Solo show bootleg
25:19 total time

songs:
Strawberry Wine
Sing It To Me
Water
One Too Many Goodbyes
Grow Up

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Friday, March 7th 2008 at 8pm
Rockwood Music Hall
New York City

Recording by Ken Rockwood

Trio show bootleg
23:54 total time

songs:
On The Night Train
Fairyland
One Too Many Goodbyes
Sooner Or Later

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at your service:
Trevor Exter, voice and cello
Jairus Odums, bass
Jamie Alegre, drums

Saturday, March 15th, 2008
Rockwood Music Hall
11pm

Recording by Ken Rockwood

I used to act
We made a cow
I played the ass part of the cow
Some girls they sang and danced
And put on some makeup
And this guy showed up with music flying out of his mouth

And it was just like the movies
Like some flying saucer people
Coming high in the sky
But this ain’t the movies
And I’m not like those people in the movies

Walking down High Street
This used to be my street
But today stay away ‘cause a movie’s being made
And a scrappy PA says I gotta go another way
I say hey lemmetellyasomething,
You know just ‘cause you’ve got all of that cash
Shouldn’t give you the right of way, no
‘Cause money can’t buy class
And the last time I asked everybody said your movie sucked ass
So let me pass

‘Cause this ain’t the movies
Ain’t no flying saucer people
Coming to say hi
No this ain’t the movies
And I’m nothing like those people in the movies

na na na naaa na (na na na naaa naaa na)
This ain’t the movies!
na na na naaa na (na na na naaa naaa na)
This ain’t the movies!
na na na naaa na (na na na naaa naaa na)
This ain’t the movies!
na na na naaa na (na na na naaa naaa na)
This ain’t the movies!
na na na naaa na (na na na naaa naaa na)

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 1 from the CD “Flying Saucer People”

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Bass: Marcos Archetti
Drums: Mariano Cantero

Recorded and Mixed by Tatu Estela
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2008 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

I left you once on the night train
I left you once once on the night train
I left you once on the night train
I left you once once once but baby here we go again

Lost my baggage many times
Singing someone else’s rhymes
Thought you’d save me from myself
Until I found my love sittin’ on your shelf

I left you once on the night train
I left you once once on the night train
I left you once on the night train
I left you once once once but baby here we go again

The sun can’t hold me to a face
Though I give anything for a taste
The things I like, you know they always hurt
Oh oh but in this life you got guns and you got church

I should know better than to be smart
Your love it hit me like a poison dart
I should know better than to be smart
Your love it hit me like a poison dart

I left you once on the night train
I left you once once on the night train
I left you once on the night train
I left you once once once but baby here we go again
again again again again again
I left you once on the night train
I left you once once on the night train
I left you once on the night train
I left you once once once but baby here we go again

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 2 from the CD “Flying Saucer People”

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Voices: Natalie Gelman and Cassondra Kellam
Bass: Marcos Archetti
Drums: Mariano Cantero

Recorded and Mixed by Tatu Estela
Additional Recording by Darren Solomon at Big Foote Music, NYC
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2008 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

So it comes to this
The same temptation wearing a different face
You think you can fool me – uh uh

The jailhouse door is swinging open
But I’m just staring out through the bars
The jailhouse door is swinging open
But I’m just staring out through these bars

What happened to the man
I thought I was becoming?
Now my heart is trapped
My arms are wrapped
Holding an empty bag of dreams

Thought I’d let the past become the past
When I was so young and stupid
To think I was any different
I thought I had you fooled

The jailhouse door is swinging open
But I’m just staring out through the bars
The jailhouse door is swinging open
But I’m just sitting here watching TV
The jailhouse door is swinging open
But I’m just sitting here playing cards
The jailhouse door is swinging open
But I’m just staring through goddamn bars

What happened to the man
I thought I was becoming?
Now my heart is trapped
My arms are wrapped
Holding an empty bag of dreams

Thought I’d let the past become the past
Thought I’d let the past become the past
Thought I’d let the past become the past
Same temptation
Oooh same temptation
Oooh same temptation

