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Songs From the Show

by Alacartoona

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1.
Willkommen 01:33
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welcome come to the show make yourself at home welcome feel right at home come on, let yourself go willkommen, fraulein willkommen, frau willkommen, fraulein willkommen, now welcome to the show, ladies and gentlemen... i know why you're all here you want to have a good time, yes? i know what else you want; you want love don't we all want love? well, alacartoona can't promise you love, but she can show you... a good time welcome... let yourself go
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For Us 03:42
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is it night time? the lights are dim i think i hear it rain his mouth is laughing his lips are thin he's at my window, calls my name you know i'd give my love to you if i could slip away from him the room is empty the room is full then it empties out again his love is empty his love is cold but still he gets beneath my skin you know i'd give my love to you if i could steal away from him i'd make a plan for us i'd go to work for us i'd find a place for us to live i'd build a home for us i'd make a life for us i'd show the world if i could just leave him times he's gentle times he's cruel but he always takes away my pain it's when i'm empty that i feel the fool that's when he gives it back again you know i'd give my life to you if i could get away from him i'd make a plan for us i'd go to work for us i'd find a place for us to live i'd build a home for us i'd make a life for us i'd show the world if i could just leave him
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Turn Away 04:02
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there's a sinner amongst you - turn away she'll bring god's wrath against you - turn away there's a fire down below you might reap what she sows turn away, i'm coming, turn away turn away, turn away, turn away turn away, turn away, turn away there's a fire, there's a fire i'm a devil for hire turn away, i'm coming, turn away i'm a woman's done bad things - turn away i'm a woman's seen sad things - turn away there's a fire waits for him who shows mercy to sin turn away, i'm coming, turn away ever since i was a young girl all i wanted was to love i'd search every day and nights i would pray it would come to me but now the world is broken its just dust beneath my feet and each day my name is taken in vain by the trash that blows down the streets these lips have know pleasure - turn away there was joy without measure - turn away there was a fire deep inside and i was its bride turn away, i'm coming, turn away turn away, turn away, turn away turn away, turn away, turn away there's a fire, there's a fire i'm a devil for hire turn away, i'm coming, turn away there's a fire, there's a fire i'm a devil for hire turn away, i'm coming, turn away
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Fluff & Tickle 01:56
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be what you want when you're my lover a secret agent, go under cover be a super hero, captain thunder i'll be super girl that makes boys wonder roll me over and I'll play dead we'll hide and seek around the bed you be a pirate from way down under go ahead, mate - loot and plunder fluff and tickle, honey let's play a game i'll be the tiger you can tame fluff and tickle, honey give it a try don't be scared, now don't be shy hey cowboy you sure draw quick i know, baby, when I'm licked mr. lifeguard can you help me out? i think i need some mouth to mouth doctor, doctor check my heart and while you're at it check my other parts fluff and tickle, honey let's play a game i'll be the big cat you can tame fluff and tickle, honey give it a try don't be humble, now don't be shy
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The Honey Won't Soothe the Sting 02:59
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lover, i'm leaving you'd better believe me, i'm going to go don't start your confessing don't try to undress me, you're late for your show the music is playing the newspapers say that you're the queen the curtain is rising it doesn't surprise me i'm cut from the scene it won't work this time you can keep the ring it won't work this time the honey won't soothe the sting the honey won't soothe the sting lover, i'm praying you'll beg me to stay then give my your heart but lover, i'm learning at first it might burn but then falls apart the house is buzzing then it fades how it does when the lights start to dim in the darkness i'm bumbling i trip and i stumble on love once again it won't work this time you can keep the ring it won't work this time the honey won't soothe the sting the honey won't soothe the sting the honey won't soothe the sting you buzz 'round the money while you lie in our bed you feed sugar to strangers who you ahead your poison is golden my love is bright red and my heart pumps them both through my veins that's why your honey won't soothe the sting this time your honey just won't soothe the sting lover, i'm leaving you'd better believe me here i go don't start your confessing don't try to undress me you're late for your show (i'm late for my show) it won't work this time give me back my ring (i don't want your ring) it won't work this time the honey won't soothe the sting the honey won't soothe the sting the honey won't soothe the sting the honey won't soothe the sting
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Perpetual Gin 02:18
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tango tango tango it is the devil's dance it is the devil's dance flames lick toes and the devil knows that when he tangos hot he looks so cool it's his favorite it's his favorite and he dances to cool off and so his wife and all his daughters and his servants catch their death of cold
