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Eskimo Kisses Forever: the Travelogues Vol. 1

by Ian Taylor

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Electro Swing Silhouette 05:03
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your mother's got the remedy for everything that's wrong with me sharing a cigarette out beside the broken fence & i sing in the sun, take part in the fun, that's how i love, honey that's how i love. electro swing silhouette, i have a'many regrets involving you all these ghosts surround you now you fake a smile when you wanna frown & you cry neath the moon for these flying saucer blues it's how you choose, lover it's how you choose. worship & divine grace, it's just my means to communicate. & on that note, if you've gotta leave please for me would you leave in key? & i loved you well no matter what you tell your next king of your heavenly hell & I'll be sure to pay you back for last winter's money you sent with love to brooklyn
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Humble Anarchist 03:39
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i wish you'd smile at me cause these people frighten me & i was stumbling thru tokyo with swollen hands watching people turn to mirrors at the edge of my lens & i can't make a sound. humble anarchist, i know you tire of this but i saw you walking once with another man you turned your face to show you don't know who i am how am i supposed to feel? there's a whole lot of ink i've used to try & make you extinct hour glassy eyes, you come by both day & night so your memory is hardly then left unattended like the shattered tears & tiny fragments of moments when we'd unitedly erode our trust in companions & friends or the waters beneath the ships we gave all we learned such a horrible twist til we were fumbling around with the lights out feeling for the switch that'd turn us back into the ones we were when we met but we just turned away.
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Aviator Skin 03:07
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since the election i've seen bigger airplanes i've seen smaller people & absolute zeros & since the time change we've been tired for no reason wired with the seasons & ideas to follow but everything will be alright if you look at it that way we can deconstruct til an idea's stuck & stay up all night honey you can be my wife she's got aviator skin & a heart like a lunatic pucker up your frozen lips & appease your cigarette but everything's not as bad as those nihilists make it seem we can speak our dreams til we construct a scene & dance all night honey you can be my wife.
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Follo 02:25
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watch out how he goes painless as a joker, white as snow watch how they follow. watch out how he goes mistaken, oh hollow watch out how they follo. i could think of nothing better to say sometimes you're under the weather but i'm always
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Born 03:18
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I was born fast hit the ground runnin everybody laughs when i say something but i'm not trying to be that funny what do ya make of that my honey? went to see the guru he had a spell to tell it might've been my birthday if i knew myself that well but i got along with the moss & the stone feel i'm being watched even when i'm alone she was born quick hit the ground gamblin hasn't kissed a man since she started rambling that's my kind of woman i like her swell met her down at the chicago O'Hare when i was flying with a viking over ol' mountains of lore you got to laugh to keep from crying we laughed til we were sore but if ye find thyself a pawn in someone's set or they're gambling at your expense you better hop the fence
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Homage to Nick 02:03
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How Are You, Man? 03:14
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i'm all dressed up in new clothes & i bought you lingerie Adrian on the steps washed my boots & told me it'd be ok but honey, tell me why? i'm counting my lucky stars wondering where you are, i've got a bad case of the blues father, how are you, man? are you still hanging in? confused by every son & end? i wish i could say that i missed ya. but i'm all dressed up in new clothes & i'm figuring things out on my own the lonely are pairs at a time, wherever you see one there's another to find lover, WE were the meadow, so reach out your helping hand, i need to feel you again, i've got a bad case of the blues.
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Manhattan Henge 02:34
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west coast hippie in an east coast town i'm not from either coastal town i'm from everywhere let's see oh boy i met you on the ferry i was shy, straight coy, you were bright & merry i'll celebrate you like my favorite binge once or twice a year like the manhattan henge
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Phantom 01:32
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have i become phantom ? or have i just become so strange rail thin no interest in eating oh my what you pursuing, now that you've really caught their eye? soft skin what you been thinking now that i'm half the mystery? i don't let it get to me
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Confuse Love 02:09
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go & write those songs about me get the story right, go ahead of me it's fine, i will gladly give up my place in line don't confuse love with getting each other off i was beat up over some wrong stuff
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In Strum 01:18
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Johanna 04:30
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i don't care what the doctor says i'm gonna smoke my cigarettes i'm gonna hang around a while too the east side tavern is filled with smoke it's 2 A.M. in an actor's role, the punch line to some 1970's joke. Johanna, Johanna, when you gonna turn your back on me? when you gonna say all those things you mean? when you gonna just come clean? when you gonna be sweet? the surgeon's general warned me well but when i leave the frank lloyd wright hotel i'll be standing on my own two feet the blind police horse at the gate barking the people have to wait i was nervous, i hurrily, steadily, split the scene. Johanna, Johanna, when you gonna turn your back on me? when you gonna say all those things you mean? when you gonna just come clean? when you gonna be sweet? O, Chicago in red i'm better off dead in the coffin of a guru
