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1. BE CALM
2. BENSON HEDGES
3. ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS
4. I WANNA BE THE ONE
5. AT LEAST IM NOT AS SAD (AS I USED TO BE)
6. LIGHT A ROMAN CANDLE WITH ME
7. WALKING THE DOG
8. BARLIGHTS
9. THE GAMBLER
10. TAKE YOUR TIME (COMING HOME)
11. STITCH ME UP
12. WALKING THE DOG II
13. TAKE YOUR TIME (ACOUSTIC)
14. WALKING THE DOG (RAC MIX)
15. ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS (RAC MIX)
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As I walk through the streets of my new city
my back feeling much better, I suppose
Ive reclaimed the use of my imagination
for better or for worse, Ive yet to know
but I always knew youd be the one to understand me,
I guess thats why it took so long to get things right.
Suddenly Im lost
On my street
On my block

Oh why, Oh why
Oh why havent you been there for me?
Cant you see, Im losing my mind this time?
This time its for real, I can see

The tops of trees are turning red
The beggars near bodegas grin at me
I think they want something
I close my eyes, I tell myself to breathe

and be calm.
Be calm.
I know you feel like you are breaking down.
I know that it gets so hard sometimes.
Be calm.

Im scared that everyone is out to get me.
These days before you speak to me you pause.
I always see you looking out your window.
After all, you lost your band, you left your mom.
Now every single crack, every penny that I pass,
says I should either leave or pick it up
But with every single buck Ive made
Im saddled with bad luck that came
the moment I was baptized
or when I found out one day Im gonna die
if only I could find my people or my place in life
and when they come acarolin
so loud, so bright, the theremin
will lead us to a chorus
where well all rejoice and sing a song that goes:

Oh be calm.
Be calm.
I know you feel like you are breaking down.
I know that it gets so hard sometimes,
Be calm.
Take it from me, Ive been there a thousand times.
You hate your pulse because it thinks youre still alive
and everythings wrong
It just gets so hard sometimes
Be calm.

I dont remember much that night,
Just walking, thinking fondly of you
Thinking how the worst is yet to come
When from that street corner came a song
And I cant remember the man,
The panhandler or his melody.
The words exchanged had far exceeded any change Id
given thee.
BE CALM
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Holy ghosts,
When do you come out to play?
Cause if the Lord is gonna find me,
Hed better start looking today.

Last week my baby hit the slopes.
I spent the weekend setting traps in the road.
I should have been cutting out my eyelids,
youll never guess what baby did when she got home.

Na na na na
Now at least the birds are singing to me,
but what theyre trying to say,
I dont know.

(youre beautiful)
I think they come from the cold
(for all your big mistakes)
I think they come from the cold
(you stayed the same)
to the city that dont snow.

So I drove until we both broke down.
I was stranded in a border town
believing the motel TV would bring me to safety,
but between MTV and Mr. OReilly
Ive come to find, that I cant be defined
so I turned it off, now convinced I would cross
Took one last look at the gold
as it shattered on a mountaintop.

Now I believe the sun, its like a symphony.
But what its trying to play,
I dont know.
(youre beautiful)
I think its come for the cold.
(for all your big mistakes)
I think its come for the cold.
(you stayed the same)
To the city that dont snow.

Cmon, Holy ghosts
When do you come out to play?
Cause if the Lord is gonna find me,
Hed better start looking today.

So I can rise with the river
We all float before we sink
So pray for satellites,
Pray for courtesy
and pray that it can climb mountains to me!
I say goodbye to the canyon.
I will set sail to the streets
where I dont care to be forgiven
I want to be forgotten.
I dont care to be forgiven
When Lord I only want to be forgotten!

Now I receive a call from my family
and what they started to say
brought me home.

(youre beautiful)
They think Im beautiful
(for all your big mistakes)
They think Im beautiful
(Youre beautiful)
for all my big mistakes.
BENSON
HEDGES
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So I call your name, cross my fingers
uncross the others, hesitate.
I dont think straight with nothing to prove.

I dont wanna say Im leaving
so Ill stay until the weekend.
And you can take all your things;
the boxes and rings
and get going.

Cause Ive been waiting for...

