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The Elephant Upstairs

by Sun King

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1.
Black Tear Rain 03:10
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Black Tear Rain you got black ink dripping from your eye look up your skirt into the sky ah, Janie what's the problem what's the situation i can't give you a ride she wasn't born with any hesitation from the moment she opened her eyes you got that bad graffiti mind look in your ears into your life ah, Janie what's the worry, what's your newest fear i can't turn on your lights she wasn't born too far from here on the morning she opened her eyes and black tear rain it falls black tear rain it falls black tear rain it falls black tear rain it falls
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Stomp On My Heart 03:40
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Stomp on my Heart can i take you out to the pictures tell me if you would like to go she said she doesn't care for the theatre i guess she and the theater's are kind of cold i said maybe we could get some dinner there's this little place i know she said she ate a little while earlier and now she really has to go stomp on my heart stomp on my heart just a little more stomp on my heart grind all my feelings right in to the floor i said oh girl well you must be crazy i'm the man you been waiting for she looked at me alone just saying that i've broken much bigger hearts before stomp on my heart stomp on my heart just a little more stomp on my heart grind all my feelings right in to the floor step on my heart step on my soul push over my rhythm baby you can murder my hope run me right up your tree now and send me a rope tell me what's so wrong with me cause i would really love to know i said girl well we should go dancing there's this swinging place i know and when her mind appeared to be changing she said maybe never and i should go yeah i should go you know that i should go you know that i should go
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The Elephant Upstairs 03:14
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The Elephant Upstairs i can hear an elephant upstairs every time i go to bed i can hear an elephant upstairs and i wonder well what he's doing now on his thunder ground is there a jungle up there? well that's how it sounds i can hear a symphony at times like when i close my eyes but something's always waking me you know who it is what's he rolling around? what's inside his memory? why does he sleep all day? to wake up the night wake up the night for the midnight stampede trample your midnight dreams i can hear an elephant upstairs every time i go to bed i can hear an elephant upstairs i can hear an elephant upstairs
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Weekend in Transit 03:40
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Weekend in Transit Jane arrived from an unknown place with half a smile and a dimple on her face half asleep in her bright red pants tell right away that she does or used to dance stepping out of her pontiac with everything she owns stuffed in the back she ain't to proud to steal she said let me tell you about my little brother oh god he makes me smile we used to be in the circus together but he fell asleep and died well i saw Jane turn red when this guy asked her if she's got a boyfriend she said no, not at the moment though i wouldn't mind having my heart broken she studies the ground at her feet she said my life's a weekend in transit incomplete nowheres my home she said let me tell you about my little sister oh god she's just like me we used to be in the circus together but she wanted to be free i'd love to tell you why but i know you'll never keep up with me i'd love to tell you the reasons why but i know you'll never wake up with me let me tell you about my little brother oh god he makes me smile we used to be in the circus together but he fell asleep and died you know my life is a weekend in transit i'm lucky to survive another night alone i can't stand it waking up in drive alone waking up in drive alone waking up in drive
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Tired of Thinking 03:56
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Tired of Thinking i have heard trouble calling my name too long i have a mind that's scattered across the lawn well i'm tired of thinking i'm tired of thinking i don't wanna think no more if you would let me in to your door we could begin to turn it up a little more if you would invite me into your night that just might make me feel alright i have heard promises that dissinagrate i have found early signs of finding out too late still i'm tired of thinking i'm tired of thinking i don't wanna think no more if you would let me in to your door we could begin to turn it up a little more if you would invite me into your night that just might make me feel all right i'm tired of thinking i'm tired of thinking i don't wanna think no more tired of thinking tired of thing i don't wanna think no more
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Turntable 03:02
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Turntable yes i know, you don't have to explain just let it go, it was only a bad dream look outside, seeing all the trees in line turn off your mind and turn it on tomorrow night won't always be bottom of the barrel i've been told so many times my ears are ringing in the ruble i just wanna hear the record play in my ear and time again, it seems to reoccur we're miles from, the place we just were stumble, stagger and step into the bright and disappear into another lost last night won't always be bottom of the barrel i've been told so many times my ears are ringing in the ruble i just wanna hear the record play in my ear yes that's all i want to hear turntable turntable turntable turntable
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Advice On Love 03:16
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Advice On Love never trust a beautiful woman especially one who says that her heart belongs to you that you are not a phase never trust a beautiful woman your love love will be betrayed your love for her will grow with ease while hers for you it fades never trust a beautiful woman don't be distracted by her disguise she wears that mask so beautiful to help conceal her lies now do i waste my time being alone will that question ever be answered if i move on never trust a beautiful woman she'll wait until you let her in close and strike when you expect it least and where it hurts the most now do i waste my time being alone will those questions ever be answered if i move on never trust a beautiful woman she could seduce the strongest man it's foolish for you to think your love is that high in demand never trust a beautiful woman you'll be like putty in her hands and never take advice on love from a lonely man
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Picking Up Speed 03:41
