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Revolving Door

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1.
hey art school lady i know a couple things about her she's outside suspicion she brings back around the doubters if you're going down there anyway since you're going downtown don't leave without her she walks every saturday down to the pear and lime store and spends her attention on those others have no time for it's a fashion from years gone by and it's a sneaky lie they could never imagine why art school lady cries i saw her on the 7:15 from allston to roxbury could you ever imagine me with art school lady cuz hey art school lady i know 2-3 things about her she silences skeptics she brings back around the doubters if you're going down there anyway since you're going downtown don't leave without her don't leave without her don't leave without her don't leave
2.
in your day it’s not that you weren’t ok it’s only that you in some way preferred the wrong disguise then you find it gained on you from behind just enough to change your mind regarding long goodbyes and I know if you go (if you go) remember whosoever several moons ago (moons ago) said things that you can never separate from what you are and in time the point of view seems fine but the version of the storyline no longer coincides and you go and fall for the average joe get pulled into the undertow and taken for a ride but I know if you could (if you could) you might take back that one day funny that you would (that you would) say things like those things you say but I understood (understood) you prob’ly feel the same way different from what you are so many people look your way so many bloody people trying to fake out and make out the sky there above you see how it glows if I didn’t love you only god knows but anyway although (even though) it’s an endless endeavor I know if you go (if you go) remember whosoever several moons ago (moons ago) said something you can never separate or get it straight from what you are what you are
3.
better 02:57
i know someday we'll get a chance for a new direction (ahh we're gonna take it) maybe someday we'll just punch the morons in the eye (ahh we're gonna make it) so much better than today screw what other people say maybe someday we're gonna fly away across the stars (no day will be wasted) across the mountains over jupiter and mars (ahh we're gonna make it) so much better than today (where do you want to go) screw what other people say (anyway it just ain't so) and then we can throw away what we don't know from all our yesterdays and in the infinite interim where someday we can become what we were supposed to be i know someday we'll get a chance for a new direction (ahh we're gonna take it) maybe someday we'll just punch the morons in the eye (ahh we're gonna make it) (chorus) so much better than today (ahh gonna be OK)
4.
you take the wheel and you drive yourself so far gone that comedown gets you home again it takes a psychic to catch a mind reader on the finer points of dreams it sounds paranoid but I don’t think you’ll ever be too overjoyed if I can’t ever offer a guarantee I feel like you feel it’s a crumbling deal and now subtraction is the way to add all at the same time the thoughts arise you’re happy cuz you’re mad And I know it’s not easy come easy stay but even so could you offer a glimmer just fire away as I know you gotta know by now how do you like me so far what are you doing standing clear across the room you only gotta tell me how how do you like me now what are you doing standing there as I'm sure you probably know by now how do you like me so far what are you doing standing there as I only gotta figure out how do you like me now what are you doing standing clear across the room
5.
all of the smiles we had together all of the smiles you and i i could add them all together and fill up the sky out of the light you came to greet me along a road very long gave away your soul completely for just a song i never thought i'd see through your eyes see anything the same i didn't plan to try to ever realize you're not to blame all of the smiles we had together all of the smiles you and i i could add them all together and fill up the sky i could add them all together and fill up the sky
6.
other people 03:04
would not call that even steven yeah goes without seeing knowing is believing cuz other people have it yeah it don't seem right to ask it of the good lord costs the same as something else i can't afford yeah but other people have it yeah other people suck yeah in the face of reliable information we hold high all our unexplained explanations yeah and other people have it other people have it and other people have it yeah
7.
elevator 03:03
oh i cannot wait no more please hold the elevator door i only need it to take me off of the second floor and when it comes to take me away i'll never ever have any negative word to say regarding my time here hey just take me for a ride on the way we should get unified and time oh time always pretending to be on our side and when it comes to take us away we'll never ever have a bad word to say about our time here and when it comes to take me away i'll never ever have a bad word to say about my time about my time here
8.
i didn't mean to say and i don't know how it got this way but we've gone this far before it's always a revolving door we don't have the time to waste when all that we say becomes misplaced cuz we've gone this far before it's always a revolving door i don't care who else you go to bat for and I can't tell you to not walk out that door and I only hope you stick around i didn't mean to avoid when expectation was destroyed but we've gone too far before it's always a revolving door i don't care who else you go to bat for and I can't tell you to not walk out that door and I didn't want to see you cry but you know that I didn't mean to let you down when i should have held my ground and now i hope you stick around
9.
the things you said do they justify what you are doing now should i go on saving a place for you the things you said were they just a lie or did i miss something should i go on saving a place for you should i save a place for you should i save a place for you should i go on saving a place for you cuz now the time has come to ask why should i wait forever should i go on saving a place for you (chorus) hang on is all i ever do how long do i need to keep on hanging for you (chorus)
10.
being in this forever is what you’re fate is so why complain being in it together seems overrated what does that change cuz when you feel like you’re caught on fire with all of the times you tried to say when it got away you still don’t know but the promise we saw in the future now seems long ago cuz when it all comes down to the wire and only remains there day after day now consolation is long expired and sympathy’s just a nice cliché never mind you were trying to say and you lie down for a while in the sun maybe you’re not the only one but then it feels like you’re caught on fire and all of the times you tried to say and when it all comes down to the wire and only remains there day after day when it got away you still can’t say so never mind the nice cliché never mind the nice cliché
11.
idora ave 03:57
nice enough dream a discussion on the radio a deep breath in when the day won't go away mindlessly grab some clothes to wear now put them halfway a cold blue fire burns a cold black frying pan the water runs it does not get very far wander down the corridor now step on the guitar idora ave glaring up in my eyes come out typical people existing rules apply idora ave glaring up in my eyes step out the door and it's all downhill from here the man upstairs he's been at it once again grab a quick word on the way now if he'll listen in (chorus) rise up typical people guess everyone knew earth revolved and there's so much to do (chorus)
12.
there can be no doubt there can be very little doubt
13.
feel 03:05
what all we said you knew we could you were the only one who really understood so why now don't you get why don't you realize it happened for our benefit it was for our own good i'll spare you now the song and dance you were the only one who gave a passing glance but if we go back now if we go back now we missed our opportunity we missed our only chance so don't think about it just seal the deal don't worry about it baby just feel the way you feel now it's a spot i can't brush aside you were the only one who ever even tried but if we go back now if we go back now everything comes unraveled everything comes untied (chorus)
14.
tom get your plane right on time i know that your part'll go fine fly down to mexico and here i am the only living boy in new york i get all the news i need from the weather report oh i can gather all the news i need from the weather report hey i've got nothing to do today but smile and here i am the only living boy in new york the only living boy in new york half of the time we're gone and we don't know where and we don't know where ahh here i am tom get your plane right on time i know that you've been eager to fly now hey let your honesty shine shine shine now like it shines on me (here i am) the only living boy in new york the only living boy in new york ahh here i am
15.
overrun 05:02
in this fix together now possibly forever oh say how'd it take you so long things go on without you stopping just a fraction makes such a bad reaction for god's sake that wasn't so bad ten thousand give or take a few where life will be overrun get undone only confused cuz i thought we won say how'd it take you so long things go on without you big boss sold the mission with lots of clever fiction for god's sake what took you so long things go on without you and life will be overrun get undone only confused cuz I thought we won
16.
knowing i could go anywhere don't have no ties to here i don't care what i would give to be able to say what i would give to believe could go around with anyone i choose them they choose me don't care how it's done what i would give to be able to say (i want you more) what i would give to believe i want you more could cross the border go to the mountains go to the desert go cross the ocean across the highway go to the end of the world and be free to do anything no reason for staying or leaving what i would give to be able to say (i want you more) what i would give to believe i want you more i want you more

