Songs from 2010
by David Garlitz
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What Love Is
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Material Things
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Cecilita
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Ton petit bébé
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Blue Skies
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A Rich Man's Eye
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I Like the Way You Move
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The King
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Luna y mar
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The Wolves
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The Drifters
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about
A collection of original songs about love, food, dance, betrayal, the passage of time, and an imagined nostalgia for physical objects. Written, performed, and recorded at 33 rue Viala, Paris, by David Garlitz, except "I Wanna Eat You Up," performed by Calamity Jeanne and recorded by Renato Tonini.
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released 23 December 2010
all compositions © 2010 David Garlitz
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I'm a guitarist, songwriter, ethnomusicologist, and educator born in New Hampshire and living in Paris, France.
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May 2012 -
Dec 2010
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- Track Name: What Love Is
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We find a place among the trees
where we can watch the sun go down
there's nowhere else on earth I'd rather be
but that's way I always feel when you're around
We trace the sun across the sky
with bits of grass between our toes
we never stop to wonder why
the clouds have disappeared with all our woes
chorus: oh whoa whoa whoa
whoa whoa
what love is
some would find it harder to define
oh whoa I know
I know
what love is
love is when I've got you by my side
And all the people stop and stare
cause it's you and I who brought this change in weather
there must be something in the air, they say
they can't believe we go so well together
chorus
Now we're laughing at the lady on the bus
who dressed her little dog like a baby
cherry blossoms fill the air around us
I begin to think that maybe
maybe this is all we need
chorus
And when the memory starts to fade
years from now when we're both a little older
I know I'll think about the way we are today
hand in hand
your head upon my shoulder
Now we're laughing at the lady on the bus
who dressed her little dog like a baby
cherry blossoms fill the air around us
I begin to think that maybe
maybe this is all we need
chorus - Track Name: Material Things
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She was wired for fidelity
In a material world
She had shiny white buttons
Made in mother of pearl
A tiny electronic brain
With a phase-locked loop
Ape hangers and a day-long
Handwoven in Peru
Chorus:
She had stereophonic sound
She was the only game in town
She had electric lights
Hand-painted stripes
Just give me something I can squeeze between my fingers
Something I can wear out over time
A little flavor I can savor while it lingers
It’s only in your mind
It’s always intertwined
And you can’t hold on to it
And you can’t let go of it
Gonna find myself a remedy
Way down in Bora Bora
With double-overhead cams
Handmade of real angora
Chrome bikini fairings
That’ll never fade away
Electrified and by my side
Until my dying day
Chorus - Track Name: Cecilita
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Cecilita
Tengo una novia que es de maravilla
Y se llama La Cecilita
Espero que ella sepa que la quiero
Y que sepa lo feliz que estoy
Espero que ella sepa que no importa donde vaya
Yo tambien me voy
Cuando ella se mueve, cuando ella gira
Ay te juro, me electrifica
Pensar en ella y las vueltas que da
Me da ganas de cantar
Pero más que nada quiero volver con ella
Y bailar y bailar
Ay la cecilita
La chica más linda
Con sus labios de guinda - Track Name: Ton petit bébé
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Baby, ever since we met
You've taken over my heart
Now we're away, I've just got to say
Our love is strong even when we're apart
And baby, I know you wonder
Just what the future might bring
But don't be blue, just tap your shoe
And listen to the song I sing
Baby it don't matter where you go
I'll always be your bebecito
And baby it don't matter how far away
Je serai toujours
Ton petit bébé
Oo oo oo
Ton petit bébé
And baby, I know you wonder
How it's all gonna work out right
Hours of time on the telephone line
And sleepin' alone at night
And baby, I know you worry
That I might be untrue
But have no doubt, I won't flake out
I can't think of anybody but you
Baby it don't matter where you go
I'll always be your bebecito
And baby it don't matter how far away
Je serai toujours
Ton petit bébé
Oo oo oo
Ton petit bébé
Maybe gay paree ain't so gay without me around
