Puppies are Nature's Rainbows! 1​.​0

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about

This album is the result of my participation in the 2009 National Solo Album Month Challange, a.k.a. NaSoAlMo, wherein one writes and records a solo album in one month.

I consider this to be the 1.0 version of the album. I'll be futzing with these songs, adding others and attempting to make decent recordings of all in the future.

For now, you can download these tracks for free! Yay!

The album cover is part of an old pen and Discover Magazine clipping collage of mine with the addition of the floating puppy head, which was photographed by Petr Kratochvil and obtained from publicdomainpictures.net.

credits

released 30 November 2009
All songs written and performed by Alison Dennis

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tags: folk midi minimalism novelty pop alternative Portland

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Track Name: Shroedinger's Quarantined
There are days when no one comes out to play.
There are seasons tainted and still.
There is silence, no ear cannot notice,
When our friends are hidden or gone.

Shrewd abandon abandoning bodies
Behind closed doors, to perish or heal.
Can I see her, the one I held so dear
Or must I find nothing at all, in that closed off room down the...

How did they slip away unseen?
Track Name: Der Krampus Kommt
Guess who's slith'ring down that mountain side into the city...
Guess who's got you on his list; you know that he ain't pretty.
He'll dole out retribution for your yearly filth and sin.
Better brace yourself, it's time for Krampusnacht again!

He will creep into your house, that hairy beast of hell,
And tear you from your dreams with clashing chains and rusting bell.
Awake to see your punisher uncomfortably near,
A brutal hornèd devil spreading violent Christmas fear!

Oh!
One strike with the birch branch,
And you're shaken to the bone!
Two strikes to the bare skin,
So due penitence is shown!
Three strikes for your insolence,
Through Spring, Summer and Fall!
Four strikes then he gives,
For no reason at all!

(Instrumental Break)

St. Nicholas will only visit if you have been nice,
Bringing luscious gifts of candy, fruit and tea and spice.
But if you have been naughty and a wretched little snot
Krampus will flagellate you for the devilry you've wrought!

The Krampus is an ancient creature with the task, you see
Of utilizing horror to enforce morality.
But lest you think this function makes him scupulous and fair,
Remember his main joy in life is rampant, aimless terror.

*chorus*
Track Name: Consternation
Consternation!
Such a vexation!
Consternation!
Practically obscene!
Consternation!
Such a vexation!
Makes me wanna scream, scream,
Fractured all my dreams, dreams!
Consternation!
Curse this privation!
Consternation!
Tragi-comic scene!
Consternation!
Such a vexation!
wretched and unclean, lean,
Savage, cruel and mean and...

Now I'm just clueless and depressed.

What will I do?
Why don'tcha go and eat a shoe?
What will I say?
No one is listenin' anyway!
Where should I go?
To the basement of the Alamo!
Who will be my friend?
The wizard! Till the very end!

So now the wizard an I are BFFs,
Casting spells and seeing the future,
Drinking cartoons every night.
This is the life I dreamed about
This is great
There's nothing could be sweller
Until we have a fight!

*chorus*

What will I do?
Steer clear of bugs and kangaroos!
What will I say?
My pants are a-okay!
Where should I go?
Where life shines its milky glow!
Who will be my friend?
The Universe! Does it have an end?

The wizard and I, we got together again
And bought ourselves some nice new hats
Our outfits are sharp and our knowledge is vast
We use our powers for good, and not for bad.
Oh such magic and fashion too,
But I'm pretty sure that it cannot last!

*chorus*

Now I'm stuck in my underpants.
Track Name: Puppies are Nature's Rainbows!
Puppies are nature's rainbows,
And kittens are gifts from evolution.
And otters with dripping whiskers
Can calm your heart, please your brain,
Why not dream through the pain?

When you are barfing and groaning and sore
Just think of things that you adore!
It might not make you feel better,
But it could, so...
Dream of blithe contrivances galore.

Cute fuzzy creatures, and visions of love,
A placid lake or roaring waterfall.
That which is calm, or exciting and fun
Can soothe you when you're in illness's thrall

*Chorus*

Popsicle sunsets precede lollipop moons
And cotton candy clouds that taste so fine.
There is so much celestial crap,
That you can cram with sugar in your mind.

But I suppose if nausea's your curse,
These images won't seem so sweet.
Let's change our focus to other glad thoughts.
With positivity we can't be beat!

*Chorus*

When you are barfing and groaning and sore
Just think of things that you adore!
It might not make you feel better,
But it could, so...
Dream of blithe contrivances galore.

(bridge melody)
What's that you say? My advice is null,
'Cause phantom jackhammers keep pounding your skull?
That my platitudes incite rage and not hope?
This isn't helping you to cope?

But...(key change)
*Chorus*
Track Name: H1N1 Rag
Brain crushin' headache's got me really down
This H1N1's runnin' all over town
Filled my sinuses and throat with goo,
Gave me a secondary infection, too.
So dizzy, I can't even walk around
without falling to the ground.

H1N1 got me really hot,
Then had it's way with my entire block
We're all sweatin' and shakin' and achin' too
Oh goddamn, this is a helluva flu!
Makin' me tired and makin' me sick.
That swine flu is a grade A dick.
Track Name: Beaverton TC
Where do I go when I'm looking to catch
The bus to Tualatin?
Where do I go when I'm aiming for the heart
Of the county known as Washington?

Where must Spirit Duplicator go
When he wrecks his crappy Huffy beside road?
He's got to get on that mass transit,
And make a connection at the...

Beaverton TC
The new trains don't smell too terribly strange
Beaverton TC
Who says the Westside is way outta range..
when there's
Beaverton TC,
Where I know that I'll be
Able to find my way home!
From Beaverton TC.

Where can I see,
All the people shuffling
Off to work in their sensible shoes?
Doug firs and big box shops
Bike paths and concrete lots

There are some shelters from the pouring rain
A place of waiting, place of of being alive
A place where strangers deign to congregate
and make a connection at the...

*chorus/solo/chorus/out*Where do I go when I'm looking to catch
The bus to Tualatin?
Where do I go when I'm aiming for the heart
Of the county known as Washington?

Where must Spirit Duplicator go
When he wrecks his crappy Huffy beside road?
He's got to get on that mass transit,
And make a connection at the...

Beaverton TC
The new trains don't smell too terribly strange
Beaverton TC
Who says the Westside is way outta range..
when there's
Beaverton TC,
Where I know that I'll be
Able to find my way home!
From Beaverton TC.

Where can I see,
All the people shuffling
Off to work in their sensible shoes?
Doug firs and big box shops
Bike paths and concrete lots

There are some shelters from the pouring rain
A place of waiting, place of of being alive
A place where strangers deign to congregate
and make a connection at the...

*chorus/solo/chorus/out*