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Songs About Gardening

by Veneer

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1.
Uplifting Downfall 03:47
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The hollow empty feeling Starts with a kiss And blossoms into something That’s the opposite of bliss Yes I have beheld Many finest treasures Frolicked in the garden Of exotic pleasures (chorus) You pull me up You knock me down Touch the sky Hit the ground You’re an uplifting downfall An unexpected phone call A deflated beach ball An old, tattered dream doll You’re a bone-chilling downpour A tantalizing green door A habit-forming coke whore Who knows what comes next? You’re a bipolar freak With a capital “B” A shining example From abnormal psychology Whose great grandfather Must have been Sigmund Freud It’s so bleeding hard Not to get annoyed Chorus The agony And the ecstasy We’ll have to see What the next five minutes brings
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We Are The Bitch Brigade 04:09
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Go, everything has got to go Everything you think you know No one else would tell you so Say, everything we have to say Everything is going astray Time to get down and flay So long So strong So wrong Hey, we’re the bitch brigade It’s the only way, we know Hey, we complain a lot Put you on the spot Oh no You, everything you’d like to do Everyone you’d like to screw Well, we can do it for you, too Love, everyone is making love Getting down and giving hugs Acting like a bunch of thugs So long So strong So wrong Hey, we’re the bitch brigade We could get you laid, but we won’t Hey, you can beg and plead For us to agree But we don’t No, we don’t Hey, we’re the bitch brigade It’s the only way, we know Hey, we complain a lot Put you on the spot Oh no
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All I Need 03:55
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I’ve been over the world and back Searching for the things I lack I’ve been over the far and wide I’ve been looking deep inside All I need All I need All I need Is sitting next to me I’ve been searching the skies at night Grasping for the smallest light I’ve been staring at the sun Can’t tell what I’ve begun All I need All I need All I need Is sitting next to me All I need All I need All I need Is sitting next to me All I need All I need All I need Is sitting next to me I’ve been over the world and back Searching for the things I lack I’ve done all a man can do Except turn and look at you
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Mr. Cullen Does What He Wants To 05:10
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It’s okay, you can speak Though you must be tired and weak No one knows what you’ve been through No one sees your point of view Though it hurts, you know you must You have to find someone to trust Because if you keep this pain locked up It will finally erupt All that you can handle is so much The only place you feel, it can’t be touched All the kids love Mr. Cullen When he calls, they all come running He’s so smart, he’s no one’s fool Master of the middle school Mr. Cullen knows all the answers When he called, you had to come Marching to a beating drum He locked the door and closed the blinds You didn’t know what he had in mind He told you things you never knew He touched a sacred part of you When you asked him to desist He acted like you don’t exist All that you can handle is so much The only place you feel, it has been crushed All the kids love Mr. Cullen You don’t have to be so sullen “It’s okay,” he said to you “I do what I want to do.” Mr. Cullen does what he wants to All the kids hate Mr. Cullen He don’t know what he’s got coming Never see the school again Master of the county pen Mr. Cullen does what he wants to Mr. Cullen does what he wants to Mr. Cullen does what he wants to
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Handbasket 03:36
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Handbasket Handbasket The poet wants to swing from a chandelier He only gets sober on a mug of beer He tried to be strange, but it felt kind of weird He tried to be cool, but he couldn't grow a beard Handbasket Handbasket He sits in the corner of the cocktail hour Watches as events unfold, sweet and sour He tries to make sense of human nature But all that he gets is a bill from waiter Handbasket Handbasket Handbasket Handbasket The songwriter paints with pretty words He only acts ironic when it's not absurd He tries to find melodies you've never heard But it's hard to be happy on minor third Handbasket (We're going to Hell) Handbasket (It's gonna be swell) Handbasket (I'll see you there as well) Handbasket (We're going to Hell)
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The Continuing Adventures Of Motor Mouth 04:19
