THE COMPLETE OLOSPO LYRIC BOOK
1. “d’Fuzz”
Music by Chris Holt and Barrett Morris
Lyrics by Chris Holt
©1999 Spogasm (BMI)/Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
I’ve been so afraid
Of someone chasing me down
Every time I look
In my rearview mirror
See them coming in the white and black
Only hope they don’t find my sack
Now I’ve gotta watch my speed
Oh you’ll never make me pay
Nobody gonna stop me or so they say
But they’ll find a way to keep me down
I’m always listening for that sound
Cause it ain’t no fun with the fuzz around
Olospo live debut: 9/9/99
Written: July 1999
Recorded: October 1999 at Gretchen Studios, Richardson, TX
Released: n/a
Status: rarity
2. “The Big Event”
Music by Barrett Morris and Chris Holt
Lyrics by Barrett Morris
©1999 Spogasm (BMI)/Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
I went down to see the clown
The big top tent with the tent pulled down
I said hey clown, what’s with your frown?
Did somebody go and pull your big top down?
What’d they see, and what’d they find?
What made ‘em decide that you were out of time?
Did they see past your plastic grin?
Or past your nose to where the truth begins?
All your juggling and all your tricks
All your clown friends and pixie sticks
Did you get lost at the big event?
So there you sit with your big ol’ shoes
Big ol’ shoes for the walking blues
But you can walk and clown you will find
A circus where you won’t run out of time
A perfect place for your big event
A big top filled with smiles and scents
They won’t care, clown, where you been
See where you go and they won’t care where you went
Olospo live debut: 9/9/99
Written: August 1999
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: regular rotation
3. “Midget Rodeo”
Music by Chris Holt, Lindsay Greene, and Tom Bridwell
Lyrics by Chris Holt
©1999 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
My lasso is bigger than me
They’ve taken away my soul
I’ll rope you in rather curiously
It’s sad when you’ve got no control
But every time they build me up so high
It won’t take long to cut me down to size
My saddle makes a perfect seat
The comfort is a second thought
I’m up there for everyone but me
It’s easy to see the way I get bought
But everywhere I look up to them all
And everyone around me seems so tall
Olospo live debut: 9/9/99
Written: Fall 1998
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: rarity
4. “Laughing”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©1998 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
When I’m laughing I can barely see
Anything ahead of me
Feel it growing waiting to release
And I can’t even breathe
I was out beyond the door, thinking for myself
Somewhere down the road without a need for help
I knew that I wasn’t lost when I saw you
Walking through the door to catch my eye again
See me on the floor I’m laughing while I can
You know I’m so helpless but you love me more
And if I say that it’s all untrue
Would you help me to see it through?
When I’m passing out at nearly two
There’s nothing they can do
Keep it ringing all night off the hook
Will you take a look?
Glance around the room and tell me what you see
All the focus lost in chasing that degree
I’m poor, but still I’m laughing on the floor
And if I say that I’m getting by
You can tell that I must be high
When I’m laughing I can barely breathe, let alone believe
Someone else is waiting there for me, but I don’t know if it will ever be
The way they say it will all go down, but I’m hoping to still be around
Olospo live debut: 9/9/99
Written: early 1998
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: last played in early 2000
5. “Flapjacks” (instrumental)
Music by Barrett Morris
©1999 Spogasm (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 9/9/99
Written: Fall 1998
Recorded: Summer 2002 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: January 2003 on “This Is The Pagoda”
Status: regular rotation
6. “Confusion”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©1998 Where’s my Elephant (BMI)
Live in confusion
Insane from the madness every day
A simple solution
Escape from the crowd and get away
Moving alone now
Never believe in what you heard
You pass on the sidewalk
Never do stop and say a word
You love it so much you fall apart
Tearing it up right from the start
Beating me up, wearing me down
Find a smile, return a frown
Live in confusion, sane is a thing that’s hard to be
A state of illusion, someone is calling out to me
Sending a message, help me to see the right of way
Hearing the voices, never believe in a word they say
You liven it up you’re coming down
You’re so out of touch when you’re not around
Lost for the words, I need to speak
Light me up and wait a week
Take a little more
Watching the wheels spinning
Upon the floor
Suffer delusions
Lost in a state of disarray
Seek a solution
Through it all I’ve gotta say
I live in confusion
Olospo live debut: 9/9/99
Written: Winter 1998
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: semi-regular rotation thru 2003
7. “Flutter”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris
©1999 Spogasm (BMI)
Just another story
About my crazy Uncle Rolls
He’s all dancing in a swirls
Filled with jokers and jesters and toys
The fairies glitter and flutter about
Rise without flapping their wings
All the kids they dance on the rocks
While the band they play and sing
And she rises above him
She seems to float up over you
As she rises above him
She’s wearing high top shoes
Now they play that age-old game
That children often play
Peek-a-boo did you see me, girl
Staring ‘cross the way?
