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Made You This

by Pelicanopolis

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Hey! Won't you come to the window!  If you can get up...  I'm soon to be passing by on a bike  of my own devising  The frame is made of stainless steel  And several paper towel tubes  The handlebars are acres wide  The wheels are the past and future  Hey! Put your sunglasses on and crack the front door!  I'll leave a streak across your eyelids  When you blink your eyes!  'Cos you've been sobbing on your phone  and crying for chemicals every day  You're just waiting on your couch  For love to come cart you away  You're about to miss out on a sight  Some people rarely get to see  The frame is made from stainless steel  and several paper towel tubes  The handlebars are acres wide  The wheels are the past and future  The people stand on either side  To cheer me on as I come through  And every tulip in the State  Is in my pannier just for you  'Cos you've been sobbing on your phone  and crying for chemicals every day  You're just waiting on your couch  For love to come cart you away  You've reduced yourself to T.V. shows  And bad proclivities  You're about to miss out on a sight  Most people rarely get to see!  Jesus Christ riding a bicycle in the nude!
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Now that you're gone, are you going to haunt me? Walk into my dreams? Or are you going to guide me Home through the forest, with someone to drive me Everything shattered, all of my stories About who we are and what we're doing And what we think and what that means In this direction the ferry is free Lucky me. Seattle Airporter, you pay as you get off No change for my 20, and the driver just waves me on Curbside check-in, no checked baggage It's like going downhill this coming home Borne on silver wings and talking to no-one. I've got a notebook and a pen I'll write it down all over again Over Shasta and Mt. Lassen Where are you now? Where were you then? It should have meant something, the sight of you dying We shouldn't be groping, we shouldn't be lying about who we are and what we're doing and what we think and why it matters we all stood there, we watched you change and we are still the same.
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You see, life is full of choices And some of them are important You think you know what you're here to do Here's this one who cares for you You're going to make her dreams come true You think you get to drive the car But you really couldn't be more far From knowing where this all is going You'll be sending 22 of your true loves Feral cats to Fiji Money's what your saving up and Money makes it easy To take them to a big airline and Quarantine them 2 at a time and Life is full of choices... You've never met someone like her You'll follow her to the ends of the earth For whatever that's worth And no-one had the heart to say That all your dreams would fly away Sleeping kitties in the cargo bay 22 of your true loves Feral cats to Fiji Money's what your saving up and Money makes it easy To take them to a big airline and Quarantine them 2 at a time and Life is full of choices... A year since this all went down They say you've limped back into town And don't want to talk about it Your heart is broken and your back is sore We can rebuild you, but it will cost you much more more than it costs to send 22 of your true loves Feral cats to Fiji Money's what your saving up and Money makes it easy To take them to a big airline and Quarantine them 2 at a time The astonished natives stand and blink “Vinaka Bula for the cats, we think...” and Life is full of choices And some of them are important.
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I go to places that you never go What does that say about me? What does that say about you? Been standing in the street to watch the sky I think of things every minute that might not occur to you probably Been cherishing things that you walk by 'Cos I'm a cherisher I know a place by the ocean where the shaky grass grows You've never been there The wind makes it billow as I lie Gonna sit and lay in the sun Wait for the people to come Wait for the people to come and say: "We realize now that if you were annoying I was because you were lonely and socially awkward You have so much to share and it was hard to bear And we didn't have time for it But now we're coming to where you are We missed your being around and wondered how you were doing. And we will stay with you 'til we hear what you hear In the shaky grass "May we join you in your grassy place? We brought a thermos of soup and some fruit and some crackers Is this the place you meant at which we now consent To sit and do nothing? We see now what we failed to see before that For you to be outside there has to be a door we can come through It wasn't difficult for us to come to you So that's what we decided to do."
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It seems that a bus was here by the Tire tracks now washed out by the rain It seems there was a party It must have been insane Now the Production crews have gone Picking up paper plates out of your overgrown front lawn 'Cos it's two weeks after your extreme makeover And the party's over, where do we go from here? They tore your old life down and Bought you one inclusive and complete The tears of joy you shed are Long since buried in the muddy street A brand new kitchen full of flies a brand new nose collapsing before your eyes And it's two weeks after your extreme makeover And the party's over, where do we go from here? Shalalalalalalalalalala Drink of this dispair and taste it well The hole in the ceiling, thru which wisdom will repel Two weeks after your extreme makeover And the party's over, where do we go from here

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Our first 5 song e.p.

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released June 9, 2014

Recorded in the Spring of 2014 at Rm 260 Studios, Oakland
Produced by Vern McElroy and Pelicanopolis
Engineered by Vern McElroy
Mastered by Charles Stella
Album Artwork by Stephen Seche

Grateful: Oh Vernvernvernvernvernyvernyvern! We love Vern, Mike Pond for all the time off and early support, Alison Ross, Gail Seche, Bryan Hillebrant, Andrea and the Bad Sugar Daddies, the Sugar Highs, Emily Rock and Getiton Presents, Dean Tomihira, Butterfly Knives, Aimee Butler, Malcom McLaurin and the St. Dorothy's A & W group. Lenny Lyons, Sam for saying we sound like Mission of Burma, Sara Lombardo and Pepe Verde for early rabid fandom, Dominique Leslie, Dennis who gave me permission...

All lyrics by Gren Coffee
Music by Pelicanopolis

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Pelicanopolis Oakland, California

Pelicanopolis is:
Gren Coffee-Vox, Guitar, Uke, Cornet, Harmonium
John Dowdakin-Guitar, egg, humor
Tresca Behling-Bass, Quality Assurance
Paul Conte-Drums, percussion
Stephen Seche-Drums, percussion things, graphics.
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