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Love & Taxidermy

by Michael Mazochi

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Love & Taxidermy 00:30
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Oh Boy 03:13
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“Oh Boy” glass breaks and a porcelain smile all the pretty faces trying to prove they're alive breathe deep and its back here again and id whistle while i work but i hear the ground singing oh boy dont you look away now its a sad life but we gotta stand up somehow so here i stand i work hard to keep the blood from my hands so tell me little lover can you show me how to be a man when all these little kids are waiting on a rain-cloud and the only sound i hear is my fathers voice weeping oh boy dont you look away now its a sad life but we gotta look up somehow and i better sit down for this lips smack at the face of integrity a penny for your thoughts and i think i just lost count pack our bags and wait for me in the car it wont be long and then i hear your angel voice oh boy dont you look away now its a sad life but we gotta shake up somehow so lets all pray for rain so here i am back where it started im staring at a drainpipe and wishing we could all go round two clouds on a distant horizon convening like a couple of priests reciting from a book they read... oh boy dont you look away now its a sad life but we gotta wake up somehow and i think i hear bells repeat chorus ----> end
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Ribbons For Bows 03:56
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“Ribbons for Bows” Oh but I don’t know what I could do And I never knew where to be Oh but I don’t know what I could say And I never knew where to stay Said I never knew where to stay If I cant get next to you Im trading my ribbons for bows If you said to me that I cant go on Then I’d surely die in your arms If you told to me that I cant turn on Then id surely try for to see I said id surely try for to see. If I cant get next to you Im trading my ribbons for bows In our time may we part but two the same In ours only love can remain. In ours only love can remain If I cant get next to you Im trading my ribbons for bows.
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When You're Not Here 02:57
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“When You’re Not Here” Well I was born into your eyes Into the storm of your best disguise A leather jacket and ill trade your heart for mine I feel as if I have been fast asleep Beneath the light that all the lonely keep I make my way but honey I need your teeth --- Oh then we break and we fall apart Apart. --- So here I am I am a man on fire Out of my head and in the deadmans choir Im afaid ill fail and im past my prime So honey ive been waiting for a sign Something to break the walls of my design Feel like I could die when you’re not here --- Oh then we break and we fall apart Apart --- I don’t know why im still here The same mistakes year after year But im trying to get over me Cos im losing myself in all I see --- So honey will you give me one last dance I promise I will try to be your man Feel like ive been down for all my life
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Love, Only Love 03:18
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“Love, Only Love” Love, only love can break your heart and you know That time it doesn’t heal it only hides My heart tear it out, cos I cant use it anymore Where will I run to when im tired --- And don’t let me go No let me go. Will you love me when Im gone? --- Please don’t forget how on the day that we met It all seemed so clear that we’d be fine But now days of old are leavin me a heart-shaped hole And I fear that all the good in me is gone. --- And don’t let me go No let me go Will you love me when im gone? --- Love bury me. Forget 6 and make it 3 So you can dig me up when you change your mind.
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A Light In The Hall 02:35
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“A Light In The Hall” Here I am baby its 3am I guess I’m thinking about you again In the cool glow of a neon light I guess I should have kissed you the other night Is there something wrong with me? Would you notice if I didn’t call? ----- There’s a light on in the hall But there’s no one home at all I’ve been living alone for too long Cigarettes and taking falls Do you want me at all? ----- So here I am baby its 4 am I’m back screaming at the walls again. In the cold still of a sad goodbye I guess I should have noticed, my tongue was tied Is there something wrong with you? I guess I knew you wouldn’t call. ----- There’s a light on in the hall But there’s no one home at all I’ve been living alone for too long Cigarettes and taking falls You don’t want me at all. ----- So here I am baby its 5 am I guess I’m thinking about you again…
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You'd Better Get Used To It 03:48
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“You Better Get Used To It” Taking your time but you keep it uptight Taking the cure and you’re joining the fight You never understood the way things sometimes are Couldn’t relate to the ones your mistrust Trading your love for dose of bloodlust I call that a hole and you call it a must But I do not know why should care or what I could do You got it all right but you set it all wrong You’re singing tonight all your traveling songs You said “it’s a hard life, boy you better get used to it” But you could pick up your pen or you could wish on your star You could settle your debts, but you wont get very far If you think it’s a hard life, girl you better get used to it You’re fixing a hole with your eyes in your grace Regret is scrawled all across your face You’re losing it man, don’t you see you won’t win Cavalier to all the ones you mistake Your hands on the wheel but you’re riding the breaks Too scared to ever let it all go in the end But I do not know why should care or what I could do You got it all right but you set it all wrong You’re singing tonight all your traveling songs You said “it’s a hard life, boy you better get used to it” But you could pick up your pen or you could wish on your star You could settle your debts, but you wont get very far If you think it’s a hard life, girl you better get used to it But I do not know why should care or what I could do You got it all right but you set it all wrong You’re singing tonight all your traveling songs You said “it’s a hard life, boy you better get used to it” But you could pick up your pen or you could wish on your star You could settle your debts, but you wont get very far If you think it’s a hard life, girl you better get used to it