A series of feelings and emotions
Are exchanged with a glance
Now she knows he loves her
He can just watch her dance
And she rises above him
Seems to float over you
As she rises above him
She’s wearing high top shoes
She was dancing across that sky
Her memories toasting like wine
She was dancing across that sky
In perfect rhythm and time
She was dancing across that sky
Her memories toasting like wine
She was dancing across that sky
Rhythm coupled with time
Olospo live debut: 9/9/99
Written: August 1999
Recorded: October 1999 at Gretchen Studios, Richardson, TX
Released: n/a
Status: rarity
8. “Kaiser Permanente”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris
©1999 Spogasm (BMI)
Kaiser Permanente pharmacy
It’s the place for all your prescription needs
You may need an analgesic cream
Kaiser Permanente is the cream place of your dreams
I myself I have psoriasis
No other HMO was willing to assist
Kaiser Permanente pharmacy
It’s the place of all your prescription needs
Kaiser Permanente pharmacy
It’s the home, it’s the home of all your needs
Olospo live debut: 9/9/99
Written: August 1999
Recorded: October 1999 at Gretchen Studios, Richardson, TX
Released: n/a
Status: rarity
9. “Feliz”
Music by Barrett Morris and Chris Holt
Lyrics by Barrett Morris
©1999 Spogasm (BMI)/Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
We are smiling, it’s feliz
We are smiling, it’s feliz
We are, we’re feliz
I am smiling
Olospo live debut: 9/9/99
Written: August 1999
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: rarity
10. “Under The Bus”
Music by Chris Holt and Barrett Morris
Lyrics by Chris Holt
©1999 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)/Spogasm (BMI)
Hit the ground running in stride
Talking to a man who said
There’s nothing worse than suicide
Seeking out someone to trust
And I found myself under a bus
Too much now is gone from my plate
As for my commitments
Well I seem to over compensate
Only to disagree
And disappoint those who see, that’s not me
There’s no need to break down and cry
Feel just like something’s so wrong, but you don’t know why
Even the words are dead
Like the voices in my head
What they said, never will help me grow
Now you know I’m not free
Never will they let me go
Wasting away inside
Going down slowly but
You don’t forget to fake a smile
Try to shake off the rust
That you got under the bus
Olospo live debut: 9/9/99
Written: August 1999
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: regular rotation
11. “Sack Of Grapes”
Music by Barrett Morris, Chris Holt, and Tom Bridwell
Lyrics by Barrett Morris
©1999 Spogasm (BMI)/Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Let’s all go to the market
Buy myself a snack
I like frozen fish sticks
The fruit cup and pudding pack
The frozen dinner’s a real treat
But avoid the Salisbury steak
My girl makes me eat peaches
The apple, orange, and the grape
Let’s all go the market tonight
Find that chicken or fish delight
Vegetable medley chicken fried steak
Yukon potatoes and a sack of grapes
The checkers are so friendly
The aisles so clean and well lit
If you question the beef frank
The stock boy helps you find it
Also like the deli
The meats and cheeses so fine
If you need sliver slicing that’s thin
The saw helps you up in quick time
Olospo live debut: 9/9/99
Written: August 1999
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: semi-regular rotation thru 2003
12. “Lethargic”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©1999 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Counting all the holes in the wall
That surround me as I fall
Never did think about my peace
Maybe you can help me out
Cause I need to be released
Everybody says I need a new
Outlook for the things I do
Every day throughout the week
Maybe it’s time I looked around
For the answer that I seek
I’ve seen it all before, but I want more
Everybody knows, how the story goes
It’s easy I suppose
I’ll leave it all behind but I don’t mind
And it’s all a waste, now it’s more than just the indecision
And when you wake up, it’s the only chance you’ll take
Everybody says I need a new
Outlook for the things I do
Every day I’m such a freak
But I’m so alone and weak
I can’t take it anymore
It’s such a bore
Olospo live debut: 9/23/99
Written: October 1998
Recorded: October 1999 at Gretchen Studios, Richardson, TX
Released: n/a
Status: last played in late 1999
13. “Thanks (For The Introduction)”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris
©1999 Spogasm (BMI)
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Olospo live debut: 9/23/99
Written: early 1999
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: rarity, last played in late 2001
14. “Chewing On Glass”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris
©1999 Spogasm (BMI)
By the time that you start your life
You realize that it’s halfway gone
Bottle that seems to hold your joy
Is just the glass that you’re chewing on
…along the shelf
Broken shards of the wishing well
Of the life that you thought you built
Until the new one came along
So you chew the glass, you cut your mouth
You bite your tongue and it beats you down
Chew and grind and bite some more
Pretty soon you’ll spit it out
Your mouth is strong and your tongue is fit
You take your glass and make sand with it
Spit the old life out your mouth
And let the new one come along
Walk on the glass deep in the sun
Remember the glass that the sand came from
While you were chewing the grainy wall
Recall what the sun and the sand become
Coupled from the glass before
Bottled your life and it chewed a sore
…???
Couldn’t see the sand it formed
Olospo live debut: 10/07/99
Written: September 1999
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: regular rotation
15. “The Green”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©1999 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Beat down, worn out
Left of the center sliding
Backward, into the void
I’m so fucking paranoid
Stuck in green all day
See me sparkle and fade
Searching for a better way
To do nothing at all today
Wound up, slow down
Try not to change direction
Digging into the hole
And deeper you go
Nothing clever to say
You’re stuck in green all day
You may dream of a better way
Take whatever you want, it’s okay
Olospo live debut: 10/28/99
Written: early 1998
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: regular rotation
16. “Spindletop” (instrumental)
Music by Barrett Morris and Chris Holt
©1999 Spogasm (BMI)/Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 10/28/99
Written: October 1999
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: semi-regular rotation
17. “Smackin’ The Corn” (instrumental)
Music by Chris Holt and Lindsay Greene
©1999 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 1/14/00
Written: Spring 1998
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: semi-regular thru 2003
18. “Tecumseh”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris
©2000 Spogasm (BMI)
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Olospo live debut: 1/14/00
Written: Winter 1999
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: last played March 2000
19. “Wiggum” (instrumental)
Music by Chris Holt
©1996 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 1/14/00
Written: Spring 1996 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: Summer 1997 at Fat City, Fort Worth, TX
Released: December 1998 on “Walter Mitty”
Status: semi-regular thru 2003
20. “Wake Up Late”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2000 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Wake up late and I’m afraid I’m so strung out
I’ve grown so used to every passing moment in the crowd
But with the dawn the sun will rise
With a yawn I rest my eyes, and if I wake up late
It never seems to come as much of a surprise
Every night I feel the weight pressing me down
It’s back and forth, just like a metronome with no sound
Now some may say I’ve lost my name
But to others it’s a game
You win or lose whatever
In time you realize it’s all the same
When you wake up to another day
Later than the time alone
You feel it in a different way, trying to ignore the phone
Blame it on being stoned
I’ve been falling to reach my fate, I can’t help but wake up late
It’s flowing out into the sea and will drown inside of me
The differences between us help us work together to agree
Now we’re meeting in a common place
To try and understand the road
Everyone is in the race, run whether fast or slow
You settle on a name to grow
Try so hard to compensate, but every day you wake up late
Olospo live debut: 1/14/00
Written: early 2000
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: rarity
21. “Bound”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris
©2000 Spogasm (BMI)
We sailed out on the Winedark sea
Search for pearls for swine like me
Pearls we find when we eat wise
Weave our way through the web disguise
The bard he sings his tailored note
The poet weaves with the words he wrote
As the wisdom’s winding in
The pearl jumps up and starts to swim
She’s bound
Protected from the swine
In a shell made of time
She’s protected from the swine
In a shell made of time
Alone and safe and in her shell
Safe and cozy lonely hell
Time it holds her in so tight
Release will come when the time is right
Just when pearl finds all hope lost
This piggie came and gave time a toss
Through the crack you know she saw that snout
See this pig found pearl’s way out
She’s bound
Protected from the swine
In a shell made of time
She’s protected from the swine
In a shell made of time
Bound up in your wise wise web
Woven with the words you said
You will never be alone
This pearl has found this pig a home
Olospo live debut: 3/18/00
Written: early 2000
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: regular rotation
22. “Choking On Pills”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2000 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Making time with such a long way to go
Need the medicine to settle the flow
Choose an exit and get some rest on the road
Survey says you gotta move to the side
Empty pockets after swallowing their pride
Will you offer to come along for the ride?