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Strum In 01:48
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Baby (daniel johnston cover) 01:06
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Ancestors 02:59
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hello ancestors have you seen the new sky? it's littered with cripples, phonies, & spies but i've got your back kid i'll be your alibi goodbye ancestors i hope you never see the new sky hello baby have you seen the universe? it only gets bigger & the pain gets worse but you've got to grow kid you've got some things to learn goodbye baby i hope you never see the universe
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Europe in a Van with Heat 01:03
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martha i miss you darling, more than songs could sing if i take too long lover would you wait on me? soon i'll be writing letters from a rooftop in queens soon you'll be touring europe in a van with heat later on down the road we'll meet later on down the road you'll see
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Excellent (unfinished demo) 01:55
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Margot, she changed her number Liv, she smiled like she saw me coming but i don't feel excellent, Maggie but i'm glad that you answered me cause lately i've been thinking about you or Margot each time these strangers come & go some look like lovers in the ancient sunshine then there's the others who're so unkind
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Sarah? 05:09
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well i met you one day in class sarah, why are you so sad? holding your fiddle in your hand i was quite the gentleman but sarah, what's the matter? i can't bear to wonder any longer you were there beside me on stage i felt your soul shiver & quake kid,, why the long face? it's the start of a brand new day but sarah, if you gotta get high i understand.
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Meet 03:08
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there's snow on the ground & you're back in the pound & i'm calling your pops cause he called the cops or something like he drove you back to the ward but either way, is there a number i can call? i've been driving around & you're nowhere to be found & i'm trying to cope without scoring dope or the last car on the line of some never ending train... but either way, is there a place in between we could meet?
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Grateful Dead Whig Party 02:01
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if the grateful dead invited me to a whig party i'd say yes & put on my dress for the acid test
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T Rex 00:29
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all the pretty people walking down the street wanna talk to ya who's your favorite beatle have you ever heard of t reX? have you ever been perplexed i wanna know which way the hands of the clock will go
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Seismic Off Chance 01:40
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Weight 00:20
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Trade 02:07
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i played the pianos laying around in times square left my phone in a cab but i paid the fare a day in the life of the city its pretty cool no matter the things that i gain or the shit that i lose i took a job in the city from the world's two hands in return i made em coffee & some loaves of bread everything's a trade, more or less.
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Heart Shaped Ashtrays 02:47
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i find comfort on the interstate asleep or awake i find comfort on the I-65 i found comfort in a world where everyone was sleeping they all looked dead or alive & i miss ashtrays the way they stuck around i miss London & the underground I miss stomach aches & hospital gowns i miss ashtrays the way they were always around praise be the first tree that changes the coffee queen she sighs her caffeinated blasphemy it ages while everyone takes turns for a while & i miss the jet set we were a couple of twos flew out for the west lands in our funeral suits I miss ashtrays the way they stuck around i London & the underground
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History Almost Forgot 07:37
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you showed me kindness history almost forgot
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Sign 03:48
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i saw a sign it read 'you are ok' suppose i'm fine if it's just for today i'm in love i guess. i admire the way her hair curls down her neck. but all trinkets aside now lover come close flip the lonely side of rubber soul lets meet like we were in the garden lets drink like we're in the spanish house remember that time on the windowsill you said hey let's go to Charlottesville i blushed & began to prepare cause the way i seen you smile i was already there. i think of your warnings when i see wild smoke it's been so long since you felt like getting high alone now you're an open invitation, an open door, you were my inspiration now i could be yours. but i saw a sign it read you are ok lets suppose i am fine if it's only for today i'm in love, love i guess t'was a moment i always thought to beware i've always lacked a tiny notion of care for myself when it involves someone else i must be a fire you can't put out.
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Company 02:21
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let's get going said the queen to the folks in the limousine everyone seemed all in a rush she snickers & the building quakes every occupants face illuminates i'm just in the kitchen trying to find a plate i was led to a room that was huffed by fumes i watched their heads turn to hot-air balloons & i almost left without my shoes & so it goes sang captain jack after all the lights had gone black you can hear him whistling that tune & it goes i dont mind if i missed your party i'm not here for the company i don't mind if i missed your party i was just trying to get something to eat
