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Love and Other Crimes

by Liz Frencham

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Bringing Heaven Down to Hell Have such fun No need for money Got a blue eyed boy He calls me honey Got a pretty red dog with a waggy tail Live your dreams but throw your hesitations in the well well well Deep in the well well well Fiddle ringing like a bell, well well Bringing heaven down to hell Dance all day Dance until we're tired Then we curl up tight Dreaming by the firelight We don't need much a loving touch Cradle your sweetheart Throw your jealous passions in the well well well Deep in the well well well Fiddle ringing like a bell, well well Bringing heaven down to hell Friends come 'round Picking’ and a grinnin’ Such a warm fat sound Everybody’s winning In this dark strange world Hearts unfurled Treasure these days Throw your bitter hatred in the well well well Deep in the well well well Fiddle ringing like a bell, well well Bringing heaven down to hell
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The Cellar Door Followed her down Through the cellar door Sweet smell of sawdust and lust and I wanted more Dazed by the fragrance of her blackbird hair Down down down Through the cellar door Followed her down Step by step Breathless under one naked bulb Scared half to death Strings of her apron trailing behind Down down down Through the cellar door Followed her down A new world began Drunk on the taste of her lips Her tipsy grin Thought I would drown In warm cinnamon As we lay down down down I will follow her now Through to heaven’s door I’ll welcome that deep dreamless sleep Grieve no more A deluge of memories Nearly 70 years As we lower her down, down, down Down down down
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Dirt Coloured Glasses Put on my dirt coloured glasses With my dirt covered hands Oh everything I do is dirtied, all through, by what I know that I am Just a little bit of self love They tell me It’s not so hard Just a little bit of self love Let a little sun through But I just don’t feel it it’s gotta be real if I’m gonna change my view How can I feel it When my very spirit Is a dirty, dark hue? Just a little bit of self love A little bit of respect A little bit of self love, Show yourself some grace and affection But how can I feel something not real? With my dirt coloured glasses and my dirt covered hands Everything I do will be dirtied all through by what I know that I am
4.
My Dad 03:08
My Dad My dad He could always build it It would be solid, strong Last a thousand years through any storm and it would be ugly, His touch was seldom gentle but there was love, My dad He would invent it Any puzzle would seed a curious need Welding steel Problem solved but oh so ugly No sleek refined design but lots of love, love love My dad He could explain it Full of detail and diagrams Demonstrations using fruit and cutlery No subtlety Black eyes blazing with intelligence So passionate And even though he’s left us My wild and curious spirit bears his influence My dad Taught us to do it for ourselves We built my first car from rusty parts Sanded silky smooth and though the work was ugly My heart would swell with pride and happy love, love, love My dad He could always fix it It would be bigger, tougher And last a thousand years or more Guaranteed to be ugly, But that’s the way he knew to show us love So I take the time to treasure That small pang of pleasure As I’m soldering wires Checking my tyres I miss my dad
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Cactus 02:48
Cactus Can you love a cactus? Are you blind to the lily? Are roses vain and silly and not your style? Can you love a cactus? Are you patient and tough not afraid of getting rough and getting wild? For I’m prickly as all hell you’ll be pulling out the spines from your smooth hands but if you stick around for long enough when I’m strong enough you’ll see the most beautiful flower All who have tried to touch me inside they bleed & run but if you dare to take a risk & care you just might be the one Can you love a cactus? For I’m rare and I’m elusive and there’s so much here to lose if you’re not game Can you love a cactus? For clearly I can see that you’re as dangerous as me and I don’t mind
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Don't Get Too Close I got words as cruel as snipers Sharp as falcons slicing air Waiting just to take you down The very second you get near Quiet like a minefield Trespassers beware Don't get too close I got walls as wide as Jericho Just you try to break em down I can see you hoarse and footsore Still you keep on marching round Go ahead drag that old arc and sound your trumpet scream out loud March yourself into the ground But don't get too close I got a head as hard as hatred So you'd have to drill a hole For your random acts of kindness To drip down into my soul Give up you'll never wear me down, I refuse to lose control It’s laughable, more than pitiful Watching you trying to squeeze love from stone For the heart of the deepest darkest glacier Could never be this cold, so don't get too close
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Here I go, a skating Sally
 Over the ice 
But the river only froze last night 
Better think light 

Same old lines 
I hear the band tuning up to play the
 Same old rhyme 
The one I meant for you
 Same old dime 
That you come screeching to a halt in front of
 every time
I get close to you

 Here I go a skating Sally 
Over the ice 
But the river only froze last night
 Better think light

 Same old ride
 I hear the wolves howling, feel the danger
 Same old slide into the arms I crave
 Same sweet lie 
Ice is creakin’, strainin’ won't be long now 
Save me Sally
From this frozen grave 