Move along is what policemen all say
In the wake of a continual sad display
They bug you every time you leave each town
And they don’t let you get far away
Leaving town with nothing left but the bills
People everywhere are choking on pills
Helps to wish it away instead of speaking they will
Move along into the separate halls
You park your car along the side of a shopping mall
You clear the exit so the fuzz won’t come
And make prisoners out of us all
Can you help me I’m choking lately
Can you help me I’m choking lately
Can you help me I’m choking on my…
Who’s been living the easy life oh so far?
Every lush is alone at an uptown bar
Conversational frenzy it hits so hard
Yeah, so hard
Hits me oh, so hard
Olospo live debut: 3/18/00
Written: January 2000
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: regular rotation
23. “Special Ed” (instrumental)
Music by Chris Holt and Tom Bridwell
©2000 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 3/18/00
Written: Spring 2000
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: semi-regular rotation thru 2004
24. “Prytania” (instrumental)
Music by Chris Holt
©1998 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 3/18/00
Written: Spring 1996 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: Summer 1998 at Fat City, Fort Worth, TX
Released: December 1998 on “Walter Mitty”
Status: last played March 2000
25. “Zigaboo” (instrumental)
Music by Chris Holt
©1998 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 6/15/00
Written: Spring 1998 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: December 1998 at Curtain Club, Dallas, TX
Released: March 1999 on “Walter Mitty Live At The Curtain Club”
Status: semi-regular rotation thru 2003
26. “Dirty Rita”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris
©2000 Spogasm (BMI)
Rita slammed the door and paid that meter
Bocephus stepped up to the curb to greet her
He smiled and asked if he could please please seat her
Next to a man who would surely leave her
He stumbled through the bar the finest table
Sat her next to Larry Leroy Gable
He pursed his lips as he made the order
Two martinis and your finest Bordeaux
Can’t you see the daddy’s gonna
He’s gonna, he’s gonna leave ya
Six in the morning he’ll be headed for the door
Rita
Leaving aftection all wrinkled on the floor
Rita
You don’t have to be hurt no more
Lolita
Doin’ the dirty with your daddy in the car
So Rita slammed the door on self reflection
She tucked her senses in a guarded section
A checkered past that you best not mention
She saves her baggage like a Dupont pension
Sweet Rita break out of the Gable stable
Confront your Cain before becoming Abel
You settle for the scraps from others’ tables
You deserve a Cinderella fable
Can’t you see the daddy’s gonna, he’s gonna
He’s gonna leave ya
Olospo live debut: 8/11/00
Written: Early 2000
Recorded: August 2002 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: January 2003 on “This Is The Pagoda”
Status: semi-regular rotation
27. “Doolin’ Blue On Grass”
Music and lyrics by James Ashcroft and Chris Holt
©1995 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Want some pills
Want some bud
Want some pie
Want some fry
Envy birds
Cause they can fly
I like my pills
I love my pills
Want some beer
Smiles get me a beer
Olospo live debut: 8/11/00
Written: November 1995 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: regular rotation
28. “Clabber Girl”
Music by Chris Holt
Lyrics by Chris Holt and Edwin Miles
©1996 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
She saunters slowly in a frock made of flowers
Carry the bowl back to the kitchen for a rise
I love the way she fries
She’s double acting
And she makes quite a muffin
Inside the oven where the powder starts to grow
I’m gonna need some more
Clabber Girl
Mixing bowl action
For high yet uniform rise
Clabber Girl, do not overbeat
Baking that golden surprise
She caters to me
With her spices a-flowin’
I can’t believe she keeps me under 205
She’s keeping me alive
I’ve been blessed with everything I’ll ever need
She’s in the cabinet next to sunflower seeds
Olospo live debut: 8/18/00
Written: Summer 1996 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: December 1998 at Curtain Club, Dallas, TX
Released: March 1999 on “Walter Mitty Live At The Curtain Club”
Status: rarity
29. “Magnolia”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2000 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Falling out with every word you say
The space between has driven me away
And now I’ve got no time to deal with you today
Falling down and out is nothing new
Even now I don’t know what to do
But now I’m all alone and you’re fading away
I’m gone
The words come out, the words go down
Those things you try to hide
And even when I try to go outside
I find myself afraid and
You’re fading away again
Oh, I know
I’ll never hear you say
Olospo live debut: 8/18/00
Written: August 2000
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: rarity, last played February 2003
30. “Aseedafinque”
Music by Sean McLarry and Chris Holt
Lyrics by Sean McLarry
©1996 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Oh, I figure it was a good 42 years ago, I’d say
And I reckon that boy weighed a good 355 lbs.
So one day I was just standing there having a cigarette
When this 355-lb. boy just ran me right past
I dropped my smoke, reached in to my pack
And got myself another, I did
I lit it up and watched this 355-lb. boy run home
‘Twas the darndest thing I ever did see
Long way home
Long way home
Wrong way home
Thank you may I please have some more medication?
Ah, this fine curb of mine
Olospo live debut: 9/16/00
Written: Fall 1996 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: I - February 1997 at Fat City, Fort Worth, TX; II – June 2003 at Club Dada, Dallas, TX
Released: I - December 1998 on “Walter Mitty”; II – October 2003 on “Live At Dada”
Status: regular rotation
31. “Broken”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2000 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
You say it’s all about the way that you think
There’s not a chance in hell for someone like me
To ever push you around or hold you down
Screaming and kicking on the floor
And now I hear everything you speak about me
With all the broken words and misunderstanding
How are you any different from me?