about

The boys met, quite by accident, one sunny spring day some years back. Perfect strangers before that fateful morning (or so the story goes), Paul, Cliff, Gil, and Waylan all found themselves sitting "patiently" together in a doctor's waiting room. At first they carefully avoided eye contact pretending to read the years-old "Sports Illustrateds" and "Peoples", but the ice was shattered when the doc -- who would turn out to be our very own Dr. Rhythm -- burst into the room and announced that all the day's appointments would be cancelled. "I'm quitting medicine to become a drummer!" he declared.

Well, the lads got to talking, and wouldn't you know. Turned out Paul, a budding songwriter, had been looking for a guitar player while at the same time Waylan, guitarist extraordinaire, was looking for a keyboard player. Gil, a classically-trained pianist, was seeking a bass player. And Cliff (who had never actually touched a bass before) was happy just to be in the room. The realization struck: they could start a band!

They dubbed themselves "Pabz" (later to be changed to "Pseudonym" on the heels of an ugly lawsuit from the Pabst Brewing Company). From there it didn't take long for things to click! They got a lucky break at the Illinois State Fair when headliners Hoosier Hattie and the Snow Cones pulled out at the last minute, realizing they'd accidentally showed up one state to the left. Our boys wowed the crowd with their unique blend of post-pop power-wave!

Soon after, the single "You're No Fun At All" from their debut album "Pabz" reached #62 in Croatia. And that was just the beginning! The follow up album "Pig Tail World" (under the now-familiar moniker of Pseudonym) sold multiple copies and saw heavy airplay in both Greece and Vermont. The featured single "Accident Prone" and its groundbreaking video managed to break the collective hearts of YouTube viewers around the world.

Building on the momentum of "Pig Tail World", the band quickly put out an EP of outtakes and factory seconds called "Stupid Star". And that, dear listener, brings us to the present date: the record you now hold in your (virtual) hands, Pseudonym's 4th release, is proof that the boys haven't missed a beat!

"Revolving Door" awaits. Prepare to enter a weird and wonderful world full of tasty sub-beats, delicious counter-harmonies, and of course a generous helping of yummy pop hooks.

Prepare to be Pseudofied!

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released February 12, 2015

Pseudonym is:

Paul Desjarlais - vocals
Dr. Rhythm - drums
Cliff Notes - bass
Waylan Solo - guitar
Gil Gullible - keyboards

(c) 2015 Trivial Pop Songs
All words and music by Paul Desjarlais except "The Only Living Boy in New York", words and music by Paul Simon (c) 1970, all rights reserved. All songs performed by Pseudonym, featuring special guest violinist Jennie Johnson on Idora Ave. All songs produced by Paul Desjarlais except Idora Ave, produced by John Gage. Recorded at the bottom of a lake, mixed in a blender, and mastered on Uranus (no jokes please).

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pseudonym San Francisco, California

Pseudonym is a band consisting of me, Paul Desjarlais, and other real or imaginary people. Back in Boston a long time ago I used to play bass for The Uncalled Four, and then for Haberland. After that I released a cassette album called Pabz, and later a CD called Pig Tail World. Now I live in San Francisco and I record songs when I get a chance and sometimes post albums online. ... more

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