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by Amelia Ray

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1.
The Arsonist 03:17
The Arsonist Come right in and take a seat Let down your hair, put up your feet Get ready to be entertained Take part in a familiar game Don’t try to resist For I am The Arsonist Just one shot, and you’ll be sold Just two more, my name is gold Count to three, embrace the stage I think that we could make the front page Don’t wonder what it all is For I am The Arsonist Now you’ve had a little taste Sweat’s just running down your face The whole world gonna see the light I’d put you out, but the frame’s just right Don’t try to resist For I am The Arsonist ©2008 A. Ray. Annabel Is Her Mother Today (ASCAP).
2.
Heavy 04:23
Heavy You don’t know how heavy it is To be your everything all of the time You seem to think we’re just fine First thing when I wake up in the morning And the last thing at night You’ve got to have your arms around me Just wish you wouldn’t squeeze so tight You talk a great deal of independence But you sure don’t do it right There’s something hanging over my shoulder There’s someone running ‘round my dome You’ll find when you are older You’ve got to learn to be alone I know how much better it is To be unfettered and detached, free to roam But you needed a home Can’t get through a book or rent a movie Can’t read the paper undisturbed Every move I make you do it for me Before I say a word I would consider suicide But my thoughts might be overheard There’s something hanging over my shoulder There’s someone running ‘round my dome You’ll find when you are older You’ve got to learn to be alone There’s something hanging over my shoulder There’s someone running ‘round my dome You’ll find when you are older You like to be alone ©2008 A. Ray. Annabel Is Her Mother Today (ASCAP).
3.
Another Corny Love Song This is gonna be another corny love song But don’t you turn away It doesn’t really last long Just long enough to say That you have saved my day from a bore With your smile Here we are, now, see? The second verse of the love song And so far, it’s OK You can even hum along Or just listen while I play Hey, now, that’s the way! Soon we will be floating on a cloud of bright uncertainty Succumbing to our bitter insecurities Accusing each other of several different kinds of sure insanity But for now, we’ll call it love Now we’ve reached the end of this corny love song Did you enjoy your stay? I told you it wouldn’t last long Just long enough to fray Until she goes away Like before ©2008 A. Ray. Annabel Is Her Mother Today (ASCAP).
4.
To Be the Thing You Forgot As far as rivers go, this is a dirty one As far as people go, you’re a nerdy one Dirty and nerdy, I’d swim in your river tonight As far as cities go, this is an old one As far as bedrooms go, this here’s a cold one Old and cold, I’d swim in your river tonight When the rain falls down on these silent streets And you can’t be found to rock me off to sleep Lonely, I’m crying, I’d drown in your river tonight If only you’d come back and make everything alright ©2008 A. Ray. Annabel Is Her Mother Today (ASCAP).
5.
Eldoret 04:47
Eldoret Don’t burn this building down Don’t burn this building down Don’t burn this building down There are children inside This has the trappings of another genocide This side has gone to war This side has gone to war, too This side has gone to war Tell me, how many people died? This has the trappings of another genocide This valley blazing red This valley blazing red This valley blazing red Tell me, how many mommas cried? This has the trappings of another genocide Don’t burn this building down Don’t burn this building down Don’t burn this building down There are children inside This has the trappings of another genocide ©2008 A. Ray. Annabel Is Her Mother Today (ASCAP).
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This House 04:29
This House This house, this room This bed where we both sacrificed too soon One kiss sparked up the past Turned a hot night into something that might last And you said, “It’s alright” You said, “It’s alright” Still, I put up a fight We ran just like the wind Chasing lightning, and back again It seemed so evident That we never, ever had a chance to win And you said, “It’s alright” You said, “It’s alright” Still, I put up a fight We gave more than our share Expecting nothing but what was fair I came so close to tears Not even you, alone, could suffer all your fears And I said, “It’s alright” I said, “It’s alright” Still, you put up a fight This house, this room This bed that’s now all dressed up like a tomb No kiss could make it last So we resign the pain to just part of the past And we say, “It’s alright” We say, “It’s alright” No one puts up a fight ©2008 A. Ray. Annabel Is Her Mother Today (ASCAP).
8.
Blackberry 04:00
Blackberry High-tech rain check Dine alone, ‘cause you’ll be working over Drive-thru, what’s new? You can send your emails from the sofa Do you think I’m blind To your Blackberry lover? Sending SMSs undercover Blackberry lover Sending SMSs undercover Phone beeps, I’m sleep Someone needs a lesson in discretion You sneak, but you’re so weak You eyes give away a sad confession What’s on your mind? It’s your Blackberry lover Sending SMSs undercover Blackberry lover Sending SMSs undercover Though you try to hide it I can tell you’ve been fooling around No, you can’t deny it I found your phone bill lying on the ground Elle a chiné dans mon fone, je me suis fait griller Je me faisais briller en ce mois de Février J'avais oublié ce foutu Blackberry Elle a fouillé tous les messages coquins laissant les blagues pourries Et pour un simple oubli, ce jour la elle m'a dit "Marre des SMS de tes putes de maitresses qui me réveillent en pleine nuit" Je me suis attiré plein d'ennuis, je n'aurais pas du Car pour tout ce vice à l'heure d'aujourd'hui c'est ma femme que j'ai perdue Now I come home, you know Thinking you and I could be alone But someone else’s heels are in the hallway Have you lost your mind? For your Blackberry lover Sending SMSs undercover Blackberry lover Sending SMSs undercover ©2008 A. Ray, B. Giroguy. Annabel Is Her Mother Today (ASCAP).
9.
Winner 02:27
Winner Been ridin’ this lonesome highway Not so long at all Trying hard not to think about The many ways there are to fall Been kicked around a lot, you know But not enough to have the blues I’m wondering how long it will take ‘Til I’ve paid all those dues By all accounts I guess you’d say I’m still just a beginner But, by golly, my momma said I was a winner I drink and cuss and smoke and sex Gamble, steal and all the rest, it’s so Sometimes you’ll do anything to keep from finding the straight and narrow But living hard and dying fast is never in the plan I just take what I can get, and try to do the best I can Might wind up in Topeka, and have to turn tricks for my dinner But, by golly, my momma said I was a winner If I confessed online to Benny, he’d call me a virtual sinner But, by golly, my momma said I was a winner ©2008 A. Ray. Annabel Is Her Mother Today (ASCAP).
10.
Unconditional I was lost down by the river I took small steps to ease my pride I did stare down at the river Would have jumped in, and would have died Were it not for the love that has seen me stripped and hollow Were it not for the love that you show me in your eyes If you took down several notes Of the stars and the river You could chart a path to where you and I began And if you did a little coaxing Of the flow of the river You could see where I stopped, and where I ran Were it not for the love that has proven to be freedom Were it not for the love that I hold here in my arms In the days of strange to come You will hold my head when I am weak If you said you loved me once Then I know it was forever So I don’t need to afraid to dream and cry and laugh and see and speak ‘Cause it’s not for the love that I show you every day the things inside It is not for the love that I, everyday and everynight, walk… ©2008 A. Ray. Annabel Is Her Mother Today (ASCAP).