I’ll tell you no again…
Who is wrong? Who is right?
There’s gotta be something better outside
And now it’s all untrue
It’s all because of you
I won’t take my time to lend a dime
Or tell you once again
Who is wrong? Who is right?
There’s gotta be something better outside
Through my eyes you could see
But you will never let that be
Even standing in my shoes, you’re stepping on my feet
Olospo live debut: 10/27/00
Written: Fall 2000
Recorded: August 2002 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: January 2003 on “This Is The Pagoda”
Status: semi-regular rotation
32. “The Gooch”
Music by Barrett Morris and Chris Holt
Lyrics by Chris Holt
©2000 Spogasm (BMI)/Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Hey Gooch
Lookout Gooch I’m coming to get you
The Gooch is coming to get you baby!
Hey Gooch, he’s coming to get you
Oh Lookout!
Olospo live debut: 10/27/00
Written: Fall 2000
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: regular rotation
33. “Lounge”
Music by Chris Holt
Lyrics by James Ashcroft
©1995 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
She’s so paradoxical
Makes me feel like I am
Going maniacal
Dressed in red
And she looks so fine
Compare her to the finest wine
She’s my baby
At the lounge tonight
Olospo live debut: 11/18/00
Written: February 1995 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: Summer 1997 at Fat City, Fort Worth, TX
Released: December 1998 on “Walter Mitty”
Status: rarity
34. “Booty Raider” (instrumental)
Music by Lindsay Greene and Chris Holt
©1998 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 12/02/01
Written: Spring 1998 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: I - December 98 at Curtain Club, Dallas, TX; II - June 2003 at Club Dada, Dallas, TX
Released: I - March 1999 on “Walter Mitty Live At The Curtain Club”; II – October 2003 on “Live At Dada”
Status: regular rotation
35. “Sunrise” (instrumental)
Music by Chris Holt
Vocal arrangement by Danny DeLaMatyr
©2000 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 12/07/00
Written: Fall 2000
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: rarity
36. “Substance”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2000 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Watching as the wheel goes round
Jumping to my feet I left my head down on the ground
I saw your eyes turning red, when you said
If you’re looking for substance in my head, it’s dead
Watching as the wheel goes round
Landing on my head I felt my feet had left the ground
Can’t make sense of it all, as I fall
Slipping away
Now you’re slipping away (slipping away)
Maybe you can wait around, but I would not delay
Now it’s floating round my head
All those words you never know you said
If you’re looking for something else instead
Slipping away
Now you’re slipping away (slipping away)
Maybe you can wait around, but I would not delay
Olospo live debut: 12/07/00
Written: Summer 2000
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: last played December 2000
37. “Syntax Infinity” (instrumental)
Music by Sean McLarry and Chris Holt
©1997 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 12/16/00
Written: Spring 1997 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: Summer 1997 at Fat City, Fort Worth, TX
Released: December 1998 on “Walter Mitty”
Status: semi-regular rotation
38. “Grace”
Music by Chris Holt
Lyrics by Chris Holt and James Ashcroft
©1995 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
So now you know
How we all became aware
The state of grace you faced alone
Now there’s nowhere to call home
Why do the bridges burn?
No one waits for a return
When in times it seems
They’re not to be concerned
Rest with the festive ones
Who chose a beaten road
The same as you they knew the time
Would come to find a new design
Who would know you better than me?
Time will tell if you’ll agree
Will your name become a lonely memory?
Who’s the one who’s gonna fly?
Changing faces passing by
All for grace we’ll need along the way
Feign the escape and move on to find a piece
No path ahead for you to seek
And no one left to disagree
Why do the profits earned
Leave us all without concern?
When it time it seems our hearts do long return
Who’s the one who’s gonna fly?
Smiling faces passing by
All for grace we’ll need along the way
Olospo live debut: 12/16/00
Written: October 1995 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: Summer 1997 at Fat City, Fort Worth, TX
Released: December 1998 on “Walter Mitty”
Status: semi-regular rotation
39. “Take The Stage”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris
©2001 Spogasm (BMI)
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Olospo live debut: 1/18/01
Written: Fall/Winter 2000
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: last played March ‘01
40. “Happy Teeth” (instrumental)
Music by Chris Holt
©1998 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 1/18/01
Written: May 1998
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: semi-regular rotation thru ‘04
41. “Punchy”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2000 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
See you around, maybe next time found
If we can see eye to eye it may seem right
But for now it’s just bringing me down
Leaving this town, such a different sign
Usually me who walks away this time
And though I tried
You beat me to the punch before
I could walk right out the door
Still I feel like I’ve been left behind
Even though I was so bored
Now I feel weak, I’m so out of hope
Not that it matters any way I know
You should just go
But what I need instead
Something new to feed my head
All I want is to be right
And I just want to make it
Olospo live debut: 2/10/01
Written: November 2000
Recorded: August 2002 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: January 2003 on “This Is The Pagoda”
Status: regular rotation
42. “Herbal Tea”
Music by Sean McLarry and Chris Holt
Lyrics by Sean McLarry
©1997 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
So slow to grow a good plant these days
You see to thee leaves will unfold
Far along and the same song later
I guess the engine froze
Olospo live debut: 6/3/00*, 4/26/01
Written: Spring 1997 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: Spring 2001 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2001 on “Herbal Tea”
Status: rarely played
* - performed by CH solo
43. “Can’t Stop The Jones”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2000 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Down going down going down going down
Down coming down coming down coming down
You’ve been living off the ground
Taking flight without a plan
So high up in the air
But you don’t know how to land
So, crash down
Down coming down coming down coming down
Round spinning round upside down hit the ground
I can see it’s not a phase
That’s what you want me to think
At the end of the day it’s just a pill and a drink
So tired of ringing phones
At the end of the day
You can’t stop the jones
Olospo live debut: 2/23/01
Written: Summer 2000
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: semi-regular thru 2003
44. “Migatona”
Music and lyrics by Sean McLarry and Chris Holt
©1998 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Migatona
Que corona
Born from fire
Live in water
Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon
Manny Mota
Olospo live debut: 2/23/01
Written: Winter 1998 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: last played Spring 2001
45. “William And Aaron”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris
©2001 Spogasm (BMI)
Read the caption
Find the secret prize
Wash your car
Wash your neighbor’s car
Fix your door
Leave the place you know
God will light your way
Leave the place you know
Sometimes William falls down
Sometimes Aaron picks him up
Sometimes Aaron falls down
William comes and picks him up
Sometimes they both fall down
Sally comes and licks them up
My oh my those boys they are always drunk
Booze
Dogs
Snooze
No jobs
Olospo live debut: 3/9/01
Written: Early 2001
Recorded: August 2002 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: January 2003 on “This Is The Pagoda”
Status: regular rotation
46. “Barbecue Line”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt and Nick Ramirez
©2001 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
To the barbecue line!