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Picking Up Speed i'm picking up speed i'm picking up speed i'm shaking like knees i'm shaking like trees and when i feel the wind pull the tears out of my face lips forever cracked in a frozen Elvis way i can hear the music again i can hear it speak to me i can hear the music again i can hear i'm losing my feet i'm losing my sleep i'm losing my grip i'm tasting the street and when i feel the wind running through my hair like hands try to find the words but no one understands i can hear the music again i can hear it speak to me i can hear the music again i can hear it suddenly so clear like the day that summer dies it always leaves me here with a hand over my eyes where i can hear the music again i can hear it speak to me i can hear the music again i can hear i can hear
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Could You Be The Wind 04:43
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Could You Be The Wind i don't know why i'm feeling cold tonight the windows are closed and my doors are locked up tight i been shivering and could you be the wind i wasn't sure many moons before have been brighter i've never seen hollow wind and trees look finer i been shivering and could you be the wind all my mind is paper all the leaves i believe vacancies have all been paid for for could you be the the wind i don't know why i'm feeling cold tonight the windows are closed and my doors are locked up tight i'm still shivering and could you be the wind could you be the wind all my mind is paper all the leaves i believe vacancies have all been paid for could you be the wind all my mind is paper all the leaves i believe vacancies have all been paid for could you could you be the wind
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Primitive Love 03:00
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Primitive Love you live your life under the stairs and now that you've come up for air you want to be loved you want to be loved primitive love primitive love they made your bed on your summer house on the moon it won't be available till the last week of june you want to be loved you want to be loved primitive love primitive love love primitive love primitive love you live your life with the hourglass just turn it over when you want it to last, right
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Waiting for a Train 03:19
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Waiting for a Train i became defensive thought you were looking my way she's not expensive she's just got expensive taste just a fool for attention did she notice not to mention i'm waiting for a train i'm waiting for a train i'm waiting for it i could feel vibrations coming up under my feet she's become impatient she's got some people to meet just a fool for attraction is she waiting for a reaction? cause i'm waiting for a train i'm waiting for a train i'm waiting for a train i'm waiting for a train i'm waiting for it
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Red Light 03:43
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Red Light red lights flashing but my brain keeps crashing and the signals never reach my body i've been known to take some risks good night maybe lullaby's can save me so i need you to sing me to sleep i've been known to throw a fit don't shine the light don't shine the light don't shine the light in my face don't shine the light don't shine the light don't shine the light in my face wake up Mary this is Jesus baby and i need you to sing me to sleep oh i learned something but oh i am too drunk and will forget it the next day well i've been known to take some risks don't shine the light don't shine the light don't shine the light in my face don't shine the light don't shine the light don't shine the light in my face
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Stained Glass Heart 03:52
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Stained Glass Heart you can't tell her everything all at once you might scare her away so you wait for the right time to say that she's you setting sun but she still looks around cause she's got eyes for everyone stained glass heart breaker stained glass heart breaker stained glass heart breaker think you might be the one, to change her ways well it's not that easily done so you wait for the right time to tell her again that she's your setting sun but she still looks around cause she's got eyes for everyone stained glass heart breaker stained glass heart breaker stained glass heart breaker stained glass heart breaker stained glass heart stained glass heart
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Bird on a Wire 03:10
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Bird on a Wire just a bird on a wire looking around from up higher an observation from the sky another eye in a tree seeing only what is there and the surroundings that may care and do you ever get high? like a bird on a wire and do you ever get up only to get down? always a song to sing and another dawn always a sun that's setting blond over an empty town not a lot going down but still you sit there patiently and do you ever get high? like a bird on a wire and do you ever get up only to get down? no, and do you ever get high? like a bird on a wire and do you ever get up only to get down? could you ever wish to be the red, in a sunset and could you ever think to be the red, in a sunset and do you ever get high? like bird on a wire and do you ever get up only to get down? no, and do you ever get high? like a bird on a wire and do you ever get up only to get down? only to get down only to get down only to get down and do you ever get high? like a bird on a wire and do you ever get up only to get down?
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Meteor Eyes 03:46
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Meteor Eyes you looked twice and twice looked once you say twice is more fun you can't take another double take cause i'm already on a train that's heading out of state i got everything in my suitcase all my clothes and me a new face i got meteor eyes saying what did i leave behind what did i leave behind what did i leave behind what did i leave behind i left once, once i left, only to come back but now i'm sure, as sure i'm now well i'm already in the sky on a motionless ride i got everything in my suitcase all my clothes and me a new face i got meteor eyes saying what did i leave behind i got meteor eyes saying what did i leave behind what did i leave behind what did i leave behind what did i leave behind what did i leave behind what did i leave behind what did i leave behind what did i leave behind what did i leave behind

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The Elephant Upstairs was recorded over the early winter of 2011 at The Space in Lowell, MA. Recorded, mixed and engineered by Brian Redmond. Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA. Assistant mastering engineer: Maria Rice.

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released September 3, 2011

All songs written by Andrew Seminara(c)2011, except Red Light and Advice on Love, written by Keith Valcourt and Justin Pilat(c)2011. Produced by Sun King. String arrangement on Could You Be The Wind by Vincent Pedulla. Cover art by Corinne Felicity Pedulla. Photography by Christine Elliot.

Andrew Seminara - guitars, vocals, keys, percussion
Justin Pilat - guitars, vocals, keys, organ, slide
Keith Valcourt - bass, vocals, percussion
Fred Carleton - drums, percussion

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Andrew Seminara - guitar, vocals
Fred Carleton - drums
Keith Valcourt - bass, vocals
Justin Pilat - guitar, keys, vocals

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