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Seems For Days 03:23
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now that you have closed your eyes should i dream of sunrise? should i hope for dawn? now that you have gone to bed should your voice leave my head? should i forget your song? it's all gone seems for days seems for days seems for days now that you have found your peace should my love for you cease? should i carry on? it's all gone seems for days seems for days seems for days
8.
The Lesson 03:47
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i get this feeling when i look at you a sinking sort of deja vu i know already what you'll put me through but baby, i'm hooked you want to meet me in a rendezvous a little secret, just me and you do all the things that you want me to oh...this is one of those things that i shouldn't do is this the lesson i should've already learned? are you the lover i should've spurned? is this the heartache too soon i'll earn lover, i'm just guessing... are you the lesson? your kiss is like an angel's sigh there's no one better under earth or sky i can't resist you, i don't even try baby, i'm hooked your eyes are like the midnight sky i gotta love you and i don't know why 'cause every word is just an alibi oh...i know already that you're gonna lie is this the lesson i should've already learned? are you the lover i should've spurned? is this the heartache too soon i'll earn lover, i'm just guessing... are you the lesson? we both know what i'm gonna do no use pretending - i belong to you oh, i'll regret it when i'm lost and blue oh...'cause i know already that you won't be true yeah, i know already that you won't be true
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Black & Blue Heart 05:14
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i didn't mean to hurt you, liebchen i love you, little one i don't know why i hurt you, liebchen sometimes i come undone with these little bites and stings and pricks i eat your love away but my hunger still consumes me i know no other way to show you i love you i can only bruise your heart it's when i know i've hurt you liebchen you are mine you are mine i didn't mean to hurt you, liebchen i love you, little one i can't say why i hurt you, liebchen sometimes i'm all undone i'm sad and sick and sorry the ever selfish one your eyes are full of things that can't be undone i can say i didn't mean it but i did it just the same even so i try to give you all the blame i could blame it on my shattered past on those who taught me pain but truth is, i'm not strong enough to ever change it's my weakness that drew you it's your hope in me i crush no one can love me not enough i'm not enough i'm sorry that i hurt you, liebchen i love you, little one it's my secrets that hurt you, liebchen and now it's all undone this is a game you were meant to lose oh my poor liebchen, you just never knew but your black and blue heart proves i loved you yes, your black and blue heart proves i loved you
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Every Saint Needs a Sinner 02:40
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every saint needs a sinner every loser needs a winner every young beginner needs a take-it-on-the-chinner i'm a sinner she's no beginner you can be the saint and i'll be the sinner every boy-child needs some kisses every girl-child knows what this is when we're blowing out our candles i'm all three of your wishes who needs some kisses? we're makin' wishes you can be the boy and i'll give you kisses every tom-tom needs a drummer and every guitar needs a strummer just like every pretty ditty needs an little bitty hummer so who wants a hummer? every saint needs a sinner every saint? - needs a sinner every saint but wait! what about paul? - we'll have a ball! what about john? - we'll get it on! what about peter? - matthew's sweeter! what about mark? - mmmm...tall and dark what about thomas? - actually, he likes boys what about michelle? - what the hell! 'cause she's - sing it boys! a - tell 'em what I am sinner! - sinner! i'm a sinner!
11.
Die Laughing 02:33
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here we go again drinking with our memories groping for safe ground retelling well-worn histories i'll help you remember you help me forget i'll make you laugh whenever you pay too much for what you get let's all pretend we're happy let's raise our glasses high it's all some sort of comedy let's laugh until we cry it all seemed so good... was life so easy then? what have we become... just shadows of our dreaming? you help me remember i'll help you forget our beautiful potential lost hope's regret let's all pretend we're happy let's raise our glasses high it's all some sort of comedy let's laugh until we cry let's all pretend we're happy let's raise our voices high yes, it's all a tragic comedy let's drink our lives goodbye yes, it's all some sad comedy let's laugh until we die

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Recorded at Evolution Audio, August, 2004.
Produced by Don Martin and Alacartoona.

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released April 21, 2005

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Alacartoona Kansas City, Missouri

Alacartoona's stage show is a visual extension of their all-original songbook. Utilizing a stripped down ensemble of accordion, bass, and drums, with the occasional guitar or brass, they bring to life vivid tales of love and loss, of bedrooms and back alleys, of the solitude and the camaraderie of sex, drugs and cabaret. ... more

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