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Philip Larkin, et al

by Pelicanopolis

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I saw your records at the Thrift Store The complete Bach Cantatas, What a score! It all showed up at once in the bin And I was lucky enough to be in there with $20 bucks to spend Thumbing through your records at the Thrift Store I could somehow tell which ones were yours I play them over and over I thought you'd like to know that someone likes this stuff as much as you did And they don't make queens like you anymore WIth your cardigans and cologne Those cookie-cutter kids would never know How to do it on your own How to do it on your own I saw your records at the Thrift Store You guys were dropping like flies and our eyes were sore It wasn't right or fair And we couldn't make anyone care When the sentimental gentlemen were no more And they don't make queens like you anymore With your cardigans and cologne Those cookie-cutter kids would never know How to do it on their own And they don't make queens like you anymore No two of you were the same I can see you drinking red wine on your floor Playing Handel while it rains On the day when the death sentence came They don't make queens like you anymore.
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Phillip Larkin, articulate English post-war sophisticate Perfect form and biting bit How could I possibly aspire to it? Lines of symmetry and grace In comparison I'm all over the place How can I possibly aspire to it? He's been to Oxford, he knows his shit! Phillip Larkin: All this might be Still, a sad git living in a library Elegance to hide the misery A poet for the depressed and tipsy If your world is grey and not replete With color then vision's incomplete Mastery of craft cannot disguise That you wouldn't know love If it blacked your eyes! Phillip Larkin, like the rest of us Laboring under wrongheaded delusions Living life and trying not to drown Seeing things and trying to write them down Though I don't like what you did to me I can see now, I can see! Sharing coffee and a slice of pie I am certain, in the by and by.
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Not long ago I ate an entire bag at the kitchen sink, alone Now I’m looking everywhere I had them all and ate them up And I didn’t share Oranges are over I know you had your reasons But I’m a West Coast child and I just don’t get the seasons And who’s that dummy at the produce store Stupidly asking if there’s any more When there aren’t any more They shrug their shoulders and fold their arms Oranges are over I see a dripping faucet I see a picture of you and your kids in Massachusetts They say the times of life are never through The gains and losses are nothing new The fruits of spring come into view Peaches res, blueberries blue What the hell’s the matter with you? Oranges are over It’s another busy day I don’t get much time to pine away Muddle through somehow Couldn’t be any more wrong to want something That must be rotten by now Oranges are over
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Phillip Larkin, articulate English post-war sophisticate Perfect form and biting bit How could I possibly aspire to it? Lines of symmetry and grace In comparison I'm all over the place How can I possibly aspire to it? He's been to Oxford, he knows his shxt! Phillip Larkin: All this might be Still, a sad git living in a library Elegance to hide the misery A poet for the depressed and tipsy If your world is grey and not replete With color then vision's incomplete Mastery of craft cannot disguise That you wouldn't know love If it blacked your eyes! Phillip Larkin, like the rest of us Laboring under wrongheaded delusions Living life and trying not to drown Seeing things and trying to write them down Though I don't like what you did to me I can see now, I can see! Sharing coffee and a slice of pie I am certain, in the by and by.

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Fantasy Studios sessions, September 2014

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released April 11, 2015

Pelicanopolis
Gren Coffee-Guitar, Vocals, Horn arrangements
John Dowdakin-Guitar, Acoustic guitar
Tresca Behling-Bass
Stephen Seche-Drums
Bob Hearn, Elizabeth Hearn, Andy Kuntz-Trumpets

Recorded Sept 2014 to Feb 2015
Fantasy Studios, Berkeley CA
Skyline Studios, Oakland CA
Engineered and mixed by Michael Rosen and Bryan Mathesson

Thanks to Michael Rosen and all his little helpers, Bryan Mathesson, Dan the intern and other helpful crew at Skyline, our fantastic supporters (sorry this took so long!), our families and employers for dealing with our alternative-music lifestyle, Jamie Lundt for inspiration on Phillip Larkin.

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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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