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Eskimo Kisses Forever 02:40
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i'll give you my gift, an eskimo kiss i love you like this i'll give you my gift, a cigarette wish i miss you like this officer, officer i'll tell you what i saw i saw a collision, saw everyone's vision it was all full of shit, it all made me sick, just a bunch of naughty hypocrites you trill like a bird, i'm lost in a book & from up here the cities look like braille the world becomes a quilt for the lonely & the frail i'll give you my gift an eskimo kiss
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Rites of Spring 01:33
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don't go too soon don't give me the blues i've got enough to last all through the winter & ripe for spring you make me sing you impeccable thing don't give me the blues i've got enough to last all through the winter & ripe for spring let me roll it to you
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Hats in Public Now 03:12
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i wear hats in public now i didn't do that before try to find the good in everyone of who i used to ignore still keep my eyes hid the same make sure to sit close to the door but i swear hats in public now i didn't do that before sweet tristessa her strainless steel her spoon is getting bent it's a slow day in lexington & i'm on a hazy bend what's that i heard a lover say ? whats that i saw in the eyes of a friend? when it's a slow day in lexington & i'm on a hazy bend & tho we all get tired of moving, mama, at times my only friend is the tune that keeps groovin' the wheel that's always in spin but don't ya ever get lonely in this 15 second fame don't you ever get old babe in that tired little frame don't you ever get lone babe in this old game
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Sleepy 03:20
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Mother of The Canyon Blues #9 05:03
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Green Cotton 03:17
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you've got to have green cotton to live you've gotta have green cotton to live so if i up & die who will be notified if i'm out of green cotton when i die? you've got to have nice threads to get a job you gotta have nice threads to be respected so if a fire attacks my home & eats my wardrobe will i still be a person when i return? you have to play those songs people like , you have to play those songs people like, cause if you fall behind play something genuine the people they will talk every time. Nashville was the wrong city to be shy so i had dreams of the west cause in the california wind i always had a friend so it's there i'll head to begin & i'll be nodding at silent films i'll be all shaken up i'll be somewhere real i'll be in my waking up
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A Motherfucker the Blues 01:27
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better be careful who you're talking to don't give a motherfucker the blues this is nervous like the way i feel inside constant confirmation do you dig my style
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Stay With You 01:00
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this is my last line of defense i was trying to keep my cool i was trying to stay with you
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Keepsake Glass 02:24
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you're my keepsake glass we'll flip the hour glass you & i will last a long, long time hear the fire crack everybody laughs you & i will last a long long time we'll flip the world upside down & tell everybody around that it's not the same as it once was picture this in your stethoscope a beating heart froze cold but warm open eyes that treat you kind i'm your atlas shrugged always high on drugs you & i will last a long, long time the painted horsemen on the trail would do anything to lift your veil i guess i seen you offer once or twice we'll switch the rules all around put los angeles in the ground & say a few words to pass the time if philedelphia starts to moan you'll find me unplugging the phone & hopping over counties in my mind.
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Jokes Just Aren't Funny Anymore 00:42
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Layla 00:56
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Layla was a friend of mine when all the boys were cruel & heaven forbid i eat like a kid in a slow thinning world so i traded meat for rice & beans & i quit smoking for a spell i traded sugar for black coffee & threw a coin in the well but i don't try too hard to fight it cause that's not how i am i'll just pick a place & hide in it til the shit's gone down
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Vivian Maier 01:42
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Trippy Stevie 01:33
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Long It Goes 03:26
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get me out of this place where the politicians are hissing snakes the average man's a database always looking down take me somewhere green where there's nothing flashing on any screens i can see & just be seen however big or small you can dance with me we can laugh all wild & free moonwrapped in some sort of yellow paisley always feeling well & when i serve the manhattan commuters they're all so reserved some speak like computers & some call me sir so i say ok thank you ma'am here's your change have such a wonderful day but get me out of this place where every morning's a stomach ache by the evening it's a flood or an earthquake take me somewhere well where there's no guts or sorts of hell i can be put under any spell however bad or swell now the cloak & dagger's been thrown by all this useless chatter on telephones this reality's cut from styrofoam see how long it goes

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recorded in different parts of New York, Tennessee, Alabama, & Virginia.
Ancestors co-written with Marty, who also played the keys for that song & sang on Baby & Grateful Dead Whig Party
vox on motherfucker the blues by Sesha
all other parts & mixes were were played & made by Ian Taylor

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released July 15, 2019

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