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Racoon LP

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1.
Puppet Bird 04:09
if these stars could fly do you know where they may land if your heart wrote you a letter with a broken pen and a shaking hand do you think you would understand dressing the sun in a sweater, dressing the sun in a sweater with cowboy hands with cowboy hands, with cowboy hands, with cowboy hands a puppet bird in the cellar painting elephant scenes with a tusk on the front of a dress you wore to a wedding in the rain in the spring hoping that you might understand dressing the sun in a sweater dressing the sun in a sweater with cowboy hands with cowboy hands, with cowboy hands, with cowboy hands and if this evening suddenly got better do you think you might stick around and paint me another picture dressing the sun in a sweater dressing the sun in a sweater dressing the sun in a sweater with cowboy hands with cowboy hands, with cowboy hands, with cowboy hands
2.
Fox Cemetery 03:50
the fox ran in through the cemetery lines the graves the old cold frozen leaves the birds flew south over the sanctuary let the years just roll off like cold rain in some strange, strange world outside your window watching the birds fly south again in the fall outside, your window fast-forward again fast-forward my friend the fox ran into the cemetery lines the graves the old cold rosery a bird flew out over the sanctuary let their words just roll off like cold rain in some strange, strange world outside your window watching the birds fly south again in the fall outside, your window fast-forward again fast-forward my friend fast-forward fast-forward again fast-forward my friend fast-forward
3.
Racoon 05:17
i followed you down down into a hole in the ground tied a string on your finger to see if your hand could lead me back to the sea together we could be nocturnal beasts living in the trees all, all of these ghosts all of these ghosts and frustration is the eyes of a robin that can see for miles and miles i tied a string on her feather just to see if her wings could carry me back to the sea and together we could be nocturnal beasts living in the trees all, all of these ghosts all of these ghosts
4.
Baby's Eyes 04:36
i'm not sure wich way i should leave perhaps ill just use the front door and i hope that you and your guests will not mind my not saying bye i've got this wool coat, and ive still got good shoes, what more could i use maybe all i need is one more sunset by your side my babies eyes keep shifting and leaving me behind my babies eyes keep changing directions all the time im not sure wich way i should go perhaps its just best if i stay and i hope that you and your guests will not mind my company i've got this wool coat, and ive still got good shoes, what more could i use maybe all i need is one more sunset by your side my babies eyes keep shifting and leaving me behind my babies eyes keep changing directions all the time maybe all i need is one more sunset by your side my babies eyes keep shifting and leaving me behind my babies eyes keep changing directions all the time my babies eyes keep changing directions all the time
5.
i bought you a box of my favorite colors i thought we would be friends, at least in the end i was wrong when i was younger see i always thought that this box full of crayons could color all the places all the dark dark spaces between you and i, you and i i got lost on the way to the castle with my good friends we had the stars in our hands i was dumb when i was younger i still am again and again see i always thought that this box full of crayons could color all the places all the dark dark spaces between you and i, you and i this time i will be a joke for you, just a laugh for thee and next time you will see nothing more, not the site of thee i was wrong when i was younger i still am again and again i was wrong when i was younger
6.
Shoes 03:02
please dont wear those shoes tonight my love please dont wear those shoes when your walking home alone late at night this world has nothing but trouble on her mind nothing but broken down god awful time sad river winding by please dont close your eyes please dont cry sad river winding by i will be your lantern a small blue light in the sky please dont wear that dress tonight my love please dont wear that dress when your walking home alone late at night because you are far to beautiful your bright blue eyes your long blond curls please dont wear that dress when your walking home late at night this world has nothing but trouble on her mind nothing but broken down god awful time sad river winding by please dont close your eyes please dont cry sad river winding by i will be your lantern a small blue light in the sky please dont wear those shoes tonight my love please dont wear those shoes when your walking home alone late at night
7.
7th Language 04:49
here comes a bird standing on a broken splintered cane speaking in 7 different languages again and it all sounds strange to me it sounds strange to see it all sounds plain to my ears we'll chase after wind, we'll chase after rain we'll ride through town on the back of a train waving goodbye to all of our friends trying to pretend that well be back again to hear you sing, to hear you sing here comes a bird on the tail of a storm being pushed around by the wind cursing in 7 different languages of sin and it all sounds plain to me it all sounds plain to see it all sounds plain to my ears we'll chase after wind, we'll chase after rain we'll ride through town on the back of a train waving goodbye to all of our friends trying to pretend that well be back again to hear you sing, to hear you sing space and love in your hands running away with no plans
8.
Foggy Mind 04:24
an old mind built foggy dreaming of old black and white photos of the coast an empty house built on empty love in the cold of the north and what was left washed away, we will ride once more old shaking embattled hands left tied, tied tight to the oars and forced to row back to shore an old horse built rocking a lighthouse built reeling leading the blind like a ghost and what was left washed away, we will ride once more old shaking embattled hands left tied, tied tight to the oars forced to row back to shore to tell them all what was will be no more what once was, will be no more
9.
Funhouse 03:48
a cat and change thats all their going to give you for staying in this funhouse hold on there's no escape from the mess that they've made and i know you tried to hide inside the lions eyes in this funhouse hold on there's no escape from the mess that they've made and we are two feathers floating away from one another i can not hear the words that your saying how was your day can you please come outside and play and all of these voices without any names tell me how was your day
10.
Your Failure 03:46
i was but once and you were a friend and able body to lean on together the weight became so unstable together we both fell in and ill be him, your failure and ill be him, unable and i was but once and you were a friend an able body to depend on together we jumped into a galaxy unstable just like two stars that could not swim and you were but once and i was your friend, an unable body to lean on together we learned that a troubled mind is unstable just like a carousel with no children and ill be him, your failure and ill be him, unable and ill be him, your failure and ill be him, unable and ill be him, your failure

about

recorded the winter of 2012/2013 in the attic of a small house tucked away in the woods of Gray, Maine.

all songs recorded, mixed, and mastered by if and it. self released.

Special Guests:
liza victoria (lisa/liza) - Vox track 1
penn chan - saw track 1

chris dibiasio, tim alan walker, evan parker

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released June 7, 2013

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