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 3 from the CD “Flying Saucer People”

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Voices: Natalie Gelman and Cassondra Kellam
Bass: Marcos Archetti
Drums: Mariano Cantero

Recorded and Mixed by Tatu Estela
Additional Recording by Darren Solomon at Big Foote Music, NYC
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2008 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

Lips as soft as the wind, you’re like the petals of a flower
No idea where your body ends and the air begins

Trembling, shivering
I’m under your spell
You who are made of blue
Let me live in this blue
‘Cause the peace i find could only be with you
The soft touch of your love divine
Kisses sweet like strawberry wine

Now to find the greatest pain, I can’t hold myself up strong
Searching so far in vain, I’ve wanted you for too long

Trembling, shivering
I’m under your spell
You who are made of blue
Let me live in this blue
‘Cause the peace i find could only be with you
I’m swimming in your love sublime
We share a glass of strawberry wine

Trembling, shivering
I’m under your spell
You who are made of blue
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find could only be with you
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find could only be with you
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find let me live, let me live!
‘Cause the peace i find could only be with you
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find could only be with you
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find could only be with you
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find could only be with you
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find could only be with you

Wo oh, a ah, wo oh, na na na na
Wo oh, a ah, wo oh, na na na na
Wo oh, a ah, wo oh, na na na na
Wo oh, a ah, wo oh, na na na na

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 4 from the CD “Flying Saucer People”

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Voices: Natalie Gelman and Cassondra Kellam
Bass: Marcos Archetti
Drums: Mariano Cantero

Recorded and Mixed by Tatu Estela
Additional Recording by Darren Solomon at Big Foote Music, NYC
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2008 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

Preciousness lies
in the satisfied mind of a man
In those good old days
I let too many of these chances slip by

You can only make so much love
sooner or later you’ll have to let your love make you
You know you’re the one I’m thinking of
sooner or later we’ve got to find our own way through

It’s happening again
just like the other times we tried
In those good old days
I fell in love a little too often for my own good

You can only make so much love
sooner or later you’ll have to let your love make you
You know you’re the one I’m thinking of
sooner or later we’ve got to find our own way through

what comes of chasing love
if not your heart breaking over the cold stone of regret
You wish for the one you want and ignore the one you get

You can only make so much love
sooner or later you’ll have to let your love make you
You know you’re the one I’m thinking of
sooner or later we’ve got to find our own way

You can only make so much love
sooner or later you’ll have to let your love make you
You know you’re the one I’m thinking of
sooner or later we’ve got to find our own way
Sooner or later…

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 5 from the CD “Flying Saucer People”

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Voices: Natalie Gelman and Cassondra Kellam
Bass: Marcos Archetti
Drums: Mariano Cantero

Recorded and Mixed by Tatu Estela
Additional Recording by Darren Solomon at Big Foote Music, NYC
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2008 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

My northern heart is bathed in sun
And my hand scribbles the wind
But my frozen voice still shivers
From beneath the shiny skin
I will always love you

Your message in that bottle
Brought a crazy flashing fever
Staining the silence and the sea
But in a world of endless opportunities
Love is only good when it hurts
I will always love you
I will always love you

I’m home again to my new york
With my eyes open wide and the rain on my face
I ran from my lost home to this place
I miss the sun upon your curls, and the moon in your face
I used to turn my head for cute girls
But now only for a parking space
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always
Always
Always

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 6 from the CD “Flying Saucer People”

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Bass: Marcos Archetti
Drums: Mariano Cantero

Recorded and Mixed by Tatu Estela
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2008 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

Lips as soft as the wind, you’re like the petals of a flower
No idea where your body ends and the air begins

Trembling, shivering
I’m under your spell
You who are made of blue
Let me live in this blue
‘Cause the peace i find could only be with you
The soft touch of your love divine
Kisses sweet like strawberry wine

Now to find the greatest pain, I can’t hold myself up strong
Searching so far in vain, I’ve wanted you for too long

