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Fiction

by Putnam Murdock

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1.
“You think”, she said, “we can spend the weekend in bed”. She didn’t waste any time. Cold, cold gin in July; call it my early alibi, come on and give it a try. We just met at the annual protest. She was snared in an orange net, I bribed the cops and we left arm in arm. Grab what you want. Because you’re bright future is gone. We’ll sing while we burn And toast to the ashes. Even if tear gas fills up our skies, our tears won’t fill up our eyes. Dance, we will dance up the stairs. Just like Cezanne’s Apples and Pears, we’re getting it right. Take it off, take everything off, because naked is how I like you best. It’s the only thing I can trust, skin to skin. Grab what you want. Because you’re bright future is gone. We’ll sing while we burn And toast to the ashes. Afternoon martinis are dirty and cheap like me. We’ll be William Powell and Myrna Loy. Chasing that thin man on and on until that buzz is finally gone, And the only thing we’ll see is this goddamn reality. Grab what you want. Because you’re bright future is gone. We’ll sing while we burn And toast to the ashes.
2.
Up To You 04:38
Everything I’ve seen The people I’ve been through It all tells me one thing That leads me up to you It all leads me up to you There was not the slightest doubt Nowhere for me to hide You turned me into a schoolboy The moment I looked in your eyes You turned me into a schoolboy It’s no surprise I’ve been saved by you The howling of the hounds I’ve been pulled around Through and through There is nothing I can do Cuz you are the one for me I am the one for you Don’t know what I’ve done To deserve this kind of love I need It every night And I’ll kiss you in the morning light I’ll greet each day and kiss you in the morning light I’ve seen people come and go Disappear in the smoke Lovers arise but we’re still standing Troubles arise but we’re still standing here You were there Right in front of me It took us sometime to see The words to marry I would have said The moment we collided Cuz you are the one for me I am the one for you
3.
Chances Are 03:13
Looking for a job on the hill. The president should, but I don't think he will. My stepfather's name is Bill, He's married to my mom and a little white pill. Ah Louise, won't you help me please Take me away Far from gone, Roatan, Out on the Carribean. She had all of the colors of the rainbow in her hair, We all wanted to kiss her, but I took the dare. So they tied all the cans to the back of our wagon, But in the end it was just our sweet love that was dragging. Ah Louise, won't somebody please Take me away Far from here where I've disappeared From your eyes a long time ago. Chances are I guess worth the taking. You follow your heart though it keeps breaking. In the light of dawn, soon I'll be gone Like a song in your thoughts all alone while your dreaming. I was living this life on my own Till I got a call, took the long ride home To take care of the ones who took care of me, In my highly dysfunctional family. He was stripped of his clothes and cursing the cancer. God's only got so many prayers he can answer. With millions of eyes and millions of souls Somebody is bound to get left in the cold. Ah Louise won't you help me please Take me away Far from now, won't you show me how To get on with the rest of my days.
4.
Take it off, Mary Don’t be afraid. Shake it off, Mary It’s not life or death. Was it something I said, That scared you, shut you down? I’ve tried this once before, I can show you. I would love to have the chance to get to know you. Why’d you come to me? Just to lead me on? Cuz you seem to be looking for someone. Take your time, but hurry. I won’t hold my breath Or let you go just yet. Come and let me in now, I can show you. I would love to have the chance to get to know you. Why’d you come to me? Just to lead me on? Cuz you seem to be looking for someone. There’s not too much more I can say. It’s up to you if you’re going to say. It’s just like a woman, you know. I know. I know. Why’d you come to me? Just to lead me on? Cuz you seem to be looking for someone. Lookin for someone
5.
Take it off, Mary Don’t be afraid. Shake it off, Mary It’s not life or death. Was it something I said, That scared you, shut you down? I’ve tried this once before, I can show you. I would love to have the chance to get to know you. Why’d you come to me? Just to lead me on? Cuz you seem to be looking for someone. Take your time, but hurry. I won’t hold my breath Or let you go just yet. Come and let me in now, I can show you. I would love to have the chance to get to know you. Why’d you come to me? Just to lead me on? Cuz you seem to be looking for someone. There’s not too much more I can say. It’s up to you if you’re going to say. It’s just like a woman, you know. I know. I know. Why’d you come to me? Just to lead me on? Cuz you seem to be looking for someone. Lookin for someone
6.
Smoke comes like smog in the valley. Hope you don’t know anybody living in the hills. Ice melts in midsummer cocktail. Barns go up quick, matches dropped in the hay, Ain’t no mistake, because the guilt fades Chasing retribution And it looks like the arsonist’s son paid you a visit again. Well it happens in the dark, early morning. Screams from horses, children cry to the volunteers. The flames peek from behind the doorways. Closets heave long hid skeletons. Before he moves to the next he covers the last in gasoline. Oh darling it looks like the arsonist’s son has paid you a visit again. You could hear a pin drop in the city And the people all been dead for days. It was all over in thirty minutes. It was the only way for the boys to win it. And the foreign correspondent, he mumbled to me. No one saw it coming. If I were you, I would run for it. Before the arsonist’s son pays you a visit again.
7.
Holding Out 01:58