credits

released April 10, 2008

Amelia Ray: vocals, guitars, drum and synth programming, bass ("Heavy"), Irish whistle ("Heavy")
Mari-José Estivariz: Bass, E-bow bass ("To Be the Thing You Forgot")
Jorge Pérez: Drums
Alejandro Nieva: Saxaphone ("To Be the Thing You Forgot")
David Starlight: Vocals ("Cigarettes and Coffee", "Heavy")
Yoshi: Rap ("Blackberry")

Recorded and mixed by Amelia Ray at Out of 3 Sigma Studios, Madrid.
Mastered by Steve Turnidge at Ultra Violet Studios, Seattle

Songs written, composed and arranged by Amelia Ray (Annabel Is Her Mother Today/ASCAP), except "Cigarettes and Coffee", (J. Butler, J. Walker, E. Thomas/Maxine Music Inc.) and "Blackberry" (Amelia Ray, Bertrand Giroguy/Annabel Is Her Mother Today/ASCAP)

©2008 Amelia Ray. All rights reserved.

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Amelia Ray Helsinki, Finland

Amelia Ray is The Interpreter. Ray’s 31-year career has spanned the fields of music, performance art, film and humanitarianism. As a polyglot, Ray has spent decades contemplating how similar concepts are expressed differently linguistically across cultures. This research has permeated her artistic work, which includes numerous cross-genre compositions, performance pieces and a one-act musical. ... more

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