All the pretty girls on a saturday night.
Let it be, and come to me with the look in your eyes.
Will you break and take all the worlds from my
mouth?
I wish all the pretty girls were shaking me down.

So I call you out
Just to feel a little bit better about myself
And I do, baby I do.
Til their lips start to move,
and their friends wanna talk music
I say Ive never heard the tune!
But I have, I just hate the band
cause they remind me of you.

Every single night ends up the same,
I dont say much at all, but I bring up your name.
(Over and over and over)
I think its striking me out.

All the pretty girls on a Saturday night
Let it be, and come to me with the look in your eyes.
Will you break and take all the words from my
mouth?
I wish all the pretty girls were shaking me down.
But not you,
you still wear boots and your hair is too long
and then this one doesnt want to admit shes fallen
in love
Oh cmon, oh cmon, whats a boy to do
When all the pretty girls cant measure to you.

I dont understand your reasons
Please just stay over the weekend
You cant take all those things
They define you and me
everything weve become,
Youre all that I need
Please dont make me face my generation alone.

All the pretty girls on a Saturday night.
Let it be, and come to me with the look in your eyes.
Will you break and take all the words from my
mouth?
I wish all the pretty girls were shaking me down.
But not you,
I feel your faith is destroying the world
and then this one doesnt want to admit
the 80s is over and done
Oh cmon, whats a boy to do,
when all the pretty girls cant measure to you
ALL THE
PRETTY GIRLS
Were you named for the river that surrounds
all my biggest mistakes?
Or the way that I made it out?

All the muscles in my mouth
never smiled or said profound things
Until the day she handed you to me.

For all the steps youll take
and all youll overcome
I wanna be the one to put it in a song.
Take every single tear
for all the world to hear.
I wanna be the one to put it in a song.

Cigarettes are raining hard
on the upper east side.
She brings me a cake,
we celebrate
I have arrived.
And I know that its been sang before,
but youre my human holiday.
I put my hands to the table and dare say...
the love of my life?

And your brother with his best friend
share the name of an inebriate
that couldnt bring me down!

For everything youve lost,
and all youve overcome
I wanna be the one to put it in a song.
Take every single tear
for all the world to hear
I wanna be the one to put it in a song

and make it last forever.
Clever comes from truth.
When truth begets the past
it sends a call up to the moon
and the moon can see the beauty that
surrounds
Your heart as it pounds.
It starts the beat
Inspiring me
Until I make a sound.
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I WANNA
BE THE ONE
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Light a roman candle with me.
Just a roman candle, you can wear your sandals
and Ill pour you just one cup of tea.
Then you can go and rest
you havent seen my best, so...

Just spend an evening with me.
Just a lazy evening, then you could be leaving
or we could stay and talk until three.
I will think its magic and Ill hope youll agree, so...

Light a roman candle with me.
Just a roman candle.
Just a perfect apple.

If we were honest and both wrote a sonnet together
a sandwich with everything on it,
at least we would know that the sparks didnt glow
but we owe it to ourselves to try,
so we aim and ignite!
So often I call and I plead with you:
Give me a chance!
Its not often that I understand
the ins and the outs of whats wrong and whats right.
So dont think of tomorrow tonight.

Oh, I know, it goes on, it gets old
But for now were young, we smell good, were alone...

LIGHT A
ROMAN
CANDLE
You look for a legend,
Im looking for common ground.
Your heart isnt breaking,
and mine isnt making a sound.

Oh I know, it goes on, it gets old
Oh I know, it goes on, it gets old...

Light a roman candle with me.
Just a roman candle,
Just a perfect apple.
Have you ever wondered
about our old nu-metal friends
and what became of them?

Turns out I saw them, a couple of days ago.
They were laughing, and drinking, and smoking, and singing

Come on can you count all the notches in your belt?
Id rather not, lets just say Im starving myself.
Baby put your name down on a piece of paper.
I dont want no savior, baby, I just wanna have a good time.

At least Im not as sad as I used to be.
They said Hey Nate!
Yeah, its been awhile,
So are you gonna stay?
Ha! I began to smile, and I said:
You should have seen me, a couple of years ago,
I was laughing, and drinking, and smoking, and singing.

Come on can you count all the loves that didnt last?
Its such a gas when you bring up the past.
Baby put your name down on a piece of paper.
I dont want no savior, baby, I just wanna get it on!

