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A Battery Of Tests

by Rob Szabo

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Watchin' A Movie (Szabo) my eyes are floatin’ high above me I’m just lookin’ down on some guy impersonating me on the ground I try to tell him: “don’t you do that, don’t you go there ‘cause you’ll regret it” even though I’m wrong, I’m wrong, I’m wrong I’m fighting infection - what you got? oh, did I mention what I caught? I’m diggin’ up leads to find a plot just like I’m watchin’ a movie I’m floatin’ high above the scene like a spy a cold and calculated me I’m holdin’ my beliefs so very close to me even though I’m wrong, I might be wrong I’m fighting infection - what you got? oh, did I mention what I caught? I’m diggin’ up leads to find a plot it’s just like I’m watchin’ a movie connect complain direct remain complain complain coma-plain I’m fighting infection - what you got? oh did I mention what I caught? I’m diggin’ up leads to find a plot just like I’m watchin’ a movie just like I’m watchin’ a movie just like I’m watchin’ a movie
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Trampoline 04:37
Trampoline (Szabo) the blue flame burns the bottle when it falls too far I’m left thinking out loud in the dark “am I good for you, are you good for me?” well, the truth is … on a trampoline, on a trampoline, when you fall off it sucks to walk again just like the candle, I could fall into bottles far away from anyone who can hurt me are we even now? are you even now that you know me? are you leavin’ now without payin’ me what you owe me? shut up and dance you little creep tomorrow, I will be there shootin’ at your feet, you’ll follow yeah, I’ll be careful dance you little creep you’re not a lot like me I’ll make you dance you little freak I’ll show you what I mean for once, I’ll get a chance maybe to explain but don’t talk it’s over when I say well the truth is I could buy all the candles in the world and melt them into so many bottles will they ever learn? no they’ll never learn what the truth is like you’ll never know, will you ever know what you’re doin’? shut up and dance you little creep tomorrow, I will be there shootin’ at your feet, you’ll follow yeah, I’ll be careful dance you little creep you’re not a lot like me I’ll make you dance you little freak I’ll show you what I mean for once, I’ll get a chance maybe to explain but don’t talk it’s over when I say
3.
An Eye For An Eye (Szabo) i was a superman, so what you were a christ i was a born again ‘til you gave me some advice you said: “an eye for an eye” it seemed fair it’s not right but when did that ever matter? besides, you’ve got a point i think I need some air you were an ember burned to white i was the night we were a beautiful so i don’t have the right to take an eye for an eye it seems fair it’s not right but when did that ever matter? besides, you’ve got a point i think i need some air i need some air i need you to know i didn’t choose this any more than you steady fall i wish that all this mess would suggest something good for us something blessed so we don’t have to go on like this and take an eye for an eye it seems fair it’s not right but when did that ever matter? besides, you’ve got a point i think i need some air
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Rain 03:20
Rain rain picks up her hourglass sees that it’s half-past runs down to the dock dips oar into water she’s out to catch the evening news the big ones she can use the rest go to the gulls it’s all so dull … she falls asleep … soon, she’s swimming with a man but the water tastes like sand it sticks between their teeth they gasp at the surface to breathe soon they wash up on a beach sand rippling like sleep with the waves stuck on repeat
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The Life Of The Party i’m the life of the party the one you wanna meet i was there when it started i’ll be there when you leave ‘cause I’m the life of the party why are you so demanding? what d’you want from me? why don’t you try and be friendly just take one of these you’ll be the life of the party things were goin’ so well … it could be so romantic like stars on silver screen we’ll ride off in the sunset i’ll watch while you o.d. you’ll never have to leave things were goin’ so well ….
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You Don't Believe Me Anymore (Szabo) when i see you after months i won’t know what i been missin’ i still need someone to trust to tell me “no that colour isn’t" someone to lie in bed beside or to say: “hey what’s got into you?” i can’t deny, but i identify and i can tell that you don’t believe me anymore you said I left you in the dust, but I’ll never just admit it believe that if you must, but I did and I really didn’t we cut and splice and analyze and it all adds up to “why?” i cross my heart and hope to die but I can tell that you don’t believe me anymore how did you know we couldn’t go back? how d’you expect me to know that? how come i can’t just tag along? how come you don’t know you can go on without me? how did things get so messed up? how’d we get so complicated? one could hardly blame us ‘cause we never knew we’d make it half this far, who woulda thought? and who knows, I might be wrong but time is long, and if you hear this song i can tell that you won’t believe me anymore
