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Hits from an Old Notebook

by Monkey Typing Pool

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Monkey Typing Pool 04:17
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I Stood Still 02:34
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It’s not as if you meant to hurt me or just ignored me uncaringly It’s just that I can’t ever reach you I try so hard but fail clumsily I’d like to see you without confusion But I can’t seem to stop feeling this way I could not think straight, first time I saw you I stood still. It’s not as if I’m never trying, not getting pleasure out of my pain It’s just that every time I’m winning, one smile sets me losing again. We get along fine, small talk and laughter These too-strong feelings drive a wedge between us I can’t control them, you always freeze me I stood still I’ve given up trying, you will not change If I could hold you, would it work out? I keep on trying, I cannot change the strength to stop myself, I don’t have It’s not as if there’s an easy solution The pain will be there, it won’t just end It's just that someday, I hope we can be like any two others, any two friends I’d like to see you without confusion But I can’t seem to stop feeling this way I could not think straight, first time I saw you I stood still.
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Reception 07:40
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In a quiet room, windows open, wind blows cool across my chest. A woman walking like a breeze all in white on rainy streets. Animal voices on the wind Don’t cry, lily of the day Overseas broadcast coming clear Don’t fear, lily of the night Messages pass on wires Invisible dove Secret pulsing energy. Echoes in the wind, blinded god, an empty train on rusty tracks. Whispering voices on radio Don’t cry, lily of the day Electrical wire, crowing birds Don’t fear, lily of the night The sound, I touch it. The window, Letting in the rain. Cool hands are clasping, curtains waving, I hear the sound of distant seas. Light shines on the ceiling. She is waiting, emanating waves received. Shadows of trees shift in the wind Don’t cry, lily of the day Crackling static disappears Don’t fear, lily of the night
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No Social Security 03:35
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I’m looking out my window watching you go out your door I see you walking double-time to make your two-time score You never ever call me up when you’re hung-up on your phoney I talk until I’m hoarse, you just bridle, groom a new pony [chorus] No social security every time I check, you’re spent No social security if he’s alone you’ll pay him back with interest Well, honey’s playing the outfield and she’s catching unzipped flies Her feet are running water but her eyes are like dry ice You make me play detective but I’m no good at taking hints And you fit them like a glove so I can’t find fingerprints [chorus] I’m getting tired of your quick-change wizardry I’m gonna put you out of my misery You think I think that you’re my lover But I know I’m no one just an…insignificant other So I guess that I’ll just sit here watching you get up and go Don’t tell me ‘bout another round, I’m knocked out by your blows You’re trying so hard to hurt me, always seeing your stars Who’ll wind up as the masterpiece, which patron of your arts? No social…no social (I strayed ‘cross your borders) No social…no social (what “restraining orders”?) No social security

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As the name suggests, these are all rather elderly songs, at least in their origins. The newest of them, “Monkey Typing Pool” (the song), dates in its first recording from 2005. The other three are indeed from an old notebook going a-way, way back: let’s put it this way—if it sounds to you like “No Social Security” is a parody of Elvis Costello & the Attractions circa This Year’s Model and that “I Stood Still” bears the marks of someone who listened to Sound Affects and Setting Sons quite a bit…you’re not wrong, and that listener wasn’t being nostalgic.

On a more serious note: I dedicate this EP to my father, Chuck Norman, who passed away during the time these songs were recorded. He always supported me in whatever I felt I wanted to do (and even lent his basement to my younger brother’s early bands, which my brother christened Catbox Studios for reasons that should be pretty clear…). Thanks, Dad.

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released November 17, 2023

Chimp Jagger - percussion and backing vocals on "Monkey Typing Pool"

Brick Ruckler - triangle solo on "I Stood Still"

Olga Schuh-Tye - shortwave radio on "Reception"

The Subtractions (Millicent Innocent, keys - Booze Thomson, bass - Beat Thomson, drums - Hans Konkriet, guitar) - backing band on "No Social Security"

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Monkey Typing Pool Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Just one guy with minimal gear whose main goal is to produce songs that sound like things he wants to hear...which, for some reason, no one else has bothered recording yet.

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