EARTHLY DELIGHTS

I am gliding across the tightrope of your dangerous mind
I am falling like a snowflake from unspeakable heights
Wandering through the garden of your earthly delights
and it’s easy, it’s so easy, it’s just easy to fall behind

We can share this bout of cleverness, tenderness and shame
We can drink it up or give it up or recycle our refrain
We can tumble through our fantasies or stay sober and sane
But it’s easy, it’s so easy, it’s just easy to give it all away

We’ll be alright…

I am one part believer, two parts fear,
lover and fighter, inciter and shill
I could pay you just to listen or you could pay me
But it’s easy, it’s so easy, it’s just easy to not even hear

I am gliding across the tightrope of your dangerous mind
Falling like a snowflake from unspeakable heights
Wandering through the garden of your earthly delights
and it’s easy, it’s so easy,
is it so easy, to leave this behind?

THE TRUTH AND MRS. ANTHONY

THE TRUTH AND MRS. ANTHONY HAVE BEEN STRANGERS FOR YEARS
SHE’LL SHOW HER JEALOUS TEETH BUT ITS JUST BARK BARK BARK
GIVES YOU THE DEVIL EYE WHEN SHE SEES YOU IN THE PARK
BUT ITS JUST BARK BARK BARK
BARK BARK BARK

THE TRUTH AND MR. DAVIS HAVE BEEN STRANGERS FOR YEARS
HE’S CLIMBING OUT YOUR WINDOW PRETENDING HE’S NOT HERE
HE’S SWEATING – IS THAT YOUR BOYFRIEND IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR
HE’S GOT THE FEAR FEAR FEAR
FEAR FEAR FEAR

THE TRUTH AND MISS VELASQUEZ HAVE BEEN STRANGERS FOR YEARS
SOMETIMES ONLY A SHOPPING BAG CAN DRY YOUR TEARS
THEN ONE FINE DAY THEY ESCORT YOU FROM THE STORE STORE STORE
YOUR CREDIT AIN’T NO GOOD NO MORE
CREDIT AIN’T NO GOOD NO MORE

THE TRUTH AND MR. STEINER HAVE BEEN STRANGERS FOR YEARS
LET’S YOU PLAY IN HIS YARD WHILE HE WAITS OVER THERE
THEN HE LETS IT ALL HANG OUT HOPING THAT YOU MIGHT STARE
BUT YOU DON’T CARE CARE CARE
YOU DON’T CARE CARE CARE

THE TRUTH AND MR. JIMMY HAVE BEEN STRANGERS FOR YEARS
IT STALKS YOU WHILE YOU PLY IN THE ROCK N ROLL TRADE
IT WAKES YOU AS YOU’RE SLEEPING IN THE REHEARSAL SPACE
YOU JUST PAY PAY PAY
HOPING TO GET PAID
PAY PAY PAY
HOPING TO GET PAID (3X)

PRETTY HEAD

Seems like she got there in the blink of an eye
Start to wonder ,”Did she even try?”
Held together by clips and threads, blogs and texts and appearances.
It’s a lot to ask of such a pretty head.

Click to rate her worst to best
Leave a comment about her dress
“OMG, honey, fire your stylist!”
It’s a lot to ask of such a pretty head.

She’s so beautiful like a dream
Seems so beautiful like a dream
It seems so beautiful like a dream
Like a dream

I don’t know who she knows
But I’ve seen all her highs and lows on those
daily blow-by-blows, blow-by-blow….
It’s a lot to ask of such a pretty head.

