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Brownies and Lemonade
12:40
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Brownies and Lemonade.
That's what my mama made.
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2. |
Be
04:49
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If people treated you like people treated me,
maybe you would understand the way I have to be.
Everybody says things that they don’t really mean to you-
that’s why you can’t ever know all the places that I go
and the feelings people show to me…
that’s why you’ll never understand the way I have to be.
So many times before I think I had to realize
that you weren’t ever gonna change.
And you had to see who I wanted you to be was everyone-
that’s why you won’t ever know all the places that I go
and the feelings people show to me…
that’s why you’ll never understand the way I have to be.
“I don’t think I’m ready,” she said in despair.
“I can’t keep the knots from my fabulous hair.”
The mirror is empty without me inside-
I think my reflection has died.
A baby was born on a beautiful day-
he knew not a word, he had nothing to say.
He cried for the things that he never could do
and died for his sins, the baby was you.
Robbie Gennet © Brown Earthling Music All Rights Reserved
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3. |
Set in Mind
05:47
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We still pass the scenes in our mind like a couple of children.
It’s always the summer I knew you forever it seems.
We ran up the hill in the sun to the house in the garden.
I’m sure of it now; it’s the house that I see in my dreams.
I call out to Ellen I’m right there behind on her shoulder.
We tumbled and then we were fine, what a laugh we had.
A tear on her cheek told me everything I need to know of.
Somebody’s angel, somebody’s angel is sad.
CHORUS:
I know you won’t wait.
You have to get it straight.
It’s part of the way we are designed
but he’s got it set in mind.
He’s got it set in mind.
Somebody crawled in alone and he hid in the corner.
He punished himself as he rolled on the carpet and cried.
He tried to be seen with a mask on his face and he knows why
he made a mistake with the fakers who wished that he died.
CHORUS:
I know you won’t wait.
You have to get it straight.
It’s part of the way we are designed
but he’s got it set in mind.
He’s got it set in mind.
It’s been too many years since I saw you in tears in the summer.
I was counting the days but I spaced in the haze and lost track.
If my memory serves me correctly, you weren’t alone then.
But in the end you were waiting for someone who loved you back.
CHORUS:
I know you won’t wait.
You have to get it straight.
It’s part of the way we are designed
but he’s got it set in mind.
He’s got it set in mind.
Robbie Gennet © Brown Earthling Music All Rights Reserved
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4. |
Real
04:23
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I got a papercut opening the envelope.
I read your little letter, babe, and I’m gonna answer back.
I got a suitcase, I keep it in my overcoat.
It’s full of inspiration and sorry goodbyes.
CHORUS:
And no, nobody wants me to know if you’re black & blue
and nobody wants to get close to you.
You’re original and so genuine real.
I got a phone call; he said it was a friend of mine
and he had a nickname. I think they called him ‘Lucifer’.
Seems he had some money due. He kept it in a crackerbox.
I said he had a lot of nerve most of the time.
CHORUS:
And no, nobody wants me to know if you’re black & blue
and nobody wants to get close to you.
You’re original and so genuine real.
BRIDGE:
And so I’m calling Jupiter to talk to you
and make you see the things I do.
And lovers come to realize
the novelty of what we think is true.
And ignorance is bliss to you.
I wrote a postcard. I sent it to myself again,
and I read the message, babe, and this is what it said to me:
I got a switchblade; I keep it in my overcoat.
It’s sick of little secrets and saying goodbye.
CHORUS:
And no, nobody wants me to know if you’re black & blue
and nobody wants to make love to you.
You’re original and so genuine.
You’re original- you’re bonafide real.
So real...
Robbie Gennet © Brown Earthling Music All Rights Reserved
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5. |
New Orleans by Nine
04:14
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You know it’s long, oh baby, it’s been so long
since you been down to New Orleans to pray.
And it’s hard- oh baby, it’s been so hard
to leave behind my lover yesterday.
CHORUS:
Don’t you miss my New Orleans regalia?
That liquor sweet and that chicory divine.
Chloe dancing tables in the quarter
if you and me make New Orleans by nine.
You know it’s strange- oh baby, it’s been so strange.
This drinkin’ ain’t the same without you there.
And I’m gone, oh, in my head, I’m already gone
to meet the ghost of Jesus in the square.
CHORUS:
Don’t you miss my New Orleans regalia?
That liquor sweet and that chicory divine.
Chloe dancing tables in the quarter
if you and me make New Orleans by nine.
Well, it’s late- yea baby, it’s too late
to drown ourselves in gin and turpentine.
And there’s a light in the Pirate’s alleyway
that leads me to the liquor store on time.
CHORUS:
Don’t you miss my New Orleans regalia?
That liquor sweet and that chicory divine.
Chloe dancing tables in the quarter
if you and me make New Orleans
if you and me make New Orleans by nine.
Robbie Gennet © Brown Earthling Music All Rights Reserved
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6. |
Downways
02:01
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It just totally slipped my mind
and now I can’t remember what it is I can’t find.
I’m having to wake up in the middle of the night
to the touch of nothing but the light of the moon.
And someone’s pretty happy to see me down.
And I may be down, but I’m already on my way.
I’m on my own way down.
I have finally made up my mind
to meet you in the back so I can show you the kind
of love I like to make when I see you in the night
and I take a little bit of time ‘til it’s right.
And someone’s pretty happy to see me tonight,
even thought I’m down.
Yes I am already on my way.
I’m on my own way down.
