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Little D

by Fishboy

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Giant Magic Pterodactyl I don't usually buy CDs but this album is so fantastic that not owning a physical copy was starting to feel ridiculous. Every song is not only whimsical and fun but also beautifully arranged.
While I think Fishboys more recent rock operas are better over all albums, this record has some of the best stand alone twee songs ever constructed.
Now if only it released on vinyl. Favorite track: A Surprise Return.
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1.
I can't come to the phone right now (x4) right now
2.
hey hey will you stay? you see my rabbit left and ran away and I don't want to feel that bad again in a flash you insulted my brothers new moustache in his words "I think you dudes should leave" and the girls go hey hey hey and I don't know why and your friends they say say say it's been a very nice day today yeah I think it was a pretty good day to day great pumpkin dry your eyes I will make you apple pies and when you're done the world will still spin round and though I've never met you I could never let you down wink wink do ya think you could wink your eye till it falls out? no doubt no doubt it can't be true and I wanna shake your hand and tell you "hey nice job" but I cannot and so I'll say this now well I should have told ya that I have a wooden head and I should have told ya that my dog johnny wasn't really dead no I never had a dog johnny to be dead
3.
one day I was sailing on my boat and no one really knows I caught a jellyfish when I stared into his eyes it almost made me cry stupid jellyfish and now I'm thinking of him made of substances unknown the jellyfish was lonely but he was not alone one day I was drivin in my car starin at the stars not the road when I crashed into a tree I smashed my knee real hard and then I got to thinkin I really really wish I had a friend right now or a jellyfish
4.
Quatro (free) 01:46
I've got a friend and his name is Quatro all his friends call him four and he says if they keep it up then they're never gonna know the score no, they're never gonna know the score and I've got bruises on my kneecaps I've got a bike with a broken chain and Quatro says he's got nothing none to lose and all to gain no none to lose and all to gain and when the plastic falls into the lake holographic people eating cake will stop their fishing I've got a friend and his name is Quatro he don't ever make mistakes and he says if I keep it up then I'll maybe have what it takes no, I might have just what it takes and when the plastic falls into the lake holographic people eating cake will stop their fishing I've got a friend and his name is Quatro all his friends call him four and he says if they keep it up then they're never gonna know the score no, they're never gonna know the score
5.
Our Escape 03:42
girl you look so pretty and I wanna ask you if if you were a city would you be Denton, TX oh brother I don't know what to say but I'd say hello every single day if you come along with me I've got questions you've got answers in my castle in the sea but don't ask me about ted danson and we'll make our mistake girl you look so ugly and I want to ask you how you got so ugly cause your looking like a sea cow I don't know nothin I don't know how you said that something underneath the cold blue ocean sky you come along with me youve got questions I've got answers in my castle in the sea but don't ask me about ted danson and we'll make our escape
6.
Banana Trees 03:29
fall awake there's people calling out your name they all complain you sleep for way to long oh there's things to see applesauce banana trees the dogs the fleas are smiling just for you things are lonely when you're sitting in your room just remember that it's only for a while and time floats by lighter than a two dollar kite it's fast and it's slow it changes back again and I can see what lies in front of me and I believe it's not that far away
7.
Tree Star 02:38
if I had a party would you bring your friends would it all depend if I passed out fruit and gum and at midnight when the lion roars help me do my chores if you can I'm taking care of all the pets they left I try to do my best but my best ain't good enough and I've thinking about all your books if I could take a look that'd be swell and when the tree star falls please return my calls I know you can I'll be under dressed but thats ok cause I am always over time time to take the trash out and while at that the dogs are getting fat go outside and walk I can't believe that we are almost there the fire in my hair still burns mister can you help me when I blink my eyes I see a billion ties and the walls speak to me now and in the distance I can see a land where there and no sand and the tree stars don't fall will you be my friend to the very end I know you can I'll be under fed but thats ok cause I am always over time and times I want to sail to Spain and times I want to stay catch a tiger by the toe pay fifty dollars every day and when my momma says to me "hey fishboy don't you cry!" I'll dry my tears open a window put my head out scream aloud and say when the tree star falls please return my calls I know you can I'll be underpaid but thats ok cause I am over time and I'll be your friend to the very end I know I can I'll be under dressed but thats ok cause I am always over thats ok cause I am always over thats ok cause I am always over time
8.
Water Works 01:36
yesterday I went outside and all my grass had died my kid brother must have lied he said he watered the lawn so I turned the sprinklers on yesterday I went outside something flew in my eye I almost broke down and cried but off I went to school when I walked into class all the kids began to laugh the teacher asked if I was hurt I said I was fine I couldn't think at all and I spent half the period in the bathroom