Well I took my baby to the barbecue line
She got the money and she look so fine
Franks and beans baby that’s my scene
They got the chicken and the sauce that sting
Can’t help it when I smack that corn
Been doing it since the day I was born
Just one sip and you lose that frown
Drink it up hope we don’t go to jail let’s go down
To the barbecue line
Olospo live debut: 5/24/01
Written: Spring 2001
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: rarity
47. “Requiem (Lose My Number)”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2001 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
As we speak of the insane
Others struggle you explain
Something else has caught my eye
Now you wonder why
But it’s no mystery to me
Help me to run away
Could you change my mind?
Make it fast or prepare to be left behind
Cause indifference makes me scream
And I don’t like being on the losing team
Every day the same routine
Keeps a man stuck in green (all day)
Somewhere out there I belong
Tell me how I’m wrong
But it’s no mystery to see
Won’t be kept underneath
Where I can’t be reached
Breaking out of jail with the same old speech
And the boredom makes me cry
I would listen if you’d try
But you’d rather keep your pride
So don’t look now, it’s time to say goodbye
Lose my number, I don’t want to talk
Olospo live debut: 6/1/01
Written: March 2001
Recorded: August 2002 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: January 2003 on “This Is The Pagoda”
Status: semi-regular rotation
48. “Aspirin”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2001 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
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Olospo live debut: 6/1/01
Written: March 2001
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: last played Summer 2001
49. “Franks And Beans”
Music by Britt Morris, Chris Holt, and Lindsay Greene
Lyrics by Chris Holt
©2001 Spogasm (BMI)/Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
So you wanna run afraid
You better leave today
Cause the weather’s never getting any better
For the early morning getaway
Now you know the right from wrong
But we never get along
If a brother doesn’t see it any other way
Drowning in a waterbong
Let it go
So you wonder what it means
What’s with the franks and beans?
It’s a feeling maybe someone else is stealing
Every thought and something in between
Sure you want to have a say
And maybe lead the way
Doesn’t matter if ideas seem to scatter
They will come again another day
If you know
Olospo live debut: 8/4/01
Written: Summer 1999/Summer 2001
Recorded: August 2002 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: January 2003 on “This Is The Pagoda”
Status: regular rotation
50. “Step Up”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2001 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
If you had chosen an easy road
Would it still be a dream?
It’s hard to say what went wrong along the way
It is not always what it seems
In the grand scheme of all that’s good
I can see there’s a way
We must be true to the work we have to do
You know it won’t happen in a day
Don’t walk away
Step up today
No matter what they say
Step up
I’m sick of waiting around for luck
To come calling my name
We make progress but it’s always such a mess
It’s time to step up again
Don’t walk away
Step up today
Cause no matter what you may
Step up
Olospo live debut: 11/30/01
Written: October 2001
Recorded: August 2002 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: January 2003 on “This Is The Pagoda”
Status: regular rotation
51. “The Ticket”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris
©2002 Spogasm (BMI)
Hold your ticket, stand in line
Move towards the turnstile
Hold your fears deep inside
Perhaps your ticket is right this time
Will it work, will you get in?
Can your faith redeem your sin?
The wheel stops, you’re motioned through
The car is here, it’s too late to choose
The car is here, sir, step inside
You look confused but you chose this ride
Did you mean to make a different choice?
This ticket is your life’s new voice
Once again, sir, step inside
The moment you chose has arrived
Onward moving, who’s next to me?
Not the one I thought I’d see
Can I go back, just one more chance?
Sorry, son, the dye is cast
Tear falls down my cheek
A wicked voice begins to speak
Ticket earned you a life of debt
Another judgment did you expect?
Stop please, set him free
This one rides with me
I won’t care what is earned
Give him what he deserves
Olospo live debut: 11/30/01
Written: Fall 2001
Recorded: August 2002 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: January 2003 on “This Is The Pagoda”
Status: rarely played, last appeared early 2003
52. “Journeyman Butcher” (instrumental)
Music by James Ashcroft and Chris Holt
©1995 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 12/7/01
Written: February 1995 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: I - June 1998 at Curtain Club, Dallas, TX; II - December 98 at Curtain Club, Dallas, TX; III - June 2003 at Club Dada, Dallas, TX
Released: I – December 1998 on “Walter Mitty”; II – March 1999 on “Walter Mitty Live At The Curtain Club”; III – October 2003 on “Live At Dada”
Status: regular rotation
53. “Slither”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2000 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Step out and around
Listen to that strange sound
Can you hear the earth?
I can feel it pulling
Slow is the easy pace
The wind won’t freeze my face
Falling, crawling in place
Walk down to the door
Faster than the time before
Slither with the wind
You know it will come again
What is the reason why
Nobody wants to try
Failing, sail too high
So many seasons pass me by
Yet I remain unchanged
And oh, the feeling’s very strange
Walk out up and down
But you can’t stand this town
Slip into the night
Everywhere you go
Slow is the human race
Already lost in space
Bleeding, leading to waste
Olospo live debut: 2/22/02
Written: early 2000
Recorded: August 2002 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: January 2003 on “This Is The Pagoda”
Status: rarity since 2003
54. “Bob O Link”
Music by Sean McLarry and Chris Holt
Lyrics by Sean McLarry
Far away across the sea
Further than Rand McNally
Live a simple folk of tree dwellers
Who think digital watches are a neat idea
And in this place there’s a guide
A familiar face with eyes-a-fried
You can ask question
So what will it be? (Wo be it wot?)
