Small Stories

by Ask Your Doctor

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1.
Waiting for Summer 04:05
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Sittin in my hammock, laying in my hammock, I've been sittin in this hammock all day And I know it sounds kind of cliched, but I'm sippin on a glass of lemonade The sun warms the soles of my feet, and I'm driftin in and out of the shade I've been thinking too much and feeling too little, and it's time for that to change And it's been such a long time, since I just drifted off to sleep Without a care in the world, and woke up just when I please I've been waiting, I've been waiting, I've been waiting, I've been waiting for summer You look oh so pretty, wearing that summer dress and this pesto is delicious, my compliments to the chef We can sleep laying in the flowers, we can sleep until the dusk You say it's time to get going, I say there's no rush And it's been such a long time, since I just drifted off to sleep Without a care in the world, and woke up just when I please I've been waiting, I've been waiting, I've been waiting, I've been waiting for summer
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I Can't Quit 03:51
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A song runs through my head Without a start or end I try to sing along, but All the words just came out wrong And I can't write them down And this song has parts about you Mixed in with parts not about you Maybe it's really about me Sometimes I try to sing a different tune Because I can't quit, no I can't quit My friends tell me to sing a different tune Because I can't quit, no I can't quit Can you show me the start of something new Because I can't quit, no I can't quit La la la (etc) I can't believe my eyes The mirror never lies Is this my face I see? My torment drew these lines on me And now I'm wrinkly And food turns to ash when I eat A long time since I could bear to eat Look at what my song's done to me Can you show me the start of something new Because I can't quit, no I can't quit Sometimes I try to sing a different tune Because I can't quit, no I can't quit My friends tell me to sing something new Because I can't quit, no I can't quit
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Punk Rock Love Song 02:19
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White collar workers wander round And try to find some lunch You stood behind the deli counter Same place you'd been since brunch When I saw you This time my heart skipped two whole measures And voices rang out Like angels but with attitude I saw ten piercings And arms all covered with tattoos So I wrote this punk rock love song for you I can't imagine what you'd do If I serenaded you With some lame song with corny words Over acoustic guitars So let's cut the crap And run out back behind the dumpsters And smoke cigarettes I want to feel fifteen again Let's cut classes And lie about our age to someone So I wrote this punk rock love song for you So I wrote this punk rock love song for you Let's get more piercings And pointless senseless sleeve tattoos Like la la la (etc) So I wrote this punk rock love song for you Yeah I wrote this punk rock love song for you Yeah I wrote this punk rock love song... For you
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Crown 03:48
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We're finally alone, me and my stupid crown, alone I feel disgusted, slightly disgusted at my crown, alone The king feels unwell, the king he is dying, no crown, no throne The line just went dead, your voice said goodbye now, no frown, no phone Fall, now I fall, back into bed, nobody's around fall, now it's fall, the petals all fall, and leaves turning brown I fell, yes I fell, and sank and I sunk, nobody around to see, to see A halo rests now upon my dampened brown, my crown Blessed are the meek, we've fin-a-lly seen all sides, besides What did I ever do? You're alone, how will you do? Has this happened to you? I died yesterday
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Goodbye, Daydream 03:20
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I got my hopes up When you caught my eye For several days I couldn't concentrate For several days you were mine But then I saw you again This time with open eyes I knew that it could never work out I knew I'd lived a lie I knew that it could never work out I knew I'd lived a lie Goodbye, goodbye daydream I see, I see nothing Wake up, wake up daydream My head was in the clouds that day My thoughts were all so far away I got my hopes up This happens every time Tricks of light are never pleasant When you can't tell what is right I thought I'd change my mind When we said Hello A pleasant wave conceals my anger I've been let down once more A pleasant wave conceals my sadness The thought is such a chore Goodbye, goodbye daydream I see, I see nothing Wake up, wake up, wake up daydream My head was in the clouds that day My thoughts were very far away Everything that could have been There is so much left unseen I should learn to listen To my intuition It's never worth it to get my hopes up I wish I'd known that then Goodbye, goodbye daydream I see, I see nothing Wake up, wake up daydream I feel, I feel nothing Goodbye, goodbye daydream
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Santana Winds 03:38
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(Instrumental)
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Love and Confusion 04:52
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You know who you are I'm not really sure who you think you are I reached out and wished on a star, upon a star I know who you are Don't pretend like you don't know who you are The star shot laser beams of truth and hope into my dreams And it seems such a shame That I don't know your name You've been living here some time now Disappear in time ANd sometimes I get sad cuz I know I'll be bad In a smokey room, certain doom speaks out to my yearning Heart, and the horns of devil shame Cast my heart into the flame And it tore and open dream The flowed out like a stream This song is basically about how you and me can never be together, ever, once again Such a pretty day, the sun shines bright and gay, pity it's so real Artists never joke, and lovers never elope Remember all those stars I told you in the sky, I think it was last night Well it seems they've fallen down and messed up the ground And you think you don't think about that sort of thing Well the light turned green, and you sped off into that scene And sometimes you get sad, cuz you know you've been bad In a smokey room, certain doom speaks out to my yearning Heart, and the horns of devil shame Cast my heart into the flame And it tore and open dream The flowed out like a stream This song is basically about how you and me can never be together, ever, once again
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The Bad-Talking Boogie 04:33
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Woke up sweating, such a horrid dream last night, such a fright Husband snoring, he's ignoring all her dreams, and her screams Over breakfast she sighs, but inside she cries, just inside He'd never listen, and why should he listen to her, listen to her? Faithful husband, always brings the money home, but she's not home Faithful wife she'd never ask about his day, they know he'd say, "Well I do hate my job, but I'd be a snob to say" Nevermind it's prob'ly just all in her head, that's too bad Men get weak and weak men cheat it's sad, but so true Women play and regret they'd ever say "I do" Such a shame when nobody will talk it through, talk it through Such a shame when nobody will talk to you, so I'll talk to you Everyone waits for the perfect days, although No-one counts on never-spoken doubts, oh no Men get weak and weak men cheat it's sad, but so true Women play and regret they'd ever say "I do" Now they're talking, working out terms of divorce, but of course Such a pity, if only they had talked before, but no more They just needed a friend, but now it's the end, it's the end Woke up crying, such a horrid dream last night, such a fright
