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FAWM 2017

by ZeCoop

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TimTTT ZeCoop is in the band Treading Bleu. I saw them play a gig with Leslie Hudson and Coop's dad told me about February Album Writing Month Project. I think it's a really cool idea & has produced some good tunes. Favorite track: I Will (ft Stacy Koviak-Davison).
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1.
Broken Carousel (ft Piney) 05:35
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I was sittin’ in the rain as the water washed away all of my shame Tears fallin’ from the sky look exactly like the rain comin’ down from my eyes Oh no one can tell I’m spinnin’ in a broken carousel ‘Til you walked on by… You stop dead in your tracks noticin’ the flicker of the lights begin to clash Clash against my silhouette steppin’ closer your Chuck Taylor's soakin’ wet And you ask me why? Why you so sad? ‘Cause I keep spinnin’ around, spinnin’ around in the wrong direction... Kick your feet up on the rail you’ve been here before oh yeah I can tell Your face talkin’ to the sky oh wonderful place to let my high tops air dry No one can tell we're spinnin’ in a broken carousel And I ask myself why? Why you so sad? As we keep spinnin’ around, spinnin’ around in the wrong direction Oh, I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t have a friend like you... Comments
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So... Whatever (ft Stacy Koviak-Davison) 03:11
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Who's to blame? I think that everything you noticed about this Is everything you couldn't understand Always, always thought you'd be enough But I've waited here forever And you're not showing up Won't you tell me please How hard is it to give your love? Ready or not it's time for starting over Better late than never And never's all I had... You're so You're so Whatever Whatever This is It's not Forever Forever Such a shame You left my heart so unattended Ignoring all my feelings Like you couldn't comprehend Writing these checks that you knew you couldn't cash I don't know how or why? It's too late It's too late I'm never coming back Should have known from the start This was going to end bad Ready or not it's time for starting over Better late than never And never's all I had... You're so You're so Whatever Whatever This is It's not Forever Forever You're so You're so Whatever Whatever This is it I'm gone Forever Forever Darling, darling I'm trying to be nice here Trying to discard all these memories Without a fight You drug our dark out into the light For all the world to see Reaching, grasping for some kind of lifeline Trying to hold on to what it was you thought we had I hate to break it to you If you really are that blind Baby, I'm sorry You're just out of time
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Empathy Machine Unplugged (ft Holly Lanasolyluna) 04:13
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Tree dances with tender wrists Under a sky of smoggy cysts Nevertheless, she persists Chorus: Say we’ve got a better country Well perhaps you’ve never met me Or maybe you have You can carry out those schemes That feed on peaceful people’s dreams No lines in the sand, you can Make new facts to hide your tracks Paint history white where it was brown or black that’s just how the cards are stacked (Chorus) Empathy Apathy Sympathy Where have you all gone? Has this just begun? Just begun? Stars, stripes, red, white, blue I was born here, and I deserve this space more than you (Chorus) Empathy Apathy Sympathy Where have you all gone? Has this just begun? Just begun? Head scarf takes away her rights My wife is in the kitchen While I watch pundits fight, I’ll get some tonight (Chorus)
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A Sliver of Sunshine (ft Liz Frencham) 04:11
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A sliver of sunshine Is coming your way Across the ocean grey I'm delivering warm smiles To soothe a winter’s day A million miles away Hey la de day 'Though you're a hemisphere away Hey la de day We're gonna meet someday Just wait and see You've already got a friend in me I'm looking for fine lines To match your melody Let the music speak I'm wrapping the sun’s spark In summer poetry To melt your winter freeze Hey la de day 'Though you're a hemisphere away Hey la de day We're gonna meet someday Wait and see You've already got a friend in me You've already got a friend in me (Counting bars, shooting for stars Here we are blending through the wire) You've already got a friend in me (February friends a friend indeed Friend in need of words and melody) (c) 2017 Liz Frencham
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We'll Come To The Jungle (ft Huan-Hua Chye) 03:27
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On the floor in the bathroom stall crying my eyes out I don't even really know what I'm crying about The best I can say is anxiety's gotten the best of me Stealing the bottom from my stomach and the bones from my limbs and my breath from me Wash my face like a normal person Take a drink of water like a normal person Make it through the day like a normal person, yeah Get on the bus and take it to the supermarket Talk to a stranger and then stop dwelling on it Cook my dinner, read a book, and go to bed Or should I lie awake instead? Striding down La Cienega like I rule this city Where the grass ain't green and the air ain't clean but at least the girls are pretty Haven't thought about any dumb things I said a decade ago For at least four hours now, or maybe even more Get dressed in the morning like a normal person I'm more of a mess than a normal person but I'm still passing as a normal person, yeah Get on the bus and take it to the supermarket Talk to a stranger and then stop dwelling on it Cook my dinner, read a book, and go to bed Or should I lie awake instead? They all think that you're crazy (YOU'RE FUCKING CRAZY) They all think that you're weird They all think that you're stupid You should just disappear… (SHANANANANA KNEES KNEES) Held it together though I'm held together with packing tape Checked off the box that says "hold it together for just one more day" Smiled at myself in the mirror cause I should be good to myself For picking up, and looking at, and putting down all the fear that I felt I paid all my bills like a normal person Took all my pills like a normal person Underneath, I'm probably still a normal person, yeah Get on the bus and take it to the supermarket Talk to a stranger and then stop dwelling on it Cook my dinner, read a book, and go to bed I mistook myself for a normal person Acting and looking like a normal person Was that all it took to be a normal person, then? Get on the bus and take it to the supermarket (TAKE ME DOWN TO THE PARADISE CITY) Talk to a stranger and then stop dwelling on it (WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN AND THE GIRLS ARE PRETTY! OH WON'T YOU PLEASE...) Cook my dinner, read a book, and go to bed (SHANANANA+ KNEES, KNEES) Or should I lie awake instead?
