dream all the way out East and I came home empty, at 24 I moved some more and I failed that too (laaaa da da da da...) 25 a house, some dive with three other dudes a cat and a keyboard, at 26, well I know this, that there's 20-something ways to suck at life
2.
I'll never stop wooing you It's all I really wanna do And I pinky swear That I'll never stop wooing you It's all I really wanna do Just love you Well I found love in a pretty strange place It was crystallite clear when I saw your face That I wouldn't back down So I pulled a tune straight outta thin air And I cut that track and then I cut my hair Cause I couldn't back down I needed you around, uh huh I looked at you It was like you already knew That I would never stop wooing you It's all I really wanna do And I pinky swear That I'll never stop wooing you It's all I really wanna do Just love you Well after all of the pretty girls blend You're the only one I wanna see again You're the only one for me 'Cause afterall, we're a pretty good match Gonna reel you in, what a perfect catch Out of all the fish in the sea You're the one I can't let free uh huh I looked at you It was like you already knew That I would never stop wooing you
3.
Get outta here, I thought you'd fall for the chemicals inside your brain, not look at me like a criminal Your eyes say "no", my heart says "yes", your lips say "maybe someday" Well... Maybe someday, maybe someday Happens to be my very favorite day Most fellas in my situation would take the hint But inside my brain I've got a lack of giving in And I am praying that you aren't similarly wired So just give in Yeah... I'm thinking of a queen She's kind, except when it comes to one little thing La da da da da, bup bup ba La da da da da, bup bup ba Bup bup bup bup bup ba x2 I'm thinking of a queen She's kind, except when it comes to one little thing Maybe someday, maybe she'll say How 'bout that drink how 'bout let's leave this place Maybe someday, maybe someday Happens to be my very favorite day Maybe someday, maybe someday Bup bup bup bup bup ba ba Maybe someday, maybe someday Bup bup bup bup bup ba ba
4.
Hey indie girl, I gotta hand it to you You know a lot of great songs So here's a tune to try to win you over It goes a little bit like this I just want to be loved In the same way that she does Iron and Wine She only shops at the local thrift store She only listens to the records on her bedroom floor She rides her bike to the local rock show 'Cause she doesn't own a television or a radio She's my indie girl indie girl... Hey indie girl I worry that my songs are lame And won't do nothin' for you You're into folk and I'm still playing power-pop I write 'em all down and I can't stop and I just want to be loved In the same way that she does Tegan Sara CHORUS BRIDGE/HARMONIES CHORUS Is she a hipster? Has she religion? I think she'd smile and tell you "Baby, Pescetarian" She dug Arcade Fire til they got popular Hey Indie Girl I know a different group that ain't that far Yes Indie Girl
5.
I got to feelin' so low A change of pace and place I traded dust for rainy days And needles up in space You took a chance and said "hey" And I liked you right away And pretty soon, an afternoon Had turned into a day You said "do you want me to call you?" I said "Absolutely I do" 'Cause you make my day bearable You make my life liveable You make everything okay for me You make my day You make my day go by so, so fast You make my day You're such a beautiful girl And you mean the world to me Plus all the stars and all the space In every galaxy And if you smile at me honey And tell me that I'm funny I'll never need a single thing No cars, guitars, or money You say "baby, tell me something true" I say "Can I sing it to you?" I wanna spend all my sunny days with you And all my rainy nights And cook thanksgiving turkey, too And hang those colored lights in the winter time
6.
Dear small town, I think I need to go Dear small town, things here move way too slow Dear small town, twelve years and counting oh, no Dear small town, I need to run away Dear small town, we've disagreed I know Dear small town, I know I'm like you more than I show Dear small town, I'm gonna miss you so much Dear small town, I think that you're okay It's just that I've had it up to here, oh You've had it up to there, oh Someone's moving on forever I never liked it here, though I always loved it there, oh Someone's trying hard to never let go We'll be back just like we always are Midnight runs, gas station, ditch that car Greasy food and green tea are never far Dear small town, I think that you're okay I've had it up to here, oh You've had it up to there, oh Someone's moving on forever I never liked it here, though I always loved it there, oh Someone's trying hard to never let go When we do it right, we'll be up all night When we do it right I gaurantee We'll be up, we'll be up all night long
7.
Cherry Park 03:41
Send a postcard when you've grown up and gone I'll be right here where you left me for so long I'm still waiting for my time in the sun While the other dreamers take it and they run Lonely walks in the park are no way to start Whatever you call rainy holidays Lost sight of the plan, stopped giving a damn Whatever became of pride and potential and punch Oooo, like in a daydream Lackadaisical Oooo, walking around like It ain't a miracle Ahhh, that we're alive but It's a typical day in Cherry Park Write a letter, sign "sincerely, on top of the world" By god, you've earned it and I slept Lonely talks with myself, books fly off the shelf Does TV exist if I'm not watching it? You scream and you yell, that's clearly worked well With me in the past Over and over again Oooo, like in a daydream Lackadaisical Oooo, we walk around like It ain't a miracle Ahhh, that we're alive but It's a typical day in Cherry Park
