Lyrics and Credits

LYN BERTLES – AQUATIC BABE-HOOD
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Music & Lyrics c 2013 Lyn Bertles
Produced by Rob Laufer and Lyn Bertles

DANCE AROUND

Well my neck is tight and I’d sure like to let go Everyone’s listening to NPR on the radio I’m sick of despair I’m gonna take five and clear the air CH. Sometimes it’s better Sometimes it’s still screwed up Sometimes it’s better when I dance around V2. Do you hold them close and fear to let ’em roll Got to have release or it’s their youth I stole Bipolar we are Can we stay at home and still go far CH. Sometimes it’s better Sometimes it’s still screwed up Sometimes it’s better if I’m off the ground – and I dance around BR: No notions, no potions, no headaches, no plans No thinking, a little drinking – and romance, come on give it a chance… V3. Well the worst days are the ones that you can’t grasp How to catch the river as it rolls on past So what if what happens makes no sense Embracing the absurd is the best line of defense Sometimes it’s better Sometimes it’s still screwed up Sometimes it’s better when I – dance around.
Lyn Bertles: Vocals, Bass Guitar, Violas, Handclaps
Rob Laufer: Guitars, Mandolin, Keyboards, Handclaps, Djembe, Percussion, Drums, Lyrical assist

HOLDING ON
She dyed her hair purple and violent – this morning Wonders if inking flowers would look like tattoo Everything’s still the same as it was And it’s so uncool She says CH: I’m holding on – yeah, I’m holding on to – Holding on to you, to you. 2. She played all night with her playmates who hug her The ones she likes best seem slightly removed And everything just floats along, but she likes the way he moves She says: CH: I’m holding on – watch those night freaks coo Yeah, I’m Holding on – to a dream I have of you, dream I have of you BR. Walk along/ little girl/ find a purpose in your step As you gather daisies and roses on your way
Walk along/ hope the world is a better place for your Having tried —–
3. — She’s gonna take her life — I don’t mean suicide She’s gonna take her life whether or not she’s someone’s wife – Could be just a way station And it’s all we got And it falls on me and you Meantime, I’m holding on with you/ I’m holding on with you.
Lyn Bertles: Vocals, tenor guitar, Celeste
Rob Laufer: Guitars, Ukulele, Keyboards, Recorders, Percussion, Bass Guitar, BG vocals

WORDS OF LOVE Words of Love, It’s a heartbeat It’s a kick, it’s a drag Words of love, coming at you, watch out they might just catch you CH. It’s no walk in the park, it’s much more outrageous It’s a dunk in the tank, with a shark Hey honey, can we take this in stages? 2. Settle down, don’t be morbid Take it easy, take a breath Words of love, if unspoken Does it mean no heart gets broken? CH. It’s no walk in the park, just blood on those pages Or a dunk in the tank, with a shark Hey honey, can we take this in stages? 3. Three more cups of coffee, two more nights before We’ve got the whole zoo ahead of us Hope that I can keep my mouth shut before the elephant gets through the door CH. It’s no walk in the park, once you’ve rattled those cages It’s a dunk in the tank, with a shark Hey honey, can we take this in stages?
Lyn Bertles : Vocals, Tenor Guitar, Violin and Viola
Rob Laufer: Guitars, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Organ, BG vocals
Nick Vincent: Drums
Alex Vincent: ‘Cello
String Arrangement by Rob Laufer

CRAZY LOVE
Three hearts play at this story Wherein 3 hearts launched their bets. Hope there were moments of glory, For all 3 keep their silence. Wandering round this alley Keep my eyes on my find Wish I could learn how not to get burned But love’s not something you can bind CH. He loves another but he loves her too And she thinks that she loves him, but she’s not sure And does love fade, or stay new He used to love her twice as much as he loves you 2. Cupid laughs at our folly Can we blame this on our gods? Mistletoe or prickly holly, or luck With her win or lose odds?
(CHORUS)
Oh, Crazy love does it dance away, crazy love does it rescue? I don’t know the answer but I hope my heart is true Crazy love does it fade away, crazy love does it rescue? I don’t know the answer… CH. He loves another but he loves her too And she thinks that she loves him, but she’s not sure And does love fade, or stay new He used to love her twice as much as he loves you…
Lyn Bertles: Vocals, Violin and Viola
Rob Laufer: Piano, Organ, Guitars, Bass, Percussion
Nick Vincent: Bazouki, Drums