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Zombie Beach Party Attack!!! (ft Brian Mosley) 03:43
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Argggghhhhh Screeeaaaammmmm
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Soma Street (ft Karlos Harrison) 03:33
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Look of destruction It's time to ignore All of our troubles that have gone before Raft on the ocean Feeling unknown Doesn't mean I'm standing here alone Because you're like a zombie But we all are zombies It's us against the world with no guarantees Oh Soma Street We are all trying to reach Soma Street Feel the off-time beat So mass destruction A military whore A man with finger on the button cloned from Zsa Zsa Gabor Across the ocean We're not much better off We might as well be ruled by a drunk Hasselhoff Pontificate just to please Because you are the big cheese We fight against them all come on and join me It's us against them all so together we'll meet Oh Soma Street We are all trying to reach Soma Street Feeling the off-time beat Harmony in the street The energy Eastern sweet We are all trying to reach Soma Soma street We are all zombies It's us against the world with no guarantees
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Infinite Game (Treading Bleu collab) 03:28
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Why are we always so afraid? To take a chance To let come what may It just might be the end of time Before everything ever is fine I wait for a place That might sustain me for a while And I dream of your face And that it might hold my gaze for a while And I wish for the day That I could hold you by my side An infinite game Where I can hide my fear We walk, we talk, we run We maybe fall in love As simple as the sun in the sky And the stars in your eyes Underneath the moonlight This infinite game Where I can hide my fear We walk, we talk, we run We maybe fall in love As simple as the sun in the sky And the stars in your eyes Underneath the moonlight 'Cause I wait for a place That might sustain me for a while And I dream of your face And that it might hold my gaze for a while And I wish for the day That I could hold you by my side An infinite game Where I can push my fears aside And in the end When it's all said and done What have you said? What have you done?
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Free My Soul (ft Karlos Harrison) 03:18
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Free my soul, don't worry me The door is closed, but you have the key To dream a dream you need When you bleed, empty streets Gather like a storm around your feet A shimmering glow of light disturbs your scene When you laugh pulsating beats Impress upon their hearts of the one who meets Be the one you meet When you bleed empty streets Gather like a storm around your feet A shimmering glow of light disturbs your scene Close your eyes Relive those lies Breath deep Confide In your dark times Free my soul, don't worry me The door is closed, but you have the key To dream a life you need When you bleed, empty streets Gather like a storm around your feet A shimmering glow of light disturbs your scene Oh when you laugh pulsating beats Impress upon the hearts of one who meets A sunken eye encased in wells of fire You'll see (c) 2017 Karl Harrison
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Northern Lights (ft Alex Klages) 04:14
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in the winter's cold In the midst of snow even in the chill there's one thing I'm glad to know you're still here with me blessing me with love you are such a wonder a true gift from up above and now that it's dark and there isn't a cloud in the sky what I'd like to do is sit and watch the northern lights with you sit and watch the northern lights with you days will come and go winters change to spring and in the blooms there's one thing I'm glad to know you're still here with me fresh like a blooming flower you are such a wonder I love you more each hour and now that it's dark and there isn't a cloud in the sky what I'd like to do is sit and watch the northern lights with you sit and watch the northern lights with you season after season changes our children grow and grow as we keep turning life's pages i'm so glad that you love me so summer comes and goes so does autumn too as the year rolls by my love for you stays ever true I'm glad you're with me for the rest of life I love you forever My most precious, beautiful wife My most precious, beautiful wife My most precious, beautiful wife
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I Will (ft Stacy Koviak-Davison) 03:19
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I will not stall out I will not brake I will not give up until I have sealed our fate I will be brave I will stand tall And I will keep on, keep on fighting Til I've conquered your heart Til I've conquered your heart And I will belong to this flame It wants to light my way I will be lost I will be found again I will be there I'll be your friend And I will be Your greatest enemy To all of those who cannot see beyond themselves I will be strong I will not compromise I will not break I will not bend I will belong to this flame It's calling out your name May the stars align to love you again But these games we play They're always getting in the way I will be wise I won't be hypnotized I will be careful When I look into your eyes But there was lightening There was another spark And before I knew it baby It was just too late to stop This rush of blood This chemical I can't get my heart to steady I will belong to this flame It's calling out your name May the stars align to love you again But these games we play They're always getting in the way
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Kiss You Now (ft Rob C and Tom S) 02:22
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We walked as far as the park. We played away in the park He had to answer the phone. He likes to talk on the phone. It's great to see you again. He lived here three years ago. I quit a long time ago. I'm going to kiss you now. I hope you will call again. I want to see it again. ------------------------------- ***Some of the unused lines*** I'd like to hear your advice. I've had a tough afternoon. Where were you this afternoon? Let's get together again. Don't make me shoot you again. (The database is WEIRD) I see you're at it again. Did Tom break something again? Did Tom steal something again? Don't make me do it again. Don't make me ask you again. Tom asked for Mary's advice. Tom and Mary kissed again. Tom won't bother you again. Don't let that happen again. Tom lived here three years ago. Tom left home ten years ago. I got stabbed two years ago. (Seriously? These are supposed to be interesting sentences for ESL learners?) I just can't deal with this now.
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Boom (ft Pinky) 03:11
