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Moe Berg: vocals, guitar; Kris Abbott: guitar, vocals; Brad Barker: bass; Dave Gilby: drums, percussion. Producers: Aubrey Winfield and Moe Berg. Guest musicians: Jennifer Foster, vocals on "Tara," "Carmalina," and "Let's Not Play"; Matt Horner, keyboards, synthesizers, accordion; Sarah McElcheran, flugelhorn, recorder; Melanie Doane, violin. All songs by Moe Berg, © 1996 Modern Minds Music.
Female vocal lines in italics
Tara
Let's talk about love I'm in it / I just spent the last 10 minutes with Tara
/ With Tara / What a wonderful kiss receiver / I'm a fundamentalist believer
in Tara / in Tara /
She bites my ear / I squish and squirm / She makes me wet just like a girl / (More importantly) /
I don't care if I sound sentimental / I just want to be something special to Tara / to Tara /
I said that's fun / She called me dumb / "When I show you fun, then you'll know fun" / Lets the fun begin /
I want to be the one who loves her / I want to be the one who's married to Tara / Married to Tara /
I'm dreaming I'm dreaming / Don't pinch me 'cause I might start screaming for Tara
I Like You
You're pretty I guess / You're funny a bit / Your pants are what everyone's
wearing / Like I give a shit /
I'm not so special / Like I could have anything I see / I like you because you like me /
You're smart enough / To not embarrass me / My friends and family give you a B+ /
I'm not so special / Like I could have anything I see / I like you because you like me /
You're shiny enough / To attract a few flies / But not so many that I get in fist fights / With big guys /
I'm not so special / Like I could have anything I see / I like you because you like me / Yeah, and that ain't so bad / I like you because you like me
Carmalina
I'm so square and / I don't know what to do / When I'm with her I feel / Like
I'm in Mötley Crüe
/ And what's with that perfume / Are they issued that at work / What kind of
smell could she be hiding / From the world /
Carmalina dances like her mother did / She was groomed for showbiz / Since she was a kid / But when she moves on me / My head begins to spin /
How can I judge her / It was destiny you know / She's going to hate me now that / I've cast the first stone / She's the sweetest and / The funnest kiss I've had / And I'm a loser and a / Boozer like my dad /
Carmalina dances like her mother did / She was groomed for showbiz / Since she was a kid / But when she moves on me / My head begins to spin /
I'm a fool / What else is new / What ever head / Without a clue / I'm a fool / What else is new / What ever head / Without a clue / I'm a fool / What else is new / What ever head / Without a clue / I'm a fool / What else is new / What ever head / Without a clue /
Carmalina dances like her mother did / She was groomed for showbiz / Since she was a kid / But when she moves on me / My head begins to spin /
Metaphor
Walk down College Street / Past the Café
Diplomatico / While I watch from inside / Being tortured by the radio /
I'll project onto you everything that I am dreaming of / I'll describe you in
words / But I'm just not smart enough /
Now you're coming inside / All the better to torment me / What book are you reading there / Would it change my opinion of you / I'll project onto you everything that I am searching for / I'll put you out of my reach / Darling I'm the cellar floor / And you're a metaphor /
I'll project onto you everything that I am searching for / I'll put you out of my reach / Darling, you're a metaphor / You're a metaphor
She's the Devil
All night long / She torments you / You soiled the shorts / That your brother
sent you / Be a man / When things get messy / Stay away from / Her shaved pussy
/
Stay away / She's the devil / Stay away / She's the devil /
You're too weak / To resist her / Get a grip / Go kiss your sister / Pray to God / To give you wisdom / He can save you from your carnal prison /
Stay away / She's the devil / Stay away / She's the devil /
She's so wild / And you're so normal / She's Sean Young / And you're Deborah Norville / She's a junkie / And she a hellion / Go find yourself / A librarian, yeah /
Stay away / She's the devil / Stay away / She's the devil / Get thee behind me / She's the devil / Stay away / She's the devil
She Kiss Away
My perfect god / Her name is Natalie / She gives me everything / So
tenderly / When I'm unkind / When I'm irrational / She waits 'til I fall still
/ So patiently /
She brings me hope / She gives me peace / She's like a drug / I'm drawn to take / She gives me strength / She gives me faith / My tears of joy / She kiss away /
My perfect god / Her name is Natalie / I'm not ashamed to say / I need her help / My clay facade / My fake personae / She sees right through them / To my unclean self /
She brings me hope / She gives me peace / She's like a drug / I'm drawn to take / She givs me strength / She gives me faith / My tears of joy / She kiss away /
She brings me hope / She gives me peace / She's like a drug / I'm drawn to take / She givs me strength / She gives me faith / My tears of joy / She kiss away /
I'm Just Happy To Be Here
I just want to thank you / For taking me with you / We can stay up all
night talking / If that's all you want to do / You are so delicious / I will
just follow your lead / It can be as safe or dangerous / As you want it to be
/
I'm just happy to be here / I'm happy to be here / I'm happy to be here / So happy to be here / I'm just happy to be here / I'm happy to be here / I'm happy to be here / So happy to be here /
Your body is so beautiful / Before I even see it / I unwrap you like a present / You're a toy I can't believe it / I'm eating you like candy / But the biting makes you scream / You grab my head before I can / Devour your praline /