Here I go a skating Sally 
Over the ice
 But the river only froze last night 
Better think light
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Two Perfect Hours Two perfect hours we adorned the grass like playful flowers Cradled in the arms of Babylon Stolen comfort Right or wrong Two perfect hours Warm breath beneath my gaping dress Skin and bone and fears released, confess stolen comfort Cursed or blessed Two perfect hours Pearly pale against his coffee coloured skin, Forbidden sweetness like a gypsy violin Stolen comfort No one wins Two perfect hours Fading sunlight threw it's patterns on the yard And for a while it didn't seem so hard Tasting glory beneath the stars Tracing stories through our scars
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Inconvenient Song Writing this song to impress you while fighting this need, Repressing this impulse that moves me to move to a place by your side Sending out lines to arrest you Yet hoping their meaning will slide past your hawk-like mind Shrouded in rhyme But in vain, I’m as cryptic as a window pane I know it’s all wrong Singing my inconvenient song But I’m so far gone I’ll appear on the other side before too long Picking out chords to confess to Yet scolding this girl I’ve regressed to It’s not my mind that’s driving these rhymes But I’ve called the cops, the riot squad, the fire brigade Singing my inconvenient song But I’m so far gone I’ll appear on the other side before too long Warm melody woven to caress you Suppressing the urge to undress you With questions and riddles Maybe tease you just a little Instead I’ll tune up my fiddle Count the next song down Dream dreams when you’re not around
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Love and Other Crimes Let's take the top down Chase the sun and steal the moon Tear it all down, Leave 'em dancing to our tune Laugh and holler and sing all afternoon I'm tired of tryin', To find the answers in the wine It’s probably lying Though it’s tasting mighty fine Way past cryin' gonna grow me a spine For there's nothin' left to say here Nothin worth a dime Just hard, hard, hard times Love and other crimes Let's get some folks round The ones that give a damn Lose ourselves in some old guitar pickin' jam I'll play it low down 'til I remember who I am For there's nothin' left to say here Nothin worth a dime Lookin' back on hard, hard times Love and other crimes
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Out Of My Kitchen You take your mealy mouths Out of my kitchen boys Bragging and bitchin' makes mama mad You take your mealy mouths Out of my kitchen boys Mealy mouths won't make your mama proud You get your beady eyes Out of my kitchen boys You ain't entitled to all you see You get your beady eyes Out of my kitchen boys Beady eyes are never satisfied Keep your itchin’ mitts from my refrigerator Keep your big fat heads from my fresh baked bread Leave your greedy ego at the door Got no earthly time for that shit no more You get your tattling tongues Out of my kitchen boys Gossiping stories are boring as hell You get your tattling tongues Out of my kitchen boys Tattling tongues, won't get the job done Keep your itchin’ mitts from my refrigerator Keep your big fat heads from my fresh baked bread Leave your greedy ego at the door Got no earthly time for that shit no more You get your sneering scowls Out of my kitchen boys No fresh cookies for looking so sour You get your sneering scowls Out of my kitchen boys Sneering scowls and tattling tongues Beady eyes and big fat heads Mealy mouths ain't welcome in this house
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One and One 04:07
The One and One Blues Why don’t you love me like you used to? What do I have to do? Used to talk to me for hours Send me letters pressed with flowers Now I’m your worn out shoe Why don’t you love me like you loved me long ago When one and one made two? Why don’t you hold me like you used to? Cold lonely carves me to the bone Why don’t we cuddle like before Like spoons all snuggled in a drawer? I may as well sleep alone Why don’t you hold me like you used to long ago? Where’s that sweet love flown? Now one and one makes nothing A big round gaping hole I’m falling through Wondering, wanting, wishing all was well a wishing well to break the spell, that’s breaking me and you Now one and one leaves nothing I’m stumbling in this void without a clue What do I do? Wondering, wanting, wishing all was well a wishing well to break the spell, that’s breaking me and you Why don’t you see me anymore? Deaf dumb and blind to all I do I’m as real as I can be Real good company You know it’s true Why don’t you love me like you loved me long ago When one and one was me and you? Why don’t you love me like you loved me long ago When one and one made two?
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A collection of songs exploring the awkward and painful aspects of loving other humans and ultimately affirming the importance of vulnerability and community.

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released April 9, 2020

Produced and recorded by Liz Frencham
Mixed by Erick Jaskowiak
Mastered by Isaac Barter

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Liz Frencham Trentham, Australia

Liz studied Jazz performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music & has been working full time as a musician for over ten years. She is an experienced multi-genre session double-bassist & vocalist who has become an audience favourite on the music festival circuit in Australia with acts like Frencham Smith, Jigzag, Devlish Mary, Red Juliet & Jimmy the Fish. ... more

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