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The Invisible Girl

by Greg McLeod

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1.
The Invisible Girl 03:14
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Jules is acting strange For one thing Making us call him Jules When that's not his name I'm at his place With the invisible girl We paint her face 'Til she can face the world Jules and I get along When she's not here But she's bored with him now Scared she'll disappear If she doesn't keep moving And my worth needs proving, so Blue, cold and cruel Twin narcissus pools Your eyes are open I want so badly to be chosen Cuz this is something new A girl you can see through A girl who takes your shape A girl you can't escape The invisible girl The invisible girl The invisible girl Jules gets me alone Then he tells me I shoud be moving on But my worth needs proving, so Blue, cold and cruel Twin narcissus pools My eyes are open I want so badly to be chosen Cuz this is something new A girl you can see through A girl who takes your shape A girl you can't escape This is something new A girl you can see through A girl who takes your shape A girl you can't escape The invisible girl The invisible girl The invisible girl
2.
Brakes Are Hot 03:15
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I can see the light is red It reflects in your eyes They scare me every time I can't seem to rest my head And my neck won't comply So I glare down at the line Green, go Your foot on the gas again My insides are lead They press in the seating Yellow Make good on the pass again We try to retread There's less in repeating We start, we stop The brakes are hot We're freezing We're freezing My hands are on the heater Bracing me in prayer I don't fear the reaper but I hate being unprepared I'd stop and I'd walk Just as slow as I want But it's colder still out there So I fake and I feign And it keeps me awake If I check the brakes for wear Green, go Your foot on the gas again My insides are lead They press on the seating Yellow Made good on the past again We tried to retread The lesson's repeating We start, we stop The brakes are hot We're freezing We're freezing
3.
See Me Tick 03:21
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Your teeth were white, full of fluoride like sharks' I wondered if they would glow in the dark Like those Life-Savers Wint-O-Green sparks I want to ask if I'll get to find out But when I talk that's never what it's about It's just inane garbage in my brain Like did you know life savers Light up like lightbulbs If you chew them in the dark It's crystal collapsing Not fire catching And I hope you'll find my facts interesting So I never have to tell you my thoughts So I never have to show you enough To see me tick I read it only works with Wint-O-Green They're pretty cheap right after Hallowe'en But you told me that you'd already seen So like a kid whose best joke has been told I lost my cool, swallowed one of them whole I could have died but I'm breathing right through the hole Now, did you know life savers Look just like life buoys And their inventor had a son Who drowned himself at sea Before he turned thirty three I hope you'll find my facts interesting So I never have to tell you my thoughts So I never have to show you enough To see me tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick
4.
Rubber And Glue 03:38
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Na na na na na Liar, liar, pants on fire Heard you on the telephone wire Missed me, missed me Now you gotta kiss me Bang bang, choo-choo train Wind me up I'll do my thang Peace, punch, Captain Crunch I got something you can touch but You're rubber, I'm glue Bounce off of me I'm stuck on you Your rubber, my glue's Too slippery It won't hold true It won't hold you Hi ho, silverware Behind the bed there's underwear That's not mine, that's fine I can't be here all the time Peter, peter, pumpkin eater Had a wife and couldn't keep her Reese's pieces, 7up Someone else will fill her cup Someone else will buy her candy Handy spandy jack-a-dandy Someone else is in her tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G You're rubber, I'm glue Bounce off of me I'm stuck on you, well Your rubber, my glue's Too slippery 'Cause It won't hold true And it won't hold you Loser, loser, we're double losers As if, whatever, won't you get the picture Loser, loser, we're double losers As if, whatever, won't you get the picture Get the picture Brickwall, waterfall Girl you think you know it all You don't I do So boom with that attitude Brickwall, waterfall Boy you think you know it all You don't I do So boom with that attitude You're rubber, I'm glue Bounce off of me I'm stuck on you, well Your rubber, my glue's Too slippery 'Cause It won't hold true And it won't hold you
5.
Just Desserts 04:10
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Man can't live on bread alone Imagine living on mascarpone And always denied the meat of life He got some sugar and the sugar's nice Keep that taste gotta make his breaks Or it's a long time between the cakes The more he has the more it takes His teeth fall out and his belly aches Sweet, but Sweet's not enough Now they're saying: Send him back if he misbehaves Leg irons and belly chains The way they were oh when they came Thinking: his blood doesn't share my veins Saying: his blood is not my blood Give him no supper if he can't be good Take all the ones we can't convert Give them back their just desserts These givers back are just the worst Sweet, but Sweet's not enough When you're on the bottom and you want it all Long way you still can fall Why's it called a ticket home When it's an island that he's barely known With a suitcase full of shredded clothes The customs agents say hello Never tried the meat of life Then his friend had got a knife Saying: don't be scared it'll be alright We'll just take a little slice We'll just take a little slice We'll just take a little slice Sweet, but Sweet's not enough He could tell she was really hurt As he left the Just Desserts He could tell she was really hurt When he left it just got worse
6.
Giants 05:24
