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Moe Berg: guitar, vocals; Kris Abbott: vocals, guitars; Dave Gilby: drums, percussion; Rachel Oldfield: vocals; Brad Barker: bass. Producers: Moe Berg and Aubrey Winfield. Guest musicians: Sarah McElcheran, trumpet; Brian Leonard, percussion; Vilas Kulkarni, sitar; Raya Briday, harmonium; Ravi Naimpally, tablas; Ben Grossman, oud. All songs by Moe Berg, © 1995 The Pursuit of Tunes.
Female vocal lines in italics
Kalendar
She was red-faced with booze / At mid-afternoon; let’s say tea time /
I had Earl Grey / She had café au lait; real dweeb time / She had a full
pack of smokes / I had cash from my folks; we were happenin’ / I had to
take my eyes off her / Looked out the window / Saw leaves start to fall / Saw
the leaves start to fall /
She was all Betsy Johnson / And M.A.C. over the top now / I was second-hand shirt / And ripped jeans like all the boys in this town / They were playing Chet Baker / A coffee house standard if there was one / Everything was so beautiful / Especially watching the leaves start to fall / Saw the leaves start to fall / Saw the leaves start to fall / Saw the leaves start to fall
Save the Whales
You were resting a copy of Plato on your bare legs / That’s how you made
me believe you could save the whales / Your only science was poly-science /
It was all a show / You intimidated me into thinking what you say goes /
But you don’t really want to work it out / All you want to do is jump and shout / That’s what you evil little mind’s about / Well you made me believe / Yeah, you made me believe /
You’re so pretty you could make me feel shitty about anything / But your so-called logic kept me up all night wondering / You blew smoke rings while you lectured me on the lungs of the world / Took advantage of the fact that I don’t know how to talk to girls /
But you don’t really want to work it out / All you want to do is jump and shout / That’s what you evil little mind’s about / Well you made me believe / Yeah, you made me believe /
I really thought that you could save the whales (repeat)
Glamorous Death
Natalie’s got better things to do / Than fix the stereo / She’s
got a life outside this house / I've smelled it on her fingers and her clothes
/ Natalie’s so sweet too young / To be trapped in this world she’s
never made / When I see the way she looks at me now /
Won’t get a chance to drink myself / Into a tragic fall into the grave / I’d love to go out in a blaze of glory / But it looks like I’ll just fade away / My life will have no echo / As I’m choking pitifully on my last breath / Won’t get to die a glamorous death
White Man
We build skyscrapers that survive earthquakes / But we live in trailers that
get blown away / I talk real tough in front of my family / But I’m scared
of anything that is not like me / The rest of the world is uncivilized / I eat
baloney on Wonder bread and frozen french fries / We buy our kids their own
T.V.s and cellular phones / And send our parents to old folks homes /
Because I look like a white man / Smell like a white man / Act like a white man / Talk like a white man / Think like a white man / Walk like a white man / Dance like a white man / Rap like a white man /
We listen to Ice Cube and Chuckie D / And pretend we’re gangstas in our bedroom mirrors / We like rap and funk / And Marley and the Wailers / But when we hit 30 / It’s Kenny G and James Taylor /
Because I look like a white man / Smell like a white man / Act like a white man / Talk like a white man / Think like a white man / Walk like a white man / Dance like a white man / Rap like a white man /
Suburbs from my bungalow / I cry, cry for the poor / Zoning laws and Police cars / Keep them far away from me /
We dig Chinese call girls and black street ladies / But we marry chicks like Kathie Lee and Marcia Brady / Our clothes are boring and our food is bland / But no one can drink like the white man can /
Because I look like a white man / Smell like a white man / Act like a white man / Talk like a white man / Think like a white man / Walk like a white man / Dance like a white man / Rap like a white man /
I Should Know
Don’t take my fame / I don’t want to go back / To how it used to
be / How the world treated me / I should know /
Boys used to pick on me / Call me names / Girls used to shun me / Don’t take my fame / Don't take my fame /
I’m too spoiled now / Barely use my brain / People tell me anything / Don’t take my fame / Don’t take my fame / Ow /
You’ve got no idea / How bad things can get / How people treat each other / When you’ve got no respect /
I should know / I should know / I oughta know
Completely Conspicuous
We were just talking / No need to get ridiculous / Right out in the open / Completely
conspicuous / This is the modern world / This is the land of equality / What
a disappointment / How can you be mad at me /
She’s just a friend / I might wish she could be more / But for better or for worse / You’re the one I’m working for / You're the one I'm working for /
You have your rules / And it appears that I have none / So it’s your game board / Our life together’s based upon /
She’s just a friend / I might wish she could be more / But for better or for worse / You’re the one I’m working for / You're the one I'm working for /
You say she’s fat / And she doesn’t know how to dress / The way girls talk / No wonder we're in such a mess /
She’s just a friend / I might wish she could be more / But for better or for worse / You’re the one I’m working for / You're the one I'm working for /
Ritual
Who’s weaker / What do we celebrate / Who will inherit the earth / Who’s
worse / What do we elevate / How do we measure our worth / Change the channel
/ Turn the corner / Prove that I’m in control / Short and unpleasant /
Diaper to diaper / Just like the king of rock and roll /
It’s my ritual / My black happiness / A prayer floating through the night / It’s my ritual / We’re all the same that way / Running towards the light /
Who’s stronger / I feel so powerful / It’s bound to tear us apart / Who’s better / My obsession leaves / Tiny spots on my heart /
It’s my ritual / My black happiness / A prayer floating through the night / It’s my ritual / We’re all the same that way / Running towards the light /