But baby nueva york really needs some work
Without you
Boop boop be doo
Baby it don't matter where you go
I'll always be your bebecito
And baby it don't matter how far away
Je serai toujours
Ton petit bébé
Oo oo oo
Ton petit bébé - Track Name: Blue Skies
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Her eyes were the color of the evergreens
Swallowed by the deep blue sea
She could dream without sleeping
Lie without speaking
She's all he sees
He's waking up to tangerines and violins
He's howling at the distant moon
He lives wihout knowing
Loves without showing
He's on his knees
Chorus:
Well I know where I'm goin'
An' I know where I've been
Blue sky tell me all I need to know
They make time to the rhythm of a Zulu drum
The wail of a saxophone
They're reaching out for the throws
They're steppin’ on toes
It's all they need
Soft-shoe routine across the tabletop
Shadow of a red balloon
She wanders outside
He follows in stride
So peacefully
Chorus
You can tell by her eyes that she's up and gone
She's living deep within the amazon
A washtub bass and a slide trombone,
She wanders on
A distant memory of a red balloon
Swallowed by a saxophone
She dreams without knowing
Lies without showing
She's all alone
Chorus - Track Name: A Rich Man's Eye
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A rich man's eye
A poor man's pocket
Time goes by
Like a bottle rocket
I don't even know what day it is (2x)
Some would say they'd seen it from the start
They'd seen where you were heading
They swore that it was beauty, that it was art
A true romance
Some say it was all a big mistake
The world just wasn't ready
You put out more than anyone could take
You shook it more than anyone could shake
All you needed then was just a break
And half a chance
Chorus
Some would say that this is for the birds
A stone that's not worth throwing
They've heard you sing the song without the words
That hide the tears
Some say this is now and that was then
And the wind is always blowing
You still think fame is just around the bend
The hometown hero makes it in the end
It's just enough to let yourself pretend
For all these years
Chorus
Some would say that this is all my fault
They'd say that I was willing
We seldom see the rocks that build the wall
A story's just a story after all
You're the one who's been there all along
To dry my tears - Track Name: I Like the Way You Move
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You don't even know how to do the watusi
You can't dance the boogaloo
When the boys on your street want to move their feet
Then don't come runnin' to you
Your idea of the früg is like a softshoe routine
A throwback to the golden age of the silverscreen
Chorus:
But you can
Shake it like a polaroid picture
Work it like a Babylon sister
You ain't got nothin' to prove
You put your heart into the groove
Oh-oh-oh baby
I like the way you move
You almost got the hang of the fandango
'Til your feet got in the way
You're still mystified by the electric slide
And you can't spell YMCA
Your partner's just a simple victim of circumstance
You do the cha cha cha like interpretive dance
Chorus
You do the rumba when everybody's rockin'
Then the band plays a charleston -
You're poppin and lockin
I've never been the kind of guy to criticize
Everybody's got their faults
But when the boys in the band go into a gentle tango
You proudly swing into a waltz
When they do the hokey pokey you just shake it all about
You mix the robot with the worm and turn it inside out
Chorus - Track Name: The King
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You’ve got sand in your eyes
It was nothing but lies
You cry all the way home
The world’s on your back
It won’t cut you no slack
And your soaked to the bone
And those stories you tell
Have all gone to hell
And you feel that you’re following close
Chorus:
Well try to remember that feeling
Of those days when you were young
The boys had you up to the ceiling
You were the king
You were the only one
Now that pimply-faced kid
Got your regular gig
And your free on Saturday nights
You can still hold your own
Down at Rudy’s T-Bone
And there’s no end in sight
But the boys in the band
Say you’re losing your hand
And you know that they’re probably right
Chorus
You’ve got sand in your eyes
It was nothing but lies
You cry all the way home
The world’s on your back
It won’t cut you no slack
And you’re soaked to the bone
And those stories you tell
Have all gone to hell
And you feel that you’re following close
Chorus - Track Name: Calamity Jeanne - I Wanna Eat You Up
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When you get that look
Late in the evenin' time
With your skin so soft and your eyes so bright
and your lips like cherry wine
Darlin,' when you hold me close
I hope you'll never stop
Ooo oo oo
I wanna eat you up
I keep my fingers crossed
Though I'm not superstitious
Cause' I know can't you see that I'm lucky as can be
To have a baby that's delicious
Darlin,' on your fingertips
I would gladly sup
Ooo oo oo
I wanna eat you up
I wanna sop you up with a biscuit
I can hardly wait