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Beautiful cruelty is pretty callous Who threw the rocks at your crystal meth palace? Living for the glory of inebriation Your chassis couldn’t handle the acceleration Kill the ignition, the motor is running Lowering the bar for your flights of cunning Better shut down before you blow a gasket And park your motor mouth in the parking casket Motor mouth, motor mouth Give us all a sign that you’re going to stop Before we put your body in the body shop Your contentions are ruthless and rank From breathing all the fumes in your empty tank Each new collision is never your fault Your foul emissions screeching to a halt The plastered minions sunbathe in your vault Chopping down tress in the forest of Gestault You're Jesus in reverse, Lucifer on hot wheels Cornering the market in malice and bad deals Caught with your fingers in the cookie jar Picking up diseases in the nookie bar Motor mouth, motor mouth Give us all a sign that you’re going to stop Before we put your body in the body shop Your contentions are ruthless and rank From breathing all the fumes in your empty tank Your mind is spinning off the track Totally senseless, out of whack Fantastic road rage off of the map You better shut down before they shut your trap Motor mouth, motor mouth Give us all a sign that you’re going to stop Before we put your naughty in the body shop Your contentions are ruthless and rank From breathing all the fumes in your empty tank Motor mouth Motor mouth Motor mouth Motor mouth
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Down The Garden Path 05:20
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Down the garden path Snakes lie in the grass The dogs of misery Barking up the wrong tree Without great pretense You are my last defense To save me from the rats Who sneak behind my naked back You plant the seeds in the fields of my fertile mind You pull the weeds from the dirt that I left behind You mine the gold from the depths of my buried heart You heal the wounds in my dreams that were blown apart
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Lying Lisa 03:22
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Lying Lisa Lying Lisa is gone I know that you want her I know what you feel is strong I know that you want to play her pawn I know that you want to try But every word that her lips pass on Eventually is a lie Lying Lisa You want to believe her Want to believe it’s true But the pretty deceiver Will leave her tread marks on you I know that you want to fill your sails And float away in the sky But the wind that she whispers never fails It turns out to be a lie Lying Lisa Lying Lisa is gone Lying Lisa Lying Lisa is wrong I know that you want to play her pawn I know that you want to try But every word her lips pass on Eventually is a lie Lying Lisa Lying Lisa
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I Am Watching 05:21
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I am watching, looking, listening I feel the pain in my mother’s every heartbeat The sorrow and the lost burrowing inside me My father’s secret weeping My sister’s blank page Why would he do this to my family? We are good people I am a good person (chorus) I cry sometimes I cry sometimes I cry sometimes I cry Every drop of rain is one of my tears Every lightning bolt is my wanting for revenge Every thunderclap is my scream for help Wanting to be with my loved ones Nobody can hear me I’m all alone in a world of emptiness Chorus I call for my mother I call for my father Fields of roses and violets Fields of roses and orchids Fields of roses and violets Fields of roses and orchids
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So Long 03:11
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When I look into your face And try to see what’s out of place You took the flowers from the vase And you threw them away I thought I loved you yesterday But that was just the Cabernet Now we’ll go our separate ways We’re so far apart It was nice to have you here Now it’s time to disappear So Long Until we meet again So Long To make it to the end When I look into your eyes And see departure crystallize Now it’s time for our goodbyes It’s a bientot I hope I haven’t set you back Please don’t bother to unpack So Long Until we meet again So Long To make it to the end I would trek around the globe For the glimpse of your smile I’ll keep you in my sweetest dreams If only for a while So Long (I’m already gone) So Long So Long (I’m already gone) Until we meet again (I’m already gone) So Long To make it to the end

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Veneer is the project for Wishnefsky's piano based music. Songs About Gardening is the third full album by Veneer. It contains ten songs that tell stories about real people and actual events.

Wishnefsky composed, performed, and produced this album. He was fortunate enough to receive much needed help from a small cast of very talented persons:

Michael James mixed the album and played guitar solos on We Are The Bitch Brigade, Down The Garden Path, and I Am Watching.

Sophie Wellen wrote the lyrics to I Am Watching and sang back up vocals on So Long and Handbasket.

Ruby Wellen co-wrote the music to So Long.

Ed Nahin took the cover photograph at the ghost town in Bodie, California.

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released November 11, 2011

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What would happen if Ben Folds had a sex change operation and mated with Elvis Costello - only to have their orphan love child raised by Elton John?

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Veneer is the brainchild of ex-Jabberwock member Wishnefsky as a vehicle for his piano based music. Melodic and sophisticated, Wishnefsky's writing takes on a whole new dimension when he sits down at his first musical love, the piano. ... more

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