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Where Did Everyone Go? 03:25
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I say- I don't know where you've gone I say- it has been far too long I say- the streetlights have all turned black I say- the people have turned their backs I say... I see ten thousand people, but not a single soul They drag their feet as they go, and look as pale as ghosts Flocking to a brand new chain store, they have been bought and sold I once served all of them but, now we'll have to close I say... Once we|made our|own|way, but Where did everyone go? We were|part of|this|world, but now this world has moved on I say... I saw ten thousand people, but now I see just ghosts I once served all of them but now we'll have to close I say- I don't know where you've gone I say- it has been far too long
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I'd Hate To 03:23
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This girl is fighting the good fight This girl is only 12 years old, and she's taking the world on This girl writes stories of anger Don't ask how was her day at school, well she'd hate to tell you And she's been this way ever since the divorce And she's never asked for any recourse With her tired eyes, she requests you go away With her tired eyes, she requests you go away And now she's ten years older She hangs her head as she walks around, she's ashamed to be there At work, she just heads home and at home, she turns to go back to work, she's still fighting the good fight This girl, she sleeps alone now Don't ask who slept beside her last, well she'd hate to tell you He's moved along with his life She'll say she's moved along from him, he's about to get married And she's been this way ever since the divorce And she's never asked for any recourse With her tired eyes, she requests you go away With her tired eyes, she requests you go away Please go away And don't forget to invite me To see the wedding, you know that I would hate to be there And don't forget to invite me To see the wedding, you know that I would hate to be there
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Ten Cars Drove By 05:16
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I sit in my chair, in my chair by the door Ten cars drove by, then ten thousand more My darling sat by me, I dont know what for come watch these cars drive past our door I sighed a long sigh and I got up and went for a walk And the world kept on turning beneath me, ain't nothing to mock The yuppies had lunch in a small natural place They talked of their tastes, their words go to waste I just can't believe as they eat in the park This lake is man-made, they thrive in the dark Their luxury foreign cars rumble to life and they're gone And they're blind past their dashboards, their lives are spent sleeping along Never a dawn Though the grass is green, the earth has a sheen Protecting her sons from misery And though there are those who'll never see A quick look around, that's what we need, what we need Teens come in trucks to the park when it's late Their parents don't know, neither do they Kisses so tender and vows feel so nice The city stares back, brittle as ice Their lives just aint so romantic as their scarlet words Another girl later, and ten more, the rest of the herd, they can't be heard Though the grass is green, the earth has a sheen Protecting her sons from misery And though there are those who'll never see A quick look around, that's what we need, what we need I got back home late and my love was asleep Cars still drove by, perhaps you know why I thought of the images fresh in my brain Teens, yups, and cars, one in the same No-one to show and nobody to see Days may as well live in my dreams I climbed into bed and our hands did meet A kiss on the cheek, good night my sweet
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Floating 03:14
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There was nothing there, so he sat and stared, for a while Although there were trees, still he stirred no leaves as he sighed Hates to feel so lonely Late to learn it's only Fate that put him in his place Or tossed him around With his friends he shared all the thoughts he cared to reveal And though they may smile, and talk for a while- they'll disappear Silent clocks are ticking Time, a creature licking Dry, the bones of futures past Why couldn't it last, ooooh... Blue, my lungs are dry Fool, to feel alive Yooou, ooh you told a lie! You're no friend of mine You're no friend of mine The clock is ticking rhymes and stealing your mind And the ticking ends, as he finds his friends, waiting here Dragging to redemption Sagging to exemption Haggling to buy some time As he's born to his prime He has found a way He has found a way
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You're Not My Father 03:38
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Clouds gather round, and rain coming down I guess summertime is far away She turns up her nose, and begins to gather all her clothes You want me to stay, I'm not going to stay I used to be good, the world understood As she says this, the world turns away I walked the right roads, and I loved those that shared the same load But I'm going away, yes I'm going away You're not my father You're not my father You're such a mess, you said the best place to die was with you I walked down a street paved with my defeats And I saw you and I turned away You stood at the end, and you smiled to me just like a friend But I'm going away, I'm going away You're not my father You're not my father You're such a mess, you said the best place to die was with
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The Existentialist Blues 03:10
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I always had nuff money, but my soul has been dry so long (2x) When your mind feels so confused, ya got the existential blues And when the demons of convenience are stealin ya life from day to day to day (2x) When ya feelin oh so confused with the existential blues Nothin makes no sense, and nothing don' mean nothing, no-how (2x) Ya can't win and you can't looooose.... ya got the existential blues I don't need me no lover, people are so cold-hearted dontcha knooow (2x) Still can't win and still can't lose, with the existential blues I can strum a song, but I can't sing you a new tune to hum along to (2x) When your mind feels so confused, ya got the existential blues

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This is the first album of Robert Maule, a Berkeley-based singer-songwriter releasing music under the "band" name of Ask Your Doctor. The songs were written in between studying for classes at UC Berkeley, over roughly a two year period. They were all recorded at home on cheap equipment.

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released July 28, 2010

Robert Maule- all instrumental and vocal performances, all songwriting, most recording, most mixing, album art design and sketch
Andrew Graves- Some mixing and some recording
Justin Kernes- Editing album art

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