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If You Don't Stop, I'll Go Blind

from The Thing Itself by The Marble Tea

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More piano-based music! I was thinking about being young and listening to music and watching my best friend's sisters dance around to it, and some of the trouble we got into.

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It was a summer day
Or maybe winter I’m not sure
The sun was shining brightly
But I don’t recall the temperature
You were talking like you do
In hushed movie theatre voice
While everyone was singing songs by Bobby Hart and Tommy Boyce

And I was strolling down a stream of
Can't Catch Me's and Maybellene's
With Cadillacs and Pontiacs
That I grew right up in-between
And older sisters with their hair
And freckles on their skins
Reveal a certain luster when they’re dancing through the den (or din, if you prefer)

And we weren't holding on
To anything or anyone or anytime
If you don't stop it now
I swear to you I think that I'll go blind

Well we stole his car
While Daddy slept
And ended up in such a wreck
You had to lie down on the floor
To save your neck

Your mother's room
Was full of noise
Rebel lace and corduroys
Smoking genies in the night
Would always make you feel all right

And we weren't holding on
To anything or anyone or anytime
But if you don't stop it now
I swear to you I think that I'll go blind

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from The Thing Itself, released October 6, 2023

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The Marble Tea Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey

Drawing mandalas and watching Captain Kangaroo...that's pretty much what it's like in here. I enjoy writing songs about my cats and cartoon insects, but I'm also fond of feeling up the tentacles that lead to the oneness of existence. That's the Marble Tea experience.

Recommended for fans of Jonathan Richman, Robyn Hitchcock, Jazz Butcher, Magnetic Fields, etc. ... more

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