Trembling, shivering
I’m under your spell
You who are made of blue
Let me live in this blue
‘Cause the peace i find could only be with you
I’m swimming in your love sublime
We share a glass of strawberry wine

Trembling, shivering
I’m under your spell
You who are made of blue
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find could only be with you
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find could only be with you
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find let me live, let me live!
‘Cause the peace i find could only be with you
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find could only be with you
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find could only be with you
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find could only be with you
Let me live in this blue ‘cause the peace i find could only be with you

Wo oh, a ah, wo oh, na na na na
Wo oh, a ah, wo oh, na na na na
Wo oh, a ah, wo oh, na na na na
Wo oh, a ah, wo oh, na na na na

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Bonus Track 1 from the CD “Flying Saucer People”
Cello and Voice performed by Trevor Exter
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2008 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

I left you once on the night train
I left you once once on the night train
I left you once on the night train
I left you once once once but baby here we go again

Lost my baggage many times
Singing someone else’s rhymes
Thought you’d save me from myself
Until I found my love on the shelf

I left you once on the night train
I left you once once on the night train
I left you once on the night train
I left you once once once but baby here we go again

The sun can’t hold me to a face
But I give anything for a taste
The things I like, you know they always hurt
Oh oh but in this life you got guns and you got church

I should know better than to be smart
Your love it hit me like a poison dart
I should know better than to be smart
Your love it hit me like a poison dart

I left you once on the night train
I left you once once on the night train
I left you once on the night train
I left you once once once but baby here we go again
again again again again again
I left you once on the night train
I left you once once on the night train
I left you once on the night train
I left you once once once but baby here we go again

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Bonus Track 2 from the CD “Flying Saucer People”
Cello and Voice performed by Trevor Exter
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2008 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

My northern heart is bathed in sun
And my hand scribbles the wind
But my frozen voice still shivers
From beneath the shiny skin
I will always love you

Your message in that bottle
Brought a crazy flashing fever
Staining the silence and the sea
But in a world of endless opportunities
Love is only good when it hurts
I will always love you
I will always love you

I’m home again to my new york
With my eyes open wide and the rain on my face
I ran from my lost home to this place
I miss the sun upon your curls, and the moon in your face
I used to turn my head for cute girls
But now only for a parking space
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always
Always
Always

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Bonus Track 3 from the CD “Flying Saucer People”

Cello and Voice performed by Trevor Exter
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2008 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

Think I don’t love her anymore
But i mustn’t tell her till I’m sure
‘Cause if I tell her now it will break her heart
And she will cry and I will start
To love her again
Seeing her like that in so much pain
I would love her again

I don’t want to love her again
I do not want more of the same thing
I make a sacrifice but it’s not enough
She thinks she’s always right
When it comes to us
But it isn’t like what it was before
I think I don’t love her anymore

Love her again
I don’t want to love her again
I can’t go back there again
Love her again, I don’t want to love her again
Please don’t take me there again

Last night she beat me on the chest
But I was strong, I didn’t say anything
Lucky for me she didn’t cry
Though I could see the hatred in her eyes
But I just laughed ‘cause it didn’t hurt
I didn’t let it out, didn’t say a word
‘Cause if I tell her now it will break her heart
And she will cry and I will start
To love her again
Seeing her like that in so much pain
I would love her again

I don’t want to love her again
No I don’t want to love her again

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Words and Music by Jonathan Spottiswoode (J-Spot Music, ASCAP)

Voice and Cello performed by Trevor Exter

Track 1 from the CD 637 Sounds
Recorded in January, 2005 at SoundRec Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2005 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

The faith you have in daddy
Was something that he never had
I’m sorry to be the one to tell you to cash out

The things we took for granted
Were granted to no one else
When the judgments landed I saw the morning

My sleeping little angel
We’ve been sleeping for too long
But I’m honored to be the one to wake you

Cash out cash out cash out
Cash out cash out cash out

The only way out is to go through
I said the only way out is to go through
And I’d like to be the one to take you

