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Toad Boy
03:34
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Dm
He’s a toad boy in a walrus skin
C
Been told too many times, swimmins made for fins
So he traded all the lies, fifteen hundred pounds for flies
Said goodbye to the baggy skin, freezing cold, the calfs for kin
He swum with legs that had a different grace about them
Through the haze, whip like tongue for prey around him
Pad to play, and all new friends amphibian
Clean face, no shave, a better life he’s living in
Until the farmer came and found himself a falconer
To take away the predators like me
Make marmalade of all our hopes and dreams
Not made for the television screens
F
So he ran and he ran two trains and a flight
Am
Spending days in the dark and money at night
F Am Dm, G
Singing maybe, someday I’ll be free
Em F
If you wanted a bright side,
Em
No I’m not the one
F
But I think he’s alright
Dm, G
Heard he’s getting by…
He’s a toad boy in a walrus skin
Been told too many times quitters never win
So he traded all the lies….
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2. |
Let My Body Be
04:07
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[Verse 1]
Gb Bb Ebm7 B
When God won-wonderfully
In my design slowly prepares for me
A cedar tree that I can climb
Look down to see
A man among the roots whose body sleeps
[Chorus]
Father, let my body be
Beautiful beyond what I see
And father, when my words pass away
Won’t you stay, won’t you stay
[Verse 2]
From his eyes grow the food his children eat
From his hands, the grass soft on their feet
From his heart grew the love that they need
From his body exposed, a family
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Abm Db Gb Db B
Inside the bone there lays a seed
Abm Db Gb Db B
From the air to the dirt sewn so carefully
Abm Db Bb Ebm7
May the rain and the snow and the children below
Abm Db Gb
Watch the flowers that grow surrounding me while I sleep
[Chorus]
(Quiet)
Father, let my body be
(Loud)
Beautiful beyond what I see
And father, when my words pass away
Won’t you stay, won’t you stay
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3. |
Sides
03:31
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[Intro] Bm F# G F#
[Verse 1]
And that’s the problem with you
You’re always taking sides
Sittin in your room
Just tryin to fantasize
Oh my no,
I won’t apologize
I’ve done my share
Of loving right
[Prechorus]
G A
One day I will be a friend
All the while I won’t forget
[Chorus]
That I can’t be something I’m not
Though I’ve tried honestly
And I can see an end in sight
And it’s because of me
[Verse 2]
If you want me to grow
You gotta let me go
Have a little fun, just move on
Go see them shows
Oh my no,
I’m not coming home
I won’t be back
Once I’m on the road
[Prechorus]
[Instrumental]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
And I forgot her once I caught her right
In the back of my mind
But she keeps coming back (B, C#, D, E, B)
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4. |
If You Want It
02:23
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[Verse 1]
E F#m
One more, in the corner
Ignore, say you like it
Dior in the closet
Call out for rest
[Chorus 1]
F#m G#m A B
But if you want it, you can have it
E F#m G#m A
When you got it, do you want it at all
E
Do you want it at all
[Verse 2]
You were always
Smilin when nobody asked you to
Well now you got their attention
And nothin left but a (point of view/simple truth)
[Chorus 2]
That if you want it, you can have it
When you got it, do you want it at all
B
Do you want it at all
[Bridge 1]
A
Oh it’s the sweetest thing
B
You would follow me
E F#m A
When I don’t know who to be
B E
It’s the sweetest thing
[Chorus 3] (3x)
if you want it, you can have it
When you got it, do you want it at all
Do you want it at all
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5. |
Bootlickin Betty
02:43
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[Verse 1]
A
Bootlicking betty doesn’t call me and it hurts
A/G# F#m
She’s a lemming of the fetish that she has for honeyed words
D
And she loves me when she’s low and thinks
E A
I’m moving up
She’s fast to butter up, the straw for sucking up
She knows she’s over the top
But I liked it, now she won’t stop
[Chorus]
She would say what nobody said
Made me her fake friend
Her make believe ally or something to stand by til something else arrives
[Verse 2]
Bootlicking betty’s got aspartame in her sweet talk
The artiface/audience fading as she walks
And you can see what it does
That constant headache don’t rub you right
As you gain weight, in an ego that she made
Tell me who’s on top, tell me, tell me tell me
[Chorus]
She would say what nobody said
Made me her fake friend
Her make believe ally or something to stand by til something else arrives
[Bridge]
Bm A
Bootlicking Betty won’t you come down
Bm A
I’ll show you love you can get behind
Bm A E C#m
Bootlicking Betty won’t you call me now
Bm A
Or call me back before I lose my mind
[Chorus Quiet]
Bm
She would say what nobody said
A
Made me her fake friend
Bm
Her make believe ally or something to stand
A E D
by til something else arrives
[Chorus Loud]
She would say what nobody said
Made me her fake friend
Her make believe ally or something to stand by til something else arrives
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[Verse 1]
Guess you give an inch, and lose a mile
Wander off and get lost for a while
Find a dress in a certain style
Figure eight bending up to a smile
[Prechorus 1]
It’s a pick axe, It’s a split hoof
It’s a fifth all to yourself
It’s a portrait of a fork lift
And a friend you keep on the shelf
[Chorus]
Goodbye boxer and goodbye ben
Say goodbye to the country again
Goodbye equals and hello guns
Men do whatever they want, to us
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
Pulling stones til I expire
Couple years until I can retire
Raise a kid and get admired
Settle down with someone who inspired
[Prechorus 2]
A gut laugh, a new track
To dance to on a date
A kindred, consistent place
[Chorus]
[Prechorus 3]
Get some hat tricks
Be a match stick
Get fat and run off the weight
Date an actress
Sell a mattress
And then tell me what you hate
[Chorus] 2x
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Conner Cherland Santa Barbara, California
It all started with a goal to become a good songwriter, which then became a terrible obsession, which later became something to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the first of (hopefully) many albums.
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