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SONGS FOR MYSELF

by John Soeder

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Don't Get Me Started (free) 02:25
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DON’T GET ME STARTED John Soeder © 2013 Spit take Piece of cake Keep it real Or really fake There’s a light in your eyes And it shines like the midnight sun Don’t get me started Don’t you Get me started Remake Hit the brake Sound asleep Wide awake There’s a fire in your eyes And it burns like a million suns Don’t get me started Don’t you Get me started There’s a light in your eyes And it shines like the midnight sun Don’t get me started Don’t you Get me started Outtake Goodness sake Shake it up Gimme a break There’s a fire in your eyes And it burns like a million midnight suns Don’t get me started Don’t you Get me started
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Yes I Remember Kohoutek 02:54
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YES I REMEMBER KOHOUTEK John Soeder © 2013 I remember Kohoutek Wasn’t much to see In the year of our Lord Nineteen hundred and seventy three Aw baby stick with me I remember Kohoutek Yes I remember Kohoutek Inverted pleasure Brings me to my knees C’mon now honey Shave your beard of bees They’re very susceptible To mysterious disease I remember Kohoutek Yes I remember Kohoutek Ooo fire on high Ooo fire on high It’s raining love All over the world Don’t look now but it’s raining love On every boy and on every girl I don’t remember If we gave it a whirl But I remember Kohoutek Yes I remember Kohoutek Ooo fire on high Ooo fire on high I remember Kohoutek I remember Kohoutek I remember Kohoutek Yes I remember Kohoutek
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Upside Down (On a Saturday Night) 03:08
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UPSIDE DOWN (ON A SATURDAY NIGHT) John Soeder © 2013 I’m hanging upside down On a Saturday night Blood rushing to my head Up is down Down is up I’m so easily misled I ain’t making a scene I ain’t making a sound I’m just hanging around I’m hanging upside down On a Saturday night Don’t it feel like Sunday morning It feels like Sunday morning Some people get so hung up on the details Obsessed with minutia Some people get so hung up on themselves Yeah it’s sure to confuse ya I ain’t making a scene I ain’t making a sound I’m just hanging around I’m hanging upside down On a Saturday night Don’t it feel like Sunday morning It feels like Sunday morning I’m hanging upside down On a Saturday night Don’t it feel like Sunday morning It feels like Sunday morning I’m hanging upside down On a Saturday night Don’t it feel like Sunday morning It feels like Sunday morning
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Exoskeleton 04:50
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EXOSKELETON John Soeder © 2012 Exoskeleton It sure looks good on you Exoskeleton It sure looks good on you (yes it do) I wanna tell you how I feel But I just can’t get through to you You’re not the only one With an exoskeleton You’re not the only one With an exoskeleton You’re not the only one Heavy duty baby A spoonful weighs a ton Exoskeleton It sure looks good on you Exoskeleton It sure looks good on you (yes it do) I wanna tell you how I feel But I just can’t get through to you Cmon cmon cmon Cmon cmon cmon Cmon cmon cmon Cmon cmon cmon cmon baby We could have some fun Exit the exoskeleton We’ve only just begun Exoskeleton It sure looks good on you Exoskeleton It sure looks good on you (yes it do) I wanna tell you how I feel But I just can’t get through to you You’re not the only one With an exoskeleton You’re not the only one With an exoskeleton You’re not the only one Heavy duty baby A spoonful weighs a ton
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Cognitive Dissident 03:50
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COGNITIVE DISSIDENT John Soeder © 2013 Sometimes a cigar Is just a cigar Except when it’s not (no) Except when it’s not No yeah no Sometimes a guitar Ain’t just a guitar Except when it is (yeah) And sometimes it is Yeah no y’know Cognitive dissonance Feels nice I’m a cognitive dissident For life Alright Sometimes if you try You can get by Except when you can’t (no) Except when you can’t No yeah no The secret of life Is staying alive So no more cigars (no) Turn up the guitars Yeah no y’know Cognitive dissonance Feels nice I’m a cognitive dissident For life Alright Cognitive dissonance Feels so nice I’m a cognitive dissident For life Alright alright alright Don’t you cry Those grapes on high Are probably sour They’re probably sour Y’know Cognitive dissonance Feels nice I’m a cognitive dissident For life Alright Cognitive dissonance Feels so nice I’m a cognitive dissident For life Alright alright alright
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Bed o' Nails 03:27