8.
KMK 02:42
Watched you pull up from afar Wavin' in your mother's car Spent four days in ecstasy And watched you drive away from me Kelsey, my dear Won't you come here I miss my baby right now I miss you right now When you'd gone I found all those Forgotten hairpins and the dying rose I piled them all up on my shelf But I really wish you'd left yourself I can't stop thinking of When you said you were falling in love Oh we were lying in bed And I turned to you and I said That I'm absolutely falling for you too...
9.
In her eyes, she encapsulates the town Every time I look around It's fall in the streets and spring in my heart And on her lips, lays a secret she can't keep Which she whispers in my sleep Nobody knows what springs from her heart And I don't care, who you are She is the best thing to ever happen to me by far And on my arm sleeps a living good luck charm And every time I look around It's falls in the streets and spring in my heart Doot do doot... Beep beep...
10.
I woke up and pulled myself out of a dream It was great but then I felt like I could scream I'd been happy for the first time in a year Why's it always gotta be the good luck that disappears? Took my buddy Jim aside and laid it out And he told me what he thought it was about Maybe she doesn't exist but in a dream He continued, but I just might have an odd little scheme You know what she looks like You know what she wears Chances are, somewhere in the city she is there The city she is there Beep beep beep be prepared Scouted out a route about where I'd been out It seemed hopeless but my buddy was devout All you gotta do is see her little face Like you did when you were smitten in the very first place Subliminal messages from subliminal girls So blame it on messages from subliminal worlds I'm so high with low expectations Jimmy boy I tell ya I can't see a thing I don't think these girls are ever gonna ring any Any bells inside my lovesick little brain Let's stop here and get a coffee 'cause it's starting to rain And there in the coffee shop is this sweet little girl Who's makin' a mocha with some whipped cream in a swirl It's the girl who's haunted me for some days now
11.
That girl, she's driving me mad She's driving me bananas Oranges peaches and pears And that girl, she's driving me crazy She's driving me insane Or just peaches and pears But I don't care, who you are She was the best thing to ever happen To me, by far
12.
We're just a couple a kids Taking the long way home Thinking it through alone I really should have known I'm 20-something and blue And feeling her slip away I'll see her another day What do you want me to say? There's no harm in letting this end cause good luck charms are only pretend However... She could watch the stars All night, all night Safely in my arms All right, all right I'd give my heart to take If she would be there when I'd wake And not just in my dreams Alright, alright I'm turning back on my heal And doing this damn thing right I'm taking her out tonight I'm asking her real polite And she's got all my favorite bands Pinned to her heart and that's the way in I'm taking Hello (Hello) My barista (Call my Lisa) Girl, you are lovelier than you know I'll ask (So ask) My barista (Call me lisa) I don't know quite how this should go... When you speak it makes me doubt my worth Like an angel a god would send to earth To make heathens like myself believe in something And we could watch the stars All night, all night You safely in my arms All right, all right I'll give my heart to take I know you'll be there when I wake And not just in my dreams I'm alright, I'm alright Subliminal messages from subliminal girls...
13.
We met over a muffin We talked over a tea We had a conversation over a coffee You walked in every weekend You are a regular But now it's not for tasty beverages, it's me Best thing to ever happen to me, by far... Thump thump, boom boom My heart is bursting Pop! goes the arteries Blood is splattered on the ground It's the color of love! Shake shake, hold still! My hands are trembling Look what you do to me! Passions burning like a fire It's the color of love!
14.
Seattle was part of the plan Big city lights and all that jazz But who could it be that's taken over me Nobody but she, nobody but she Holed in a room, my friends are upstairs I could go out or just stay here And who but this girl could love me? Nobody but she It was an Emerald City love song Right before our very eyes We found the pieces of it along Flooded streets and blue skies I thought I'd maybe moved on But it's the Emerald City love song all along It showed me the way to being my best again The Piano was taking up space Sure I could write, but that don't pay So I sold a dream for a place to sleep I'll get it back, don't freak The amp was sold next week So you bust out the bar soap and clean out your car Racing up Eastlake to save my guitar I brought it with me when you got me to move South of Seattle right down to the 'Couve Those friends say I'm happy now, and I'd agree "Man what got into you?" I say "nobody but she..." Nobody but she

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released March 1, 2012

All songs ©2011 Nathan Reinauer.
All vocals, instruments, mixing, and mastering by Nathan Reinauer (except backing vocals on “Color of Love” sung by Eric Warncke and Audrey Kauch).
Written and recorded in small rooms in Connell, Vancouver, and Seattle, WA.
Photography by Nick Tobin.

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