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Mama's Callin'
03:22
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Mama's callin' from the house
But I can't hear her
I guess I wandered a little too far in the woods
I don't know where I am
And night is drawing nearer
This can't be good
Mama's callin' from the house
What if she can't find me?
Am I gonna have to live here on my own?
I hope the creatures in the trees treat me kindly
If this is my new home
My imagination is running wild
Monsters in the forest start to rise
Will they eat me up? I'm just a child
And there's nothing in the bushes but a pair of glowing eyes
I try to run but I keep on stumbling
I think I hear their stomachs rumbling
I just want to go home
There's nothing in the bushes
There's nothing in the bushes
There's nothing in the bushes, I know
Mama's callin' from the yard
I think I hear her
I guess I wasn't all that hard to find
I guess I'm gonna have to live with her a bit longer
Hope she don't mind
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In The Movies
02:29
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I Made Myself A Friend
03:16
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I made myself a friend
I made him out of twigs and ash and clay
And sometimes I pretend
He says exactly what I'm wanting him to say
He always says just what I needed to hear
He leans rights in close and whispers in my ear
And then suddenly all of my troubles disappear
Because I know
The happiest ones
Had to fight to get there
I made myself a friend
I made him out of sawdust and tears
And sometimes I pretend
I've known him for many many years
We talk and reminisce about all the good times we've had
I fix him when he crumbles and he calms me when I'm sad
And if ever I'm in trouble, if my thinking drives me mad
When then I'll know
I've never been alone
But it sure don't feel that way
I made myself a friend
I made him out of tin cans and wire
I made myself a friend
Melted down and forged him in a fire
I made myself a friend
I made him out of iron pots and pans
I made myself a friend
Made him with my bare god damn hands
I made myself a friend
I know he isn't real
Even I cannot pretend
You can make love out of steel
But something isn't proper, the metal's gone cold
There's green spots in the copper and there's pyrite in the gold
If the omnipotent powers chose to let me grow old
Well then I'll know
The loneliest ones
Praise the setting sun
And I just can't look away
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Good Grief
02:26
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Pissin' In The Wind
02:32
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Leafy Things
04:24
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Oh, to be a kid again!
06:28
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Twiddling My Thumbs
04:09
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You only get to realize that you're alive once
And it's the absolute best feeling you can feel
Everything is colourful, it's vivid now, it's wonderful
And all because I know it isn't real
You only realize that someday you will die once
And every day thereafter is a gift
How soon our bones turn back to oil
Someday our souls will turn to soul
It's a miracle that we get to exist
I'll learn the names of all the termites that eat my wooden teeth
And I'll shake the tiny hands of all the worms that squirm beneath
And when I look down past the bug bites at my decomposing feet
Turning back into the earth from which I've grown
Oh she'll whisper to me "darling, welcome home."
You only realize that someday you will die once
And your memories will wash off with the rain
All your history, and all you feel, all you see, it's only real
In the organic matter of your brain
You only get to realize that you're alive once
And then somehow that day feels like the first
First you grow and then decay
the breeze will blow your bones away
Don't wait til then to realize what they're worth
I'll befriend the fuzzy fungus blooming from my jacket pocket
And I'll smile at the maggots squirming 'round in my eye sockets
They're my brothers and sisters, taught me there's no way to stop it
The expanding sun approaches til we're burned
And she'll whisper "tell me, darling, everything you've learned."
You only get to realize that you're alive once
And it's the absolute best feeling you can feel
Such silly thoughts keep us awake
The important things are not at stake
I don't lose sleep 'cause I know I'm not real
So I say let the angry bugs in my intestines wage their wars
And I'll let the hungry beetles pick the scabs and peels the scars
And when I look back at this planet from the void between the stars
In the arms of some celestial source of time
She'll show me everything was bound to turn out fine
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