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Your Circus Animal

by brick bosso

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Imaginary World 03:21
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Here I stand just a shadow of myself Here I am, another dreamer With my pencil case and a book of notes I’m still writing of tomorrow I write imaginary people in an imaginary world Moving through a space time rendezvous Imaginary world, a world of light and color A world with a view Imagination can take you very far Imagination and a vision With your protein pills and your spacesuit on There’s no match for your ambition We are imaginary people in an imaginary world Moving through a space time rendezvous Imaginary world, a world of light and color A world with a view (Imaginary, imaginary, imaginary, imaginary) Imaginary world, a world of light and color A world with a view
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Transitive 02:59
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If you flaunt it I won’t want it That’s for sure If you fake it I won’t take it anymore If you lose it I won’t choose it that’s a fact If you break me you’ll never make me A circus act I’m a transitive darling I’m susceptible to change I’m a transitive starling Though you think I’m rather strange You saw me dancing in the rain If you know me you just might throw me Out the door If I wrote it you just might quote it evermore I’m a transitive darling I’m susceptible to change I’m your transitive starling Though you think I’m rather strange You found me dancing in the rain Break me down again Or I’ll never be the same Break me down again You wanna shake me down You wanna take me down If you flame me you just might tame me Once again If they cheat me don’t let them beat me, that’s the trend I’m a transitive darling I’m susceptible to change I’m your transitive starling Though you think I’m rather strange You found me dancing in the rain
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Let's Dance (Ska Mix) 03:48
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Ran Afoul 03:50
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Running from a Catholic curse They want to put me in a hearse Somebody call the nurse Unless they get to me first I ran afoul of the corporation I ran afoul of the corporation I ran afoul of the corporation I ran afoul of the corporation I really want to call you out I want to destroy corruption That’s all that one can do When you’re hated by the corporation God is a corporation God is a corporation God is a corporation God is a corporation You gotta run……
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Song Of The Gaslighters 04:18
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We say what we want (we didn't say that) We do what we want (We never did that) it's just a game to bring you shame We say what we want (We never said that) We do what we want (We didn’t do it) It’s just a way to lay the blame We say what we want We put you down (We didn't do that) We set you up (We never did that) It's just a game to lay the blame We put you down (We never did that) We set you up (We didn't do it) It's just a game, a wicked game We put you down You don’t look well, it’s all in your head You must have eaten some cheese before bed You must relax, just stick to the facts While we defend all those virtues we lack.
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Pleasure Victim 04:24
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Count Me In, Count Me Out 03:25
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CD liked to bicker Mark and Ric would always snicker So they blamed it on the keyboardist who drank up all their liquor Why can’t you see your mind ain’t really free without me? Count me in, count me out That’s what it’s all about I won’t scream or shout, though I will have my doubts Count me in, count me out, I forget what it’s about One thing I know, I just had to go. We slayed them at the Viper Room and beat them at the Doll Hut We rocked them hard at Molly’s even though you had that crew cut The music was sublime, so good we nearly lost our minds We wrote a bunch of songs to define the space between us We sometimes channeled Martians or those beings up on Venus It really was a jam, I hope that we can do it again Count me in, count me out That’s what it’s all about I won’t scream or shout, though I will have my doubts Count me in, count me out, I forget what it’s about One thing I know, I just had to go. Still the best of friends, we will meet again, again. Why can't you see, your mind ain't really free without me? Count me in, count me out That’s what it’s all about I won’t scream or shout, though I will have my doubts Count me in, count me out, I forget what it’s about One thing I know, is I just had to go.
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Love, Where To Now? 04:21
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You broke my heart more than 1000 times I live my life behind the blinds, I read my life between the lines And though we’ve come so very far, from Avalon to Zanzibar We’ve paid the price for what we are I’m not your eunuch dressed up in a tunic of a thousand shades I’m tired of all these masquerades, and all your midnight passion plays Love, where will you take me now? To some enchanted getaway where no one ever speaks my name? Love, whose memories are these, whose melodies whose rhapsodies That speak the greatest part of me? Love, where will you take me now, where will you take me now? I tried so hard to paint my life between the lines, I failed to see the warning signs But now, I’m older and I’m torn between the life I’ve left behind and the one that lay before I’m not a leper swept up by a zephyr to another land I’m tired of all these shifting sands , I just wanna hold your hand Love, where will you take me now? To some enchanted getaway where no one even knows my name? Love, whose memories are these, whose melodies whose rhapsodies That speak the greatest part of me? Love, where will you take me now, where will you take me now? I need a box of tissues to deal with all these issues that time gave us I pray that time does not enslave us You know that only love can save us Love, where will you take me now? To some enchanted getaway where no one even knows my name? Love, whose melodies are these, whose memories whose rhapsodies That speak the greatest part of me? Love, where will you take me now, where will you take me now?
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Play 03:24
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Show your face Dance to the bass Be who you wanna be Move your feet Feel the funky heat Forget your anxiety Dance for humanity Heal your insanity All you gotta do is play Dance for humanity Be who you wanna be All you gotta do is play All we need is heaven And we need it here I can feel that heaven very near Dance between the grooves Read between the lines Everything is going to be fine Dance in the light Day or night Everything will work out in time Dance for humanity Be who you wanna be All you have to do is play Play for humanity Heal your insanity All you gotta do is play All we need is heaven And we need it here I can feel that heaven very near Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play Play
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(Don't Wanna Be) Your Circus Animal 03:24 video
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I give you my love And I give you some money I give you my wine And I give you my honey It's all that I want Though you think that I’m funny Though I’m your savant you know I love you honey You give me some treats and I show you my sway And I do some cool tricks just to show you’ll I’ll stay You make me tell jokes and I jump through some hoops Well some day I’ll bust out of this damned chicken coop Don’t wanna be don’t wanna be don’t wanna be Your circus animal Don’t wanna be don’t wanna be don’t wanna be Your number one dog Don’t wanna be don’t wanna be don’t wanna be Your trained monkey Don’t wanna be don’t wanna be don’t wanna be Your sad, sad cat Let them throw shade if they think that it’s tragic I’ll show them my worth, yeah I’ll show them some magic I’ll bust my way out like it’s abracadabric Houdini and I are made from the same fabric Don’t wanna be don’t wanna be don’t wanna be Your circus animal Don’t wanna be don’t wanna be don’t wanna be Your dancing bear Don’t wanna be don’t wanna be don’t wanna be Your cowardly lion Don’t wanna be don’t wanna be don’t wanna be Your petite parakeet I’m sitting here with this cone round my neck I’m so afraid of what parts you’ll take next. Don’t wanna be your circus animal Don’t wanna be your circus animal Don’t wanna be your circus animal Don’t wanna be your circus animal Don't wanna be your circus animal Don't wanna be your circus animal Don't wanna be your circus animal Don't wanna be your circus animal!

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released June 21, 2023

Music and lyrics by Keith Walsh, except for "Let's Dance," by David Jones, and "Pleasure Victim" by John Crawford.
Keith Walsh as Brick Bosso: Synths, vox, machines, programming. Eric Endo: electric guitar.

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brick bosso Los Angeles, California

I've been playing music on keyboards ever since I got turned on to Ragtime music as a kid, thanks to the chart topping single "The Entertainer," by Scott Joplin. I find creating music addictive -- I use virtual and hardware synths, drum machines, production tools and sometimes guitar. Though for truly stellar guitar work I turn to Mark Abbruzzese and Eric Endo. ... more

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