There’s no need to speak
No need to think
In this blessed place
This place called Bob-O-Link
Olospo live debut: 2/22/02
Written: Summer 1996 for Walter Mitty
Recorded: December 1998 at Curtain Club, Dallas, TX
Released: March 1999 on “Walter Mitty Live At The Curtain Club”
Status: rarely played, last appeared early 2002
55. “Meaty Oprah”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris
©2002 Spogasm (BMI)
Shooting for the stars so high above
Powered by an ego void of love
The void is shrouded safely a smile
Attempting to protect and yet beguile
The stars they dream of quiet company
They float alone above in a spacey sea
Perhaps they gaze down wishing they were me
I’d rescue them from who they’re meant to be
Fearing only anonymity
I’m drowning in the sea
Won’t you rescue me?
Save me from my mediocrity
Are you the biggest the strongest the fastest the best
With some other talent I’m sure you wish you were blessed
Everyone’s jealous of something in somebody else
The grass is greener and fatter just over that fence
Sometimes we float through the sea and we fear all alone
Waters and troubles and tempests that we call our own
The skin that surrounds can always serve as our home
The body just nurtures until it’s outgrown by the soul
Olospo live debut: 2/22/02
Written: early 2002
Recorded: August 2002 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: January 2003 on “This Is The Pagoda”
Status: semi-regular rotation thru 2003
56. “Mind The Gap” (instrumental)
Music by Chris Holt
©1998 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 2/22/02
Written: August 1998 in Liverpool
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: semi-regular rotation thru 2003
57. “Blackhearted”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2002 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Blackhearted, well you need
Someone else to feed
Believing all you read, now don’t you?
What you get is not the same as what you give
You’re like a midget in a rodeo
Dying to live
Burn out, don’t be that way
Confusing what we say
But everything’s okay, now ain’t it?
If you dig a little more you’re sure to see
Every wino on a corner’s got nothing to be
Break out of the shell you made
And bitterness may fade
But you’ll be glad you stayed, now won’t you?
Now you feel like a dying bird
Like a cry in the night if you’re going unheard
Olospo live debut: 2/22/01
Written: October 1995 for Walter Mitty; revised lyrics early 2002
Recorded: June 2003 at Club Dada, Dallas, TX
Released: October 2003 on “Live At Dada”
Status: regular rotation
58. “Back Door Biscuit”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris and Chris Holt
©2002 Spogasm (BMI)/Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
There’s a knock at the door
There’s a knock at your back door
Settle down you fought the war
Joy is knocking at your back door
You found the way to heal the sore
Joy is knocking at your back door
Olospo live debut: 4/20/02
Written: Spring 2002
Recorded: August 2002 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: January 2003 on “This Is The Pagoda”
Status: infrequent rotation
59. “Slack”
Music by Chris Holt and Tom Bridwell
Lyrics by Chris Holt
©2002 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Met a man on the side of the road
As he was going downtown
Making no sound
Asked him when the weather got so cold yeah
And he shot me with a frown
Stepping down when I said
Do not make it so bad
You’re driving me mad
Do you feel the same thing?
Find it so hard to talk to strangers
When I’m walking in the street
I shuffle my feet
Shyness can be such a setback yeah
With anyone you meet
Until the day comes
You are taking all of it back
Cutting me slack
Until you feel the same thing
Olospo live debut: 11/22/02
Written: September 2002
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: n/a
Status: regular rotation
60. “Four Flusher”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2003 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
How’s it feel to be so fake?
A snake, hiding in the grass
Lead them down the path
Liar
Four flusher keep swindling
You ring, call me on the phone
Pretend that I’m not home
It’s over
Four flusher, it’s over
Olospo live debut: 1/15/03
Written: Dec. 2002
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: infrequent rotation
61. “Film At Eleven”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2003 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
You cross that line
Open ancient wine
Caught in the freezing cold
A glimpse of mountain gold
The first time outside
It’s bound to snow
And I won’t be letting go
Fifty ones straight up my nose
Film at eleven glows
Olospo live debut: 1/23/03
Written: October 2002 to January 2003
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: n/a
Status: regular rotation
62. ”Bitter Beer Face”
Music by Chris Holt and Nick Ramirez
Lyrics by Chris Holt
Dressed in ordinary clothes
From my head down to my toes
Indifferent and it shows
Is that telling you something?
From a distant phone she read
Words that float around my head
Disbelief at what you said
So thank you for nothing
Take your bitter beer face home
Weigh opinions as they come (rolling down)
Take your critic’s mind
And judge your latest find today
Walk away laughing
Heard about the other ones you wrote
Taking hits and blowing smoke
Is it real or just a joke?
To make me feel better
Now we’ll have to wait and see
How the words will affect me
But nothing comes for free
So I’m sending a letter
Take your bitter beer face home
Weigh opinions as they come (rolling down)
Take your critic’s mind
And judge your latest find today
Walk away laughing now
Olospo live debut: 3/6/03
Written: October 2002 to January 2003
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: regular rotation
63. “Melting Walls”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2003 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Say so long
Feels right
But it must be wrong
To have come and gone
Down the open road again
But it feels ever the same
Running against the grain
You get wound up
And ready to explode
But now don’t believe
A single word they say
Just wait til I get back
I’m happy just to
Sleep all day
Is that what you need?
Time off your feet
Just to stay in bed
Rest my head and
Breathe the air
Let my hair down
Floating dance into a trance
With melting walls
And screening calls
There’s no one there
Just smile and stare away
So let down
Three to one
Can’t get home
Til I’m done with it
Olospo live debut: 6/18/03
Written: October 2002/May 2003
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: May 2005 on “Chris Holt – Summer Reverb”
Status: regular rotation
64. “Free Utah”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2003 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Got busted up in Utah, the Spaniard rolled a stop
Sure enough we got pulled over by a twenty-year-old cop
He said “Sorry boys I had to go and ruin a good day”
Just let me look around and I’ll send you on your way
The beer down in the cooler caught his eager eye
When he asked about that smell we shrugged with no reply
The toothpick in the ashtray made the faces all go pale
Now Britler’s broke and T-bag’s going to jail
Guess it could have turned out so much worse
Blame it on another Queso curse
Can’t complain when you are free to reimburse
That’s what happens when you bet
Just because they haven’t caught you yet
I can give you all the shit I want
That’s what you get
So we followed to the station
To settle up the score
Better not try that again
Or it’ll be nine hundred more
So out went all the bullshit
And the contents of the sack
Believe me when I say
I hope we’re never going back
Olospo live debut: 10/5/03
Written: Summer ‘03
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: rarity
65. “Good Luck”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2002 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
I wanna live, but I don't want to give up on my hope
I could never cope with losing face
Take it from me, if you do believe then don't let go
Soon it will be lost without a trace
What's left is no disgrace
But you may never know, if the moment comes too late
Anticipation shows, but you already sealed your fate
I don't wanna live without good luck
I could never be the broken arm
Can I take a leap out of the truck
Even if the fall will do me harm?
