Operation Income
Nov 10, 2003 - Sidewinder Records / Meeka Salise Music
Production Credits
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Words and Music by Willem Hartong
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Produced by Willem Hartong and Chris Liberti
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Recorded at Soundsmith Studios, Jamaica Plain, MA
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Engineered by Arron Shadwell
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Tracking and Mixing for tracks 3, 7, & 11 by Chris Liberti at Sidewinder Studios, Queens, NY
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Additional tracking and mixing by John Morrical in Los Angeles, CA
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Additional Musicians
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John Morrical (guitar)
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Erin Sweeney (backing vocals)
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Dave Eggar (cello)
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Chris Liberti (guitar)
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Operation Income
01Boom
Boom
This is a cable to your heart
what do I have left to lose
I love you too
she's running naked through the park
with a bare-ass attitude
full frontal nude
with a bare-ass attitude

a bolt of lightning in the dark
streaking by me like a spark
out the corner of the gloom
when you're near I fall apart
I go boom

I had a date she stood me up
on this Thursday afternoon
oh well this will do
I take a walk and there you are
wearing nothing but your shoes
and birthday suit
wearing nothing but your shoes

and if that dog walker complains
pulling taut up on the reins
grab his dynamite and fuse
shoot an arrow through his heart
and go boom

I see no big harm in it all
your exposing yourself to the world
in fact you helped open me up
to think God this is my kind of girl
glad you found me

turn around and stop the car
there's a lady in the park
and she's running in the nude
you're the actress play the part
just go boom

I'd like to just go boom
02Meagan
Meagan
A sunny day I left my porch and
headed for my finest hour
whenever we go out
you help me find my cloud
and leave this world behind

And any fool with eyes can see
you're beautiful and I must believe
that I can make you mine
you are all I got
and I ain't got much time

You never fail to put in motion
whatever leads me to your heart
and now I'm on the road
the road to let you know
that we can't be apart

And any fool with eyes can see
you're beautiful and I must believe
that I can make you mine
you are all I got
and I ain't got much time

When you tell me that you don't wanna go
if you turn me down
I'll be on your block and begging for a blow
to beat me down

I'll point her out the Pacific ocean
I'll take you to that tiny isle
we'll live off what we find
a tour de make you wild
and leave this world behind

And any fool with eyes can see
you're beautiful and I must believe
that I can make you mine
you are all I got
and I ain't got much time
03Babies And Ambulance Chasers
Babies And Ambulance Chasers
Brave deeds by absolute strangers
babies and ambulance chasers
in light speed the images are fading
and how I need you around

pain seeks the pleasure it raises
time weeps for all of those maybes
same seats and nothing ever changes
and how I need you around

I'm doubting beliefs
I'm doubting denials
all for the love of philosopher lyme
he understands
that now I'm thinking about it
04Going Away
Going Away
I am going away
I'm going away
in no time I will blow into another place

I take my bag and I stow it
they're old times and we know it
and who am I to be phony

I am going away
I'm leaving today
I said goodbye to the money
and your pretty face

And as we fly up above you
somebody else there will love you
and all of your dreams will work out great

No more second-guessing
no more tottering
take what you can get well
that just ain't my thing

So I'm going away
I'm gong away
and if I ever come back
I'll be old and grey

I am going away
I'm leaving today
in no time I will blow into another place
05You Lead Me On
You Lead Me On
Waking up is always hard to do
it's always so much harder without you
you lead me on don't you

the man in the boat's had all he can take
asking what's the story then it breaks
you lead me on don't you
you lead me on I'm stupid

for all this fool's gold blue balls
through two feet of snow job
it's no prob just bang me once

come on over let's hang out tonight
now back I go
to tell my friends they were right
you lead me on don't you
you lead me on I'm stupid
06Laser Beams
Laser Beams
The pain rains out of me
I hurt my head on laser beams
the pain rains out of me
and I'm so scared I can't believe

you'd be a slave rowing in my galley
you'd be a star cast above my sea
so many waves
you help me get on top of
so many times too many things

as the pain rains out of me
I hurt my head on laser beams
the pain rains out of me
and I'm so scared I can't believe

you'd be a safe
and human place to wallow
you'd be a well cut beneath my fields
so many ways you might get on top of
so many times too many things

as the pain rains out of me
I hurt my head on laser beams
the pain rains out of me
and I'm so scared I can't believe
07Pull My Heart Strings
Pull My Heart Strings
It's a dangerous calling
to love something
that just won't love you back
you can lose your mind
on that one way track

so pull my heart strings
and here's your diamond ring
pull my heart strings
help a poor boy sing

we can lay here 'til morning
dancing close and going blow for blow
by then you'll understand
I have no place else to go

I am but one who wants you so bad
so bad that we can't often eat or sleep
you are a savior for the nomad
but how you dick me around
I can't believe

you're the strangest of angels
in writing you off
you just write me back
singing please my love
come on home to me relax
08Win Some Lose Some
Win Some Lose Some
When we ran round the block
she let me steal a base
and sliding in I thought this is great
we just laid some pipe
but then she turned to say
you know that I don't want you to stay
so long

buddy's fine
buddy makes his own mistakes
but we'll keep trying
if we start to lose our way
we'll all win some lose some today

this is now a case
of who can longer stare
it's back and forth she wants me to blink
in begging for my life
I think I sealed my fate
it's black and blue and someday you'll break
but I'm gone

buddy's fine
buddy makes his own mistakes
but we'll keep trying
if we start to lose our way
we'll all win some lose some today
09Plain Jane
Plain Jane
Offhand this emptiness quivers
a red light to stain the green it holds
this dump truck lies far from a river
so hold tight and watch the lava flow

you wake up every time it rains
plain jane

punch drunk and caught in the middle
so reach around and help me feel my bones
strong stuff she says long live the needle
stay wait here and make yourself at home

you wake up every time it rains
plain jane
10Rubbernecking
Rubbernecking
All it takes is one mistake
starting when the light goes green
he's the one who rips it up
and pours it on to make you scream
and she's the kind of girl
who makes a motorcrosser
do his thing
and I feel so relieved
they're good looking
and they can't see me

you all penetrate
these kind of restless days
when you bleed it's all for me
cause they're on T.V.

she's hatched a plan
to win her man
through sabotage
and cunning deeds
but as her ruse just falls to pieces
she grapples with
her self-esteem
is she the kind of girl for him
is he the kind of man for me
and I feel so relieved
they're good looking
and they can't see me

she can't find a date
and I can so relate
when she bleeds
it's all for me
cause they're on T.V.
11It's Fall Again
It's Fall Again
It's coming on here like a wave
and the table's turned today
where we lied before
now everywhere I look's a brand new face
could we talk about it
would you end this siege for pay
and as I'm walking out
I turned around
I thought I heard her say

Oh my God
how you been
I can't believe it's fall again
the land was mine
and now it's theirs
I can't believe it's fall again

pretty cars they line up
spilling out what comes my way
and it forms a crowd
this Eurohausing
and mushed up human maze
I could use some sidewalk
I could use a fire escape
and I'll taste my death
before I left
I know I heard her say

Oh my God
how you been
I can't believe it's fall again
the land was mine
and now it's theirs
I can't believe it's fall again

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