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Where's all this sappy music coming from? The Olympics were on. I must have been watching too much figure skating or something.
Unmastered track from my 2010 RPM Challenge submission.
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This is the finished version of Iris Florentine. The acoustic version is still up, though...
Iris Florentina
by Jack Merlot
copyright 2009 all rights reserved
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young and lovely, with a wise patina
tapping her toe like Degas' ballerinas…
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Witness Protection
by Jack Merlot
copyright 2009 some rights reserved
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Can I get a witness?
Cuz I've been a stranger
and I know you don't recall my face at all
But you were my sister,
before you were famous,
but now you think…
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copyright 2008 - all rights reserved
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Firefly
Flight flickers living light
through a translucent night
where the sky is unowned
by anything of flesh and bone
this Planet is punctured by lines
that define
what…
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Bohemian Bus
by Jack Merlot
copyright 2008 - all rights reserved
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Bohemian Bus
Tying knots inside of heads
imagine how to untie them
rag rugs and wood floors occupy my time
Too much time
too much time…
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This is the finished version of Iris Florentine. The acoustic version is still up, though...
Iris Florentina
by Jack Merlot
copyright 2009 all rights reserved
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young and lovely, with a wise patina
tapping her toe like Degas' ballerinas…
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driving that Infiniti all along the coast
doctor of divinity - I didn't mean to boast
with your strange affinity for whiskey & coke
and looking at the stars
brother Shawn, here's a disk for your collection
we're gonna go check out this here…
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Ghost Dobro
by Jack Merlot
copyright 2009 all rights reserved
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spider silk of the stars
heard me playing the ghost dobro
saw me slip through the bars
to quench my fevered glow
her allure was practiced and warm
and all the…
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This track is off my eponymous album from 2008 - lots of richly layered vocal harmonies, I was still learning how to record in Audacity at the time, so it's a little bit shakey, but I think it's a solid tune nonetheless.
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The Ballad of Brie & Jack
by Jack Merlot
copyright 2008 all rights reserved
Met her down at Gluek's one night
after Hookers 'n Blow
Horns were huge, she took refuge
in the arms of Jack Merlot
Jack Merlot
Betty was down from Ye Ol' Wax…
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