At least Im not as sad as I used to be.
They said:
We would have seen you two years ago,
had you stuck around, or come out to a show.
But you was taken over by Rock N Roll...
while we were laughing, and drinking, and smoking, and sing-
ing...
So I left.
That is it.
Thats my life.
Nothing is sacred.
I dont keep friends, I keep acquainted.
Im not a prophet, but Im here to profit.
Thats all.
Im gone.
Thats my life.
Nothing is sacred.
I dont fall in love, I just fake it.
I dont fall in love,
I dont fall in love.
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AT LEAST IM NOT AS SAD (AS I USED TO BE)

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Walking alone cause the night is dead.
Crossed my mind when I crossed the bridge.

How you lost your mind,
and your wrist got bruised,
and you wanted better love
when it was sleeping in your bedroom.
Hold on,
Stay on my side,
Dont go.
If you could see me
Whoever I am.
Its not like the movies,
but its not all skin and bones.
So come on love
(come on, come one, come all and go)
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
I will not let you go.

Now Im walking alone cause the night is dead.
My feet dont glide like they did back then,
when I would call you up so we could shoot the moon.
These days Im left to howl in tune.
Hearts do break
and I must admit
I found a verse and a chorus
so I might have been faking it.
Think I might have only cried just once.
After all the shows,
after the boys of summer had gone
amid all the confusion
and friends Ive been losing
I always thought from the start
Id be the one moving on.
I guess Ill never know
Where all the boys of summer will go
but Ill miss what we made
and the days were not wasted.
There are some things I may never know.

How you lost your mind,
and your wrist got bruised
and you wanted better love
well its sleeping in your bedroom.
Hold on,
Stay on my side,
Dont go.
WALKING
THE DOG
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Never in all of my life
Have I seen eyes as empty as these streets of my city
on a Saturday night,
all the green of your eyes says Go, leave it all behind.

But I dont need to be reminded a change is gonna come.
I can feel it on the tip of your tongue.

And I feel alive.

We met up once wed settled the sun
Between the heat and the work week
The fear is we could use some sleep
but sleep to a superfluous man means better use for beds
and Ill bet Im coming home alone tonight.

I dont need to be reminded that this is how it was.
I moved on, I passed a billboard down my block
that asks if Ive had enough, and aloud I say ive had too
much,
when the truth is, Im just getting started.

Now all the barlights are blinking in time
to Mexican music, its taunting the pavement
and I feel alive.

One of us sings, and one of us drinks,
and one of us has nothing at all.
So he calls us all sheep
Im the Little Bo Peep of the bunch.
(I take their tales and Im ready to go)
Then he swears hes gotta take this call
Man, I get scared hes gonna leave us too soon.

We were the get rich quick kids,
We never got it right
So we settled for the center of town
Where all the rich white kids is out looking for a fight
got the blond one staring me down.
and I really wanna take a swing
I cant help but remember James Dean
See we are part of the few who agree
that hey, he lived life fast
but he died.
he died
he died.

Me, Im gonna live forever.

Now all the barlights are blinking in time
to Mexican music, its taunting the pavement
and for the first time
in a long time
I feel alive.
BARLIGHTS 8
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Slow down,
weve got time left to be lazy
All the kids have bloomed from babies into
flowers in our eyes.
Weve got 50 good years left
to spend out in the garden
I dont care to beg your pardon,
We should live until we die
We were barely 18
when wed crossed collective hearts.
It was cold,
but it got warm when youd barely crossed my eye.
and then you turned, put out your hand,
and you asked me to dance.
I knew nothing of romance,
but it was love at second sight.
I swear when I grow up, I wont just buy you a rose.
I will buy the flower shop, and you will never be lonely.
Even if the sun stops waking up over the fields
I will not leave, I will not leave til its our time.
So just take my hand, you know that I will never leave
your side.
It was the winter of 86,
and all the fields had frozen over.
So we moved to Arizona to save our only son
and now hes turning to a man,
although he thinks just like his mother,
he believes were all just lovers he sees hope in everyone.
And even though she moved away,
we always get calls from our daughter.
She has eyes just like her fathers
they are blue when skies are grey.
And just like him, she never stops,
Never takes the day for granted,
works for everything thats handed to her,
Never once complains.
You think that I nearly lost you
When the doctors tried to take you away.
But like the night you took my hand beside the fire
30 years ago to this day
You swore youd be here til we decide that its our time
Well its not time, youve never quit in all your life.
So just take my hand,
you know that Ill never leave your side.
Youre the love of my life, you know that Ill never leave
your side.
You come home from work and you kiss me on the eye
You curse the dogs and say that I should never feed them
what is ours
So we move out to the garden, look at everything weve
grown
and the kids are coming home
Ill set the table
You can make the fire.
THE GAMBLER
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Take your time coming home.
Hear the wheels as they roll.
Let your lungs fill up with smoke.
Forgive everyone.

