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The Dictionary is the Book of Love

from SPELLS by The Light Switches

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The dictionary is the book of love
My love, I’ve got some words for you
I can’t spell nor know the meanings of
My heart beats for you like Ringo’s/ Old lady’s playing bingo
Waiting for pennies from heaven/ Like little Cinderella at a quarter til eleven
Under the street lights/ And the star lights
I wish I may, I wish I might/ The first star that I see tonight
Is writing all these words I write/ To ghosts I see by candle light
In shadows that hide out of sight
Where I’m waiting for you/ To undo my meaningless love
The moment that push comes to shove/ Beneath all the silence above

My first love had more booty/ Than the king tut mausoleum
More beauty than the/ King Louis the 14th art museum/ Holding on to me
like misers on the money/ Pooh Bear on the honey
When the morning sky is sunny/ As Richard Prior’s funny
but she broke my heart into more pieces/ Than Woody Guthrie’s got nieces
A sheep herder’s got fleeces/ Or Harvard’s got thesis
I don’t give a damn about higher education/ Every day that I’ve lived is enough information/ I’m very very impatient
It takes a long time to knit a warm sweater/ But only one second to unravel forever
where I'm waiting for you/ to undo my meaningless love
the moment that push comes to shove/ beneath all that silence above

Si hola y hasta luego Seniorita/ Usted es Bonita como las estrellas
En la noche, cada noche
La noche es peligrosa/ Pero estoy duro como la roca
No necisita la coca/ estoy loca
Vaya a la playa conmigo/ Sin miedo/ Como se siente/ Estoy contente/ quando
passaba las horas/ Sonando en la cama/ Non necisitimos/ pajamas
Temprano/ Soprano/ Dormir a una nina cantando
where I'm waiting for you/ to undo my meaningless love
the moment that push comes to shove/ beneath all that silence above

The dictionary is the book of love
My love, I’ve got some words for you
I can’t spell nor know the meanings of

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from SPELLS, released March 18, 2011
Guitar/Singing: Michael Musika, Drums: Jesse Olsen, Piano: Eric Kuhn, Bass: Matt Adams, Singing: Indianna Hale, Singing/Horn Arrangements: Dina Maccabee, Trombone: Scott Knippelmeir, Trumpet: Darren Johnston

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1. Girl group for the living and the dead. 2. Characterized by layered imagery, and internal rhyme. 3. Your soundtrack to evade capture by the police.

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