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November 8, 2006
Midtown, NYC
As part of "The Please Don't"
Originally released on the album "Ladies and Gentlemen"
New Mix: July 7, 2012
This song was originally recorded for "The Barnick Session" on May 27, 1999

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somewhere a boat is changing it’s course
a force on the rise is now sinking
and those who have failed are taking it over
those sober have takin’ to drinking
now ma in her kerchief and i in my flask
we’ve asked god to give us an answer
and sure as I stand he’s written it clear
on the heel of a flamenco dancer
the audience cheered
as the ink smeared
but we handled it fine for the wine made the scene disappear

somewhere a girl stands in a mirror
it appears her whole face has been painted
and a hairbrush holds a magazine open
and she’s hoping she’ll soon seem untainted
there is her daddy outside the door
she ignores all his yelling and knocking
with every stroke that slides across her lips
she slips from his arms into nothing
now he’s given up
and she’s growing up
daddy ya can’t hold close what’s supposed to open up

one day the son is going to rise
with eyes the color of his father’s
his chin to the skies his feet on the ground
his arms ‘round our sons and our daughters
leaning in close all ears erect
we’ll detect through his words that we’re cowards
and soon we will have to surrender this land
and hand back these faces we’ve borrowed
now these words that he’ll say
might make sense one day
but now they’re unclear and with fear we will all turn away

somewhere a girl is writing a letter
‘cause it’s better than bashing her head in
darkness slides on the paper and grows
and she knows it will win if she lets it
just as a boy is reading her words
it occurs to him love is a fire
and though it is bright and warm it has burned
and turned this young girl to a liar

well we are that boy
and we are liars
love is the sun and the sun is on fire
and it’s sparks are what heal
but here we are standing all in the shade
curtains are drawn plans have been made
in the dark and it feels
like nothing will change and nothing will grow
and we’re standing together feeling alone
and it won’t mean a damn
if one day I cried and you grabbed my hand
and whispered “ I know I understand”
cause you don’t understand
no one understands

credits

from A Top Secret Love Note To Myself, The Whore (The Very Best of Peter Rinaldi), released July 8, 2012

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Peter Rinaldi New York, New York

I am a filmmaker who sometimes makes records. Garageband, an out -of-tune guitar and bad singing sums it up. But I try to make up for it in other ways, like with anger and reverb.

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