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At the Movies

by Shadow J. Brown

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Well, you probably couldn't tell that spring's so close from us After Christmastime and New Year's lust Time moves fast in a joy ride The both of us escape the mundane We sit and sing whilst in the shade I ask myself, "well how could this be?" Love is like jazz And it's a mystery And it's true that you're my Miss Washington, D.C. And you'll always be a part of me even when you're apart from me Without you by my side, Chocolate City's so empty We shall rediscover America in a path of no return to make it a haven for every boy and girl I'm an immigrant and you're a dancer in the dark Love is like jazz You don't gotta try so hard I saw a film that happened to be a happenstance from Hell Oh, couldn't you tell? Every girl I ever loved or liked was there They were passing a blunt around, and yes, I enjoyed myself The past is a decent film Now the lights turn on, you appear This is reality, I shouldn't fear Should have seen the forest and not the trees Love is like jazz And it works out eventually And when I'm on my rocking chair I know you can't see it but it's always there I search for the note that brings me back to you Love is like jazz It came after the blues Love is like jazz I'll play just for you
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Happy birthday, Margot You are twenty-one years old But the oldest soul one could ever know Hope you eat the cake with ice cream and chocolate Everybody loves you today Everyone wants to be Malkovich, but I wanna be your man I got us a one-way ticket It will take us to Kazakhstan You are the most beautiful woman I've ever met Even when you smoke a cigarette Please enjoy your birthday today I hope your friends aren't late To celebrate the spirit of you I can't wait for twenty-two
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Betty and Rita, solving mysteries together Betty and Rita, you're my two true pairings Always on the run, always crashing cars Betty and Rita, just like in the movies I once had a dream that life was managed by fiends But now I feel so new now that love has set me free Trouble always comes until the robins run Trouble always comes until the robins run Jeffrey and Sandy, they're just playing detective Jeffrey and Sandy, they're great listeners 'cause they found an ear Found an ear you can turn to and Sandy drives the getaway Jeffrey and Sandy, there's so much more to small-town life
4.
Dominatrix Deanna, I'm so in love with you You can do anything you want to me Break this guitar, or default on my student loans I love your soft lingerie But you're deadlier than a mob boss in a track suit I'm sure you've attained this brutal desire in the fountain of eternal youth Dominatrix Deanna, I'm so in love with you I'm perplexed by your pornographic philosophy You can have all of me Iron clad lung, so much fun If you're the princess, I'm the pauper Your ten-inch heels weigh a ton Electric skin akin to copper Dominatrix Deanna, I'm so in love with you You can do anything you want to me Like plagiarize this poem and make it your own With a love so warm, I'll always be your throne
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this is just a title to a song i haven't written, and all our sinful desires are best kept forbidden. i wanna see you again, belle de jour. your husband is dead. all just a ruse to have you in bed. oh, the things we do for love! it is you i must consume, bit the apple that led up to the tomb! belle de jour, i wish i could protect u... you're going through a wonderful phase: you find solace in whips and chains. take back your soul, take back your pride, let's have a séance and wake up Bonnie and Clyde. belle de jour, oh goodness please... your beauty of the day is just what i need. i wanna live in your kink-filled kingdom. i'd do anything to be with you.
6.
Phantom text syndrome Because I heard a buzz, not from a bee I thought someone wanted to talk to me Look at my phone and no one's there It makes me want to rip out my hair It's killing me slow, I can't seem to let go of this damn phone anymore I get so desperate that I think I hear a vibration Run to your notification like a dog to a bone But it's a false alarm It's nobody's fault but mine I wanna text you all the time It's killing me slow, I can't seem to let go of this damn phone anymore
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I've gotta do whatever I can to clear my name And I'll do just what it takes I didn't do it, I didn't do it, I didn't do it I swear When you've consumed art and television There's a point in which you're willing to give up almost everything Just to reach that close-up That's what I did, and now I'm paying the price All I wanted was to act, I'll never go back I have lived a life free from sin When I was a kid, I didn't drink the wine I would never hurt a fly I'm not that kind of guy
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Julia, you run around with a Super 8 You wanna be the next John Waters You're the mother and I'm the father The camera never tells a lie So don't try to run and hide Make sure the tripod's right, make sure you got the film It's a portrait in black and white Balance the frame with a soft light Velvet curtains compliment your turquoise dress You say words like "debonair" I just love the curls in your hair Julia, you run around with a Super 8 You're a photography superstar And I know that you'll go very far
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Out in the mainland, from Baltimore to Japan I thought I had my mind made up on you You were so fun to analyze, but now you hurt my eyes I thought I had my mind made up on you But, now I feel so blue I watched Persona the other day It confused me to tears, I must say But, now I don't know what to do I thought I was so in love with you You once took me on adventures But, now I'm so bored of your colors and your monologues And your 90-plus-minute run time Good things never last I got up so fast once the credits rolled I can't believe I brainwashed myself to like Alfred Hitchcock I thought it'd be charming to visit the theatre every day My pockets are empty, I'm so hungry I wish you could eat postmodernism Out in the mainland, from Baltimore to Japan I thought I had my mind made up on you Too much of anything is bad The conversation I wish I had I thought I had my mind made up on you

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Behold! A brand new "Extended Play" by Shadow J. Brown Enterprises... Shadow J. Brown is having fun AT THE MOVIES... watching the pictures. on a Saturday Night.

I made this album because I was watching a lotta movies and I can't make movies but I can play guitar so I wanted my life reflected in the songs. I was watching alotta movies that's all. please don't look into this any further. seriously.

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released April 2, 2020

All songs written, composed, arranged and recorded by Shadow J. Brown
Recorded at Obscure Object Studios, somewhere in Maryland

Shadow J. Brown is:
James "Monopatín" Lepinsky - all lead & backing vocals, all guitars, floor tom, tambourine, drum machine programming
Matt "Half Court" Hooke - bass guitar
Bill Dempsey - wurlitzer piano

album cover taken from the movie "Persona," directed by Ingmar Bergman. Copyright 1966 by Janus Films/the Criterion Collection. I do not own that frame. I'm just a fan.

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