Cash out cash out cash out
Cash out cash out cash out

The things we took for granted
Were granted to no one else
When the judgments landed I saw the morning

Cash out cash out cash out
Cash out cash out cash out
Cash out cash out cash out
Cash out

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Words and Music by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 2 from the CD 637 Sounds

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Bass: Marcos Archetti
Drums: Mariano Cantero

Recorded in October, 2004 at Sonosfera, La Plata, Argentina
Additional recording at Papet Groove and Martillo Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mixed and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2005 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

As soon as you arrive you’re planning your getaway
As soon as you arrive you’re planning your getaway
You’re hobbling on your favorite ball and chain

Virtue is just repression waiting to go bad
I said virtue is just repression waiting to go bad
So you say you’re just a warm-blooded lad

Oh you bore me so, go rip that M off your chest
And wave goodbye to the sorrows
For you are destined to be a lover in this life

The Lord he gave you two feet for walkin’
The Lord he gave you two feet for walkin’
He showed you how but you were busy talkin’

Oh you bore me so, go rip that M off your chest
And wave goodbye to the sorrows
For you are destined to be a lover in this life
You bore me so, go rip that M off your chest
And wave goodbye to the sorrows
For you are destined to be a lover, destined to be a lover
Destined to be a lover in this life

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Words by Willi Jones, Jonathan Spottiswoode and Trevor Exter
Music by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 3 from the CD 637 Sounds

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Bass: Marcos Archetti
Drums: Mariano Cantero

Recorded in October, 2004 at Sonosfera, La Plata, Argentina
Additional recording at Papet Groove and Martillo Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mixed and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2005 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

Don’t tell me you love me if you can’t show me
Don’t try to appease me
I know you know how to please me

Life is not a fairyland
You’ve got too many questions
If you keep on like this you’ll never get an answer

Time to let go came and went but still i held on tight
Until the clearest message sent arrived in my blackest night

I didn’t know but I should have seen
I didn’t see but I should have known
My precious bruised and torn
My fabulous weathered and worn

Life is not a fairyland
Don’t tell me you love me if you can’t show me

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Words and Music by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 4 from the CD 637 Sounds

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Bass: Marcos Archetti
Drums: Mariano Cantero

Recorded in October, 2004 at Sonosfera, La Plata, Argentina
Additional recording at Papet Groove and Martillo Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mixed and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2005 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

Do I make you happy
Do I make you smile
When the world is falling through the sky
And though the planets chase around and around
Will they be there when you’re down

Do you like my body
Like i love yours
Have you ever felt this way before
And though the sun is full of holes
It’ll be there when you’re cold

Your shell has made you weak
It shieds you from the sun
Your shell has made you weak
This love will make you strong

Do i write you letters while i’m away
When june starts slipping back to may
And though the sun has lost its shine
It’ll be there every time

Your shell had made you weak
It shields you from the sun
Your shell has made you weak
This love will make you strong

This love will make you strong….

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Words and Music by Jonathan Spottiswoode (J-Spot Music, ASCAP)

Voice and Cello performed by Trevor Exter

Track 5 from the CD 637 Sounds
Recorded in January, 2005 at SoundRec Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2005 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

You’re telling me a story again
And my inside song begins
Only I can hear the words
They run alongside yours
Maybe you’ll see

Your mouth moves but your eyes melt mine
And my inside song remains
On and on you’re talking to me
But I don’t hear, ‘cause I’m silently singing
You’re beautiful
You’re beautiful, beautiful
You’re beautiful

And my voice drowns yours
And I smile at your mouthful of words
‘Cause I’m not listening
All I can hear is my inside voice
Whispering you’re beautiful
You’re beautiful, beautiful
You’re beautiful, beautiful
You’re beautiful

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Words by Clara Elliott
Music by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 6 from the CD 637 Sounds

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Bass: Marcos Archetti
Drums: Mariano Cantero

Recorded in October, 2004 at Sonosfera, La Plata, Argentina
Additional recording at Papet Groove and Martillo Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mixed and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2005 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