Robbie Gennet © Brown Earthling Music All Rights Reserved
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7. |
Wish
04:00
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Gonna wish for something gonna leave my crib.
I won’t ask for nothin’ but a place to live.
I got a dream to someday walk in a processional past the recessional
where I talk about sin and all the trouble I’m in.
Man, I’m on a roll in a breakdown Chevrolet;
got nowhere to go, but I know I’m goin’ anyway.
I got my piece of mind, and I’m free.
CHORUS:
And I won’t ask if no one tells me
nothing when they crack me open.
And I won’t tell if no one asks me anything at all.
And I won’t care if no one thinks I’m crazy;
well, I guess it’s just me.
Gonna wish for something, gonna take what’s mine.
I won’t ask for anything if you help me waste my time.
I got a dream that someday, I’m gonna be crucified
and all the people stop and listen to me
talk about fate and all the people I hate.
Said I’m on roll in a breakdown Cadillac-
got nowhere to go, but I know I’m never comin’ back.
Got my piece of mind, and I’m free.
CHORUS:
And I won’t ask if no one tells me
nothing when they crack me open.
And I won’t tell if no one asks me anything at all.
And I won’t care if no one thinks I’m crazy;
well, I guess it’s just me.
BRIDGE:
Can’t you see my mama hangin’ in the doorway?
Somebody has to cut her down.
And it ain’t funny seeing daddy he’s intoxicated.
He don’t like to keep us all around so I put him in the ground.
Gonna wish for something, gonna leave my crib.
I won’t ask for anything if you never had a thing to give.
I got a dream that someday
I’m gonna see a dead man riding in a caravan
when I talk about love and all the wonderful stuff that I never see.
Cause I’m on a roll in the back of a limousine;
got nowhere to go, but I know I’m only in between.
Got my piece of mind, and I’m free.
CHORUS:
And I won’t ask if no one tells me
nothing when they crack me open.
And I won’t tell if no one asks me anything at all.
And I won’t care if no one thinks I’m crazy;
well, I guess it’s just me.
Robbie Gennet © Brown Earthling Music All Rights Reserved
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8. |
Drunk & Stoned
03:24
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CHORUS:
Let’s get drunk and stoned again, shoot up coke and heroin,
take all kinds of pills & get real high.
Do pounds and pounds of ecstasy, stick those needles into me.
When I turn 21, I want to die!
Why does my life suck so much? Parents are so out of touch!
Don’t tell me what to do, I know it all.
My clothes are never cool enough, and all the cool kids do this stuff
that makes you puke and tremble in the hall.
Hey Dad! You set a great example for your kid;
he’ll go out and do what daddy did.
CHORUS:
Let’s get drunk and stoned again, shoot up coke and heroin,
take all kinds of pills & get real high.
Do pounds and pounds of ecstasy, stick those needles into me.
When I turn 21, I want to die!
VERSE 2:
Why do I hate the other kids? Can someone pierce their own eyelids?
Do I have to wait to get that rad tattoo?
My pants are hanging past my knees, the cool kids are all doing these-
it’s called acid, man- I think it’s something new!
Hey Mom! You set a great example for your kid;
he’ll go out and do what mommy did.
CHORUS:
Let’s get drunk and stoned again, shoot up coke and heroin,
take all kinds of pills & get real high.
Do angel dust and PCP, stick those needles into me.
When I turn 21, I want to die!
BRIDGE:
When my mom was seventeen, she had me in the womb
so high on beer and crack I felt like a balloon.
Now I shake so bad sometimes I just can’t hold the crack pipe to my lips.
Whoops- it slipped from my fingertips!
Why do I smell like vaporub? And puke my guts out at the club?
Is someone gonna light my cigarette?
I don’t care if I can’t breathe at all, I’m moving in to the shopping mall
to live inside the game room- wanna bet?
Hey Dad! You set a great example for your kid;
he’ll go out and do what daddy did.
CHORUS:
Let’s get drunk and stoned again, snort up coke and heroin,
smoke some Philly blunts & get real high.
Do Special K and GHB, until the ambulance comes for me;
when I turn 21, I want to die!
Robbie Gennet © Brown Earthling Music All Rights Reserved
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9. |
Jones
04:39
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Hey Jones, I’m alone and I can’t find my lonely self
sitting by my lonesome, drinking a cold, cold cup of time.
And I’m talking to reflections in the windowpanes,
and I’m buying me a ticket for the aeroplanes
that take me far away from my Jones.
I’m in a dark room with a candle that burns brighter than the moonlight,
wishing for impossible dreams, or so it seems.
And I’m talking to a lady who I’ve never known before,
and I’m buying me a paper to keep me from the cold, cold floor
and my Jones.
I can’t stop shaking from addiction to a losing proposition-
gonna cast my fate to winds that never blow,
and late night picture shows.
You can find me, and I shiver to my bones~
yeah, I think I am a prisoner to Jones.
I can’t help but wonder when my time will come
to leave this all behind.
Would you mind?
I think of you & yours,
and I could scream and rip my heart out over you,
but I know that we are through.
And all of you just sitting there
with stupid grins and empty stares
just waiting for that call upon the phone.
Tell them that there’s nobody home
but me & my Jones.
Robbie Gennet © Brown Earthling Music All Rights Reserved
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10. |
Corduroy
03:26
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Robbie Gennet Los Angeles, California
Robbie Gennet is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter with a prolific output and a penchant for rock, pop and funk. An award-winning piano player, Robbie's style branches off into something special all his own. Dig in to the words and music and enjoy the trip! ... more
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