Waiting out the rain. I’m waiting out the rain. I’m sorry, I guess, is what you’ve come to expect. I want you just the same. I want you just the same. Tussled hair and cigarettes and a life I couldn’t forget.
8.
Score 03:38
Walking out into the summer crowd without you. Two young girls are surprised by a limousine, A man inside says, Do you want to try something new? I’m on the other end of the line Like an obscene telephone call, Out on a short leash struggling, just struggling for a bite. Walking out, Astor Place, Skater punks, just teenage. Forty ounce, in brown bags Saying, Baby, it’s just sex you see.’ Look up ahead, tonight and tomorrow morning calls to me. In tight blue jeans, in this I believe. And not much else. Everyone is just looking to score Someone who is looking to score Someone on St. Marks in New York. Walking out into the summer crowd without you.
9.
A Short One 01:46
Say baby, I love you. Baby, I’m not your type. It only makes the cold outside Burn my thin skin twice. The bartender, he calls last call. Funny, I just made one. Strange girls are in the stall. Who’s got the cocaine. You know I’ve seen this movie before. In the next scene he opens that door. He says I’m going to kill myself or move to California. Either way you’ll never see me anymore.
10.
Come Clean 03:54
On the bedroom floor, lights are off. I’ve got the tv on, you should’ve known Not to trust a dog like me. I never said I would be true…or maybe I did. The lies you need to hear. So slide on over here, don’t be coy. I will whisper in your ear how she was. I’ll tell you what you want to know. You won’t believe how easy it was to come up with The lies she needed to hear. I gently held her wrist just like this. You know her breaths got quick Like yours just did. Acting like she’s so innocent, She didn’t even know that she’d said The lies I need to hear. Fiction is all we need. So why’d you come clean. Whose fantasy is it this time? Yours or mine? We’ve got to keep this game alive. I’ve got a dirty mind but you just seem to love the pain Of the lies I need to hear And the lies I need to tell.
11.
Things I found, things I never knew Turns out it's not so easy To turn you into a fool On my hands and knees now Crawlin like a baby Isn't anyone even curious How this happened to me Never gonna drink Never gonna drink Jersey Never gonna drink Jersey Whiskey no more Just because I gone blind Doesn't mean I didn't hear That you left around midnight With a former teenage star I'ts only four dollars Special two for one And a cold, cold Reingold And a loss of self control Never gonna drink Never gonna drink Jersey Never gonna drink Jersey Whiskey no more I'm making up Making up people Just to have Have some company It's better that Than to have to stand naked And have no one No one there to see "Never gonna drink Never gonna drink" Never gonna drink Jersey Never gonna drink Jersey Whiskey no more Never gonna drink Jersey Whiskey no more
12.
By Your Side 03:25
By your side, I'm with you I could love you more than I do I guess dreams they do come true When I wish upon a star I wish for you Started one night with a kiss And I knew right then it would come to this Into my arms you fell my sweet, sweet girl My sweet Night after night of romance With our arms around eachother we did dance Then you whispered in my ear How you love me my dear How you love me By your side, I'm with you I could love you more than I do I guess dreams they do come true When I wish upon a star I wish for you It's like heaven in your eyes Heaven in your arms Right in time Right beside you Come away with me until the end I will be your lover and your friend And when I'm turning gray I will always say, and stay By your side, I'm with you I could love you more than I do I guess dreams they do come true When I wish upon a star I wish for you When I wish upon a star I wish for you
13.
Lovers Gold 03:15
Do you dream every night about what it could be Do you talk in your sleep about the wedding night Underneath the moon and the stars so bright How I long just to hold you in my arms We were not but a couple of kids Running through the reeds and tall corn fields nearby But I lost you in the rush of the Slocum River Now I’m singing when I’m seeing you smile Tomorrow night we stand on the edge It falls from our lips, lovers’ gold It’s soft and it’s sweet and I knew it completely The moment I saw you Her eyes are as soft as tears Her heart is as deep as the ocean blue But not one of these I compare her to Is as beautiful as my sweet heart’s smile Well sometime it doesn’t come easy As sometimes not at all But you and I have found it alright Cuz the heavens are starting to fall Tomorrow night we stand on the edge It falls from our lips, lovers’ gold It’s soft and it’s sweet and I knew it completely The moment I saw you
14.
You can call it a failure with me and with you, Cuz we couldn’t work it out, but we’ll work it through. To carry this burden is something we’ll do. If you can’t find the magic, you head for the door. Cuz it would be more tragic to live in this war. And it’s best to surrender than to hurt anymore. My sweet heart. Hang onto me just like a melody, not so easily. Don’t look back to see all that has happened here, Though not so clear. Don’t cry my dear. It just wasn’t meant to be. Maybe next Christmas we’ll both be at home And we’ll mail all the presents and call on the phone. And we’ll meet in the middle of hello and goodbye. My sweet heart. We all have our mysteries and things that don’t last That blanket our future under our past And answer the questions we don’t want to ask, like, Was this right from the start, my sweet heart?’ Hang onto me just like a melody, not so easily. Don’t look back to see all that has happened here, Though not so clear. Don’t cry my dear. It just wasn’t meant to be.
15.
Last Goodbye 00:37
I never saw it coming, The saddest brown in her eyes. She bade New York Her last goodbye.