And now she loves me
The world is still the same
The Mississippi river doesn’t go to Spain
The wall of China doesn’t lead to Rome
And the girls of Argentina don’t live in Barcelone

And now she loves me
I’ve still got work to do
There’s a hundred thousand people on the avenue
And none of them have faces and none of them have souls
But she says I’m gonna make it and I wonder how she knows

She loves me when it’s cold outside
She love me when the summer comes
She’ll love me on a desert night
She love me in the morning
And ever when she’s angry I know she’ll apologize
She’ll tell me that she’s sorry with those sweet tears in her eyes

And now she loves me
I’m as I was before
The same old disappointments, now I blame them all on her
And the world is just as ugly and just as beautiful
Still I’m happy that she’s with me to give some meaning to it all

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Words and Music by Jonathan Spottiswoode (J-Spot Music, ASCAP)

Voice and Cello performed by Trevor Exter

Track 7 from the CD 637 Sounds
Recorded in January, 2005 at SoundRec Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2005 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

When I disappointed you did your heart break?
Because you wanted more from me
Or were you just turned off by my dishonesty?

Whatever it was I apologize
Whatever it was I’ve been cut down to size

When i ran away did you miss me?
Or were you relieved
To be free of all the lies you wanted to believe?

Whatever it was I’ve been cut down to size
Whatever it was it was one too many goodbyes

I won’t be back but I won’t forget
Instead of running back for more
I’ll stay away out of respect
I won’t come knocking at your door

Whatever it was, whatever it was
Whatever it was, whatever it was

Whatever it was I apologize
Whatever it was I’ve been cut down to size
Whatever it was I did not realize
Whatever it was it was one too many goodbyes

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Words and Music by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 8 from the CD 637 Sounds

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Bass: Marcos Archetti
Drums: Mariano Cantero

Recorded in October, 2004 at Sonosfera, La Plata, Argentina
Additional recording at Papet Groove and Martillo Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mixed and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2005 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

You smile the sun on my face
I take you with me anyplace
Your voice on the phone
Soothes and stirs me
Elsewhere i roam
And you accompany
As the breeze

Sweet sweet lover
You precious magic
You sun you moon
You lovely mess
You song, you symphony
Ocean of sensuality
Life will carry us in its arms

You are not an ideal,
You are real
Swimming on the sky of your breast
My love I have come to rest

Sweet sweet lover
You precious magic
You sun you moon
You lovely mess
You song, you symphony
Ocean of sensuality
Life will carry us in its arms

Sweet sweet lover
You precious magic
You sun you moon
You lovely mess
You song, you symphony
Ocean of sensuality
Life will carry us in its arms
in its arms
in its arms
in its arms

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Words and Music by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 9 from the CD 637 Sounds

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter

Recorded in January 2005 at SoundRec Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Engineered and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2005 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

There is a silence between us
Deep as the soul
Sturdy as stars
Gulf of the intended and possible
Wordless

Not dark, not light
But pure in its flight
From the preconceived
We talk, we talk

We walk through our days
Dancing sidelong the precipice
Begging for the quiet to lift and toss us
Blindly
Into grace

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Words by Willi Jones
Music by Trevor Exter (BMI)

Track 10 from the CD 637 Sounds

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Bass: Marcos Archetti
Drums: Mariano Cantero

Recorded in October, 2004 at Sonosfera, La Plata, Argentina
Additional recording at Papet Groove and Martillo Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mixed and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2005 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

Don’t tell me you love me if you can’t show me
Don’t try to appease me
I know you know how to please me

Life is not a fairyland
You’ve got too many questions
If you keep on like this you’ll never get an answer

Time to let go came and went but still i held on tight
Until the clearest message sent arrived in my blackest night

I didn’t know but I should have seen
I didn’t see but I should have known
My precious bruised and torn
My fabulous weathered and worn

Life is not a fairyland
Don’t tell me you love me if you can’t show me

——-

Words and Music by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 11 from the CD 637 Sounds

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter

Recorded in January 2005 at SoundRec Studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Engineered and Mastered by Tatu Estela