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A High, A Lie 02:37
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“A High, A Lie” Well we stayed out all night And so you made us a lie…a lie You left a layman hung and high Upon a whisper holden sigh…sigh You kept your heart just out of sight, To hold your hope unto a light. And so we stayed up all night And how you made us a lie… And so we stayed out all night Oh, how you made us a lie
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Take Me Away 03:06
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“Take Me Away” When I said that you were way out of line Well it was all up to you But if I knew that it was you on the line Well it was all up to me All up to me. ----- But you take me away on my own. And I won’t be alright on my own. ----- The glass changed from blue into grey And I felt the change in you You were cold, and with you restraint And I the child you didn’t know ----- But you take me away on my own. And I won’t be alright on my own. ----- A dark night, somewhere far away Will I forget your name? Yeah, I’ll forget your name.
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Free Your Heart Instead 03:39
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“Free Your Heart Instead” Well, you say that you lost your faith in god. Well, baby it’s not my fault. And why should I? Could you know of the stars around my eyes? And how I’m always in disguise? And why wouldn’t I? ----- Now you know you’re on your own. Free your heart instead my love My love…. ----- You’re such a queen when you’re face down on your floor. Do you still want more? You child. ----- And now you know you’re on your own. Free your heart instead my love. My love, love, love. ----- Tie me to your chair, and lock your door. Oh, that’s what friends are for. And why lie? My love, love, my love, love, my love, love, my love, and love
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The High Road 03:18
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“The High Road” You had it wrong. I was so far gone. I was just a song… About you leaving me. Everyone is alone Without a home I’ll go scream about it. ----- But I’ll be the one holding the gun. Yet still I don’t know which way to run Which way to run When I need you. ----- So why should I stay? Choose your side. Cos, I’ve chosen mine. ----- But I’ll be the one holding the gun Yet still I don’t know which way to run Which way to run When I need you. ----- So you take the high road cos I have my own Say, you take the high road, cos I have my own
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Ain't Love Tragic 03:21
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“Ain’t Love Tragic” They say you’re never coming home again And oh no no Baby don’t you leave me here alone Oh no no And you know no one can make me cry like this. ----- Still I know there’s something going on here I’m trying to hang a face on all my fears. Baby, baby you know that I’ve learned… ----- That ain’t love tragic? But ain’t love magic? Ain’t love tragic? But its real. ----- They tell me that you never were, at all. Oh no no Maybe you were just a dream, I know Oh no no But I don’t even care what they say around here ----- But still I know there’s something going on here. I’m starting to hang a face on all my fears. But baby baby you know that I’ve learned… ----- That ain’t love tragic? But ain’t love magic? Ain’t love tragic? But its real. Aint love tragic? Ain’t love magic? Aint love tragic? And I’m never gonna leave you baby. I’m never never gonna leave you baby. No I’m never gonna leave you baby.
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Heaven Come Easy 06:06
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“Heaven Come Easy” Sing my mind to sleep. What treacherous time is this? My thoughts disturb my ease, of forgotten memories. And if you meet my king, won’t you speak in peace? And heaven come easy. The gallows groan tonight, with the hopeless men I’ve known. What words deceive their tongues? They’ve gutted the iron lung. And if you meet my friends, won’t you ease their hearts? And heaven come easy. So many days I’ve known. What kin could call my own? But I yearn for days to come, when we walk to from whence we’ve run. And if you meet my time, won’t you plead for more? And heaven come easy. So leech my blood for oil, and drain my marrows feed. Then lower my body down, my eyes to see no more. And when you meet my end, don’t you speak its name. And heaven come easy. Heaven come easy.

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Love & Taxidermy was recorded mostly by Michael Mazochi alone at home over the course of a few years. The album was released under the name "The Von Furs". See Insert that is included as bonus material for credits.

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released January 1, 2014

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Started folky, got rocky, then digitized.

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