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Live at The Outer Space

by Christoph Whitbeck

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1.
Mostly Naked 03:20
Well I spent most of today mostly naked I was naked all yesterday, too And I wonder why everyone wants to wear clothing And I wonder if they really do I spent most of today mostly wasted I drank a lot yesterday too All my friends say I'd be better off sober I'm starting to think it's true But it's one more night that I would have been alone If I didn't have a bottle of booze I'm drinking it down; it's getting me stoned, Yeah, it's better than thinking of you I guess you could call me a low-life I guess you could call me a slob I know this apartment needs to be vacuumed And I know I need a better job But there's some things that have to come first So I'm taking care of my head O how it hurts to remember the details of your love When I could just be drunk instead And so it's one more night that I would have been alone But I got another bottle of booze I'm drinking it down, it's getting me stoned O it's better than thinking of you I said it's one more night that I would have been alone If I didn't have this bottle of booze So I'm drinking it down, it's getting me stoned It's much better than thinking of you So I was drinking and thinking and singing a song It's all I ever seem to do Just drinking and thinking, thinking about singing A song that won't remind me of you I guess you should know I'm getting better At songwriting and singing, too But the one thing that I never remember Is how to stop fucking singing of you And so it's one more night that I would have been alone If I didn't have a bottle of booze But I'm drinking it down, it's getting me stoned And it's making me think about you I said it's one more night that I could have been alone If I didn't have this bottle of booze And I'm drinking it down and it's getting me stoned I wish it was better than thinking of you
2.
Your Cigarette It was just past nine o'clock I was just closing up shop I stepped out onto the lot I could have sworn i smelled your cigarette smoke drifting in little ringlets I used to smoke with you even when you told me not to who are you to tell me what to do? when you couldnt even take care of yourself and you asked me, so i tried to help But I got caught up in you even when you told me not to it was all that i could do the smoke had clouded my eyes i could no longer tell the pleading from the lies you worried about my health while you slowly killed yourself cigarettes, they work to slow and i learned that you turned to more when i saw the pills that you spilled on the floor the liquor on your breath was holy wine and blessed i worshipped the air you breathed but then once you didnt want to breath to save myself, i knew i had to leave but i was in too deep the smoke and ash consumed me i had to break it up to get out and thats when, my friend, you broke and you almost then turned into smoke it was a short hospital stay i should have visited every day but i still hadnt found my way i still regret that i left you that way but i had to pick one of us, and that was me i cleaned up all the blood that you shed in the bathtub I picked the pills up one by one and i threw them all in the trash opened windows for smoke, and dumped out the ash you called me the next week said you were sorry and feeling weak but getting stronger and maybe soon we could try again to live but i knew that i was through with all of it I didnt want to die and i felt that I had died but something deep inside was yearning to breathe again and i gave it as much air as i can i cleared out all the smoke brought your things back to your old home your mother gave me a hug she said she's sorry, but that don't make no difference You knew I loved you, but I just had to quit it And now sometimes i smell that smoke the cigarettes you like to toke and when i do it takes me back to your face, in a place where we loved grass underneath and the stars above
3.
Susannah 04:41
Susannah I took a hot train down to new york city in the year of our lord two thousand and nine and wavin at the station was a blue eyed beauty oh i tell you, lord, this woman was fine so i asked her for a name, and what i got was susannah in a bright refreshing southern country drawl a tallahassee belle in the heart of the city and just when i had thought i'd seen it all so i said, hey darlin let's leave grand central station let me take you up to old times square she said, "i reached that intersection, and when i looked up to heaven all i saw were televisions in the air" i said, "fine, good lookin', let me take you down to brooklyn there's a park with a meadow miles wide with the sun in the summer it's a little bit warmer when you look up you can only see the sky" i truly feared rejection, as she thought through my suggestion, but my confidence was running pretty high so i kept a little smile, and my posture and my composure and i guess a little twinkle in my eye So she agreed to my idea, and she said she'd come with me and spend the evening, or at least the afternoon in the park in the city in this country on this planet who'd've thought that i'd've ended up with you? we got to the park 'n' there the dogs were all a'barkin' with their people and their people's children too but the smile on susannah and the way she held my hand it kept my spirits brighter than that sky of blue we sat down on a bench by a little dusty trail just to take in all the beauty of the place and just then my eyes met with the cross around her neck and the smile flew swiftly from my face cos you see, im a sinner, and when christians meet with sinners well, they make a little judgment