©&℗ 2005 Trevor Exter www.trevorexter.com

When these wispy days evaporate
Just like you always knew they would
And the sunshine’s a little too bright
And the rain, when it comes it just breaks you

Nobody says I Told You So
Nobody says I Told You So
Nobody says I Told You So

You know it’s never gonna matter more
If you don’t say it when you mean it
And I’m never gonna shut the door in your face
Just ‘cause you got afraid for a minute
The tears we both cried
Only go to show that it’s right
So let me hold you for one more night
One more night

I need to hide from myself sometimes
Just like you do
I need to wish away the pain
When the windows rattle in the wind
Choose the battles you know you can win
And those other times it’s cool to just give in

Becasue nobody says I Told You So
Nobody says I Told You So
Nobody says I Told You So

You know it’s never gonna matter more
If you don’t say it when you mean it
And I’m never gonna shut the door in your face
Just ‘cause you got afraid for a minute
The tears we both cried
Only go to show that it’s right
So let me hold you for one more night
One more night
one more night… let me hold you….

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 1 from the CD Water

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter

Produced and Engineered in July 2006 by Julie Last at Coldbrook Studio
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2007 Trevor Exter

Mr. Primadonna has stuff to take care of
Even after you dragged yourself to town
Just getting him to look at you is some triumph
He’s got you back on the ground where you belong

Words don’t come easy these days
Especially when there’s nothing to say – like now
Do you live too much in dreams
Or does everybody else
If someday they win you over then watch out, watch out

The hardest part of getting what you want is knowing what it is
Love’s an addiction like any other
I love coming home and not having to answer the phone
I love being alone

Since I moved to New York City
I can’t stop wondering why I came
So many crowded places
Where nobody knows your name
So many empty faces
Where did you leave your dreams?

Words don’t come easy these days
Especially when there’s nothing to say – like now
If someday they win you over then watch out, watch out

The hardest part of getting what you want is knowing what it is
Love’s an addiction like any other
I love coming home and not having to answer the phone
I love being alone
The hardest part of getting what you want is knowing what it is
Love’s an affliction like any other
I love coming home and not having to answer the phone
I love being alone

na naa na na
na naa na na
na naa na na
na na na na na

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 2 from the CD Water

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter

Produced and Engineered in July 2006 by Julie Last at Coldbrook Studio
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2007 Trevor Exter

Each day he goes up to the fire
And he comes back empty-handed
But the people smile for him
And they sing they sing they sing
These bells are made for whistling

Who’s going to take the fall I’ll give you one guess who
I thought I’d love you like a rock until I split in two
Soon I will outlive my usefulness
And be bidden farewell
Or maybe just fare –
… for all you care

I was always looking for the answer
Missing the glory of the question:
There’s a tapestry of loose ends
The busted always on the mend

So I handle my music with care
Like a bartender who doesn’t drink
Or a dealer who doesn’t use
And I wear my broken heart
Like my favorite pair of boots

Yeah who’s going to take the fall I’ll give you one guess who
I thought I’d love you like a rock until I split in two
Soon I will outlive my usefulness
And be bidden farewell
Or maybe just fare –
… for all you care

Each day he goes up to the fire
And he comes back empty-handed
But the people sing for him
These bells are made for whistling
I will go and live on my mountainside
I will I will I will
You can call it running away
But I’ve been running so long I can do it standing still
Yeah I’ve been running so long I can do it standing still
Yeah I’ve been running so long I can do it standing still

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 3 from the CD Water

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter
Produced and Engineered in July 2006 by Julie Last at Coldbrook Studio
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2007 Trevor Exter

So it comes to this
The same temptation wearing a different face
You think you can fool me – uh uh

The jailhouse door is swinging open
But I’m just staring out through the bars
The jailhouse door is swinging open
But I’m just staring out through these bars

What happened to the man
I thought I was becoming?
Now my heart is trapped
My arms are wrapped
Holding an empty bag of dreams