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Pretty tall, with child's eyes I know the ankles, shins, and thighs Of giants Giants Shrinking back from your touch Worried that I must be crushed By giants You're giant You, with all your solidity How dare you need my sympathy Not fair, don't be as frail as me Pick on your own damn size You can't say you're not so great Prick your thumb and then deflate Not fair to leave me without shade In a spate of cloudless skies Hey, dry the scales on my eyes Say I smell kippers Hey, dry the scales on my eyes Say I feel different My mistake, my biggest flaw Trying to pull the thorns from paws Of lions Lions Shrinking back from your ma, you're Worried you will get her claws A lion You're lying I see your hurt, I hear your yelp How dare you act like I can't help If you'd be still, ungrateful whelp Then I could save your life But I'll want you glad, I want you tame For you to come when I say your name And even if I end up maimed I will know I tried Hey, rip the scales from my eyes Say, I smell kippers Say, rip the scales from my eyes Say, I feel different I want you glad, I want you tame For you to come when I say your name You to be my claws and fangs I the one who holds the strings I want you tall, I want you strong So you won't feel me do you wrong More and more I can't deny I've watched your body atrophy So pick me up For just one last time Won't you hold my body to the sky Hey, rip the scales from my eyes Say I smell kippers Hey, rip the scales from my eyes Say I feel different Then you say I feel different You just say I smell kippers
7.
Your Turn 03:51
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It was crazy today The boss asked me to stay My bike broke down again I ran into an old friend We lost track of the time I hope you don't mind But don't just say it's fine Don't just say it's fine I should be in bed You can go ahead But I might be asleep By the time you eat There's food in the fridge In a week we switch I'll have time to burn It'll be your turn We pay rent to stay away Play catch up at the end of the day Barely stay awake We pay rent to stay away Plate of ketchup at the end of the day Barely stay awake You just get home first I would make dessert But you're already grateful When I set the table Or even do the dishes So screw being efficient I'll float them in the sink Until they start to sink We pay rent to stay away Play catch up at the end of the day Barely stay awake We pay rent to stay away Plate of ketchup at the end of the day Barely stay awake I know we're best friends But we used to have other friends Now we're fast asleep Before they brush their teeth
8.
Goodbye #2 03:41
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When you wake up We will figure out what to do Was that make up? Does that mean you and him are through? Back to me Me and you When you wake up We can talk about what this means Now I'll stay up Let you walk me through your dreams They're not of me They're just things you've gotta do And people you knew Yeah, mine are too All my plans, all my thoughts And this is as far as I got So what now? Should I keep it down? When you wake up We will figure out what to do Probably break up Call this goodbye #2 Must be me It's never you It's true I like these sights and sounds And the situation Cause I like imagining I'm in a prime location And for all our careful words And double meanings I've find that I prefer just staring at your ceiling Hoping all the cracks reverse With paint unpeeling And every time we both get hurt is just annealing I'm trying to make it work Without doing work Worrying what it's worth Watching it get worse When you wake up We will figure out what this means For now I'll stay up Watch the light move through the trees Over me Over you
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Quarter Life 03:39
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I want to go back in time We will share a knowing glance He'll say "not this one" This time I'll listen Like I could read your mind Like I saw it in advance We've already done that dance And it ends badly In this quarter life or less There are things that I regret And if I could prevent them I would You bet So when I go back I'll go to Jules's place Invisible girl will paint her face Preparing for the war But I'll be brave, this time I'll be a non-combatant Now that I'm sure That it takes a whole lot more Courage to have compassion Without passion And if I still feel an attraction I'll tell you exactly what will happen And then you will never fall for me And you and I will hardly ever speak Which is how we are now anyway Comic or ironic, it's a shame Only having been to where it leads Can I be the friend you need In this quarter life and change There are things I'd rearrange But if I had to forget them I'd say forget it Forget it Just forget it
10.
I Want To Break Even 04:23
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I put your heart to my lips With a jar out for tips The change I believe in Comes to 3.50 even Almost as much as the beer That dragged me down here My voice is ragged and raw But I'll do one more song I want to break even Won't you help me break even I'll make you feel feelings I'll bedevil your demons I want to break even As long as I'm breathing Fill my lungs, hold it in Feel it come out again I put your heart to my ear To make sure you're still here The change I believe in Is both of them beating I want a couple of babies More than that would be crazy One for you, one for me A tall and thin family tree I want to break even Won't you help me break even I'll make you feel feelings I'll bedevil your demons I want to break even As long as I'm breathing Fill my lungs, hold it in Feel it come out again I keep your heart in my mind Every time that you're kind The change I believe in Is you making me decent Before that I leave All I hope to achieve Is to make you as happy As you've always made me I want to break even Won't you help me break even I'll make you feel feelings I'll bedevil your demons I want to break even As long as I'm breathing Fill my lungs, hold it in Feel it come out again

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This is Greg's fourth full length album.

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released April 5, 2013

Greg McLeod - vocals, guitar, bass, drums, violin, trombone
Sarah Jickling - vocals on tracks 1-5, 7

Thanks to Lewis Samuel, the kids of Division 14 at Cougar Creek Elementary, Dave McLeod for clarinet on track 10, and the rest of my family.

All songs written, recorded and produced by Greg McLeod in his bedroom in Vancouver, BC, between January and April 2013.

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Greg McLeod is a musician from Vancouver, BC. He made some albums. He may make more.

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