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You Are The Sun

from The Lady of the Night by Shirley Gnome

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    This CD captures two years of songwriting, just Gnome and guitar, live in front of an intimate audience in a run down hipster venue in Vancouver. It reflects her first two years as a person who actually succeeded in making dirty country music into a job. Things get dark and sad and confusing, but mostly just stupid and gross and hilarious. Comes with a lyrics booklet so you can sing along.

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lyrics

it's what you do
not what you say
that makes you who
you are today
words are light
and action weighs a ton

and although i say
that i'm okay
i'm pretty drunk
and its midday
i'm pant-less and i'm screaming at the sun

the sun you see
it talked to me
and that sounds nuts
but hopefully
it's just the drugs and drinking that i've done

but i see the sun
and i feel the sun
then the sun yells
"i'm the moon"
oh no you're not
fuck you you are
the sun

'cause between the breezes
and the trees
there's not a move
that disagrees
we watch them know
each other when they meet

so fuck you sun
you are the one
who lied in front of
everyone
stop saying that
you're not the fucking sun

why am i irrationally
angry at the sun
i am yelling in the street
in front of everyone
you know this really all started
on the day i got dumped
i got my heart blown up
like it's dynamite

while kissing me
he did pretend
that everything
was on the mend
but said he would rather be
with someone else that day

he said
"let's just keep kissing, this is fine
your make up looks good when you cry
oh yes and happy birthday, by the way"

well saying that it's all okay
it doesn't make things change that way
it made me feel insane, but i know why

it was like he was
stabbing me
with a novelty machete while he
yelled out "i'm a nice and friendly guy!"
stab stab stab

so i see the sun
and i feel the sun
when the sun says
"i'm the moon"
i say whatever helps you sleep at night
'cause it's what you do
not what you say
that makes you who
you are today
i think that i'll go sit upon the lawn
and watch the setting sun until it's gone
but i don't want to put my pants back on

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from The Lady of the Night, released February 8, 2015

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Shirley Gnome Vancouver, British Columbia

From the west coast of Canada comes this multi-award winning cabaret musician, whose all-original, uncensored music about human nature is hilarious, honest, subversive, smart, empowering, taboo and not for the faint of heart. Her cleverly carnal lyrics go down smooth with her inappropriately gorgeous vocals, and her charm will disarm you through even the most provocative topics. ... more

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