In bed with VICTOR HUGO

Hey, it’s another rainy day
I think I’m gonna stay in bed with Victor Hugo
My revolution can wait another day
And all those things that I should do and say
They’re gonna have to wait another day

Blame it on the gray
Blame it on the reign of Victor Hugo
Oh dear listener I invite you to seize the day
But I’m gonna throw it all away

I think I’m gonna stay
Lock myself away with Victor Hugo
His words they fill my cup they fill my day
With love and loss and life and Liberte
So vive cold and gray
Vive rainy days
Vive my Victor Hugo
–

You know what would be great?
If I could hand my fate
Over to Victor Hugo
And he could give my plot a full rewrite
Juice up the best and throw away the rest

And I think I’d let you stay
I couldn’t edit you away
Even if Victor said so
I’d hid your pages underneath my pillow

But this one is mine to write
And today it says that I
Should stay in bed with Victor Hugo
Oh Dear Listener I invite you to seize the day
But I’m gonna throw it all away
Blame it on the gray
Blame it on the rain
Blame it all on you and me and Victor Hugo

WHEN THE GOING GETS SAD

WHEN THE GOING GETS SAD
THE SAD GO INSIDE
AND THE BEHOLDER HAS NO BEAUTY
IN HIS EYE
BUT YOU’RE NOT GOING THERE
THIS TIME NO WAY
THIS TIME NO WAY

WHEN THE GOING GETS LATE
THE LATE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND
AND YOU, CHASING THOSE
CHASING THOSE
ECHOES OF AN EMPTY MIND DOWN
BUT YOU’RE NOT GOING THERE
THIS TIME NO WAY
THIS TIME NO WAY

I’LL DRIVE UNTIL YOU FIND ME
I’LL DRIVE UNTIL YOU KNOW ME
I’LL DRIVE UNTIL YOU SEE ME

YOUR MIND – YOUR MIND CAN DROWN YOU
OR YOUR MIND – YOUR MIND CAN SAVE YOU
WHY DON’T YOU LET YOUR MIND SAVE YOU THIS TIME

ROUND KEY, SQUARE IGNITION
TOO MUCH TOO MUCH TOO MUCH RECOGNITION
WHY DON’T YOU LET YOUR MIND SAVE YOU THIS TIME

I GUESS YOU HAVE TO GO THERE
BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO STAY THERE
WHY DON’T YOU LET YOUR MIND SAVE YOU THIS TIME

I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GO THERE
BUT YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIVE THERE
WHY DON’T YOU LET YOUR MIND SAVE YOU THIS TIME

DA DA DA, DA DA DA DA DA

BIG MAGOO

I DON’T WANT TO BE A GOOD LOSER
I DON’T WANT TO BECOME AN EXPERT
AT TAKING ON THE CHIN CHIN
TAKING IT ON THE CHIN CHIN

I DON’T EVER EVER EVER EVER WANNA BE
ADRIFT IN THE SOURPUSS SEA
I DON’T WANT TO BE AN EXPERT
COMPROMISER, DISCONNECTER

CHORUS: SEEING GHOSTS WHO DON’T SEE ME

I JUST WANT TO FIND SOMETHING SMART TO DO
I DON’T NEED TO BE A BIG MAGOO
I JUST WANT TO BE A LITTLE UTRA
I JUST WANT TO BE A LITTLE EXTRA

I DON’T EVER EVER EVER EVER WANT TO BE
SOMEONE YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE
I DON’T WANT TO BE A “YES SIR”
DROWNER, LOSER-MUSCLE FLEXER

I DON’T NEED TO BE YOUR MANTRA
I JUST WANT TO BE A LITTLE EXTRA

LITTLE MOON

When I think of all the time I wasted
Waiting for you, waiting for you
My stars, my cards, my lot
I should have faced them
but i was waiting for you, for you
And all those things I should have known
I just didn’t know
All the thoughts people and places
I just didn’t go
Pay attention girl, what in the whole wide world
made me think that what I should do is wait for you
For you

But how am I gonna make it on my own?

In these dark days how could I have seen
the shadow you cast across me?
When did I become this little moon
to wax and wane and revolve around you?

And all those things I should have known
I just should have known
All the thoughts people and places
I just didn’t go
Wait a minute girl, there is this whole wide world
oh ho ho – waiting for you

But how am I gonna make it on my own?

This little moon, your little moon,
without you, your little moon without you.