I GOT YOU COVERED
I got you covered / your name in vines Well it’s unlikely, but I picture us both at the scene of a crime/ I got my bead on a bad dude / who’s onto you – And I think good guys & gals will prevail – it’s true – – Yet we turn foolish, fall into ruts But I’m hoping – that one or both of us / still have the guts To pull the trigger on the worst stuff – and lose the rest, Jesting that white hats and dark horses prevail in their quest. (Chorus) Can I love you like we’re strangers who’ve just barely made it out of danger? Can I love you like we’re stronger because how we got through? – I’ve got your number – try not to call – You on all your faults and nor you on mine And I say to hell with them all / I wanna smile in your eyes forever And kiss you ’til you’re red – —– Ain’t no – bargain made that’s gonna tell us our story So maybe/ we’ll just be writing it ourselves instead. (Chorus) .
Lyn Bertles: Vocals, Organ
Rob Laufer: Guitars, Bass, Organ stops
Nick Vincent: Drums

IN MY NEXT LIFETIME
In my next lifetime, should I be so glad to get there, In my next lifetime, I’ll be cool. And it’s all prime time, every second’s like a flower, In my next lifetime, be no fool. And I pray that all the fishes in the sea Will still be here to dream with me. 2. In my next lifetime, should I be so glad to get there, In my next lifetime, I’ll feel free And the best revenge will be forgiving easily And thanking every breath / you give to me And I pray because of riches all to be The whole world will have lunch with me – – Tell me that how you like it And what kind of spice is in it — Tell me how you like it… In my next lifetime Diving down into deep waters, Do not falter, our daughters/ use your tools – And I pray that all the fishes in the sea Will still be here to dream with me…And I pray that all the fishes in the sea Will still be here to dream with me…
Lyn Bertles: Vocals, Violins, Keyboards
Rob Laufer: Backwards and forwards Guitars, Bass Guitar
Nick Vincent: Congas, Drums, Percussion
Rachel Berry: Horn

OUR SHADOWS
Me and my car are the same age In thousands of miles We stalk through the city, we might show some dents But our dust is warmed by our personal star [the sun!] and it makes us all smile And you know we had fun by the scratching of our names in the concrete And our shadows are bigger than we are 2) We look around at the people driving in shiny cars Are they just as happy? Cos some are looking lonely We are blessed in ma nature’s eye or some father above And sometimes I remind me – to take a breath and count up on the stars When the shadows seem bigger than we are. 3) So take a walk and come on over, or we’ll pick you up We’ll climb up a mountain, or maybe while the day away talking… ’til our shadows are bigger than we are.
Lyn Bertles: Vocals, Piano, Bass Guitar
Rob Laufer: Guitars
Nick Vincent: Drums
Alex Vincent: ‘Cello

VIDEO TO COMPUTER Remove battery, plug in entire assembly Turn on camera, open in viewfinder PC connect, PC connect HDD will open I-photo on desktop Quit i-photo — launch i-movie Video to computer, video to — Click on camera/ device icon looks for camera Wait wait wait wait Uncheck all clips, see clips in clip window Lower right Move here question mark Video to computer, video to computer Go to imovie file, arrow new project Edit video – click – to get yellow square, drag each side of square – Set end part first, he says… Now I know: Video to computer
Lyn Bertles: Vocals, Bass Guitar
Rob Laufer: Drums, Guitars, Keyboards and cool sounds
Bird sound design by Lyn & Rob & Mockingbird

GRANITE
Granite said to waitress, can I take your time? She said “Not now the pub’s still crawling” He said: “I’ve got the motor running and I’m double – Double-parked outside – and the whiskey’s calling Many miles home Many rides home Many nights when I’ve found myself with one too many rounds – “ Hey can I follow you down Hey can I just follow you around can I just follow you around? 2) Granite said to waitress – will you marry me? She said, “yeah, any old night /might do I’ll take your order now – because you’d rather be You’d surely rather be free – Many miles home, Many rides home Many nights when I’ve found you blind On one too many rounds” Hey, can I follow you down Hey, can I just follow you around, can I just follow you around? BR: Can I just find the time, to catch the motions of life, the rational behavior – that always seemed to escape me? CH: Hey can I follow you down Hey can I just follow you around? Hey can I follow you down
Can I just follow you around?
Lyn Bertles: Vocals, Keyboards, Violin, Viola
Rob Laufer: Bass guitar
Rachel Berry: Horn
Nick Vincent: Guitar, Drums

IF I WERE WITH YOU In a dream, I saw you my friend In this dream we were arguing again Like it wasn’t but like it would be If I were with you Like it wasn’t but like it would be If I were with you. 2) Almost a nightmare, a different dream this time An old family fight, some word misheard Same as last night The road not taken, the road we escaped, Projecting myself on a reality take Like it wasn’t but like it would be If I were with you 3) These are not the words that I thought that I heard, but they walked outside, just a blast from a past not lived – in the tangle of life. If I saw him tomorrow, a stranger across a crowded room, there’d be a flash – zoom – Like it wasn’t but like it would be If I were with you ….
Lyn Bertles: Vocals, Tenor Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Viola and Keyboards
Rob Laufer: Keyboards, Percussion
Nick Vincent: Nylon String Guitar, Drums