I'm just happy to be here / I'm happy to be here / I'm happy to be here / So happy to be here / I'm just happy to be here / I'm happy to be here / I'm happy to be here / So happy to be here /
My lips they cover you in sweat / 'Til you are sighing with regret /
I'm just happy to be here / I'm happy to be here / I'm happy to be here / So happy to be here / I'm just happy to be here / I'm happy to be here / I'm happy to be here / So happy to be here /
Tara's Theme
I want to be the one you love / I want to be the one you love / I want
to be the one you love / I want to be the one you love / I want to be the one
you love / I want to be the one you love /
Tara I wonder if you can / Turn me from dog into man / man / Tara save me from my fear / Save me from these people here / here /
I want to be the one you love / I want to be the one you love / I want to be the one you love / I want to be the one you love /
I want to play a fetish game / I want to be your puny slave / I want to take pictures of you / I want to lick your bad tattoo / I want to kiss you while you're young / I want to suck the youth right out of you /
I want to be the one you love / I want to be the one you love /
Give me what does not exist / Walk out of my dreams into a kiss
What You Did To My Girl
I want to know what you've done to her / She's not the person that I
used to know / Tell me what has been done to her / Something's changed I like
her even more /
I want to know want to know what you did to my / I want to know want to know what you did to my / I want to know want to know what you did to my girl /
She's always been such a pretty thing / I've never seen her so self-assured / Look at the way that she kisses you / You really brought out the woman in her /
I want to know want to know what you did to my / I want to know want to know what you did to my / I want to know want to know what you did to my girl /
I should have known that something was missing / With me she seemed slightly askew / I'm just glad that she found happiness / With a girl like you /
I want to know what you've done to her / She's not the person that I used to know / Tell me what has been done to her / Something's changed I like her even more /
I want to know want to know what you did to my / I want to know want to know what you did to my / I want to know want to know what you did to my girl / What you did to my girl
Let's Not Play
Look at that couple there / Her manicured nails are not for him / They're for
a way out / She always thought she was a somebody / In waiting - now she's fading
/ She'll use her last few miles /
This modern dilemma / It followed me home / I'm telling you what I'd say to them /
Girl let's not play / Girl let's not play / Girl let's not play / Girl let's not play / Let's not play /
She spent the best years of her life / Trying to change him / She should have realized she picked the wrong man / She could have saved them both a lot of heartache / Why did she have to set her sights so low / She thought she'd lift him up /
Not a word is spoken / He stirs his coffee / She's quietly smoking /
Girl let's not play / Girl let's not play / Girl let's not play / Girl let's not play / Let's not play /
Not a word is spoken / He stirs his coffee / She's quietly smoking /
Girl let's not play / Girl let's not play / Girl let's not play / Girl let's not play / Let's not play /
Hate Engine
When did I turn into nobody / Just when did I disappear / Your little kids coat
/ Your dusty shit-kickers / I haven't seen them 'round here in weeks / Whatever
I didn't do / It must've been something / That you couldn't forgive / Forgot
my name / Forgot my number / Forgot where we live /
Why should I care / You're not really hurting me / You're just shoveling coal into my hate engine /
I guess I'm just the stupidest boy / Who ever walked down your street / You told my friends how I was in bed / To make the humiliation complete / You found yourself someone new to play with / (I heard him say "Let the games begin") / What's the matter baby / What's the problem honey / Hey can't we just be friends /
Why should I care / You're not really hurting me / You're just shoveling coal into my hate engine /
Back of My Mind
I was your dog / You my child / I took care of you / I was a pause / Waste of
time / Something for you to do /
When we kissed I burned you with passion / But when we touched / You were never more than kind / I stored that somewhere in the back of my mind /
You let me fall / Fall so hard gave me nothing to land on / You killed my love / Crushed my heart / Now you wonder why I'm gone /
When we kissed I burned you with passion / But when we touched / You were never more than kind / I stored that somewhere in the back of my mind /
When we kissed I burned you with passion / But when we touched / You were never more than kind / I stored that somewhere in the back of my mind /
The Truth
You've got bourgeois aspirations / I've got proletariat affectations / I'm all
white t-shirt and beer / In front of one
of Moses Znaimer's tv stations / Well you don't even have a tv / You like
Björk and Oasis
/ You're not smart enough for Shakespeare / But hip enough to think Merchant
of Venice is racist /
Now that the truth is out / I hated you first /
I don't get sloppy when I screw / I don't howl at the moon / I don't bungie jump, / Skydive, swim, drive, hang glide / Or fly to Cancun / Well maybe that's my problem / I'm too scared to come undone / I'm too uptight, Protestant, middle-class / White-boy to have any real fun /
So now the truth's come out / I hated you first /
Well you asked for my phone number / So you could not call me on purpose / You think I'm hard up, insecure / Low on self-esteem / Well maybe on the surface /
Now that the truth is out / I hated you first / You say you hate me now / But baby I hated you first / I hated you first /