9.
Asian Grain 05:03
asian grain fallin from the ceiling like the pouring rain all the time is slowly going down the drain I can feel it in my brain and when I wake everybody everywhere will bring me cake and I'll be sitting pretty with your pretty face but I dont even know your name and things always seems so sad when I get that wake up call to think all the times we had were never really had at all asian grain swirling around the room like a hurricane it falls it rises it falls again faster than a speeding train five four three if you want some grain then just say please we've got enough that we can feed the factories over and over again and things always seems so sad when I get that wake up call to think all the times we had were never really had at all *dialoge sampled from the unreleased movie "KARL"
10.
Gameboy 04:07
I feel the future coming on and I see papers on the lawn things are things are turning round but your smile is nowhere to be found we're like two gameboys in the sand it's all gone when the water takes the land blue skies are smiling at me blue skies and orange christmas trees and its so high you'll never know your up from your down and it's so low you'll never tell where the water meets the ground things will never be the same I lost my favorite gameboy game things will never be the same I lost my favorite gameboy and it's so wide you'll never guess a number between one and two and it's so thin you'll understand why the water is so blue skies smiling at me blue skies and orange christmas trees
11.
my christmas tree came back today angry he'd been thrown away last, last December my christmas tree knocked on my door told me about the trip he'd taken back from the landfill I told him I was sorry and I didn't realize christmas trees have feelings just like you or I so I shook his branch and I apologized and we played pingpong in the basement my christmas tree came back today told me he had no where to stay so I offered him our guest bedroom now my christmas tree has been here for weeks I've not the heart to ask him to leave he's the worst house guest ever and the moral of the story can be said like this christmas trees they never wanna call it quits so before you throw your tree out chop it up to bits and have a happy new year
12.
Kichijoji 02:35
ba ba black sheep have you wool I need a sweater that looks real cool because outside it's starting to snow and well I'm gonna eat a pizza roll and if that pizza roll is bad I'll scream I'll shout I'll get real mad I'll slam five doors and seventeen windows I'll flap my arms like I just don't care and then I'll go outside and yell I'll say everyone feed my belly now and now I'm screaming at the top of my lungs I'll wave my fist in the air because I really really wanna I'm gonna get a shovel and dig a hole straight on through from mexico and then I'll end up in the orient and slap high five to my chinese friends lets go and the dogs and the fleas and the peppermint trees and the cats and the hogs and the chocolate frogs and now I lay me down to sleep I pray the lord my soul to keep and if I die before I wake I pray the lord to wake me up and then I'll go outside and yell I say everyone slap my belly now and now I'm screaming at the top of my lungs I wave my fists in the air because I really really wanna I'm gonna get a shovel and dig a hole straight on through from mexico and then I'll end up in the orient and slap high five to my kichijoji friends
13.
tonight my head exploded at the neck and all the neighbors came to see before they arrived it grew back just in time and they all left disappointed and in the end I want to be your friend but my brain is too new to realize we've already met it's not that I forget and now we have the chance to start again.
14.
drivin down a haunted highway shadows passing through my truck I pulled up to a gas station and a skeleton wiped the muck off my truck he smiled and said "ten dollars please" I screamed and I fled the next thing that I knew there was a bullet in my head and I was dead I was dead forever dead forever dead never to walk the earth again passing by a lonely grave site on the way to heavens door I pulled it open and stared straight down at the floor st. peter called the role and he shouted out my name I looked around to see if I had heard the same cause I was dead I was dead forever dead forever dead never to walk the earth again he said "right this way please" and he took me to a world peace I bought a can of slice in paradise but I was dead I was dead forever dead forever dead never to walk the earth again I was dead I was dead forever dead forever dead never to walk the earth again never to walk the earth again

about

Recorded in 2004 and 2005 by Mark Sonnabaum, Little D was the first Fishboy album to feature a full band as well as showcase multiple Denton, Texas musician guest stars, notably: John "Corn Mo" Cunningham on Asian Grain, Paul Slavens on Cheer Up Great Pumpkin, and C.S. Flemmons of the Baptist Generals portraying/singing as an amnesia victim in Start Again (The Story of Two Feuding Denton, TX Neighbors)

Thematically the album is ment to express the highs and lows of living in the sleepy town of Denton: crowded and hyperactive one moment, sparse and calm the next.

Originally self released with Business Deal Records imprint out of Austin in 2005.

credits

released July 5, 2005

All songs written by Eric Michener/ Eric Edward Fishboy (ASCAP) except for track one by Winston R. Chapman and track 14 by Jade Jenkins

Produced by Fishboy
Recorded by Mark Sonnabaum
Mastered by Matt Pence

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