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Baby, baby, baby You got me going so crazy You know they won't take me alive I got the basement barricaded the staircase laid with razors I'd like to see them come and try My heart goes "boom,boom,boom" Now the SWAT's in the room And I better take cover for my love of you Baby, baby, baby You got the whole world shaking But that ain't changing my mind Plagues and earthquakes Oh, Death's pale face Couldn't take me out of the fight My heart goes "boom,boom,boom" Four horsemen of doom And I watch my world crumble for the love of you Baby, baby, baby I think I'm starting to fade Think I'll maybe lay down for awhile But if this is my grave Would you visit me babe And maybe lay daisies inside My heart goes "boom,boom,boom" As I lay in my tomb And I know I'll recover for my love of you
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Basement Band 03:54
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I like the drums Cause they’re so great I like the drums The way they resonate I like the drums And they’ll lend a hand Part of my little basement band I like the bass It thumps a line I like the bass 'Cause it sounds so fine I like the bass And it’ll lend a hand Part of my little basement band I like guitar The strings that ring I like guitar 'Cause they swagger with a sting I like guitar It is a star A star of my little basement band All doing their part in my basement band All doing their part in my basement band I like the horns The way they play I like the horns They play a special way I like the horns And they'll lend a hand Part of my little basement band I like the keys They go along I like the keys 'Cause they dance around the song I like the keys And they’ll lend TWO hands Part of my little basement band Chorus I like the band All doing their part in my basement band I like the band Playing the chart as part of my basement band I like the band, I like the band I’ll play for you if you come on in and clap your hands Clap your hands, come clap your hands Be a part of my special little basement band
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With A Start 04:35
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Fall Into Dreams 05:57
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Awake... 3 a.m. 04:09
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Snakes Are Watching Me 04:43
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Market Square 03:46
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Orphans 03:29
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Jump 'n' Bob 04:20
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Z/28 Stake-Out 03:04
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Coop ZeVille 02:51
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24.
The Legend of the Hot Chili Pepper Girl (4-track cassette collab) 03:14
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She´s no one that you could know in the way of knowing… Just by her naughty look… she´ll keep your desires growing (Chorus) Her looks are like fire, her kiss is like poison, you feel the hell and horizon, As she carries you away… you feel a thousand years passing like a single day… Many think they know her, and read her like a book and when they think they own her, they're just a fish on her hook… (Chorus) Her look is like fire, her kiss is like poison, you feel the hell and horizon, As she carries you away… you feel a thousand years passing like a single day… Now they are just drunkards, and are thought as freaks… but they were just victims of the havoc she wreaks… I'm telling the legend… of the hot chilly pepper girl…. her hug is like blessing, Her smile is sweet desire, But your just adding firewood To your funeral pyre She´s no one that you could love you´ll damn the day you met her, she will keep you starving, For sure, you`ll never get her, And before you notice, you´ll burn in her flames… you will not remember your age nor your name She will take your body, she will take your soul, she´ll leave the outer wrapper, turn you into a doll And you will be always be hers even without being… Wishing with your ghost eyes … empty and unseeing… I'm telling you the legend… of the hot chilly pepper girl….
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Gasoline (4-track cassette collab) 02:53
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All your crumpled paper hearts washing away washing away one by one they depart CHORUS the light of the bonfire the smell of gasoline the fire is hot the burn is clean All the burned up paper hearts drifting on the wind drifting away on the wind floating away over the park all the buried paper hearts dust to dust dust to dust building up the new rampart
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Happiness (4-track cassette collab) 02:30
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Gimme That Groove (4-track cassette collab) 03:23
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Bout to blow my fuse Paid the time clock dues Work day abuse Time to cruise Pre-chorus Oh music take me Oh music take me Oh music take me Away from here Chorus I need that groove Oh gimme that groove I need that groove That hot bass groove V3 I got melted shoes And the too hot blues Need some good news Hot bass can’t lose Prechorus Oh music take me Oh music take me Oh music take me Away from here Chorus Oh gimme that groove I need that groove That hot bass groove Sun beatin above Got hot bass love Gives me a shove I just gotta move I need that groove Oh gimme that groove I need that groove That hot bass groove
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Another Day (4-track cassette collab) 02:55
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Another day gone by… Another day gone by… Another day gone by… Another day gone by… Getting nervous, starting to sweat Not good enough….. Space cadet Settle down take a deep breath You haven’t seen the last of me yet CHORUS: It’s Friday Morning and it’s starting to hail It’s all on me now and I don’t want to bail The pressures on and I don’t want to fail Get on the Expressway and get this in the mail… Just another verse in quarter time A little back beat here would work just fine He said you need to Crash She said “what a drag” He said cigarette She said no…..I’m fine CHORUS: It’s Friday morning and it’s starting to hail It’s all on me now and I don’t want to bail The pressures on and I don’t want to fail Get on the Expressway and get this in the mail… The drums are there and funky low down bass DC representing all over the place… Just another verse… in quarter time A little backbeat there would work real fine CHORUS: It’s Friday Morning and it’s starting to hail It’s all on me now and I don’t want to bail The pressures on and I don’t want to fail Get on the Expressway and get this in the mail…
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Strolling (4-track cassette collab) 03:35
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Written entirely during February Album Writing Month 2017; February 1-28. Check out fawm.org