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If I Could Do It All Again if i could do it all again well maybe i could do better well there's some things that i would change, if i could do it all again if i could do it all again yeah maybe i could be better well there's some things that i would change, if i could do it all again i'd start a focus group i'd focus right on you i was afraid that things would change now i’m afraid they’ll stay the same it’s such a shame, i can’t erase i wanna do it again if i could do it all again well maybe i could do better well there's some things that i would change, if i could do it all again if i could do it all again yeah maybe i could be better well there's some things that i would change, if i could do it all again i've got benefit of doubt ‘cause I doubt like no one else i was afraid that i would change now i’m afraid I’ll stay the same but I’m afraid I can’t explain now what the hell am I tryin’ to say? it’ll probably all end up the same way i've got benefit of doubt ‘cause I doubt like no one else i was afraid that i would change now i’m afraid I’ll stay the same but I’m afraid I can’t explain now what the hell am I tryin’ to say? if i could do it all again well maybe i could do better well there's some things that i would change, if i could do it all again if i could do it all again yeah maybe i could be better well there's some things that i would change, if i could do it all again if i could do it all again if i could do it all again if i could do it all again
8.
I Live For The Summer i’m lovin’ this, but i hope we don’t last the summer ‘cause i can’t forget the chill i got last December so i put on my mitts, and dig my trench--hunker down ‘til the snow hits it don’t make much sense, there’s so much more to discover but there always is: could we be mean to each other? it gets so complex, yet we forge ahead without knowing what’s at risk you ask “why?” “well what is the difference?” “d'you need something you can measure?” “can’t we try?” “or do you need an audience?” “well where’s your sense of adventure?” the wind it whips it splits our lips i feel like I’m gonna quit now don’t be upset, it only grows here from may to october way up north like this, there‘s no time for the ground to recover so we all forget, we couldn’t live like this if we had to be honest you ask “why?” “well what is the difference?” “do you need something you can measure?” “can’t we try?” “or do you need an audience?” “well where’s your sense of adventure?” “well you know what?…" you remind me of that time when I got drunk and walked all through the night i opened wide i slept outside, they said I coulda died … but all I know is when I woke up, I felt so alive i always dreamt that i’d live way south of the border the months come and went without any leaves changing colour we didn’t have to forget we could live like kids we'd live for the summer we'd live for the summer i live for the summer i live for the summer
9.
One More For The Road everybody needs everyone knows everybody sees what everyone shows everybody picks through everyone’s bones everyone needs one more for the road everybody has everyone had everybody here is everyone’s fan everybody jokes, everyone laughs everyone needs a pat on the back so why don’t you bail while you’ve still got time? don’t look to me ‘cause I’ve stopped tryin’ I’ve cut down the trees, burned all the leaves just to feel the sun again everybody here has go the disease everybody choke everyone wheeze everybody cough, everyone sneeze everyone's just a cog in the machine so why don’t you bail while you’ve still got time? don’t look to me ‘cause I’ve stopped tryin’ I’ve cut down the trees, burned all the leaves just to feel the sun again
10.
Umbrella song i just wanna buy that umbrella you wanted to buy that day you couldn’t decide but you didn’t, ‘cause you felt guilty ‘bout the money i thought you should buy it anyway ya gotta say what the hey sometime you might find something you can’t replace oh we’ll make it up we’ll make it up somehow don’t you worry i just wanna buy that old wood frame to put a smile upon your face she wanted $9, but we’ll settle on $5 if we give her cash money i think you should paint it straight away to cover up all the stains in time it’ll look real fine it won’t take up much space oh we'll make it up we’ll make it up somehow don’t you worry oh we’ll make it up we’ll make it up sometime don’t you hurry oh we’ll make it up i just wanna buy that old suitcase i love that shade of grey sometime it might remind you you gotta decide what to leave and what to take i think you should pack it straight away and we’ll take some vacation time somewhere nice let’s not waste single day oh we’ll make it up we’ll make it up somehow don’t you worry oh we’ll make it up we’ll make it up sometime don’t you hurry oh we’ll make it up
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A Promise Away grandma saw me wake up but i promised not to tell it storms in my umbrella my guilt begins to swell a promise away but i’m too young to say no i’m too young to say no but i’m old enough to know we used to ride in your car but you called it a machine we said we’d never go far now what would you call me? a promise away i’m too young to say no i’m too young to say no but i’m old enough to know the difference between right but i was havin’ the time … but something didn’t seem right my thoughts collide and somethin’ don’t feel right i’m not gonna lie i could’ve left anytime why didn’t i? i swore i’d never go back you ruined it for me i just thought that you should know that now it’s time we got some sleep

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Produced by Rob Szabo
Mixed by Rob Szabo & Cal Brunker
Mastered by Joao Carvalho

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released May 20, 2003

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Rob Szabo Toronto, Ontario

Rob Szabo is a Songwriter/Producer/Musician. He has collaborated on dozens of albums for other artists, recorded 6 solo albums & 4 albums with former bands Plasticine & Groove Daddys -Buy Groove Daddys here: groovedaddys.bandcamp.com

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