Spread you out on a triscuit
And then I'm gonna lick my plate
Darlin,' on your fingertips
I would gladly sup
Ooo oo oo
I wanna eat you up
And baby when you smile
and even when you pout
my eyes start to roll, I lose all self control
and my tongue starts wagglin' out
Darlin' give me just one sip
Of your lovin cup
Oo oo oo
I wanna eat you up - Track Name: It's All Downhill From Here
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We reached the top just before sunrise
The trees get small, then they just disappear
Out beyond the rocks and snow there was nothing but sky
New years day and the coldest day of the year
I've got blisters on my fingers
From a hundred red guitars
I've sung a thousand little love songs
In a million tiny bars
I've played the highest note
I've learned the sweetest words
I've heard the warmest chord
I'll ever hear
Chorus:
It's All down hill
It's all down hill
It's all down hill
From here
We drove all night across the desert
The edge of the canyon was dusted with snow
Morning found us cold and stiff and bleary-eyed
Colors blazing in the valley down below
I've been walking in barefeet
Over miles of broken tar
Down a dozen dusty highways
Under a millon silver stars
I've sailed the seven seas
I've seen the farthest shore
I have climbed the highest peak
And known no fear
Chorus
We followed that band all through the quarter
Zulu Drums Thundering into the night
The rain in our hair and the mud on our feet
Couldn't put out the stars in our eyes
I'd been searching for so long
Just to find my only one
From the moment that I saw you
I knew my search was done
For you I would steal and I would lie
I would trade away my soul
I would willingly deny
All I hold dear
Chorus - Track Name: Luna y mar
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Yo que siempre vivo en la canción
bailando y cantando en permanente
yo solo puedo darte explicación
de que resiente mi corazón
ya sabes que te quiero
como puedo decir
como_una luna quiere_el mar
como_un sol que deja de brillar
si yo
no te tengo siempre a mi lado
y con lo que vivimos tu y yo
tu siempre a mi lado cuando caigo
yo solo quiero darte lo mejor
y ahora traigo mi corazón
ya sabes que te quiero
como puedo decir
como una luna quiere el mar
como un sol que deja de brillar
si yo
no te tengo siempre a mi lado
¡ay!
como la luna quiere el mar
yo nunca dejaré deamarte
(y te quiero siempre a mi lado)
ya sabes que te quiero
como puedo decir
como_una luna quiere_el mar
como_un sol que deja de brillar
si yo
no te tengo siempre a mi lado - Track Name: The Wolves
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Let's go out walking, she says
Let's go out walking in the woods
The country air will do you good
Let's look around
Let's go run wild, she says
We can wander, we can roam
And we're sure to be back home
Before sundown
She hasn't Been here in a million years
But she seems to know the way
It's just beyond the trees off to the right
It's getting rather late
We'd best pick up the pace
We wouldn't want to have to spend the night
Chorus:
Are we all waiting for your tearful return
To hear the story that you practiced word for word
Is it only in my mind?
The way the moonlight hits your eye?
Or will you leave me to the wolves tonight?
Let's go run wild she said
Let's go out where the river runs
Way out where I'm the only one
Who knows your name
Let's go out walking she said
We'll stay along the railroad track
'cause we know we can't go back
The way we came
I'm having trouble keeping up
I can't tell how long it's been
The sun is sliding down the sky
Chorus
Now I'm sure we've lost our way
Though He swears to me I'm wrong
It seems as though we've been out here for days
It could be that his legs
Are just as tired out as mine
But why would he refuse to meet my gaze?
Let's go run wild, he says
Let's go out where the path unwinds
Out where we hope that we will find
Our way back home
Let's go out walking, he says
You know we've been this way before
Though I was never keeping score
I've always known
Chorus - Track Name: The Drifters
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We are vagabonds
Fearless adventurers
We boldly go where none have gone
We sail the seven seas
Climb the highest peaks
No matter where we go we won't be gone for long
A tiny island in a sapphire sea
A night train drifting through the trees
Or weaving through the hops and barley
We're adrift out on the water
Like a boat that slipped it's mooring
No plans for the afternoon
And no place else to be
In the morning
We travel light
Just a toothbrush and some things
A can of red paint for the town
We sleep out in the stars
A la belle etoile
Home is where your feet don't touch the ground
Just like 'trane we've got some favorite things
But they all fit into a bag
Or they're bigger than the sky!
We're the thunderclap that rolls across the valley without warning
No plans for the afternoon
And no place else to be
in the morning
We're at our best when we improvise
When we throw caution to the breeze
And then it's bigger than the sea
And it's bigger than the sky