If you download the album, you'll get EIGHT bonus tracks... instrumentals I wrote before vocals were added and all the extra four track cassette tape collaborations I was involved in.

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released March 6, 2017

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John Cooperider... except:
*Broken Carousel: Piney - original composition, lyrics, vocals, synth and melodica
*So... Whatever: Stacy Koviak-Davison - lyrics and vocals
*Empathy Machine Unplugged: Holly Lanasolyluna - lyrics and vocals
*A Sliver of Sunshine: Liz Frencham - lyrics and vocals
*We'll Come To The Jungle: Huan-Hua Chye - lyrics, vocals, synth and melodica
*Zombie Beach Party Attack!!!: Brian Mosley - electric and baritone guitars
*Soma Street: Karlos Harrison - lyrics and vocals
*Infinite Game: Rob Cooperider - Original composition on acoustic guitar, bass; Stacy Koviak-Davison - lyrics and vocals
*Free My Soul: Karlos Harrison - lyrics and vocals
*Northern Lights: Alex Klages - lyrics and vocals
*I Will: Stacy Koviak-Davison - lyrics and vocals
*Kiss You Now: Rob Cooperider - drums; Thomas Spademan - guitar, lyrics and vocals
*Boom: Pinky - lyrics and vocals
*Basement Band: James Cooperider - lyrics

4-track tape collaborations as noted in liner notes.

ALL Songs (c) 2017 BMI and as appropriate for collaborating songwriters.

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ZeCoop Kalamazoo, Michigan

I love playing music and keep learning new instruments. My songs are in a wide range of styles, from indie-rock to surf, to folk to rock to electronic... I never know. I record at home in a studio I put together in a spare room. I work (via the web) with a lot of vocal/lyric collaborators from all over the world.

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