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Dressing Down

by Dan Rider

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1.
Rootless 03:17
I GOT A FIST FULL OF DIRT WHEN I BENT DOWN TO PICK UP ROOTS THERE'S NOTHING UNDERNEATH ME NOW BUT SUBWAY CARS AND BEAT UP BOOTS THE INTRAVENOUS DIET COKE RUNS WITH SCISSORS THROUGH MY VEINS THERE'S NOTHING UNDERNEATH MY SKIN BUT TIN FOIL BONES AND PLASTIC BRAINS AND I'M WEARING FINGERLESS GLOVES AND THEY DON'T KEEP ME WARM AND I'M BEARING FRUIT ON THE VINE FRUITLESSLY AND I WON'T SHOW MY COLORLESS EYES AND MY FEATURELESS FORM AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WATER A ROOTLESS TREE I'M SO THIRSTY TO BE DRY I'M OVERFLOWING IN THIS DROUGHT THERE'S NOTHING IN MY FRAME OF MIND SINCE I TOOK THE PICTURE OUT AND I'M WEARING FINGERLESS GLOVES AND THEY DON'T KEEP ME WARM AND I'M BEARING FRUIT ON THE VINE FRUITLESSLY AND I WON'T SHOW MY COLORLESS EYES AND MY FEATURELESS FORM AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO WATER A ROOTLESS TREE AND I'M SHAKING FROM ROOTING MYSELF TO THE SPOT FOR SO LONG AND I'M BREAKING EMERGENCY GLASS IN MY MIND NOW I'M BOOTLESS SOLE-LESS AND SOCK-LESS AND RECKLESS AND WRONG AND I'M ROOTLESS, AND I THINK THAT I'D RATHER BE BLIND I THINK THAT I'D RATHER BE BLIND
2.
WHEN YOU ARE SLEEPING YOU GIVE OFF WHITE HEAT YOU'RE OFF THE ROADMAP YOU'RE ON THE DOWNBEAT YOU BLEW THE FUSES FOR EVERY LIGHT ON THE BLOCK AND YOU FEEL LIKE AN ELECTRIC BLANKET YOU FEEL LIKE AN ELECTRIC BLANKET I WILL WRAP MYSELF IN YOU AND WAIT FOR THE SHOCK AND WHEN YOU'RE WAKING THE BEDSPRINGS RUMBLE YOUR FACE COULD MAKE AN EMPIRE CRUMBLE YOUR EYELIDS FLUTTER AND SOMEWHERE IT CAUSES A STORM AND YOU FEEL LIKE AN ELECTRIC BLANKET YOU FEEL LIKE AN ELECTRIC BLANKET I'LL BE TIED UP IN BARE WIRE TO KEEP MYSELF WARM OH, MAYBE ONE OF THESE DAYS IT'S GONNA BE TOO EASY TO LET YOU GO THERE'LL BE TOO MUCH STATIC AND THE AIR'LL BE DRY OH MAYBE ONE OF THESE DAYS IT'S GONNA BE TOO HARD TO TELL IF I'M OVER IT OR I'M OVERCHARGED OR OUT OF MY MY MY MY MY MY GUT KNOWS ONE WORD AND THAT WORD'S "HUNGRY" MY BRAIN IS NERVOUS ELECTRICITY THE BELL IS RINGING AND IT'S ROUND TWELVE OF THE FIGHT AND YOU FEEL LIKE AN ELECTRIC BLANKET YOU FEEL LIKE AN ELECTRIC BLANKET JUST ONE JOLT OF YOU AND I GO OUT LIKE A LIGHT
3.
Porch Light 03:30
YOU DREW ME ONCE WITH SCRIBBLES IN MY BRAIN WHEN I WAS NOTHING BUT A FACELESS STICK MAN TRYING TO PASS FOR SANE HIDING IN DOORWAYS LIKE A CAT CAUGHT IN THE RAIN SO I SING OH-OH IT'S A LONG WALK BACK FROM THE PRECIPICE LOOKING ANYWHERE BUT DOWN YOU'D BE SURPRISED THE THINGS YOU MISS WHO'D EVER THOUGHT IT WOULD COME TO THIS SO I SING OH-OH STILL I KNOW YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR PORCH LIGHT ON WHEN I'M WANDERING, AND I'M ALWAYS WANDERING WHEREVER I GO I'LL NEVER BE GONE 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR PORCH LIGHT ON YOU AND I ARE PERCHED ON A NARROW WIRE OUR FINGERS VIBRATE WITH VOCATION AND OUR WARDROBES ARE ON FIRE AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE EVER GONNA TIRE STILL I KNOW YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR PORCH LIGHT ON WHEN I'M WANDERING, AND I'M ALWAYS WANDERING WHEREVER I GO I'LL NEVER BE GONE 'CAUSE I KNOW YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR PORCH LIGHT ON I KNOW YOU WILL LEAVE YOUR PORCH LIGHT OH-OH