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What is Fiction? Is it the half-truths, exaggerations and outright lies that certain types of love demand? Stories we make up while walking the city blocks to give identity to people we will never know? A man standing before a trunk full of masks, trying them on and discarding them in an attempt to show who he thinks he should be? All the nastiness of existence hidden in the voice of a smooth-talking troubadour? Things left unsaid that will return to burn up our happy little homes? Guilt pretending to be love, love wrapped up in guilt, fear of loneliness above all else?

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released June 1, 2008

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The Insatiables:
Bruce Bell - dobro
Nate Blaz - cello
Dan Brantigan - trumpet and flugel horn
Dave Cieri - piano and organ
John DeLore - vocals
Tom Diehl - drums
Andy Eggleston - viola
Jay Frederick - drums and percussion
Jessica Goodkin - vocals
Nancy Kuo - violin
Putnam Murdock - vocals, guitars, pedal steel, mandolin, piano
Brian Ravitsky - drums
Gilad Ronen - tenor sax and clarinet
Jordan Scannella - bass
Kara Suzanne - vocals

Recorded and mixed by Bryan Pugh www.pughtube.com
Additional Recording by Scott McDowell
Mastering by Kevin Blackler www.blacklermastering.com

Produced by Putnam Murdock and Bryan Pugh

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Putnam Murdock Massachusetts

Every Thursday night the Centre Streeters would gather in circle in a living room and evoke every damn lost, drunk, and brokenhearted song known to man... in four part harmony of course. Each time brought me closer and closer to the point of knowing no other way of life. My bio is isn't finished, but I've been gifted with humility. Sitting in a circle, playing songs is where the real music exists. ... more

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