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radio silence

from let me drive by Everything in Pen

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lyrics

I know I never thanked you for the card
it was so unexpected
you know I'll never reciprocate
in july I'll remember you had a birthday
you didn't say it, I heard you got a job
at least I read it on your blog
I wouldn't have to go there
if you would ever tell me any details

I guess it must be how you spend your time
and I am never on your mind
or else I always am
either way explains the radio silence

in our first year on that last day
I stayed late putting everything away
you said you were coming by
I made sure I packed things oh so slowly
but the floor was swept and the closet clear
no sign of footsteps drawing near
david byrne on auto-stop
you make me go down to knock on your front door
you call me up in the middle of the day
everything is swimming, melting
and I don't really know where I am
but I'm sure you'll know just where to find me

somewhere early on in our history
somehow you must have been afraid of me
that I could only think less of you
if you would ever say what you were really thinking
let's take an hour, a week, a day
you can say the shit you've got to say
and I could do it differently
I could try or at least pretend to listen
I won't interrupt when I disagree
until we argue constantly
I'll lose patience
you'll storm off to where it feels more normal

is there a time a place a box
deep within the land that time forgot
we'll give this another shot
I will be less annoying

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from let me drive, released April 30, 2010
melanie and brian: backing vocals

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Everything in Pen San Francisco

Combining the pop sensibility of Big Star and narrative observations of Jonathan Richman and Aimee Mann, Everything in Pen’s songs cover many topics---war criminals, sexism, and Dave Eggers--through her unique lens as an obsessive reader. She sings the things you won’t say aloud, of the foolishness, the hopefulness and the almost unbearable humanness of us all. ... more

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