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Welcome

“This is a little song extolling the virtues of romance and household appliances.”

-Typical introduction at live gigs

I’ve got a head full of photographs.
There’s these little black things
Flapping wings in my attic.
I’ve got a porch light for you
And a bug zapper too.
I’ve got fresh-teased, hand-squeezed
Veranda lemonade.

I’ve got a mind like a Polaroid
And I’m not paranoid that it never developed.
Got a Kodachrome dream with a
Family theme and those bare skinned
Crooked grin snap-shots just never do fade.

Chorus:
Welcome to my home,
Leave your feet at the door.
Let your shinny bones roam,
Give your torso a tour.
We all used to be haunted,
But we’re not like that anymore.

I’ve still got my heart in the cuisineart,
All pureed in love and the motions
Of Loving. Just a rind and a peel
And an unbalanced meal.
And a bittersweet, incomplete,
Crazy-straw Molotov tea.

I still carry the flame of affection for you,
Like the purest reflection in my new toaster oven.
Just a woman and a man
On the layaway plan and a demonstrator
’98, floor model baby makes three.

repeat chorus

I’m a homebody, anybody can see that
A body’s at home when a heart’s resting easy.
I’ll be easy on you,
I’ll be modern and true.
I’m a new, improved underloved,
Old-fashioned, young so and so.

And so I’ve a head full of photographs.
There’s these little black things
Flapping wings in my attic.
I’ve got a porch light for you
And a bug zapper too.
I’ve got fresh-teased, hand-squeezed
Veranda lemonade.

repeat chorus

Appears On:
Faith is a Muscle – 1998
Faith is a Muscle – 1998
Live and Acoustic from the Pres-House – 2001
Live and Acoustic from the Pres-House – 2001

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“Welcome” on Faith is a Muscle

© and ℗ 1998, 2001 Marques Bovre


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Live from Lonesome County

A Special Archival CD/DVD Collection

Live from the Crystal Corner Bar
March 5, 1994

The complete Ghost Stories from Lonesome County CD release party (on two CDs)

Live on John and Gordy’s Media World
March 1, 1994

A seven-song set from cable access TV (on DVD)

Plus: The Lonesome County music video

All profits from the sale of this set go to Haiti Allies.

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