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Brought up in the letdown

from Headquarter Café by Barton Hartshorn

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about

The album was originally supposed to have no guitars on, only ukuleles, but one sneaked into this track. A song of Duane Eddy electric guitar part played by me.

lyrics

Love lies in my memory & I have no alibi
You burst my capilary when you kissed me by surprise

Brought up in the letdown so how could a letdown come as a surprise
Brought up in the letdown so nothing but letdown will now suffice

Cast off my identity & you hung me out to dry
This floor show is my malady, now I'm walking on a wire

Brought up in the letdown so how could a letdown come as surprise
Brought up in the letdown so nothing but letdown will now suffice

Love lies in my memory & I have no alibi
You scewed my telemetry when you kissed me by surprise

Brought up in the letdown so how could a letdown as surprise
Brought up in the letdown so nothing but letdown will now suffice

I have a dream but I'm not a doctor
& I can hear you saying, Let me stop you right there !
Before you put me & every one else in the room to sleep
you should know you are in no way, no way unique
Let's take that one you had about the girls & the boat
& off they float into the blue with an owl & a goat & a pussy cat & you
Well there's this bloke in Kentucky had the very same one last week
& give or take a few details I grant you : the girls had more clothes on
but he's a minister I mean they're bound to !
& every seventh wave threw up showers of pearls
so his was more showy ; less content, more frills
But you see what I'm saying, it's a model, a template
it's meat & two veg rearranged on a plate
Ahh you say, that old chestnut, but chestnuts don't float
& when was the last time you got in a heart shaped boat ?
That boat trip is dream 5179 with a new improved soundtrack
& some girls on the side
Our reveries aren't one-off bespoke tailored dreams
They're the same old shit served up with different ice cream

credits

from Headquarter Café, released July 1, 2015
Headquarter café credits...

Barton Hartshorn – Lead vocals, Ukulele, Piano & keys, Guitar, Bass, Drums & Percussion.
Adele Parker – Vocals and backing vocals.
Dr Vince – Bass on A plague of UFOs upon you, Safe from your danger,
Hello Mr Moon, I am collapse & The Outer sound. Also Fender Rhodes on
A plague of UFOs upon you & keys on Hello Mr Moon.
Shinobi – Drums on Hello Mr Moon.
Julien Guy – Banjo on Hegira.
Mathias Schubert – Organ on Hegira.
Nietzche Cave – Piano on Could it be true?
Xavier Lapeyroux – Double bass on Brought up in the letdown.
David Lewis – Trumpet and Horn. Also organ on The Outer sound.
Bobby Rangell – Saxophone and flute.
Noémie Poumet – 1st Violin.
Laure Boissinot – 2nd Violin.
Celia Boudot – Cello.
Mimi Sunnerstam – Cello on I am collapse.

String and Brass arrangements by Guy Folligrey.

Recorded and mixed at Headquarters by Barton Hartshorn & Guy Folligrey.
Additional recording done at Le Poisson Barbu by Léonard Mule
& Musicopré by Thomas Demarle.

Mastered at Translab Paris by Benjamin Joubert.

All songs by Barton Hartshorn except:
Safe from your Danger – B.Hartshorn/Dr Vince/Shinobi

Artwork Photography by Steve Roberts

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