Cause I don't wanna take what I don't need
Leave it to a lesser form of greed
Take me on a journey far away
You know that I can't stay
I wanna run, but under the gun I lose my feet
Can you find a cave for me to hide?
Somewhere to be, innocent and free of every law
Setting every burden to the side, heaven knows I tried
To keep the train upon the track, and the cargo coming back
With another new refrain, it’s making you insane
Cause I could never be one of the sheep
Sitting at a desk so fast asleep
Travel but the road is all I own
And I’m ready to go home
All I ever wanted was a stage
Tell me that I never act my age
Selfish even though it must be true
That I do it all for you
Olospo live debut: 10/10/03
Written: October 2002/May 2003
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: May 2005 on “Chris Holt – Summer Reverb”
Status: regular rotation
66. “Mark It Eight” (instrumental)
Music by Chris Holt
©2003 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 10/10/03
Written: October 2002/May 2003
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: n/a
Status: infrequent thru ‘04
67. “Bend”
Music and lyrics by Barrett Morris
©2003 Spogasm (BMI)
Choice is made, I’ve had my say
Can’t you see it’s best this way
Won’t you bend up to my key?
You’re flat wrong and I’m flat me
Watch your tongue don’t raise your voice
Tear it down and I’ll choose my choice
Can’t you see you’re in a phase?
Fading in and out of days
Just accept your lot in life
Pray a lot don’t lose his wife
Time to drop to bended
Pray you end up in her key
Don’t go back to being bent by me
I will bend that salt into the sea
I will try to follow your true lead
Bend us back to where we’re meant to be
Olospo live debut: 10/31/03
Written: Fall 2003
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: rarity
68. “Reconsider This”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2003 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Reaching the end of the rope
And it’s almost gone
But there’s hope for a stronger one
All it takes is the clearest mind
With the gift of time
Where will you run?
When everything starts to come undone
Will you disappear?
Gotta get out
Reaching the end of the rope
But still holding on
As the slope steepens before me
Would it help if I packed my things?
Jump the gun and flee
Where will you go?
When momentum begins to slow
You’re nowhere to be found
Gotta get up, don’t back down
Don’t back down
Reaching the end of the rope
Trying to extend
A bad joke that’s gone on too long
Is it wrong to cease to exist?
Reconsider this
What will they say?
No one wants to go out that way
Giving into fear
Olospo live debut: 10/31/03
Written: October 2003 in St. Lucia
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: n/a
Status: regular rotation
69. “Summer’s Calling”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2002 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Wake up, it's a perfect season waiting
Summer's calling and the skies paint everything
Blue as the ocean soon you will be
Sigh as we float out over the sea
In a daydream, turning the key
First class, it’s an upgrade luxury
Can’t stop drinking til I’m off my feet
Wait for a moment that's soon to arrive
You’re so ready to make it in five
It was once dead but now it’s alive
Rays of the sun shine down through the clouds
There’s a highway leading us all around
Surf is rolling in so clear
Left behind a mask of fear
Why can’t we just stay here?
So get up, looking out now, into the sea
Waves crash from the edge of the balcony
Easy to leave all the worry behind
Set it aside in the back of your mind
It’s a daydream, let it unwind
You’ve gotta let it unwind
Olospo live debut: 1/21/05
Written: October 2002
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: May 2005 on “Chris Holt – Summer Reverb”
Status: infrequent rotation
70. “Something In Your Way”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2002 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
No way out of running
Down to the well tonight
Wasting my pay
There's something in the way
Something in the way
Now you’re caught up in the sway
You always see through
Even when I work so hard
To seek out the truth
Need a little proof
Need a little proof
You know what to do
Don't you?
Go somewhere alone
That's what you wanted right?
Needle in the hay
But there’s something in the way
Keeping me at bay
There’s nothing right today
And it's not okay
Olospo live debut: 1/21/05
Written: October 2002
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: May 2005 on “Chris Holt – Summer Reverb”
Status: semi-regular rotation
71. “Are You Listening?”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2002 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Settle down now, take a breath slowly
Walk out that door, think what to say
Whether you shout, or whisper the mantra
Doesn't matter cause, some ears decay
And further betray
So would you ever let me down?
Spinning around, we fall from the swing
Are you listening?
Offered my hand, met with rejection
Such an easy task, forgiving me
Put my foot down, for a better tomorrow
Strum an old guitar, break a new string
Forget everything
Why you wanna shut me out?
Even in doubt
Echoes will ring
Are you listening?
Living without
Taken for granted
Whatever happened to
The luxury seat?
Now there’s only defeat
So why’d you have to be so right?
There’s no need to fight
I’m feeling the sting
Are you listening?
Olospo live debut: 1/21/05
Written: October 2002
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: May 2005 on “Chris Holt – Summer Reverb”
Status: regular rotation
72. “Thief”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2005 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Tell me did you hear that story?
You know the one about the dirty thief?
He put his fingers in the till
And even still
He just can’t get a relief
So let me tell you all about it
How we lost our favorite place
Because the dealer knew his name
From local fame
And now he won’t show his face
Things will never be the same
Without a home
It’s so insane
We should have known
What’s your next move?
What’s your next move?
So long, call it what you will
So far
Run right out of town
You know your mother
Told you not to steal
And the receipt that brought you down
Will haunt you now
When they ask you
“How does it feel?”
Spinning all around the wheel
Without a hope
And less a clue
It’s over now, for you
What’s your next move?
What’s your next move?