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BED O’ NAILS John Soeder © 2012 Sundown Pick me up Cool it baby Do it again Sunrise Lay me down Turn it around Again and again I’m hurting more than you know Can’t you see I ain’t no desaparecido Up up Up and away You know what they say Andale andale (hey) Down low Just take it slow I can’t go on I can’t go on Now on with the show I do believe they’re playing my song Going to a go-go but the go-go is long gone I do believe they’re playing my song Going to a go-go but the go-go is long gone You got me dreaming of a hammer Dreaming of a hammer Dreaming of a hammer On a bed o’ nails Dreaming of a hammer Dreaming of a hammer Dreaming of a hammer On a bed o’ nails I’m hurting more than you know Can’t you see I ain’t no desaparecido You got me dreaming of a hammer Dreaming of a hammer Dreaming of a hammer On a bed o’ nails Dreaming of a hammer Dreaming of a hammer Dreaming of a hammer On a bed o’ nails
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My Baby Likes to Fall Out the Window 02:50
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MY BABY LIKES TO FALL OUT THE WINDOW John Soeder © 2013 My baby likes to fall out the window It’s just not right My baby likes to flirt with disaster Every day and every night I am so ordinary This seems unnecessary My baby likes to fall out the window Catch her if you can Every time I catch her falling out the window She thinks I’m super, man My baby is a runaway train Off the rails with no regrets My baby is a tightrope walker She works without a net She thinks I got potential I’m really nothing special My baby likes to fall out the window Catch her if you can Every time I catch her falling out the window She thinks I’m super, man My baby likes to fall out the window Catch her if you can Every time I catch her falling out the window She thinks I’m super, man I am so ordinary Is this really necessary My baby likes to fall out the window Catch her if you can Every time I catch her falling out the window She thinks I’m super, man My baby likes to fall out the window Catch her if you can Every time I catch her falling out the window She thinks I’m super, man
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Janey, Don't Crowdsource Your Love 02:29
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JANEY, DON’T CROWDSOURCE YOUR LOVE John Soeder © 2013 Send out the clones Don’t bother They’re gone Send out the clones Goes on and on You were the best I ever met On the Internet O how could you forget Don’t ya do it Don’t ya do it For you I thank the stars above O Janey Don’t crowdsource your love Where are the clones Have no fear There ought to be clones Don’t worry They’ll soon be here You were the best I ever met On the Internet O how could you forget Don’t ya do it Don’t ya do it, don’t ya do it For you I thank the stars above O Janey Don’t crowdsource your love Don’t ya do it Don’t ya do it Don’t ya do it, don’t ya do it For you I thank the stars above O Janey Don’t crowdsource your love
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Rain Check 02:45
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RAIN CHECK John Soeder © 2013 November breeze Shakes down the trees And scatters leaves across an empty playground This sad bagatelle You know it all too well Singing yourself to sleep without a sound O Maria It’s good to see ya I’m sorry for your pain Wipe away those tears Let’s get out of here We’ll take a rain check on the rain You sit alone again And pick up the phone again Destiny is calling but it’s a wrong number...again and again These skies of gray Are here to stay Somewhere the sun is shining Somewhere the sun must be shining O Maria It’s good to see ya I’m sorry for your pain Wipe away those tears Let’s get out of here We’ll take a rain check on the rain
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Hats & Sandwiches 02:24
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SONGS FOR MYSELF came tumbling out of a rather tumultuous time in my life. There are songs about underwhelming astronomical phenomena. About inverted weekends. About going to a go-go when the go-go is long gone. These are the songs I sang to myself to keep sane. Well, mostly sane.

Now I'm giving them to you.

Thanks for listening....
John Soeder | August 2013

P.S. Forgive me, Mr. Whitman.

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released August 27, 2013

all songs by John Soeder

recorded in fits and starts on an iMac, an iPad and an iPhone
July 2012-July 2013

yet another Stolen Moments production

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Hello! My name is John Soeder. Welcome to my little musical world. I'm glad you found your way here. Please help yourself to some tunes...and thanks for listening!

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