RITE OF SPRING

EVERY MARCH WHEN THE WATER RUNS HIGH
YOU CAN FIND ME COMING DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINSIDE
MOUNTAINSIDE, MOUNTAINSIDE

DOWN IN DEEP WOOD ALL WINTER LONG
TRYING TO WRITE YOUR FAVORITE SONG
FAVORITE SONG, YOUR FAVORITE SONG

LOVELY LOVE
YOU’RE MY RITE OF SPRING
LOVELY LOVE
YOU’RE MY RITE OF SPRING

RAIN FILLS THE CREEK BED
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SUN GREENS THE TREES
BUT YOU MY DARLING NEED MORE CONVINCING
WHAT’S IT TAKE?
WHAT WILL IT TAKE?
WHAT’S IT TAKE
TO PICK YOU UP AND BRING YOU BACK

IN APRIL DARLING I’M GONNA SING YOU HOME WITH ME
SING YOU HOME, SING YOU HOME
IN APRIL DARLING I’M GONNA SING YOU HOME WITH ME

IN APRIL DARLING I’M GONNA SING YOU HOME WITH ME
SING YOU HOME, SING YOU HOME
IN APRIL DARLING I’M GONNA SING YOU HOME WITH ME

FLEETING

It’s fleeting
it’s over and done but it’s all just begun
and you’re breathing you let go of that breath and it’s someone else’s next
every word from your mouth is just over
and out it’s fleeting
the very scent of your soul makes me feel whole
but those kisses from your lips disappear too quick
Am I dreaming?
There’s the news of the day but I keep it away
Believing there’s something better to make that I can create with the time that is mine – so sublime

it’s fleeting
I take this breath but it’s someone else’s next Time marches on to the end of this song
Every word that I’ve said It’s alive, now it’s dead
Is there meaning? Who’ll be the judge or the clown?
Am i lost or profound?
Was that moment of regret time well spent?
I’m breathing. What i do in this breath affects someone else’s next
It’s so fleeting it’s over and done but it’s all just begun
it’s over it’s begun

Honneycombs “Little Moon” is on Episode 5 of HBO‘s TRUE BLOOD. Download it now from iTunes.

VIDEO: Check out Honneycombs‘ beautiful new video by Director Chris Pickenpaugh for the cover of the Smiths “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want”.
QUOTE WE LOVE: Songwriter Carrie Newcomer, who wrote “Should Have Known Better” on Nickel Creek’s Grammy winning album This Side, has this to say about Honneycombs: “I love Honneycombs, I really do. April and James new collaboration is poignant and powerful, whimsical and beautiful. It grooves like crazy and is fearlessly original. April’s voice has a heartbreaking vulnerability but she can sing powerfully out into the world in a way that most vocalists can only dream of doing.” Well, of course we love that!

RIP ALEX CHILTON: James and April recorded two Big Star songs and now they become a tribute to the musical legacy of Alex Chilton. James performs a thoughtful version of “THIRTEEN” and April sings “NIGHTIME”.

FREE SMITHS COVER: Well, Honneycombs loves The Smiths. The FREE download of the HC take on “Please Please Please Let Me” is here. Enjoy! There will soon be a video of the HC version by the wonderful director Chris Pickenpaugh, shot in the Hollywood Hills home where Orson Wells died. And also naughty naked Sandra Dee pool parties there too … but not at the same time. OK, now this sounds like a gossip column…

MUSIC SAVES MOUNTAINS: Honneycombs joins in with Music Saves Mountains to do what they can to stop the destruction of the Appalachains to coal mining. HC is currently recording ” Protest Song A” to contribute to the cause. Should we rename it Protest Song M? Let us know what you think.

TOURING: Honneycombs is currently booking tours for the Fall – if you or a friend want to host a houseparty send us an email and let us know. We’ll all have fun. And that is the point, isn’t it?

MORE MUSIC: Of course, April also has her “all ages” music project APRIL EIGHT. Check it out here. There is a funny video of her singing her song “Why Would I Ever Let the World Get in My Way” with James DANCING that is not to be missed….