So long, call it what you will
So far, you cannot pay the bill
But they love you even still
Olospo live debut: 12/31/05
Written: October 2005
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: regular rotation
73. “The Shocker” (instrumental)
Music by Chris Holt
©2005 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 12/31/05
Written: October 2005
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: regular rotation
74. “Breaking Down”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2005 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
You stand in front of me
Set off too easily
You’re surely telling everyone
That I’m a bastard
So little sympathy
When making fun of me
Can’t you see that
I don’t need a guardian angel
And I wish we could stop breaking down
I’ll hold you up ‘til you put me out
Might be better if you’re not around
I don’t want to be told what to say
I’m better off this way
Making plans to be
In charge of everything
Wait a moment
It’s another confrontation
And though it’s all in jest
Now I must confess
I’ve begun to dread a simple conversation
And I wish we could stop breaking down
Sick of all the rumors that flood the town
It’s obvious we’re both contradicting now
All I can say it’s a shame
The idiot’s to blame, oh yeah
And I feel let down now I’m so alone
Yeah I feel let down now I’m so alone
And I wish we could stop breaking down
I’ll hold you up ‘til you put me out
Might be better if you’re not around
Cause we’re always breaking down
Now I wish we could stop talking ‘bout
Every single word coming from my mouth
Even though you hear me when I shout
I know it’s not getting through
I must be done with you
Olospo live debut: 3/10/06
Written: Spring 2005
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: regular rotation
75. “Pull It Together”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2001 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Pull it together now
Call it a favor for yourself
Let me know if you need my help
Cause its been so long, and I’m so ready to go
Tell me something i don't know
And it's so easy to see, that if the blame is on me
I just can't let it be
Don't let it drag you down
Telling the truth is not so bad
Guess you've lost what you thought you had
And it won't come back
So you must leave it alone
Otherwise its all unknown
I think I know what you mean
Phasing out of the scene
And someone's come between
You and your goal, don't lose your soul
I can't watch this time, too far out of line
Drifting further away from the dream that seems to fade
So pull it together now
Maybe a chance will come today
Recovering what you've thrown away
Is just a dream of the past
But if you look somewhere else
Maybe you can find yourself
Olospo live debut: 3/10/06
Written: Summer 1999/ lyrics revised October 2001
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: May 2005 on “Chris Holt – Summer Reverb”
Status: semi-regular rotation
76. “Wishful Sinking”
Music by Chris Holt and Lindsay Graham
Lyrics by Chris Holt
©2005 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Forever lost in wishful sinking
Over my shoulder I can see you
Winking back at me
Too many weeks of thinking
All I feel is older without truth
And it’s plain to see
I don’t want to go
And I can’t slow down
Without sinking
In a hole
Now I’m drinking
And I feel so
At a loss for words
After what I’ve heard going ‘round
They’ve been talking
But I won’t be let down
No expectations to be found
Only knocking
On the door tonight
Cause I can’t fight
Without falling
Yet again
Still calling
No reason to pretend
But I won’t go back down
I can’t seem to get out
Of this dead end town
Lost again in wishful sinking
Running circles up inside
Now it’s high
Time to leave
But it feels right
To believe
Wishful sinking
Olospo live debut: 3/10/06
Written: Spring 2005
Recorded: n/a
Released: n/a
Status: regular rotation
77. “Slightly Open Ears”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2003 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Caring less about the team
Long since we had much to dream
Looking back on years
Of slightly open ears
Now I won’t hear the same as before
I don’t feel that way anymore
I can’t hear the same
I won’t fear the chain on the door
I don’t feel that way anymore
Once I knew the time had gone
Helpless moments moving on
Brought me to the wall
Every brick will fall
Now I won’t stall the game on the floor
I don’t feel that way anymore
I can’t see the flame
I won’t be the same as before
I don’t feel that way anymore
Olospo live debut: 3/10/06
Written: October 2003
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: May 2005 on “Chris Holt – Summer Reverb”
Status: semi-regular rotation
78. “What’s To Come”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2004 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
The wait is the hardest thing to take
I pray I don’t make the same mistake
But I’m so lost today
I admit being guilty of the sin
I knocked on the door
And they begged me to come in
Time and time again
I can live with what I’ve done
If only for the promise
Of what’s to come
The pain is the hardest thing to fake
I pray I don’t make a new mistake
But I’m so crossed today
I can live with what I’ve done
If only for the promise
Of what’s to come
So what
It’s been so long
Olospo live debut: 3/10/06
Written: October 2004
Recorded: October 2005 at Artisan Studios, Addison, TX
Released: n/a
Status: semi-regular rotation
79. “Sanctuary” (instrumental)
Music by Chris Holt
©2002 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Olospo live debut: 3/10/06
Written: October 2002
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: May 2005 on “Chris Holt – Summer Reverb”
Status: infrequent rotation
80. “Koka”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2003 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Koka don’t go
Koka don’t go
Stay in my home
Please don’t leave me alone
Koka don’t go home
Koka don’t go
Koka I’m so
Sad even though
You see it’s true and you know
Mama loves you too
Olospo live debut: 3/10/06
Written: July 2003
Recorded: May 2004 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: May 2005 on “Chris Holt – Summer Reverb”
Status: semi-regular rotation
81. “Birthday Cake”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2004 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Cutting me in two
Saw you dancing across the room
Send me to my flight
You can get on with the night
For someone else the cake is free
There’s no defense and no relief
Why must it matter to me?
This wasted jealousy
Want you even more
As I’m falling to the floor
Drunk against the wall
Make another call
As you open up to him
I can feel it pierce my skin
Who am I to tell you
What you should do with your life?
I hope you had a great
Birthday to celebrate
While I was sinking down
In the bottle I could drown
But only if you turn away
No regrets and no more pain
Now I need you here to stay
I can’t waste another day
Now I need you here to stay
And I can’t let you get away
Olospo live debut: 3/10/06
Written: October 2004
Recorded: October 2005 at Artisan Studios, Addison, TX
Released: n/a
Status: regular rotation
82. “Blackout”
Music and lyrics by Chris Holt
©2005 Where’s My Elephant (BMI)
Lights go down
I pass out
Cold on the floor
Reach for the door
Move too slow
Words don’t flow
You don’t even know
Which way to go
Now I can’t feel a thing
And I really don’t know
What is wrong with me
Can you see
What is wrong with me?
Wasted night
Come daylight
It all goes away
It all goes away
Away
It all goes away
And it won’t come back at all
Oh why
Just why I can’t recall
I can’t recall
Olospo live debut: 3/10/06
Written: August 2005
Recorded: September 2005 at Last Beat Studios, Dallas, TX
Released: n/a
Status: semi-regular rotation