4.
Scalpel 03:41
THERE WAS A MAN KILLED A GIRL WITH A KNIFE THEY SAID SO LAST NIGHT ON TV SHE LOOKED A LOT LIKE A LITTLE LIKE YOU AND HE LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE NOTHING LIKE ME IF I HAD A SCALPEL I'D GIVE IT TO YOU YOU'D OPEN ME UP LIKE A NOTE 'CAUSE I FEEL HIS FINGERS INSIDE OF MY NECK AS HE TRIES TO CLAW HIS WAY OUT OF MY THROAT YOU CAN SPLIT SECONDS IN TWO WITH YOUR BLADE YOU SHOCK BUT YOU NEVER SURPRISE YOU DIP YOUR FINGERTIPS INTO MY BRAIN AND TWIST UP THE NERVES IN THE BACK OF MY EYES BUT DON'T PUT ME UNDER, DON'T GIVE ME A SHOT WHEN YOU LAY ME DOWN ON YOUR TABLE I WANT TO WATCH AS YOU PUT ON YOUR MASK AND LOOK IN YOUR EYES JUST AS LONG AS I'M ABLE WELL IT'S MAY BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT'S APRIL OR MARCH AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET COLDER SO MAKE SURE YOUR SCALPEL IS CLOSE IF YOU CATCH A GLIMPSE OF A MAN LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER YOU HAVE PRESCRIBED ME THE BITTEREST PILL THAT I'VE EVER SWALLOWED IN MY LIFE BUT IF WE TWO EVER MEET BY THE WAY I PRAY THAT I MAY BE ONCE AGAIN UNDER YOUR KNIFE
5.
HELLO IN THERE THERE'S NO NEED TO HIDE I SEE YOU INSIDE OF THE MARBLE I HEAR YOUR VOICE DEEP IN THE BLOCK THE SURFACE IS COOL BUT YOUR SKIN IS HOT NOW I KNOW JUST WHAT I'LL DO I'LL PICK UP MY CHISEL AND FIND MY WAY TO YOU OH GALATEA WON'T YOU COME ALIVE OH GALATEA WON'T YOU COME ALIVE I AM A POOR MAN I AM A POOR MAN I SEE YOUR FACE START TO EMERGE AS I FORM THE SHAPE OF YOUR BODY I WORK ALL NIGHT TO PEEL BACK THE STONE YOUR EYES COOL AND DISTANT YOUR SKIN PALE AS BONE NOW I LOVE WHAT I SEE AND NOW GALATEA IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO BE OH GALATEA WON'T YOU COME ALIVE OH GALATEA WON'T YOU COME ALIVE I AM A POOR MAN I AM A POOR MAN SOMETHING'S WRONG WHY DON'T YOU MOVE WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME YOU LOVE ME NOW I'LL DO WHAT I MUST I'LL PICK UP MY CHISEL AND I'LL GRIND YOU INTO DUST OH GALATEA WHERE HAVE YOU GONE OH GALATEA WHERE HAVE YOU GONE I AM A POOR MAN I AM A POOR MAN I AM A POOR MAN I AM A POOR MAN I AM A POOR MAN I AM A POOR MAN

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These are five songs, about five people. One is me, one is mythical, one helped me up, one broke me down, one keeps me balanced.

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released June 24, 2015

Written, Performed and Produced by Dan Rider
Art Direction by Holly Kristina Goldstein
Special Thanks to 440 Studios

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Dan Rider New York, New York

Dan Rider (n) : 1. New York-based folk singer & songwriter 2. Bluegrass guitarist and mandolinist 3. Gender-adjacent skirt enthusiast. 4. Secretly four cats on each others' shoulders disguised as a person. Shh don't tell.

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