Thought I’d let the past become the past
When I was so young and stupid
To think I was any different
I thought I had you fooled

The jailhouse door is swinging open
But I’m just staring out through the bars
The jailhouse door is swinging open
But I’m just sitting here watching TV
The jailhouse door is swinging open
But I’m just sitting here playing cards
The jailhouse door is swinging open
But I’m just staring through goddamn bars

What happened to the man
I thought I was becoming?
Now my heart is trapped
My arms are wrapped
Holding an empty bag of dreams

Thought I’d let the past become the past
Thought I’d let the past become the past
Thought I’d let the past become the past
Same temptation
Oooh same temptation
Oooh same temptation

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 5 from the CD Water

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter

Produced and Engineered in July 2006 by Julie Last at Coldbrook Studio
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2007 Trevor Exter

You think you’re free but you’re just loose
Think you stand apart in a roomful of fools
Never thought yourself to be afraid
But look it’s going to rain on your parade

CHORUS:
Turn me round and around tie me up throw me down
I can laugh at you
Laugh ‘cause I know power stiffens the hips
And it dries your lips
And the reason you look so confused is
The voice in your head telling you what to do
May not be the one that you think it is
You lose more of my respect by needing to be right
Than you could ever expect to get if you ever won your fight
The price of being a son of man is already high enough
So along with being born again my friend you can try to grow up

You made it to your mountain top
Followed in the footsteps of your mom and pop
And you’re up there trying to catch your breath
So you can smoke your cigarette
All my hard-earned money you have spent
Preparing for your great experiment
You say you heal the sick and raise the dead
And you hear Jesus’ voice inside your head

[CHORUS]
WHY NOT JUST GROW UP!

Na Na Na Naa Naaaa
Na Na Na Na Naaa
Na Na Na Na Naaa na Naa
Na Naa

You’re righteous in your little world
Standing up for daddy’s little girl
But you always gave your second best
Never put your good side to the test
You think you’re free but you’re just loose
Think you stand apart in a roomful of fools
Never thought yourself to be afraid
But look it’s raining all on your parade

[CHORUS]

You can try to grow up, why not just grow up!

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 4 from the CD Water

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter

Produced and Engineered in July 2006 by Julie Last at Coldbrook Studio
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2007 Trevor Exter

I remember the first time I met you
Stuck your head out of the clear blue water
You could have been my first love

Swimming in each other’s eyes
Thought we could not compromise our freedom
But freedom’s what I’m afraid of

Many miles across the ocean
I’m still swimming in our emotion – water
We never had enough

And in my homeland war is brewing
From every angle men are spewing talk of
Taking off the gloves

Oh water
Oh water

I’m gonna pull myself together
‘Cause the future reads stormy weather
Everywhere I turn there’s something new to burn
Maybe my heart or my money
Maybe my country or my body

In the desert in the blinding light
Most of the songs they glorify water
‘Cause that’s what they have the least of

But in this land of blacks and whites
Of rights and wrongs we testify and we sing songs
We sing songs of love

Oh water
Oh water
Oh water
Oh water

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 6 from the CD Water

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter

Produced and Engineered in July 2006 by Julie Last at Coldbrook Studio
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2007 Trevor Exter

At last there’s silence in my mind
I’ve been dreaming so much about you
And your sweetness again

A nest, you let me nestle in your skin
I’ve been waiting so long without you
Let this moment begin

We give into it for awhile
There is no reason not to
Now we can eat the fruit
From our very own tree

So lost, we went our separate ways
In our moment of agony
We never could stop the pain

The time belongs to us for now
No one can say to let go
Now we can come alive
I hold you you hold me

At last there’s silence in my mind
I’ve been dreaming so much
Waiting so long
Dreaming so much about you
And your sweetness again

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Music and Lyrics by Trevor Exter (BMI)
Track 7 from the CD Water

Voice and Cello: Trevor Exter

Produced and Engineered in July 2006 by Julie Last at Coldbrook Studio
Mastered by Mark Dann

©&℗ 2007 Trevor Exter