straight away and i had had no intention of divine intervention that would ruin this amazing perfect day so i said "susannah won't you take my hand and we'll go down to watch the river and pray" she said, "i ain't said a word to the spirit since i heard that we all with be forgiven someday" I said "are you not a sinner?" she said, "hell yea, im a sinner but the sinnin' isn' where the problem lies; it's the liars and the cheaters who do not believe they're sinners that's the problem with the world tonight." What a goddamn relief, she didn't care if i believed and didn't mind me for a second for my sins hates the liars and the cheaters, if they claim to love jesus well she sticks her middle finger up at them the sun was goin down over ol' brooklyn town but the people were all staying up so i took her to a bar and then back to the park where we laid down and looked up at just the stars. Well the morning came, the sun rose, finding us in a hotel I had my Susannah wrapped up in my arms But I had to get back on the road and on the rails She had to get back to a southern farm She said she'd see me later and she gave me little kisses over breakfast in the back seat of a cab She gave me her number and her address in Virginia And that precious piece of paper's all I have I know I'll see her someday when I get a little money or when I am on the road on tour My darling sweet Susannah, what a woman for a man to meet You make me happy darlin' that's for sure Sometimes I think back on my southern city gal And I get that little twinkle in my eye So if you see me with a smile on from now until a while on you bet your balls that she's the reason why
4.
Your Alcoholic lips sleeping pills simple thrills daydreaming of pretty girls the summer makes me feel so high a telephone i should have known you'd never leave me all alone but this time i won't make you mine a sideways glance a second chance at catching up on lost romance but i know that i have to avoid your little game like dancing flames i know this joy will end in pain but i feel overjoyed sinking into your alcoholic lips poison tastes best when kissed mezmerized by hazel eyes lost inside your hand in mine Your air is always mist or smoke choking lungs and twisting tongues we sink beneath a setting sun I wished we'd never kissed, but spoke sinking into your alcoholic lips poison tastes best when kissed drifting into your morphinic lips this poison tastes best when kissed so we kiss
5.
Most little girls dream of being princesses But I used to dream of sharpened teeth I dreamt of running on all fours Through the forest with blood-matted fur With my mother, the wolf My mother, who birthed me My mother, the wolf My mother, who nursed me yeah To some, it might sound like a nightmare But in my mind, it's the best thing that's happened in my life One night, beneath a full moon, the dream came true The teeth, the fur, the taste of flesh and running, running, running With my mother, the wolf My mother, who bore me My mother, the wolf The mother who didn't know me And she fed me yeah she fed me Fed me fresh killed meat She fed me, me the beast She fed me fresh killed meat She fed me, me, the beast The beast I met my mother, the wolf The wolf who nursed me My mother, the wolf Who blessed and cursed me Then she sang me back to sleep And that song I sometimes sing....
6.
Animal 07:08
animal when death came for my friend he met it with his arms folded across his chest he said come on come on come on come on in he took a little nap he drank a bottle of pills and a bottle of jack he laid down on his back he said come on come on come on come on yea. come on come on come on come on in come on come on come on show me what you're made of are you divine or animal? show me the power of love is it enough to stop you? take off your disguise i don't have time for lies when i first made love to my first love we laid down on our backs with the stars above she said come on, come on, come on, come on yea before we took a little nap i held her with my arms around her back she whispered soft and fast she said come on come on come on come on yea come on come on come on come on yea. come on come on come on show me what you're made of feed this hungry animal show the power of love there's nothing here to stop you take off your timid disguise i don't have time for lies these demons came to take me they tried to break me but i stood my ground with my friends around and said come on come on come on when they tried to break me and in my mind rape me i stood my ground, and i threw down, and said come on come on come on show me what you're made of are you instinct or emotional have you heard of love i know that mine will stop you you wear a pitiful disguise i can see right through your lies im stronger than you can ever know you have no power over me you are not welcome here why dont you fucking try me I said you are not welcome here just begone, you demons of fear

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My live acoustic solo debut at The Outer Space in Hamden, on March 18, 2012. I hope you enjoy it now as much as we did then!

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released April 13, 2012

All music and lyrics written and performed by Christoph Whitbeck.

All tracks recorded by Joshua Pettinger and Oliver Amerigian at Wicked Squid Productions
www.wickedsquidproductions.com

All tracks mixed and mastered by Mike Henss at Enox Productions
enoxproductions.net

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Christoph Whitbeck New Haven, Connecticut

Christoph Whitbeck is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter, living in New York City.

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