She is here and now she is gone
We had plans, we cant help but make love.

Its a beautiful thing when you love somebody,
and I love somebody.
Yeah I love somebody.

Take your time coming home.
Hear the wheels as they roll.
Let your lungs fill up with smoke.
Forgive everyone.
I dont think Id been misled,
it was a rocknroll band,
Im still standing,
Take your time coming home.

See, of everyone who called,
Very few said We believe in you.
The overwhelming choice said
Im just a boy inside a voice
and if thats true, is it true, if its true,
then what the fuck have I been doing the last six
years?
How did I end up here?
How did I find love and conquer all of my fears?
See, I made it out.
Out from under the sun.
And the truth is that I feel better because Ive
forgiven everyone.

Now Im not scared
of a sound
or the states
or the stages.
Im not scared.
Ive got friends,
took my call,
came courageous.

Now I feel like I am home.

One more thing, I keep having this dream
where Im standing on a mountain
Looking out, on the street
I can hear kids in low-income housing singing
Were through with causing a scene
I dont know what it means
But I too, Im through with causing a scene.

She is here and now I think shes ready to go.
For every love thats lost I heard a new one comes.

So come on with me, sing along with me,
Let the wind catch your feet.
If you love somebody,
youd better let them know.

Take your time coming home.
TAKE YOUR TIME
(COMING HOME)
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JASON THOR: Trombone on 4, 6, 8
DOUBLE G: Saxophones on 5, 8
LARA WICKES: Oboe on 4
PHIL PARLAPIANO: Accordion on 1
MIKE WHITSON: Viola on 5, 6, 9
INA WHITSON: Violin on 5, 6, 9
TIMOTHY LOO: Cello on 5, 6, 9
VANESSA FREEBAIRN-SMITH: Cello on 1, 2, 4, 6
NEEL HAMMOND: Violin and Viola on 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9
JOHN OREILLY: Drums on all except 7, 9
STEVEN MCDONALD: Bass on all except 2, 9
ROGER JOSEPH MANNING, JR.: Caliope on 1
CHRISTOPHER BAUTISTA: Trumpet on 1, 8
CONNIE CORN: Vocals on 2, 8, 10
KAREN MILLS: Vocals on 2, 8, 10
IDA RELHM: Vocals on 2, 8, 10
ANNA WARONKER: Vocals on 1, 5
RACHEL ANTONOFF: Vocals on 1, 4, 5
STEVE MCDONALD: Vocals on 4, 10
ROGER JOSEPH MANNING, JR.: Arrangements on 1, 4, 8, 9
ANDREW DOST: Arrangements on 2, 3, 5, 6, 9
NATE RUESS: Arrangements on 2,3
fun. is:
JACK ANTONOFF
ANDREW DOST
NATE RUESS
All songs by fun.
Special thanks to the Antonoff family,
the Dost family, the Ruess family, and
one Rob Kroehler.
Walking The Dog (RAC Mix)
All The Pretty Girls (RAC Mix)
Remixed by Andr Allen Anjos
at RAC (Remix Artist Collective).
2010 Nettwerk Productions
info@nettwerk.com / www.nettwerk.com
All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized reproduction,
copying and rental of this recording is prohibited by law.
Produced, engineered, and mixed by
Steven McDonald except track 11
mixed by Mark Trombino.
Tracks 1 to 10 / 12 to 15 mastered
by Brad Vance at Red Mastering.
Track 11 mastered by Greg Reely.
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