It’s my ritual / My black happiness / A prayer floating through the night / It’s my ritual / We’re all the same that way / We so seldom look on love /
It’s my ritual / My black happiness / A prayer floating through the night / It’s my ritual / We’re all the same that way / Running towards the light / Running towards the light
Young and In Love
His hair was like Evan’s
/ It was love at first sight / Now she monkeys him twice / Sometimes three times
a night / Life is sublime / As she paints her smile red / With her copy of Sassy
/ And his Docs by her bed /
Little things are so important / And big things don’t matter much / 'Cause she’s young and in love / With someone who’s cool and stuff /
She took off her shirt / On VHS / So he can watch it on the bus / When he gets depressed / His sales are bad / And the reviews are worse / He stole the tips from her lunch bucket purse /
Little things are so important / And big things don’t matter much / 'Cause she’s young and in love / With someone who’s cool and stuff /
Jump out of your body, whoa / Jump out of your body, yeah /
He cracked her head on the rocking chair / The blood congealed in her dyed black hair / Her studded tongue catches tears falling down / After the abortion she’s leaving town /
Little things are so important / And big things don’t matter much / 'Cause she’s young and in love / With someone who’s cool and stuff /
Jump out of your body, whoa / Jump out of your body, yeah /
She rips his glossy from her bedroom door / Puts on a record and sweeps up the floor / She as young and pretty as she’ll ever be (she's so young) / Buys the new issue of Spin Magazine /
Little things are so important / And big things don’t matter much / 'Cause she’s young and in love / With someone who’s cool and stuff /
Gretzky Rocks
Walter
Gretzky had a son / He grew up to be the great one / He came from
Brantford Ontario / He liked Gordie
Howe you know / Americans don’t understand / The national sport
of the north land / The world's fastest game they always dissin’ / But
they don’t know what they are missin’ / If they’d just watch
Wayne Gretzky play / Then they’d watch hockey everyday / Actually I like
the Hawks
/ But boy oh boy Wayne
Gretzky rocks /
When I lived in Edmonton / He made us the City of Champions / With Jari and Semenko by his side / He filled our frigid city with pride / Then he moved out to L.A. / To help bring hockey to the U.S.A. / Everyone hated Peter and Janet / For trading the best player on the planet / They traded him and sure enough / He took the Kings to the Stanley Cup / Actually I like the Hawks / But boy oh boy Wayne Gretzky rocks /
He came from Brantford Ontario / His rival’s name is Mario / Actually I like the Hawks / But boy oh boy Wayne Gretzky rocks
No Reason
There’s no reason why you gotta tell anyone / There’s no reason
/ There’s no reason / You don’t have to spill your guts in front
of everyone / There’s no reason / There’s no reason / There’s
no reason to be so indiscreet is there? / You gotta walk the streets after this;
don’t you care? / There’s no reason / There’s no reason at
all /
You shouldn’t talk your white trash on tv / There’s no reason / There’s no reason / Look at the shame on the faces of your family / There’s no reason / There’s no reason / Are your problems just a side show; a magic trick / All those people judging you; don’t it make you sick / There’s no reason / There’s no reason at all /
No reason at all / No reason at all / There's no reason / There's no reason at all / There's no reason / There's no reason at all /
Bamboo
She was born with long white girl hands / Always felt out of place / Second
generation, but first in her family / To kiss outside her race / She likes to
drink coffee and eat Italian food / Her friends call her banana / Call her Bamboo
/
On the surface you might expect / Her attraction was purely occidental / But she was risking her parents scorn / Her motives were more sentimental / He looks like Christian Slater / He wants to be an actor too / Her friends call her banana / Call her Bamboo /
He fumbles with his chop sticks / She fiddles with her shoe / His buddies thinks she’s his geisha / She feels like a fool /
Her friends call her banana / Call her Bamboo / Her friends call her banana / Call her Bamboo /
Falling In
A room full of hipsters / Making me homesick / They’re all so learned
/ And hetero-phobic / Smoke and perfume / And scented candles / Pretty bracelets
/ And ugly sandals /
Falling in with the wrong crowd now / Falling in with the wrong crowd now / Falling in with the wrong crowd / Falling in with the wrong crowd /
I try to fit in / I want to look smart / But the lights and the beer / And the vibe are too dark / I think of Natalie but I’ve got to forget her / I miss the 34A in her Monday morning sweater /
Falling in with the wrong crowd now / Falling in with the wrong crowd now / Falling in with the wrong crowd / Falling in with the wrong crowd /
Well the air is thick / With American Cigarettes / Polysylopoinions / And a Maritime minaret / I should’ve realized / That it was time to leave / I put my Alice tape on / They kicked the shit out of me /
Falling in with the wrong crowd, now / Falling in with the wrong crowd now / Falling in with the wrong crowd / Falling in with the wrong crowd /
Blowing Bubbles
Sometimes my hands / Don’t do what they should / That’s not your
fault / You did all you could / I guess that I’m dumb / And I try to hide
it / but when I’m wrong / I don’t deny it /
Mom I won’t cry / ‘bout how you raised me / Things weren’t perfect / But I’m not crazy / You did alright / I’ve got my troubles / But my inner child is blowing bubbles /
I’ll never go on / Sally or Oprah / And say it’s your fault / That I can’t cope / You did your best / For that I am grateful / Those selfish-helpers / Are cruel and hateful /
Mom I won’t cry / ‘bout how you raised me / Things weren’t perfect / But I’m not crazy / You did alright / I’ve got my troubles / But my inner child is blowing bubbles /
I’ve made mistakes / I’ve made a million / I’ve had regrets / A million times a million / I am to blame / That I’ll acknowledge / That I'll acknowledge /
Mom I won’t cry / ‘bout how you raised me / Things weren’t perfect / But I’m not crazy / You did alright / I’ve got my troubles / But my inner child is blowing bubbles /